The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-07
Tbe Gbafhstnm Nems,
FRIDAY, APRIL I, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

lU3alog.
Cotton closed very quiet at lot cents;
s ales 1886 bales.
i'm Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
7ia7ad, Orleans 7sa7ld; sales 10000 bales.
There are twenty-seven synagogues IN
New York City.
Princes Louise and her husband are SAID
f O contemplate a visit to Canada.
-Mazzini, it is said, is violently opposed TO
the present revolutionary movement IN Paris,
and hopes thatit may be suppressed.
Charles Fechter sues Aon's Herald for fifty
T. thousand dollars, because that journal declared
his representation of Claude Melnotte "coarse
and lecherous in the extreme"
The French farmers at Meadville and
Frenchtown, Pa, have forwarded to france
/ .osS pounds of grain of different varieties
intended to be used as seed, for the French
peasants.
The following short rules for the care OF
furniture are from an article in.the Technolo-
pist sIKeep water away from everything po-
rous, alcohol from varnish, and acids from
marble.
"A London correspondent writes that 1.-THE
constant and affable bowling Of Queen Victoria,
as she rides In the state carriage through the
city, is now declared to be the result OF a curi-
ous contrivance attached to the seat, which
mechanically sways the royal body as In the
ct OF bowling"
Citizens of New York have taken a step in
regard to the income tai which ought to have
been taken long ago. They have determined
to bring the question Of the constitutionality
of the tax to judicial test. For this purpose
an anti-income tax association has been or
Ranized, with a permanent board OF officers,
composed of some OF the heaviest taxpayers
and most respectable residents of the city.
The newspapers of the various German
principalities are discussing the distribution OF
the spoils of the war that have been ravished
from France. Some of the Liberal papers
aver that Prussia means to shut up the money
demanded from France in her own treasury
vaults. Other journals say that the money
will be divldedamong the States participating
In the war. The various trophies, cannon.
flags, eagles, &C., are to be distributed among
the armies, regardless of the nationality of
their captors.
"A Washington letter says: The Republi-
cans have now one hundred and thirty-three
members of the House, and the Democrats
ainety-nine. Amember from Louisiana and
one from North Carolina have not yet taken
their seats-:one is a Republican, the other a
Democrat. Allowing the two vacancies, one
In Illinois In place Of Senator Logan, and oHe
In Michigan In place OF Senator Ferry, to be
filed by Republicans, and one Republican from
Texas and one from California in the elections
to take place, the Republicans will have In the
House one hundred and thirtyeight members;
and allowing the Democrats three from Texas
and two from California, the Democrats will
have one hundred and five members, making
the aggregate. Of two hundred and forty-three
members
Marshal Mcmahon, who is now In Paris,
has received a letter from the Emperor Napo- |
leon, in which he says: Sat the moment of
your return to France, it Is cy duty to recall
to you the services of the army which was SO
unfortunately compelled to surrender at Sedan.
It is not Just that the officers, non-commis-
stoned officers and men, who behaved so well
in the different combats that took place, should
be deprived of the promotions and rewards to
which they are entitled. Since I became a
prisoner. I have received several applications
on this head. ! have felta real regret not to
The able to do justice to them, for the army OF
Sedan fought well, and is the only one which
has received no recoInpense. l think 1t is
your duty to prepare a memorial OF applica-
lions for the soldiers who were under your
onders, and to submit them to the Minister OF
War on your arrival in France"
"A New York letter, OF Monday, says: "a
meeting was held at the Cotton Exchange this
morning, at the call Of certain of the bear
operators who are dissatisfied with the man
ner in which the official market quotations are
daily made by the committee entrusted with
that duty. The rule of the Exchange Is that
In the settlement of contracts the price ruling
on the day of maturity shall be TIE basis OF
settlement. The alteration proposed Is to
make the price current on the day Of ratifca-
ton of delivery, 60 nerally five days before the
maturing Of the contract, the basis Of settle
ment. The meeting was a very lively one,
and the discussion was participated In by
many leading members Of the trade. The
Conservative party havinga decided prepon-
derance over the Reformers, the motion to
recommend an alteration of the rule was lost,
as were also motions to include all grades of
cotton, instead of from good ordinary to good
middling, in future contracts, and to abolish
the contract system altogether"
Reports from the Darien expedition say
that good progress ls making in the hydro
graphic surveys, and the final chart Of the
Cult viii, be o valuable contribution to the
bureau of navigation. Chief Engineer Barnes
1 8 still in the interior, pushing on as rapidly as
possible over the Paranchito route toward the
s'divide." On February II, Commander Sci
fridge made a three days trip up the Tuyra
River to Pinogana. This river is over d mile.
wide, and the tide has a rise aud fall of from
fifteen to twenty feet. He found that it did
not narrow down until he passed Alligator
Island, eighteen miles from the ship, thence
upward Its course Is so winding that, while
the distance from Cheplgana to Pinogana,
travelling by boat, Is about torty-ive miles,
astronomical observations show that a straight
line connecting the TWO points would be only
about twenty-five miles long. At might the
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