The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-31
sNEw 8 sU M M a r z.
= Eeold closed in New York on SATURDAY, at


,14s.
Cotton, in New York, was quoted que'
and steady; sales HOO bales at so3 cents.
in Liverpool, on Saturday, cotton was
.staady and unchanged; sales $4,000 bales.
I'M. Rochefort is in Bel GUM, to avoid his
sentence Of imprisonment.
Miss sid1ons, great granddaughter OF the
great English actress, is about to appear on
thestage in New YORK..
S.The,Union Pacifo Railroad has issued
card lhme-tsble OF the. usual form. Though
CLOSELY printed, the list Of stations fills card
about eight inches long.
An exchange notices that while young Ia
dies at Saratoga are practcing the dreolan
bend. Young gentlemen at the same place often
practice the American bender.
President Juarez writes to Consul-General
.Day. in San Francisco. emphatica1ly denying
that thore are any negotiations for the sale OF
Tho States Of Sonora and Sinaloa, or any part
thereof, to the United States. -
The fifty-four .curates or Rome have COM
pleted the census of the Holy City, which con-
tsins two hundred and seventeen thousand
Inhabitants, or thirty thousand more than IN
1853.
Gen. Meade, during his visit to Washing
Ton. spoke in the most fattering terms OF the
general good conduct Of the Southern people.
ms own expression was 81 am sure they
mean to dc right" -. 1e. q ~.
miss Menken was buried August 1S IN the
portion allotted to Jews IN the Cemetery OF
. Pers Ia Chaise. Several dramatic authors and
theatrical friends attended the funeral. The
horse of the deceased actress, led by SER
want, followed the hearse.
"A letter was received at Washington on
Friday from the Hon. Horatio Seymour, dated
Utica, New York, August 9th, in which the
.spreat banner-bearer Of the American people
announces himself in good health and spirits,
and .ascertain OF the success Of the Democratic
tidkst-ior the rights Of the whole people, the
maintenance OF the Union entire, with the
same privileges to one section as the other"
At last accounts Mr.. Davis and his family
had not left Liverpool; ;abut they had removed
hom the Adelphi Hotel to- . private residence
belonging to an American merchant, and which
had been plsced at their disposal by the owner
whose family was out OF town. This step was
taken by Mr.. Davis as matter OF necessity, as
he found that residence at public hotel him
dsred him from obtaining that thorough rest
and privacy now so necessary for his health.
The president Of one Of tho Philadelphia
city railroad companies has madea o proposition
to it's conductors to fix the amount Of fares
they shall be required to return as collected
each day at certain figure, and let them take
what they can collect beyond that amount m
lieu Of wages. In other words, the conductors
are taRire the cars, drivers, horses, and use
of he.road at so much per day, and make all
4hey can ont Of the passengers.
The dry goods auction sales in New York;
-nre increasing in Importance as the season ad-
-vances. French fabrics for the moment ap-
pear to iengross tie most attention. One house
Is running OF valuable catalogue Of mousse
lines de laine, merinoes, cashmere cloth, pop
linz, Empress cloth, bombazines, &c., and
another broobe shawls Of various styles. The
attendance of buyers in both cases is quite
numerous, but the biddings lacked spirit, but
prices are considered fully mp 80, those Of last
season. ;f.ss
The Pope has instituted severe measures
against tho frail sisterhood Of his dominions.
A couple Of weeks ago; the Roman Police made
. general raid on the miserable women, swept
tho whole, body into prison, or out Of the Ro-
man States, and boasted that they had not left
ons frail woman in BONE. correspondent
writing from Rome says: SIT is impossible to
dasribe the miserable condition Of those who
are driven over. the frontier, where they are
lefb in the woods or on the roads, without
money or food, and, in some cases, almost
naked" - :.
"A New York letter of the 26th instant says:
.sWe. are beginning to have occasional ghmpses
OF the autumn trade. The great dry goods
houses in Broadway and Church-street have
been Cling some pretty heavy Western and
Southwestern orders since Monday, keeping
the packers up till near midnight. The hard
ware, hides and leather, drugs and medicine,
and grocery, men, also report things generally
more active, with an immediate prospect OF
large increase OF business next week, when the
season at the watering places being about at
an end, recreation and pleasure will give place,
as usual, to commercial activity" -
The New York correspondent Of the Phila-
dslphis Ledger, writes: 'eThere are indications
of lively time in the Episcopal General Con-
yenion-the .irrepressible conflict between
high. and low churchmen, developing itself
anew in an effort on the part of the Evangeli-
Gals, in the interest Of DR.. Tying and his SYM
pathizers, so to modify the canon law as to per-
init Episcopal clergymen to preach in other
pulpits than their own, and oice uersa, to per-
init non-episcopaliy ordained ministers INTO
Episcopal churches. An effort will also be
made TO revise the Prayer Book, 80 as to check
mate the ritualistio performances at Trinity,
st. AIbans, etc. The high churchmen, how
eyer. appear to be confident that these demon
strations will eventuate in nothing but talk"
The spaniards have again insulted the
British flag at sea. Spanish revenue cut
tor Eve miles off the coast Of Carthagena, hailed
the British vessel Fanny, which at once hoist
ed the British ensign; but the Spanish officers,
under pretet that they suspected her to b'
pirate, announced that she was lawful prize,
gave orders 20 get the gun ready to fire, or
.dered her into the port Of Carthagena, sent
the whole Of the crew at once to jail, and de-
stained her until the certificates Of baptism OF
every man in the crew had been obtained from
Gibraltar, after which she was allowed to leave,
and then the British Consul protested strongly.