The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14

Lon Thursday night, a gang OF rufisnt
made q desperate attempt to wreck a train on
the. Delaware Railroad, near Paterson, New
Jersey. They piled rocks on the track, and
voult have been successful but for discovery
by the trsck-walker. -
aM9-An unfinished building fell in Louisville,
crushing an adjoining house, ln,which a father,
mother, q, girl Of six years, and q baby were
killed at, the supper-table. Two others died
from Injuries received, &c. .Webb's printing
office was also. crushed.
The Board. Of Supervisors Of San Fran.
cisco, having failed to override Mayor lyerdf
veto Of the order favoring the subsidy OF
s3,50a,O 0 to the Central Pacific Railroad Com.
pany, the project Is dead and cannot be re-
yiyedsar, ,G,Y
The new postal treaty between France
and the United states has been negotiated. II
fixes letter postage at eight ~ cents for one
third of an ounce, and newspaper postage,
which was eight cents, is reduced to three
cents. Registered letters and the transmits.
sion of patterns are also, provided for.
The New York bank statement shows a
decrease OF loans of one and a half millions
Increase Of specie two and a quarter millions;
increase Of deposits three and a half millions;
increase of legal tenders three and seven
eight1s Of q million. The statement shows a
gain Of half q million In reserves.
THE Cotton Association of st. Louis gave
Its annual banquet IN Friday night, at. the
6asDgertest Hall, to the cotton growers who
exhibited cotton at the st. Louis fair About
one thousand persons, representing the cot
ton interests of the South and the West, were
present. The 'sweepstake premium of one
thousand dollars for the best bale OF long or
short staple cotton was awarded to J. G.
:Yeisonq ofPoft Edwards, Mississippi. Id
I'm New York on Tuesday afternoon, Miss
Minnie D .ems, daughter Of the Rev. DR..
Deems, was married to Mr.. Verderey, a dis
tinguished lawyer of Augusta, Ga. The cere-
mony was performed In the Church of the
Strangers, and the father OF the bride oficIa.
ted. The edi1ce was literally crammed with
members of the congregation and their
friends. Many ~well-known Southerners were
among the audience. Appropriate music was
plRSCO VII II OlSous ouu ohluCLuo ouItoOiC W
tho Interesting occasion. were sung by the
choir. The bride, who is very lovely, was
handsomely attlred 10 white, with a long lace
veil and orange blossoms. The bridegroom
was dressed In black, and was manly and
handsome. The services Immediately con.
psefed,vlth the marriage were simple and i'm
pressi7e. The e DR.. Deems's voice faltered |
as he;pranounced, the blessing, at the same
time ecclesiastical and parental, and the bride
shed, tears. After the ceremony the Doctor
embraced the bride with deep feeling. and
grasped his new son-in-law Warmly bv tho
hand. So peculiarly solemn and impressive
were the circumstances attending the cere.
mony that the audience were vislbly affected.
After the marriage The newly united couple
started for Georgia. The bridal presents were
aud valuable Among them was q
paIg-ofdiamond,set sleeve buttons, presented
BY Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt.
ARee. Robert Collyer relates the following
anecdote in illustration of the poverty and
struggles often encountered and borne by the
poor curates In London: I had, In the sum-
mer Of 1871. a talk with a clergyman In The
Church Of England, who was then rector of q
onurcn which gave him a very fair living; but
before this he had been a curate in London,
WIN a7'ry large family las ministers general
~ navel and an income of less than q
pounds ($5OO) a year-not more than
eighty. (s40o) If my memory serves me-. II
desperate WORK, he said. to make ends