The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-06
NEWs SUN MAR Z.

"a, Florida expects more winter visitors than
ever before.
"A Kansas City hotel waiter has fallen heir
t,Js75. 600. and thinks patient waiting no loss.
Marriage Of first cousins will be illegal in
New Hampshire on Christmas and thereaf ter.
IA Berlin dancing master has been arrested
for teaching twenty OF his lady pupils faur
pas. ,-f. ,.s - s
eo--Adyices from Peru state that there is but
little news to report. only several (" small
earthquakes.n II is added that the Peruvian
government has raised the price of guano 10
S1S per ton, and recognized the independence
OF Cuba. - - -.
The Roman Catholic Bishops Of Ireland
have resolved to demand an exclusive Catholic
College endowment by the State; division OF
property of the royal and endowed schools;
alteration of Queens colleges to denominations
NJ institutions, and general land bill FOR Ire
land. ,r........
Financial reforms are being prepared y
The French government, which will produce
surplus Of sixty million francs, twenty millions
of.wh.ch win be applied to the increase Of the
smaller salaries OF government employees the
balance to the reduction Of certain duties and
taxes.
1t is said by au old trapper in the Rocky
Mountains that the winds are milder and
damper than formerly. It seems, too, that
the fall Of rain is more frequent and copious
in Utah and other parts Of the Tar West than
: formerly, and the rivers have increased in
volume.
The kangaroo skip is new thing with
younS ladies' at Newport. They lap the hands,
keep the arus close to the sides. and 80 skip
ping sud jumping, hopping and. bouncing,
very much like the kangaroo. The motion
must be as graceful as the dignifed strut Of a
lame Shanghai chicken in the wetHRass.
-. II Il said that one reason why European
/ singers demur so strongly to visiting this
country 10 the dread Of sea-sickness and the
loss Of thsir voices. T6es.hs IN mind the
wretched accoMmSdsSons and tempestuous
waters OF the English Channel, which are
dread 70 AL who must pass between England
and France.
The proposition Of Minister Sickles to Sc
cure the separation of Cuba from Spain by pre-
ydtng for the abolition of slavery in the island,
anfthe payment, by tbs Cubans. for the pub
iicbuildings and fortifcatious. while it is not
rejected by Spain, is, according to private let
Ter, subjected to serious obstacles which are in
the way of accommodation.
"A small engagement, resulting in the kill
ing Of sixteen insurgents is reported to have
occurred near Contra Maestro river, Cuba.
Eighty men, including twenty armed. present.
ed themselves to the Spanish commanding
officer there for protection. Insurgent sympa-
thizers in Havana have startled the inhabl-
tants BY posting an incendiary proclamation
throughout the CITY.
London churches ere nearly deserted at
this season. A correspondent OF religious
paper writes that he recently attended three
churches in success zion on Sunday morning. At
the fret the congreg alton consisted Of one old
woman and the charity children. At the second
he was the only worshlpper. and there was no
service, and at the third there was no clergy
man, to read service to the handful who as
sembled. ...., -..-,-
Prime Napoleon made another liberal
speech IN the French Senate Wednesday. call
ing for additional reforms. Ihe Minister OF
the Interior, in reply, protested against the
ideas, presented by the Prluce, and added,
Significantly, that those ideas would never gov
ern the council SO long as the present minis
ters should retain the confidence Of the Empe-
nor. M. de Seegur termed the Princes speech
scspdslous. ., y
Sit. Louis teemed with murders and sui
cides durlng the heat Of last week, and the
mcst horrible OF the lot was that Of one Waltz,
uho, when his wife declined TO give him money
far drink, chopped of her fingers, spill her
head open. and left her dead, then going oat
and throwing himself across the rails before
an express tram. The pursuing officers saw
his head drop on one side Of the track and his
body on the other. as the wheels beheaded
him. Z i-t'
Tho st. Louis people are still stirring up the
question Of the removal OF the United States
Capital to that city. Governor Gsary, OF Penn
sylyanla, declines to send delegates to the coz
yention which is to consider the subject. 80
also does the Governor OF Indiana. The Mayor
OF Memphis thinks the convention ought to be
postponed o year; Governor Warm 'uth, Of
Loulsana, is ID favor OF the removal, and b.
9. Foote s'has been in favor of it for twenty
years.s "a
"A large party Of young men enlisted for
the Cuban patriot army, under command, it is
said. OF Major Brdgeford formerly OF the Con-
federate army, have rendezvoused at Fort
Gaines. Georgia, and General Terry has been
invoked to send troops to capture them. A
revenue cutter has been ordered to cruise of
the coast to keep them from escaping. and
meanwhile military movements will be made
On land to render the enterprise harmless, if
possible.
notwithstanding the fact that the Spanish
Government has virtually rejected the over
lures of this country for settlement Of the
Cuban question, 1t is asserted that in the Cabi-
net meeting on Tuesday 1t was agreed to IN
atruct sick.es to demand an immediate and
straightforward reply from the Spanish regen-
cy. MI. Fish is not coutent with a hint it ap-
pears, but wants kick. H9weYer, We mercy
give the rumor for what it Is worth. The ways
Of our foreign policy is past finding out.
"A writer in the Vineyard Gazette is severe
m his deuunciation of croquat. He says: 1.-THE
only development liable to lower the moral
standard Of the camp is croquet. This is play.