The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-24
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2l, 1871.
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Gold at New York, yesterday, closed at
1lkal1Hc.
The New YORK cotton market closed dull;
sales 4S5 balesat l5ac.
At Liverpool cotton closed. dull, both ON the
spot and aGoas; upland ia Orleans 7%d; sales
10000 bales
The French contributions in New York City
now exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
Tie proposed flag Of the neSGerman Empire
is black, white red and gold.
The New York Tribune thinks coal famine
Is imminent owing to the feud between the mine
owners and the men.
1t is reported that thirty-av members Of the
Indiana Legislature have resigned, and that the
Republican members OF the Senate will resign.
--Twenty.two million dollars Is the sum set by
the calculating correspondents for Great Britain
to pay into Uncle Sans capacious pockets for
damages done by the Alabama.
Colonel John S. Monroe, Mayor OF New Or
leans at the time it was captured by Batter,
and who Yves imrrisonetafcr long time by that
general, but who has been resident OF Savannah
.sIuce the warended, died suddenly in the latter
city yesterday.
THE Nes York ,Trlbunes which ,frss started
tie repelr that Res3 Father Farrell, ofSs tosepfa
Church, New York. had been removed from his
charge for adhesion the cause OF Italian unity,
nov admits that tAe report vas withous 1ounda-
tlon.
More than one hundred Prussian ships have
been captured By French cruisers, and three thou
and nave been reduced to inactivity by the war,
and The German shlpownerj, In consequence, de-
sire Bismarck to demand indemnity from France
for their losses.
The Emperor William has issued cabinet or
der, in which the marriages contracted by officers
of his urn without his consent before the CAM
paisn are declared Illegal. To legallze them, new
marriages, with previous imperial consent, are
necessary. 1tis not generally known that Prus-
sian officers must obtain the express consent OF
their sovereign T., contract legal marriages.
The latest specir1en' Of female enterprise In
New York is that Of Martha L.. Smith aud Ada NJ
Gleason, telegraph operators who have buils -
city telssfSah eusnsa asmcA AonSrosd sdWsys q
the Gran6G Geaszal Buta ID seakr sRlae r
chaAl S46rti6a'6 stfe 1anhatan compary's
wires, aud will cooperate with all the opposition
lines. Il: "a
The upper crus; among the colored popula.
tlon Of the national capital are on the qtsi ctre
as to the report In circulation that q weukDown
oolored physician HhoJs one Of the pfufe sors
attached to the medical department Of Howard
University, intends soon to wed lady his senior
In years but OF uuadulleratcd Caucasian descent,
and who occupies quite prominent position in
the Fresdmen!s Bureau in. n.Eirginta; 49,, !, : i
-wliconbit,a 1As9latute: must .be in I bad
state. A iocsf paper says: "Under the head OF
public charity the treasury is robbed for the
G8nent of pubic thieves. And under the name Of
public benefit, municipalities are made aleriEics
10 change the wealth OF individuals into The
Wealth OF corporations. By fear, bribery and
Battery, railroads control legislation. as banks
once did the same thing, and draw the money
expended from the people TO refill their golfers,
with cent per cent. lncrease.n'
"A stray correspondent, who managed 10 work
his way into Paris Immediately after the armis-
sicc was at first Threatened by some drunken
,Gardes Nationales as being Prusslan. Escaping
this danger, he sought lodgings, and gave to his
entertainers ham which he had brought With
him in his haversack. The ham was eaten in
short order, and the1umor OF the clast spreading
xaJroad, the neighbors hocked in to take look ut
the bones and to inspect those who had eaten the
rare delicacy.
The villages Of Garches and st. Cloud, the lat
ter the seat OF the former famous palace, have
been left In utter ruin by the fire OF the French
and prussIan guns. There Is not single hablta.
he house standing in either When the villagers
returned to them it was with difftulty that they
could discover the spots upon which their homes
once stood. Prin. Napoleon's chateau ut Men
don was destroyed as to Che roof and the Interior,
a,1aIs
Plon is concerned, however, IL matters little, as
he is not likely ever TO require It again.
"A cable telegram from London announces
the death Of the famous pima donna, Schneider,
whose performances in opera boaire have created
so vast sensation in the leading cities Of Europe.
M e. Schneider Is particularly celebrated In con-
neciion VITA Otenbach's opera Of The Grand
Duchess of Gerolsteinn for the rendition of which
aud similar opera boure characters her natural
.aud acquired graces peculiarly fitted her. In the
midst Of all the cXciements and peculiar circum-
stances which surrounded her in her gay and
3rlant career, 1t Is said that her private life was
trreproachable whi her charities were conspic-
uous. No particulars OF her death are given.
Patti will not be In America for ov-r a year,
7out the Strakosch family Is already hard at work
at the preliminary advertising We are instruct.
ed, Qec Caole auu eoiiSoponusneei ooouS ouee d
week, Of the tender soiictude felt in the warb.
ling marqulse's fortunes throughout Europe. The
appcarance of u "cat boil'' upon her distinguished
nose sent the horrible rumor through all France
that she had been attacked with smallpox, and
>Yon Motke's lesions spread not half the terror in
That popr country thau did this blood-curdipg re.
port. She bumped her head the other day against
one of the nss o. a St. Petersburg theatre and
we were at once assured that such was The JOY On
learning that not even her scalp had been
abraded, that special thanksgiving services were
ordered in all the Muscoylte churches And now
:sle has lripped her lovely toes in the too youmi