The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-20
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I'm Liverpool cotton was fiat, with upland
atf1ihf9d; sales 5000 bales.
"A new revolving rife gun, capable Of bein
fred Ave hundred times q minute, is on exh
bitiop5p Sun Francisco. o.. So
s.:n&he wife Of . man who died Of hydropho
biSM Cincinnati hw sued the owner Of tn
dos~Aaea bit him for 5000.
k3Haasme Parepa Rosa has accepted an il
vitation to s1ng in the grand choruses Of th
-nationalpeaos jubilee at Boston.
The Washington correspondents say tina
the ratification Of only three States is necessa'
ryss make the RdtSenth amendment law.
;Nsx. York, AL the -yeatx round, says th'
HSSald, spends on an 5ayerssei $4,000 pa
xeek. for musical: and theatrical entertain
meuts. ..rJ "A ~ - {. - eE1r,o :T7H :. ia
Petitions have been circulated along the
line OF the Southern Pacific Railroad, asking
Congress to nul1ify the land subsidy otthe
load, and open the land to presumption.
+-yelocfpede" tournsuaents -hsEebeen intro
d iced In st. Louis. . The Exercises include
y ilting ut the ring. throwing the javelin, fenc-
ing with swords and similar trials Of skill by
bicycle riders. 80 1.',i" ,':,'. ;s.;o 10,
john Russell Young, managing editorof
the New York Tribune. has rendered his resiR-
nation, And has been accepted: Itis under
stood that his SUCCESSOR will be Whitelaw
Reid. OF eincinnasiI Is.a na.s@ *'''h
-onaeof the last fats on the Central Pacific
R.lroad xasthe layiog Of ten miles Of track
in ons day, and one who timed the actual rats
of work saw $40 feet Of rail Iaidiu one minute
and 6fesn seconds, .a.;
-Esas Ben Wade. Of Ohio, it sppears, has
been sppolnted by President Grant govern
meut director oS.the Pse:fc Railway. About
as good al Office pecunisrily as that Of Pres-
dent, without its responsibilities.
A man m Jacksonville Fla. stole the re-
gently laid cornerstone OF . new Baptist
chn,ch, in order to get the silver coin and cur
rency closed up In it. The stone was carried
some distance, but the effort to get the money
ont was q iailure.. - ie 81. . sI2a -
-Mr. Gustavus N. Conway, Of Richmond,
m estimable and promising young man.Sao
held the position Of Auditor Of the seaboard
and Roanoke Hailpoad, was 90 badly burned by
the explosion of kerosene lamp at Norfolk,
last week, that he died next day. rn ''.e
-crleton, the New York Publisher, has
!. lately purchased abe Worth House, corner OIL
Broadway and Firth Avenue standing on the
most ysluabie gnnmd Of, New York, and it is
red6tsl .winFhaks Il . sort OF ~shome for re-
] estsd Suth rssssN BE win so5n hsveBfc'' ln.
..aSeaa4or 6smeroua opinion nbout Governor
Curtin xss express cd With mose force than el'
seanoe: 'aThe only minister maat Pepasclsa-
MIA have (e1cept . negro; who cannot be
voter in ;osr state, ~ said he, lis . man set
dovnlfor Russis, VINO ought to be sent TO the
LObos IslaAds; rice guano removed 1'f
Justice in Texas is still very rapid, II not
Always certain. a black mare Was stolen rom
a fssry stable, and after search, was rhesrd
from ID . distant town.: = The iptpprietors sent
a messenger afterhar, and a day OF two Atter'
wards reserved s. dispatch ss follows "Yotr Pffu
.nnarsis heres twilt bring her; thief huns.'. #
"A gentleman in. Pittsbutg,,s PENN" pub
fishes, the, following 1ehsr l"I win donate
twentsadonArs fore every passage OF Scripture
Nhers thb bimmDeality. .of the rsoulifs meu1on-
ed. to any Church 90 Suhday-school the fnder
msy ,elSct.e His address is John "A. Best,
corner of Fifsi-ayenue and Tunnel-street,
Pittsburg. :, =
"A visitor Of the, famous Blue Spring, in
Florida, says the spring, winch is half mile
ralffo,m the St. Johns River, is eighty OF
nfAsty heE seross and some 'fathoms doep.rl It
boils ND With such force that boat cannot be
rowed upon it. The stream shicho Is thus
poured out, makes q river about ninety feet
,pfffBBuf gix feet deep.
-Governor Geary, Of Penusylvania, has par
doned they7child murderess, Heater Vaughan
Wh5; il viii Be remembered, was oonviesed'o
murder in the first dsgree and sentenced to n
hss1otR Soon after the sentencea pubic
meeting was got up in New York II: her be
halt, &ba influence Of which was pressed on. th
Governor until Saturday, when he yielded.
They have worn out whipping post and
pilIory IN Wilmington, Del. and have erec'ed
new ones OF mcst subs anita character. The
DolAvare. foike still have great faith in these
aacient instruments Of punishment. They Say
-thsy keep roeues from coming into the State
and save the people from the necessity OF re-
saing to lynch law and vigilince compittees
ta-A Jury in New York has given verdict
against telegraph company for $500, with In
tsresks Amounting in oil to aboua $40 600, FOL
falling 10 send o dispatch promptly over the
wires 10 the address to which it was directed
The dispatch direc! ed the sale Of quantity ol
petroleum; but by Its non-delivery, aud conse.
quent non performance OF the business trans.
action, the plaintiffs ayerred they had suffer d
. loss equal TO the sum for which they brought
suit, and which the jury promptly awarded.
,--Samuel d. Talbot. q young man residing
In Brooklyn. attempted 60 klll.a young lady
named. Lizzie Scrlbner, who resides in the
same house, early on Thursday morning. He
had professed ardent love for the young lad y
but she discountenanced bus advances. he
came home at an rarly hour Of the night and
attempted to chlol form her while she was
asleep; but failing n that he shot at her twice.
injni1g her in the head and hand. Supposlns
that he had killed her, he retired to his OWL
room and blew his brains out. A coroner.
tgy rendered verdict accordingly. Miss
6cribner u doing we'll, but her wounds are
serious.
Michigan papers State that young man
named George Denslow, living near Rome
Centre, in that State. dreamed on the night Of
rf1yShSl "a that he vas deaf aud f1umb and on