The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-06
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Gold closed in New York at $50.

cotton In New YORK ctO6e1 leSS actlvo and
shade easier; middling 3O4c. Sales $500
bales.
Cotton in Liverpool closed easier but not
lower; uplands 12ld., Orleans 12ad Sales 49,
900 bales. e
Tho Sc German is going out of fashion in
Now York.
--Brownlow pardoned three hundred con-
victs last year, and is still at it..
The Now York Times says 'sMessrs. Ma
son and Slidell will shortly return to this
country in company with Jefferson Davis
The entire Village of CraiRvlle, Orange
county, New York, with five hundred acres of
land and cotton factory, has been sold for
$40 0OO
1t has been discovered that 50 600 600 of
church funds have been loaned for speculative
purposes in Wall street, and that several
churches are mortgaged for the same purpose.
-Routledge & Sons, the London publishers,
are said to have paid Lord Lytton ESQ 600 for
fifteen years copyright of his works, and have
just extended their privilege for six and half
years longer ~-n
A negro GIRL aged eleven years, eight
months and eighteen ,ys, living near Pulaski,
Tennessee, short time since, gave birth to a
female child. The mother and child are both
living and in perfect health.
-Messls. Charles Astor Bristed and William
Young are engaged in translating Victor Hugo's
new novel, ''By order Of the King" which will
appear in the new weekly paper to be publish
ed by the Appletons.
Miss Katie Putnam disports on the bicycu-
lar vclocpcde at the Davenport (Iowa) Thea
tire. During the performance Kate wears a
bycicuiar garment ''She makes the machine
zip" is the comment Of the local papers.
The Prussan Military Gazette says that
the German military organization is now COM
pletc, and that 90 million of soldiers can, at
any moment, be placed under arms by single
telegram from Berlin
-Sjtka is said to be nearly depopuated.
Every one who went there wanted to keep So
loon. There being no one to pay for drinks,
where all were barkcopers, business became
dull, and now the emigrants are going back to
San francisco.
"A company has just boon formed iu Balti-
more to build new thoatresfor Mr.. John t.
Ford. A lot has been bought at the corner Of
Baltimore and Paca streets at q cost # $780,
900. The theatre is to be one Of the largest in
the Union, and will front 154 feet on Baltimore
street and 176 feet on Paca-streot.
-"General Grant," said distih suished lady
to the General the other day, rather confiden-
italy, "Iam just dying to know who the Cabi-
net are to be-" 'sAre you, though" said the
General. IT am, indeed, said the lady; 'just
dying Of curiosity Then the General, in
low voice, replied: 'Wen Madam, that is Just
what Mrs Grant says"
A Washington telegram to the Boston Ad-
vertiser says: Genera Grant, in conversation
this morning, took square ground in favor Of
the principle of impartial suffrage. He seemed
to have some doubt about the power Of Con-
gress to regulate suffrage by law, but said
that there could be no sound objection to sub
mitting constitutional amendment to the
people. He spoke of the one passed by the
House on S turday as embodying the right
idea, but expressed no opinion on the Ian
guage therein chosen. He said explicitly that
the principle Of impartial suffrage is right in
ITSELF and added that as we have, through the
Reconstruction acts, imposed negro suffrage on
on the Southern States, it is only fair that the
Northern States should give the ballot to their
own cololed citizens. Fe thought the ques-
hon at issue had better be disposed Of as soon
as possible, SO as to take disturbing clement
out of our affairs, and indicated hope that
the amendment would be passed by Congress
before the end OF tho present session."
The irrepressible re!ict Of the late Presi-
don't Lincoln has again failed to enlist the
sympathes of Congress in her behalf The
Senate Committee on Pensions do not consider
her a proper object Of national charity, and
in reporting against the joint resolution for
her relief, they say 80 with as much bluntness
as is compatible with common courtesy. Ac.
cording to the statement OF one OF the execu-
tors OF Mr.. Lncoln's will, he left to his family
property to the value Of nearly $1OO 900, to
which Congress has sinoo added $25, 600 as o
free gift to the unfortunate widow. It is
thought that under these circumstances
she ought not to be in state Of des-
titution, and her plea for assistance in
tormG pduperts appears to excite the disgust
ofa majority Of the party to which her late
husband belonged. The Pension Committee
40 not consider themselves authorized, under
existing laws, to grant a pension exceeding
thirty dollars PER month, but with bitter
irony suggest that, il Mrs. LIS claim is on ac-
count os extraordinary military or snavai ser
vices, it had better be referred to the military
or naval committeel This is the unkindest
cut Of all, as it is generally understood that
the only services" rendered by the lady have
been to persons who had axes to grind at the
White House, and were willing ITO come down.
handsomely for back-stairs help in getting
them sharpened.
"A terrible tragedy occurred near Sewells-
vile. Ohio. lust month. One Thomas Carr
fell in love with daughter Of his employer,
Miss Louisa Fox, and desired to marry her.
The young lady being but fourteen years old
the suit was denied by her parents, and Carr at
once determined upon murder. He procured
razor and started for the house Of MIR. Fox.
when he met Louisa ON tho road, accompanied
by younger brother. Carr turned about and
they walked together. During tho converse.
>tion which ensued, the girl told him that her
grandmother, whose house she had inst left
had told her that her parents had determined
that she should never keep his company again
The reply OF Carr was that s'he guessed boti