The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.


i'm Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands la
2Kd; Orleans 12,sal2,4d-
I'm New York cotton closed dull and shade
lover. at 25a25%c.
The washington Corporation Attorney has
decided that permission ofa school trustee is suf'
fcient to- admit coored child into public
.school. -
Mr. Schneider has been reelected president
fthe French Legislative Corps. 1t is feared In
Paris that there will be disturbances on the ami
yersary OF the death Of Baudin.
: "A negro killed sheriff at New Iberia, Louis
Z lana, the other day, and the citizens hung the
negro. - - i8 iig
Mexico is to have q Pacific Railroad, and the
right to build 1t has been awarded to Samuel
Brannan, OF San Francisco. e
Tho increase OF duty on French textiles has
created considerable agitation in commercial
circles at Manchester, England.
Prince Summanna and suite, from Japan, are
en- route, pia Pacific Railroad, for Kew York, es-
corted By member Of the irm OF ofKoopmanschaap
ECO =
Two Mormon apostles are travelling in Massa-
Oh usetts, trying to make proselytes, and CON-
plain bitterly because DR.. Todd, who preached In
their temple refused to admit them to his pulpit.
They say they belong to corp Of two hundred
missionaries sent by Brigham Young to States
having more women than men.
The government works at Harper's Ferry,
West Virginia, were sold on Tuesday at auction.
For,the musket factory, on the Potomac, s17e,ooo
was received and for the rife factory, on the She
nsndoah, $50 900. The sale includes the buildings,
grounds, and the magnificent water power at
yvi uua
buildings for manufactures.
The Legislature OF Vermont, at its recent ses-
sion, exempted from taxation for hve years all
manufacturing establishments hereafter erected
in,the State, and all their capital and machinery,
and also the new capital and machinery put into
buildings not now used for manufacturing pur-
poses whenever the capital used amounts to $1,000
ormore. The, bill was opposed on the ground Of
doubtful constitutionality, hut the need OF the
State overpowered all objections. s,
The Secretary Of the Treasury has received O.
communication from Savannah, Georgia, asking
that permission be given the Vernon Shell Road
Company, OF that city, to import from England,
free OF duty traction engine to be used on their
road between Savannah and Vernonburg. They
state 1t Is to be used as an experiment only, and
ifit should prove successful would be OF great
advantage to the country at large, as it would
facilitate travel between the railroad dcpots and
the river landings, and the agricultural products
Of the country could be moved more speedily and
stless expense than by teams.
"A Southern Pacific Railroad, 1t is asserted, Is
now iH active progress, and will be completed
much sooner than is generally imagined. Six
distinct companies, created by as many separate
State charters, 1t Is reported, are now at work in
building a line from San Diego, California, to
Norfolk, Va. This route, it Is claimed, is nine
hundred miles shorter than the present line by
the Union Pacific and Central Pa .-lc roads. The
SUBMITS, 1t is stated, are lower and the grades
less steep than on the northern route, while OBJ
structlon by snow is almost an impossibility. The
most eastern link in the chain is the "Norfolk and
Grand Western Railroad" which runs through
the southern counties OF Virginia, from Norfolk
to Bristol, Tennessee, a distance OF four hundred
and thirty miles.
The Davenport Brothers, now in Chicago, are
meeting with their usual success In creating
sensation. A gentleman published in the papers
a challenge, offering 10 wager one hundred dol
lars that he could tie the Brothers so that they
could not free themselves without cutting the
ropes, at the same time offering to bet another
hundred dollars that he could prove that he hau
already so tied them. An agent OF the Brothers
called upon the challenge, offering to accept his
proposition, but as they Immediately disagreed
ON the matter OF the rope that should be used,
the affair came to nothing. The curious part OF
this case is that Che challenger is an ardent
spiritaaIlst who believes in all the usual mani
festations Of mediums, but regards the Daven-
ports as humbugs. But the Brothers, 1t is we'll
known, do not now claim any spiritual assistance
In their extraordinary performances, but exhibit
themselves simply as juggIors.
The vaults Of the United States sub-treasury
In New York City, two In number, are described
as follows: The sides aud roof are composed OF
eight feet granite masonry and two feet Of iror
,nlstes. Between the layers OF plates are musket
rballs laid in loose. The noor is composed Of
thirty feet of masonry and two feet OF iron plates
also with layer OF muskes balls. Each yadlt is
closed by four iron doors weighing two tons each
and fastened by two combination locks to each
door. The three inner doors are locked without
kew. while the locks on the outer ones are opera
ted by means of an instrument about an inch
long by half an inch wide. Each vault Is ABOUT
twelve Zee square. On the sides OF each apart
mart are bul,. one hundred and twenty chests ol
tron. each of the capacity of quarter OF NIL
lion dollars in gold coin. Each chest, when luii'