The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-30
OBJ GbafleStu1t 9ems.
TUESDAY, JULY 80, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

: selyes BY smashing the plate-glass WIDOWS
=, merchants who refuse to close their stores
at dark. = r.. -; = 80; ~
and still they come. Twenty-one thous-
ona am,prants, principally from Germany,
ENGLAND and ireland, have been landed at the
port ofNew York since the first Of the present
Insrith..ssE > tscs.i;c,
Il There will be grand exposition or
worlds aair held In Vienna under the auspices
of the Austrian. Government, to commence on
the 1st fMsynext, and TO close on the 3lst OF
ioctobar. TfEis exposition promises TO be the
greatest otthe kind ever held The space to
be occupied by the building Is nearly double
that of the Paris Exposition
IA dispatch from London reports that the
marriage of Nile Christine Nilsson, the famous
Swedish cantstrlce, took place In Westminster
Abbey Saturday forenoon. The nuptials were
celebrated with much grandeur and magnlh-
tcanee, Avery distinguished and fashionable
assembly Witnessed the ceremonies. The newly.
married couple Will Bet of on their wedding
tour diately:, (. :. ~; >; -: ~
.lsSITh The Presiden and his chief engineers now
ses that they have made fools Of themselves
byi spending S75, 600 for the Confederate
archives, which do them no good, when the
money would have gone 80 much further In
purchasing votes, and Grant himself virtually
cso,lntssses It By expressing disappointment that
jake Thompson's report to Judah Benjamin.
throws NO newlight ona.'Mr. Greeley's Cana
dian operations" - -. :. :. ~ ~. 49, -. :.
OF the ave thousand French guns taken In
the war, twenty-five huge specimens have
been set apart iora monster bell to be cast for
the Cathedral at Cologne. The oel is 10
xairn INV thousand pounds, and will be sew
antv feet high, with diameter of thirteen feet
Or ~ hasa. With the exception of the Ivan
valIki at Moscow-whlch ls gong rather
than. a beIl. having no clapper, and being
atrruck with hammer-it will be the largest
on the continent, and will even exceed Big
Ben. ~ p
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has recently published in the London Journals
IN. advertisement inviting proposals lot a
seyan mar cent. loan of sl,50O,00O to be ap-
piled to the construction of large eight story
building, at the corner of Broadway ana pey
streets, New York, the cost OF the slte oelng
Saso. 600. and the cost Of the building and Mt
tinpa being s65o,0OO. This advertisement
contains an interesting narrative Of the ope-
rstions and business of the company, the de-
tails OF which arc usually kept secret In this
country. From this narrative 1t appears
that the Western Union Telegraph Company
has ii operation so,5p2 miles of line and 1885,
ssomIles of wire. The gross receipts Of the
company for the year ending May !st, 1872,
amounted to ss,26l,6s and the ret profits
amounted to s2,ss7,8l6. The aggregate re-
Iceipts for the five years ending May lst, 1872,
amount to $ss,o35,456, giving an Average or
81, ,607, ,Osl per annum.
The American Pathological Association Is
now In session at Providence, R. 1. Scholars
and lingulsts from all parts OF the United
States are present. OF course great deal of
learning Is gathered in the hall in which the
association holds Its meetings Several Inter-
esting papers on pathological and literary sub
iscts were read and discussed by the members.
Among others were Communication on the
Indian dialect BY Rev. Mr.. Hurlburt, q mis-
sionary among the Indians, who has written q
grammar of the Chippewa language, and a
treatise on the doubtful and erroneous usage
Of the word '!such." The writer illustrated
oneof his points by the phrase, ~ never saw
such tan trees" which should be 81 never saw
trees 80 tall" Professor Whitney, OF Yale
College, and, others, dlssented, affirming that
usage had made the phrase Legitimate. 1t is
to be hoped that, when these learned profess
sors return to their college chairs, they will
'beinformed by some of their bright boys that
usage does not make bad grammar legiti.
mate.
inducement of 100000 offered by the
Esw York Legislature to the person who shall
discover the best means of applying steam 10
canal navigation, has brought out quite a
number of competitors, and there is reason
able ground 10 hope that the time Is rapidly
approaching when steam will wholly super
sede horsepower. Besides the competitors
who apply steam directly to the propulsion OF
the boats, others are trying for the prize who
propose steam towsge. An interesting trial
of "Williams's Canal Road Steamer" recently
took place near Albany, New York, in the
presence of three commissioners of the New
York board Of public works, and seems to
have bssn quite satisfactory. The steamer,
which ran on the tow-path, drew three boats
with the greatest ease at the rate of three and
a half miles an hour. By careful compari-
son It is estimated that the expense of towage
by this steamer would be much less than by
. .,.o ,nr,or ond that nv the rse of steam
saving Of nearly hfty per cent. in time would
be accomplished.
Soon the teapots throughout the land will
sing merrily with the ''drawing" of the new
crop tea; for already swift clippers have start
ed on the annual race for England. and tast-
ing and buying and lading are brisk asshang-
hae and Hankow and Foochow. The opening
of the tea season this year excited more than
usual interest, as the tea was brought to
market few days earlier than usual, and the