The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-14
mafleStpar gems,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ii, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAT.

Gold closed in New York on Saturday
dull at 1oX
Cotton closed easier, with sales OF 1900 bale:
lat .5]sc.
la Liverpool Saturday, cotton closed steady
at unchanged prices; sales 10000 bales.
The Fifteenth amendment, tits estimated, makes
900,GOO new voters.
General Beauregard is said to be engaged tc
Mrs Haas, of New Orleans.
Tic insurance on the Great Eastern and hel
cargo OF cable is S3,5e0,O00.
The Papal authorities have permitted the resto
ration OF horse racing in Rome.
Fifty out Of u hundred students In the Mime
sofa State University are women.
The London Times opposes the government
proposition for promoting emigration to Canada
The amount in the Bank OF England Thursday
evening was sl45,oOo greater than the same day
last week.
-Adyices from Madrid state that it is reported
that The Carlists are preparing for another ilsur
rec,on.
The shore end OF the India telegraph cable,
taken out by the Great Eastern, has been landed
at Bombay.
The London Times urges that 0'Donoyan Ros-
clarcd void.
Two cotton pickeries, those of kchinger and
Colicas, of New Orleans were burned last week.
Loss 100000.
The steamer Maggie Hayes. from New Orleans
for Pittsbursr, blew up Thursday afternoon. Nine
persons were killed.
Tie bark Answor, from London for Boston,
fou:.tlcrcd on the 18th ultimo The mate and
seven others were saved.S
The vlceroy OF Egypt has concluded to send
his iron-ciads to Constantinop,e, but will with
hold the rifles manufactured for him in Europe.
Two men publish card in tie Chicago Trl-
bu:.c saying that they are the makers OF tie Car
dl:: giant, and are ready to make any number to
or,.cr.
The Spanish Government has sent authority
to the Spanish Minister at Washington 10 make
trca les OF peace with the Republics or South
America
Tho colored people of Tennessee hold q con.
ven,ion at Nashville on the 2lst instant to COM
pare notes relative to the condition of their race
in the State.
The British Minister Informed the Secretary
OF the Navy OIL Thursday that the iron-clad Mon.
arch would leave Portland for Annapolis on Sun
day iyesterday)
festaiions Unpopular discomfort in Russia, recon-
mends the Car to cancel all liberal reforms late
ly inaugurated.
Another effort is to be madeto start humor-
Gus and satirlcal paper in New York on the style
of London Punch. 1t Is to be called Punchinelo,
which does not show much originality to begin
with.
IN the House Of Commons, on Friday, the post
mast, general alluded to the proposed reduction
orpostage between Great Britain anu the United
States, and said it would increase the mails and
the evenue
General Neche, with strong division, left
Puerto Principe on the Sd instant to commence
a campaign against the Cuban insurgents. 1t
Bas expected that General Pueblo would soon
leave aud again attack The rebel forces.
An actual test was recently made in New Or
leans of the pneumatic power designed for the use
of street cars, but the thing was failure The
supply engine would not raise powef enough to
work the cars. Only one hundred and fourteen
pounds pressure could DO obtained.
The President has directed the remittance OF
the uneXecuted portion OF the sentence OF the
military commission, from the Fifth Military
District, in the cases OF Charles L. Pitcher
and John a. Richardson, citizens sentenced in
October last to imprisonment for four years in
the penitentary.
Paris Is still quiet although the police still patrol
the streets in force Over four hundred persons
have been arrested for completely in the rioting
during the three days past. 1t Is reported that
the editors Of the Marseilaise, and two editors OF
the Reveil, and many others, have been arrested
in Paris, on charges OF conspiracy against the
government. The Marseiliaise reappeared on Fri.
day, and was eagerly bought on the streets.
in the United States House OF Representatives,
on Thursday, during the discussion about mileage
and pay OF members, there was lively time.
Dawes gave Butler q lunge for desiring to dis
pensc with the capitol police last year and sub
stitute therefor the standing army. Cox, OF New
York. rushed in and ironically defended Butler,
for which he got wipe from Butler that complete-
ly 1oored the New York member, but he recover
ed, got out of temper, and pegged away 1ercely
in earnest at Butler, calling him naughty names
and asserting that the Massachusetts member
was q bad man. and was ostracised socially and
otherwise. Butler brought the House down in
tremendous roar OF laughter when he rose and
quietly remarked that he would not attempt 10
answer the diminutive member from New York.
He would refer him TO the boys on the streets, and
the organ.grinders who were singing and playing
"Shoo ny, don't bcdder me.n This was accom-.
panied by comica manner and a sweep OF the
arm that proved to be too much for the riSibles
of the auditors. Cox said Butler had tough
skin, and could not be impressed with any at
tack upon his character. Here the Speaker in
tervened, and the amusements ended.
"A bill is reported in the United States Senate
toincrease the number OF judges OF the United
States Supreme Court to eleven, with the same
number OF circuit judges The Judiciary Com
mittce reported, with amendments, the bill to
.caangc the judicial circuit as follows: The first
circuit to consist OF the districts OF Maine, New
HAMPSHIRE, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut; the second OF the dis
trict of New York; third, Pennsylvania New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; fourth,
MISS slppi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas; NTH,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
Ala!, ma and Tennessee: sixth, Ohio Michigan,
K.n.ucky and West Virginia; seventh, Illinois,
Indiana and Wiscoa sin; eighth, Minnesota, Iowa,