The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-18
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

LIN new fOrk, yesterday, 0osVo2 NA0SS
quiet; middlings 25,lc.
lin Liverpool cotton closed firm; uplands l1H
as1Xd, Orleans 11Xa11Xd; sales $1,000 bales.
The whole Of the Russian army is to be pro-
Z yided with breech-loaders.
The Roanoke River at Weldon, n. c., Is lower
.tnsn it has been in thirty years before.
~ The cultivation OF the cork tree on small
scale as an experiment, has proved success In
Eastern North Carolina.
"A colored man lately died in North Carolina
nom the sting of hornet. Henved only twenty
fuinutes after the attack.
&C. @. Spencer, wellknown auctioneer OF
Louisville, KY, fell dead in the street on Satur-
day, from heart disease.
2 The Legislative Chamber Of Prussia have FIX
ed the are Of civil majority at q. Before it varied
all the way frem Is to 20.
me Coliseum is nutdQne hI the hnildin2 1nr
"A Canadian alderman, at whose house Prince
Arthur stayed two days, sent in a bill OF s25oo
f0r bis Highness' board and lodging.
"A single mandatory Of chloroform in Edin-
burgh makes 5000 doses day, or between 2,ooo,
Z 900 and 9, ,ooo, 600 Of doses every year.
-Sixty-one bodies OF the victims OF the ''Stone-
wal, steamboat disaster have been recovered.
lONc VI buc OilCSIS udNO bSCA 1OuAe'
English tradesmen who stencil their adver-
tlsements on the payements, are to be prosecuted
Tor dishonoring the British hag-so says Judy.
Letters are sent to some Of the farmers OF
california, threatening the destruction of their
property II they continue to employ Chinese
laborers.
The majority OF Fairchild, Republican Cover
nor elect, Of wisconsin, is 5000. The Assembly
stands: 81 Republicans, SO Democrats and Inde-
pendents. s!
There are one hundred and thirty pupils in
the North Carolina Deaf, Dumb and Blind Insti-
tute, Of whom forty three are blind and eighty.
seven deaf and dumb.
Bishop Lynch. Of Charleston, 8. c., confirmed
seven hundred and seventy persons at the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, New York, on
Sunday, all but fifty OF them being children.
The Turkish Government has at last made the
concession Of allowing commercial ships to leave
the sBOsphorus and the Dardenelles at night.
But it does not allow them to enter after dark.
The English shipbuilders are paying special
4 attention to the construction of vessels suitable
for navigating the Suez Canal. The first one,
which draws twenty feet, sailed for Port Said on
Monday, from Liverpool.
ofthirteen officers and two hundred and eighteen
men, costs the French War Department 100000
year. Half the squadron is in personal atten-
dance on the Empress and half on the Emperor.
The preponderance Of testimony obtained by
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in rela-
ton to the Paraguayan difficulties, is against Lc
peg. It is believed, however, that there will be
two reports to Congress upholding opposite con-
clnsious.
The President Of the Spanish Cortes gave
banquet to the American minister on Sunday
night, at which sundry distinguished persons par
ticipated, and, "from the interchange Of views
which was had on the occasion, important results
are anticipated"
5. "A witness in the customhouse fraud case at
Eew York has figured up the profits OF Howard,
one OF the parties under examination, at two hun
dred and nfty thousand dollars, which amount
was ten per cent. on the total amount OF claims
fraudulenty passed by him.
Two Hindoo merchants, named Mooljee
Thackeray and Toolsdass Jadavjee, are ON
visit to this country for the purpose OF encourag
ing direct trade between the United States and
their country. They propose to enter into busl-
ness relations, II they find 1t possible, and will
visit the cotton growing districts OF the South to
inspect the growth Of the celebrated sea islands
and long staples, aud possibly to take seed to In
dia, where nothing but the short staple is known
They have received good deal OF attention in
New York. They will next visit the West, and
then go South.
The rumor runs that a new army law Will
shortly be promulgated in France. The National
Guard, long SO famous will be suppressed, say
those who profess to Know and it will be asserted
tlat al citizens owe military service to the coun
try. Exemptions are to he more frequent than at
present, the situation OF the family being oftener
an excuse than at present. The period OF service
1 WIN be reduced to three years. 1t Is now frac-
tion under nine. Con ;cripton yearly will be pre-
served. All tho young men who have completed
their twentieth year in the twelve month before
the conscrptlon will be divided into two catego-
ries. The first, comprising 100000 men yearly,
VIII be drafted into active service. The second
win comprise q reserve not held to regular mill
tary duty, but liable TO be called at any time
Service in time of war does not admit OF substi
tutes.
s.--On Sunday there was large assemblage OF
Latter Day Saints at the Free Church (Mormon)