The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-04
" e VS. s On MAR 2.

NEWS s UM NARY.
--r3old at New York Yesterday closed at S52.
AT New York cotton closed steady. Sales
1900 bales
MTne, Liver pool COTTON market closed
shade cas- er, hut prices were unchanged
"A cargo OF slaves has recently been landed
at Colorado Key for a Cuban planter.
Miss Flcrencs McCarty, native of jack
son, Miss, has been appointed telegraph ope-
rat6r.
.-aof the eishty-four steamers which ply be-
tween America and Europe, but five are owned
by American companies.
Tho nomiuation Of o seymour and Blair
ticket at Nashville has thrown damper on
the ardor OF the Senter Republicans.
The French Cable Company will regularly
open busidess on the 5th, with reduction OF
twenty DER cent. on the present Atlantic cable
rates.
Both the Oxford and Harvard crews are
now in acnve practice, preparatory to the IN
teraational race. Bstting is two to one IN
favor OF the Oxford.
=. so,,th American news is cheerful. They
have smallpox at Valparaiso, yellow feVer az
Rio earthquakes near Iquique and Arequipa'
and the Isluga volcano is again in action.
The Spanish Regent, in his speech to the
uav american Minister. General SickleS, said
ts,at "presdent Grant could not have made q
moro grateful selection to the Spanish people"
But he did not say why.
'-Twenty-four thousand dollars were stoien
from the safe in the trea sufer's Office OF the
United States arsenai-at Philadelphia FfiosS
night. The safe was uninjured by the opera
tion, and Thereby hangs tale" .
james B. Butts, formerly surveSor-dene-
ral Of Georgia, died in Macon last week, after
a few hours' illness, Of bilious colo. At the
time of his death he was supposed to be one OF
thAlargest landowners in Georgia.
Several American gentlemen, who seem to
hsgs sagsS dIsappoint ID in Washington, have
lsfSfS Sesa arrested in Mexico on charge OF
rcomullcntys with Lopez and others in con-
srpiracy against the public treasury ofthat re-
: publicsc Tneir trial is now goung on.
The New York Post, OF Saturday, saws:
ocarre Auiterbsld, aged twenty-five years,
WIS turrr ibiy buruod last -eseaiaa by tho aIpio-
sion OF u kerosene lamp in Houston-street.
The place was set on fire. She fingered only
abo,t two hours, when she died in great
sgony. .s
Among the visitors at the White sulphur
Springs Virginia, are, Generals &. b. buckner'
OF Iouiavllle; A. B. Lawton, Of Georgia; Ma
e,,ruder of Baltimore; Lilly. Of Virginia; Bishop
wilmer. of Louisiana; Admiral Smith. Sur
.eeon-General Barnes, and the families OF the
Prussisn Minister at Washington. and the
French C,nsuls at Charleston and Savannah.
5-Forney has received letter written tor
his s.Press," from Columbia, 8. c., in which
fhe writer says: ssThere has been some talk
among the Republicans as to who shall Do
nominated for the next cleo ion. F. j. Moses,
Jr.. will try aud satisfy his ambition by eecom-
ing lieutenant Governor. No one but Scott Is
spoken Of Tor Governor. Sawyer is not at all
popular With his party here; and although spo-
ken OF as Conservative candidate, In opposl-
ton to Scott, neither Democrats nor Radicals
favor the idea"
The Reformed Church in New York have
been very fortunate in their real estate trans
actions They rented the old church in Mas
sau,street tor postofice, and for many years
drew q rent Er $40. 600 per annum. Then they
sold it for $2500OO and bought six lots in Fifth
avenue for $4,000, which are worth $500
They 81 O bought, sbout thirty years age, four
lots in Lafayette place, on which they also
built q CHURCH. For these lots they paid
$4,000. They now ask $40O 600, and will prob
ably get their price.
Two New York ladies' stopped their car,
riage on q croesin4. One went into store and
the other remained in the carriage. Two gen.
tlemen wishing to CROSS the street ordered the
coachmau to aove on. The lady in the car
riaRe told him not to stir. On this one of the
gentlemen opened the coach door, and with
his boots aud spurs stepped through the car
rage. He was followed by his companion. to
the extreme d.scomposure Of the lady within
as Well as the lady without. To complete the
Jest, party OF sailors coming UP, and RELISH
ing the joke. scrambled through the carriage.
Ben. -Pirtman, the famous photographer.
has Just returned to Cincinnati from reporting
the Yerger trial at Jackson, Mics. He says
that It was by all odds the most interesting
and hor ugh he ever reported. The defence
had en-, aged the best medical talent in the en-
tire South to prove Yerger insane, and nothing
could be more elaborative and exhaustive than
the efforts to establish that plea. Mr. Pittman
believes that if he had been tried before anv jury
in the country it would have acquitted Yer
ger. As 1t 49, he believes that the military
commission found hum guilty and sentenced
him to death.
i've noticed some days since that it was
proposed to establish at Macon fertilizer and
guano m4uuiac ory. The Tt legraph says it
has ALREADY been formed, and 1t ID proposed to
put at the head Of it General William s.. Holt. a
man y, well.known financial and executive
ability, aud q planter, as well as president OF
the Southwestern Railroad. 1t is proposed,
also, to make that well known agriouturist,
chemist and Planter, DR.. E. 1. Pendleton. OF
Sparta, inspector Of the works. consldera-
bic amount OF stock in this enterprise has
already been taken by many Of the leading
men OF Macon.
= "A queer incident occurred s'under the lin
den. ip Frankfort, some weeks ago. BRIDE
groom was missing when the marriage pro-
cessiou fnmed, and after a long search was
discovered IN the top OF linden tee The
guests, the bride and ber father all assemb ed
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