The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-15
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MONDAY, MAY Is, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

I'm Liverpool cotton was buoyant; uplands
72a7sd, Orleans 7sd; sales $4,000 bales.
The Montgomery, Alabama, Nail and the
Advertiser have consolidated, and will here
after appear as one publication, under the pro-
prietary control of Colonel W. W. Screws and
Mr.. NJ. j. Williams.
Horace Greeley, Of the New York fri-
bune. Is to start out soon on Southern tour,
and will stop few days in Charleston. He
will probably arrive here about the latter part
of the month.
-Bismarck,s new title of prince Is heredi-
tary, but can only be assumed by the eldest
son of the family in each generation. The title
in full is .sHis Serene Highless, the Prince
Won Bismarck ck-Schoenhausen." lis asserted
that the present income of the chancellor is
not in accordance with his princey rank, and
there Is talk of additional dover for the title
from the crown.
General Steinmetz, the &C hero whose i'm
petuous valor accomplished so much for tine
German army upon the bloody field OF Crave
lotte, has been created a field marshal, not
withstanding the fact that he was relieved OF
his command for s'too much fighting" on that
eventiul day. Having "disciplined" him lot
the technical act of transcendlng his orders,
the Emperor now pays this deserved compll-
ment to his chivalrous daring and courage.
Governor Harrnoth, of Louisiana, has been
brought to griet. In speech made lew
days since at a reception given to General
Sherman in New Orleans, the Governor IA
cetiousy alluded to the fact OF his having been
ssbadly demorazed" in the attack upon Yicks-
burg, and to his having solicited leave OF alb
sence on that occasion. General Sherman re-
sponded: ssYou ought to have been shot,
SIR The Governor probably had not much
appetite for the rest of the banquet.
The Paris correspondent of the London
News says that the devastation caused by the
bombardment of Neuilly is even greater than
might have beeR expected In the avenue
leading to the Portes des Ternes whole'sides OF
houses are smashed in, and the streets around
are heap of ruins. The trees are torDn TO
shreds, and scarcely lamp post is left stand
ING, In the other main thoroughtare leading
from Neuilly to Paris-the Avenue de la Grand
Armee-there is not house which has es-
Says the Paris Univers: 1.-THE Concierge.
rie contains at this moment about sixty priests,
all torn arbitrarily from their religious houses
or from the churches of Paris and in addition
others are incarcerated at Mazas, La Ro-
ouette, La Sante, &c. The first named receive
no other food than early in the morning a ra-
ton of insuficieutly baked black bread; at 9.
a basin of what is supposed to be broth, and
at q small portion of rice or meat. They are
not allowed any knife or fork, but only
round wooden spoon, and are by special or
ders deprived OF the privilege enjoyed by
other prisoners of obtaining better food from
the canteen. Yet many OF the clergy detain-
ed at the Conciergerie are old mGn, are forced
to remain in their cells night and day, and are
forbidden to take exercise i'll the yard"
1t is now proposed to introduce the system
of narrow-gauge tracks for street railways In
small cities, where tracks OF the ordinary
width would not pay. 1t Is suggested that q
track OF only two feet wide, or even narrower,
with light rails and light one.horse cars, with
driver who will also act as a conductor, may
pay where two-horse cars could not be sup
ported. It is calculated that by this plan the
track will cost originally only about one-half
as much as the ordinary gauge; that 1t Will
save two-thirds of the expense OF paving. and
repairing, and that it will dispense with the
pay of conductors. 1t will require only one
half the number Of horses, and consequently
only one.half the amount Of slable.room and
feed, while the original cost Of the cars will be
much less. The advocates Of the new system,
with good show of reason, claim other ad-
vantages for the narrow track, which it is said
is about to be introduced as an experiment IN
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The original Rothschilds have still large
banking house al Franktort-on-the-Main. 1t
Is situated at the foot of the old Jews street,
near the place where the old Anselm, the
founder of the firm, was born. On the l9ln OF
April the peaceful inmates of that house be-
came terror-strickeu. 4 Frenchman had en-
tered the counting-room in the morning, de-
mandng the payment CT a million francs for
the Commune at Paris, threatening the whole
Rothschild family with destruction in case OF
refusal to pay the required bounty. The fool
was shown the door, out Immediately after
his exit small hombshell, like those OF OrSlni
filled with nitro glyceline exploded in the yes
tibule in front of the counting-room. IN conse-
auence (which q heavy wlll, separating the
ante-room from the office, was driven in and
one of the clerks badly wounded. The police
cot hold of the miscreant-it is not yet ascer-
tanned whether he is simply tanaticised fool,
or a member of secret society ordered to
commit the act.
"A dispatch from Mr.. Washburne. the
United States Minister at Paris, gives some
interesting details of the treatment of Mgr.
Darboy, Archbishop OF Paris, who was thrown
into the dungeons oil the Mazas prison by the
Commune. After narratiug the difficulties he
encountered in obtaining permission to visit
the archbishop, Mr. Washburne says: II
must say was deeply touched at the appear
ance Of this venerable man, with his slender
person, his form somewhat bent his long
beard, flor he has not shaved apparently since
his imprisonment, his face haggar, with ill
health, all could not have failed 10 have moved
'5e most Indifferent. told him | had great
Measure. at the instance Of his friends,
In intervening in his behalf, and while
/ could not promise myself the satsfac-
lion of seeing him released, was very glad to
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