The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-01
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Cotton closed quiet. Sales $500 bales.
Mi1dling 2Gic.
In Liverpool. on Saturday, cotton closed
bmoyant. Sales ~. .ODn bales. Mitding upands
l2al2Id.
The Chinese are to build grand .Io.s
house in New York.
Only seventeen Republicans are left on
the police force of Philadelphia.
Another large party of female cmigrants
left Liverpool, Thursday, for Quebec.
Louisville makes $4,000 barrels Of iTOnr q
day and 2.iG0,0o gallons o. whiskcy year.
There will be six cclpscs next year. but
none of them will be visible in the United
States.
The election for the four vacant seats in
the French legislative corps has been fixed for
November 2lst.
Hon. Samuel J. Person, one Of tho leading
lights of the bench AMI har Of North Carolina,
died in Wilmington, on Saturday.
Several vessels have arrived III New York
within few days from the West Indies with
number of yellow fever cases ON board. One
OF them reports six deaths previous TO arriving
The New Orleans Picayune says that all
the hands that can possibly be procured In
Louisiana are busily engaged in picking col
ton. Every planter is So busy picking he has
no time 10 ship.
The short dress, deliberately hut artistically
trimmed Is fashionable for evening wear. and
more worn III balls than The trained skirts, but
for grand occasions and dinner parties the long
train Is the most stylish.
The citizens Of 81. Louis are making librr-
al arrangements for The recovery and scpullurc
OF tEc bodies Of the passengers AMI crew lost
by the disaster to The steamer Stonew;ll and
for the relief III families rendered destitute by il.
The New York papers say that the Frank
lin telcgrapers demand an increase of 25 per
cent. on their present salaries, which average
about $1,000 per annum cacli. These salaries,
the men claim, are smaller Than those paid by
any other line. AMI entirely insufficient for the
ordinary expenses of living.
Miss Pet Mckay, beautiful young lady,
OF Quincy, Illinois, deliberately drowned her
self in the Mississippi, al that place, OH Thurs
day She lclt note sinling that she did not
commit suicide for shame. nor for love- but be-
cause "ll her friends were enemies and
''this is cold, drcary 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 the fattcd calf and all that sort of thing,
and two days after built nice fire with kero-
senc Oil under the bcd-chnmbcr in order TO
burn them 10 death and secure the property.
The Presbyterian Church bids fair to be
reunited According 10 returns received by the
editors Of the New York Observer. two-thirls
Of all the Prcsbytcrics have voted 10 rntify the
reunion Of the church. The two General As
semblics will accordingly meet at Pittsburg,
November 10. TO count The votes and Officially
announce the result.
Rochester papers are having Il delightful
controversy over the bravery OF cowar,licc of
q reporter. liz was to make n balloon asccn-
Sion with Professor King. hui just as the air
ship was to start he jumped ont anil refused TO
make the ascent. his sudden departure endan-
gcfing the lives of lh0ar who remained by sud
denly Tightening. lis load. The ;cronaut takes
this view nr he matter. hui The paper 10 which
the reporter Is attached is filled with energetic
dcnials Of cowarlicc.
Father liytcinilc, il appears, Is abOu! 10
enter the field OF journalism. lie proposes 10
publish, In Paris, newspaper. tU be entitled
Lc Chrcticn, which shall hc both religious and
political, or rather secular In lis character
The cX-monk pcriinaciously insists upon de-
claring hnscl. Il Catholic. He is fearful of the
approach Of every stranger. lest he should
be scdnccd into an m r0i,inn,iWm expression
that would he twisted into an admission OF n
Protestant leaning. lie Is even afraid to take
ride, as on Sunday, when, instead of pnrc-
ly pleasure excursion, he found himself whisk-
ell Into The tabernacle Of the noted Henry
Ward Bccchcr. Father IIyacinhe ate Il br0iled
becfsteak on Friday because. us he claims, he
had right 10 do so. lie rcceivcda ''dispensa-
tion" from the bishop of The diocese where he
last oflciatcd TO use fresh meat OH Fridays on
account Of his ardu0us duties; and he says IN
addition that the rule Is not Imperative on
priests when thoy arc travelling. II should
be added that dlspcnsations, relieving the re-
cipienb OF the obligation, are often given to
tho sick and weak by tho Catholic bishops and