The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-02
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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


I'D, Orleans Sid; sales Is, 900 bales.
The Washington Chronicle has been sole
again, this time to the Chronicle Publishin:
Company.
President Grant has this year honorec
Brigham Young by the appointment Of one o
his numerous sons to q cadetship at ives
Point.
1t is a curious fact, if true, as stated, that
in many sections Of North Carolina and Vir
ginis, the apple trees this year have failed tc
blossom.
The New York hospital for sunstroke per
sons, fitted up during the past year, has been
renovated and placed in readiness for the re.
ception of patients. Five cases of sunstroke
one of which terminated fatally, have already
been treated this season.
George Walcott, who killed the soldier a
Frankfort. KY, and for whose arrest Governoi
Leslie offered $500 reward, had himself ar
rested by a friend, who drew the reward ant
gave it to Walcott. Walcott Immediately gave
the money to the widow of the victim. He
was drunk when the killing occurred.
"A dispatch from Halifax, n. S., states that
the writing found in bottles some time ago
washed ashore az Shediac, n. B., and Newport
N. S., containing statements to the effect that
the ocean steamer City OF Boston, lost las,
summer, had struck an iceberg, is pronounced
genuine, the hand writing having been recog
nized.
An unusual matrimonial alliance was en-
tered into at the Jewish Synagogue Of Anshl
Chesed, New York City, Sunday, the occasion
being the nuptials of George ]. Miller, son
of Assistant Postmaster Miller, and Pauline
Cashoerg. The bridegroom has recently be-
come a convert from Christianity to the jew
ISL laith, to. which the bride belongs.
I'm his Southern tour Greeley talks any
where, with any one who has gumption
enough to be pointed. In a talk with a negro
who complained that the carpet-baggers and
scaiawags were naughty ard neglectful after
getting Office, the philosopher replied: TITS
nothing for o maa to change after his cleo
ton. I've seen a great deal of thst sort OF
forgetfulness In the North"
The fashionable kangaroo droop is thus
skelched in a New York letter: 10 make the
thing perfect, a glove with three or four but
tons is selected, so that the wrist may be as
long and as small es possible. The wrist OF
the left hand, and also that of the right hand.
if 1t Is not engaged with an Alpine parasoi, Is
brought close to the breast, and then the
hand is permitted to fall, palm downward, as
If all muscular action was lost. This is the
present attitude of locomotion by the descend
ants OF the kangaroo, and it suggests the
l~oveliest helpIessness Imaginable, besides
proving respectfulness to the deceased pro-
genitor."
"A London newspaper says that amongst
the exiles from France which the late disas-
trous war has driven to our shores, not the
least remarkable is the graceful little lady who
is now holding daily levees in the Burlington
Gallery. The Princess Felicie, as her exhibit
tors have christened her, is a genuine dwarf, a
real living Lilllputian. Sine is, perhaps, the
smallest female yet exhibited in London, one
beside whom Miss Minnie Warren would be
almost q giantess. Like Miss Minnie, the
Princess Felicie Is the child Of parents of the
ordinary stature, who have accompanied her
over to England from her native province.
She. is now in her ninth year, measures
scarcely nineteen inches in height; and weighs
lust six pounds. She is of perfect symmetry
In limb and feature, and altogether a pleasing
and gentle child"
The Papal guarantees bill, as finally amend
ed in the Italian Parliament, extends to the
six suburbicarian sees of Rome the right-pre-
!yiously proposed for the Pope in the city only
of having seminaries, academies and colleges
without any Interference or inspection on the
part Of the scholastic authorities OF the king
dom: extends to every Papal residence the
right, previously recognized in favor Of the
Vatican, of the Pope's having postal and tele-
graphic service with mis- own employees, and
declares the Pontif free to keep whatever de-
nomination of guards he pleases, provided
they dc not exceed the usual number. 1t also
declares inalienable not only the palaces, gar
dens and dependencies Of the Papal residences,
but also the museums, library, and all the con-
tents of the Vatican, and renounces the right
of the public to visit them, submitting their
admittauce to the benevolence of the Pontif.
The sacking of Thlers's house in Paris, on
the 18th ult., by the infuriated Communist MOB
of men and women, Is graphically described
by the correspondents. The rabble deemed
their vandalism a beggar's triumph over the
rich, one ragged fellow exclaiming in demoni-
acal tones, ''l,his is a glorious day for beggarsi
we let rich folks see what we can do. When
the war is over We shall make the rich dance;
then we shall enjoy ourselves at the rich mems
expense" a woman with dishevelled hair
squeaked: " Icall this good luck to see that
scoundrel Thiers's house torn down. He has
destroyed houses enough in Neuilly, Passy,
Anteuil to be made to taste the same cake
he has been distribuLln, so literally to
others" Thus they went on eXulting In
their 6endish work, intense excitement reign
ing over the whole square and neighborhood
contiguous 10 the doomed mansion. The en-
tire day was spent in removing the furniture
not less than twenty-five van loads were aiken
away before nightfall. The house was quite a
museum, for its water-color copies OF famous
paintings, bronzes, engravings, and porcelain
formed extensive collections. Moreover,
Thlers's library contained several thousand
valuable books aud maps, and a mass of notes
taken by secretaries or made by n. Thiers
himself. The contents of the pflaged residence
were worth at least $500 900, and the and
was valued at $50, ooO more. b.. Theirs was
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