The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-12
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Cotton closed in New York one-half cent
lower. Sales 25OO bales at 26sc.
Gold closedat 303.
In Liverpool cotton closed irregular. Up
lands l24al2ld.
tl-ACharles Dickens has resumed his readings
In England. ,,l. .'-....
john C. Breckinridge Is to be Kentucky
delegate to the Louisville Convention. 80
:. 1.-The Rev. James Kent Stone, formerly
president of Kenyon College, Ohio, and more
recently of Hobart College, (Episcopa) Gene
vas N. Y, has become Roman Catholic. He
Is a grandson of Chancellor Kent.
1.-The Richmond Whig gives currency to
report that the disabilities Of Hon. Alexander
Rfyes will be removed, and that he will be ap-
pointed one of the nine circuit judges to be
commissioned at the coming session Of Con-
gress. "a, $50, 5r..l',q.. >-.4...s.
Raw beef, 1t is asserted, proves of the great
estbeneft as diet for persons Of frail consti-
tutions. tits reported that physicians are now
administering to consumptives diet of finely
chopped raw beef, properly seasoned with salt,
and heated BY placing the dish containing itin
boiling water. This food is given also in cases
where the stomach rejects almost every other
form of food. Itassimilates rapidly and affords
the best .nourishment, while patients learn to
long 1t and to like it as much as DR.. Kane
did his Arctic dinners Of raw seal and walrus.
= l+AiNew' Orleans dispstch to the Louisville
yCcMier-Journal has a story Of cou1terplot
In Cuba, or plot within plot, whose pur-
bort b that certain wealthy Cubans in the is
hland, opposed to insure ction, are about to
unite with the resident Spaniards In 'strug-
gle for independence" The curious part Of
the story Is that General Robert E. Lee was
resolved upon for President OF the Republic Of
Cuba, and the position offered him for ten
lyears.p We are. further assured that ''the
documents Offering General Lee the position
lofpresident have been forwarded to him.
- "A New York mathematician has figured up
the extent Of the business which was done In
gold in that city on Friday, the Path OF Sep
tember. The sales amounted to $500, ,ooo, ,oeo.
and allowing sixteen dollars to an ounce, and
sixteen ounces to the pound, and two thousand
pounds tolthe ton, and one ton to each cart, it
,'Rouldrequire q thousand carts to move 1t; and
i, allowing twenty feet to each horse and cart,
the string Of carts would be about eight miles
long. But the gold was not really bought and
sold, for the gamblers never intendedto de-
liver dollar oft. They were only betting on
ythe pfiee.'odh s' ie'ai.o'l
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When Napoleon the Third drove out for the
first time after his recent6langerous illness, he
tainted after riding for quarter of an hour. A
very strong dose Of ;cognac, administered to
him by DR.. Corvisart, who was with him in the
same carriage, Gestored him to little vivaci-
ty, but, during most Of the ride, he was unable
to open his eyes. The Empresse who was at
iirst in the carriage following that Of the En-
iperor, turned deadly pale upon hearing what
had happened to her consort, and she insisted
Upon entering his carriage, Very few cheers
greeted the Imperial couple during the ride
:. through the city. lott .<...l...4-
"A correspondent Of the London Daily
News, writing from New York City, gives
picture of the shameful corruption which pre-
walls among the customhouse officers at that
port. He asserts that his baggage was sub
jected to g most rigid examination; the in
spector priea into his boots and poked his fin
gers into the bottles of pomatum, ''becanse,"
he observed, awatches and jewelry may be
concealed anywhere Some gloves and few
boxes Of cigarettes were discovered and on
= these the traYeller was obliged to pay dnty.
But not to the government alone, for the
clerks, as well as the inspector, smoked the
cigarettes, and the latter begged a box for q
cousin, asked for pair of gloves, and, to clap
the climax. ,intimated that through his inter-
ference the duties paid had been considerably
lighter than the law provided, and with
greedy, cunning look, he said, Snow, don't
you think ?'-and the victim responded with
some dollars" when the officer was seen no
more. Perhaps some Of the color in this pic
ture is due to the contempt which most Eng
lishmen feel for the customs of this 'blarsted
country, you know but after making all
requisite allowances enough remains to form
forcible argument in favor ofa radical reform
in our civil service. y,
? "A Washington letter says: "The city is
j filing UP. The floating population is drifting
back TO its former haunts. Lobbyists, black
;iegs. and adventures of all descriptions are
sweeping down upon the National capital like
buzgards upon q carrion. The 'Rings" null
.tply. It must not be supposed that whiskey
alone has ring. Every State" has one, or
more. AZ" Ring" is formed to get one indi-
Hidual into Office, or to get another out.
Rings control all the appointments. They
make and unmake postmasters and revenue
officers. They have, or claim to have, at least,
the private ear of the President They are
on intimate terms with Boutwell,, Delano
and Creswell. They say "BoutwelI told
me to-day that he would remove So
and-so at once" or Il have fixed it
all right with Creswell.' 'sln nine cases out
of ten the men who compose these Rings
are unknown, irresponsible beings. The
more you know of them the less likely you
would be to trust them with anything less
movable than red-hot stove. Who supports
them, nobody knows, and some persons prob,
ably would not care to have known. The cor
rfespondence and cash accounts of one Of these
concerns would no doult be spicy, if not start