The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-02
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co,a ,,o.ed in Nav York at 31t.

Gold closed in Now York ut 3lt.
Cotton in New York closed dull and lower.
Sales 700 b lies at 29lc.
In Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
lid; Orleans 12!d. Sales 5000 bales.
The Improvement of the st. Johns River
bar is shortly to be commenced.
Mr.. Seward is the only Secretary of State
who has served Though the Presidential term
since 1900.
Fred. Douglass is advertised at Cincinnati,
Ohio, as s'the most intelligent colored man in
the world
Negroes are not to bo admitted to the in
auguration ball. The committee have set
tied the matter finally.
DIR. Sears, the agent of the Peabody Fund,
is now limited to $4,000 per annum N his dis
tribu.lons to eleven States. the time In which
the trustees were allowed to use tho principal
having expired.
Brick Pomeroy says that at the death OF
Lincoln bis paper had less than one hundred
andfifty subscribers, all told. He low claims
a larger circulation than any paper in The Uni
tod States except the New York Tribune.
N. B. Forrest, having been elected Vice
President of the Memphis Association Course,
writes a lstter of declension, in which he says
he has given away his stock in the Association,
and will not in future take any part in matters
pertaining to the turf.
1t has been found by experiment that dry,
pulyer zed earth makes 2u excellent dressing
for ulcers and purulent wounds. 1t not only
abso1bs the bad odor arising from the matter
discharged, but Sc ms to exercise healing In
auence causing healthy granu'ation TO take
place and greatly diminishing tho inaamma-
tiop. II ali is true that is claimed OF this new
curative agent it is discovery only exceeded
in importance by that OF quinlne for fever and
ague, ether and chloroform as an@sthetios, and
belladonna as remedy fol- scarlet fever.
The New York He, aid OF Saturday SAYS
ssSouthern securities were characterized by a
strong undortone. doubtless the reflection OF
the foreign advance in United States bonds.
SpecuIato-s are not slow to see the ultimate
effect OF this improvement abroad, and buy
ers' options which are rather rare transac-
tions in such securities. are beginning to lind
place in tho l.s;s OF sales. North Carollnas
we're firmer in consequence OF the Supreme
Court decision as to the Chatham, bonds, and
Tennessees through feeling that the admin
istra.ion of the acting Governor. who succeeds
BroNn!ow, will be opposed to furtaer issues.
The market was generally dull as to the num-
Der of transactions"
A man in New Orleans took out On acci-
dent insurance policy before starting on
Journey, and happened 10 be killed by rail-
road accident. The widow. armed with the
newspaper report in which his name was men,
toned amorg the killed, presented herself at
the Office OF the company, but was informed
that more definite proof would be necessary.
ssWhy, OF course, he's dead" said the bereaycd
LADY. THAT is possible" said tho polite off,
eial, "and. my dear madam, I am very sorry
for it." Yer sorry, are you, sorr!r" "Of
course am; sine rely sympathize with you
in Your bere ave ment.,, Yes, exclaimed the
excited aud bereaved lady; that's always the
way with you men, you are mighty polite about
everything else, but whenever poor woman
gets a chance to make little money, you're
only sorry" And the indignant lady lett the
room in search ofadditional proof.
IN recent conversation, denral Grant
said he d1d not like the present bonded ware-
house system. He thought that on the whole
il encouraged foreign manufacturers to send
bither all Their surplus goods, TO the exclusion
Of our own, to be stored by the Uuited States.
and kept ready Tor every favorable turn Of the
market. He said, on the subject of the in
grease OF his salary being mentioned, which
had been under 1iscussion in Congress, II
shall live on what Congress gives me. spend
ing Of course every cent of and Ii more was
given me should spend all. have no de-
sire, and do no, expect, to save anything from
nv sala y, whatever it may be, for my kind
friends bave pluo mo in position which
leaves m: free from all Anxiety about future
want, OF the wants OF my children. We shall
have enough 10 1--we on, and it is bctter for
them (meaninG his chdren) that they do not
rely too much upon money"
The arguments Of the New York Times
against the Tt Ttnure-of-ofice bill are almost as
forcible as those Of the Democrats when tho
bill WAS PASSED. But 1t was another OK then.
ItIIaintfvey asks: "Why does not some soma
Tor bring in bill to abo ish the Office OF Pre-
sident aud declare tue Seusie, or rather tue
Dominant party majority OF tue ocuate, W 10
the executive power of the government? 1t
would certainly look better to do this than to
seek the Same end by piecemeal legislation
and by practical construction, as the
Senate is now DOING" and deliberately
declares in Italics that "The Republicans
in the Senate intend to control General Grants
appointments to ofice-the senators from each
State Ia ting charge OF those within that State"
$50 long," it continues, ''as the law glands, we
shall have a feeble, lax and inefficient admin
istration Of the civil service. no matter who
may be Presi loni;" and concludes with the
suggestion that "iF the Senate had any proper
q sympathy with this demand of the people. aud
any due sense of the necessity OF thls great re-
form, 1t wou repeal this obstructive and un-
wise law and leave to General Grant the means
OF performing the dutv imposed upon him BY
the cons, tuition, to 'take care that the lIws be
faithfully executed" Which was all good
some time sinoo. and pertinent, bat Andrew
Johnsoa was President. The quarrel is very
pretty one. indeed.
A New York letter says OF the Chinese in
That nj =. There are ia New York about three