The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
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Of the Filth Avenue Theatre on Wednesday,
will. 1t is said, lease the Broadway Theatre
'.as quickly as arrangements will permit"
Tea Is reported to have been successfully
cultivated In Iowa.
The Attorney General of Florida, Judge J..
P. Emmons, is totally blind.
The Emperor William of Germany Is ex-
pected to visit st. Petersburg during the pres
ent winter.
-LieutelsntGe General Won Ksmecke will
saceeed Ron Boon as minister of war for
Prussia. The latter, 1t is understood, will be
made field marshal.
Hundreds of agricultural laborers, out OF
employment In England because farmers re-
fuse to pay the wages they demand, are pre-
pairing to emigrate to Brazil.
There were in New York city, during the
past year, one hundred and forty suicides, two
hundred and six deaths by drowning, fifty
seven homicides, and seven hundred and Eve
deaths by accidents.
The ax.Emperor Napoleon Ia reported to
have expressed pleasure at the late doings at
Versailles. IN. Thlers," he added, 'is play
ing my game, and he Is doing 1t 30 we'll that /
shall be recalled to France even sooner than
could wish." II ssuts pour nais,tS reculsr,
perhspS.s s-a -
s-Aa mani named L.. Watson, said to be q
native Of Savannah, Georgia, and Benjamin
Crowder, an Engllshman, have been tried at
''De Crugin,, Hungary" and the former SEN
senoed to six months imprisonment, for re.
marks not considered complimentary to the
Emperor OF Austria, and the latter to three
months, for resisting arrest on same occasion.
Certificates of all the Presidential electo-
ralcoleges have now been received at WASH
inrton, either at the Office Of the Vice-Presi-
dent or department of State. Several OF the
messengers arrived Tuesday, thus barely es-
Gaping the forfeit Of one hundred dollars for
failure to deliver their respective certificates
by the frat OF January.
There has been conflict on question OF
etiquette between General Sherman and the
secretary OF war. The general OF the armies,
lt2is' alleged, claims that his orders should
emanate directly from the President, and Rot
come through the war Office, as Is sometimes
the case. There was some discussion on this
point between General Rawlings and General
sherman, It Ia represented that now, as on
the former occarion, General Sherman has
succeeded in maintaining his position.
The Japanese Government continue to re-
cruIt men. .of science in Germany. Dr.. Hill.
gendorf, senior professor of the Polytechnic
Institute In Dresden, and Secretary Of the
Leepoldfna-C Carolina in the same city, former
" director OF the Geological Gardens, Ham,
burg, has accepted the chair Of natural science
In the School of Medicine at Jeddo. DR.. Co.
ehlps, formerly attached to the Victoria Col
legs In Berlin, has also been called as pro-
fessor of physics and chemistry In the same
establishment. ~
An Annapolis paper, alludlng to the young
colored cadet, says: young Conyers, who
was at one time supposed to fare rather
roughly from his companions at the academy,
meets now with very kind treatment, so far as
being treated with entire civillty Is concerned.
The young men had meeting in one Of the
large.rooms OF the academy, and determined
TO desist from any treatment which could be
construed into disrespect or incivility, and
Conyers since then has enjoyed an entire
cessation from the 'ha2ing' he used to enjoy
10 frequently"
THE North German Commission, sitting
to adjudge prizes for trophies captured In the
late war, has nearly completed Its labors, and
the money will shortly be paid. In many IN
stances it has been paid already. The chief
task of the commission is to determine how
the prizes axed In 1865 are to be modified in
order to suit the requirements Of the later
case, one French standard corresponding to
four Austrian battalion flags, for each Of
which prize Of one hundred ducats was
fixed. The prize allowed tor every captured
gun is fifty ducats. The latter goes to the
bsttalion, the former to the individual captor.
--Ths retirement of Secretary Boutwell, |
from the Cabinet Is no longer question of
doubt He has decided, against the wishes OF
the President and other friends, who were
anxious to have him remain through General
Grants second administration at the head ofthe |
treasury department, to become candidate |
for United States senator from Massachusetts,. |
Governor Boutwell, has prepared his letter OF |
resignation, to take effect on the 18th of Feb |
ruals, though he has not yet sent 1t to the |
President. After that, he will proceed to |
Massachusetts,. Secretary Boutwell's inten.
tion to withdraw from the Cabinet was made |
known to the President some time 400 and /