The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-02
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1870. .
NEWS OFTHE DAY.

bales at 23Hc.
in Liverpool cotton closed heavy; sales 5000
bales: uplandsioHd.
The price Office has been pnt up hfty per cent
In Boston. -.
"A New York paper announces that "Mrs
Abby Sage-McFgrland- -RlchardsoR Is writing hel
biography. .s '.'f'7
The New York Herald reports "old soutf
Carolinas firm, and the new bonds lower, In that
market. ~ :. - 'i--..s'i4 -
"A special meeting Of the New. York Chamber
of Commerce has been called for to-day to take
necessary steps towards raising fund LOT the
relief Of the families OF those who have sunereo
by the calamity at Richmond
Collector Patterson, of Memphis, Tenn, has
received instructions from the Secretary OF the
Treasury to take possession Of all property sold
there during the war for taxes and afterwards
redeliyered Millions are involved In 1t.
The Lendon Churchman announces that the
fitness Of the Archbishop OF Canterbury is 80
severe that he will Offer his resignation, which
is hourly expected. The Churchman adds, the
Bishop OF winchester win be appointed his
. successor.
General Sherman states that Indian hostili-
ties have not yet commenced In the Sioux coun'
try but he Is expecting dispatches to that effect
3 General Sheridan has gone to the front and Will
communicate at once In detail the state OF
AFFAIRS.
On Saturday, General Candy issued orders re-
unqushing command Of the Department OF Wiz
Rinia, and directing all officers now serving In
the department to report by letter to General
Mcdowell, commanding the Department OF the
East.
The new quarantine act, just passed by the
California Legislature, requires every Chinanan,
before landing, to be -yaccinaeed, for which ten
dollars ia to be paid to the ofh0er; and another
provision forbids the removal from the State OF
deceased ,ChInamsn, under penalty OF ten
dollars. 's'S,:.n '.e.s
General Bureaugard, in late note, says !:
,..During the tvhele period Of the late war none
we're more jealous and devoted to the sick and
vounded of the Confederate army than the
Sisters Of Mercy Of Charleston, 8. O., which en-
titles them to our sympsthies, and all the assist
,ance we can snord ,them."
At the National Association OF Medical Col
: leges, In washington, on Saturday, resoiution
WAS adopted reiteratlng In the strongest manner
Its desire that tho several medical colleges WILL
In the chapGes from time to time made eJ them
in thecurriculum OF study, endeayor to CONFORM
them to the general plan which was recommend
ed by the convention Of 1857, and adopted IN the
same year by the American Medical Association.
Goal is lower. A New York letter OF Wednes-
day saws cat the regular monthly sale Of the
Delaware and Lackawana Railroad Company
TO-DAY. eighty Thousand tons were disposed Of,
at figures showing afalling or OF 2eh cents per
;. ton on stove qualities, compared with the prices
realized last month; on lump, 2ox cents;
steamboat, Is cents; CRATE, 121s cents; egg, Tx
cents; chestnut, 1h cents The attendance OF
/. the trade was large"
The latest statement In regard to captain
Eyre, of the "Bompay," Is that he would nave
stopped his vessel after running into the "0nei-
: dsr but for the imploring OF Lady Temple, the
wife OF the British minister, who was apprenen'
siye of shipwrecS This, II true, shows that he Is
: weak rather than bad man, but it does net
better his case any. His place, OF such time,
was upon the wheel.house, where he, could have
found better business than listening to Lady
Temple or any other voice than that Of duty.
"A meeting Of property holders. representing
s1eo, ,o0o eoo has been held In New York to protest
= -aralnst the "scooping" Of Broadway by the
Z Arcade or underground railway. They call on
Governor HOFFMAN to veto the bill, as the exca.
vations to be made would stop all business on
the principal street Of the city for an indefinite
length Of time and endanger property. The bill
Ia declared q monstrses fraud In the hands OF
men ef-"uncertain means,n "s vnlaneus
scheme,n &c. i.s. e.!-.''--i.---'y -
On Tuesday, at Glasgow Junction, Ky, q
terrible fight occurred between the sheriff and
his posse and two desperadoes named shiVes,
for whose arrest the sheriff had warrant.
Shives fired on the sheriff, mortaly Woundlng
two most estinable citizens. The desperadoes
escaped, but the citizens hunted them down with
dogs and captured them. One was found to
have been wounded in the fight They were
placed IN the Jail at Glasgow under q strong
guard, as 1t Is thought an atteZApt will be made
to hang them.
The French police authorities are making
great preparations to insure good order during
the period for taking, counting and declaring
the vote on the Plebiscitum. The electoral com.
mtttee which acted for n. Theirs at the last ees.
tion have issued an address to his constituents
counselling them to vote 'no" or to abstain ffom
voting. All the French legitimlst journals In the
provinces pronounce for negative vote or none.
Several French bishops have sent nom Rome
request that the priests in their dioceses be per-
mitted to vote on the flebiscitun.
The following additional incidents Of the Rich.
mond catastrophe are reported: A Northern
lady and gentleman, Miss Frothiagham and her
father, OF Brooklyn, who were viewing the sur
rounding country from the cupola Of the building
at the time OF tho sad event, were entirely cut of
for nearly two hours, and were kept In terror In
their lofty prison, from which they could witness
the movements Of the excited crowd below, the
display OF dead and dying on the square,
the endless scene Of confusion, with the toling
Of bells, waillng Of women and children,
without the reuiotest idea Of the occasion OF
1t all, beyond the terrible shock. In this
predicament they, together With q negro, re-
mained. all escape being cut OF by the falling Oh
the staircase by which they had ascended: A
door behind had also been locked, 30 that tney