The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-24
Tbe GbaTleStoa, 9ems.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1870.
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NEWS OF THE Day.
Gold closed In New York, yesterday, al

NEWS OF THE Day.
Gold closed In New York, yesterday, at
1oh@1oa.
Cotton closed at 1870; sales $500 bales.
AT Liverpool ON the 22d instant, cotton opened
buoyant; uplands S3s@S1ad; Orleans StS@s2<d;
sales 900 bales
-Strasbourg citizens have to provide German
oflcers billeted uron them with four meals day,
and two bottles Of good wine and five cigars
each, and common soldiers three meals, one mask
OF wine one bottle OF beer, and five cigars EACH
One gentleman had to support thirty-two soldiers
In this style.
-Rriag the past yoar the specimens OF tie
soils In which the best tea is produced have been
collected and carefully examined aud compared
with the soils Of various portions Of the Uaites
States. Meteorological reports from China ard
Japan have also been compared with those OF
this nuntr and the conclusions arrived at are
that there are large tracts OF country In the
United states In which tea can be successfully
cultivated:
A correspondent OF the Boston Journal states
that thepeopla OF Alsace and Lorraine are starv'
ing to death by hundreds. He has been among
them and has been witness of their suherings.
BE says that as many as $4,000 families would
gladly 20 away, and that 1t wonld be holy,
noble work 10 rescue them from the terrible suf-
ferings which surround them. 1t is proposed 10
at once set On foot schemes for providing for their
immigration to this country.
The pronenadels Of the Jardin des Piantes
In Paris become daily aware OF the diminishing
number OF animals which are exhibited there.
The horned animals have nearly all disappeared,
and the Two young bears present by Prince
Couza have also gone the way OF ai nesh in Paris
other than human-thnt is, 20 the restaurant.
Birds, also, are becoming few; but eagles ana
other birds OF prey not sui able eor the cuisine,
are still TO be seen in their accustomed cages
The uncertainties OF married life in Chicago
have long been matter for the astonishmcnt OF
contemporary man aud woman kind. According
to the Chicago Republican young couple VIII
quarrel over their breakfast in t re morning, and
by the tine the husband returns from 0usiacss III
the evening, his wife will have been to her attor-
ney, and got ~ the necessary papers FOR olro, CO
and be ready togive her spouse (who has himSeil
been too much engaged to attend 10 the matter, a
"pleasant SurpriSe'' ar supper lime. "fhere Is i
couple now living in this city, says the Repuoil-
can. "bosh OF whom had been more thai1 once di-
yorced before they came together; how long tie
present arrangement may last is matter on
which 1t might be hazlrduou, to speculate. So
common has the Institution OF divorce gol to be
among ue that when married pair reach the Nth
anniversary OF their marriage, their friends are
accustomed to express their sense of such rare
and touching 1aeity BY present; II they survive
Ten years OF matrlmHpy, another testlmon!a of
increased value awailsthem aud once or twice
In decade we hear OF somebody celebrating his
sgolGen wedding but such thing Is qnite rare,
and the hero OF 1t is looked upon as o social phe'
nomenon."
A romance OF most peculiar type is written
by q correspondent IN Louisville. Kentucky. A
young lady Of great bcauty-a pure blonde and
graces of mind and manner fully commensurate,
but lacking the added charm OF wealth, had long
been sought in marriage by eligible young men,
but In vain A wealthy old bachelor had long been
q silent worsh!pper At her shrine, and al length
summoned courage to>Ssk her 70 be bis wife. 10
all his protest atlons she replied that she did not
love anu could not marry him; but. finally as o
test, proposed that, as he desired her hard and
abe desired wealth, she would stake the one
against the other, and submit the result TO the
oA4SA
erees OF high position chosen, and the AFFAIR ar
ranged. The parties were TO throw poker dice,
and to cut cards for the first throw; II he won,
she was to we'd him the same evening; II she won,
his check for slo0,:OJ in the referees hands was
to be hers. The sultor won the throw, and threw
a "fulrn-thrce fours and TWO frcs. The bellies
two first throws were unfortunate; but putting al.
the dice In the box, and pressing her forchea'l
with her hand for an instant she suddenly Threw
three fours and two siXes-and won. The $780,.
600 check was hers, and she took 1t.
The effect Of the revision OF the law regarding
theincome tax, made at the last session OF Con-
gress is seen in the light OF the present reports.
An analysis Of the returns for the past ycar shows
that, with the present exemption OF $4,000 and
rent. taxes, interest, kc., there is not country
district in the UItei States where tae a:noEat .!
the Income tax Will pay the EXPENSES or assessing
and collecting it. The New York Evening Post
suggests that the present session should complete
the work of the last by abolishing the tax alto
gether. This would be 4 short way to get out OF
the difficulty, and for that reason most unlikely
to be adopted. More than three Thousand assist
ant assessors protest against it, for with the abe
ution of the income tax each OF the States could
be consolidated into a'single district, and tic
army OF oflce.holders mustered out. IL Is now
the rich mems turn to agitate against the contin'
uance OF the tax, for the exemption OF $1,000 ma
terally lessons the burden upon men OF small
salaries while Stewart and Astor and such princes
are bled for q fortune each year. Mr.. stewart,
for instance, pays more than any one OF twenty
seven States, and Mr.. AstOr's income exceeds
that OF the Stare OF Vermont. Here, then, is a
new departure to be taken by opponents OF the
obnoxious tax.
1t IS stated that the great majority OF the
Chinese laborers now In the United States were