The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-14
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Tho New York cotton market was shade
fl nor and more active. Sales 32O0 bales at
2Si cents.
Cotton in Liverpool was frmer at 111d.
for mlddling uplands. Sales $4,000 bales.
Cinnamon are beginning to come from
Ca''s .rnia to the Atlantic cities. a, 4.
-1onnets are at discount this year, round
has having almost superseded them.
Llrge quantities Of sugar cane are being
planted in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
by an ordinance of Baltimore, minors are
to 30 excluded from the billiard-rooms of that
ci'v.
The expenses for music in nine prominent
&C .urches of San Frapcisco average $275O in
god.
a daily paper, with $4,000 capital, to ad-
vo:ate ''free trade" is said to be contemplated
il 3oston.
Double white vests, worn with
le-breasted, high buttoned coats, are styl.
jsh and fashionable.
About two immigrants only. out Of every
hundred that landed from Europe last year,
went to the Southern States. >.-i
There have been two hundred patents is-
sIed at the Patent Office, Washington, for
'ocipedes during the past twelve months.
The New York Society for the Prevention
Q "rnelty to Animals has received bequests to
th' amount Of $4O0, 900 to ail in carrying out
its o. jccts.
Walter Brown has just built, in Boston,
the lghtes! wood wherry ever constructed. 1t
l 30 feet long, 10t inches wide. and it weighs
So:y 19b pounds.
The number Of newspapers now printed in
"a, Unitcd States in the German language is
larg II than the whole number of journals in
tn" country in 1905.
The latest thing in the pipe line ie imita-
TIA meerschaum made OF bread. The pipes
h1sden and color beautifully, and closely re-
sein5le colored meerschaum.
For fashionable churches the latest idea
IS q retiring room. like that of the opera
house, where ladies can leave their cloaks
rarasols. &C., and, thus disencumbered, at
tend the service in all the glory of gorgeous
rallnent.
A curious race occurred near Boston, on
tuesday. The ecnntestapta~ry~.----.A--- -.A---. .-s'sss'
snd velocipede, the wager being that the lat
Ter could not run five miles while the former
ran ten. The velocpede beat the horse ON his
!, ninth mile.
ssYN 1t is rumored that q new paper is to be
seBtarted in New Orleans to fill the void left by
atho Crescent. It's name is to be The Delta,
44a Aud it's managing editor will be Colonel Durant
DaPonte, late chief editor of the Crescent. It
ia to be conducted after the fashion of the
''red hot" journals Of the day.
Quite number Of Israelites, together with
some prominent Christians, have addressed q
la5ter to Secretary Fish, begging that the Con-
Bllate at Jerusalem may be bestowed on q He
orew. The Israelites have lately ceased send
ing money to Palestine through our consul,
feeling aggrieved at some action Of his relative
50 Hebrew convert. ~
The Florida Union is authorized by Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe to deny the story that
her orange grove at Mandarin is for SALE IT
III not for sale, and has never been offered for
aaler since owned by her. The story that her
title is not valid is also sheer fabrication,
without the least foundation in truth. Mrs.
'towe is now at Mandarin. - a
"A Hanson cab company has been incorpo-
ated In the New York Legislature, and coon
the introduction Of Hanson cabs in New York
City will be attempted on q larger scale and
under more favorable conditions than ever be.
fore. Every previous attempt to introduce
them uthere has failed. They only carry two,
and the people will probably stick to the street
ears whenever they are available.
The grain trade Of New Orleans is Iaroelv
increasing. The elevator at that city js one of
the largest as yet built, and long tows of barees
laden with grain are constantly descending the
Mississippi. 1t is reported that one steamer
recently towed down 175, 900 bushels of wheat.
The Western papers are seriously alarmed st
the competition OF this new route, and are ear
nestiy calling for q reduction Of charges on the
transportation OF grain. !spif
"a misguidede Missouri editors demolisbes
ex-Secretary Stanton in the following serocioua
manner: "Stanton, the frog -souled. hyena-
hearted, hendish executioner Of Mrs. Surratt
and murderer Of Wirz, was lately baptized and
taken into ioyaP church at Pittsburg. IF
tenthousa1d baptismal washings; yea, il being
anchored, with milestone tied to his neck. in
md-ocean. for a century, will save Stanton,
the devil, amid all his culinary, sinner-oookine
apparatus, needn't despair" G.|. :
The Washington correspondents saw that
the present members OF the Csbinet intend to
hold on to their positions until Congress meets.
In the meantime. Mr.. Sumner is said to be
casting his eyes toward the State Department..
and Edwin M. Stanton is spoken Of for the
Treasury Depaa tment by prominent Radicals.
who, while they are satisfied with Boutwell's
politics. think he lacks force. It is said that
the hue and cry gotten up by the Radical press
about the Cabinet has for it's ultimate object
the displacement OF some Of the present Cabi-
net officers to make way for moro pronounced
Radicals. like Sumner and Stanton. ie,
some ofthe hereditary Legislators of Great
Britain are peculiarly blessed in the way Of
children. The Marquis Of Anglesey is one OF a
family OF eighteen brothers and sisters: the
Marquis OF Huntly, OF fourteen; Earl Fitawil-
liam is one Of thirteen, and has thirteen ofhis
own; Earl Grey is one Of fifteen; the late Lord
Dsnman left fifteen; the Duke of Argyll he's
twelve, and the Duke Of Leinster Ia one OF
thirteen, and the father ef the Duke Of Buo.
oleuch Left eleven; the Earl Of Minto left four.
teen; the Earl OF Bessborough has fourteen.