The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-19
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1871.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

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In New York yesterday gold closed at 1os.
Cotton closed dull and dropping at 151Sc;
sales $500 bales
in Liverpool at noon on Tuesday cotton was
dull at Sd for uplands and SID for Orleans.
On Tuesday afternoon cotton In Liverpool was
nat; uplands 7Za; Orleans 3d.,
Brigham Youns's power In Utah Is said to be
waning.
There are now 2,7 stationary and 50 migrate.
ry German postofices established In France.
Paris has been under siege for one hundred
and eighteen days.
-Itl now stated that at least twelve lives we're
lost by the burning Of the Spotswood Hotel at
Richmond.
"A remonstrance, extensively signed, has been
sent to Mr.. Gladstone by Englshmen, setting
forth the reasons Why In their opinion, the French
Republic should be recognized. Among one OF
tie reasons is, that whatever goodwill Prussia
may show to the Court, she shows none to the
English people.
The London Stf ~dard, In a sharp criticism
on the ambitious p. ms and ends OF Prussia and
King William, calls to account Mr.. Gadstones
government for the alacrlty 1t has displayed In
congratulatng the Emperor OF Germany on his
the French Republic.
Within the last few weeks great military eX-
element has pervaded in England The cry now is
for armaments, organization OF the war office
and the admiralty, the increase OF the battalons,
the creation OF an efficient reserve-any thing, in
fact, to prevent the loss by England OF her posi-
ton among the great powers
nfc, iy,
which the amnesty to Fenian prisoners has been re-
ceived in Ireland 'ls not on the whole, unsatisfac
tory. Among all the classes who's: opinion In
country like England could be considered OF con-
sequence the release OF the prisoners has contrib
uted to promote feeling OF confidence, and has
been accepted as sign OF strength, not OF weak
ness"
The publisher OF the Printers. Circular, in
philadelphia, with the view OF determining who
Is the fastest type.setter In the country, offers
three prizes: First, a solid silver composing
stick; second, silver medal third, bronze
medal. The trial must tSke place on Wednesday.
May 10, 1871, and Oh no other day, and is open to
all competitors In the towns and cities Of the
United States or Canada in which printers unions
exist.
Amid the horrors OF war that affct Paris,
both without and within, 1t Is pleasant to record
3 humane act. At one time venders or singing
birds tried to introduce taste for them, as an
element Of food, among the Parisians, but there
was 30 much indignation and horror expressed
BY the ladies that the idea was abandoned. And
80 the singing birds-perhaps the only evidences
OF cheerfulnes5 in the beleaguered clty-still I'LL
the air with their merry notes.
nphlin npxenanprs snnoSinO Of kha terms
OF the amnesty to the Fenian conVicts, says that
the conditions OF the pardons that the released
prisoners shall not return to Ireland until after
the expiration OF their respective sentences.
Those condemned to five years. penal servitude
will be free to return In about year, and those
sentenced to twenty years will he exiled for hteea
years. It was at first supposed that the Danish
ment was to be perpetual.
M. Victor Hugo having recently declared, in
burst OF patriotic eXalI alton, that he would sally
from Paris with the battery Of artillery In which
his two sons are serving, the members Of the bat
terry In question: as soon they heard Of his reso
luton, marched to his residence and protested
against his design. Everybody can tght," they
said to hiln, "but everybody cannot write Les
CHatinaentS: = SO stay at home and take care OF
life so precious to France. This must have tlcEled
the vanity OF this dramatic old man.
On Monday last the price OF beef In New
York was lower than 1t has been a. any previous
time during the last seven years. From 1855 to
1858 .her: was an unusual scarcity OF beef In
market-a scarcity due partly to the exsraocdl-
nary demand caused by the armies In the field
and partly to the fact that the great grazing
grounds OF the Middle States were rendered use
less by Union or Confederate troops. Lstterly,
however, the supply has more nearly equalled the
demand, and hence the prices have 81 wly but
steadily declined.
"A London correspondent OF the Manchester
Guardian, writing Of the Prussian objections to
the marriage Of the Princess Louise to the Mar
quis OF Lorne. says there Is gratfyinsicer ainty
that they will he treated with dignned disrega d
By the illustrious parsonage whose Judgment has
been from the first app eclated and approved by
the nation No act Of her long reign has Indicated
more clearly the Queens perception OF the true
idiosyncracy Of her people, and there can be no
doubt that the word OF the sovereign having once
been given in such 8 case. the whole nation would
reject as an insult the idea that 1t could or should
be broken to hupor the prejudIces OF foreign
court.
"A New York letter Of the 18th instant says:
HBismarck's order that the enemy's merchant
vessels shall cease to be exempt from capture
after another mon,h, Is creating some stir among
shippers by the Havre steamers and the first OF.
feet viii probably he areductIon OF business un-
der that flag. The commanders OF these vessels, |
however, say they have no apprehension whatso- |