The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-21
NEWS. OF THE DAK

Gold closed In New York, yesterday, al
Cotton closed firm; uplands 81 cents; sales
5567 bales. -, s,,gs......,-.5. :.
.-Ic Liverpool cotton: closed hrmer and
higher; uplaads 3D., Orleans sid; sales $4,000
bales.
Deaths In New York for the past week,
ss7, and Brooklyn,.s4s, both showing heavy
Increase. ,...--.-,
Miss Tennie G. Clatin publicly announces
herself candidate for Congress in the Eighth
District of New York City.
"A Hartford dispatch says the Wesleyan
University declares there is nothing in the
charter to exclude ladies' /,
-Mr. Schileman, q German arch@ologist, Is
going to excavate this. summer at Hissarilk,
Asia Minor, and hopes to bring to light the
walls Of tie Homerio Troy.
Mr.. James Anthony Froude, the English
essayist and historian, ,@will deliver course OF
lectures at the Lowell Institute, Boston, next
winter. s..s
-AThat Is a long fence the Burlington and
Mssoufi Railroad is building. 1t will put up
not less than, two hundred miles of board
fence this year, at cost Of $l75,ooo to $780,
O00.s
-One single pigeon, favorite bird with
the pigeon 1aneiers of Paris brought into that
city during the siege five hundred pages OF
nicial dispatches and fifteen thousand private
dispatches.
The New York Tmes' London correspond
ant says the claimant, of tie Tichborne estate
bani ilhgilmate son pt cid Sir James Itch
borne by his csok, Mary ortoD; that the real
sir hoger perlshed, as has been reporteT, N
1869. ..ssa.S
The recent Rookie raids in India are thus
IncIdly explained. IA daughter ofsthe Rookie
chief having died, a number Of. mems heads
were wanted TO bum with her dead body, and
his subjects Loyalty proceeded across our from
tier TO collect the requisite material p !.
Heretofore the Empress. of Austria has
enjoyed -the reputation ofsbeing the hand
somest woman, among the feminine members
Of the royal families of Europe. But the
Princess Dagmar, wife Of the Czarowitz OF
Rnssia, now enters the arena to contest with
her the palr6 beauty. ~ .I.i+ r.5s 8 Ia
The whirliglg Of time has brought its re-
Yenge in the case of John Martin, Of the
Young Ireland party, who, now member. OF
the British Parliament was sentenced to
death twenty-three years ago, and afterward
had his sentence commuted to transportation
for life, for participation in the Irish rebellion
OF that date, ..-,.-v 49,.
Lady Derby sat at dinner between the
prusaian Ambassador and the French Ambas-
sador, the Duke de lBroglie. She asked the
latter II the position was disagresable to him.
s.Not at all, replied N. de Brogle, loud
enough to be heard by the whole company,
SIT will be the frst time I ever found myselfat
table with a Prussian H22&n / did not have to
pay for his dinner" ~. .-s.::;.;s.
1T Is stated that the practice Of brewing
beer Eomrice Is rapidly coming into use In
Germany. This beer is said to be OF q very
clear, palescolor, of an extremely pleasant,
mild taste, foaming strongly and yet retaining
wen its carbonic acid. The Chinese prepare
drink fromsrice called "sam.shu,' Whlch.is
not only intoxicating, but Like absinthe, 'pecu-
liarly nischieyous In its permanent effects.
The German Correspondent of Munich,
says that the committee In that city which
directs the religious movement, headed by
DR.. Dollinger, opposed to the dogma OF the
i9fallbility OF the Pope, have resolved toform
q church and congregation OF their own.
Their reason for doing SO Is said to be q desire
to compeIthe government to manifest an ex-
preston of opinion on the subject, as, in case
such a religious society is formed, the a,ltho-
rites win be obliged either to grant 1t conss'-
tutional rights or to dissolve it.
The German war medal which the Empe-
TOT has ordered to be struck is TO be of bronze
for co1nbatants, and Is to bear the inscriptions:
i.To the victorious army" For non-comba-
tants the inscription Is to read: "For faithful
ness to duty in Wal" and the medal is to be OF
steel. Both classes are to bear the device: !:
uGod was with us: to Him be the honor" and
to have on the reverse cross, with the date,
ls7o-,7l. Inthe centre OF the cross will be a
shield, incloslng for combatsnts wreath Of
laurel; for noncompliance a garlandof oak
leaves.
Teresa Gambardella. girl of thirteen, q
native Of Palermo, has recently attracted
much attention In Vienna by the fact that her
body is SO ,hickly covered with hair that it.
more resembles fur than anything else. Even
her foreLead-the first instance Of the kindo
records covered; her head is very similar TO
a monkeys, and different parts Of her figure
bear out the striking similarity. Her habits
and peculiaritles correspond with those Of the
uusdruma1a species, and the interest she has
excited In. the public and among the scientific
class is altogether unprecedented. Teresa
seems to be remarkable illustration Of Dar-
wins theory.
The abolition ofthe purchase system in the
British army was the subject of an interest
ing debate in the House of Lords on the even.
Ing OF July l4th.. The Earl of Derby caused
great commotion among the Conservatives,
By denouncing the purchase system as one Of
the evils which impaired the efficiency of the
British army, and contended that Its aboli-
tiou would be not only q great reform In it.
self. but would facilitate other. reforms and in
crease the numerical strength of the army.
He also stated that he did not consider the
bill for recognizing the army to be party
measure, but. would support 1t for the good Of
the country, being bound to place the broader
views Of patriotism above the demands of
party. This speech, which made marked
Impression upon the Conservatives, has ap-