The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-22

NEWS OF;THE DAY.
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Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1lH.
Cotton opened strong, but closed weak; up
lands 1eXc.; sales 1900 bales.
i'm Liverpool cotton closed steady; uplands
aXd, Orleans 9}td; sales 10000 bales.
The Lancet says: 'It curious fact that OF
the passengers In train which met with ter
rible accident lately all who were asleep at. the
time escaped uninjured-nature's an@sthetic In
suring them not only against fractures and con-
tusions, but even against the bad efects OF shek-
ing and concussion:''G
Queen victoria has now nine grandson and
eiaht .elanddaughters, together seventeen grand.
children, OF whom the Crown Princess OF Prussia
gives i've zone died in 1885, the Princess OF wales
five, and the Princess Alice lye, and the Princess
Helens two. And the Queen has still nVe unmar-i
mad children = alJt> ,u3 !!& ha!lqI'"
sGone OF the results OF the election In Missouri
was the adoption by that, State OF sixconstttu'
Nonal amendments. These amendments abolish,
drst, the district court system second, the jurors
tsst oath; third the double liability clause for pr-
vate corp0ratlons fourth, the yotsrsi test oath;
fifth the dlsquahcations for holding office on &C.
count of color, dislofalty, &c. THE sixth amend
ment adds to, the Missouri State Constitution q,
clause forbiddipg the General Assembly, or "any
county city, towns, township, school district or
other municipal corporation, y to make approprla-
tons either in money, real estate, or other prop,
ertyto any seesarisn purpose whatever. rp:ar4
The New York Journal Of Commerce, COM
menting upon the victory achieved In Missouri by
the Reformers saysIrhat the objects they yhave In
view are confined to no State, and that great
numbers Of the rising young Republicans OF the
West are with them heart, and soul. or the Dem
oerats 1t says "At the very outset the immense
Democratic minority OF the Northern and West
ern Southern States stand ready to trasfer: UPON
satisfactory terms, neariytheir whole strength 10
he movement. AL that is necessary, therefore, TO
organize a new party capable say Of eecting
President In 1872, isfor "a comparatively small
force, Of the Republican, army to step out man.
fuilyifrom the ranksand meet and Join the Demo-
cratic masses coming towards them half way"
When certain Monsieur Max Pol made such
very severe structures gu the Emperor in refer
ence to his savipgsl aRd alleged that these latter
amounted to suchiaprodigtous sann. ne specially
referred to N. Thelln, Secretary Of the Emperors
privy purse, as ''a very honest man." who could,
he fehsure, illdorsethe charges made. M Thelin,
however, writes letter! from Yilhelmshohe on
the 2ath October; WHICH 50 far from supporting
his eulogist, speaks OF him as sun NJ. Max Pol,
uue je mai pas rhonnear de connaitre," and pro-
eeeds by an elaborate account; to snow what had
become Of the Imperial resources and how
73,s4o 900 francs have been expended by the En-
peror In CHARITY Or public objects which, accord
ing Io.nIs enemies, have been placed In eligible
Investments ~t-.,.. 'akJ
Avery embarrassing. case Of mistskeh identi-i
ty occurred .on. board the, Missouri Valley train
at Kansas iCity, thevother day. ,Phe wife OF a.
gentleman residing in that city has bern visiting
in ST. Joseph for several weeks and, he was ex.
pectng her that evening. On the arrival OF the:
train, he entered the car and saw lady whom he
supposed to be his better han sitting very COM.
posedy with her back to him. He very slyly ap-
preached and placed his hands over her eyes.
The lgd5ianany released herself, md Indignantly
turned towards him. 1t, Is impossible to imagine
his surprise on finding the lady was an entire
stranger. He offered the proper explanation and
apology, and, turning his eyes tn another direc-j
ton, he discovered his bona tide wife looking on
ehhtqnIety enjoying the affair: .it%hIiS
in vacuna, Colorado, election day, four herd
ersHpm; Northern Texas and three New Orleans
gamblers were playing game OF poker, when
ahslrrrrssl arose between Joe Bigger, Texan, and
Orestes .Wntroul, one or the gamblers, which 1t
was.dectledto fight out with 'oowie-knt1es on
horseback. The comba,snts were diyested Of
thelrScoats and shirts, and their knives were
bound to their right hands They were then
placed. sixty yards apart with orders to ride at
each other full speed, passing on the'leir side.
B0fh were solendid horsemen. Bigger was
mounted on a cleanlimbed, fiery pony, q little
over fourteen hands high; while; Vt atrous rode
large, ,..watch-eyed,n vicious roan.s Eight times
they hurled their horses upon each other, and
each time fearful wounds were given with 1
terrible weapons, till at last Watrous weak
ened by two ghsstly stGbs In the thigh, could not
WELD his knife and Bigger drove his weapon into
his heart Bradford, another gambler, seeing
his fsiend's fate, shot Bigger dead, when free
nght ensued with reyolvers, and Bradford was
killed and two others Of the party badly wounded.
The prison pens pear Co1lentz. In which some
12,e0esFrench troops Of all, arms are conaned,
hage been visited by o correspondent OF the New |
York Times who found abou. 500 or $50 tents in
long rows or streets, and each inhabited by non.
commissioned officer and twelve to fourteen pri.
isdtss: Among the prisoners he saw the Cent
la,rdes III Or body guard OF Napoleon, whose gorg
2nns appearance . as, they lined. the Grand
sEcailer' irltheir glittertng uniforms, at the
Mlls r,at the lTuIlerles, many an American
ytatur1 to ID Paris will. recall. Eownhe sees
these same human frames, not in undress or fa.
sgaS uniforms, but in 2 miserable dirty attire,
compeliedto traage through the mire ankle-deep,
with 61tln can. to hash a few ounces Of meat and
basin OF soup for subsistence Typhus, OF a most
Yirulent character, has broken out In the camp,
and there are many. deaths each day, the victims
being buried with Elltary honors, and a platoon |