The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-27
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MONDAY. DECEMBER -, isG9
NEWS OF THE Dir.

Young Pr,issians Will hereafter become Of age
nj ~, like other people. Heretofore the age has
been 10
Many nf the cmgrants who have left ihcii
homes in North Carolina and Northern Georgia tu
go West are returning.
london dispatches aver that The tenor of tho
news from Rome indicates that the doctrine ol
Papai inlallbliiy is losing groun'I in the connc.
The London Times Is graliiied tia; ;iiG Irish
Americans have rclinquishcd their scheme oi
making Republic Of Erin, and advises the Irish
people TO abandon totally all idea Of Republican:
ism.
"A memorial asking Congress 10 do something
Tor General Anderson, OF Fort Sumter fame sign.
q ed by General Din, ex-senator Morgan and three
= hundred New Workers, has been forwarded 10
Washington.
MIR. Dickens new story, Of which the first pari
Will he published in March next, will, it appears,
he completed In twelve monthly parts. instead of
in twenty hitherto the invariablc limit Of his s,o.
rles published in this way
An ,mperinl decree making new postal rcgu.
iatiohs with the United States is published in
raris. Letters OF 10 grammcs sent direct arc
charged 90 confines; via England 20. insufficient
prepayment renders postage null
The Austrian bishops at Rome att: nded n re.
ccp'ion J.. their honor by the Empress on Wed.
"e'"'s' NV rrcnch Ambassador gave dinner
an" reception on Wednesday night, at which
eighty church dgnarics were present
The Bishop Of Havana has disappeared from
Madrid, and it is thought he has gone to Franco
with The Bishop OF Ossl.na who Is credited with
The declaration that hc recognizes neither tho
provisional government, the regent nor the revo
luton.
The delegates from the Russo Polish clergy 10
ihe Hcumcnica' Council have been instructed 10
opposc the union Of the temporal and spirit,,,
powers, The dogma Of infalllbiy, the nludcluus
eaucatlon Of the clergy and the organization Of
tile College OF Cardinals.
The public debt statement will hereafter he
ISSUED from the Treasury Department printed In
'he English German and French lnngunrcs nnd
SEM 10 Tie United States r"ns"'" - .....".'"..
among the huSnnss 'i.~ s~uHtrlcS 10 Willcn
aiid consnls are accredited.
IA deep feeling prevails among all classes nj
Nashville At the prospective Suspension of the CITY
free schools which are attended by some four
thousand pupils, and are In highly prosperous
condition. Suspension la urged by the city au
'horitics as a measure 0i economy.
The experiment has been successfully tried i'm
Georgia OF starting cotton plants In hot bell ard
selling them out i'll the ground when already
somewhat grown, rs cabbage and tomato plants
are treated by market gardeners. Considerable
advance and Improvement in the crop is thus Sc
cured.
--'fhc Commercial Travellers Association of
Kew York held their regular annual meeting on
Tuesday last. The subject under discussion was
the Wood "iest case will reference TO the law
In the Southern and Western cities, which nrohib
Its commercial traveller from Offering gonds for
saic whhoul sample, unless he take ont q license
from 500 10 S40o. The association has engaged 10
raise slo,oOoto defray the expenses of carving
q ~ In tln
Members have already, il is said, paid in some
20 per cent.
An innamma DRY proclamation has been crcu
lated in Havana calling the citizens 10 arms I'm the
cause OF ihe insurgents. The authorities have
searched many suspected houses and forty well.
known citizens have been ordered 10 leave nj once
iof spain. The tenor OF the news from the int.
rlor Is represented as being nnfavorablc TO ,hc
Cnbans. 10 Of arms and ammunition bnyin,
been found on The plantation OF Scnor Lamar.
near MatanZas, Cuba, he was arrested tried by
court martial, found guilty OF treason and exc.
cuted. large number of Spaniards were arrest
ed and sent or for Spain.
"a correspondent OF the baltimore Sun telc.
graphs 10 that paper that The Western moycmen,
10 remove the capital Is likely to fail through.
The demonstration on Congress has been posi-
poned I'LL after the recess; but its projectors now
admit that they have no strength In either house.
Senators Drake and Schurz, OF Missouri are bo,h
opposed to The plan TO place the capital M ST.
LOUIS. Tie former senator declared today that
there were not ten members of the Missouri Icp
islaturc who would vote to ccdc TO the Fedora,
Government the Jurisdiction over territory within
ihe Stale suficicn for the location of The cani,n,
Other western members say that they would like
to have the capital go West, but they do not favor
any change just no long as the public debt re.
mains national burden.
The particulars OF Mr.. Stanton's death arc as
foiloWs: On Thursday lie complained of his sick.
ness but his family were not alarmed MS to fatal
result, as he Ind apparently been In worse con-
dillon previously. Shortly after midnight his
symptoms became alarming. Surgeon General
Barnes was present on his accusto omed visit but
found IL Impossible 10 afford relief. Rev DIR
StarKie, OF the Church OF the Epiphany Protcs.
tant Episcopal, OF which Mr.. Stanton was MEM
ber, was summoned, but shortly afterward The
sufferer lost consciousness and was unable 10 cor
verse with any one. The pulsatlon of his heart
ceased for few seconds ami then returned his
breathing being very faint. II was moi until half
an hour before his death that his family could real.
lie that he was dying. About three O'Clock hc
expired. Surgeon General Ilarnes says that he
never saw man die so quietly in his life, breath.
Ing nway without struggle. lie died OF conges
lon Of the heart. At his bedside In these last mo-
ments were his family, consisting OF Mrs. Stan.
ton, his eldest son Edwin l.. Stanton, Ella his
eldest daughter, abont twelve years OF age, Lewis
his second son, nine years OF age, ami Bessie, his
youngest child, i've years OF age.
SANTANA Is ours. On the 9th OF December the
United States flag was raised oyer The town and
bay, salute was fired by the war steamer Al.
bany, and force OF American troops landed and
took formal possession. SamanI Bay Is situated
On the northeast coast Of San Domingo and is
about ferty-thrce miles In length from east to
west, by eight miles broad, and ut Its west end
receives the Yuma, the largest river In the DomI.
nlcan Republic. 1t forms one OF the fines, har.
bors IN the world. and pny be regarded as most
Important maritime position In reference to- the