The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed In New YORK, yesterday,
13i.
Cotton closed strong and 4c higher; up
lands 20tc; sales 1896 bales.
I'm Liverpool cotton closed frmer; up
lands Gid, Orleans Sia82d; sales $4,000 bales.
London is forty-four miles In circuit, ant
contains one hundred and twenty-one squar
miles.
commencement exercises at Washington
and Lee University, Lexington, Va, wer'
concluded on Thursday last. General Custi
Lee delivered the certificates with easy grac'
and in words as few and fit as possible.
The city officials of Bath, England, latel!
turned out to present an address to the Duke
of Edinburgh, and were wroth to learn thai
the Duke had passed through the town at the
rate of forty miles an hour while they were
forming in procession. The Mayor made
soothing address with indifferent success.
"A Prussian officer of uhlans, captured at
the battle of Orleans, demands $4,000 dam
ages of the French Government for brutal
treatment received while passing through the
country to his place of confinement. he was
mobbed six times In different cities, had his
arm broken in two places, and sustained other
serious bodily injuries. Bismarck has assured
him he shall aave eindemnifcation.
The training of women In the duties OF
domestic economy Is attracting great atten-
ton in England and an Institution is to be
established under the patronage Of the Earl
of shaftesbury and other distinguished phil
lenthropists for the purpose of teaching the
art of housekeeping. Lessons in cookery
aud baking bread are to be given, and lec-
tures are to be delivered Oh food, cooking,
housekeeping, the laws of health, and other
subjects Of importance.
A story Is going the rounds OF the press
that an Alabama planter, several years ago,
becoming satisfied that the vitality of the cot
ton plant was destroyed only BY frost, tried an
experiment with a single plant. The second
year he picked eight hundred pounds from It,;
last year it yielded twelve hundred and ninety.
three pounds of best cotton; ed now 1t Is
twenty-five feet high and promises to yield not
less than three bales of the staple. There Is
nothing incredible about this, any more than
there is about the true and veracious history
of Jack and the bean stalk.
considerable alarm is entertained In
France as to the consequences which, as the
spring advances, will result from the imper.
feet burial of the men and horses killed during
the late war. Around Paris and some other
cities In the vicinity of the great battle-felds,
precautions are being taken, and in the Bois
de Boulogne it will be necessary to remove or
dislniect large quantities Of decaying animal
natter plague of flies, 1t Is stated, is seri-
ously threatened AT Metz, recent visitors
state, the offensive odor Is almost insupport-
able. The foreign journals express hope that
Western Europe will not he devastated with
contagious diseases, like the "Black Death
which ravaged those regions after the great
wars of the middle ages.
"A New York letter of Saturday says:
ssWall and Broad streets continue to worry
much over the Rock Island disaster. The bro
kers say the effect of 1t has been to kill of
pretty much all their BUSINESS, by driving the
outside public entirely from the street, and the
worst Of 1t is, they say, this condition of things
will probably last throughout the summer.
With high rents, clerk hire, and other incl
dentals, the prospect ahead Is certainly not
promising one, and 1t would not be surprising
If good many firms would be obliged to take
in their.signs. Tomorrow there Is to be - meet
Ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel of the creditors
of Mr.. Woodward, Messrs. Earle & Seltonstall,
and other firms who were swept away by the
wreck, with view of ascertainlngif anything
oo,, bo. dono to oattla d;A,ronnoo SunJov Ia
not the most fitting day for business, but the
Wall street people say In this case 1t Is work
! of necessity, and therefore ought not to be
) harshly criticised"
The Industrial Exhibition Company char
tered by the last New York Legislature, em.
braclng among its officers Marshall o. Roberts,
VIM. B. Ogden, Moses II. Grtnnell, Cyrus W.
Field and others, has secured site for its
new crystal palace, embracing twenty-three
acres, or four full blocks, at the corner oi
Fourth avenue and One Hundredth street,
New York. The Palace OF Industry will be
built all around that plat of ground to depth
of one hundred and fifty feet, leaving in the
centre court of eleven acres. This will be
covered with glass and form q horticultural
garden. The building will be eight stories
high. Aseries of prizes ranging from SIS, 600
down to $500 will be given for the best six
best plans. One primary object of the organi
cation is to diffuse love of art among the
masses. The completed institution is to be
able to accommodate 10000 persons at one
time.
1t is reported that difficulties of politica
character have occurred.in Liberia. By the
constitution of that country the term Of the
President was formerly limited to two years
but an amendment Just adopted, 1t is claimed
by very small and merely nominal vote, ex
tended the term to four years. Under these
circumstances. Mr. Roye, the present candi
date, took charge OF the ballots for and against
the amendment, and declared 1t adopted and
himself elected for four years. The Leglsla
ture, however, deniea the right of President
Roye, to count the vote, alleging that the
power rested with itself, and that he ha6
ursurpped functions not belonging to himself
A new election consequently was ordered in
spite of the protest of President Roye, and the
opposition succeeding, ex-Presldent Roberts
was chosen. Both Roye and Roberts claim
the Presidential chair, and it is feared tha
their respectiye aiherepts will come into col