The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-09

In New York cotton closed heavy ant
lower. Sales 800 bales. Middlings 27ac.
Cold closed at 30a.
d8AThe Cincinnati Enquirer claims to have
6 adyices from all parts OF Ohio, which amoun
TO positive assurances Of the election OF hr
ePendleton by large majority. '''7p
s.0gn Flag Jr.,, has sued fsr Corbin, the Presi
dents brotherin-law, for 500, 900 difference Oh
eold alleged to have. been bought and sold dur
Ing the late speculation In New York.
- "A Jealous Chinaman, living in New York
killed his wife and man who had been board
Ing as his house, Tuesday night, and then pu
amend to his own existence with the same
,4kaifsfhe hadiused in killing them. g.l IA sui'
ii sa.IIt isexpected that thep procession at Louis
Wits, fria honor OF thet~ ~CommeFeial SConven'
btton,,aiwilI be rome Of the most magnificent
successes ever achieved" The line viii proba,
bly, be extended to the length of five miles
THE, rapidly failing health 9f Broylplow
causes speculation as to second senatorial
contest. If Eastern Tennessee sends johnson
Hto Tie. e.Sehate, the middle and western sections
,softhe State win put in their claims for sue
2cessor TO Brownlow. i''
Il LIT is reported that a terrible earthquake
occurred In Peru on the Path ultimo, lifting
vessels out of the water and tumbling noun
=tain-tops down, but not, so far as heard from,
hurting any one. The people, IN consterna-
ton, have fed to the interior
* pphcationt from New Orleans and other
Southern merchants has been made to Commits
sioner Delano' to allow the shipment of tobac-
GO, purchased in Virginia, in bond, and it is
stated that the course Of the commissioner
promises relief not onlytosuch merchants, but
to Southern manufacturers. -
Henry Placide, the veteran actor, now lives
In retirement at Babylon, L. l., aged seventy.
He says the happiest time Of his life. was the
aparfnsi he snent In aohtor,S prison Ia. ITsiifaS,
when he was but nineteen years old. He has
been on the stage from his ninth year, and is
the son OF a French pantomimist.
q methodist papers in England are gravely
'6lscussing the question whetherl ocal preachers
do right in making use OF the velocpede in
reaching their houses Of worship on the Sab
bath. The Judgment seems to be- that 1t Is
better to walk than to ride where 1t is practi-
cable, but that the BICYCLE should be used In
preference to the horse. ~
The safe of the great jewelry store under
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, occupied
by Bishops & Rein, was broken OPEN at late
hour on Monday evening, and over $4,000 In
C diamond jewelry was stolen. No trace ofthe
: thieves nor Of the property has been dis
covered, and the detectives are at their wits
ends how to accountfor the robbery. "'
s5sJaGThe Haytien Government has finally con-
c5eluded the purchase Of the armor-plated
e steamer Atalanta from Mr.. Oak Smith, OF New
i York. for sl6O 900, gold. This vessel was for
!, rnerly tn the United States service. After re-
ceiving coal and provisions she will be ready
for sea. and it is expected she will sail IN
9 Sbout three weeks for Port-au-Prinee to join
SalnaVe's navy. =
There isno longer any need for New Workers
to 90 to Chicago to procure divorces on INSULT
cisnt or fictitious grounds: Two grossly fia-
grant cases have recently come to light in New
York, in both Of which the wife being the
plaintiffin IN one instance, and the husband In
d the other-a decree was granted without any
9 notice e,whatevertt to the defendant, and mani
., ,festIy through criminal conniYarce between
q the plaintif's lawyers and the officers of the
:. courts. AS things go at present, there seems
to be very little hope for the permanency OF
the marriage relation in either the greater or
lesser Sodom. rs
The failure of Legrand Lockwood, the
noted New York banker, Is everywhere re-
GREETED, and host Of friends offer him assist
]. anoe. His house and grounds at Norwalk,
Conn, are valued, in their incomplete state.
at $500, 900, and it was his intention to expend
more than q million upon them. The owners
chamber is furnished with elaborately inlaid
rosewood, the bedstead canopicd with green
forming framework of gold and Jet. At
tached are q dressing-roOm and an oratOry,
the latter frescoed in imitation Of fluted white
satin, the windows hang with Persian fabrics,
and the ceilingin rose drab and gold with
:. dome OF sky-blue studded with stars.
Mr.. c. Redding, of England, has written
another letter on the Byron scandal. He as
serts that there is not shadow of foundation
for Mrs. Stoves charge against Mrs eigii,
and declares bis belief that Lady Byron herself
never circulf ed such q statement. The letter
concludes as follows: "The cause of serara-
ton will perhaps remain mystery. IkneU
!: ytorty.toxr years ago, but The secret ''ecer
passed my lips. 1t was told to me by friend
of Lady Byron's. It matters not to a curious
and censoYious world, which in reality cares
not jot about the matter except to crafty an
idle curiosity, which Mrs. Stoves sensation
fctions and affected sympathes about black
or white have tie effect OF stimulating"
The Hartford Comm Courant publishes
the following card: Mrs Stowe desires the
friends of Justice and fair dealing to publish for
her this announcement: That she has kept 81
lence heretofore in regard to criticisms on her,
article on Byron for two reasons: First, be-
cause she regarded the public mind as in too ex-
cited state 70 consider the matter dispassion-
!. ately. and, second, because she has expected
the development OF additional proofs IN Eng
zdr:and, some ot,wIilch, of great Importance,
have alreadyscome to hand. Mrs. Stowe is pre-
pairing review OF the whole matter, with
further facts and more documents, including
several letters from Lady Byron to her, attest