The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-17
NEWS OF TIE Day.

-Hoid closed quiet at New York yesterday
at 81.
Cotton at New York closed shade nrmer at
25Hc; sales 24oo bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed stcady: upIapds
1lHd Orleans l11id; sales 10, 600 bales.
There will be SIX ecllpses Ill 1s7O-four OF the
sun and two or the moon.
-tailroal cars now run through from New
York to San Francisco without chnnge.
1t Is said that s7,ooo,O0o OF Northern capital Is
being expended this year in improvements In
Georgia.
New York detectives have captured SSo,00o
worth OF counterfeit and match stamps within
the past month.
James Fisk, Jr., Is reported to have settled
S200o,o0o On his wife In such way that it cannot
be touched by creditors.
1t costs $50 day for q frst-class parlor and
bedroom at the new Grand Hotel, in New York,
provided you don't cat anything.
In Northern Mexico good success hns been
had in raising cotton, the crop in the municipality
Of Matamoras amounting to near sso,oOO.
-Four Cinnamon were recently detected in
giving aid and comfort to the Cuban rebels by
burning cane 1clds and were summarly exc
cuted.
Mayor Anthony, OF Leayenworth, Kansas re.
Gently sued General George Ewing for arrcsting
him during the war, and laid his damages at
$4,000. The jury returned verdict for defend
ant.
-ThIrty-three thousand acres OF land In Kan
sas, on the line OF the Kansas Pacific Railroad
have been purchased by colony OF 1900 English
families, who have founded village and called II
Wakefield.
Edward b. Ketchum was discharged from
Sing Sing prison Monday, having served ont all
but eight months OF the term for which he was
sentenced. Ills good conduct secured him the
Communication.
1t is reported that the Spanish Government
contemplates releasing all political prisoners not
accused OF criminal acts. Scnor Orcnz, one of
the Republican deputies lately arrested, has been
released and has gone to France.
The New York Evening Post, without naming
Sickles, is showing how he has damaged Cuba
by inspiring the Spanish Government with zeal
to send out troops there. Ills reCklessncss IL is
urged, made Spain mad, and united tue Span
lards.
1T appears to be the general belief that
further reduction and consolidation OF the army
and reorganization OF the navy and the sale or
nearly all the monitors, will he recommended to
Congress at Its next session. Military and naval
officers are already discussing the suggestions
which they believe iiie President will make.
"A Washington letter says: "As the session OF
Congress approaches, tile candidates for secrc-
Senate increase. An ex-senator Is now spoken OF
as likely to succeed G0rham as secretary. It Is
now said that the Western senators have two or
three candidates whom they will push with
vIgor."
News comes from Paraguay that the Allies
considering the war ut ali end, are taking men,
sures for increasing the power OF the Provisional
Government. The Paraguayans however, as.
sert that the Allies are unable to follow up their
successes, and that since Lopez has established
himself at San Estanslaus, his forces have in.
creased to 200 men, and he has fifty pieces Of
artillery.
Preliminary steps have been taken to celc.
brate i'm grand style the centennial anniversary
Of Beethoven next year In New York. a coliseum
is to be erected for the special purpose OF holding
the exercises and the profits OF the entertain.
ment are TO bc devoted TO the erection In that
city OF great music hall, 10 be both an arciitec-
tural ornament and means OF artistic cduca.
tion. The details OF the musical jubilee are not
made public, IL they have been decided upon.
"A young man and his intended presented
themselves before the city clerk OF Davenport,
Iowa, the other day, for n marriage license. 1t
was found that the intending bridegroom was
under ngc and had neither pa rents nor guardian
In order to make the proceedings regular, the
lady suggested that she herself should be appoint
eligible was duly appointed ns guardian, and
then gave her consent that her ware, should nar
ry herself
We nnd this paragraph floating around the
Northern papers: "M. Featenhamc, n subject of
France b1t resident Of Charleston, Is, c., during
the rebellion, when he was expelled by the nm.
thorltcs there sent NIL his slaves-ncarly one hun.
dred md fifty, including men, women and chill.
dren-to General q. A. Gilmore, with the request
that the mon be enlisted In the army, and tile
women and children be made cooks, servants, &c:
THIS was done, and n claim !s now made for the
same compensation In this case as was paid by
the oVcrnmcnt to Maryland slaveholdersn
Tho necessity for another Pacific Railroad Is
enforced by Mr.. Richardson. OF the Galveston
News, who lcf. San Francisco September 9th,
and thus speak Of the Instructions likely obc
counterfd on the present route from California: