The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-22
NEW s s q M M a r Y.
Gold closed at Ssh.
Cotton in New York 254a25a. Sales 1900

Cotton closed IN Liverpool quiet, SteauS
and unchanged.
of course the railroad excites great Won
der among the Indians on the plains, when
thew see it for the first time. The Pintes nam
ed the locomotive ''smoke wagon" but the
Shoshones less happily call it cheap wagon, no
hoss." -
; st Louis is perturbed by the arrival there
of q Frenchman, count, who puts in modest
claim as the rightful heir to a tract of land
covered with fine buildings, which is worth,
exclusive Of those structures, q million and a
half Of dollars. He has brought suits to test
the titles. e \ - -.
"A Washing gton letter says: General Long
street has been in this city for two days past.
He is at work actively to aid the admission OF
Hon. Joshua Hill, Of Georgia, as United States
senator from that State. MIR. Hills case will
be reported at an early day by the; Judiciary
Committee, and it is understood in favor OF
his being allowed to take the oath and seat TO
which he is elected" ,-. ~. - 20
The New York Tribune Of Saturday prints
an elaborate account Of the Charleston phos-
phate discoveries and editerially remarks :
tWe reckon the discovery and development of
the Charleston phosphates, Of which full ac-
connt is printed in our columns this morning,
as one of the most cheering among the signs
of better fortune in store for the Carolinians.
Cheap fertilizers, small farms, free labor,
thorough cultivation, may yet revolutioDize
the idea that South Carolina is the barrenest
part of what General Sherman WAS once pleas
ed to call sthe worn out Atlantic SLOPE
The Champion eater Of the United States
is named Joshua Plumb. A few days ago he
entered restaurant in Hudson, New York.
and offered to eat all that any one would pay
for The challenge having been accepted, he
disposed of the following articles: Ten pieces
of apple pie, six corn cakes, a quarter OF
pound of crackers, six cups OF peanuts, thirty
picked CLAIMS, four lemons, au ounce OF candy,
and two bowls Of clam soup. He then drank
six tumblers of water and offered to eat hun
dred raw oysters. No one doubted his ability
to accomplish The feat, butno one was willing
to pay for the oysters, and so he went'off
srumbEng that he wasn't half full.
Baron, Rothschild's family relations were
happy, but he lived to see the evil conse-
ouences of the system of family intermarrlase
the brothers had adopted. Each married
cousin and their children married cousins.
One Of the Baron's sons was deaf and para
lytic; another died OF a disease OF the heart.
DIR. Trousseau, who was called in to attend
the latter, said to the Baron: "If you continue
to intermarry among your kindred, the mex.
generation of Rothschilds will be baboons.
The Raren's only manageable; son was, after
this speech, married to-. Mile Anspach, tie
daughter Of Judge OF the French Supreme
1,eurt. Her father gave her 100000 for her
dowry. The Baron returned it to her family
the day after the wedding, saying, "She ID my
aauphter now; 'tis for me to take care OF her.
"A Washington letter says: Menard, the
-neoro representative from Louisiana, is still
kent ON tie anxious bench. He has been given
the cold shoulder all round, and ls quite dls-
gusted. This is the more surprising, as tnc
white blood largely preponderates IN MS pny-
.siuue. For party, the cornerstone OF whose
political edihce rests upon the perfect equality
of all men, without regard to race or Color TO
treat eolored brother in such "a shabby man
ner, would be altogether. astounding II 1t were
not notorious that Radical principles are
string of false pretences from beginning to end
.eYhe smooth-faced chairman of the Commit
Tee on Elections OF the House Pretends, I near
that. there is q small screw loose. in respec
5 to iSambo's return: The "Goyernor" Of Lou
siisiana, although Of the Radical persuasion
doesn't quite toe the markl How long woult
Such frivolous objection be entertained b.
Mr.. Chairman Dawes, if a white Radical wer
tcontending for a seat with white Democrat
The marriage Of Miss Cara Meta Le Vert
daughter Of the we'll -khown authoress, MADAME
lie Vert to MIR. Rigail Reab, of Augusta, GA.
took place at Trinity Chapel, New York, Oh
Wednesday. evening". The bride appeared in
trousseau made and presented to her by al
old negro nurse, who was formerly q servant
her yaother When this old negress heard
the approaching marriage, she bought Will
.her own earnings the finest muslin she coult
..'fiud in the South, and with her own. hands
o.made up the bridal dress. She. also procured
the veil, and tWine1 the Treaths of ,orang'
flowers Each one of the old servants con
tributed some article OF clothing, or present
and then with many good wishes they packed
them in trunk and sent them to New York
Tho brido elect at once set aside her mor'
costly trousseau and accepted the gift which
had been rendered to her. There was larg;
and fashionable company present, both at thu
ceremony and at the reception in the Coleman
House. The bride and bridegroom started TO
the South Immediately after the reception.
The New Orleans Crescent Of the 18th in
stant says: The famous dueDing ground Oh
the Metaire ridge, known as The Oaks, was tn
sene yesterday morning OF q sanguinafy due
between two young men of this city, which ha
rarely had its parallel in the annals of the cod
either in this country or in Europe. The an
tagonists were, the one a native Creole @
New Orleans. the other Frenchman by birth
the provocation blow in the face, at the han
of the Creole; the weapons were broad-swor6s
the hour aaybreak. Arrived on the field, az
-companied by their seconds, the combatant
stripped to the waist, and sword in hand, in th
freezing air of the morning, sprung at eac
other like tigers. There was no hesitation c
playing to try each others skill. A few lunge
and cuts were successfully parriod; when sudder
ly an up cut from the Frenchman's swor
wounded his opponent in the right arm. Th
,-inOste from the Cradle laid omen tho Francl