The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-23
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Gold closed in Nav York at S5a

20 q
Gold closed in New York at S55
in New York at noon, no closing quota
lions Of cotton received.
Cotton in Liverpool closed active; uplands
11ada11sd, Orleans 112da115d; sales 15,0O'
bales. :. 90:
1t is said that the members Of the nev
English House of Commons are, as body, re
markably ugly.
Mr.. ". A. iRosborough, of Chester, S. G..
died on the night of the 7th instant, aged fifty
eight; lo5. -. - - 80
eve doubt" says the London Spectator
elf any English writer now living writes ST
pure a. classical English as was written by Ma
thaniel Hawthorne" -.
in one day last week nearly s12. 200 worth
Of cotton was sold in the Village of Anderson
s. G.. Tho htelligencer says: This will dt
very Nell for village within sight Of the Blue
Ridge, Mountains,
AT recent fste given BY the Pope, the sa
looms of the Vatican were crowded with ladies
whose presence is said to have been an Incl
dent without example, and to have greatly
scandalissl ihe old prelates. r4...
Tho correct pronunciation of Greek and
Latin has recently been the subject of animat,
ed discussion IN England, and member oi
Cambridge University has published an e1-
tended article in the Pathological Journal, adj
vising the adoption of the continental method,
that is, Stimulating the vowel sounds to those
of the Italian language.
"A frightful explosion Of burning fluid
occurred at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, on
Thursday evening, by which young lady,
Miss Kate Rupert, had her person terribly
burned from her forehead to her feet. She
was carrying little child up stairs, at her
mothers home, when the lamp exploded, burn
ing the clothes off her body and setting fire to
thehouse. The child was not thurt.
"A meeting of the spinners and mauufac-
turers Of Rocbdale has endorsed the resoiu-
ton of the Manchester meeting in favor Of
working mills only thirty hours week during
January and February, provided one-half of
the cotton spinners assent. 1t was reported
that all the spinners of Littleborough had
agreed to work short hours during the time
stated. ~ r.
1t is stated that District Attorney Court
ney, of New York, having applied to Attorney
General Eyarts for instructions in tue case Of
Commander Braine,. OF the Confederate navy,
tried and sentenced to imprisonment for
offences connected with the rebellion, ME-.
Evarts has instructed him to direct the release
of the prisoner under the recent amnesty pro-
clamation. IL ;l.a-a. =. ,ysr,
The Senate Committee on Foreign Bella
tions, on the 10Th, again disc Used the St.
Thomas treaty, and decided to postpone COM
ing to any conclusion until Denmark has am
pie opportunity to appear byits representa-
tives before the committee, and to putin
evidence concerning the whcle history OF the
case. There is some doubt about the terms Of
solution of this complicated diplomatic ques-
ton.
A fresh batch Of absurd rumors are in cir
culation in New York concerning the assassin
of the murdered MIR. Rodgers, but as they-do
not serve to throw any light as to his where
abouts, they are scarcely, worth repeating.
The clue which those wonderful fellows, the
detectives aud the newspaper reporters,
thought they had, to the State prison bird
!tTom, appears to be lost. ~ s..s
THE golden yellow hair, 80 much. admired
and sought after this season, is produced by q
solution Of arsenic with mordant of, the
Z hydro-sulptate Of ammonia. In dyeing the
lighter tnts, however, il becomes necessary to
submit the hair to process of bleaching,
which is commonly effected by solution of
one or other Of the alkalies. by chlorine, by
chloride Of soda. or lime. When the arsenic
dye is used, or in fact when any Of the above is
applied, seclusion for few days becomes
necessity. 49,.
Several inventions now in operation in Eu-
rope have yielded immense fortunes. The
patentee of device for dressing nillstones
with revolving diamcld, an American inven-
tion, has realized over one million dollars the
first year Of his patent. The exclusive right in
England for ten years is estimated at S. 00O,-
0OO.,. 1t is said that Mr. Bessemer derives an
annual income of 81 600, LOO from his British
steel patents. In these cases genius is vel re-
warded.
"A correspondent in the New York Times
relates the circumstances Of an order to Gene
raj Banks to supersele General Grant shortly
before the fa1 OF yioksbarg; that Banks refused
to obey, &c. He does not say who issued ;tho
orGer, but mentions that it vas not long after
Grant became aware for the first time (about
FIVE weeks ago) of the existence Of the order,
that MIR. Stanton announced his intention to
retire from public life. In connection with
this, by way Of throwing light upon the case, it
may be stated The papers show that the order
to supersede Grant was issued by direction of
Stanton.
The Caliornians look with contempt upon
the new yelocipede. s'They will do very well,"
says an editor, 'sfor Paris, where many people
cannot afford to keep horses, and could not
ride them very well if they did; but they will
never do in California, whore boys OF ten years
OF age nde full-grown horses at the top Of
their speed around the streets. How would o
man look who has felt his blood stirred by
ten mile dash i'll California saddle feel on
finding himself trundlipg himself through the
streets like schoolboy? We would as sooD
think Of riding broom-handle, or rocking
hobby-horse."
AT the Lambeth Baths, London, on Satur-
day evening, January q, Mr. Roverdy johnson
was presented with an address by the Working
men Of SoIth London, expressive of good will
tove rdo fha neonIe of the Tjnted Stafes and of