The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-19
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE Day.
i'm New York, gold closed dull yesterday
at 19ba19A.
Cotton closed strong in favor of buyers, Will
s,les OF 2l00 bales.
The Kentucky Legislature has named coun
t7 after General Lee.
-Four times as many cattle are SAID TO DC III
Texas as there were before the war;
The Chicago papers are Dragging over one oi
their notorious criminals as ''The American
Traupmann."
The Freedmen's AID Commission, headquar-
tiers at Cincinnati have sent 300 colored teacherS
to the South, and hold 100000 worth OF real
estate.
The London Telegraph expresses great salts
faction on the occasion OF the introduction Of the
Irish Reform bill in the House OF Commons on
Tuesday last.
1t Is officially announced In the British Army
and Navy Gazette, that the troops now stationed
in British North America will be Withdrawn dur
ing the present year.
"A western railway train recently raced six
niles over an open prairie with drove of fright
ened elk The latter were nnay tired out By the
engine, and gave il up.
"A wild excitement was created in the Span
ish Cortes Tuesday, by the Carst deputies attrlb-
utng defeat In many districts in the recent cleo
tlons to government interference.
"A family from Holland, living in Chicago,
consisting of husband and wife and two children,
were poisoned, the last three fatally. on Tuesday
night in some mysterious manner.
The London Lancet says that the suffering
after decaptation can only he an affair Of mo-
ments." This admission, philanthropist OF the
Globe thinks, is sufficiently horrible.
The body OF Greenwaldth, recently murdered
at Havana, was received at New York on Tues.
ID iy, per steamer Benville and was taken charge
Of by his friends The funeral will take place ut
an early day, when large demonstration is eX-
pected.
The New York World says that an ingenious
New York Congressional "dodge" consists In SELL
ing cadot pur'
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ton, so that the same cadetshp can be sold two
= or three times over.
"A call for q meeting OF oil opposed to the
rspresent unjust and ntolerablc tariff legislation
OF the countryn has been signed BY many leading
business houses OF New York city. The meeting will
be held in the hall OF the Open Board OF Brokers,
on Thursday, February "a.
Liquid ammonia, injected into the veins, has
proved successful cure in the most critical cases
,of snake-btes. small syringe with sharp
point for the purpose ofmaking the injection, is
manufactured and sold in Melbourne, and few
travel In Australia without one.
.-Pather Young, q Roman Catholic priest Of
New York, preached last Sunday against the Ii
centious illustrated publications Of the day. He
asked those OF his audience, who would assist
him in putting down this vile literature, to rise,
and the whole congregation OF two thousand
stood up.
The Prussian Government has military maps
OF every foot Of its territory; so complete that
every hil ravine brooklet field and forest is de-
lineated with perfect accuracy. 1t Is common
boast of Prussian military men, that within eight
days s4s, COD men can be concentrated to the de-
fence OF any single point within the kingdom.
"A "Byron banquet is to be given in New
York City on the 25th of April next, the anniver
sary OF Byron's final departure from England, by
large number OF prominent bankers and law
yers, who propose by his homage to the poet, to
testify their reprobaton OF the foul SANDERS
heaped upon his memory by an American au-
thoress.
Electricity, as remedy for fatigue, hoarse.
ness, sore throat, and other ailments from which
vocalsts suffer SO severely, has recently been
recommended by the physician attached to the
Paris Opera House. After having been electrified,
respiration OF the patients, 1t Is asserted is bet
ter and deeper, and their voices stronger, fuller
and more pure
-Marforl, the ex.Queen OF Spain's friend, is
now definitely In disgrace, and has left Paris for
Portugal. 1t is expected that many prominent
Spanish exiles, who were Kept away by repug-
nance to Marrori, will now do homage TO their old
sovereign. Isabella has, 1t is said, made M her
mind to promulgate her abdlcation in order to
increase the chances OF her son.
The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Commercial Advertiser telegraphs that the
Postmaster General said, while speaking of the bill
abolshing the franking privilege. that If it passed
he would recommend at an early day that letter
postagel lie reduced from three to two cents per
half ounce. lie also expressed himself in favor
Of carrying newspapers in the county where pub
nshed free OF postage.
The Catholics OF Cincinnati have been en-
deavoring to secure the exclusion OF the Bible
from the public schools. An injunction was
granted by one OF the Cit courts restraining the
school board from enforcing the rules regarding
the daily reading ofthe Bible by classes. In an
elaborate review OF the arguments advanced by
the counsel, Judge Hayens, OF the Superior Court,
ol Tuesday, dissolved the injunction, declaring
that "the exclusion of all religious instruction
from the public schools is contrary to the proyi-
slons OF the Bill Of Rights"
"A London letter, of January 29 says: $50
far 1870 does not look well; there is coming great
trouble, as there has Ions been indeed, to one
very important British interest. The sailing ship
owners are done. Screw steamers are driving
them out. This fact explains as much as the war
.he decadcnce OF American shipping, for you do
not build cheap steamers. The suez Canal will
presently make things worse for sailing ships. l
saw yesterday Frcnchman who had come here
to buy steamer for use on the east coast OF
Africa through the canal, and numberess such
schemes are talked OF. So far as this country Is
the native land OF screw steamers, 1t looks well
for ISL
The failure Of Howard, Cole & Co. is the gen.