The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-17
NEIYS or TIL; DAY.

Gold at New York, yesterday, closed at
21H.
Tic New York cotton market closed un-
changed at o5iic; sales o70O bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed steady uplands
1l.:d.
Tic Deis;lcal Congress at Naples has already
proved q dead fnlurc.
J~ny Lind, at her recent appearance IN her
husbands oratUrO OF Z" Ruth" nj Exeter Hall,
was received with immense applause, but the
critics are strangely silent about her singing.
The m:sic Of " Ruth" Is said To he lacking in
melody.
Associate Jus;c. Gricr wrote his letter of re-
sgEat.on on tic Supreme Court bench on Saur.
dag, hut II has n0t yet been placed In the hands
ofthc President. lie proposes II to take elect
the lst Of Fchrulry as during the intermediate
period he wishes to take part In the opinions con-
cern!ng which lie has been in consultation with
his brother judges.
-Th. Paraguayan war Is nearly ut an end. The
allies hnrr yninct several more important vcto
ries, capturing Tie last line OF defcnces Of Lopez,
and i,illing and taking prisoners nearly four thou
sand Of his army. still, there is one battle
to be fonght yet, and that is when the Count
d'Eu and his army reach Lopez In his last ditch,
which Is said to he at Ignatcrny. The dictator,
with al. his spcndii pluck, cannot resist fate in
the shape Of hcEricr artillery, and the next
counter will probably end his wonderful career.
There are now over 20os labOrcrS ut work oil
the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad between
Rome aud Dalton. They have commenced laying
the tract on the Rome end, aud will commence
on the Dalton end In short time H. Is proposed
to have the cars running through to Dalton y
the first OF January, and the road will be
pctcd by the first Of March. The Macon and
Brunswick Road is completed, nnd MS sonn as
which are expected In few days, through pai-
sengcr and freight trains will b. run between
Macon and Brunswick.
-Thc large Northern dailies cOntain voiumin-
inoas accounts OF the opening az the Sucz Canal,
the ch!cf particulars OF which were published
month since in cable news. The English press
are s.iIl d;spnra.ins the canal, and prOnoun,e
1t failure Yet as the Trhnac states Il, "a. de
Lcsseps' various intiinations that his canal Is not
in want OF funds, that his future work upon II
will not impede navigation, aud ,hat despite The
yet uncnntratllcted statement that several veSges
have grounded In II. thirty thousand ions lave
passed through ii in ten days, are guarantees OF
the sturdy enterprise with which he purS,cs
what IL no longer n ir .anl."
The Cardiff giant il now proved to be q hum
bug. The Syracuse Journal admits IL, and feels
contempt aud loathing for the authors OF the
1raad. IL declares the proofs are conclusive ihn:
Hull, the relative OF Newell, who got Sa5o0 as his
share OF the proceeds Of the sale, was the prime
mover in this imposition. lie, with one Jones
and one Glass. went TO Fort Dodge, Iowa. In June,
1868. got the block or gypsum and took 1t to chI.
cago. II was cut there, t;ass WAS the sculptor;)
the statue WAS boxed and sent TO Syracuse by
Central Ealiroad from buffalo, thence was taken
to Union, Broome County, by roll. There Hull
took 1t with Q four. r.horse team to Ncwcs farn.
The cost OF making, moving and burylng thc
statue 5000. The Journal says Hull conicsscs
the fraud, and excuses it the plea that he mllsI
provide for his family.
"a cuble dispatch Informs ns that certain
Nanche.te merchants have had an interview
with the Ficercy OF Egypt, AMI that the Yiceroy
has asaurtIl them that he H making. extensive
preparation to increase III. growth OF cot.nu ia
the territory nnher his chargs. I, is well known
what IL, pit can do III the cotton lins. Our cici
war ma c The Vccroy one OF tile riches, Inen In
the world pc hlp5 the richest. IL Is not too
much 10 sns that II our cotton supplies had not
falicd the Srcz Canal would no: set have be.n
completed. More than has been done will, Lower
Egypt In The cotton interest cannot he done. Tie
fac. ~ cot on ceased 10 pay in Egypt when our
war iad. But Sir Samuel Baker proposes In
give 10 The Vccroy cotton growing district half
as arge as our Southern States. The yiceroy Is
not. there ore, wthunt In crest In the Manchester
mills
he mnt palatln OF all the gaming houses
in New York l. iocite,l On Twenty -hfth street.
Tile min plr0r IL " IJng roam. nrtisticaily frGa.
cord nnl c,b Tit''iy furnished. ana curpt tod
with u rclfet nie III li'n between the front
winduws II .nR Frclicai mirror stretching from
ceiiinG {" r. a;.d "n las sides hang heavy blue
Satin ,ri,t Nv r wait Lace. Mirrors nrc hung
over The iva nantrlprc,s, which nrc OF solid
black. wulnu, hung with bne ana gold. and IL
mirror i. inlaid IA tho back Of every door Ia The
entire house. In The ceniic Of the room IL u long
black walnut table. where every night ~
/; C'c.uca surief il sCtvcd-5upprrs that can-
not be bonghi-suppcrS that would delight tho
palu;e Of Epicurus. Two cDlorcd servants noise.
lesHy move about with silver traya and II Is II
ruc for the house that they never accept O fee.
the %Gges they receive hcing Rnlllcient compensa-
ti0n for il,cr services. Two great sideboards,
ioaded with fruits and wInc stand in tho room
.Closc 20 tho wall ANY one is FREQ 10 call for