The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-17
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Cotton was firm; sales $500 bales at 2fsc.
in Liverpool cotton closed quiet; Uplandf
1oaa1O}d., Orleans 105a11d.
The latest tyrannyin Poland is Russian
.edict against the wearing Of moustaches.
The New York Sun urges Horace Greele!
xor Minister, to England. l.:...,.:
"A big negro, near Harrisburg, has BEEN at
rested for ou1aging little girl, the orphan o.
o Federal soldier.
The New York World states Governor Hot
mans majority in New. York State at So,2S0
and Seymour's at 1921.
1.-THE newspapers have you married as well
chosen vice-President," said friend to Mr
Sneaker Colfax the other day. ELECTED, but
not vet sworn in in either case" was the reply
"A New York paper suggests as o means o
paying the national debt, that every office
seeker ray dollar week towards its hqulda'
tion until he gets an Office.
The skull of mastodon, measuring three
feet in length, two feet eight inches in width
and two feet across the nostrils, and weighing
one hundred pounds. it Is reported, has been
found in Pike County, Ohio.
Rev. ]. N. Rogers, rector OF the Church Of
the Blessed. Virgin, and leader of Rituallsm'
publishes card in the Memphis Appeal, re-
nouncing HE allegiance to the Episcopal
Church, and declaring his intention to'unise
with the Roman Catholic Church. 49,.
The New Orleans Picayune says the coast
wise steamers in the gulf roll terribly, and
illustrates it. A cat, having ventured on deck,
was throwa over as the ship lurched to star
board, but 30 quick was the vessel back again
on the port roll that the catw actually picked
up in one Of the cabin headlights before 1t
touched the sea.
Its said that one of the most important
trafics carried on in Washington is the trade
in public documents. The regular booksellers
do good deal in it: while here and there you
may find governme It clerk ciandestinely en-
gagged in the business. Books are purchased
directly from Congressman for mere trihe,
ana then sold to distant purchasers for large
prices
Under the heading "a Model Governor, "
the New York Commercial Advertiser has the
following 'sWe have hitherto alluded TO the
temperate, conciliatory course Of Governor
Scott, of South Carolina. His appointment OF
sex-Governor Orr to q Judgeship is another step
in the right direction. He manifests dis
position to harmonic the conflicting elements
in the Palmetto State, and by 30 doing is rem
dering himself popular with all parties"
DIR. Hall, in his recent paper on Railroad
Accidents . read before the New York Society
OF Practical Engineering, suggests safety-rail
for railway tracks, the same to be laid beside
the working-rail both the same height. He
recommends the use also OF q wheel so con-
structed that the safety-tread thereof shall be
a trife less in diameter than the working tread,
which will prevent the wheel from touching the
saiety-rail till the ordinary or working rail
gives way, when the safety-tread of the wheel
will settle upon the safety-rail and pass on
without mourning the slightest danger. The
idea is simple, and seems to lie practicable.
"A tin box, deposited in 1865 in the United
States Treasury by Secretary Stanton, has re-
Gently been the object of a complicated series
of Investigations. The question Of opening
this locked and sealed box has been referred
backward and forward between the Secretary
Of the Treasury, the Secretary Of War, Gene
raj Grant and the President. Several Cabinet
meetings we're held on the subject, but no con-
clusion was arrived at. Finally it was decided
that the authority to break open this box Of
contention was vested in the Secretary OF War,
who few days ago detailed General Hardee
to superintend the proceedings. Witnesses
we're sent tor from the Treasury and the Attor-
ney-Generals Department, and on opening the
battered, dusty box, instead of finding, as it
was confidently expected, $4,000 in gold,
there we're exposed to view scarf and water
proof cloak, labelled, ''Taken from the person
of Jefferson Davis at the time Of his capture
by Colonel Pritchard, Of the o. s. A."
. "A remarkable account is given in a late
English paper OF the escape Of convict from
prison. The sell in which he was confined had
an iron door, with a lock entirely on the out
side. The only implements the prisoner had
were wooden spoon, some bits Of wire and
needle and thread. Out Of the spoon he made
akey; by means of the needle he passed a
thread over and under the door; bits of wire
were pushed through the inspection-hole, and
fastened to this long thread extending outside
from top to bottom. The key was a1sorushed
through, and, being fastened to the thread,
was brought opposite the keyhole by dexter
ous manipulation OF the slender line worked
gently in, then turned by means Of the wire,
and the door was opened. This is certainly
one Of the greatest exhibitions Of skill and
patience on record.
If We may believe the New York World, a
f,ibustering expedition is now being organized
in this country for the purpose of annexins
Cuba to the United States. 1t will embark
within fifteen days from New Orleans. Boston
and New York, and is expected 20 number ten
thousand men. great quantity Of uniforms
has been purchased, and every necessary ar.
rangeme1t made for the transportation of the
troops. The World states that recruiting
offices will be opened this morning under the
name Of "Cuban Emigration Bureaus" Emf
grants vii! be received and their names taken
down, sud oaths will be administered to them
on promise Of strict secrecy to obey the princi.
-pll "emigrants." Rumors are aaoat that it is
the intention of the Liberators to offer ths
command of the expedition to General sBaldy'
Smith, but this needs confirmation. General
Dick Taylor is also alluded to, and, meanwhile
there is said to be intense excitement through
out the city in regard t. the proposed invasion
AS 8 matter Of political record, we vii
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