The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-12
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* SATURDAY, i,lLII NOVEMBER II, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAH.

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Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1l9allX. No. tiaGs -
Cotton was nrm; uplands ls,sc; sales $500
bales.
i'm Liverpool cotton closed steady and un-
changed; uplands Cd; Orleans ohasSd; sales
10000 bales. l4.l
-Mr. James P. Thomas, an ole cotton merchant
of New York, Is dead.
After the supply Of salt in Metz had become
exhausted the French soldiers. were reduced to
the necessity OF seasoning their food with gun
powder. This measure was recommended by the
surgeons, and accordingly the saltpetre In the
powder was utilized for sanitary purposes.
The animaIs In the ,ardn des Plantes have
been purchased by the government In Paris. With
the range thus given to the culinary art says the
New York Herald, we shall hear Of some aston.
ishii,g dishes In the cemIng Paris bill offare With
tiger Ia mode, lion bifstek, hyena ragout, and
other delIcacies in the wild animal line, we may
look for unprecedented triumphs OF French Gull.
nary art.
-Adelina Patti has announced two concerts IN
Liverpool, as the last to be given BY her before
her approaching departure for America; Teresita
Carreno was the pianist. Patti expects to visit
this corotry In 1871, under the management Of
the Strakosches. Herr Nelman is the tenor the
best In Germany, and, perhsps, the best In
Europe now. He slngs1n wagner's "Rienzl" and
ssTannhauser.m .ittElt -
Russia has ss7 cotton factories, employing
10000 operatives. Before the war in this coun-
had commenced
in Russia During that period however, the Rus
SLAMS began to manufacture Bokhara, Persian, In.
dian and other cotton, and It is said That their
factories are now the most magnificent IN the
world, exec ding In style and completeness even
the English establishments. The product amounts
to $4,000 900 annually. .;a l..-sri. =.
The NeY.. York Courier des Etats Unis, speak
inc OF the failure OF the armistice says that the
bombardment OF Paris will soon begin, anu exI
presses belief that the first shell that is hurled
against the city will be the signal fcr the cance
ling Of all partisan feeling, and that general up.
rising will take place that viii drive the invaders
from French soil. The editor says: 1--WE nave
seen'now how little our enemies are disposed to-
wards concilistIon. and how much France Will De
mistaken II she counts upon aught but her own
courage to resist the humiliation which Is the
final end OF the Prusslsn policy"
-Steinmetz was dlsgraced because In three sew
eral battles he deliberately diyerged from the plan
or action indicated by Won MoltEe. At spicheron
Heights1it wes found that the French might nave
been dIslodged by certain flank increment pro-
yided for by the commanding general but which
stenmetz refused to make, usinvolvIng the loss
of many more men than was actually necessary.
The great fault of Ste'nmetz Was his parti-
atty for bayonet charges, the necessity for which
does not so often occur sincelhe breech-loaders
have come into use. Finally, Won MoltRe de-
manded his deposition as the only condition upon
which ne would retain his own command.
"A correspondent Ct the London Telegraph
writes from Parts on the 10th: Good men and
housewives fight with each other outside the doors
OF the butchers, the tripe dressers' and the sau-
sage-makers' shops. Even the women must take
ther.turn at the well tolrawcold water. Meat
we are now rationed at 4 to ounces per head per
day. 1t is Quite JOB TO get It; but Of course horse
nesh and donkey nesh. are consumed in large
quantities. Horse steaks are cents per ID. and
even Is. Horses are now sold BY weight even to
the army. Straw at lSd. per bundle OF 10 los.,
will explain that the people prefer to eat the
horses to feed them vegetables are very dear;
Is. for cabbage; potatoes at 21zd. per ID. FISH
ont Of the question. rabbit, 49,; geese, l6s to
2os; turkeys, 25s. to 4os. Cheese quite luxury"
in Tennessee the Masonic fraternity. have pro-
jec; ed novel plan for taking care OF the widows
and orphans OF deceased brothers Of the mystic
tie.n In. each grand division Of the State q
thousand or more acres Of land are to be acquired
BY gift or purchase, and this land viii be cut up
into small lots Of one or two acres, with small
cottage on each lot. portion Of the land will be
reserved for school-housa end church, thus max
ing the locality a sort OF community by itself. In
most cases there will be children old enough to
care for tho. land, raising vegetables and fruits
for the MARKET and any deficiency OF food aud
raiment will be supplied from the benevolent
fund OF the grand division. The seventy'tWo
Masonic lodges of the State have already raised
nearly eighty thousand dollars toward the onjecs
to be accomplished, and By another year Will have
raised the amount desired, before making prac-
tical test OF the project.
Count Bismarck appears to be o determined
advocate Of retrospective justice. He lately or
dered researches to be made with . view to ascer-
tain "the amount Of money contributions and re-
quisitons o:sl kinds levied by the French be.
tween the years 1903 and 1873 In the present pro.
ylnces OF the Prussian monarchy" Returns have
been forthcoming from part Of the specified terri
tory, which give total equal to about $500, 1000
900 In gold After these are completed, the North
German hancetlor Will probably order statistics
to be prepar, Of the pecuniary damage received
by Germany from the generals Of Louis XIV. One
feels natural curiosity to know whether Prussia
pays as much attention to the. other side of the
account and Keeps for example an accurate
profit and loss statement touching her recent ac-
qulsitions OF Hanover and the Grand Duchies,
not to speak Of the older transactions with refer
ence 20 Poland and Snesia.
Don Piatt writes about Chicago: "There ts an
unlimited supply Of dash. 1t is said that millions