The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-03
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1871.
NEWS OF THE D-IY.

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The New York cotton market closed dull
and heavy; uplands lssc.; sales 2O49 bales.
The French and English have at last com
promised the commercial treaty differences.
Cardinal kntonelli, the Papal Minister Ct
State, is very sick.
"A tax on cats, sixty cents per head per an
mum, is imposedin Paris.
New York claims al noon on week day
to have l,4O0, 900 population!
The burned Chicago buildings, If placed
side by side, would reach one hundred miles
The German Government will shortly In
trodnce conscription in Alsace.
The reconstruction OF the Vendome
Column in Paris commenced last week, under
the direction Of NJ. Renard, the well known
contractor of puslic works.
ALL the first class hotels and cigar shops In
Chicago were burned up. IL was more than q
week before the citizens could procure good
cigar so as to Join the ruins in smoking.
1t is announced positively from Washing
ton that Catacazy will not be received alter
he visit of Duke Alexis. Should he persist in
exercising the functions OF minister from
Russia his passports will be handed him.
The honor OF being the richest man in the
United States lies between William B. Astor,
Cornelius Vanderbilt and A. T. Stewart Prob
ably neither OF these gentlemen can tell with
In ten millions of what he is worth, and there
is not supposed to be much difference be-
tween them.
Louis Napoleon is said to have recently
answered letter from little boy Of Whining
ton, Del, who has conceived great admiration
and sympathy for the French Caesar, thanking
him for his friendly words. and expressing
the hope that his little friend might live more
quietly and happily than himself
"A narrow.gauge railroad has been opened
to traffic between Toronto and 0rangevi.le, In
Ontario, Canada, and is doing successful BID
siness in the transportation of freight and pas
sengers. The gauge, .hrec feet and half, Is
found no obstacle to its efficiency for carrying
freight, while the accommodations for passen-
gers are described as entirely comfortable and
satisfactory.
The London Telegraph, commenting upon
the published interview ofa correspondent OF
the New York World with Charles BradlauSh,
the coming Cromwell of England, says it would
be putting the case mildly to say that we are
ON the brink OF revolution. We should indi-
cate the danger very gently By saying that we
are on the edge of the crater of a volcano, for
revolutions are sometimes mid, and volcanoes
sometimes clumber, while our doom is sure
Concerning the intimation Of suspension
of the writ Of hGbeaS corpus in Georgia, the
Augusta tGa.) Chronicle reports, upon Repuo-
lican authority, that the threatened counties
are Washington, Jefferson, Burke, Hancock,
Glasscock, Warren, Columbia, Lincoln, Ebert
and Wilkes, and in the counties of Floyd,
Chattooga and Whitfield; and, 1t adds, "in this
same district we hear of boasts from certain
parties that they will wreak revenge by the
aid OF United States troops"
Russia, while waiting for an opportunity
to make her grand stroke on the Danube, Is
continually employing her leisure In conquests
on her eastern border. The New York Tribune
gives an account of the Russian invasion and
annexation Of Dzoungarla, on the northern
slopes of the Tian-Chian mountains. Almost
without exciting the attention Of The world,
the army of the Gear has incorporated into his
dominions aterritory twice as large as Ireland,
rich In mineral and agricultural resources.
-Jehn Quincy Adams comes out 6atfooLcd
against woman suffrage. In letter lc tho
committee appointed by the suffrage seekers
of Massachusetts to obtain the views of the
candidates on this subject, he says: "Atter
careful thought and some study am firmly
and unequiyocally opposed to woman suffrage.
and shall feel 1t my duty in the very improba-
bic contingency of my ever occupying any
considerable public Office 10 stand by the old
immemorial division of activities and functions
which seem to me to be at the foundation OF
society,""
The Gypsy parliament which meets once
every seven years, and consists OF delegates
from all of the countries of Europe, sexpected
to assemble soon near Canstatt, in Germany.
The king of this nomadic race is one Joseph
Reinhard, who has reached the venerable age
of ninety-eight years. He has had seven
wives, and Is the father of forty-fVe children.
There are in Spain about 10000 Gypsles, in
England more than Is, 900, while Austria has
S1,UVU, ana MOludVld duu w ohoSuio oho 'hU
chosen homes OF nearly 100000 more. Their
religion Aas been the subject OF much uusatis-
factory discussion. Perhaps the Hlndoo say
ing, "there are seventy-two religions and q
half in the world, the half being the religion
of the that's" (or Gypsies,) comes as near to a
correct definition as any.
"A New York letter, Of Monday, says:
'VThe election next week promises 10 be one
of the most exciting on record. The Tam
many Ring are making personal affair of it,
acting OF the principle that il they can only
maintain themselves before the people, q
strong point will have been gained in main.
tanning their position also in the courts The
Reformers, aware of these motives and tao
tics, are doing all they can to consolidate. their
forces, without reference to the ordinary dis
tinctions of Democrat" and Republican, -
and thus far they appear to be meeting with a
fair measure OF success. As an evidence of
the readiness of even extreme party men to
forge past prejudices for the sake oil the COM
mon veal now, 1t is worth while mentioning
that Ex-Governor Seymour, who has been
nominated in one OF the city Assembly dis
tricts, Is endorsed by the Tribune. 1t may be
that the Governor will not accept, but the er-
dorsementis none the less significant
of