The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-21
NEWS OF THE DAP.

Mr.. John Albert Bright, the eldest son OF
the member for Birmingham, made his frst
public speech recently at meeting Of the
electors of Rochdale.
AT meeting Of the North Carolina bond
holders, held In New York the other day,
committee was appointed to Institute legal
8 proceedings to secure the payment OF the In
terest On the bonds.
." The late Lord Lytton left written In
junction that after death, or presumed death,
bis body should be allowed, for three days, to
lie untouched upon his bed, and then should
be examined by medical men, who should
: certify that life was extinct. This was obeyed.
The Newport (R. I.) Despatch says that
when Essex, charged with the crime of In
cest, was released from custody because his
family refused to testify against him, q mob
would. have lynched him but for the police.
He wss subsequently chased to neighborlng
tnn1n, zphoro hu narrowly ouvuPea bvfus huus'
> Steps were being taken In Newport to COM
pei him to leave.
a Washington letter says: "Verbal intel
ligence has been received here that at least
tvo of the bishops of the English Church have
sjgnihed their Intention to be present, If pos
siOle, at the meeting of the Evangelical ALL
ance here next autumn. They are the Blsh'
op OF st. Asaph and the Bishop of Manchester.
There Ia some reason to believe that Mr.. Spur
geon, II his health will allow, may be per-
suaded to accompany them."
The editor of the Lancaster, Pa, Express
tells this story, but he never writes under
oath: "a vile of nearly ten years, having
given her servanta holiday, was attending to
culinary matters herself, and hearing her hus-
band coming In the kitchen thought che
would surprise him as soon as he entered the
door BY throwing her hands over bis eyes and
ImpartiDg kiss on his brow as In the days of
The honeymoon. The husband returned the
salute with interest, and said, as he dlsen-
gagged her hands, Mary, darling, where ID
your mistress p The wife discharged Mary,
darling the next day, and has adopted new
iaplan Of of.surprising' her husband"
~ An execution by the garrote has Just
taken place at Madrid, which exempliaes the
gRastllness attending this method OF officially
) killing o man. The criminal was murderer,
one Diego Soler.Guiaro. Everything appears
= to have been bungled. The condemned Sat
upon the platform trembling and nearly dead,
and the exeeutioner found that the iron COL
lar was too small, and his whole instrument
J optot order. so he went 10 work for seven
or eight miautes hammering and adjusting,
and then he fastened Gniaro's head back to
the ut by an iron collar round his neck,
having ssorew attached, by which 1t was
drawn tighter and tighter until he was strsn.
gled. II was very edifylug, Christian, hu-
name and eminently civilized proceeding
throughout. ..-.. ....
-.A journalistic fracas" is thus reported In
the Washington Star of Monday last: "About
te1 O'Clock this morning, as Mr.. ]. II. Morris
was walking down 9th street, he was met by
W: q. Harris, a society reporter for the Sun
day Capital, (''Brown's Young Man'0 who in
quired: 'Is your name Morris" Mr.. Morris
replied in the affirmative, when Harris gave
his own name, and said: "Did you write the
article which lately appeared In the Chronicle
about Browns Young Man OF the Capital
II did not replied Mr.. Morris. Mr.. Harris
then asked: Are you responsible for that
articler Il don't know that am replied
Mr.. Morris. sWho shall hold responsible for
1t, then p said Mr.. Harris. 4 don't care whom
you hold responsible,' said Mr.. Norris; you
may hold me, If you want to- Thereupon
Earrls drew cowhide from his sleeve and
proceeded to apply 1t quite briskly over the
shoulders of Mr.. Morris. At this junctnre
some bys:anders lnterfsred, the assailant
being much larger and more robust man
than Mr. Morris. One Of them, Mr.. John 8.
Mccarthy, offered to hold Harris while Morris
should retaliate with the cowhde, which the
latter declined, as he also did the offer to have
Harris arrested for assault and battery, saw.
ing: On no; If he has had satisfaction, let
him co. Mr. Morris was not much hurt.n
"A Washington letter says: "The prepara-
tIons for the forthcoming inauguration cere-
monies are being conducted on the most
liberal and extensive scale. The indications
sre that 1t will be the grandest display ever
witnessed In Washington. There will be
present about thirty different military orgaui-
gallons from various parts OF the country,
each with It's band Of music, and with the
West Point and naval cadets will make dis
play never before witnessed in this country.
In order to overcome the many luconvenfen-
ces heretofore connected with Inauguration
balls, the largest ball building ever erected In