The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-14
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Gold at New York, yesterday, closed VI

ct S2f.
The New York cotton market closed firm
at 283a282c; sales 5000 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market closed active.
Sales IL 600 bales. Uplands 12ta12ad.; afoat
12td.
They are building large cotton seed oil
factory at Mobile.
The motto OF the market gardener fust
now is, '1et us have peas"
Only fifty two miles of track remain to be
laid to oom olete the Pacific Railroads.
The Mayor of Portland is remarkable
man. He asked to have his salary reduced.
The New York Sun brings financial and
commercial matters under the head OF s'Deoent
j Sporting Newe."
Tho Chicago people continue their prepar-
ations for grand frolic to celebrate the open
! ing of the Pacific Railway.
4. -Lathrop, Ludngton & Co., Of New York,
/ have been declared involuntary bankrupt by
the United States Court.
Mexico being "dead broke" Romero, the
Secretary OF the Mexican Treasury, is prepar-
ing what he calls reformed financial sys.
tenn" >u4ts .t
up to the 9Th inst. $77 800 had been sub
/. scribed in st. Louis toward the "creaton Of a
direct grain trade from That city to Europe,
~via New leans.'
The Savannah papers announce the death
OF Mr.. p. Vim. Hunter, at TIC aSo OF 70 years.
For many years he was cashier Of the Marine
Bank and in all the relations OF life had won
public esteem and respect.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
have passed resolutions to unite with the New
Orleans Chamber of Commerce in petition
to Congress to provide for navigation for
larger vessels from New Orleans to the Gulf.
From ;,,l; 1l.on
(Fla.) Banner, I'VE will have one Of the most
favorable crop seasons known to Florida for
many years. Look out for the tide OF immi-
grafton to commence to flow to our interior
counties next year."
"A serious charge is made in Madrid against
United States mister Hale, and the Minister
OF Finance has stated to the Cortes that he will
inquire into it. Mr.. Hale is accused OF having
inaported articles contraband Of war, under
diplomatic privileges.
The Quincy (Fla.) Monitor says: 'sWe no.
tice the presence here of number Of North
ern gentlemen, some Of whom intend residing
here permanently, having become delighted
with this section of the State. They are from
Concord, New Hampshire
A letter received in New Orleans, from JEFF
serson DAVIS, says: "It has been my purpose
to return this spring to what was my home,
and il permitted to do so, without injury or
o. embarrassment to my friends, to engage in
some business which may yieli a support"
The New York Sun learns that Commos
dore Vanderbilt recently had q narrow escape
from death. Going to q closet he seized bot
tie and drank portion OF it's contents without
examining it. The liquid burned his mouth
and he spat 1t out. It turned out to be dead
ly bed bug poison. The Commodore's face was
loco
received.
Earthquakes continue to cause alarm in
Peru. In Arequipa building progre sses SLOW
ay, while in many Of the towns people are fe-
, quently impelled to resort to the open fields
for safety. In addition to the alarm occasion
ed by the subterrsneous noises and vibrations
of the earth, the yellow fever is making it's way
into the interior. Although the deaths result.
ing from 1t are &sw, the populace in some in
stances desert entire villages out Of sheer dread
OF the pestilence.
The Council B1uffs (Iowa) Nonpariel says
that when the ''good time coming" comes, an
nounoements like the following will be frequent:
"Died, in the thirty fifth year OF his age, MIR.
John Smith, husband of the Hon. Jane Smith,
at her residence at Nashua, this morning at 6
O'Clock. Mr.. Smith was meek and quiet hus-
band, beloved for the graces Of cultivated and
trained nature. He excelled in the domestic
virtues-as cook he was surpassed by few;
as nurse he was equalled by none."
"A correspondent describes the famous Col
onel Don Piatt as follows: ssIn person he is,
as sturdy-loohng implies, rather below the
medium height but he has good figure and
remarkably fine carriage, walking wi b firm,
even tread. His head is beautifully shaped,
the intellectual organs strongly predominant;
the forehead we'll developed and shaded by
thick brown hair, worn as carelessly as the
short cut will admit Of. Indeed, tho hair, eye
brows and eyes are all Of the brown tint de-
nominated nazel, the eyes large and clear,
with an intensity Of gaze peculiar to artists"
Columbia is going to have an opera house,
the Express Company having undertaken The
enterprise The Phonix says: "The edifce
will be eEeoted on the lot owned by the COM
pany, at the southeast corner Of Richardson
and Taylor streets, and opposite the new hotel.
1t will have q frontage Of 80 feet, after the
Corinthian order Of architecture. with depth Of
21O feet. and will be three stories in height, sur
mounted by the fashionable Mansard roof.
The lower floor will be divided into three COM
partments running through the whole extent
of the buildlng-one OF which will be occupied
90 the Express Office, another by the Tele-
graph COmpsnys and the third, we learn, is al
ready engaged by one Of our leading dry goods
merchants. The whole Of the upper portion
OF the building will be devoted to the purposes
of an opera house, constructed as an amphi-
theatre, with an alternate or shifting foor,
go as to be easily converted to the uses Of o
ballroom or assembly-house foy conventions
or public meetings Of any description. The
stage will be thirty Ave by forty-six feet in
area and will be furnished with scenery and
machinery OF permanent character. There
win be parqusttes four private boxes ON
either aide OF the stage, o dress circle. and ON
upper tier. All the seats will be C shs Latest
style and elegantly cushioned, and tho floors
are TO be finely carpeted, exoelt that OF tho