The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-17
Tbe GbarleStu1t 9ems.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER It, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAE.

Gold at New York, yesterday, cioseu nea'y
at lltall}.
Til, New York cotton market closed firm;
uplands lsic; sales ISIS bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed firm; uplands
Gid: sales Is, 600 bales.
The manufacture Of chloral has become
enormous. One German chemist sells halt
ton every week.
.-Appleton's American Cyclopeda is to be
condensed and abridged into single volume
OF the dimensions of Webster's Unabridged.
Brigham Young is at st. George, smaii
town in the southern part Of Utah. 1t Is said
TO be correct that Delegate Hooper is autner-
ized to offer certain terms at Washington.
The Russian Prince is called their Muscovy
duck by the bellies of New York. He will be
served up with caper sauce at the grand ball.
Their duck seems to be very fond Of water; he
sticks to it so long.
The British government has granted a
pension OF s3O0 to the children of DR.. Living
stone, the African explorer. DR.. Livingstone
when last heard from was slowly making his
way toward the coast.
The French army is soon TO be uniformed
anew, as follows: Dark blue cap, with red
turban, ornamented with tTicolor anu q
cocks feather; blue tunic, with two rows OF
brass buttons and red trimmings, and gray
trowsers with red stripe.
The Town OF Linden, In Marengo County,
Alabama, has recently been threatened with
serious disturbances by negroes, armed and
or0anized. Their leaders have been arrested
and lodged In in jail by the sheriff, aided by
the Federal troops, and all has since been
quiet. .........,. -.sssq.,
The Chicago papers are complaining that
In the. burned districts people are erecnng
wooden buildings two or three stories IN
height, prefessedly for temporary occupation
but built In such q manner as to indicate the
parpose of keeping them in use for some time
to come. rse re ~
t'-soott Russell writes to the London papers
giving the history Of the so-called social move
ment. He saysif Prince Albert had been lv-
ing be would have been Its leader. the move
pent originated in proposals for union be-
tween the peers and working men. He de-
niles most positively that Its objects or meth
ois were political or revolutionary, and
strongly advocates perseverance In the effort
In the interest of social progress rad reform.
The Journal de Paris says: Napoleon III
considers himself as still the legitimate sov-
ereign of France; consequently he refuses 10
release from their oath Of fidelity the officers
who have written to him to ask whether they
ought to place themselves at the disposal OF
the present government. Should question
arise says he, between order and anarchy,
combat for the former, but you remain bound
by your oath until the moment that the coun-
try shall have been directly consulted. am
the legitimate sovereign
"A New York correspondent, under date OF
the 18th instant, writes: "The journals con-
tinue to talk pretty freely about the arrange
ments Tweed Is making, If possible, to leave
the country;;but if 1t were permissible to puo-
lJsh the IIans of the prosecution with refer
ence to such contingency, these specula-
tions would be dismissed as absurd: There
was a time when the great chief of the Ring
might have followed in the tracks OF Wood
ward and Garvey; but, unless your correspon-
dent Is misInformed, 1t Is now too late, and II
NAV De aQQcQ uO Ludu 10 laoAS PoASeS ~
that fact than Tweed himself"
-Reyerdy johnson favors the proposed
abandonment by the Democratic party Of the
ground it has hitherto occupied. He recon-
mends the following policy for adoption by the
next National Democratic Conventions: 'Let
the members of the convention place before
the country some name which all ConserVa-
t,yes as we'll as all Democrats can support,
and announce, If they declare any political
principles, nothing which would be offensive
to either conservative Republicans or Demo-
Gratis II this shall be done, believe that our
triumph will be certain, and surely all should
unite in labor to that end who value the con-
stltution Of the nation, and know the worth oil
political and civil liberty"
The enormous increase OF continental
armies since the Crimean war Is shown by
comparing the figures OF 1871 with those OF
1852. At that time Prussia had only forty-fve
regiments Of infantry and thirty-eight OF cav
airy; now she has one hundred and forty.eight
of Infantry and ninety-three of cavalry. In
1852 Srance had one hundred and two regi-
ments Of iniauiry and Hlty-six OF cavalry; now
one hundred and hfty.six and sixty-iour.
Large ss the present German army seems, 1t
only ranks third In The list Of European stand
ing armies. The lead is taken by Russia with
one hundred and eighty-eight regiments OF in
fantry, lfty-slx Of regular cavalry, and one
hundred and ffty-elght OF Cossacks. Next,
and still superior to Germany comes France.
Austria has eighty regiments OF infantry, Italy
eighty, and England one hundred and sixty
nine battalions and twenty-six mounted regl-
ments. '.
North Carolina is jubilant at present and
Justly 30. She has discovered that tobacco can
be grown in many of the counties west OF the
Blue Ridge, and 80 she boldly filings out In the
face of Virginia her red far OF defiance. The
particular counties in which the culture OF the
tobacco Pant has been adopted have been
noted hitherto for the production OF rich,
sweet grass, and for some OF the finest apples
In the country. In 1869, gentleman from
Virginia, considering that the soil ana climate
ought to be suitable for the production OF to-
bacco, tried the experiment by planting two
acres; the following year he tried twenty-five
acres, and this year one hundred and ffty
hoo da1