The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-25
Tbe UbafleSto11 4ems.
MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1871
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed on Saturday at S3assc.
in New York cotton. closed at 2olc. for up
lands; sales lO4O ba'es.
The Liverpool cotton market closed
steady; uplands 9salOd, Orleans lold; sales
10000 bales.
Texas complains that thousands OF ner
cattle are dying in consequence Of the severe
ly cold weather.
A ras explosion in New York, yesterday,
placed the centre OF the city IN DARKNESS ohe
person was seriously hurt.
The weather in Washington turned sud
denly mild, yesterday, and the Potomac Is
open.
The English government has ofhclally in-
dicated It's belief in the death OF Dr. LIVING
stone. the African explorer, by giving 10 Ills
children pension OF $1,000.
The North Carolina Senate mas pssseu
bill providing for the exchange Of the raliroaa
securities held by the State Tor the ponas
issued by the State to the respective rallroaos.
The Alabama State Journal (Repuohcan)
calls for a reorganization and reform OF ts
marty in that State, In which the native ele-
naentn is to be invited 10 come into the 1oia'
One of the first subjects TO be reported Oh
by the House postofice committee Will De the
hin authorizing the postmaster-general TO
issue one cent postal cards, similar 10 'nose
used In England.
In the recent marriage OF Olive Logan, at
New York. the promise Of obedience was care
fully omitted from the ceremony. The clergy
man said that he had never married more
than one woman who promised to obey, anu
she didn't.
Mr.. Felix Long, large planter in Jackson
County, Florida, was killed last ihufsoay
night. ON his farm near Mariana. he was
standing at his corn-crib when ne was snot
dead.-A negro has been arrested, ana tne CIT
cumstantial evidence Is very strong. Inc
motive for the act is not known, as Mr.. Long
was very popular with blacks and whites. he
was one of the weallhiest men In the county.
There 1s mucn excitement at Memphis In
conseouence OF the purchase of the Memphis
and Charleston and The Memphis and Lttle
Rock Railroads by Thomas A. Scot, the great
PENNSYLVANIA railI oader. The STOCK oi oolh
roads Immediately rose considerably IN price
the Memphis and Charleston from 2S 10 IS,
the Memphis and Little Rock from l6 10 Is.
The cable tells OF al English speculation
which has turned out rather dlsaStrousiy.
When the death OF The Prince OF Wales was
considered foregone conclusion, the London
merchants dispatched orders TO their agents
in Paris to buy up all the mourning goods 10 oe
had-all the black gloves, all the oiaok arllu-
cial alfowers, all the jet ornaments anu somofe
dry goods there were in the city. Inc oruers
wer. faithfully carried out, and now the ehire
stock "a ON hand, and with its anticipated use
gone with the sad past.
London journals express admiration at the
manner in which the American press have
been supplied from day to day and hour 10
bonr with news of the illness Of the Prince OF
Wales. They notice that bulletins Issued al
sandrinrham at five and six O'Clock IN the
morning are published in the morning edi-
tions of American papers printed before day.
light. and that noon and six o'clock P. NJ. bull
letins appear in early editions Of evening pa
pers. All concur in the opinion that the rapidl-
ty with which these dispatches are forwarded,
their general accuracy, and the complete bis
tory they give of the Princes Illness, make
altogether one of the miracles OF Journalism.
Al New York letter says: "All Southerners
ireouentinc New York will recall Mrs. Gles-
sop, whose handsome face and agreeable
manners endeared her 10 a large circle OF
friends. More than twenty years ago she
came to New York from Charleston, S. G.,
and her clearinghouse in Irving Place be-
came the rendezvous Of hundreds OF the better
class, once composing the representative pop
ulation of the South. Atfable, kind-hearted,
and unYearied In sickness, those who knew
her will greve sincerely 10 learn Of her sudden
death. which occurred at her recent residence
and handsome home, No. 6lS Filth avenue,
on Sunday at eleven &C oc6. Since the close
of the late war, great many ladies from the
IMPOVERISHED section came 10 this ci'y. and
many Of them succeeded in establishing very
pleasant boarding-houses.'
"A New York letter says: "The statement
that certain OF the trades union societies here
have 10, ned the Internalionals is only partially
correct. The matter is OF sufficient public i'm
portance to be set right. There has been no
actual fusion as yet, but correspondence,
with that end in view, is going on, the Inter
nationals taking the iuiiia.ive. Without re-
ference 10 the independent action oi certain
societies and individuals, the prevailing sentl-
ment of the trades unions seems to be, If the
Internatlonals approve Of our principles and
plan CT action, We shall be glad 10 admit them
to membership iu the regular way, but we can
not compromise our position by anything like
seeming sym r,atry with the agrarian and
levelling ideas which the Communistic element
acting with the Internationals is supposed TO
entertain.
A compromise has, il seems, been effected
In the suit Of Miss Josephine Mansfield against
jim Fisk, Jr. According to the New York
papers. the fair plaintiff agreed to stop all
further proceedings on payment OF twenty-five
Thousand dollars, and she received check
for tie amount. 1t is reported that oo;h Fisk
and Mansfield had their blood up, and refused
10 come to terms, but other parties implicated,
especially certain Boston bankers in high
standing. insisted so strenuously in husning
No the scandal That the principals felt con-
strained 10 yield. This, il is s,id, is the rsas ID
Josephine feigued Illness the other day and
kept out oil coart. Copies OF F.sa's letters to
Ler, duplicating him in criminal conspiracies:
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