The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-09
Tbe Ma1leStno1 aems.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1871.
NEWS Og THE DAP.


NEWS Of THE DAP.
Gold closed at New York, yesterday, at
Cotton closed Irregular; sales s2l7 bales at
14x cents.
In Liverpool, yesterday, cotton closed steadier
uplands nearly 7a7Hd.; Orleans nearly 7Hai2sd.
Sales 1900 bales.
"A German family named Waldevogle, five In
all, who landed at New York on the 27th ultimo,
to 20 to Richmond, Maine, got the wrong tickets,
and arrived at Richmond, Virginia. the day after,
with only s41n the party. The police took care
of them. and got them lodgings at hotel.
Gossip says that the Empress Augusta, OF
Germany, has been an invaluable ai6 and counsel
lor to Kaiser william. She secured his appoint
ment as King by witticism, and has always
sIded with bismarck in.thst astute stateman's po-
Icy. From early youth her great ambition mas
been to be- Empress sof Germany She was a
daughter OF the Duchess ofa-Weimar, IN whose
palace Goethe lived for so many years, anu ner
sIrlheod was passed under the eye and the. lnnn'
enoe ofthst great poet 8
The French prisoners OF war In Germany are
signing their names to petition addressed to
thsNasionai Assembly at Bordeaux inwhich' de-
claring upon their honor to obey what govern
ment France shall choose, they demand that the
Royerninent shah be the true expresstoRo or he
win OF the French people. They therefore request
an appeal to universal sunrage IN order TO decide
the two following questions First, MONARCHY or
republic; second. the name Of the monarch IN
case OF the monarchy being successful This sug-
Eestaon seems to hsEe a leaning towards Bona.
partisan. s..
Us Itnot about time Congress should put stop
to. contesting members playing the onlssided
game Of "Heads win, tails you loses' we DO
not knew how much money has thus been ex-
tbut the aggregate sum Is enormous. MI.
Shields has just been paid $4,000 for unsuccessful
" contesting the seat Of Mr.. Van Horn, Of Ms-
souri. What should we think OF a court Of justice
that would give aparty lttgant judgment for
considerable sum offnoney. for expenses In bring
ing an action that never should have been insti-
tuted9 Such absurdi:ies are no more jusltfable
in Congress than.n courts.
1.-The investigation OF the charges Of bribery
and corruption In the Virginia Legislature &C.
cording to the reports In the Richmond papers,
elicirs statements showing that the par value OF
votes In that body was .esti.uated by the lobby.
lists OF the Pennsylvanis Railway Company at
$500, with $50 premium in special cases. The
only case detected yet, however, is that OF COL
ored memoer, who, being as he was going 10
vote that way anyhow" said he would merely
sccept the amount as natural glft.n but as the
money was not given to him at the time he ex-
pected 1t, he had quarrel with the ''natural
giver,'' which led to:an exposure: -.
There was great clamQEiin the Beneyille
District Of Paris when the news OF the result OF
Jules Favres negotiations with Bismarck was
made Known Excited meetings were held, and
Favre was denounced as a "sham Republican"
and miserable traitor" An orator ut one Of
these meetings relieved himself by exclaiming,
after denouncing Eavre for delivering up Mont
yalerlen to the Germans, "But, ,.sacre away In
the vista Of the future see gutlloline and the
heads OF traitorsPm Wild cheering followed this
burst, an evidence that there Is an element In
Paris which would not hesitate, II able to revive
the horrors OF 1892.
For the hundredth time the British Govern.
ment is to."inqulren into the affairs Of ireland.
John Bull Is an obstinate fellow, and refuses to
accept facts as they are No sensible English.
man viii suppose for moment that any investi-
CATION into the condition Of Ireland WIN meet the
exIgencles Of the case. The agttations in Ireland
are que LO SuSl - Va thC 4NaSiohnA PohhJ ehos
desires the independence Of their native land.
They will be satisfied with nothing else, and all
attempts to bring order out OF the political chaos
that prevails in that province of the English
crown, based upon the refusal OF England to re-
cognize the plain demands OF the Irish people,
must Inevitably result in failure. u.
81 1t Is commonly believed that iron anu steel
become brittle by exposure to FROST and accidents
on railroads in cold weather are often attflouted
to this cause. Recent experiments made III Eng
land " 70 show that the idea Is not well founded
and that II there be any difference in elasticity IN
metals at high and low temperatures, it Is IN
favor OF the latter. One investigator Mr.. Spence,
subjected some eastiron bars to trial Of strength
at 60 degrees and at zero, and found that tile re-
ductlon OF temperature other things bling equal,
increased their power OF resistance. 1t Is urged,
too u Ct quite as many breakings Of aXles and
rails occur in summer in winter, and that the
true cause OF them Is bad workmanship or meth
ods OF manufacture.
The official statement or the public debt or
France at the beginning OF 1870 shoYed a total OF
So, ,60o 900, 900. Three loans were contracted dur
ing 1870, which, when capitalized, will amount to.
$500 ooo, ,0oj; French war expenditure, YET to be
covered by Ioanr $500, 100000. Germany now de-
mands 81, ,Oe0 00o 900, which, II il can lie borrow
ed at all, will probably be on sucn terms as will
make the indemnity reach sl,5Oo, 100000 The
New York Times estimates that suppcslng at the
end of three Or more, probably Of six years,
France should be able TO pay this enormous bill,
she will find herself in the possession OF national
debt which reaches the alarming total OF 81 7oo,-
600, 600. 1t is not easy TO see how, under any
form Of government, no matter what lis pros
poets Of stability, such sum as that Is to De car
rled In addition to all thIs territory Is to be ad-
ded to Germany which yielded the treasury OF
France about twelve millions Of dollars per
annum. /