The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold in New York closed dull and heavy
yesterday as 2sI.
In New York cotton closed lower nj o5,;
cent?.
in Liverpool yesterday cotton closed steady;
uplands 11sId; Orleans l1Xd.
Indianapolis has appropriated s5o,ouo for a
prison to he devoted exclusively 10 women and
girls
"A case Of torpedoes exploded In candy fac
tory at New Orleans on Wednesday, killing two
mcn and considerably damaging the building.
"A North Carolina paper records the singular
fact that no minister OF the Baptist Church in
that State has died during the past ecclosiastical
year.
"A New Orleans court has been called upon to
decide whether pew In q church is pcrsOnal
property Tor, as the law says movablc) or real
estate Gmmovable).
Noted horsenesh in England seems to COM
mand higher rntes than with us. From $4,000
to $3.50 900 have figured In tho sales OF the more
celebrated specimens.
The Florida papers urge the planters to raise
sugar and abandon cotton. Sugar and fruit,
they say, are the natural products OF the State,
and much more profitable than cotton.
"A pneumatic propellng company is about to
supply New Orleans with a line OF street railway
cars to be propelled by air. The machinery ia all
constructed. and is said to work eIperlmentally
like charm.
The returns from seven out Of the eight
counties In West Florida, to wit:Ca alhoun, Escan-
eia, Franklin, Holmes. Santa Rosa, Walton and
Warrington show majority OF ass votes for aIr.
nexation to Alabama. Only about thirty per
cent OF the whole vote was cast, thus showing
great indifference on the subject.
"A New York letter says:> s'Thc Keynote of
most OF the Thanksgiving sermons here was tho
Bible In the public schools. Rev. Henry Ward
Beechcra ana Rev. DIR. Ever, clergymcn OF very
different types OF religions thought, expressed
themselves in favor OF contlitonal!y dIssocistlng
the schools from State support. Mr.. Ever being
ritualist, his views appear to excite no surprise
hut good many OF the Plymouth Church brethren
hardly Know what to say or think OF The utter
ances OF their PASTOR"
Don Piatt writes to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial: "As for Grant. Sherman, and Sheridan. T
lear mat under the Impartial pen OF military cri;i
clsm, especially after the Confederate eide Is
hea'" these, our shadowing lanres, Will wItiier
ana fade, and tho verdict will be- tina. these on-
GERS had the good luck to be In command when
the Oonfedcraey fell to pieces from exhaustion.
or the three, General Sherman is certainly the
most unfortunate. From the time he and Grant
threw portion Of their army on the wrong side
OF the river ut Shiloh and permitted It to be BUR
prsed and butcherel, with the only excuse
ever heard that one onicer was drunk and she
othcr craSy1 to the march from Chattanooga to
Atlanta, where he lost moro men killed aud
wounded than his enemy had under him, VIC
have succession OF military biundera.n
Somebody writes to tho New York World a
page narration Of his or her visit to tho Mrs. Brig.
nam Young. They inhabis large house with
an cfigy OF crouching lion at the door, and are
generally very comfortably on. Mrs. Amelia.
whose sharp tongue keeps the Prophet In check,
.siecr8 IN plain but neatly furnished bed room,
IN which Ia n French bedstead, several chairs. a
iooking-glass and bureau The
moor is covered with an ingram CARPET She says
that the old mails in Utah are Increasing In
numbers, and that young girls are strongly op.
posed to having moro than one husband Petty
1ealousies hive much TO do with the disturbance
Of domestic tranquility. Amelia expects that one
Gay the Aormons VIII return to Jackson County,
IN Missouri, whence they were forcibly cxpelled.
and occupy ogain ,hoir property and their Zion.
The visitor TOOK q peep into the suppcr.room
Two long tables ran the whole length, at which
were seated the wires and children. The two
Oldest wives occupied tho head or tho table, Eriy.
ham being absent, and tile others were placed In
order, each with her children around her attend.
ing 10 their wants. The meal appeared TO he n
pain one, consisting simply Of bread nnd butter.
Win some preserved fruits, or bread and milk.
He or she WIS Struck with ulc absence OF babies
from The assemblagc, aud, upon Inquiry, learned
that for about ak years past, Brigham has ceased
tobc ather Ills first wife has not yet been fully
rcconclled TO n9lygnmy.
"Details OF tho Milwaukee T!cattc holocaust
arc received. The 1re WAS communicated from n
broken Kerosene lamp, and, in less time than I.
takes tn write II. the whole stngc was cnyclopcd
10 flames. Before tho audience had .:lac to rush
TO the doors tho whole interior OF the theatre was
mass of Gre. The scene which ensued baflcs
description. Men and boys rushed !or the door,
overturnng and trampling upon each other I'm
their scraslbio to escape the terrible death
threatened them. After the rush hnd somewhat
ceased. heartrentling cries for assistance were
heard proceeding from the interior OF the burn
ing Building, and. after digont cxcrtlon several
persons were extricated nliye Two dead bodies
were then taken out, and, as they ihy In the dead
house, presented q most sad and notwithstanding
spectacle. AL tho clothing was burned on,
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