The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-30
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The New York cotton market was steady.
Sales $500 bales at 2S3a282c.
AT Liverpool cotton closed at 11bd for up
lands and 12ad for Orleans.
What Spain wants OF the Anglo-Saxon ma
tions England to give it loan, America to let
IL alone.
First class private houses in Paris, in good
localities, rent at from $4,000 to 81, 900 per an
nun in gold. ,tl
CLAY, colcred, Of New Orleans, who de-
clined, 10 be Minister to Liberia, has an income
Of $4,000 a year. .,.
One hundred and thirteen lawyers in North
Carolina have signed a protest against the Su-
preme Court Judges in that State mixing into
politics. .i
"A New Orleans blind beggar appeared in
court the other day, and went security for
friend, swearing himself to be worth $40. 900
worth of pro oerty.
The Marquis Of Butte has been invested at
Jerusalem with the spurs and sword of the
celebrated Godfrey de Bullion, making him a
Knight Of the Holy Sepulchre.
"A very puzz ling question to solve is: Which
is the easiest and most comfortable, to ride
vclocipede or lead one round with you all day :?
Opinions are, SO far, about equally divided,
appointed examining physician at St. Louis
for Now York insurance company. It is be-
lieyed to be the first, appointment of o woman
to suca a position. .,,4;
-On Friday or Saturday next the last rail
OF the Pocfic railroads will be laid aud the
last spike driven. Spectators are already
gathering at the end of the Central Pacific
Railroad to witness the occurrence.
Dov,o
Nilsson, the charming Swedish prima don no,
is about to abandon Euterpe for Hymen. The
fortunate Benedict in prospect ye is said to be
French duke, whose name cruel Puck has
not yet vouchsafed to make public"
"A colore man has sued the City of Louis
vile, Kentucky. for $50, 200 damages for al
legged false imprisonment. The suit is to test
the constitutionality of the ordinance whereby
parties arrested as sus peoted felons are COM
mitted to the workhouse in default OF bail.
The Illinois Press Association, numbering
ono hundred and twenty, accomp anied by as
many ladies, have been spending the past three
days in Mobile, entertained by the city govern
ment, trade corporations, &c. They are going
to Montgomery, Alabama. as the guests of that
city. ii! 8y.u- ytn>
The old blockade runners Fox, Badger
ling in Liverpool, and it is surmised that they
. may yet be heard Of in Cuban waters. They
are very swift boats, and would be Just the
kind of craft the insurgents would like to pos.
aess. FsJ.l .44e-.t ia y ,..,a,l1.>;
The Arizona Cotton Factory, established
in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. since. the
war, is now paying net profit Of twerty-four
per cent. per annum. This income is realized
on capital Of $50. 600, and with a part Of the
machinery counted in the capital not yet at
work: ''. 7" .$ "' a-7t.- .'r i-.'-.
1t is now stated that the United States a u.
hhnrities have no apprehension of difficulty
with Spain, and that the squadron ofAmcricau
war vessels intended to protect American in
terssts in Cuban waters is not unusually large.
and will not be increased in anticipation OF
Any collision, Isl. ,.
The New. York Herald. Of, TUESDAY, tmonev
atticfe,) reports: elm Southern securities there
was s,eontinusnce OF the demand which char
actetized the market last week, and the fec
lures were the new North Carolinas, $500. 900
of which sold at 56l; the Louisiana levee
eights, which advanced to SO, and the Alabama
eights, which closed 101 bid"
The ownership Of the publication known
as the Imperialist, printed in New York, and
which openly advocates the conversion OF our
Republican Government into an empire, has
all along been charged upon prominent Fed
eral Ofhce-holder, but it was not until recently
that the name Of the owner became publicly,
known. The Newark Daily Journal Of the 2Oth
makes the astounding statement that the pa
per in question is edited under the auspices
and at the cost OF the Secretary Of the Navy,
MIR. Adolph Bcrie, and alleges that Grant HIM
self has been distributing copies to his friends.
s'Straws," &c.
Montreal is suffering great distress from
the effects Of the. great food in the st. Law
renee R iver. The police are engaged in dis
tributing bread from boats, which are padded
fhrough the Streets covered by water. ITO the
depth oftwo, four, and in some places, six feet.
AS the relief parties passed along the streets,
the windows of the houses were filed with
women and children, clamorous for bread.
The most destitute lived in the lanes and back
yards. Families we're found lying together on
the floor, covered with bed-clothes, and thus,
by the additional warmth, endeavoring to resist
the pangs of hunger.
Defeated candidates fur Congress have.
1t is stated, OF late years been in the habit Of
'contesting the seats of their successful com.
petitors in order tosecure the amount usually
voted to pay their expenses. During the last
twelve years the payments have amounted 70
91O0, TAB to unsuccessful contestants and a8a ssa
to candidates who we're unseated. makinp
total OF s178.SS In order to prevent this, az
travagant expenditure. o bill has been intro.
duced Into Congress providing that in cases
at contested seats no money shall bs paid to
either candidate until - decision ia resehea hv
the House, when tho salary shall be given to
tho member legally elected. No greater sum
OF money isto be paid to the person dsclared
mot to be entitled than has actually been ex.
pended by him. The Committee on Elections
Of the House. 1t is stated, have agreed to re-
port this bin, aud an EFFORT will be made for