The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-05
Tbe Gbarleetn,, eeems.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER s, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAr.

Yh,ra Il NEWS OF THE DAT.
fs, :. I'm New York yesterday cotton was frmer
closing quiet at % cents for mddlings.
Gold was quiet and steady Mt the close ri
2ss. III.
NO closing quotations from Liverpool were
received last night.
,Ea' Long kid gloves reaching nearly TO the cl-
bow are worn with short sleeves for full dress.
% -7Mr. George Peabody proposes to, make
only short stay, in England. .ai, *.
j Most of the stock has been, subscribed for
anew cotton tniilat Baton Rouge.
do. Lit is said that Adena Patti lis 10 receive
100000 gold for'an american engagement Of
one hundred nights. ''ani.2in>iD.
The Episcopal Diocesan Convention ad-
journed in harmony, without any discussion
whatever on Ritualism 70 Il. -!sH
q "A steamer ran through the Sucz canal,-
from Port Said TO Sucz, last Thursday, in IF
teen hours. t. ~.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture esti-
mates the value Of the crops of the United
States for 1868 at sl,sll ,G6s,9l5
AT the recent funeral of an officer in Cey-
lon, the young widow out Off all her beautiful
" golden hair and placed It in the grave.
The newspap are uncertain whether Fisk,
Jr, made five millions or lost thirty millions
by the recent spcculatIons In New York
The new California Legislature, according
to the latest reports, had q Democratic ma
jority of fourteen in the Senate, fifty-one in
the House, and siXty-nye on joint ballot.
Senator Wilson Is engaged upon. the ''De-
cline and Fall OF Human Slavery In the United
States" 1t Will make two large volumes of
over five hundred pages eaoh.' y; 80.
--Englisn settlers IN large nuulv... y.
be glad to buy land in Virginia, but the owners
put. so high, prices upon it that they are re-
luctantly, comp lied to go elsewhere.
Chicago is TO haye q diamond wcdding-a
white velvet dress, 100000 worth of Jewels
and tour of Europe are the circumstances OF
interest. oJ 9a'
Numerous candidates for the succession to
the late Senator Fessenden are looming up in
Maine, among them being James G. Blaine,
Lot M. Morrill, Israel washburne, Jr., General
shepley and Governor Chamberlain.
"A prisoner in an Ohio penltentiary per-
suaded the son Of the foreman of the workshop
y to head him up In a barrel and roll him out
:' side the prison walls. The confederates Of the
escaper received, liberated and removed him
as quickly as possible. .a 81: ia..la;,
The Tobacco Association of New York re-
Gently held meeting, Mt which a resolution
was passed asserting that the present ruling
prices of manufactures OF tobacco, owing to
the high cost Of leaf, labor and taxes, are un-
remuneratige, and should be raised 10 a higher
basis. ''' Hh' C 81 ,39l st -
"A Washington letter of Thursday says:
Yesterday party offorty Danes arrived here
IT on their way to Alabama, where they propose
to settle They leave for their destination to-
morrow-land having been purchased In the
of Montgomery, for the colony,
this company being only the advance guard"
ri. "A Dubuque paper makes q correction of
: its account of the Humboldt celebration in
that city. 1t had sold the affair was IA failure
financially and otherwise The editor, begs
that the reader will please read .success" for
-; failure" The compositor Is blamed for fhe
error, which Is rather a singular Typographical
blunder. N''.''-- 60.
S.Tt-A slander case is on trial before Connec
, tau. .lcourt the parties being the Rev. Harri
WrHoward and Gilbert B. Allen. It Is, charged
r.: thatAllen said he wouldn't 20 to hear the
iold mpttonhead Preach or something of that
SOFT; and Mr.. Howard SUES him for defamation
9f character. laying his damages at $4,000. h
President, on Thursday, Is said to
2 hnvslnformed Leutenant-G Governor Lewis, of
'tHinginia, that he was confident there would be
no'o6stscle to the admission of that Stato to
1.-THE Uhion1 provided the Legislature showed q
:, Willingness to forego old issues. He added
." THAT he HAD no preferences for senators from
: Virginia, bit that they must be able to take
the test oath. ,,a iA',t- 9s9. 10
,.fn,rT TTbba suggestion Is thrown out in New
L; New XQSk Journal, tile Bulletin, that sufficient
{, Labor caIIpgTt,now be commanded In the cotton
- States 70 bick the 100000 bales Of cotton that
,., are H6S, fauy. for picking, and the North Is
m. appealed TO Supply the deficiency. 1t is sug-
III estea That eacG Of the large cities of the North
u could send off thousands of aborcrs, provided
rlA lARrapgemeptS arg made for reducing the fares
'sYof isn0h rs go; .J,o s.ry NV, ~ '.t
isojisaiAi dispatch flom New York to q Western
rHpeper saysithat zone of the unlucky firms of
'goldsdeaersSs Ssmith, Gould, Martin 4 Coz as.
sert Thar they Who'd written order from tho
)" highest 5hSef Or Tit government to bny four
,y ymttlions " gofd da that 81 balances are not
settled tfG, tfG laotGMshts viii bc published. ],
y AN oR less bold than startling
rrc Il ifalse, "ths lAghs officer Of the govern.
.. .mRnfii: ehqNld expose itas such. II true. tho
,ldproof SHOULD lbe fortheeming as an interestIna
ho,hiatory OF tho late 1luan.
t,r eisa fiurTyInh, ,,9It.TrElf,u ,tJf sssgq' r t4S
Hirs 1.-The fndloariUnsiare 4hat,the aproyls,ona,
''ai ieSlslatats Of 1VirgiHi6wn give the proposed
u Flte6hth' aidthdiKent a,provislonal ratiflca
M"ttn ~ sYndltfonihe fGae ucebtanco to take efYee
:, ~ 6nl 9h tKs adn III Tie State to all no,
c. G SRSi RsSRiI|,,t shre~aiy' said TIM
.,ikCongrees meana.6o aati ID good faith the,
y, y 81 spsatYy!ss. ana ,t.hsy y neai
'e them OF. There is prccedahs for thfs. vir