The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-03
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DEF.

NEFS OF THE DAH.
Gold closed in New York, yesterday at lOs
Cotton closed at Is cents; sales eo2o bales.
in Liverpool, at noon yesterday, cotton wa;
dull and tending down; uplands barely 7Hd.
"A Chinese agent Offers to deliver ohfnamen In
Tennessee at the rate OF $1,000 hundred.
Beef cattle In New York are nearly a0ent. pea
pound cheaper at wholesale than last week. Nut
ton, too, is down-owins to- Lent ..
Several French prisoners Of war In Germany
have from time TO time, e,escapea from Prussia into
Russia, but they have been invariably turned
back by the Russian oflcers on the frontier.
: Anew signalrgnt for railway trains has been
invented. It consists OF q lantern which revolyes
whsp.tbe train Is In motion, displaying red
Iga&E going forward and green light nbsck-
Ing. >'..l ',,.l...g..r..
"A new order Of merit, called the "sidonian,n .
hasbeea Instituted by the King OF SaIonys which
Is 10 be conferred upon ladies' who have distins
gulshsd themselves as nurses. TO the German
troops. ~
"A Bordeaux letter writer says it Is difficult to
determine whether Dejazet, the veteran actress
OF 70, OF her daughter, Hermine, Of SO, Is the
older, judging from their appearance when pro.
perly made up.
Popular oppr6brum has driven Major Yelver.
ton, now Lord Avonmore, to tho decision never
to return to England. Owing to the exposure OF
his Conduct during the notorious trial brought by
his wife his name is detested all over the country.
Three or four months ago an Italian fisher
man climbed Vesuvivus and threw himself Into
the burning crater. Since then i've or six Nea-
politans have committed suicide In the SAME
way, and the plan threatens to become fashion.
able.
The Duke and Duchess OF Argyll rhe parents
of the Marquis OF Lorne) have encouraged their
younger sons to goout into the world and make
an honest living. The result Is, that one Of them
Is connected with London firm, and another is
earning his bread in the same capacity in New
York.
Paris on the day OF the capltulation had meat
and bread for eight more days. In these eight
days 5000 horses out Of the o6 500 would have been
slaughtered. The remainder Of 22soo, at the rate
of shooper day, would have been just enough for
another week. In other words Paris might have
held out fifteen dayshnger, if-it had consented
to subject itself to greater prtyations.
General Hancock has publshsd' pamphlet
containing his correspondence with General Sher-
man and General Porter, on occasion Of his being
assigned to a command whloh he deemed inferior
to his merits. The reason given for such an as
sIgnment appears to be that Hancock had treated
President Grant With, disrespecs; but he proves
that this reason Is erroneous, and that he had not
been guilty OF such impollteness.
IA great change has come over Japan within
kt,n tt,ro Ior ora
now favoraoly inclined towards foreigners Japan,
Is fast progressing toward the civilization OF
America and Europe, and not only are railroads
inprocess Of and telegraphs In opera
ton, but on all sides growing desire Is manifes'
ted.6o become one Of the nations Of the world.
Japan is also anxious to enter into an alliance
with England, France and Prussia, for the pur-
pose Of making war on China. She is evidently
becoming civilized rapidly.
king Victor is not the handsomest man In
the world-not handsome King even. An ordt:
nary man Is supposed to look extraordinarily
we'll invested with royalty, but he can boast Of
being the ugliest Of ;dngs, II not Of men. Lowtn
stature, corptlent IN person, with q head that
must have been born overgrown, yet without In.
telle:tual breadth or form; a coarse, mixed skin,
purple-spotted; faded eyes, often rolling unmean.
ingly IN their sockets; nose shapeess lump'of
preston, make up an exterior altogether u1Ht'
tractive.
"A complete revolution in the tactics Of the ad-
Mtrers Of the fair sex was produced In Paris ny
the exigences OF the siege. Presents OF food were
made to the objects OF male alteration, instead OF
jewelry, baubles and gewgaws. An American
laly, who was In tho city duriRg the hard times
just passed away, writes that general B. had
gi7eH her ten.boxes or sardlnes.n the Marquis G
G. gave "half pound Of butter,n Mr.. W. contrl-
buted "three salt herrtngs, quart OF beans, half
q dozen potatoes and "a pound Of bad butter"
and so on. The successful sultor among these
three practical admirers is not named
Shortly after the announcement OF the capit-
ulation Of Paris to the citizens thereof, a re-:
markable evidence OF rehabilitation in the provis
the city. There was o sudden appearance In the
shops Of Chickens, eggs, butter. rabbits and other
articles OF food that had been upheard OF for
weeks past. The shopkeepers attempted to sell
these commodities ut outrageous prices The re-
suit was that mob collected aud seized on them,
giving ordinary prices for the same. The huck.
sters cried Ia despair, 'The National Guard to
the rescue p Bot vain was the cry. The Nation
al Guard was itself the mob.
The number OF bones broken In the English
lunatic asylums has given occasion for curious
scientific inquiry, and it is now asserted that the
ribs Of crazy folks are more brittle than the ribs
OF the sane. Dr.. Heardou Instituted an examlna:
tion OF the bones OF twenty patients who died in
the Carmartheu County Asylum. In nine ef:hese
cases "sne' very frame:wo Of the chest was
found TO be 10 an abnormal and diseased state"
In two instances the breast bone broke in remov.
ing It, and generally the bones we're no stronger
than stout cardboard. In one case the surface
bone was so spongy and soft that 1t was easily
crumbled up between the fingers. Some OF the