The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-12
Tbe Gbarlestno, Nems,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1869.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Cotton closed in New York onc-lalr cent
lower Sales $500 bales at 26ac.
Gold closed Mt 500.
lands 124al2ld
In England.
John C. Breckenridge Is to be Kentucky
delegate to the Louisville Convention.
The Rev. James Kent Stone, formerly
president Of Kenyon College, Ohio, and more
recently OF Hobart College, tEpiscopa) Gene
va, N. Y, has become a Roman Catholic He
Is grandson Of Chancellor Kent.
The Richmond Whlg gives currency to n
report that the disabilities of Hon. Alexander
Rives will be removed, and that he will be ap-
pointed one Of the nine circuit judges to be
commissioned ut the coming session Of Con-
grese.
Raw beef, itis asserted, proves ofthc great
est benefit rs diet for persons of frail constI-
tutions. tits reported that physicians are now
administering to consumptives a diet OF finely
chopped raw beef, properly seasoned with salt,
and heated by placing the dish containing 1t In
boiling water. This food Is given also in cases
where the stomach rejects almost every other
form offood. It assmilates rapidly and affords
the best notlrishment, while patients learn to
long for 1t and to like 1t as much us Dr. Kane
did his Arctic dinners Of raw seal and walrns.
"A New Orleans dispatch to the Louisville
CourierJournal las n story OF q countcrplot
In Cuba, or plot within a plot, whose prr-
port Is that certain wealthy Cubans in the is
land, opposed to insure ctlon, are about to
unite with the resident spaniards in s'strug-
gle for independence" The curious part Of
the story is that "General Robert E. Lee was
resolved upon for President Of the Republic of
Cuba, and the position offered him for ten
years." We are further assured that ''the
documents Offering General Lee the position
Of president have been forwarded to him."
n "A New York mathematician has figured up
the extent Of the business which was done in
gold in that city on Friday, the oath of Sep
tember. The sales amounted to $500, 600, 900,
and allowing sixteen dollars to on ounce, and
sixteen ounces to the pound, and two thousand
pounds to the ton, md one ton to each cart, It
would require a thousand carts to move 1t; and
allowing twenty feet to each horse and cart,
the string of carts would be about eight miles
long. But the gold was not really bought and
sold, for the gamblers never intended to de-
liver dollar ofit They were only betting on
the price. -a.
When Napoleon the Third drove ont for the
first time after his recent dangerous illness, he
tainted after riding for quarter of an hour. A
very strong dose of cognac, administered to
him by DR.. CorVisart, who was with him in the
same carriage, restored him to little vlvaci-
ty, but, during most of the ride, he was unable
to open his eyes. The Empress, who was at
first In the carriage following that of the En-
peror, turned deadly pale upon hearing what
had happened to her consort, and she insisted
upon entering his carriage. Very few cheers
greeted the Imperial couple during the ride
through the city. -
"A correspondent of the London Daily
News, writing from New York City, gives
picture of the shameful corruption which pre-
walls among the customhousc officers mt that
port. He asserts that his baggage was sub
Jected to most rigid examinations; the in
spector prled into his boots and pokcd his On
gers into the bottles OF pomatum, ''becallsc,"
he observed, watches and jewelry may be
concealed anywhere" Some gloves and few
boxes of cigarettes were discovered, and on
these the traveller was obliged to pay dlity.
But not to the government alone, for the
clerks, as well as the inspector, smoked tho
cigarettes, and the latter begged o box for n
cousin, asked for pair of gloves and, to clap
the climax, lntimatcd TINT through his inter-
ference the duties paid had been considerably
lighter than the law provided, and with a
greedy, cunning look, lie said, snow, don't
you think ?"-and the Victim "responded with
some dollars" when the officer was seen no
more, Perhaps some Of the color in this pic
ture Is due to the contempt which most Eng
lshmen feel for tho customs of this, ssblarstcti
country, you know" but after making oil
requisite allowances, enough remains to form q
forcfble argument in favor of a radical reform
in Olr civil service. ~ rr'irt.f' ety
"A Washington letter says '"Thc city Is
filling up. The floating population Is lrInlng
back to It's former hunts. Lobbyists, black
legs and advonturers Of all descriptions ore
sweeping down upon the National capital like
buzzards upon carrlon. Tie Rings" mul
tply. 1t must not be supposed that whiskcJ
alone has ring. Every State has one, o,
more. A." Ring" is formed to get one indI
vldual into cffice, OF to get another ont
Rings" control all the appointments. They
make and nnmake postmasters and revenue
officers. They have, or claim TO have, at least
the private car OF tho President They art
on intimate terms with iBontwell, Delant
and Creswell. They say {" boutwell, tolt
me to-day that he would remove so
and-so at once" or Il have fixed 8
all right with Creswcll.' In nine cases oil
of ten the men who compose these Rings
are unknown, irrcsponsiblc byInQs,r, , TIL,
moro you know of them tho less likely yor
would be to trust them with anything les
movable than rcd-hot stove. Who supports
tllem, nobody knows, and some persons prob
ably would not care to have known. The cor
respondence and cash accounts Of ono Of thes
concerns would no doutt be spicy, II not start