The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-07
NEWS or THE DAY.

Gold at New York yesterday closed firm
at ls!.
The New York cotton market opened firm
but closed easy at l6sc; sales $500 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed quiet and uu-
changed, with sales of lO,OOO bales.
They are buying horses in California, at
twenty dollars head, to transport tc the AT
lanhc States.
The French now make ''arti6cisl India
rubber" which is said to be as good, and much
cheaper, than the. real article.
There are reports that the Cananche In
dams have abandoned all attempts at scalping
any of the colored troops on the frontier.
The Mississippi papers Insist that Cover
nor Alcorn shall demand OF Governor Senter
the bodies of Tennessee duellists who have
violated the laws and desecrated the soil OF
Mississippi.
So unpopular are all evidences Of Imperial
ism In Paris, that gentlemen who wear waxed
moustaches la Napoleon le Petit, become at
once objects of suspicion, and all wearers OF
such hirsute appendsges are in danger OF mob
violence. Imperlais on the chin are also un-
der ban.
ALI the leading hotels and restaurants In
New York have advanced the price OF cham
pacne, owing to the growing scarcity 'of that
luxury in the American market, as a result Of
the European war. The domestic manulac-
tories, of which there are several on Long Is
land, no doubt will come to the rescue.
Rewards for special acts Of courage are ad-
nnp
has list of these prizes which extends
through seven columns The rewards COM
prise recompcnse in money, amounting in
some cases to many thousands of thaers, be-
sides gold medals. rifles, gold watches, car
riaees, thousands of bottles Of wine, and innu-
merable other articles.
Further developments about the ravages
of the yellow fever in New York City and the
suburbs are published. a soldier stopping at
l25 Clinton street died with the disease on
Saturday. Other cases are believed to be in
the city. Governors Island, the plague spot,
is completely qnarantined, and all communi-
cation with it, except through the health
Office. Is cut Off
The citizens OF Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, are taking measures to extend
relief to the sufferers by the great treshet in
Virginia The Mayor Of New York has called
public meeting for the purpose. The cham
ber OF commerce of that city will open sub
scrlptlons on its own behalf, and it is more
than likely the stock exchange vii. vote
handsome donation.
Letters from Liverpool, by the City OF
Paris, which arrived ut New York on Monday,
state that owing to the reported advance OF
the German army on Havre. and its threaten
ed bombardment, large quantities of cotton
and other merchandise, originally intended to
be forwarded IRON that port to different parts
of the continent, are now being sent back TO
Liverpool Silks and other fine material are
now coming forward from Havre to Liverpool,
and shipped thence to Bordeaux, en- route to
the Brazlls and South America.
The London Times, in the following edito-
rial paragraph, comes to the rescue OF Louis
Napoleon's reputation for integrity: "Uness
we are misiniUrued, the Emperor Napoleon,
who has been the chief OF the French State for
nearly twenty-five years, and Its almost abso-
Lutte master for nearly eighteen, retains no
property but small cottage Which came to him
from his mother. Call it rashness, call 1t over
weening confidence, or call 1t a generous care
lessness. II is proved by the event that he did
noL devote bis reign TO the accumulation Of
money. Whatever he has received from France
he has spent iu the country, In accordance
with the social system established with the EN-
pire."
"A Paris correspondent writes "a story
. which is afuat in Paris. is that OF the exist
ence of d subLerranean passage, with one en-
trance beyond the lortications and another IN
Paris ITSELF have seen the letter conveying
this information 10 the authorities. Ihe writer
SAYS he has it from one Of the masons EN-