The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-04
NEW 3 8 U M NJ A r Y.

sales lSUO Da!eS, dt 10S CeA1s.
The Liverpool cotton market closed steady;
sales - 600 bales,
The prairie fire in Iowa still RACES hercely.
It has done immense damage to farmers.
Bull Ran Russell is about to marry an IL.
P.s daughter.
in Vienna they have q theatre, the entire
company and orchestra Of which are wo nen.
The statue OF Washington in Richmond,
Va, is very shaky, and the people fear it will
.turb down.
TIC Tennessee Mounds" are being cx-
,plored, and human remains, pottery, shell Or
naments, vases AID stone idols discovered.
in England they fine $500 and dismiss
from Office any revenue officer WHO takes ar &C.
tive part n politics.
Missouri. it is said. has gained since tho
.c!ose Of the war $50. 900 in population BY inimi-
:g.asloa.
->,apo,eoa is said to be inclined TO permit
the ,Iarse!,a;se to resume its old place as the
Ftcaea national air.
In Connecticut boy Of twenty has just
marrioda widow OF fifty, who has seven chi-
dren. The eldest is six years older than his
new papa"
1t is decided in Kentucky that selling
horse to 5cpaid for on the election OF certain
candidates is 4 bet and that tho debt so incur
red cannot be collected.
Syracuse has the champion female pedes-
triau. She lately walked fifty miles in nine
hours aad fs.y minutes. The last twenty-five
miles were accomplished in four hours, forty
eigh. mia::tes and twenty-five seconds.
A number of colored persons in Richmond,
Va, hare organized aud obtained . charter for
a co-opcratv, building and loan association,
with q capisal stock not to be less than s5000,
nor more than 100000.
Tho Louisville merchants are setting their
names down for subscriptions to erect o
splendid Merchants Exchange. DR.. John
Bail, Of sarsaparila fame, heads the list with
s44 00).
Tho venerable Dr.. john McVickar, one OF
the mos. honorcd cersymen OF tho Episcopal
Church, and professor Of moral philosophy,
&C., in Columbia College, died in New York on
FRIDAY.
governor Flirchild Of Wisconsin, having
lost his left arm in battle recently presented
number Of odd gloves to Gen. Stannard, of
Vermont, who has lost his right arm. Here
after they Will probably do their glove buying
in partnership.
Cotton operatives in Philadelphia are on
strike. Quite lately the mill owners raised
their wages temporarily on account Of large
demand for certain kind Of fabric. Tne de-
mand has now subsided, and they resto red the
wages to the former scale. The operatives re-
sisted this reduction, and some Of the employ
ers have closed their factories.
The Romln Catholics OF London arc to
erect q cathedral which will be the most spa
cious and attractive in the world. 1t is to bea
memorial of the late Cardinal Wiseman, who
sty ed himself, as does his successor, Arch
bishop Of Westminster. The ground on which
it is to be built alone cost 5000. 900. This will
be the first recognized Roman Catholic Cathe-
dral in England since the days Of Queen Mary,
and tor the first time in more thaa three hun
.dred years will the chief representative of that
church in England have place in which he
can exhibit himself in his full character.
Ina suit recently brought in the Adams
County Court, at Natchez, Mss, against man
named Surges, who was Confederate provost
marshal il 1852, for s12o. 900. the value Of GER
tain cotton destroyed by his order to prevent
its falling into the hands OF tho Union forces,
the jury, after long elaboration, brought in
a verdict tor the defendant. AS the question
involved in this suit is one Of the most impor
tant growing out Of the late war, the plaintiffs
counsel have given notice of an appeal to tho
High Court of Mississippi, and intend to carry
the case to the United States Supreme Court, if
necessary.
Prussia still fears that war with France
is Inevitable, and is looking in every direction
for allies. Bismarck, it is reported, has been
endeavoring to induce the Emperor of Russia
to renew the secret treaty of alliance with
Prussia, signed at Breslau in 1860. Alexander,
however, while expressing his friendly inten-
'tion. declined to bind himself b. o treaty.
Prussia, meanwhile, is making every effort to
strengthen her military forces. The number
Of the cavalry regiments is to be increased,
and fourteen new batteries are to be added to
the horse artillery. General Won AIoltke, who
has just returned from tour Of iispection
among the Rhine for.resses, is bout TO make
similar tour in North Schleswig; ard the
South German Military Conference now in ses-
sion, of which General Boyer, late CT the Prus-
sian army, is q member, is expected IL arrange
for the more direct and eficacious coutrcl of
Prussia over the troops Of South Germany
in view of the frequently recurring acci-
dents upon railroads, inventions and improve
ments which tend to increase the safety o.
railroad travel are matters Of general interest.
Ono danger incident to this Kind of travel
that of colisions-would seem to be to sonc
extent diminished by the Loughridge steam
brake, which is attached to the engine, AID
applied by the engineer, and, it is stated, ona-
-bles him to bring the train to stop almost as
he perceives the danger In late collision
on the Morris and Essex railroad, where an
engine, abandoned by the engineer, was rur-
ming under speed and on down grade, the
engineer of a train approaching, which was 50
close to the runaway engine that q collision
was Inevitable, only few seconds remaining
to prevent smash, applied his patent steam
brake withou. blowing the whistle, and brought
his train, it is stated, 10 dead stop before