The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-10
Tbe GbarleStnM 4ems.
JUNE 10, 1871.
NEWS OF EHE.DHY.

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ported to have purchased a one-third interest
In the New York Evening Mail for $4,000.
The ship Illinois, from New York for san
Francisco, foundered at. sea. The crew were
saved.
B. F. Wade has Withdrawn his uncondi'
tonal declination of candidacy for the OHIO
aovernorship.
-The:New Orleans Commercial Balletin re-
ports that In Louisiana more corn and less
cotton have been planted this year, compare
lively, than last year.
The Communists prisoners, to the num-
Der of Twenty thousand, are to be transport
ed to New Caledonia, q desolate island IN the
South Pacific Ocean belonging to France.
The first peaches of the season are selling
In New York at Sc per dozen. or $500 per
basket. So far, Tweed and Jim Fisk are about
the oply men who can afford to indulge very
largely.
An emlgrant woman died suddenly yester-
day, at. Brady's Station, Utah. There was
found on her person a through ticket from
New York to San Francisco, and ten thousand
dollars, mostly in United States bonds.
of the 265 present members of Congress,
90 of the representatives and senators claim to
have had collegiate educations. Of these only
three are graduates Of Harvard and six OF
Yale, which is a great falling off for the New
England seats of learning
"A rev dwarf, who Is styled the Princess
Felicie, s exhibiting herself in London, pre-
paratory to visiting New York. She is reputed
to Dc nine years old, eighteen inches high,
weighing six pounds, and Of entirely SYM
metrical proportions.
In the First District of Tennessee the DEM
ocrats are talking OF RAINING "ADdJ john
SON. for Congress. The New York Herald says
they can surely elect him, and he is just the
man wanted in the House Of Representatives
TO take care Of General Ben Butler and the
constitution.
The examination Of the entering class is
concluded. Lord Napier" the new colored
cadet, passed with high credit. Master Young,
BON of Brigham, the prophet, also passed well.
Among the class Is a son of the late General
Thomas F. Meagher, appointed by Congress.
man Roosevelt, OF New York.
The New York Bulletin, of Wednesday,, in
Its. report of the stock markets tor the preced-
Ing day, says: ''Southern State bonds have
been strong with Tennessees, Yirglnias and
new South Carolinas as the features. AS will
be seen by the advertisement elsewhere, the
JulyI interest On Cne ooueh- esrollira uordo ."nf
be promptlypaid."
-Asyoung girl, fifteen years old, shot her
self through the heart, in New York, on Mon
day night. last, because a woman threatened
to disgrace her for stealing q piece, of silk to
adorn her bonnet. The child was an orphan,
living with her uncle. She implored the wo-
man not, to tell him of herfaalt, but the lat
ter was memorable. Rather than meet the
shame and dfsgrace-of exposure, she shot her
self with a loaded pistol which she found in
her uncle's trunk. Moral-Steel not your
heart against the appeal for mercy.
The Chicago Tribune suggests, in view OF
the conviction of the Hon. Mr.. Bowen Of biga-
my, that 1t would be well, since the Bowens
and Whittemores are developing 80 plentfully
In the Palmetto STATE, for the electors of that
Commonwealth to choose one or TIVE alter
mates at each election, to take the seats In the
House as fast as they are vacated by the ex.
prlsion Of. members, or their conviction of felo-
MES. Bowen was not, TO be sure, sent to prison
until after his term expired; but then he was,
as one might say, eligible to that Institution
during his entire term.
The Atlantic cable companies have just
given notice Of advanced prices Of thirty-three
per cent. to the press Of the country, even over
the double prices orderedat the time Of the
cable break in November last. The increase
is added Just as news,comes Of the repair of
the cable of 1866. Dates, addresses and sig
natures are included In the ten-dollar mes
ssges of ten words. No concessions of any
kind are made to the press except the removal
of the Limitation Of messages to fifty words,
ordered In December last. The public are to
be served at the same rates as the press, each
paying " prices for dispatches in cypher.
Mr.. Greeley devotes a letter ia the New
York Tribune to the present condition of the
freedmen in the cotton. States. His conclu-
sions are. tersely put in the following sem
fences: 1.-THE planters who were formerly
shareholders have uniformly assured me that
thelp ex-slaves are working better than they
expected, and better this year than ever be-
lOIG. CduuOt 1CCOiCSbo oAd0HS NAooSAo
this averment. I judge that the freedmen Of
the cotton States are this day In as good cir.
cumstances as the hired workers who till the
soil OF any European: country. On the whole,
1 must fe gardsth question: viii ;frea niggers
work 2 satisfactorily answered. The four and
q quarter million bales of cotton grown in
the United States in 1870 are not to be gain
ssyed."
The extension of The East Indian tele-
graph system is fraught with the most impor-
tant results, and, although but recently COM
pleted, has already had a tendency to increase
the demand for a Pacific cable, which shall
form a direct communication between China
and Japan, and our western shore. By the
laying of the telegraph. cable from Singapore
to Hong Kong, not only London, but New
York and San Francisco also, were placed In
telographic communication with China, and
the San Francisco tea merchant can now COM
municate ia a few hours with his Chinese
agents aud correspondents, and is thus en-
abled. TO improve any sudden change or luc-
tuatlonni ia the condition o. tie market Great