The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-11
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAP.

Cardinal Luigi Amat, vice-chahceiof VI
the Roman Church, Is dead.
Henry Johnson, colored, was sentenced to
death IN Augusta, on Saturday, for the murder
Of james q. Martin near Belair.
The stockholders Of the Washington Pa
triot have resolved to suspend publication 10
day. ss.' 49, c,,.o.,
The editor and proprietor Of the chicago
Evening Journal has been fined Tor contempt
~ cSInrt The cause was comments upon
pending trial.----.->--.:..,.,.-.
"A washington dispatch says that Lang
ston. Il n cslored, will succeed Solicitor Brlstow.
Congressman Bingham succeeds Curtin as
Minister, to Russia. f5..
The steamer Katie sunk, on Friday, at
Hslena, Arkansas, can be raised. The cargo
viii be- saved, except the cotton In the hold,
which VIM be slightly damaged but ultimately
saved: es,,s..ss E:.. p, -: s,u. :.
SIX cases of cholera have occurred al
Dresden three fatal. Two were Americans
achild and youBg lady. The police autnori.
ties ssy,it Is only cholera morbus. Tne nrst
case came from Pesth.
AFfte New York bank statement shows one
and hye-eights millions loss In reserves; IN
!, oraase, ins loans, fve-elghts of million; In
crssss OF specie, one and half millions; de-
an creass Of legal ltenders, three and half MIL
aons:decrease Of deposits. one million.
TGaGenersls Ampudla and Nenduina, COM
mSadine the military districts of Holglnin ana
Bayano, In Cuba, have received orders to re-
tnrblto Spain. The Spanish bank has made q
loan iof $500, ,0Oo TO the city Of Havana. The
merchants complain that the bank Is doing an
exchange business, which Is prohibited by It's
ohsrttssrr.
Payment of pools IN New York on the
election, results took place Thursday evening,
and the pool-rooms were crowded until after
midnleht. The amount staked is estimated at
!. over: three hundred thousand dollars, the TICK
els being mainly on the municipal contest.
No bats had been made on the general result
: OF the national election.
Under the new law the vacancy IN the
regular major -generalship of the army caused
bv the death of General Meade Is to be filed
fro1u the line of brigadlers, without regard 10
iortt,3ar' az rank and at the discretion OF the
] .PSseessldent It ia stated that General CANDY OF
General Terry will be selected, though General
Mcdowell heads the list in the usual line OF
promotion.
Colonel Titus G. Rice, recluse, who has
been living on an old barge at Fort Monroe
since the war, committed suicide on Friday
night BY shooting himself through the head
With Henry rifle. Some twelve years ago
no was q prominent citizen of Richmond, and
colonel OF. the famous Black Horse Cavalry.
During the war he acted as government pilot
on the James river. he was native OF Con-
necticut, and about seventy years old.
Judge Fancher, Of New York, has issued
writs, Of hsbess corpus and certiorari IN the
case OF Alfred Lagrave, arrested In France on
the charge of burglary, The petitions on
which tho writs were granted state that, haV-
ing bean brought to New York on criminal
charge from France, on board French vessel,
aid being arrested on civil action before the
vessel b moored to the dock, Lagrave Is under
tue protection Of France, and cannot be held
under arrest on civil action.
"A letter received at Metamoras from the
Mexican President Lerdo and the Minister OF
Foreign Relations, states that the Mexican
Frontier Commission will strictly Investigate
complaints as to cattle stealing, and that the
Mexican Government will aid that of the
United States In putting an end to all disturb
ances. The Mexican Government is resolved
to foster internal improvements, to connect
Nexico and the United States, and to encour-
sSe foreign immigration.
.sWhile. other cities are talking about using
dummy engines to draw street cars, Chicago,
with her accustomed enterprise, has already
got them In successful operation. 1.-The horse
railroad companies OF that city obtained the
co6sent Of the common council on Monday to
run dummy engines on their tracks for fifteen
dsYS or. less, at the pleasure Of the counc;!:
any increase Of fare being expressly forbid
den, and within an hour alter permission was
Given q train was running on the Chicago City
Railroad, and all the companies had dummies
asaork on Tuesday.
"A Washington telegram of Friday says:
s.The President was to-day the recipient OF e1-
trsordinary congratulations from the members
Of the foreign diplomatic corps, who called In
q oodyon behalf of their respective govern
ments, ss we'll as on their own behalf and the
ladies Of their families who accompanied
them. Biz Edward Thornton, the British
minister, was the first to tender his compli-
ments on the Preoldenes reelection, and was
followed In turn by Admiral Polo, the Russian
ministsr, the representative of the French le-
rstion, and the ministers from Germany,
Turkey, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, Peru, Italy,
Belgium, the Argentine Republic, Portugal
and japan. The President and his family, at
tended by the Cabinet and the ladies of their
ho1seholds, received the corps in the blue
parlor. There were no formal addresses, and
aftar each one had rendered his personal good
wishes, the occasion resolved itself into q
pleasant social affair. It is rare that 80 gene
fd and 60 early q .congratplatlon has been
rendered to the President by the foreign rep
resentatives In this city, and the, fact seemed
70 be one Of unusual pleasure to the President"
"A Washington letter says: ut was inti-
mated before the presidential election that In
the event OF General Grants triumph the COL
ored element would demand seat in the Cab |
inet, and their claims are being pressed thus
early In the person Of Langston, one of the |
colored professors of Howard University, who