The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-29
NEWS OF THE DAK.

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Cotton closed quiet but firm; uplands ls4
cents; sales 1900 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed strong; up
lands Sid; Orleans 9sd; sales $1,000 bales.
Dark hair, 80 long neglected and despised
among the ladies, is again in the ascendant,
tickle fashion having tired of the blondes.
The cases of a white man and colored wo-
man in Georgia have lately been mentioned,
who were convicted OF an offence under the
statutes of that Slate in intermarrying. After
sentence they were brought before Judge
Ersklne, of the United States District Court,
. ON habeds corpus, their counsel claiming that
the statute in question confiicted with the civil
rights bin.. Judge Erskine decided the. point
not well taken, and ordered the parties Re.
manded to the custody OF the sheriff for exc.
cution of the sentence Of the State Court.
III is said that on certain occasion Henry
Ward Beecher preached a sermon on the in
Justice of obliglng men to work on Sunday.
The. next day, while riding down to. Fulton
Ferry, he entered into conversation with u
car-driver, and asked If he did not think some
plan might be adopted to dispense with; the
need Of running the cars all day Sunday. The
driver, in ignorance Of his interrogating
friend, made frank rsply: ''Yes sir, think
there might. But there's no hope fer 1t so
l0ngGs they Keep that Beecher theatre open
irrBrooklyn. The cars have to run to accom-
.modate that.n .1z..S es...-s > :. -
The English press, which insisted that the
Suez Canal could never be constructed, have
latteriy. persisted in asserting that 1t was
rapidly filing up with sand, and must soon
become useless, except at the cost Of con-
tinued and enormously expensive dredging.
n. de Lesaeps has just written letter which
fatty contradlcts these assertions, and in
which he says that 'lhe deposits Of sand
brought BY the wind are Insignificant, and the
sides of the basin are 80 solid that outlines
projecting at different points, after eighteen
months use, present scarcely a percep,ible
variationln the conformation Of The slope"
.-Helmbpld, 1t seems, is insane. The Long
Branch News, OF the 22d instant, says: :''It is
the opinion OF physicians who have examined
Dr. Helmbold that he is laboring under tenn
porary arrangement Of mind, occasioned by
his business difficulties, and that the statement
that the unfortunate affair Of yesterday morn
ingwas the result Of excessive drinking is In
correct, as to the immediate cause. A profes-
slonal examination was made yesterday by DR..
7. G. Chattle, in the presence OF Judge Guild,
of Newark, and Mr. Matsell, Of New York,
who acted as DR.. Helmbold's legal advisers in
the case, which resulted in recommending his
sojourn in the asylum Of Dr.. Kirkbrlde, at
Philadelphia"
The vote n'North Carolina on the ques-
ton ofa convention was the heaviest one ever
cast in that State, and will foot up nearly
100000 The majority against the convention
will be about 5000. Elghty-three counties
girc1a majority Of 1921, but the remaining
seven will probably reduce this one-haif.i One
object in calling the convention was to effect
some arrangement with the holders OF the
enormous State debt which the Radical rulers
had contracted, and which the revenues OF
the State are inadequate to meet. But the
convention is defeated, the people of North
Carolina being deferred from voting for 1t BY
the threat of Federal disfavor, and they must
bear the burdens imposed by usurpers until
they can be removed In some other manner.
1t is ssdden and inglorious termination
of most brilliant career-that Of the racer
Longfellow-provided the story of his strained
tendon be true. The noble animal is surely
lame, but whether temporarily or permanent
ly cannot be foreseen. At any rate, his race
is rum for the present, and on Wednesday
evening old John Harper wended his gay TO
the Saratoga depot, slowly and sorrowfuly,
en- route for Kentucky. He wore his celebrated
linsey-woosey coat and carried his faithful
walking. g.stick, but his courtenance was de-
jected and the cheerful cigar was absent.
Longfellow was put aboard the train, and
honored with whole car set apart for his eX-
elusive accommodation; and little negro boy
was detailed and carefully enjoined by the
owner to ''look out for that leg." The cars
started, and Harper and Longtelow, who had
been twenty. four hours before the observed Of
all observers, left the scene OF their triumphs
and defeats with scarcely an eye to watch
their departure. Mr. Harper is veteran in
the horse. raising line, but has been singularly
unfortunate. His three ventures this year,
Express, Lttleton and Longfellow, have all
proved losers, though it is said his aggregate
gains exceed his actual losses. But he is not
discouraged, and will "try his luck" again.
s-On Saturday, the 29th of July, screw
steamer left Liverpool, with valuable cargo
of dry goods and assorted merchandise, bound