The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-09
" E W g s UNI MAR


at sat.
The New York cotton market closed firm;
q ales 2700 bales, at 28ac.
AT Liverpool cotton was easier, but not
lower; sales 5000 bales; uplands 12A@1a4d; Or
leans 123@12ad.
The speculation in real estate was revived
New York on Monday.
The gold handkerchief rings and chains of
the olden times are coming into fashion again.
The fashionable church OF Chicago has
rented it's pews for the ensuing year for one
hundred thousand dollars.
Three whales have lately been taken in
Long Island Sound from which the captors oa-
tanned $4,000 worth Of oil and $1,000 worth of
bone. o
Frederick Douglass declines the Haytien
mission upon the two-fold ground that he can
not afford to take it, and prefers to dwell in the
and Of his birth. -
"A Polish exile, who has supported himself
and family for three years in Dubuque by saw
ng wood, has just gone to Europe to claim q
$5,O00,O 900 fortune left HIM by relative.
A woman named Mary Bateman was so Sc
riously burned, in Washington, on Tuesday
night, by the upsetting Of kerosene oil
lamp that she died next day from the effects
OF her injuries. 9s-
john @. Clark, a Texan millionaire, died
recently without leaving q will, and his i'm
mense estate sold for the benefit Of the
State treasury, there being no known heirs.
Several parties are now attempting to prove,
however, that they are his heirs.
President Grant has given orders to oul
naval commanders OF Havana to see to the pro-
tection of American citizens in Cuba, and he
has also given orders that will prevent filibus-
tering bands leaving this country for Cuba.
This is as it should be.
"A dispatch to the New York Tribune saws ::
ut is rumored by General Longstreet's friends
that he Will hold the place of Surveyor of the
port of New Orleans for only q short tme and
should General Sickles decline the Mexican
mission, Longstreet will be nominated for that
place."
"A writer in the Ohio Farmer says that after
the horse is nine years old wrinkle comes on
the eyeid, and every year thereafter he has an
additional well defined wrinkle on the same
.EN' II For instance. horse has three wrin-
kles ne Is twelve, If four he Is thirteen. Add
the number Of wrinkles to nine and you will
always get the age. AS good many people
have horses over nine. it is easily tried.
The New York Tribune says : ''Count Fa-
verney. First Secretary Of the French Lega-
tion, is now stopping at the Albemarle Hotel,
on visit from Washington. He will rema ain
In the metropolis three weeks, at the expira-
tion Of which time he will return to Washing
ton to take charge of the Legation and to rep
resent his country as Charge d'Afaires Nj.
Berthedy, the present Minister, leaves for
France in few days on an indefinite congo,
with no intention of resuming the position
near our government"
An English actress, named Miss Marriott,
9 playing Hamlet at New York theatre. The
World says of the personation 'She is Ham.
l ct With swelling bust and rounded hips, IN
whose voice, even where employed to utter
mtn's emotions, there is constant echo OF
maternity; whose arms have the woman's
grace, but not the mans executive swing, and
which. with all the advantage of professional
training, are constantly reminding us that they
were better made for caressing than for
wrestling. In word, to the credit OF her ma
ture. if not of her profession, she is doing
virile part without virilty."
"A Washington letter, Of Tuesday, saws
''If 1t is possible, Mr.. Sherman will try to Sc
; ure the passage this session of the bill re-
p orted from tho Finance Committee to pay
undry revenue officers appointed in the South
ust after the war, who were unable to take the
est oath. These officials were appointed be-
ause Of the inability Of Secretary McCulloch
to find loyal Southern men competent to do
he work; they collected several millions for
he government which would not have been
received otherwise, aud their compensation
is matter of Justice which was recon-
mended by the President more than three
ears ago.
The confirmation by tho Senate OF General
James B. Longstreet as surveyor OF The port
OF New Orleans was by vote of as to 1O-but
one more than quorum. The South Carolina
senators were divided, Sawyer favoring and
Robertson opposing. The majority OF the
Southern senators favored Longstreet When
the vote was taken, it is stated. several sena
tors paired of, and it was lucky for Longstreet
the vote was had ct the time, as in few min
utes more the Senate would have been left
without quorum, the senators dropping out
one by one. Yet the vote for confirmation was
strong one. there being Is majority, and
would indicate, at least, that the Republicans
are willing to reward Southern leaders who be-
come members Of their party and supporters
OF their policy. This-and nothing more.
A Washington telegram says: "The Sc
cot Committee on Political Disabilities, re-
Gently created by the Senate, holds daily meet
ngs and has it's hands pretty full, as nume-
rous petitions for removal OF disabilities come
In daily. The law now requires every person
desiring his disabilities removed to make ap-
plication over his own signature; and many OF
those who have steadfastly refused heretofore
to allow any application to be made In their
behalf by others are now applying personally.
The committee consists of seven members.
and the work OF examining the various applIca-
tions, and the papers submitted therewith. ID
divided as equally % possible among the DIFF
1erent members, who then report their conclu.
sions to the committee. It is probable that
before the end Of this week tho committee win
report quite big list as at subjects for remo-
val of disabilities"
On March 2e the Emperor Napoleon pre-
sided at tho Council Of State. on which occa-
sion he delivered the following address "It is
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