The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-20
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uar; upIandS l31. SaleS oUVV udles'
The 'sNational Capital" Executive Commit
tee have determined to call a National Conven-
sion, to Be held in st. Louis on the Goth OF Oc-
tober.r 20 selIaT T-siJ So
gGThe Indian small steamship Carnatic was
wrecked short time ago in the upper part of
the Red Sea. Her passengers and crew were
saved, but ths cargo, which was very valuable,
Eas entirely lost. Another account states that
aynumber OF lives were lost. - ~, ~ q,
The Statistical Congress at Hague aHol-
land, is engaged in discussing the question Of
the reduction, of standing armies. Mr.. Bug
giles, of New York, made speech, giving as en-
illustration Of the expediency Of the measure,
the safety with which the United States gov
,crnment dispersed its large armies after the
va s,AAle4south. 81 IAGO elA
The uncertainty as to DR.. Livingstone re-
yiYes In England the project OF an expedition
which shall traverse the length and breadth OF
africa. Captain Burton is ready to leave his
consulate at Damascus for such purpose,
and It e s1ggesEed that from about sixty to
ons hundred men, partly seasoned Europeshs
and partly orientals lsikhs. for exarnple,)
armed to the teeth with weapons OF precision,
would be found sapsbIe Of the enterprise.
The attention ofomedical authorities has
Been called To- new method of putting babies
to bed which 5isrsaid to have come into use
inFrance, and to Be singulariy healthy. The
advice consists in stripping the child of cloth
ing, and fnbed edding it, except the head, in a
scradle fun df bran, precisely as fruit and fragile
articles are sometimes packed for transporta-
.tion. The ADVANTAGE Of the method is said to
consist in its remarkable cleanliness, and the
pleasant and equable temperature in which the
infants body is kept. fromits inability to kick
the ciothes,off The Pail Mall Gazette thinks
that thege privileges Of comfort ought not to
be restricted to children, and suggests that
scjourners 1t the seaside may some day escape.
the terror Of doubtful beds by taking their
SabaSa of bran among their luggage.
The fall trade opens bravely. The New
York merchants say that the South is again
their best customer but that q very different
line Of goods is purchased than before the war.
n EE saaas ahe sqBb
.fhgtotaliy ignored the costly and iashy styles
which Characterised their bills previous to the
war. Again. in, regard to tilling the soil, q
vondesfpl revelation; has taken place in the
Southern States. The Southern planter now
bpgs only e,most .imp,oyed agricultural i'm,
ptemsDts, and the crops Of the South are raised
upon the same scientific principles as those Of
the North and West. By this means the cost
of productions haye been lessened and the pro-
-ftgoR the planters Increased. The Southern
purchases last season, which were largely for
cash, undoubtedly saved the New York mer-
chants from am2st disastrous season. Their
purchases thus far this fall have been the chiet
cause OF the present activity in trade.
s--k1etter from the Greenbrier tya.) White
Sulphur Springs says ''The season has been
o great success. More than five thousand Wis
itors have been registered here. and the pro-
prietors hayepr ably made $100, 900. Socially
1t has been extremely pleasant, and the place
has now acquired national reputation which
must make it paRular with visitors from all
sections. The matrimonial market, however,
has been dull, for though the offerings were
large, the, buyers have been few, and have
operaied with great caution. A large lot Of
unimprcsedsn unpfovided widows and widow
ers early drugged the market. and this depres-
sion continued until these actors Of Vanity
Fair Fanished to other scenes. So serious was
this ssagnationt that an expert duenns informs
me oon6dsntislly that only one serious engage
rnent fin which Goodwin. OF Georgia. won a
belle Of Baitimorel has resulted from this very.
active campaign. Think ofit, picture it, dls-
soiibs msn who have been following without
engagins} hefreeses OF fab,ed wealth, snd for
atwhcls summer treadmg on trails whose wear.
ofs Represented millions. It was well, perhaps,
for your correspondent that his wife and i've
follossd and overlooked bin. .st this point,
Some French soldiers were lately taken
prisoners By the Canals, and one Of them was
killed and eaten! HIS comrades describe the
process. The Canaks first decapitate their
victim, Q matter Of no small difficulty, consid-
ering the bluntness Of their hatchets. Ten to
fifteen blows are necessary The body is then
hung up to q tree by the fee:. aud the blood al
lowed to run out for an hour. Meanwhile
hole . yard and . half deep and q yard wide is
ding in the ground. The hole is filled with
stones, and then iH the midst OF them great
fire. is Lit. When the wood is burnt down
little and glows with heat, it is covered over
with more stones. The man is then cleaned
ont and divided into pieces about a foot long,
the hands aud ,Sees being thrown away as
worthless. The pieces OF the man are placed
on the leaves Of o large rose tree peculiar to |
the tropics. The meat is surrounded with |
cocoaruts, bananas, and some other plants |
noted Tor their delicate flavor. The whole is
then tied together firmly, the fire is removed |
from the pit, the meat is placed in among the
hot stones, and thus, carefully covered, is left
to cook for an hour. Women do not partake
OF this warriors feast. Men aloue are permit
ted to enjoy 80 great an honor and so rare a
delicacy.
The Cuban attack on Los Tunas is de-
scrfbed in Havana correspondence. The at
lacking party had but two cannon. while the
spanisrds had six. all in embrasures, and this
advantage in artillery told very favorably in
The fight on the side OF the garrison. For
more than six honrsa the insurgents pressed
the Spaniards, but TO no avail. They were
unable to carrythe fortiacstions. Major Bo-
niohe had the town hall aud several other butt
aings ieed to prevent the insurgents occupy
Ing them, and 90 hnd 6helter near tie Spanish
oreastuorks. The 6re rapidly spread to other