The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-21
Hos. R. B. CARPENTER, OF CHARLESTON.
NEWS OF THE DAP.


Cold closed in New York yesterday at l22a
12i. .aag
-. -. Cotton closed steady, unchanged, with
sales of 1900 bales.
In Liverpool yesterday, cotton tended up
ward: uplands lOid.; Orleans lO4d.; sales 10000
bales. =sse,
Cincinnati is described during the senger-
fest, as s.glgantic beer garden, with few
houses interspersed here and there"
The Legislature Of Oregon, which has
Democratic majority, meets in September TO
elect successor to Senator Williams, Repuo-
lican.
General Capron, the Commissioner OF As-
rIcuiture, has imported from India q small
Quantity of the seed of the jute plant, with
view of introducing its culture into the ex-
treme section of the Union, south OF the frost
line. It is being distributed to planters IN
Texas and Florida, who will give 1t a fair trial.
It is fibrous plant, resembling coarse fax, OF
easy culture and rapid growth. 1t is the ma
: terial OF which gunny bags and cloth, and bag
ging for cotton, as well as cheap cordage,
mats and carpets are made. Its great use,
however, is for bailing cotton, and as such Will
prove valuable at the South If Its cultivation
can be made success.
The war for the control Of the New Or
leans, Jackson and Great Western Railroad:
between General Beauregard and others,
against Mr. McComb and Others, has been
terminated by the decision Of the quo 'oar-
ranto case in favor of McComb and his
marty: AS there is no appeal In suits like
this, it is probable that McComb, with his
wealth and the carpet-bag element he controls,
will now run the road, while General Beaure-
gard and other old citizens are ousted.
The decision will surprise no one, with the
State swarming with such creatures as War
mouth keeps about him. The whole civil gov
.ernment of the State could be bought at low
figure. There is neither law nor justice for
Southerner In Louisiana under carpet-0aS
rule. e'.
The last step in the movement Of consoli-
dating all the antl-Western Union telegraph
lines in the country, took place at Boston last
week, In the election of the new board OF di-
rectors OF the Franklin Company; and soon
Western Union in the Atlantic and Pacific
Company and its wires. They will embrace
the Franklin wires from Boston to Washing
ton. the old Atlantic and Pacific lines from
New York to all the leading Western cities
and the Missouri River, and lthe lines. respect
iyelyl of the Union Pacific and the Central
Pacific Railroads; all of which are now up and
in operation, and give reliable conmunica-
tion across the continent and between ali the
principal cities of the great business belt OF
the nation. The capital stock of the new COM
pany Is put. at 900, Of which the old
Atlantic and Pacific Company Is assigned s3,-
oOO, 900, and the two Pacific Railroad lines
$4,000, 900 each, while the extra sl,ooo,0oO
goes tor the Franklin lines and the general
ameliora.ion of the obstacles to the arrange
ment.
Particulars have come to hand by mail
of the terrible earthquake which nearly ruin
ed the entire city of Oaxaca, Mexico, on the
Ilth ult. About II o'clock P. NJ, several hard
shocks were felt, causing destruction oflife
and property all over the city. The motion
was oscillating at first from south to north,
then vertical or trembling. The shocks lasted
about ffty-eight seconds, and in force, de-
struction and severity, surpassed anything OF
the kind that has ever taken place in Mexico.
The palace was almost destroyed, and
Il will require thousands of dollars to
.again make 1t suitable for occupancy. The
whole of the corridors OF the old convent
of San Juan de Dios fell, burying four persons
and wounding many more. The clock tower,
which was only finished on the 5th of May, was
shaken down, passing through the top of the
building into the Supreme Court rooms, and
through the floors of these into the portals Of
the palace. The total number ofpersons killed
Is about one hundred, while 1t is impossible to
ascertain the number of the wounded. The
shocks continued at intervals during the fol-
lowing day, and terror reigned supreme
throughout the city, the people remaining In
the public squares and outside of the city for
fear that greater shocks would come, and, on
account of its dilapdated condition, make a
complete ruin of the entire city.
"A war In the Turkish Empire at no very
distant day is quite likely to occur between
,the Sultan and the ruler of one of his depend
encies. Aware that such contest will result
In the total dlsmemberment Of the viceroyalty
from the Empire, the Khedigc is now making
formidable preparations TO meet any contin-
gency that may arise, and to that end he very
shrewily holds out extra inducements for SOL
diers of all nations, who are ambitious Of mill:
tary glory, to link their fortunes with the
Egyptian army. Several American officers Of