The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-10
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Gold closed in New York yesterday heavy
at 35s.
Cotton closed firm and active; sales 1900
bales; ,ddllng 334. ..e,ea
Il, LIVERPOOL yesterday cotton closed quiet,
with quotations unchanged. H.
"A handsome West Pointer has captured
The rich Jorome's daughter.
General John G. Breckenridge has deter
mined to settle permanently in Lexington,
Kentucky and resume tue practice OF law.
In few days there is to be tournament
by the negroes Of Tennessee, in which novel
and p. cuhar feature will be q butting match.
Young Chinese fops in New York have
abandoned queues and silk frocks and attire
themselves IN dress coats, stunning neck-ties
and patent feathers.
! 1t is said there are over forUy women at
QUO hotel IN Saratoga whose avoirdupois is
estimated at two hundred and fifty pounds
each, and there are several who exceed three
hundred pounds. tfe aec lf
As the first step toward the removal ofthe
Washington Capital to the Mississippi Valley,
the West will, at the next session Of Congress,
protest against any further. approximations for
government buildings in Washington. ~.
4 The American Dental Association, held at
Saratoga, has decided TO hold it's next meeting
at Nashville, Tennessee. The election or off,
GERS took place on Thursday, and Horner
Judd, Of st. Louis, was chosen president.
The North German correspondent of the
17th ultimo says that in the University OF Ber-
hin at the present moment, "there are no less
than sixty American students, mostly sons of
rich planters from tho Southern States of the
Union."
An order has been introduced in the Com
mon Council at Washington. D. g., 'sto pro.
hibit the, raising Of mosqu;, Is" in that city,
and imposes q penalty OF from 81 to S. on
every person who shall allow any bucket, tub
or other receptacle containing water in their
yards without having the same securely cov-
cred, to prevent mosquitoes from ropagating.
Chicago has million dollar will case on
trial. Mrs. Julia Newberry, widow of Walter
L. Newberry. who died December 8. 1868. has
ust filed, in one Of the Courts, bill to break
the will of her late husband. on the ground of
injustice to herself aad deprivation of her
rights Of dover. The estate is now valued at
from 50 600 900 to So 000, 900. and by the law Of
dover the widow is entitled to one-third. IN
stead of the allowance made in the will OF $1O,-
600 annually and the homestead. The case
thus becomes one of great magnitude. and it's
result will be looked for with interest.
The tunnel under the Straits Of Dover,
which has been SO long discussed, appears to
be given up. 1t is stated that the engineers
OF Fran 70 and Of England have just now pro-
nounced definitely against the scheme. They
all agree, indeed, that the tunnel is quite fsas-
ib!e; but then they add that the cost of it
would bo ffn.00O 900; which puts it quite out
OF the question, unless ,the Governments OF.
France and of England should, in the interest
OF international Amity, think il right to pro-
ceed with the works regardless OF expense. TO
pays such q tunnel would require twenty thous-
and passengers day,at Eve shillngs apiece.
Nobody looks forward to such q large traffic
between the two countries. ..l nsc., AVN =
"A New York letter says The two China
men, Mr. Chung Sue and Sing Nun; who ac-
companied the committee as far as Chicago.
will be IN New York in the course Of a day or
TWO. They represent TWO OF the SIX houses in
San Francisco who have control OF Chinese
emigration. and are coming. here with . view to
1he introduction OF their 1conntrymen to the
cities Of the Atlantic States. It is needless to
deny the fact that the great body OF our work
ing people contemplate the sdvent Of these
strangers with anything but friendly eye.
At the same time they are prepared to give the |
two Chinsmen above alluded to d fair hearing. /
As soon as they arrive the Cooper Institute will
be placed at their dis 5osai'if they wish TO ad.
dress the citlzens.. Nsaas a9j s o.-1 t
'-r' Q New York. Tribune says: s.The art OF
was nicely exhibited on railway
train out Of Boston last week. Mr.. Curtis,
banker and lawyer, was vastly annoyed by MIR.
Churchiiij who was gong TO see his family in
the country, and who seated himself besida
Mr.. Curtis, with a1arge carpet-bag and small
toy wagon. Mr.. Curtis expressed his wrath a.
this baggage. Mr.. Churchill said, You are no.
gentleman wherenpon. said Mr.. Curtis in his
testimony, tI took bold Of his nose and turned
1t In moderaty and quiet manner II should
have been satisfaction to Mr.. Churchill 10
have had his nose not dsgracefu!ly pulled, but,
moderately and quietly turned; but it wasn't;t
for he called Mr.. Curtis o scoundrel, whereup
on Mr. Curtis entirely destroyed MIR. Church
Ills spectacles BY . we'll delivered blow AIMED
at the nose Of, the unhappy proprietor. HIS
turn has come now. for the modurate nose
wringer and annihilator Of ,spectaeles has been
sentenced TO Jail for two months, besides re-
oeASihS I" p@leiOui6I 6hO pSLpOudi WlS$tuss VOEu
the judge. Such are the iIardships whlon await
the a net noseittirner." 9asa ~
!. The Chemical News for Ahgust has the
following: sFonr children were burned to
death at Corydon, Indiana, on the night Of
July 81; the 6re is attributed to the explosion
OF lamp while the children were all as eep.
Jaiy 18TH Nora 5Woolf, Of ,New York, aged il, \
was fatally burned by an explosion Of kerosene
uasd tor kladlipg q Are,. Jnlys 14Jh, John!
stein. Of Yonkers, fgas shpokinely, burned byS
the explosion osa kerosenp lamp. July l8th, !,
q kerosene lampI exploded at, No. H. Rayard-'
street. Now York; Mrs. Apuis Festloael wss
burned 10 death in Balsrrhors by the sxplosioa
ofa catit of kefosere di,! Mr. Wellington, Of
,BostoI,s Was fsarfnlly 'barned by Che OK 2losion
Sos a lamp containing siucine Dill the lamp
was shs hstt cred into more than one hundred
rie;,es. sI.Icine oiI is lirfit and dAffrerous