The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.


at 23X,
- The New York cotton market closed heavy
and lower. Sales 700 bales at Csc.
--At liverpool cotton closed dull. Uplands
\ 1fEd.; Orleans 1lX. Sales 5000 bales.
Plymouth Church pays $1,000 for music and
z eI260o Tor Beecher.
IS THE Jews at Sc. Petersburg have obtained
permission to build synagogue. the first in the
Empire.
--A High Church Revival movement in London
semmenoed November 18th in about seventy
churches.
LII is considered singular that American
g Iad,es should be invited TO Compeigne for the
-nrst lime in Eugenie's absence.
s,,2--An Easlish1lan beat seven French velocipe-
lists from Paris to Rouen, seventy-eght miles,
doing itin ten-and = half hours.
The New York Commercial Advertiser an
nounces, on authority, that Thnrlow Weed has
retired from political and journalistic life.
=, --goth the papers in Somerset County, Pa, are
owned by two partners OF different politics Each
edits the paper in whose principles he believes,
and the procts are divided.
Tho Ecumencal Council OF the Vatican
WIN be formally opened at Rome to-day. About
nine hundred patrisrchs, srchbishops and bishops
will participate in the Council
"A new religious society, calling itself the
Cauroh Of Progress, has been tnaugurated at
5 St Georges Hail. London, BY Mr.. T. Baxter Lang
iey. The master spirits OF 1t are John Stuart
1Tl, Lord Amberley ana Sir John Browning.
mississippi and Texas returns, though not
yetcomplete, seem TO leave no doubt that General
Acorn, the Republican cand date for Governor n
Mississippi, and General Hamilton. the Conserva-
tive Republican oand date for the same position
in Texas, are each elected by large majorities.
IA White woman in Louisiana has been inIta-
Ted as prestess OF the vaadoo Order. The cerc-
rnony consisted OF an incarnation, in which the
-aovitlate danced. clad in a single white garment,
within . charmed circle OF beef homes and ske!c
toas, toads' feet ana spiders, With camphor and
Kerosene oil sprinkled shout
The negro girl Malinda Morgan, who burned
20 death the infant child OF Mr. Henry Creasey, OF
Bedford County. Va, was tried by the County
ICourt ou Saturday last found guilty OF murder in
the nrst degree, and sentenced to he hung. This
?, was one OF the most dabolical crimes ever per-
petrated. in the absence of the family she placed
3 nc child on the Gre, and held It there until its
limbs were burned OF.
Professor Agasslz has lately been accused OF
having oojecsed to the Book OF Genesis. He now
explains thas 1t is not Genesis which he dIsbe-
usyes, but the Interpretation OF it. That is, he
1AInks that she geological Interpretation OF the
Roek OF Genesis giving six thousand years as the
age OF the world was hindrance to the under
standing Of geological evidence, and no one who
started with this idea, and allowed his researches
50 be Influenced by it. could be geologlst."
-Treuble is apprehended In Uiah. 1t is well
known that the Mormons have always bitterly
opposed any interference with their peculiar in
sHtution on the part OF the National Government,
aad they have frequently asserted that they would
not accept any Federal laws tending to the aholi-
sson Of polygamy. Oneof the prominent Mormon
<eiders recently said In meeting of the faithful
that Brigham Young's people were ready to take
cp arms ana shed blood II necessary, rather than
submit to the harsh rule OF the Gentles, or To lose
their right to have many wives as tney pleased
He claimed thas there was no di>sentlon among
stAe followers OF Young In regard to the question
: or permitting Congress to destroy their doctrines
by iegislatlon--that they were unitedly In iavor
OF protecting themselves against any such action,
s .eyea to the declaration OF hosSllies lie men
,Acne.l that the GpprehensOns OF the MoEmohs
were greatly aroused by the strong aut-pulygamy
isrptlmonfs which were uttered by Ficc.Pres.dcnt
.colfaS during his late visit 10 Salt Lake City III
8 com pany will. Mr. Albert u. Richardson ana Gov
ernor Bross. OF illinois. In furtherrnce OF such
views, camp OF fifteen thousand men, well sup
oiled with arms and Hurtions OF war, has been
formed In The vicinity Of salt Lake. The War De-
i partment have issued orders for the immaculate
strengthening of our garris0ns.
The New York Star describes some OF the
specnlarties OF the leading newspaper men ci
that CITY, Mr.. Bennett, OF the Herald. 1t says,
saIwsys rises when talking, and rarely talks loud.
Heuever cared for social pleasures, and tnduges
frequently In Scotch profanity. Mr.. Greeley, ol
the Tribune. is vain 20 6e,ree: he dresses III
-oasealy garments. bus arranges them with scru-
..,,s,eps regard TO notoriety; lie is fond OF atten
,oton and has hail an office fitted up in the front
3 ar hi, building. where, with curtains drawn up,
or Ira. the gus turned full on. so that he may be
aeen-,n thought-by all who pass: he affects
,srpsal and swears terribly. Mr.. Dana, OF tic
San. ,udnlges in veloclpedes. military cloak ami
,sruli cap; he has weak eyes. and' si'tng oaoS VI
bis ch;Hr, has proofs read to him. whIic hs ehewS
s,th, pleasant en- OF fancy. Mr. Marble o9 tae
v,rgl Affects retcencc; when people praise MIN
mr. one NJ Hurihur.'s articles. he sml es ana
ir,sk X bee.e I Is h s: he ln't Ike the name VI
a..re.. 40 he d oIpcd is: he d DIN fancy tue
sound OF Malone, so lie dropped tiaS No