The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-08
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NEWS So NJ III Il r 2.
Gold closed in New York, yesterday, stead!
t ts19.
Cotton was firm, with sales of $500 bales
at 28Ac.
In Liverpool cotton was steady; upland
2ta12ld; Orleans 12sa12ad; sales 10000 bales
"A colored law school is in moderate sue
cessful operation in Washington.
The railroad from the Pirmus to Athens
has been inauSurated and thrown open to the
p ubIic.
The poles of the telegraph across the
p lains are said to be source OF delight to the
uffaloes, which use them as scratching posts.
The Partisan journals say that the Minis
Il er Of War has made preparations for calling to
he flag at any moment the 100000 men on
congo. :.
Prince GortschakoG, Russian Prime Min
ister, has contracted for 100000 needle guns
t(system Baranow,) to be delivered with as lit
lie delay as possible.
The United States Supreme Court hive re-
used to grant writ of error in the case OF G.
8. Twitcaell, convicted of the murder Of Mrs.
Hill in Philadelphia.
The Prusslan journals state that Protes-
tant jubilee is to be held next autumn at Ber-
lin, to form q counterl oise to the council to
assemble at Rome. A preparatory meeting is
to tax, place at Worms after Whitsuntide.
The French journals generally applaud
the proposed British legislation on the Irish
Church. They say that tho Irish Church has
long been blot on the banner of freedom
which England holds on high for the worlds
admiration.
The press of Philadelphia concur in con-
.dsmnias the so-called confession Of Twitchell
as falsehood, and it has strengthened greatly
the general belief in the entire innocence OF
MIS-. Twitchel. It is thought now that there
is no hope of escape for him.
The Marquis of Westminster, the richest
nobleman OF England, has an income OF s2,-
100000 q year, which in ten years from now
will be doubled by the expiration ofninety-
n nirsA wear leases in Belgravia: But he has
softe,irg brain, and has become IDIOT.
"A dispatch from Providence, R. l., an
nounces the death from apoplexy, on Thursday
last, Of General Burton, Colonel OF the Fifth
Artillery. Genera! Burton is well known Tor
his kind treatment Of e1-President Davis when
q prisoner. He was afterwards commander OF
the post at Columbia, 8. G.
Revolutionary troubles continue in North.
ern Mexico. Long rebel n,anifestoes sse widely
circulated in secret in Acapulco; they denolnce
tb intrigues, dupicity and despotism oi the
j ..arez Government, urge its overthrow aad
substitution Of Porfrio Diaz, or some other
popular leader, at the head Of provisional
government.
The wife Of Marshal Valiant, who recently
led, shaved regularly every day for many
ears. She had thicker beard than 20 st
men. During her last illness her beard be-
came 80 bushy that when the physician who
visits all the dead to see that they died natu-
al death, examine "e-, he asked, "What was
his gentleman's position?'
Charles Snowden Fairfax died en- Sunday
,tBNnum's Hotel, IN Baltimore, at the age OF
orty years. He was chairman Of the Califor-
n ia delegation 10 the last Democratic National
Convention, and had been five years clerk OF
the Supreme Court Of the State. he was de.
scendant Of the last Lord Fairfax, and was
entitled to the distinction Of tenth lord had he
aalmed the position.
M. Louis Ulbach, an eminent French
ournalist, was recently fined three hundred
rancs for stating that the name Napoleon was
d erived from two Greek words, which signlfed
.hangman. The Public Minister thought the
entence too light, and appealed agalnssis Is TO
the Imperial Court. The result is that NJ. Ul-
-anh,s fine has been raised to five hundred
,raucs. and, IN addition, he is to suffer Blk
months Imprisonment. M. Ulbach is candl-
d ate for the representation Of the Aube.
The Washington correspondents have
nally agreed that John Jay will be appointed
Minister to England, Motley to Vienna, Gene
raj Bntter6eld to Paris, and George Wilkes, Of
New York, Minister to Mexico. 1t is whispered
.about in certain confidential circles that Sena'
or sprague contemplates the purchase OF the
National Intellieencer, and that he intends te
give it Q new lease Of life in engineering new
political movement, on an independent tack
/ behalf OF Chief Justice Chase for the success
sion.
Mrs. Dolly Chandler and one hundred and
ninety-four other women have sent remon-
STRANGE to the Massachusetts Legislature
against woman suffrage, believing that it
would diminish the purity, the dignity, and
the moral influence OF women, and bring into
the family circle a dangerous element OF dis
cord, without securing additional strength
efficiency; or wisdom to the government OF the
nation" and ask to be let alone sin the condi.
tion allotted to US by nature, by custom, and
by religion"
On March Oath the committee was to lay
before the Spanish Cortes the draft OF the new
constitution. It was stated that the bases o
this constitution area Monarchical Govern
ment, two Chambers, Senate and Congress
The senators are to be elected by the Provin'
cial Councils-sJur from each province-tor Q
term Of twelve years; the deputies are to bt
elected for three years, by uni 5ersal suffrage
The King is to reign for eighteen years.
majority Of the committee are favorable to the
separation of the Church and State. The
minority propose that the Roman Catholic reli
pion shall be the State creed, but with tolera
tion for other professions. Liberty Of the presi
and the right Of public meeting to be guaran'
teed.
The English papers show bad state o
affairs in the manufacturing districts. During
Friday and Saturday last fifteen hundred per.
SONS were relieved at the blackburn Office anc
dnr;no tba fiye previous days there was al