The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-21
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed weak in New York on Satu--
urday at 1S2l.
Cotton closed steady at 24S cents sales
100 bales.
in Liverpool, on Saturday, cotton closed dull
at 1l3Sd for uplands; sales 10, 600 bales.
The detective police system has been aban
dohedin Boston.
The New York hotel proprietors are organic
ing an opposition to the ice monopolies.
The Boston Roman Catholic cathedral will
cost over s5,oooooo.
The weather at the north last nj sht was cold,
with violent snow storm.
The returns TO the Department OF Agriculture
indicate that next year will not be one Of marked
productiveness.
An earthquake visited San Francisco, on Fri
day; no damage was done the city. The weather
was clear and warm at the time.
The Bankers and Brokers' Telegraph Line, OF
New York, was closed on Friday morning by the
sheriff.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
have finally passed both houses OF the Texas
Legislature.
The two contesting mayors Of Mobile still hold
,out, one managing the clerical and legislative
branch of the city government, the other con-
trolling the police.
lin the Louisiana Legislature, joint resolu-
ton appropriating- $4,000 for the burial OF the
Confederate dead, in response to memorial
from the ladies OF the Benevolent Association OF
Fredericksburg, Virginia, was passed.
An excursion train Of two engines and fifteen
cars, carrying TWO thousand persons, safely
crossed the bridge over the Ohio, at Louisville,
Kentucky, on Saturday. The strength OF the
bridge is no longer doubted.
1t is reported that the Secretary OF the Navy
has instructed Admiral Gordon to refuse the
Spanish man-of war the use OF the rrookTyu
docks, pending Congressional proceedings on
the neutrality questions.
in the New York Assembly, on Friday, q joint
resolution was reported from the Committee on
Ways and Means that the State debt, principal
and interest. be paid in specie and authorizing
the purchase Of coin for that purpose.
The number OF colored voters In the United
States Is estimated at $4,000. OftheSe 100000
dwell in the sixteen late slaveholding States $500
in the six New England States, IL, 900 in the five
central States OF New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
yania, Ohio and Indiana, and $500 in the remain
lng ten Western States.
1T Is ascertained at the State Department that
Grcenwald,h, who was killed in Cuba, was not
citizen OF the United States but Of IIesse, IN Ger
many, and that he went to Cuba on Hessan
passport. This fact will, OF course, stop all 1ur-
ther inquiry In relation to the outrages on Amerl
can citizens based upon his case.
A Washington dispatch of Friday says: cat
q preliminary meeting last night Senator Pomc-
roy was authorized to invite senator's, and Mr..
Whlttemore, OF South Carolina, to invite repre-
sentatives, to assemble on Monday night at the
residence OF Mr.. Pomeroy, for the purpose Of
taking into considerably nj5n the political coaditoi
nf the coiorsd people OF the South.'
"A grand Protestant Council is to be held In
New York City, to commence on the odd Of next
September, and continue till the Sd OF October
The Evangelical Alliance of America met in New
York last week to perfect arrangements for this
= Council. An organization was effected. New
York was pledged to furnish $780, 900 to the cause
and circular was prepared to be distributed to
all the churches asking for contributions.
The recent decision OF Chief Justice Chase,
that money due upon the contracts made before
-rrhe passage OF the Lesai-Tender net Must be
paid in gold or Its equivalent, has already been
cited as precedent. In an action for the fore
closure OF q mortgage executed In 1867, which
was on Tuesday tried in the Supreme Court at
Brooklyn, Justice Pratt decided that both prAci-
pal and interest must be paid in gold.
-Robinson's circus, according to the Sun, had
a lively time in Columbus, Ca One negro
knocked another one down during the perform
:ance, the doorkeeper dittoed white man, and
the properly OF the circus was attached for the
sum of $4,000 by the father OF boy who was
fatally injured by the falling Of ball on his head
The ball was being tossed up and caught by one
OF the performers on his feet, and it fell on the
,boy's heads who was seated too near the ring.
The board OF trustees Of the Peabody educa-
-tional fund, Which has been in session in Wash
ington for several days, has closed Its session.
Hon. R. c. Winthrop delivered Peabody eulogy
at the opening Of the session, and appropriate
resolutions were adopted, followed by an address
by Ex-Governor Graham, Of North Carolina. On
the 10th, DR.. Sears submitted lengthy report OF
operations for the past six months, which were
adopted. Appropriations were made, In all
amounting to sol, ,O00 TO be expended up to
Sept. lst, 1870, by the general agents, under the
.,direction OF the executive committee, In neigh.
borhoods In all the Southern States. 1t was voted
that the next annual meeting be held In Philadel.
phia, Pa, on the third Wednesday In February,
1871, and that o special meeting be held at Men,
phis, Team, or some other point in the Southern
States. during october OF the present year. The
board then adjourned until that time.
An amusing pen-ricture OF state dinner is
given in correspondence from Washington. The
.banqueting hall is in the west wing Of the White
.Hoase, and is painted in frescoes, its windows
screened with heavy green reps pendant from
gilt cornices Around the room are sideboards
laden with costliest glass, silver and gold plated
ware. Gorgeous mirrors and chandeliers give
brilliancy to the apartment. The table seats thir-
ty.six. The President always occupies the same
seat in the centre CT one OF the long sides OF the
table; Mrs. Grant sits opposite; both are solemn
one because he has nothing to say, AMI the other
because she does not know how to say 1t. diu-
jner 10 the diplomatic corps is voted a bore. The
diplomats want TO laugh, and expect their
wit to be answered in kind President Grant
-ht reverse in That respect OF Mr..
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