The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-08
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER S, 1869.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

AT Liverpool cotton closed unchanged
Sales 5000 bales Of which 1000 were for export
and speculation.
DIR. Cummings sent word 10 the Pope that
lie was coming, but Pho replied mono.
"A large cougar Is creating great cO1stcr-
nation in the vicinity of Br0nham, Texas.
Another Cuban expedition Of four hi ndred
mon, armed and equipped, Is snid to be about
to depart from the vicinity Of New York.
Mary Sullivan. white wOman&.widcly
known In Richmond Va, drowned herself by
jumping into the dock ut TINT place on Sunday
last
The French opera season In New York has
come 10 disastrous close, though Tie hope is
expressed that the interruption may be tempo
rary only.
IT. II. Tou'cy. editor of the 81. Louis
Journal of Commerce. committed suicide by
jumping overheard from propeller on Lake
Eric, q few days ago.
"A detachment Of one hundred Zouavcs. TO
Join the popcs army In Rome, have been re-
crultcd in Canada. They sail ut once, via New
York, for their destination
The new Swiss settlement In Grunly Coun-
ty Tennessee, is fourshing. The Swiss are
delighted with The climate and with the land
"A lady fell in Detroit the other day in nm
attack Of vertigo, and was nearly stnnglctl TO
death by her artificial teeth falling into her
throat before the cause was discovered and re-
moved.
Jersey, Hudson and Bergen cities, New
York, have agreed TO consolidate themselves
Into one city, and will proceed to organize MS
a single city. lloboken and nthor places I'm
IA nF,,.. t.,t.. t,xt
The Northern papers come TO lis filed
with accounts OF The storm of Sunday evening,
which extended from Maine 10 Virginia, and
was very violent, intcrrupting railroad and
telegraphic communication, and doing con-
siderable damage 10 real estate and works of
Improvement.
Real estate III Philadelphia, IL Is said, is
worth nothing like what II was two or three
years ago. and isstlil declining In vallc. There
nre more houses than tenants, and brick and
lumber arc so low that buildings built when
prices were higher cannot compete with those
more recently erected.
J. Grant lately sat for his photograph on
5hOrscback, but owing, it is said, to The crowd
in attendance 10 witness this heroic feat, the
picture proved IL failure. In fact, the cigar
stump could not be seen Mt nl Nothing
dauntcd, however. the great American travel
lcr intends 10 Try ii again the first fair day.
The Chinese Customs Department has sent
10 Berlin to obtain German students skilled In
pathological pursuits. These young men arc TO
study for three years in China, until they be-
come thoroughly acquainted with the Ian
guage, and after passing m examination will
obtain good positions, with high pay. The
chief officer OF the Chinese Customs depart
mcnt is an Englishman.
Mrs. OttendOrfrr is the sole proprietor of
the largest German daily newspaper In the
City Of New York. Many years ago her ll,ls-
band died, leavin" her large liimily Of chill
dren and q small paper. She went earnestly
TO work at once, attending herself to oil the
details of tho Office, and she now controls u
very rich and powerful journal. She drives 10
her office In The morning, looks after the null
titudinons atinirs, and returns to her elegant
homo at three o'clock In tlle afternoon.
"A case came up before Internal Revenue
Commissioner Delano on Monday, In which
certain Western whlskey dealers had changed
tile dates on the stamps on about one hundred
barrels OF whiskcy. The dealers contend that
they did not do this to dcfiaild the revenue
but with the view Of making the whiskey ap-
pear OF greater age, and thereby enhance It's
value. The commissioner, not dccming this
an excuse sufficient 10 Offset the Inv, which
imposes penalty Of 1900 OH each package
thus tampcrcd with. ordered that the part les
be prosecuted.
The New York Times snys: ''Thc fhl trade
Is upon ns with brisk beginning and bright
prospects. This is cheery fret, and more
than IN Offset, perhaps, for the anxiety and
gloom which the Wall street storm las brought
to monetary circles. Save The dry goods
trade, which is affected through the price OF
cotton by. the fluctuations Of gold, no brunch
Of business seems 10 havey felt the financial
furry. The Southern trade Is reported as
'treblcd' over 1906, and the demand In vhrions
branches show that both the South and West
are already taking n great many goods from
our merchants. 1t Is noteworthy also that q
better class of goods, In general, is called for
at the South."
Commenting upon Mr.. Blgelow's withdraw
al from the Times, the Commercial Advertiser
says: "Journalsm fifteen years ago, when Mr..
Blgelow was The master-splrlt OF tho Post, liz
quite different from journalism Of tho present
day. Newspapers were then lin their small
clothes and editors were learning tho journal
istio alphabet. IL ilas been asccrtaincd that
something beside solemn, profound, and
stately leaders aro required TO make q news
paper paiatablc to the reader and profitable to
the publisher. Mr.. Digelow Is q ldlgniled,
conscientious and scholarly Journalistic as o, cry
one admits, but Mr.. d. has beer too long ou
OF the editorial harness and the management
OF newspapers to make d successful edtor-iil
chicfnsl ~, s5.2 il' ,fH1ss 'd ,l.t
The promise ofai largt, siibpiy, q 'cbihess'
labor at no distant date makes any testlmqb!
as regards the capacities of cmIgrants from