The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-23
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and closed ct 4lA.
,-h New York yesterday cotton opened
heavy, closing with sales of $500 bales al
SsSo.
Cotton at Liverpool yesterdy was irre2u-
Lar nth sales Of 5000 bales for speculation and
1000 bales for exportation at the following rates:
Uplands 1siai72; Orleans 12jal2$d.
The Colt WORKS at Hartford are making
50 900 eech-leadins rAes for the Russian
government.
-vicksburg, Miss, has always been afgh6ng
town, and now it has paper, the Herald edited
and published by Messrs. Spears & Swords.
IA steam shovel, capable Of doing the work
OF one hundred men, has just been put in use
ON one OF the Illinois Railroads, for the purpose
Of loading cars with gravel.
The New York Board Of Aldermen have re-
solved to call on the Congressnen frosS that city
to urge the recognition OF Cuban independence
upon Congress at its coming session.
Two women were found dead, and man
in An insensible condition. in Philadelphia.
Saturday night: the effects Of sleeping in a
e.oss room with coal fire in the CRATE.
"A photographer attached to the War Office
in England has succeeded in measuring dis
tanees and heights by means of the camera,
thereby mixing it formidable agent in mill
tary operations.
Congo Square, in New Orleans, is to
change its nauae for Humboldt Square, soseon
a the Germans erect statue to Humboldt in
it. So decides the New Orleans City Council,
on the petition OF German citizens.
Toe osza plant, rs the basis o. the stock
for making paper, is now being extensively
experimentsd with in the South. snd one oi
The mills in Alabama has invited proposals for
the supply OF twelve hundred tons Of this ma
teriai
Mensy and poHsicssre sadly unsettled in
Japan The paper currency is at discount,
and me Miksdo is so unpopular that conspira-
cywas recently organized to set up another,
but was discovered and exploded Another
outbreak is expected.
The musquieoes OF Alaska are most agree
able insects. They distil delicate aroma
Nhea they bite which has the snesthetic effect
Of chloruform, and their bite Is not venomous.
Tho tired traveller courts their music IS . pre-
-s55 1Hssss6 sS:s6 I6is product OF Alaska that he
took pains TO have some specimens sent 10 the
patent offce in Washington.
a Washington letter says: Quite struggle
is going on quietly for the nine United States
circuit ludgeahips created by an act OF Congress
last spring. These positions eens regarded as
very desirable by lawyers who desro to retire
from iabofious practice ct the bar. and this
sclass IN general are seeking the nominations,
bat itia believed the President viii not name
tts sppoiasees until Congress conSenes.
/. A direct importation Of tea from China to
chicago has commenced. but it dIfers from
Sordiuary inportstio1s, inasmuch as retail deal
,eu club together and order q few chests each,
by which means they expect TO be able to sell
such tea as is cold FOR 81 so or 81 rs for less
than 81. This Is species Of cooperative i'm.
portatioD, and perhaps it contains the germ Of
. vast trade. Now that intercourse With
China is so easy, We may look for great
changes.
threatens the exsinguishment of
ssthe dusty miller" method has been dis
covered Of making bread without grinding the
scrain, and patent has been taken out for the
procass. In making bread from flour there is
much waste, one hundred pounds OF grain
yielding only one hundred and twelve pounds
Of bread. By the new process the same amount
OF grain VIII produce one hundred and fifty
poueasoe bread. Moreover, the decomposed
and lost gldtsE m tae old process is preserved
IN the new.
<,f kha nkrr& &o
Tor the Avoadale sufferers has been most graft
tying. About $4,000 have thus far been
raised to relieve the wants Of the widows
created By that disaster. Most OF the collec-
kens smadeins small sums, varying nom one
dollar to ten dollars, thus showing that sympa-
thy with the sufferers is very wide spread.
touching al classes, and tliing for the widows
mite as vel IS the corporStion's purse. Mean
time, IL is gratifying, that IN the verdict OF the
jury Of inquest up'n the victims no counten-
snce vas given to the horrible rumor that the
cstsstrcpAaSas the result ofincendiarism, Of per-
petrated BY j>alous faction OF men of their own
calling. The jury distinctly say the fire orig
mated from the furnace in the mines taking
effect on the wooden brattice" in the shaft. II
would seem rs If the miners we're exposed to
bodily perils aud saferinss enough without
inputing to them, withou: sufficient evidence,
crimes at which humanity shudders. But, as
regards the future, the owners or operators of
the mines cannot be relieved Of their RESPONSE
blify II ffneyIlo not provide more thsn one out
le. Of escape, and that Of materials which can
mt be destroyed by accideu, or design. In the
case Of the Avondals, II the single shaft had
been properly protected. the fire, it is believed.
could not Lave occurred.
El-Tes particulars Of the murder OF Fraulein
Time. the Dutch lady. while travelling in
Africa, ara given By Malta correspondent OF
. London paper. For better protection. she
had engaged the services OF 20 chiefs to es-
cort her to Shat The chiefs quarreIed, or
pretended to quarrel, when two Europeans in
hsr service IN endeavoring to city them got
first -mutilated and then clam. whereupon
Miss Time, pothigg dauuted. made her
appearance to pac1ty the cousendine chiefs.
who. seeing her with uphtted hand,
And, fsneying that she Was about dis
charging revolver. aimed cut with =
s,cinetar, and chopped on the lady's hand.
nd tmmsdsstely after ball P'erced her breast
uoa LA hsr iifeless. A young Aeerine girl IN
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