The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-21
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1869.
NEVIS OF THE DAY.

Co,d broke down in New York, closing a
2oXa2eH. ,.u
in New York, yesterday, cotton closed dal
and declining; mddng 251Ac.
in Liverpool cotton closed easier, upiandS
nxa11%d.
Russia is now building her own locomotives
the first ten having just been completed.
Five hundred people in New York City earn
living by that species OF swin6iihc known as Tor
tune-telllng.
-Forty.one hundred tons OF wild sumac have
been gathered.in Virginia this year. 1t sold ioi
SS2 600. -. if--i ,i.t--- 9. -
-sLMr. Goodloe Yancey, son Of the late "iiiiani
L. Yancey, hos connected himself editoriaiiy Win
the Atlanta Inteiligencer.
Tho King OF Prussia, on one OF his late hunt-
ing excursions, was received under q triumphal
arch made entirely OF beer barrels.
a.LA woman In Sing Sing for bigamy writes
astlne Mr.. Beecher's prayers, saying that she
got her divorce Just the way Mrs. AcFariand
did. - ,,ir orr,ved IN
the Eastern cities from Utah, are now IsirU at
work. and many people will hear Mormon ser
mons for the first time. Jir'
Prank vizetelly, the artist OF the London Illus
trs.ed News, is giving readings In London Illus
t-at,ve of his experience in the Confederate cam
.paigns OF the late war.
The French murderer, Traupmann, SAID re-
Gently, with gratined air, to fellow prisoner
-I am certain that am now as well known as
.Alexacder Dumas"
-Sylyanus Cobb, Jr, who mas dehgnteu so
many Ledger readers with his long-spun love
stories, Is now confined in the Boston ineoriate
AayIum as o hopelesse drunkard. SO says the
.sprir cseld Republican.
Tn, Police Gazette has the Rev. Henry
Ward Jeecher and the Rev. o. D. rockingham
fighting pictorially with Richardson and Mr.
and Mrs. Mcfarland In full page hlustra-
tion, with all the agonles piled on.
sanplIcation has been made to the Surrogate
of New York City for letters Of administration on
the estate Of the late Albert Richardson, by MS
brother, on his own behalf. He says the widow
and children are In Massachusetts, and that the
bnIk OF his property, except some $4,000 worth
NJ Tribune stock, Is IN New Jersey. His apphca-
tion was denied, on the ground that the admins
tratIon belonged to tho widow or children OF de-
ceased.
-1Tne Pistsburg Gazette tells an astonishing
story of dance for the prize OF a gold ring at q
recent ball In that city. dozen competitors en-
tered for the contest. At the expiration OF
everty minutes four took thsir seats. The rest
xrtirled on. but at the end Of an hour only three
eouples were on the floor. Another hour elapsed,
and another couple gave up from sheer eXhaus-
tion. The nddlers played and played, as well as
thew were able, and the two couples waitzed ana
vsltsed as rapidly as they could. After five hours
and three minutes had elapsed one Of the ladies
tainted. and her partner politely followed her ex
ample. Amid feeble cheers from the weary spec
tators the ring was awarded to the remaining cou
ME, and all the participants were carried nome
ana put under medical treatment.
"A New York letter OF Friday says: "Ihe most
interesting incident OF the day was Secretary
Boutwel's turning the tables on the wall street
gold gamblers, as displayed in his management
of the government sale OF .$l,ooo,00o adVertseu
for this morning Certain prominent SPECTATORS
who are Lnown to be 'long," ana engineering
an inward movement, spent the greater part OF
the forenoon in running about persuading the
arokers Anos to send in any bids, and in this
manoeuyre they were largely successful, the
aggregate offerings amounting to only s4S2'ooo
at I21Zal2l s. whereas the market price at
the same time was 12lXal22. The bull
clIaue for awhile were quite tubilans over
theIr strategy. and were congratulasing one
another upon the way they had cornereu
the Secretary, when the announcement came
from washington that Mr.. Boutwell, had de-
termined to accept the bids, but that the balance
of the million would not be reoiered. This made
the bulls laugh on the other side OF their face
and straightway there was strong pressure 10
sell. which carried the premium down 10 lZoSa
1soX. The question put on every side now ls
what Is to be the Secretarys policy In the future
us he to have any fixed priceS Mr.. Folger, his
assistant here, Is we'll nigh run down with
anxious inqulrers, but he says he has no informa-
ton on the subject that the street is not possessed
ofn
The Jewish Messenger cannot understand
how intelligent christians can think that Juda-
tsr, ia Incoming weak, and Is in danger Of extinc-
tion. "lt may be owing to the fact" 1t says
4lh,t one or two Jewish ministers have been
holding forth in Unitarian pupits, and that there
are several Jewish ministers who are tinctureu
with the spirit OF the age, and do not believe In
the advent OF Messiah, In the resurrection OF!
the deaf, In the ingatherlng OF Israel, and their
restoration to the promised land. Hence they
argue that great change has taken place. or Is
about to take place, In the jewish CAMP i's PiO'
fessors are either to become Catholics or Protes'
tsnts. Now oil this" it declares, sis remote from
the truth Judaism is now as strong and az vlso-
rous as at any time in Its history. None OF ns
fundamental principles have been given up anu
the true Israelite still looks for the ltaHil iulfi'
ment OF the promises in the Jewish Scriptures
Jordan Is as great braggart as ever. III
the course OF an address 20 the soldiers oi Cnoa'
dstes, November 20, he says: O. expect to arar
good news OF you i'll the future. hope to hear
that you have braved General Pueblo in his garri-
son at Puerto Principe. l promise you that
shall make thl,igs warm for Count yalmaseda ut
SantIa,Io de Caba. General Marmol has been do
ing good work'in the elstcrl department since
left them. Together we shall take every city anu
town in IN u department by the 1rsrof April II
we 81 agger before Santiago de Cuba 1t will be
because Spain's navy hods the bay. We
all have work before Us within cannon
shot ef this place OF writing. 1 know
you have held yourselves ready to battle the ene-
INV for the last nine months. Within radirs Of
dye miles or this place the capital OF the republic
and the head quarters Of the republic, have been
,loca&sd for nine months. The entire strength oil
74he army OF Cuba when arrived on the island