The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-02
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VIEWS SUM MARX. a,t...
Gold at New York yesterday closed strong
at 81a. ..~.,d3,ql. ~va
1.-THE New York cotton market closed &C..
over. Sales 210O bales at 2s& cents.
-AS Liverpool cotton closed dull. Sales
5000 bales; uplands 1874; Orleans 126d.
-Shipbuilding is reported quito active at
San Francisco.
r hA--The spring style of bonnets is described
as reduced in size and increased in price"
"A lady in New Hampshire, weighing four
hundred pounds. has Just married man OF
one hu 1dred and thirty pounds. y,
"A sea captain, just arrived at New Or
leans, reports that whom of Tortugas he
/. steamed for two hours and half through
- tangled mass Of snakes Of oil sizes and
colors.
There now seems to be only one Of the
wives Of Brigham Young in the party of Nor
mons on their way east, the rest of the ladies
being registered as daughters and nieoes Of
tho prophet. .
/, The highest mine in the world lis reported
% to b9 the Potosi silver mine, in the Andes of
Peru, which is II 1875 feet above the level of the
sea- The deepest mine is the new Salz Work,
. salt mine In Westphala, which is 205O feet
below the snrfa :e OF the ocean. It is further
asserted that the average depth OF the coal
mines OF Great Britain greatly exceeds that of
3 like number Of any other kind Of mines in the
Z World.
The high Peaks in Oregon, it is reported
have commenced to emit smoke, and the in
habitants anticipate earthquakes or some other
. internal commotions. Mount Hood IS 900 feet
high, Mount Jefferson II, 1000 teet and the
Three Sisters, IL 600 feet. which are mentioned
as OK biting signs of activity, are extinct vol
canoes, but Mount Hood has been in state of
eruption, according to the Evolutionary history
of the Indians.
"A dying piokpooket confessed to Catho-
lie priest, few days ago. the theft Of pock-
et-book from q lady in Washington horse
car committed in 1855. The lady was at the
time guest of Secretary McCulloch, and
note in the wallet gave the thief the address,
he insisted upon making restitution of the
money taken, seventy-five dollars in amount,
and the sum was sent by the priest from a
remote spot in the West to Mr.. McCuiloch,
and forwarded by him to the owner in Chi
cago. s]a =
I'm the redistribution Of congressman after
the census. next year, the East will lose and
the West will gain great number Of repre-
sentatives. After 1870, the West, if united,
will control the Legislation Of the country, and
Q control the national conventions for nomina-
ting Presidential candidates. The West is
equitably entitled to this superior weight now:
but 1t cannot receive the benefit Of it's wonder
ful growth since 1850 until after the ten years
are fully up, when, by sudden stride or leap,
it will make great advance in political influ-
ence. e..r,'E. .ia
Mayor Hall, Of New York. has published
letter, addressed 'sTo the Press of the Cnited
States, in which he says: II beg to caution
strangers against New York circulars and pros
: peotuses Of tickets, shares and chances, in co..
& operative unions or gift enterprises Or dollar
stores,! or in any other possible scheme where
by property or the value promised is greater
than the price asked to be paid. Rvery such
advertisement scheme in necessarily a swndle
and false pretence. There, do not and cannot
possibly exist any such nsahemes, in this city.
, aConntry newspapers which aid them simply
aid the SPINDLE" .s,.
"A Paris letter writer on the fashions says /:
s.The latest mode is a. costume with three
"a skirts, The frat, trains behind for home wear,
and is gathered up for walking; It is decorated
with series, Of narrow hounces, trimmed or
not trimmed sas ayon will; the second jupe
reaches TO the knee, furbelowed like the first,
and gathered up here and there by bows, the
third which falls but little below the waist,
gives to the costume the appearance Of O
skirt with basquine, and is intended to be
worn for street attire without the addition or
any wrapping. AS many yards Of material as
can be gathered and puokered up and ounced
over the petticoat, so much the better for the
fashion and for the mantuamaker." ,.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Gazette writes: General Sherman,
will have some trouble with the house his en-
th1siastic admirers gave him. The house,
supposed to have been purchased, is the one
formerly occupied by General Grant, and the
history OF the sale is this About the frst OF
February General Grant put the property in
the hands OF a well known real estate firm FOR
the purpose Of sale. On the sixth of February
it was sold to Sayles ). Bowen and memoran-
dunn OF agreement made, In which it was stip-
ulated that forty thousand dollars was the
price to be paid for the property, one thousand
dollars down On the signing OF the agreements.
nine thousand dollars cash upon the delivery
OF the deed and possession Of the promises.
and thirty thousand dollars in ten years there
after, with interest at ak per cent, payabIe
senli-Annually. The thirty thousand dollars
were to be covered by promisaory note Sc
cured by deed OF trust on the property. It
was elso agreed that. Bowen should insure to
tne amount Of flfteen thoasand dollars: and
snat @ ne should have possession on or before tho
ao'h march. This memorandum of agreement
."S attached to it receipt for one thousand
~onalS, winch receipt is signed by Kilbourn &
Asssa' General Grants agents. ana also a note
w1'tten ana signed by General Grant h,msels
IN relss:on 10 the furnaces, gas fixtures. ao.
II is understood that the General had the i,ead
prepared and everything arranged for tho Ira ns.
Ter. when he met very unexpected and IN.
sufmonntable obstacle in the refusa, ~ wrs
Grantto give her consent to thu transfer. sh..
probably thought the terms unsat;ssaa.orz