The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-06
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Gold closed strong at 81s. l;tIg.a
-In New York uplands closed lower. Sales
400 bales at 2S3a232c.
III Lverpoo ii cotton closed dull. Uplands
On the spot l2ll aud afloat lad; Orleans 12Sd.
Sales 5000 bales E'-,.rq
The fashion Of tho season is to present
baskets Of fruit instead Of flowers. o.ea
General irant had tooth drawn last Mon
day, according to jenkins.
Alabama has new State seal, bearing the
motto, "Hero we rest"
James p. Frer.t, one of the leading oiti-
gems Of New Orleans, died last week. s
The New York Legislature proposes to es-
tablish patent meacine commission.
"A sixty thousand dollar passenger railroad
or is belng built in Jersey City for the Erie
Railway. i-.t
-Asubsoription is being taken in Kentucky
to buy John y. Breokinridge residence at
Lexington.
Private equipages, with gilded harness,
monogram and brass-buttoned coaobman, can
be hired by the month In New York.
Tho Epiecop ,liaps OF Vermont propose to
ereot monument to the memory of the late
Bishop Hopkins OF Burlington. 4. qf- t..A
-Stroct gloves arc now worn very light
orange, brown fawn and lavender being the
3ashioAabla tint, just a. present.
1t is said that since the President proposed
to let the Quakers control Indian affAirs, all
the Iadian ring politicians hsyo taken TO wear
ing bro III brim hats. tt&
Tho headlight OF o locomotive on West
ern road was recently extinguished by the
forcible entranco of jack snpe. The train
was running at a speed Of thirty miles, and
st-anSe enough the little bird es ,aped unin-
cured, notwithstanding tho crash of glass and
sudden shock.
The rapid immigration from tho North
and West is already changing the entire popu-
lation in some sections of Spottsylvanin and
Caroline in Virginia. In tho neighborhocd Of
SpottsylvaDia Courthouse, O dozen Northern
mon have come in and are now actively ut
work. In the vicinity Of Guineys Station, ON
the Richmond, Frederi .ksburg and Potomac
Railroad, twelve miles from fredericksburg,
large sales have boen recently made. F- M
The Daria.a Canal Treaty has been reject
ed by tho Colombian Senate bya large majori-
ty, on ihc Followiug grounds: First. that it
does n1t - fciontly guarantee the sovereign
I by Of Colombia; second, that the pecuniary ad-
.vaataEes to Colombia arc not sufficient; third,
Ahap ssro works should accrue to Colombia at
the end Of one hundred years, whether the
construc iors have received pay for them or
not" araa t
"A letter from New York says: ''The oppo-
nents OF the excise law have won q great ad-
vantage in tho Assembly in getting through
an amendment which exempts lager beer from
Che provisions Of the bill. Republicans voted
for it. as we'll as the Do noorats, it would APP
Roar in Or6ar tn cnuci nfn tina (lar,r>on v,,l;k-
cal element. The lawyers say that the amend
mant can bs so Construed as to permit the sale
of that beverage on the Sabbath day.
Some nlischievousibays in Natches, Miss,
few nights since introduced new feature
into the festivities Of o colored fair beng held
In that city. These odous wretches placed
cayenne pepper upon the hot stove and set
I'LL the dusky damsels to sneezing to that ex-
tent that all the hooks and eyes were burstsd
81 their drssses. They then, for the beneat Of
ton oil as a'lubricator, and possibly to equal,ze
or neutralize the eRlc cts Of the fuseF oil already
in the admlxture. The fair did not, prove, a
very em nent success. a.4i
AS one Of the Forty Thieves, ct Niblo's
was stealing homo the other night, she heard
the plaintive cries OF an infant, and going to .
barrel that stood upon the sidewalk, she look
ed into it and discovered chilli about six
Nweeks old. She kindly took the little waif to
her homo, and the next morning brought 1t to
the theatre, where, IN the presenoe OF the en-
tire theatre, it was christened Lydia Palmer
Jarrett. The 'Fosty" registered an oath to
protect and educate the little wanderer. and
each one is to set apart weekly stipend for the
purpose. They all hope that, like its name
sake, IL will ''never say dye"
The following 10 an extract from lettst
OF Hon. BeDjamin r. Wade, Of Ohio, in reply
TO an address OF the National Executive Com
nittee OF colored meu: 'Bnt, in my Judgment
much moro remains to be done for Cal
never believe government perfect while it il
possible for one man to appropriate the avail
of the labor OF thousands, while those tina
perform the labor pine away their life in pow
erty and destituMon, or to monopolige an un
limited extent or Gods earth to the exciusio,
OF OTHERS. These evils ace yet to be corrected
and may not expect that you who have beer
sofately emaucipated from the Houlest oppres
sion aud injustice will take the lead in thes,
great and necessary reforms 2"
TO the various paOer productions Of this
paper age-paper collars. paper shirts. ant
even paper waistooats, bonnets and hats-n.us
now oe added paper cotfins. u. Sgerelmey
sneir inventor, seems to have belief in the
1niversat adaptability of fpaper to all the needs
z oe eiv'lised life. He undertakes to coat ships
with It. and make them mpervious to shot: he
6Mpioys 1t In the manufacture or oonstructior
' os foo1et cases. powder canisters, railway car.
nsRes' drain pipes and party walls. He elaine
ehat ls 10 ut once lighter, stronger. haraa+ CO..
Sneaper than apy other material hitherto in
70 use for these purposes not excepting iron a.,
o. steel and stone. His object In introduo;py :,
IN the manufacture Of collins is to obtain wba,
80 many people rather absurdly consider . az.
haiderstum--a perfectly air-tiaht, waterproof,
and damp-defying shell, which nothing fron
without can penetrate. and nothing from with.
In can escape. ,5
Incorrect and incomplete liats havo been
published Of the States which I've acted upon
the proposed Eiftoenth amen Innent IN Ahe