The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-15
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Gold closed Yesterday at $50.

in Liverpool! COTTON cioseo ouii "n' 49,
changed, with sales Of 10000 bales
Senator Sumner is mentioned as the pro-
bahle successor to Seward, and also to Hever-
dy Johnson in England, but Sumner nImsen
declares h. will not accept either position.
The New Orleans street car companies are 30
botbered with counterfeit nickels that they
offer $1,000 reward for the capture OF those VINO
manufacture them. = E
In; this weeks number Of Every Saturday,
LIr. Charles Dickens commences a ser1es OF
naners entitled tsNew Uncommercial Samples
The first paper will be description OF his yoy-
age in the Russias, last spring, and Is very en-
tertaining. z;----,,
The Albany Argus estimates that the TWO
trials of George ". Cole have cost fifty thou
sand dollars, which was paid by his brother,
Senator Cole, of California. 1t is said that
General Cole will go into business IN Call
fornia.
-Atto1ney- General. Evarts on Thursday
afternoon made the closing argument in the
LEGAL tender case before the Supreme Court,
and the court now has the matter under ad-
visemene.. decision isnot expected for some
time.
ia now well understood in well INFORM
ed circles..' writes the Washington correspon-
dom. Of the New York World, that Hon. f. b.
Washburne is to bo Secretary OF The treasury
in General Grants Cabinet. This Is the only
Cabinet 40 pointment decided upon, but upon
this you msy rely"
-Menard the negro member Of Congress
elect from Louisiana, complains OF cool treat
ment and indifference to his interests on the
mart of his Radical brethren in Congress, and
especially does he find fault with neglect on
the part of Louisiana Radicals. The prooabii-
ity is that iu no event Will he obtain a seal In
Congress.
During the reign of slush in New York,
dummies did agood business on horse-cars'
securing seats at the beginning OF the route
and selling tn EN- out at premium down town.
One of these chaps was heard to say that ne
had sold his seat three times for fifty cents
each, and he would hold on to it next time
until be gotta dollar. v.eeca -
Parties from Salt Lake City report that
the grading of the Central Pacific Railway has
been completed one hundred and ten miles
west of that plsc e. The remaining eighty
miles to the end Of the track will be graded IN
,broe veel.a : No -;a4a.s,lrtinn to tho laying ef
the tracksa has occurred thus far, and none is
expected during the winter until the road
reaches tho Wassach Mountain, east OF Salt
Lake. -
..iGWhile the silk worm is dying out in the
old world it is Aourishing in the new. The
result of the wonderful climate Of our Pacific
coast is that the best worms and most healthy
;. eggs are produced there that can be found
anywhere in the world. Orders to the Cali
fornia silk growers have reached them from
France and Italy for all the eggs they can pro-
duce for years to con at 81 per ounce, each
ounce containi ng 10000 eggs. Tie CALIFORNIA
Legislature has sought to encourage this
valuable into rest by offering premium of $3.50
for cultiyating 5000 mulberry trees for silk
culture, and $500 for every one hundred thous-
and silk cocoons, produced in good merchant
able order.
The story about the importation into Tex
as, and sale Of coolies, was joke. The cool
i es in question was simply cast iron figures
designed for segar, tea, tobacco and grocery
stores. Several Radical papers were thrown
into fits by the report, but aro rapidly recover
ing. The Philadelphia North American thus
went of the handle: e'The worse feature In
) the affair is that two-thirds Of these unhappy
Chinese ara females some of them beautiful.
or course they wero bought in China on specu-
lation and sent to Texas to seek market, just
as the same kind of live stock Of different
race used to be sent to New Orleans. This'de-
velopment is nothing new in regard to the
Chinese coolie trade, except in 80 far as the
importation OF women goes. This is O novel
ty."
The New York swindlers have invented
new method Of doing business, the naodus ope:
randi of which is thus detailed: sSome few
days ago an elegantly dressed lady, accompa-
MED by well dressed gentleman, entered the
store of prominent jeweller and asked to be
shown some diamonds. A costly tray was
handed them by the gentlemanly and obliging
clerk, and as they were examining and choos-
ing, comparing and rejecting,' the clerks at
tention was attracted by the entrance of man
who beckoned him cautiously aside, and show
ing a star concealed beneath his coat, in
Formed the clerk that he was an officer, and that
he had been watching the couple at the counter
for some time. he advised the clerk not
to interfere with them, but show them what
they asked for, and if they attempted to secrete
anything he would arrest them. The clerk
soon noticed that the suspected couple quietly
slowed away several valuable diamond rings,
and ct this iuncture another person entared
the store, alss bearing star teneath his coat,
and at once gently tapping the genteel pair on
the shoulders, blandy requested the pleasure
of their society at the police station. The first
officer told the clerk that the prisoners would
have to be searched, and that he would then
return the stolen property in the course OF an
hour or 80. The confding clerk assented, and
the prisoners and captors disappeared. The
proprietors have thus lar looked in vain for the
glimmer OF their returning diamonds, and the
enwho have right to wear stars are looking
after the pretended policemen"
There are in California si1ty-two thou
sand Chinese, nearly all enrolled in six clubs,
corresponding to the six districts from which
the emigrants came. On the arrival of an
emigrant ship agents from the clubs proceed
on board and take charge Of those who have
come from the districts represented by their
commands A. tho e1nh honoa tba an, ;o,ro NJ ;s