The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-13
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH ls, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold, at New York, yesterday, Closed at
l0ial0}.
The New York cotton market closed
weak; uplands 22a cents; sales 1889 bales.
AT Liverpool, cotton closed heavy; up
lands lIalltd.; Orleans llad. Manchester ad-
vices less favorable, causing dullness.
The Labor Reform party in Ohio have
holsted the name of Hon. David Davis, OF I'LL.
nois, as their candidate for the next Presi-
dency.
1t appears that the large expenditures OF
money under the Ku-Klux act, two millions
appropriated for that purpose, have not proved
suflcient, ano the House, on Thursday, pro-
vided for another million. Federal officials
and witnesses in such cases are costly. 1t is
good way of spending money and rewarding
partisans at the South. AS campaign fund
for the next presidential contest 1t will, no
doubt. prove profitable investment.
Among those who, on the Feast OF the
purihcstion at the Convent Of the Sacred
Heart, of Chicago, took their last vows, was
Madame Kitty u. Garesche. This lady Is an
illustration Of how families were divided dur
inp the recent war. She is the grand
daughter, on her mothers side, Of Louis Nc
Lane, secretary Of State under General Jack
son. and niece OF the famous Confederate
General, =. E. Johnston. while her father
adhered to the same cause abandoning lncra-
tive practice to go South. he was as Intimate as
brother with the late Lieutenant Colonel Jd-
Illus P. Garesche, o. 9. A., and Of whom ne was
double flrst cousin. i....-.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has for some lime been cramped in Its present
headquarters In Liberty street, and recently
attempted to purchase the Astor House, IN
order to get as close as possible to the new
postofice, now i'd process Of erection near the
City hail. Failing In this, the company deter
mined to purchase the valuable estate en- the
northwest corner of Broadway and Dey street.
This property extends between fifty and sixty
feet on Broadway, and runs back one hun.
dred and fifty feet In Dey street. It was pur.
chased a few years ago by DR.. Evans, the
Paris court dentist, and well known Ameri,
can, for the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The
price given for 1t by Napoleon, through Evans,
was s4so, 1000. and the price paid for 1t now Is
said to be $500, ,oOo On the lst Of May, all
the buildings standing on this property Will
he torn down, and the erection Of new and
magnificent structure will be begun
"A New York telegram says that the cele-
brated courthouse plasterer, Garvey, when
not on the witness stand, Keeps himself In Sc
clusjon. He has been served with COM
plaInt In the suit of the board OF supervisors
against the Rlug, which was instituted In ar-
tnmn last, about the time Mr.. OConn's suits
for the recovery of the city'smoney was COM
me6ced. It is said that Garvey will bring
suit to recover some twenty Thousand dollars
for p.astering the Metropolitan Hotel, against
WIN. N. Tweed, as the explosion against Tam
many did not enable Garyey to cover the ex-
penseso Of that. Job into the charges against
the city asper agreement. It Is asserted tnat
ex.Controller Connolly is now and has been
for the last three months residing In New Jer-
ser, within an hours ride OF the city. Unre-
liable reports are in circulation, founded on
the fact of Tweed's private office being adVer-
tised ITO Lett that the Boss Is hiding and
will soon fee from New York.
1t has pleased certain of the Washington
correspondents to represent Mr.. 8. 8. Cox as
having been worsted in an encounter In de-
bate with colored Congressman from Mis-
.sissIppi. The full report Of the Globe shows
that, so far from being worsted, Mr.. Cox had
NO encounter at all with the colored Congress
man in question. Mr.. Cox's speech aimed at
showing, what it did show, that the appro-
prIation of one million dollars for expenses In
Cured in prosecuting political offenders was
up;ust and excessive, and that the appropri-
alton would have been more intelligible, even
II 1t had been less defensible, II 1t had been
ayowed to be for the purpose of securing the
reelection of Mr.. Grant. In the course Of his
remarks he said, what passes as q truism
among all men tolerably informed upon the
matter. that the State Government Of South
Carolina was shamefully corrupt This alle-
cation colored Congressman from another
State undertook to dispose of by personal dis
paragemeut of Mr. Cox, aud by representing
MIR. Cox as having attacked the colored race.
This Mr.. Cox did not do, nor anything which
could be made to bear such construction, as
the detailed report amply shows.
New York may well claim to be cosmo-
politan when Fijian canniba.s put up at the
Astor House aud enjoy the dance OF their
native land in one of its private parors. The
four man-eating Fijians, who were rescued
from the feast of King Thokambau for the
hardly less painful experience of travelling
with show in hisiland of liberty. gave pri'
yate exhibition the other day before a small and
select assemblage at that famous hostelry. A
blazing fire in The crate shed warmth upon
their naked bodies, and under Its influence
they performed the dances of their native land
the feast dance and the war dance, with
an JUNCTION which only needed the odol
of their fayorite roast TO make the eff
feet perfect. To the drumming of the
ntoDob tbav loaned and nranpp6