The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-19
NEWS SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York OH Saturday at 41s.
Cotton closed in Liverpool on tho 10th at lid.
Tho Savannah theatre will be opened tonight
for tho first tmo this season.
CALEB GUSHING is codifying tho U. s. Statutes.
Another break has occurred in the Eric canal,
-near Palmyra aqueduct.
The. health OF Marshal ODoNNELL, who is now
in Paris, is such Us to cause some uneasincss to
his family and friends.
Gonoral GRANT is said TO disapprovo tho restora-
ton Of General SWEENEY to his rank in the regular
army.
Hon. JOHN D. RosE, mombor OF Parliament from
Canada, had IN interview with tho President ycs-
terday
Counsellor DE AzoMpIaA, tho Brazilian Minister,
and Senior SARIaIERTE, the Minister Of tho Argen-
tino Republic, have returned to Washington.
Governor BuLLooH unfolds 'sFhe Providence of
God in the Five Great Periods of American Histo-
ry" at Springfield tonight.
Tho President has removed DR.. HASTINGS n
brother-in-aw of Senator SUMNER, from the charge
of tho Marine Hospital in San francisco.
Tho robbers who recently committed various
outrages OH the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
havo boon captured.
ROMERO, tho Romancer of the Rio Grande, is
said to be about to marry his boarding house keep
or in Washington. ga new way to pay old debts"
WALTER WHITMAN has been promoted to o third
class clerkship in the Attorncy-Generals Office
where hc has been employed since HARLAN turned
him out Of tho Interior Department..
MI. and Mrs. ITURBDE are now ut Rosedale,
near Georgetown, D. c., the residence of the
lady's mother Their son is still held by MAXI
MILAN.
Mrs. SARAH PRESTON HALE, widow Of the late
NATHAN HALE, editor of the Boston Advertiser,
aia ~ 1;a5 ~,
on Wednesday.
Staff Commander Mon1AnTY, who distinguished
himself during the laying of the Atlantic CABLE has
been recommended for the honor of O Commander
ship Of tho Bath.
An English paper strangely states that among
the visitors ut Boutwell, 'tare tho widow and
daughter of the late ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President
Of America" ~.I' ',r. ,. ?. , :
cAsrE1NAu is being treated very cavalierly by
BAzAINE, who is busy making contracts for
army supplies, and for length of tino, which
does not look to q speedy departure of tho troops
The London Telegraph denies the report that
commission is about to be appointed to settle the
Alabama claims. The English Cabinet has lately
been holding councils almost daily.
General J. G. DAVIS, who recently issued an Or
der prohibiting any military display over the re-
mains of tho rebel General HANSON says that he
sa ments. GG' """"'' - =
The Freedmen of Macon County, Ala, one of the
best cotton growing districts in the South, recent
.ly held meeting and passed resolutions discoun-
tenancin3 idlers and loafers, and conforming oil
violations Of contracts between white men and
themselves.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has decided
that tho functions Of the State Government were
as constitutionaly and Loyalty exercised during
the timo in which the State was out of the Union
by reason of war; and that it never lost it's organ
izaton as State by reason OF secession.
Orders have been received in Toronto to dis
charge thirty of the Fenian prisoners. Tho Cana
dian Government has positively determined to-
commute the sentences Of LrNoH, MCMAHON and
the others condemned to death. THOMAS RyA11,,
one OF tho Fenian prisoners, who offered to turn
States evidence, escaped yesterday.
Dispatches from Now Orleans state that it is
openly assorted in military circles thero that SnEn-
MAN has gone to Mexico merely as the forerunner
Of IN army OF occupation. Unusual activity in
forwarding supplies and equipments to our troops
on the Rio Grando serves to substantiate this
assertion.
Boston special says that lottcrs from provision
houses in Liverpool bring intelligence Of the ship
mont back to the United States, within sixty days,
OF between 5000 and GOOO boxes Of American bacon,
the sale OF which, the other side at rates cur
rent, would have involved too heavy @ loss to the
owners. .,
contract has been entered into by certain par
hos for opening tho Southwest Pass OF the bIisss-
sppi. by tho terms OF tho contract the channel
as to be deepcncd and the work completed within
ninety days. The cost OF keeping the channel
opon subsequently is estimated at seven thousand
dollars month.
Asouthorn Hospital Association for the relief Of
disabled Confederate soldiers has been formed In
New Orleans. General Hoop is President Of the
association and General s. b. Buokner yico<Presi-
dent. Among the Trustees aro Generals LEE
bEAuhEoAnDs JOHNSTON and Others A lades'
branch association has also beon formed, and
bazaar 1s to bo opened ut Now Orleans for its
benefit.
"e loarn from Now Orleans that in view OF tho
recent elections, and Of tho Presidents policy in
regard to the affair Of tho Polico Commissioners
az Baitimore Governor WELLS has determined on
removing Immediately tho sherifs and other Of
hoors IN Louisiana who have been dorelict in the
discharge of thor Duties Stops are also being
.ahoh ~o aro told to arrest the parties concerned
IN the late riot at New Orleans. Judge SHANNON
ls also preparing for rigid enforcement OF tho
Civil Rights Bill, and the 'oyal" people aro pet-
tonlng Congress to pass an enabling act for that
State. gr:.r
Ihe Washington correspondent Of tho Baltimore
transcript under date of November Is, saws ::
Ndeneral SIcKIEs, who is in command OF the Dis
triat OF South Carolina arrived hero to-day, hay
ing boon sent for nv ordar ~ tho pro,;dont rJo