The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-01
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

There was no couon pusihoeo """9s.N'
in Liverpool on Saturday onaccount OF tn'
Easter holidays s...s
The Japanese Minister Mori denies Tn
statements published OF the persecution Q
Christians in Japan. i5.'
IA meeting Of Germans was held on Fri
day night, IL New York, to aid the moVemen
In favor of the Cincinnati Convention.
The latest report In London ts 'thst'th
Queen will abdicate in favor of the Prince
Wales as soDn s,his health is fully restored
,EThs CHARTERS OF the two Philadelphia med
ical colleges, recently convicted Of sellipl
diplomas; have been revoked
s-DThs English betting authorities have DE
ciaSd fhasall bets on the Tichborne case ar
oAli On the grounds Of s'No verdict no bel,
theFolalmant trichborne) having been non
suited.
-Rumor has it that when she sent home ne
last sl5o, 600, Nilsson cried because 1t WASN'T
clear $500, 900, and suakosch brought on
.HAmlei' to dry her tears -
lii, Berlin, a mason and carpenter, Whe
constructed house so badly that 1t fell down
skStty afterwards, have been sent to jail 'or
eighteen months, as punishment for their
negligence. 49, - s -. : : -. n:
Lon the occasion Of Nilsson's appearance In
New YORK, In Ambrose .Thomas's Hamlet" o.
Ophelfa.p a bouquet with two living doves wss
presented on the stage. When Nilsson re-
eeiyed- the basket she was. delighted She
looked at the audience to see who sent IL tnere
looked at the pretty doVes-then, bending
over, THE pet dove held up It's beak, and Nils.
soa kissed 1t. Then how the audience shouted
and spatted till she brought out the wonderful
basket ks and lie pretty doves again. - :.
u Another letter from the Hassler expedl-
tioh,, still at Bio de Janeiro, gives some curious
and interesting Information relative TO The re-
cent discoveries Of Professor Agas<iz! His
deep psea-soundings have brought to Inc sur
face q new crustaceaD, which seems to stand
olltside of all previous classiacations. This
creature, supposed to be related TO the trloo-
lies Of the carboniferous era, fs likely 10 De
atfinportant addition to discoveries already
made. as 1t will possibly afford q link to the
missing connection. between the past and
present. The new crustacean also: helps to
fulfil some Of The predictions which The great
naturalist made before sailing.
u-GKe New Yorkers are In fright about
tiessteady Increase of the smallpox. The
Herald says that the rapidity with which this
dreadful disease ia spreading all over the city
has at length become alarming, and the
health authorities have Instituted the most
rigorous measures to- check lis further pro-
eress. :; One hundred and fifteen cases were
reported to the city sanitary bureau during
thepsst week, making the largest exhibit OF
ahy week since the virus made its appearance
fl,NewI York. This unusually large increase
fsJ partly due to the medical men making
fuller returns under the more stringent regu-
lations OF the sanitary board, but Independent
nfthis the health inspectors have discovered
g ssnumberi Of new cases, showing that the
disease Is steadily growing
l-4The'susual spring and summer rush OF
travel 10 Europe Is beginning. Already the
choice berths on favorite steamers are being
engaged far in advance, and the number Of
tourists abroad this year is expected to be
greater than during any previous season. A
year ago the disorder and uncertainties follow
ing the Franco Prusslan war limited foreign
tragefby Americans, but this year the prospect
seemsgood fora peaceful summer, and many
are preparing to take advantage oft. In this
our expensive watering places are nnding o
tival that Is troubling them not little. 1t
does not cost much more to take six weeks,
;tourin Europe than 1t does tn go to fashiona
BILE American watering place for-that length of
time; and the former has SO many more, at
fractions than the latter, that the travelling
public; are getting to be pretty well aware Of
the difference.
California kilograms report terrible
earthquake In that Sac on Tuesday last.
Camp Independence is In complete ruins.
The courthouse is destroyed, and not single
abode or brick building is standing. Fears are
entertained Of camps further south In the ST.
erras. Stage passengers report several assures
miles In length, and fifty to two hundred feet
vide and twenty feet deep, opened along the
base Of the Sierra Nevada. Large springs
haze stopped running, and others have broken
out. Heavy snow slides occurred 10 the sler-
ras, and large rocks rolled down the noun
tain side, blockading up the stage road. The
shock lasted at intervals from 2.20 10 6.20 A.
NJ Many people at Independence were hurt,
but do lives were lost. The shock was proba-
bly, heaviest southeastward toward Arizona,
in the desert country, which has hardly any
population. Twenty-three were killed and
thirty wounded at Lone Pine. Fifty houses
were demolished. The town Is ruined.
Sensation has followed sensation so quick
ly In London Of late that the English people
and papers can hardly keep pace with the
news. The Thanksgiving, the attack on the
Queen and the collapse OF the Tichborne case
fell almost simultaneously, and now they are
supplemented by the deplorable Twiss scan
dal, which has set society all agog With eager
ness to learn each ani all of its dubious de-
tails In brief, 1t is sufficient to say that one
ChaffeD, London attorney OF no repute, has
been Tor some time past blackening the char
acterof Lady, Twiss, wife of Sir Travers Twise,
the chancellor Of the diocese ofLondon. Lady
TwIss was Brussels lady, and was married