The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-26
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER &c, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DIY.


Gold closed heavy at l4sal4l.
Cotton closed quiet and weak In New Yort
at l9l cents.
-InLiverpool cotton closed steady, upland
ssa9ad, Orleans osa9Id.; sales 10000 bales.
The next General Convention or the Prot
estant Episcopal Church will be held at Balti
more, beginning October 4th.
in England, on October 5th, new posta
rates 90 into effect, by which letter weigh
. ing one ounce will 60 for penny, equivalent
to two cents in our currency.
The Ward Brothers, the American oars
men, are said TO have made FIVE seconds to
the mile faster time, In their race at Saratoga,
than can be found on record in England.
OF the new Saratoga stride" the local
paper says: 1T Is really hard to do. You have
to practice it good deal in your room, and
then If you don't get your dns-we mean your
arms-to hang just right, you spoil 1t all, and
you hear them whisper as you pass along,
She hasn't got it right
"A meeting of Episcopal clergymen and
laity in Columbus. Ohio, last week, set on loot
memorial for signature and presentation TO
the general convention respectfully praying
that honorable body TO authorize the omission
of the word 'regenerate' In the office for the
ADMINISTRATION Of Baptism 10 Infants" in the
Book Of Common Prayer.
Insanity is greatly on the Increase IN
England. In 1859, when the population
amounted 20 Il. .OS6. .7Ol, there were 36,762 lu-
natics, or nineteen out Of every ten thousand
persona. In 1871, with q population OF 22,7O4,-
lOs, there were Sc, 755 lunatics, or twenty-five
out of every ten thousand persons. OF the
Sc, ,755 lunatics there were CLIO private pa.
tlents, So 1856 pauper patients, and 400 patients
in prisons.
The Belgian women seem 10 have partl-
cular talent for business. The Sisters Ever
bert in Brussels are the la.gest lace manutac-
turing firm in the world. DR.. de 10 Pierre,
chief Of the Dental College In Berlin, has his
wife as partner In his professional labors. ln
Bruges, Liege, Ghent and other cities, women
are the associates OF their husbands and
fathers in nearly all The departments OF trade,
and discharge their duties most effectively.
1t is Just two years since the "Back Fri
day, when Mr.. Boutwell, made his first promi.
nent appearance In The gold market, and on
Thursday he made another Tilt at Wall street
In which he came out decidedly second best
The case was that Of q comb nation 10 keep up
the squeeze on the market, to induce the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to sell at least four MIL
lions OF gold, and thereby withdraw from the
banks that amount of greenbacks, which would
npyf week 0n
Wednesday the Secretary partially defeated
the scheme of The bear clique In stocks by
purchasing three millions OF bonds, then by
putting that amount Of legal tender notes into
the banks N payment for them. On Thurs
day, under the impression that the Secretary
would sell only 100000 OF gold, the price
was kept up to ll4s; but about half:past
this idea was exploded and the price drop
ped in FIVE minutes to ll35, and thereafter
fuctuated wildly between that price and ll43
Ole moment the price would be up and
another it would fall, aud tor the space of al
most fifteen minutes the fluctuations averaged
ten per minute. The centre OF the room was
packed with mass of brokers, each one yel-
ling himself hoarse and seeking TO make him.
self heard aoove the din. Some leaped upon
the railing OF The ring, and, with both hands
raised, sought to make themselves so promi-
nent that their offers would be needed, and all
were most frantic In their gest'culations. But
the principal leaders Of the bull movement
stood firm, and the market rose after awhile
even beyond its former condition. The New
York Herald says: "A week ago gold was
ll3I. NJ aatme, Mr.. Boutwell, Aas sold ten
millions OF golI, yet the price has advanced
over one per cent. How high will he put gold
If he sells all he ta' in the treasury ,"
Three lives for ore was the forfeit paid
Justice in the execution in the Parish of St..
James, louisiana on Saturday week. The
convicted men were negroes, and the crime
was most 6asardly. There were four con-
cerned, and the OBJECT was The robbery of
store. After breaking in, they seized The
helpless clerk, twisted rope about his neck.
and, one taking hold of each end, pulled
until The poor fellow was straDgled like
dog. After plundering the store they
sprinkled coal oil about and set it on
fire, destroying The whole. With the
fatal ignorance OF their class, they car
ried the body to the river and threw it In to
reappear as witness against them. and shot
the murdered mans dog outside the store.
Arrest soon followed, and one, by name Par
ker, turned States evidence and saved him
self while bringing his accomplices to justice.
The sheriff, who got his idea from old English
law, determined TO hang them upon the very
spot where the crime was committed, and
thither black and white flocked on an excur-
sion to see the sight. The scenes were char
acteristlc. When the sheriff read the death
warrant 10 the condemned men, Williams, the
riDgleader burst forth in the exclamation,
..Ihank God, it has come at last. Heaven be