The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-21
gbe MafleStn1a 8eps.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed in New York, on Saturday, at
12;la12f.
Cotton was quiet and firm; uplands 1910;
asses $500 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed frmer; uplands
sXd; Orleans 93Ia; sales $4,000 bales.
The next Congress Will coatain eight to ten
colored men-eight at least.
The German papers say that, within brief
period, Won Moltke will get the French army Of
the Loire In as bad trap as Sedan or Metz.
-Monsgrams have broken out hercely In TWO
new places-the corners of gentlemen's collars
and the gauntlets OF ladies' gloves.
Revenue Reform Radicals in the West are
limiting that the organization Of the Forty-second
Congress Is in their grasp and they mean TO close
their Il ngers upon it. The intimaticn Is causing
quite a hutter among the Simon-pure Radicals OF
the Grant stripe.
The ice companies OF Maine ore determined to
lay in a large stock the coming winter. Three
new houses are now being erected on the Sen.
nebec with capacity Of $4,000 tons. Arrange
ments are made IN New York to break down the
ice monopollsts.
a letter from Brussels, just received in New
York, from source which ought to be well iu-
formed, states that the eX.Emperor Is quietly
making his preparations for another visit TO
America anticipating that with the fall OF Paris,
peace viii be effected without reference to the
restoration Of the Empire.
The Supreme Court OF the United States has
refused to reinstate upon the calendar the case
which has already attracted much attention, and
which involves the constitutionallty Of the Legal
OH o;cin of n oh
excepting Chief Justice Chase and Justice Nelson.
This may be regarded a. settling the legal COLI
struction OF the Legal Tender act.
-or the Liberal Republicans elected to Congress
from Missouri, the st. Louis Democrat says:
"They and those who sympathize with them want
Congress so organized that their principles shall
pfeyail. Caring nothing for men, and much fer
PRINCIPLES, they will be likely to vote only for
man through whom their principles may find ex-
preston, and whether be be Republican or
Democrat, they will desire to know what ideas as
to 1uaaca, questions will control his organization
ofcommtrees."
The New Orleans Times Of Wednesday last
says: "a very experienced cotton factor, recently
from the adjacent cotton section, reports the
amount OF cotton produced this season as beyond
all precedent. He thinks that har4liy planter In
the Mississippi valley has raised less than ten
bales to the hand; blt doubts if more than half
the product will be saved. This Is the general
opinion. The reduced rates have had large in.
nuence to discourage picking. The receipts In
this city begin to gain upon those OF last year,
which are now but eighteen thousand ahead.
Eight or ten days ago they were thirty thousand
ahead.
The most extraordinary story connected with
the defences OF the French capital is that which
asserts that two Americans. M.ssrs. Reynolds and
May went to Paris and came out by balloon, for
the purpose OF making and fulfilling contract
for the suppy. of velocipedes tc the garrison.
These machines are to be constructed with India
rubber tired wheels, so that their riders can move
abont ,noselessly. Wemust be prepared for Gu
rous details In the reports Of future engagements,
where the. number OF veloclpedes capturedmust
be set side by side with guns, muskets and mi.
traileures. They will certainly be less expensive
in the long run than horses, and the gallant ON
Ger who has three or four OF these vehicles shot
under him can be more easily conso!ed for the
loss ofhis chargers hy the reflection that black
smith and wheelwrigGt will be able to set his
stud In order at very trnlng cost.
from the perplexties In which she has been in
voled since the revolution OF September, 1888,
have at length resulted ION Thursday in the sue
cessful election Of king, the Duke Of Aosta hay-
ing been chos n by the Spanish Cortes BY vote
Of 191 against 100. The person thus selected By a
not very large majority for sovereign Is second
son OF the King Of Italy, aad is young m IN OF
twenty-five. He Is said to be a liberal prince,
and obtained qnite reputation for ilgmsnt and
gallantry in the war ofItalF with Austria In 1885,
AS the other European mouarchs are reported to
have acquies;ed in the cardilature OF the prince
we suppose no trouble abroad need be apprehend-
ed from the present election. Spain may feel
satisfied with the amount Of mischief she has al
ready occasiolei in that line whilst tho Spanish
people, who do not appear to have bcon even
asked what might be their own preferences in the
matter, may be expected to jog along, as hereto
the 'right Of suffrage"
Paris, otherwise Isolated ia enabled by means
OF Balloons to keep up communication with the !
outside world, and the New York Sun and New
York Times publish letters from their correspon.
dents inside the city, received through this chan
mel. Excellent sausages OF beef aud pork are |
sold at two and two and half francs per pound. |
There are still a great many fowls; price twelve |
10 fifteen francs per pair Good donkey |
meat brings three francs pound. Eggs
Are scarce at six to eight sous, and no
more milk Is SOLD, except for young children, on
q certificate from physician or mayor. The yaks
In the Jardin d'Acciimation have been bought up
for soup and roasts for the wo lnded. Stray
horses and dogs ore picked up In the streets, i'm
pounde aud, II not claimed, killed. 1t Is certain
that there IS Hour and grain enough in Paris to
supply Bread until Mirch The supply Of wine Is
also sufficient for much longer period, and near.