The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-17

Nohces, 40 cents line. Marriage and Funeral No
oes. One DOLLAR each.
& N VS. sum NARY.
Cold closed in New York yesterday at So.
Gia-- --Ip New York cotton was dull aud un-
re:hanged; npiands s4aaS4Ac; sales $50 bales.
uss--The Liverpool cotton market closed steady;
uplauds 12ad; sales 10. 900 bales. ia!. .nt
There has ,,een so much swndling in the
ncome tax returns in Now Orleans, that new
assessment has been ordered. ~" S&
!, AN Indiana court has decided in favor OF
the majority ballot-that q man with more
white than negro blood can vote. ~'-"
"A Frenchman has purchased five thousand
acres of swamp in Tennessee. and proposes
raising frogs for the Memphis market.
The proprietors Of the Mammoth Gave
: have fitted up one OF its chambers as ball
:, room, which Is to be opened this month with, a
frst-class hop. f&y !, i.et5 ,S
"A soda fountain has been put up in a
Georgia town. and the local paper gives a
column history OF the structure, with history
of soda water and much other pertinent mat
ter. IS. ..'Ht-
: The Germans Of Philadelphia propose to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary OF the birth OF
Alexander Won Humboldt on the 14th Of Sep
tember, and to invite Professor Agassiz TO serve
Is orator Of the day, n,s,l5
The grain trade. by way Of New Orleans, is
reported to. be very fourishing, and the eleva-
tor warehouse is very busy in transhpping
wheat and -four from the barges to the vessels
engaged in expectation to Europe.
The Advance newspaper recently devoted
an article to John Hancock, in which, it is
said, that the great signer twas vain and un-
sorupulous, every body with whom he traded
was obliged to sue him." and, horrible to add.
She pastured his COWS on the Boston Com
1non." ae' .,'fSN2- &
.ia---D Colonel John Warren, the Fenian prisoner
recently released from an Eng lish jail, had an
interview with President Grant quite recently.
and received q letter from him to Secretary
Fish, directing an investigation : into all the
cases Of imprisonment specified by Colonel
Warren. + .-1,,'. ',' Il ,ris12 i
Three of the six nominees for Congress- in
Alabama are Of Northern birth, and were OIL
eersih thes Federal army. They are Colonel
William d. Mann. publisher OF the Mobile Re-
giater, IN the First, District; Captain j. O. Par
kinsoSsin in the Third, ana Judge Peter NJ. Dox,
i saa sttas Eslth:ss 1sNN
1sIr Nav York, Monday evening, riot oe-
CURED III the Bnwcry between d party Of
Z t3rangemen who had been celebrating the an
nisersary Of the Battle Of the Boyne, and some
Catholic spectators. The melee became very
Aerce and general at one time, but the POLICE
managed to restore order. after some twenty
pr thirty persons were injured, none Of them
: ;ssry seriously. N..,~..
ta-Forney's Chronicle says: Intelligence,
upon which we place implicit reliance. justi-
, fes the remark that there is more interest
manifested in Germany, Sweden and Nor way,
in American Southern immigration, thanEat
any former period. The great European emil
grafton houses. with thcir hundreds Of agents,
are carefully gathering Information, and In
dustriously circulating Il. The States to which
they are now turning their attention are Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and North and
South Carolina. The winter is the season for
canvassing for emigrants, and the statistics
should be sent forward during summer. Great
attention has been excited in Europe by the
efforts Of Northern men in favor Of populating
the South, and in O few months the results
will begin to show themselves practically"
Some Of the Presidents relatives, 1t seems.
are yet to be provided for. Evart is anxious, it
is said, to have his brother-in-law, DR.. Sharpe,
elected to the United states Senate from Vlr-
}, ginia. Had Wells been elected, this was part
ii OF the programme. DR.. Sharpe was such q
strong partisan of the Wells faction that it is
q doubtful now il he can be elected, the majority
s of the Legislature being Walker men. DR..
Sharpe took an active part in the canvass
against Governor Walker and went to Phila-
delphia to collect money in the interest of the
Wells party. His election Is now urged as o
iliotio
administration. Such is the case with the
ernorship OF Mississippi. gs
"A Washington letter Of Wednesday saws:
j sJudge Dent. the asplrant for the aovsrnor-
ship Of Mississippi, had high ~ords to-day
:: with Secretary Boutwell,. Judge Dent wanted
certain officials in Mississippi removed and
others appointed, as an advancement to his in
terests. and claiming that it would also be in
the interest OF She administration. Secretary
s1ssutwsil could pot see 1t in that light. and re.
fused to comply, saying the officers had been
appointed with the approval Of the Radicals In
Mississippi and said that Judge Dent was not
OF the simon-pure Radical stamp, whereat
Judge Dent waxed wrathy, and charged & ore
tary Boutwell, with beng the cause of the de-
lay or postponement of the election till late
day in November. to gratlty the Radicals in
Ohio Pennsylvania, &c. Secretary Boutwell,
retorted splritedIy but held fast to his posi-
ton, and the would be Governor Of Mississippi
, withdrew in hign dudgeon."
The Silver City (Iiaho) Tidal Wave says
that 'the trial Of Ah Choy and Ah Sam. now
going on in the District Court. for the murder
OF All Son, is creating q greater interest than
any trial that has ever occurred here. on ae-
count OF the novelty of the method Of swear.
ing Witnesses. ROSTERS head is hacked Off
with knife. saucer broken. the oath written
on yellow paper. burned. and the smoke, in
which is supposed TO be the spirit Of the
burned oath, blown up to heaven in each case.