The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-04
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1869.
NEWS OF TIE Day.

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cotton was flrmer at 27l conts, with sn'"'
SiH Ep EivGfiiuvI EGSTef cotton was quiet. Midtlng
upands I2ad. Sales 1000 balcs.
ca --Bir. George William Curtis declines the
nomination of the Republican party OF New
'h York for Secretary OF State.
The Jewish Messenger says there are in the
United States ESQ Synagogues, of which thir-
teen have been established during the Jewish
year 5629 just closed r. ,.fi;.i.., .f.
Florida has no banks, and her1 merchants
and planters complain that they have to obtain
money abroad at expensive rates, or at home
at an cxtrayagant per cent. 10 l9 r.st
The method by which It is proposed to get
,r up an international exposition at Washington
is to establish, capital stock of million of
dollars, In shares Of fifty dollars cach.
The treaty between the United StWes and
Hesse Darmstadt has been officially proclaimed.
1t regulates citizenship rs with The North Ger
man Confederation, on the basIs of naluraliza-
toni ~. Vtir ,fUi,t;r
~ Tho new opera house at Memphis, Tenn,
was inangurated on Monday night to crowded
audience. Miss iFitldes,l On English blonde,
u read prologue written specially for the oc-
'casion. VI" "aA''. ntois2V no al .i.;y,r.-
The Radicals threaten that If ex-President
:, Andrew Johnson is elected United States .senn-
tor, by the Legislature OF Tennessee, the Senate
will refuse to admit him on the grounds of ''dis-
loyalty" I'D. .-s ''4y
y "A concert in aid or the home for destitute
Catholic children, at the Boston Coliseum, on
Sunday evening, was attended by over sc, 900
persons. There was q chorus of 400 voices,
with 80 brass and 20 reed pieces. j. .,1a rcil
planter near Selma, Ala, has been boast
Ing OF what hs bands .st.a q. r.s.,., o..
tho 24th ultimo. They began at sunrise, stop
ped about thirty minutes for dinner, and
wound mp at sunset Z. Wright picked 6lS
pounds, Peter 523 pounds, January 4sl pounds,
ilMarcnda S72 pounds, Frances $50 pounds, and
Mary 1926 pounds. i4' ..i sfaan~
~ Coal is tumbling in price. At the sale of
Scranton coal by the Delaware and Lackwan-
nd Railroad Company, in New York. last week,
1000 tons were sold at decline of more than
one dollar in prices since. the lst Of September.
The, following We're the prices: 10000 tons
lump at IS l2i5 rs; $1,000 tons steamboat ,at
ss5a5 07a; 10000 tons CRATE at s6ae So; 10000
tons egg at Sc e0a6 Go; $4,000 tons, stove at
Sc 95a7 22a; H. 900 tons chestnut ut IS 55a5 59A.
nj During recent Visit to New York President
Grant expressed desire to purchase some cl-
gars, and visited quite q number of establish
&c. The result was, that, unknown to each
other, each dealer visited resolved to make tho
President apresent, and he received not less
than seventy thousand prime Havanas. This
will keep him in cigars for some time, as he has
never been known to extend his cigar case to
friend or visitor -" Z ~ .- I'D:
During the recent gold panic frugal Office
clerk In New York bank drew all his savings,
a n .A,l, ~
street. Fortune smiled on him, md by Friday
morning he had made $4,000 profit. His en-
ployers, surprised at his luck, advised him to
invest that amount with them, and they would
''make a hundred thousand for him." Ho yery
) naively replied: "Charley has made fifteen
scool; Charley will stop.I" Charley that night
was worth fifteen thousand doliarp-C -Charley's
employers not fifteen cents. "'ft-f 80 ~
1t is stated that the Commissioner OF Inter
nal Revenue has prepared circular Of Insfrnc-
lions, 70 DC sent TO the deputy assessors OF each
district, III reference " yiiv. aeeoosmnnt ~ tha
4 Income tax. A thorough reeanvass of each d.
vision is to be made after October lst Every
house Is tobe visited, and tile names of the In,
mates obtained Persons who have NO income
to be taxed must, make an affldayit to that Of.
feet, and those who have made no returns ate
assessor, and In case of failure to respond arc
subject to penalty. The duty or energetic ac-.
tIon is impressed upon. the assessors. D9'st
- LIN New York, on "Wednesday. the Renn,,.
ncan State Convention nominated a full ticket
Tor State officers to be elected this fall, headed
by George William .CqrtIs,as candldat for Soc
retary OF State Resolutions were adopted In
favor of equal suffrnge to all people, without.
roG A.
teenth amendment; symnathizing with all dp-
pressed people everywhere; sympathizng with
the people Of Cuba in their efforts to relieve
themselves from the yoke Of goyernmentih
which they have nd Representations; In favor 6i
the PAYMENT Of The hdti6hdt dsbt n ;hlIi coin;
denounciIg all schemes 6r rtstexts Tot repr-
diation In every form, and denouncing corrupt
legislation and corruptionists. t'Sqi
The Wqraningtq GhrSpls1c q Isl 81 Saturday
dtpcs SSrelgn a to me sobtherIn,
), States have bssp qpite M Msi,ccesa9i. Al agent at
present IN Sweden has Just forwarded p com.
= panyl punberlpg geppwarsla af whose destl-
pnnation 10 Watcry Valley. Missd Many Of them
30 are mechanics,r and hsye secured employment
In advance 'on'thc MisslsspM railroaa9. serhs
agent writes that he was 6hty. .tl@6 weeks ii
10 coleetng this PETTY. Il HelE4y that any mum.
,befo Of valuable emigrsRts can be. secuted foy
oh the South thereby sending over Ageuts tb make
> proper Representations to them. c5Thej know
= but little about hAsSoutN and need -idforma,
ton.' Bat wheh they arrive At sls4w York
without previous affangemeHtsn II B alnos,
=, imposAble 10 divert them ff6M tfe gfdat cst
rent going ReStward.n tf,r'i