The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-16
NEWS OF THE DAY:
Gold at New York, yesterday, closed

III.
The New. York cotton market closed ;dull
and lower at lsac.; sales 1884 bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
ssd.. the less favorable news from Manchester
causing dullness.
The foundation of thecScott monument
was laid at Central Park, New York, yes
terdsy.
The men formerly composing the Papa
zouaves have been incorporated into the
French army, where they form the 5th zouave
regiment.
-Patrolmen are placed along all the lines Oh
the New York city railroads, in citizens dress
with instructions to arrest every intoxicated
person riding in the cars.
"A history of the London Times is In pre-
paransu.; This great newspaper was frs,
established in l7s5 as the Daily Universal Reg
lister. Its present name was not given to II
until the gear. l7ss.
The Tichborne claimant takes HE with the
greatest unconcern, and bets heavily on hiE
success in the pending trial. He has Joined
shooting club, and is constantly at the matches,
in which he excels all his competitors.
Captain Travis, of Cleveland, Is the VII.
liam Tell Of modern times. A few evenings
ago he shot bullet through an apple, which
was resting on the head of boy, at distance
of twelve PAGES, piercing the apple, which re.
manned undlsturbed on the boys head.
The Pope has Issued another circular,
asking the prayers of his faithful people fol
the freedom Of the Holy See and the peace OF
the church. tits officially announced in Rome
that two converts and three plats Of ground,
the property Of religious bodies, have been
taken possession Of for public use.
An attempt is to be made In Berlin to es-
tablish fashion for the Germans, so as to rem
der that people independent offoreign taste tn
the matter OF dress. An organization Of tailors
has been organized in the city mentioned,
under the nnme of .German Fashion, for the
purpose OF carr JJinG out the idea.
"A very serious conspiracy against the life OF
theCzar of Russia, and against the sovereignty
orthe house of Romanoff, has been followed
by The trial and conviction of si1ty-six eonspl-
ratols, among themseveral mobiles ahd persons
OF note: Their punishment is not yet an
nounced. Moscow was the seat OF the conspi-
racy,
"A quarry Of granite has been discovered
ON the South Carolina side of the Savannah
Riyer, q short distance above Augusta. The
granite, the supply of which is almost mex
haustible, can be readily split out into blocks
of any size desired, and is pronounced to be
the same quality of stone which is used on the
New York payements.
Papers received; by the overland mail, via
India, contains details of dreadful calamity
which visited the small Island OF Tagolanda,
about ffty, miles northeast of Celebes. An
outburst Of the volcano Ruwang was accom-
panied by q conclusion of the sea, and wave
forty yards high swept all human beings, cat
-tle and horses from the island. The number
!, nersi,,,n who perished Is stated at 4ls.
The success Of his yacht, the Livonia, In
herlate contest with the Egerla, mas induced
Commodore Ashbury to change his ai>nd' ana
itispow stated that she viii shortly sail iar
New York in place Of the Cambria. But q
later dispatch, giving an account OF tne -
patta OF the Royal Victoria Yacht Squadron,
tells Of the Livonia having been again beaten,
andcomine In only 'tsixth" in the race. She
soon after went into dock to have her keel
altered and her spars reduced.
The e1-Empress Eugene writes as follows
to-. relative concerning the e1-Emperor
Napoleon: "You know the affection that
have Always had and that still have at the
bottom OF my heart for the Emperor. 1t only
increases now that see him 80 calmly and 30
resignedly accept everything, even to the
most Infamous calumnies." The tone of these
utterances seems to disprove the recent re-
ports of dfssensions between herseifand Napo-
leon.
Since his arrest Rochefort has been en-
gagged IN getting up evidence in his favor that
fnay suffice to secure his acquittal, fortified, as
he already is, with State papers which vitality
concern the gov ernment Of the Ath OF Septem-
ber. He has obtained evidence that he saved
the tutor Of Marshal McMahon's children, and
did everything he could to save Able Allard
and II. Claude, well known Paris detective.
Moreover, Rostoul and Billioray, two leaders Of
the Commune, now in prison at Versailles, both
Sag that had Rochefort not quilted Paris when
he did, he would have been arrested. The
warrant was already out for his arrest.
The laws Of easy divorce in Indiana seem
tobe used as The means of doing very bril-
liant stroke of business occasionally. Not long
since gentleman in Lewisville, In that Stale
who had been suffering some years from >parl
ysis, was divorced from his vile Just before
his death without knowing anything about 1t
His considerate friends took entire charge o.
the matter, and did not trouble him at all witt
their proceedings. The wife was in some wa!
prevented from making any opposition, ant
the whole thing was carried through will
s'promptness and dispatch" The object of The
transaction was to secure the dead mans pro
perty, amounting to about 100000, withoutit it'
being curtailed by the Widows right OF dover
OF course now there is no widow and no dow
er, and the kind friends of the deceased are
enjoying the first fruits Of their labor.
Some recently published facts concerning
the German organization known as. Turnvereir
are interesting There are, itappears, about
1900 societies composing the Turnvereln in
this country. The average number in each
society is about 100, which would make the
organization about 10000 strong Throughout