The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-08
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


Carolina.
NEWS OF TIE DAY,
Gold closed yesterday at l3aalas.
The New York cotton market closed IN
nominal condition; uplands 23i cents
in Liverpool cotton closed fiat and irreg.
ular; uplands losa1ld, Orleans ll4d; saies soo0
bales.
The Florida Senate have adopted memo
rial In favor of q canal through the Gul1
States, between the Atlantic and the Great
West. 49,.
The New York Brutophllist society, OF
which Henry Bergh has been reelected presi-
dent, has 1900 In cash and s6OO,OoO IN De-
quests. :.
Business In Congress Is In sucn state OF
forwardness as to leave little or no doubt that
sp adjournment can be finally effected four
weeks from Wednesday, the goth instant.
We are told that street costumes recently
sent over nom Paris are made short enough
TO clear the ground. Ladies' just returned from
abroad are surprised to ind American ladies'
dragging handsome silk dresses over the dirty
sidewalks Of New York.
-Francis Abt; the German composer, VINO
Is coming to this country to lead the great
sengerfest at st. Louis, receives In Germany
salary of not more than twelve hundred dol
lars. he can easily make II twelve thousano
dollars here. u
The feeling among Democratic Congress
men in Washington towards the nominations
ofthe Cincinnati Convention Is reported TO Do
rather more favorable than when the news OF
the nomination Of Greeley and Brown was drst
received. There are, however, many who
stIIl insist that there shall be stralghtout
Democratic ticket nominated. .zs
"A Washington telegram says: "To-day
Sustice Davis was waited on and asked II he
would accepta nomination from the Demo-
cratic Convention. The justice did not give
a positive answer, but suggested that should
he:permit the use of his name by the Demo-
Gratis it might be considered want OF good
faith after he had permitted his name to go
before the Cincinnati Convention"
"A New York bachelor recently gave very
gorgeous banquet to seventy-ave ladies and
gentlemen, in Dslmonico's big oval room.
The Immense table was timed over, filed up
with moss, and stuck full of the richest fioW-
ers. Scallops In the fJwer-bed admitted the
necessary plates, and in front Of each plate
was little silyered column trimmed with
flowers, and q festoon of the same reaching
TO the next pillar. Tue decorations furnished
by the florist alone cost two thousand dol
lars.
-Dr. T. N. Bragg, Of Greenville, Ala, is
claimed to be the oldest Mason in the United
States. He was born in 1893, and Joined the
Baptist Church In 1920. He was Initiated IN
spartanburg lodge No. 49, District, Q. G., A.
z. M, February, 1916. He was appointed s.
". of Eureka Lodge, No. GA, U. D., at Green
Vile, Ala, 1914, and elected and installed W.
n. December, 1s4s, IN which office he served
seventeen years; was also elected Junior W.
Of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, December 6,
ls4s. He is q healthy old man.
"A Washington telegram says: "Just pre-
vious to the departure of General Sckles for
Spain to demand the release of DR.. Howard,
the PRECEDENT applied to the house committee
on foreign relations, to obtain modification
OF the act ofJuly, 1868, so as to enable him to
declare war against Spain without the advice
and consent of Congress, in case Howard's re-
lease was refused. The proposition was
promptly and unanimously rejected. The
matter is subject of severe criticism, both In
Republican and Democratic circles"
The trade troubles in Chicago still con-
tinue. There have been repeated strikes for
Increase of wages and further advance Of
from so cents to 81 so a day is nov demanded,
raising the pay OF lasorers to 50 SO day, OF
carpenters to g so day, OF bricklayers to
S. so eday, and OF stonemasons to S. day.
The plasterers, who struck very recently, have
obtained an advance Of wages to S. day. 1t
is further reported that on May 18th grand
cooperative strike of all the tFades will take
place to effect the reduction Of the period Of
labor to eight hours day.
-sJennle June" Is authority for the infor-
nation that hooped skirts are now no longer
worn, but the tournure is now an object OF the
very greatest Importance, as the entire char.
acter OF the costume depends upon the more
or less ooufunt style Of the tunic, and its
proper arrangement over a fitting hustle, or
more correctly, tournure. The number and
variety, therefore, of new bustles and tour
nures is endless, and, In the meantime, girls
whose pocket money is scanty, draw news
paper upon string and try to counterfeit the
required lump without more expenditure
than is required for the daily intellectual feast
of the average American citizen.
"A Washington telegram OF Sunday says:
"a special conference which was held at the.
State Department yesterday between the Pres
ident; secretary Of State, and Messrs. Harlan,
Patterson and Morton, of the Senate, and
General Banks, of the House committee on
foreign affairs, on the correspondence over the
consequential claims feature of the American
case, shows that while England has not aoso.
lutely rejected the proposition made by this
government 10 settle the matter outside Of the
Geneva board, she does not exactly see how
settlement Is to be accomplished to bs made
binding between the two governments, ex-
cept by supplemental treaty, or in some
form not yet proposed. In other words, Great