The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-10
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1872.
! NEWS OF THE DAY.

"A London paper complains of "rings" IL
the House of Commons. =
The German brewers of New YORK eal
that Croton water is unsuitable! for brewing
lager beer.
Anton Rubenstein, probably the most eel
ebrated pianist in Europe, will shortly rlsi
this country. ~ -S&
The Emperor William is the highest Free
mason in Germany. Next comes his SOD, the
CrownPrince
The Chicago papers tell an astonishing
story Of q man who went into a faro bank
with only five dollars, 7one evening, and. won
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars before
morning.
The people of Louisiana are talking o.
abolishIng their State lottery. grand jury
In New Orleans has taken up the subject
there, and, after portraying the evils cou'
nscted with the system of organized private
lotteries appeals to the people to discounte'
nance the immoral institution and make such
schemes Illegal.
Failing In with the suggestion oil the VIII
ter in Appleton's Journal, In regard to lemi-
nine eauestrlanism, to which we alluded the
other day. three New York young ladies an
nounce, through the columns OF the woria
that they will ride their horses astrlde IN the
Central Park Saturday afternoon, and they in'
ylte other ladies who wish to Introduce the
new fashion to meet them on Flthavenue at
three O'Clock. Of course there will be no one
there to see them. s'.N
q "A correspondent, writing from Berlin,
saws: ..The emigration continues to assume
larger dimensions than ever in the eastern
provinces, and the poverty of the workmen
is at least as great In the country districts as
the want of lodgings Is In the town. In vain
does the government warn the population
against the fine promises and exaggerated re-
ports spread In the rural localities. In vain
do employers increase the wages of work.
men; the GUMS OF money thus obtained are
only used to gather more quickly together the
means OF paying the cost OF emigration" : ?
Every one is complaining in London that it
becomes more and more difficult every day to
make both ends meet. London was once
cheap place of residence, but now everything
ia yery dear there except clothing, and ls
growing dearer. Notone!canliVe on what'was
suflclent two or three years ago; the conse-
uuence is that those In receipt of wages are
universally hard pushed and are asking for an
advance, Some sixteen hundred omnibus
drivers and conductors are asking for more
wages, tfe letter-carrlers threaten strike,
and III the mechanics are In q state Of fer
mentpa But the condition of the clerks, sales
men, small traders, professional men with small
incomes, and annuitants Is even more painful.
A. sovereign Is worth only about l4s. as COM
pared with its purchasing, power iew years
ago; and he who had s20O year In 1862 Is now
no better off than If he had only fl4O.
The status of the German army, landWehr,
district commands and reserves; Is such that
the available forces for service outside the
frontier may be at any time raised, within sew
entsen days, to an effective force of 100000
fighting men. In view OF such factara and the;
comp9lsion by which the people of Germany
are,utiized for the benefit of royalty, 1t Is not
wonderful to fnd iu late advlces from differ.
ent PARTS of Germany confirmation of the
former reports of the prevalence of what is
called the American fever" or the increasing:
dlsp6sItfon to emigrate 10 the United
stasess lone of thes leadi6g government
journals fills its columns with dolorous ac-
counts from villages and hamlets which are
almost depopulated. A landed proprietor in
West Prussia writes that In his neighborhood
,he1fs4ar lie not yet at It's h light, and that
s.every servant and aervant-maid dream Of
nothing but the fairyland over the waters;'
thesKrenz,Zeitung inquiries with decided en-
phasls why the government does not levy an
en1itratio69 tax OF fifty thalers per head for
every adult seeking to escape; and 80 the cry
is taken up from court to cottage, and from
the seaboafd to the inland towns. Strenuous
efforts have been made to induce young men
to enter the military and naval service, but
the aiions are not great-the pay being
inadequate the fare poor, and the life hard
Persuasion is evidently .usetess, 'and uhless
tbsI government should be so unwise as to
adopt stern oppressive measures, the emigra:
ton viii 20 on until Germany loses an impor.
tank psr0e1tage of the sturdy people whose
intelligence and energy have helped to build
up the new empire.
The New York Tribune publishes state
ments and afidavIts in relation to The iuhumsn
treatment of persons confined in the Bloom
iugdale Insane Asylum, which, if true, equal
in horror the tales presentedin tctions of the
day Proceedings have been instituted against
the authorities of the asSI6a ,IsT. Wsn
Week, formerly a banker Of New York city,
who has jItst been released from the lns,lt,l-
ton, in behalf of Miss McCabe and Miss Teresa
Drew. who were, it Is claimed, Illegally con.
fined, neither Of them having ever been
insane. Afidavlts of Mr.. and Mrs Irwin,
formerly employees of the-asyiGn1, are given.
Theyo dacisre that they lett the place on
account Of the atrocities praciced upon
the inmates. We extract portion OF
Mr. arwin's affidavit: "Deponent, in the
case of Mr.. Samuel Goodrich, of hall
No WHO has since left the institution,
says thaty he has seen John Bennett
and Robert Miller, attendants, hold him by
theeoas coflar and kick him at almost every
step 70 tho dlning-room, down three flights
OF stairs. Frequently this same gentleman
vssleftinlcharge Of large German named
Numann, Tho treated him in the same way
until 1t was stopped BY deponent's interyen.
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