The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-30
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold closed dull at 19lal9E.

MEMS OF TIE DAx.
Gold closed dull at l9{al9s.
in Liverpool cotton closed heavy upiands
11Xd.
i'm New York cotton was nrmer, closing quiet;
mlddllngs 25x cents.
. One Of the convicts in the Auburn State pri'
SON has just received legacy OF $4,000
Louisville now claims population OF 10000
and wonderful growth in the past ten years.
"A FIRE occurred in Syracuse N. T. on Mon
day morning destroying $45O,ooo worth OF prop
erty on which there is an insurance OF s225' 900.
George Mountjoy, convicted at Philadelphia
of pespetrating whiskey frauds, was sentenced
on Monday to two years. imprisonment and hne
NJ $1,000 He was allowed few days in which to
settle up his business.
Tho London Times Is severe on Secretary
Fish in the Alabama claims matter, charging
him with arguing that England should apply di-
fercnt principles to America than to any other
nation.
Mrs. Lucia G. Calhoun periphrastic cores
nsndent of the Tribune, who has been brought
into rather unenviable notorety by her connection
with the Richardson Mcfarland scandal, was
married on wednesday last to Mr.. Cornelius
Rnnkle, a lawyer New York.
Another severe earthquake, the heaviest ever
experienced In Eastern California and Nevada, oc-
eurred In that quarter Sunday evening, lasting
about ten seconds, and causing limited amount
OF injury to houses, railroad tracks and the min
ing regions.
%. s. Cady, the defsultlng sheriff of Oulpepper
County, Virginia, has been found guilty by mill
tary commission, and sentenced to 1--WE years.
imprisonment In the penitentiary The amount
of his defalcatlon is said to be about ten thousand
dollars.
e-By the British steamship Pioneer, which ar
rived at Savannah on Saturday from Liverpool
Nessrs. Charles Green, Son & Co. are receiving
I'VE hundred and seventy seven packages OF pow
er looms and other valuable machinery, ordered
In Manchester for the new cotton mill now IN
course OF construction at Columbus, by the Eagle
and Phoenix Manufacturing Company. The looms
embrace the latest scientific improvements, Sc
curing q large gain in the power OF production
over the more costly machinery furnished by our
Northern manufacturers.
Mrs. Stowe has again postponed the publca :
ton of her book proving Byron to be monster;
and she will probably postpone 1t still further
when she reads the Grafton which the Rev. Geo.
1CilfIlan has been delivering in Scotland on the
subject he says that the advertised book "will
only perpetuate, along with the blasted memory
of fts subject her ultOrneous officious, unwoman-
ly. unenviable share in the miserable task, and
send her name down to posterlty as sort OF
volunteer moral Mrs. Calcraft. or female eXecu-
tloner to man whom, with all his faults, | pro-
nounce inenably greater and nobler than her
small, sanctlmonious but viperous, Yankee sell"
The washington correspondent OF the New
York Tribune, in regard to the vacant judgeships,
,says: several names have been pressed upon the
president by Southern men and others, but he
hes failed to find an unobjectionable one. The
proposition is made to change the southern Cir
emit somewhat, so as to admit the State OF ArEan-
sas, at present In the Circuit OF justice miier,
and appointing Judge Caldwell, OF the unlsed
States District Court, and the President is giving
this proposition earnest consideration. For the
vacancy ocoasioned by the death Of Mr.. stanton,
there seems to be little doubt that Judge Strong,
OF Pennsylvania, will be the appolntee Judge
Brewster, ex-Attorney General, OF pennsylvania
was to have been Attorncy-General in place OF
Hoar. had the latter been confirmed for the Su-
preme Court"
"A washington letter OF Monday says: sour
eolored brethren here have organized National
Bureau of Labor, and appointed the Rev. tcoloredl
sella Martin as financial agent. They have also
snpointed q committee to procure the passage OF
senator Wilson'S bill in relation to immigration.
One of their principal ostensible objects Is to per-
feet q system of cooperation; but al hore well
understand that the scheme Is purely pohticai
one. In the interest OF few white c2rpet-oae
members Of Congress from the Southern states
who stand conveniently behind the org. nization'
and that the true intent and meaning Of - ousi
ness is to perpetuate negro rule In tn south
The National Bureau OF Labor is The offspring OF
the late Negro Labor Convention held here, and
Saunders, Cresswells negro special mall agent
who lives In Baltimore, and Hamilton, white Nd
G. from Florida, and q few other choice specimens
Of Southern Radicalism, are running ii. Under
the manpulatf0Rof such disinterestcd patriots
who shall say that the last state OF the late negro
-ehsttel may not be worse than the frst.'
The country will be delighted to hear how
Christmas was spent at the White House. The
President and Mrs Grant entertained the lollow
ing party at dinner on Christmas evening: Mr.
Dent. father of Mrs. Grant; Judge and Mrs. Dent
Of mississippi; DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Sharp
tIeneral Mrs. and Miss +. +. Deni Mr. ana Mrs
George Dent, OF California; General and MIS- Hor
ace Porter; General and Mrs. BaboocS; Genera
Adam Bsdeau; General and Mrs. Comstock; MT
and Mrs. Smith; Captain and Mrs. Ammen, L. >
NAVY: Miss Nellie and Masters Ulysses and Jesse
Grant, and Oates. The dinner was fine one, anc
was prepared under the directions OF the new
steward, v. Melah, OF New York, who commenced
bis services rs cher de cuisine on this occasion
At the conclusion OF the banquet, tho party PRO-
ceeded TO the East Room and promenaded aud
INDUCED in social converse for time. They
afterwards repaired to the Red Room. and
/ closed the evening with music and singing, the
juveniles amusing themselves in their own way
= "A washington letter 10 the Baltimore Gazette
.says "Whatever may be said to the contrary, 1t
IA known that before his nomination 10 the Sen
ate Mr.. stsnton's health was such as 10 give un
srring proof that he would never be able to dis
charge the duty OF Supreme Judge. He was al
the inception OF the project OF nomination. upon
the 1,r,nk Of the grave. 1t was known iuither
that General Grant has always been strenaous's
opposed to even sheer compliment OF ,he k'nu
Vet Il "a seen that he caused the commission 'o
be made out after :he breath was out OF the mans
sody-s perfectly n1gstory act and o. as much
,eusi effect o. blank piece OF paper. 10 make
tSis main. ts II necessary to say that the 'nemi
psssea, BY the President and assent and sdVfee