The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-05
N e vs. s U M MAR

NEWS UMMARE.
oo Gold closed in New York on Saturday at
31f. '.o ~ taea fi4aAfa
Cotton was flrmer, with sales of $500 bales
at 2S2 cents. fa.ai
In Liverpool cotton closed Armer. but not
quotabIy higher. Dplands 12aa121d; sales
/ cO,000 bales
,@ ~ and B. Curtis & Co., dry goods mer-
o Chants of New York, have suspended.
700 Foo-Emigrants are rapidly leaving Eastern
i Florida, finding that it has been Writtenaop in
too high colors. ii
Richmond, Va, whioh has female post
I'M sister, ls debating whather to call her post
master, postmistress. or postmiss. u q
Easter Sunday fell this year on its original
day-March 2S. This is a asdhg ular coincidence,
! az 1t has not fallen on the 28th in ono hundred
and forty-four years. N a
The new Gait House in louisville, erected
and furnished at cost Of ST 900 600, will be
opened to-day. 1t Is said to ssbe the largest
ohotef in the South or Wesh. q 1.i. IA
,:755Dr. Robley ,DspgtisoH, 6f' PhilAdel phia,
died last week, aged seventy two.s he. was
famous as writer Of medical works, aud was
one of the most eminent physicians in America.
-.One moment. Mr. Secretary" is one of
the oommonest Of phrases in Washington. 1t
recently took Boris Just thirty FIVE minutes to
get from the desk Of Willard's Hotel to the,
Yoot Of the stairway, distance of thirty feet q
.r' --A new trapeze feat has been introduced in
New York. Two athletes hang by the heels
from opposite bars, and throw q third across
ttheFspaee between. It is said to give speota-
tors the sensation OF smart blow in the
stomach. ~
-ScTeral Germans have located near Char
lottesvile. Virginia, and are entering largely
into the cultivation Of grapes They arc prac-
tioal men, ana speak in glowing terms of the
adaptabillty OF the soil and climate to grape
growing.
A peddler in Watertown, Wis, in exploit
ing his "non-ex olosive OIL" succeeded in blow
ing the grocery to pieces in which he was
making his reassurtng tests with allghted lamp.
The operator aud q female looker-on were
badly burned.
ps'-At parties in New York now-a-days. the
host no longer supplies the gentIemen's dress
ing room with cigars, as, in too many in
tances. the gentlemen have been known to
: take . weeks supply homo In ti,Sif pockets.
dD1tto In Washington faa.i sgeiB ts., ~
States have now ratified the Fif-
tepnth anaandaaont to tie constitution. They
! are Kansas, West Virginia. Wisconsin, Illinois,
! ! Michigan. Maine, South Carolina, Arkansas,
and Pennsylvania. On the other hand Georgia
and Delaware have rejected the amendment
AT . recent meeting Of the stockholders of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company it was ofaic,-
ally announced that the income from messages
verAged seven hundred pounds, or $500 in
gold per day. The receipt Of this amount
hows that two thousand words pass over tie
G able every day. a"Tz ~ s.t4
The fur ore over the silver mines in the
White Pine District Is immense. Since the lat
March, ffty-six companies have been formed,
and steamboats,. railroads and stages are
crowded with adventurers in search OF trea-
sure. As yet, the greatest fortunes have been
made by selling out. ear ... H''
"A letter from New York says General
> Sickles has declined the mission to Mexico. It
was formally rendered him by Secretary Fish
yesterday. Reason. private business affairs
not permitting absence from the country at
this time. General Sickles is himself the
authority for this statement"
The New York Tribune. speaking Of the
bill for the removal Of political disabilities, re-
Gently reported from the Reconstruction Com
mittee, says: 1T is o less wisely generous
MEASURE than We had hoped for /; but it at least
p qts Q stop to the poor business Of peddling
pardons. and wranRling over rival claims for
exemption in Congress-"
!. ..;5 "A Cuban patriot on landing in New York.
was most enthusiastically received by certain
gentlemen Of distinguished appearance, who,
4 while loudly protesting that General Grant
= would speedily interfere for Cuban independ-
ence. relieved the stranger OF $50OO-all: the
money he had in the world. It was said he
4 eft Havana for fear Of being robbed. -
Rev. Marshall B. Smith. rector Of st.
Johns Church, New Jersey, an aluirnnus of the
Theological Sc m nary Of Virginia, and for the
past two years he working editor or the Pro.
testant Churohman, has written letter to
Bishop Ode heimer, announcing that he has
formally Withdrawn from the ministry of tho
Episcopal Church. Mr.. Smiths reasons for
the step are, in brief, his despair of seeing
what Re calls s'any possibility Of revision Of
the Prayer Book, the suppression Of Romish
and other corrupt practices. and Just gtaran-
ateo OF liberty to tbs Evangelical clergy"
Mr.. Harrison P. Turner, we'll known in B IL
timore as commission merchant. arose last
Friday mornl1g, end suddenly sezing razor,
Grew IL across his throat with such violence
$hAtnot only tho jugular vein was severed, but
the neck out from ear to ear. His wife, Sleep
Ing by his side, was awakened by his move
ments. and his falling upon the floor. near tho
ned. soon discovered what had occurred. The
deceased had attained the age OF fity-one
years; had reoently failed in business; and this
ao' - supposed to have ocoasioned suoh des-
ponue"cy OF mind as have induced him TO COM
nat She rash act. He leaves six children--.or.
pnans indoed, by the poverty which. at this
late ago. has grasped them. 4 j 1.",-
senator sprague's speech. Of Tuesday. in
novelty ana boldness surpass. ID all his nrav;o,,.
efforts. For nearly an hour and q half ha in
weighed against the legislation OF Congra. "a
handing his brother senators with unulovea
hands. warning them or the evils Of their
course. and like the voice In the wilderness an.
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