The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-15
NEWS OF The DAY.

Cotton was unchanged; upland Hs cents;
ales 1863 bales.
in Liverpool uplands closed at 73d, and
Orleans at 7ta7ld; safes 10, 600 bales.
Confederate money is as good as any other
r ind In San Domingo. So Is counterfeit.
The great bridge across the Mississippi
River, at 81. Louis, was completed on Wednes-
day. 1t cost one million OF dollars
In Germany, the aides have an ''ant-
Ckignon Society" the pledge Of which has
been taken By over 5000 ladies'.
"A ladies' lite insurance company is being
formed in London. One provision is that all
employees are to be women.
The Connecticut Legislature Is to meet Oh
the first Wednesday In May, and will then
proclaim the official result OF the recent cleo
on for Governor.
Cyrus W. Field is q firm believer In life
i insurance. He has policies on his life amount
Ing to s2l4, 900, on which he pays annual pre-
miums amounting to $4,000.
Colonel Albert Pike, Of Arkansas, has been
the editor and Proprietor Of no less hat
twenty-five different newspapers, two-thlrds
of which he boasts OF killing.
The rumoer OF Germans expelled from
France during the war Is lib, o0a. These ll2. 900
demand on an average three thousand francs
indemnity tor their involuntary exile.
There were five cases of sunstroke In New
York City on Monday last, and the thermome-
ter stood at 100 degrees 1.-THE shade in Albany
the same day.
Bishop Martinez has Just arrived at Ha-
vana from Spain. but he has not been permit
ted to land, and the affair creates considerable
excitement. He will probably have to go back.
President Grant has abandoned his Cali
fornla trip until the fall. The reference ques-
tIon from the Righ Commission and the en-
forcement of the Ku-Klux bill keep him In
Washington.
Camilla Urso has bought, at immense
: cost, the celebrated Joseph Guarnesius Gre
mona Violin. in London. The owner at first
refused to sell, but aually remarked, "Camiila,
Or 30 irresistible-take IT,"
"A correspondent Of q Boston paper urges
the formation of female emigration societies,
to supply wives to the young men Of the far
West. New England has q surplus Of women,
the West a surplus OF men.
Among the periodicals on our exciSnge
list are the Living Age, the Iron age, and the
Golden Age. The Sausage hasn't come yet;
though there is something that looks a little
Ike it in the Three Links, an Odd Fellows
psper.
Fashion gossip has 1t that In passing a lady
on the street the hat should be raised during
the present season with the left hand, che
little finger and thumb to be placed under the
. rim. The bow for April is a little to the left
side, and not quite as low as formerly.
john Ruskin fully exculpates Bismarck
and Louis Napoleon from any and all response
bility for the late war, declaring that Louis TX
and his brother we're the real cause of the
contest. The Tribune asks: IF huskin were
to reflect a little longer, couldn't he put the
blame on Childeric and Clovis ~
Eleven Japanese merchants have arrived
in California with 135. 900 cards of silkworm
eggs, costing In japan 1915 600. They were
contracted for by q French house al SIS a card,
but the order was cancelled 10 consequence Of
the war. The Japanese merchants then ship !
ped them on their " account
Mormon physicians are forbidden, under
penalty of $1,000, and not less than a years In
prisonm.nt to prescribe any of the more pow
erful agents known to the medical profession,
without first explaining 70 the patient aud bis
friecds their medical properties, and procur-
.ng the unqualified consent of all concerned.
AT the Easter vestry election in st. Gle
ment's Church, Philadelphia, female pew-hold-
ers (single) voted without restriction, but
married ladies were permitted to do so only
when they were accompanied by their hus-
bands or could present evidence Of their hus-
bands concurrence In the vote which they
were about to cast.
"A matrimonial commercial detective
agency has been organized in Cincinnati by
seven splnsters of mature age, who will sup
ply information concerning any yonng man
n town. Any maiden having an offer may
apply at the bureau with the full confidence
of ascertaInlng the exact mercantile value of
the partnership into which she in invited to
enter.
Some one has discovered that the Queen
of Holland is the author of the vigorous and
bitter leaders against Germany which have at
tracted 30 much attention Ia several OF the
eading journals of Rotterdam, the Hague
aud Amsterdam. The Queen is represented
to be one of the strongest and most sarcastic
writer's for the press in the Netherlands, and
deserves to be considered a born journalist.
Lately at dinner-table a gentleman re-
marked that a certain lawyer, who used to be
given to sharp practice, was getting more cir
cumspect. YES" replied Judge Hoar, the
has reached the superialiye of life. He began
by seeking to ger on, then he sought to get
honor, and now no Is trying to get honest"
The conversation did not refer to General
Butler.
-Nspoleon's visit to Victoria was made by
special train from Chiseihursl to Windsor, &C
companied by Prince Aurat. At Windsor an
enthusiastic reception awaited the Emperor.
The Queens private suite of waitiug-rooms
were opened for his reception, the platform
was occupied by influential re Lieats, and the
roads about were crowded with people who
cheered and shouted with enthusiasm. The
family Of Marshal Canrobert were awailin g his
arrival, and In their company, escorted by the
Lord Chamberlain and dignilaries of Windsor,
he was driven to the castle, spent hall an hour
n q visit to the Queen, and returned to be dis
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