The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-09
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Cotton closed in New York stcadT viii,
snlcs Of $500 ha!cs AZ 2i,zc.
-!n LlvcTpno, cation closed steady and ua.
changed.
-Thc Wyoming Territorial ,egisln;nrc las
passed Il woman Suffrage uE
The Pope rrosiblta Tic correspondent OF tic
Iendon Times fro!n entering the papai States
The We!iand Canal in Canada has u large
quantity OF icc, aud Is vii Lc closed in !. fey,
Gaya.
,Snntry forrcr Confederate hiocSado-rinners
have betn ciilftcicd in England for tho Suc.
Canal traffic.
1t IS nov stated shat General Prlm shows =
decided leaning IL tic Ill. ecLon Of the Ecpuhli.
aan rarty in Sriia.
Negotiation; Tor tho tcleRraphic connection
al Constanlnople With the islands OF the Turkish
Archipelago are nearly coEaple.cd.'
-BiGi!c Oiiver's political programme Is gain
ing friends among the Liberals OF the French
Corps, and The formation OF 4 parliamentary min
isiry under Olivier will be possible.
-Anothor large lot OF arms, destined for Cuba
have becn seized in Port Haria, I'll the Island OF
jamaica The arms were landed by q bont pur-
sued by Spanish cruisers, It is said.
The viii oil the late Panl n. SpolYord, who died
On the asth Of las: October, bcQueathcd property
estimated at four millions Of dollars, chiefly to be
divided bciwccu his widow and his six children.
Tho special commission from Japan TO the
Hawaiian Islands has sailed from San Francisco
and expect 10 negotiate treaty with the king
dom for the protection OF Japanese Immi.
grants. &c.
1t is sa!d that the vote Of Georgin for The rati-
hcaiion ofthe FltecnIh amen dmcnt will completc
the necessary nnmoar, and that Senator MorriI's
VII for the rcc0netvuctoa OF that State will have
the effect OF securing the ratification OF the
amendment.
The wlnnercg salfbreed insurrection in the
British Northwest is dying on. Only fifty ia
surgents remain nndcr arms at Fort Garry. The
results OF tho late c0uncR arc net known, bnt It
ia thought the rcbe's will invite Governor Nc
Dong Ill to isIo the reins OF government.
-McFarlind. through Ills counsel, made
sta 'cincnt on IcadaT, bo'0re the jury OF inquest
on the death OF Richardson, ut New York, to the
effect that he awaited for hts Wind dcaton the i'm
partial trial guaranteed him by the lava OF the
state. Hc Was committed to await The action OF
the grand Jury.
"A large mase meeting o! German citizens was
held In Philadelphia ON Saturday night to adopt
measurcsi in behalf OF Dr. schocppc, who is under
sentence OF death for the murder OF Mas Stein
eckc, Mt Carlisle. Or. Albert Pricke presided. Ad-
dresses were made by Frederick Dit.inan. Esq,
Frank Wells. Es1.. ana DR.. Koncr and rcsolu-
tioEs were adopted protesting aga!nRt the carry
ing out OF the sentence Of tho court. It was an
nouIced that petitions praying. for a rcprlcyc
would be circulated and sonL To the Governor.
Tho Postnasttr.Gcnerai in Ills annual report,
ealls attention 10 the growing abuse OF the frank.
ing privilege now enjoyed by over 10000 officials,
and involving All expense OF ST., 600 900, which ho
justly charactcrzcS "a special privilege granted
TO favored class at the expense OF tho mauyn
Ho presents strong array OF reasons for its abo.
utlon, not the least OF which is found In The in.
durable abuaes and frauds whloh seem to be in.
separable from It's exercise. The remarks OF the
Postmaster-Gencral In regard to the press, man.
aged and directed Ivy private enterprise as being
more able than Congress TO enliaaten the masses,
ana that 1t would l,e hotter TO abolish the frank
lug privilege, and carry newspapers free, without
regard to weight, throI -h0',t tho UIiled States,
indicates WISE appreciation OF this greatest Gr
all popular tnstituticas Tor the diffusion CT no n-
alton.
"A New York letter CT tho 6.h Instant gays:
f,Thc feeling eshnat i;eccher WAS manifested in
Plymouth chnvch this morning ny the absence OF
several prominent members. Quite number OF
pews were occupied. not Ivy their owners, hut Ivy
strangcfs who wcro anxious to hear what the
grca, divine had to say In regard to the scundal,
In which he had played 30 prominent part. Tho
oldcst mombcra were absent, and know OF one
pew in Plymouth Church at tho expiration OF tim
present year. Tlere were aliusIons made IN
nearly Oil tic churches TO the great scandal,
which continues TO he more and moro the lead.
Ing sensation OF tho day Int the clorgy, ~ II Out
OF respect for thc craft, do not have much to cay
OF the parts their brethren, Frothlngham and
Beccher, Ind taken IN the evon,I OF The past week
Only they pointedly alluded to our "soc!aI order,n
to the laws OF divorce and tile "lnnuences OF wo.
man." and in most !nstanoes let their congrega
tons draw their own mornl In tho light o. the
revelations so abundnntIy placed before thsm by
the pnblIo pre'si
The President desires the representatives OF oil
the European and North and South American
Governments at Washington to enter. Jointly and
severalIy, into negotiations with the United
States, and with euch other, with view Of con-
Guiding joint convention for the establishment
OF cable lines between the United States nnd the
varlons countries thus represented. On the 23d
OF November Secretary Fish transmitted to all our
Iin2.ors ab.a:d letter. In which he says tho