The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-09
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Cold at New York yesterday closed at 10y.
The New York Cotton market closed heavy.
Sales 5000 bales.at 16h.
AT Liverpool cotton closed nat; uplands
oaoxd; orleans 91I&as3Id; sales 5000 bales.
TWO balloons from Paris, with five passen.
gers. we're captured on last Saturday by the Prus.
sians. The prisoners were taken to Versailles.
At fire in Albany, New York, ladder on
which there were ten or twelve fremen, broke
and six Of them were badly injured.
The executive committee Of the fair recently
hold in New York for the benefit Of the German
wounded report the receipts to the 9TH instant at
$72s4S. :.
"A German sympathy meeting was held az
Chattanooga Saturday night, and sundry ex'Fed-
.pru and Confederate officers made speeches en-
dorsng the German cause.
Gossip from the national capital has 1t that
President Grant Is Of opinion that Bazaine GER
tainly ought to have forced hls way through the
prussIan lines at Metz with such fine army as
that which WAS under his command. 81 would
have got out of the fx some way, were the words
used by the President.
The prize fight between Allen and Gallagher
took place yesterday near st. Louis. Only twenty
five persons were present. Four or nye ROUNDS
were well fought, Allen getting frsssl bloody ana
swimming with considerable ease. Galiasner
threw Allen fourteen times, but got IN 10" ncAs
and came out generally bunged up.
Miss Charlotte Cushman, Americas greatest
actress who has for several years past been living
at Rnraa arrival In Now YORK. hy tho steamer
Scotia, ON Thursday last. For years past she nss
been suffering from cancer. Her case mas oeen
pronounced by eminent physicians hopeless ana
she has come back to- end her days In hef own
country, and among her own friends.
-Thelatest accounts from the West Virginia cleo
ton demonstrate, beyond all question, that the
democrats and conservative men In that state
have won almost everything they could wish the
spontaneous uprising OF the people IN this elec-
tion repeals the odious registration law now IN
force, wipes out all proscriptive Radical legisa'
ton, makes the State permanently Democratic,
and insures the choice Of Democratic United
States senator In place o. Wiley, the present
Radical incumbent.
DIR J. Marion Sims, q well.Inown surgeon OF
this country, has lately returned from France
where he was surgeon.in-chief OF the Anglo
American ambulance corps, which mas rendered
good service to both Frelch and Prpssian SOL
diess. In regard to reports concerning the de-
clIning health Of Louis Napoleon, which have
long been circulated he says that the supposition
that Napoleon is decrepit old man Is great
mistake. His intellect was never more vigorous
than at present, and his physical health Is per-
feet, with the exception Of few trifins indrml-
ties He Is, occasionally subject to sciatica, bIS
to no disease that threatens life. DR.. Sims speaks
of the Prince Imperial as strong, rosy boy, In
perfect health a:d very intelligent. The story OF
his being scrofulous Is pronounced entirely false.
The average physique Of the Germans Is spoken Of
as being superior to that Of the French. Dr.. Sims
states that the French ambulance corps Is badly
organized, that the surgeons are often incom.
petent or neglectful and that the suffering Of the
French wounded from neglect has been terrible.
Diamonds Of great value and extraordinary
richness have recently been discovered on the Faal
River, in South Africa. SO great Is the excite
ment for miles round that large numbers OF
tradesmen in adjoining cities and towns are dis
posing Of their establishments at great sacrifice,
and rushing to the diamond fields. correspon-
dent relates that one Of the shopkeepers who
went early to this African aolconda returned to
his home, after an absence OF only fifteen days,
bringing with him pocket full Of gems. In Hope
Town magnificent diamond ct thirty six karats
has been dug up. One ''prospector'' In SIX days
succeeded In purchasing not less than four hun
dred Of the gems, among which was ono OF forty
karats, and Of such beauty that the Queen OF all
the Russas might be proud to wear 1t. The
largest diamond found weighed one hundred and
eight karats and was valued at fl00 900. One
gem taken out weighed q fraction over eighty
three karats, and was sold for s1l,200, after
passing through several hands, and being subjec-
:ed to much conflicting criticism. Found, as t
was, by stupid native boy on the surface OF the
ground, and mistaken by him for worthless
though pretty stone, the discovery OF Its real
value created tremendous excitement.
The steamer Idaho, Of Williams Il Guion g
line, arrived Friday evening at New York, from
Liverpool, after tempestuous voyage, bringing
Two hundred and ten Papal zouayes. who, now
that the temporal power OF the Pope isat an end,
are returning TO their homes in Canada. In the
beginning Of the present year eight hundred Of
these men left Canada and sailed In the French
steamships Pereire andL Lafay for Europe. Most
of them have seen some service. When Rome capt.
ulated they were made prisoners, and were con-
fined for twenty three days. They were ultimately
-paroled, and transferred by the Italian govern
mept to England, whence their passage has been
paid by Canadian friends to this country. On the
evening OF their arrival they formed and marched
from Castle Garden up Broadway to ST. Peters
Church, where mass was said, and Father Quinn
addressed the zouaves welcoming them to New
York in the name Of Archbishop McCloskey. AZ
forwards the .ouaves sang the verse Of psalm.
and marched 10 the Astor house. A complim en-
tsry breakfast was served them next morning,
prior 10 their departure for Canada. The
zouaves were al young men, of nne military ma
terial, and very intelligent and well-bred In as
pect. Some Of them belong to wealthy Canadian