The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-26
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-Coston closed dull at 2S3a282c.; sales 900
balesAuea, :a P l1'4'i. 'f''""''i
Cotton in Liverpool closed dull !; sales soo(
bales; uplands lad. Y. i-i.h
Barney Aaron is thoroughly reconstructed
he repudiates all distinction Of color in hi
challenge.
n -Ro9ssini's civilian Tell" is excluded from
The PariG stage for the present, on account O
dts revolutionary character.
1t is fortunate Grant has been married bu
Once! Were a first wifes relations added t.
the present connections, the Offices would b,
absorbed entirely.
-Efghty-four black mon are studying In ,
college in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. The,
al expect to be Presidents of the United States
pr 81 least members Of Congress-.
.--40ns. A. Chevelier, the seronaut, who is tc
CROSS the Atlantic in balloon next summer
mas nearly completed his arrangements for the
preliminary exhibition Of his novel and mag
nlhcent balloon at Landmarks Park, New York
"A bridge is to be built across the Missis.
-slppi at 1T. Louis. A company has been formed
Tor this purpose, and with capital of So,
600. Il will have three divisions one for rail
road trains, one for vehicles, end third for
foot. H"n' ~.-: 7iFr
Five sons of the 81, rper Rrothers have
oeen admitted to the great book publishing
daoHSe since the death of Mr.. James Harper.
They are:, Messrs. Philip J. A., son OF James:
Fletcher, Jr., son of Fletcher; Joseph w., Jr..
son OF j.. Wesley; John w. and Joseph Abner.
sons of John. All OF these have been trained
in the business. nrsu @,-
The North German navy is being rapidly
Increased. Last year the Parliament voted
96.70O,00O to be exclusively applied for the con-
Struction of the navy and building the coast
defences. The expenditure Of this sum, raised
by loan, was to be distributed over several
years, but the necessary works have proved so
extensive that a new loan Of So 900 900 has
been asked for
From late English exchanges we learn that
the Preston cotton strike is likely to 20 on.
The masters generally insist upon the adoption
OF the wheel system, and the men are equally
Determined t. resist it. This step will greatly
extend the dimensions Of the struggle, and
from SIX thousand to seven thousand weavers,
in addition to those previously out, will be
added to- the large number idle. unless some of
the masters withdraw the blackburn Wheel.
We learn from Berlin that Prussian Off.
Ger who was in the Confederate service during
our war, and who was on duty at Charleston,
has communicated to the Prussian Govern
ment the secret of the construction Of the tor
pedo of American invention, which WAS found
very serviceable In the defence Of Charleston
harbor. Experiments were lately made at
Kiel with this particular torpedo, in the pres
enoe ofnayal and military officers designated
: by the government and they were perfectly sue
.Gessful, as they blew q vessel, which had been
prepared for the purpose, all to pieces. The
Officer (Von ScheIiha) who communicated the
& secret. has received an appointment on the
y sta6 ofthe Prussian service.
The loss of the Pacific Mail steamship Her.
y mann. with two hundred lives, has been allu-
>ded to in our dispatches. Captain Newell states
that when the vessel was about seventy-Ave
Miles from Yokohama he discovered breakers
ahead and ordered the helm s'hard port"
The snip at once answered the movement OF
she helm, but wes caught by tremendous
roller and thrown with great violence upon the
rocks. striking first forward and then aft,
when raised by the following swell. Success
sive seas breaking upon the ship with great
violence forced her over the reef, the water ills
ng the ship, meanwhile. rapidly. Three boats
wore lowered and filed with passengers, but
Siie heavy sea soon swamped them all. About
midnight one, Of the tunnels fell Sorward upon
the hurricane deck. causing loss of life to q:
number ofpeople collected there. Before thel
chimganey fell, the foremast had gone. The SEQ
J, ,rearqhing the hmnrricane m icane deck, broke up tie
s. whole ofit1srWards hut the after portion doatr
ed Oft almost entire, and remained in this way
alongsae,1 and seemed to save forty or ATTY
people. Some Of the people were washed or. II
some tried to sa7e themselyea ON pieces OF thaa
stfnating wreck The boats being mostly lifs /.
boats. although swamped, still aoatea, and were
washed jnto the small bay by the surf, and
Z those persons who clung to them were saved
Captain Newell speaks very highly Of the con-
duct Of the Japanese on board. When the ahip
;, i atfuek these brave men, suddenly roused from
sleep BY the awful crash, seemed to compre-
hend their situation in q moment No stam-
3 5pede; 10 disorder. From the first thew were
T quiet and cool, retaininR wonderfully their +
presence Of @ind, and calmly awaiting the
commands Of their leader. .:, ::',s.,1'. q
"A case ofinhumanity occurred in beauti-
fui New England village recently, which it
would seem difficult to parallel. On the night
OF the 4th OF March last there was terrific
snow storm in Vermont. The snow piled in
neaps, the roads were made impassahle, and
Enc Green Mountains were wiaitened TO an epor-
mous depth. Upon the afternoon precedipe
such night, an overseer OF the poor In q small
town near Peacham turned a family of paupets,y
wao" aged sevsnty-sour years, an t,nmar-
riea daughter aged thirty 1--we, q Httle child
aged eight years, and lad belonging TO the
FAMILY, cut upon the high road, and bsde them
,begone 70 some other town. where q relative
had offered theas shelter. .,t,aoy pio;tied along
Until overtsken by the storm. AZ one cottage
az the foot Of the mountain they were refnaaa
sneiser; At another further mp they were
AGAIN refused aamittance, and In striving
70 reach thsthird and last they all perished.
and when the storm cleared away and the
roads were broken out their frozen
bodies were discovered. Marks Of the struesIe
&hey made for life were evident, the lad having
reached within ksvA1vA feat ~ &t,a - -. = 4,