The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-18
NEWS OF THE DIT.

-lIOIu CiUStN III -NSh ANiFNt VA N0N'' "
13%.
Cotton was quiet, but steady; sales 1000 bales
at aahi cents.
No market in Liverpool ON account oi Inc
Easter holidays.
Santa Fe kilograms report new mineral dis
coveries near Barney Station, New Mexico The
roads are lined with people going 20 the mines.
Since June sOth, 1869. 70 stills, 6s7 mash-tubS
and $50 gallons OF whtskey have been destroyed
in Tennessee as illegal.
The schooner Emma, from New York for Gal
weston, was burned to the waters edge in the
Gulf last week. The crew were picked up and
brought to New Orleans.
The Canadian expedition TO Red River will
number ten thousand picked men, including the
steel battery and rocket brle ade, us we'll as two
thousand loyal Indians.
The court.martial in the case OF Inspector
General Gotten now In session ut Louisville. will
adjourn in q few days TO Charleston, to take eri-
dence here.
An additional postal convention has been
concluded between the United States and Swift
zerland, reducing the rates Of postage on letters,
10 take effect May lst
The Fenian Congress now 10 session at Chica-
20 has changed the Old Constitution OF the Bro.a.
erhood, and in place OF President and Senate
has appointed an executive committee, consisting
of nine members.
The Bremen emigration commissioners re-
mort that in the last thirty. y.eight years one mil
Lon one hundred and forty-nine thousand two
hundred and eighty-two German emigranrs sailed
from that port for this country.
The father Of the administration unbosomcd
himself OF speech at Cincinnati the other day,
In which he said he held ''position in society
that no other man ever did occupy In the history
OF the world" yet he isn't proud, but consents to
remain pastmaster at ti.nvinstA~-------------
The Fenlan Congress is still transacting It's
business with closed doors In Chicago. 1t IS
stated that thev engaged in revising their con-
stitution, but Impression prevails that an ex-
cl,ed discussion is In progress on the subject oi an
immediate raid on Canada.
The eolored Senator Reves lectured In Phla-
dephia on The Press last Thursday night, beiorc
q large but not crowded audience, about TWO
thirds being colored. He compmented Philadel
mia on its abolition record aud said that but Tor
the Press he should never have occupied his pre-
entposlion.
1T has leaked out that the real reason why the
members OF the House were so anxious to rescinu
their resolutions to admit the newly enfranchised
darkies to the hall for jolli1caton over the rai
acation of the Fifteenth amendment, was that
seats in the gallery, occupied by the negroes,
were covered with vermin, and it was thought
best not to try the experiment down stairs.
The emigration from Ireland to the United
States by way Of Cork, is reported to be very ac-
tive this spring, and, it Is asserted, will be as
large rs in the famine year. In the first week Of
faoc cix hun1rnk pmiQrantS of the
agricultural class embarked on the four steamers
which called at Cork. The coercion act has given
an impetus to the movement westward.
"A prominent Radical senator, who usually
votes with the ultra wing, declared the other day
that he would like very much to see the Old
Southern senators back again; first, because he
did like the carpet-bagsers; and secondly, be-
cause the Southern senators, whatever their
errors or shortcomings, could never be bought,
and their moral influence was always steady
bulwark against the designs OF the corruptOnists.
f-Kidd's buried treasure is reported to have
been found again, this time on Staten Island. The
discovery was male by q citizen OF Rnssrille
while digging in his garden ON Sunday last
Quite quantity OF gold, silver and copper coin,
rusty and worn. was unearthed Several spec
mems have been forwarded to the Smithsonian
Institution for the investigation OF experts and
an opini N upon their character Is es.crly looked
for.
Great activity continues il military matters
in Canada. The London Steel Battery now occu-
py o commanding position on st. Clair River. In
the Canadian Senate on Thursday, Mr.. DL:key
said it was strange that the withdrawal OF troops
should be talked of, while Canada was exposed to
danger on the frontier. and asked whether the
imperial authorities are likely 10 bear part oil
the EXPENSE to which the country was put, owing
to the Fenian disturbances. Adviccs from Ottawa
state that the suspension OF the habeas corpus
has passed both Houses, and was assentcd 10 BY
the Govcrnor.Gencral.
General Lee arrived ut Jacksonville by the
steamer Nick King, on the 18th. A large crow;
had assembled on shore. end by request, General
Lee made his appearance on the upper deck of the
steamer. Invitations were extended him by the
various hotels, and committee Of citizens press.
ed him 10 stop at the residence OF Colonel Daniels
but the General declined stopping. and continued
up the river on the Nick King, after stay Of
little more than half an hour. The General
looked worn and feeble, but expressed himself as
pleased with his journey, and stated that he felt
much better since leaving Savannah. The balaly
air OF Floriua was evidently having good elect
The Mayor of Fernanhina, Captain n. S. Free
man, lost his life by shocking accident on Tues
day last He was engaged In the lumber busi-
ness and, having gone to hls mlll anl mounting
upon bench to open q window, near which
circular saw was in matlon, his foot slipped and
was caught by the revolving saw. which throw
him upon It, and in an instant lite whole bowels
were Iaccrated and laid bare. Medlcss aid was
Immediately called, but tho wound was suc,aa,
no,binr could be done to relieve his surern.
No was removed ta the residence near the iEL!,
and. lingering some four or five hours, death
ended his agonies.
"A Washington telegram says: "The usua! 'e-
d,nm OF the senatorial debates on the Georgia hi
was somewhat relieved today by very radical
sn"ec:l OF Senator Morton, OF Indiana, the tenor
Of which was that Georgia not alone needed re-