The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-25

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Notices. 40 cents o line. Marriage and Funeral Nc
Hoes, One Dollar each.
u If YN- VS. y M N Il R Y.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at Sit
Cotton in New York yesterday closed al
202; sales 1000 bales.
41g In Liverpool yesterday cotton advanc ei
id, and closed at 12id for uplands on the spot
,12ia12ld for uplands aaoat, and 1870 fa
Orleans; sales 10000. t.u
c-Full dress rehearsals precede nobby New
. York weddings.
-seventy-two cotton and woollen mills are
& being erected in Georgia.
Items about land buyers fr ON the NORTH
Ill all the Southern papers.
Egl. E:1 Over 10000 men paraded in the New Yorl
' st. Patrick's day procession.
'S'i Cincinnati is to Represented by one of hel
citizens with q beautiful fountain, COSTING
100000.
rsig San Francisco has no free delivery OF let
ters, because no carriers can be got at the low
salaries offered.
Immigration clubs are being formed in vari-
Z, ous parts of England to assist the poor who de-
u sire to emigrate.
!. R-The New York Episcopalian fears the
Methodists are "txying to take possession Of
III the governments" U
-Ka.sas is said to have a better system of
= railroads constructed and proi actsi than any
other State in the Union. !lc
Tho Cuban refugees at Key West, Fla,
are shortly to start a newspaper to advocate
iotha cause of the reyelutionists' in Cuba.
- = Tho "Circle des Black-boules" is the name
ora Paris club composed Of those who can't
! secure elections to the regular institutions.
ol --Tho Committee on Elections of the House
.iNof Representatives at Washington have set
apart to day for the consideration OF the South
81 Carolina contested ele ,ton cases.
a. The preparations for the monster musical
festival, to be held in Boston in the month Of
= June, are already far advanced, and contribu-
! hons OF money are being made on the most
i liberal scale. .
-Girard College is in q quandary. The will
OF its founder requires that graduates shall be
bound out to learn suitable trade; but so few
apprentices are wanted now that the college is
0verhowing with boys who have gone through
the whole course and can't be disposed Of
"A floating hotel is to be opened on the
i Hudson River. A steamboat is to be towed to
Pollipell's Island, in Newburgh Bay, near Corn
wall, where she will be permanently anchored.
She will be thoroughly overhauled and repair
ed refurnished and repainted, and so altered
as to convert her into frst-class summer
boarding house.
The American Free Trade League proposes
to give series of lectures on the subject of
free trade in all the large cities Of the United
States. Some Of these lectures have already
oil onI hovn L>oa Iokc~ -
marked attention. At Indianapolis, Indiana,
an audience Of thousand persons was pres
ent. This method of presenting the respeo.
tive merits of free trade and protection is one
of the best ways Of informing the people oi
this country upon this nauoh vexed question.
The Augusta papers, give an account OF
the killing Of L. g. Reese, Esq, citizen Of
Appling, Columbus County, Georgia, on Mon
day last, by G. J. Harden, also citizen OF the
same place. The Superior Court of Columhia
County is now in session, and Mr. Reese was
the foreman Of the grand jury. Mr. Harden
was q member of the sarae jury, and the cause
OF the difficulty is' supposed to have originated
out of some matter connected with the court.
Both parties are respectfully connected, and
have been good citizens Of Columbia County.
"A Washington telegram to the New York
Herald says s'Some little interest attaches
to the contest for the postmAstership Of
Columbia, South Carolina, from the fact
that one Of the candidates is q pure Afri-
can and ex-slave, and enjoys the support and
confidence of one Of the senators from the
Palmetto State. The chief opponent Of this
dusky would-be postmaster is Captain d. A.
Moore. formerly of New York, who is said to
be we'll recommended by the business mon Of
Columbia. The darkey, however. stands the
best chance, and will be likely to win" re. M.
Wilder. the s'darkey" alluded to, is not ssa
pure African" although he is an sex-slave.' y
On the contrary. he 10 bright mulatto, tall,
we'll made and rather handsome. He has the
rudiments OF ON English education, is q civil
fellow. and would probably be as acceptable to
the people of Columbia as his alleged "chiei
opponent" }" Captain d. 81. Moore, formerly Of
New York.--EDs. NEWS I1%
"A Radical correspondent, who ought Ia
know about such things, says we who stay at
home have little idea OF tho army camped in
Waehington--a seedy army OF bummers, fel.
lows who will have TO borrow money before
they leave town. He gives specimens or the
remarks one hears in going through the lob.
bies Of the capitol: 'Let me see your blue
I.oon - cau y you Sc anu lntrO0uce me tC
Boutwell, ?"-"whatdo governors Of Territories
getP"-'don't YOU think you could get me or
interview with the Pres dent 2"-~''my SER
woes must be recognised" - s'the party ID
gong to the ID if Grant goes on in this
way"-"what business has he to make his
Oiotner-in-iaw marshal here 2"-.sdo you know
wnefe there's vacant consulsh, 10 7''-"had
Detter get all the names can, or will Few
nrst-clas ss signatures be best pr" when had ,
better put In my papers 2'--"is It fact tba,
Grant won't examine papers himselt?n 81
have been here every inauguration since yac,s
sons tinae." said ON old gentleman, ssbut
never before saw such greedy pack as ther1
10 IN Washington now" MI
DIR. !. 1. Hayes lately delivered in New
York an interesting address on Arctic explora