The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-28
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1869.
NEWS OF THE D4T.

NEWS OF THE DAE.
Cold closed in New York yesterday iirmer
at 2o1s.
Cotton closed quiet and unchanged, with sales
of 900 bales at 25H.
No Liverpool markets were received.
The tunnel under Broadway, New York, Is
ten feet in diameter.
There are only seven hundred women in
Wyoming Territory. but the passage OF the wo-
man suffrage bill is expected materially to in
crease this number.
Carl Schurz has civil service reform bill
which he will soon introduce in the Senate. He
proposes to run the government ION the Euro
pean plano-that Is, the Prussian bureaucratic
system.
The Alabama Legislature has been in session
four weeks, and about S4s,oo Of the peoples
money has been expended. AS yet only six or
EIGHT bills, and they for divorce, bigamy and al
lowing certain persons to marry, have beer, pre-
sented to the Governor.
1t is said lode OF iron ore has been discover
ed on the east side OF Pilot Knob, Iron County,
No., which far surpasses anything heretofore
known It's claimed by competent judges, from
actual tests made, that the ore Is almost pure
iron. A track Is to be made to bring the ore
down the mountain to the furnaces on that side.
"A strange bird has been captured near stan
ford Kentucky. It was monstrous In size its
wings measuring seven feet from tip TO tip, and
In many respects 1t is not unlike an eagle It's
color, however, Is jet black, and the feathers on
its legs hang down about six inches. Occasional
ly it gives vent to hdeous screams, anu It's appe-
tite for raw fesh Is voracious.
Free mail matter is to be reported upon, un-
der an order from the PostmasterGeneral. The
order directs all postmasters in the United States
to take an accurate monthly account OF Ill
franked or free matter for period OF six months,
commencing January and ending June 80, 1870,
and to make special reports thereof at the close
OF each month, embracing the following particu'
lars: lst. The number OF franked or free letters,
and the amount OF postage that would be charge
able thereon at the established rate Of postage.
ID. The weight Of franked or free matter other
than letters, and the amount OF postage that
would be chargeabe thereon at the current rate
OF postage.
The Massachusetts, folks, not TO be behind the
world, contemplate cutting ship canal through
the neck OF land which connects the County OF
Barnstable with the mainland, and thus unite
Buzzard's Bay with Cape Cod Bay. 1t is to b, Of
sufficient depth to loat ships OF the largest ass,
to be three hundred feet wide and twenty -four
feet deep at low water. A company has been
formed, and they only await the granting OF
charter by the Legislature to commence breaking
ground. This canal will obvlate the detour around
Nantucket and Cape Cod by vessels from Long
Island Sound, bound North, and will be OF great
Al inf Of oh
setts.
A Washington correspondent says the three
prominent points against the confirming OF
Judge Hoar were, frst. the great Injustice 1t
would be doing the Southern States by placing
him on the bench to preside over their circuit
when there are fully one hundred lawyers In those
States the equal II not SUPERIOR to Judge Iloar in
legal attachments, from which to select; second,
his want OF knowledge OF the kcal laws, and judi
cial unfamillarity with the manner OF practice
and the mode OF procedure in Southern courts;
third, that In making appointments ne has
totally dlsregarded he Southern States, and per-
mitted himself to be controlled, In great meas.
ure, In making other appointments, by YIN. II.
Evarts who hostile to the principles OF the Re-
publican party. A report is in circulation, and
which seems to be well authenticated, that the
President will not accept Mr.. Hoar's resignation,
or withdraw his name from the Senate, as asso-
ciate justice Of the Supreme Court, but will make
square issue with the Senate, and compel that
branch OF Congress to place itself upon record by
either rejecting outright or confirming the ap-
po.ntmens There Is evidently pressure ''
coming.
The fashionable world Of this country Will re-
jolce to learn that, next to the Empress, the mos,
superbly dressed lady In attendance ut The Egyp-
tian yice-regal bah at Isaalia. was one OF their
own countrywomen. A fashion correspondent In
describing the grand affair, speaks thus enthusi-
astically OF Madame dc Vile, most beautiful
American lady, who married, . few months ago,
Monsieur de Vile, Parlslan banker: whatever
Of all the pretty things, costly or otherwise, with
which beauty dresses herself, or wins victories,
were displayed on the faultess form of Madame
de Vile. Her diamonds would have made a
fortune for an honest respectable man: and as
for dress, though declare l am ignorant OF lis
materlal-for 1t was compound OF gauze and
muslin ribbons and blndiag-skllful art had done
so much for 1t that do not believe the best mo-
distes OF Paris could have suggested au improve
ment upon it. To me it appeared tue very acme
OF perfection; and as for her appearance, why,
9he was simply beautiful. one WAS uot u venus,
such as Rubens paints; nor was she such as a
Titan created; but she was an American hOuri-
blonde-with ringlets OF gold flowing over her
shoulders, shamng with their lustre the golden
band which bound them.'
The terrible mining horror that occurred at
Stockton, Pa, on Saturday last, Is said to have
been caused by cutting away the coal pillars. OF
supports to the roofing OF the niue, at place
where 1t had been worked within twenty feet OF
the surface and the destruction Of life was caus-
ed by the neglect OF the company to survey and
map the mine and notify the dwellcrs above OF
the impending danger. Even now people come
and 90 to and from the scene OF the calamity in
great numbers, and considerable excitement still
prevails, many apprehendlng that the entire
neighborhood OF Stockton, as well as the town
itself, Is undermined, and In many places very
near the surface, ami that greater calamity
may occur at any moment. Many acts
OF heroism are recorded. The daughter ol
Mr. veteran, a young girl OF sevonteen
years, was aroused by the creaking timbers
OF the house in which she lived, rushed out IN
alarm, clad only in her nlght-co,hes. and as
she did so the earth opened before her and she
was precIpitated into the abyss. Happily, how
ever, at this moment, John IIoskngs saw her
fan, and desperately attempted rescue at the