The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-07
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1871.
NEWS OF THE Day.

In LIVERPOOL. cs,ton closed active ant
Arnor: uplanGs 9id.; Orleans lOtd; sale
$4,000 bales.
There were two hundred and th'riy-thre'
deaths from smallpox in Philadelphia las
week-an increase Of eighty ove:the previous
week The number of new ctses was thre'
hundred less than the week fore.
We quote from q Philadelphia paper
uch,capo was probably the most populous Gil!
in the world previous to the connagra'lon
Some fourteen millions Of her destitute citi
zens' have passed through this city IN the pas
three weeks. You can't throw CIT IN any di
rection without hitting u sufferer The doag'
is becoming threadbare."
Ex-Governor Vance, OF North Carolina
senator elect from that State to Il e United
States Senate, authorizes the slater tent ina
he is only waiting to get vote on tht petition
for the removal Of his disabilities. II this oe
unfayorable, he will resign and leave INT
Legislature now in session in Ralei n iree u
elect another senator to the seat.
-several of the leading retail trae esmen
New York were interviewed by >'orld re
porter on Saturday, his object being 70 learr
the state of trade and the prospects Of The holi
day season. In almost every case compialnts
ofdullness we're made, and the conclusion II
that New York Is considerably poorer now
than it was at the corresponding period OF las'
year. r.,.E
"A washington telegram siys: I'm view
of the unexpected recommendation OF the
President in support of general amnesty,
movement, will be made to report and pass
such bill before the 2lst of the month, which
is The date ON which The holiday recess will
commence. Ex-Governor Holden and other
extreme Southern Unionists are in favor OF
such course"
Gold declined in New York yesterday ts
81, which is / per cent, below the lowest point
ever reached since the close Of the war. The
decline Is accounted for by the refdnding OF
two hundred millions OF the pnblic debt, by
which, according to cable reporistrom London,
no disturbance was created In the English
money market. Oa the contrary, the settle-
ment having bsen anticipated, the loan aa-
vancei 10 sOA per cent. gold. -.
On the 2sth ultimo was sold the farm call
ed Hazel Pain, 10 Prince William County, Va,
(bet,er known as the Chinn farm,) containing
$50 acres, belonging 10 B. T. Chinn. for eight
dollars per acre, 20 Mrs. Mary A. Dowrman,
executrix. This farm is portion OF the plateau
upon which were fought the first and second
battles OF Manassas. When the war cor,menc-
ed it was under high s a:e of Improvement,
and the dwelling house upon 1t was one Of the
finest in this section Of the State, but that
scourge devastated It, and the open fields and
young pines and shattered mansion oil now
bear evidence to the bloody cosf!ictsof which
1t was the scene.
The New York papers notice meeting
which took place in that city Friday evening
of abont one hundred inGdels and freethihk-
ers, their purpose being TO initiate move
mAnt looking to the PRONUNCIATION and adVo-
cacy Of freethink.ng doctrines throughout the
United States by similar agencies to those en-
ployed BY religionsts. They determined to
inaugurate an aggressive policy, and to begin
by circulating infdel tracts by the thousand,
provtdfup for lectures and meetings, and the
equipment of ireethinklng missionaries to be
ssnt to all parts of the Union to establish free
thinking clubs. Addresses were made advo-
eating an aggressive attitude on the part CT
freethinkers, and the promulgation Of their
doctrines by every means in their power, in
stead OF remaining, as hitherto, either quies-
cent or merely on the defensive.
"A Washington letter says: "The commit
tee on the alleged outrages in the Southern
States will not be abe to report till after the
holiday recess. The subcommittee will show
that since the close Of the war the debls of the
Southern States, local and Stite, have been
increased the enormous sum Of two hundred
and fifty millions Of dollars. This includes
avs which authorize the loaning OF the credit
of the States to various railroad schemes
Which were never carried out except for pu:-
poses of personal plnnder. While The In
creased debts of the State have necessi!ated
Increased taxation the rapid increase OF The
county expenditures have everywhere created
the most oppressive taxation, amounting in
some instances almost to practical confSca-
lion.
"A frisky contemporary tells us: ''The
winter styles of gentlemen's wearing apparel
are picturesque and d-as the ladies say-!ovely.
The coming fashion of pantaloons for gentle
men is to be pictorial. Some represent q
quiet landscape in the couatry, with cattle
and sheep browsing near bubbling streams
and woody recesses; others detail the exciting
and varied scenes of the battlefield; others
the exhilarating beauties OF the ballroom,
with ladies In the most bewitchiug costumes
and radiant graces, and the bioude-haired
Adonises and dark eyed Apollos also; and still
others-for very fast young men-are re-
splendent with the exuberant charms Of the
ballet queens and the godesses of opera bonffr.
The ladies will shortly find much to admire
about the gentlemen's legs. This will be come
sort Of compensation to the opposite sex,
whose pedals have been sour.e Of observa-
lion to the male genus sncesthe days of Adam" F"
Relative to the Length Of the Tichborne
ease, the London Daily News OF November
18th says: "fhe hearing of the Tichborne
case was again proceeded with yesterday.
The witnesses called were Mrs. Ann Noble,
wife of the farm bailif a; T'chborne; Mr..
Henry Noble, her husband; the R-v. Thomas
Mryrick, Catholic priest in Bristol, who hat
known Roger Tichborne many years ago, and
Ras with him at Stonyhms n 8. Eiea-or