The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-08
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FRIDAY, APRIL S, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DIY.

Cold at New York yesterday closed dull at
1lz.al2.
The New York cotton market closed firm at
r23I5c: sales 1900 bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed quiet anu steaay'
uplands 11lId; sales - 600 bales.
Carriers with monogram clasps are the latest
fashionable folly.
Tonnage dues have been abolished in the
Jamaica karbors. 't
The fare on the London horse railways is one
penny mile.
The number OF Mnrmons who practice polyg-
amy is said rot to exceed two thousand.
John r. Jafrray, head OF the Loldca house Of
E. s. Jalrray & Co., Of New York, died in London
or Monday.
C. NJ Wentworth. Democrat was elected
Mayor of Calais, Me-, Monday, by about 100 ma
jorty.
The Governor OF California has signed the bill
raising the legal rate OF Interest in that State
from TO 10 per cent.
The Fifteenth amendment proclamation was
celebrated in San Francisco on Tuesday by pro-
.cession OF 1900 colorcd men.
The Chinese laborcrs on the Texas Contra
Railroad drink no water during the day, but
.kenp one hand busy handing around tea.
The London news-venders held their annual
.,dlancr last Tuesday evening and Charles Dickens
presided. lie was received with cheers and great
enthusiasm.
The Waterford Mail appears In mourning for
1hc death Of the liberty Of the press, upon the
announcement OF the passage OF the Irish Force
bill!
"A bill is now before the California Legislature
prohibiting the expectation OF dead Cinnamon.
With John the only way to heaven Is through
China, and the object Is to rid the State OF the
Chinese.
France, az well as our own country, finds her
commercial marine on the decline. II Is only oy
the most substantial bo!stering that her steamer
lines can be kept anoat The New York lines,
comprising the Perlerc and Vile lie Paris, have
2.oco, 900 francs year from the government.
The bill to make ten hours days labor In
manufacturing corporations has passed. third
reading in the Massachusetts House CT Represen-
tatlyes 1t provides that no minor under Is anu
.no.emale shall be employed In any cotton, WOOL
len, lutte or silk mandatory for more thah Ten
hours day, OF sixty hours week, except "heh
IL Ia necessary to make repairs to prevent the IN
terruption OF the ordinary running OF the mills.
--uConscicnce money! seems to be more In
vogue In Great Britain than here: One payment
OF i've thousand pounds sterling and several OF
ono ousand each have been made In thls way
within few years. and even loose sorereisns
have been dropped in:o tie British treasufer's
Ietter.box. Why does all this money go to the pub
lie treasury? Why are these excited censclences
never heard Of as making restitution for private
fraudse
The experimental brig Novelty, constructed
simply as an iron tank to hold molasses in bulk
arriving In Boston from Matanzas last week, dis
charged her cargo OF SS, 900 gallons, by means OF
pumps and hose, direct into the Reservoir OF
refinery. She was re1lled with Cochituate water,
shipped new crew, got really for sea, and ac-
tually departed within twenty.sevcn hours from
the time OF her arrival
"A mass meeting OF bankers and merchants,
held ut Chicago on Saturday night, passed reSo-
lutons urging on Congress an immediate reduc,
ton OF at least 600 in the rates OF national
taxation, In view Of the fact that there will be q
surplus of SIPS 0OO 900 In the treasury at the end
OF the fiscal year, and their belier that the pay
ment or the public debt a. the ra.e OF S50000.000
year Is all that can be reasonably asked OF tax.
payers.
The large increase In the wages ofagrcu cultu-
Tallaborers In Ireland, which has taken place dur
ing the pastt twenty years, 1t IS asserted, has not
TO the same extent improved the condition OF the
people, IN consequence Of the corresponding seri-
ous advance In the cost OF the prime necessaries
of life. Thus, in 1s4o the weekly cost per head
OF maintenance and clothing Of the inmates OF
the Irish poorhouses and workhousss was a7is
1cents,. while in 1869 1t amounted to TAX cents
SO, too, on examining the returns Of the contract
prices OF the different articles OF consumption in
the warehouses Of 1850 and 1870, Il appears that
with the exception OF tea and sugar all other su p
plies have largely Increased In price, 4...'.,n
1TheSs Louis Journals report that THE cfect Of
the compressed air upon the men working In the
caissons OF the main piers Of the bridge now
building across TIE Mississippi at that city, Is
highly Injurious. Over fifty OF the mea engaged
In, filling in the air chambers with cement have
been Frustrated by partial paralysis. In some
Instances, few days'rcst has been sufficient to
restore the workmen to health but recently four
~of the men have died. and forty are stHl In the
hospital, some very low, but the majority In q
fair way OF recovery. At the coroner's inquest
held upon one OF the persons who had died, a
fenow-workman testified that the men who OBJ
Served strictly the sanitary regulations establish.
ed by the engineers would not be injured, and
tnat ne never experienced any SERIOUS eneCtS
iron rhe compressed air. The decease Of his
companion he attributed to intemperate habits,
The use Of splrituous liquors will undoubtedly
weaken the lungs and render. them unable to
resIstthe pressure OF two or three atmospheres.
Her Britannia Majcssy's representatives at
foreign courts are just now on a sort OF diplo.
matte strike for higher wages. on the plea that the
cost Of living In the various countries to which
they are sent has largely increased within the
last few years, and that the existing scale OF
compensation therefore ought to be revised in
their favor, else 1t will be aproblem to make both
,anas meet, According to estimates submitted by
tn, british Diplomatic Corps, the expenses Of en-
,passies in Europe have increased from seventy ~
the way up to three hundred per cent. within
twenty years. and 1t is stated that a good deal Of
tn. present dearness of living also attributed
the number OF Americans who ere accustomed 0
the high paper prices OF their own country anu
are too apt to observe that every thing is very