The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-19
Tbe WarleSto1t aems,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

'-Ine new 1Oih estton uoiho' s'0SS
steady at l93 cents for uplands, with sales
2o47 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed dull; upland
lOd, Orleans lo4d; sales $4,000 bales.
Professor Leipton has been elected presl
dent of the University Of ALABAMA, at Tusca
loosa.
Senator Sprague has been spending
week in Denver, looking into the manutac'ur
ing resources of Colorado.
Happy pairs now announce their engage
ments by leaving their cards together at tn
houses OF their friends. So nice.
The very dearest place is the store tina
don't advertise. Visit one, inquire the prices
and then thank US for telling the truth.
The ocean steamers that sail from Balti
more save 50 so on each ton Of coal, which
amounts to $4,000 a trip.
The three sons of the late General Clan
ton, OF Alabama, are to be educated at the
State University, free Of expense, in accord
ance with an act recently passed by the Alaoa
ma State board of education.
AT the Grand Dske's reception in Boston
James Russell Lowell, referring 10 the ale
purchase of Alaska, said our relations Will
Russil are now of the most cordial and init
mate kind, for the Emperor has made US The
keeper of his seals.
One of the Siamese twins is still lying al
the point of death at their home In North Car
olina. The other is in good health. In ant
cipatlon of death, arrangements have been
made for the Immediate separation of the
living from the dead brother.
The absorbing subject of interest and dis
cussion at Salt Lake City Is the admission OF
Utah as State into the Union. The Gentiles
are opposed to the measure, while the Nor
mons, provided that no conditions are impos-
ed, are in favor Of it.
-Scudamore, the active brain and nerve of
the British postofice, has the reputation OF
being one of the busiest and most practical
men in the world. One of his orders, to pro-
mote the health of his subordnates, IL their
Temporary transfer from town to country, and
from city TO seaside stations.
The Okalona (Miss.) News takes this cheer
full view of the situation in The section where
it is published: 1.-The cotton and corn crops of
the country are turning out short-decidedly
short-and the meat crop proves to be no crop
at all, and uI country meat can be had only
for cash, and cash is scarce commodity. In
this state of the case the situation appears 10
be this: ".StaIve, beg or steal."
Mr. Fl. A. Taine, the remarkable French
man whom many critics believe to have writ
ten the best book to be had on English litera-
ture, has been lecturing lately at Oxford. He
Is a man of wonderful intellectual fecu1dity,
and the list of his books embraces discussions
of philosophy, art and history, classical
studies, books of travel and quasi-theologiR
disquisitions. Withal, he is young, having
been born In 1928, admitted to the section Of
letters in the normal school In l84S, and
having only received his final degree In 1853.
An important piece of news has reached
Paris from Germany, which has caused some
sensation. This is, that Bismarck, some time
during this month, will visit France after The
reassembing of the French Assembly. The
German Chancellor, before starting, however,
desires to know the feelings OF the Assembly
upon the subject of his visit. The interesting
feature O. this report is, that 1t is rumored
that Bismarck -foreseeing foreign war In
which Prussia will be engaged-will 60 10
France 10 secure her neutrality in case OF
need In return for this neutrality-in case Of
need-he will, 1t is whispered, make desirable
propositions TO France. The whole matter is
the subject of much discussion in German
poll ical circles.
The following, from the Bombay Gazette,
of the 2s,h OF 0ctooer, gives the latest details
oflhe fearful mortality and suffering in Pc: sia,
resulting from the combined effects OF famine,
cholera, and crime. 1t says: in the Persian
Gulf the people continue to be much distress
ed by famine. Charitable funds from India
are being eagerly used up. News from Bunder
Abbas, in the Persian Gulf, intimates the reap
pearance Of cholera, and more starving Zoroa
strians have left for Bombay. Letters from
Yezd are full Of distressing details. Famine,
want of employment, cholera, and lawlessness
induced by desperation, continue. AT The be-
ginning OF last month the inhabitants of Ispa-
han were dying of starvation, aud it is said
that matters will, in all probability, grow
worse till next June. At Meschid, the capital
of the province of Khorassan, and town of
one hundred and twenty thousand Inhabitants,
eighty thousand people are said, in letters re-
ceived in India up to the date Of August Z, to
have died from starvation, twenty thousand
have fled the city, and those who remained
have, for the most part, been seized and car
ried away into slavery By Afghan hordes.
Great complaints are made because the mo-
nopoly Of the sale of corn is in the hands Of
grandees. The Shah Of Persia is said to be
becoming very unpopular. On The news Of
his return to his capital from recent hunting
excursion, thousands Of people covered them
selves with dust and ashes, and raised Sc
ditlous cries before the palace. These pro-
ceedings 80 alarmed the Shah that for the
time being he would not venture into his
capita, but afterwards he committed several
atrocities"
The diamond feds of South Africa COL
tinue to attract throngs OF eager iortune-huut-
ers, whose efforts in the pursui; of wealth are
attended with varying degrees OF success. A
letter from ge ntleman we'll known in New
York describes the particular Goiconda where
he is expending his energies as a ten acre lot
with over i've thousand diggers at work With
in its contracted limits. He is the lessee OF
Calm mea :uring seven and half by twenty