The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-20
Tbe Gbarleetn,t Netps.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1862.
HEB-s OF TIE DAY.

5000 bales at 264c. .. -.,
The Liverpool cotton market closed I'M
changed. Sales 1900 bales, Of which 1000
was for speculation and export. ,.. ~.
Heavy frosts on Friday night are reported
from various sections of the South. sr
"A cotton factory has been chartered at
Richmond, Virginia, with $65, 900 capital.
"A London clerk was convicted of forgery
on the evidence Of the sheet of blotting paper
he had used. r ,4r
Father Hyacinthe Is to receive public
welcome from party Of evangelical clergy
men in Boston. Wufr M
Admiral Farraguts condition has greatly
improved, and his physicians now have strong
hopes that he will fully recover his health.
The King of Prussia las presented the
Pope with the carpet which is to cover the
floor on which the Ecthenical Council Is to
be held. .,.
The laying Of the corner stone of tho
House Of Mercy OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church, took place in New York on Saturday
with imposing ceremonies.
Tho receipts from the exhibition Of Prcsi-
dent Grants OK, Mt the late fair in st. Louis,
amounted to nearly $4,000, which goes to the
benefit OF the Soldiers Orphan Homo.
-Paraguayan news represents that Lopez
las established new lines OF defence ut San
Estanislaus, and that the allies. pre- unable to
continue the pursuit Mt present for want of
transportation.
1t Is asserted that the National Intelligcn-
Ger and Express has been purchased by Mr..
.Pet" Halsted for Senator Sprague. Report
further says that George Wilkes will be edl-
tor, and will run the paper In the Sprngue
interest.
Major VIM. Allen, OF Richmond, has sold
jamestown Island to a Northern gentleman
for $ll 900. This island was the site of the
first English settlement in Virginia. A portion
OF an old church and numerous grave stones
still exist. sl"a3e.tt uif.
The London Times says, in reference to
Mr. Summers late speech before tile Massa-
chusetts Republican Convention. in which he
seemed to foil back on the extreme Views of
his former speech relative to the English re-
cognltion of Southern belligerency, that Mr.
Sumner has always been his own solitary dis
clple, and now seems disposed to turn rene
gade.
The croton aqucduct does not furnish the
City of New York with n sufficient quan tity of
water for oil purposes, and the Metropolitan
Board Of Health has been inquirng into the
practicabIllty Of obtaining q supply OF sea
water to flush the streets dnily md to extin-
guish fires. The cost Of constructing the
works would amount to s4,O0O,0 0OO and the an
nual expenditure for maintenance $500
"A numerously attended meeting of the
"Alliance Isracte Universal Society" has
been held in Berlin. The principal subjects
considered were the severe distress now pre-
yailing among the Israclites In Western Rus
sa, and the prospect Of tho emigration Of The
Jews from that pnrt Of the world to America.
resolution expressing the hope that the peo-
pie In America would cooperate steadily and
with their accustomed liberalty with the
brethren in Europe, In relieving this distress,
was unanimously adopted. III
"A Mr. Sargent, who seems to be the inventor
or proprietor Of an 'unpickablc bIrgar-proof
bank lock, has just succeeded after eight hours
effort, In picking, without injury to the lockor
safe, ,onc Of Yalc's celebrated ''donblc dial bank
locks"-a task which Mr.. Yale had wagercd
$1,000 against 5000 could not beione in forty
eight hours. So we go. Next, we suppose,
We shall hear that Yale, the 'doublc dial" man,
has picked the "unpickablc' birglar-pr proof" In
less time thnn Puck required no grfllc the
earth, detached it from Its belongings, and
walked off with lock, safe and contents And
then what will the ill-stnrrcd, dlsplrited rich
folks do?
x "a horrible accident occurred on Saturday ut
the Ohio River bridge, swelling tlic.n,lmbcr Of
lives which have already been sacrificed In It's
construction. At lalc-pRst p. NJ the tempo
rary trcstlcworlI being erected between pliers
= sixteen and seventeen, for the purpose ofswlng-
ing span, gave wayin consequence of Jerk
of the locomotive used In raising the tfmbers,
and six men were prccipitatcd q distance OF
ninety-fye feet, John n. Payne, carpenter,
was instantly killed; James KIRBY carpenter,
.was cut in two, and his body, floating over the
reefs has not been recovered; Oscar Gallagher
and William Irvine, laborcrs, were mortally
wounded, and Robert Gcnsby, laborer, and
Matt. Mcclure, carpenter, were slightly
cd. About 2 O'Clock John Dotkins, Willie walk
ing between piers thirteen and fourteen, miss
ed his footing, fell distance OF ninety feet, and
was instantly killed. e at
"A Washington lctter says: "The Radicals
here are much disgusted at the appointment
of Belknap as Secretary Of War. They ask,
who Is Belknapf never heard of him. II
he was in tho war lie couldn't have done
much, or he would have figured In tho news
papers, Some do not hesitate to say that
Grant seems determined to fill his Cabine,
with unknown, third-class men, completely
Ignoring prominent members Of the party, who
would have added strength and popularity t.
the. administration. It is not yet knowr
whether BeIknar contributed anything to tn,
Presidential gift enterprise, or whether one
Of Grants loie lost relatives has. suddenly
tlurned np.' One thing In relation to this up
rointment is noticeable, and that Is, that I
was not mado until afocr the. Pennsylvanil