The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30
NEWS OF TIE Day.

Gold closed in New York yesterday weak
at %.
Cotton closed In New York yesterday Inactive
and &c lower, with sales OF 1900 bales at 25c
In Liverpool cotton closed firm; upands ll;I
a1Ixd; Orleans 12al2 I'd
The English government It is sold, Intends
sending relnforcements 10 ireland.
The mannSers OF the Pacific Railroad are pre-
pairing fuel and provision cara 10 run with every
trnn during the winter, so that In case II train
gets showed in the passengers will not freeze or
starvo to death.
.-Onc hundred and ten Mormon preachers and
elders in obedience 10 Brigham Young's orders,
have arrived nt Omahn, anu separated OH n mis-.
sion OF two years. duration, some going s0uth
and others cast. ,
Tho convcts OF the Southern prison, In Mdl-
ann, have been living on wheat bread for the pust
MONTH; soniaihtng unusual They generally cat
r"-r "r"a'l three fnches and q half thick but
wtIf y. Dowuheaper than corn.
= kwot0cusand JeNy shave been removed from
ti,e pfssa.12 2nn frontier to Jhe ipsssseaar ,sssy
Oil law, limiting the resldaIc6 bi f6&f seGt nt
tn, C-nr, II. In said VIII .,iisapproYe Of ths and
similar p, /. Icedngs.
Tho London Times views the election Of
Rochcfort to the French Chambers rs the Inst i'm,
potent protest Of an angry populace. The gam
ins, IL says, have sent one OF themselves to the
Chambers, but this does not prove that France
is ripe for gamn government
The prize fighter Tom Allen responds TO Mike
McCoole's challenge by saying he has already
whipped him twice and been cheated out OF the
money, but Will try him again for 5000 or $1,000
aside within ten days. If this is not accepted, he
oflers to fight any man In the United States or
Canada.
Vim. fro, fI,a DaSn
ventlOn at Richmond comprise about one-half the
original body. They dlsclaim any idea OF FORM
ing new party, and announce II as their desire
to rcorganlzc the one now existing. They oppose
prescription and reckless denunoiatlon Of The
people OF the Slate as obsolete Ideas.
Tile company owning the Kentucky Railroad,
on which Judge Black, ofPcnnsylvapa, sustained
serious injury by al accident several months ago,
is called OH to pay q DOCTORS bill OF $4,000 for
medical attendance on the Judge. This the COM
pany refuses, but is ready to pay the amount to
the Judge, that lie may do with 1t what he
pleascs.
The winter quarters OF Forcpaughs menagc
re, Mt Connellsye, Ind, was found to be on lre
few nights ago, and tho whole menagerie was
let loose. The fire, however, was exiinguished
after several thousand dollars worth OF damage
had been done. Meantime the beasts feasied on
sheep md beef In the adjacent fields, but were
all rccaptured before they could do any more
serious damage.
Two large and powerful Normandy horses
imported for the purpose OF improving the breed
or American stock. arrived few days ago ut
New York, on the steamship Lafayette. These
animals wero obtained after q thorough research
through tho French markets. The first, q black
stallion or graceful build, named "Cupidon,n Ia
seventeen hands high, weighs 23oo pounds-10Oo
pounds more than an ordinary horse-and Is nve
and a half years old. The second, gray stallion,
named "Mouton," is sixteen and half hands
high, and is four and q half years old. These
horses are valued at $4,000 each, and cost $34o to
bring over Their former owners have RECEIVED
medals and certificates for their improved stock OF
horses.
Tho New Orleans Times says that "tlie sugar
prospccto ore not encouraging. Tie figures OF
last summer will DO brought down considerably
Instead OF increasing the crop OF last year by
twenty-five per cent, It baglus to be seriously
doubted whether wc shall reach the result OF that
crop. From 100000 hogsheads, the estimates OF
many slrewd observers now sink below 10000
hogshcads. Tho truth Is, the present labor in tho
South Is altogether inadequate to the large md
profitable production OF sugar. IL Ia Inadequate o
both in quality and quantity. The thorough, care.
fnl, and dliigent cultivation needed in our rich
bottom lands cannot bo exacted from our ema-,.
cpated negroes. We must have some bctt, .
GLASS Of laborers."
While ont shooting in Prinoe George County,
. Virginia, one day last week. young man named
Richard Bowden, trying to mount q stump, acci.
dentnlly discharged both barrels OF his gun, tho
charges making frghtful wound In his abdo.
men. This was ut A. n. Ills dogs coming 10
him, on the neck OF ono no tied q pIooo OF paper
on which he had written note to one or his
Nothers, stating what had happened. But that
dog would not leave him. The other, however.
seeming TO know that something dreadful had
occurred, wont or and found Mr. Bowdcn,s
brother, and by his actions attracted hls atten.
ton, win. with Mr. Snnxy, started In search Of
hin, and iound HIM at O'Clock, guarded by the
other fal hfui dog. They removed him to the
nearest house, but his wound was mortal, ana hc
died Mt O PM
Tho New York correspondent OF the Phiia-
dciph.a Ledger writes: yClty trade OF oil tlcs.
crlpt.ons continues very dull, and from present