The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-13
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FRIDAY, MAY ls, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

FRIDAY, MAY l3, 1870.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Gold closed in New York, yesterday
at 14zs.
The New York cotton market closed firm and
quiet at 2sHc; sales l7eo bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed at 11a11Kd for up
lands, l1Id for Orleans; sales l2oso bales
The rush for the new Arizona silver mine:
continues from California and the Rio Grande.
Music in the park on Sunday Is one OF the IN
.noyations contemplated by the New York Cen
trail Park Commissioners.
Sixteen million bottles of chanpo me wer'
produced In France last year, OF which mor'
than three-fourths we're exported.
-california's vote Of 100000 In aid Of tn
Southern Pacific Railroad Is declared unconstitu
tional by the Governor OF thas State, and 1t VII
probably be annuled:
The gambling establishment Of Hon. Johr
Morrlssey, In New York, is under the ban with
the rest OF them, aud has a policeman at the dool
to warn unwary strangers away.
Paper napkins for table use have just been In
troduced into the restaurants OF Germany. They
answer every purpose for one using. Three o.
them cost less than cent.
The monuments to ex-President Lincoln, and
the denial OF pension to his widow In need, Is 9
very good illustration Of asking for bread and
getting stone.
The Postmaster. General says II the bill abol
lshing the ranking privileges is passed, he viii
be able to reduce letter postage from three to twt
cents per halr ounce.
The latest intoxicating fuid out Is made II
Tennessee OF sweet potatoes. Practical expert
menters say it goes further, lasts longer and
makes quicker and more enduring fuddle than
any other lightning liquid now In use.
Judging from the "mountain Of work" before
Congress, the prospects are not very natterlng
for an adjournment by the 4th Of July, or even by
early fall Out Of 1892 bills and, 2ss joint resolu
tions originating in the House during the cnrren,
session, only 287 OF the former have passed. OF
the Joint resolutions, 73 have passed. In the Sen
ate sos bills and 1872 joint resolutions have been
introduced, OF which number only 21s bills and 20
resolutions have passed. A comparatively small
number OF measures have been rejected or indef-
nitely postponed; the rest are pending. The ex-
hlbit proves at once the clumsy incapacity Of
W
ton.
t-Brownlow says he. would Improve the rivers
and harhors. and propose to build railroads by
the Federal Government, without regard to any
sectIon-Eas., West, North or South. "Had my
way, would instruct the Government OF the
United States to form o strong central govern
ment here in the District Of Columbia, and organ.
ize the States as 80 many coloties or corporations
as absolutely dependent upon and subject to the
viii OF the central power. Many States would
wipe out aud extirpate the whole pretence OF
State rights and State sovereignty, to which
we ara mainly indebted for the late rebellion.
WhileI only speak for myself, beheve Congress
and the country are looking in the same direc-
non.n 49, =
-Under the head Of "Chess-Playing EXtracrdi.
nary, the New York Herald says: ION Saturday
eyening-the opening night OF the Brooklyn Chess
Club at their new rooms, No. $50 Fulton street
eight players (members Of the cub) inaugurated
q feat at chess which has, probably, never been
paralleled, which was to play game OF chess,
blindrold, four players on each side, and each
player to make move In his turn, without coz
snlting his colleagues. Three games were con-
tested In this manner, and two OF the number
were beautifully played. The contestants were
Kessrs. Richardson, Captain Mackenzie. E. Del
mar and DR.. Barnett, opposed to Messrs. Bren-
ginger, Gnberg, Marschi and ]. A. DeCon. The
frss game was WOE, by Messrs. BrenzInger and
aries the second and third by Nessrs. Mackenzie
and allies The blindfold skill exhibited by every
one OF the eight players in these three games is
deserving OF great praise. The performance was
spplanded yoctferously by all present"
E-Ttegold mines Of Virginia are being once
more worked to advantage number Of Phlla-
delphians have bought land in the neighbsrhood
Of Fredericksburg, the Wilderness. spottsylvania
and Orange Courthouses, and It Is estimated that
capital 70 the amount Of half million dollars, In
the hands Of companies and private individuals,
haa been invested in the business Of digging and
washing gold. Property In Fredericksburg and
its vicinity is advancing in price, railroads are
building In various parts Of Virginia, and there
is at least certainty that the unequalled resour-
oes OF that commonwealth will be developed. The
mere re'bustness Of soliciting sumac and preparing
1t for market is giving employment to many
hands In Northeastern Virginia. the product in 1860
OF ten mills alone having been twenty eight hun.
dred tons. These facts concern more than the
inhabitants OF the State Immediately benefited.
and their nelghbors on the North, for as the in.
dustries OF the South grew and multiply, the
burden OF national taxation will everywhere
grow lighter.
Eight lucky people In New Jersey and New
York are rejoicing over their good fortune, hav-
Ing just afalleu heirs" to an estate in Scotland,
variously estimated ut from twenty to thirty mil.
uons,o dollars. The person who gave the infor-
nation to the "helrs" was man named Smith,
who makes It his business to look after and COL
lect claims OF this kind. Some Of the heirs are In
good circumstances, but most Of them are poor,
and when the news OF their vast inheritance In
the old country reached their ears they could not
believe 1t was true. and for time nothing was
doae end the matter was dropped. One Of the
psrty. however. wrote to prominent member OF
the Bouse Of Lords; England, making inquiries as
to whether any such estate had been left. In tho
eoursa Of two OF three months he received an
answer, stating thai such an estate had been
len. to william Innis, and thati the heirs could
prove their claim there would be but little din-
Guilty In getting their money. Since then one OF
the heirs has visited England and found that both
the statement OF Smith and that contained IN the
letter we're true.
-Ex-Prcsident Johnson Is quietly ensconced at
bis home In tiresnville, Tenn. 1t is, perhaps, no