The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-29
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"A telegrN from Cincinnati, dated on Sat-
urday, announ ;ss that the decision Of the City
Council in favor Of the Chattanooga route had
been confirmed by large majority-about
four-afEhs Of the total vote polled.
-Henrietta Grier,i the negro that brutally
murdered white girl named Nancy Wright,
near Macon, in March Last, In order to get pos
session of two or three dollars, has been con-
yicted Of murder and wilbe hung.
Grant appointed no negro cadets. he
thereby enraged the negroes Of Washington.
"Whst ?" say they, Is are colored men to be ie-
stTieied in social intercourse to the mechanical
.olssses, and ther sons and heirs TO BE- refused
Admission to the national academies at West
Point and AnnspolisP Perish the thought"
Grspt puts negroes into the printing offices
md brick.yards and navy-yards, but none into
West Point y ...--..
Ferdinand, the e1-King Of Portugal, is not
mosganaticaIly married to Fanny Ellsler, as
hsS been reported, but to Mademoiselle Elise
Hsuasler, formerly sn opera singer This Lady
Ia reported 10 be highly accomplished, and has
always enjoyed high reputation TOR purity OF
character. 4 morganAtic marriage only diffars
fom the usual ceremony by the fsct that the
children do not inherit any right to assume
the rthroneeiwhich may descend to the noble
parent. +;,.-,-ur ~ ~.
"A theological seminary. it is reported,
hsx recently been established In Berlin, for the
purpose Of educating clerRymen and teachers
to accompany the Prussian emigrsnts to the
United States. The number Of enigrants from
Gerdkny has Been so large for the last few
years, that great difficulty has been e1perienc-
cd in obtaining educated pastors for the colo
nies, and this institution has been established
tesdppy the. want. q is supported BY yolun-
tary contributions. - -s-''.'.': q - -
THE construction Of q ship canal from
New Orleans TO; Lake Ponchartrsin, it is as
serted, would diminish the port charges, in
piiotsge and towage alone, by the sum Of $500
ON vessel Of one Thousand tons burden. At
present it costs $2555 to bring vessel OF that
size from the mouth Of the Mississippi to New
Orleans. The chargesto bring vessels OF one
thousand tons burden from the oc,an to the
vharves amount to $50 at Boston, and $676 at
New York. It is argued, therefore, that ship
canal at New Orleans would place that port on
aasquslity with Northern cities.
LII iy now definitely determined that Mr..
Stillman 8. Conans shall be the successor OF
Mr.. Raymond in the editorial chair OF the
Times. This action sfiirms the confidence 80
long reposed by Mr.. Raymond in Mr.. Conant,
who has Tor two years been the responsible
manager Of the Times, standing in the place
Of the chief when he was absent In Europe or
elsewhere. Mr.. Consnt has had long and
varied experience as an editor and writer upon
the daily, weekly and monthly press. He has
been on the. Times nearly six years. he is
man Of sound judgment, culture aud good
scholarshiG BE is practiced and rapid writer.
Mr.. Conaut 10 young man, and he is placed
at the head Of great undertaking. That he
vim acquit himself we'll in his high Office is the
belief Of all who know him, and he has
host of warm personal friends. Mr.. Conant
Is Q son Of the distinguished Hebrew scholar
and professor. Rev. DR.. T.J. Conant.
-M Echo, on the Unien Pacific Railroad,
the other evening, three. freight trains stood
upon the main track, when word came fash
inRoxer the telegraph from the superinten-
dsnt, "a locomotive and tender, with steam
up, and with nobody on board, have broken
from freight train and STATED doSn the
ersde.n .Ah! then and there was hurrying to
and fro. In few sec ,nds came second
message: "she has just passed Castle Rock
Station Never were three. trains got of
upora siding with less delay. Then the work
men piled sleepers high upon the track; lest
even that should not stop 'fhsr" and she
should do murder further down the road, they
tore up the rails below. Just as this wss ac-
complisbed she came in sight. She shot
through the sleepers like bullet through pine
board, sending them flying In all directions.
and darkeniDg the air with the splinters, but
st the broken track she jumped up and down
With vexation, sud finally plunged angrily,
head foremost, into hillside, She hsd run
tweuty-six miles in twenty-nine minutes-the
best time vet made upon the road.
The striking exhibit OF the business on the
Atlantic Cable will attract attention, specially
in consequence of the revelations it makes con-
eerhing the infinite advantage to business OF
iudicious cheapness, that seems at first to ig-
more the question Of profits. When the cabe
was opened, f20 were charged for each mes
sage of ten words. and under that tariff an
average daily business Of f505 was transacted.
After three mouths trial the rates were re-
ducel precisely one-haK. The cable was still
able to do allthe business that offered aud at
the reduced price the daily receipts rose to
ESTE. After years trial another reduction OF
almost one-half was made, and message Of
ten words was transmitted for f5 So. With
charges thus only one-fourth Of what they
were ct the outset the daily receipts still rose,
now averaging fSs5. On the first OF septem-
Der last the charges we're reduced to. Ss Is. Cd;
about one-sixth Of the original tariff, and un-
der this rate the daily receipts rose to an aver
age OF f150 more than at the price charged
when the cable began operations. Ten days
sgo,tha company made one more reduction.
For what. at the outset, they charged f20,
they now charge "a. At one-tenth the origi-
u.lrates the figures fully warrant the predie-
honthattheir receipts and profits will rise at
least ten per cent. above the average Of any
previous year or month. re
10 A1hepoltical situation in Virginia attracts o
great deal of interest, for rpon the result of
Che coming election depends the entire future
of the State! Impressed by the importance Of
ihe oscsafon. Hon. r. N, T. Hunter publishes