The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-27
NEWS OF II DAY.

The IA, ECO heather Chinee in San Fran
G lsco don't make much noise in the world, but
t hey own $40 In real estate and Sl,lSs, 900
| n personal property Notwithstanding.
Old Duke Charles Of Brunswick, the Ina
mond man, lives at present in Geneva, where
he has hired two stout men to guard his pre-
cious stones day and night. According to the
Berlin yolkszeItung the eccentric old Duke
has recently made a will in which he leaves
all his property to Louis Napoleon's son:
Some of the Western juries have adopted
an easy, and what ought to be a very ~satisfae-
tory plan, tor settling questions OF ,damages'
It Is said that each juror marks down the
amount which in his judgment seems Just.
They then take the aggregate, divide 1t by
twelve, and the product stands as The Terdlct.
The Paris Commune has ordered that the
Pantheon IN that city shall be helceforth de-
voted to receiving the remains of the proni-
nent men of the Republic instead of to re-
ligious worship. In pursuance OF thus edlct
General Dunot, who fell at VlAiers, has been
inferred there. !
The laborers at the quarries at Portland,
Connecticut, have struck for an advance OF
wages from 81 so to 81 rs a day during, the
coming summer months. 1t Is stated that the
propriekors of the quarries are about making
engagements with one thousand coolies to
take Inc place ofthe strikers.
Wilhelm, who composed the famous Ger
man patriotic war-song, ''Watch on the
Rhine" vas recently found dead in his bed,
having died OF apoplexy during the night. 1t
is said In reference to this stirring song, that
Bismarck esteemedir of more service In the
late war than a w~ell-equipped army Of loo, 900
men.
Prince Bismarck Is to receive aparliamen.
tary grant of l, O0O, 900 thalers in recognition of
his services to Germany. Generals Moltke,
Goeben, Werder and Fransecki, will receive
grants of 3o0, 900 and 100000 thalers each.
The commanders of army corps will receive
smaller appropriations from the Emperor's
private exchequer.
Letters from Buenos Ayres give a frighttul
account of the havoc the yellow fever is maxi
Ing there. The deaths are set down at ESQ per
day, and the fright among the people allper-
yading. No nurses could be had at any price.
Whole squares In the southern part of the
city were abandoned, and every little town
within forty miles was overlooking with fugl-
ttves.
The Gern..n people have determined that
the national honor To the victorious soldiers
of the empire snail be OF the most marked and
flattering character. Notwithstanding no
exact date has been fixed for the triumphal
entry of the German army into Berlin, It'll
generally believed that the longlooked for
event will occur during the moRth'ot May or
June, and, that it will be conducted In the
most brilliant style of modern military page
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INsome Ffenck physicians have concluded
that salt meat does not play so great a part in
the production Of scurvy as is generally sup
posed, and q writer in a Paris journal says The
experience OF the garrison at Metz settles all
doubt In the matter. Although deprived OF
salt meat from the 4th of September to the
18th OF Qctober, the garrison suffered terribly
from scurvy. The disease is attributed. to
cold and; damp, to the want of fresh vegeta-
bles, to overpowering drill, and, above I'll, to
insufficient food.
Recent advices from Cuba state consider
able excitement was caused on that island by
the refusal Of Captain.General Valmaseda to
allow the landing of the Bishop OF Havana,
who had arrived on April 18th In. the United
States mail packet Missouri. The officers of
police removedtthe bishop as a prisoner to the
government iror-clad zaragoza, but after q
few hours detention he was taken back to the
Missouri, and ordered to return to New York.
Jacinto Martinez y saez, Bishop OF Havana,
was exAed In 1868 by the Captain General Ler-
sundi, but returned to Cuba in January, 1863,
with General Dulce. In June, 1869, he was
exiled by Captain-General Rodas, and proceed
ed to spain, where he was arrested and i'm
prisoned for several months by the order Of
the national government. 1t is stated that the
cause now assigned for refusing to allow the
bishop to land is, that his presence In Havana
would be prejudiclal to the interests OF the
government. 1t Is reported that the bishop
has been elected one of the four senators from
the Province Of Alava. In the mother country.
"A New York letter says: "'Wlthin a few
years a strong inclination to live upon the
French plan-in suits of apartments generally
Cd1eU 'udIS-upS ucou uCfcioP0u omohS
families in good circumstances, but not actu-
ally wealthy, Several houses arranged on this
system have lately been preparation tenants.
Among them may be named the building at the
corner of Fifth avenue aud Fifteenth street,
formerly occupied by ore Of the Oldest and
dullest social clubs In Gotham, and three
buildings on Fourteenth street, opposite Tam
many Hall, lately comprised In one establish
ment and known as the Worden House. There
is a project on foot to erect an immense con-
Germ OF the same class on Madison a%venile, and
in the neighborhood OF the Fifth avenue Ho-
tel a frst-class old residence is undergoing al. |
teration for a similar purpose. The rent o, a
suite of apartments in one OF these buildings is |
generally as high as that of a whole house OF |
the second or third class. Flats on the first, |
second or third floors range from $500 down
to $500 a year, and those on the upper stories
bring from 5000 to $1,000. These rates are quite
as high as would have to be paid Tor whole |
houses outside of fashionable neighborhoods. |
The chief reason why the fats are preferred is |
that all lhe rooms are connected on the same
floor, and I think some particularly lazy peo-
pie like them because The trouble OF climbing
up stairs can be avoided. Women who nate