The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-05
Tbe MDafleStoa1 9ems,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The strike of the telegraph operators
throughout the country last evening deprived US
OF our usual night market reports.
in yicksburg the policemen wear red uni
forms.
The emigration Of Swedes to this country is
80 great that last year the population Of Sweden
actually decreased.
Mr. John E. Owens, the celebrated Baltimore
comedian, was playing very successful engage
ment in Baltimore last week.
James Fisk, Jr., received on New Years Day
at the Grand Opera House, in New York City, and
the place was thronged with callers.
Reunion meetings will be held in Brooklyn,
New York, during the present week, In COM
memoration of the joining together of tile New
and Old Schools of the Presbyterian Church.
The New Years receptions at Washington are
described as having been famous for their num-
ber and the fact that vinous fluids were less pop
ular than coffee and chocolafe.
"A distinguished medical professor in New
York has stated that the use OF the highheeed
French boots, now so generally worn will, In
time, convert the transient Illusion OF the Gre
clan Bend into stern reality"
"A man in Nashville has invented an ingenious
plan for q revelvngdoo to railway coach which
checks or every in and out passenger, giving the
station at which he gets on or oil, and the time
by an attached clock.
"A terrible murder occurred at Sleepy Hollow,
near Tarrytown, New York, Saturday afternoon.
One V. W. Buckhart shot his wife and two men,
named Alfred and Charles Randall. The two
former were killed; the latter was dangerously
wounded. Yhe act is ascribed BY some to insanl-
ty; others to jealousy.
The Sachet pettcoat is the elegant notion
of the moment in London. 1t Is made OF o light
sort Of flannel and linec with silk, pink or green,
blue, mauve, or cerise-colored, quilted and scent
ed with violet powder, exactly like handker-
chief or glove case Morning gowns are also
made in the same style; they are perfumed
dresses
Tile naval expedition to survey route for
ship canal across the Isthmus Of Darien, will leave
washington about the middle or last Of this
month. The maps and charts are being prepared,
and the engineers are busily engaged in complet.
ing them In time for the start. The United States
: vessels are being fitted up in the most complete
manner for proper execution OF the duty to
which they are assigned.
A Washington letter describing President
Grants New Years reception says: "The last OF
the diplomatic corps who greeted the President
was General Alexander Tate, charge d'aflalrs OF
HaYti. and, representing colored nation, his ap-
.pearance formed, perhaps, the only noticeable in
cldent during this portion OF the reception. He
was most cordially welcomed by the President
and In turn he felicltated his Exeeency on the
auspicious beginning Of the new year. Secretary
Fish and The General joined in conversation for
some moments. The Haytien representative was
also introduced by Secretary Fish to the Vice.
President and members Of the Cabinet, but to
none Of the diplomatic corps"
"A bill for the Encouragement OF the circuits OF
the Justices Of the United States Supreme Court
has been prepared by memUcr Of the Senate
judiciary Committee, and will be presented to
that body when 1t rcasscmbles. The circuits as
provided for in the new bill, are as follows:
First Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Rhode Island; second cir
cuit-New York, Connecticut and New Jersey;
third clrcuit-Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland;
Virginia and North Carolina; fourth circuit
Askansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas;
fifth circuit-South Carolina Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and Tennessee; sixth circuit-Ohio,
Michigan, West Virginia and Kentucky; seventh
circuit-Indana, Illinois and Wisconsin; eighth
circuit-Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri; ninth circuit California, Oregon and
Nevada.
"A Washington letter to the Baltimore Gazette
says: "Itis singular that there should be 80
vigorous push among the faithful to enrich the
Stanton family out Of the pockets OF the million,
while similar movement made in behalf Of the
widow and infant children OF the late General
Ravlns has faded out entirely, the enthusiasm
with which the project was inaugurated having
dwindled down to zero without accomplishing
oytin ayvli WAC a p0n
and an honest gentleman, and really poor man.
Stanton was not social man outside Of his own
family circle and had most valuable practice
for years before he went into the Cabinet, where
h. remained for eight years at Cabinet compen-
saton. No one believes that he made any money
beyond his liberal salary as Cabinet officer,
while in onice, butt Is well understood that he
was the reverse Of prodigal in his expenditures,
and that he left his family In very wealthy cir
oumstances. 1t is remarked that the money
collected for them would be much more appro-
priately bestowed to assist the struggling widow
OF General RaMlius in her erorts to educate her
little children respectfully"
MIR. Charles Fechter, the tTagedian arrived in
New York on Friday By the German steamer
Marie He was accompanied by Miss Carlotta
Leclercq, u London actress of1Sstablished reputa-
ton. Mr.. Fechter will make his debut in Ameri.
ca 1t Nibl6's Garden, on the 10th instant anG
will play an engagement Of one hundred nightss
During the season Hamlet will be produced, and
the New York public will be enabled to compare
his famous personatlon Of the leading role with
that Of Mr.. Booth the popular American TRACE
dian. The New York World, whose reporter In
terviewed the newly arrived ten minutes after he
got his great coat Oh at the hotel, says: ''Mr.
Fechter is the best living exponent Of the roman
tic, as opposed to the coldy classic or the muscu
Iarity demonstrative school of acting. He plays
Hamlet In fiaxen wig, sits In the graveyard
scene, and also gives his soliloquies in sitting
instead OF standing posture" Mr.. Fechter,
we learn by the same authority is Frenchman,
who has won the most Of his fame on the English
stage, where he first appeared in 1860. He has
slight French accent, but possesses wonderful
command Of English, according to all the eFi-
dence at hand.
BY late arrival in New York from the West
Indies it is reported that Salnave has fallen. The