The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-26
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with sales of 1900 bales at 25ac.
4--in Liverpool cotton was quiet; upiands
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a London paper calls George Pesbody'
Esu.r the seGreat Liberal Partye"s- n.2s,5. -
Professor. Blot is to teach more New York
ladies' how to cook this fall. :. .:... ,o..:e,.e
The war against Paraguay has alrea dNcost
Brazil over $1,000 .0Ooin gold.
"A German clergyman has been fined and
imprisoned for calling Bismarck arascai.
-seymouir; has no children Frank Blair has
seven. Grant has four. ColfaI has nine.
-Itis estimated That there will be fifty thou
sand miles of completed railroad in this coun-
.trS bey1sthae, "a end Of 1g7o.i ~, =
s@:Npfthern capitalists 5arsi about to erect
large hoeslst Jacksonville. Florida, to accom- r
u,odate visitors from The North. -. d.,
,SANpoitsI feeling runs high in St. Louis,
and it is feared the election cannot pass off
without collisions. 49,
The French Emperor is urged by his cousin,
Prince Napoleon, TO have the line of the Rhine,
1he has to- fght ior it,, 81 :: q liz. sse13
-The New York Democracy are making ar ar
IsneeInentso Tor q; torchlight procession, 70
contain, seventy -fseiotubs and thirty five thou
sand men. III 3-s-3 -. i.- ...t,91 ~ .; !oc.
I'm Warsaw The Polish hack-drivers we're
recently ordered II adopt the Russian costume.
They did so, but forgot to- use Russian whips,
and were all arrested and fined. a. ~. : -
The New York papers publish, private let
4ter from General Dix, the American Minister
to Paris, in which he endorses the Radical
asominations Of Grant and Colfax, and N'lifies
the nominees Of the Democratic party. ~. =
Ion August 18th, the day of the terrible
earthquake in Peru, o tremendous storm burst
.4over4 the City Of Bnenos Ayres, and was at
isnded With the greatest loss Of life that has
occurred there for some time. Numerous.ves-
sels were sunk in the barbor, and several
houses were blown down. a. c,..A
A New York tradesman having three GUS
TONERS, o father and two SONS, by the name of
Wheeler, and fearing confusion of accounts
from their different orders, solved his difficulty
by styling the, parent 'Stern Wheeler" the
eldest son ..Side Wheeler" and The youngest,
rather fast youth, ,se Propeller"
Hon. Reverdy johnson, the American Min
lister to England, has changed the Office Of the
Legation in London, and is living there in very
Handsome style. BE intends to entertain
great deal, and to- keep the Legation fully up
TO the standard Of the other diplomatic estab-
elishments maintained by European nations in
london. o. cc,=l-.. - ~ --ir9:- a.i -
:. The Boston Traveller, of the 21st ultimo,
says: ''There is now fitting out in our port a
formidable vessel Of war for the Haytien Gov
ernment. She-was formerly one of our own
navy, is in perfect order, has new boilers, first
GLASS engines, and will be heavily armed. She
will have q white crew. who win remain BY her
.1aag enough to train blacks to take their
places" - - -. I. =. -
The body, Of workingmen and women in
New, York, in their discussions, state some
striking facts, as. for example, the following !:
That SIS, 600, 600 were expended in ten years in
maintaining strikes and lock outs. That in
England, there are over seven hundred co-ope-
.EaHve associations, while Prussia has over fl
stsen hundred assoclat lions. That printers live
but thirty three. .ysafs OH an average after: they
attainrmanhood.a Shoemakers also live but
sEhfrty-three years on an average; =, u ,r5'5
q ---Some days ago British Minister Thornton
visited the President and had abrief inter-
view; Thenewspapers have since been specu-
lating as to the purpose Of this visit, and as
signing various reasons for the interview.
TO relieve the anxiety OF the curious. it may be
stated that Mr.. Thsrnton. called upon the
President pursuant to instructions from: her
Majesty Queen Victoria, to announce the birth
of royal granddaughter, the child Of the
Princess Helene. In response the President,
saccording to custom in auch cases, to-day
rN1ote acongratulatory letter to Queen Victo-
ria y q. - -, -. ~ ~: ~.
- The surrendered the Paragusyan garrison
.on. the peninsulsr, near Humaita, took place
after ten days desperate struggle, when the
zParsguayans had been three days without food,
and many of them had been Frustrated by ex-
7haustion. The conditions then stipulated that
they should not be forced to serve against
Lopez. ind should choose their own place OF
residence in the allied nations. According to
General Osorio, Humaita was very weak
point in it's defences, and should have .feen
captured long ago. The evacuation was going
forward for nearly two weeks before it was dis.
covered by the allies. -
--,.-A decided opposition to denomination Of
General Butler for Congress has sprung up in
his district in Massachusetts. A strong party
of Republicans are opposing him, on the ground
that he is personal enemy to General Grant,
and has himself raised issues that are incon-
sistent with the: true Republican idea. It is
:. supposed they will make separate nomination
If the regular convention does not agree with
Ghena, and that General Shouler, persistent
opponent Of Butler, will be nominated. In
tact, cs.n, largely signed, has already been
published by the Republicans for convention
TO nominate candidate in opposition to Gene
ral Butler should he run.
"A singular statement appears in the sa-
vannah News, to the effect ''that q proclama-
tion was written by President Lincoln when
the secession Of the Southern States occurred,