The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-05

NEWS SUMMARK.
Gold closed in New York on Saturday al
Cotton was frmer, with: sales of $500 balel
.st 283 cents. ;...7.5l= =. IA. > H.,
I'm Liverpool cotton closed firmer. but no
q uotably higher. Uplands 12aa12ad; salei
O,0O0 bales.
IL. and B. Curtis & CO., dry goods mer
% hAnts of New York, have suspended.
-Emigrants are rapidly leaving Eastern
Florida, finding that it has been written up il
too high eolors.
Richmond, Va, which has female post
IN aster, is debating whether to call her post
master, postmistress, or postmiss. =
---Easter Sunday fell this year on it's origns
dsy-Mareh2s. This is singular coincidence
asithss not fallen on the 28th; in one hundred
"a nd fdrty-four years. %, Q, s.i !. s,'' .
The new Galt Housein Louisville. erected
and furnished at cost of &, ,0OO, 900, will b.
opened to-day. It is said to be the largest
hotel in the South or West.
DR.. Robley DAnglisou, Of Philadel phia
died last week, aged seventy-two. BE was
famous as writer Of medical works, and was
onsof themost eminent physicians in America
---A"one moment, Mr. Secretary" is ono oi
the commonest of phrases in Washington. II
recently took Borie just thirty-ave minutes to
get hom the desk of Wizards Hotel to the
foot Of the stairway, distance of thirty feet.
"A new trapeze feat has been introduced in
New York. Two athletes hang by the heels
from opposite bars, and throw third across
tho space between. It is said to give specta-
tars the sensation Of smart blow in the
stomach. tli5ki!t =
Several Germans have located near Char
lottesv.ue, Virginia, and are entering largely
into the cultivation Of grapes. They are prac-
-tical men, and speak in glowing terms Of the
adaptabillty OF the soil and climate to grape
growing.
"A psddler in Watertown, Wis.,, in exploit
ing his 'tDon-explosive oil, succeeded in blow
iingthe, grocery to pieces in which he was
making his reassuring tests with lighted lamp.
The operator and female looker-on were
badly burned.
essssat parties in-Nev York nowadays, the
hnst no longer supplies the gentlemen's dress
ing room with cigars, as, in too many in
taHoes, the gentlemen have. been known to
taks> weeks supply home in their pockets.
Ditto in Washington.
Eleven States have now ratified the Fir-
teenth amendment to the constitution. They
are Kansas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Michigan, Maine, South Carolina, Arkansas,
and Pennsylvania. On the other hand, Georgia
and Delsware have rejected the amendment.
-At recent meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Atlantic Telegraph Company, it was ofici-
Ally snnounced that the income from messages
veraged seven hundred pounds, or $500 in
gold per day. The receipt Of this amount
{ hows that two thousand words pass over the
41abIe every day. o.s
The furore over tho silver mines n the
White Pine District ls 1masnse. Since the 1st
Naroh, ffty-six companies have been formed,
and steamboats,, railroads. and stages are
crowded with advanturers in search OF trea-
sure, AS yet, tho greatest fortunes have been
made by selling out.
sgi-A letter from New York says {: "General
.6ickles has. declined the mission to Mexico. 1t
was formally rendered him BY Secretary Fish
.yesterday. Reason, private business affairs
not permitting absence from the country at
this time. General siclles is himself the
q authority for this statement"
The New York Tribune, speaking Of the
bill for the removal OF political disabilities, re-
gently reported from the Reconstruction Com
.mittee, says SIT is q less wisely generous
measure than we had hoped for but it at least
puts stop to the. poor business Of peddling
.piidons, and wrsngling over rival claims for
exemption in Congress-"
shl-cA Cuban patriot, ON landing in New York,
-ras most Enthusiastically received by certain
q gentlemon Of distinguished appearance, who
While loudly protesting that General GRAM
s1ould speedily interfere for Cuban independ,
tienee, relieved the stranger Of s50O0-all the
money he had in the world. 1t was said he
CIT Havana for fear of being robbed.
Rev. Marshall B. Smith. rector Of st.
Johns Church, New. Jersey, an alumnus Of the
Theological Seminary Of Virginia, and for the
past two years the working editor Of the Pro-
testant Churchman, has written q letter to
aRishop Ode- e-.heimer, announcing that he has
formally Withdrawn from the ministry Of the
Episcopal Church. Mr.. GLNth's reasons for
the step are, in brief. his .espair OF seeing
what he calls ''any possibility Of revision oi
= the Prayer Book, the suppression of Romish
and other corrupt practices, and a just guaran-
tee of liberty to the. Evangelical clergy"
11Ar. Harrison P. Turner, we'll known in L.
,Timore as COMMISSION. merchant. arose last
/, Friday morning, and suddenly seizing razor,
drew it across his throat With su.h violence
that not only the jugular vein was severed, but
the neck out from ear to ear. His wife, Sleep
ing by his side, was awakened by his move
ments, and his falling upon the floor, near the
bed. soon discovered what bad occurred. The
deceased had attained the age OF ffty-one
years; had recently failed IN business; and this
e act IS supposed to have occasioned such des.
pondency OF mind as have induced him to ccn-
NIT the rash act. He leaves six children-or-
phnns, indeed, by the poverty which, at this
late age. has grasped them.
s., Senator Sprague's speech, Of Tuesday, in
novelty and holiness surpass d all his previous
efforts. For nearly an hour and half he In
Weighed against the legislation Of Congre 50,
handling his brother senators with urgloyed
hands, warning them of the evils OF theil
course, and like the voice in the wilderness all
nonnoing not tho coming Of a great reformer
but ef an indignant people to break the scep-