The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-20
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold closed In New York yesterday at lst. ;
Cotton closed weak with sales OF 400 oaies'
upands 1eh. -,
changed, with sales Of Il, 600 bales. -
General schenck'srriends have determined 70
contest Campbel's election from the third ONO
district.
1t is well.knovn fact that ice formed at
yery low temperature will last much longer tnan
that which has frozen at thirty-two degrees.
The French ladies' OF San Francisco remitted
sso ooO TO France on Saturday for sanitary
purposes. ,.,.o.,
the Prison Reform Congress at Cincinnati
have apreed to form national association ana
call an international convention.
the German armies now in France ara said TO
be attended BY. two thousand seven nunureo
surgeons .-.
2Hon. Daniel ". voorhees, has been reelected
IN Congress nom the Sixth D!strict'of Indiana oy
majority OF about 1000. In 1855 his majority was
only i9st hs'>'' 80 -
Two iron steamships are about being built at
Re,rast Ireland, for service between Liverpool
and Baltimore, under the auspices OF the baill'
more and Ohio Railroad Company a.
The Hon. Robert !Rldgsway, meme er OF con
eress for the Fifth Virginia District and former
editor OF the Richmond Wing, died IN Amherst
County, Virginia, rev days ago.
The massive iron bridge across the Ohio Rivef
at CINCINNATI Yhas but o single span, and Is one
of the most beantifl and imposing structures IN
the country. yN,costs about eighteen nuaoreo
thousand dollars. 80.
10 check the evil OF Sunday carousins' a Gin:
c,nniaa N Smanuiastnrer pays of his men on MON,
dav morning instead OF Saturday .niSht, anu
anda that theplan works well after al the parties
eef aHstleilsed TO It.. ,.G1siJ -. s.'aa - ~. ~
The conduct Of United states MlnistersLow' In
on,nH I'd Keeping out ofihe City Of PeSin during
the nersecutlon OF foreign citizens, and also OF
NJ wade Ia severely commented on BY Amerl-
eanS md for1s. genetallY there - ~
l,SIrssham N, ,Binninger, . well known dealer
orNew york CITY In wines and liquors, is dead.
The house or which he was the head clainea TO
vebeen esta5lIshed'in ITS. his property Is
estimated at half million. lie was se'enty'one
years. Of age. Z: .Lag7:. ,:;!....l
-YhaI Central Republican 5unta Oh Guos ana
POTTS RICO, which has had It's headquarters IN
NeTSYork Yk frr . long time, has been formally as
so,ved by the president, Senior Aldama, 10 ooed'-
ence 10 the. recent neutrality proclamation o.
President Grant.
The causes which operate to bring about an
advance in the prices In champagne ~lnes' 10
Wit the war in Europe, will have contrary ell
feet on clarets. the prices OF which nave uecnneo
In theyery.places OF their production. Tne rea-
on for this decline is that on account OF the war
mat,Y important d .rkets have been closed to
chem - HEAVY cargoes are now being Shipped
frout7gordeaux and MarseiIles for this. country,
andtt IS. expected that prices Will rule az very
moderate figures. -: y, -,.i' - .
Henry Lee, F. R. s., writes to the editor 0! the
Lancet t Ii regard to the paraytlc seizures from
xvh,ch chang, one Of the Siamese twins, ,rhas re-
cent,v suffered he has received letters from the
twins and their families which induce him to be-
leyedr the possibility Of their separation IN case
M te pYe-decease or one Of them. a letter from
one of Chang's daughters says that her fatner Is
,ow,suirIted, can scarcely move without assis-
tance, and that his whole right side is perfectly
useless. "Uncle: tries to cheer him up, but he
has nothing to say.n From the sentence men
tion+,o. sFnas endcayors to cheer and comfort his
brot6sr, Dr: Lee lnrers In each distinct and sep,
aratevolition and: vitality, and hence that Chang
cou1d successfully be cut from the dead body OF
Eng should, the latter die first. a.ur !,, - :.
IT tsisaid that, although und!sting uishabie by
dress f.ori their men. the dfath;rate am ong the
Prussian officers during tho war has been enor.
mously high. This can only arise from: tnelr
throwing themselves into positions OF the greati
estaaneer, a course 10 which the better educated
In the ranks are likely to follow them. "nen
this is taken into account together with the as
case which mnst arise among the more deilcately
nurtiuired from exposure-no tents being allow ed
in the ,feld-we begin to appreciate the vast
losses that are the pdce paid by united Germany
tor her successes.- The Economist estimates her
loss OF Young p,en to amount to not less than
t,vo hundred thousand BY casualties OF every
sort, even should the wsr terminate now. "haI
ttmay be with an indefinite continuance OF nos.
tilities cal!pny be.surmised. - J..
General Jordan'writes q letter contradicting
the sts.ement that the patriot army In Caoa Is
growing smaller In number and Weaker IN re-
sources In the matter OF territory ne Claims
that they. have lost nothing substantial! ana
that In ammunition they are stronger. AT tne
time General Jordan left the island, there were,
at tie most, 5000 rlnes, carbnes and shot guns IN
ossession OF the patriots, necessarily limiting
their force to. that number. Since that time,
several thousand arms have gone into the island,
adding that number to the armed party OF ioera-
tion, while considerable amounts Of ammunition
and sulphur have been received. While thus
Showing that the Cuban army is more 'faTorably
situated than it was one year ago, he scouts the
idea that any attempt viii be made to settle the
trouble there except by crushing the patriots
cordeHa;he considers as bad a.. .DeRodas. and the
Spanish volunteers rule the administration OF the
,slaha yhgm regard 70 the home government.
The letter Of General Jordan concludes with the
statement that the cubans look for nothing but
@ar,,i and hope only TO be allowed the same prlvl
lcge as their oppressors In exporting sup, lies