The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-01
NEWS OF TIE D.iY.

29a2ol.
Cotton closed quiet. Sales $500 bales.
Middling 2Glc.
In Liverpool, on Saturday, cotton closed
buoyant. Sales 10000 bales. Middl!ng uplunds
12al2!d.
The Chinese are TO build a grand Joss
house In New York.
Only seventeen Republicans are left OH
the police force of Philadelphia.
Another large party Of female cmigrants
left Liverpool, Thursday, for Quebec.
Louisville makes 1000 barrels of flour
day and 2,4G0, 900 gallons OF whiskcy year.
There will be six cclipscs next year, but
none Of them will he 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 ]. Person, one o: the leading
lights Of the bench and bar Of North Carolina,
died in Wilmington, OH Saturday.
Several vessels have arrived nj New York
within a 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 Plcayune says that all
the hands that can possibly be procured in
Louisiana nrc busily engaged In picking cot
ton. Every planter is so busy picking he has
no time 10 ship.
Tho short dress, deliberately but artstcally
trimmed, is fashionable for evening wear, and
moro worn ut balls than the trained skirts, but
for grand occasions and dinner parties the long
train is the most stylish.
The citizens Of 81. Louis arc making liber-
al arrangements for the recovery and sepulturc
OF the bCdc:; Of the passengers aid crew lost
by the disaster to the steamer Stoncwall, and
for the relief Of families rendered destitute by IT,
The New York papers say that The Frank
lin tclcgraphers demand al increase of 25 per
cent. on their present salaries, which average
about $1,000 per annum each. These salaries,
the men claim, arc smaller than those paid by
any other line, and entirely insufficient for the
ordinary expenses Of living.
Miss Pet Mckay, u beautiful young lady,
OF Quincy, Illinois, deliberately drowned her
self in the Mississippi, at thai place, on Thurs
day. She left II note stating that she did not
commit suicide for shame, nor for love, but be-
cause sail her friends were enemies" and
'thls is n cold, dreary world TO live in.n
IA pr0digal returned to the home of his
brother and sister in Pontiac, Michigan, the
other day, and was received with open arms,
ate the fatted calf and all that sort of thing,
and two days after built nice fire with kero-
sene oil under the bed-chamber in order to
burn them to death and secure the property.
The Presbyterian Church bids fair to be
reunited. According TO returns received by the
editors of the New York Observer, two-thrds
Of all the Presbyteries have voted to ratify the
reunion Of the church. The two General As
scmblies will accordingly meet at Pttsbulg
November 10, to count the votes and officially
announce the result.
Rochester papers are having n delightful
controversy over the bravery or cowardicc of
reporter. lie was TO make q balloon ascen-
sion with Professor King, but Just as the air
ship was TO start lie jumped ont and refused TO
make the ascent, his sudden departure cndan-
gcrng the lives of those who remained by sud-
denly tightening its load. The ;crOnaut takes
this view of the matter. blii the paper TO which
the reporter Is attached is filed with energetic
dcniGls of cOwardice.
-Fathcr liyacinthe, IL appears, is about to
enter the field of Journalism. lie proposes TO
publish, In Paris, a newspaper, to be entitled
lie Chrctlcn, which shall bc both religious and
political, or rather secular In its character.
The cx-monk periilaclOusly Insists upon de-
clnrlngLimscf Il Catholic. He Is fearful of the
approach of every stranger, lest he should
be scduccd Into an al cdI'iand,m expression
that would bo twisted into an admission OF n
Protestant leaning. He Is even afraid to take
ride, as on Sunday, when. instead of pure-
ly pleasure excursion, he found himself whlsk-
cd into the tabernacle of the noted Henry
Ward Bccchcr. Father Hyaclnthe ate q broiled
beefsteak on Friday because, MS le claims, he
had right TO do so. lie rccelveda "dIspensa-
ton" nom the bishop of the diocese where he
last ofllclated TO use fresh meat on Fridays on
account Of his arduous duties; and he says in
addition that the rule is not imperative on
priests when they arc travelling. IL should
be added that dlspensations, relieving tho re-
clplents or tho obligation, are often given to
the sick and weak by tho Catholic bishops and