The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-29

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The New York cotton market closed lower
.at 20Sc.; sales 400 bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed quiet; uplands
1Od.; Orleans 1old.; sales 10000 bales. Man
chester advices less favorable.
-c.detship Whlttemore will console his
..sretirsment" by visit to his friends IN new
England.
THE Montgomery Advertiser reports the
an,earance of the cotton boil worm on the
nlantatlon of Mr. N. A. Mcintosh, Of Montgom-
ary County, Alabama. 1t had seen some OF
the worms, and learned that they had appear
.ed in large numbers.
1T is understood that orders will be issued
authorizing the assignment Of white recruits
to the Ninth and Tenth regiments Of cavalry,
now composed of colored troops. The object
of this is to keep the regiments up to the nu-
.merical standard, in view Of the constant de-
mands upon the arm. of the service. 1t Is only
with great difficulty that colored recruits are
obtained, as this element Of the population
seems to take very little fancy to the military
service on the borders.
Figaro hit upon novel manner 'of
com nro1nlcatinr- Indecent -cplstle- to such
of. its readers as desire Willingly to peruse
1T without shocking the modesty of per-
sons who might have stumbled on it un-
.wares. The letter is published in in
visible Ink, and to decipher 1t one is recon-
mended to place what appears part of blank
column between two sheets OF blotting paper,
and iron it with hot iron. In this way N. de
villemessant tries to get rid of all RESPONSE
bility.
THE German Astronomical Society has d.
vided the work of cataloguing the stars be-
tween eleven observatories in different parts
of Europe, and the Chicago Observatory in this
country. This work, which has not been done
.since 1920. will occupy from FIVE to eight years:
every star requiring at least two observations.
The portion of the heavens assigned to Pro-
fessor Stafford, of Chicago, contains 5000 stars,
and he expects to make 10000 observations
withhls magnificent telescope. Chic9go is to
;be congratulated upon, at last, having its at
..tention turned heayenward.
"A Russian newspaper publishes letter
frcm a German sduant engaged in exploring
the plain of Troy, which will cause flutter Of
excitement in archaeological circles. While
making some excavations near the village OF
Cyplax, this gentleman came suddenly on the
ruins of a cyclopean wall about eight feet thick.
The works were actively pushed on, and, from
what has already been brought to light, the
writer Is convinced thathe has at last discover
ed the remains of the famous Palace of Priam.
Indeed, he asserts that the part of the ruins
already uncovered exactly talfies with the de-
scription OF the place given by Homer in the
Ilad. AS soon as the works are sufficiently
advanced, he promises to publish detailed
memoir concerning this marvellous discovery.
"A memorial of the Florida Telegraph Com
panS has been presented to both houses Of
Congress asking the repeal c. the exclusive
right granted in 1856 to the International
Ocean Telegraph Company to connect Florida
with Cuba, and offering in such case to lay
cables and transmit messages between the
same points at one-halfthe lowest rates charged
by the International Ocean Telegraph Compa-
ny, and not to discriminate against European
business, as Is now the case with that company.
They allege the company has forfeited all
claims by their excessive charges aud discrim-
nations They say, as one Of the grounds for
their request, that Congress reserved the right
to alter, repeal or amend the act at any time
and to regulate the tariff. The memorial was
referred in each house to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
1t seems highly probable that the metric
system oil weights and measures will, within
few years, be universally adopted. 1t is the
only system of weights In use in France, Bel
GUM, Holland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece,
Mexico, Chill, Brazil, New Granada and GER
tain republics of South America. 1t is used
permissively from January l, 1870, and will be
compulsory from January l, 1872, in the North
German Confederation; and permissively from
March l, 1871, and compulsory from March
l, 1874, in Turkey. It has also been adopted
with slight notifications by Switzerland, the
Grand Duchy Of Baden, Hesse, and Rouma-
MIA, and partally in Austria, Bavaria, Wur-
temberg, Denmark, Norway. In Great Britain
AMI Ireland it was adopted in 1864 so far as to
render contracts measured by irpermisslble.
The proposition of the French government to
hold an international commission at Paris to
arrange common standard of measurement
Tor al. civilized nations, has been accepted by
sAus:ria, the most conservative of the European
governments, and fifteen powers in all, includ-
ing Great Britain, are said to have signifed