The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-15
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-0OpA III NOW Iofh ySStoIuuy p0JB.
Cotton was firmcr in New York yesterday
and close at 324c. Sales 97O0 bales.
In Liverpool yesterday cotton closed quiet.
Uplands liz salcs 10000 bales.
blonde hair is worth double the price of
black, according to New York quotations.
"A movement has been set on foot for q re-
duotion of postage on letters to one cent. EACH
"A street railroad threatens the destruc-
tion Of the famous New Orleans s'sheI rond''
"A sa,.aage vendor Of New Orleans has pro-
ers because they barked and mewed when GUS
toners came to buy of him.
The Court of Claims at its recent session,
tried some thirty cases Of cotton suits, all but
four of which resulted so unsatisfactory to
the claimants that they have appealed to the
Supreme Court. Hon. Robert s. Hale, OF
New York. has been acting as associate coun-
sci for the government in this class of cases.
"A te1-inch oolumbiad gun has been placed
on the spot where Generals Grant and Penn
berton arranged the terms for the surrender
Of Yicksburg, an inscription denoting the fact
Being engraved upon it. The marble monu-
ment which was originally erected there had
been hacked and marred by vandal relic.
aeekers.
oiace where the applicant had served in the
Confederate and subsequently enlisted in the
Union army, in which he was wounded. The
commissioner decides that by having been in
the rebel service the applicant, although
wounded in the Union army, is not entitled to
benefit under existing pension laws.
The Health Board of New York city, in
conjunction with the Fire Commissioners.
L. kl,ok <kon Sv,% %ox>
Of great many samples Of kerosene oil, test
ed under their order, can be considered safe to
burn. Such revelation as this should arouse
q judicious alarm To meet the general risk
which it points out. good Legislation is needed
speedily.
There have been many Sunday y-schools
organized in California for the purpose of
teaching the Chinamen the Christian religion
and our own language. Several Of these have
been stoned, the teachers assaulted in the
streets and highways. and ono of the schools
and churches burned. This shows that the
prejudice against the Chinese IS very violent
on the Pacific slope.
The Confederate monument at Cynthiana,
Kentucky. is said to be quite work Of art. It
is twenty-five feet in height and rests on q
granite pedestal. Ga the north side, in bas-
relief, are the emblematic palmetto branch and
laurel sprig, above group Of guns, swords,
drums and standards. The monument is sur
mounted with Confederate fag, beneath the
folds OF which are disclosed the stars and bars.
The monument was made in Italy, and cost
$225O.
MIR. w. III. Robertson, OF Washington, and
Mr.. John Tyler, Of Virginia, propose between
them that the conservative men OF the South
select their senators and representatives from
patriotic statesmen living in the Northern
States, and thus throw overheard ssthe villain
ous carpet-bagger and the false, perfdious
and treacherous scalawag." They contend
that one days prior residence in the State to
be represented will meet all the requirements
OF the constitution as to qualification.
The murder Of Colonel Crane, by 1ward
Yerger, at jackson, Miss. on Tuesday. result
ed from the seizure OF the latter's piano by the
former for non-payment OF taxes. Yerger had
demanded a personal explanation, and Colonel
Crane soon after meeting him in the street,
quietly gave him an explanation. Yerger, it
said. would not accept it, and furiously and
grossly insulte1 Crane, who resented by
striking him with small rattan walking cane.
Then Yerger, wild with anger, drew thug
knife, and stabbed Crane three times, severing
his heart. Tho verdict Of the coroner was
s'wilful murder"
The facilities for fraud in obtaining In
diana divorces was lately we'll illustrated. A
man engaged an attorneyto bring q petition
for divorce from himself in the name OF his
wife. In due course the husband, the defen-
dant, was served with notice Of the suit. He
then fledsa CROSS bill with his answer to the
complaint. When the trial came on. the, wife,
who was entirely ignorant that any such suit
was pending, was, OF course, absent. and the
husbands petition was granted. Thus the
husband secured his end, but as his own petit.
ton, which was granted, was genuine, and the
wife's, which was q forgery, was not, there
seems to be no way to bring the man to
justice.
"A Washington dispatch to the New York
Tines says: "New York hotel proprietors and
railroad men and others in this city remark
that the travel from the South to the North has
been FOR the last few weeks larger than at any
season since the close Of tn rebellion. Nearly
al these people are OF the tourist, health and
pleasure seeking class, and Washington is
merely resting place On the road to the vari-
ous points OF interest In the North. This
travel between the two sections is looked mon
as in evidence that the South has. in some
measure. recuperated from the effects of the
war. and that prosperity is again returning TO
her. The number Of business people and land
spectators going South is also on the inareasa
and several real estate agencles here are DOING
sproAtabie business in the sale and exchange
OF Sonthern property"
--The Chicago Sprague. who has just been
made 800 600 poorer, by reason OF unfulfilled
matrimonial pledges, seems have taken mat.
ters very philosophically, strclling GAout the
place and into the court room as IL he were An
entirely disinterested party. II is said that
Eprague was tolersbly handsome fellow few
years ago. and when he won the heart OF Misc