The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-24
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Gold closed In New York, yesterday, at
lOh@lOS.
Cotton closed at 1870; sales $500 bales.
AT Liverpool, on the 22d instant, cotton opened
buoyant; uplands s2s@Sl5d; Orleans sS@s2<d;
sales Is, 900 bales.
-Strasbourg citizens have to provide German
officers billeted uron them with four mchls day,
and two bottles of good wine and five cigars
each. and common soldiers three meals, one lask
of wine, one bottle OF beer, and i've cigars each.
One gentleman had to support thirty-two soldiers
In this style.
-Ariag the past yoar the specimens OF the
soils in which the hest tea is produced have been
collected and carefully examined aud compared
With the soils Of various portions OF the Caitee
Ssates meteorological reports from China ard
Japan have also been compared With those Oh
this ountr and tho 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 the people OF Alsace and Lorraine are starv-
ing to death by hundreds. He has been among
them and has been witness OF their su1erings.
gladly 20 ..way, and that it wonld be holy,
noble wo:k 10 rescue them from the terrible SUI
ferlngs which surround them. 1t Is proposed 10
at once set on foot schemes for providing for their
immigration to this country.
The promenaders Of the Jardn des Plantes
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 WY of all ilesh in Paris
other than human-that is, 10 the restaurant.
Birds, also, are becoming few; but eagles ana
other birds o! prey not sui able eor tie CUISINE,
are still to be seen in their accustomed cages
The uncertainties or married life In Chicago
have long been matter for the astonishmcnt OF
contemporary man aud woman kind. According
to the Chicac Republican young couple Will
quarrel over their breakfast in tie morning, and
by the tine the husband returns from ousiacss In
the evening, his wife will have been 10 her attor-
ney, and got al the necessary papers FOR adlfoc ce
and be really togive her spouse lwho has hlinscii
been too much engaged to attend 10 the matter]
sspleasant surprise" ar supper lime. "Fherc Is
couple now living in this city," says the Rcpuoii
can. "both OF whom had been more than once di
yorced before they came together: uoW long tcc
present arrangement may last is matter on
which 1t might be hazlriuou, to speculate So
common has the institution nf divorce got to be
among us, that when married pair reach the fifth
anniversary OF their marriage their friends are
accustomed to express their sense of such rare
and touching 1,leity by present; II they survive
zen years OF matrlm1py, another testimon!a ol
increased value awaitsthem aud once or twice
in decade we hear OF somebody celebrating his
golden wedding but such thing IS quite rare
and the hero OF 1t is looked upon as o social phe
nomenon."
"A romance OF a mGSt peculiar type is written
by correspondent III Louisville, Kentucky.
young lady OF great bcauty-a pure blonde -ant
9races OF mind and manner fully commensurate
but lacking the added charm of wealth. had Ions
been sought in marriage BY eligible young men
but in vain. A wealthy Old bachelor had long beel
silent worsh!pper at her shrine, and ai length
summoned courage tossk her 70 be his wife. II
ali his protesiatlons she replied that she did no
love and could not marry him; but. finally, as {
test proposed that, as he desired her hard ant
abe desired wealth, she would stake the on:
against the other, and submit the result 10 tht
hazard OF the die. The offer was accepted, ref
erees OF high position chosen, and the a1air ar
ranged. The parties were 10 throw poker dice
and to cut Cards for the first throw; II he won
she was 10 we'd him the same evening; If she won
his check for $lo0,G0J in The referees hands wa!
to be hers. The sutor won the throw, and threw
afulln-thrce fuurs and TWO fyes. The belle:
two first throws were unfortunate; but putting al
the dice In the box, and pressing her forchea'
with her hand for an instant, she suddenly lures
three fours and two siNes-and won. The 500,
600 check was hers. and she TOOK It.
The effect pf the revision OF the law regarding
tbeiucome tax, made at the last SESSION OF Con
pre,s, is seen in The light OF tile present reports
An analysis of the returns for The past year show
that, with the present exemption Of $4,000 ak
rent, taxes, n:cre:t, &c, there is not countr.
district in the UIitei States where tlc a:n0Eut 0
the income tax Will pay the EXPENSES OF assassin;
and collecting it. The New York Evening Pos
suggests that the present session should complete
the work OF the last by ab0shing the tax alto
getner. This would be L short way to get ont o
the difficulty, and for that reason most unlike.
to be adopted. More than three thousand assis;
ant assessors protest against it, for with the abe
ltion OF the income tax each OF the States coui,
be consolidated into a.single district, and IT,
army Of otrce.holders mustered out Ii Is ncy
the rich mems turn To agitate against the contin
nance OF the tax, for the exemption Of $1,000 MA
terially lessons the burden upon men OF sma
salaries, while Stewart and Astor and such prince
are bled for fortune each gear. Mr.. stewart
for instance pays more than any one of twenty
seven States, and Mr.. AStor's income exceed
that Of the Stare OF Vermont. Here, then, is
new departure to be taken by opponents OF I'll
obnoxious tax.
1t is stated that the great majority o: tn
Chinese laborers now In the Unl;ed States wer'