The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.


s'notices."
-' NEWS OF THE DAP.
-"George Elliott has made forty thousand
dollars by ''Middlemarch."
-Froude's wife is daughter of the editor
of the London Times.
The Manhattan Club, of New York, pro-
pose to erect new theatre for Sothern.
-Mme. Lucca has written to Nine. Pesch-
ka Leutner that she is not satisfied with her
American tour, and that she will return ID
Europe soon.
The orchestra of London theatre struck
during the performance of pantomlme, out
resumed, their work after pathetic appeal
from the clown.
Letters received in this city, dated Alex
andria, December 70, state that Egypts COT
ton crop will be one hundred thousand oales
less than that last year.
Dean Stanley told an American friend
that he had read Hawthorne's "Marble fann"
through six times. That is pretty extraVa-
CANT compliment to pay to any book.
Francis Warden, the second partner IN
the New York dry goods firm Of A. T. Stewart
s. Co., died in Paris, on the eth ult., at the
age OF sixty-two years. he had managed the
European business of the firm for nearly
thirty years, and Is reported to have dled
worth ten million dollars.
The Liverpool Mercury of January ~ says:
"Ir ia known that among the late DR.. Lush
iugton,s papers is minute history Of the
secret causes Of the famous quarrel between
Lord and Lady Byron. Part Of this Will not
be published during the present century, OF,
ct all events, while any OF the men and Wo-
men whose names 1t mentions are alive; out
it Is currently stated that The part OF 1t which
has reference to the statements of Mrs. Stowe
will be published in few days.
~'-Swlnburne, the English poet, whose pas
sionate laudatlons of Venus and her tribe are
like the Dutchman's ''md cheese" once
wanted to be Introduced to Carlyle. On being
told of this che latter replied: "Fell Mr..
swinburne shall be glad to meet him after
you have told him what I think OF him.
sand what Is that :" said the friend. "Tell
him. thundered old Sartor Resartus, II think
he Is like man sitting ,ck.oeep In sewer,
and adding toit."
At the fair last year, In st. Louis, the
prize OF one thousand dollars for the best bale
OF cotton was awarded Mr.. John G. Yelser, OF
Jackson, Mississippi. The bale was aftes-
wards sent to Memphis, and won the nrst
prize there, and subsequently, 1t appearsd at
Jackson, where 1t also won the first premium.
Having thus been adjudged to be the best
bale or cotton by three different sets ofjudges,
this lucrative bale was sold by Its owner for
fifty-fve cents pound, two aud half times
the usual price, and thus realized him 10 ad'
dition to the premiums probably one thousand
dollars. lib new owner desiring to press its
career of triumph further, intends to send this
famous cotton bale to the Vienna Exposition
to show the world assembled there what Mis-
sIssippl can do In the way OF cotton raising.
THE House of Representatives on Satur-
day passed bill approprlating the various
amounts awarded by the Southern claims
commissioners last year In payment for quar-
termasler and commiBsary stores furnished
the army by loyallsts in The South during the
war The aggregate amount Ia $203,Ss4.
Tnese claims are somewhat different from
those embraced In the two Southern private
claims bills lately vetoed BY the President,
and in regard to one Of which-that OF Dr. j.
Milton Best, of Kentucky, for house which
was destroyed by the srmy-the Senate judi.
'ciary committee have taken Issue with him In
q report made on Friday last The report
argues against the President, not that the veto
should be solely or mainly on constitutional
grounds, but 1t seems to regard 1t rs interfer-
ing with the proper action of Congress In o
mere matter of eXpediency. The discussion
iofthe report In the Senate will bring up the
whole question.
-: II Iteligence comes from Washington that
there is TO be an important movement OF
troops now stationed in the South. Most OF
these forces, 1t is stated, are TO be transferred
TO points where their presence may be actually
required In the interests of the government.
There has been some intimation that one of
these points is Utah, where the Mormons
seem to have about DC much respect for the
Federal Government as they have for the
opinions OF mankind In general. 1t does not
appear, however, that the government will
make any immediate addition to the forces
now stationed there, but the Hormons, in an-
tIcipa,ion of the movement, are said to be In
state of considerable agitation. Another
line OF concentration is along the Mexican
border, but as yet only an additional regiment
Is mentioned In that connection. The full ek-
tentof the movement will doubtless soon be
developed. In this connection 1t Is also stated
that nearly all of the Ku-klux prisoners no"
undergoing punishment will probably be par
doued In a very short time, which will be
fitting conclusion to the military occupation
ofthe. South.
G The scenes and incidents attending the
recent boiler explosion at Pittsburg were nu-
merous and heartrending in the extreme.
Tne TACT that nearly all those who lost their