The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-15
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold at New York, yesterday, was quoted
at ll!all3. o.
Cotton at New York closed weak at ls3
cents.
AT Liverpool cotton closed strong, with
an upward tendency; uriands fully 99d; gales
5000 bales.
About tour hundred German Immigrants
have lately settled in Texas.
The Emperor William has presented Two
of the captured French guns TO Field Marshal
Count Moltke, to be placed in iront Oh MS
country seat, Creisan, in siesia.
TIFFANY g. Co., of New York, have neck
lace of pearls which was purchased from the
ex-Empress oil the French, by an agent sent to
Chiselhurst for the purpose. She would sell
no other OF her jewels. Tie price asked is
$4,000.
The trial of the notorious Mrs. wharton,
CHARGED with the poisoning of General ket-
chnm and others, is definitely fixed 10 take
place at Annapolis on the 4th OF December
next. It is generally considered that the array
illegal ability on both Sides formidable, ana
vet it is understood that additional prominent
counsel will be engaged to assist the proseea-
tion.
"A cotton picker's veloclpede has been In
vented in South Carolina, by means OF which
a man NAV sit on cushion, under an umorei'
la, with his cotton basket carried to his hano'
and gather his crop. When his basket ID iuii'
by simple reversion he can transform n,S Te'
loc,nede to wheelbarrow, on which he can
carry his cotton to the place of deposit without
even the labor of lifting it to his shoulder.
Tne same machine can be used for pulling
peas.
"A great scarcity of gold and silver cur
rency exists Ia London. According 70 the
Pail Mall Gazette, applicants at some Of the
large banks who keep drawing accounts there
are Obliged to enter their names in book kept
for the purpose, which entities them to por-
ton of the next available supply. The same
scarcity is felt between the branches OF The
large London banks and the head Offices One
large bank openly declares that the appllca'
tions for gold currency from no fewer than
twenty of its branches are so frequent, and
upon such scale, that they are with the great
est difficulty satisfied. Considering that the
flow of specie to Germany has already COM
pelled the Bank of France to issue small paper
currency, it Is not impossible that the Bank
of England may soon have to do the same.
The postmaster.general, in his forthcom-
ing annual report, 1t Is understood will recon-
mend to Congress system Of postal telegra-
phy. If this bill Is not carried another Will be
introduced looking to the adoption oftelegraph
communication at rates within the reach OF
poorer classes OF the people, embracing the
more practical features of this system not un-
der the direct control of the government but
under its supervision. OF the manner Of carry
ing the mails over the postal routes, the com.
plicated schemes embraced in the bill OF b.
Gratz Brown when in the Senate, and The less
cumbersome bill introduced in the House by
Mr.. Washburne, now minister to France, are
substantially abandoned. Their propositions
included the idea of ownership of the tele-
graph line by the government; the proposed
bin for the next Congress does not embrace
this government ownership, but leaves 1t
where it now ls, to private citizens and CON-
panies.
The latest news from Cuba gives an unu-
sually revolving account OF Spanish atrocities,
which seem to Increase in number with the
steady progress Of the revolution The re-
port of the massacre of the town council OF
Jiguani. by command of Valmaseda, is con-
frmed. Colonel Canizales had all the MEN,
bers of the municipal council brought before
him, and told them to prepare to die, for they
would all be shot in two hours, and without
any accusation made against them, or even
the farce OF trial, they were al taken out
and murdered. But the most astounding
piece of barbarity was that perpetrated on
Prefecto Lopez. He was sentenced to be gar
roted, and large crowd assembled to witness
his execution. When he sat down on the
bench it was found to be too low to allow his
neck to come up to the Ia al Iron collar The
second time he sat dowI ne was too high. at
last, after the fifth atte mpt, the garrote was
adjusted round his throat. The brutal instru-
ment was ST. badly arranged that 1t broke on
the first twist given to the ;oTew by the exc
cutioner, and then the victim had TO be illted
up. while with his head hans:iHg In the collar
the garrote was repaired. When Lopez sat
down the seventh time, he str,Ilned his nerves
for lual supreme effort, and ihouted "Death
to Spain !" His neck was thel Immediately
broken, and two officers mountt the platform
to take charge OF the bodyi bnt in order to
prove to the bloodthirsly volun GERS that their
victim wss really dead, they Ii ted him from
the bench several times, made the execution
er give several more twists to the screw, and
took the face OF the corpse-D hich was an un-
distinguishabie mass Of blood' flesh, with tae
eyes prolruding from the s'ckets-in thelr
hands, turning IL toward tie P, ople. brutal
yell followed, and the horrible exhibition came
TO a'close.
TIL London Economist thinks we may u.s.
sumo for the present that money will not be-
come dearer. Some sanguine persons are al
ready beginning tocompute the probability
of its instantly becoming cheaper. But so long
as matters remain as they now are, and while
so much money is locked up at Berlin, it will
be the duty of the Bank Of England Especially
looking to the probable demands upon Lon
don in November and December on French
account) to accumulate an ample reserve, and
not to reduce the rate until she is sure thai
she has accumulated enough and until there
,.r rooeonah hlo III al;hood that The end sht