The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-28
NEWS SUM IL Il R p.

the street was S4sSo. --ct
ls.gGotton unchanged. Sales 1000 bales at
asc. = > s.!s..
in Liverpool Yesterday cotton closed firm.
Up,ands 12ada123d. Sa'es 1900 bales.
The Pacific Railroad has demoraIized the
isthnus. The merchants and traders there
are packing up their goods and fitting ose-
where, having no customers.
Mr.. William Cullen Bryant. of the Evening
: Post, and Mr.. john Bge.ow, editor OF the
Times, are fellow members with MIR. Manton
Marble, Of the World. in the executive com.
m..tee Of the Free Trade League.
The Washington correspopde 1t Of the Bal
fimore Gazette saws: lit ID nov quite certain
chat Congress will refuse to coufrm the nomi-
nation OF General Sickles az Minister to Spain.
The appointmentwas purely one OF Presiden-
tial h7of. General Siokies has no friends
among the nsding men OF his party. That he
his morally and socially untitled for the posi-
ton is generally conceded; that he is no diplo-
natist has by himself been demonstrated.
That Re was sent to Madrid at all was mis-
take, due to the obstinancy and eelt-will OF
the Executive. It will be for Congress to recti-
iy the error as promptly as possible"
Count Bismarck. the retired minister OF
Prussia, it is reported. is affected with the
same diseases as those from which the En-
peror Napoleon LII Ia suffsnpg. The principal
disease is said to bs inflammation OF the kid
nos. with which Bism lrok ha, been afflicted
fol- several years. and on account Of which he
his been Obliged to intermit his official duties.
1t has bseo suggested that the Prusslsn minis
ter aas the advantage over Napoleon LII OF
rugged constitution which is not called upon
to, answer .yfoc the ezcesses OF his misspent
early life. Bismarck. however, passed through
'sstormy youth" and although his escapades
NAV not have been so notorious as those Of
Napoleon, his chances OF lorg life are not
much better than those OF his rival.
-Mr. James Mace. the English pugilist. Is
giving statuesque exhibitions atthe Tammaoy
In New York, which the critic OF the Times
considers & really Interesting, and. properly
appreciated, an anreleys'ing spectacle" Ihe
performance may be thus briefly described:
When the curtain rises g series of screens cov-
cred With maroon cloth and hemming in
small platform, upon which are thrown. the rays
ola double lime-hghs, are disclosed. Reoum-
bent on ibis platform lies tall figure OF su-
perb lines as white 40 II. hewn from CarreIa
MARBLE The music begins. and Hercules
slowly rises to -struggle With the lion; then
Roman stoops to listen his sandal, and III
quick succession. the lines OF the statues mel
lowed by aotc violet light, the spectator sees
Ajax def,iDg the lightning, Samson beari1g
awaythe gates ofGIsa, the Fighting and Dy-
ing Gladiator.
"A German paper tells an extraordinary
story OF natural phenomenon hat has occur.
red 10 Upper Austria. On the 18Th OF August
the soil covering several yolcs OF land IN the
neighhorhood OF Moll few leagues from the
Town Of Steyer, suddenly fell in with crash
like thunder and where the oats we're waviug
few seconds before. there suddenly appeared
lake. The water or this newest addition to
Upper Austrian sc,uery IL clear, It's temper''-
trre is very low, and it Is sand to have much
resemblance that Of tho glacier Likes.
Though th. River Seyer passes the place al no
sres. dlsSanoe, ig does not appear that any
comm unication exists betwe-n them; at all
events, there s reason to boievo that the lake
receives no contribution to It's waters from the
river, and the waters OF the IOo are chemically
differenr. rne ATTEMPTS 10 explain thus pheno-
mepon are not very euccessful.
The fall book trsde sale closed IN New
York Wednesday, having bsen in progress
SONS days. Throughout the sales the bidding
was decidedly brlsk. and the oumber OF books
sold reached the unprecedented number o.
so ZOO, ct an average rate Of fifty cents, making
sbe total proceeds OF the sale $3.50 600. Ihe
miscellaneous books-such as old rovels'
school books and old ediuous ot the more popu-
lar rvorks-ooumanded rather low prices, but
the standard Euylsh classics, and espec ally
Shakespeare, Milton. Moore and Scott, sold in
large hunters sDd at very high prices. most
noticeable feature OF the sale was the extraor-
diparv plumber Of the copies OF B'ron's works
which were dsposed of, more than 10 600 OF all
editions and STYLES NJ binding having been
sold. The great number IS mainly attributed
BY the shrewd dealers present othe oopuiArI-
ty bis works have Of late acquired from the
revelations OF Mrs. Harriet Bee'her Stowe.
There Is great laughter in Washington
over the publication o. letcle written by tho
Radical city collector, one Boswell. who went
to Cape May last summer 70 arran C for nom-
nation for tue office OF n lyor. rhe letter fur
nishing the plan Tor the serenade. writ e1 TO
the coloreI watchm, 10 OF the City Hall con-
tains the sis OF The whole matter. The fol-
lowing % an ex rao: 'Petry-Y,u bsng
fr1end oil IN ne, know how muca people
will with to sec me on my return homo YOU
will take proper rtsp to make AZ arrangement
to m,et me- On my return at the dtpo4. and
marcn ttom there to my home. You can pri-
vsteIy get q baud. for " ioh will p " the next
day. Mako that arraH cement. You NAV have
q transparency painted Welcome Home" upon
it. Ii you want oil for torches go TO Mr. Frank
Kelley, It nv oflse. and tell him TO give you
an order. You can consult with ". b. Brown.
Charles Peters and others privately about th's
matter. Do not lei them know said ANYTHING
In no, ietier about it. I will be home on CT
about Ssptem 'er 1. and sou will now hsve
p;epry OF time 10 prepare for it,
Tho N ,rth Carolns railroai, with whlch
aavaras Y,rri ii roads connect At Greensboro,
ben9 of different gauge has had conrtruc;-
ed for Ice purpose Of experiment. two ADJUST
able gauge re ght cars. like. Ne believe those
nrr, Dapv nm the