The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-10
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IN IL VS. SUM M A r z f.
Gold closed in New York on Saturday dull
at 147s. u.,os
.acottor-was firm and more active; sales
fsao beIes at 2sc., some sales being reported
at2ssc.
in Liverpool ON Saturday, cotton was buoy
ant and slightly advanced; sales Is, 600 bales;
uplands 92d. .5:.za
THE latest .London gossip is that Queen
Victoris's daughter the Princess OF Teck,
s1eans towards Rornanisn.
The total valustion OF real and personal
estate in New Orleans is one hundred and
thirty-three millions six hundred and seventy
thousand one hundred and eighty-aye dollars.
The apostolic briefs having been received
from Rome, the conservation Of the bishops
elect Of Wilmington, Delaware, and the vicar
apostolic elect. Of North Carolina: will take
place in. the Cathedral, in Baltimore, on Sun
day, the 10th Of august, H. =
Havana is now enjoying the unusual spec
,tacle Of "a beggar on horseback poor tat
.terdemalion has Just won the bewildering sum
of 100000 in the lottery OF that city; 80 that
now belonging to the equestrian order he will
90 very fast, and as far as the good old pro-
verb indicates.
!. Very Rev. Dr.. Benedict J. spalding, broth
er Of Archbishop Spaldin and administrator
of the Diocese of Louisville, died on Tuesday
afternoon at the Episcopal residence in that
city, from the effect of injuries received BY the
accidental burning Of the mosquito net on his
bed.
judge Boynton having declined the ap-
pointment of Chief Justice Of Florida, Gov
ernor Reed has appointed and the Senate con-
frmed Edwin N. Randall to fll the vacancy.
James D. Westcott, Jr., Attorney General, has
been confirmed for Associate Justice, oice Ed
Hin M.sRandall appointed Chief Justice.
The new American invention Of sinking
wells rapidly, has recently occupied Che atten-
ton; Of the Emperor Napoleon III while at
Fontainebleau, 81 miles southeast from Paris.
The Emperor being conscious OF the great ser
vice:that these wells win be to agriculturista
and to armies during campaigns, has been ma
king experiments With the process and with
theimplements as well as with Americsn pumps
generally.
Literary men, newspaper writer's, wits and Bo-
hamians viii open their eyes wide with wonder
onreading the accountof the prodigious sue
cess Of NJ. RocHEFoRT. the editor of the Paris
Lantern. To hear of q young man being paid
.asthe rate OF s., 400 week, or s125,oOe year,
ii.rold, for writing as much s.matter" per week
as would fin three columns Of this journal
nothing like it was ever known before. But
RochaSort deserves IL.
, M "A Washington letter says: Travel upon
the routes from the South appears largely on
ths increase. Esch train from that section
comics heavily lsdened with passengers on the
wing Northward, seeking cooler latitude. The
large number Of carpet-bags carried by these
. travellers Is noticeable feature. It has been
suSsested that, as the elections in most OF the
Southern States are over, the disappointed as
phants are now returning home"
s2lThe New York correspondent OF the Phila-
.delphis Ledger says: Governors Seymours
letter to the Tammany Committee is attract
ing much attention. Perhaps its most i'm
:portant feature is his statement that the
resolutions Of the Convention are in accord
with his views, and that he will strive to carry
Them ont in future, wherever he may be plac-
ed, in political or private life. The Republi-
cans had made point, that as the Governor
had heretofore said or written nothing directly
committing himself to that portion Of theplnt-
form, made by Mr.. Hampton, Of South Caro-
lima. which declares the Reconstruction acts
null and void, 30 he would be too wary to COM
NIT himself to Thereafter but the point in
the face Of this communication, you will see,
amounts to nothing"
The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Gazette says: ga highly important
question has been mooted, and is now being
discussedin political circles here, as to wheth-
er the Southern States can, By any constitu-
tional or legal means, rid themselves OF the
,carpet-baggers, who have succeeded In creep
ine into the United States Senate, without
constituency to represent, If it be shown that
they do not represent the people OF the States
from which they pretend to hail. Prominent
legal gentlemen have given an opinion that II
could be done by means OF the writ of quo 'oar-
ranto, to be taken out by the Governor OF each
State, and thus bring the question into the
Supreme Court, where the legality Of the
Southern elections could be thoroughly tested
and determined"
The New Orleans Times says: ''AIr. 8. Ty-
ler Read has On his 'sea-Glen' plantation, near
the mouth OF Pearl River, some sea island cot
ton, which rattooned this year from the roots
of last years plants, and is now loaded with a
luxuriant growth Of blossoms, forms and
bolls, promising even finer product than the
last years growth. For those readers who do
not understand what is meant by the word rat
,toon, We may state that the cotton was not
planted at all, but shot up this year from the
roots of the old plants. The price Of sea island
cotton last year from the same place was 81 20
!. pound, and this year is said to be very -four
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