The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-06
NEWS or III DAY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1oa.
Cotton closed quiet, uplands l5t cents;
sales 1000 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed dull and un-
changed; uplands 7ia7sd, Orleans 7fa72d; sales
! 1900 bales.
Neil warner has been engaged to play
Richmond in "RIchard ILL.," at Niblo's, New
York.
The fund for the relief Of the daughters OF
Chief, Justlee fancy will, 1t. is said, reach the
snug sum ofs6o,0o BOO.
-letterirom Frankfort chronicles the cleo
ton to the German Parliament Of Leopold SON
neman, editor Of the Frankfort Gazette, and a
prominent leader of"the German Democratic
party, over one Of the Rothscnilds.
Those best intormedas to the present con-
dision of the anthracite coal difficulties IN
Pennsylvania, express the belief that they are
nearly at an end, and believe that coal mining
viii be fully resumed'b by tha 10th instant.
Joe Jefferson Is enjoying himself with nis
family at his lavorIte Southern retreat, Orange
Island, ten miles west Of New Iberia, IN the
Teche Disirict louisiana. He is delighted
with his purchase, with the climate and with
the people. and intends to build o fine DWELL
ng.
Recent advices from Hayti say that the
government being considered unstable, gold
has advanced suddenly from 200 to. 450. There
were several engagements recently on the
Dominican frontiers. In one Of these gene
raj, supposed to be- Baez, was killed. a duel
was fought at Port-au-Prlnce between a Domi-
nican and q son of the. Minister Of Finance.
Both were wounded. The country is ripe foE
revolution.
"A Washington letter, OF Monday, says :
1.-the courts of the district arc now unusually
destitute ofcases of interest. The case of Hon.
C. C. Bowen, charged with bigamy, In marry
ing Wills Ills former wife, Mrs. Augusta
Bowen, nee Hicks, was yet alive and undi-
vorced, was set tor trial tomorrow, but to-day
t was Indefinitely postponed.
DE Mortie, the oetor0on, who married the
daughter Of Downing; the colored caterer ~
Washington, has determined to carry to q
higher court the suit he brought against 3
Chicago restaurateur for ,expelling him and
his wife from the premises. on account OF.
color. The last decision, 1t will be remember
ed, allowed De Mortie only one cent. damages
instead OF $4,000, as. he claimed.
The! Treasury Department has adVices that
little Of the new loan has been taken In;
Errope, though NEGOTIATIONS were at one time
i~n:progress which promised the absorption OF
an OF 1t. The troubles In France are given ss
the principal cause for the failure Of subsorip-
hons,,s though our con~sul-generalat Frankfort
writes that he believes all Of the loan placed
In the German market will be taken. Secre-
tary Boutwell, contemplates a change In the
manner OF negotlating these loans, and Is IN
New York; conference with leading financial
men OF, tha subject. It is probable that 1t will
bs committed In future almost entirely to
baakefsin, EuropesAd this oeantry. Thus far
7essa han FRY millions of the five hundred mil
/ Ions Of i've percent. bonds have been taken
or exchanged.
with the Spread of the anti-German
League In Paris the feeling of animosity
against the Teutonlc element Is taking pracu-
cal shape. In additfsn to the refusal to en-
ploy Germans IN any capacity. the shopkeep-I
,ers seem deslrons not TO number the hated
Observation-Disclosures samoag their customers.
Shops noionger display In their windows the
familiar4egerd, i.'Gefmsn Spoken Here.n Not
. single German paper Is taken at the Grand
Cafe, although newspapers of nearly. every !
other country are freely provided for custom
49, trrno n n, Il. tho No,.naup In 10 f~nn In Dorio /
and will be 50 for along time to come. !. When 4
~Rhopkeepers refuse to take money and abb
solutely drive aWay patronage, then is the mil
lennium Of patriotism come indeed-which
vii not last long. i
The demand for mV9ey to purchase neces-
,ssries Of Life, was very. great In Paris during
the Siege, sndthe resources Of the great pawn
broking, establishments, or stMonts de Piets."
were strained to the utmost to answer to the
calls made upon them. During the siege no
person was allowed to borrow over fifty francs,
or ten dollars, on any article, no matter what
its value might be. AS q consequence of this
regulation, articles Of great value were pledged
for comparatively. Insignificant sums, and the
distress OF the upper classes obliged them to
RbIb VII ooAhtOA sohoUAoS soAuouiO ioNCc, vi
almonds and Jewelry, for the merest trifie. The
storerooms of tn, srMonts de Pi6t6" became en-
numbered with large quantities Of personal ap-
.parel Of every description, gold-headed canes,
riding whips, opera glasses to. the number of
1000, over 100000 watches and $4,000 clocks.
Starving seamstresses had pawned 1900 pairs
of scissors, aud $500 mattresses were put in
pledge. Que Of the methods adopted by the
managers of the charitable fund raised IN Eng
land for the relief Of the poor Of France is the
retempitorof the tools pledged by the work
ing people. This plan not only relieves the
poverty oi.this class, but removes the causes of
complaint against the government.
1t is but a very few months since two i'm
portant reforms we're introduced In the En-
glish postal service. Newspapers were sd-
miited.to the post for one ahalfpenny each,ia
reduction OF one half, and the system of postal
cards. also to be carried Tor a half penny, was
adopted. Now Mr.. &onsell, the new post
m~aster-general, hardly warm 10 his seat as
yet, has announced TWO other changda, ALSO
Of great advantage. The unit OF weight for all
letters aud parcels, whether open or closed. is
raised from half an ounce to one ounce. and
the charge forali such letters Ia one penuy.