The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

maras, and the refugees are returning.
~ @9Thirty5three smallpox deaths occurred
this week in New York.
-"Old Probabilities'' promises clear Weata'
or for the Southern States to-day.
One of Nelson's farewell presents was 9
eSsdEbaGso worth Ave hundred dollars. K.
SEEHarrison Reed, the >impeached Governor
of Florida,, has been acquitted by the Legisla-
ture, and resumed the governorship on satur-
dss,!.
-uGaow-Ghew Convention Is a pet name
given by the RAIDS to :thea Cincinnati gather
ing. =
The Question of mixed schools was the
snb,ect Of q hot debate in the United States
Senate on Saturday
.I-Andrew Johnson's claims for rebate OF IN
co44sstar ss~snosinss 70 o1er four thousand do-
lSrs.
ETns New York Mail states that hesh:coiored
stockings are 'all the 60" and that old style
gaiters- have. been superseded by. stocking
mibsndsrsa-TthaM Malls snpposadto know
"a Cuban correspondent, aftsr, witnessing
t SSeeim ilbhSSt aacatnri 81 citsars iat Hayannla, writes
that 6fe Is glad he early formed the habit q
cutting of the tip OF his cigar instead of biting
tn es I'll
Carolina, She was a Miss Cheney. They were
married in 1886. HIS better-half, therefore,
bslongst0 the South az 'a.sE q
Colonel r. G. Rhett, formerly Of the Con-
federats Army, and for some years connected
with the Egyptian srrmuyiS:h has resigned-on &C
count 81 Ioss Il health. :. -, .,a&-,. :,
The, Methodist Convention at Brooklyn,
New York.onsaturday indefinitely postponed
In investigation OF the affairs of the Book Con-
Germ by one hundred and ninety:nine TO one
hundred and1ity.$ -" tia IL -
-Advices from Zanzibar again state that
the explorer Livingstone ia safe. As the In
-tsligence % apparently positive, 1t ID to be
hoped that It's confirmation will be speedily
given, and, the question Of the explorers e1-
istense And xhesesbonts!s sci Is restforsyeE
Among. %Tenpyson's day dreams one is q
purpose to visit this country soon. he Is
eager, It Is said, to visit the wonders of the
star west,nS and to become acquainted with
the workings Of our republican government
and our people.
THE; eruption ofMount Vesuvius ,has;en-
tirely ceased, and the inhabitants of the VIZ
lagos which were threatened With destruetio
by the running lava have returned totheir
homes. Additional Trouble, however, has;fal-
len upon them. hurricane Of terrible VIC
lence has swept over and devastated the coup-
try, greatly damaging the v~illageaand the re-
naming crops. s5-r ;s5, . s,-lsul Cd
-Advices nom Spain contradict most posi-
lively. the dispatches sent from Madrid in
regard to. the Carlist instruction. The Unio4s
announces, on what 1t terms official authority,
that Don Carlos is In Spain at the head Of his
volunteers, and Don Alphonzo, his brother, is
With him, The. proclamation, signed BY him,
whicht1 asS circulating ID sMadridiiw Was tgenu-
ne. There is deep uneasiness In Madrid.
The Madrid Gazette, official, confirms the
report that; Don Carlos has entered Navarro,
and beenjeined by Hoda.
a saddening runor m from Washing
ton by way OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
whose correspondent afhrms that Secretary
Boutwell, and the. President have ,qaatralled,
and that the secretary will soon quit the Cabi-
net and take an active part in the opposition
TO GRAFT, another correspondent discusses
the, chances of Grants withdrawal, and thinks
hat Colfax would be nominated If Grant were
not, and. that Blaine. could not prevent it, how
ever mnch he might like to. The Presidents
Withdrawal, however, is not looked for with
lively an%ticipations.
"a telegram from New York reports. the
naval stores trade unsettled. The new crop
is coming fosRard -liberally ; receivers seem
anxious to crowd everything into the market
to secure going rates. The receipts of new
turpentIne for the week amount to 1882 barrels,
making the stock now Offering $500 barrels,
against 1900 the m time last year.
There has beena decline during the week Of.
about four cents from the highest point Of
last weea-prices closing for spirits to-day at
$5-s7a. Pale rosln Is coming in freely. The
stock of strained rosin In yards here is about
1900 barrels. The export demand here has
been checked by an advance during the last
two days OF rs cents per barrel. Tar Is rela-
lively scarce on the market, and what can be
found Offering is at an advance to-day Of rs
cents. There Is a good speculative movement
reported from Chicago and st. Louis. Sales
of Newborn this morning at So 30, and q
small lot of Wilmington at So. 70. Pitch Is
quiet and unchanged. A little. futter was
made on Friday by inquiries of a couple. Of.
Eastern dealers. If they bought, the lots
they took were meagre indeed. Quotations
were fiat at s. 25as3 60 per barrel.
Great interest has been aroused among
the Methodists at the North by the proceed
ings of the General Conference at Brooklyn,
last week. The most Important action taken
BY the conference was the vote to admit the
laity to representation In the councils OF the
church. The knotty question of complete
afaiation with the colored Methodists seemed
to continue very troublesome, and there is NO.
little diversity and acerbity' Of spirit mani
tested on the subject. A colored Methodist
publishes a card in the New York Sun, COM
planning that the white Methodlsts are still
prejudiced againskcolored men. BE says. that
.snot one OF our ministers has received an
invitation to exchange pu1pits with any Of our