The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-25
I NEWS OF THE DAY.

GENERAL NJ. c. BUTLER, OF EDaEFIELD
90 NEWS OF THE Day.
Gold closed In New York, yesterday, al
ll4al15.
Cotton was dull. and dropping, closing at
..2lc. for uplands.
In Liverpool, yesterday, cotton was heavy.
closing at 1lalltd for uplands; IL l4allad. fol
Orleans.
The Chattanooga rolling mill is about to
antroduce sspuddling" by machinery.
M. de Lesseps, the builder Of the Suez Ca
nal, is in England, and is the recipient OF many
honors.
1T Is stated that the Hon. Jefferson
Davis will soon sail for Europe, to bring his
family back to Memphis, Tenn.
The workingmen of New York City are or
ganizlng in opposition to the introduction OF
Chinese labor, and secret sessions OF the labors
1,aion are to be held to discuss the subject.
t. Reports from the Plains to st. Louis tell
of further Indian troubles; trains have been
captured, white men killed, and it Is danger
GUS for any one to travel below Fort Dodge.
-Oskes Ames, NJ. C. from Massachusetts,
mas a plantation, opposite New Orleans, to
which he has just sent one hundred and forty
Cinnamon.
The Texas papers announce constantly
ancreasing immigration into that State. Every
steamboat up Red River is crowded with peo-
ple, while the numbers who have taken the
no fod
Right Rev. John Marie 0din, Archbishop
OF New Orleans, died on the 4th instant in
France, his native land. His successor will be
Right Rev. Joseph Napoleon Perche, the pres
ent administrator of the diocese. ~
Dickens is said to have given in Mr. Will
kins Micawber playful and extravagaRs por-
trait of his father, Mr. John Dickens, an i'm
pecunious clerk in the navy pay office, whose
overdue notes. Charles collected and paid.
On Tuesday large number OF Germans In
New York, known a, the society of the "Fat
Men," (none weighing less than 200 pounds,)
had procession and picnic at Bellevue Gar
dens, to which point the members proceeded
/, In carriages. The Sun of that city says: 'As
the procession moved along, the vehicles
sweated, while the huge Germans reposed In
calm solidlty, and gazed forth complacently
upon those less gifted in the matter Of flesh.
Before the destination was reached five horses
gave in, hopelessS exhausted, and ten of the
vehicles broke down. In spite of the delight
full GOODNESS of the weather, the supply Of table,
cloths with which the members were provided
. of from 40
massive brows failed, and fresh lot had to be
procured on their arrival at tie Gardens. The
snbjoined is a schedule of nourishment, solid
and liquid, consumed during the procession
and at the picnic: 1919 kegs Of lager, 1927
bushels of clans, II pretzels, 3O5 gallons of
Rhine wine, I'll pounds of schweitzer kaese,
1s3 pounds Of sausages, and q, 500 cigars"
"a Washington letter to the Cincinnati
Commercial says: "some years since gentle
man in this city married widow lady, who
had one child, girl OF sdozen years. At the
time OF the marriage the husbands newly
acquired step-daughter was sent out Of town
to boarding school, the couple not desiring
any embarrassment upon entering upon the
new state of marital happiness. After being
away for FIVE or six years, the girl returned to
town and to her parents house, haSng now
grown to be an accomplished and beautiful
young lady, Presently it was evident that her
step-father had fallen desperately in love with
her. Her mother, or his wife, very soon saw
the situation, and after brief struggle with
herself, prepared to accept its unfortunate con-
sequences. Terrible to relate, having procured
divorce for herself she permitted her hus-
band to marry her daughter, to whom she also
gave over a young child which she had borne
during her second wedlock. She continued to
live in the house as the friend to all the par
ties; but 1t soon happened to be The eX-wife's
turn to be courted BY another aspirant for her
hand, to whom she was, after time, married.
Both of the parties and all parties continue to
dwell together in one household, all the de-
tails of the affair, from beginning to endShav-
ing been arranged satisfactorily and without
d che least misunderstanding. Is not this a
fearful Incident as well as queer one'"
The Hudson River Railroad Company in
New York has just adopted the English meth
cd of giving locomotives water, a method at
once novel and very efficient, and practicable
on other railroads. The company recently
constructed at Montrose station trough In
the centre of the track, twelve hundred feet
In length, fifteen inches In depth, and eighteen
inches wide, and caused 1t to be lined with
shees iron, heavily painted. This trough Is
perfectly straight throughout the entire twelve
hundred feet. A short distance to the north
and east Of it is spring which supplies it with
water, the troagh holding $4,000 gallons,
Hhichcan be let Into it at will. A locomotive