The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-25
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
l7sal7a.
:-Cotton closed quiet and unchanged; up
lands 1910. ss
TIN Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
sassd, Orleans stas!d; sales 10000 bales.
e."Whowill care for mother now ," has been
translated into both French and German.
Mrs. Steele, sister Of Hon. Roscoe Conk-
ling, has been appointed inspector OF customs
at New York. II
Women dentists are announced as the
latest novelty. 1t is unpleasant at all times to
see women looking down In the mouth.
"A California Frenchman has offered re-
ward OF $500 to whoever shall capture the first
Prussian flag.
"A dispatch from France announces that
Olivier has been attacked with brain fever,
and that his life is iespaired Of. !
General Troohu is the man who LEFT the
calf of one of his legs at Sebastopol, and now
acquires symnetryin the same manner as
blonde burlesquer. e.i.i
The Princess Salm-Salm has passed her ex-
amination;in surgery and is now on the staff
Of the Prussian Surgeon General as directress
OF camp hospitals
1T Is said that three hundred thousand
bales OF cotton, at the lowest calculation. will
be made during the present season in Georgia,
and that the wheat crop was the finest ever
gathered In the State.
Mrs. Douglas Williams. wife OF the late
senator Douglas, has commenced another ac-
ton in Chicago against the executors Of the
Douglas estate, for alleged fraud In their man
agement. She seeks to recover about $3.50, 900,
: which she claims to have been wrongfully
withheld.
The strong-mluded Hindoo woman who
married a second time against all the tradl-
lions Of her people, has received thousands Of
rupees, worth of presents from admiring Eng
liah ladies, and 1t is proposed to start agen-
eral fund for the endowment Of all such
Widows "!!. -
s The famous Dr.. Nelaton, in connection
vithseveral other leading medical men in Paris
is agitating for the establishment Of medical
collegein that. metropolis, exclusively for
women, and the Empress has been asked
to take the scheme under her especial patron
age. ;. ~ 95-' y .'t 20 80. =. - ..,..e... .
The estate Of the late; Secretary Stanton,
has been nearly; settled up, and amounts to
over forty Thousand dollars. This Is quite q
comment upon the stories Of Mr. Stanton's
poverty, and on which. over fifty thousand
dollars was raised and given to his widow. His
t.taking off" is often the subject of comment
and speculation at the capital, many people
believing that he committed suicide By cutting
his throat.
The steamship Guiding Star has been
chartered to run, until further notice, between
New York and Harre, with an American cap
tain and an American crew. This steamer was
formerly owned by the New Orleans Steana-
ship Company, and is q paddle-wheel steamer
of 2595 tons register. 1t Is expected that she
viii make the passage in about eleven dayss.lt
is intended to add other steamers totaa orc
and establish an American line to HAr1pe.
The French Courier, at New York, states
that great number of French citizens In that
city desire to 60 to France to take part in the
defence of their country. The French consuls
are constantly receiving these requests, and
the writers suppose they can by such applica-
tion be forwarded, but the consuls are power
Less in this respect. Those who have the
means of going, and can reach France, join
the Garde Mobile or the reserves, and these
prove of service to their country.
The reported death Of Commodore VAN
derbilt-a shameful stock:jobbing hoax-ex-
cites universal indignation. AS q result OF the
malicious falsehood panic In Wall street set
in, and on the strength OF the news, and be-
tore contradiction was made, Vanderbilt
stocks fell from two to ioar per cent, thus en-
ablins certain parties to cover their short In
teres.s. The loss to many persons must have