The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-24
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Cotton closed rather more steady; sales
1900 bales at 2Stc.
In Liverpool yesterday, cotton closed dull;
sales 5000 bales; .plands I'D.
The Spanish Finance Minister proposes to
abolish the salt and tobacco monopolies.
Fashionable parasols in Paris this year
have handles OF green and red morocco.
The prices of admission to the Boston
Peace Jubilee have been fixed at IS, s. and s2
There are fifty Chinese Catholics in San
Francisco, soms educated in the Catholic
seminaries 10 China and able to speak Latin
Suently.
1t takes fifty-seven paymasters, from
brigadier-general down. to do nothing IN the
world but pay off the present standing army Of
the United States.
"A Texas gentleman has received quanti-
ty of silkworm eggs from France through the
post. Some of the eggs Matched on the way,
and the worms were living on their arrival.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun reports that one
of the wealthiest and shrewdest fnanciers IN
Georgia saws that the States credit has been
ruined eterna!ly, and is changing his invest
ment from Georgia bonds to other and better
securities.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe gives up her
plantation in Florida, for the reason that her
title, cquirel at military tax sale, does not
hold good; and the original owner ragalns
possession, paying Mrs. stowe tho amount she
expended for the estate.
A communication from Berlin states that
emigration to America is likely to assume
extraordinary proportions this year. During
the Is at three months 1000 persons have passed
through that capital on their way to Hamburg
and Bremen. They come principally from
Pomerunia and Eastern Prussia.
Mr. Charles Francis Adams is quoted as
having said that the treaty lately submitted
about the Alabama claims was good treaty,
creditab!e both to Lord Clarendon a'id Mr.
johnson, and that it ought to have been adop-
ted with some slight changes. Moreover, he
thinks Summers speech on the subject did
more harm than good.
Tho Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pany propose to build tunnel under TIC west
end of Baltimore, 80 as to facilitate the pas
sage through that city. The tunnel will cost
sbout a mlllion of dollars, and 1t is expected
that 1t will be done by the middle OF next jan
nary. It will pass uuder the gas and water
pipes, 80 as not to interfere with them.
At the annual meeting of the National
Board of Underwriters in New York on We'd
nesday. discussion occurred, without action,
mon "a proposition looking to reduction OF
eo,nmissions to agents. An ordinance to reg
Mate storage and the sale OF petroleum, gaso-
iene. &C., was adopted, which fixes the tests OF
places 30 used at one hundred and ten degrees
Fahrenheit.
General Grant, since his Inauguration as
President, has made the following appoint
merlts OF colored men: Postmaster at Colum-
.bia, S. c., worth $1,000 year; assessor OF the
first district of Louisiana, worth $1,000 year;
two justices Of the peace in the District OF Co..
nnbla, worth $1,000 year each; minister to
,Hayti, worth $500 year; minister and consul
to Liberia, worth $4,000 year.
.;..-Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, after consent
ing to sing in New York for the benefit OF the
Cnba. rrsyolntionists, reconsidered the matter,
and refused because the gentleman with whom
he:has contracted her professional services
had engaged to bring her out at Havana next
autumn, in which case any apparent manifes-
-tation OF sympathy for the insurgents here
would be likely to prejudice her popularity.
One Of the old crew Of the Alabama, who
ia now on board the Virginia at East Boston,
saws that the yacht Deerhound, which rescued
semmes and his officers after the vessel was
sunk by the Kearsage off Cherbourg, was IN
reality a paid tender Of the Alabama, had OF
board at the time the captured chronometers
and few days before had brought from Eng
land fifty trained gunners, who were working
the Alabama's guns during the fight.
"A New York letter Of the goth instant says
s.The talk in Wall-street to-day is OF the large
amounts Of money which some OF the gold
speculators have made by the advance in tie
premium following the belligerent speech oi
Senator Chandler. One per cent. advance IN
half an hour for parties who buy and sell by
the one hundred thousand dollars is nice
. little fortune, aud more than one name is men,
toned who made the lucky hit"
The actors and actresses engaged on the
London stage, desirous of having an opportu-
nifty Of hearing one of Mr.. Dickens readings,
but being prevented by the nature Of their avo-
cations from attending any entertainments in
the evening, addressed letter to MIR. Dickens,
requesting him to give what in their own par
lance would be called a morning performance.
To this appeal MIR. Dickens has acceded, and
will give three morning readings ia London.
With the other advances Of the day in rail
road travel, must be noted an arrangement
which has just been completed for through
trains between New York and New Orleans
The only change OF cars on this whole trip will
be at Louisville, which is very nearly half
WAY point. The through time will be seventy
six hours. Sleeping-cars are to run on al
trains, and berths or sections may be secured
for the whole trip. A. most seasons OF the
wear the difference of climate between the ter
ninal points of this immense line will require
passengers to provide for change OF clothing
during the journey.
1t is stated, semi-of6cially, that the re-
ceipts from customs now promise to be The
largest Of any one year in the history Of the
government probably $3.50, ,O0O, 600.
or 81, ,000, 600 in excess of the estimates, and
it is not impossible that they may even reach
the high figure OF 5000 100000. The internal
revenue receipts to the present time are in e1-
cess Of $110, 900 900. The remaining three