The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-21
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Gold at New York Yesterday was quoted

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At New York Yesterday cotton closed
shade lower; sales 27O0 bales at 2saa2S2.
The Liverpool cotton market yesterday
closed easier but not quotably lower; sales 5000
bales; upIands 12td; Orleans 12ad.
Jacob Barker, at the age Of ninety, has
gone to Philadelphia to engage in business.
Mrs. s. W.; Pixies diamonds are valued at
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Whis-
key did it.
Texas has now within her borders raore
than three million head of cattle, and can ex-
port annually one million beeves.
The Greenbrier, lVa.) Independent an
nounces that the cars will be running to the
White Sulphur Springs by July 1st.
-Dead-head passes have been given to all
members of Congress over the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific Railroads, good for ore
year.
"A man in New York is learning to ride the
yelocipede on the tight rope, and proposes In
that way to cross Niagara on his machine this
summer.
The noted race horse James A. Connolly,
for whom his owner had recently refused s15,-
900, broke his back by rearing up and falling
backward on Saturday, near Louisville.
y Baltimore paper says the grand jury OF
Caroline County, Maryland, has just indicted n
woman for witchcraft. The witch is negress,
and the trial will, no doubt, ba an interesting
one.
The Christy will case continues to engage
the attention of the courts of New York. The
amount Of money originally involved was one
hunti.ed thousand dollars, of which the law
yers .hus far have received some seveDty-hYe
per cent.
People recently arrived in st. Louis from
New Mexico, and army officers from the Plains,
say they anticipate the worst Indian war tais
summer ever known. The Indians are con-
centrated. They will sell their skins, get their
= ammunition, arms, powder and lead, and wnen
the grass is strong, about July, they will make
sgeneral warfare upon the whites.
GThe coal fields of Tennessee are enormous.
The Nashville Press and Times says: 1--WE
have hardly touched the surface OF the vast
coal fields OF Tennessee, which cover an area
of 500 square miles, which are equal to 3.-
264 600 acres. These immense beds, which are
larger than many Of the principaities OF Ger
many, contain m amount Of wealth which may
4be expressed in figures, but are too vast for
comprehension. The mind grows bewildered
by trying to grasp the countless types and
forms of skilled industry which will soon exert
themselves over the mines which hold this
latent power"
An accident occurred on the up freight
train on the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-
road, Saturday night last, between and
o'clock. by which one of the train hands,
named Robert Jackson, was instantly killed.
and another, - Mooneyhand, dangerously
iniured. These men we're bcih white, and
have been running on the road in the capacity
of brakesmen but short time. While at
Bowden's Station, on tho night named'
they were at the engine, which was then
taking in water, and when the train
was placed in motion, they attempted TO
proceed back to their posts at the breaks
by walking on the top Of the cars. short
distance above the station bridge crosses
the track on the county road. md while the
cara easily pass under, there is ot sufficient
room to admit of man standing. These men
were either ignorant Of this fact, or unaware
of the vicinity Of the bridge, aud conseqently,
it being dark, and having their backs to the
bridge, when the train passed under both OF
them received severe blows upon the head and
were knocked down. Jackson fell between the
cars and the train passed over his body, mang-
ling him fearfully and killing him instantly.
Mooneyhand received bad blow on the head,
which was gashcd considerably and the skull
probably fractured, had his arm broken, and
sustained other injuries.
"A Washington telegram, OF Saturday. to
the New York Herald, says: 1.-THE Cuban ques-
tien has been rendered more interesting md
important to-day from the fact that the Z" ia
full Of rumors crediting the Adminf -.ion
here with decidedly hostile intentio- coward
the Spaniaris on account Of the t.cent out
RACES to the American flag and th' Hure Of
American citizens. President Gre it is con-
fidently declared, has directed r.remptory
demand to be made upon the :4ish authori-
ties in Cuba for the immeulate release OF the
brig Mary Lowell and the surrender OF the two
passengers taken from the brig Lizzie Majors.
It is sid that Secretary Fish has already tele
graphed instructions to our representative in
Cuba to make this demand without delay, and
refusal to comply promptly will be followed
by hostile demonstrations from our naval
squadron cruising IN the vicinity. The official
dispatches that have been received here make
out plain case for the interference of our gov
ernment, and this step is said to have been
taken after mature deberation. These war
like rumors give much delight to the Cuban
emissaries here and to the sympathizers with
the Cuban cause. AS to what will be the re-
suit OF the demand on the part of our govern
ment, opinion is pretty evenly divided here,
some holding that it will be accaded to with
out hesitation, and others declaring that Spain
will not suffer General Dulce to yield an inch
that she will 60 to war first and endure tho
double embarrassment Of domestic anc for
eign strife rather than succumb in the face of
q threat"
"A New York letter says: sit would amaze
YOU to know, if you could know, the extent to
which the fortune telling g-clairvoyant-astrolo-
eist imposture is carried here in New York,
the immense amount Of money given to these
harpies, and the character Of the people who
natronize thom. have often been astonlshed