The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-24
s .xe!EgS3r THE DAY.

Gold closed at Now iGrR Yesterday nj 20l.
Tho New York cotton market way ouet snj,
ateady at 1850: snles iaco bales.
AT Liverpool cotton WAS stcaav: u,dsras
1lHd; Orleans 1l,<d; sales 1900 bales.
-Wiimington. N. O.. paves her streets with saw
dust.
"A State Female Suffrage Convention Is to
meet in San Francisco January 20.
"A game OF chess lasting ten years has just
been decided. One OF the players lives in Ger
many, the other In New York.
John Brougham Is In Buffalo, Mrs. d. p Bow.
ers Is In New Orleans, and John f. Owens is In
Ticksburg.
One thousand dollars reward has been offered
In New York by pother for the recovery OF her
child, seven years old, 'stocnn by tho father, who
has been divorced from the mother.
Governor IIaight, OF California, in his mes.
sage just ut hand, takes ground against Chinese
immigration, but favors the admission OF Chinese
testimony in the courts.
General Canby has ordered the payment, on
Eew Years day, OF one per cent. OF the interest
due on tile Virginia State bonds, both coupon and
registered OH the 1st Of January last.
In street atfray In New Orleans last Friday,
Mr.. p. V. Ducros secretary or the Knickcrbockcr
insurance Company, shot and mortally wounded
Mr.. e. J. Byrd. The parties are connected by
marriage. and the encounter grew out OF family
differences.
The Richardson Mcfarland case is to he re.
vived In the SurroRate's Court, In New York, In
contest for his property. Mr.. Richardson did not
make a will. and his relatives Intend to contest
the legality Of the death.bed marriage, on the
/: ground that the dying bridegroom was under the
influence OF oplatcs at the time, and did no: know
what he was about.
I'm consequence OF the recent seizure OF all the
sugar In the bonded warehouses OF New York and
Brooklyn, for alleged frauds In weighing, trade In
shat article has been seriously Intcrfered with and
the price has advanced from two and q quarter to
Two and half cents per pound, according to
grade. A contemporary hopes that 1t Will not
turn out by and by that the officers engaged In
making the seizure were In q combination to get
mp corner In sugar. and invoked the power of
government to do what they lacked the nerve and
capital to accomplish in the usual way. But
stranger things have happened.
The shsrpest censures bestowed upon the
'bigamous wedding" in New York are by tho
religious press. The Catholic press holding strict
notions upon the sanctIty OF tho marriage tic,
have been pointedly condcmnatory OF the affair.
but not much more 40 than the organs of the
Episcopaiians the Methodlsts the Baplisis Pres.
oyterians and Congrcgat0nalists. The Church
man, (Eptscopalian,) In review OF the conduct OF
hessrs. Frothlngham and i,cecter, says positive.
lJ: at was gratultous piece OF wrong doing
It could bc nothing but the Inercst FORM and It's
sole meaning was to give All additional pang to
the murderer, and to throw contempt upon tho
law OF the State OF New York and tho holy ord
nance OF God. neither Of which would sanction
che marriage"
-Apropos or the "equal rghtsn business I'm
Washington, "Mack" tells this story: IA negro
member OF Council recently offered and secur red
the passage OF an ordinance denying license to
any restaurant or place OF amusement that refused
TO treat negro customers on perfect eaual,ty
with whites The father OF that measure is tho
owner OF the principal barber shop in the
city. While one OF his workmen was scrap.
Ing my chin the other day, l asked him
III he ever had any coiored customersf NO
sah, we don't shave no niggas in dis
shop. was the prompt reply. .But,, said i.
: .suppose coiored man were TO come in and ait
down In one Of the chairs like do, what womb
yen dop Put him out sab Some shops,l,
shave niggas, but dis is too 'spectable for dat.
lyon wouldn't refuse to shave the colored Con
:8ressmen from Louisiana, would your yes.
nah. wouldn't shave no niggas, no how-even II
'dey was President. One o. General Grant's Mig.
gas came here one day-but he didn't git no
ahave-no, sab. Wesc got all we can do to shave
do white folks, ,and don't want no niggas.'n
Tho bushwhackaSs who attacked Mr.. Turner,
Of spartanbdrg, on the 9Th, and wounded his
daughter, have since set fre to his house and