The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-17
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MONDAY, JUNE II, 1872.
HM Mr. WILLIAM E. SIMMONS, Jr., is the
travelling agent for The NEWS, for South
Carolina.
NEWS OF THE DAT.


NEWS OF THE DAH.
Gold closed on Saturday at l3ial4.
In New York cotton closed active ana in
,ood export demand; uplands 264 cents.
"A vigilance committee has been formed III
wesrern New York to punish incendaries.
i'm Liverpool cotton closed quiet out
steady; uplahds 1llsllsd., Orleans ll4d.; safes
10000 bales.
"A severe tornado swept over, New York
and BROOKLYN on Friday; doing much damage.
The amount involved in the suit against
Jaw Gould brought by the attorney general OIL
New York Is sixty million dollars.
Hon. B. d. Hill, of Georgia, made
speech in Atlanta on Friday, taking strong
pround In favor of Greeley and Brown. ,
in the Baltimore Democratic Convention,
last Thursday, the Greeley men succeeded IN
electing their favorltes to.the State conVen-
tlon. IN, &,lcf -.
There ia said to be remarkable increase
in the number OF sufferers from paralysis III
San Francisco which Is attributed to mental
anxiety, caused by speculation or the desire
to obtain wealth rapidly.
in the United States Court, at Montgome-
~. Als., on Saturday, Judge Busteed con-
firmed the sale of the Alabama and Chattanoo-
ora Railroad, and issued an order to the as
slenees in bankruptcy to deliver the road 10
the State authorities. e..,.
The authorities of California have engaged
professional arborlculturist, at q salary OF
fifteen thousand per year, to atterd to- the set
ting out of forest trees Ia difere nS parts OF the
State. They never did a wiser thing. Trees
should be judIciously distributed everywhere
-oa the mountain side, In the fields, along
country roads, In front of city residences, In
parks and gardens; everywhere some, nowhere
too many.
The Albany IN. ~ Times announces that
Dexter Reynolds, Esq, q prominent MEMBER
of the Albany bar, has invented type-setting
cf1omplete success BY type founders In Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, has been sold for
$1,000, 900 to combination Of New York capt.
talists. The machine Is said to be exceedingly
simple In construction and easy of operation,
with capacity of setting 1000 ems per hour.
This Is about the equivalent of four average
compoaitors. Other type-setting machines, it
should be stated, have been Invented, proving
only partially successful, and imDractleable IN
competitor with the machinery of nature.
The burial casket In which the remains OF
the late James Gordon Bennett were encased
was made in Rochester, New York, and was
nearly square In shape, and constructed OF q
peculiar wood, which lasts for many years.
The side panels were covered with costly
Lyons silk velvet, and the eight handles were
OF new design, made expressly for the occa-
sion. The lid, which consisted of two panels
of French crystal plate glass, covered, when
required, by two black silk velvet caps, was
hung on silver hinges and fastened With Two
silver locks. The entire casket was mounted
In massive framework of silver moulding Of
chaste design, bolted and made fast In such
manner that 1t cannot fall apart. The inside
was upholstered and decorated in white silk,
satin and Venetian lace.
-Advlces from New Orleans announce the
death of General Daniel W. Adams, promi-
nent citizen of that city. General Adams was
a Misslssippian by birth, and served with gal
lantry and distinction on the Confederate side
during the late civil war, as also did his
brother, General Writ Adams. He command
ed brigade in General Bragg's army, and
was badly wounded at Shiloh and again III
East Tennessee toward the close of the war.
Since the war General Adams has resided In
New Orleans, where he was universally es-
teemed. Only last Tuesday he was elected
chairman of the combined executive commit.
tees OF the supporters OF Greeley and Brown
in Louisiana. 9s
"A telegram report from Bombay to the
New York Herald, BY cable, brings later news
from DR.. Livingstone. The dispatch tells US
something Of the result OF Livingstone's ex-
plorations, during the many years of his abb
asnne from the Christian civilizations. The
aged traveller had placed his letters in the
Hands of the commander of the Herald expe-
dictionary corps for transmission to England.
Mr.. Stanley was on his way to the seacoast,
carrying the precious charge. He was: at
Ugogo, en- route, at the latest date. DR.. Efy- |
ingstone was not with him. He refuses to /
leave Africa, and has now gone to traverse |
great underground path. He tells US that he |
has been convinced from the riparian dis |
charge of the Rusli River that the Tangan-
yiska is not connected with the Nile. DR.. |
Livingstone was In good health,
Old Romeo, the elephant, whose doing to
death by the murderous hands Of science has
been recorded, now lies in state to be embalm-
ed for the benefit of the cause which killed
him. His career had been an eventful one,
though stamped on the pages of history only
for the past ty enty-fve years. the fifty years
previous Deing spent In roaming around the
)ungles Of Ceylon at his own sweet will, which
since his Introduction to civilized society he
has exercised unpleasantly often. When in
Eastern service he dispatched nearly regi.
ment Of slaves before he could be persuaded
to march on State occasions according to the
dictates of Christian conscience, and when
for very necessity on account of his uncon-
querable pride and arrogance he was shipped |
to England, thence to Canada, and finally |
I,o,,,hf nm In the State nf Wjacona1n he L