The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-29
CHI A r L Es,ToN

TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 30, 1867.
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NEWS SUMMARY. ~
Cotton was quoted in New York lower. Sales
1000 bales, at zoe. for Middling Uplands.
Gold closed at AT q Al.
OF 1647 national banks, seventeen are in the
hands OF receivers.
AT the late election in San Francisco the Ger
mans voted the Democratic ticket en- qnasse
III required Detroit Radical newspaper to
make fun Of the ravages of yellow fever in New
Orleans.
-Three-quarters Of the two thousand boot and
shoemakers Of Worcester, Massachusetts are out
Of work. 9iht gt.sd
Tho cost Of the original Capitol at Washing
ton city was 81 400, 600. The additions, now nearly
completed, will cost s12OO0,O00.
The Republican, Radical sheet in Selma Ala
bama, which has been beating between wind and
tide for several months, has at last given up the
ghost.
-Ristori was gypsy. Her father and mother
belonged to q wandering company. She first ap-
peared on the stage at two months old, in q
basket Of flowers.
The uniform movement is gaining. In New
ing uniform and before long it is probable that
poDsaa employees VIII 90 the same.
The New Orleans Picayune says there ia at
this time an unprecedented amount Of real estate
thrown upon the market in that city, for rent or
for sale. Prices demanded are but little If any less
than those asked last year. ".i a'e''|
"A mannfacturer in New York city is filling an
order for two Thousand thimbles, at eighteen
cents per dozen, for the managers OF popular
gift enterprise. "No blanksl Every ticket en-
titles the holder to present"
Arrangements have Seen made to hold, in the
oity OF Philadelphia, commencing on the fret
Wednesday Of November, q Nstional Convention,
composed of delegates from the different branches
OF the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has nearly ready Tor
the press collection OF his miscellaneous writings
in three volumes, consisting OF critical papers ION
Lamb, Gray, Goldsmith, Pitt and Fox, Sir Thomas
Browne, Schiller and other writer's of the present
and past century.
"A most extraordinary casei is reported at length
in the st. Louis papers, no less than that OF a
woman named Catharine Peterson who went be-
fore Justice Shundley of that oity and claimed as
her husband Christopher Peterson, who denied
ever having seen her. ', T. 81 ..,, a. s'
The egg trade Of New York is enormous. The
Post says that for the past nine months the re-
ceipts have averaged one thousand barrels per
day. Each barrel contains shout eighty Dozen or
nine hundred and sixty eggs. The aggregation,
therefore, would be in one day nearly million.
Mr.. Thurlow Weed, of New York, who ap-
pears to know good deal about Mrs. Lincoln
says: ut may not be inappropriate to say that
Mrs. Lincoln received ten thousand dollars fiom
one, and five thousand dollars from another con-
tributor In this city, before Mr.. Lincolns death,
and probably without his knowledge"
The abuse Of false hair for the last two years
has produced rise of so per cent in the price.
The French Capillary artists" now sell annually
100000 pounds Of hair and when braided. curled
I'D cork-screwed, bring in revenue Of more than
~Ao'ooO,ooai Where all this hair comes from is
soofsS wnloh, for the tranquility of families, had
better not be fathomed.
-. 10 stated that the Turkish Government has
Belgian capitalists the right OF constructing
series OF railways from Constantinople to Bel
grade, from the port Of Enos to Uskup, and from
Sslonica to Sophia, all Of which are to be COM
menced Immediately. and will extend to distance
OF more than 1000 kilometres. The ground is given
gratuitously by the Government
Archbishop Purcell, OF Cincinnati, has written
letter in reply to Rev. Thomas vickers, in which
he declares that the Pope has never been opposed
to progress; that it is stale slander to say the
Catholic Church is opposed TO the circulation of
the Bible, and that he himself is opposed to
union OF Church and State, and prefers the con-
dition OF the Church In the United States to its
condition In Italy, France or Spain.
-Burren ii. Leeke, who was q practioinp
lawyer at Cassville, Ga, for several years previous
to the war, and who has been residing at Cedar
Keys Fla, since was killed at tho latter place ON
the 18th inst He became involved in difaculty
with pr. Hodge, practicing physician there, with
whom he had been previously friendly, and in, An
alienation which took place, Dir. Hodge kicked
hun IN the stomach, from which he died in three
hours. ~. -
"A London paper says the plate at Windsor
castle, Tor the use OF her Majesty and the court,
weighs nearly thirty tons and that its value may
be roughly estimated at 5000 900. It is secured
in stone chambers with vaulted ceilings. which
form part OF the original buildings, and are tho
roughly proof against burglars. Among the plate
II single dish not Of silver gilt but Of solid
gold, made by order Of George w., and represent
ing al the orders. both domestic and foreign, 2
which that sovereign wore, or was entitled to wear
1t ID estimated at f0OO0. Grand and magnificent
as the assortment Of plate u.s. our readers will be
astonshed to hear that very little OF it indeed i
Old or curious, most Of the plate used by former
sovereigns having been melted down and renhod-
elled by George w.; very much Of it, conseuuent-
ly, il tawdry and 100000, as might naturally be
expeoted from the author OF the Payilion al Brsgh
tom" ,--p1sG 1sg2 i-5s hotaTsn, +,anpaa ,.o.a
The principle Of representation OF minorities
is already making trouble in English politics. The
plan OF granting to each borough two members
for the majority and one for the uHinority; each
elector being allowed to vote for but two oandi
dstes, they call that s'three cornered constit,-
ency," by which, as neither side can hope to pain
q victory, the great moral power of the healthy
conflict OF parties is taken away, and practically
political warfare will become enervated and made
even more than now q matter Of bargain and
sale. Moreover, and more seriously, this plan Ia
already tending to cultivate the gravest danger
England can apprshend-class conflict and class
legislation. The Birmingham Trades Council have
resolved that it is expedient to send to Parliament
besides iMr. Bright snd Mr.. Dixon, a working.
the best man, whatever his dccn-
patton. which would be o trne Democratic idea.
but workingmAn, az such-an idea containing
Inc vital essence OF aristocrscy and the political
separation Of social classes.
"A dispatch from Vienna, dated October II. aivea
IN extract from the Presse relative to the Ratern
question. The journal alluded TO, says that accor-
ling to intelligence Of the same tenor from several
quarters, negotiations are being carried on to
bring about an understanding between Franoe. |
Austria, England and prassia, with the view Of