The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-07
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

hrmer' oplanuS l25u. orleans l2d5. sales IL,
600 bales.
In New York cotton was q shade easier
closing at 27Sc.
Gold closed ut 81.
-"Our yellow citizens" is the California
term for the Chinese.
"A Chinese immigration agency has already
been opened in Florida.
An extensive cotton factory is about to be
erected in Charlotte, N. G.
Prince Arthur and party had O hunt on
Friday, and bagged nearly four hundred
ducks.
The New York papers say that all the gold
now left in the Gold Room is a solitary gold
fish swimming around the fountain.
The Democrats in Hartford, Connecticut,
have elected their city ticket by their usual
majority Of from six to seven hundred. .
Tho Masonic fraternity of Louisville, KY,
are about erecting Widows and Orphans
Home, to cost $4,000 on ground donated
The New York Shipowners' Convention in
tend to contest the right of pilots to levy ''half
ptlotage." They claim that this Is On unncces-
sary charge against vessels fer which no SER
vice is rendered.
james Blown j. Co., bankers ofNcw York,
have commenced nm action against Fisk x
Gould for the recovery of two millions and
half of gold, lost by them, rs alleged, in the
seven million sale. i.CL.
1t has been decided TINT President Lincoln
parted his hair on the left side. The vignettes
ON the new fifty cent fractional notes repre-
sents his hair as parted on tho right side of
the head, while on the ten dollar notes It is
parted on the left. ':g ii'2t.E-
20 poc{tt,,ol, "A - AZ r.n,ta.sl
Grant wrote, with his an dWi} t5e, t..oplnion
senators in Virginia, ana fthem sH0mitted It to
: Mr. Hoar for his ,apprsyM; Pms we have the
general in anew roierkaslawyer. @-.
Arkansas planters have sent an agent to
China to procure laborers, who writes back
that he.can get any number required, and al
most at his own price: ''Nothing can equal
the misery and destitntion there, or the desire
OF the inhabitants to come to America"
Three years ago q Georgia planter sold his
plantation for 10000. AS tho purchaser was
unable to make the payments, he was COM
PEELED to take the land back and cancel the
bargain. Since then lie has made three good
crops of cotton on the land, and o few days
ago lie sold It for slS,150 Lta ti.isi'
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, tells the 'coli
ored people in his public address that although
the constitution of the State does not allow
them to vote, there Is nothing to debar them
from the privilege .of, holding Office. The
qualifications erjthe exercise of the two rights
are dlfsrent, t,utI very explicitly stated in the
consttatsosf }Sa4sd:- aa.,y y:e@ass Id.
.>@FrieldSS the administration who claim to
be advised Of The PrcsIdentsH purposes, say
that the vacant place, on the Supreme Bench
will be rendered to. Judge Hear; Mr.. Pierre.
noint of Nav YoiI i;RS1ll nominatcd for Al
no,-Cenera, and fI;Hf .Pennsviyan,a will
have thc nos,t,on of sccrctorv =; ~ ~ War Mr.
no,, -, ~, :. 9 INC ,,ro,,o,,,v con,.
,na n. ~, sor t1n tto,, ros,tnn :,
m Josonh Io,o. aooroiory NJ rho South
ern H,:ttsa.sl .soS,otv5 sss.T nrs,aroa IN .cs,,.
n,a,a ~ .,,s f,os go; SeiM ,ronfslcIote orH,v
during tsGGo sGGoiSo oiSoaSI xNtSNf ~ folloWsg Killed
Ea 75a. ,yonnde5 IaI oae. nr,soners 9o2 9sa
Mo th,nrs .hat 81 tho doaths nya6na tLc d,s.
charasd for wounds md 1Iseases and nmono
tho sicS and ,vo,nac,, ,on. f,,ylouoS .bc added
tho rr,nd-t otal osSt.ot,,s In thaeou,heyn army
during the cnt,ro war did at fall short, Of
2oo ooo .-1o'1.,.-,.." :.
4 THO ,a,at. ,,,,,r,cat,oSa .tton f,uba ,,a, becn
about the ,.ba,tle ocIos Tunas.n The span-
liords renortctl n 50rcnt victory tberc viii
thousands engaged. The cubans. to be even
With the snaniards, rcpotrtd that they gained
the victory. 1t now appears that there was
no battle at oil, although the forces engaged
the number OF Killed anu Wounded and Inc
Incidents Of the light were stated with great
minntenesss, This is another warning to be
iieve very little that is told about Cuba.
The movement ia IA favor Of woman sufiase
has renohed o more adyanced state In Eng
'sasand man IN TINS country. women now nave
ING privilege Oh voting m 'muhiclpa!s anairs
ana there are a'fcaay Det~eeh TWO anu .Hfet
thousand iemhe voters on inc .lnanlclpal re-