The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-18
abe CHARLESTON 4emS.
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1871.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Gold closed In New York.. yesterday. at
l o.a1l.
Cotton was quiet and easleri uplands IA
cents; sales 1871 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed dull and easieri
uplands It'd; sales $4,000 bales.
-Panniers are larger than ever, Is the
dreadful news from New York.
German is rivalling French as the polite
language In New York.
The Emperor Napoleon has become a mem
Der Of a London club.
-"Ouida' has written q new novel under
the title of 'sFolle-Farine."
"A rich man, named Budd, has recently
died in London, leaving 500, 900 to his sons,
on condition that they shall never wear NOUS
taches.,
"A convention of the German teachers OF
the United States is to be held in Cincinnati
during the first week of next August. Teach
ers are expected from all parts Of the Union.
The Russian General Todtleben is to 90 to
France as soon as quiet is restored, to visit
the scenes Of the late, war. It is ramored that
he intends to make a report Of his observa-
lions to the Gear, and publish it in the interest
of military science.
The Greek aristocracy are by 10 means
pleased with the conduct of their King, Geor-
gios Rotos. He Is charged with being a triting
sort of q fellow, too fond of strong drink, and
perfectly happy only when playing with MS
tame birds, of which he has a great many. In
consequence of this prediction OF their SOW
ereign, the :Athenians say, sneerlngly: III
the bandits In the mountains were only mag
/. pies. the King would have caught them long
ago.
Japan is moving. Ten years ago the feu-
dial system was In full force, throughout the
Empire. Political and commercial intercourse
with the Western nations have communicated
an impetus to Its s~tatynant conservatism, and
its feudalism has become a thing Of the past.
So completely has the old civilization of the
country been modified by Occidental influ-
ences, that an English resident has translated
a series of old Japanese tales, in order to pre-
serve q picture of manners and customs that
have become obsolete within the last decade.
AT the recent opening of the Royal Albert
Hall, in London, an Incident occurred which
is strongly commented on by corresponds nts.
The Princess Louise, then the bride OF a week,
was present, but royal etiquette put asunder
her and her husband, the Marqu is of Lorne,
and he walked several ranks below her in the
cortege of honored guests, on the dais stood
some distance apart from her, and when the
whole party went to their boxes could not sit
in the same one with her. Marrying a Princess
did not make'a man q Prince, and although
no one seemed to be troubled about it, yet 1t
seems a queer sociallaw that places the hus-
band so far below his wife when the eyes Of
the world are upon them.
The Hebrew News Is a new weekly paper
in New York. The greater part of 1t Is printed
In Hebrew characters. The editor, In explana-'
ton, says: thousands of our fellow-cltizens
who have come from Eastern European coun-
tries are unable to read either German or Eng
lish, but only pure Hebrew letters, while they
have received the education suited to the re-
quirements of their native country, and possess
knowledge and business capacities; they, In
this busy country, can find no time to acquire
q knowledge of reading and writing the Ian
guage of their new home. Many thousands
are large property-owners, carrying on extern
siye business. others are honest mechanics.
Still they feel themselves deprived of that
which is 30 dear to them-the news Of the
country which they consider their own"
A New York letter sas "Msny readers
will remember tn. Buffers of South Carolina,
one of whom long represented that State in
the Senate. Another, Pierce, but not the dis
stinguished senator, married Fanny Kemble
long years ago, and their daughter inherited
what was once a very handsome property In
Georgia. There was som trouble between
the parents, so the mother lived in England,
with her father. A few years ago he died,
and, though often visiting her mother, she
still preferred to live on the old family place
at the South. Last winter an English gentle
mar travelling in that section was anxious to
visit q well-organlzed rice plantation, and con-
sequently became the guest of Miss Butler.
The result of this visit Is that in May she will
60 to her mother in England, and there be-
COME the wife of the Hon. Mr. Leigh, whom
she entertained just one year ago."
The Parliament OF the German Empire.
which has just met for the first time in nearly
.lfty years, was elected by manhood suffrage
and by ballot, and consists of 1888 members, or
one representative for about one hundred
thousand persons. The Parliament, which is
established on the basis Of the new constitu-
ton, ratified by the states composing the En-
pire, has 236 members from Prussia, 48 from
Bavaria. % from Saxony, 10 from Wurtem-
burg, IA from Baden, 8 from Hesse, and IS
from the minor States OF the North, making
1888 in all. The relative strength of the politi-
cal parties is said to be as follows: ConserVa-
tiyes 70, of whom 60 represent the Prussian
country gentlemen interest. There are 20
Free Conservatives or Constitutional Tories,
or friends of Prince Bismarck. The moderate
Liberals coming from all parts of the Empire
number l47. The advanced Liberals are 30 In
number, and the Ultra-Montane party has 70
adherents. The Secessionlsts or Opponents
of the Empire, coming from Hanover and
Schleswig- Ho stein, ere 10 In number. There
are Q Socialists, IL Poles and l Dane.
The Pail Mall Gazette publishes an advance
copy of a letter from NJ. Clement Duvernols,
9 former literary aid-de-camp to Napoleon, to
M. Theirs, in which he indicates the design of
the Imperialists to attempt the restoration OF
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