The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-03
NE WS SUM MA r 7.

fold in New York closed weak at S1t.
Cotton closed in New York at 2S2c; sales
$500 bales.
Cotton closed in Liverpool fiat. UPlands
193a12Sd. !; Orleans 12sa12td.
Baltimore has about $52, 100000 invested
the oyster and fruit packing business.
"A telegram from Newfoundland announces
The death OF DR.. Mulloeke, the Roman Catholic
Bishop.
The New York Sun has astonished its
eaders by au editorial intimation in favor OF
such constitutional changes as will practically
abolish: the Executive Dep,rtm ants altogether,
and make Congress supreme.
The EXC zen Of Spain has just rece ived at
her new residence score Of. large trunks con-
tanning her larl phernalia, jewels, pictures and
linens, which the provisional government has
sentfrom her palace at Madrid. The value OF
th'sprsperty is estimated at sixty thousand
peCnds. g. -N
Recent information from Cuba states that
the control of the City of Havana has entirely
passed into the hands of the Spanish volun-
teers, and that Captain-General Dulce does not
attempt to interfere with thsr authority.
They are represented as ruling the life and
property of unoffendlng citizens without fear
p.punishment.
"A catholic clergyman, Rev. Mr. Shanahan,
recently made spesoh at Limerick, Ireland,
In which be openly avowed himselfa sympa-
thiz.r With the Feoitn movement, concluding
with the following words: II do not exactly
know what Fen,an is; but lit means love for
Ireland, Ireland for the Irish, and that Irish
man ought to be abe to govern themselves,
am Fc lian in my heart, and so ls every priest
in Ire,a d."
-AS Louis physician is responsible for the
following figures: Taking the population OF
tkis country at forty milions-of three hun
dred men. one hundred aud twenty-five never
drink spirits at all; ole hundred drink mode
rateIy, but not TO intoxication; fifty are ephe-
neral drinkers; twenty-five drink periodically
c,llea "spreelne;;" and three are habitual
inebriates. or seven hundred women, six
hundred never taste alcoholics OF any kind;
thirty taste wine occasionally; seventeen taste
ardent spirits; thirty-si1 drink ale or beer con-
stautly; fourteen drink ardent spirits periodl-
caly, and three are habi!ual iDebriates. Fewer
women drink than men, but larger propo-
hon Of them beoome babitual drinkers.
On March II the long threatened strike in
the cotton trade actually toJk place. The
operatives in those mills at Preston which had
received notice for reduction Of ton per cent,
eft work at noon. At'wenty three other firms
The reduction Is not due for three weeks, but
unless some speedy arrangement be come to-
the operatives employed in them will also
strike. Some thousands are already idle, and
great excitement exists, thou the town is
. peaceabie. A. proposal to submit to arbitra-
4 ion has been made to the masters, but they
have as vet returned no answer. It Is thought
hat they will object to 1t on the grounds that,
,,,aven with the reduction OF ten per oent., many
: pf The ii would be no. gliners, and that they
! must know their own affairs better than any
bedv else
The Nation says: 'It will never do to
Leave OWL government over half the continent
liable to BE- suspended for an inde einite period,
whenever the majority in Congress thinks the
courts have not done their duty or legislative
bodies have not taken just views OF their pow
+ers." Again: 'Tt is proposed to turn Georgis
cut Of the Union for doing things which she
never agreed and was never asked to agree not
10 do, and which are not mentioned in any law
providing foI her restoration to the Union.
The TACT is, the idea that the South eau be sud-
denly 'rsgenerated' by bill or resolution. which
has been so se1ulously prea ched during the
last few years. must be given up. Its absurdi'
ty was always demonstrable from history aud
principles of human nature. 1t has now been
=. demonstrated by aotual experiment. The re-
: generation must bo the work OF time, Of edu-
cation, Of material prosperity, and the active
participation Of all GLASSES in political life."
1t is stated in the New York papers that
the body Of q Young woman who was re-
Gently abducted from Jersey ity horse-car
: has beeu found floating in the Hoboken &C.
were as follows: A ruffian ent red the car late
in the evening. A male ra senger and young
eledy rather rionly attIred wore the only occu-
90 pants. The ro xdy sat down = the side OF tho
{ young lady aud began % wh s2er, SO 'mlnsIy
n onAndentialy, into her elr. She appeared great
Iya larmed, and made a mJnosyllablc reply. He
then apparently began TO urge her upon some
mysterious mat or. in strong terms. but she
shook her head aud looked appealInsly TO-
ward the gentleman at the farther end of the
Oar. he, how YER, dew his hat partly over
his eyes, and paid no attention 10 her remon-
strano,s. Suddenly the rufian spraDg o his
eet and jerked the bel rope. Tho car stopped
Immediately. Ha dc delberltev seiz d tho young
lady by tho waist, threw her over his shoulder
and walked out OF the Car. Size kicked scream
ed aud struggled. Lut in van. The nductor
endeavored to rescue her. but the burly fiend
resting h's burden on the dashboard Of tho
car, struck the conductor a tremendous blow
with his right hand, wh:cl stunned him. The
rough then p acod his broad PIN over tho
young lady's mouth and disappeared in the
foggy darkness.
The New York I1ibuno spins a very curl
ous yarn about tho adventures Of "Cannibal
jack" o sailor, whose life has been mainly
spent with the savagos Of the Marquesas. &C.
ciety, Friendly ard Navigator Islands. The
SPECIAL seat o. his power is on oitahu, one OF
the Aarquesas Islands. rlcro be makes laws
for two thousand islanders, and plans raids
upon the Tyiee savages of Dominica. another
Of the Marquesas I,lanis, vth wbcse natives
he Is oeaselessly at war. He is particularly OF
posed to missionaries, and will not allow them
on his island. D one OCCASION he and Typee