The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-04
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871.
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Gold yesterday at New York closed dull
at 1ox.
The New York cotton market closed dull and
nominal at 151sc; sales 1900 bales.
AT Liverpool cotton closed with a downward
tendency; uplands staskd; Orleans Sxashd;
sales 10000 bales; export and speculation 1000
bales.
"A committee has been formed in Germany to
solicit from public and private sources collec:
ton of rare and valuable books to take the place
otthose burnt In Strashourg.
"A letter from an officer at the German head
quarters has been published In London. 1t states
that the project Of q war upon Great Britain was
planned out as exactly as that Of O war against
France, long before the present struggle begun.
The following appeal to the Francs-tireurs Is
published In the principal journal OF the Grand
Dnchy Of Luxembourg. "Francs tirears, to the
field II there were in France but sixty thousand
Francs.tireurs and they only killed two Prussians
aday, France would be free In less than twenty
days l''
"A German officer OF hussars proposed to get
into Paris, and managed todo so In the follow.
ing wise: He dressed himself in the ordinary
garb Of a peasant and, by the aid Of moustache
q Ia Napo,eon, coupled with perfect knowledge
OF the French tongue, managed to slip through
the outposts. The French naturally concluded
that he was a countryman. By the aid or a
plausible tale, he soon found himself within the
walls of Paris. Out hs came in the greatest glee
that he had succeeded in evadlng the vigilance
OF the French ousposts. BE was the bearer OF
inter sting tldlngs from Paris. not the least i'm
portant OF which was that, in the Laboratories,
there was mo more sal.petre with which to make
gunpowder.
"A collective protest against Bonapartist res.
toration has been addressed to the Independence
Beige; signed by very large number Of French
Officers, prisoners OF war. The document runs
thus: "While. our country is making vigorous
efforts to repulse the foreigner the Bonapartist is
seeking to foment dissenson by the report OF an
imperial restoration, to- be seconded by the French
army. now imprisonedtn Germany. We, prison.
ers Of war, protesragalnst such attempts, and We
declare that we-will never join, either now or at
any future time, In any enterprise Of that Kind
signed by General the Comte de Chanaeilles,
Generals DeGourcy and Pichot, Colonel Lewal, and
by upwards OF one hundred and thirty other otf.
GERS, principally OF the ranks Of captain and lieu
tenant.
The courtesies OF warfare DIRE carried on to a
very agreeable extent st the fortress OF Bi che In
the northeastern corner OF Lorraine. The place
being all but impregnable, yet too Insignificant to
repsJ The trouble OF q siese the corps engaged in
its obsers alton has entered into an agreement
with the garrison, In accordance with which not
ashor. fired BY either party. e country peo-
pie arthe nelgtborhood are even allowed to so to-
AID fro and axe provisions into the fort, which
is known to be supplied with al necessaries for
long time. On more than one occasion the out
posts have met in friendly Intercourse. Were it
noSthat sBitche guards high road, aud that tne
garrison, unless prevented by the investing force,
would stop the provision trains OF the enemy
PassIngby the latter would have long left the
pace to itself.
"A German military musician, writing from
vronay, says: To-day we have returned from
Versailles, where we spent I'VE days In the bar
racks. We played there at the Kings table on
the Crown Princes birthday, and last Sunday at
Count BismaYck's. After the overture he sent
us some capital eognac, land afterwards wine,
came himself to US, and, sezing glass, said,
We will drink to being soon back to our Mothers
On this, the leader OF the band asked him how
long 1t would be before that happened, where
upon Bismarck replied sNell, We shall not ceie
brate Christmas at home The reserves may, per-
haps, then be dismissed, but we Of the line shall
stin be IN France, for our customers have got
deeply Into our debts but we shall bring them to
book shortly added he, laughing. After conve-s-
ing with us In the most affabie way, he landed Us
three cigars on leaving ns.'
Some Of the French papers give flaming ac
count Of heroine from Cdlmar, who Is said to
command corps, OF fresbo0ters in the vosges,
The daughter OF au old Guardsuan. she lost her
mother early, lived from youth as boy. worked
IN the Geld and with horses, and shu med all fe.
minnie tasks. She was taught by some nuas at
Rappoltsweller, and was to have become novice.
but became governsss to Polish counts family,
and on the breaking out Of the last Polish revuu-
tlon being then nineteen, scted, IN mans dress,
as lieusen mt at the head OF some ussars. Being
wounded she was admitted INTO conVeRt sc
Warsaw. and projected BY Blshop Felinsk. On re.
turn, ng TO France she became cashier in q shop
ana managed the for Ign correspondence, but
owing to complaint In the chest again assumed
male attire, and was appointed possorlce clerk
at Lamotte There she collected band OF volun-
:tsers and Is carrying on guerilla wariare.
--SnIns members OF the Paris Jocky Club deter.
mined few days since TO have a diner de siege,
comprising all the recently adopted elements of
fool. A famous epicure, Baron Briese, was en-
trusted with the PREPARATION Of the menu, which
consisted OF the following Items: Hors d'eupre,-
radishes, herring marine, onions a la Prorencale,
>slightly salt butter, gheTkins and olives First
course Soup OF slightly salted horse with vege-
tables; ass flesh outlets, with carrots; mue's liver
-'auH aa1 champtgnons; horses lights, with