The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-17
NEWS OF TIE DAP.

L Gold yesterday at New York closed at LIT
aI73. os 80, .,o.,.
The New York cotton market closed weak
at lsa cents; sales $50 bales.
!. cotton closed firm; uplands
.a,as,d: orleans szasd; sales 1900 bales.
: The phrase in Napoleon's dispatch to the
Emnress about their son, which was rendered
IN English, ssThe soldiers wept at his tran
'cn,l,,ty.ntappears thus in Tie original "Son
'cut,e protoadement emu les sotdats'-his ea
..ccsalmness has profoundly affected Tor Impress
ied) the soldiers" .,;,'''l"# - 50
The grest decrease in immigration since
i,the commencement OF the European war is
,srikingiy illustrated In the iaot that, so far In
August only. .I72S Germans and SO French
: have arrived at the port Of New York.s As re-
CARDS the German emigration, the disastrous
eject Of the war, it is stated, Is already felt In
the West. @
subscriptions in New York city to aid
Ithe soldiers Of the French army and to relicre
the distresses caused by the war amount to
: sl1. .075. Of which $4,000 are through the
treasurer of the national committee, to be
handed over Immediately to the Sisters Of
Charity; to alleviate. the suferlngs Of the
wounded. ,e's!
An enterprise which was looked forward
to with much interest-the annual .lnterna-
tional exhibition of 1871 ut .London-will
almost inevitably be abandoned. Neither
France nor Prussia can spare time for anything
butthe great struggle In which they are en-
gagged; nor is any other power likely, in view
81. possible contipge lcies, to devote much at
/, tention to an international exhibition.
-Flny German sailors, employed upon the
Bremen line. of steamers, sailed from New
York upon an Inman steamer on Saturday for
the scene OF the European war. They are en-
listed By. the North German Consul, who has
provided transportation for them; Hundreds
6s others are said to have offered their servl-
ces, but because none Of them were Germans
, the consul decided not to accept the offers.
:..-Mmat Hslstead writes: that this is the way
Ii is abont the war ::taBoth nations wanted war
long ago Its necessary to know which is
the pre-eminent military power, The military
systems of France and Prussia are to be tested
In the combat. 1t is duel of giants, and the
talk of the personal responsibility o. Napoleon
Or OF Bismarck Is oil twaddle. Then it Is not
particularly the courage or quality Of the blood
Of the two peoples that are to be determined.
All the world knows that brave men grow on
both sides of the Rhine, as they grew in
Greece, not only within but without the walls
Of the Eurotas. The main thing TO be tested
Is the merit Of the respective military systems
of the contending nations. "e.,
The printers strike In San Francisco ended
in q disastrous defeat of the strikers. The Ty-
biographical Union there has adopted sixty
- cents per 1000 ems, the rate prevailing before
the strike, for composition on work in day
time, and sixty-fve cents for composition on
morning papers. 1t also so amended the rules
.as to permit members of the union to work in
offices where, non-members are employed.
The result Is more emphatic, because the prin-
ters combination was so formidable Us to COM
pel Immediate surrender on the part OF every
sewspaper In the State, with the exception Of
the Bulletin and Daily Call. The proprietors
Of these Journals promptly denounced the
strike, as uncalled for, unjust and rulnous,
and gave notice that they would fight the
movement to the bitter end, and that no strik-
ers should return to their places on any terms.
France takes financial hard times by the
forelocS. She has made the bills Of the Bank
OF France legal tender. This measure need
not necessarily be followed, If the war be not
greatly prolonged, by any depreciation in the
currency; although its remoter effects on the
finance and commerce OF the world may well