The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-06
NEW 8 sU M NJ A r Y

Gold closed trm In NEW 1orh, Seeto0J'
at 4Oa4ot.
Cotton was active and half cent better;
sales $500 bales at 273c.
in Liverpool, yesterday, cotton was buoy
ant, with uplands ct lid; sales 2O,OOO.
"A Sayoyard schoolmaster is 80 Mortified
at bearing the name Of Rochefort that ne has
applied for permissi on to change it.
"A Radical paper in st. Louis announces
that in one county Of Arkansas the Democrats
murder sixteen truly loyal men every day.
Horrible
Secret marriages are 80 common IN an
Ohio town that the young women can't get
beauxl Every man is afraid Of courting some
other mans wife.
John Middleton, Of San Francisco, CAL,
lately gave Dr. Lewis j. Jordan his note for
$4,000 in gold in consideration of curing his
son of the lockjaw. It turned out that this
boy didn't have the lockiaw, and Mr. Middle
ton is now in the courts to avoid payment.
Some years ago Connecticut man made
over all his property to his wife for prudential
reasons. Very lmpr udently, however, he gave
her cause for jealousy, and she refused to re-
store it. Now she has died, leaving will
which allows him only the income, and even
that to be lost if he marries again.
At @ recent election in Prague, speaker,
in proposing the candidate for the Bohemian
central committee, concluded as follows !:
{ -.Now, every one Of you take a ballot ana
, shilling. Those who are in favor ofB. will put
their ballots n the box; those who are op-
posed will put in the shilling" Result IMAM
imous election Of B.
AT recent tableaux party on the Hudson
the scene of Blubeard's dead room was shown
six pretty heads all bloody, suspended
along the wall, the bodies, of course, being be-
hind the canvas. AS the curtain descended,
one OF the heads was observed to smile. 1t
was afterwards ascertained that some one had
stolen behind the scenes and kissed the hand
of one of the wives.
Realism has reached its climax in Aus
tralia, where theatrical manager thought to
produce fine effect by introducing genuine
.cannibals on the stage. In the progress OF tie
play the hero was delivered bound into their
hands, when, instead Of going through the
motions, the ''tirst native" took good mo-th-
{ nj ou, of the captains leg. The hero howled
and the curtain fell.
San Francisco expected when the Parepa-
Rosa troupe announced the "Creation" that it
was to be given in strict biblical costume. The
ndeicaoy of Parepa appearing as Eve" so
shocked one honest citizen there that he wrote
to his newspaper to inquire If it would be
proper, under the circumstances, to take bis
4 amily. The reply was, that as adam" would
wear dress coat and ''Eve' hoops and train,
there could Mt, perhaps, be much harm in in
dulging the ladies'. :
An advertiser in an English paper offers
the following to clsrgymen: 1, q good, sound
discourse, safe and moderate, IS. 3D.; 2, high
and dry, IS. 0d.; 8, high, rs. 3d.; 4, extreme
ditto, with Roman bouquet, Ss. 0d.; 5, gushing
ditto, very delicate, suita BILE for ladies, Ss. 3D.;
6, full-bodied after dinner sermon, an excel
emit digestive, Is. od.; 2, deep, thoughtful SER
mon, with broad church flavor. 6s. 6d.;S, ditto,
very broad. 7s. 3D.; 8, old fashioned evangeli-
scal, suitable for family reading, 4s. Cd.
The Journal du Paris asserts, as of its own
knowledge, that the Austrian Government re-
Gently informed it's ag ents sbro ad that in case
Of s'war between France and Germany, Prus-
sia raust not at all count upon an Austrian alli-
ance. The Empire having above all things
need Of peace, a war breaking out on the from
tiers would be, Of itself, most serious calam-
.ity, in 80 far as it would tend to retard the
work of the reconstruction Of the monarchy,
and Austrian diplomacy would do its utmost
to avoid the dangers Of such confagration.
It is added that Prince Metternich either has
renewed or will renew to the Emperor Napo.
leon pacific dec Iaratio1s in the above sense.
"A new experiment in ship building is thus
described in the Boston Journal: "We learn rnat
the Atlantic Works, at East Boston, have just
concluded contract to build an iron brig of
about three hundred and fifty tons, for the pur-
pose of carrying molasses from the West In
dies. She is to be built in compartments, so
as to bring the molasses in bulk instead Of
hogsheads, as is now the custom, and will
have carrying capacity Of eight hundred hogs
heads. It is estimated that this method will
make very large sayingin the transportation
of this article, and if it proves successful will
be Scaarally introduced. The brig will be
completed about the first of January"
In the New York Episcopal Convention on
Friday, resolution directing the treasurers Of
the funds reporting to the convention to place
the money at interest in trusty bank was
adopted. The question Of Federate Council
was then discussed. The committee submitted
"a plan, one section Of which gives full power to
such council or syno5ical union in all matters
pertaining to the common interests Of the pro-
posed diocesss in the State, and to enact all
laws necessary thereto. This section ehcited
considerable debate, and it was stricken out.
The plan was then agreed to, and it was resoly-
ed to present it to the next General Conven-
ton. The convention then adjourned.
Governor Vance, Of North Carolina, in q
recent speech, among other good things, got
of the following "Just 60 for Grant and
lo!-you are loyal could make loyal man
out of myself in a few seconds, by simply tel
egraphing that would support the Grant and
Colfax ticket. My sins would bo forgiven, and
they would tell me to depart in peace, like a
buncombe magistrate OF my town the other
day. couple presented themselves before
him to be married. Ee was pompous scrt OF
ignoramus and was smartly bothered 'how to
do it, as a crowd of town boys had SOLICITED to
see the fun. After he had battle %Shanged
them through and tied them as man and wife,