The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-27

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: Cold at New York yesterday closed at l42
al4k scau- .:s-ie g.
The New York cotton market closed heavy
at a73c.; sales $500 bales. =
AT Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
lOsal0fd.; sales 10000 bales.
:. 5-Lond oners are said to be much delighted
with their new horse cars
The automatic street cars of New Orleans
are known as the s'muleless line"
.r-Mount Washington, in New Hampshire,
still has snow banks twenty feet deep.
Wood from the Dismal Swamp is exten-
sively used by Virginia paper mills.
Russia, It Is said, Is bullying Switzerland
about a fugitive from justice. The latter re-
plies that she cannot find him.
The Cologne Gazette says that there isa
feeling gaining ground in Iceland against
Denmark, which may lead to Its separation
from that kingdom. 2z-.l.
The Marquis of Westminster gives piece
of ground on which to erect workingmen's
club and institute, together with floOO in aid
of the expenses. "A good example.
The Manchester Cotton Supply Associa-
,tion, at recent meeting, congratulated the
Brazilian Minister on the production of Santos
cotton.
Mr.. william Henry Hurlburt, who has been
writing series of scholarly letters from vari-
Gus parts Of Europe to the World, returned on
the Scotia, and has resumed his old place on
the editorial corps of that paper.
.:i-.-On the eth of June Washington Territory
votes on theY question whether convention
I shall be held to; draft State Constitution and
seek admission as full grown star. Its popu-
.6tion at PRESENTS barely 10000. 1t is to all
intents and purposes an unexplored country.
General Jordan Is understood to have writ
ten to. the New York Cuban Junta that he has
metwith bat. little encouragement thus far in
Washing on, though he does not despair OF
accomplishing something for the cause there
before Congress adjourns.
"A large meeting was held at the Mansion
House, London, Tuesday, to consider the
question OF sending delegates to the Worlds
Evangelical Council, to be held in New York.
The Lord Mayor.presided. a number of prom,
inent clergymen and distinguished gentlemen
narticipated. Measures were taken to provide
for delegation from Great Britain Dy unanl-
nous vote, :: =
"A Washington letter of Tuesday says:
sThe strife which has been going on for some
time between various parties for bill for
aSouthern Pacific Railroad was ended to-day,
40 far as the f ouse Committee on the Pacific
Railroad is concerned, by an agreement to re,
port bill for what is known as the transcon-
.tanentat line, over the route better known as
the Fremont or Memphis and Ell Paso line.
The company Is granted ten sections Of land
to the mile in the States through which it is to
pass, and twenty sections to the mile In the
Territories. :, No other subsidy is provided for"
One by one the relics Of prescription are
disappearing IN England. z Several attempts
have, been made to abolish the @UniFersity
Tests and now. in spite of great resistance,
tAey,are likely to be- successful. A man will
.aa0ahe:ab to enjoy the advantages to be de-
a'rivea from q course OF study at Oxford or Cam
bridge, whatever htssreligious opinions may
bappAn to be- The bill for bringing this to
pass was. read second time:in the House OF
Commons yesterday, BY a majority Of l25. The
House OF. Lords viii prove the great stumbling
.Sblock, but'it.will give way by-and-by.
in his speech on the occasion Of the clos
ingof the Customs Parliament In Berlin, the
King of Prussia said: sSThe treaties of com:
merce concluded with the United States and
Mexico. have obtained your unanimous appro-
baton I have conviction that the guaran-
tee obtained By these treaties in favor of the
rights of German commerce, of navigation
and of the natives of Germany residing in
those distant countries, will not only encour-
. age economic relations with those States, but
will also be pledge of attachment for those
of our fellow citizens who live far from the
{. common Fatherland."
The queens of song have their differences,
as persons have who folloW less fascinating oc-
cupations. A week or two ago the public
were charmed to hear they were soon to be
visited BY the new Swedish Nightingale
for ,ven poor Jenny Lind's soubriquet is taken
from her-Mle. Christine Nilsson. Since then
we have heard that Mile. Nilsson is disposed,
.lss Q jockey would say, to "ny the track her
reason being that she had discovered that
Mile. Adelina Patti, who is also soon to come
to the United States, was to receive higher
terms than herself The increased terms were
agreed to by Mile. Missions proposed manager,
when 10! 1t now appears that Mile. Patti refuses
to come over, claiming that by her own engage
ment, with the same manager, for the follow
ing season, no one was to recsive terms SO ex-
travagant as her own. The quarrel, as 1t
stands, is a pleasing one.
!. "A strange tragedy Is reported from Yam
ceyville, North Carolina: On Saturday even