The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-26
NEWS OF THE D4Y.

The Southwest Pass of the MISSISSIPPI
Rlver was on the 17th instant blockaded oy.
mud; and vessels were unable to pass.
The assessed wealth OF Texas is $57S, ,255,-
sos, according to the returns OF the State
auditor. r.-,..,.. fr. -
The English railway authorities are cen.
sidering the subject of the reduction Of speed
and number of express trains between COM
petlng points. -.........
THE managing commission Of the Vienna
Universal Exhibition has given Spain notice
that unless the space sllotted to that country
is taken no at once, it will be handed over TO
France. '.ti
-Ayoung gentleman who advertises for
wife in the Independence Beige has his little
preferences. The applicant must be young
lady or childless widow; and he would pre-
fer ''a wife who ls slightly lame"-a precau.
ton probably against her running away.
THE conference committee OF the two
houses Of the General Assembly Of Virginia
have agreed to report On the interest ques.
tion, which fixes the legal Interest at Blk per
cent, and allows contracts as high as eight
per cent. ANY charge above the latter figure
IN to involve the forfeiture OF all Interest.
sMPor the benefit OF those who do not read
the Congressional Globe, we mention the
fact that among tha bills passed by the Forty
sscond Congress was one prohibiting the use
OF the word "Natlensl" by banking houses,
save those whicn are regularly Incorporated,
under the laws Of Congress. The penalty OF
compliance with the law is fine OF hlty
dollars for every day the word remains.
THE New York Tobacco Leaf learne, on
good authority, that the Reicnsrath has re-
ported to the Reichstag Q measure which pro-
poses to increase the duty on imported tobac-
co rom four thalers, as at present fixed, to
fonrteen-an advance Of three hundred and
ffty per cent The Leaf has also information
to the effect that as little or no opposition e1-
lists In the Relchstay to the bill, 1t will, in all
probability, become alaw.
--Erastus Lyman, ex.presIdent of the Knick-
erbocker Life Insurance Company, has been
sued By the company to recover about twenty
Thousand dollars, alleged 10 have been lost by
thscompany on account of unauthorized con-
tracts made BY him with irresponsible per-
Rona. Mr.. Lyman was taken into custod5
under an order Of arrest Issued by the Court
ofCommon Pleas, and gave isteen thousand
dollars bail.
IT is stated that the Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Company, whose lines extend from
NeW, York 10 San Francisco, along the Central
Pacific Railroad route, have bought up the
stock or the Franklin Telegraph Company,
whose lines extend from New York to Wash
x,t4 60 skA oil lotta nf
the two companies. AZ Washington the lines
Of the consolidated company connect with
those Of the South Atlantic Company, which
have already been extended to Montgomery
Alabama, and are being rapidly pushed for
ward TO New Orleans. Other companies In
oppositlon to the Western Union are expect
ed to Join the new combination.
"A French commission, consisting Of ex-
perts, has Just made report reviewing all
the methods employed In the manufacture OF
atsinthe and the great loss OF life entailed by
It's use In France. They recommend that this
article be included In the list OF poisons, and
that its sale be interdicted, excepting on pre-
scrIpuon by q physician. They think its sale
should be, visited with heavy penalties, and
that every effort ought to be made tc break
mp the indulgence in an article possessing
such poisonous properties. It ls not the ab.
sinthe alone that proves 30 dangerous, but
the inordInate consumption of alcohol that
accompanies 1t. Some who are addicted to 1t
have been Known to take thirty glasses OF
absinthe every dsy, the greater part of which
Is absolute alcohol.
"A new theory has just come to light to
account for the sudden breaking up Of we'll
built and apparently staunch iron vessels.
when subjected TO severe weather, after few
years service. The steamship Saragossa was
recently put on the stocks at Baltimore TO be
recaulked; on removing the iron plating, the
esulkers began work upon what looked to be
solid, heavy timber, but proved to be mere
boards, thin enough to be perforated with Q
hammer. Upon closer examination, 1t was
discovered that for q space OF eighty feet in
length on each side of the keel, and where the
boilers and furnaces rest, planks, which eight
years ago were three and one.half inches
thick, fad been worn to boards Of half inch
in thickness, by the friction of cnders aud
coal which had from time TO time dropped
there, and had been moved frem side to side
by the motion of the vessel when at sea.
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