The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-11
NEWS or THE DAY.

-Hoid c,oSeu IN New YORK yesterday nj 23;
In No7: York yesterday cotton closed &c be,
ter. Sales aaaa haics at .5,sc. for mid6ling
In Liverpool cotton closed at u2iail,.d. for
upiamds, aad l2ala.<d. for Orleans.
so pnIer has special representative al The
Ncii'cMcai Council.
-Hng!and rejects The modification Of the treaty
OF comnrrcc with France, proposed by the latter.
Tie Continental press generally aupiauSs Sec.
Rotary i'ouiTeI plan for t!ic resumption nf snc.
Gle payments.
a papcr Fibre company in y orfok Va arr 10
give St3.er1 for paper mi; ut Fredericksburg,
and proposes to manufacture paper an 9 large
scale.
The own,r Gf inc yac;i: Cambria is OF the opin-
inh, h:!.c'; nr'n mis- Own actual snundings, ,La:
no vessel drawing over nineteen fee; OF water can
pass through ;ac Suez Canal
-.flla Commercial Exchange at philadcirha,
destroyed hs nrc Tuesday afternoon, is TO be re.
bnii. s.l;cl!aie!y. Tic Insurance IL deemed SUI.
nclcni la replace the structure.
Tie Petersburg Index bids farewell To The old
men ~: the OLD Dimlnion, ana turns TO welcome
the young Vi7S'cians WIN arc hereafter TO hc the
law-male!!, leaders aud rulers there.
Tic marvellous feat of tccgrLphing 10 Eng.
Land tar entire message OF the President was ac.
co!afli3.d hy lie British cable on Monday night
The .lgc appeared i'll the London Journals OH
Tuesday morning, simultaneously with its puSli-
cation in the daily papers OF this country.
The London Times, ON American finances says
the fact thar rcpuaia,ion has been practiced Ivy
all he STATES except Massachusetts, associated
With the theory which widely obtains in the
uni6n thar gold debts msy bc paid in paper, III
jnrcs American securities. OIers OF couve.soa
will arouse disirus. a;.d deter success.
in charslng the Grand aury at Nrw York OH
Wednesday. nr. -h.
Observation-Disclosures case, said ar l:,erc has
hecl biganJ committed, aided or Allotted py any
persons, TO igatcr how elevated in life thcy may
be, fc2flcsey Investigate lie matter, aud arriving
at the lac ioi probable su, promptly iatiici." IL
is not considered ciJ ihi. Mcfarland VIII be
tried until January.
The tf:cumcnca, Council was opened OH We'd.
nesdaT ny the Pope. Tie weather was ur!nyo:,.
hlc, rain falling al intervals. bat enormous crowds
filled the Vatican and lined the streets through
wh:ci the members OF the CouEc,. passed. Tile
Pope, followed by seven hundred bishops pro-
ceedcd 20 the hail or Counci; amid the ringing or
bells and trundcring OF cannon from the forts Of
st. Angelo and Mount Arcnline. The Holy Pa:Acr
was IN haa aeoi,h. Tho galleries or The Eall Of
Council we"e occupied by soyeiyi:ls and princes
now in Hniac. ty members OF the corps diploma
t!qne nnd ol!tr notaslcs. The ceremonies ey-
cellcd ia gyanteIr an. magni1ccnce any that
have inSe:i place in Rome within the present
century.
-An6ng .le features OF the new census i,iIl
before Congress are provisions for the collection
tf the following Items: First, the statistics OF
trade OF every store and mercantile establish.
meni in The tinited States; second statistics re-
specting the mining and fishery Industries aud
capital of the country; third, statistics giving n
full exhibit Of the Internal transportation OF the
country such es those by railroads. canals, river
navigation and other modes, with the amount OF
capital employed therein the number OF passcn.
gers, rates OF transportation and total cost;
fourth, sla.stics in rcsnrd 70 The charitable and
reformatory Institutions OF the country, as AIMS
houses and hospitals .aar inmates and expense
OF supporting them. as well ss The amount OF
money Invested In such Institutions. These foa.
branches were nos, IL is said, included under aay
formeI census. The committee have carefully ~.
Viseh all tic Old Rchciaes dropping on, the slave
schedule ana cnlarging Inc general scope uf ,he
others and making theri ,horc specific.
1t Ii sell shcWn by this time that NIr. Baacl;.
err deeply regrets Tao course pursued by him IN
tho Richardson. .MCFarlsni case. Tile dcnrncll.
lions of inc press Tic mnfricndlY greetings OF L
large number OF his avn congregation, Ill have
had al unheai!ay influence OH Ills temper. Still
1t is coafoTt 10 know tat lie IL ready to apo!o.
glzc TO Mcfarland. should the initar be acquitted
As no do,ib. he will, for Mr. Doecher says: 'ir the
Investigation which will ere long be conduct cd
shall Show ac that had formed judgment In.
juriouh TO Mcfarland, and Incorrect In regard to
the other parties, shall accept the truth, aud
make such reparaIlon 10 Mcfarland as can. But
no man can act upon any after knowledge and
must depend only upon tho light which no has at
the time. Whatever changes may hereafter tase
place In regard 10 my Judgment OF the parties 10
will not alter the fact that then believed tia.
they wcra legally and morally divorced, and that
this marriage Was At once an nst OF Justice and OF
mercy"
Tho horrors Of hydrophobia are graphically
set forth in an account OF the suderlngs OF John
". Alexander, at Lexington, KY, last week. On
Wednesday afternoon, whom attempting to take
glass OF wnter, lie could not drink. He then
suspected tho causc OF his sickness nnd deter
mined 10 fully test 1t. lie tried to force water
into his mouth with epoon, but his arm gave a
spaslnodlc Jerk, sending the spoon nying through
the air. aud lie fell back unneryed and wlli and