The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-29
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SATURDAY, . OCTOBER %, 1870. u !.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870. u. u
NEWS oF.zHEDAF. .. a.
Gold closed in New, York, yesterday, at
11xs1lK. -. {. So. y q -
Cotton closed strong; aplands 51sx cents;
sales 5000 bales. ..!ts..1 &lIIs3 t'fT.+}S
in Liverpool cotton closed frmer; uplands
SID, Orleans sXasd; sales 12,00o bales. iT
The coolies are making successful cotton
plckers in Texas.
"A son of the Hon. George a. Penlleton, Of
Ohio, Is one of the defenders OF Paris. 49,.
Queen Victoria dlsspproyes Of the franking
privilege. nd pays her own postage. -
The New York sun publishes Divorced" be-
tween married" and "Died."
There are 1850 dwellings in the town of Sara.
toga Springs. = = - -, r.: - Il
There is q armin Louisiana which does moth.
ing but ship young alligators North.
IA New England widow contributed the last
dollar she had In the world to a home for indi-
gent females, and then entered herself as an in
mate ior life. = 80 . 49,, i's':
AT Cincinnati new burglar alarm 5 exhibl-,
ted, which not only rings abel and Indicates the
seindow or door attacked, but also turns and.
lights the gas. -. - - 49,. ;,'555%
-Newspapers are In snch demand in Germany
since the beginning OF the war, THAT newsboys,
an entirely new institution, have appeared Ia the
streets Of Berlin. ,,iu1 atsAI .-5ioLAr. Eoiii
1t is now distinctly and unreservedly an
nounced by ohIoans that they believe Chief JUS
tIce Chase will retire from the. bench rais winter,
and live private, inucslvo life fer the remainder
OF his days. His retired pay will be an ample
competence fer himself and family.
"A correspon2ie6 . at Bologna wfisea that du-
.,s55ps,--uvf,ro-Serfoahs,c cne new irish
Legion in the eerylce OF the French Repuelc dis
tinguished itselt par psr4culsrly7 rs was command
ed By Colonel Lswler, an e6-Csnfeaerate, sud Is
composedi6L young nsn mainly from the vicinity
OF Dublin.
Mr.. Rollin Howard, the gentleman who I'm
mortalized. himself by writing 'Shoo Fly, }" has
involved po5terty and the negro minstrels stu
more deeply in his debt by inyenting another
song and dance $hich he.eallsi Let tms be- n and
Mr.. ]. N. Paltison has placed himself or the high
road to fame by publishing It. :,
-Tn- dm6also,e Of AL the Counties In Indiana
has been received showing q Democratic ma
jorty on the state ticket or'24ss. AL the State
oficers and supreme judges. elected are Demo.
crats, and the sans party have majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature. General Grant
carried the1Srafe III 1858 by urajorityo OF o5!s.i =
Dispatches from Tours announce that q
young girl of that city Is creating the most In-
tense excitement oy initiating the example OF
Joan Of arc. Hundreds OF enthusiastic persons
have joined her standard. Her appeals for re.
cruits are said to be ..ingularly patriotic and
eloquent. ,s,..-..,, -.,,,,-.,.,-.
1t is said that California, that land o! wonder,
is found to peculiarly adapted tothe cultivation
or cotton; that the soil and climate are remark
ably suited to It and the country Is free from the
chief difficulties and embarrassrlelts that often
make it failure elsewhere; the season Is uniform
there are no worms, no inoppOrsune rains, and no
early frests
The Prussians apparently do not expect to
leave France. before the Torst OF the winter sets
In. They have just concluded 8 contract for GOO,
900 winter costs for the army and as many pairs
OF big winter bsots the cats are to be, covered
with a waterproof cIorh and lined with sheep.
skin, and are to cos. U2iJ about five dollars.
The boots are TO be had for about two dollars and
ahalf. - u
-when Charles Dickens died. It was stated that
he had written for his children, in sort OF para
phrase Of Scripture the history OF the llfeandles
sons OF the Saviour. Mr.. Dickens himself. alluded
to 1t In letter written on the ve:~ day before his
death, andh was said that this paraphrase wousd
be published. The friends of Mr.. Dickens In Bos
ton, says Tribune correspondent, now have d.
rect information from his family in England<th
one Of hismos positive injunctlons was that the
manuscript should never be published; and 1t nc-
yer will be seen by any one outside the authors
own home circle.
About one hundred clergymen in New York
State, mainly from theinterlor, have signed call
for State meeting at Syracuse on November Is,
declaring that they believe secret societies eek
elusive partial, antl-Repub;ican, despotic In form
OF government, pernicIous in the propagation Of
nngy titles, opposed in principle to free govern
ment; practicing semi.rcllgIols and semi,baroa-
rous ceremonies, casting out tue true religion
with the false, thus placing Jesus and the Jugger
maui on the same footing in the sane ante room,
and the members or the fraternity bound by the
most solemn obligations to assist each other, so
tina. even In civil courts the ends of justice are
perverted, and equity falls to receive her DUE"
1t takes the clergy to use strong language. The
signers to this philiPpic Baptists McthodistS,
Congregationallsts, Presbylerians, &C. ..i~ ..
The London Daily Telegraph says the rumor
that three French gentlemen of distinction had
been shot La Paris appears to be true. One Of
them is the yiscount de Castelbajac, who was In
England last June, and who fired his shot in the
Ipternatlonsl Pigeon Match al HurHngham
Another was II. Cartier, one OF the "Anglo
manes'' ottnsYans Jockey Club The name OF
the third victim has not reached England. Both
N. de Castelbajac and N. Cartier ;Sere adh,rents
Of the empire; and we assume that their colleague
in misfortune belonged to the Court circle What
their offences may have been we have no means
o,kuowing, nor do we know as yet whether they
were put to death ny order Of the government or
By the people. The latest rurner Is to the eject
that the victims were at the head OF clique In,
avor OF surrender, and that by means OF commu.
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