The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, al
III.
Cotton closed firm with middlipg at "a cehss'
sales of spot 900 bales; sales OF futures o4oo.
in Liverpool cotton closed firm; upands
llalltd, Orleans ll4.lls sales $4,000 bales.
The London Times, in speaking of the
presentation of Miss Nellie Grant to Queen
Victoria, says the event Is not 30 remarkable
as It would have been in the last generation,
sfor royal personages now 60 freely on their
travels.n There must be great Joy at tbs
White House. Master Fred has been shouted
over by the lazzaroni Of Ita'y as 1.-The Prince, y
and Mlss Nellie has been called royal per-
sonags 10 the London Times. Who cares fer
Cincinnati now?
Paris, according to late advlces, is fast be-
ing restored, and all evidences of her recent
troubles obHterated. The streets are>being re-
paved. the asphalts renewed, trees everywhere
been planted, the Rue Royale no longer pre-
sents any of the sad traces Of the incendlary,
the Place de Ia Concorde is being replaced
stone by stone, and the Arch de Triomphe will
soon have no traces of the shells. The Bois
has recovered Its former beauty, and the
Champs Elysees are througed daily.
While Nilsson returns to Europe with an
immense bank account, Patti exists In per
petual shower OF diamonds and francs. Inc
ca is already rich, and the dlvinities OF the
hour are everywhere so prosperous, 1t is not
without q paug of melancholy sympathy that
one reads OF Mario forced to return TO the
stage which he so recently bade farewell, and
TaglIonl compelled to give dancing lessons In
London. The great tenor lost his substantial
fortune by the failure Of his bankers In Flor
ence. Taglloni's all was swept away In the
war; and 8 similar misfortune brings both
these noted artists again before the public OF
new generation.
After following with considerable admira-
ton and interest the wanderlngs and adVen.
lures of that democratic despot, Don Ped o, OF
Brazil, from his incognito visltatloDs at Euro
pean Wateriny-places to innocent firtacions
with Yankee girls among the Pyramids OF
Egypt, It Is pleasure to know that he has ac.
complished "bon voyage," and Is safe upon
his native heath again. His people, In expec.
tarion Of his return with his family, were In
fever of excitement, and the Bio Jan-.
eiro batteries quite startled an inoffen-
aive Antwerp packet by mistaking 1t
for the Emperors barge, and firing
their heaviest salute. The military, too,
were thrown into confusion by the pre-
mature announcement, and the Emperor
spoiled his reception at home, as he has go
often done In other places, by stealing into
the capital before the desired 'iuss and feath-
err could be organized; consequently he got
few cheers except from AngloSaxon throats,
which are always equal to an emergency. The
tired soldiers were dismissed tor their dinners,
and only levee or hand-kiss with the Impe-
rial family, oil united, was indulged in at the
palace. The Emperor assumed once more the
reinsof government on the lst OF April; the
present cabinet is expected to resign, and
: wonderful transformations are looked for
from the enlarged practical ideas of this second
Peter the Great.
After painful and wearisome Interval,
the Hasser expedition has been heard from
again, this time from Patagonia, where Pro-
fessor Ayassih and his indefaigable party are
buaily engaged in geological research of The
most Invaluable character. A large number
OF important discoveries have been made In
that terra incogntta, which will be Of the
greatest interest to the public at large. Space
will not allow anything like complete col
lation Of the wonders seen and described by
the party. They have roamed over the
deserts where even thistles will not grow.
They have gathered rich harvest of zoolog;.
cal specimens, found winged oysters foot in
diameter, and been -pelted with hailstones as
large as walnuts. The dredging operations
have beenrewarded. We are happy to say, with
abundant success. Not only holothuri@, but
also ascldans and actinie have been secured,
together with some very curious molluscan
eggs of the genus voluts. But 1t Is especially
gratifying to note the discovery of flne float
Ing ,sp .cimen of the very rare macrocystis
pyrtfera. This lovely plant was found to be
the nesting place OF some Very charming
crussaoesus and lillipuIian echinoderms. But
tiaimpossibe to dwell at any satisfactory
length on this fascinating object, or to more
than mention the fact that the Patagonlan
clifS were found to be stratiaed, the lower
portions consisting Of a soft sandstone or clay,
highly fossllliferous, containing turrltteli@,
buccini, echine and pecteres. "Thst is suf1-
oient.n
America is threatened with wholesale
rruption OF immigrants from Russia. The
Mennonite Colonies, which are situated in the
louthern part of that country, near Berdl-
1usk, numbering some forty thousand souls at
least, and estimated at more than twice that,
propose moving in a body either to the United
6tates or to Canada, In order to escape from
the obligations of military service, which is
contrary to their religious belief. 1t Is said
they have already presented petitions to the
American and British Governments, asking on
what conditions they will be received. As the
emigration OF such large body of people, all
connected together BY religion, friendship and
blood, Ii matter of considerable importance, q
description OF the Mennonite habits and charac-
ter, q furnished by correspondent Of the
NsW York Tribune, becomes Of Immediate In
: terest. The sect was established about three
hundred years ago by one Slmonis, recus-
ant Catholic priest. From an humble begin
ming It has steadily increased In numbers and
Importance until the present time. The creed