The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-18
NEWS OF THE pAY.

inches tall.
The idea of German empire is said to be
{. quite popular in Germany.
The successful removal Of the distractions
In the Suez canal is again announced.
Five car loads of Cinnamon passed Chey-
enne on Monday night, on the route to Ala
'bama.
The Georgia State Lunatc Asylum is
crowded, and many unfortunate applicants for
admission are turned away.
The sRedT Stockings were beaten by the
jAtlautlcs in New York on Tuesday, in eleven
innings, by score of to-.
-s-Dr Shelton Mackenzie Is writing Life of
Charles Dickens, to be prehxed 10 volume of
his uncollected pieces, in prose and verse.
The trustees of the Illinois State Industrial
University have voted to admit female stu
dents,as soon as suitable buildings can be pro-
vided.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte died in Balti-
more yesterday; aged sixty-hve.t His mother
in-law, Mrs. Williams, died at the same place,
same day.
"A dispatch from Corinne reports that some
Utah Indians, in ambush, had fired upon an un-
armed party of mounted men, wounding one
slightly.' All escaped.
The students Of the Georgia State Univer-
=sity are preparing history of the institution,
to include q biographical sketch of distin-
.guished graduates.
Two Boston papers are accusing each
.other Of stealing parts of one another's obitu-
aries of Charles Dickens. 1t appears that they
both copied from the same book. -
Harvesting has begun in Virginia, and
there Is promise Of an abundant yield. The
recent rains, except here and there, have not
proved as disastrous as was feared.
The miniature vessel City of Ragusa, which
aeft Liverpool on the 3lst ult. for trip over
the Atlantic, has put into Queenstown, Ire
land, In distress, leaking badly. Better stay
there. = :"
General amnesty was favored by the Re-
publicans OF Delaware, in their late State Con-
vention, Indicating that they have better
Knowledge of the way to ''peace" than many
OF their party.
"A well-known young lady lecturers matri-
monial engagement Is announced in these
terms: A New Jersey editor has prevailed on
Mss Kate Field to devote herself exclusively
to curtain lectures.
AT the Beethoven centennial mammoth
concert, in New York, on Tuesday afternoon,
Miss Kellogg and Mrs. Howard Paul were the
leading celebrities of song. The programme
was rich and varied, and the occasion vastly
Interesting
: The bill to reduce the army has been
signed By the President, and is now a law. AZ
terJuly !, 1870 under this act, the standing army
will contain no more than 80, 0o0 men. Army
6Hieers cannot enter civil Office or remain in
1t without resigning their military commits
sions. -.
"A dispatch from New Orleans states that
the steamship Firedy, belonging to the United
: States and West India Fresh Neat and Fruit
Company, had arrived there with cargo of
( fresh beef, veal and mutton, slaughtered at
Fulton, Rockport County; Texas week ago.
TIE cargo is In splendid order, and is being
sold in the markets.
The fears of the millions of lovers of Dick
ems, on both sides of the Atlantic, that ''The
Mystery Of Edwin brood" was left unfinished,
are dissipated by the announcement of the
London publishers. They state that they have
sufficient material on hand for three, more
complete numbers, and that from mass OF
memoranda the story can easily be completed
by competent hand. 1t is perhaps prema-
tnre to speculate on the person whom Dickens
has designated to finish his nove', but it is i'm
possible to avoid thinking of his friend and
relative, Wilkle Collins, In this connection.
Lieutenant Colonel Leo Lloyd, of Liberia,
addressed the Board of Trade In Philadelphia,
on Monday night, and informed his audience
that on hearing the news Of the passage of
the Fifteenth amendment in this country, the
Ltberian legislators at once resolved to ex-
punge an article In the constitution of their
republic which allowed the right Of suffrage
only to citizens of African descent. "And
now" added the speaker, In grand pereora-
ton, sin Liberia white man is just as good
es negrow We are pleased to note the
prompt international courtesy and magnanlln-
1ty of the great Republic of Liberia.
The following is the correct text of the
dispatch from Sereth, dated May 30, and ad-
dressed to NJ. Cremieux, Of the Alliance Uni
verselle Israelite, at Paris. The message Is
signed Isidore Lode, and 1t says: 1.-THE town
of Botos ;hau (Roumanla) was, on Saturday,
the theatre of terrible massacre Of Jews-a