The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-23
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SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1870.
NEWS OF THE Day.

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in New York cotton was steady at EXC.
I'm Liverpool yesterda, cotton closed nrm
with unchanged quotations
The New York bakeries announced Hot
Gross buns for Good Friday. "
Monogram fans, tastefully designed in wood,
are taking the place Of all other styles.
The fair for the benefit Of the Cuban refugees
in Key West, which came or In that place lately,
realized the handsome sum Of s3316 SO.
Last week the bodies OF twenty-seven Coz
federate soldiers from South Carolina were disin-
TERED at Arlington and transferred to Richmond.
"A grand chess tournament Is in progress In
Gotham, and is exciting much interest among
the lovers Of this intellectual game.
The London Times says that the American
political system Is faulty, but that free trade Is
gainiSe rapidly. -
Public opinion In Austria Is disturbed at the
growing nti.Prussian tendencies OF South Ger
many, fearing that they will lead to another civil
war
The amount subscribed by citizens OF Havana
and other cities for the family OF Isaac Green
wald, killed by Spaniards in Havana, has reached
$500.
"A French fleet had sailed from Hong Kong,
China, at latest dates, to demand satisfaction for
the murder Of French missionary By the Chin
ese at Szchuen. When last heard from, 1t was at
the mouth Of the Noonsung River.
AT velocpede race Of thirty nine miles and
"a half, near Toulouse, France Leotard, the gym
nast beat fifteen competitors, making the dis
tance In three hours and forty-four minutes, haG
the time running against high wind
Private letters from Miss Christine Nillson,
received in New York, announce her Intention OF
visiting this country next September on pro-
fessional tour, which will embrace at least one
hundred performances.
"A gentleman residing on Madison avenue, In
New York, has ordered from Europe set OF lace
curtains on which are TO be worked elaborate bat
tIe.pleces representing some OF the famous en-
gagements OF the late war.
"A foolish fellow, named Thorne, proposes, II
snfflcient inducements ar. offered, to make Sc.
ries of leaps, this summer, from the heights at
Niagara Falls into the seethIng pools below, a la
Sam Patch.
The New York Times says that Fenien ex-
pedtion will start for Canada within twenty
days, fully prepared and equipped for long cam
paign. The destination Is kept secret, although
final preparations have been made. military
council Of war was held yesterday.
-On the eth OF March a frightful storm &C.
CURED at the City of Buenos Ayres. The water
In the, Rio de Ia Plata rose so high as to food
great portion OF the city. So sudden was the
overflow that men and horses were drowned in
the streets, and many people barely escaped With
their lives.
The Boston Journal says: ga widow, who has
followed successfully three husbands to the grave
entered well known jewery shop in this city
last Saturday, and producing the three silver
plates which had once adorned the co.fins OF the
dear departed, desired the astonished proprietor
to have them made over into butter knife y"
"A youth named Jacob Harnish, seventeen
years old, deliberately cut on his foot, on Satur-
day last in Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania
and when asked why he did 1t, replied that we
are told If our hand or foot offend US, ne should
Guilt Oh. He had struck three blows, and pick
ing up the foot, hurled it some distance from him.
The mutilation proved fatal
The British Minister protests against the ratin.
cation by this government OF the Darien ship
canal treaty, on the ground that it violates the
provisions Of the treaty between the United States
and England, providing that in such enterprises
both countries snail be equal partners. Thorn.
toms letter the subject is said to be emphatic
and shows that her Majesty's Government Is In
earnest.
The Mississippi Central Railway Company
have compromised with the persons, or the repre-
sentatives OF persons, injured by the accident
near Oxford in February, on the most liberal
terms, and no suits viii be instituted against the
company. To the family OF the late Captain
Speer, OF Rankin County, damages to the amount
OF ten thousand dollars have been awarded, and
other sufferers have been alike generously dealt
with.
Jefferson Davis, in his letter denying the re-
ports concerning Senator Cameron's remarks to
him upon his withdrawal from the Senate, says:
'tMen had not then reached the degree OF stultif-
cation which caused the withdrawal Of States
from the Union to be called rebellion and the
only remark, so far as know, made by any SEN
at,r, which had the least practical bearing, was
the expression Of Mr. Hale, OF New Hampshire,
that he expected US all soon to come back"
The calculations which have been made oy
competent maritime authorities have lite room
for doubt that the City OF Boston never got furth
or on her way to Liverpool than Sable Island.
The probability Is that she was the steamer seen
by small vessel to be sending up rockets, and
f'turning to all points Of the compass" She was
unmanageable, and must have foundered in the
,gale-all her boats having probably been swept
away before the peril was seen to be imminent.
General Butler proposes to abolish the income
tax, and "all other internal taxation,n and to
substitute new series OF taxes. He would i'm.
pose tax OF 1--WE per cent on all interest paid on
invested capital, upon all loans having longer
time to run than one year, upon oil dividends
mortgages, leases. He would also tax all ''pro-
p,rty estates in succession, lesacies or deeds of
gi;t,n to the extent OF one per cent. He proposes
to pne a tax OF Ave per cent. on every railroad
ticket, telegraph message and express package
and to reorgaRize the system OF taxations as ap-
piled to spirits, tobaccos and other articles.
"A New York letter OF Tuesday says: "Ihe
Federal authorities here have begun to manifest
considerable curiosity as to Fenian movements.
Within q day or two past, certain mandatory
OF arms, at Trenton, n. j., has been unier sur