The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-19
N E " 8 8 U N MAR Z.

Gold cosel in Nsw York yesterd ay at 394,
Cotton closed loss active; sales 1900 bales
q 3sae. n, ,.r r.
In Liverpool otton closed at 12td. to 12ld.
or uplands on the spot; sales $4,000 bales.
lEx- Secretary Seward is retained in an i'm
ortant suit HI Phild d,lphia. e-@l
John Mitchell is occurring in the West on
he 1sestablishment Of the Irish Church.
p. r. B. is announced to write up the
ourtship OF Tom Thumb and Minnie Warren
or a monthly.
-Geperal Jubal A. Early has taken the
g tump for Walker. the conservative cand idate
or Governotin Virginia.
The City Council OF Baltimore have passed
an order to have the lives OF all the members
OF the fire department Of that city insured for
1000 each. The expense will be about $4,000
per annum.
-"Tin Bear" the most venerable Of the Ca
unanche chiefs, having lived on buffalo meat all
his life, cau't make up his mind to eat corn
meal. He is therefore teaching his people to
q ut their hoes into arrow-heads.
Count Bismarck, who misses no opportu-
nifty to ingratiate himself with the govern
ments in the East who are anxious to achieve
their independence, has recently presented to
the Viceroy of Egypt field piece used at the
battle of Sadowa.
1T is announced th at in five years the com.
nunication by rail between Paris and Constan-
tinople will be completed. The time occupied
between the two cities will be sixty nine hours.
1t is estimated that the force employed upon
the road Will amount to more than 1OO. 900 mon.
= Napoleon is reported to be endeavoring to
suppress book on Mexico, which Juarez is
about to issue in Brussels, and which will
contain all the secret dispatches sent by Napc-
con to Macmillan, with other very important
papers. which J.. N. prefers should never see
he light. a.7i g3
The business men OF New Orleans are re
j oicing over the brilliant prospects of the
grain crops Of the Western States bordering on
.the upper Mississippi and Ohio. They are also
citing alive to the Importance Of the move
ment to encourage the expectation Of grain to
Europe by way Of the Mississippi River and
he Gplf ~, = is
The order of the President approving the
sentence OF the Military Commission in Texas
j ust promulgated is the first approval by the
President Of action Of military courts under
the reconstruction acts; President Johnson
took no action upon such proceedings, but
when presented for his approval held them
under advisement or returned the papers to
the War Department without comment.
"A Washington telegram of the 10th in
stant says: s'rhe Treasury Department has
received official intelligence Of q recent deci-
sion Of Chief Justice Chase, in the United
States Circuit Court in South Carolina, in
case where the government sued United
States Marshal and his sureties on bond. The
marshal was in Office prior to and at the COM
mencement OF the war, and he took part in
the war, espousing the cause OF the Confede-
rates.. The suit was commenced against the
marshal six years after he vacated his Office.
The statute of limitations provides that such
actions shall be Brought within six years. The
court holds that the statute runs against the
government Notwithstanding the rebellion,
and Judgment is rendered for defendant
This decision has surprised officials here
who heretofore regarded it as settled chat the
statute ofl,mitations did not In any lnstan ce
run ag sinst the government, and such has
been the tendency of adjudioations in Ohio in
suits ag ainst receivers OF public monies. The
Secretary of the Treasury will direct the above
named case to be taken to the United States
Supreme Court to test Judge Chases judg-
ment."
Pho following news and gossip>ss from the
New York Correspondence (June 15) Of the
Philadelphia Ledzer: ''parties whose infor-
nation concerning flibuster movements here
has heretofore proved uniformly correct. in
orm me that about two hundred picked men
will leave this city tomorrow, and take pes
sage for the ever-faithfui Isle in clipper bark,
now in waiting for them in an out-of-the-way
place o.. Long leland. The officer in command
is said to have been formerly on the staff oi
the late Brigadier- General Meagher. As usual,
they don't know anything shout it at
the United States Marshal'a Office. Our
late Minister to France. General Dix.
came passenger in the Cimbr,a. which ar
rived at this port this afternoon. The General
is in excellent health. He was very anxious on
landing to see the latest kilograms from Paris.
the state OF public feeling there when ne left
being such as to exotic the liveliest apprehen-
sion Of political trouble. The General expresses
himself convinced that the Umpire and the EN-.
peror are too strong for the success Of any rev.
olutlopary movement that may be undertaken
at present The Trinity Chur,h litigation will
come up again for argument on Thursday.
owing to the vast interest, spiritual and tom
Pora', involved, the case is exciting very gem
'eral attention. In the event Of the appoint
ment OF 9 receivership, at the instance Of
Mr. uroespeck, the innumerable heirs OF An
neke Jams will. no doubt, improve the occasion
to renew their long outstanding claims against
the venerable corporation" -. IA
"A correspondent Of the Richmond Dispatch
gives the particulars OF the lyhching on satur-
day Last. atLexingt0n, Va, OF the negro Ed
wards, who had confessed having ravshed and
afterwards murdered . respectable young
I ady. The correspondent says: cat O'Clock
A. M. the isilor-Mr. Perry--.was awakened by
three men having another tied. whom they
pretended to wish to commit to Jail. Upon
asking for their warrant they replied that the