The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-13
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MONDAY FEBRUARY Is, sls7l:.
s a-THE fRIcE of SUBSCRIPTIONS
FOR THE "DAMY NEWS" is NOW
HTDoLLARs A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


NEWS OF THE DAY.
sold cold stessa lnsssv zssl, Il saturday at
l1X@rfH.
Cotton closed quiet and stronger at l52sc. !
i'm Liverpool, on Saturday afternoon, cotton
was steady at 7xd. for uplands. American ar;
rivals, three ships with 1861 bales.
S-London ladies delight In black silk stockings.
.,-Chieago has only just founded q foundling
hospital. Hitherto they've all heen hung on door
Knobs, In baskets.
pr Pusey is founding new community Of
Anglican nuns who are to be clad entirely IN
white.
II Professor Agassiz is preparing work on the
American Salmonide, including all the trout, sal
mon and whitefsh Of the country.
The planters OF Mississippi almost without
exception, say they intend to put In more corn
and raise more stock feed the present year.
I'm 1871 Great Britain raised t2l,SoSSi5 oy
AatIes on 1l6s articles In 1852 she raised Ca
oSa oooby lower duties on only forty -four articles
Objects seyentytwo feet long can be distinct
lyseen on she aurrace OF the; moon by the great
tssscapss osthefarl erRosse ana Iardss9xaa,ap- s a
ton.
Colonel ". D. Mann, proprietor Of the Mobile
Register, slvertises that he will dispose OF the
whole Of that journal, or share, to q practlcai
man, who would take entire charge thereof. 7
-oueen Victoria, in her speech on Thursday,
informed the Lords and Commons that measure
would be placed before them, at an early day, for
the establishment Of "secret voting" or the ballot.
The posts for the telegraph line between CO.
luhbia aud Greenvlle along the line OF the Green
Vile anu Columbia Railroad, are now being erect:
ed, and in a few weeks the up-country will be IN
communication with the outer world.
rtAsThe selsctlop Of dsE in ie1t' fgF the mar
ariage Of the Princess louise orends some strict
churchmen, and lis stated that the Prlmate and
two other bishops have sent in remonstrances on
the subject.
1t Is stated that on January 10th a pigeon
arrived at Paris with dispatches which, when
, printed, filed four columns of'the newspapers.
together with fifteen thousand dispatches for
private individuals. This extraordinary com.
preston OF mail matter was due to microscopic
photography. -
The augusta Chronicle and Sentinel has the
highest authority for stating that Bullock owns
one share In the State Road, and that Governor
Brown and the leading members OF the company
knew the fact and acquiesced in It. The share is
nominally put down to Northern man, who nrss
gave Bullock employment aud sent him South as
an employee OF the express company.
The experience OF the shipwrecked mariners
OF the United States steamer Saginaw who were
I'M the Pacific, and managed to reach an uninhao-
ited island, reads like leaf from Robinson Cru
:soe. Their sufferings were severe, but not unen.
durable, and they have all been rescued aad
brought safely to San Francisco. To the kind aid
OF the Hawaiian government In promptly sending
a steamer to their relief this happy result is
owing. 1t appears from special dispatch to the
Herald that while on Ocean Island the wrecked
party were limited to ratons OF one potato and
two ounces OF bread daily. They, however, oo.
tained seal and turtle enough to sustain life. Tie
whole party arrived In safety at San francisco oy
the last steamer from Honolulu
The President has decided that he will allow
the bill t. repeal the test-oath to become q law
without his signature. He does not look upon
the bin as providing an absolute repeal, on the
ground that loyal man still has to take the iron
clad oath, while man who has been disloyal. but
ia not disrranchised by the Fourteenth amend
ment, need not take 1t. The effect Of the bill is
discrimination which he does not approve, and
. to sign 1t. The members who voted for the bill
say that this is mere quibbe, for 1t was intended
to enfranchlse thosew were not otherwise dis
franchised by the Fourteenth amendment, and
was not Intended to reach men who could take
athe iron-cad.
1T is very evident that q combination OF cir.
-cumstances will prevent the repeal OF the income
tax The Senate bill for repeal Is still hanging IN
q conference committee on The constitutional
bubble that the Senate had no right to originate
q bill relating to revenue. The House bill came
up on Thursday, and on its own merits would
have passed by a bare majority; but the tarln
members learning that the western Democrats
had. an amendment which they intended to move
10 admit coal and salt free OF duty, voted against
going into committee Of the whole, and carried
their point by four majority, thus preventing The
consideration OF the bill To such an extent was
this, feeling carried, that Mr.. Mccarthy, Of New
York, who voted In the ways and means commit
tee for repeal, tarned around In the House to day
and voted against 1t. There were some twenty
members absent, and another attempt will there
fote6s. made % take mp the blu, sbut success is
sdcubsfuLf " is~
The Boston Hide and Leather Interest states
that buckles, bows and rosettes, for ornamenttng
sadies' slippers, boots and saoes, form quite
manufacturing business in Boston, in which some
thousands OF dollars are represented. The Gus
tom of wearing buckles and rosettes on slippers
and shoes and .'tassels Oh the boots, " has stead
tygrowp, so that now large quantities Of them
are made sik over the country. In Boston there
are Two or three large manufacturers ana whole
sale dealers who turn out on an average 15.o
pairs per week, which are sold to 60 to every part
OF the country. They are made In all colors and
considerable variety OF styles, and range In
price from one and threequarter cents for the
cheapest leather, to- one dollar per pair for the
nlcessssasin, with gold and silver buckles. The
Southern demand for these goods Is brisk. and
people living in that section generally buy the
highest priced and most beautiful patterns, out
rfvaning other sections in the demand for this
quality.
10 the British House OF Commons, on Thurs.