The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-14
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11Ha1lK.
Cotton closed dull and heavy at noon quota,
s-uplands 1sXc.; sales $685. bales.
in Liverpool, at noon, cotton was dull ana
unchanged; uplands 7Hd; Orleans 7Td; sales
10000 balea. =
Berlin has subscribed 100000 to the French
Charity Fund.
The great French feet never captured sin.
ple Prussian man-of-war. The PrussIans, how
eYer,csptared four French sunoosts on the inland
rivers.
The opening Of the Young Mems Mercantile
LIBRARY on Sunday, In Cincinnati has raised q
storm Of indignation against it among the
-preachers.-
There Is said to besa fearful probability that
the insoluble problem Of the 'Schleswig- -Holstein
question: will succeed the present war In Eurol D
as an annoyance to mankind
Fashion reporters announce dlnlolity In re-
porting the toilettes at Washington rsceptg9ns. g
Thassme set OF iiadies attend asl fhe recepttons,
AMI nearly all OF them wear the same dresses
over and over again. -.
the Germans at indianapolis rejolced over
thefall OF Paris by making pretzel that Is large
enough to feed one hundred men. 1t took bar
rel OF fiour and'over one hundred pouuas OF SAT-
to make that pretzel. 49,
"A prominent publisher OF LEIPZIG, Edward
Hrell.. presented to the German army In France
10000 copies OF the "Watch am Rhein," hand
someIy Illustrated. The Queen Of Prussia, hear
ing OF the circumstance, sent him beautiful and
costly vase. with painting Of Ehrenbretstein
and the Rhine upon 1t. 2'st,.i ss.1
The circulation OF the London Telegraph Is
nearly two hundred thousand day. Since the
do
consequence OF the superiority Of its war CORES
aandence Lately tthdd thirty eight q; columns @ OF
Advertisements. The Standard, the only Tory
morning London daily, declines In estimation.
t'MUnier the head OF '.Moshy as a. Banker"
washington paper, ,says: "colonel John .. aoseys'
of guerilla notoriety, has written to the COMP
troler or the Currency for information relative 70
the form for applications to establish national
banks. as 1t Is Intended to organize one at War
renton, Va"
1t ia believed that Alsace and Lorraine are
likely to be united into'a single province, under
an imperial stadthorler, who win reside at Stras-
boura and be invested with full ciVt aad mlltary
power. The province will have lis separate
finances, jurisdiction and administration Will be
admitted in the zollvereln, but only after TWO or
three years intothe Reicassag.
--sumner and hts friends are by no means retl'
ce1,rtn expressing their decided opposition to ths
iolnt commission, and maintain that the scneme
Of accommodation falls far short Of that which
the administrations claimed as its policy &WaeQ
camera Grant :carae into Office Mr. summer
eainis to occupy his original ground from which
his late friends-for the separation is complete
have dIscredltably retreated.
THE new Austrian ministry has commenced
the work OF strengthening the bonds OF the en-
pre by preparing the nation for popular conces-
sious, such as direct elections and the enlarge.
meiit or the rights ofseeetors, to be :urgedu upon
pariianent. But while fair play will be given 70
all legitimate provlncsNsm, there will be no COM
promise with separatlstn o: the expense OF unity
The Iron hand will be gfoved, but will be an iron
hand stu. The Emperor initiates the new era oy
cranting full amnesty to all political offenders.
French officers are quite ready 10 acknowledge
the weak points revealed by the war. very
gallant French officer, decorated on the field by
General Dncrot for rallying his men during
sortie, taking them OF the ground in coed order
when obliged to retreat, and walking his horse
leisurely arter them while under fire, confessed to
an En9iIshman In Paris that though he could not
consider himself Inferior In culture to .any Prus-
sian Whatever, Prusslan ofdcers had Obtained an
accurate knowledge Of every road and lane
around Paris, while he had acquired remarkable
proficiency in water: color drawing. The same
p6rson heard q French ofncer under orders to
lead a certain corps to ST.. Denis ask what roads
lead TO the place.
''&On the 18th Of June the Pope will enter the
txe1tzsxth year OF his Pontlfcate, and IN anttct-
patton of this event, tsays tue Roman correspon-
dent Or the Pail Mall Gazette,) the churches OF
Rome are celebrating a solemn ttduo for the pro-
longa,ion Of his life. Letters have been receiver
at the vatican from every part Of the world, an
nouncing that the day will be marked By de'
monstration In favor OF the temporal power, and
that,arge sums are collecting for presentstion to
the Holy Father on the occasion. -Dsputaaons
will arrive n Rome from all the countries OF Eu.
rope, bearing the substantial gifts and the con.
ordinations Of thefaithfll. The Pope seams now
to have no doubt that he viii reach the term, and
thus exceed the reign OF ST. Peter.
immediate steps reto be taken for the ex-
change Of all prisoners OF war made by the
French army since the, commencement Of the
war. For this end the French authorities VIII
hand, as promptly as possible, nominal hssSof
German prisoners Of war to the German. military
authorities at .Amiens, LeMans, Orleans and
Vesour, The liberation Of prisoners OF war Will
be elected at points nearest to the frontier, and
the German authorities will deliver and exchange
at the same point, IN the briefest possible time,
like numbers Of French prisoners Of, war Of cor
responding grades to the French military au.
tAoriHes. The exchange viii extend to civil
prisoners, such as captains Of ships Of the German
merchant navy and civilian French prisoners re-
tanned In Germany.
Within week or two singular achievement |
OF the telegraph has occurred. gentleman
suddenly became III Of pneumonia in Washington |
City. bis physician, a gentleman OF great attain.
ments and fame, resided In New York, and he was |
anxious that this physician should be consulted !
about his case. A telegraph wire vas by hls d. |
rection taken iato hts room, and the New York |
doctor being summoned to the telegraph office |
there the Washington physician attending the |
patient informed him or the state ofthe case. and
even enabled him to feel his patients pulse-by |
causing the wire to vibrate as the pulse did. The
case thus being thoroughly diagnosed In New |
York, the necessary prescriptions were sent |
thence to Washington. The attack, though vio |
lent soon yielded to The tre tment and the |
patient is now very cheerful conyalescent. This
Is the frss case OF the kind we have heard o.. 1t
ID quite an interesting feat Of telegraphing.
An xloeo thnlI