The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-03
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=. = S:co SS:co bales. a1 4sA.
12aa125d.; Orleans 12aa12sd- Ii
Baltimore has about $50 ,OOO, 900 invested
:, Fh the OYSTER and fruit packing business.
I, "A telegram from Newfoundland announces
the death OF DR.. Mullocke, the Roman Catholi,
Bishop. l1f
The, New York Sun has astonished IL,
-readers by an editorial intimation in favor o
suoh constitutional changes as will practically
abolish the ExeoutiveD Departments altogether
- and make Congress supreme. ''.,t
- The ex-Qu een Of Spain has Just rece ived at
Ther new residence score of large trunks con-
tsining her l'ari phernalia, Jewels, pictures and
( liners. which the provisional government has
rent From her palace at Madrid. The value Of
this property is estimated at sixty thousand
pounds. 4.s a.-1
Recent information from Cuba states that
the control of the City of Havana has entirely
passed into the hauds Of the Spanish voun-
teers, and that Captain-GeneralD Duce does not
attempt to interfere with th eir authority.
They ave represented as ruling the life and
property Of nnoffending citizens without fear
o. punis hment. att' a"n
"A catholic clergyman. Rev. Mr.. Shanahan,
recentl' made speech at Limerick, Ire and.
in which he openly avowed himselfa sympa-
thizcr with the Fenian movement, concluding
with the following words: II do not exactly
know what a Fenlan is; but II it means ove for
Ireland. Ireland for the Irish, and that Irish
menEou2ht to be able to govern themselves, +
am Fpnian in my heart, and so IS every priest
in Ires Id"
"A s.. Louis physician is responsible for the
following figures: Taking the population of
'shis country at forty mlllions-ot three hun
dEed men. one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE never
drink spirits at all; one hundred drink mode
rately, but not to intoxication; fifty are ephe-
neral drinkers; twenty-five drink periodically.
Called ''spreelng;" and three are habitual
lnebriates. or seven hundred women. six
hundred never taste alcoholics of any kind:
thirty taste wine occasionally; seventeen taste
ardent spirits; thirty-sx drink ale or beer con-
stantly; fourteen drink ardent spirits periodi-
caily, and three are habitual inebriates. Fewer
women drink than men, but a larger p1opo-
tlon of them become habitual drinkers.
yf-On March IL the long threatened strike in
She cotton trade actually to5k place. The
operatives in those mills at Preston which had
received notice for reduction Of ten per cent.
left Work at noon. Attwenty three other firms
inc reduction 10 not due for three weeks, but
unless some speedy arrangement be come to,
the 4l,eratives employed in them will also
esrikec- Some thousands are already idle, and
great excitement exists, thou h the town is
peaeeable. A proposal to submit to arbitra-
tion'h has been made to the masters. but they
44ve as yet returned no answer. It Is thought
thatthey will Object to it on the grounds that.
even with t.ie reduction Of ten per cent, many
efmeD. would be no gamers. and that they
Qens & know their own affairs better than any,
:.Jedy else.
The Nation says: s'1t will never do to
Raye civil government over half the continent
liable to bs suspended for an indefinite period,
whenever the majority in Congress thinks the
COURTS have not done their duty or leg islative
bodies have not taken just views of their pow
ers." Again "It is proposed to turn Georgia
out Of the Union for doing things which she
Aever agreed and was never asked to agree not
to do, and which are not mentioned in any law
providing for her restoration to the Union.
The fact is, the idea that the South can be sud-
denly 'regenerated' by bill or resolution. which
has been so Sc dulously prea ched during the
last few years. must be given up. It's absurdi.
.sy was always demonstrable from history aud
principles OF human nature. IT has now been
demonstrated by actual experiment. The re-
generation must be the work OF time, Of edu-
cation, Of material prosperity, and the active
PARTICIPATION Of all classes in political life."
-l-Its is stated in the New York papers that
the body Of yonng woman who was re-
cently abducted from Jersey City horse-car
has besn found floating in the Hoboken 20.
sional dock. The facts OF this mysterious case
were az follows: A rufian entered the car late
In the evening. A male passenger and q young
lady rather riohly attired were the only occu-
pants. The 70 xdy sat down at the side of,the
young lady aud began 10 whisper, se smingly
on6ndentia'ly, into her ear. She appeared great
lya larmed, and made amonosyllabic reply. lie
then apparently began TO urge her upon some
mysterlous mater, in strong terms, but she
enooh her head and looked appsaiingly TO-
ward the gentleman at the farther end Of the
gar. He. how ,ver, drew his hat partly over
ME eyes. and paid no attention to her remon.
stranceR. Suddenly the rufian epfang 70 his
feet and jerked the bell rope. The Gar stopped
smmediately. He deliberately seized the Young
Lady by the waist, threw her over his shoulder
ana walked out OF the car. She kicked scream.
e0 and struggled, but in vain. The conductor
ondeavored to reseue hers hnt the hnrlr esena
resting his burden q the dashboard of the
car, struck the conductor tremendous blow
w1'n his right hand, which stunned him. The
eough then paced his broad palm over the
young lady's mouth and disappeared in the
Aosgy darkness
sr-1-The New York Tribune spins a very curl.
Gus yarn about the adventures OF s.Canniba]
Jack," sailor, whose life has been mainly
sSrss. VII. ...e =a-sSes cs .ss sG.az4assas So.
aaety, Friendly and Navigator Islands. The
speD,al seat or his power is on Oitahu, one Of
tho Marquesas Islands. There he makes laws
fOr two thousand islanders, and plans raids
upon the Typee savages Of Dominica. another
akthe MarqaAsss Islands. with whose natives
hS ID ceaseleSsly at war. He is particularly OF
pbsedto missionaries, and will not allow then
ON bis island. Ol one occasion he and Type