The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-25
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS, 1871.
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NEWS OF THE ED1T.e y -
Gold at New York yesterday closed at II

The New York cotton market cio5ed quieI
and steady; sales S64o bales. at l5hc.
-Tennyson is said to cherish the modest faith
that he Is the only true poet living
IA leading lecturer nlasstnes his aue Hence, as
follows: The .stfn attenttyes," theSquick respon-
siyes," the "hard.to lifts,n the 'wont-applauds,"
and the "getup-and-goouts.e
Mrs. Victoria G. woodruff announces herself
candidate for the Presidency Subject to the rati
ncation Of the National Convention Of the Cosmo-
political party" whatever that is.
-Marshal Mcmahon has recovered from his
wound, and is now living at the Victoria Hotel,
In wiesbaden.
correspondent, writing from Paris on Decem-
Der 80, says that General Ducrot controls General
Trochu. and the latter's STAFF Is ut only to "lead
quadri le.'
There were seVenty-nine generals In the
French army at the outbreak OF the war. or these
only thirteen are at present In active service the
rest being either killed, In prison, or suffering
from incurable wounds.
King william has sent the sword that Sapo-
leon Ill surrendered at Sedan 10 be hung beside
the one that Napoleon gave up to Blucher at
Waterloo, in the Prussian military college at
Berlin.
SO great is the suffering caused by lack OF
fuel In Paris that all the trees within reach of the
authorities In the Bois de Bouogne, the Bots de
Vincennes and elsewhere, have been cut down.
The large trees OF the Boulevards have also been
cut and sold. --------.------
-rnc New Free Press OF Vienna, states that
the Emperor Napoleon was deslrous of issuing
manifesto to the French people from Wilhelms.
hohe, but was restrained from doing so by the
Prussian government, which considered such
step incompatible with his position as prisoner
Cardinal Antoneli has. s.forbldden the pub!lcs-
tion OF The Almanac Of the Holy See for 1871 The
almanac contains the names OF all the function
aries OF the Poptitcal Government and Court Of
Rome, and, II published, this list would have to-
be omitted, virtual recognition OF the fall OF the
temporal power; so way Is found out OF the dill
Guilty by suppression.
The Pope, during the recent inundation az
Rome, gave evidence OF his usual kindness and
charity. He distributed large sums among the
sufferers, not forgetting the Jews in the Ghetto,
or Jewish quarter Of the city, who suffered greatly
by the Nuud. The holy father is well supplied
with funds. On his lete.day recently he received
various sums, ranging from 10000 to 100000
francs.
His Boston agent says that koopmanschaap
has entirely given up for the present. the idra OF
attempting to get Cinnamon or women to come
East and take places In families. They will not
come except in colonies, as at North Adams.
Many arpli,ato have been made by manufac-
turers for supplies OF Chinese, but none have
been willing to advance the $1,000 In gold neces.
sary to bring hundred OF Them hlther.
The business OF knitting By machinery Is on
the Increase, aud promises soon 10 rival the
many other branches OF the woollen trade in inl.
portance as a branch OF national industry. Many
factories are now engaged entirely In this
branch OF business, and some OF them on very
large scale. This new branch OF our manufactur.
Ing Industries will be OF nestimable benefit In re-
duclng the high prices OF frst-ciass undercoth-
ing, as by machinery knitting can be done much
more rapidly than by hand, and OF fully as good
quality.
An interesting feature-of the cotton statistics
OF the country for the year ending October 1850,
Is contained In the statement OF the relative I'm.
portance Of the cotton manufactures, North and
South. During the year there were in tile North
eS7 mills, wo; king 6,s6',7Is saindies, and using
74s, 1853 bales; In the Soath, 100 mills. 292,22
spindles, and 69,O67 bales converted into co;t.
The increase throughout The country in the NUN:
Der OF mills, spndes and bales consumed over
the previous year Is quite marked. The figures
show an increase OF 350,44S spindes and in the
consumption OF cotton Of 1870 hales, or $685.
46o pounds. Massachusetts, Is OF course, at the
head OF the cotton spinning industry Of the
country, having l25 mills s., 40 loums and 3oS,
8lS spndles, and consuming ahOut 1l5,00oOo0
pounds Of col ton. he prospects Of the manu-
facturers are Ut present, owing to many causes
the combined effect OF a present excess In supply
and the war in Europe-better than they. have
be, n for q long time.
-Genei oil +. P. Blair, Jr.'s, speech In the Mis-.
souri, Legislature. ON his election as Uned States
senator, was able, interesting aud characteristi.
cally outspoken utterance. He protested forcibly
against the employment OF the troops al eIec.
tions, and designated their use In Missouri. New
York aud Penns, lvania as an outrage He feci-
tate'l the Democracy OF the State as being fully
united. and pledged himself TO return the charge
entrusted to him ut any time when his principles
differed from the will and interest. OF the State
AT the close Of his speech, Mr. Henderson made
a kind and witty speech, referring to the carly
military career Of himself and Blair. whom he
continua lY spoke of as Frank, making many loca,
hlss, which caused meIrimsai. ;He;Y4ssbsuS TO
retise 30 the Eseess OF prtyas lnes yhpethb flsid
Frank was going to Washington to Be h1nfed TO
death ty Iorty thousand III e.seekers. He had
-cOnadtnce la him that he would ,o his 1ty;s but