The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-24

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subsequent Insertions, 10 cents line. Business
Notoes, 40 cents line. Marriage and Funeral No
Hoes, One Dollar each.
VIEWS SUM MAR T.
Gold closed in New York on Saturday at
414. ,,-,
Cotton closed quiet at 2s2; Gales 1850
bales.
Tn LIVERPOOL cotton closed dull at II I'D for
uplands; sales 1000 bales.
The New York Democrat (Brick Pomeroy's
paper) is SAID to have already sunk sl0c,OoO.
Il shut . few months old.
james Grant, of the Pollard tragedy noto-
riety in Richmond, has joined the Richlngs
Opera Troupe, it is said, for 3 tour next fall.
The coal strike was humbug to raise the
erice OF coal. Not only are the mining COM
nanies accused of engaging in this work, but
the carrying companies ara also involve1 IN
ths charge. s
About six hundred hands haze been thrown
= or,kof employment in Granville, N. c., in con-
sequence Of Fan order recently issued by the m
spector closing up the tobacco factories Tor al
legged violation Of the revenue laws.
The tobacco factory Of George W. Nor
wood, of Roxboro', N. c., was destroyed by fire
on Wednesday. Eight hundred boxes OF man
ufactured and fifty thousand pounds OF leaf
were consumed. LOSS thirty thousand dollars;
no insurance.
I'm IR67 there were imported into Great
Britain 11,772,s5i cwts. Of raw cotton from
all countries. In 1868 the importatiors were
11,s57, ,sa3 cwts. The proportion OF the United
States receipts to the total imports was larger
In 1853 than in 1867, being above :orty-fve
per cent. of the uholesupply.
az2Aiuding TO the storm Of popular sensi-
pnsnt which Is brewing In regard TO General
Grant, the New York Herald inquiries what it
aI means. .ssDoes il mean that the affections
ofthe people Of the United States are becom-
ing aliensted trom the man who, but few
months since, was theifidol a-that We are be-
coming estrsnged from the hero, who, as the
leader;oi their armies, saved this country from
political annihiktion? Unpalatable as the
truth may bo, We are obliged TO confess that
this does actually seem to be the case"
:s-Afew months back the Porto Ricans were
startled for moment by . notice from Gov
ernor SANG that aparty of Cubanized conspira-
tors we're attempting to excite an insurrection
iutheir island. The oubanized plotters have
pefsistsd in their plan, notwithstanding the
Gosernpr's threat to send them strsightway to
Fernando-Po. a. Washington telegram says
that Q landing has been effected in the island
hy \ Cuban leader, who has beour wssss.i.,,- hia-
chance from BE- Thomas. Thus is Spain
threatened with the loss OF another island.
Mr.. Robert B. Roosevelt. journalist in
New York, not having the fear Of consequences
before his eyes. lately applled for admission to
memb@ship Of the Sorosls, confessng his in
feriority rs man aud q brother, but hoping
for the sake Of the example that his petition
rould be granted. To his application the
president OF the club, Mrs. Jennie Jane Crcly.
returned negative, though sympathetic an
: swer, to the effect that Sorosis was too young
for the society ofgentlemen, and that for some
years to cone its reply 10 all male suitors must
be-"Principles. not men,"
in New Orleans. on the 1st Of June, JUS
.tioe Wayne is to sit and to order the enforce
ment Of the mandate OF the Supreme Court
affirming Mrs. Gaines right to her immense
aud noted estate-a mandate which Judge Du-
reIl has refused to obey, and the order to exc
cute which bStng final, will, in the opinion OF
the ladyis attorneys, result in such offers Of
liberal compromise BY the defendants as the
plaintiff will apt; it being, she says, merely
her wish to have her rights recognized, and to
overturn the millions Of interest which have
accrued from the general though illegal appro-
pration Of her property.
ton 4dondsy Ast. Mira. Zooster, wife OF
John Zooster, living in Medina, Orleans Coun-
! II, New York, poured some kerosene oil into
her stove IN order to aid in kindling fire, and
then thcushtlessly placed the kerosene can
pn tho stove. The blaze in the stove soon
reached the can, causing it to explode and
scatter the burning 6md over the stove and in
the direction Of q crib in which was an infant
but two weeks old, and child Of about two
years. The mother hsntically rushed into the
flames 10 save her children, and in moment
her clothes we're all in blaze. Her lower
limbs and part Of her body we're dresdfully
burned; the youngest child was 80 badly burn
ed that i. died on Tuesday last, and the
eldest is also severely burned, but it is thought
that it viii recover. The condition Of the
mother is still precarious.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times states that in the Cabinet meeting
ON Tuesday. the eight-hour law was fully con
sidered, and it was finally determined that the
President should issue an executive order or
proclamation declaratory Of the effect of the
law upon wages, which is simply that the law
makes eight hours days work instead OF ten,
without affecting the rate Of wages. The cor
respondent says this declaration of tho effect
OF the Law has been rendered necessary in
order to secure harmonious construction by
the different departments. Some we're con-
strung it in one way and some in another, and
even different bureaus in the same department
construed II differently. The President and
majority OF the Cabinet wore strongly OF the
opinion that the Law. as passed by Congress,
/. meant simply to reduce the hours Of days
work without reducing the wages, or it meant
nothing. Any other construction seemed sb-