The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-21
Tbe GbarleStu11 9ems.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAT.


in New York cotton closed strong; up
lands ls3 cents; sales 1929 bales.
in liverpool cotton closed strong; uplands
Gid, Orleans 9iasEd.; sales $1,000 bales.
in England minstrel companies are called
American slave troupes.
Daniel Gleason, of North Adams, Mass
killed mis- wife with dirk knife yesterday.
Cause-jealousy.
DIR. Hartmann, a prominent physician OF
St. Louis. has brought suits against the Times
of that city for three libels, laying his aggre'
gate damages at fourteen thousand DOLLARS!
1t is said that while the Chicago water
works were out of order the milkmen distribu-
ted to their customers the richest milk ever
enjoyed In that city.
Hats of the kind just now worn BY ladies'
are said to be reproductions Of the styles worn
for the last hundred years by the women OF
the Swiss cantons.
The Emperor William, Of Germany, IS
now in his seventy-ffth year; but his hair ana
beard alone betray his age. His comple4lon
is still fresh, and his powers Of endurance are
n great as ever. 1t is thought he owes his
physical powers to his simple, soldier-hke
mode of living, although he comes Of strong
and hardy family.
in suit brought by the widow of pas
senger killed by he explosion OF the Staten
Island steamer Westheld, in New York, TO re-
cover damages, the owners OF the vessel set
ND the extraordinary plea that the passenger
had no right on the boat, because, under tne
laws of the State, Sunday travelling Is ms
demeanor. That is to say, remarks the Tri-
bune. It was illegal for the murdered man to
travel on Sunday, and therefore legal to blow
him up on that day. -..... ....g
Reports received from London BY mail say
1t is estimated there are ten millions sterling
belonging to the French government on de-
posit there, and held for payment Of the Ger
man Indemnity. The monetary disturbance IN
Paris has partially abated. 1t is reported the
Bank of France intends to double its capital,
making It 1915, o 100, 900 francs. Money Is plep.
tiful IN Germany, and is rapidly drifting Into
American securities. Germany Will next year
redeem ESQ 600, 600 sterling of war loan, half OF
1t in January and February.
Representatives OF Brazil In foreign coun-
tries have received a circular from the Bra
lillian Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated Sep
tember 80, 1871, which contains an official an
nouncement of the Brazilian emancipation act.
Notwithstanding the fears entertained BY some
of the people Of Brazil, that the passage Of this
sot would produce serious labor troubles in
that country, not the least disturbance OF the
tranquility of the Empire, the circular states,
has resulted from the emancipation OF the
slaves.
The bill now before the German Imperial
Parliament for the government OF the newly
acquired region OF Alsace-Lorraine, provides
that the district shall furnish for the German
army contingent Of 1853 men, distributed
into six regiments of infantry and four Of
cavalry. Wurtemberg, with population
about equal to that Of Alsace-Lorraine, has
been ordered to furnish contingent Of II, 1874
men, being treated more harshly than any
other German State. Wurtemberg formerly
kept up an army OF 13,46s men only, so that
the military burdens now imposed upon the
people are twenty-five per cent. greater
than before the Franco-German war. The in-
crease of the armies OF Baden and Hesse, how
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communications have recently passed be-
tween the French and English governments
on the subject OF tunnel under the Straits OF
Dover. There are eight hundred feet In depth
OF chalk between Dover and Calais, and chalk
can be worked as easily as Dutch cheese.
tunnelllng machine has been invented which
can make hole seven feet in diameter and
eighteen yards forward In the chalk stratum in
twenty-four hours. 1t is maintained that with
this machine the drlft-ways of the proposed
tunnel can be driven in one year, and the en-
largement and completion will follow In two
or three years more. Though fifty million
dollars has been put down as the probable cost,
the statistics and success of the Mont Cenls
tunnel causes many competent judges to re-
duce that figure considerably.
The toys with which the Prince Imperial
used to amuse himself before his "baptism OF
fire" were sold in Paris recently. A world of
pains had evidently been taken with the
Prince who was to have inherited the empire
of the Napoleons, to get into his head by
ueans of object lessons the technicalities OF
vauban and Concorn. He was given toy for
CreSSSS Win 10Y luueS duu utul-luueS, 10y
bitches, toy couuterscarps, toy positions
such as woods, hills and streams, whose tin
beds could be filed. Notwithstanding these
attempts to Initiate young Verhuel into the
mysteries Of campaigns and sieges, his mind,
like the minds Of plebeian children, longed for
the vulgar delights of the Punch and Judy
show, and a miniature theatre in which those
two famous personages figured was evidently
the most used Of all the toys.
They have introduced a novel method to
guard against certain railroad accidents on
enc Of the Michigan lines. This consists SIM
ply in placing bell in front of the boiler of the
locomotive, either under or over the head
light, where it Is arranged in such manner
that, at each revolution of the drlvIng-wheels,
1t Is struck by hammer, and, therefore,
when the train is in motion, keeps up a con-
slant din. This, it would seem, must be de-
rogatory to the tympanums of the engineer,
fireman and passengers generally; but peo .le
who have travelled on these ringing trains as
sert that they experience no annoyance, as
the bell, under ordinary circumstances, can
not be heard on board of the train, owing to