The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-27
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4UU Dae6 at Zl9c.
In Liverpool yesterday the sales were TO- 600
bales. Midding Uplands in port 9sd, to ar
rive 9ta94.
There are twenty-five thousand unemploy-
ed men in Chicago, and nineteen thousand OF
them are recipients Of charity.
The Rhode Island Republican State Con-
vention met in Providence, on Saturday, and
nominated General A. E. Burnside for Govern
or. and all the present State officers except
Lieutenant Governor.
The revolt in Sinaloa, Mexico, has become
serious, and more troops have been sent to
General Carona. The rebels number 25O0, and
are within twenty miles march of Mazatlan,
wbere Carona is in command of the national
forces.
Mrs. Phebe A. Hannaford was ordained
and installed as Pastor Of the Universallst
Church and Society at bingham, on Wednes-
day, February 10. This is the first instance OF
the ordination Of woman in the history OF
the religious denominations OF Massachusetts,
The Maryland Legislature is in state OF
excitement over the action OF the Senate In re-
fusine to admit Phillip R. Thomas. Leading
members of the Legislature met in secret eau
Gus and resolved to re-olect MIR. Thomas and
send him q second time to the Senate, to pre-
sent his credentials and demand admission.
The Newsboys' Lodging House in the Sun
buildings, New York, which has sheltered its
little homeless dodgers for fourteen years, is to
be broken ,:p The proprietors of the Com
mercial Advertiser have bought the building,
and given notice to the newsboys that they
must vacate the premises on the first OF May
next.
The Washington mtelligencer says that
It is proposed that the business men OF each
State call a commercial and financial national
convention, which body shall represent the
true and vital interests Of every section OF the
country, North, South, East and West, TO
tal,e action regarding tie financial and COM
mnrcial interests of the country.
The new constitution Of Louisiana provides
for the education Of all children in public
schools, without distinction Of race or color;
but it adds that ''nc separate schools shall be
established for any separate race" In other
words, neither whites nor blacks shall be per-
mitted to provide separate schools for their
children, no matter how much both may de-
sire it.
i'm England, it is announced that new
machine for making iron and steel chains and
cables by unskiIled labor, attracts some atten-
ton. It is said that cables Of any size can be
made with facility In shipbuilders own yard,
with great saving Of both labor and fuel. Ex-
cellent horseshoe nails, made by steam ma
chinery instead Of hand labor, are now also
supplied in England.
The Brazilian Government has determined
to promote emigration from Great Britain, and
has appointed emigration agents in England.
Two hundred thousand acres Of clear land are
to be appropriated for agents, at twenty-five
cents per acre, payable in five years; twenty
seven dollars and fifty cents towards the pas
sage money Of each emigrant is to be supplied
by the Brazilian Government.
1T won't cost Train much for travelling ex-
penses in Ireland, for the people carry him on
their shoulders gratis. Speaking of America
al Cork, he said,' "We have Swseds among us,
ws have Portuguese, French, Italians, Dutch,
the men of all countries, and say whoever
strikes us strikes the world. [Cheers.] To-
day in our broad domain from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, from the lakes to the Gulf, there
Is not ten per cent. Of English blood in our
VEINS" [Great cheering.]
The latest arrival from st. Thomas brings
the intelligence that shocks OF earthquake had
occurred there, but they were not violent, and
had caused but little fears among the resi-
dents. Advices from st. Domingo confirm the
capture Of the capital by the Baesists. General
Baez has not arrived at st. Domingo. General
Jacinto was forming cabinet and reorganiz-
ing the government. General TupsoE has sail
ed from Turks Island with an expedition 10
attack the city of st. Domingo, and counter
revolution against General Baez is apprehen1-
ed.
The Richmond papers announce the sale,
on Monday, Of the Ballard House, one Of the
finest hotels in that city. The cash payment
required was $4,000, and as much more as
would be necessary to defray the expenses of
the sale, etc. The first bid was 10000" plus
the cash payment required, which was after
wards changed to 1000, the actual amount
bid. The bids ascended by 6ves TO s55, 900,
and then by ones until the sum of $4,000 was
reached, when competition seemed to cease.
After repeating the "59" for some time, the
auctioneer said, ut is terrific sacrifice, gen.
tlemen. The property cost s2O6,0OO. But it
must be sold, il we get no more for it than
SIS, ,OO0." Dwelling some time on the last bid,
he asked, "Havs you done, gentlemen?" he
then slowly and reluctantly closed the sale in
the usual way. The purchaser was MIR. VIM.
Davidson, of the firm Of E. V. Haughwout &
Co., New York, who are among the creditors of
Mr.. Ballard. Everybody conceded that the
sale was made at extremely low figures.
"A Jamaica correspondence Of the New York
papers contains full particulars of the recent
outrage upon the American whaleship Hannah
Grant, on the coast Of Venezuela. The vessel
was anchored ON the side of the Peninsula of
Paraguana, and Captain Robins with boats
crew Of seven men went ashore for supplies.
he was speedily surrounded by an armed
force some thirty in number, and it is now
suspected that their intention was to take
Captain Robins and his crew prisoners, and
then to seize the Hannah Grant. Resistance
would have been of little avail, and viewing ell
the circumstances and seeing the true state Of
affairs, Captain Robins submitted TO pro-
position to go off, with only q portion