The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-29
NEWS OF THE DAT.

Gold c!c.ei in New York on Saturday nj
slac4H.
Cotton wss erne., Chasing suie,. Sales 900
haleS- Niddlins ss.c.
In LrerPoa! On Saturday co.;oa closed hrmcr
snd aettve- Sales oaa aslcs. hi3f ing ur,ands
ni.ailhd-
-fae pniiei S;s!c: supreme Ceuri is said TO ae
sS'rt Two yesrs eea-nd its business.
TIE NeE York raPers say TINT there is hu;
one ship on tae stocks IN that hRrhpr.
-Tveniy-fo1r thousand troops h.vc smiled from
Spain for Cuba within the past three weeks
Religious exercises preliminary TO the opening
Of the Ecunenicai Council have been ordered.
Tho Germans Of New York City are dc.erm n
ed to found new bank, 1iih capital Of from
$40, 900, 600 to $500 oo, ,oso.
The water works have cut on the supply from
tile New Orleans Customhousc, Collector Casey
having refused to pay q bill OF $1,000
All the Dominican leaders are said to favor
the annexation OF the Island Of San Domingo to
the United States The entire island can he pnr.
chased for S2,ooo,eoo.
The departure OF the British stcamship
Monarch from England, with the remains OF the
late George Peabody, for America, has been post
poned until the I'd OF December.
Tho proposed new Constitution OF Porto Rice,
among other things, provide complete religious
liberty, the right Of suffrage 10 all who read and
wrlte except slaves, and prOclaims that slaves
can have no rights, and can only acquire them by
emancipation.
-fhe reported offer OF General Jordan 10 sur
render TO the Spanish forces some time ago Ia
confirmed, his object, as stated, being to escape
with his fellow Americans. who were always
forced in front in every fight, from the almost
certain annihilation which awaited them.
The London Times asks the question, why
should not Spain have an upstarL dy nasty rs well
"a France and Swcdcn9 And lntImating that
one scion Of royalty will do az well as another,
suggests the elevation OF the Prince OF the Astu-
rlas TO the throne, the right to which he has not
forfeited through any fanlt or crime OF his own.
THE niagara Falls Suspension Bridge felt the
force OF the gnic last week. Tie Buffalo CONNER
clal says: "Some or the guys were broken, the
structure swayed to and fro like reed, AMI IL
was regarded by many as ccr,ainly doomed to
immediate destruction. II was closed against
the pnblc, but If II had not been no one would
have vcn:urcd uii0n Is willie The gale was mt lis
height"
"A New York letter OF Wednesday says: eat
Inst the glory seems to be departing from the
great James FISK Jr., and his man Jay Gould. ny
tomorrow noon, II the papers now in the hands
ofthe proper officers Gun possibly no served upon
and comptroller OF tho great Erie Railway Com
pany, and though they may again be Installed by
other process, they will have to fight themselves
In, however; but In the meantime they will bc
out-ouL"
Tho London Shipping Gazette has an editorial
on American finances. IL thinks % return TO spc.
Gle payments oould soon be effected In The United
States, and no debtor class would suffer by It.
Tho South Is generally well supplied with cash.
Southern buyers, 1t says, are the mninstay of the
Northern market. They usually purchase in gold,
and have their crops behind them. The South
now raises grain for her own requirements. She
Is In position 10 resume specie payments when
less favored sections OF the country can coopc-
rate. Good prices for cotton Will tend to this end.
Tile project for a Worlds Fair IN Washington
City In 1871 IL at last rairy Its legs. The COM
nIlttec have succeeded In getting subscriptions to
thclr enterprise 10 the amount OF two hundred
and thirty thousand dollars, including Ave tloa-
sand dollars from President Grant. The an
nounccmcnt Of these facts nj q public meeting OF
The citizens, on Thursday evening was cnthu.
siastically received and followed by additional
subscriptions Of 100000. The amounts sub.
scrihed ranged from $1,000 to slO,oOD. These,
with the subscriptions to he paid by the city.
make total Of about ST. 200. COO secured for that
object. These favorable circumstances led to the
puSSiPc VI TcHUIutlUn UcuutICIy nSlIlE pur
pose OF hoklng an international exposition. The
committee Will resume their canvassIng. calling
on raliroad corporations. manufacturers and
Others, The prospect Is, that rs much more will
bc realized Interest hns already been awakened
In Europe. Henry ID. Cooke, chairman OF this and
former meetings, has received Inquiries from
mechanics, Institutes and manufacturers OF Bcr-
lin, Paris, Manchester and other European cities.
The Pennsylvania papers are illltd with The
details Of u horrible triple murder OF a family
named Peghtal, which occurred at Huntingdon.
I'm that State, last week. Mr.. Peghtal was well
known to hc possessed u considerable wealth.
He was quiet, inofrcnsve man, very popular In
the region where no lived, ma particularly re.
mark lblc for his bcncvolcnee. The three men
who cn ,fr " the murder slept In his liousn three
:! nights. Mr.. Paigh,nl gave them food and drink.
and cared for them without prospect OF reinl-
bursarlcnt. And yot their hearts were stcelct
to the cpmmiltal OF his murder. On Wed.
nesdny nirhL the icightas were eating supper In
tho Kitchen Of the house at the usual time, all un