The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-30
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1859.
NEWS OF THE DaF.

In Liverpool cotton closed heavy; upands
Il,sd
In New York cotton wns rrmer. closing quiet;
niddlinga 25H cents
Ono OF tho oonvlcts In tho Auburn State pri.
son has just receive legacy uf Sal.G6t
louisville now claims II population or l5O. 900
and q wonderful growth In the past ten years.
"A fire occurred In Syracuse, n. T, on Mon
day morning. destroying S45o.ooO worth OF prop.
crty, OH which there Is on insurance OF 1925, ,o0O
-Gcorgc hountjoy, convicted Mt Philadelphia
OF perpetrating whskey frauds, was sentenced
on Monday to two years. Imprisonment and fine
OF $4,000. He was allowed n few days In which to
settle up his business.
The London Times Is severe on Secretary
Fish In the Alabama claims matter, charging
him With arguing that England shonld apply diff
ferent principles 10 America than to my other
nation
Mrs. Lucia @. Calhoun, perphrastc cores.
pondcnt OF the Tribune who has been brought
into rather uncnviabe notoricty by her connection
With the Richardson Mcfarland scandal, was
married Wednesday last to Mr. Cornelius
Runsie. lawyer Of New York.
Another severo earthquake, the heaviest ever
experienced In Eastern California and Nevada, oc-
cured In that quarter Sunday evening, lasting
about ten seconds, and causing limited amount
OF injury to houses, railroad tracks and the mia.
Ing regions.
C. s. Cady, the dcGaulting sheriff of Culpcppcr
county. Virginia. has been fonud gnil,y by MILL
tary commission. and sentenced to five ycars'
Imprisonment In tho pcnItentiary. The amount
OF his de(alcntion is sold TO he about ten thousand
dollars.
by the British steam ship Pioneer, which ar.
rived al Savannah on Saturday from Liverpool,
hcssrs. Charles Green, Son K Co. are receiving
five hundred and seventy seven packages OF pow
a.
in Manchester for the new cotton mill now i'll
course or construction al Columbus by the Eagle
ana PhnniS Manufacturing Company. The looms
embrace the latest scientific improvements &C.
curing " largo gain In tho power NJ o,i".,.
over the more costly machinery furnished by our
Northern manufacturers.
Mrs. Stowe has again postponed the publica
tion OF her book proving BYRON to be monster;
and she will probably postpone 1t Sill further
when she reads the Grafton which the Rev. Geo.
tllfllan has been delivering in Scotland on the
subject. He says that the advertised book twill
only ncrpctuate, along with the blasted memory
Of its subject her uItorncous, oflcous. unwoman-
1y, uncnvinDic share in the miserable task, and
send her name down 10 postcrlty as q sort OF
volunteer moral Mrs. Cnlcrnft, OF female cXccu-
1ionerdo man whom, with all his faults, l pro.
iouncc ineirably greater and noblcr than her
small sanctim0nious, but vipcrolis, Yankee selr.n
Tho Washington correspondent OF the New
York Tribune in regard 10 the vacant julgeships,
says: "Seyeral names havc been pressed upon the
President Ivy Southern men nnd others, but he
has failed to find an unobjeciionab!e one The
proposition ls made TO change tho Southern Cir.
cult somewhat so rs to admit the State OF Arkan-
sas Mt present In tho Circuit OF Justice Miller,
and appointing Judge Caldwell, OF the United
States District Court. aud the President is giving
This proposition earnest consideration. For the
vacancy occasioned by the death Of Mr.. Stanton,
there scems TO DO little doubt that Judge Strong,
OF Pennsylvania, will be the appolntee. Judge
brewster, eX.Attorney General, OF Pennsylvania
was to have been Attorncy.t;encrni in place Of
Hoar had the latter been confirmed for the Si
premc Court"
"A Washington letter OF Monday says: "Our
ooorcd brethren here have organized National
Bureau OF Labor, and appointed the Ecy. (colored)
Sela Martin as financial agent. They have also
appointed committee to procure the passage OF
Senator Wilson's bill In relation to immigration.
One OF their principal oscnsibic objects Is to per.
feet q system OF cooperation; but all here well
understand that the scheme Is purely political
one, In tito interest OF few white carpet. bag
members OF Congress from the Southern States,
WHO stand conveniently behind the organization,
and that tho true Intent and meaning OF the busl-
ness Ia to perpetuate negro rule in the South.
Tho National Bureau OF Labor Is the offspring of
the late Negro Labor Convention held here, and
Saunders, Cresswcll's negro special mall agent,
who lives In baltimore, and Hamilton, white n.
G. from Florida and few other choice specimens
OF Southern Radcallsni. are running Ii. Under
the manipulation Of such dls!ntcrestcd patriots,
who shall say that tho last state OF the late negro
ohattel may not he worse than the nrsi."
The country will DO delighted TO hear how
Christmas MAS spent at the White House. The
President and Mrs Grant cnier alned The. follow.
Ing party at dinner on Christmas evening: Mr.
Dent, father OF Mrs. Grant; Judge and Mrs. Dent
OF Mississippi; Or. ann Mrs. Alexander Sharp;
General, Mrs. AMI Miss +. 4. Dem; Mr. and Mrs
Georgc Dent, OF California; General and Mrs. Hor
aoe Porter; General and Mrs. Babcock; General
Adam Badeau; General and Mrs. COmstock; Mr.
and Mrs. Smith; Captain and Mrs. Ammcn, u. S.
Navy; Miss Nellie and Masters Ulysses and Jesse
Grant. and Oates. The dinner was lne one, and
was prepared under the directions OF the new
steward, v. Mciah, OF New York, who commenced
his services az ohGf de cuisine on this occasion
Az the conclusion OF the banquet, the party pro-
oeeded to tho East Room and promcnadcd and
induiged In social converse for time. They
afterwards repaired to the Red Room, md
closed tho evening with music and singing, tho
Juveniles amusing themselves In thoir own way.
"A Washington letter 10 the baltimore Gazette
says "whateyer may he said TO the contrary, II
.is known that before his nomination to tho Sen.
.ato Mr.. stanton's hoalth was such rs to give un.
errlng proof that he would never bc able TO dis.
charge the duty OF q Supreme Judge. lie was. Mt
*heinceptisn Of tho project OF nomination, rron
tho brink OF tho grave. 1t was known, further,
that General Grant has always been strenuousiy
opposed to even shecr compliment OF the kind.
Yetit isseon that he caused the commission TO
be made out after the breath was out OF the mans
body-a perfectly nugatory act, nnd OF as muoh
legal efreot a. . blank piece Of paper. To mako
IN plain, Il L. necessary to say thai tho .noml-
sAsesa' py the President and assent and advice
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