The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-21
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AT Nverooo cotton closed quiet; quota
tions uochanS9d.
The Spanish Regency hss been recognized
by France aud Prussia.
.2Ruasia is arayed against Rome, and for
bas.s her. bishops to attend the Gcumeniea
Council.
The Know-Nothing party has broken loose
among tbs Chinese. Foreigners generally are
denounced and threatened in that heavenl,
land. ,,,.,
"A Methodist clergyman, named Mitchell
residing in aadison County, New Yori, forged
the. name Of aoounty bank pres,dent 10 schecl
for 5000; cashed It IN New York city. was ar
rested, restored 1880 and escaped.
.-tB claimsd that the Peruvian, Of the ca
nsdisa line q Quebec has Just made the
quickest passage across the Atlantic on record,
haSing been five days, eight hours and forty
nnmhtes IN goinR from lsnd 70 hud::' -
"A large and. handsome building has re-
csati1 been arected on Seventb-street, Rich-
n5oslk adjoining the new Richmond theatre.
for hotel purposes, Intended more especially
for the accommodation aud entertainment OF
eolored people, "but whites win not be exelu-
.ded."
The London newspapers contain CORES
pondsncs from Canton, stating that Rrepara-
tfons- are making thsrs for Wholesale emigra-
tioni to the United States on the part Of the
-udasssS, who1te:bdt too eager to embrace any
-op6oetpnEy 70 Rst away from their mandarins
sand the bastinade. go xs:ai
typ performers Dan osssellos circus,
atHaH lake, Unh, nsmed Martinho Iowsnde
and Henry stsinart. were shot Q few evenings
ago, while on their way to their hotel after 3
performance, by some unknown person. It is
said that the shots were intended for Martinho,
he hsying in some way injured or tnsulted a
ss-A number Of Germans from the Baltimore
saengerfest were at the Executive Mansion FRI
DAY morning, and aiter going through the par
lors and East Room, they assembled IN thelsst
named apartment snd sang farewell song,
which was receiver With great applause by
.nnndBr o. persons who had oongregated
there. ~ -, -, :: 80;
,ys=INiss Evans killed Captain James N. Dem
mon, in Cass County, Georgia. ON Saturday
morning last, before day. by splitting open his
skull With an axe while he was asleep. Mlss
Rvsns hal formerly lived at Captain Denmon's
hodse, end was spending the night there. She
aross in the night and: went from her room
into that occupied by Captain Denmon and his
wife, and there committed the bloody deed.
The csuse Of the murder wss not known.
The proposition toIMport Chinese for the
Southern plantations has attracted not only the
attention Of Z ,opmsnsohaap. who keeps Chi
nese intelligence ofRee for al the world at the
xesld,s centre, s adiifitorniahs deem San Fran
cfsoos b6t bow NJ have II that General Hlram
Wabridge and others, With $40 0O0. 900 or less,
Slin scrip. expressly manufactured for tn .
purpose. are to build steam APPS to. run by
Wv Of tie Suez Canal to India and China tor
the p1rpossof importing coolies. -, Z: ~. .
"A Warrington telegram to the New York
Times says: 'The business and commercial!
trSpmH fSm the south are of the, most en-
cdnrsghg character. gentleman who has
trsYslled ever nearly all OF the Southern States
says that the people generally have not only
recovered from the effects Of the war. and the
general depression Of year ago, caused by
-pOtktt6dt COu1puCotlOuoy bub enSs ehOJ os0 AoW
on q fair road to riches, and that the entire
section of country will shortly be as aourisblng
as 1t was before the war
The elegant residence OF Mr.. Carroll, near
Rldg-way, N. c., vas burned on Saturday
night last, having been set on fire by Q ser
;yant girl, who. while, drawing oil in the base
ment. csrelessly hghted lamp near the ruu-
ming oil, which quickly ignited, enveloping
her in fumes. A visitor in the house, with
praiseworthy presence Of mind, seized blan-
ket and wrapped around her, thus saving her
from imminent death. The house was not in
sursd, aud was total loss. Here is another
sad calamity to warn those who use oil.
,.-Nisgsra Falls Is still slowly wearing away.
Considerable excitement was recently produc-
ed by The announcement that the Horse Shoe
~9llf had caved in. About thirty or thissy-ave
feet Of rock has. given away on the old Horse
Shoe Fab. which gives the shoe triangular
shape on the side nearest Goat Island. It is
computed thnt se me seventy to one hundred
tons Of rock must have fallen in, from the deep
gorge it has made. The fall OF these rocks
does not, we learn. in the least spoil the
beauty ofthe Horse Shoe Fall; if anything, it
adds FITS attractiveness.
The recent exploslon Of uitro-sIycarine at
Caernsrvon. Wales, was terrible in its effects.
Three M ID were blown to fragments, the cart
wheels hurled more than a mile from the spot,
andihonaes within short distance completely
'wreeketk The whole valley at the foot Of
Snowdon was shaken, and the lakes we're yisf-
bly, affected. Portions Of the remains OF the
unfortunate men were found forty yards dis
tant, cart wheel was dlscsrned on ledge Of
rookcna hundred and fitty feet perpendicular
hedght above the roadway, and men ct work in !
the quarries three hundred yards away we're
seriously injured. ~''''-'A--1
Massachusetts, has been considering the
egg question:. "A report eleven pages long was
recently made TO- the Legislature upon bill
to regulate the sale Of eggs by weight. In this
report the minority, who favor the bill. diacuss
tie ege question: ancient and modern, from
every po,ns OF view; contrast The size Of eggs
and bounets, and declare that the female man
ayers Of tine poultry yard have studied politi-
cal econ my profoundly in order to reduce the
sizs aul. increase the number Of their eggs
They treat OF the egg trade between France