The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1871.
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NEWS OF TIE DAY,

NEWS OF TIE DAY.
In New York, yesterday, gold closed at
1oxelox.
Cotton closed unsettled at 15c.
in Liverpool on Thursday, cotton closed nat
aud irregular; uplands 7NaSd; Orleans s,sasXd.
Indiana is emphsticaly railroad State.
Out Of ninety three counties In the State seventy
one are crossed by one or more railroads
Gloves are made in England with pocket on
the inside OF the palm to suit the habit INDUCED
In by the fair,sex Of carrying money there.
"A sale Of ready.made collins at auction took
place at Lincoln, Nebraska, recently. A black
walnut article, with silver trimmings brought
$25, the purchaser being q man whose wife was
very sick.
An enthusiastic Connecticut Democrat makes
the following propositions: First. $1,000 that John
T. Holman will be nominated and elected presi-
dent. Second. $1,000 that Gilbert @. Walker, OF
Virginia, will be nominated and elected vicepresi
dent. Third. $1,000 that Walker will receive the
larger popular vote. Fourth. $1,000 that the State
of Connecticut will give majority for HOFFMAN
and Walker.
The Chinese outrages at Tlen.Tsin, at which
the Christian world was horriaed not long ago,
have been followed by similar brutal denoastra-
tions against Protestant and Catholic missiopa-
ries In other parts Of the Kingdom. At Sin Chow,
for example, a Protestant chapel was sacked, and
several Chinese converts murdered; Catholic
mission at Ia Tsuang shared the same fate, and
one or more chapels between Pekin and Hen-Tsin
are also reported to have been plundered and
burned.
The Washington Patriot says: "1n cou.:adic-
some quarters that the President will remedy his
neglect In not recommending general amnesty In
his last annual message by making that suggestion
when Congress reconvenes. comes the statement
that he will then suggest an investigation into the
condition of affairs South. This is calculated to
give strength to the belief that Grant, Influenced
by certain prominent Radicals, is willing and even
anxious to have the question OF reconstruction
reopened until after the next Presidential elec.
tion. An official suggestion from the Executive
that such legislation be entered upon would BY
no means receive unanimous endorsements by the
party which elected him. That 1t will be at
tempted may be regarded as most plausible
.supposition. The report that the President has
in view s1ch suggestions comes direct from the
best informed friends Of the administration"
The Parslans are exercising their minds over
curious problem, namely, whether 1t Is more
economical to eat bread or to use 1t for the pro-
rduction OF horse beef. Forage has become 30
scarce that maay valuable horses are fed on
bread. This use OF human food has been pro-
nounced scandalous In some quarters, while on
the other hand 1t Is argued that II the horses are
slain now the chances for fresh meat In the fu-
ture are destroyed The question Is not quite 80
simple as 1t seems. a horse will yield certain
number Of pounds Of meat. Now, will the bread
required to keep that horse IN the same condi-
ton, say for thirty days, be wasted The Pari-
SLAMS are not out offresh meat now; bat In thirty
dsysthey may be. and at the expiration Of that
time will the. carcass OF the horse be Of enough
more value to them than 1t Is now to compensate
for the loss Of the bread required to sustain the
horse during the given timer
The steamship De Soto, on the line between
! New York and New Orleans, was, on the night Of
December 81, 1870, totally destroyed by fire.. on
the Mississippi River, twenty-five miles below
New Orleans. The cargo consisted OF one thous-
and barrels OF molasses, two hundred hogsheads
OF sugar. anu nine hundred and eighty eight
bales Of cotton, and with the steamer was valued
at $3.50, 900. The De Solo, steamship Of 1877
tons, was built In New York in 1859 for the Hav-
ana and Gulf trade, and in 1881 was purchased
by the United States Government as cruiser
and blockader, In which capacity she performed
good service during the war. At the close OF the
war the navy having been ordered to be reduced.
she was sold and reconverted into merchant
steamer, and was considered a stannch, sea-
worthy: boat OF fair speed. The destruction OF
the Desoso, tits stated; viii prove heavy loss
tsstne already sman meet Of ocean steamers own
edby the merchaatsof the United States.
EThe,war having convinced, the French that
their system Of field artillery IS inferior to that OF
hePrussians, they are making strenuous efforts
toimproveit. The sole merit Of the French sys-
TEN sits simplicity. Their held piece, as muz-
zle-loader, compares favornbly, both In mechan-
ism Of gun and in simplicity OF ammunition, with
the more complicated breech-loader OF the Prus-
sians Here, however, the superiority ends. In
accuracy In tatness Of Trajectory and in velocity,
the Prussian 6eld-piece is by far the more powerl
full weapon. Much Of this Is due to the calt,re
The French cannon. rave de Is q bronze muzzle.
loader, converted into ride gun by growing the
Old 6pounder smooth bore, the calibre Of which Is
3E inch. The calbre ofthe Prussian steel 4-pound.
e.is, however, only 81 inch; its proectlle conse
quently, although OF the same weight, is of lees
sectional area than that Of the French gun. The
Prussisn shells are, therefore, better adapted to
overcome the resistance which the air opposes to
all bodies moving throughit, and the result is that
they retain better their original velocity.
As an example Of great branches Of industry
which for the time being may be regarded as
wholly destroyed in France, that OF the manufac.
tureofk gloves may be particularly referred to.
This industry, although having its centre noml-
naly in:RsHs IA really distributed over the whole
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