The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-25
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xEWs oF,EHE DAY.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, ISL

b ales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed fiat and irregu-
lar; uplauds It'd, Orleans 7ld; sales $4,000
b ales. -
Young Black, who killed Colonel AcKaig
in Frederick, Nd, for seduclng his sister, has
been triumpbantly acquitted.
The British high commissioners have re-
ceiyed dispatches from their home govern
ment approving OF the treaty recently made
BY the high commissioner for the settlement
of the Alabama claims question. 1t is stated
that this treaty provides for a fixed commits
siontoaxamineaa d pass upon the validity OF
all CHAINS presented, and tRastAe Emperor OF
Brazil is to be the arbitrator.
The government management Of the tele-
graphs in ENGLAND is working exceedingly
well, and realized q revenue ofoVer t5oo,0UV
sterling last year. Auniform rate OF one shll-
ling for ten words, all over the kingdom, has
been adopted, with the result of increasing the
number sent over 10, 0O0, 900 annually. An
other feature is the renting of certain wires to
newspapers during the night at a fixed rate Of
$500 q year.
-When the fandwehr marched into Berlin,
on the Kaiser's birthday, a correspondent
writes: zone woman I saw with two babies,
plainly twins. She wanted to hug her hus-
band; but II she did she must drop one of the
babies. A comrade, whom no wife claimed
and who was, I suppose, a sort of Landwehr-
man Brother Cheeryble, genlally relieved her of
one baby, which he carried with singular ad-
dress on bis LEFT shoulder. The young one
pulled the nosegay out Of the muzzle of his
needle-gun carried on the other shoulder
And so the company struggled on under diff
cultles, striving to be martial to- the last, but
yisibly embarrassed by family considerations"
-ol the first issue of $4,000 900 fractional
currency, made in 1862, and known at the
time as '.postal currency" $4.44 goo remains
unredeemed. During the past year, ss9,4is of
this currency was sent to the treasury for re-
demption, but the rate at which 1t Is now re-
ceived decreases 30 rapidly that 1t promises to
cease entirely in another year. Not far from
a. 900, 600 Of the postal currency, it is believed,
win never be heard from, having been lost or
destroyed in ctrcdiseton. ofthe SECOND issue
of about So. 0OO, 600, made in 1868, there Is
still outstanding the sum OF sa,26,0e0. The
redemption during the past year amounted to-
$l5l,455. The poor papek upOa which this
/ ssue was printed made It more easily destroy
ed than the first issue, and it is believed at the
treasury that. more than s., 800, 600 will never
come In for redemption. The total amount of
the frststwo Issues of fractional currency lost
or worn .out while In circulation Will, accord
ing. to these estimates. exceed s6.5o0,o oe, OF
about Is per cent. Of me whole Issue. The
sum il; Of ceurse, q clear gain to the treasury.
and an; entire loss to the people. It repre-
sents a,snall part Of the cost to the country OF
the present system of frredeemable paper
currency: vs. st
a fearful story Of suffering fs revealed in
the report Just published by The Gazette of
India, Of the tr ksl or three-fod famine. of
grass, grain and rain, which occurred Ia 1853.
'sssathhightgA ssseritysovet 100000 square
miles OF Rajpootana, SURPRISING in Intensity
any which has occurred since 1872, and almost
,eaualliag that of 1861, of which the record Is
preserved, that three quarters of the cattle
died, andthat man ate ~ The scanty crops |
which struggiedu up inspite Of the drought were
swept away by a plague Of ~locusts; cholera
I6Sl6uSd jill II Gal tOu pCOpSp ~ q tCIl iulC |
fever followed, striking down the entire pop
ulation. The deaths from this latter cause
alone are put down at 20 per cent. of the
inhabitants, while in some Of the .Marwaree
districts they rose as high as one-third. Taxi
Ing the most moderate OF the statistics fur
nlshed, the local authorities calculate that in
Marwar and Ajmere and the other districts, no
I1.. <hn. 4 0Sn nm human ha{pno dtod NJ die l
ease and starvation. The famines or periods
of unusual scarcity which aflict Rajpootana
have hitherto REQUIRED at intervals of some
ten or twelve years.
The New Bedford Standard prints q letter
from Captain Jeruegans of the bark Roman I'of
that port, detailing q mutiny on board that
vessel, among the Magdalena Islands. Having
taken in wood and water, and being ready for
sea, on the 18th Of March the captain ordered
the anchor hove up, when the boatsteerers and
foremost hands refused to. work, saying they |
were going on shere the 9 x day. The cap
tain decided to wait Till morning before using
force, but had the Henry rifles loaded for an
emergency. While at supper the captain heard
q disturbance on deck, and RAINING up found
the two mates in the hands of the mutineers.
Going below fora rifle, on his return he found
the cabin door fastened, and was unable to In
terfere, while the crew beat aud cut the mates
and hauled them about by ropes. finally
launching boats and going ashore with all
their effects. The first mate was found severe
ly wounded andiusenslble In the mlzzen cross
trees, aud both he and the second officer were
supposed to be MORALLY wounded. That night
the captain slipped che cable and put the ship |
to sea, fearing that the .mutineers would ri
turn and run her ashore. The mutineels num-
bered thirteen foremost hands and the four
boatsteerers, who took with them three boats
and all the whaling gear belonging to them,
besides ell the spare. rowlocks In the ship, and
several other articles belonging to the vessel.
The notification has already been given
that the Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, son OF
the Gear, would visit this country this season
for ar. extended tour, aud it is now announced
that he proposes sailing from Constadt about
the middle of May, In an Imperial yacht, ac-
-cosnpanied by al escort of four or five vessels
OF the Russian navy, and viii! probably reach
New York early in the month OF June. Ac-