The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-30

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peror Of Brazil.
Owing to the mild weather and the heavy.
soaked snow which has covered the ice in the
ood of .hrusl lorl, the ce-dealers of
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y sS6fabie, has given very good thick.
ness of clear ice, unusually free from snow,
and, in anticipation Of the Increased demand
for the Southern markets, the shippers of ice
are laying in q large supply.
The great event jn the billiard world this
week was the return game of the series be-
tween Dion and Foster, which was to have been
played on Thursday next, in Montreal AS the
contest differs from the first one, which termi-
mated in favor Of Foster by only four points.
considerable speculation has been indulged as
to who shall carry off the hoiiors and the $1,000.
The first was French caroms, three hundred
points. while the approaching struggle is to
be decided by the four ball c,rom, the push
shot and the crotch being, of course, forbid
den. "A
The National Inteligercer says: eCitizens
OF Washington, of high social position, with
out respect to party, are determined that the
grand ceremony of the Inauguration OF the
Chief Magistrate Of the nation shall not 90 by
part of the .tee. the holding Of an inauguration
ball. Thewhole matter is in good hands, and
is therefore relieved from the worrying and
harrassing complication or embarrassments
which had determined those who had previous
~ moved in the matter to altogether give up
the idea Of having the usual Inauguration ball."
General Carl Schurz, the new senator from
Missouri, was serenaded at st, Louis on Satur-
day night. He made short speech, las fol-
lows: 81 mean to say that the Union is moro
strongly knit o-day than it ever was before,
and hope that as it was in the past so it will
in the future be; that the patriotic Americans
and Germans will cooperate in increasing the
power OF loyalty and patriotism, in defending
the cause of right and justice, and in obhter-.
ating and wiping out all those resentm ents
and that hard feeling which sprang from the
war by liberal and just policy. [Cheers.1 AS
representative OF that policy stand before
you, and hope to see the day when many OF
our enemies will be obliged to acknowledge
that our fight was the good fight, and that our
triumph was the triumph OF right, Justice, pro-
gress, civilization and goodwill to all men, {"
lRenewed cheers.1 Hs 5A#
In New York city there are 115,936 fami-
lies, and only 80. .552 buildings used as dwell
ings. The average number of families to o
house is about three. and Of persons fifteen.
But this statement does not by any means
show the crowded condition Of the city. Six
teen thousand families occupy whole house
each, and seven thousand other dwellings, have
but two families each, leaving about sixteen
Thousand houses to accommodate upwards OF
eighty-fve thousand families-an average of
more than five 7ar3slies and twenty-six persons
TO each house. In some quarters this density
OF population becomes absolutely sickeninp to
contemplate, the extreme being twenty-nine
houses with an aggregate population OF s44a
souls, or 1877 to each house. Though only hall
the building lots in the city are yet covered.
the increase of population far exceeds the
fapidity OF construction, and, consequently
the overcrowding grows worse ana worse every
day. 7
Senator sherrasn's new fnancalbil which
is just now attracting much attention. provides
In substance as follows: Section frst authorig
90 the use OF gold coin as money Of account
In new contracts, by parties who desire it
Section second appropriates, out OF customs
$40 100000 year 10 the public debt. In sh,
present condition Of our funded debt, thi,
would reduce the principal Of the dsbt abou
912,000,000 a-year. Bection third authorizes
the funding Of greenbaclrs into ave per cent
Sen-forty bonds. at the pleasure Of the holders
Section fourth orders the issue Of gold notes
receivable for duties, these to be used for th