The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-11
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1870.
NEHS OF THE DdT.

at 20Aa'oA.
The New York cotton market closed heavy
sales 1900 bales a: 251lc.
Nicaragua advi,es report the coffee crop az
entire failure.
The drought in Southern California is SO great
that farmers are Offering sheep at fifty cents pei
head.
The San Francisco publishers have determln
ed to reduce pay for composition to sixty cents
per thousand ems.
The Mormon mission is being pushed forward
with all the vigor and energy possessed by Its
leaders on Long Island.
Some OF the Erie shareholders in London &C.
'tually cherish the innocent idea that Mr.. Fisk
Jr., can be shamed into fair dealing.
Since the transfer OF the English telegraph
lines to the government the amount Of domestic
telegraphing has Increased one-third.
Sir John B. Karslake has written communi
cation to the London Globe urging on the govern
ment systematized immigration as social relief
The judges in New York are charging the
grand jury to bring to punishment all persons
who compound with felons for the recovery OF
stolen bonds.
The foreign merchants and missionaries in
China are at loggcrheads-each accusing the
other party as the cause of the antipathy and
violence OF the Chinese.
A Pennsylvania firm has rolled out finely
polished sheet OF iron. three feet long and twelve
inches wide. and weighing but three and half
ounces. 1t is thinner than ordinary writing
paper.
James Fisk, Jr., wined and dinea over five
hundred people at Saturday nights rehearsal OF
the Twelve Temptations" in his opera-housc
Wine flowed like water, and the most costly
catab!es were supplied.
The Judiciary Committee OF the Virginia
House of Representatives reported adversely to
resolution, referred to it at brief session in Oc-
tooer proposing the ratification Of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments.
The creed OF Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, is
to be changed. A broader basis is demanded by
part OF the members, and the articles Of faith
are to be revised. Mr.. Beecher favors it and ap
points committee to revise.
New York papers say that Mr.. A. 7. Stewart
has added BY purchase one thousand acres to his
Hampstead tract, and Is now having 1t laid out in
lots with broad streets and avenues. 1t is Mr..
Stewards intention to build village.
The Inauguration Of Kit Burns rat pit as q
Water street mission took place in New York on
Monday. Bishop James, Mr.. Tying, Jr., and others
delivered addresses. Burns still runs liquor
store next door, through which the ministers
were obliged to pass to reach the mission house.
!: We are to have q Bonaparte amongst us. 1t
Is stated in letters from Paris that Immediately
after the acquittal OF Prince Pierre Bonaparte-
which every one takes for granted-he is to have
hio fha hot t,o
returns to America and make it his permanent
residence.
IA writer in the Brunswick Appeal thinks that
o canal through Florida, from the St. Mary's rlv.
er, Georgia, to some point or the Gulf, would Gre
ate great revolution in the carrying trade Of the
Gulf and Western States, and benefit not only the
South but the whole country. 1t is believed by
many that canal joining the waters Of the St.
Mary;s and Suwannee rivers could be made at
comparatively little cost.
The Republicans in Congress do not seem
pleased with the decision OF the Supreme Court
made recently, as 1t appears to be the general
opinion that II the question had actually been
before them, the court would have decided
against the constitutonalty OF the legal-tender
acts. In fulflment of these views, Mr.. Ingersoll,
Of Illinois, made two unsuccessful efforts In the
House to-day to introduce q Sixteenth amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United States, au-
thortzing the issuing OF legaltender notes.
On the tariff question, Monday, the West and
the South again scared the protectionists. Dur
ing these votes the result was at one time against
the tariff. The House divided by telers-sl to 81,
and the Speaker was about to give the casting
vote, when Mr.. Julian, OF Indiana, came up and
voted against the tariff and with the Democratic
side, making the result 81 to g.. This action Of
the House developed very positively the feeling OF
Western men against high tariff, and gave the
pending bill an indirect but at the same time
severe blow.
Mrs, Bahlgren, wife OF Admiral Dahlgren, has
ssarted'a movement for active opposition to the
Woman Suffrage party. Mrs. Sherman, wife OF
General Sherman, and number OF ladies beside,
support the antl-woman,s suffrage idea They
think the universal voice OF the women OF this
country should be heard upon the subject, and
they feel assured that the result would be that
immense majority OF their sex would be found to
be opposed to accepting the right to vote, believ
ing that such right would bring its burdens,
duties and responsibilities, which would not only
be diStastelul to the female, but Of character
which they are unwilling 10 assume.
"A letter from Salt Lake states that the Nor
mon sclhsmatics have formed temporary church
organization called "The Church OF Zion,n which
Is little more liberal than Brigham Young's, al
though itcontains many Of the most obJectona.
BILE pon OF the old organization Polygamy is
neither advocated nor condemned, but the prin.
ciple OF tlthing Is continued. Joe Smith. the son
OF the ancient founder Of Mormonisn, who is on.
posed to polygamy, is expected to become the
leader Of the new movement. The schism an.
pears to be complete and powerful, and consid.
ering the encroachments OF railroads and Con.
gress it is assumed that the latter days of the
Latter Day Saints have come.
The fear of scarcity OF ice next summer is
becoming very general In consequence many
suggestions have lately been thrown out in re-
gard to the manufacture Of an artificial article.
1t has heretofore been resorted to In New Orleans
and few other Southern cities. The expense OF
manufacturing artificial ice, however, Is said to
be very great. The first cost in Paris OF a new
patent Carrc machine, Of the description used in
New Orleans, would be $4,000 in gold. This
would prepare hut twelve tons Of soft Ice day.
Its maximum OF hard ce would be but eight tons.
The buying would prove altogether too expensive
for general use. Those who prepare it in New