The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-17
VIEWS SUM III Il r z.

! in new 1Ork cottou "oo nAA1oA' S"AS
1900. Middlings SSaSSs.
Gold closed active at 38.
"A New York drug store has $15. 900 sod
fountain.
Berlin has been provided with water-work
costing $2,45o,OOO.
Mics Craig gave the jury splendid ban
q net after the s10O 600 verdict.
Marquette. Michigan. has the thermomete
at s5 degrees and its harbor full Of ice.
The conscience" fund in the United States
Treasury now amounts to over $4,000.
Patti tells Miss Lamarra. Vienna gr
who has been singing in Paris, that she il
destined to be tbs queen Of Italian opera.
The new marriage law Of Ohio prohibitI
the intermarriage Of cousins, and Of girls un
d or sixteen and OF boys under twenty-one, un
less With the consent of their parents.
-Tostee and most Of the troupe with which
g he was connected. sailed for Europe on satur
day. La Grande Duchesse was the only one O.
the company who took cabin passage.
The trousseau Of doll, with which 9
youthful millionairess Of New York plays, CON
tains miniature India shawl, valued at thirty
dollars. and lace handkerchief, at twelve
dollars.
Some gentlemen who lately bought lot Of
unclaimed express parcels at sale OF such ar
ticles by the Adams Express Company, have
held meeting and determined to begin legal
proceedings to recover the amounts paid for
the packages, alleging that they were Fever
sent by express, but were packed up for swind-
ling purposes. One gentleman pail $3.50 for
packages which proved to contain the merest
rubbish.
Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines has met with
another disappointms Having triumphed
In the United States Supreme Court on all the
points in her case, she applied on Saturday to
the United States Circuit Court at New Or
leans that the mandates Of the Supreme Court
be entered ND. The motion was opposed by
counsel for the defending pa,ties, and Justice
Swsyne ruled that the motion should go over
until next term.
The demi-mondaine who rules that world
In London just now. and whose portrait Is IN
every photographers window alongside that OF
the bishops, recently mlde her appearance at
the italian Opera in box exactly opposite the
Roysl box on night when it was occupied by
some members OF the Royal Family. The les
sees received message that il ever q similar
thing happened az lin no member Of the Royal
Family would enter the Opera House in
future.
The English papers record tolerably
smart mot that is attributed to Earl Clarendon,
the present Foreiga Minister for Great Bri-
lain. Mr.. Sumner, after living into advanced
:agea bachelor. married, three years since,
young widow Of great personal attractions.
Recently the man and wife have, on the ground
OF tncompatibihty OF temper, separated. Lord
Clarendon being asked what impression Mr..
Summers late speech had made upon him, an
swered, 81 have read it, sir, with much inter-
est, and have formed very high opinion Of
Mrs. Sumner"
"A dispatch to the New York Tribune says
SIS is rumored in diplomatic circles here that
Mr. Thornton, the British Minister. will ulti-
:mately be supersedsd by an Epgliah diplomatic
Of the highest anbasssdorih
rank; that the retiring miuister will be pro-
moted to Madrid; and that the new ambassa-
dor viii, through liberal hospitality, ascer-
tain senatorial sentiments before opening
further negotiations for the adjustment Of the
Alabams question. This proceeding, it ID
presumed, will relieve the administrations Of
both governments from the annoyance OF
failure to confirm and insure settlement
acceptable TO- tho Senate"
AT recent meeting OF the New York So
rosis, a plan was proposed for national found
ling hospital. The committee recommend the
e,rly erection OF national asylums for infants,
with lying-in departments. to be located out
side the city limits, with receiving bureaus in
ut least four sections of the oity-east, west,
north and south. The bureaus to be under
the charge Of women, as also the lymg-in
wards Of the hospital. The latter provision
win not only add to the comfort and well-being
Of the young mothers, but will also afford an
opportunity for women students Of medicine
to become skilled in the obstetric art, besides
furrishing facilities for the proper training ct
nurses.
Commissioners Delano on Saturday made
his decision upon the question submitted to
him q few days since by the Board of Cotton
Brokers Of New York as to their liability to pay
the tax Of one-twentieth Of one per cent. upon
sums received by them for negotiating sales.
He decides that they are liable as commission
merchants On all sales in excess OF $4,000
made by or for them at the rate OF one dollar
in each thousand, except on those made
through other wholesale dealers who pay tax
as euch and sell on commission, and are conse:
quentIy liable on sales made through CONNER
cial brokers, and are also liable upon all sales
negotiated by then at the rate Of fifty cents
ON each one thousand dollars, except those
made by or through another broker.
Trinity Church. New York, seems always
in hot water. The suit just commenced by
David Groesbeck ag ainst that wealthy corpora
tion will be exceedingly rich and racy when
coming up for trial. The complainant charges
that the defendants and their associates are
wasting and I'VE wasted the trust estate in
oontraventiou Of the intention Of the original
contributors, "in seeking to acquire political
weight, and boastlng thereof; in having treat
ed the Legislature with contempt when called
upon to account for their stewardship" neg
leeting TO provide for the poor Of the parish,
while pamperiug the pride OF the worldly.
minded, and laying up treasures on earth in
bonds and mortgages held on Episcopal
churches, and in preaching that Protestantism
:; /. q. ,1ure. sIso that ssIuther perceived he had