The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-27
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at $50.
The New York cotton market closed hrm
and quiet; sales 1900 bales, at 2Ss. - -
At Liverpool cotton closed easier but not
lower; uplands 11sa11sd..; sales 5000 bales.
<-Neyada is going intoian extensive silk cul-
turs, one nursery there already containing one
million worms. a.
-Aalately suspended Western insurance
company has s., ,OC0, 900 at risk, $40. 500 unpaid
losses, and s11OO assets.
"a woman divorced from her fourth hus-
band at Chicago, last week, entered matrimony
for the fifth time the day after. r..r.-
The testimony OF az Chinaman was recently
rejected in California court on the ground
that he was not ''person" within the meaning
of the Fourteenth amendment.
"A breach of promise case is announced for
trial next month in the United States Supreme
Court at Cleveland, Ohio, in which the fair
plaintiff is sixty years old and the defendant
seventy. The affection lost by plaintiff is
valued by her at 5000.
The Japanese are. .inimitable in their IN
yentiye genius, The Mlkado has recently in
vented fire extingu.sher that is likely to work
well. 1t consists Of an edict that any person
in whose house confagrution shall orlg-
nate, shall immediately lose his head, without
appeal. -
AT the Advent Conference held in Spring.
field, Mass, last week. o resolution was adopt
ed discountenancing the preaching of distinc-
tive doctrines, especially against teaching the
exact date of the final end of all things as ex-
pounded and taught by Miller, the founder OF
Second AdventiBm.
The President has decided to pardon DR..
Mudd, one Of the conspirators (so- caled) con-
yicted by military commission Of being con-
cerned in the plot to assassiaate MIR. Lincoln.
The pardon will, it is said, be granted in re-
sponse to tbs petition of large number OF
citizens VINO believe Mudd to be entirely inno-
cent.
"A hfe-size wax figure of living New Or
leans belle has been set up in the New Orleans
Museum. She is 8 member of the most fash
ionable society, aud is justly distinguished for
her beauty. 1t was manufactured IN New
York, from an ambrotype sent for the pur-
pose. The young lady knew nothing OF the
Liberty thus taken with her person.
"A system of metallic ceilings, which con-
sists in the application to the joisting of very
thin stamped metal in ornamental embossed
panels, has lately been invented. These stamp
ed panels are fitted for every kind Of decora-
ton in color and ii inserted as plain surfaces,
may be used as the ground for every descrip-
ton Of cartoon painting, combining with light
ness and durability artistic and ornamental
effect, at comparatively small cost.
"A Washington letter says: Gas the season
of Lent is rapidly approaching, which suspends
gaiety at the national metropolis, fashionable
society is in a whirl of dissipation, and parties
are given by the dozen every evening. 1t is
not uncommon for party-goers to attend them
all, stopping but for few moments at each.
The rounds are made and the whirl is literal
Nor are the parties confined to plain eating,
drinking and dancing. Cards are out for q
grand masquerade and fancy dress entertain
ment at the residence of one of our leading cit
izens tomorrow evening, and the shops have
been ransacked for materials for costumes. 1t
is understood the party will be the event of the
season. No guest will be admitted without
mask. At the tap OF a bell during the evening
the parties are to retain their positions and un-
mask, preparatory for supper"
-Forrey has opened land agency in con-
pectiop with my two papers, both daily, one re-
suit of which is the formation of company OF
capitalists. who propose to purchase tract OF
three hundred thousand acres OF tlmbered
land in North Carolina, grind up the bark OF
the trees and extract the principle OF tannin
and saw up the timber, and then go to farming
on the cleared up land on most extensive
scale. The Southern correspondent, who pub
fishes an account Of this gigantic enterprise,
states that Forney has lattery become exceed
ingly liberal in his political views touching the
South, so much so as quite to put to shame
those who have all along regarded themselves
as conservative and moderate men. Forney
finds that radical virulence has ceased to be
profitable stock, and invests in conservatism
that will be agreeable in the region whore his
future possessions lie.
The confession of Atzerodt, made the
night before his execution for the murder of
President Lincoln, has just been given to the
public. He says that he consented to aid IN
the abduction OF the President, in conjunction
with Booth, Harold, Wood, Payne. Surratt,
OLaughlln and Arnold, but that he refused to
take an active part in the murder. About the
middle of March Booth heard that the Presi-
dent was to visit camp, and lay in wait for
him on Long Bridge all night, but he did not
appear All was then quiet until the night Of
the 14th of April, when Booth made tho re-
mark that sLincoln ought to be killed" and pro-
posed plar for the murder. To this Atzerodt
distinctly AYERS that he refused to consent. He
says, however, that "Booth appointed me and
harold to kill johnson. In going down the
street I told Booth we could not do it. Booth
said Haro.d had more courage and he would
do it. Harold and l were on Pennsylvania
avenue together. told him I would not do
it, and should not go to my room for fear he
would disturb Mr.. johnson. He left me to go
for Booth. This was after O'clock" Atze-
rodt says that he knows nothing about Spang-
ler's rope, and believes HIM to be innocent.
His confession is very .incoherent, and only cs-
tablishes the fact that he took no active part in
the crime for which he suffered the penalty OF
death. A similar statement was made by Sam