The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-13
NEWS OF THE. DAT.

- NEWS OF TIE DAT:
Gold closed yesterday at l4I. -.
The New York cotton market ciosee
nominal; mlddlings 264c; sales 2o21 oaies.
Tbe Liverpool cotton market closed dun
.uplands lIaa1l.d., Orleans ll3d.; sales lo'oot
bales. - @5-A q
Senator Harlan has purchased the interest
of John Ii. Morris (the controlling .one) In the
washington Daily Chronicle, and that paper rs
to obej eorganized at once. .st' -. =
The Greeley clubs or Richmond, Va, are
making preparation to charter steamers TO go
en- masse to Baltimore to cheer our statesmen
in their onward march to the national redemp
ton through Greeley. and Brown.
Settle, the unknown, who was made presl'
dentof the Grant Convention at Philadelphia at
Grants dIctation, was captain in the Confede-
rate States. army, but after the war Joined
Holden and became ferocIously s'loyal." -.
Among the interesting features OF the
campaign viii be the overhaullng OF Henry
Wilson's }Know-Nothing record. He was at
one time the head and front of the proscrip-
tlonisls Ia Massachusetts, and made speecnes'
Let the Boston Democratic papers resurrect
Them >, ..,@'.
"A Jury of matrons, common law institu-
,tion for determining the condition ofa female
prisoner sentenced 10 death, sat in Norfolk on
the 5tfl In the case Of Martha Deford, ne;
! grsss., The verdict shows that but q single
life is in peril, and the death sentence Will
therefore not be suspended. ,4s ~, - =
-Beckford's Is Eathek' has come forth in 4 q
new American edition. This Is. one, of the
group of out-ofthe:way novels that people
never omit to read who mean to be singular
In their reading, That group includes, for
instance, Bopes "Anastatius,n Moores "E2i7
curean,n Croly's ..salathiel," Godwin's 'Calsh
Williams = Mrs. Shelly's '.Frankensteln,n Wal
poles .Castle of Otranto.n =. southey's "Doc-
tor" and Hoods ..Tylney Hall"
Some of our contemporaries are finding
fault with, the Hon. Henry Wilson because,
lucy Say, MS UHgIHsr usme wusJoremiah Col
bath, and he had it changed by act of the Leg
islature to his presentsppella Very we'll,
Why shouldn't hes' Jeremiah Goliath isn't q
Handsome name and Henry Wilson'S. But If
he hated the name Of Goliath in his youth,
how will he cfeel about the cold bath he will
receive when he is immersed in the Icy waters
of Salt River In November Poor Wilson: !
.-TBenty:six State conventions OF political
parties win be held In June, as follows: llth,
Delaware, iowa and South Carolina, Demo.
cratic; 18th, Indiana, Democratic, Michigan,
prohibition, and Missouri and Vermont, Demo-
cratic; l3th,, Maine, Republican,, and West
Virginia, Liberal; ltth, Pennsylvania, Tempe
rance; 18th, Texas, Democratic; 18th, Maine,
Democratic; 18th, Louisiana, Republican, Ma
ryland, colored Republican, and Arkansas,
Alabama, California and Minnesota, Demo-
cratic; 2eth, Kentucky, Democratic; 26lh,
Vermont, Republican, Illinois, Liberal, and
Georgia, New Jersey and Illinois, Democratic;
9Th, Virginia, Conservative, and Ohio, Demo-
cratic. 100 so -, -" . 80 40. "
1.-The tariff and tax law, as finally passed
by Congress, exaots from retail dealers In leaf
tobacco tax OF five hundred dollars annually
as q license fee, and obllges them, besides; to
pay to thegovernment one-half the amount OF
their sales over one Thousand dollars In a sim
gle year: This, Of course, was intended to de-
stroy the retail trade in leaf tobacco, and. It
does 30 just as efTectualy as If 1t had made It's
penal offence, punishable By heavy fine and
imprisonment It absolutely prevents any
person from selling, and hence any person
from buying leaf tobacco in quantities less
than g hoghead at o time. The effect of this
ilaWli To- confine the trade In leaf tobacco to
the large dealers; ard to exclude every person
from the cigar m snufacturlng business who
cannot afford TO buy hogshead Of leaf tobacco
at one time. = s;.a u 2s os' =: ti..G ioG 5.i
cutting down Of forest trees which
is 80 constantly going or6ard In this country,
Mr. VIM Cullen Bryant says: SIT is common
observation that our summers are becoming
dryer, and our streams smaller. Take the.
.Cuyahogsas aniillustration.e Fifty years ago.
rge:barges loaded with goods went up and
down that river. Now, In the ordinary stage
Of the water, q canoe or skif can hardly pass
downth stream Many q boat OF fifty tons
burden has been built and loaded In the Tus-
carawas. at New Portage, aad sailed to New
Orleans Without breaking bulk. Now the
river hardly affords q supply of water at New
Portage for the canal. The same may be said
of other streams. They are drying up. And
from the same cause.-The destruction OF our
forests- our summers are growing dryer, and
our winters colder" ~ ...r,.. y :,,a,isy
9 IA dispatch from Madrid to the New York
Herald, dated the 9th inst, says son Thurs
day General sickles, United States minister to
Spain, submitted to the Spanish ministry
formal and peremptory demand for the re.
lease OF: DR.. Howard from the sentence of the
courtmartial The communication of General
slckles is an elaborate document, and entirely
coYera tha case. In presenting the demand
General Sickles conveyed to the Spanish Gov
ernment the desire ofthe President that there
should be no delay, but that the subject should
receive immediate attention, and 10 ease Of re-
fusal to comply, he stated that the President
would take decisive action In the matter. DR..
Howard is: likely to be speedily released, in
consequence of the dispatch of General
sIckles, as Marshal Serrano Is believed to be
favorable to- his release, in spite of rumors to
the contrary
The lelght-hour movement In New York
City still continues, and the excitement on
the subject 3is Increasing. About year ago
the trades'sunionso New York had only 1900
members on their rolls, but at the present
time the number of workingmen combined