The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-05
NEWS OF TIE DAT.


Queen Victoria has urgently entreated the
Emperor William to appoint to all vacancies
In the German public libraries the WIDOWS o.
the soldiers killed in the late war, and the
Kaiser has determined to do 80.
The New York papers announce that nine
teen wholesale boot and shoe stores and seve'
raj large dry goods houses in that city closed
on Saturday until Wednesday. The gold and
stock exchange will also be closed till Wednes
day.
DIR. Conan, recently arrested in New
York, charged by Henry Bergh, president Of
the anti.cruelty society Of that city with Kill
ling cats, has been discharged from arrest,
the justice believing him fully justified and
guilty Of no unnecessary cruelty.
"A farmer named Watt Carr, residing nea1
Hamilton, Ohio, while conversiDg with some
friends on the stoop of his house concerning
the manner In which Mr. Vf''andigham shot
himself, it is stated, attempted to illustrate it
with loaded pistol, and succeeded IN the IL
lustration precisely as Mr.. vallandigham did,
he fell instantly and died in q few hours.
Prince Bismarck seems to fall heir to oil
the material souvenirs Of the most interesting
episodes connected with the Franco-German
war. He has lately received as present the
table on which the peace preliminaries were
signed. and has it placed in Nine Bismarck's
reception room, with small silver plate at
tached to it, recording its historical signih-
canoe.
Prince Bismarck, in addition to his quality
as statesman, is something of philosopher.
Having been asked by nervous member Oh
the Imperial Parliament what, in his opinion,
would be the condition of Alsace and Lorraine
three years hence, he replied that he did not
permit that question to trouble his mind, as,
perhaps, in three years the world Will have
ceased to exist.
governor Claflln having asked the opinion
of the Supreme Court Of Massachusetts, as to
the eligibility OF women to the office Of justice
of the peace, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Miss
Stevens being previously appointed, the court
decided II woman, whether married or un-
married, should be formally appointed and
commissioned, she would have no .constitu-
tioual or legal authority to exercise the func-
tloEs of that office.
Recently the Morris Canal, at one point In
New Jersey, 1t will be recollected, underwent
O serious accident, b. reason Of the bottom
apparently dropping out Of it. The whole un-
derground limestone country of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania is perforated with caves,
which every now and then let fall their roofs
and reveal subterranean lakes and rivers, into
one of which the canal water has, as matter
of fcourse, been drained.
The Emperor of japan has arranged that
two men from each Of the 400 provinces OF his
Empire shall travel through this country and
Europe, that as complete knowledge Of the
Western nations as possible may be dlfused
in the minds of the Japanese. For the most
part, these 500 explorers travel in pairs, and
they are literally searching out the whole
world. Those who meet the japanese speak
of their wonderful intelligence. One is now
reading criminal law in Washington, and Is
reported to be making astonishing progress.
Before coming here, he had good acquaint-
ance with Blackstone and other standard
writer's.
"A cable dispatch has already mentioned
the discovery and Illustration Of a plot to Kill
the Pope, concocted by men connected with
the international Society CT Paris, London
and Florence. a letter from London, OF June
Goth, gives further details Of this contemplated
atrocitJ. The Pope was to have been killed
on the 10Th of that month as he was proceed
Ing along one of the corridors Of the Vatican
to celebrate mass in the sistins Chapel. At
tention was first drawn to the plot through o
wager laid against the duration of the Popes
life and visits of numerous suspicious charac-
ters to the Vatican on the pretext OF seeing
members of the household. A number OF the
Communists are believed to have arrived In
Rome. Foreigners Of low class have eG-
changed an extraordinary number of loO.franc
French gold pieces. Those desiring the
Pope,s life assert him to be the sole remaining
representative and the only exponent OF legi-
innate authority on the earth. With his re-
moyal they think that political chaos will
ensue.
Among the curlosities of Paris at the pre-
sent moment must certainly be ranked the
shells on sale, exploded and unexploded. Al
first shells were sold In the rough, and good
prices given for mere eclatS or splinters. But
the Partisan has a horror of anything au natu
rel. and cannot allow shells any more thar
beauty to 60 unadorned. So now there Is al
ingenious man on the Boulevard des 1tGlien'
who has made shells his specialize. He hal
got cones of shells as lnkstands-and very sol
Id ones they make too; whole shells tspitefu
lead-coated Prussian four.pounders these,.
made into tobacco boxes; broken pieces clean
ed and polished, little too much so to look
genuine, and made into paper-weights. One
huge Krupp shell has been cut so as to take
drawers in it for pens, pencils, &C., while an
other has been tilted on one side and shows {
clock let into hollow for the powder. These
are only few of the ingenious devices TO-
making shells useful, If not ornamental, which
NAV be seen in Paris; and there Is at least ont
comfort for the inexperienced In purchasin!
this kind of relic, namely, that they run lttl'
danger ofhaying suppositlous article palme'
Oft on them, seeing that the supply OF shells
burst and unburst, in Paris just now Is likel,
to be sufficient for almost any possible demand
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, In Phila
delphia, are now building some narrow-gaug