The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-09
NEWS UM II a e z.
Gold closed, at New York, firmer, at ssl

changed; Gales l1UU o2ies at o93o'
.-.At Liverpool cotton closed firm at previous
quotations; sales 1900 bales.
Mr.. Alfred Tennyson is travelling In swift
serland.
"A girl nineteen years old owns and WORKS
hunared-acre farm in Iowa.
-Hom,, the splritustst, has been invited 70
visit the Emperor Of Russia.
-Spinters from SIX s'last ties" OF the Ia 'ino
Railroad have been sold, and the supply is stili
eaual to any possible demand.
.:,-Eiva English gentlemen have made We
.iooipede match to travel the entire cosst
line of England. Scotland and Wales in Sep
+ember.
sSsEEnergetic efforts are being made to rem
der Paris grand market for American se-
curites. and considerable success has been
obtained.
John Francis Mcguire, N. p, has resigned
his seat in the Cork Municipal Council. Coun-
sillor J,mes Dwyer has been elected 70 the va
can't position. q -.
The Chinese in California are very shful
in ncountarfeiting gold dust, and succeed In SELL
Ing o good deal of the bogus article. This
Was once tried in Australia, but lynching
stopped it. - 80 :. 49,, ',.,-. -.
Michigan a9esta can hardly hold out long
against the enormous drafts made upon them
every winter. There is one jam in q river OF the
State and its branch sixtytwo miles long. The
lower end u in the Titibawasse R,yer; but no
one could have expected that logs should get
through river with such . crooked name with
out sticking. ''
Captain Crawford. special agent OF tie
Treasury Department at Washington, who was
recently sent out to examine the various kinds
and qualities Of kerosene used on steamboats,
ON the Western waters, has ascertained by
careful scientific tests and reported that nearly
m the different varieties sold are in greater
or less degree explosive and murderous.
= The German citizens Of New York are
making an active movement for the introduce
ton oi the study Of their language In the pub
Lie schools OF that city. They have organized
central and ward organizations, and have
raised considerable money TO further the OBJ
ject. The question has been submitted to the
New York Board OF Education fora report upon
it's desirabllity, snd it seems to be thought it
viii be carried.
The fashionable circles Of Brooklyn are dis
turbed just now by wsll-iounded report that
the daughter Of o wealthy merchant living on
the Heights elop,d last week with her fathers
coschman; while those of South Boston are
hardly less agitated over the fsot that young
lady of social position and culture. and one OF
the bellies OF that aristoorato locality, has
adopted the stage as profession. and will ap-
pear at one OF the Nsw York theatres next au-
tumu. iaa,
IAN Iowa paper reports that as uan and
his wife we're ct work In field in that State,
their chill 4, which was in . basket near them,
was heard to cry, and the husband asked his
wife to 20 and see what the trouble was. She,
intent upon her work, delayed few minutes,
and then, to her horror, fpund the child dead,
With e large snake coiled around it. The
husb and, IN the frenzy Of his anger and grief,
struck his vile with . hoe which he held in his
hand, and killed her instantly.
The Belgian pavement, nov laid down IN
Fifth Avenue. Nav York is to be covered with
a coat OF concrete. This plan will give the lat
ter style Of pavement the best possible founda-
ton, and the experiment thus inaugursted will
afford reliable test OF its availability 1or 3
much used carriage way. The result is looked
forward. 20 with no little interest, as. should
ihpro4e to be successful, it is likely that the
sanne.course will be adopted in good many
other streets, and in other places besides New
York. :. ~
The Hon. Alexander d. Stephens has writ
ten letter giving his views upon the legal
status Of the expelled negro members OF the
asorgia Legislature. Mr.. Stephens agrees
with the decision, Of th3 Supreme Court OF
Georgia that negroes are eligible to efice un-
der the present constitution and laws OF that
Sate end that the Legislature committed an
error in expelling the negro msmbets.. he
bolde, however, that the action OF the Lsgisla-
ture was fiual-thst no appeal can be taken
from it-and that the Legislature is not COM
petent to reverse Its own action in the premi-
ses after having once decided the question.
The new Secretary OF the Navy is under
stood to have been recommended to the Presi-'
dent not only by the GIFT OF five hundred dol
lara towards Mr.. Grants house in Philadelphia,
but also by his jovial temper. II ls not sur
prising therefore, TO learn shat ons OF his fret
Official a,ts has been to telegraph to Admiral
Hoff to send home the steamer rallapoosa. as
he wants it tor pleasure party" OF high ofi-
cials. This will be good news to the officers ef
the TaIapoo o, who must find it quite bore
to be poking about the Cuban coast to protect
Yankee Shippers from Spanish overhauling.
Decidedly Robson ,s siolly." And as for the
expense? Well, that is not Robeson's affair,
you knovl -. =.
The tcemmissiopsrsof Alabama appointed
to negotiate for the annexation Of West Florida
to that State, having made contract with the
commissioners appointed on the part Of Florida
for the purchase de iiied, have reported the re.
suit Of their labors to Governor Smith, Of Ala
bama. The contract conveys to Alabama iu-
risdicion over all the country Sest Of the
Apalachioola River; vests in Alabama all the
lands in the proposed territory now belonging
to Florida, estimated at over 2. .0ee. eco acres,
and supposed to be Of the average value Of
81 Is per acre, and the right OF per
cent. Of the prsleeds of the sales OF the
public lands, For this cessioa Alabama is re-
quirei to issue 10 Florida per cent. 80 year
bonds TO the amount OF 81 100000, and to rem