The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-01
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

OF 700 bales ut 251sc.
I'm Liyerpool cotton closed with downward
tendency; uplandS 1lEsu
The chiyalrous Pollard is writing unpleasant
things about his wife in the Baltimore papers.
q North Carolina proposes to exempt COTTON
and woollen mills from taxation for five years.
-One great cause OF rheumatism and neuralgia
affections in this country is said to be the eVapo-
ration from stoves and cooking utensils.
The statue of Nathaniel Greene, which Rhode
Island has presented to the nation, is said to be
the finest piece of sculpture in the capital.
General Lougstreet was the first vice-president
of the Central Republican Club OF Louisiana,
which met in New Orleans last Friday evening.
The Army and Navy Journal says that out Of
the Pill officers of our army, between 700 and
500 entered the service as private soldiers, and
that only 622 ever enjoyed the advantages OIL
West Point.
Almost one OF the last political squibs OF the
lamented Prentice was the following: 'lt Is un-
derstood that Butler would have been candi-
date for the Spanish throne il the crown jewels
hadn't already beer sto:en."
"A healthy competition Is wagcd by two oppo-
sition stage lines in Wisconsin. One line carries
for nothing and gives dinner to each 'ssen-
ger; the other carries for nothing and gives each
passenger dinner and pair ofbucSskin gloves.
Don Piatt says the Prince was not escorted to
church, Sunday, by band OF music, because
s:the bands were engaged in 5urying deceased
darkeys. All the brass bands OF Washington bury
negroes in the ytine, and serenade the mayor
at night"
-Robeson got drowsy at Thornton's reception
the other evening, but didn't dare to leave BE-
cause lady told him it was not etiquette TO 60
before the Prince. Fish at length told him he
had been humbugged and tho. great naval Sccre-
tary hied him to bed.
Texas papers report that twelve or fifteen
hundred immigrants Of good character could
OF this time for working the
plantations in Dewitt County on shares, and have
their subsistence, stock and agricultural imple-
ments furnished them.
The treaty concluded by Mr.. Burngame be-
tween the United States and China has been rat
ned by the Chinese Government. Mr.. Burlin-
games mission is extended two years, and the
sum of s14o 900 in gold has been appropriated for
the expenses OF the embassy.
The original model OF telegraphlc battery
fIei by Professor Morse, when he got his patent,
has been unearthed rom q lot of old rubbish IN
the cellar OF the Patent Office, where it had been
living for years. The clumsiness OF the signal
kew, as compared with the one OF the present
day. Is ridiculous 1t is nearly two feet long, and
has large lump OF lead at the end furthest from
the hand, to throw the key up and break the cir
cult.
We learn from the New Orleans Times that
the thirteen seizures and liOes of sugars imported
into that port, and alleged to be fraudulently in
voiced amount to 100000 pounds. Should all
be confScated the sum Of 100000, less 5000
due for duties, will inure to the ibellants nclud
ing the governmeut;- the collector, naval officer
and surveyor OF the port the district attorney re-
ceiyng an iucOnSderable portion. Four cases
have been tried. and in each the verdict was for
the government. There are nine other cases to
be tried, all standing upon tile same grounds as
those already tried.
-Imprisonmeut for debt has pcen abolished so
quietly in England that the change has attracted
but little attention abroad. This reform, which
went into operation ON the 1St Of January, emp
tied all the debtors prisons and sponging houses
In London At the White Cross street Prison
there were nincty-iour debtors in confinement
Upon being Informed that they were au liberty,
siXty-three asked tn be allowed to stay until the
folly of trying 10 force men twithout money to
pay their debts by locking them up was never
more forcibly illustrated. We suspect that this
great reform is, partly ut least one OF Mr.. Dick
ens' triumphs-the result of his forcbe pictures
OF pri. on abuses in "The PicEwlck Papers, and
"Little Dorrit."
A most audacious robbery was committed by
burglars on Tuesday night, in the house OF Mr.
James A. Bill, d wealthy farmer at Lynn, Conn.,
The house was entered, the silver plate, jewelry
&C., were gathered and nicely packed IN new
buffalo robe, and left in room. They then went
to room occupied by Mr.. Bills daughter, and by
threats of death to herself and her father, they
prevented her making an outcry. They then cut
of her hair which was quite long and handsome.
While engaged in this work, a son of Mr.. Bill re-
turned home from Good Templar's meeting,
making quite noise, but the villains kept ri
work, and leisurely prepared to leave the house.
The young lady then succeeded in alarming the
family in time to frishten the robbers away with
out their booty. This is the second attempt on
the same premises within short time.
1t was the invariable custom Of Mr.. George
D. Prentice To rise early in the morning-some
hours bcrurc his younger associates were awake
anu 10 begin at once the llDOrS OIL tnc uay. rs
soon as it was light enough to see how 10 work,
he usually began the task OF overlaulinS the
large pile OF exchanges which had been carried
to his room the night before from the room Of the
news editor. He looked over every newspaper
as it came, and whenever he found an article
suggestive Of an editorial, or paragraph sug-
gestive OF a wltticsm, he tore it out, seldom re-
sorting to the OF the scissors, unless he found
them lying conveniently at hand, and laid it
upnn his table, ready for use when the time for
writing came. BY nine or ten O'Clock in the
morning, he was ready for his amanuensis, who
psulll, came 20 his room about that hour, and he
tn n began the serious work of the day.
The Traupmann tragedy set quite number
OF the volatile brains Of Paris mad There was a
Zouiva who declared himself to have been Traup-
mann's accomplice; an art.lleryman attempted
to Kill. in a wine shop, person Of whom he knew
nothing, and OF being arrested loudly proclaimed
himself to be an accomplice, and declared that he
uwshed to he celebrated as Traupmann;" q
respectfully dressed lady went to see the cNamin-
ing magistrate, and on being admitted by that
functionary, burst into tears, and declared her