The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-31
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In Liverpool cotton closed easier. Upiands
1874. Sales 6O00 baios.-
An English colony of 1900 families has
bought $4,000 acres o: land of the Kansas
Pacific Ralway, aud will form town near Now
JUNCTION City.
Boston 'calmly submits" to the result Of
the intcrnationalboa race, believing, of course,
that had it occurred on American wa 'ors, the
Harvards would have beon triumphant.
News has been received from Tripoli that
Miss Tinne and two attendants were murdered
by their own camel-drivcrs while travelling
en- the Abirgorsh road between Murzuk and
Chat.
Tho Fenian congress, in session at Now
York, has decided that circles not in good
standing, shall not be represented, but that
oircl"s may be restored to good standing by
tho congress md allowed representation.
Horace Maynard and other leading Ten
nesseo Radicals held o secret meeting at
Nashville on Friday, having in III, it is
thought, tho reorganization OF the party In the
State, and probably q violent filibustering
movement upon the State government.
Toledo, Ohio, has a 'He Sorosis." and the
members held their first banquet few even
ings ago. After the cloth was removed tho
"dear departed" were remembered in many q
toast. but whether drunk in tea or some stron-
ger beverage the reporters failed to tell.
The picking up Of a fallen elephant in Yer
mont, the other day, was something like the
tying down of Gulliver by tho Lilliputians. It
took about 80 men, with ropes, levers, pulleys
and other appliances, two aud q half hours 10
raise this Immense creature upon her feet.
Tho alarming rumors recently set ahoa
M
arc officially denied. The symptoms OF bis
rheumatic affections grow more favorable daily.
An investigation has been ordered 10 discover
the authors Of tho false reports that have boon
propagated.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes Gene
raj Rosccrar-' 'c'tci'. win ii;' rcmarh hat it
viii nv mov, lmayt,,y a... ir,. 1t 5 trmlknoss
than anNroved = rs inm. ana effect,
i7n lie giiylo, Wi 0,a;r-, IL; I. i"cr"s-' !, ,ssblo.
tho Str"rt' I5 I'D -. f,iuO.gai ,aat Peuuie :
tOn is tae!r csH,iG,tc.
Wa are informed by ''One who knows,"
that tho present Mrs. @ mmodore Vauderbilrs
maiden name was Crawford. Sho was mar
ried to Mr.. Elliott. She did not live long
with him. MIR. Elliott obtained divorce from
her on the ground of desertion. She retained
her maiden name. and was married tho other
day to the Commodore.
"A warehouseman In Maoon. Ca. IN pack
ing his sample cotton recently, dropped a
check for $3.50 in 1t. Tho bag was packed
without discovering tho check. ind sold to o
Philadelphia house. 1t was resold there to
factory, and whom the balo was opened the
. check was found and sent to tho Philadelphia
firm. who returned it to It's owner in Macon.
General Candy recently distinctly declared
tn a 0f Woit ~
his intention and purpose to enforce tho test
oath upon the members OF the Legislature.
saying Virginia could not be regarded as
State de fdoto until after hersenators aro elect
ed and admitted t, their scate. He declined
to say whether ho would inauaurato the Gov
ornor elect before Congress meets.
-:ncrlcans onjoy ono advantage from liv-
ing nearer the seLtiug sun than EnglisbmeD;
". get news here several hou,s earlier In the
day thin they do. Tho 9roit bont Incc on Tie
Thames yesterday was decided ut about thirty
seven minutes past Ave, Groonwich time,
whereas the result was knoSn in New York at
four minutes ,st one. The real time occupied
u the transmssion WAS tTeuty-threo mInutes
and thirteen seconds. the grearer part Of
which was consumed III carrying the; me- ssago
on horseback to the nearest telegraph station.
The torms Of the following Unlt.d States
senators will expire ID 1871. and many OF their
SUCCESSOR will be elected during tho current
year: H.V. al. Miller Georgis; Richard Yates,
Illinois; James ". GRIMES, Iowa; Edmund g.
Ross, Kansas; Thomas nicCreer,, Kentucky:
Vim. Pitt Fessendvn, Maine; HenrY Wilson.
Massachusetts,; Iac b al. Howard, Michigan:
Daniel 8. Norton Minnesota; John NJ. Thayer,
Nebraska; Aaron h. Cragin. New Hampshire;
Alexander g. Cattell, New Jersey; George n.
Williams. egon; Henry o. Anthony, Rhode
leland; Juseph 8. Fowler, Tennessee; Wait.
maa T. Wiley. West ylrgisia-iotal 10. s..
"A dispatch from ho White Sulphur Springs
says: Tho weather Is still very hot here.
though tho temperature lowered considerably
last evening. Accounts re ,eived froo oil par ts
OF tho Sta'e ncerning the Drought continue
gloomy. Botweeu here and Richmond trayo,-
iers say there il literally no corn. Visitors to
these springs for thirty odd years recall tho
faot thai In 1888 there was severe drought.
WHICH killed oil tho trees on tho mountains. A
year or Two later tho dead trunks looked like
Che masts OF ships, and they have remained
standing until very recoutly. Tho drought of
1888 aas followed bv extreme cold weather.
and q gentleman now here rclatos that on
resohing CalIshan's, oD his homewari journey.
some time IN 6e eotember. tho wnter froze IN the
basin in which he had washed his hands. A
sudden end violent change, Of temperature is
predicted. and it $, ,uld bo we'll for people 10
prepire for it,"
-Proiessor Jonkins. in the presence OF an,
immsnso crowd of spectators, crossed itso
gorge below Niagara F,lls, on Wednesday; On
amaehine OF his own invention. without vo.ocf.
psde motion. The machine IS a bicycle, and
turned upside down would resemble in somo
degree veocipede. Tho wheels tbreo inches
wide: are m ide heavy. and Of sSod, wt6ou,
tirea, bds in their places arc 81 ooyes one and
three.quar er inches Deep, Tho front wheel h
three foe two 'nches, .sad the hind wheel two
feet ten inci.es 10 diameter. The connecting rods
are iron. 50 also the balance pole. which is eight