The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.


NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gerald Massey, the poet, has been lectur-
ipgaon spirltuallem in Eugland. He sails for
the United States September 1.
"A New York man Offers to demonstrate
the possibility OF swimming from New York
to Long Branch, twenty.six miles, next sum-
mer.
-Sanguili, one of the leaders of the Cuban
insurrectionists, has lost the use Of both legs,
and has to be tied on his horse with ropes,
when leading his men.
-Ealulu, the little African boy that Stanley
brought back after he discovered Livingstone,
has entered q barber chop In Milwaukee to
learn the trade.
1t is announced in England that Mr.. Brad
laugh, '',he coming CROMWELL" and Wilkie
Collins, the we'll known novelist, are coming
to this country on lecturiog tours.
a railroad 10 Jerusalem is likely to afford,
ct no distant date, new illustration OF
modern progress. The surveys for the pro-
jected railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem have
been completed, and the plans sent to the
minister oil public works at Constantlnople
The Pope and the chiefs of the Greek, Arme-
nian and Jewish faiths. not only In the East
but even at Paris and London, have been In
formed that fifteen hundred tickets for the
tourney from Jaffa to Jerusalem and back will
be annually and gratuitously placed at their
disposal tor the use Of poor pilgrims.
Tho Boston shoe and leather trade is not
30 brisk as usual at this season. Southern
buyers are well represented, but the Western
trade SO far Is dull. Manufacturers manifest
great caution in adding to stocks, and therels
by no means 80 buoyant feeling as was
hoped. The nearby trade alone presents an
appearance of activity. With respect to COL
leotions 1t Ia found that they are more difficult
to obtain In the West than In the South, owing
It In supposed to the difficulties OF Western
transportation, and the virtual embargo I'm
posed by the weather on the movements OF
commodities.
The legal meaning Of the word 'elthern
was grsyely argued In an English Court OF
Chancery the other day. A certain testator
left property, the disposition of which was
aHscredr by "death of either" of two persons.
One lawyer insisted that ''elther" meant both;
and I'M support of this view he quoted Rlch-
ardson,! Webster, Chaucer, Dryden, Southey,
the story of the Crucifxion, and passage
from Revelations. The Judge suggested that
there was an old song In "The Beggar's
Opera" which took the other view: "How
happy could be with either, were t'other
dear charmer away" In pro1ouncing judg-
ment, the court ruled that .either" meant one
OF two, aad did not mean "both." 1t might
have that meaning occasionally in poets, but
never In q Court of Chancery.
Through the liberality of New York
gentleman Interested In scientific pursuits,
Professor Agassis, has come into the posses
sion of tsn island in Buzgards Bay, off the
NassaciI iIBetts: eosst, Of about one hundred
acres,I md ffry thousand dollars in money,
both yestions of The gift being designed to aid
in che epefmanent establishment OF ascIenti6c
school On the Island. Professor 4Agasslz has
for some time cherished the plan of establish
ingR echoot where teachers Of the natural
sciences, or those who intend fitting them.
selves to be such, could devote their long
summer. vacations to their practical study in
such manner as tc combine recreation and
1est-wifh the acquisition OF knowledge. This
plan he will now be enabled 10 carry out
more successfully and on larger scale than
was"at first contemplated. For the perfec-
tlon OF the arrangements, the erection of
suitable building, &C., more money will be
needed, and 1t Is hoped that sum equal to
the original gift will be realized by suoscrlp-
tions.
This recent arrival of commissioner In
Kew York, sent by the struggling Cubans on
business connected with the hopes Of the IN
surgen;s, has had for one of It's results the
ahordlng Of Trustworthy Information con.
cernlng the status of the opposing forces in
the Island, The revolution is said to be par.
ucularly strong ln the Eastern Department,
where the spaniards have actually given up
the war, and appear to conane themselves 10
acts of cruelty and depreciation. 1t Ia evident
that they. will soon be forced to leave ,b,,
part of the Island altogether. The Insurgents
have suff1olency of arms, although ,hey
could 0e improved in quality; but what they
mostly need is an abundance Of ammunition.
The commanders have devoted themselves TO
drilling their troops With surprising success,
ard the men show by their tact and devotion
that they are both earnest and hopeful. The
Cubsns, having been long accustomed to
look upon the Spaniards With suspicion, have
not get made up their minds to believe in the
spanlsh Republic.
-Rield:Marshal Won Moltke, having been
csnsrasnlated BY foreign officer, says the