The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-07
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER !, 1870.

agTHE PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION
FOR THE - DAILY NEWS" is NOW
EIGHTDoLLARsA A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
NEWS OF THE DAP.
Gold at New York yesterday closed at log
all.
the New York cotton market closed steady {,
with fair demand; sales 1000 bales at 15hc.
At Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands sgd,
Orleans 9,<d.; sales Il 600 bales; for export and
speculation 5000 bales.
-InCanada all women, whether maids, wives
or widows, who pay taxes in their own right, are
entitled by law to vote for school inspectors.
Many OF the French officers In Stettin have
turned their captivity to account BY engaging as
teachers of French, music and drawing.
The Countess Won Bismarck went after her
eldest son, a7lteutenant OF the nrst dragon
guards, who was wounded In o late battle, and
has Just returned with him to Berlin.
when the victory Of Metz was celebrated at
Berlin, q wealthy householder displayed, along
with the national colors, four flags Of black Grape
They were intended to commemorate the loss OF
his four sons-ail XII ed in the present war.
1T is rumored in Berlin in operatic circles that
Lucea has temporarily retired from the stage on
account Of. the illness Of her husband, which is
likely to be prolonged for several months, as he
RECEIVERS but slowly from the effects Of his wound.
Sixteen osy:cheeSed maldens OF Be!lIn, en-
ployed In the chocolate mandatory, recently
clubbed' together and purchased one-fourth o. a
tickettu the Prusslan State LOTTERY 1t netted
them, at the next drawing, 100 900 thalers.
One hundred aud dfty thousand dollars have
been raised to establish frst.class Democratic
paper in San Francisco. The company offered
100000 for an old estab bished daily In order to
get into the telegraph combination.
The German Goyernmentas making out list
oobiects OF art conascated By the French In 1906,
and never restored. Among them Is specified the
Sarcouhagus st. Elizabeth, which was enriched
with precious stones to an almost fabulous ex-
tent.
Three young Japanese were lately admitted
to the University of Berlin. One OF them is the
son ortne chief physician toths Tycoon, and is 70
str1tly law The two others have chosen medicine.
All three are said to converse nuently In German,
having been for some time residents OF Berlin for
the purpose OF making themselves familiar with
the language.
Rewards for special acts OF courage are adj
yertised in the German papers. One paper has a
list ofthese prizes which extends through several
columns. The rewards comprise recompense in
money, amounting in some cases to many thous.
ands CT thalers, besides gold medals, rifles, gold
watches, carriages thousands bottles OF wine
and innumerable other articles.
The latest dramatic sensation in New York is
the introduction Of aprlzo fighter In the splendid
Shakespearean comedy, Gas You Like It." Jem
Mace, the pugilist, appears as Charles the wrest-
ler, and It is found that more people go to see
him than to witness the play. During the scene
IN which efgures, the sensation, we are assured,
causes sIIttle shrieks from the ladles,n and the
triumph OF the champion was greeted with "a
ripple OF gloved applause throughout the house."
The New York Tribune pays its respects to
Senator Wh!ttemore In the following words: 1--WE
hear of the Hon. b. F. WhIttemore, who was
hustled out OF the House Of Representatives for
selling. cadetships. he ls elected to- the State.
Senate Of South Carolina and Is made chairman
OF the committee on engrossed biIls-a place in
which he win be- reasonably free from tempta
tlon. or course, the touching confidence which
this mans constituents still entertain In his in
tegr1ty Is at once gratifying to him and to our
selves. His neIghbors are at full liberty to be-
stow upon him all the merely local trusts Of
which they have the disposal but the seat In Con-
gress was national matter, in which every citi-
zen In the United States had an interest. So long
as Mr.. whittemore's constituents keep him
severely at home, we promise not to complain
great dealn
Before the war in Europe there was large
al ju fpcrno orni Inf hic
country from the French and Italian ports in the
Mediterranean. This emigration, which embraced
generally thrifty and energetic business class
OF men, has, since the war, almost ceased. Tie
Arcadiau, which arrived at New York last week,
from the Mediterranean, had only twenty. six
passengers, though: calculated for two hundred
and fty ut least. The fact shows that this cla So
Of persons among the Italians and French prefer
to stay at home, as 1t is not probable that the
reasons for such remarkable falling OH are alto
gether, fiat all, compulsory. The total foreign
immigration OF this year will fall very much
short OF that OF last year, and OF the general
average. AS this immigration contributes to
national wealth as well as to the Increase OF pop
ulation an indefinite but large pecuniary loss in
this respect win be attributable directly to the
European war.
Wendell Phillips did not exhaust his walls Of
wrath against the Radical party duriog the late
Massachusetts, campaign, as appears BY the text
Of an article from his pen In this weeks National
Standard, entitled protests Against the Repuoli-
can Party" He says the "divisions among Re-
pubcans In various States are no signs OF hostiii-
ty to the party; they are only protests against
Its inactivity. Atalanta lost the race by stopping
to sick up the golden apples. Hannlbals SOL
oilers lost Rome by waiting to enjoy Capua.
And these leaders, many Of them, once so earn
est, are how unnamed and demorallzed by
taste OF the plunder.l While they nestle down
to cosy enjoyment or squabble about office, the
country SUFFERS" Elected on one question, they