The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-29
CHI A RI ES TON.
NEWS SUMMARY.


NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton was quoted in New York lower. Sales
1000 bales, at zoe. fo- Middling Uplands.
Gold closed at 42t 42}.
of 1e47 national banks, seventeen are in the
hands Of receivers.
AT the late election in San Francisco the Ger
mans voted the Democratic ticket en- naasse
1t required Detroit Radical newspaper to
make fun of the ravages Of yellow fever in New
Orleans.
-Three-quarters of the two thousand boot and
sbosmakers of Worcester, Massachusetts, are ou1
OF work.
The cost of the original Capitol at Washing
ton CITY was 81 100000 The additions, now nearly
completed, Will cost s12,OOO,OOO
The Republican, Radical sheet in Selma, Ala
bsms, which has been beating between wind and
tide for several months, has at last given up the
ghost.
-Ristori was gipsy. Her father and mother
belonged to wandering company. She first ap-
peared on the stage at two months old, in q
basket OF flowers.
York State all railway officials wear distinguish
ing uniform, and before long it is probable that
postal employees will do the same.
The New Orleans Picayuns says there is at
this time an unprecedented amount OF real estate
thrown upon the market in that city, for rent or
for sale. Prices demanded but little if any less
than those asked last wear.
"A manufacturer 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 blsnksl Every ticket en-
titles the holder to present"
-Arrargements have been made to hold in the
city Of Philadelphia, commencing on the trst
Wednesday of November, a National Convention,
composed Of delegates from the different branches
Of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has nearly ready for
the press collection of his miscellaneous writings
in three volumes, consisting OF critical papers on
Lamb, Gray, Goldsmith, Pitt and Fox Sir Thomas
Browne, Schiller, and other writer's Of the present
and past century.
Almost extraordinary case 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 city, and claimed as
her husband Christopher Peterson, who denied
ever having seen her.
The egg trade of New York is enormous. 1"e
Post says that for the past nine months the
csipts have averaged one thousand barrels per
day. Each barrel contains about eighty dozen, or
nine hundred and sixty eggs. The aggregation,
therefore, would be in one day nearly a million.
Mr.. Thurlow Weed, Of New York, who ap-
pears to know q good deal about Mrs. Lincoln,
says: cit may not be inappropriate to say that
Mrs. Lincoln received ten thousand dollars fIom
ono. and 1--WE thousand dollars from another con-
tribu,or in this city, before Mr.. Lincolns death,
and probably without his knowledge"
The abuss 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
1Ac 900 pounds Of hair, and when braided, curled
AM cork-screwed, bring in a revenue OF more than
$16,OO0,OOO Where all this hair comes from is
scored which, for tho tranquility of families, had
better not be fathomed.
1t is stated that the Turkish Government has
conceded to company OF English, French and
Belgian capitalists the right Of constructing a
series OF railways from Constantinople to Bel
grade, from the port Of Enos to Uskup, and from
salonica 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
grstuitously 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.
-Burrell 81. Leeks, who was a practicing
lawyer at Cassvie, Ga, for several years previous
to the war, and who has been residing at Cedar
Keys, Fla, since, was killed at the latter place on
the 10th inst. He became involved in difficulty
with DR.. Hodge, practicing physician there, with
whom he had been previously friendly, and in an
alteration which took place, DR.. Hodge kicked
him in the stomach, from which he died in three
hours.
"A London paper says the plate at Windsor
Castle, for the use Of her Majesty and the court,
"weighs nearly thirty tons, and that its value may
be roughly estimated at Ss,00O,0O0. 1t 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
is single dish, not Of silver gilt, but Of solid
gold, made by order Of George w., and represent
ing all the orders, both domestic and foreign,
which that sovereign wore, or was entitled to wear
il is estimated at $4,000. Grand and magnificent
as the assortment Of plate is, our readers will be
astonished to hear that very little Of it indeed is
old or curious, most Of the plate used by former
soyereigns having been melted down and remod-
elled by George w.; very much Of it, consequent
ly. is tawdry and rocco, as might naturally be
expected from the author of the Pavilion at Brigh-
ton."
The principle Of representation Of minorities
is already making trouble in English politics. The
plan Of granting 10 each borough two members
for the majority, aud one for the minority, each
elector being allowed to vote for but two candi-
dates, they call that ''three cornered constitu-
ency," by which, as neither side can hope to gain
a 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 matter Of bargain and
sale. Moreover, and more seriously this plan is
already tending to cultivate the gravest danger
Eneland can apprehend-class conflict and class
legislation. The Birmingham Trades Council have
resolved that it is e1pedient to sendto Parliament,
besides Mr.. Bright and Mr.. Dixon, working
man-not the best man, whatever his occu-
patton, which would be true Democratic idea;
bat yorkingman, as such-an idea containing
the vital essence of arstocracy and the political
separation Of social classes.
-Adispatch from Vienna, dated October II, gives
an extract from the Presse, relative to the Eastern
question. The journal alluded to- says that accor-
ding to intelligence Of the same tenor from several
quarters, negotiations are being carried on to
bring about an understanding between France,