The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-21

sof February 22d, 1870, entitled an act to regu
slate the publication Of all legal and public
1notlces.n
NEWS OF THE DAY.
-Helmbold is living very quietly In the
suburbs of Philadelphia, and has the calm
satisfaction of knowing that he yves more
creditors than amy other man living or dead
ealiTRs re!chsmark, the new German 1mper.
isfcofn, fs about equal in value to the English
shilling or twentJ-tour cents In gold. Here
tofore, these coins have been quoted by New
York bankers in groups Of three or four-thus
seventy-two cents gold for three. relchsmarks,
or ninety-six cents gold for four reichsmarks
A movement, however, is on foot to give the
price In the New York market Of The single
reichsmark,, so as to avoid the confusing meth
Oh mentioned.
1T will be interesting to the public to
learn that there is q prospect that the long
delayed poaial cards will soon be issued. Con-
gress authorized than last June, but failed to
make an appropriation to pay the expense OF
engraving and printing. The Postmaster
General estimates that 500, 00o, 900 of the
cards WILL be used In asingle year, and to pay
for the number that will probably be demanded
between now and the 1st OF July the House
asked an appropriation Of 5000 among the
itemsi In the deficiency bill. The bill will pass
before the holiday recess, and tbs cards will
probably be ready soon after the. lst OF January.
The Louisiana troubles have had the most
deplorable effect on business. Private adj
vicestromN New Orleans are to the effect that
the contest has brought every department of
business and industry TO q stand.stlll. A deep
gloom pervades the entire city. TIL move
ments of commodities, usually 80 active at
this season OF the year, have been practically
= suspended. Planters and farmers are afraid
to ahip their cotton and other products to that
city, and shipments TO other cities are sus-
pended The orders for goods which former
" went. to New Orleans are sent to rival cities.
The prospect for the remainder Of this winter,
therefore, Is anything but q chearfnl one, and
the end is not yet
Tho New York Court o fiAppeals has de-
oided that the usury laws of the State Of New
York apply to the transactions OF national
banks on contracts made In the State, and
that violation Of such laws subjects the Of
Tending bank to the penalty they impose.
Thesaecision, hinged upon the case OF the First
National Bank or whitehall against James
Lamb and others, the defendants pleading
usury to resist payment of Q promissory note.
Thejudge at circuit gave q verdict for the
plaintiff, holding that the State laws against
usnrS did o tapply to national banks. This
deolAonEth6 Court of Appeals set. aside, de-
claring The defence Of usury available, and
ordersa new trial.
At seven O'Clock, Monday evening, John
Simmons add;Nicholas Il. Duryes, well known
lottery dealers, engaged in q desperate strug-
gieinffontot q restaurant on Liberty street,
New York. Simmons succeeded In throwing
Duryea, andthen stabbed him repeatedly with
adirk,csnsing almost instant death. Simmons,
aterthehoniclde, took refuge in q ~neighbor-,
ing balloon, where he was arrested soon after
wards;b but In getting away he fell, tracturing
th8lower, bones Of his ankle. Summons aud
the body of his victim were brought to the
police station, where Simmons refused to
make any statement when Intercepted BY the
ofdcer In charge, and persisted In his refusal
when wished by reporters. Duryea was about
thirty years OF age, of genteel appearance,
light build, and lived at Port Richmond,
Staten Island, where he leaves q wife and two
ohldren.rsThe cause OF the fatal quarrel Is
not known, but 1t was supposed to be con-
nected NTH the lottery business, In which
they were engaged.
General Sherman, was examined before
the American and British claims commission,
In Washington, on Tuesdaylast, In regard to
the burning OF Columbia. He denied that he
had Issued orders to burn Columbia, but adj
mitted that the army was greatly exasperaled
against South Carolina, and this evaporation
wAsgreaily:increased by General Hampton's
command firing Into bis camp a night or two
before entering Oolumbls, which exaspera-
tionsheaand his officers participated In, and
this was known to- the men. A correspon-
dence was then shown to General Sherman
purporting to have taken place between him
and General Halleck while on bis march to
Columbia The communication from Hal
lecki desired him to destroy Charleston
and SOW 1t with salt, 50 there might
no more notification and secession grow
up there. To this Sherman In reply
wrote that Charleston and Columbia ,uould
soon besn his hands. and Haueck ,oou,d
haus no cause to complain of hts treat.
mont Of them. That he had the Fifteenth
Corps with him, and that corps did their ,oork
toeu.; and further, that he (shermanl would
not spare the pnbllc buildings at Columbia as
he had al. Mllledgeyllle. General Sherman
admitted, on his examination, that this cor
respondencs was authentic. He stated that
he occupied Columbia with tho Fifteenth
Corps. In reply to the question whether he
kept the men.in ranks after taking possession
ofthe city, he said, 'No." He could not nave
done SO 70 have prevented the burning Of
every town In the State Of South. Carolina.
These reports were drawn out BY the repre-.
sentstives Of the British claimants, who al
lege that their property at Columbia was de-
stroyed W%antonly and in. violation of the
usages OF war. General Sherman manifested
q n00d f1na1 nf oYrftarnons