The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-17
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Dollar per month, payable In advance.
NEWS or THE DAY.
Cold closed in New York, on Saturday, at
12i.
Cotton closed dull and nominal; uplands
2oi cents, Orleans 21} cents; sales as7 bales.
i'm Liverpool cotton closed heavy; uplands
Cd, Orleans ssas4d; sales IL, 900 bales.
-JamesA. 0ates, the husband Of Mrs. Oates
theactress, died in New York on Friday, aged
29years. O
About $75, ,ooo, 900 foot up the money losses
ofthe ,Rothschllds as the result of the war in
Europe.
.-Louisyllle imported 200 English sparro*s,
but JefIersonvllle built nice little houses, ana
perfdieusly eDticed them away,
Won Moitke has received ten decorations
from foreign rulers since the close Of the war
with France. Altogether sl7lS foreign orders
: have bean conferred upon the Prussians.
Nilsson is practicing for next winters
season. strakosch VIII return In September
with IHamlet,a 9Migaon" and "Lomose:
The Hote: de vile in Paris is to be rebuilt
in scrupulous conformity with the original az
ohftecture. The architects Who have examin-
cd II are of opinion that the shell ofthe ediice
NAV be preserved as high as.the first floor.
New batteries are in process Of construc-
tion-in every direction at the mouth OF the
Elbe. and general system Of Notifications at
that point has been inaugurated. Has this
anything to do with the "Battle OF Dorking" !"
The Atlanta (Ga.) Ice Company are manu-
fscturingten tons Of Ice PET day.. 1t is made
of distilled water In cylindrical blocks, clear
ascrystsl, Of twenty-five pounds each. Some
sample pieces contained borCnets Of flowers
fish, photographs, cards Of the company, DC.
-During sas past six months California has
received 1900 immigrants against $4,000 de-
partures-a net gain Of 5000. The treasure
shipment was ss,ss5, 600 -the smallest for
wears. The -four and wheat export reached
3s. 500 600. The: custom duties collected for the
fiscal year were 81, 1875, 600.
s--.The History OF the Year of Trouble" Is
the, title Of q book which Victor Hugo Is going
to write It VIII give the history ofthe war
Nth Prussia, and Of the civil war, and will
doubtless be made, In the hands OF Hugo, q
very thrilling narrative. Of those dramatic
events. =.
"A Change In the gauge Of the Louisville
branch tf the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
from six to four feet eight inches will be made
next Sunday. The entire road from Ctncin-
natl 10 st. Louis will be changed the following
Sunday. when it is stated the control OF the
road viii be transferred to the New York Gen.
trail,
-iccerding to q correspondent OF the Augs-
burger AlIgemeine ZeituDg, th, Alsatians IN
..the better circles Of society" "thaye made up
their minds quietly to submit to their conquer
ore, and; although tits not the fashion to
.speak fayorably OF the Germans, al. express
sIon ufantl-G German sentiments are now avoid
ed. Taunts and inspirations for vengeance
.are, 1t Is said, condemned asi bad taste, and
are sleit TO the lower classes"
-Mre. Laura D. Fair swrites:a long collmu-
nication to the San Francisco Bulletin, con-
ciuding with request to the press to cease al
lusIons tothe writer and her misfortunes, and
do her sthe charity Of silence" The Bulletin
thinks this request one that ought to be heed
ed, but cannot see the prcpriety Of lending the
usa. ofits columns to argue her case over
agaan. The latest mot attributed to Mrs. Fair
is: ssIt poor dear Crittenden were alive, he
would get me ofr."
Tile projectfor q new opera house In Wesn-
inpton has been tairly set on foot, and promi.
ses to hare successful result. Among the
persons who have subscribed is W. W. Corco-
ran, ESQ, who has put down his name Tor
x3o. 600: Governor. Cooke and A. B. shep-
: herd. ESD, have each subscribed $lo,00os and
$4,000 Is the total raised, or promised in one
day. ills estimated that the opera house and
ground will cost $4,000. The site will be the
southeast corner OF Fifteenth and d streets.
the present residence Of the Peruvian minis
ter.
The United States Supreme Court have de-
ctded that the limitation laws OF the Southern
States were suspended for the full period be-
tween the proclamation Of blockade OF the
Southern ports OF April 10, 1861, and the pro-
clamatIon of restoration of. Federal authority
of August 20, 1859. The effect OF this decision
viii be 10 reopen the courts of the Southern
States to ante.war claims Of Northern credit
ors, and to give vitality % obligations which
have. been barred by limitation under the
hitherto received ruling of State courts. The
principle will apply equally to Federal and
State courts.
The mode in which stock-raising is man
aged In England is shown by the following e1-
tract of q private letter from near London:
l.Last week went to sale OF pedigree
stock, and saw some splendid cattle, as well
as splendid prices paid for them. One COW,
only two years old, sold for over $425o; calf,
six months old, for s1oso, and sucking calves
tor sl25 and $3.50 each; while $4,000 was
offered and refused for o bull. The owner is
very wealthy, his income being some $500, 600
or ts5o,oOo year, and thus can pay OF refuse
large sums tor blood cattle.' His farm build
lngs ara the finest I have ever s"sn, not only
having every convenience, but beng built fit
to last for at least q century"
"A specialgood fortune seemed to attend
Mime Erard, the noted piano manufacturer OF
Paris, during the Commune, so far as the sin
gulsr preservation OF her property from des-
truction Is concerned. She had $1,000, 600
worth OF mahogany In her lumber yard in that
-cIty. not log of which was Injured, notwith-
standing that fires were burning all around it.