The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-10
IN Ews sU M M a r Y


. cited at IS.
Cotton closed in New York dull and heavy
and shade lower. hIiddlings 2E@25. Sales
300 bales. -,
Cotton closed in Liverpool easier, but not
, uuotably lower. Uplsnds, afoat, 1Osd. Sales
:. 10000 bales.
-sitka has less than thousand inhabi-
'tants. 49,
Eighteen inches of snow now cover the
summit of Mount Washington.
Brigham Young is said to be the third iarg-
est depositor in the Bank Of England.
-.aThe Moonsone," drama closely fonow-
ing the story OF Mr.. Wilkie Collins novel, has
been brought out in Chicago.
Mr.. John Quincy Adams was candidate
for representative from Quincy as well as for
Governor of Massachusetts,, and was defeated
in both instances.
The New York Herald proposes that the
campaign bunting be devoted to circus pCr-
DOSES, US it has before been used in the service
of tae ''ring."
The warike rumors in Europe have recent
IL received additional strength by the pubil-
cation of a report that the Prusslan Govern
. ment has been making heavy purchases OF gram
in Russia for the use OF the army.
-Ex-President Pierce was well enough to
ride to the polls in Concord, N. Hon Tuesday,
and as he handed in his ballot for Seymour and
Blair to the Moderator, remarked, "rhls Is
>strong ticket"
Idol worship firmly established in Port
land. Oregon. There is temple there belong
ing to the Chinese, with craven images and all
sthe other accompaniments of real heather
temple.
Brigham Young is issuing currency In
..Itah. generally resembling the national
.ereenback. There is said to be good deal
of IL in circulation, and the Mormon Presi-
dent finds his banking operations very profit
able.
An advertisement in the Lcndon Times
announces the early appearance OF a new pa
Der OF first-class character, in which the
ANONYMOUS system will be abandoned. All
The leading articles will be signed by the
writers.
1t is mentioned as o remarkable fact that
. son of American parents, who was born IN CALI
fornia. has attained his majority and voted at
xhe.recent elections. He is believed to be the
only case OF the kind California has thus but
one voter who is not q sscarpet-bagger.
Paris has now thirty establishments for
the sale of horse flesh for the table, which con-
sumo 25OO horses annually, representing over
million pounds Of cheap AMI wholesome
xmaat. Another hippophagic banquet'is to be
given to popularize the diet still further.
-By the bankruptcy OF the old Bank OF
North Carolina the State will lose half million
dollars of its literary fund, and the University
of North Carolina s125,O0O more. Many
,ohairity funds and the property Of widows and
orphans will also be swallowed up IN the same
way.
The New York Tribune editoriauy says:
-<sThe phosphate rocks lying near Charleston'
"a. C.. are supposed to be OF immense value IN
asmuch as they contain the element OF most
valuable fertilizer. It is stated that half mil
lion dollars hes been received in Charleston
since last spring from the sale Of the rock end
from subscriptions to the stock OF companies
The land where the treasures lie have increas-
~ed immensely in value, and spirit OF specu-
Iation prevails, It is singular that IN the midst
ofall this we have no account of practical ea-
psriments testing the value OF the materlal1or
agricultural purposes. We have had similar
claims regarding the phosphate rock OF other
7parts of our country, and, until more Is KNOWN
It will be well for those with only little money
to be cautious"
A few weeks since General Shields, the
Democratic candidate for Congress in one ol
the Kansas Districts, advertised meeting ai
New Garden, a little town on the line OF Clay
and Bay Counties, often called "Hells Half
Acre" At the proper time the meeting
was organized, and the chairman introduced
Shields in the following manner: ssFellow-citi
:xens-Tapplause; Of them could vote]-Per
unit me to introduce to you man whose
name ia household word all over the land; {
patriot Of two hemispheres; statesman; thu
companion Of Clay and Benton; soldier; tn
hero Of Cerro Gordo; the man who poured ou
4his blood like water for his country; the here
OF the Potomac; the man who came nearer
whipping Stonewau Jackson than any othel
man-but he did not whip him by dc
sight"
The New York Times, Of Friday, has apre
: tentious editorial upon 1.-THE Republican Tri
umph-Its real sccra and meaning" 1t com.
mences with statement that s'the victory just
sswon by the Republicans is signal and over.
sswhelming. But it's real significance ought
*snot to be misunderstood. 1t would be mis-
stake to regard it as all Endorsement and ap
--.sproval Of everything that has been done by
<.the Republican party since it has had contro
ssof the government, and a still greater one tt
sssee in it = popular warrant for doing every
tsthing hereafter that the party may be dispos
tsed or urged to undertake." The action Of hi
party at Chicago is reviewed and commented
- upon as s'wise and judcious,' and the Recon
struchon acts are called merely tenn
porary and provisional in their nature
After the establishment of State gov
srnments at the South, the laws vii
become of no effect and the people b.
granted the right to regulate their own affairs
Until that time, however, the Times assume!
3, that the Republican party is pledged to main
cain them in force. In regard to negro suffrage
no new doctrine is established. SIT remains
-Sswhere the Constitution Of the United States
x'places it, in the hands and under the control
<sof the people Of the States themselves Al