The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-02
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Cotton was &c. better, closing quiet nj .a,ic.
In Liverpool yesterday cotton closed firm:
uplanis l2isd.; Orleans l2isd
The death OF GiIu t;risi is announced a. Uor
lii.
Two freight trains coIlilcd on Saturday las,
ut Mast Hope, New York, through tho careless
ness OF The engineer and conductor of ono of
them, ana twenty cars were wrecked. but no
ono was hurt seriously
OF the 9oi prclntcs who will be present at the
Ecumcncal Council three are a5 years of agc.
two others are 90 and upward, and 20 more are
octoscnarlnns. The seven youngest OF the bisl,.
ops are between 80 and 35 years OF age.
Mr.. J'irngame denies the reports recently
circulated to the effect that the chinese Govern
mcnt have boon dissatisfied with the results OF
hts mission, and asserts that, on the contrary,
his diplomatic conduct has been in entire accord
with 1t.
Captain General dc Rodas denies the ruslorcd
project OF the Spanish Government to send n ncet
OF war vessels to the iIarDor OF New York, and
attributes the rumor to the fact that n couple OF
Spanish war vessels going there, MS has al-
ready been stated through other sources, for
repairs.
On and after the LIST OF January next the
exchange of malls between the United States and
France Will cease, In consequence or the aDroga.
tion OF the present postal convention between
thcm All letters sent hence after that date must
be prepared at the rate of ten cents per hnlf
ounce or under, and newspapers two cents each,
the same rates to be collected on letters and
papers received here Mt the Offices OF delivery.
President Grant hopes 10 have the Darcn
Ship canal well under way before the close OF his
administration, and, to further ills work, has Co.
dered the Secretary OF the Navy tc detail sunl.
c!cnt force to make the necessary surveys OF the
lsthmus. No doubt Is entertained that the treaty
already negotiated will he ratified by the Column
bian Government, and In view OF this fact that
government Inns accorded permission to the Unit
Cd States 10 cause the requisite surveys 10 he
made. .,...
AT hotel In Sononla, California, on the 18th,
one William liurd. who was drunk, said TO WI.
Ham Hudson, his friend, also drunk, with whom
ne had never qiarrelled: ~ wish you would cut
my throat, or ray head or" Hudson replied:
'All right; can do it for you In few minutes"
Soon after Hudson borrowed. q Knife returned
where Hurd was sitting, and inflicted q severe
wound In his neck, causing almost instant death.
hudson was arrested for thus accommodating his
friend.
-fhe Earl OF Iciland, who has held the position
of Grand Master OF the Freemasons OF England
for twcntysI years, has announced TINT Il is
not his Intention again to orcr himself for nom.-
nation to rhc otlcc at the Grand Lodge to he held
In December next. II Is believed thar the Earl dc
Grey and Rpon, who has held the office OF Deputy
Grand Master siDce the retirement OF the Earl or
Dali0usle will be put In nomination for the office
OF Grand Master. Tho Prince OF Wales too, Inns
recently joined The craft to he nominated.
1t IL now the law In Prussia that male can.
not be considered TO have arrived at his majority
until lc Is twenty-four years or age. The Prus
sian authorities arc now discussing bill which
declares every male .Prusslan to be OF age when
he arrives ut his twcnty-Grst year. II the bill
passes IL will go into operation next April. There
are six and u half millions OF young men who
will be advanced in life by this new arrangement
should 1t go Into operation. Tn Holland, Belgium
ltaT, France and several Eouih ana North Ger
man States the leriol Of twenty -onc years has
always existed and works admirably, without
ever having been complained Of.
Tile New York correspondent OF the Phndcl.
phia Ledger writes: .tshpping houses again re.
port lower frclghis OH Atlantic voyages. The de-
preston OF berth rates TO Liverpool Is largely due
10 the pressing necessities OF the steam tonnage
In that trade. THIS cIass OF vessels are obliged to
leave OH their regular days, aId are often com.
PEELED to make liberal concessions in order to OBJ
tain freight. In some cases wheat has been
taken as low rs i've cents. The chartcring de.
mand Is moderate, though there Is rather moro
South America business is very dull, and rates
favor chsrtcrcrs In tho why OF cotton charters
there Is little or nothing doing, the amount OF
tonnage at the principal supply ports being In ex.
cess Of the demand"
Tho reported recall OF tho Dnrngame En-.
bassy Is capablc-a'lmitting the news TO be au.
thentic, 2s tho China cOrrcspon lent or the Alta
California asserts that II is-of two Interprcta
tions. The fret is that the Emperor, desiring to
have personal Information OF The progress made
with the treaty powers, recalls the Embassy, not
out Of any dissatisfaction with what hos been
Tx. but for the desire TO snow more definitely
what has been done, and what lls clrect Ia likely
tobc. In that View, tho news is not specially I'm.
portant. hut there Is another Interpretation, nc.
cordng to which the news becomes exceedingly
Important The probabilities seem to be that the
original design OF the Embassy was to show,
Nst what China would do, but what 1t would