The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-15
VIEWS s UNI M A r 7.

NEWS UMMARY.
Fold iu New York yesterday sS9s.
..cottou was firmer in New York yesterday
and closel at 32Ic. Sales 800 bales.
I'm Liverpool yesterday cotton closed quiet
Uplsnds III Sales 10000 bales.
Blonde hair is worth double the price o.
black. according to New York quotations.
A movement has been set on foot for a re-
.duction of postage on letters to one cent. eacn
"A street railroad threatens the des'ruc-
et;on ~ the famous New Orleans "shen road"
"A sausage vendor Of New Orleans has pro
cured the arrest Of all the neishborins outcn-
ers because they barked and mewed when GUS
toners came to buy OF him.
The Court of Claims, at its recent session,
tried some thirty cases Of cotton suits, al Du'
tour Of which resulted so unsatisfactory to
the claimants that they have appealed to the
Snnreme Court. Hon. Robert s. Hale, ol
New York, has been acting as associate coun'
sci for the government in this class OF cases.
"A ten-inch columbiad gun has been placed
Ion the spot where Generals Grant ana rem
vberton arranged the terms for the surrenaei
ofyicksbarg, an inscription denoting the fact
beine enerayed upon it. The marble monu'
oent which was originally erected there mao
been hacked and marred by vanoal reno
seekers.
"A case recently cana before the pension
Office where the applicant had served IN the
Confederate and subsequently enlisted IN toe
Union army. in which he was wounded. TRe
commissioners decid.s that by having been 10
the rebel service the applicant although
sounded in the Union army, is not entitled to
benefit under existing pension laws.
.gZfhe Health Board Of New York city, IN
conjunction with the Fire Commissioners,
have found out that not more than one In ten
ofs great many samples Of kerosene oil, test
ed under their order, can be considered safe TO
burn. Such revelation as THE should arouse
a ,udicious alarm. To meet the general risk
which IL points out, good legislation is needed
speedily.
There have been many Sunday-schools
.or0. .pised in California for the purpose OF
taschine The Cinnamon the Christian religion
and our own language. Several Of these have
been stoned, the teachers assaulted IN the
streets and highways. and one Of the schools
and churches burned. This shows that the
prejudice against the Chinese is very violent
ON the Pacific slops.
The Confederate monument at Cynthians,
Kentucky, is said to be quite work OF art. 1t
In Twenty-Five feet in height, and rests on
granite pedestal. On the north side, in bas-
relief. are the emblemstic palmetto branch and
laurel sprig, above group Of guns, swords,
drumn and standards. The monument is sur
mounted with . Confederate flag, beneath the
folds Of which are disclosed the sta1s aRd bars.
The monument was made in Italy, and cost
5925o.
Mr.. W. d. Robertson, Of Washington, and
Nt. John Tyler, Of Virginia, propose between
them that the conservative men o. the South
select their senator's aud representatives from
patriotic statesmen living in the Northern
.Ssstss, and thus throw overheard sthe VILLAIN
oas estpes.bagSer and the false, rerfdious
md treacherous scaIawsg." They contend
that one days prior residence in the State TO
be represented will meet all the requirements
OF the constitution as to qualification.
The murder Of Colonel Crane, by E1ward
Ysrger, at Jackson, Miss, on Tuesday, resnlt-
-ed II om the seizure OF the latter's piano by the
former for non.payment Of taxes. Yerger had
demanded personal explanation, and colonel
Crane soon after meeting him in the street,
quietly gave him an explanation. Yerger, it
i 8 said, would not accept it, and furiously and
grossly insulte1 Crane, who resented by
striking him with small rattan walking cane.
Then Yerger, wild with anger, drew a thug.
knife, and stabbed Crane three times, severing
his heart. The verdict OF tho coroner was
@'xilful murder"
The faculties for fraud in obtaining In
diana divorces was lately well illustrated. A
faau engaged An attorney to bring petition
for divorce .from himself in the name OF his
wife. In due course the husband, the deten-
dant, was served with notice Of the suit. He
then filed cross bill with his answer to the
complaint. When the trial came on, tbs vile,
who was entirely ignorant that any such suit
was pending was, OF course, absent, and the
husbands petition was granted. Thus the
bnsband secured his end, bat as his own petit
WHICH, Wd6 kIoutcu, "oS 6SAS.~s ~N~ '-~
wiies, which was forgery, was not, there
seems to be no way to bring the man to
Justice.
"A Washington dispatch to the New Yoik
Tines says: "New York hotel proprietols and
r.ilroad men and others in this city remark
that the travel from the South to the North has
been for the last few weeks larger than at any
season since the close Of tn , rebellion. Nearly
al these people are OF the tourist, health and
pleasure seeking class, and Washington is
merely resting place On the road to the yari-
ous points OF interest in the North. This
travel between the two sections is looked upon
as an evidence that tbs South has. in some
measure. reeuperated from the effects of the
war. and that prosperity is again returning to
her. The number Of business people and land
spectators going South is also on the increase,
and several real estate agencies here are doing
profitable business in tho sale and exchange
Of Southern property"
The Chicago sprague. who has just been
made 500. 900 poorer, by reason Of unfulflled
matrimonial pledges, seems t. have taken mat
ters very philosophicaliy, strolIing about the
plsce and into the court room as if be were an
entirely disinterested party. II is said that