The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-06
NE Ws SUM MAR


1Ssd.a13ld. for uplands.
Diamonds are found In tho Rocky Noun
tains.
.-Florida expects more winter visitors than
cvor before.
- "A Kansas City hotel waitor has fallen heir
t. SIS, 600, and thinks patient waiting no loss.
;5-MnrriaRo OF first cousins will be illegal in
New Hampshire on Christmas and thereafter.
IA Berlin dancing master has been arrested
for teaching twenty Of his lady pupils faux
pas. th
-Adyices from Poru state that thero is but
itt,o news to report, only aeyeral " small
earthquakes" It is added that the Peruvian
government has raised tho price of guano 10
$18 per ton, aud recognized the independence
of Cuba. ~,
Tho Roman Catholic Bishops Of Ireland
have resolved to demand an exclusive Catholic
College endowment by the State; division Of
property of the royal and endowed schools;
alteration Of Queens colleges to denomination
al Institutions, and general land bill for Ire
land.
Financial reforms arc being prepared by
tho French government, which will produce a
surplus of sixty million francs, twenty millions
OF which will bo applied to the increase OF the
smaller salaries OF government employees the
balance 10 the reduction Of certain duties and
taxes.
IL is said by an old trapper in the Rocky
Mountains that the winds are milder and
damper than formerly. It seems, too, that
the fall Of rain ia more frequent and oopious
in Utah and other parts Of the lar West than
formerly, and the rivers have increased in
volume.
The kangaroo skip is a new thing with
young ladies at Newport They lap tho hands,
keep the arms close to the sides. and go skip.
ping and jumping, hopping aud bouncing,
very much like the kangaroo. The motion
must be as graceful as tho digniHed strut OF a
lame Shanghai chicken in the wet grass.
1t is said that ono reason why european
singere demur 80 strongly 10 visiting this
country is the dread of sea-sckness and the
loss of their voices. They have in mind tho
Wretched accommodations and tempestuous
waters OF the English Channel, which are
dread TO all who must pass between England
and Franco.
The proposition Of Minister sickles to se-
cure the separation Of Cuba from Spain by pre-
vidiDg for the abolition of slavery in the island,
and tho payment, by the Cubans. for the pub
io buildings and fortifcations. while it is not
rejected by Spain, is. according to private let
ter, subjected to serious OBSTACLES which arc in
the way Of accommodation.
"A small engagement. resulting 10 the kill
Ing OF sixteen insurgents. is reported to have
occurred near Contra Maestro river, Cuba.
Eighty men, including twenty armed. present.
ed themselves to the Spanish commanding
officer thero for protection. Insurgent sympa-
.thizcrs in Havana have startled the inhabl-
tants by posting an incendary proclamation
throughout tho oity.
london churches are nearly deserted at
This season. A correspondent of a religious
paper WRITES that he recently attended threo
churches in success zion on Sunday morning. At
tho first the congreg ltion consisted OF one old
woman and the charity ohIldren. At the second
he was tho only worshlpper, and there Was no
service, aud at the third there was no clergy
man to read service to the handful who ma.
3embled.
Prince Napoleon made another liberal
speech IN the French Senate Wednesday. call
Ing for additional reforms. The Minister of
the Interior, in reply, protested against the
ideas presented by the Priuce, and added,
significantly, that those ideas wonld never gov
ern the council 80 long as the present minis
ters should retain the confidence OF the Empe-
ror. ID. de Seegur termed the Princes speech
scandatous.
st. Louis teemed with murders and sui
cides during the heat OF last week, and the
most horrible OF the lot was that Of one Waltz,
who. when his wits declined to give him money
Tor drink, chopped of her fingers, spill her
head open, and left her dead. than going out
and throwing himself across the rails before
An express tram. The pnreung officers saw
MS head drop on one side OF the track and his
body on the other. as the wheels behesded
him. .F5'5-I
Tho st. Louis people are still stirring ND the
question OF tho removal OF the United States
Capital to that city. Governor sary, OF Penn
sylyania declines to send delegates 10 the con-
vention whioh is to consider the subject. 30
also does the Governor OF Indiana. The Mayor
OF Memphis thinks tho convention ought to be
postponed year; Governor Yarmouth, OF
Louisiana, is IN favor OF the removal, and q.
.Foote "has been In favor of It for twenty
yeare."
"A largo party OF young men enlisted for
the Cuban patriot arWS, under command, it is
said. OF Major BrIdgef6rd. formerly OF the Con-
federate army, have rendezvoused at Fort
Gaines. Georgia, and General Terry has been
invoked to send troops to capture them. A
revenue cutter has been ordered to cruise or
tho coast to keep them from escaping, and
meanwhile military movements will be made
On land TO render the enterprise harmless, II
possible.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Spanish
Government haa virtually rejeslsd the over.
tures OF this country for settlement Of tho
Cuban question. It is asserted that In the Osbi.
net meeting on Tuesday 1t was agreed to i in. :.
struct sickles to demand an immediate and
sttaiRhtfoiward reply from the Spanish regsn.
cy. Mr. Flsh is not content with hint, Il an.
pears. but wants kick. However, We merely
gtye the rumor for what It Is worth. The ways
OF our foreign policy is paat finding ont.
"A writer in the Vineyard Gazette Is severe
IN his denunoiation OF croqust. He says: "Tho
eniy Development liable to lower the moral
standard OF the camp Is croquet. This IL play.
% inoessantly for weeks before the meet,na.