The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-28
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER rs, 1869.
NEWS OF TIE ply.

Gold closed In New York yesterday lirmcr
s.: ao,s.
Gotten closed quiet ami unchanged, with salcs
OF 300 bales at csh
No Liverpool markets were received.
The tunnel under Broadway, New York, is
ten feet In diameter.
There are only seven hundred women In
Wyoming Territory. but line passage OF the wo-
man suffrage bill Is expected materially TO III
crease this number.
Carl Schurz has n civil service reform bill
which he will soon Introduce In the Senate. lie
proposes to run tho government ION the Euro
pcan plan"-thnt is the Prussian bureaucratic
system
K, Tho Alabama Legislature has hecn In session
four weeks, and about $4,000 OF the peoples
money has been expended AS yet only six or
eight bills and they for divorce, biganly an,l al
lowing certain persons to marry, have been pre-.
sented 10 the Governor.
1t Is said q lode OF Iron ore has been discover.
ed on the cast side OF Pilot Knob, Iron County,
No., which for surpasses any thing heretofore
known. Isis claimed by competent judges, from
actual tests made, that the ere Is almost pure
iron. A track Is to he made to bring the ore
down the mountain to the furnaces on that side.
"A strange bird has been captured near stan
ford, Kentucky. II was monstrous in size, Its
wings measuring seven feet from tip to tip, and
In many respects II Is not unlike an eagle. Its
color, however, is jet black, and the feathers on
its legs hang down about six Inches. Occasional.
ly IL gives vent to hideous screams, and its nppe
ttc for raw flesh Is voracious.
-Prce mail matter Is 10 he reported upon, I'M
der order from the Postmaster General. The
order directs oil postnastprs III the United States
to take an accurate monthly account OF a
frnnkc,l or free matter for period or six months,
commencing January and ending June 30, 1870,
AMI TO make special reports thereof ut the close
OF each month, embracing the following particu.
lars: lst. Tho number OF franked or free letters
and the amount OF postage that would he charge
able thereon Mt the established rate OF postage
ID. The weight Of franScd or free matter other
than letters, and the amount OF postage that
would be chargcablc thereon at the current rate
OF postage.
The Massachusetts 'soi.s, not to be bchau t;u,:
world, contemplate cutiing "'.ir -"uai tnrOugf
neck or iani which connects the County OF
Barnstablc with tho mainland, and thus unite
Buzzard's bay with Cape Cod Bay. II Is to be or
sufficient depth to loat ships OF the largest class
to be three hundred feet Wide and twenty.fou
feet 'feep Mt low water company has been
formed and they only await the granting OF n
charter by the Legislature to commence breaking
ground. This canal will obvlatc the detour around
Nantucket and Cape Col by vessels from Long
value to the commercial! interests OF Massachu.
setts.
A Washington correspondent SAYS the three
prominent points against tile confirming of
Judge Hoar were, hrst, the great Injustice II
would he doing the Southern States by placing
him on the bench 10 preside over their circuit,
when there are fully one hundred lawyers In those
States the equal IL not superior, to Judge Hoar In
legal attainmcnts, from which TO select; second,
his want OF knowledge OF the local laws, and Judi.
cial nnfamillnrity with the manner OF practice
and the mode or procedure In Southern courts;
third, that In making appointments lie has
totally dlsregarlcd he Southern States and per.
mittcd himself to be controlled, IN great meas.
ure, In making other appointments, by VIM. II.
Evarts, who Is hostile To the principles OF the Re.
publican party. 4 report Is In circulation, and
which seems to be well authenticated, that the
President I!n not ecccp, Mr. Hears resignation
or withdraw his name from The Senate as asso.
ciate justice or the Supreme Court, but Will make
square Issue with the Senate, and compel that
branch OF Congress TO place Itself upon record by
either rejecting outright or confirming the up.
po!ntment. There Is evidently '.prcssl,re y
coming.
The fashionable world OF this country viii re.
joicc to learn that next 10 the Empress, tile most
superbly dressed lady In attendance Mt the Egyp-
tan Nice.regal ball mt lsmaa, was one OF their
own countrywomen. fashion correspondent I'm
describing the grand affair, speaks thus cnthusl.
asticaily OF MudaIne lie yillc n most bcauiifuI
American lady, who married., Il few months ago.
Monsieur de Willie. Parlsian banker: "whateycr
OF all the pretty things, costly or otherwise, with
which beauty dresses horsef or wIus victories.
were displayed on the faultlcss form OF Madame
de Vile. Her diamonds would have mad, u
fortune for an honest respectable man ant as
for dress, though declare am ignorant OF It's
naterlal-forl 1t was compound OF gauZe and
muslin ribbons and bin!lng-sklllul art had done
30 much for 1t that lo not believe the best mo.
.dlstcs OF Paris could have suggested an Improve.
ment upon 1t. To me II appeared The very acme
OF perfection; and as for her appearance why
she was simply beautiful. She was hot Venus
such as Rubens paints; nor was she such as a
Titan created; but she vas an American hourI-
ablonde-with ringlets OF gold flowing over her
shouldera, shamlng with their ustre the golden
band which bound then.n
The terrible mining horror than occurred M
Stockton, Pa., on Saturday last, is sail to have
been caused by cutting away the coal pillars, or
supports TO the roofing Of the mIIle al II place
Hhere lt had been worked within twenty feet OF
the surface and the destruction OF life was ca,,s
ed BY the neglect OF tho company 10 survey and
map the mine and notify the dwcllcrs above or
tho impending danger Even now people come
ana go 70 and from lhc scene OF the calamity In
great numbers. and considerable excitement still
prevails, many apprchending that tile entire
nelghoorhood OF Stockton. as well M the town
itself, Is undermined, and In many places very
near the surface, and that greater calamity
may occur at any moment. Many acts
OF heroism are recorded. The daughter OF
MI. Wetterau, young girl Of seventeen
years, was aroused by tho crcaklng tIinbers
OF the house In which shc lived, rushed out IN
alarm, clad only in her nIght.clothcs. and ns
she did 80 the earth opened before her nnd she
was preciptated into the abyss Happily, how.
ever, at this moment, John lIoskIngs saw her
fah, and Desperately attempted rescue Of the