The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-07
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At LIVERPOOL cotton closed shade easier
upland. l9Atl; Orleans 1a2d. Sales 5000 bales
The family Of the late Hon. Henry J. Ray
mond are to SAIL for Europe Immediately.
-parepa received $500 day fr singing a
the Boston Jubilee, and Miss Phillips was paid
for all he, services $500.
ferenoos, it is reported, Will not be immediate
IyaHscted by the Adoption OF this measure
but win Ia few years be modified BY the IN
PRODUCTION OF the lity. In 1872 the lay dele
The lives OF all the members OF the Ch1ca-
20 FIRE Department have been insured fol
$4,000 by subscriptions by the business men Of
that CITY, as,i.., - - e - -
II few Of the personal friends Of John
Mitchell, inst, Louis, swelled the proceeds Of
his aiase lecture by personal subscription to
over $500. So. -.-,-.q -: ~
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad has
brought IS OF bales Of cotton to Memphis du-
ring the past season. The same road has car.
ried AWAY n. .o91 bales.
All the dramatic and musical stars OF Eu.
rope, it is said, sre. to appear in New York
next season, with two important exceptions,
Nsdams Patti and Christine Nilsson.
,rc8Nis reported ct Washington that General
Sickles, the new United States Minister to
Spsin, has received instructions to enter into
neeosistrons for the purchase OF Cuba
.-An aerial steamer has been tried In San
Frsucisco, and 1t is said the vessel rose in the
mir about .eventy-aye feet, the machinery
Operating successfully, buoying up and driv-
Ing forward the vessel with considerable speed.
The cholera is said TO have made its ap-
pearance in Hudson City, opposite New York.
and there is no little excitement there in con-
sequence. Quite number Of persons are ILL.,
but IL is not sscertained that any deaths have
occurred. -
Mr.. David Dickson. Of Hancock County,
Georgia. has sixteen hundred acres OF land
planted in cotton this season. Upon these Six
teen hundred acres Of land Mr.. Dickson has
used fertilizers at an average OF twenty five
dollars per aore. ~ -
John Brougham's benefit in New York
netted Elm 5000. He at once paid of the dis
charged company. gave 500 to poor actress
Who had a number Of children and but little
work, and $50 to the Seymour fund. II is con-
-Aas.%l,- pAeaiosod shet -ne wifi spend the whole
$1,000 in lass than six months.
The Rev. Fleming James has been remov-
ed from st. Luke's Hospital in New York for
having read the burial service over the re.
mains Of John Wilkes Booth In Baltimore last
week He performed the service at the re-
quest Of brother clergyman who had been en-
gagged, but WAS suddenly called away.
in order 10 get over the difficulty occa-
stoned by the fact that the 9Th Of July is not
easlegaf holiday IN Missouri when the fourth
f.llsop sanny, Governor Mcclurg issued q
.:peoclsnSlioa appointing the f'th as . day Of
public thanksgiving. Such occasions are pro-
Mied tor by the State law, and the bank off,
GERS are happy. ,ass s;Ds:r!5 60
AT areoent woman's rights meeting in
New York, according to the reported proceed
inzs: "Miss UphAm. of Georgia, snnounced
herself as woman who was not married,
never had been. and probably, never would be-,
ma then put the following oonundrums: Who
an an IL, What am II Where am, II Am a
citizen, or am nota Where do women stand ?
Or do ne, like Mahomst's coffin, hang in mid
airan,9l -.
The Rey. DR.. ,Waddell. Chancellor Of the
University OF Mieslssippi. viii preach the Bac-
calsufeate sermon at the approaching COM
msnosmeut. OF the University Of Georgia; Au-
gust /. The Alumni oration will be delivered
by the Hon. D. W. Lewis, and the literary ad-
dress bstore the societies OF the University BY
Colonel B. NJ. Johnston. Of Maryland. The
condition of the University was never more
satisfactory. There aIe about fifty candidates
for graduation at the ensuing commencement
the largest senior class which the University
has ever had.
Official information from Florida regarding
the condition Of the State finances has been
received. contradicting the statements recent
II published, that the State ia bankrupt. The
following extract from private letter on the
subject confirms the contradiction: I'm the
Hrst place the Gleason Osborn dynasty, what
ever that was, nsyer Issued any bonds, and
consequently there was no interest on them to
repudiate; in the second place. the State Trea-
sury, 60 far from einGbankrupt, is in better
condition than it has been for years, and is
promptly paying the interest on all State
bonds. The interest on the State bonds falling
due on the 1st ult. is now being paid in New
York by the.anancial agent of the State"
"A Boston paper OF Saturday, speaking OF
the new molasses brig Novel y" says: "Yes-
terday morning the steam-pumpins apparatus
for discbarglng the cargo Of the brig NJvel,y
was put in operation and worked finely. The
hose by which the molasses is forced from the
tanks OF the bng to the reservoir on shore is
about SIX inches IN diameter, and was kept full,
. steady stream all the time. The hose was
long enough provided the brig made no unu-
sual motion, but steamer passing near the
brig caused IL to rock 30 as to displace the
hose. and before the engine could be stopped
nearly two hundred gallons Of molasses were
lost. The hose was sooa readjusted and the
pumping resumed, bnt the hose gave away
once more duriog the afternoon. This unu-
sual method Of disoharging vessel has at
tracted large crowds Of the curious to see it.
Lay representation in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Northern, it is asserted, will be
approved BY q majority Of nearly three to one
st the elections cow being held to determine
the question. In the total membership OF
1200OO, it is stated that 500. 600 adults Of both
sexes are entitled to express their opinion on