The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-20
NEW s sU NJ M Ar Y.
In New York, on Saturday, gold closed at

in New York, ON Saturday, gold Closed at
SSs.
Cotton advanced in New York, on Saturday,
3a1c., with sales of $500 bales, from 3Oss31c.,
closing firm at the latter figure.
in Liverpool, on Saturday, cotton closed
frmer and more active. Sales $4,000 bales.
Uplands 12td.
The French Prince Imperial was to make
his first communion Easter Sunday.
Lack Of work is driving men to the station
houses in New York.
Thomas is Secretary of War ad interim;
and Stanton ad inyinitum.
The New York printers contributed $1,000
to the Artemus Ward monument.
The printing of the impeachment tickets
alone cost $4,000. To print the trial as Pub.
Doc. will cost 100000.
The new Paris style of wearing the hair is
called the ssout Of water" head-dress. 1t is
simply whole head of hair brushed back
over the ears without the slightest ornament.
The builders of the pyramids, it is ascer-
tanned from recent discoveries, were fed upon
oysters-an illustration Of the theory that fish
diet is highly conducive to mental and physi-
cal vigor.
in Boston four hundred and hfty-seven
dwelling houses and twenty-four stores are to
be raised perpendicular distance OF eighteen
feet, and then underpinned, in carrying out
plan for filing in sixteen acres Of low ground.
Texas cattle, in large numbers, are now
being sent to New Orleans, for the supply OF
the West. The cattle are driven to the Sabine
and are transported thence by river and rail to
Cairo, from which point they are distributed
along the line of the Illinois Central.
An English publisher announces weekly,
to be called the Atlas, to be devoted to politics,
literature and news. With q contempt for
popular superstition, worthy of note, it is an
nounced to appear 'every Friday, at2 O'Clock. I"
We believe the choice of Friday as regular
publication day is without precedent.
A new visiting card has been patented; it
is oval, and the border is divided into twelve
angular sections, each carrying the figures
from one to twelve, to represent tie hours OF
the day. The visitor turns down the corner
which contains the hour at which the call was
made.
A meeting Of olergymen andlaymen OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church at Boston on
Tuesday appointed committee to report on
the expediency aud method Of taking measures
for the maintenance and education Of the
daughters Of INDECENT Episcopal clergymen,
many clergymen in the Southern States having
been reduced almost to starvation. The object
is to prepare the young ladies' to support them
selves by teaching.
France is thought to have reached the
height Of perfection as military power. One
million three hundred and fifty thousand men,
or nearly the whole Of the able-bodied male
population Of the country, may now be said to
be under arms. This force according to the
report just presented by Marshal Mel to the
Emperor, is made up of eight hundred thou
sand regulars and five hundred and fifty thou
sand OF the National Guard.
-Ar. William Wheatly, the indefatigable les
see Of Niblo's Theatre, having amassed an
enormous fortune within the past seven years,
on Saturday completed the sale, to Messrs.
Palmer & Jarrett, for 'one hundred thousand
.,
question, its goodwill, properties, and so on,
having determined to retire altogether from
business, and enjoy his otiuns cum, dig. like
millionaire and o gentleman. Heretires at the
expiration Of his present lease Of the theatre,
which will be in September next. Mr.. Wheat
lyhas been on the stage over forty years.
The dedication of the Lincoln monument
at Washington took place on Tuesday last.
The monument consists Of a Tuscan pillar,
thirty five feet high surmounted by colossal
statue of Lincoln, both Of white marble. 1t is
the work Of o Washington artist, and cost $1,000.
The ceremonies consisted of an address on the
life and services of Abraham Lincoln, by Major
B. B. French, poem by Col. E. B. Olmsted,
the unveiling Of the statue by President john
son, the introduction of the artist and the
benediction. Thousands of spectators were
present.
The Gettysburg asylum lottery has come
to an end, the managers putting the proceeds
in their pockets and leaving the credulous
ticket-holders to settle with the endoraers. In
the early stages Of the scheme, when it was q
novelty, and people were glad to be deceived
by anything promising assistance to wounded
and invalid soldiers, it had the endorsement
Of many prominent officers and distinguished
citizens. The Pennsylvania Legislature in
O porated the managers, and General Meade
al wed his name to appear first in the list Of
incorporators, though he withdrew it after-
wards. The managers claim to have been un-
fortunate The subscribers who confded in
them have certainly been.
"A bitter feud has long been raging between
Rev. DR.. Scott, the pastor, and the congrega-
ton of the Church of the Redemption, in New
York, caused by an attempt Of the former to
introduce ritualism in the service. The mat
ter came to an issue asbSunday evening, when
the senior warden and his supporters among
the congregation took the first step towards
accomplishing their pastors removal by laying
in an ample supply Of provisions, locking and
barring the doors of the edifce, and establish
ing themselves therein as a garrison. This
bellicose attitude had been assumed in order
to prevent the election Of a new vestry, which
might have resulted in the triumph of DIR.
SCOTS friends and the oustins of the senior
warden from Office. A sufficient force of po-
lcemen have been detailed to protect them in
their intrenchments, and they avow their in
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