The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-03
NEWS OF THE D4T.

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IN, The New York cotton market was dull and &c
lower Sales 1900 bales at 251sc.
.. AT Liverpool, cotton closed firm; uplands
12Xd; Orleans 12Kd. Sales $1,000 bales.
"A, Chnaman has bought through ticket
from New York to Hong Kong
81, "A bill has been INTRODUCED into the Alabama
Legislature making grand Jurymen swear they
have never belonged to the Ku-Klux Klan.
DIR. Wade Hampton was accidentally killed
BY s. W. Cobb, Esq, while hunting together on
the Colorado River, Texas, short time ago.
1t Is now said that when the Cardin giant is
alone at night, he removes his right hand from
its customary position, and placing the thumb on
the end OF his nose, vibrates his fingers in the air.
Y The new street in London leading from the
Rsnk OF England to the new Blackirlars Bridge,
a broad, straight thoroughfare through the heart
OF the great city, is to be named after Mr.. Pea
/ body.
Several United States vessels are said to have
already sailed, and others to be preparing for de-
parture, from New York, under sealed orders,
and it is presumed they are bound for Cuban
waters.
= Prominent Ohio Democrats claim that they
are sure of enough fusion Republicans to organ
ize the Legislature and defeat the Fifteenth
amendment. Ills known that leading Repuoli-
scans are anxious.
Z The latest news from Paraguay is to the effect
that the vanguard only OF the allied army has
emoved toward the new position OF Lopez, the
main army being still prevented from moving
from want of provisions.
ii;.-Spaip's lawyer in this country Is Sidney
Webster, son-in.law Of Secretary Fish. His
salary Is $4,000 In gold. He hires spies und !'e
tectives for the Government OF Spain, aDG Is the
adviser in contract purchases OF arms, munitions
of war and commissary supplies.
a-A petition has been laid before tho govern
Inent at Washington by certain lsTaelites, asking
its friendly Offices with the Russian Government
to save several thousand Jewish families from
being removed from their homes in Bessarabla,
to the interior Of Russia, in accordance with an
old and severe law Of that Empire.
The transit OF Venus, which will take place in
1874 will be observed by committed Of astrono.
Jaers of the North German Confederation. The
committee consisting OF the directors OF the
observatoriesat Gotha, Bonn, Lelpsic, Hamburg,
,Ea-lsruhe and Berlin, met In the latter city, on
October 25th, to consult on the prelImlnaries.
1t is stated that the President has made up
ipont as circuit Judges, and will send the nomina-
tions to the Senate very soon after it assemblies.
Considerable anxiety is evinced by the numerous
applicants and their friends, but the President in
varisbly refuses to answer their questions regar1
ing them.
"A tidal wave Of great size and force, at Oran,
Algeria, itisreported, recently destroyed strong
sea wall for the distance Of 1924 feet, or half
mile. The account says that after the first breach
forty feet wide was made the wall rapidly broke
up, the immense granite blocks being swept away
like chat. The spray reached height Of three
hundred feet.
Chinese literature has met with serious
loss in the destruction by fire OF wing OF the
Emperor OF China's palace which contained
F, stores OF books and OF blocks for booE-printng
From its )nnectlon with literature, 1t was one
Of the best xnown buildings in the palace. Its
name occurs on all books printed at the Rmpe-
.ror,s charge for two centuries.
Professor Loomis, of New Haven, considers
: the earth very unsafe place to stay on any
longer from the fact that the late volcanic mani
>festations have been so general in their character
that there Is no longer any doubt about the
theory that all volcanoes have not local, but
general and common origin, in the central liquid
parts of our globe, where the most intense heat
prevails.
The London Times, referring to the possible
cession OF San Domingo to the United States,
says: "From the present aspect OF affairs, we
should be disposed to expect the completion of q
treaty to that effect Such q bargain would be
beneficial not only to the parties concerned, but
to Europe and the world. The Americans can
lose but little, while they might gain great DEAL
The island ought to become new emporium for
trade. and in the creation Of such commercial
stations, no people are more deeply interested
than ourselves.
Miss Stennecke was maiden lady, sixty-fve |
years old. living in Pennsylvania worth $40, COO
yDr. Schoeppe was physician, practlcing his pro-
resslon at the place where Miss S. lived He be- !
came engaged to her, and they were to be mar
ried. when Miss S. was taken sick and died. |
During her illness DR.. S. attended her. Immed- |
ately after her death the doctor presented her
will, attested by himself and his father, wherein
the doctor was made her sole legatee. The natu. |
raj heirs accused the doctor OF murder. The
stomach OF the deceased was submitted to
analysis prusslc {. i'd was declared to be de-
tested the doctor was tried, convicted, anu
Is now under sentence Of death. But the
whsle testimony has been carefully examined,