The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-13
NEWS OF TEE DAY.

Gold closed In New York, yesterday, at H.
Cotton was dull and weak, closing at lsla
Isle. for uplands. .,,c. ..7r.. s..,-,ur
:. I'm Liverpool cotton closed quiet; uplands
Sid; sales H. 900 bales. y,.a..
The English mails just received note the
most active: preparations for the war In all
parts, Of Great Britain.
Charles Dickens, Jr., 1t Is said, was the
purchaser at auction. Of his fathers house at
Gads Hill.
The French Postofice Department an
nounces that during the war letters and sums,
not exceeding fifty francs will be sent free to
the soldiers at the front ...-...
oLT6e Sum 0f $3.50 rs has been subscribed
to the Fifehhah Pafrf6nc Fund In San Francisco,
90 b! distributed q tie . families ofthe French
soldiers Killed or wounded on the fleld OF bat
tle."
In Paris, the General Omnibus Company
placed at the disposal of the French Govern
ment l7o0 horses, at moderate prices. This
company, has Withdrawn eighty five carriages
from Its lines. ,.,....,. - :g,..;.
Rev. John shanniahan, the third oldest
priest inthe United States,' died on Monday at
the parsonage. of st. Peters Church, Barclay
street, New York, where he has resided The past
fifteen. ysars. ..:!i:lr.;e.. :7Q'i i';%'
"A Berlin dispatch, says: Bismarck, be-
fore leaving, was asked whether, If success.
full, Germany ought not TO insist on Napoleon's
abdication. He replied, No. Germany can
only fight for German objects, not for French )"
There have been fourteen deaths from
yellow fever at the Philadelphia Lazaretto, in
Guiding the physician of the institution. The
disease was brought by the bark Thorne, from
Havana.
Berlin Is growing more rapidly than any
city in Europe. In 1882 it was the eighth in or
der of European capitals, Its population being
250, 1000; in 1868, 1t was the third, only London
and Paris Its superlors, its population being
!. 500, ,Ooaa ,.,a ;,:..l..s.. =: -yzoil
The French RaltIc expedition is indefinite
ly postponed, and IFS commander, General
Trochu, goes to Metz to relieve Bazaine, who
takes the place OF LeBeuf. General Trochu is
younger man than most Of the other corps
commanders, and military critics rate him as
one of the best OF French commanders.
The British. armaments In Canada are be-
ing removed. and the $4,000 British soldiers
are to be sent home. England turns over her
barracks, magazines, fortihcations, &c, to
Canada, which Is expected hereafter to defend
herself. The noon gun from the fortress of
Kingston, which has never failed to salute the
meridian sun since 1872, was discontinued on
the 4th instant 1t Is supposed that England,
believing Canada untenable tor defence by any
military torces she can spare in'that direction,
does not think II worth while to incur longer
an unnecessary outlay.
AT an early day we shall have tidings of
5the Franco-Prussian war at sea. Another
squadron Of the French feet, consisting of
nine iron-cIads, has passed Dover to Join the
squadron already cruising in the North Sea.
"A days steaming will readily place them at
the. nonth OF the Rhine, and less than week
i. will enable them TO turn the Skagerrack and
Catiegat, and appear pefore stettin and Dant-
zlc. They expect material aid from Denmark,
and will not lind Prussia unprepared. The
i Rzeach are 80 much stronger than the Prus-