The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

in New York, yesterday gold closed at
14tsl4t.
Cotton closed at ls3, with sales of l4oo
bales of uplan ds!
In Liverpool upland cotton closed at Sso'
Orleans sid; with sales oflo,o0o bales
There is general outcry made BY railway
nassaneers against the extortlonats prices de-
ma1ded for sleeping car berths on most Oh the
lines. 10 c.!ccr ,.i...! "a i. CO IN
Bambonnel, famous lion-hunter Of Alge-
ria. scarcely less renowned than his friend
Jules Gerard, has issued circular Inviting MS
-.countrymen OF the Cote dor to join him IN
forming band of Free-Shots (Francs-tireurs)
for the defence OF the nation. There must be
thirty candidates, must be able to march well,
to shoot straight, and be ready for anything
On Monday two well known cotton deal
ers Of Mobile made a flying trip "across the
liner via the New Orleans Railroad to adjust.
slrht difference OF opinion arising, as Madarne
Runor states 1t, out Of wager touching the
cotton crJp The weapons chosen were pis-
tols;a distance fifteen, Ipaces- AFTER an ex-
change OF. Shots, friends interposed and ad-
iustedths matter satisfactorily 'i,,e,rg zig
glIlsneral 'Uirici the heroic commandant of
strasb6uSry; telezraphsd on Friday last to the
Paris Ministry as follows: "a fairs are In de-
ploiablen Condition aud, growing worse. The
bomIi5ardment 3romG the Prussian advance
works Is incessant and frlghtfu!.s I hold out
to the end.n This telegram has been bulletin
ed by the Ministers Of the Interior and Of War,
causing the greatest enthusiasm in'ParlS,
The marriage OF General Frazer to Miss
Kate Tiffany of NeKs Yotk, IS told In the
Memphis Appeal. The. General during the war
was condnedSin Fort Warren, where Miss Kate
supplied him with many comforts and Kind
nesses. ywheu he was freed he, saw her, vas
enchanted by her grace and beauty wooed
and won, her, and, as the Appeal says, "trans-
plankaaths beautiful Northern rose to more
genial Cline The Appeal welcomes the
beautiful exotic. rr.itil.L-
The new English law on married women's
property gives: the wife separate title to her
own earnings acquired since the passing of
the act; She can also insure her own life or
her husbands for her separate use. Personal
aud freehold property left to her Is to be her
own, and il she has property, and her husband
or children become paupers, the parish can re-
cover Of her. Husbands are not to be liable
for their wives debts contracted before mar
riase, but women having separate property
can be sued. -,
Nilsson, the Swedish Queen of Song, ar
rived in New York on Wednesday BY the steam
ship Cuba. The Post says: Mile. Nilsson look
ed remarkably well, although she suffered con-
siderably from sea sickness during the early
part Of her voysges.s She Is Of medium height,
aud her. figure Is wonderfully suited for the
stage vsHer chief charm Hes !n the'expression
other lase, which lssiigularlE sweet and open
Her eyes are 'bluei iand, IN acting, become as
expressive as the notes which riaIl from her
lips.!a Her hair Is fla1en, and Of great length
aud thickness. Her profile Is almost Greek in
Its regularity; and her mouth completes a face
which has sIohg been renowned for beauty,
even among the many beautiful faces on the
operate stage. She was attlred to-day in
ughtsmourning suit, and did not take any bag
gags With her. but drove of as soon as she
was seated IN the carriage. She proceeded at
once 20 the rooms which have been engaged
for her, in private house or the east side of
Union Square, between Sixteenth and Seven
'teenth streets --.-.s........,......
PARTS s not, after all, to be considered 'the
last ditch of French resistance. According to
fheIatest Parlsan ales, the City of Bourges, sit
uated in- The, Department OF the Cher; on a
canal connecting the river Of that name with
the Loire, Is to become the central position OF
defence In the event of Paris being captured.
Placed in the very heart Of France, and being
az once q great railway centre and depot OF
the. iron manufacture, Fourges was designated
b5 The Ian Of July 2, 1851, as the point where
great tnterns,' stronghold should be formed
as the last refuge of a defeated army and
still unconaaered people, The first step tobe
taken toward this, was the concentration
taeSs Of, all the gun foundrles and other es-
ttSSNshmepts devoted to the production Of
munitions of war. In spite of liberal money
yosas, however, both by the national and local
authorities, 1.-THE transtorr- ,tion of Bourges
into central arsenal haa not commenced
when thewar broke. out. But'the advantages
offs situation asa sGest rsllylng point still
exist, and IN the last extremity Of France, may
sthT taken advantage Of. I . -
"A NeR Yorkietter.of Tuesday says: THE
Eplse9pa1la9s ql pr this city are much agitssed
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