The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF TIE DAP.
Gold closed in New York yesterday, at
12ss123.
Cotton closed firm but quiet at, q cents;
sales SO4o. bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed buoyant; up:
landss SID, Orleans stasld; sales q, oso bales.
The United States and Canada now a
es42 newspapers and periodicals.
-valparsiso, In Chill, has a'German new
paperLssDeutsche Nachrlchten tus sudameri-
ka.
After July LIST the pay of private Soldiers
in the United States army Is to be so a
month. g.,
There we're manufactured in the United
States last year over half q million sewing
machines.
Alloys Sennetelder, of Munich, was the
inventor of the photographic art. On the 9th
of November De1tithe people Of that city VIII
celebrate the centenary of his birth. -
The schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are
attended by 1885 pupils. 1886 Of whom study
German, which Is taught in all the schools
there. q: ss5%
The father OF DR.. Dollinger, whose protest
against Papal hfalIbhity has lately made con-
siderable noise In the world, was a dlstln-
guished professor Of anatomy and physiology
in the beginning of the present century.
The brother Of Heinrich Heine is the pro-
prietor of a very prosperous journal in Vienna.
the poossessor Of al ample fortune, and the
bearer of a title conferred on him by the En-
peror 81 Austria. He has rksSssaadssHaaaeof
his deceased brothers wit OF genius, which
may partially account for his'success.
The German ReIchstag has passed the
military pension bill, which provides for sde.
.quate compensations and pensions to those
officers and soldiers who have been wholly
or partially incapac, sated for work by wounds
received or diseases contracted during the
Franuo-Gernan wal.
Intelligence from Persia gives the curious
piece Of information that owing to tie great
suffering now.prevaiing In that country. FROM
famine, and. the stagnasioa in all departments
Of. trade, Gypsy tribes there, who suffer. With
the rest, are selling their young women, Who
are remarkable for their personal charms, at
prices ranging from five dellara upwards.
Sad, but cheap.
Professor Frederick Won Raun1er, OF the
University of Berlin, now over 80 years of age,
hassoDiy recently consented to be relieved Of
the active edp.iesssof hi5sqchaf. esHe sssGSlot
lecture again. The Baron, It WILDE remem-
bered, is a. distinguished historian. and waited
this country some thirty years age. Both
Chafleston-ahd Columbia are honorably Q
tionedin i. his work on America. sc az
Among the princesses of Europe the EN-
press of Russia and the Princess Frederick
Charles are the best painters, the Princess of
Walea.the best performer on the plane, the
Queen OF Holland, the best poet. and author,
tho Hmproos4of-aermuuT,eho boost ooh-oroe-
tionallst,. the Empress Of Austria the bsst4eek-
ing laaE q d@thegusensof OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Notwithstanding the determined effort Of
the Commune to destroy utterly the colanno OF
the Plsces yshdome, the Versailles troops, on
thelr.entry into the; city, found intact most OF
the pieces of bronze bss-reiets which adorned
the oolumn. Asthsse were tho really valuable
and interesting relics associated With the col
umn, ttis gratifying to know that they have
beenspceserved. >.1he Nastonsk Assembly has
4decreed that the column Shall be speedily !
erected again, and thus Paris viii once more
rejoice' in one or her noblest architectural
Paris correspondent, who visited the
cemetery Of Petela-Chaise, the sceaeof the
last conflict bsfwes1 the Commune and the
Nerslaisss, giVssa: isarfaLsdessription of the
appearance of the spot; ashe saw 1t after the
battle. NE monuments were s~teatlytnjured
by the firing; collins were broken open, and
the remains lay scattered over the grouhd.S
The recent dead were very numerous, lying 10
q double tier on the grass for many rods, and
covered over with B coating of lime. There
were many. women among them. and faces,
the ferocity of which, he said, made one sick
to look upo1thsm.i Is: -
The German Gopernmentahas constant sIs
plication for pieces, Of the captured French
guns, out Of which to cast church bells. So
NUMEROUS are these requests that the Emperor
has given orders that the metal shall be fur
.nished only to such communities az are too
poor to purchase a bell for their churches, AID
to buildings Of national Importance, such as
Cathedrals. A captured mltrailleur has been
shipped from Berlin to the Germans of San
Francisco, in answer to their special request,
In return for the large sum Of money which
they transmitted to Germany tor the benefit of
the. German wounded, widows and orphans.
Two French guns were also giveR.to NJ. Voc
Room, tie Prussian Minister of War, by the EN-
peror, as a mark Of the latter's regard and APP
probation of his services.
Now that the war between Trance and
Prussia b is. over, the German heroes who car
ried away from the occupied French districts
such war etrophies" as clocks, hronzes, cloth
ing, gold and silver watches, jewelry and
other handy relics, whereby,to remember the
a.u, coa,a;ot viii ho oomnoIlod nv official