The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-11
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$500 bales.
Cotton in Liverpool at noon yesterday was
quoted at 11}a11 Id. for uplands.
-Whelan is to be executed at Ottawa To-
day.
Cincinnati has leased its lamp-posts for
advertisements.
1t is SAID nat the income of Mrs. Lincoln
rom her husbands estate is about $1,000
year.
Joseph Metcalf, of Erie, Pa, the Oldest
Mason in the United States. died in that city
last week.
Several thousand families are expected to
arrive at the port Of New Orleans from Germa-
ny this spriag.
The New York elevated railway is in sue
cessful running order from the Battery to
Cortland-ssreet, through Greenwich-street.
-California's population is only onc-fourth
emale. 10 Nevadathere are eight men to one
woman, and in Colorado twenty to one.
james Armstrong, Admiral Semmes' lieu
tenant on the Alabama. is resident OF Hall
fax. He has become British citizen.
"A. L. Stewart has sol1 twenty shawls this
season in New York, worth $4,000 each, and
one worth $4,000. One woman lately ran up
bill for $50, 900 at his store in couple OF
months.
A keeosene lamp explosion took place at
ths residence OF Mr.. Voss, in New York, on
Saturday last. The furniture was destroyed,
aud the occupants of the room narrowly escap-
ed with their lives.
70. III n
o:her night to find bouncing baby on his
doorstep with noe requesting him to "be
mother" TO the child. He is doing as we'll as
he can with bottle.
the Tampa, Fla, Peninsula. says: "Fha
orange trees are sprcuting out again, aud are
rapidly recovering from the effects OF the late
freeze, bat the lemon, lime, guava and alligator
pears show no sign OF life"
"A buxom widow of New Jersey has won
$4,000 IN o breach OF promise case ut Jersey
City, against wdower OF eighty. a printer
of st. Louis has also woD $4,000 IL similar case
against damsel OF twenty.
Ono planter on the Mississippi offers
five hundred thousand ramie plants for sale;
and it is reported that orders for rauie from
all parts Of Europe have been transmitted to
Rev Orleans and Mobile, offering to purchase
the rough fibre at ten cents in gold.
The new Rldi al German organ establish
cd in st. Louis on basis Of s10O, 600, has col
lapsed and been absorbed by the Anzeiger,
the Democratic paper. Mr. Rssor, the edit
or-;u-chief, was discharged, and the prIncl-
pal prooH-reader was sent to the. iunatic asy-
lum.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, &C.
cording to the last volume OF its reports, just
published, has decided that the Q, ,ited States
statut, of 1856, which provides that nc paper
required by law to be stamped shall be used
as eudenceSin any court, until the requisite
stamp shall have been affixed, does not apply
to the courts of the several States.
"A Memphis detective arrested young
desperate named Webb in Granada, Miss,
few days since. While conveying his prisoner
I'M the cars to Tennessee, the latter took occa-
zion to apply chloroform to The officials nose.
and during the slumber which ensued delibe-
rately walked off tho cars at the next stopping
place, and disappeared. What was worse still,
he carried uff with him the detectives carpet
bag containing his pistol and linen. The 'e-
tectiye is about to apply to Governor Browntow
for leather medal.
The New York Herald, in an article on the
spring trade, says &c A growing confidence IN
the new government soon to be inaugurated at
Washington, in the prospect of reform aud
economy an the management Of our political
affairs, and in the happy consequences that
must flow from speedy restoration of all the
Southern States to the Union, is one powerful
source Of impetus which has been given to
every department Of our wholesale trade.
The city, retail trade is likewise awakening to
encouraging activity"
The dry goods tr lde Of New York, as ap-
pears by the returns of eales of wholesale
dealers during the past year. has been bettor
than the year previous. The following are tho
amounts Of sales made during 1868 by some OF
the leading wholesale firms: b. 3. Clahin &
Co., 4S,93S. 600; A T. Stewart, s3O,576,OOO;
-Royt, Sprague & Co.. s9.21o.OOo; S. E. Chitten-
den & Co., SC. .93S 900; Lathrop, Luddlrgion d
Co., (sincs faiIel,) SO s31, 900; Anthony & Hall.
Sc ssS. 900; E. s. Jeffray & Co., s6,S6l, 600; e.
Brewer & Co., s6,5S5, 900.
The Herald OF Monday iu its money article
says :" There was q frmer tone to the market
for Southern securities succeeding recovery
in prices after the decline previously noticed.
Quotations are not up to the figures whic'
they touched a few weeks ago. The market is
now largely tree OF the speculative Influences
then at work. Our reconstructed brethren
wers not slow to learn '' Yankee tricks in
speculation, and there is tho best reason in the
world Tor the belief that the bonds Of several
Southern States were ingeniously worked up
and down the scale, to the great profit Of The
State authorities. The investment demand
from Northern capitalists and corporations
seems to have been satisfied, while speculative
operators are temporarily attracted to the
other markets"
"A great success is claimed for the new
eight story boarding house Of DR.. Dio Lewis,
in Boston, and the Goctor regrets that he did
not baid 1t five stories higher. The lower
story is restaurant. The building has q
steam elevator and two dumb walters, sixty
large rooms, with hot and cold water IN every
bedroom, mile and quarter of speaking
tube, connecting every room in the house with
the Office. The prioe OF suites of rooms ranges
from $500 to $4,000 per annum. "Let me illus
tra+e one adyantaeen he said the other day.