The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-15
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

The New York cotton market closed !nrm
at 2lc; sales 1870 bales.
At Liverpool cotton closed firm; upland;
sasid.
.so oao has been offered its owner, and re-
fused.
The National Trotting Association have
decided upon distinguishing colors for riders
and drivers at races.
The Boston Journal thinks the pardon OF
Bowen an exercise of Executive clemency
that is to be regretted.
Last week g car containing six tons OF
s2o pold uieces and o million dollars in mutt
lated currency passed from San Francisco to
Omaha. ~. ..s4
Mobile, Ala, has found o new material
fer street paving in cypress shavlngs. 1t is
said this road-bed will remain firm andsond
from eight to ten years, = 80
The Khediys ofBgypt IS so well satisfied
with his American officers that, on recent
occasion. he declined the profIer ofthe SER
vices of several French officers who desired to
enter his army.
IT is said that whe., Brigham Young was
asked, the other day, which SON he had at
West Point, the conundrum 80 staggered him
that he was obliged to refer to the family re-
cord to solve it. '.Do they miss me at home I"
Bnot much sung in that family.
e notable feature of college commence
men.s this year is the frequency with which
Japanese faces appear. The Government OF
Japan has sent several hundred young men to
this country TO be educated, and In afew years
they will carry back with them all that our col
leges can. giyein the way Of scholastic cul-
ture.
The vintage of California In 1871, 1t is
stared, viii largely exceed that of any other
season. t,oms loss, 1t Is eaid, Will DO expe'
rienced on the borders OF Colorado from the
ravaaes of the clouds Of grass 'ppers, and
also from the late Hosts In otaer counties.
The grapes, however, have filled better than
In any former year, except in 1853, when the
crop waS unprecedented. 1t Is believed that
the product of wine in California In 1871 will
atleast amount TO eight million gallons, ana
probably Will reach ten million gallons.
The new law relating to railway accidents
. m Germany will place the companies In
more dlsadyantageous position than that
which they hold In England. The burden OF
psoor lies entirely with the company, and ills
not suff1clent to show that there was no cul-
pable neglect on the part Of lss servants; nor
indeed will any other plea relieve 1t OF Its re-
sponsibtity, except that Of the sole culpa6Aity
of the person Injured. ,If mere stranger, not
atraysnsr, should pass through station, and
locomotive should burst and kill him, the
company would be liable to the surviving
family, even though it should be able to prove.
that the accident arose from. such peculiar
combination Of circumafences that no blame
Ia attached to anybody The act became law
June ID.
Some relief against the exactions OF the
Atlantic Cable Company Is likely to be Afforded
by the West India and South American lines,
which are making preparations to run cable
direct from Havana to Lisbon, touching at
the Bermudas aud Azores. The New YORK
Journal of Commerce states that concessions
for this work have already been obtained, and
twill be.fpished before many months. These
lines are now paying about 9l76.ooo year to
the Atlantic Cable, and, when their Southern
connections are completed, they will have at
least ssoo, 600 to pay for European business.
This VIII be ten per cent. on the cost Of that
enterprise, and viii alone make good busi-
ness for neY line. 4 short line from New
York to Bermuda can connect with this new
Southern route.
The density of population In China. 1t is
stated, ia greatly exaggerated. IN kwansung'
from which province most OF the Chinese IN
California have emigrated, It is reported there
are about 24O persons living In square mile,
and in the three provinces next, inland, the
population Is 70 to the square mile. On COM
pairing the countries Of Europe with China, IL
appears that In Belgium there are 1876 persons
to the square mile, and In some OF The proyin-
ces there are as many as 700 10 the square
mile. Again, England has $40 Inhabitants to
the square mile; Ireland $50. and Scotland 90.
The average per square mile In Europe Is less
than $50, and Is about 300 In the entire empire
of China. The religious beliefs In China are
nearly as heterogeneous Us in Europe, and the
Chinese are Conlucians, Buddhists and Tsou-
lists, and sometimes profess all three OF these
faiths.
"A foreign correspondent, writing from.
Berlin, gives some interesting particulars OF
present affairs IN the Empire. Emigration
from Germany 10 America, which 1t was sup
posed would csase with "regenerated Ger
nany.nis rather on the increase. The con-
.nuerors, not content with the spoils OF war,
are engaged In demonstrating that they have
gained by it 6o, 900 laborers, although they
acknowledge loss OF $4,000. This arithmetic
Is based on calculation Of the number who
would have emlgrased ii there had been no
war, the number expelled from France, &c. Ac-
>cording to this logic, Germany would have been
still better of If all the lsoorers had been killed
The government, far from reducing, ,is studious-
" increasing the army. 1t IS Intended manifest
~ that the German army shall be the most
formidable Lhat the world has ever seen. The
line will comprise from $50 10 l6o regiments OF
infantry of three battalions each, ls oattalIons
ofr,nes, 100 regiments Of cavalry and l8 brig
AIDES OF artillery. Each battalion holds 1000
men, Then there are as many regiments OF
Iandwehr to correspond. These forces are all
to be :..i:sd in the various arts of war, not e1-
GLIDING the railway service and mechanical
skill Tue navy Is to be also strengthened as