The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-19
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NEWS OF TEE DAY.


NEWS OF TEE DAY.
The Grand Duke Constantine, OF Russia
was In Paris the other day, on his way to Nice
He had been ordered by the Emperor not 10
stop In Paris, but the train being two hours
lste he was unable to proceed, 30 be shut him.
self up In his room.
,-Josie Mansfield was latest heard from in
gambling saloons OF Monaco, Italy, where she
won three thousand dollars In one night, and
atthe same time contrlved to get Baron Some
Il. body and Herr Won Nobody into dirk-kniie
quarrel about her.
Virginia politics are already becoming
very lively In anticipation of the coming
State elections. Colonel B. W. Hughes is the
most prominent candidate for Governor
spoken of on the Republican side. Including
the many popular gentlemen who are men
toned for the Conservative nomination is
Eobert E! Lee, Jr. - - . --.--
Judge Klngman, of the United States
Court for Wyoming Territory, has written a
letter stating that The employment OF women
as Jurors has enabled the courts to punish
CLASSES Of criminals whose conviction could
NOT else have been obtained. In murder
cases, two or three women on the jury, says
Judge Kingman, have never failed 10 ind &C.
icording to the instructions of The court.
-. The Khedive OF Egypt bids fair to beat the
;Ailtan at tmnlnnsIns."- Hio Uishnaaa In again
going to have recourse to the London money
market for another loan, In order to pay of
his personal debts. he Is said TO have spent
over SIC. .0Oo. 900 on the marriage Of his three
sons. SO long as English capitalists are Will
ling to lend their money at from seven to
eight per cent, why should he not 60 on bor-
rowingi There are only eight Egyptian loans
in the market. Considering that he has the
wealth OF Europe, and especially Of England,
at bis command, Ismail Pasha may, like War
rem Hastings, be astonished at his own mode
ration,
"A nice young man called on the agent OF
the Moffatt buildings, In New York, on the
10th instant, and engaged an Office for the
exhibition of samples. he promptly paid hls
ten dollars In advance, taking possession OF
the ofiice, and moving into 1t several heavy
trunks. Examining them in the presence OF
the janitor, he said the firm had sent him the
wrong samples, and he would have to return
the trunks in the morning. He did not retrrn
the trunks In the morning, but in the inter-
venlng night. With sccomplices, he had uu-
packed from the trunks section ladder and
other burglarlous tools, with which they
effected an entrance Into the store Of Rose,
King Il Co., several houses of, and abatracted
therefrom silk goods Of the value of two
thousand dollars. The next morning an ex-
press wagon removed the trunks. AS yet no
clue oths robbers has been obtained. The
entrance to the store was made through the
roof s,'pi ~
"A narrow escape from frightful calamity
was recantly experienced by an audience in
louisville, KY, assembled TO witness circus
performance. When the entertainment began
the weather was calm Iand there we're no indi-
cations that dspger was BOON to threaten.
In short time, however, heavy gale began
blowing, and after gradually Increasing In
violsnceHit caused the main pole Of the tent
Z to snap at about oEe-tblrd oil the distance
from the top. The immense audience were
terror stricken by the mlshap, and general
stampede began. An lnliscriminate rush
over benches and PROSTATE men and women
was made by the more powerful of those
present, and the canvas was slashed with
knives in every part of the tent, In crder to
afford means OF egress IRON the scene Of
tumult and confusion. Before any considera.
-blenumber OF the people had escaped, how
ever. the part of the pole which had hitherto
remained upright came to the ground, and
the whole canvas; fell upon the confused
audience and completely buried them. A
brisk rain-storm prevailed at the time. and
the saturated canvas extlnguished the lamps
and, ,lelt the people In confusion and darkness
with no means of escape. In the rush several
Of the cages containing the animals connected
with the menagerTe were overturned, and the
roaring OF the frightened beasts lent new
terror to the scene. After an anxious sus-
pense OF nearly an hour, however, the canvas
was raised sufficiently to enable the audience
to escape, and the panic was allayed. Forth.
nately none OF the animals escaped, and but
one or two fatalities resulted nom the catas-
trophe.
The following was the characteristic
speech Of 0skes Ames at his recent public re-.
ceptlon by bis constituents in Massachusetts
NY FrIe2da and NeIghbors: Ishould be less
than human not to be gratiaed and happy at
this great gaths1.::: OF my constituents to
i,how their confidence and faith in my honor,
,suth and integrity. lam not In the habit OF
speech. making, as you all we'll know. have,
as zen are aware, been the principal subject
OF abuse for the last six months. The press
OF the country has been full Of what has been
called the 'Credit Mobilier Scandal" The
whole offence, II offence it can be called, is in