The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-22
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declining. Sales S400 bales, at 24c.
I'm Liverpool cotton closed unaltered. Up
lands 1Otd. Cotton to arrive somewhat easier
-ryng's friends are praying for him in th'
New York prayer meetings.
The late Prof. Farradsy kept record o
his experiments The last one was numbered
1854.
I'm all parts of Texas lands are now held al
about one-tenth Of their value six years ago
and the tendency is still downward.
Inquiry is to be made into charge that
brother CT Charlotte Cushman, Consul at Rome
went with the Papal troops to fight Garibaldi
-Cassius NJ. Clay is described as wearing
nankeen trousers to the Imperial balls at St
Petersburg. Cassius must want to combine
physical with mental coolness.
Another elevated railroad scheme is pro-
posed in New York, the proprietor promising
to complete double track from Wal-street to
Harlem in one hundred days.
Dickens manuscript is described as being
a terror to compositors, while Tup2er is said
to be quite otherwise. But when it comes to
the readers, the terror is only with Upper.
The Pontitcal troops which left Montreal
on Tuesduy, en- route for Rome. will pass
through New York, where they will be Joined
by young Iturbide, son Of the former Emperor
Of Mexico.
The Radicals want military gusrd, instead
of civil police, to protect Congress, so that
citizens visiting their national legislature will
be compelled to march through bayonets. This
ia Radicalism.
The canvassers for Mrs. Stoves new book
are coming back with the statement that the
portrait Of Fred. Douglass spoils it's sale. But
the authoress insists that The picture shall be
retained.
The process of conducting divorce suits
has reached great perfection in the West
They regularly time them there. One has
been granted in Terre Hsute, Ind, in minute
from the time the trial begsn-the best time
yet made.
1t is mentioned that the First National
Bank Of Indianapolis has entirely abandoned
the use Of the ive-twenty bonds as basis for
banking, using now only 1881 and ten-forty
bonds, which are payable in coin by the express
terms Of the law.
-Thurlow Weed suggests that Congress call
in the preamble to the Constitution, the Decla-
ration Of Independence, and Washington's
Farewell Address, and burn them, as the peo-
pie may possibly get to reading them, and that
would create uneasiness.
The cigar makers Of st. Louis, Mo-, held
Q meeting on Friday night, and unanimously
agreed that afixing stamp to each cigar
could not be carried out, and even if it we're
practicable, it would ruin their business. A
committee was appointed to report the views
Of the cigar makers in writing and send them
TO the proper authorities at Washington.
"A Paris correspondent describes the new
head-dress as consisting Of lovely black lace
or black blonde veil, which is thrown over the
chignon and hangs down the back; the front
part is black or colored velvet diadem, with
ruddy flower on one side, and moreover
spanned with gold and steel coronet. 1t is
very becoming over a low dress ON snowy white
shoulders.
The Protestant Churchman, alluding to
the trial of the Rev. MIR. Tying, says: "Within .
stones throw Of where they are holding the
court there is work enough for the spare time
Of every man Of them-but they can spend day
after day in determining whether or not one Of
their fellows has committed an offence, from
winch no harm either to morals or religion
would accrue, were it repeated every day Of the
year,
As an evidence Of what white muscle AID
industry can accomplish in the South, when
impelled by spirit Of perseverance,, the Cuth-
bert (Ga.) Appeal states that Mr.. Jackson
Bats. Of Stewart County, assisted by his Son,
q lad OF twelve years, raised and gathered the
past season eight bales of cotton, averaging
five hundred pounds each, one hundred and
fifty bushels of corn, fifty bushels OF potatoes,
and about thirty-ave bushels of wheat in the
bargain.
The evening stock sales in New York have
grown to be an institution; but the scene of
operation has changed. The edict from the
proprietors Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel against
stock and gold transactions in their halls has
caused the brokers to change their base, and
they now congregate at the Hoffman House.
The New York Sun says it is growing more ap-
parent every night tina some appropriate place
other than public house is needed for brok-
ers and their customers to assemble for their
aftar-dinner transactions.
Anew York paper says the schedule Of
rents for the coming year has been agreed
upon by real. estate owners. MIR. Astor, who
stands at the head Of the list, has announced
that he will make no reduction in his rates.
Other landlords are giving tenants the ssms
notice, and the whole real estate interest will
work together in the effort to prevent reduc-
ton. Under these circumstances the unfor-
tunate tenants will have either to pay the ex-
tortionate rents, or leave the city and seek
homes in the suburbs.
After all that has been said about COM
pelline England to pay for the ravages of the
Alabama among Northern shipping, it is little
singular to find that Europeans, and not Ameri-
cans, will be the chief claimants for compensa-
tion when it comes to be made. According to
statement in the London Pail Mall Gazette,
the London, Paris, Rotterdam and Hamburg
underwriters, had large sums insured upon the
vessels destroyed, and those Of Glasgow, also,
though not to 80 great an extent. Of course,
these underwriters, having paid the insurance
money, will be entitled to receive whatever is
awarded to the owners.
No end of nice places abroad seem to be
begging for occupants. First, by the resigna-
ton Of MIR. Adams, the mission to the Cour4
Of st. James is vacant, and many names have
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