The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-12
N E W s s UNI ar Y.

Gold at New York yesterday closed active
q ID excited at 398. 2t tAe
AT New York cotton closed firm Sales $500
b lies at 282. w, ~.
The Liverpool cotton market closed dull.
Upland l1ad. Sales 1000 tales. H.. ,;-.,.. -a,n
New York is to have q Hanson cab com.
pa1y, and among other handsome things it
foudly expects lively horses. polite drivers, and
reasonable fares. r. 81 =:
Mr.. OSullivan, the present Mayor of Cork.
has refused nomination for Parliament ton
dered him by the electors of Youghal. The
Irish national papers defend the recent course
of Sullivan. N~
A large meeting of capitalists was held
Oh Thursday, in Knoxville, Tennessee, who
appointed delegation to visit Cincinnati to
r;present the advantages Of Knoxville as the
terminus Of the Southern Pacific Railroad. j
The Lynchburg (va.) Republican reports
tleA recent discovery in the gorges Of the
mountains near the Alleghany Springs OF
waterfall twelve hundred feet high A party
Vas soon to. leave Lynchburg to visit the spot
and attest tho truth Of the report.
Tho following dispat Oh dated London, May
8. gives 4 correct view Of the condition of fnan-
cal aff,rs there on that day: s'The stock
market has been influenced unfavorably by On
increase OF the Bank of England rate Of inter-
est to AZ per cent, and the current belicf that
farther advance will be made shortly-by the
political uncertainty caused by Senator Sum-
ne1's speech-by the expectation Of gold for
1orolgn loans, and by the depressed state of
trade"
-Iho monthly report Of the commissioner
o. agr1c t,lrc for the month Of April is Just is
euod. l. covers one hundred pages. and ia
Tiled with interesting and reliable information
upon every branch of husbandry. It's articles
upon the condition Of farm stock and the dis
cases OF the farm are especially interesting,
The past winter seems to have been very
favorable to stock generally, although the low
price OF wool has not been encouraging to
sheep raising, and the reports relative to sheep
are not so favorable, there having been an es-
tlmated decrease of twenty per cent. The
'Spartlna" fibre new material for naner, and
the "Ramie," or China grass. are. anbieets Of
Snte.osting papers. @
The pastoral letter of Archbishop SpaId-
ing and Suffragan Prelates of the Province OF
Baltimore, issued at tie close Of the Tenth
Provincial Council, recently held in Baltimore,
was read at the Cathedral and other churches
OF Baltimore on Sunday. 1t is a voluminous
document, evincing profound thought, and
comprehensive in its purposes. 1t breathes,
of course, spirit Of fervent piety, and is re-
plete with admonition to the clergy and laity
OF the church. The following subjects are en-
brace1 in the letter 4: Education, Catholic
Publication Society, Murder Of the Innocents.
Dangerous Amusements, Our Colored Breth-
rem, Prot ectories and Orphan Asylums, Rela-
tlons between the Bishops and Clergy and the
Sovereign Pontif. ,.., as
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ton relative to Cuban affairs, it appears that
theSpanish authorities will make determined
effort to hold Puerto Principe and Neuvitas
and the railroad between those places. Com
mupication must be kept open, it is said, be-
tween the coast and the interior, or the Span
1sh will be hemmod in at Puerto Principe.
Numbers of murders are reported OF persons
Who availed themselves Of the amnesty, they
having been shot by the outposts OF the pa
triots. Several parties have been taken from
the jail at Puerto Principe and shot, by order
OF General Du!ce's chief of staff. Large sums
Of money haye been offered to prominent lead
ers Of the rebellion If hey would leave the isl
and. The spaniards ,aAe doing everything in
their power to prevent the recognition of the
insurgents by the United States.
up to this time. no particulars have been
received here Of the alleged sinking of the
British brig by a Spanish war vessel, mention
ed in dispatch from 1.-The English Consul at
Havana to the British Minister, q lew days ago.
{ MIR. Thornton says that the officer in co nmand
of the British squadron at the West Indies has
full instructions from the English Government
to protect the interests of British subjects in
that quarter, and that he win not only do 80,
bpt thai he will demand prompt sasisfaction
tor any outraees that have been pr may be
committed on vessels sailing under the British
nag. The Spanish Government, Mr.. Thornt IN
thinks, has no disposition to get into quarrel
with England, and should any OF the officers OF
the Spanish navy, through indlscretion or too
much zeal, commit any depredations upon
British commerce. the home government will
redress the grievance as soon as it Is brought
10 their attention It is now Thought that the
consul who sent the dispatch to the British
Minister about the sinking Of the English brig
was mlsnformed. Mr.. Thornton thinks that
II such an outrage had been committed, he
would have had further particulars about It
either from the consul or English commander
ON the West India station.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says that Changes in the Cabinet
continue TO be discussed with great freedom
among the politicians. Senator Sumner. at ia
SAID, is casting his eyes toward the State De-
partment, and Edwin M. Stanton is spoken OF
Ior the Treasury Department. by prominent
RADICALS, who, while they are satisfied with
boutwell's politics. think he lacks force. Sum
ner, in conversation with gentleman q few
gays ego, said that il the country demanded
his services in the Stase Department. he could
not refuse. although, il his own wishes were
consulted, Of course he did not want the place.
!. ..Nlo'twithstanding vow this modest disclaimer, IL
is said by those who know Sumner best that
ne would readily take the State De-
partment II 1T were offered him. Stanton has a
great idea Of his ability to manage the finances.
and had he been offered the place 1t the outset
there is good reason to believe he wor,d hava