The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-02
: NEWS OF sHEDAE.

-Tn6 NeW 1Ofh SouAs W ~AfF'-~
Gently decided that national banks are sup =
,sct to the State usury laws and liable 10 tnear
penalties. sl:o "a = :! se:-l, -.
THE, students Of Yale College have pur-
chased pictures (photogrsphs) Of themselves,
during the lest month, at q price; that Wil
amount, in the aggregate to ten thousand
dollars. Eias -, re i.sH'a 1'! - '.... .','
Bret Hsrts, who seems to have gone into
ecllpse, In Boston and everywhere else East,
Ia now pronounced il's q hea.hen Chinee IN
lfterature.n - His weakness seems TO .be fail-
ure re to Keep engagements, whether to lecture
a-..It ID said that the Berlin .Postoface Is
about :a introduce an improvement upon tne J.
original postal card system. a card is 10 DO
provided. on which . message may be sent
and a. reply returned .asonce. The original
sender by paying the trifing postage ootn
waiys. may thus secure an answer at once, the
person addressed having only to. wrile q line
oe an on the card when he receives 1t ana re-
turn 1t. to the postn,an. - :.
The English historian. James Antony
Froude, who came to this country TO convert
IA 10 the English view of Ireland, sailed from
Nes,w York on Saturday for England, on the
Airia,ic.. He left number Of engagements
to4ectuFe :unfulnlled, for which 1t Is stated as
an excuse that his departure was hastened py
Urgent domestic engagements. Ny. Froudes
u,,ssl on would Insall probability have failed OF
success even II his views had not been combat
ed by 20 eminent an orator as Father Burke.
The controversy between the Two strength
eisd the sympathy that has always existed In
this country for me Irish people. ~.
earheg New orleans Fcayune, OF the 2stn
u,tino. makes the following record Of q se'
rious accident to 9 former resident OF Charles
ton /. SIT Is With, the deepest regret that we
lesrnof thesevere wounding ofour esteemed
fsllow.cisizsu, T. Tupper, Of the Arm OF Price.
HIne & Tupper, Ne, 2s Caropdelet street, BY
the. ACCIDENTAL discharge OF pistol, IN his
Swn hands. DR.. Brickell, the family physi-
clan OF MI. .Tupper, Is il s.tsssssnoe, ss and Is
led to hope, that the wound VIII 2t prove
fssal. The ball has been extracted entire, and
the fractnre OF the skull Is presumed 70 be
superficial, as,the shot is,a glanclng one. The
Seneralsymptoms are, up TO the present writ
ing, most favorable" -, -.
Dr.. Benjamin Haight, who was on
the 9Th of December elected Protestant Epts-
copsl Bishop Of the5iooess OF Massachusetts,,
ffasdeGnned. In his letter refusing the bish-
opric he says: 81 am constrained BY weighty
copsiderations, which ! feel 1t impossible to
act aside, to say that cannot accept the fat
tering invitation which in, the name OF the
convention you have most kindly rendered to
me TO accept the office, so honorable, 60 dig
nined. and so full Of promise 70 the Incumbent
and to the church. Isay this sorroyfully and
with regret, tor fear that my words may
bring disappointment and grief to the hearts
m many dear friends Ito friends OF the
ohurph-at least for q time, while many more
whc nave accuiesced In my election may wish
that my reply had been otherwise. %
.-4A nice point Of law Is pending for arbitra-
ton before ths Pistsburg courts. Some eigh-
teen years ago g. young IriShnian In the City
ofRelfast fsl In loye with 9 rosy-cheeked
girl of his own neIghborhood, and no soonsr
mad ha,sone 20 than he popped the question
aud met With d polnt:blank refusal. Not car
ing TO stay where the sorest disappointment
of his life had fallen uponhim, he bade adieu
TO friends and settled In the Smoky City.
Seventeen years passed and he stu remained
sfu9fe;i sober and industrious, with one Image
imprinted upon his heart. Meeting fflend
from his native city he inquired concerning
his first and only love, and learned not only
that she was alive and doing well, but still
unmarried. With characteristic impulse he re-
newed, the spit by letter and received q
favorable reply. As he sent the passage
money his betrothed started right on, the Sig
mails by which he should know her having
been pre-arrsoged.. What was the cruel cha
grin of the long g-faithful lover to SEQ not his
rosy.oheeked fair, but q woman some ten
years older. He assured her that there was
some mistake, but she had his written con-
Tract to show. An explanation revealed that
sbe was second cousin to the woman he sup.
nosed he was addressing, but bearing the
same name and daughter OF man bearing
tina same name as the other ones father.
Moreover; she insissednpon the fulalment Of
tne contract OF its equivalent. His offer to
nav her fare back was refused as an Insult to
her Injured affections, and legal board Of ar
,bitration are trying to make up their minds
about 1t. ~ ~ - = :. = = 49,
1t was only By the most vigorous e1ertions
that the loss of human life which attended the