The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-01

Gold closed IN New IoiA, 1o'''i"'' "'
132a14.
Cotton was easier; uplands l63 cents; sales
800 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed fiat: uplands
SD. Orleans s!d.; sales 10000 bales.
1t has been decided that a widow may con-
tinue the business of her husband without
taking out new license, provided she mas Tile
bonds changed to her own name.
"A new interest has been given to ramle
planting in Louisiana. The fibre Of the ramle
plant is prepared exclusively for the European
market.
On a rancho, on the Carson River In Ne
yada, is to be seen herd of twenty-six camels
all but two raised in that State. But two ol
the old herd of nine or ten brought here some
wears ago are now living.
The New York Board of Education pro-
poses to buy the plates of Audubon's great or
astrological work. which will make 1t at once
real educator of the masses in splendid
way and munlfcent patron of art
The Emperor of Brazil proposes, early
next wear. to leave the Princess Imperial as
Recent. and to travel for two years in Europe
and the United States, to observe their institu-
t;ons. with view to improving the State OF
affairs in his own country. 1t is thought he
will acst visit the United States, and make
careful study of our educational systems, tor
the surpose of adopting them in Brazil.
in driving from Saarbriicken to Metz, says
an English correspondent, on the l4th OF
September. we were much astonished to 90
serve all the deserted villages as you near
Metz. Where III, the people have flown 10
God only knows There Is scarcely a vestige
of a peasant to be seen anywhere. The vii
lagos for the most part are occupied by the land
wehr, who are only now coming to the 'front.'
we passed innumerable wagons Of provisions
and cattle, driven along the road to the great
Prussian army, now well into the heart OF
France.
The public generally do not comprehend
the immenslty Of the effort made by Germany
in the present war, or the extent to which she
is stalking her future prosperity. She has
placed under arms, 1t is estimated Qn actual
regiments marching or ready to march, her
entire youth, all persons between twenty-one
and twenty six, physically competent to bear
arms. Indeed, it Is probably not untrue that
Germany has l,?oO,O young men OF every
class engaged In the war, in front or IN re-
serve, while quite as many as 2oO,ooo aao'-
tIonal persons must be engaged in manuiac-
turing. collecting, OF forwarding supplies.
These figures show that peace is just as much
for the interest OF Germany as for that OF
France.
-Frere Hyacinthe has recently addressed
Minister Washburne. returning thanks for
sympathy expressed by him for the French
Republic. Frere Hyacinthe further says that
Europe. upon which the blood of the heroic
defeats of the French have been poured out.
still preserves silence, while America in spite
of the separating ocean, has made her voice
heard. America, he says, atllrms that neltEef
distance nor diversity of race snail render Tor
ei@n to one another nations which have but
one soul. and claims for the French Republic
the inalienable right 10 live in laboring for the
benefit ofall. Frere Hyaclnthe has also written
letter expressing his qualification with the
s.noble circular of Jules Favre, at once SO
moderate and so firm, so pacific and so high
spirited" He also calls upon all the Children
of France to rails around the banner OF FaTre.
The above letters are published IN full IN the
Paris Temps Of September IA.
"A new Opera Bouffe, entitled "Petlt
Faust" has Just been introduced by the noto-
rious James Fisk, DR., al the Erie Opera house,
in New York. It's burlesque of Gounod's
great Faust, and of it and the prlma donna
the Tribune says: "We have used some pretty
plain language III times past with reference to
certain performances at the French Theatre,
but we have no heart to speak of the Petit
Faust in the tern which We think It deserves.
We may say, however, saai the credit belongs
TO Mr. Fisk of introducing play more Indecent
and q prima donna more revolving than any
previously offered to the public OF New York,
and when we add that the nastness is not re-
lieved BY anything pretty, or amusing, or
witty, that tits not accompanied by even toler-
ably good music, that it stands out in fact in
all its stark deformity, we ha'" perhaps said
all that the class of people who read our paper
will care to hear"
In her extremity, France turns to Amer-
can ingenuity instead OF its boasted chassepot
TcUCl 4uC Aims AdV kNofS oOul cay ,
that the steamer Lafayette took out, on Tues
day last, fifteen thousand Remington breech-
leaders of the so-callcd Egyptian pattern, CALI
bre 43-lOO, or eleven millimeters, for the
French Government; the Pereire having taken
Ave thousand two weeks ago. There were
also on board the Lafayette ten thousand Rem
ington army reyolvers, three thousand car
bines, aud six million Of cartridges. mnDuiac-
Iu:ed by The Union Cartridge Company. IniS
shipment of arms to France, In itself oi Little
/ Importance, acquires significance fronl the TACT
that the French authorities have determined TO
throw away The chassepot aud arm their SOL
oilers with the Remington. Among the amlnu-
milton carried by the Lafayette were 100000
Spencer carbines and quarlitY of pistol car
tridges, which, having been orce in the pos