The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-27
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Young Prussians will hereafter become OF age
at21, like other people. Heretofore the age has
been %.
MANY of the emgrants who have left their
homes in North Carolina and Northern Georgia TO
go West are returning.
London dispatches aver. that the tenor OF the
news from Rome indicates that the doctrine ol
Papal infaIbility is losing ground in the council
The London Times is gratided that the Irish
Americans have relinquished their scheme OF
making Republic Of Erin, and advises the Irish
people to abandon totally all idea of Republican
ism. ~
"A memorial asking Congress to do something
for General Anderson, OF Fort Sumter fame sign
ed by General Dix, ex-senator Morgan and three
hundred New Workers, has been forwarded to
washington.
Mr.. Dickens new story Of which the first part
viii be published in March next, WILL 1t appears,
be completed in twelve monthly parts, instead OF
la TWENTY hitherto the invarable limit OF his sto-
ries published In this way.
An imperial decree making new postal regu-
Paris. Letters OF 10 grammes, sent direct, are
charged 60 centimes; via England 20. insufficient
prepayment renders postage null.
The Austrian Bishops at Rome atte nded re-
cep:ion in their honor by the Empress on We'd
nesday. The French Ambassador gave dinner
and reception on wednesday night, at which
eighty church dignitaries were present.
The Bishop OF Havana has disappeared from
Madrid, and 1t is thought he has gone to France
with the Bishop OF Ossuna, who is credited with
the declaration that he recognizes neither the
provisional government, the regent nor the reyo-
luton.
Tie delegates from the Russo Polish clergy TO
the Gcumenical Council have been instructed to
oppose the union Of the temporal and spiritual
powers, the dogma OF Infallibity, the injudicious
education Of the clergy, and the organization OF
the College Of Cardinals.
The public debt statement will hereafter be
the English, German and French languages, and
sent to the United States consuls for distribution
among the business men in the countries to which
said consuls are accredited
A deep feeling prevails among all classes at
Nashville at the prospective suspension OF the city
free schools, which are attended by some four
thousand pupils, and are in highly prosperous
condition. Suspension is urged by the city au-
thoriies as o measure Of economy.
The experiment has been successfully tried in
Georgia Of starting cotton plants in ahot-bed and
setting them out in the ground when already
somewhat grown, as cabbage and tomato plants
are treated by market gardeners. Considerable
advance and improvement in the crop is thus Sc
cured.
The Commercial Travellers Association OF
New York held their regular annual meeting on
Tuesday last. The subject under discussion was
the Wood "test case" with reference to the law
in the Southern and Western cities, which prohib-
it's commercial traveller from offering goods for
sale without sample, unless he take out license
from 500 to S4o0. The association has engaged to
raise $4,000 to defray the expenses OF carrying
the to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Members have already, 1t is said paid in some
20 per cent.
An innammatory proclamation has been circu-
lated in Havana calling the citizens to arms In the
cause OF the insurgents The authorities have
searched many suspected houses, and forty we'll
known citizens have been ordered to leave at once
for Spain. The tenor Of the news from the iRte-
r1or is represented as being unfavorable to the
Cubans. A lot Of arms and ammunition having
been found on the plantation OF Senor Lamar,
near Matanzas, Cuba, he was arrested tried by
court martial found guilty OF treason and exc
cuted. large number Of Spaniards were arrest
ed and sent OF for Spain.
"A correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun tele-
graphs to that paper that the Western movement
to remove the capital is likely to fall through.
The demonstration on Congress has been post
poned till after the recess; but Its projectors now
admit that they have no strength in either house.
Senators Drake and Schurz, OF Missouri are both
opposed to the plan to place the capital at St.
Louis. The former senator declared to-day that
there were not ten members OF the Missouri Leg
islature who would vote to cede to the Federal
Government the jurisdiction over territory within
the State sufficient for the location OF the capital
Other Western members say that they would like
to have the capital go West, but they do not favor
any change just so long as the public debt re-
mains national burden.
The particulars OF Mr.. Stantons death are as
follows: On Thursday he complained of his sick
ness, but his family were not alarmed as to fatal
result, as he had apparently been in worse con-
dition previously. Shortly after midnight his
symptoms DeCaHe aiarmlnS. SuTSeOu-Oeneral
Barnes was present on his accustomed visit, but
found it impossible to afford relief. Rev. DR..
Starkie, OF the Church Of the Epiphany, Protes-
tant Episcopal, OF which Mr.. Stanton was men,
ber, was summoned, but shortly afterward the
sufferer lost consciousness and was unable to con-
verse with any one. The pulsation OF his heart
ce4eed for few seconds and then returned, his
breathing being very faint. 1t was not until half
an hour before his death that his family could real
ize that ne was dying. About three O'Clock he
expired. Surgeon General Barnes says that he
,peFersaw man die so quietly in his life, breath
ing away without struggle. He died OF conges
ion OF the heart. At his bedside in these last mo-
ments were his family, consisting OF Mrs. STAN
ton, his eldest son Edwin L. Stanton, Ella, his
eldest daughter, about twelve years Of age, Lewis,
his second son, nine years OF age, and Bessie his
youngest child, five years Of age
-Samana is ours. On the 9Th Of December the
pnited States nag was raised over the town and
bay, salute was fired by the war steamer AL.
bany. and q force OF American troops landed and
took formal possession. SANTANA Bay Is situated
on the northeast coast OF San Domingo, and is
about ferty-three miles in length from east to
vest nv eioht miles broad and at its west end