The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-08
NEWS OF TIE D-iY.

Gold closed III New York at 26sa2GS.
Cotton in New York, on Saturday, was heavy
and sc lower; sales Of 1000 bales, at e51ic.
in Liverpool cotton closed lull with upands
at Iad. and Orleans i:,sd.; sales 10000 bales.
Tom Thumb AMI troupe have gone 10 Hong
Kong.
The Ganatan rebels arc giving much trouble
to the Austrian troops, hut seem TO he gradually
coming ,ogricf
During the las, fiscal year, the government
has disposed of between four and five millions OF
dollars worth Of land under the homestead anu
other laws.
Electoral meetings in Paris are unattended
with disorder, and In no instance far has The
interference OF the police been required OIL such
occasions.
The English gunboat Thistle, while OIL her
trial trip Off Shccrncss oil Thursday last eX-
pluded her boiler, killing ten and severely wound.
Ing eight men.
Ga lover of jesus sent to the Treasury De-
partmcnt, OIL Friday, forty books OF gold leaf he
had st.,"" from II. An0incr rcpcntant sinner
Sent back dollar gold piece.
"A large delegation Of clcrgymcn from The
Church of England, and dissenting ministers and
aymcn, will attend Inc Evangelical Alliance 10 be
held in New York next fall.
A party of priests returning from land ten
urc meeting In Ireland, q day or two ago, were
beaten. One has since died or his injuries.
THE regulators are abroad again in Soui Invest
crn Kentucky. They attacked Il house In Pres
tonville the other night and demanded 4 snrren-
der, but the occupants resisted ana finally drove
them OF.
An extensive gang OF coun.crfeicrs. regularly
organized for Tie purpose Of manufacturing AMI
selling counterfeit tobacco stamps securities and
money, has been captured in New York. Many
parties in goud standing in that city anu in Nir.
ginia ana North Carolina are compromised.
The PrIssian Ministerial bn,Ici proposes The
creation of Il sinking rund 10 absorb one per cent.
annually Of the public debt. ami the conversion
OF the present loans into four and half per cent.
rcnics. The pToIGsal for increased taxes will ~
withdrawn il these measures are agreed TO.
Letters received by The lsriisl minister at
Washington Indicate that her Majeaiy's govern
mcnt Is prepared n reduce The single rate Of posi-
age between the United States ami Great Britain
TO three pence, and that, therefore, The early
adoption Of this measure of postal reform is high
ly probable.
The siege OF Jacnlcl, IIayti, hy Salnavc's
forces has been raised, ami The troops were 1T
last accounts marching against the rcvou innary
forces under E!rlcc, who ha,i already captured
Miragoanc. The rcvoluliuniais in 81. Domingo re-.
main inactive near AZnn. \ r,lnlor OF The sale OF
IL
strength there.
The New Orleans Times says: "Many OF the
German cmIgrants but recently arrived by the
steamer drcc In His city havc already found en-
ploymcnt. We noticed yesterday u hatch OF thirty
or forty wEo were getting really tO go to sugar
Plantations. They were Il fine, halc.lOokng +, or
men, and are the Kind Of people the South wu.,s
to swell her population and develop her material
resOurccs.n
The Washington correspondents say tlla; a
movement has been put on foOt looking to the
erection of I'm elegant new opera-ln!lsc in Il FASH
ionnblc quarter Of the city. Considerable pro-
gress has already hccn made, ana il is reported
that Mr.. Kendall has given The land 4. The corner
OF Fonr'ecn,i, ana l. streets, Mr.. C0rcofan abon;
s2o,Ooo and 'h.'t Mr. Riggs has taken some o: the
stock. The cos, Of The structure Is sci down M
SlG0,000.
There is much comment upon the indifference
Will which the administration treats the recent
expose of l'attcrcld with the 00ulh COrbin ''cor
ncr'' in New York. People ask, Will r0oil rca
Son, why Tie Sub!Trcasurcr, accused Of .uch
grave charges, Is permitted To ioil on To his 20
sit0n for weeks ailcr The development 0i thc
damnng facts OF Tie affair. Uncharitablr per.
sons Will shortly suspect that there are Reasons
not NJ oil crctlabc TO the government for this
loose way OF treating serious matter.
"A number Of Jewish rabbis from the principaI
cities OF the Onion are In conference in IhiIate.
phia ON the subject Of reform In the Hebrew
Church. They adopted resolutions abollshing he
use Of prayers In the Hebrew tongue aS uninlcll.
glblc TO the masscs ,lisclalming the doctrine OF
bodily resurrection or the removal OF the Jewish
state by segregation from all other nations, and
declaring the Aaronic priesthood and the Mosaic
sacr;nclal worship 10 have bcen merely prcpara-
tory steps to Israel's national priesthood, and
therefore things OF the past, TO he mentioned In
prayer only In their educational capacity and not
to be Practical.
1t is reportedS on alleged good authority, that
large number OF cle-gymen Of the English Es.
tablishcd Church have signed q petition to the
EcumenIcai Council, praying "Thai, should The
decision OF the council be un favorable tas the pc
titoners bel eve II not improbable It will bc) to
the validity Of the Anglican orders, iiio petition.