The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-01
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Gold declined in New York, yesterday, to
sen. Sterling was quietat si. Stocks excited
aid strong.
Cotton in New York. yesterday, closed &C
tive and / cent higher. Sales 1000 bales OF
2s4 CENTS.
in Liverpool, yesterday evening, cotton
was . shade more active. Uplands lid; Or
Nsns lid. Sales 12,O0o bales.
Dickens is mentioned as one OF the PROF.
pective life peers under Lord Russelrs bill.
An Alabama ruralist complains that he
sent four dollars to jewelry firm in New York
for music-box playing twenty tunes, and
received IN return jewsharp.
The claims Of American citizens on Mex
CO, it b said. foot up to the total Of sixty mil
lions m dollars; aud the joint commission az
pointed to adjust these claims willshortly meet
to consider them. .,;,-. ,-7 .,,-,,fir -
The first Hartfords passenger scross. the
continent by the completed Pacific Railroad
was young woman, who had faith enough in
= youps mans word to travel thirty-five hum
dred miles to marry him. -s
"A Wisconsin paper having exulted over the
fact Of its coming out in q new dress, arrival
sheet remarks: "In this, % in everything else,
they are al age behind our Office, which was
supplied With new material years ago."
The editor of the Norfolk (Va.) Journal has
recently seen quart of Strawberries which
weighed one and three-quarter pounds. FIJI.
teen berries made the quart, and each meas
ured over three inches and half in circumfer-
ends. : :, =
"A kerosene lamp exploded last Friday
evening in house on Fifth Avenue, New York,
and burned Mrs. Franklin Blsum and her three
children, Franks, George, aged six, and Clara,
aged three all seriously, and the mother
kaaIly.,. ,,:t
-aafn New York, on Thursday last, . youth
named John Lang, while at work, was seriously
burned about the face by the explosion OF 9
kerosene lamp. These accidents are becoming
numerous, and some effort should be male to
prosect the thoughtless and Ignorant from the
dangers that are daily occurring from the use
Of explosive burning fluid.
The Fremch,Atlsntio Cable, ibts announced,
vfN ,be completed By June 1st, only one nun
Ara md seventy miles Of tha lima having b. he
Gas.s -s,ov.{exz Eastern, with the cable
.bSsrd.. and with the tenders, viii leave Sheer.
49, nesr the month OF the Thames, on June
1otA. and, sfsm ooaling st Portland. will pro-
cssd to Brest. From Brest the Great Eastern
vili immediatsly start for 81 Pierre, OF New
foundland, while two other ships viii sail TOR
a. Pierre direct, TO lay the portion Of the line
b6swesugk. Pierre and Duxbury, Msssschu-
80. The Hand line from Duxbury to New
York il already in course Of construction.
9 The Detroit Free Press makes the follow
ine SINGULAR statement: "senator Chandler
lsit here, with his tamily and servants, on Sat-
urdss night, for New York. where he will re-
nsin few days preparatory to sailing to
HnuS6Spe. His wife and daughter each take with
thsm colored female servant, and he takes
tvo Hack male servants. These servants are
q. be fitted out while in New York with very
shoyy livery. The coats Of the men servants
are 10 be Of lavender color, with white buttons,
mon which is the Michigan coat Of arms. ex-
eept that the atags support the letter O. which
q OF red enamel with gold edge. The female
sery,nts wear large belt buckles bearing the
ssuSe design a that upon the buttons. The
hats Of the'men are black, With . wide purple
bsnd1u 8 large silver oockads, in the centre
ok which is one Of the buttons aforesaid.
Tho statistics OF divorce in Connecticut
srs startling. During last year the divorces
mastered four hundred and seventy eight, or
more thsn ona-tenth the number Of marriages.
An hsmsrriages celebrated in the State dur
i1e the year are included in the total OF 47S4.
The Norwich Bulletin says: "a large proper
s4n of these are marriages between foreign
arA gcommuninants Of the Roman Catholic
Church, who, except in very rare cases, never
trouble the courts. The TWEEN y-ave unhappy
souplss whose names adorned the Superior
Court docket for this county ct it's last term
,re. without exception, native citizens. Add to
this the number who are practically divorced,
but who, from family or other considerations,
asSlectto obtain legal separation. and the
extent of the evil Will be made apparent"
Tha nsv Governor Of Connecticut has recon-
commended to the Legislature modification
ofthe existing divorce laws, the provisions OF
which are so lax that there is hardly any appli-
cation for divorce which the judges could le-
gally refuse.
Last Wednesday, in New York City,. ap,
election was held among the Methodists -
Eve trustees to take charge OF the usual great
camp meeting, to bs held at.Sing Sing, in Au-
gust. The female members were entitled to
vote, and as grsat complaints were made last
year byths portion of the church in regard to
the unfair and ipiudicious allotment OF the
Hnts, great excitement prevailed. Five print
ed tickets. containing the names of the candi-
dates differently combined, were distributed
by canvsssers stationed neal the polls, but
s'scratching" also prevailed to some extent.
BY six O'clock only thirty-Aye female votes had
been cast, but according to the tactics OF an
ordinary political election, the women reserved