The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.


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Cotton was &c. better closing quiet at 25Ac.
I'm Liverpool yesterday cotton closed firm;
uplands 121Sd.; Orleans 121ld.
The death Of Giulia Grisl is announced at Der
lin.
Two freight trains colllded on Saturday last
at Mast Hope, New York, through the careless
ness Of the engineer and conductor of one Of
them. and twenty cars were wrecked, but no
one was hur. erlously.
OF the 094 -elates who will be present at the
Gcumenical council, three are 95 years OF age,
two others are 90 and upward, and 20 more are
octogenarians. The seven youngest Of the bish-
ops are between 80 and IS years Of age.
Mr.. Burlingame denies the reports recently
circulated to the effect that the Chinese Govern
ment have been dissatisfied with the results OF
his mission, and asserts that, on the contrary,
his diplomatic conduct has been in entire accord
with It,
Captain General de Rodas denies the ruAored
project fthe Spanish Government to send feet
OF war vessels to the harbor OF New York, and
attributes the rumor to the fact that couple OF
Spanish war vessels are going there, as has al
ready been stated through other sources, Tor
repairs.
'-On and after the 1st OF January next the
exchange Of mails between the United States and
France win cease, in consequence Of the abroga-
tion OF the present postal convention between
them. All letters sent hence after that date must
be prepared at the rate OF ten cents per hail
ounce or under, and newspapers two cents each,
the same rates to be collected on letters and
papers received here at the onlces OF delivery.
President Grant hopes to have the Darien
ship canal well under way before the close OF his
administration, and, to further this work, has or
dered the Secretary of the Navy tc detail SUM-
cient force to make the necessary surveys Of the
Isthmus. No doubt is entertained that the treaty
already negotiated will be ratified by the Coum-
bian Government, and in view Of this fact that
government has accorded permission to the Unit
ed States 70 cause the requisite surveys to be
made
AT hotel in Sonoma, California, on the 18th,
one william Hurd, whe was drunk, said to VIII
liam Hudson, his friend, also drunk, with whom
he had never quarrelled: ~ wish You would cut
nv throat, or 1ay head on.n Hudson replied:
s.All right; can do 1t foryou in few minutes"
Soon after Hudson borrowed knife, returned
where Hard was sitting, and indicted severe
wound in his neck, causing almost instant death.
Hudson was arrested for thus accommodating his
friend.
s4-rhe Earl OF zetland who has held the position
Of Grand Master OF the Freemasons OF England
for twenty-six years. has announced that 1t IS
not his intention again to ofrer himself for nom.-
nation to the ONCE at the Grand Lodge to be held
inDecember next. Il Is believed that the Earl De
Grey and Ripon, who has held the office Of Deputy
Grand Master since the retirement Of the Earl Of
Dalhousle will be put in nomination for the ONCE
OF Grand Master. The Prince Of Wales too, has
recently joined the craft to be nominated.
1t is now the law In Prussia that male can
not be considered to have arrived at his majority
until he is twenty-four years Of age. The Prus
sian authorities are now discussing bill which
declares every male Prussian to be OF age when
he arrives at his twenty-drst year. If the bill
passes it viii 60 into operation next April. There
are six ald half millions OF young men who
will be advanced in life by this new arrangement
should it 60 into operation. In Holland, Belgium
Italy, France and several South and North Ger
man States the period OF twenty-one years has
always existed and works admirably, without
ever having been complained OF.
The New York correspondent OF the Philadel-
phla Ledger writes: "Shipping houses again re-
port lower frelghts on Atlantic voyages TIE de-
preston OF berth rates to Liverpool is largely due
to the pressing necessities of the steam tonnage
In that trade This class OF vessels are obliged to
leave on their regular days, and are often COM
PEELED to make liberal concessions in order to OBJ
tain freight In some cases wheat has been
taken as low as five cents. The chartering de-
mand Is moderate, though there Is rather more
inquiry for petroleum tonnage. West India and
South America business is very dull, and rates
favor charterers. In the way Of cotton charters
there is little or nothing doing, the amount OF
tonnage at the principal supply ports being in ex-
cess Of the demand"
Tho reported recall Of the Burlingame En-
bassy Is capsbe-admitting the news to be au-
thentic, as the China correspondent OF the Alta
California asserts that 1t is-of two interpreta.
tions. The first is that the Emperor, desiring to
have personal information OF the progress made
with the treaty powers, recalls the Embassy, not
ont of any dissatisfaction with what has been
done. but for the desire to know more definitely
T6s.Scs been DONE and what its effect is likely
to be. In that View, the news Is not specially i'm
portant. But there Is another interpretation ac-
cordIng to which the news becomes exceedingly
important. The probabilities seem to be that the
original design of thu Embassy was TO snow
not what China would do, but what II Would