The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-30

yrKs OF THE DAY.

a, cents; sales 1886 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market was stroDgi
= Gn1nlands ioad, Orleans lid; sales 10000 bales.
N5roatiiY American outfits are being prerar-
ed III The Japanese princes:es, and lhey WIN
not appear: In their picturesque orientai cos
tnmes Of embroidered sailn, alter leaving Call
1ornia for The East. .e.,; >,
Mrs. Jane G. SHisshelm writes that Wo'
.an nan snffraqe In Illinois Is under heavy cloud.
Many formerly identiaed with 1t shrink ashast
nom doctrines proclaimed by some OF It's pro-
Sessed friends.
=; Rv the gradual accumulation OF sand an
,aland three miles long has been formed at
the. mouth Of Mobile harbor, thereby deep
enine the regular channel and vastly improV-
Ing, tha approach to the city. ,a,.s,,.
THE sanitary report in Chicago for the past
week shows a marked Increase IN the number
Of deaths by smallpox, as well as from other
causes. The smallpox has appeared IN seVe-
raj parts OF the Dominion. A hospital has
been established at Toronto. . "a.
The House of Delegates Of Minnesota has
PASSED Bill in aid Of the,sufsrers by the late
prairie fires, providing for loan OF twenty
Thousand dollars to enable the poor people 10
bny seeds for the next crop, the loan to each
person not to exceed thirty dollars. =.
The cotton manufacturing business at Fall
R,ver. Mass, is expanding at an unprecedent-
ed rate. New capital to the amount OF about
s1e. 600 has been invested, and twenty new
mills have either been, OF shortly Will be, add
Cd 70, the producing power Of that enterpFis-
Ing clty,..i D.. -.
spd We soon mag expect to see the old coal.
,.cn,,ls,, rediyiyus. .'Thus doth the Whllligig
Of Time bring round its revenges." The pres
ant style of hair-dressiug will have 10 change
and then what are you going to do. young
women, who haye forever ruined your front
hair BY wearing Il In frisetles.
u,--At q spirlt.rapping party recenly VI az
Mobile, Ala, iI room OF mealcal stuuen''
vhare ,b.re were innumerable human bones,
fbe ,science of talking to the spirits Of The
cher world was rather too fully illustrated for
comfort 10 those present. After q short con-
ference at the table, dry bones began 10 snahe
and act 30 outrageously, and lhe laoie oesan
To beso ungovernable, that q stampede was
the result. This extraordinary occurrence is
under investigation.
r-It seems that the rash eronaut VINO Went
up the other day from Norfolk, Virginia. per-
forming on the, trapeze until he WAS out Oh
sioht. met with the mishap which his IDLY de-
served. and got terribly frightened, though ne
escaped death almost by a miracle. When ne
irIed TO open the valve to descend, the treach'
erons balloon burst and descended with fear
full rapldity. The boughs Of a friendly tree ana
a thick bed OF brambles interpossd, ana ne
escaped with severe but not dangerous bruises
and scratches.
-Under the Impression that the BRUSH
Government was negotiating for the purchase
of the Anelo-American ocean cables 1or
tweaty.tlye million dollars, the shares OF STOCK
IN that company gradually rose IN tne honaon
market from one hundred and fifteen 10 one
hundred and forty, and sold at the later price
on January 9Th. On the next day they fell to
,one hundred and thirty-two, and on January
Iloih to one hundred and twenty-five. This
sndden decline is attributed to an omclai
statement that the insulation OF the caoles,
both Of 1865 and 1866, shows considerable
decrease. With view of ascertalning more:
accurately the exact condition Of the caoles,
competent electrician has been sent TO Valen-
tia to make additional tests.
:: General Garfield made the startling stale
;ment 10 The House of Representatives on
.;Fhnrsday. on the authority Of the commits
s,oner of pensions, that one.fourth OF the tc-
tai amount paid to pensioners goes to per-
sons who have got their names upon the PEN
islon rolls BY. fraud, and who have no right to
he there at all. 1t appears that there is q
system of preparing fictitious evidence OF dis
ability by claim agents that has succeeded to
the enormous extent stated, SO that The treas
,urytsannually depleted Of about eight MIL
lion dollars for the benefit of swIndlers. The
commissioner of pensions hopes 10 unearlh
m,ny of these frauds, and the miscellaneous
"a appropriation hill contains an appropriation
10 enable him to make ON effort In That direc-
tion.
"A Washington dispatch 10 the Baltimore
Sun saws: "The platform adopted By the Lib
eral Reform Republicans in their State con-
ven,ioD, In Missouri, is looked upon With con-
siderable favor by Conservatives and Demo-
Gratis. and is regarded in some quarters as rhe
nucleus of movement likely 10 become ma.
.tional, and around which will concentrate all
the Iorces Of opposition 10 the reelection OF
Grant The announcement that the Demo-
cratic committee have postponed the call for
q national convention until after the plans
and purposes of the Philadelphia convention
are developed meets with favor among oil
the members of the party here, and is ap-
proved by those Republicans who support the
Missouri policy and Its programme for uniting
ali the elements opposed to the present ad,
minis,ration. Among the Republicans the
latest political movement is the determine
tion of Senator Wilson's friends to support hIs
claims for the Vice-Presidenlial nomination.
They do this in the face OF the known desire
of Grant thai the old ticket shall be renomlnat.
ed: but Mr.. Wilson's friends propose to publish
Mr.. Colfax's letter 10 Mr.. Bowen, cf the Inde
pendent, wherein he reiterated his reason:
WHY he should never run again for any office.
"A Newark, New jersey, tispa' ch oil Friday
last SAYS "George Bolts, the murderer OF Pc
Halsted, was hung in the spacious hall OF th'
n.,ox ro,nty ia:1 at half-past eleven, A large