The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-17
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold at New York closed yesterday at
loyal.
The New York cotton market closed irregular
and dull; sales 2SOe bales; nominary l6c.
in Liverpool, at noon cotton was dull, with
a downward tendency; uplands 71ls7Hd. The
omciai report says the market ts nat; uplands
TKa =
-Barnum>is to start perambulatlng circus
ana menagerie this spring through the country
The New Orleans. lawyers expect to raise
fund OF $500 for the daughters OF the late Chiel
Justice Taney.
The dry goods. stores now doing the largest
amount OF busihessare those whose owners have
advertised most freely Of late.
Mr.. At. Stewart is sending FIVE thousand
barrels Of -four to thesunering people OF France
1t will cost him from 81 to ss 9 barrel.
-Terre Haute claims more banks than any
other city Of Its size. One is national, and the
'otherj jthirteencrso are otthe faro and keno ya
Tdedes. & p = Si.i ! = ,
The British army is to be reorganIzed, and
one Of the reforms will be the abolition OF the sys
tenn Of purchasing Commissions, by which only
the rich and the sous Of the rich have been able
to become officers.
THE S0nnx King df,areece reseHlys ysDlade an
e6ort 10 rsvifesthe eFnpic Games an fne same
shos snd. in Shessame style inwhfch ttaj1vFere
celebrated twenty five centuries ago, and the re-
suit was an lguominious failure.
Switzerland does not 'know.what to do with
the 00Oo French soldiers. the bulk Of Bourbaki's
army, now confined In her; cansons. Bismarck
hasiefused-ts permit them to return to France,
upon the ground that they would Immediately re-
commence hes.l1ltles.
Social gossip in London asserts that the Duke
of Edinbnrghs tFHnee Alfred tthse eueen's second
son, is to marry plebeian bnt rich daughter OF
London banker. the girl has NO blood tn"her
veins but her father has s2aooo,ooo to give her.
tThrift, Thrift, Torat.op' - r.%ss,..,
,-Reports from various parts of France show
rn6ytne Hasspirtt q the people is toning down,
anaf adisnssiaon.ts maiiiested ,bI the Prusslsns
notIoaxact, too much from France a. thesprice
or peace provlded ths Nastoasl Assembly prove
Itself to lie dlgniaed It's tonss and tfacta6le In
dts expectations. s: ss:,.l.'
"A New York letter. of Monday; says: "The
nsEsst etaotion in religious circles Is the spspen
aon Of Rev. Father Farrell pastor OF ST. Joseph's
Church, Sixth avenue,) bysArchhsshop McOloskey,
for writing q letter to the Academy Of Music
demonstration, few weeks since, in favor Of the
italian occupation Of Rome. The suspension will
be resclnded II the reverend gentleman win re-
ttact.n -, g
The dispatches from France Indicate the elec.
ton Of majority Of the lmenbers Of tisAasemoly
infavoNot tneressorahor or the orleulist branch
ofshe B6urbons, with the CoUnt Of Paris as King.
Hclsa son OF the late Duke OF Orleans, the eldest
son Of King Louis Philippe he Is now In his
thirty-third year, and Is known to many Amerl.
can army officers, having been on the stan os
General Mcclellan In the early days OF our late
war. His mother was German princess.
"A letter from cadet at West Point, and .
msn,ber OF the d,ss class received here for publi
cation, says -t.As 70 our feelug, 1t IL much mis-;
represented and misunderstood. We are not In
the3east dsdant nog dove siory In our action
The whole affair was for uspainful and unfortu:
nate Ia the extreme; nor did we deserve the In
ference drawn that we were arrsying- oagselyea
against the authorities and saking the law Into
our own hands. On the contrary our action par
took more Of the nature OF soclal body expel.'
ling scne OF its unworthy members. True, In so.
doing, living as we do under rules and articles OF
wsr, and notunderthe nllder code Of civil life,
we violated the regulations Of the academy, but
our violation was, OF the letter and not OF the
spirit lofstHe regulation. We know we were rem
dering ourselves liable to severe punishment, but
we would cneerfury sdenit to lr In order to at
tain the end * maintaining in original integrity.
that spirit of TRUTH Of which the military academy
Is so justly proud.n.s !. ..sy-4
The suicide clause In life insurance policies Is
coming 20 be practically dead. letter. In the
.casdQXrs. Ehzab&hR oogG against DE Home
1nsararee 66npaHy1 m New York, Anew days
ago, the jury " the Supreme COURT returned
verdict in favor OF plaintltf for $4,000; the Iull
amount claIned. Defendants submitted proof
that the deceased after insuring himself in vari
ous organizations to the amount OF over $4,000,
a few weeks ago deliberately committed suicide
for the express purpose OF deiraudins the insur-
anoe companies. 1t appears, or at least it Is so.
alleged, that the man, who was OF a rather un-i
practical turn OF mind in most matters, having
failed In business, and become Unable to main
tain his family in anything Ike comfort, ar
rived at the conclusion that they would be better
off without him. Accordingly be insured his
life in their behalf, ana then killed himself.
But, as there seemed to be some qIestion whether
hewas con,pos neetis as-the ,time, the jury gave
ths'widoR the benefit OF the doubt.
4 washington dispatch, Of Tuesday, to the
Baltimore Sun, says: Several measures are un.,er
discussion among the Republican senators and
members preparatory to action III Congress for
thspretesston OF citizens Of the Southern States
frsms violence by. sileged Ku-Kiux, DC. One Of
these pronpses.ti gnited States commissioners
shan beappointed foreyery county In the South
ern States, win power to Issue warrants and
Serve them through deputy. marsi.als. and 70
commit 70 jail or hold to bail forssisl any person
charged with inamstsrtng others or committing
any unlawful act. Among other things the dis
guising Of the person or thesHearing- Of mask
on the highway are Iamed as lelonies to be
puntsnaoie With me ana Imprisonment, Secret
political -socisuss.y are especially to be< pro-
hib,sed. A bill swish' ths,e features was even
discussed to-day xsthcus result 6y The recon
struetion committee Another proposition ts for
the President TO issuesa formal proclamation
warning all rnaranders to dIsbIud aud return to
their homes fHpeaees suuders paG. OF arrest and
trial by the sUhsted States authorities. Still
another bill proposes general amnesty. with
provlso that any one afterwards eies,sd to po-
sI.ion for enforcing the Jaws Of State who shall
fail t6hunish sffysner8onS tii0. have nutdafed