The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-24
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER q, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed yesterday at l24al2s.
I'm New York cotton closed Irregular; up
lands 1sA cents; sales 2966 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed heavy; uplands
alaesd Orleans 9lassd; sales 5000 bales.
The Russian infantry is to be armed Win
the chassepot.
The Sisters of Mercy of Omaha sent $780,
600 to the relief Of Chicago.
The famous race horse Lexington Is TWEEN
ty-one years old and blind.
st. Louis has provided homes for twenty
thousand destitute people from Chicago.
"A number of women are said to nave oeen
made insane by the Chicago confagration.
The patent of T. W. White, hlledgeville,
Ca, for cotton.seed planter has been ex-
tended.
ON the 18th instant, Louisville, KY, re-
ceiyed its first consignment of goods in bond
from Europe without detention at New York.
The specials needs of Chicago, the city ol
cinders, are FIVE Cs-Coverllds coffee, candles
coal and cash.
The once stylish clerks and booSkeepers
of Chicago are now making living by selling
newspapers upon the streets or serving as pri-
vate policemen.
The Chicago Post says it is computed that
about ls, 900 workmen are already engaged IN
clearing away the ruins in the burned district
for business purposes.
Ladies OF composite charms" will be In
terested to know that most remarkable
rouge has appeared, called Japanese paste, y
which is of peculiar green color, but changes
to the most delicate pink when applied.
"A feature of the Virginia State Fair Is to
be gentleman's hurdle race, ridden by men,
bers of the Virginia Hurdle Club, OF which
Thomas W. boswell is president. The entries
are by Phil. Haxall, Thomas Crouch and W. A..
Lamkin.
The condition of Queen Victoria Is more
critical than the world has been allowed to
suppose, If we may credit the report which re-
presents her illness as liable to result In death
at any hour. The worst that has heretofore
been anticipated has been an affection OF body
or mind, or of both, which would require the
establishment of a regency and thus prepare
the way, BY easy steps, for the accession Of The
Prince Of Wales to the thorne. The death of
the Queen, which is now brought alarmingly
near by anticipation, would preclpitate matters
In a amanner highly dangerous to oil immedi-
ately concerned.
Mr.. Charles OConor having accepted the
trust rendered him by the New York States
Attorney, General Cbamplain, OF prosecuting
the members of the New York city ring, has
associated with himself as counsel Hon. VIM.
N. Evarts, Democrat, and Wheeler Il. Peck
ham. ESQ.,, and e1-Judge Ernott, Republicans.
To the interviewers Mr.. O'Conor issrepresent-
ed az expressing the intention OF prosecuting
the delinquents with vigor. The Times says
that criminal proceedings win begin with the
case of Mr.. Tweed, against whom " incontro-
vertible evidence is supposed to nave been
obtained by an investigation of the books OF
the Tenth National (ring) Bank. The case OF
Mayor Hall is now undergoing Investigation
by the grand jury.
of the horrors of the Chicago fire, cores
pondent writes the following, describing a
scene on the edge of the lake: On every yard
of the beach and water fell flaming fagots in q
deadly shower. In all directions hair was
singed and the upper clothing set on fire. The
fugltives backed into the water and faced the
fire at bay, and stood so near together that
they could extipguish each other. "Put me
outp "Put me outr was heard on oil sides,
and women who were unusually exposed, or
whose garments were exceptionally infam-
mable, were repeatedly dipped Into the water
by their neighbors. Boys and girls burrowed
In the sand up to their necks, close to the water,
and laved their heads and faces constantly.
Babies were frequently dipped to their utter
wonder and annoyance.
Somebody has brought from Chicago
curious memorial of the great fire. Among the
ruins of the Western News Companys estab-
lshment, where an immense stock Of perod-
Gals and books was reduced to ashes, there
was found single leaf of qliarto Bible,
charred around the edges. 1t contained the
first chapter of the Lamentations Of jeremiah,
which opens with the following words "How
doth the city sit solitary that was full Of peo-
pie how is she become as widow she that
was great among the nations and princess
among the provinces, how is she become tribu-
tary She weepeth sore in the night, and her
tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers
she hath none to comfort her." And that was
the only iragmen. of literature saved from the
News Company's great depot.
"A New York letter of Saturday says: The
cotton question assumes new phase. The
bulls are terribly dlssusted at the turn Of
affairs. The receipts on last Tuesday and
Wednesday were about forty-three hundred
bales in excess Of last year. This excess, in
face OF the greatly reduced estimates OF the
crop, has confounded operators, and the first
impulse is wish 10 sell. The available sup
ply of cotton is, however, quite small, and
consequently cotton for future delivery has
declined much more than lots on the spot.
Wa have, in addition to the Increased receipts
at the ports, great stringency in the money
markets and q decline in gold and exchange.
It is doubtful if cur banks and insurance COM
panies will stand up under the losses Incurred
at Chicago as we'll as it was hoped and expect
ed one week ago. Three insurance companies
were placed In the hands OF receivers yeSter-
day, and two others have taken steps 10 CON-
promise with their creditors. There has been
q great pressure in this market to sell the lead
ing staples of Western produc s. and prices
have declined more or less. We have large
stocks OF corn, oats, pork, lard, talloW, &C.,