The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-08

The Bank OF France is in complete posses
sion of the Commune. Citizen Besley has
been appointed governor thereof.
Everybody being under arms, and nobody
tilling the fields in France, there are serious
fears of famine in that country next year.
Cameron and Morton think the treaty by
the high commits ion will pass the Senate. a
member OF the commission says tits founded
upon the give and take principle.
Mr.. McCarley, Of Spartanburg County,
South Carolina, who is six feet in height, has
beautiful silken beard which extends below
his knees.
"A popular fashion at the seaside will be
the couture lG Godiua-the hair waved and
hanging loose. The costume la Godira will
will not be worn.
Returns show that nearly every town In
Massachusetts which voted on Tuesday on the
question OF licensing the sale of beer and ale
voted "no" by large majorities.
Anna a. Pomeroy, of Milwaukee, has had
a divorce granted and $4,000 alimony. Also,
$500 per annum. She was the wife o. Brick
Poneroy.
Statistics SHOW that there is about nine
times as much coffee consumed In the United
States as If Great Britain. and nearly three
times as mu, lea consumed in Great Britain
as In the United States.
The Richmond Amateur Opera Troupe
raye the Bohemian Girl on Wednesday eve
ming to a crowded house. The excellence OF
the performance as a whole surprised and
gratined the critics.
The American Colonization Society an
nounces that thousands Of people Of color are
pressing upon 1t for passage to Liberia. In
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, freedman's
emigrant aid society has been formed in aid OF
this movement -----.,-----. =.
1t is said that OuaAn V"t"rie-intends TO
reside for few weeks every year on her new
" purchased Irish estate In County Kildare,
with the hope of diminishing, if possible, the
hatred of the Saxon so long and so offensively
displayed by her Feniau subjects.
Among other visits which the Car of Rus
sia will pay this year is one to his chummy,
the Sultan of Turkey. He will drop In upon
him in friendly way on his journey to Jerusa-
lem. Ouly few months ago these two poten-
tates were nearly at drawn swords over the
Black Sea question.
The dimiuuion in the consumption Of
-four in Paris shows that about 100000 people
have left that CITY since the commencement Of
the Jroub.es. A greater loss to the laboring
class OF Paris Is caused by their absence than
the total ,,nounJ Of all the money paid
National; Guards. their wives and children.
Ills Ed; unlikely that before the civil war in
France terminates naval engagement will
occur BE- weeu the respective belligerents on
the Seine. The Communists have navy OF
fourteen gunboats on that river. and the YER
sailles party have brought up quite fleet from
Cherbourg.
The peace fest in Philadelphia promises to
be tine most imposing. demonstration. ever
made in the United States, eclipsing even the
late wonderful display in New York. Satur.
day and Sunday, the 18th and l4th nstants,
will be devoted to religious services, Monday
will see the monster parade, and on Tuesday
the festival will close with picnic at the
Schutzen Park.
The Connecticut committee on elections
find that 20 votes were given by mistake to
Governor English in the late election. II
there should be no errors in the count at New
Haven, the total vote will stand English 47,476;
Jewell Al, ,473; scattering Ii, which would re-
quire decision by the Legislature. 1t is stated,
however, that the New Haven count gives &c
votes improperly to Jewell.
There is no astonishment expressed at
Washington that the mail service does not
pay expenses. At the capitol, one day last
week. more than one hundred bags Of Tree
matter, weighing IS or 100 pounds each, were
awaiting carman TO take them 10 the post
Office. They contained printed matter for SEN
ators, and were TO be sent 10 their homes.
Three senators had more than twenty each;
one had SIX. There were thirteen also for u
senator whose term Of office expired last
March.
The Nation says political affairs are just
now getting o great deal of the earnest atten-
ton OF the poiiciatis. who are beginning To
be buster with schemes and combinations than
1t is probable they have been since 1860. In
1864 1t was too plain for serious doubt that If
the Republicans were TO do anything they
must reuominate Lincoln; and In 1868 it was
as little doubtful tnat they must nominate
Grant; but that there are any such certainties
now would not be said by any one, or rather.
it Is said by some few with an uneasy frequen-
cy which tells as well as the silence of The
rest how dubious and confused the political
prospect at present is"
Several years ago u society for the prose-
cutidn OF researches aud discoveries in the
Holy Land was formed in England. The ex-
smlnaLions made under it's auspices have
brought to light a number of Interesting mat
ters Last year an American society was
formed with The same oG!ecl. II has been ar
ranged with the parent 50 iety That he Ameri-
caus shall pursue their explorations east OF
the river Jordan, a region OF country hitherto
comparatively uuexplored. It is estimated