The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-08
N e w s SUM M A RY.

AT LlVerp00l cotton closed yesterday
quiet, though fraction higher. Uplands
12sa12ac.
Paris now imports blonde hair from Amer.
lea.
The health Of General Robert E. Lee is re.
ported to be failing.
1t is stated that the tuner edge of the Gull
Stream, in latitude 1920, has shifted 100 miles
east of its former position.
We have heard nothing more about the
Eastern question since Franco, England and
Austria made Representations to the Auto
crat.
1t is said that sham diamonds arc now
made to deceive even experienced jewellers,
who trust to the eye one. The only mean of
detecting the spurious gem is by weighing it
and ascertaininS its tempcratlcr
-Glycerine, equal TO the besU brands of i'm
ported articles, it is stated, is Eow extensively
tic article being sold at hall the price of tho
foreign. One ofthe largest manufactures in
this country is at Cincinnati
BY the personal intercession of the Aus
trian Empress, the Archduke Henry is allowed
to return to Vienna with his pretty actress
bride, whose marriage with him is to be recog-
nizsd, and who will be made baroness.
in the New jersey Legislature woman's
rights petition has been presented and referred
to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions
to make an early report upon it. The petition
asks for female suffrage; that married women
msy make wills Of their property; that widow
be entitled to the use for life of the whole Of
her husbands real estate; and that she sue
coed to the ownership of the whole of his per-
sonal estate.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the ready
money system is obtaining IN London in other
trades besides the grocery trade. The silk
MERGERS have issued o manifesto TO the effect
that discount Of five per cent. will be allowed
on all purchases for cash, while they will charge
interest at the rate Of five per cent. on oil ac-
counts of more than six months standing.
This example is likely to be followed by all the
respectable tradesmen of that city.
George Alfred Townsend writes from
Washington: Boutwell, is the black-haired
energy of this impeachment; Bingham holds
the helm; Butler is in the main-top, with
carhine to pick the enemy off by glib shots;
Stevens is the admiral dying on decS; Wilson
and Williams are the handy seamen; Logan Is
the boatswain, who can yell the loudest; but
Boutwell, is the steady wind, blowing strong
aft, to carry the vessel into action
The Jews are everywhere noted for their
kindness to their own people. It is against
Jewish principles to allow any of their poor to
come upon the public. All the sick in power
ty are cared for, aud provision is made for wild
ows and orphans. Efficient sociaties, liberal
" provided with funds, supply tho poor with
food, help the old people as they need, and
bury the dead. Some of the free hospitals in
London have Jewish wards, but all the ex-
penses of those wards are paid for from the
treasury of Jewish organizations. If any able
bodied persons are out Of employment and
need help, they receive no gratuity, but ere ac-
commodated with a temporary loan, and the
cases are said to be rare In which these debts
are not fully repaid.
Judge Black has written letter to Gen.
Garfield, giving an account Of the Alta Vela
guano squabble. Secretary Seward is severely
scored for his diplomacy in the matter, and is
charged with having pretended that the Presi-
dent had decided against the claims OF Mr..
Blacks clients, when in fact he had made no
decision whatever, and was entirely Ignorant
of the questions at issue. The letter concludes
as follows: perhaps diplomacy is business
in which man is not required to be perfectly
honest. It may be that some allowance ought
to be made for the tricks OF trade. But surely
it is discreditable to the Unit ID States that
they should have o Secretary whose principles
are so loose that he volunteers the influence OF
his Office to defeat justice, and employs his
time in making false defences for foreigners
who have wronged and dishonored the nation"
General Butler caught Tartar Thursday,
in the person of Colonel Wallace, ofthe Twelfth
Infantry. In reply to question as to what
business he had with Colonel Moore on the
night Of February 22d, Wallace replied that
Colonel Moore sent for him to say that his
nomination for brevet promotion had been set
aside by the Senate. Butler said that he had
testified before the committee that Moore told
hlm be was rejected" BY the Senate, and he
wished to know why he had changed the ex-
preston now and used the phrase ''set
aside" Wallace, with an immovable counte-
nance, looked for moment sternly at Butler,
and then, in clear, ringing response, said he
was al perfect liberty to use whatever phrasco-
logy he pleased. The General subsided.
The President is said to have no doubt of
his final and complete acquittal by the In
parchment Court. At recent interview, says
a Dispatch Mr. Johnson took up the articles OF
impeachment and pointed out what he consid-
ers their weakness and defects. The only one,
he said, on which they could fiGd shadow of
pretence for conyicting him OF mis- !cmcanor
was that relating to the removal OF Stanton.
But even this, he thinks, is wholly insufficient.
The articles accusing him of conspiracy with
Thomas arc founded on sheer imagination,
growing out of the fears of the Radicals. The
idea had never entered his mind until learn
ing this was one Of the charges preferred
against him by the impeachers. The Pres
dent cons;l lcrs the charges against him OF a.
tempting to array the country against Con-
gress, and to bring that body into rlucule
and contempt by his speeches, extremely siHi;
He says nothing shows the desperation OF his
accuscrs more than the attempt TO build case
on such q foundation.
Tho lat foreign mail has brought the de-
tailed account Of the debate in the British
House of Commons on March Goth upoa the