The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-04
Tbe GbarleSfnm aems,
= MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1870.
NEWS OF THE D4T.


Gold closed in New York on Saturday al
liz.
Cotton was dull with sales Of 500 bales at
22l cents.
in Liverpool cotton was steady. No eve
ming quotations
The probabls passage through Parliament
of fthe bill for the preservation Of life and prop
erty in Ireland has caused emigration to the
United States to increase to remarkable eX
tent.
Mormon converts have appeared In Ala
bama. The Columbus MISSY Index says that
few days ago the train bore away from the
depot at that place an emigrant party Of about
thirty persons. big and little, bound for Brig
ham Young's dominions. They hailed from
Sandford County, Alabama, and were all con-
verts to the Mormon faith.
The New York Herald, in speaking OF the
stock market .on Thursday last say: 1.-THE
market for Southern State. bonds was steady
but extremely dull, the investment demand
being for the time suspended, while the specu-
latiYe interest was absorbed in the stock mar
ket. The April issues Of new South Carolinas
were strong, and sold at s6s. Tomorrow they
will be quoted ex coupon, at three per cent
gold"
The steamship Camilla arrived at New
York on Wednesday, with fifteen passengers
of the steamship Venezuela, which the Camilla
overhauled in distress during the severe gales
of last week. There are fo-ty-two persons
still aboard the Venezuela, the captain and
his crew refusing to leave the ship, although
she had large hole in her hull, and her rud-
der and stern post were wrenched away, and
her provisions flooded. The Venezuela, when
the Camilla left her, was about mid-ocean on
her route from Liverpool to Barbados.
"A Washington letter says: "There was
quite gathering in the ante-room of the
White House when the message and procla-
nation were signed, half the number, how
ever, being newspaper men. An attache of
Washington newspaper begged the President
for the pen With which the documents were
signed, and it was handed him. A venerable
old gentleman who was In the crowd cried out
when the announcement was made that the
negroes could now vote everywhere. swell,
gentlemen, you'll all be damn sorry for this "
The speaker was Dent, ST., the father-in-iaw of
the President
a serious afffay occurred at Tuscaloosa,
Ala, on Friday morning between Ryland
Randolph and man named Smith, friend of
yaughan's. Smith and Vaughan came in
from the University, and while Vaughan re-
msined behind on the opposite side of the
Street, Smith went to where Randolph was
standing, and, it is said, he cried "stand
aside,n and drew his pistol. Randolph also
drew his pistol, when both fired several shots.
Randolph being wounded in the leg, though
not dangerously. Smith was also slightly
wounded. bystander was killed. Smith
and Vaughan were both arrested. Intense
excitement prevails. i.....i
1t has been reserved for church in Ne
braska to combine the possibility of profit with
benevolence, after fashion which throws in
the shade the rafting church fairs in vogue In
this part of the country. To cancel the mort
gage debt OF the church, non-'nterest bearing
bonds In sums OF 500 have been put upon the
market, payable in ten years, and as means
of securing rapid subscriptions, two compare
lively large prizes, to be awarded by lot in the
same fashion, are offered, the one q $4,000
United States bond, and tho other bond of
half that amount. The inducement for the
good Christians of Nebraska to invest in these
new-fashioned securities is therefore the
chance of getting their money back with IN
;terest at the rather steep rate of two thousand
per cent, or two hundred per cent per
3QQum. 1. - -
"A case was decided by the United States
Supreme Court some days ago, which will, no
doubt, create sensation among holders of
confscated property in the South, many of
whom made their purchases without fully ln-
dersranding the law en- the subject. The case
is thato Bigelow vs. ,DeForrest, in which GER
tain real estate in Virginia was seized under
the:confiscation laws and sold, its owner being
adluged guilty Of treason. That person having
since died, his heirs brought suit In ejectment
to recover the property. The claim was resist
ed ON the ground that the, title of the original
owner was forfeited by his treason, and his
rights in the property thoroughly diyested.
But the United States Supreme Court decide
thatit was only his estate during his life which
was diyested, and since his death his heirs
may recover the property. The decision is in
accordance with clause two, section three, artl-
Gle three of the Constitution OF the United
States, which says: Congress shall have
power to declare the punishment Of treason,
but nc attainder. of treason shall work corrup-
tim OF blood or forfeiture, except during the
life Of the person attainted.n r: q
The trial of Mcfarland will commence in
New York on an nindictment charging him with
the murder of,Albert D.. Richardson on the
25th Of November last The prosecution will
be solely conducted by Dlstrict-Attorney Car
vim. Itiscxpeeted that he will simply contine
himself to the facts CONNECTED with the homi-
eide, and to the threatening language which
Mcfarland is alleged to have used toward Rich
ardson in conversation with other parties. It
Is also believed that he will endeavor to intro
duce evidence concerning the first attempt
at taking Mr.. Richardson's lie. Mrs. Eieh-
ardson formerly Mrs. McFarland) will be