The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-24
NEWS OF TIE DAE.

: NEWS OF TIE DAY.
-Thos Carlyle has named Mr.. Froude his
literary executor.
"A lodge Of Hindoo Free Masons has been
established In Bombay.
Lord Robert Lytton, having inherited his
fathers title, Is obliged to resign his position
as secretary obligation at Vienna.
:, The Empress Eugenie will shortly leave
Camden House, but will continue to reside In
England.
1t may be Interesting to some people to
know that our country has never had but one
black-eyed Presldent-General Harrison.
~ The new French electoral law fixes twen-
ty-lye years for the minimum age of electors,
and thirty years for minimum age OF deputies.
Mrs. Matte Ready Morgan. widow of the
celebrated Confederate General John d. Nor
gan, was recently married to Judge William
d. Williamson, OF Lebanon, Tenn.
.ac-A spiritual marriage took place last week
: in Titusvllle. A lady medium, who processes
( tobe spiritual minister, performed the cere.
:mony. '
~ The Knoxville, Tenn, Chronicle says that
much of the winter wheat In that county is
frozen out, and the Macon Telegraph says the
accounts from Middle and Northera Georgia
are scarcely more favorable.
George Driver, of Chicago, who has just
been sentenced to be hanged for the murder
& of his wife, was convicted on the evidence OF
: his two chlldren-one fourteen, the other
niue.
. Bishop Duggan and Rev. Father Quinn
8 have been acquitted, In Dublin, of the ctarge
of having used spiritual influence In the Gal
! Tey- Parliamentary election. The effort OF
the prosecution proved complete failure.
s..-Mss Hannah Jane Duke, weighing FIVE
hundred pounds, obtained verdict Of four
hundred dollars In Kentucky court, recent
", against the manager of q circus side.show
|, for breach of contract. The lady shed tears,
! and occupied two chairs during the trial.
Z The death is announced of Mr.. Isaac
Baker Brown, q we'll Inown London surgeon.
Indeed, few surgeons had q wider reputation
than Mr.. Brown, both In Europe and America.
% He had suffered from nervous prostration,
5 followed by paralysis, but the immediate
cause Of death was congestion OF the lungs.
Tile new chief Of police OF Louisville, Ky,
Colonel Johnson, has shut up all the gamb-
ling-houses In that "most gambllngest" OF
towns, as 1t Was called by the late David
, Crockett. he effected this miracle by sta
+ tloning at each door of each den an officer in
structed to take down the name of any and
i, all persons entering the same. The officers
were relieved every six hours.
. The grand jury In the Court Of Oyer and
Termlner of New York, on Thursday, made a
presentment 10 favor OF the Legislature pass
Ing law which will make the carrying OF
!, pistol or concealed weapon, except in cases
). provided for, an offence to be punished with
great severity. They say the evil is grow
ing one, and should be stopped at once. The
court said 1t heartily endorsed the recon-
mendstlon.
. mo little amusement has been caused In
London fashionable circles by short an.
louncement which has just appeared'in the
ladies' column of the London Times. It
states that Lord Westbury, an ex- -rd chan
:, cellor OF England, (some ghc read this may
possibly remember him better as Sir Richard
Bethel, one of the greatest lawyers England
has owned, has been married TO Eleanor
Maria, third daughter OF the late Henry
Tenant, Esq. The bridegroom has attained
the mature age of severty-three.
. There has recently been another extraor-
dlnary rise In the price of coal In England,
and at the last accounts the best quality Of
house coal, such as Is used for ordinary do
mestic purposes, was selling in London at the
unprecedented price of offourteen dollars ton.
Coal which in February year ago was CELL
Ing at twenty-eight shilllngsa ton brought on
the 2lst of January of the present year thirty
. seven shllllngs, and In three weeks from that
date It had advanced to fifty shillings. The
worst OF the matter is that no one can tell
where this rise In prices will stop. There is
no accumulated stock OF coal of any amount
anywhere above ground in England. Tie
{. collery owners have the public at their mer.
acy, and the manner ln which they are taking
advantage Of the situation leads to the belief |
that they are likely to press their exorbitant
demands. to the most extreme extent. Oue
result of this state of affairs will doubtless be
the transmission of large orders to this coup-
Try tor American coal TO be used In England.
...-ASLondon letter, speaking of Napoleon
~, sayP: "Two months ago the late Empe-
Tor contracted loan of two hundred and sew.
enty thousand pounds sterling, to which GER
tain 4mericans here were large subscribers
BE had no difficulty In obtaining the money: q
large portion OF 1t had been paid over at the
time Of his death. Immediately after tbis