The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-08
NJ - MS s. UNI. M a RI.

Gold In New York yesterday closed weak
at 8Ss. M lnn iotn
-rCotton was frmer !; sales 1900 bales, at
S04o. 1--
In Liverpool yesterday cotton was firm;
middling uplands 118d sales 15, 900 bales.
Colonel Mann, of the Mobile Register, is
Democratic candidate for Congress from Ala
bama. f|N "'..i re.
General Lee, whilst walking near Freder-
ioksburg, recently, had flowers s.rewn in his
path, by q party Of fifty little girls.
San Antonio, Texas, promises to take half
million, dollars in the stock of the first rail-
road that reaches u point within thirty miles
OF the city. Y, "Lii@ Iia
Forty thousand beef cattle bound North
have CROSSED the Brazos River at Waco, Texas,
the present season. Four Thousand crossed in
Two successive days. 'F :
Baker and Thomas two negross condemn
cd for the murder Of a colored man named
Wade Ditcher. in Weldon. about one year
ago, were privately executed at Halifax, N. c.,
on Friday list i2 @H
1.-THE International bostrra it may now be
l.:51med, will certainly take place, as letter
Harvard Boat Club to the Cambridge Club,
hoping that silence has been construed as an
acceptance of the challenger b.T";4 ,nH no. VI
The Norfolk papers RECORD a. shoe ckilg. tSRse
of homicide. The daughter: ofMr. John? Muir
ray stonemason, was seduced by q Young
man named Alexander Perry. Maddened at
his Sfong, Murray made desperate attack on
PEI y, who shot him dead with double; bar.
rel gun. Perry deliyerad' himss hi II Apstp the au-
thorties and was rsleasedoh bail.
,,-Ihe Bainbridge laeorgia) Argus, of the
29&h,t says: .,uhore can nbsi be no longer rea-
spnable doubt that the cotton, caterpillar has
made it's appearance in, this Section OF Gsor-
sta ana oFlorida, and that its work of desttuc-
tion has already commenced. We heard oh
Monday that Colonel J. j. Williams, planting
near Tallahassee, has f1eld Of four hundred
acres, in which we're not many stalks of cotton
that we're not either wholly or partially strip
ped by this dreadful scourge."
The Oldest prisoner in the Massachusetts
State prison is George Hunnewell, who has
been ipca1coraatcd twenty-one years. The
warden Gale him 'ti," Rip Van Wrinkle of the
institution" Ihe -.er day, while the work
men we're engaged IN painting the cupola OF
the prison, no asked to be allowed to go up
And look of. His reqnest was granted, and
furnished with an opera glass, he made the
ascent. It was the first time he had looked
out upon she world for twenty-one years. He
turned his glass toward his old home in Cam
bridge. 1T is all changed" was his only
comment. @
M. Chevalier ascended in mammoth bal
loon near Flushing, N. Y, o few days since.
He rose to heigth OF $500 feet. He passed
through two layers Of rain Clouds, and BECAME
drenched to the skin, and then ascended to
range Of white vapor clouds, which enveloped
him as in deep mist. On rising above
them he opened into broad sunlight, with the
thermometer at freezing point. The sky was
Of deeper blue than seen from the earth, and
the white clouds below shone with dazzling
ustre. His balloon was OF q peculiar con-
-struction. BY pulling rope he opened valve
at the top three feet ina diameter The gas
rushed out, and the air Was drawn in from the
neck, seven inches wide; which id all IbaIl6ohs
= is always open. The eiowef part Of the balloon
sattbtssn eallaipssd And struck upward, forming a
skindof roof reHis aeieht in the baaket pre-
i vented "a shrinkage at the upper part, oiythe
weight Of nj. Chevalier made the BALBOA form
passtc;hute, para; si'a he' descended with iease and
The New York Evening Post gives the fol-
lowing in relation to the arrest OF smugglery
eameng the passengers of tho steamer Java.
from Liverpool. at Jersey 'Oity, ~ day or
twoiago: SIN the trunks Of Two Germans.
naturali1ed as EnglBhmen, d aquAntity OF sill
!, yer plate, watches and jewNlelry, was found
wrapped in clothing and secreted in stockings.
aI'tooth.powder boxes, bears grease pots. and
aahsvinR ;spap boxes. Similar articles were
$vNk 49, Il
ssRoyssh pearl-pewaeF, boxes, quantity, bf
rings wsrs 4ohnd, and number were also hid
den among folded gloves. 2 The ladies were
. taken jht4 a stAte-room by, two womspand rs
Atquired Ito disrobe. Quantities OF bracelets,
ringsard brooches were found lin their bodi-
'ces and suspended in the folds OF their skirts.
The boyS had also concealed articles OF minor
value. One of the man had fifty gold chains
suspended round his neck, between his under.
: shirt and SHIRT. The other had numerous
j, riggs in his pantaloons and vest pockets, and
inqnantsY Of bracslets in the skirts Of his coat.
40 The jewelry seized has not yet been appraised,
but may prove to be worth about $50,OUO,
o. "a Washington correspondent gives some
) interesting Iacconnis OF what he saw at the
State Department. Among other THINGS the
( seals of; different countries are described
''The seals are circular in form, like q gold
coins varying ia size from a large to a small
sunhower. With the exception. og, england
the smaller the country the larger the seal
The seal Of Great 8sitain is an, imm use affair
OF solid silver. with heavy tasseIs or silyer bul.
lion attached. This silver case is hollow and
contains o cake Of beeswax and sulphur. inee.
niously mixed, but FOR what mortal purpose ID
forever locked up With The awful archives Of
the department In the breast Of Assistant Sec
retary Hunter. The treaty is a thin book, vel
e vet4covered. With the stpulations written upor
"a its parchment leaves in the neatest possible
& raaNnsr. The sentences are oouched iz
language as polite as though dictated by
/; Sir Charles Grandson, and are ,signed' III
YictorIa's own hand ~ yistoriaas writing
4 10 somewhat afocted, but wen enough In III