The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-23
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

WEDNESDAY, 'NOfEMDGn 20, Ao'V'
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Cold at New York yesterday closed at
Tx.
AT New York cotton closed strong and active,
chiefly for export; sales $500 bales at lehc.
The Liverpool cotton market closed active;
uplands shd, Orleans s7Id; sales $4,000 bales
Since tSe war began suicides are said to have
ceased In Paris, and the morgue Is empty.
-Russia Is said to be in the 1eld now for the
nurchase of vessels and warlike stores In this
country. Inf a,,. :,
the Census Bureau at Washington, having
got through the bulk Of its labor, the force OF.
clerks is to be reduced.
,zFlesh.c .colored gloves are the latest fashion.
The advantage is that at little distance no one
notices that you've got them on.
A Chicago oootblack has made the trip to
San Francisco in forty-nve days, riding on the
ears TIL put OF, which was Mt every station.
1T has. been oficially ascertatned in Washing
ton that the letter for the recall OF Minister Mot
leyisnew on isway to England. entitit shall
have been received by him, he will Of course be
regarded as the representative OF this govern
ment at the British Court
Chief Justice Chase, 1t is reported, has ex-
pressed the determination not to resume his du-
tieson the bench of-the Supreme Court in less
time than year from now, He will take q vaca-
tion for rest and recuperation In order to effect
perfect restoration OF his health -, =,.l -,
The washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald telegraphs that the friends Of Gen.
eral sickles are talking about him for the English
mission, and that 1t Is believed he would accept
q transfer from Madrid to London. In of1clal
circles he Is regarded as the ablest man In the
diplomatic service. ,r,1-, -l.-,z.iF-, .l-s,-.
THE New York Stock Exchange has bought the
building IN whchlt holds its sessions from the
building association which erected it. for s575ooo,
while 1t cost ss25 900 to build. The building was
contracted for before the great advance in labor
and materials which followed the issue OF paper
money!;
One huDdred and fifty Swiss immigrants
passed through Lyochburg. Virginia, on Friday,
the 18th instant, on the way to Water Valley,
M.ssissippi It Is said that five thousand more
are eSnected from Switzerland within the next
three months, all OF whom design locating at
Water Valley.
in the counties surrounding Alexandria,, Viz
ginia, o great many immigrants have lately
purchased land, and are making wonderful im-
provements. The tide Of immigration continues
Among the persons who have lately purchased
land and settled In the vicirity are numbers from
PENNSYLVANIA. New York, England and Maryland.
The New York. Tribune Is reading its Chicago
namesake out OF the Republican party, because Of
Its advocacy OF free trade principles The specific
allegation Is that it openly advocates an alliance
fho RannbllcaDa DamOcratS
In the next House, by which the organization Of
Congress shall pass 10 the opposition.
"A Japanese pillow isa curiosity in It's way. 1t
is nothing but rocker OF a cradle, broad enough
to stand alone, with o sem.-circular depression
on the upper SIDE The Japanese lie at full length
on the door, place, not their head. but their neck
in the crescentshaped hollow Oh the upper side Of
the pillow, and rock themselves to sleep in q few
minutes. .-a.'s=-f. g. -:
Bishop Potter has forbidden the celebration OF
the holylcommunion as private mass at St. Sac.
ranent Mission New York, when the priest is
the only communicant. Father Bradley has,
Therefore, asked for the formation OF a band OF
thirty persons, one Of whom shall commune with
him each day, as "the bishop OF the diocese had
forbidden him to sacrifice to his dear Lord alone"
-AdIspatch from New York says that pro-
posed Informal conference OF the revenue reforms
ers called. to meet inthst city next week; aud to
which VIM. Cullan Bryant. General John A. Lo-
gan, David A. Wells, General Frank Blain Horace
White, editor ofthe Chicago Tribune and Manton
Marble Of the World were invited, is likely to fall
through. General Logan has not responded, AMI
some Of those mentioned know nothing about 1t.
"A gentleman Just arrived from Little Rock
Arkansas. estimates that there are now twenty
five thousari acres, Of good cotton standing. in
that Immediate neighborhood, ready tobe picked,
but that can not be until midwInter, o.lng to
the absolute impossihility Of securing labor. The
price offered is cent and quarter 70 AGENT and
half per pound for picking. A good:aspd will
make from 1rseen hundred to elghteeIA AhHpdfed
pounds week. and the best field andslsed to
make considerably more than the maximum
Thereare some Chinese there and In the adjacent
regions, and they are much liked and very Indus
trious. n Is;
The eleven States that in 1851 declared their
secession from the Union, had In 1860 a popula-
ton Of 9,10 ,32l BY the census OF 1870 their ag-
gregate population is lo,oI0,557. This shows an
increase, n0twlthstandl the destruction OF life
caused by the war. The border States OF Dele.
ware Kentucky. Maryland and Missouri, which
had in 1850 3,13s,etl population, contain now in
ls7o-an aggregate. OF Ss3l, 1854 souls. The follow
ing are the figures In detail: Alabama, 1870.
lso2, 900; 1860, sel,2oo. Arkansas, 1870 4s6,lO3;
1890 4s5, $50 Delaware 1870. lbs 900; 1860. 49,
ne. Florida. 1870, 1ss ss5; 1860, 14o424. Georgia.
1870, 1,ls5 900; 1880, l,o572Ss. Kentucky, 1870,
1,s2s,2e4; $780, 1,l55.6s louisiana 1S7O TIC, 3ss;
1850. 7osoo2. Maryland, 1870, 100000; 1860, esq.,
o2o. Mississippi, 1870 S341eo; 1860, 7sl, ,so5. Mis-
souri,, 1870, l,7osoo'; 1880, 1lss,Ol2 North Caro-
lima, 1870, 1o72,ooo 1860, 902s22. South arolIna,
1870 7s5, ,ooo; $780, 7os7 7os Tennessee. 1870, 12ss
1926; $780, 1los, ,SOl. Texas 1870 $50 900; 1850 ee4
as. Virginia, 1870, l,2o9. .s07. West Virginia
1910 44Ll for both 1890 i Goa a1s Annranata