The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-16

-Ihe Augusta (Geo:gial Chronicle begs the
cotton planters Of the State to give at least one
fourth of their best lands this year to wheat. as
suring them that the latter will prove the more
p.o6tabls crop.
-Congressmen continue to arrive in Washing
ton daily for the November session. l. is thought
that by Saturday there will be quorum, and that
several importai caucuses vii be held befo'e the
session is commenced.
The Empress Eugene and the Austrian Arch
dukes made IN ascent recently in Paris In the bal
loon. which has rope attached and is allowed to
ascend to certain height, in the enclosed space
in the Champ de Mars.
General Beauregard arrivel st New Orleans
on the 9Th instant by the Jackson train, from his
Northern tour. He will resume at once his chair
rs President of the New Orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern Railroad.
1t takes great mind to invent novel mode
Of suicide nowadays; but the feat was accomplish
cd by clown at Berlin, who blew his brains out
with pistol while hanging By MS feet from the
ceiling Of he theatre in the presence OF 1000 spe-
tators.
The floor Of the United States Senate chamber
has lust been covered with new carpet, imported
from Europe. Senators next winter will stand on
this carpet and adv cate the protection Of Amer-
can manufactures against 1.-THE pauper labor Of
Europe etc., etc.
On Monday night an affray occurred in Norfolk
Va. between Henry Warner and Alexander Carter
which re ulted in the latter being stabbed and
killed. They we're marines attached to the United
States ship St. Cloud, and the afray grew out OF
an old quarrel on shpboard.
Henry Ward Beecher's late novel, Norwood, !"
has been dramatizsd and produced on the stage.
The new play would seem to be decidedly sensa-
tional and spectacular, Gettysburg and Sumter
sfFording two Of the scenes, and the Presidents
proclamation being read IN tull.
The people OF New Orleans are seriously con-
sidering the feasibility OF establishing co-Cpera-
tive Kitchens as rsnedy for the evils arising from
the restless and unreliable character Of their hired
help. They propose the employment ola cook
and steward by an association OF individuals.
The friends of the late Ex-Governor Andrew
are engaged in raising fund Of s.OO,o 600 for the
bane6t of his family. At last accounts some s60,
600 had been subscribed by Boston gentlemen ex-
clus,vely; and there were confident expectations OF
speedily raising the subscription to 100000.
The New York Tribune, after saying that most
cf the ignorance, depravity and dirt to be found
ut the North votes the Democratic ticket with ad-
rnirable and exemplary frankness admits that
the Republican party at the South corresponds
IN social position to the Democratic party at tho
North.
1t appears to be admitted that Mr.. Seward Of
Scred to Garibaldi the highest rank then known in
the Federal army, if he would accept commits
sion under the United States Government, at an
early period of the late war. Garibaldi declined
because the war was then alleged to be wased to
restore the Union and net to abolish slavery.
Monsters diplomatic circular on the Italian
question asserts it to be the right and the duty oI
France to secure the conditions OF the treaty Which,
he says Italy has broken III permitting aggression
against the Pontifcal States; Lut he says France
does not wi b to renew he occupation IN its old
@cru and will W thdraw as soon as Rome is sac.
Tie planters Of Sumter, Ala, have held a
meeting and adopted set OF rules to regulate the
employment OF freedmen. After debate, they
ayr cd to give ten dollars month to first GLASS
fad hands, eight dollars to second class, and ST..
dollars to third class. Also to require ten hours
work in the day betweea April 1st and October 1st,
and nine hours work during the rest OF the year.
The gardeners employed in the Trocadero, at
Paris, in arrapging tie flower beds after the re-
moval Of the wooden huts erected for the Empsr-
or's .ft.e found SUrty-four portmounaiss. As is
known the omnibus station is on the Quai, and the
PROBABILITY 8 that the pickpo .kets, havi. exer-
eissd their daxter!ty, dIsembarrassed themselves
Of these material proofs, after emptyirg them OF
kl-as, ,,l,o ,lxt
Eve franc pieces IN gold were found.
Official najorities from twenty-one counties in |
Kansas, aud reported majorities from six others,
the most popuIoa' in the State, give for uegro suf
age 1896, against 13, $685. FOR female suffrage 5US
against 1898; distranchising disloyal persons |
a95s against sS03. Representative districts return
City Republicans and twelty-one Democrats. |
Fourteen districts are yet to hear from. The |
Senate will stand, Republicans 20, Democrats s. |
The House will probably stand, Republicans 90,
Democrats 25.
The State of Georgia proposes to exchange for
hsr bonds bearing Ave or six per cent interest,
due 1873, 1859 and 1870 seven per cent secured BY
mortgage on the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
due in 1853, on the following terms: Bonds due
In 1898 subject to a deduction OF one per cent,
those due in 1859 OF two per cent, those due IN
1870 Of three r cent. The sum total OF mortgage
bonds after such exchange will be s. 6o0ooO,
being the full amount authorized. Holders desir-
oua 10 make the ex hange will notify John Jones,
stste Treasurer, Milledgeville, Georgia.
--Dr. o. W. Wright, Of Indiana, who has lately
figured in the papers for getting divorce from
his wife on account Of il-health, and marrying
rh; ;1a h,e ;fa of,o ofaJ hridac-
maid, comes out with defence OF his action, in
which he says that his wife was afflicted with epi-
lepsy to such degree that she required constant
attention an that he married for the sake of pro-
viding her with a nurse, he and his second wife
adopting her as their daughter immediately after
marriage. The first wife gave her full consent to
this singular proceeding.
The New York Herald proposes to get ND
public subscription to present Mrs Eliza beth Cady
Stanton q needle spool OF thread, thimble and
pair Of scissors, in order that she may mend her
husbands shirts, darn his socks and keep his un-
Inentionab!es in good order; and suggests another
subscription to supply George Francis Train, the
sdvoc-te OF the rampant women who have lately
been trying to bring womans rights to point in
Kansas, with balrnoral skirt Of the most modern
form and dimensions, as ne has premeditatsdl,
discarded his lower haD,lmeuts and come ont in
petticoat costume.
Some time since halter In Brooklyn, for the
fun Of lhe thing, promised his wife that be Womb
make her skirt-auch as was never before known.
He took some felt, and adopting the beating pro.
cess BY which felt hats are made he streaked the
material ever = frame snd beat 1t In successive