The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-02

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Gold at'New York, yesterday, closed weak
at 1Xal1N. -
The New York cotton market closed steady,
With fair demand; sales 1900 bales; uplandsleTc.
sAAt liverpool cotton closed firm; uplands s1sd,
Orleans s36d; sale, Is 000 bales; export and spec
ulation 5000.
ii-Bt gands have massacred eleven persons in
the province Of Naples.
---Tne first snow Of the season occurred yester-
dsyat Bangor, Maine. 5a
Judge Baily, OF Demopoii5, Alabama, was so
affected By the news OF the death OF General Lee
that he died Instantly while sitting in his chair.
-Klng5William promoted the two sons OF Bis
marck on the day Of Sedan, one Of them to- the
raaS OF ensign, and the other TO lleutenaacy.
The sanitary fair by the German ladies', com.
nenced in New York last week, has already real
ized over $4,000. 81 ~ is'i.l''
San Francisco Is excited over the Mercantile
LIBRARY. GIT Concert. The ticket drawing one
hundred thousand dollars In gold number Isl, OF,
Was sent In 3 package to New. York.
@AIhei ht.st China advices say the Chinese
Authorities are pursuing q Facilitating policy to-:
wards foTeig iers The impression prevails that
the contemplated general slaughter Is fabrlca.
tim. ..i:S :s!2ni 400 1911 ~ 'E'> ~. :,
The papers are pokng fun at Horace Greeley
for writing up the virtues OF the New York City
popularon as reason fo- removing the capital TO
that place, and In the same breath calling for ma
tipnaI lronps TO supervise the election there.
NGrett leafs Ore entertained OF, the loss OF the
steamship yeruna, from New York for Galveston,
now seven days overdue. She was last heard
from or Key West on the 10th instant. A number
of.the prominent citizens OF Galveston are among
her passengers. i - o., -
s:4;Tne people along the line OF the Union Pacific
Failrosd, in order to get satisfaction for the enor
ntous charges for fre ght and passengers, are tax
ing that, corporation proporticnately, and Will
probably collect from them about one hundred
this year. y -, II - q, -.
the me manufactures Of Turgssy ia-e reported;
Oh regent reliable authority, to be ontre decline.
Tie steel rnanufactories for which Damascus
was famous. no iongor exist. The muslin looms
or Scutari and Tirnovs, which numbered two
thousahd IN 1872, are now reduced to less thin
two hundred 'sphdIes; and Broussa and DiabeEfr,
once f.mous for their yelvets, do not now produce
ode.tento he amount they did forty years ago ~
"A correspondent writing from Remllly j
France, says that aii the railroads In that section
aterdrireni with work to the utmost capacity.
There are two two endiess lines or trains The one
rushing back from France to- Germany with
rounded soldiers and French prisoners and cap
tuted, military stores and many empty cars; the
othertu~hing, Into France with fresh relays OF
troops. new supplies or artillery, aud horses, for.
age for man aud beast, sanitary supplies. and all
other Imaginable supplies for which the war has
created a demand f''t5'' * t'-a'
-Ths Fran, sJireaais. Or Freach guuesrlllas, are
dressed In black clothes, with leather CATERS,
coming upt6ltheir Knee They carry a black dag,
bearing . skull and. eroaa bones, likethe orna:
msnts OF the celebrated Black Brunswick Hus-
sars. The organization Of the corps OF Francs
tireurs 1t stated, Is similar to that Of the Order
Of La Trappe, the members OF which, as Is well.
known, ptesetve an almost perpetual silence. In
the saline way The Francs.tireurs are bound by "a
vow OF silence, which Is only broken at signal |
from their commanding officers, when 1t is neces-
satJ topStain provisions or TO inquire their way.
-The celebrated .turfmau, Major Thomas Dos
welG died on Thursday OF last week, at his resi-.
denee; IN tie County OF Hanover, Va, in the sey,
enty,second year Of his age tOn the very day he |
passed away, one Of his horses won most I'm:
portant race on the Ptmllco course. The deceased
was well known IN person or by reputation In |
every important city In the United States. He |
was the owner OF ':Nins,'' the dam OF "Planet;'
"Red Eye,' and hundreds OF other celebrated
racers. In fact,'he probably raised more horses
that acquired regulations for themselves and
money for their owners than any man OF his
time.
"A planter in Mercer County, Ca ifornia,
writes that he has been growing cotton for three
years. and is satisfied tnat he can raise crop two
cents cheaper than In the MiSsissip u bo,torrs
Hfgiresan estimate OF the expenses Of cultiyatiug
two hundred acres Of land, which is interesting
to Us here, as showing the cost Of agricultural oc-
cupatlons. The items are as follows: Wages OF
Twelve hands, at s25 per month, $4,000; support OF
h1nds' $500; feed Tor team, $4,000; gathering,
$seo; ginning and billing, $500; blacEsmithlng,
$loo-msKing total OF $500 for the expenses.
Tne proce-as are computed ut $50 bales of cotton.
worth Ssc each, thus yielding sl3, ,5oo and IS tons
Oh cotton SEED. worth $lo per ton, or sll25 in The
aggregate. The net proceeds will therefore
amount; to .$7925. The journals in California.
however, conside- that 1920 additional should be
deducted for rent OF land and other expenses.
and that allowance should be made for short
crops and depreciation In the market price OF
cotton. But 1t Is argued that, even II the profits
be reduced to sls an acre. the crop would be more
valuable than wheat.
Near Meucn Chunk, Penn, Is q burning coal
NINE hica hss been on fire for many years. At
1.ule, near st. 'Etenne, there Is coal mlne
Haeca mas been on fire from time immemo-
nat other burning coal mines are cited IN
france for example, those OF Deeazeville, Aver
ION ana " csm4lentry. In the department of
Aler- Ia the carboniferous basins of the saar.
oluck had selsla, there are likewise coal mines