The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-25
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SATURDAY, MARCH rs, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold closed In New York yesterday at
10iall. y
-eosoa closed weak at l5s cents; sales 1855
bale: ss
in Liverpool cotton closed quiet; nplands
Tad, Orleans I'D; sales Il, 900 basss.
The Florida papers report that Les
than g hundred deer are killed. severy day Ia
the Upper st. Johns and its tributaries.
Pauline Lucca, the great Berlin canta.
trice, 1t Is positively announced IN the papers
of that city, win visit the United States next
fall. s-l,
The young Bake de pHuynes, the richest
Legatinist In France, who was Killed at the
battle Of Orleans, at the head OF his battalion,
has left NO heirs. His estate is valued at ten
million francs.
Taking advantage Of Rowland Hills hint,
That the devir should mot be allowed 10 mo-
nopolize all the good tunes, "a Down East Sun
.dayNsenool superintendent has introduced
new sacred song, the refrain of which reads:
suTake. now, this Bible-thts Bible-thls Bible;
take, now, this Bible the Bible Of your sire. :"
a law has Just been passed by the Ohio
I,esas1Ature which requires railfosB 70 con-
strlSE plattorms or aprans betvss:l passenger
cars upon their lines, With stdebcards OF net
work Of wire or sfraslron at each side Of said
bridces,0 at sleast e,lual height with ordinary
ratings upon car platforms.
Steps are In progress In middle and nortn;;
ern Georgia to try sheep raising, and 1t Is be-
lieyed that it will be immensely prof table,
botn ntnmeat and wosl. .Ther are Thousand
and thousands of acres ef'1anI unfit for cult-
walton in field crops which Tsould give abun-,
dant pasture for sheep, 90 which, gould ba
thus SO enriched, as In maAY counties In Eng
land, sssp, be, soon as fsrtsis land rs any IN
the 8ttsp.s.s ~ 8 = - -,
war was declared on Prussia by France
on the I5sh Of Jolly, 1870. In the previous
month, nearly n, 900 Germans came over. In
July the arrivals dropped down to 7422;; in
August there were less than half the number,
and September the low'point Of 1883 was
reaShed Ocsober and November showed q
rapid increasa the latter mouth exhibiting
62O5 arrivals, There was Telling of in De-
cember to :&s& The decrease continued
through January, and In February there were
only sS4 aHiyals: -
The growth OF the new German city Oh
Long Island, called Breslau, astonlshes almost
everEpo6s. 1t was : ,ueorperasea eighteen
monsla agp; INA covers se99 acres Of laad. It,
ls now.qnlte aslarge, and ddts buildings Qultess
handsome as any ofs the anaquated villages ep:
the island. III has churches, hotsb, stores,
manufactures, and alf that goes to constitute
q country village. On Easter Monday 5000
Germans Wia hold q peace jubilee, the new
Catholic Church VIII be dedicated. an Grafton
will lbe delivered IN the afternoon, and ball
glveRiR the evening. :.
The Germans do nottake kindly the Presi-
dents method Of subordsnating everything
andbyarytuaytoh hiD own wil Carl Schnrz's
paper, the st. Louis westllohe Post, has an
editorial headed Dictator Grant" in which 1t
charges the President with being too stupid
for his positoni With being boundlessly grasp.
Ing both for presents and power; With having
inaugurated q Course Of party management
which leads thoughtful men to askwhether we
are still in the possession sof Republican in
stituanaE ~
A mutual insurance company composed
Of farmers living about New Castle, Penusyl.
vanla, wasrecsntly formed, the members Of
which mutually agreed in writing to make
good, IT, certain extent, loss BY any one Of
the contracting parties, the amount to bepaid
I caseeot loss to besa pro rata subscrlptton
from eSch member. according to the value
which he set on his own property insured.
Two,aass occurring Within . few months
have made the company bankrupt, and third
taking place fhe other day the company held
q meeting, found that the pro rata weald
amouns TO about 500 a. member, and forth
with dissolved.
"A dispatch from Key West to the New
York Herald, ,rrefsrring to the arrival of the
Tennessee, with the San Domingo commission
ers on board, says: Commissioner Wade
finished his report on Saturday last, and SUBJ
mitted it to bic brother commissioners on the
foIloassg Sapsapg,, ESegias BY detailing the
work 81 tue commission, and goes Oh to de-
,scribeTha political condition Of the country.
:kr. Wade takes the ground that Baez Is the de
acto president Of the republic, and that he is
i'm full and peaceful possession Of the govern
ment: that Cabral is mere bandit, living In a
mountain district, where he Is sustained by
Hayti. The people of q: Domingo, Mr.. Wade
.sess, are overwhelmingly In favor Of apnsza'
tion. They are described as quiet, orderly,
industrious race. tFhe charges of'eosSaption
against aRed States Ulcers " the negotiation
of the.tseaty Of 1859 are branded as Vsilanons
slanders, without . shadow Of foundation. Tue
reports which Is favorable te annexation In
every particular, closes With the remark that
.'to embrace ;this opportunity to plant our re-