The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-24
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-Go,a il New York closed yesterday weaker
at $50. -.
-Cot.oa closed dull and lower. Sales S75
bales. !d.ddtng upisnds SS2aS4c.
e.,ZzIu Liverpool yesterday cotton closed with
uplanls a. 12ad and Orleans at 1Sd. Sales H.
900 bales, .......4
Fine rains around Montgomery, Ala. Corn
crop safe. Fruit scarce.
Lewis Lawson committed suicide near
Richmond, Va, one day last week, by drown
ing.
7 Mr.: George Grill, an old citizen Of Rich
noud; Va, died suddenly in that city on Mon
day. sa...,.e-..
.c.-rhe eGreenville South Albanian learns
that the yellow fever is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Pensacola. .s
A negro man was sold at auction last Mon
day, at Glasgow. No., as vagrant, and bid in
by the city ct eighteen dollan.
The County Of Lawrence, Tenn, boasts
Eve cotton mills. with 6soo spindles and 30
looma, besides three OF four woolIen mills.
-.-Eehtyisix passengers reached Richmond
from the North BY the Chesapeake and Ohio
train day or two since. They are in pursuit
OF land. - =. -. ..c.--
The European steamships arrived at New
York ON Tuesday brought nearly two Thousand
immigrants, majority Of them Germans and
Swedes. ,'...,. "a; -ea
"A letter to the Memphis Avalanche says
that slsdy residing ct DR.. Bsteman's shot and
Killed o oolored man on Saturday last. The
villain was insthe 'aet OF climbing through the
window into her room. .so.sa rs;.lo I
.s,-The1 lsumoredS marriage OF Commodore
Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren, the sister Of
Mrs. General Tom Thumb, is officially contra
'dicted. II Nj. Bsrnum is to be trusted, the
Commodore, when Miss Layinia Warren was
married, devoted himself to perpetual cell
bacy. Miss Minnie is at home with her pa
rents in marlborough, Mass.
-Philadelphia is to have Q bigger musical
Jubilee than Boston has bad. Tits proposed to
celebrste the centennial anniversary Of the
sienins of the Declaration of Independence. en-
the Fourth Of July. 1876, by . gigantic musical
festival, in Q building especially erected in
Fsirmount Park. capable OF accommodating
100 900 spectators and Is, 1000 performers.
The Savannah Advertiser says ''On' Tues
day evening last, as party Of countrymen
mere returning to their homes from market,
they we're stopped BY 3 band of seven negroes,
vho assaulted and robbed them. One Of the
.neeroes tod q member Of the party that he
might 70 to town TO take out warran.s for
.their srrest. but h5 eoulan,t get any. as there
was mo sieh tings as warrants any more
About. tie same hme that the above affair took
place. another party Of countrymen were stop
BAD nsar Pipsmsker's Greek. on the Augusta
road, six miles from the city. and robbed -one
OF tf9s number, who resisted the negroes. WAS
ueyareiy- .beateu; Since the recent, whole
sale pardon, Of mnrderers and outlaws BY Gov
eknor, Bullock. the negroes seem to hare Set
N4iaw 10 defiance 30 i, - -. - -,
: The asassisultural prospects Of Texas, il is
said, were never more promising at this sea-
soSS Gffbs year. The much dreaded cotton worm
Kss not yet appeared, and general health pre-
walls throughout the whole State. A CORES
popdant s aHpdston, : npder date July u,
stsap :ftt1ha pecuniary results Of the grow
fnYIf5ptsgp are Estimated at between thirty and
Z orty million 1dulhrs--if they escape the cotton
worm. "A large proportion Of this immense
sum sum Win be invested in internal improve
mentsGiii the erection Of more comfortable
dveIliAes. The freedmen are more industri-
ous. and ademeaning themselves with more
general propriety than at any previous time
since emancipation. Our citizens are general
" out of debt, and the financial condition OF
the country iB much better than it has been
since the war. Hopefulness perYades the pub
Ho mind. Cotton and Yoollen factories, -four
ing mills, beef packing houses and other Inn
provemsnts are springihg up IN different parts
dfthestste."
Whatever may b, said Of the political &C.
ceutrioisies Of Chief Justice Chase, al men
must concede that he is man Of admirable
digoity, and that he knows how to assert him
self With most becoming and magisterial
grace. The truth OF this Was supeEhly e1em-
pliiedu . few days ago. when In full robes Of
Office, In the supreme Court, It appesu TINT
Attorney General Hoar has recently presumed
30 far a. to treas the Judges OF the Court with
curtness and dimespect. In the progress Of .
speech by him, the venerable Justice Nelson
inquired :."What Is the page Of authority you
are quoting, Mr.Attos nsy- Gener al 2" To which
themsn whom ex General Grant gave Cabinet
place In exchange tor . library, replied
s:May II please the court. decline to be inter
rupted in ny argument" Whereupon the
Chief Justice, assuming upon his younger
shoulders the affront directed at his associate,
and incidentally refect,ng upon the whole
bench, brought the Massachusetts attorney to
his Knees at once by saying: "Mr. Attorney
General. Jon will cease in your argument for
the present. THIS court. as you will learn when
you have become used to its amenities. re-
s<zvee the right to question at any time any OF
itno1unsellors on any point Whatever. Your
rejoinder to the question Of my associate is
iuaamissibie; ald when you have spologzed
torthe eturt tor language which Sc must say
wGs never heard here before. you may pro-
ceed. but not until that is DONE" Whereupon
the legn bully collapsed and meekly begged
pardon. which it pleased the court to allow.
>.AA Richmond, Va, letter says: ''The title
to tie ownership OF the JEFF. Davis mansion is
likely soon to be brought into litigation. The
City Of Richmond claims the tuilding, and a
oou,miitee aDpointed to investigate the matter