The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-15
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SATURDAY, MARCH Is, 1873
NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEWS OF THE DAY
The New Orleans Plcayune says that In
the olden times in Louisiana, when man had
a lawsuit, he used to hire q lawyer, but now
he has to hire Judge.
The Masonic Order Is said 10 have an ex'
tensive membership and considerable infu-
ence in Persia. Nearly all the members OF
the Persian Court belong to 1t.
"A banker and his clerk are said to have
disappeared from Denlson, Texas, carrying
with them the whole of the deposits, amount
ing to some $4,000.
in New York, last Friday, three thousand
pounds Of sheet metal were drawn from bond,
for use in nresheathiDg the bark Marco Polo.
and the following day the mechanics ceruf-
cate showed that the work had been accom-.
plished, the whole having been performed In
the short space of twenty-five hours. Four
hundred men were employed upon the Job.
The High Church party 10 England have
nlsed q fund OF $5o,0OO for the purchase of
sdyowsons, and presenting them, as they fall
vacant, to clergymen OF their own school.
The Low Church party did something OF this
Stad many Years ago, and the fund they thus
raised stu exists In the form Of the "simeon
trust"
Ia Texas meat company has been formed
for the purpose of manufacturing preserved
fcsats and meat extracts. Thousands OF bull
locEs are utilized annually for an export trade
Without affecting the price OF stock In Texas,
since there are about ten million head OF cat
t,s IN the State. The natural Increase In the
present herds supplies more animals than can
b utilized proatably by any process heretofore
In uss forIpreserving and transporting meat.
-HeIssonnier, the favorite artist OF the
Empire, recently completed picture for the
Vienna Exposition, but sold 1t as soon as 1t
0as finished to London dealer for $40, 900,
who Instantly resodit, at considerable ad-
vance, to q member of Parliament. 1t is one
of the artists largest works, being twenty oy
fyenty-four inches. It represents the village
sign painter who has just given the finishing.
touches TO au ale-house Bacchus, showing his
hsndlwork 10 mine host.
Hon. William 3. Roberts, OF the fifth con-
gressIopaI dIsrrtcI or new York, writes to Mr..
Boutwell,, declining to receive the increase on
his back pay as Congressman. He states
that having voted against the bill increasing
the pay OF members of Congress chiefly on
account of this feature, he does not feel justi-
fed In accepting the money. He directs the
amount to be covered Into the treasury OF the
United States. A dispatch to the New York
Sun states that Mr.. Herrick, of Maryland,
also refused to receive the extra pay, and that
George F. Hosr, OF Massachusetts,, accepted
his, but Immediately gave it to the Free In!
dustrial Institute of Worcester, In that State.
The number of horses in Great Britain,
according to late reports, has decreased.
There are fears that even the racing stock ls
not upto the standard Of q few years age
Heavy taxes on race horses, high prices of
food, and general failure Of interest In turf
MATTERS, are the causes of the decline. France
elso buys many of The best and most promls-
ipd animals. 1t Is as to the common horse,
sawever, that this scarcity is most felt. The
cent, and the horses are not procurable even
ct that increase. When, in the recent ma.
Qpavres the English cavalry required extra
mounts, the animals had to be imported from
France and Germany. The subject is engag.
ing the attention of Parliament.
"A rumor was current In London few
6e5s ago that the German Government had
given an order to several firms in Birming-
ham for the manufacture of large humber OF
firearms of a new pattern, and an investiga-
ton of the rumor resulted In its conflrma-
ton, apd In the discovery that the order was
for not less than million stand Of arms It
is also ascertained that Prussia has recently
sold to the Vlceroy of Egypt a large quantity
OF the arms she used and captured In the re-
cant war. The guns to be made at Blrming-
hAa are not upon the needle pattern, and this
1sat, taken In connection with the sale by
Prussia of this great number OF needle gus to
the Viceroy of Egypt, leads to the belief that
the Germans have become tired OF the needle
gun with which they have won 80 many vic.
tories.
The meeting of the colored citizens Of
Washington, on Monday evening, to express
their sympathy with the struggling Cubans
was altogether an enthusiastic gathering. Ex.
Lieutenant Governor A. ]. Ransier. who ia
now member of Congress from this district.
was choses president, with Robert Purvis, of
Washington City. John Jones, of Illinois,
ans Mr.. Levere, of Tennessee, as vice
presidents, and P. Il. Murray, as secretary.
% eddress, claiming the full measure of
Oh rights to which the colored people are
asnisd and expressing sympathy for Cuba,
ves presented amid much enthusiasm. a res
olekoa expressing gratitude and sympathy
With Charles Sumner for the labors In behalf
oSthe colored race was also presented and
Seeetea with hearty applause. Numerous
speeches In advocacy of belligerent rights
60 In favor Of the speedy abolition of slavery