The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
-Lold closed in New York, yesterday, at
14!al44c.
-Cotton closed duh and lower; uplands
1876, .........x...,.!.
In Liverpool, yesterday, cotton closed nat
and irregular; uplands slaS5d; Orleans sa9id'
"A cotton stalk is on exhibition in Calves
ton. which contains over three hundred large
bolls. !.
The Paris newspapers now coming to THIS
conutry are considerably reduced In size, on
account OF tba scarcity of paper there. II
The Catholic powers have already commu-
nicated to the Pope their readiness to contri-
butte their quota to make up reTenuet LOT tne
maintenance OF tine Holy See.
About fifty young ladies have applied for
admission to the medical department Of the
Michigan University at the openins OF the next
term. Several others desire admission to the
law department.
The Cassel Tageblatt, OF the 9th, states that
Prince Ney and Prince Murat, Generals Casta-
neau, Pajol, vaubert De Genlis AID Reille, the
last the bearer of the imperial letter to King
William, are in the Emperor'S company. Cen
erals Douay and Lebrun are not there. YES
terday. evening the Princess Murat, wife OF the
Prince, arrived, aud aghted at the Schoubardt
Hotel at Whemshohe. Mcmahon, who was
wounded in the thigh BY shell, Is expected
BY and by. telegraph and posiollice Is erect
ed at the CASTLE The servants and suite of
the Emperor number about one hundred and
thirty persons, who are entertained collective
ly at the hotel, while the Emperor has at his
disposal in the castle the cook sent from
Berlin. t....--r-, r..,. -nr
Count Bismarck, in q long report to, the
King, which is published in the Staatsanzeiser,
saws that the Emperor Napoleon, IN the lnter-
view at Sedan, chiefly endeavored TO oouih
favorable terms for his army, proposing to let
the troops cross into Belgium to be disarmeu.
This was not acceded to. Napoleon declined,
as prisoner, to treat for peace, deplored the
mistortunes of The war, and declared tnat he
himself had not desired wa, but that the pres
sure Of public opinion in France had forced
him into it. The general political situation
was not discussed. The conduct Of General
de Wimphen aud other French generals was
highly praised General de Wimpfen, in
letter 10 Count MolLke, expressed thanks ior
the consideration which had been shown TO
him In the terms Of surrender. l
Touching and amusing hospital stories
connected with the war begin to be current.
For instance, a Prlssian and a Frenchman find
themselves opposite TO each other; both fire,
aud both are wounded. Presently thev hnd
themselves in two adjoining beds of an ainDu-
lance. The Frenchman was OF Lorraine, anu
smoke little German. Ot course, talking soon
commenced, and 10 an hour or two they were
fast friends, and began planning the. most.aml-
cable arrangements for" after the war;
"Ah!n said the German, III you knew what
fine grocery have ut Lidelberg II you do
not promise to come aud spend month Win
me when the campaign is oyer shall not be-
lieye In your friendship mo, no." was tue
reply; ..that can not be till you have tasted
the nice little Moselle wine that we maze at
home"
The mystery which hung around the man-
ner in which the great English iron-clad Cap
tain was lost has been dispelled by the arrival,
last night. ut the Admiralty, of the gunner OF
the vessel, who, with seventeen of the crew,
escaped to tell the tale. A heavy squall struck
the ship, she yielded 10 its force, and capsized.
Captain Burgoyne, was on deck at the moment
he ordered the topsails to be lowered and the
sheets to be let fly; but as the vessel laid over
tho bottom OF the hurricane deck was exposed
to:the full force Of the wind, and, acting as a
huge sail, pressed her lower and lower into
the water until she turned completely over;
her deck was burst in by the immense weight
pressing upon it; she filled with water and
went down like stone. The two fatal errors
in the construction Of the Captain were put
ting masts into her, and giving her only SIX
instead Of eight feet free board, as Captain
Coles had designed.
The Queen Of England, swayed by the
double motive OF family affection and Of royal
prejudice, lends her ear TO the statesmen who
represent to her that it is best 10 let the war
go on until the republic in France is crushed.
If, say they. the French Republic maintains
itself, all Europe and her own dOminions will
be agitated by republican revolutions. Ger
many will not escape the conraglon; her
daughter, instead OF becoming Queen of Ger
many, may live to see herself the wife of de-
of even the shadow of authority which still is
lett TO the sovereign of Great Britain. These
influences brought to bear on her Majesty are
powerful. But the pressure il the other drec-
tion is also strong, and Is hourly becoming
stronger. The present altitude OF England
cannot be much longer maintained and at any
moment you may hear that it has been chang
od Ifnot the words of q German prophet will
find a speedy verifcation-''Whe the peace
comes, the contempt of the world will weigh
on England's shoulders like mountain, and
perhaps compassionate European congress
will one day meet 10 declare her island King
dom neutral, like Belgium and Switzerland,
and enable the Queen to sell her fleet, as use
less toy, 10 the highest bidder"
"A Chicago Times correspondent gives this
version OF Ole Bulls courtship: '.It seems