The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-27


lsac. Orleans lslc; sales 225o bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed strong; up!and'
Gid, Orleans ssd; sales $4,000 bales.
The fire marshal OF New York City report:
that fourteen per cent. of the fires there are
caused by kerosene.
Bolts, who shot ''Pet" Halstead in the bed
room of his mistress in Newark, some months
ago. has been convicted Of murder in the first
degree.
Madame, the Queen Of Denmark, is Ger.
rainly "a managing mamma" One daughter is
the future Empress of Russia, the other the
future Queen of England; while one of heI
SONS is King of Greece and the son'ln.law OF
Gear.
Patriotism in young maidens In Metz Is
tantamount to all the virtues. young French
lady of that city recently refused Prussan
officers offer Of marriage, and the next day
received ten applications for her hand among
the richest young men Of the town.
The weight of evidence Is decidedly In
support of the charge that the Chicago tire
was from first to last incendlary. 1t Is now
suthoritatively declared that the story of the
cow that was said to have kicked over kero-
sene lamp is all a fable. 1t Is said th"t the
family were asleep when the fire broke out,
and had not been in the barn after night at all.
The fire of the preceding evening is now said
to have been clearly !ncendlary. Thus the ac-
cidental appears to drop out Of the chapter,
nd design takes its place.
The great bridge at st. Louis Is progress
ing rapidly. The concrete or foundation for
the last pier, small one on the Illinois side of
the river, has been laid, and the bridge COM
pany will have no further use OF the air
pumps, voltaic armor, &c. The masonry, OF
which there will be one thundred and three
thousand cubic yards. is about tw0-thirds
completed, and the superstructure has already
been commenced. The cast iron plates at the
piers have been placed and prepared for the
reception of the steel tubes forming the
spans. 1t will be completed In about year
from now.
The most extraordinary deluslon on the
part of her Britannia Majesty, with which Mr.
Gladstone had to contend during his recent
visit to Balmoral, was her confirmed opinion
that Prince Albert was present at the meet
Ing, "a occupied his usual seat by her side.
Mr.. Gladstone In vain attempted to dispel this
hallucination She constantly turned round
to the supposed Prince, and asked him fit
was not true. She declared that he replied In
the Affirmative, and for up~s.dc of an hour she
persisted in addressing him on every subject
on which the Premier consulted her.
The custom of stealing children from
their parents in Italy and taking them to for:
sIgu parts 10 be GIN ptoyeu LOT the penenC Oh
their abductors has become so notorious that
the law in that country has finally been COM
pelled to take steps to check the evil. By the
new criminal code Of Italy those persons VINO
entice children and take them abroad are
punished with five years imprisonment. The
minister of justice in his report on the SUBJ
iect estimates that FIVE thousand young Ita-
Liam children are thus annually sold, as II
were, to persons in the United States. These
children are those whom we see about the
streets playing upon execrable fddles and COL
lectlng precarious contributions for perlpa-
tetic organ.grinders.
Hon. Carl Schurz delivered On eloquent
Grafton on the political questions Of the day, at
Louisville, few evenings ago, in which he
repeated his able and unanswerable arguments
in favor of preserving the liberties OF the peo-
pie, and in opposition to the despotism OF the
administration. His reception partook of the
nature of an ovation. The crowd was tremen-
dous, and thousands were unable to obtain
even standing room. The senator's speech
was nearly two hours in length, and was re-
ceived with the most emphatic expressions OF
approval. As an evidence Of the effect pro-
duced by his patriotic and mastery effort, it Is
noticeable that the Louisville Ledger, which
is opposed to many of the orators suggestions,
Is nevertheless constrained to admit that he Is
evidently a scholar and profound thinker,
that he reasons logically and supports his po-
sition with arguments which prove him to be
a man of thought and calculation; that he Is
undoubtedly sincere, and that his great power
In American politics twill be eXerted in the
interest of magnanimous patriotism"
News of trouble and rnmors of possible
civil war come to US from Liberia. Some two
years ago the present executive OF that coun-
try, President Roye, was elected for the term
Of four years Recently, however, the Con-
gress sf Liberia passed an act limiting the
Presidents term to two years, and now the
partisans of Roberts, who viii be remembered
as the predecessor of Roye, insist upon the
immediate resignation Of the latter and new
election by the people, Roberts himself being
candidate for the Office. Roye refuses to re-
sign, and declares his intention of serving
out the term for which he was elected, in
which he Is sustained by a considerable party,
and this refusal has given rise to great dea
of bitterness between the two factions. AMI
affray lately occurred at the seat OF govern
ment between the adherents of Roye and Rob-
erts, In which the collector of the port, a staunch
supporter ofthe present Incumbent, and one
of the most able and prominent men Of the
country, was killed. This occurrence has
added fuel 10 the already existing fire, and it Is
feared that Roberts, who Is said to have quite
q formidable backing, will raise the standard
of open rebellion.
The open Polar Sea, reported BY the At
lantic cable as having been discovered By one
of the German exploring expeditions, has d.
rected attention to the different companies of
scientific men now employed In the arduous
work of reaching. the highest parallel of north
latitude. 1t appears that at thespresent time
there are seven expeditions engaged in Arctic
research-two from Germany, under the COM
mand OF Rosenthal and Payer respectively;