The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-09

.day of an overdose of chloral taken to- relieve
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pain.
The New York Positivists have adopted a
resolution approving the Intentions OF the
Commune, and calling for the execration OF
mankind mon the butchers of Versailles.
Some ofthe UllramonLane Journals OF the
Continent are revenglng themselves upoH
Garibaldi by accusing HIN of being a Roman
Catholic at heart, and Of having been secretly
admitted to the Church within lew months.
The Passion Play at 0berammergau, In
terrupted Hast year by. the war, Is tobe Ne
nnewed on the oath Of June, this year, by COM
mand of the Bavarian King. None oftne cnief
actors were killed during the campaign, as they
were assigned to garrison duty The player
representing Christ was not perSaitted to cut
off his long, luxuriant locks.
terrible cyclone passed over a portion OF
Illinois on Friday. In its pathway 1t entirely
devastated the earth, leaving not a particle OF
vegetation alive, and ploughing up the earth
to the depth of several inches. 1t was accom-
panied BY electric phenomena and a sulphu'
rous smell. Fortunately D e'houses were With
An.its line of progress across the country.
There appears no. way in which the Cali
xornia murderess, Mrs. Laura D. Fair, can es.
cape the penalty Of her crime. The avs. OF
thatstate do not permit the Governor to inter.
.Sere In any other way than by granting an ab-
solute pardon-a power which he will be 10Th
toexeroise in the present state of public feel.
ing.
CHARLES, Duke of Brunswick, the great
diamond fancler, now at Ge1eya, Is so con-
cerned about the safety of his rare Jewels that
he keeps them guarded day and night. and
frequently starts from his sleep. dreaming he
has been robbed. The possession of his pre-
cious stones Is such a fearful responsibility
that he has little rest, and nc peace. In his
win De has bequeathed all his diamonds, es-
timated to be worth 81. O0o. 600 or $ 5000, 900, to
the French ex-Prince Imperial.
The Washington Patriot says Colonel
johnson, SON of Hon. Rsverdy Johnson, late
marshal OF South Carolina, passed through
this city last night en- route for Long Branch,
to see the President In regard to his removal.
The removal Of Colonel johnson was brought
about b. SGongressman wlaiace, of that State,
withthe assistance Of his negro colleague. 1t
.is understood that Wallace boasts of being the
;insigator Of the Ku.Klux bill, aud that the
appointment of his son as marshal In place Of
Colonel Johnson was the reward for the testl-
mony of that party befose, the joint committee
of Congress-.
According to. - San Francisco paper Mrs.
Laura d. Fair takes-the greatest paans with
her tolletsin prison, often changing her dress;
three or four times a day. She passes much
ofthe time before her mirror, and, while aG-
miring herself, says: 'The more I see Of
myself the more I am convinced can never
be hanged. Such a face and form ais mine
were never created for the gallows." She
modestly asserts she was never so handsome
as she is now. Mrs. Fair Is said to have paid
to her counsel and physicians, who testified to
her Insanity and attended her professionally,
for hunting up witnesses and other expenses
Of the triad, already $4,000. DR.. J. B. Trask,
her principal medical attendant and witness,
now sues her for $1,000 more.
William of Germany is a direct descendant
of tie venerable Admiral Collgny, whose gray
hairs were dabbled In his own blood at the
massacre of st. Bartholomew. The following
is the lineage of'the Emperor William on the
Coligny side: l.. Gaspard de. Coligny, Connie
de Chatlllon, murdered on st. Ba.tholomew's
night, August "a, 1879. 2. Louise de Coligny,
Princess OF Orange, (wife OF the Liberator Of
the Netherlands.j 3. Frederick Henry of
Orange, Governor of the Netherlands 4.
Louise Henrietta of Orange, Electress of
Brandenburg and wife Of the Elector Frederic,
the first King of Prussia. S. Frederic William
I. 6. Prince Augustus William, brother Of
Frederick the Great. Z. Frederick William II.
s. Frederic William III. 8. Emperor Will
liam /.
The lightweight pugllists now in prison
hospital at New York have been visited by the
interviewer as among the celebrities OF the
day. Edwards still possesses his likeness to
Booth rs Hamlet" but Collins's face shows
signs of punishment never visible on the
,countenance of the melancholy Dane. The
severity of the fight, which was contested for
two hours after each of the men had one hand
disabled, is still shown by the splints and BAN
dages which they have about their broken
.uUSeie, uuu SuuiuS ptoUSoCo GudL uo injuries
will be sure to prevent him from using a wheel
barrow or breaking stone so long as he is i'm
,prisoned. Edwards appears to have taken tile
lesson to heart, saying that he had never
dreamed OF arrest, and much less OF imprison-
ment; that he was never locked up before and
never will be again; and that he has made his
last appearance in the ring. Collins seems
wholly occupied with physical troubles, bewail-
Ing his sore muscles, cursing the crocodile
bedsn of the Toombs, and lamenting the lack
of that considerable attention which so well
developed an animal deserves.
The sacrileslous outrases of the Paris re-
yolulionisrs are horrible in their details,
accounts of.which now come to hand through
correspondence. When the mob Of National
Guards occupied the Church of EoFe Dame
des VICTORIES their first act was to expel, win
various insults and foul abuse, the numbers OF
people who were saying their prayers; then