The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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Cotton closed quiet. Sales 2sOo bales
slIiddling 2ssc.
LIN Liverpool, on Saturday, cotton closed
buoyant. Sales 10000 bales. Mlddling upIands
72al24d
The Chinese are to build grand joss
house in New York. p
Only seventeen Republicans are left on
the police force of Philadelphia.
Another large party of female emigrants
s IN Liverpool, Thursday, for Quebec.
II Louisville makes Is, 900 barrels of -four a
day and 2,4s0,OcO gallons Of whiskey year.
There win be six eclipses next year, but
none Of them will be visible in the United
statss.
The election for the four vacant seats in
the French legislative corps has been fixed for
November 2lst. {.
Hon. Samuel j. Person, one Of the leading
lights Of the bench and bar of North Carolina,
died in Wilmington, On Saturday.
Several vessels have arrived at New York
within q few days from the West Indies with a
nSmber Of yellow fever cases on board. One
Z cf them reports six deaths previous to arriving.
Tbe New Orleans Picayune says that all
The hands that can possibly be procured i'll
Louisisnare busiiy engaged in picking cot
ton. Every planter is 50 busy picking he has
no time to ship.
\ The short dress. elaborately but artistically
ffimmed, is fashionable for evening wear, ,-and
5nore worn at balls than the trained skirts, but
Tor grand occasions and dinner parties the long
train Is the most stylish. 6
The citizens of St. Louis are making liber-
s 81 Arrangements for the recovery and sepulture
/ OF the bodies of the passengers and crew lost
by the disaster to the steamer Stonewall, and
rthe relief of families rendered destitute by It..
The New ork papers say that the Frank
I LIN telegraphers demand an increase of 25 per
& cent. on their present salaries, which average
about $1,000 per annum EACH These salaries,
the hen claim, are smaller than those paid by
X any other line, and entirely insufficient for the
ordinary expenses, of living.
zlIiss Pet Mckay, beautiful young lady,
of Quincy, Illinois, deliberately drowned her
self IN the Mississippi, at'that place, on Thurs
day. She lefta note stating that she did not
commit suicide for shame, nor for love, but be-
ca1se s.alf her friends were enemies" and
S@sthis Is o cold, dreary world to live in" =
"A prodigal returned to the home Of his
brother and sister in Pontiac, Michigan, the
), other day, and was received with open arms,
ate tine fatted calf and all that sort Of thing,
and TWO days after built nice fire with kero-
Ssenepil under the bed-chamber in order to
burn them to death and secure the property.
y y The Presbyterian Church bids fair to be
reunited, According to returns received by the
editors of the New York Observer, two-thirds
of all the Presbyteries have voted to ratify the
reunion of the church. The two General AS
: semblies win accordingly meet at Pittsburg,
s November 10, to count the votes and officially
announce the result.
VI Rochester papers are having delightful
controversy over the bravery Or cowardice Of
"a reporter Hewas to make aballoOn ascen-
sion with Professor King, but just as the air
ship was to start ne jumped out and refused to
make the ascent, his sudden departure endan-
gering the liaes of those who remained by sud-
denly tightening its load. The 1ronaut takes
! this view of the matter. but the paper to which
the reporter is attached is filled with energetic
denials OF cowardice.
Father Hyacinthe, it appears, is about TO
senter the field of journalism. He proposes to
!. publish, int Paris, q newspaper, to be entitled
LIE Chretien, which shall he both religious and
!. political, or rather secular in its character.
The ex-Inonk pertinaciously insists upon de-
ciaring himself Catholic. He is fearful of the
approach of every stranger, lest he should
: be seduced into an dd cdptdndatm expression
that would betwisted into an admission Of
Protestant leaning. He is even afraid to take
aride, as on Sunday, when, instead of a pure
lv Measure excursion, he found himself whisk-
: ed into the, tabernacle Of the noted Henry
ward Beecher Father Hyacinthe ate broiled
beefsteak on Friday because, as ne claims, ne
hal q right to do so. He receiveda "dispensa-
tionn from the bishop of the diocese where he
!. last oficiated to use fresh meat on Fridays on
account of his arduous duties; and ne says IN
addition taat the rule is not imperative on
priests when they are travelling It should
!. be added that dispensations, relieving the re-
eipients OF the obligation. are often given 10
the sick and weak by tie Catholic bishops ana