The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-21
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MONDAY, MARCH 81, 1870.
NEWS OF THE Day.

-COCC0n clOScu quiel, Will SaieS VI Soo
bales at 23l cents. os.i
in Liverpool cotton was firm; upland'
HID; sales 70, 900 bales. So - ~,
The widow Of ssonewall Jackson is abou
to remarry. aa
~ Boston has fined man So for attempting
to kiss a lady in the street.
The Consulates of France at Philadelphi;
.and Richmond have been abolished.
st. Patricks Day was celebrated through
out Ireland in the usual way. ,Aag.
Labor exchanges" are multiplying in thu
Western cities.
One of the New Orleans. street railway:
pays out silver in change.
a--"Shoo Fly" is extending to Germany
where Teutonic version is said to be very
popular. ,i.a
The trustees ofa Buffalo church found Sc
in silver, in the contribution, boxes last Sun
day., esa'
ole Bull is soon to be married to a young
girl at Madison, Wis, of the Norwegian per-
s,lasion. :" ~ 5sta ,'.i
-Advices from London state that the rumor
of the Pope's illness is confirmed BY dispatches
received from correspondent at Rome.
The Marsellaise will be temporarily edited
in Tours, as Tits editors are now there, to be
present at Prince Bonapartes trial. '' @
The Spanish Government will not send
special envoy to the Gcumenical Council,
owing to the attitude taken by the Pope.
1t is believed that the proclamation of Pa
pal infallibity will do great injury to the cause
,of the Church in Spain. .-,-5.l.-
MI sotherly, book auctioneer OF London,
last week sold copy. of Shakespeare's works,
ilrst folio edition, fl, $500. .rfs3{I :
:. Another Japanese Embassy is reported
from Japan as about starting ona tour through
Europe and America.
The Journal :Francaise asserts that before
tie visit of Archduke Albert, of Austria, to
Paris he was opposed to Franco-Austrian
alliance, but Is now favorable to the project.
kit Burns, the New York rat and dog fight
.er,, who lately rented his house for prayer
meetings, has resumed his old occupation Of
keeping rat pit. :.
At recent wedding in Illinois, the clergy
man prayed long, and fervently that the sons
and daughters of the newly married couple
might be many - ~. 81
:MGsome Of the Spanish journals are in favor
of abandoning theiIsland Of Cuba to the Uni-
ted States. The, majority of the press de-
nounce this proposition as cowardly and iunpa.
triotic. - ~. ..ya7. ..g. .;.s..sq' b.
The captain of the Madge Wildfre, from
Savannah, reports signalling disabled steam
er,5which is supposed to- be the missing steam
.er Samarla, which has put back to British
port. i = a42,i5 =
S--Rudolphe and Dcery played billiard
match In Sun Francisco on Monday night Of
1900 points, for $4,000. Rudolphe was the
victor, making 1900 points willie Deery was
making s7O. Rudolphe's greatest run was Sl2,
and Deery's greatest run was ia.
The funeral of Robert D. Holmes, Past
Grand Master, OF the Masons of the State Of
New York, took place. on Thursday afternoon
at Grace Church. The procession OF Masons
exceeded in number any ever heldin the city,
being over two miles in length.
1t is stated there are more Israelites in
New York City than in the HolyLand, or in all
Syria. There are, about 10000 in that city, and
this is probably larger number than now in
habit the. scriptm Glands above mentioned. OF
that 1000 there arr not 1000 that can justly be
called poor, while tho majority are heavy own
ers Of real estate, and also among the most
active and enterpris!ng OF our commercial
people. aS-f ~
Tho President, by proclamation Of May 2,
1865, offered 100000 reward for the capture Of
Jefferson Davis, and Congress, by act approved
July 81, 1868. appropriated money to pay the
reward. The third auditor has completed q
settlement in, favor of two hundred and forty
claimants under this act, which has been con-
frmed by the second comptroller, and sent to
the war department for reQnisitlon, and in the
course of q few days the claimants may expect
to receive the money.
"A patrolman named Ferdon, attached to
the Fifteenth precinct, attracted good deal of
attention at Grace Church, in New York, in
consequence of his striking likeness to the late
Past Grand Master of Masons, Robt. D. Holmes.
WuUSc Was oOiChhlLCb.
Every person who knew the deceased started
in surprise rs he passed the Office in the tran
sept, where he had been assigned to duty by
Captain Hoddin. One lady insisted. that the
coffin should be. opened. as she was fully con-,
vinced that the Grand Master was standing as
an officer in the church.
An episode occurred in the Iowa Senate
ON the sch instant. Soon after the Senate was
called 10 order the doorkeeper announced
ssMessage from the House." and Miss Mary E.
engrossing clerk of that body, ap-
peared AMI modestly said: 2'"Mr. President"
That officer replied, "Mlss Clerk, ana Miss
Spencer proceeded to read, in clear and dis
tinct voice, message from the House in rcla-
ton to certain bills which had passed that
body. At the conclusion of the message the
senator's approved of this first official act per-
formed by woman in the Iowa Senate by O.
general cIapping Of hands.
'isjor-Gcncral james w. Ripley, who died.