The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-22
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s d GREATER.
st. Louis proposes to run steamers direct
rom that city to Eastern and European ports,
q nd coal and pilots ore offered free for an ex-
.perimental trip.
"A Western paper says that half the busi-
ness of the courts in Illinois seems to be to
satisfy the vengeance Of women because they
can't get tho mon to marry them, and the
other half to enable woman to get rid of men
who have married them.
Gail Hamilton sent q note OF regret to q
silver wedding in Illinois in which she said
<.When one has stayed married twenty five
years in Illinois, suppose it is worth while to
ring the bells over it'll Pray consider that I
touch the rope with none the less heartiness
because I am hundreds OF miles away" ~
The first two hundred Hansom cabs have
been ordered for the new linz in New York City.
with eighteen hundred more to be added as
soon as pedestrians learn how cheap luxury
it is to ride in them. The cheap conveyapces
modelled after the Hanson, and already intro
duced into Central Park. are said sto be pleas
ing the public and coming money for their
owners" The new company is protest
against hack extortion aud tho Inconvenience
of horse cars in crowded thoroughfares.
"A correspondent OF the New York Tribune,
describing the dress worn by Madame Parepa
Rosa at the Boston Jubilee on Tueeday, says {:
@'1magine white muslin skirt over white silk
a white moire antique overdress trimmed with
lace, high bodice Of the same garnshed on
the shoulders and round the sleeves with red
and white ribbon. fastened with alternate red
and white buttons. wonderful composition,
but those buttons went straight to every pa
1riot's heart, and whether they heard her or
not, it made no difference" If this is true
description, the coors worn by that lady were
red, white and red. We have certainly known
the time when such colors s'went straight" to
very many patriotic hearts, but they did not
beat in the bosoms Of Tribune correspondents.
There must be some mistake here.
"A correspondent of the San Francisco Bull
Aetin gives au amusing account of journey up
hill by rail on the Union Pacific Railroad be-
tween Echo and Wasatch. The hill is ascend
ed by means Of e. the train running up to
switch. then backing up the next gradient and
fiually forward. On the trip described the en-
.gine once or'tsgice failed to reach the upper
,awitch., onds aRfo1 running lack, gathering
speed and pushing with all eof6e, came to
dead stand few rods from the desired point.
The engineer then had all the brakes set and
leaving the traAn standing wenI uown tho hill
and running up again struck the train with
some force to endeavor to start it. The bat
tering ram pho only succeeded in shaking the
passengers from their seats. One more trial
i the proper way took the train to the top.
-Property-holders in Washington are be-
coming much dsRusted with their negro gov
ernment. A correspondent says : 'There is
n report current which, If it has any solid
foundation in fact, will increase the amount
of property advertised for sale considerably the
next gear or-two. The report also involves to
some ex -ent questions Of politics and economy
IN our city affairs It seems. so the report
goes, that large number OF our wealthest
ptoperty-holders are much dissatisfied with
the present management of city affairs, and
say that the money realized from taxes and
other sources is being squandered by the corpo-
ration authorities They therefore propose to
refuse TO pay any taxes next year, and allow
their property to be advertised for sale for the
non-payment Of the taxes. They will then
have year or two under the law in which to
redeem their property, and by that time they
hope the management of oity affairs will be in
other and better hands. The remedy for what
j deemed an evil seems an or iginal and singu-
lar one to adopt, butit is nevertheless very se-
1rionsly suggested by great many OF the
largest property y-holders. What they desire is
that other hands shall expend the monies OF
the corporation. and believe they can accom-
plish their end by thecourse proposed"
The Rochester Chronicle he been :oo;.aa q
new story about General Butler. The direc-
tors OF q Boston bank, having, their suspicious
aroused, norAad their cashier that an exami-
NATION Of tho books .and cash in hia posssssion
must be had. The cashier won't to Butler and
:atated his case. Hej hsd misAb appropriated
s3unds OF. the bank 10 the amount OF &a0 0O0.,
He asked whether he had not better own up.
9estore what hs oould, and let Lis bondsmen
make up the deficit. Butler, after some CON-
.sider&tf0Hy directed him to attend the n,eetlns
OF the directors, deny that there was anything
wrong, aid. II they desired, 10 surrender The
keys and go homo, leasiag &henaip possesslopy
BE did as directed, gave up the keys, aud tho
Directors, nrpn examining the books and cash
in the vaults, found q, deficit. as they anti.
cipated. Of $50 900 They notified tho cashier
and bis boadsnen. who in due time ap-
peared accompanied by Butler, who, acting as
spokesman, inquired what the matter was
The directors Informed him OF the facts, end
~offsred to compronaise the matter by the return
OF the rnlssjng funds. General Butler oo0Ily
replied that hos client had surrendered the
keys y them. and that the dsAeit. ifany. oc-
@curred after the directors were IN pcssession.
The directors now, began to .see the ,dilsihma
an which they were placed aud sent for law
yer, only TO flpd chat they had made q false
step; that they had no proper evidence of the
.amount OF cash in the bahlx wasn. surrsndered
by the cashier. and that in, taking possession
they had lost theis only remedy. Asit would
mot do to let the stockholders know how they
had ZEN overreached, the directors had to 60
TO work and make up the loss ont OF their own
pockets. They gave their dsfsulting cashier
Che certificate Of character which ha da.oa naaa