The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In New fork Cotton Closeu Steau! OIL" eosA'S
at 25 cents.
In Liverpool cotton closed steady; uplands
I1XallKd.
A pneumatic tube has been laid in-Chicago
for the transmission OF dispatches from the Board
OF Trade to the telegraph office.
Senator Sprague, who had opened negotia-
tions to purchase the National Intelligencer, has
declined to buy that establishment
The Erie Railway Company announce that at
the expiration OF thirty days they will issue
5000 900 Of convertible bonds for the purpose Of
aayfng q third line Of rails on the entire route.
= Communism has found home in Iowa. Near
Marengo there is colony OF 1900 inhabitants
owning over 1000 acres Of land, and having all
things In common. They are religious sect, and
Germans.
The Yerger case remains In stdtu quo, and 1t
is believed that the Supreme Court will wait Con-
gressional action, in accordance with the desire
of President Grant, expressed through Attorney
General Hoar.
nna OF tha raiic.nnn- -FafAA-s- -aonamonting on
the practice Of having glowing epitaphs, says
that sff some men could come out OF their graves
and read the inscriptions Of their tombstones
they would think they had got into the wrong
sgrave.'
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sophia at Constantinople, and the Mosque OF st.
Omar, built on the site Of the Temple at Jerusa-
lem without fear Of molestation, the Sultan hav-
ing revoked the law prohibiting Christians from
( entering the mosques.
Ex-Governor Thomas G. Pratt, formerly Uni
ted States senator from Maryland during period
OF eight years, died at his residence in Baltimore
on Tuesday, after a severe illness and much suf-
fering, from disease Of the heart. Governor
Pratt was in the sixty sixth year Of his age.
.-Theho vessels and relics OF the temple at
Jerusalem, some Of which were said to have de-
scended from the time Of Moses, are safe at the
bottom OF the Mediterranean Sea. They were
lost while being transferred from Rome to Garth
age, 400 years after they had been ostentatiously
displayed ct the triumphs Of Titus.
Work, at last, has been begun on the East
River suspension bridge. The engineers, as first
step, are constructing an immense cone, which
is to be lowered on the sand at the bottom OF the
river. The water on the inside is to be pumped
out, and workmen will then descend to construct
the foundation for the pier. Two sets of air
pumps win be supplied, to p.event accident and
TO keep the workmen plentl lily supplied with
fresh air.
= The North German Correspon dent, OF the Goth
ult, prints statement that "the negotiations
respecting the establishment OF direct telegra-
sphfc communication between Germany and the
United States have almost reached successful
Termination. Count Reichenbach who has been
Is authorized by the North German Confederation to
undertake the enterprise, proposes to carry out
the scheme by leasing one OF the wires OF the
Atlantic Cable for the exclusive use Of Germany"
The following failures have been announced
fn New York City: White, Heath Co., cloth job
bers, liabilities about 100000. Randolph Broth
ers, In the same line Of business liabilities not as
ceftained 10 these must be added an oil nrm
having connections In Boston; dry goods job
bing house; one or two small ready-made clothing
firms; and the brokers firm Of Condict, Jennings
i Co., Broad street. The last mentioned house
were embarrassed during the late gold panic.
They are now reported as permanently failed.
The Rev. Mark Trafton, in his lecture on "The
Coming Woman" claims that woman should find
open to her all those avenues, and only those ave-
nues for securing living, into which it was safe
-znd proper for her to enter alone. The coming
woman, he said, will inquire, not so much "what
can don as "what modest respect for the fit
ness of things permits me to do" The coming
woman, he added, will receive equal pay with
man for any work which she does equally as well.
To the question, "will the coming woman voter"
he replied "Thc Lord only knows. But ought
she to vate9n Law is simply the basis OF social
order. 1t creates nothing, but only secures safe
ty and peace. The tax woman is required to pay
is simply an equivalent for the protection she re-
-ceives from the law. No injustice Is done her,
therefore, by Withholding the ballot Mr. Traf-
ton does not believe that if women engaged ac-
lively in politics, they could purify it.
"A great deal OF attention is attracted to the
case Of DR.. Paul Schoepne, now under sentence OF
death for the murder OF Miss Maria A. Stennecke,
at Carlisle Pa. Dr.. Schoeppe Is a wcll-educated
and INTEL gent physician of twenty eight, has
been in this country hut year, and is son OF
Lutheran minister at Carlisle. He formed the
aeuuaintance OF MISS Stenuecke while in the dis
charge OF his professional duties. Courtshp and
engagement OF marriage followed the acquaint-
anceship. Mss Stcnneckc died undcraratlier
suspicious circumstance, and while under treat
ment OF Schoeppe, who hai become involve
in some matters of m0Hey and real estate
speculations In the interest OF deceased, VINO
was reported to be possessed Of $4,000. n
post norttna examination and analysis OF the