The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-10
NEWS OF THE DAP.

Gold closed firm In New York, on Satur-
dsy, at l3sal39.
Cotton was dull and lower; uplands 1910;
sales 1900 bales. O.
in Liverpool cotton closed at S3as4d for
:uplands, and Cd for Orleans; sales 10000 bales.
Piano making.is the third manufacturing
interest in volume in this country.
Many imperlalist French migrants arrived
at New York on Friday on the St. Laurent.
st. Louis is to have new Union passenger
depot. which is to cover three blocks and in
.clude fine hotel.
The effect of the prohibitory law In Massa-
ehusetts has been to double the manufacture
of malt liquors in Boston.
Illinois claims to have grown more rapidly
In population during the past ten years than
any other State in the Union.
The bylaws of the srand Lodge of Masons
of Illinois, which prohibited colored persons
from admission into Masonic lodges in that
State. have been repealed.
The number of lives reported to have been
lost By the freshet in the Shenandoah River,
between Harpers Ferry and Staunton, num-
bers nearly one hundred.
A s.revised list" OF German merchant yes
GELS, captured by the French, published oy the
London Times OF the goth ult., makes the
whole number, of all sorts, thirty-three.
"A breach of promise suit, in which the
damages are laid at $4,000, was on Wednes-
.day commenced in New York by the widow of
a former editor OF the Courier des Etats Unis
,.. - ,,,aeant odIt r of that naDpr
1t is stated that the Hamburg steamer
Westphalia, which left New York last Wednes-
day, was chased by the French gunboat La
Touche Treville, but having the advantage Of
her adversary in point of speed, she managed
to keep her. at respectful distance and TO
escape her altogether.
THE dramatic season was never more bril-
liant In New York than it is at present. The
long list of theatres now open includes Nlbios
the OLYMPIC. the Globe, Lima Edwin's, Wal
lacks. Booths, Wood's Fourteenth Street, the
Grand Opera House, the Comique, Stadt, and
the Bowery.
The Southern Commercial Convention,
which has been in session at Cincinnati for
four days past, adjourned on Friday, to meet
in Baltimore on the third Monday in Septem-
her. 1871. In view of the national character
which the convention has assumed, its name
has been changed to the National CONNER
cial Convention"
-Fitz Huga Ludlow, well known to the
reading pubic as a writer of considerable
abrilliancy aud alractiveness of style, died at
Geneva, Switzerland, a short time since, aged
SO. For many years past he had practiced the
excessive use of narcotics aud other sttmu-
lants which did much to hasten his early
death.
The anli-Coolie League Of Philadelphia
has addressed letters to the city nominees for
Congress, asking The question, "1t elected
will YOU vote to prohibit the importation, un-
der the contract system, or otherwise, oil coOlle
labor into The United States? ?" The responses
we're read at public meeting Wednesday
evening. Judge Kelly answers squarely, VI
will ~ aud the other replies, seven in number,
we're to the same effect.
The American officers who sailed for
:-Egypt In The carry spring, finding their recep-
: ton by the government there so cordial, anu
: tl.. land of Egypt so promising, having sent
f,r their families, quite number sailed from
New York on Thursday, in the steamship Ba-
tavia. AMONG Them were Mrs. General c. +.
Stone, Miss Stone and three children, Mrs.
General Rh.ll, Miss Rhett aud Master Rhett,
Mrs. General Reynolds and Mrs. Colonel
Frank Reynolds and son.
The astronomers are taxing notes Oh Inc
new erup lol, y, spots on the sun. The side OF
the sun INV. Turned towards us is covered
with hundr,,i- OF them, of all sizes; and the
area OF eus vi ....,' larger spots, which is now
near The ceuirt vi he disk, is found by mea-
suremenl w exc.r,. 1900, ,O0o, 600 square miles
q bigslsn '.sput," sice 1t covers an area more
than TED llneS ll.at vf our globe 1t appears