The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-06
Tbe Gbaflestn,, aeemg.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold at New York yesterday closed quiet
at 80. H..' o ar
The New York cotton market was quiet
and unchanged ut csc. Sales 1900 bales.
"A system OF public schools is about to be
established in Atlanta, Ga.
.a,. Dr. Hayes Intends 10 lead IN expedition
toward the open Polar Sea next year.
Tho grape crop In Tennessee this year is
said to be abundant beyond precedent.
George F. Whitchurst. Esq, prominent
citizen Of Norfolk, w., died suddenly on
Thursday last, in that city.
Nashville is boasting of her "lmmcnsc
boot and shoe trade" Alnrgc woollcn factory
Is about to be established there.
General Rosccrans, says the San Francisco
Bulletin, is going to make s5,OOo,00o out Of his
mining speculations in California.
john Morrisscy has been to hear Beccher
preach, and he says that lie never saw q man
,"get the devils head in chancery SO quick In
oil Ills life." .ia
"A premium ply, only eighteen months old,
and weighing over seven hundred pounds,
was exhibited Mt the Mexico (Ailssourl) fair
last week.
.,a Mr. s. s. Conant, formerly of the New York
Times, has formed literary connection with
the Harpers, and has headquarters ut their
publishing house.
% "A suicidal mania is raging In the Prusslan
ar1ny, and in n few weeks, Mt the camp of Bor-
ma, near Leipsio, fifty-four soldies have put an
end to their existence.
"A New York company has purchased n
large tract Of land. on the Rappahannock
River, Va, including the water-power at
Wheatley's Mill, for $4,000.
-hlr. Joe Jefferson's four performances in
Brooklyn reached an aggregate of $4,000, of
which he received $4,000, and G. w. Taylcure
the other, after paying all expenses.
Mr.. Seward returned Ito San Francisco
September %. His progress in the southern
portion Of tho State has been continued ova-
ton. He sailed for Mexico on tho soth ult
The warehouses the wharves at Gal
weston, Texas, are overhowing and Nelghts
could not be discharged last week for want
of shelter. Busy times are expected 70 r
months to come.
The Tnpelo, Mississippi, Spectator, of the
Gath, announces the death of DR.. William Cal
houn, who was taken suddenly Ill while visit
Ing patient, and died almost Immediately.
He was cousin Of John c., Calhoun, and not
unlike him in personal appearance.
The firm Of Lockwood & Co., of New York,
deny the rumor that the liabilities of their
house are between twenty and thirty millions,
and positively assert that they are not involv-
ed to the extent Of half such an amount.
- The New York Independent states that
two-thirds Of the students In the general Epis-
copai Theological Seminary In that city have
just gone over to the Roman Catholics. The
institution Is said 10 be under decided High
Church control.
Prince Arthur and his distinguished COM
pnnions were greeted Mt Toronto, ON Saturday,
By about thirty thousands persons. Formal
addresses were presented by the corporation,
and appropriate responses were made The
party afterwards drove through the principal
streets, which were gorgeously decorated and
brilliantly Illuminated.
The Great Eastern Is the great cable layer,
and now having done such good service in
the Atlantic, she is about to show herself in
that part of the Indian Ocean known as the
Arabian Sea. At last accounts the Great East.
ern was slowing away forty miles daily of the
cable soon to be hid between Aden and Bom-
bay, q distance of one thousand eight hundred
miles, more or less. iSiiiw5 aG.-q-
The Colorado Herald,T of September %,
u
Georgetown yesterday morning, by mounting
on large horse 'straddle-ways' and riding
away for the Range, at seven o'clock in the
morning. She was dressed In blooiners, and
wore gentleman's oyercoat. Her delicate
little foot and finely turned ankle were encnased
d In substantial boots, with buttons up the sides.
An eye witness gives the number OF the boots
: at two and q half" .j.ij d. gi.r.at .,tT'i,y
Irtf,- Jarnnu Hhk1nn panpottf tLo, Hy.., w..
'i' Herald, is otin.sc pfeoafl6ns health as the
papers have stated.f Advancing years md the
intense mental activity OF almost KaIFa cen
+ tury Of Journalism have, doubtless, pfodaced
4 some effect upon him, but he still s1peryises
i, t4he Herald: Mr.. Bennett commenced hIs ca
reer.i In Charleston, South Carolina, Ii is22.
u .Afterward he went to New York and, became
& connected with the Courier and Enquirer On
the eth Of May, 1885, eissued the first NUN.
der Of the New York Heraid.! o7q s-q,to
e The New York Herald Of Saturday says of
the Late crash in Wall street: y Tie crisis in
Wall street seems to have passed. 4igairs yes
sterday were brighter than on any previous day
'slnce the commencement of the panic week
! a. and every one is 0whopehll that by Mon
ythe danger Will have passed away. Avery
= large proportion Of Fridays transactions have
been settled by mutual agreement between
contracting partics, and, With tho preeSseption
OF coercIve measures atiu, the encouragement
to continued forbearalce and operation
among sufferers by, the crash, 1t Is expected
that not only will tottering bones be preserved,
u but Armszalready bankrupt Will rc-estab-
llshed.n IN i tfGr;1. ~ -. ~.
!. Some scIio-c scenes have been report.
ed In Now York since tho beginning OF the late
gold panic The latest Incident Of this charac-
ter reported lis, that after tho gold speculation
the Hon. John Morissey found himself the
y creditor of the immortal Fish, Jns TO Ahe tune
oftso, 900, of which amount no triet In vain TO
h'obtain possesslonis AS tho stosy goes, relying
on bis personsiVlgor the exIpnsillst sent word
. '''t ~ ~ ~