The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-29
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 90, 1870.
NEWS OF TIE DIY.

1IA5S.
THE New York cotton market closed quiet;
sales 1900 bale, at 25i5c.
AT Liverpool cotton closed steady; uplands
11Xd; Orleans 1l7sal2d; sales 1900 bales
"A tenant-rght meeting at Dungaroon was
broken up on Wednesday by Fcnians.
"A submarine cable has been ordered, which
will be laid along the Pacific Coast of South
America, from Panama to Paita, Peru.
1t is rumored in Rome that Father Gratoy
will be superseded rs Superior OF the Order Of Ora
torions, on account Of his letter on the Gcumencal
Council.
Reports, which seem to be well authenticated,
~erc current on Wednesday in Paris, that Minis
tiers Daru, Louvrette and ValdrOme will resign,
on account OF the want Of harmony on the COM
mercial question.
The majority in the French Chambers have
resolved to leave each member free to discuss
commercial questions according to his own con-
victions, and not to make the final vote test OF
the strength OF the government. 1t is possible the
action will prevent change in the ministry.
The neet arrived at Portland, Maine, on Tues
day evening with the remains OF the late Mr.. Pea
body. Captain Macomb, OF the Plymouth held
an interview subsequently with Admiral Farra-
gut and Others and gave an interesting account
OF the voyage and Of the sailing qualities Of the
ships. The naval ceremonies took place on We'd
nesday morning.
DIR. Francis II. Deanc, a wide.known physi-
clan OF Richmond. Va, died in that city on Mon
day evening, in the sXtlcth year OF his age The
Wing says that DR.. Deane had been for seve-
raj years in impaired health, and for some weeks
30 low as to prepare his friends for his death at
Any hour. The community could lose no citizen
whose decease would be more generally or sim
eerey deplored.
"A dispatch dated Rome, Wednesday morn
ing, says that the Pope still suffered much from
cold, but he presided over the sessions OF the
Ecumenlcal Council every day. 1t is said that
the Council will suspend and possibly close alto
gether about Easter, on account Of the nsalubrity
Of Rome. 1t was rumored in Paris at midnight
that the Pope was dead, but this rumor could be
traced to no authentic source
New five dollar legal tender notes to the
amount OF nearly sS00000 are ready for issue.
The plates for the twenty dollar notes are ready,
and this denomination will probably be ready
for circulation In two weeks. The five dollar
notes are very finely engraved. On the left is an
admirably executed vignette OF Jackson, while
the centre of the note has picture Of frontier
Mfe-representing pioneer and his family alarm
el at the approach Of Indians.
1T is stated In New York paper that the ne
Eotiations between the different express compa-
mics have been concluded. The Adams Company
pays 5000 OOs aud gets back all the lines formerly
surrendered to the Merchants Union. The Ameri-
can gives up the New England States and the
Fort Wayne to Chicago route, while In turn the
Adams surrenders to the American the Cincin-
natl and Indianapolis route, the lower end OF the
Illinois Central and the Jcrersonville road.
Resolutions were introduced in the Kentucky
House OF Representatives on Wednesday to pro-
tect employers against colored employees. 1t
provides that any one convicted of entcing from
his employer q laborer who has engaged in writ
ing to perform service shall suffer fine there
for, and that any one continuing to keep laborer
In his employ who has entered into written en-
xagement to serve another, after being notified
or such engagement shall also, on conviction, be
fined for the same.
The new cable which has recently been sue.
sessrully laid between Salcom England and Brig.
1ognan, France, is OF the most solid description
o. deep sea cable, weighing eight and one-half
tons TO the mile, and the shore end fourteen tons.
Double land wires will shortly be completed TO
connect the cable with the land systems OF tele-
graphs in both countries. BY this means mes
sages will be transmitted directly from Brest to
london, without passing through Paris, Us at
present. The completion OF this new link, which
has been much retarded by bad weather and
ether unfavorabc circumstances, will place Lon
don and New York in almost direct cammunica-
lion, aud the whole route will be under the man.
agement and control OF the French Cable Com
Pany.
The mystery atten ding the supposed poison
ing Of the old sea captain, Captain John Alex
ander, in New York, is still without solution, and
uin doubtless remain so until the conclusion OF
,he analysis by DR.. Doremus instituted by the
captains daughter; meantime, tie Gardner fami-
y, who were arrested on suspicion Of being the
nurderers, remain in prison. DR.. A. n. Brock.
way, who certified that death resulted from old
age and softening of the brain, publishes card
asking suspension of judgment on the part OF
the public. Captain Alexander Is said to have
been native OF Baltimore, from which port he
had sailed for years before going to New Orleans
with his family. In the latter city he engaged in
business as commission merchant. While in
New York, after his arrival he always had his
letters to his daughter written down town. II.
Vas reserved in his manner, and is supposed not
to have had any confldants in the house where he
lived.
The Duke OF Norfolk, on whom Mr.. Gladstone
intends to confer the garter vacant by the death
Of Lord Derby, Is Premier Peer OF England and
hereditary earl marshal. His ancestor was the
Arst Roman Catholic who took his seat in the
House of Lords after the emancipation act Of
I8oO. The dukedom dates from the fifteenth CEN
tury. and the Towards are a byword for noble
and lofty lineage. The present duke, young
MN oftwo or three and twenty, is son OF the
last peer by the sister OF Lord Lyons, formerly
British Minister at Washington, and now at Paris.
II 5 sister, Lady Victoria, is married to Mr.. Hope
Scott, whose first wife was granddaughter Of Sir
IT liter Scott. being daughter OF the great novel
st's biographer, Lockhart. Mr.. Hope-Scotl's
daughter by Miss Lockhart is the only direct rep
re,eutatve OF Scott. Abbo.sford now belongs
to Mr.. Hope-Scott, who las made fortune at the
Parliamentary bar, the most lucrative branch Of
the profession in England. His earnings have, 1t
Is computed, often reached $4,000 and go, ooO
year. Some years ago he joined the communion
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