The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-05
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER S, 1869.
NEWS OF THE. DAY.

4srHol si1 NEWS OF THE DAY.
in New York yesterday cotton was frmer
closing quiet at 2S cents for middlings
oTGOld was quiet and nd steady at the close al
I'm. E.NNo closing quotations from Liverpool were
received last night. ,.-r
lang kid gloves reaching nearly to the ell
bow are worn with short sleeves for full dress
-Mr. George Peabody proposes to make
only short stay in England.
q1vMost Of the stock has been subscribed fol
q new cotton mill at Baton Rouge.
1t Is said that, Adelina Patti is to receive
$500, ,oo9 gold for an american engagement o
cone hundred nights, 7s,,; !.
-;nnLThe Episcopal Diocesan Convention adj
iiourned IN harmony, without any discussion
whatever on Ritualism. e''''
c'r.MMA steamer ran through the Suez canal
IRON Port Said to Suez, last Thursday, in ff
teen hours.
sa' 81 The Commissioner Of Agriculture esti'
mates the value of the crops of the United
statesSor 1868 at sl,sll, ,6Ss, ,el5. 9r.i nlili,
AT the recent funeral Of an officer In eey-
Ion, the young widpwlept of all her beautiful
goldeuhair and placed itIin the grave. JIa
The newspapers Are uncertain whether Fisk
tJr,. made five millions or lost thirty millions
by therecent speetlatious in New York. a''
sc -gThe new CaliforAIs Legislature, according
TO the latest reports, had a Democratic ma
jority Of fourteen IN the Senate, fffty-one in
the House, and sixty-aiye on joint ballot "
Senator Wilson is engaged upon the ''De-
oelile, and Fall of Human Slavery in the United
States It will make two large volumes Of
roEerd hundred pages each. e sa.e i..fl
y.ss-English settlers inTlarge numbers would
zoe giad to euypaEd in Virginia, but the owners
lpue SO high prices upon 1t that they are're-
iuctantly compelled to go elsewhere. 'i-3s1
79d-2 Chicago IS to have q diamond wedding-a
white velvet dress, 500, 900 worth Of jewels
and tour Of Europe are the circumstances Of
interest. = - ...,57 y -.
Numerous candidates for the succession to
the late Senator Fessenden are looming up in
aMane;s among them being James G., Blaine,
Lot M. Morrill,, Israel Washburne, Jr., General
-JShepley and Governor Chamberlain.
he.@2A prisoner in an Ohio penitentiary per-
sunsaded the son Of the foreman of the workshop
q to head him up in a barrel and roll him out
side the prison walls. The confederates Of the
sescaper received, liberated and removed him
.ras quickly as possible. g,7s
The Tobacco Association of New York re-
Gently held meeting, at which resolution
was passed asserting that the present ruling
fA-s ~r of f0ho nxrinO
the high cost Of leaf, laoor and taxes, are un-
remunerative, and should be raised 10 higher
basis.
A Washington letter of Thursday says:
yssNesterdaya a party offorty Danes arrived here
-Son their way to Alabama, where they propose
to settle. They leave for their destination to-
,iifnorrow-land having been purchased in the
aelghborhood of Montgomery for the colony,
this company being only the advance guard. "
"A Dubuque paper makes q correction Of
ats acSysat Off the. Humboldt celebration in
that CITY. It had said the affair was "a failure
financially and otherwise" The editor begs
That the reader Will please read .sssuccess" for
s.failure.n The compositor Is blamed for the
error. which is rather asingalar typographical
fbllnder. a'f'h' 'o'''h'' . - =. -. .
"A slsnder case is on trial before Connec
ttcut court, the parties being the Rev. Harri
Howard and Gilbert p, Allen. 1t is charged
,&hatAIen said shea 4 wouldn't go to hear the
old acknowledgement r Ortsomething Of that
,lsortS andMf. Howard sues him for defamation
SfeAafacter, laying his damages at s5OOo.aa.i I
,EsAEhe President, ON Thursday, As said TO
hare informed Lieutenant Governor Lewis, oi
o.yirginia, that he.was confident there would be
ioroobstaclet 10 tlle admission Of that State TO
ethe Unions provided thsl Legislature showed .
Willingness to iForego old issues. He added
bfthist fthst he had no preferences for senators nom
Virginia, but that they mist be able to take
the test oath. ''.''.' - 10 80.
,, 1.-The suggestion Is thrown out In New
New York journal, the Bulletin, that sufficient
labor cannot now be commanded in the cotton
States to pick the 1000 900 bales of cotton that
are now ready for picking, and the North is
q appealed to to supply the deficiency. Its sug-
gested that each Of the large cities Of the North
could send OF thousands Of laborers, provided
arrangements are made for reducing the fares
ssof suchas go. li..-7sr 10 .cs...' sts 80 aa.
-agss-A dispatch from New York to aWestern
paper says that one Of the unlucky firms of
= gola-dealers esmith, Gould, Martin 4 Coy as
isert that they "hold written order from the
highest oficer Of the government to buy four
millions Of gold; and that If balances are not
settled the documents will be published" !"
This Is an assertion no less bold than startling.
o If false. .'the highest officer of the govern
ment' should expose 1t as such. If true, the
proof should be forthcoming as an interesting
contribution TO the history of the late f1nan-
e ,cial furry. .'Aa9sI.i ~. W" -.: .-..~.
1.-The indications are that the provisional
Legislature If Virginia wfl give the proposed
Ffiseenth .nendment a provisional ratiflca-
hon; conditioning the acceptance to take effect
Only on the admission of the State to an her
rights in the Union. 1t is shrewdly said that
- II Congress means to act in good faith they
q ,iil not object to the proEiso, and if they mean
nto act In bad faith such. proviso will head
them Oh. There is precedent for this, Yir-
s,ainia and New York cocditlonally ratified the
Federal Constitution and got their conditions.
The water supply in New York City is
erdnlng much anxiety. The engineers in
charge Of the Croton Aqueduct report that, on