The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-21
NEWS OF THE DAP.

The Concord IN. H. Herald says II Gree
lev be nominated at Baltimore ne Will carry
the Granite State.
a correspondent of the London Times mas
written to that Journal, pointing OUT tnas Tue
celebrated maxim of President Lincoln, "no'
IN swan horses while fording the stream" mas
been expressed centuries ago. attributed tc
CYRUS the elder, King of Persia, in directing
his troops to. take up their several stations
when he said, ssWhen the contest ia about tc
begin there Is no longer time for any chario
to invoke the horses for change"
-3ae-sew rurK correspondent OF the Phlia
delphls Ledger says: 1.-THE news from Charles
ton, that Cuban prlvateer is off that port, ere
ates no surprise here, where the circumstances
other fitting out are well known in certain cir
cles. The Cuban Junta, 1t ls said, will have
special meeting to receive Lieutenant Chau
veaux, who is hourly expected with dispatche:
from the vessel The expectation seems to be
that this prvateer will not only worry Spanish
merchantmen on the coast of Cuba, but alst
irritate the Spanish Government, itself as u
make 1t deny our claim to the surrender Vi Dr'
Howard. and thus increase the chances OF war
with the two countries, the result of which
(the Junta declare) would be the indepen-
dence Of the :.land.
Among the prominent Democrats already
chosen to the Baltimore Convention are the
follow ing: Senators Bayard aud Davis, oil
West Virginia; ex-Senators Doolttle and Cling
man, of North Carolina; Governor Hoffman, OF
New FORK; ex x.Governors Salisbury, OF Della
ware; Yalce, of North Carolina; Porter and
Aiken, OF sousn Carolina; Dewey, of Wiscon-
sin; Generals Franklin, Shields and Cass; Con-
gressmeu Baraum, Blggs, Randall, Acker,
Gets, Spear, Cox, Potter and Williams; Editors
Green, of the Boston Post; Burr, OF the Hart
ford Times; Hyde, of the st. Louis Republl-
can; Barr, of the Pittsburg Post; Simons, OF
the Charleston Courier; and Cassidy. OF the
Albany Argus; Amasa Sprague, the cotton
king of Rhode Island; D. N. Barringer, ex-
minister to Spain, and Henry C. Murphy, ex-
minister to the Netherlands.
One of the most eminent men of the
Church of Scotland, and very remarkable
pulpit orator, was the Rev. Norman Macleod,
who died on Monday. He entered the Pres
byterlan pulpit in the Parish OF Loudoun, Ayr
shire, in 1888; in 1s43 was transferred to Dal-
keith, and In 1851 became minister of the
Barony Parish, Glasgow. He was made
doctor of divinity In 1858, and in 1860 he &C
cepted the post Of editor of the now well known,
but then first projected, periodical Good
Words, which was under his management at
the time of his death. DR.. Macleod was the
author of several popular novels OF a rellgi-
ous character. AS one Of the Queens chap
1ains, he was accustomed to preach at BANJO
raj every year during the royal residence
there, and his relations with her Majesty were
of intimate friendship. DR.. Macleod's last
clerical charge was that Of st. Coluuba's.
Glasgow, where many Americans resorted to
hear him. He was just sixty years Of age
when death called him from the scene of his
labors, having been born at Campbelton, In
Scotland, in 1872.
The Calling guns at West Point are curl
GUS looking implements of warfare, but more
curious still is the manner of their working.
An odd-appearing, bending band of steel Is
brought from the ammunition chest and held
Immediately over and In contact with the slit
In the upper part of the gun. This segment
contains twenty cartridges, and, as the crank
Of the. ''coffee mill" is turned, they descend in
due sequence into chambers where they ex-
plode. From the many mouths of the gun
shoot forth uninterrupted numbers OF pier.
cingly bright flashes OF flame. surrounded by
enwrapplng wells Of blue smoke, and from the
lower side comes q steady stream cf empty
cartridge shells. When one segment is ex,
hausted it Is replaced by mother. and there is
really no limit to the cap acity of the gun SC
long as the crank Is kept turning. An officer
informs me that they IAN fire four hundred
and twenty shots minute |! and, furthermore,
that the prevalent impression concerning
their delicacy and liability to get out OF order
Is untrue: that they are easily managed, SIM
ply constructed, and good for much service.
Again Is Nilsson, the Swe dish nightingale
carolllng to delighted audiences In London after
an American experience of two years, and the
generally unlmpresslve Briton considers him.
self perfectly justified In going music-mad
over the return Of the songstress, who ushers
in an operatic spring time. Her first reappear.
ance was at Drury Lane Theatre, as vloletta,
in yerdi's "La Traviata," the opera in which
her first brilliant successes were won. Hell
entry upon the stage before her old admirers
was the signal for hearty English roar OF de
lighted welcome, which, however unmusica
1t might have sounded to Nllsson's practiced
ear, was no less gratefully received than the
sweet sounds she gave in return. The Lon
don criticism upon her, which at first is mat
ter OF comparisons, is that she has greatly i'm
proved in personal appearance and dramatic
power slnce. they last saw her, and acquired q
beauty and quality of tone which she had not
possessed In their previous acquaintance with
her. She carried her audience along as If BY
magic, and finding plaudits unequal to an eX.
preston OF their enthusiastic appreciation,
they broke Into true Russian wildness of sen.
timent and pelted the fair singer with bou-
quets, 80 as to seriously erlDarlees her in her
professional duties.
The murder of Leonie Andre in New York.
by her husband, Emil Andre, is but single
addition to very common class of crimes
Two years ago the couple came to this coun
try from France with two children. In his
own country he had been foreman of 6
gang OF laborers on q railroad, but hoped
to better bis condition here. On the contrary