The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-10
NEWS OF THE DAK.

LIN New York, yesterday, gold closed at
14a14i.
Cotton was dull and unchanged; uplands
lssc.; sales 1900 bales.
in Liverpool cotton was easier. but not
lower; uplands sid.; Orleans 3d. sales 5000
4bales.
The price of foreign toys will, it is said, be
doubled in consequence ofthe war.
Two twin brothers In Boston are said to
be so much alike that they frequently borrow
money of each other without knowing it.
The Germans of Toronto, Canada, held
mass meeting Tuesday night and subscribed
$1,000 for the German widows and orphans OF
the war.
The servant girl of the Mayor OF lndianap'
oils lately took a fearful revenge on niue ~,
scoldine her. che left his shirt oosoms ana
cuffs limp as cobweb, and starched the lower
extremities till they resembled cardboard.
A court In Michigan has decided that
nhyaicIan is not warrantor or insurer Oh a
scase. and he Is not to be tried by the result Of
his remedies. His only contract and duty are
to treat the case with reasonable diligence ana
skill.
king william, at the commencement OF
,hostilitles inquired of Count Bismarck, MS
Prime Minister, how much he thought the
war would cost The Count responded
promptly that he thought 1t would cost two
Napoleous-the old one and the young one.
"A theatrical event Of some Importance in
New York is the revival of julius Caesar and
Othello at one of the Broadway houses, with
Walter Montgomery, (from Australia) E. L.
Davenport, Lawrence Barrett, Mark Slnith
and other wel-known actors In the cast
The mitrailleur mas been subjected to
thorough study and trial by the best military
critics in Europe, and it is pronounced far In
terror to field artillery in effectiveness at
ranges exceeding one-third Of a mile; too COM
plicated for successful use by any but intelli-
gent men well-trained to it; peculiarly liable
to get ont of order, and useless in any but an
open and tolerably level country. 1t seems
more likely to be OF use against q mob In o
revolutionary city, than In warfare. But on
plain, at short ranges, and In the hands of FIVE
or seven skilled attendants, a mitralleur Is as
effective as four or FIVE times that number Of
men with small arms.
"A letter from Wissenburg in the North
Eastern Correspondence says that every Prus-
sian soldier has In his pocket a sort Of album
containing colored drawings OF the various
uniforms In the French army, so as to enable
him to report when on outpost duty the exact
nature of the troops he has seen. He is also
provided with little book published this year
at Berlin, under the title Of The German Sol
dier in France; Manual for enabling any Ger
man to make himself understood by French
men without knowing the language Of the
country. This ''manuaw Is simply yocab-
ulary Of the words and phrases which Ger
man soldier In France would be most likely to
require in his conversation with the people.
The French steamer Lafayette arrived
here from Brest to-day. Just as she was about
to sail from Havre forty of her crew were i'm
pressed into the Imperial service. The news
of the recent French disasters, and Of the over
throw of the empire and the proclamation of
French republic, was first made known to
the. crew and the passengers OF the Lafayette
disasters brought tears to the eyes Of the
female and to even some of the male passen-
gers, but this despondency was overcome by
'unbounded enthusiasm caused by the news of
the proclamation OF republic. Cries of Vice
Ia Republique resounded on all sides. The
sailors declare that on the return of the
Lafayette to France they will volunteer in the
service of their country.
"A Paris writer sends the following account
of the war fever among the French ladies'
isJust now there is no talk OF toilet tables; it
fls all tor the female volunteer rifle corps; and
as few OF the provincial chatelaines have
been accepted in the Franctlreur regiments,
z hasten to describe the uniform at their dis
posal. 1t Is black velvet sack or Jacket and
black velvet knee-breeches, (some prefer
them long, but the average length Is few
Inches below the knee,) red and black check
square stockings, and flannel shirt OF the same
pattern AMI color, o black velvet cap with d
tri-color feather, a game pouch and gourd.
This Is the uniform for the frontiers. Nothing