The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The Nebraska State Lunatio Asylum Is
burned. Two ofthe inmates, one of whom was
chained, were burned. Loss 100000.
-Pleasanton decides that a certificate OF
bankruptcy discharges government claims
against the bankrupt ec
Thomas A. Marshall, for twenty years
Judge of the Kentucky Court Of Appeals, is
dead.
The Emperor Williams abandonment OF a
formal coronation, with imposing ceremonies,
was brought about, 1t is said, by the persus-
sive entreaties of the Crown Prince. who
thought 1t might have an i'll influence upon
the numerous Republican minds Of Germany.
Emile and Isaac PereiEe, the once famous
French bankers, who we're supposed to be
worth millions, and who in Paris not leng ago
went all to pieces financially, are now living
quietly in Lisbon. They are of Portuguese
origin, and like most of the eminent bankers
on the Continent, are Israelites.
General L~anglewiez, leader Of the Polish
insurgents in 1868, and banished to Siberia,
will be permitted, it is said, to return to BUS
sia on account of a coneiliatory and eloquent
letter he has written to the Gar, who Is re-
ported to have q weakness for fine rhetoric
and sentimental appeals.
a Washington dispatch, OF Monday, to the
Baltimore Sun, says: Notwithstanding the
appeal made by the two South Carolina sena-
tors yesterday, seconded BY Senator Wilson, Of
Massachusetts, the two steadfast friends Of the
President, Messrs. Cenkling and Morton,
promptly interposed their objection and pre-
ventedthe consideration OF the House amnes-
ty bill. 1t Is very probable that 1t will now fall
to be acted on at this session." ~
If the policy OF commercial noa-inter-
course with Germany should be carried out, as
the French people propose to do, both nations
would be heavy losers by the 'courss. Last
year France imported from Germany fifty MIL
Hon dollsrs' worth OF raw material Ia the wey
of wool, hides and lumber, aud such necessary
articles as cattle, grain and Goals. In the
same time. France exportedto Germany manu-
featured goods amounting to about forty-three
million dollags. Non-intercourse, 1t will thus
be perceived, would be money. out Of the
pockets OF both parties. 1t now remains to
be seen whether the French pocket Is deeper
than Is the extent Of French patriotism.
I, "A Washington dispatch to the New York
Evening Post says .ts'Society circles are much
excited to-day in consequence OF the refusal OF
the Catholic. clergy to perform the marriage
ceremony next week at the wedding OF Mr..
Rangsbe, Greek Charge d'AfEaires, and Miss
Gerolt, the daughter OF Baron Gsrolt. The rec
son. OF this refusal is that the parties intend to
have tho marriage also solemni1edihNew YORK
according to the rites of the Gfeek Church, the
young lady being q Roman Catholic, while Mr..
Rangabe Is q member OF the Greek Church.
The Catholic priests here positively refuse to
perform the ceremony, unless q pledge is given
that no other, ceremony will be performed. In
consequence of this course by the Catholic
clergy, no ceremony will be had here, ind the
contracting parties will proceed to New York
ON Monday, and there be married. This isa
great disap polntment to the Washington
friends, both of the bride and the groom, as
they had looked forward to the approaching
lnuptials with pleasurable anticipattons."
George Augustus Saia, in a letter to the
London Telegraph comments on the peculisri-
ties Of Berlin and of the royal family Of Prus-
sis. He describes the new imperial city as az
ugly-looking place, and the simplicity Of the
royal ways as really Arcadian. ''When EN-
peror william Is here he drives about in a lit
tie one-horse chaise which a water:rate col
lector In Camberwel might deem beneath his
dignity. Royalty goes in and comes out by
the back door Of its palaces. which are, indeed,
but big, three-storied houses on the Linden,
certainly not 80 palatial in outward guise ss
our clubs In Pail Mall Imagine a very wipe
street, and her Majesty living at number four,
the Prince of Wales st number six, the Princess
of Teck at number eight; with the Princess
Christian round the corner, the British Nu-
scum, the National Gallery and the Argyll
Rooms over the way, and the Opera House
within q stones caste. That, throwing In the
Zeughaus, or arsenal, a big guardhouse and
Butchers monument, Is the court end Of Ber-
lin. Royalty goes out shopping, or to the play,
or for a drive, or to prayers at the Dom-Kirche,
and nobody takes much notice."
The race between Cambridge and Oxford
this year, of which the cable gives us early
advices, was uninteresting, according to the
New York Tribune's correspondent. In point
OF style, Cambridge were confessedly far supe-
rior to their opponents, yet there Was an un-
mistakable power in the Oxford boat, and the
oars, eveu as they rowed sotLly down for the
start, were pulled clean through from the
well-dehned catch at the beginning to the
square finish far past the rowlocks. They
were not a crew to be trified with, that was
plain, nor do I suppose Cambridge doubted
that they had o ood bit of work cut out for
them for the next half hour. There was hardly
q splash on either side, and no hurry. Both
went away at Ss to the minute, but in a mo-
ment Cambridge had settled down to 81, while
Oxford went up to SO. Yet, in spite of her
rivals more rapid stroke. Cambridge began
almost at once to draw ahead. Cambridge
led throughout, though Lesley, of the oxford,
tried to remedy his crews Want OF time and
Halrs bad steering by q tremendous squirt on
the last half mile, gaining a little in distance,
but his crew going to pieces under the tire.
mendous pace OF Il aud ~ strokes. Cam
bridge won by a clear length.
For several years past rumors have been
current In regard to the extrayagaice and
recklessness Of MI. Goidschmidt, the gentle