The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-28
NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEVS OE' ldE DALs
1Gold at New York closed ut l2sal23.
The New York cotton market closed dull;
uplands 2o4a2Otc; sales 1866 bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed steady; uplands
9astd:
Work on the Louisiana leVees will COM
mence Immediately. A full force has been or
ean;zed to strengthen them in such manner
asto prevent repetition OF the Bonnet Carre
catastrophe.
Count Benedetti is writing the history OF
the diplomatic intercourse between France and
Prussia before the war broke out, and he pro-
misses therein to show how Bismarck precipl-
tated the event.
The New York idea of naming places after
the foreign fashion Of Boulogne-sur.Mer, or
Stratford.oa-A gets rather thin when you
Arrive at such names as Harlem-on-the-Spuy-
tsn-Duyvil-C
The British census show a total population
ot3l,sl7,lOs, including 2O7, ,lss who are abroad
IN the army, navy and merchant service. Eng
land counts 81 49,, ,ess; Wales, 1,2l6,42oi Scot
land, s,35s,6ls; Ireland, 5,4o2, ,75s; the Isle OF
Man, 63,s67, and the Cbah2sl Isles, 9O,563.
John ii. Salmon, of Albermarle County,
Va, who was convicted in that county, about
ayear ago, of the murder Of his mother and
brother, and sentenced to be hung, was dis
charged last week under very peculiar clrcum-
stances. It seems that writ OF error had
been awarded the prisoner by the ]ndse OF the
circuit court, and new trial granted. The.
case was then erroneously retained In the cir
cult court for trial, and was held over tor six
months, and then, when too late, was re-
manded to the county court, where the prls-.
oner, by the action of the circuit court In hold
ing the case for six months, was deprived Of
his right Of trial. In this dilemma, the prls-
oners counsel claimed his discharge, and 1t
was granted.
The Greeley (Col.) Tribune has its title
engraved in facsimile Of b. G.'s handwriting,
which has gained for 1t the reputation OF being
arelglous organ of the lost tribes of Israeli
the heading being decided by several learned
Rabbis to be quotation from an ancient He
brew manuscript.
I'M. Rocheiort has had his troubles increas-
ed by the elopement of his daughter, aged
Is, with young man OF l6. She was at
school in Jersey, it Is said, whence the pair,
went to London and were married. The
mother of the bridegroom, however, folloWeo
them. seized her son and packed him of to
the colonies, while the bride was sent back to
jersey.
"A Washington paper says that few eve
nlngs ago two Of the most noted woman SUI
tragists of that city; with their husbands, went
into A restaurant and asked for oysters. The
proprietor invited them to private room,
which they declined, saying, "oh, no we
want to do Just as the men do" They went
to the raw-box-the quartetse of them-hnd
ate raw oysters until the four got outside OF
two dozen raw, when they called for four
glasses of ale, and drank them down as though
they had been used to oysters and ale
The divinity hedging royalty in these
days does not amount to much, but such as lt
Is It renders the life of the Marquis Of Lorne
somewhat unenviable. The Prince of Wales
utterly refuses to receive his sisters nus
band as a memSer of the royal family, and at
the state ball recently gave orders that the
Marduis should not be admitted at the royal
entrance. He was accordingly refused admit
tanee, and the Princess declined to enter ex-
cept with her husband, saying that her place
was where he was. The Marquis would not
take the Princess in by the general public en-
trance, and the result was that they did not
attend the ball.
The new minister plenipotentiary to the
United States from the North German Con-
federation, Mr.. z. schlozer, who arrived IN
New York City on Monday, by the steamship
Westphalia, was announced some time ago as
the successor of Baron Gerolt. Mr. Schlozer
was the Prussian minister at the City OF Mex
leo till last March, when he sailed for Berlin
to receive instructions previous to becoming
the minister of the German Empire at Wash
ington. Heis reported to be a man OF talents
and attalnments, and by long residence In
Mexico he has acquired much knowledge Of
the affairs of the North American continent.
European adyices apprise us Of on unpre-
cedented emigration from Germany this sea-
SOu. 1uo WtU OfCi3 onO IASA uuoJ " shSAA
country at the most critical epoch OF Its his
tory nobly done, the gallant Teutons propose
to come to the United States, where longer
term of peace seems to he assured than at
home. Though unsurpassed as soldiers, the
Germans are at heart men of peace, and that
land which offers themthe best guarantees OF
that blessing has the most charms for them,
especially when with peace they can buy
land cheap, and have ampler room for enter
prise and ambition than crowded Germany
can afford.
1t is stated that there are at least one
thousand Chinese shoemakers. in San Francis
\p, and that their competition with the white
Qemakers has caused great dissatisfaction
oNg the Crlspins, who propose asking the
nrssment to interfere and adopt such meas
ics inYln prevent the immigration Of Asiat-
makers United States. The Chinese cigar
numbersN reported, are also increasing In
the white Aimportance, and interfere with
meut. The makers in obtaining employ
California has treatment of the Chinese in
:. Tang a well-kn&e so oppressive that Fung
francisco, has rec cChlnese merchant of San
country for the exp Areturnea to his native
the actual condition 0Anrpose OF explaining
ing the Chinese Gove1Gs, and Of diss''ad-
,nr further emigration from encourage
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