The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-30
VIEWS SUM MAR z.

Gold at New York, yesterday, closed firm
at s44aa-:.ea s4aa ..
The New York cotton market was steady.
Sales $500 bales at 2s3a282c.
AT Liverpool cotton closed at 115d for up
lands and 12td for Orleans.
What Spain wants OF the Anglo-Sa1on ma
tions-England to give ita loan, America to let
it alone.
First class private houses in Paris, in good
localities, rent at from $1,000 to $40 900 per an
nun in gold. -. Ito
Clay colored, of New Orleans, who de-
olined to be Minister to Liberia, has an income
Of $4,000 year. I : % - - -
One hundred and thirteen lawyers in North
Carolina have signed protest against the Su-
preme Court Judges in that State mixing into
politics.
"A New Orleans, blind beggsr appeared in
court the other day, and went security for a
friend, swearing binself to be worth sac, 600
worth of pro oerty.
Jerusalem with the spurs and sword of the
celebrated Godfrey de Bullion, making him
Knight OF the Holy Sepulchre. asa. o.a
"A very puzz ling q lestion to solve is: Which
is the easiest and most comfortable, to ride
velocipede or lead one round with you all day
Opinions are, so far, about equally divided.
Adelaide Greenman, a doctress, has been
appoia.ed examining physician at St. Loris
for New York insurance company. 1t is ~
lieyej::sso be the first appointment of woman
to sucil,a position. ~, 4-a;
Or Friday or Saturday next the last rail
of the Pacific railroads will be laid aud the
last spike driven. Spectators are already
gathering at the end of the Central Pacific
Railroad to witness the occurrence.
"A Paris corresca aadent writes: Mile
Nilsson, the charming Swedish prima dun no,
is about to abandon Euterpe for Hymen. The
fortunate Benedict in prospective is said to be
French duke, whose name cruel Puck has
not yet vouchsafed to make public"
"A colorel man has sued the City Of Louis
vile, Kentucky, for $4,000 damages for al
legged false Imprisonment. The suit is to test
the constitutionality Of the ordinance whereby
parties arrested as sus pected felons are COM
United TO the workhouse in default OF bail.
many ladies, have been spending the past three
days in Mobile, entertained by the city govern
ment, trade corporations, &c. They are going
to Montgomery, Alabama, as the guests Of that
city. =.
The old blockade runners Fox, Badger
and Lark, are undergoing an entire remodel
ling in Liverpool, and it is surmise9 that they
L II ~ - nEop It Thou
aresvery swift boats, and would be just the
kind Of craft the insurgents would like to pos.
sess. NJ
The Arizona Cotton Factory, established
in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, since the
war, is now paying net profit Of twenty-tour
Der cent. per annum. This income is realized
on capital Of $4,000, and with q part Of the
machipery counted in the capital not yet at
work. : -. r-!'
1t is now stated that the United States au-
;thorities have no apprehension OF difficulty
with Spain, and that the squadron Of American
wryessels intended to protect American in
ter,ssts IN Cuban waters Is not unusually large,
aid will not. be increased in anticipation Of
apSScnnsion apSecnnsion. ~ ~. 80 =. -, 4,
T4aThs New York Herald, Of Tuesday .tmoney
article, reports: Sin Southern securities there
wasa continuance Of the demand which char
acterized the market last week, and the fea-
lures were the new North Carolinas, S2O0, 900
Of which sold at SCI; the Louisiana levee
eights, which advanced to S8, and the Alabama
eights, which closed 101 bid"
1.-The ownership Of the publication known
us the Imperiahst, printed in Ne's York, and
which. openly advocates the conversion OF our
Republican Government into an empire, has
all along been charged upon prominent Fed
eral ofice-holder, but it was not until recently
that the name Of the owner became publicly
known. The Newark, Daily Journal Of the Goth
makes the astounding statement that the pa
per in question is edited under the auspices
and at the cost of the Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Adolph Borie, and alleges that Grant him
self has been distributing copies to his friends.
s'Skaws, &c.
-Montresl is suffering great distress from
the efeotS Of the great flood in the st. Law
renee River. The police are engaged in dis
tributing bread from boats, which are padded
through the streets covered by water, to the
depth oftwo, four, and in some places, six feet.
AS the relief parties passed along the streets,
the windows Of the houses were filed with
women and children, clamorous for bread.
The most destitute lived in the lanes and back
yards. Fsnoiiea we're found lying together on
the floor, covered with bed-clothes, and thus,
by the additional warmth, endeavoriug to resist
the pangs of hunger.
Defeated candidates for Congress have,
it is stated, Of late years been in the habit of
contesting the seats Of their successful com.
petitors in order tosecure the amount usually
voted to pay their expenses. During the last
twelve years the payments have amounted to
d08 743 to unsuccessful contestants, and s69, ,65S
<tc candidates who we're unseated, making
total Of $178. 1896. In order to prevent this ex-
travagant expenditure, bill has been intro.
duced into Congress providing that IN cases
OF contested seats no money shall be paid to
either candidate until decision is reached by
the House, when the salary shall be given to
the member legally elected. No greater sum
OF money isto be paid to the person declared
not to be entitled than has actually been ex-
pended by him. The Commit On Elections
OF the House, it is stated. have agreed to re-
port this bill, and an effort will be made for
its passage soon after the meeting of Con-