The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-29
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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1877.
NEWS OF THE Day.

NEWS OF THE Day.
Gold closed on Saturday at 9sa9s.
in New York cotton was quiet anu nrm;
uplands 22c; sales 1892 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market closed hrm;
uplands loid, Orleans lid; sales $1,000 bales.
washington society drinks beef tea almost
exclusively now.
-Alexis's $4,000 gift to Chicago has oeen
divided equally between ten charitable inslltu'
tions.
Mr.. Gregory, the English NJ. P. who was
40 pronounced in his advocacy OF the soutn-
ern Conlederacy, has been appointed governor
OF Ceylon.
England is startled at the discovery that
there are not nearly enough horses IN Great
Britain and Ireland to mount The existing
cavalry regiments of the British army.
I'm France the government monopollzes
the tobacco business. A lale official decree
directs an increase Of FIVE centines on tne
price Of cigars manufactured In France from
Havana tobacco. Imported Havana cigars OF
the first quality, which formerly sold at fifty
centlmes, are to be sold at sixty centimes IN
future.
There is no reason to doubt any longer
that Senator Schurz will refuse to abide the
denomination OF Grant by the Republicans, Ii
such should be the result of the Philadelphia
Convention. The senator has declared, In
positive terms, to several personal friends
that he will not accept such decision, but,
with those who agree with him, will appeal to
the country against 1t. BE expresses himself
a,!eonfident that General Grant will not be
renomnated.
The Civil Service Supply Association,
established in London to furnish the English
Government officials and their friends with
the necessaries of life at the lowest possible
price, meets with great opposition from the
retail dealers, who assert that their trade has
been ruined. The association, 1t Is stated, has
ff1een thousand outsiders on Its boeEs, ana
some of Its members desice to restrict the al
ready immense business. 1t Is believed that,
unless the operations be confined to supplying
members of the civil service alone, The stten-
tIon of Parliament will be called to the assocla-
tlon.
"A Paris correspondent, describing the ora
tory of NJ. Theirs, says: "Before beginning ana
while delivering a, speech, NJ. Thlers drinks
Burgundy as openly Us Pitt used to drink port
sip is taken from the red tumbler; then a sip
istaken from the white; then In due historic
order, the black.edged handkerchief Is made
to do Its work; finally, when all these htIle
tricks of manner have been gone through,
somewhat feeble but clear voice speaks out
with rapid utterauce aud beautiful articulation
Soon the voice strengthens, until at times,
sentence will ring through the Assembly. The
gestures grow more animated, eplgrams are
shot forth, like stones from catapult, and
loud cheers and approving laughter stop the
orator now and then, enabling him to take
breath, a new sip of wine and fresh rub ofthe
handkerchief.
The interviewer has found Bismarck. Not
even the secluslon Of his Pomeranian manor
house or the sanctlty Of his palace In Berlin,
where the trophies Of the war, In the shape OF
Louis Quatorze mantel-c!ocks, Sevres table,
tops and delicately inlaid cabinets bury the
occupants.in new luxury, can keep out the In
slnuating correspondent, The European jour-
nalist has even improved on his American e1-
ample, and tsklng the Prussian Chancellor at
disadvantage has made him talk in the
roundest periods about matters on which he
usually keeps his mouth close sealed: Most
Interesting to us Is the Princes opinion of the
United States, a nation whose priGclples he
falls to adopt for his own country, cut for
which he manlfeets the greatest reverence.
Bismarck is kind enough to say that he always
reads great deal about the United states,
and that our history is very attractive Kale-
dIoscope. It Is with sort Of increduloas
wonder that he speaks of the liberty of speech
and Of the press here, which inevitably re-
suits In bringing public opinion to the top.
The New York Savings Banks appear to
have caught the infection Of fraud which is
spreading 30 rapidly from government de-
partn.ents through every line Of private bust-
ness. The developments in the case OF the
Bowling Green Savings Bank, in which the
deposits seem to have gone directly into the
pockets of the officers, fictitious notes being
substituted to represent The money stolen,
and of the Market Savings Bank, where The
secretary has spent the money confded to his
keeping In stock and other gambling, are suf-
fclent to startle the community, aud amply
Justify the excitement In New York. For it is
not the wealthy or the speculative class which
such catastrophes affect. A score Of failures
In Wall street or in the Stock Exchange
would fail to cause such evil as the plunder-
ing of one savings bank. These institutions
ara chartered on seml.benevo!ent basis, as
the means of affording secure investment for
the earnings of provident industry; and fail
ure to carry out this design, even through
carelessness, is crime beyond that of ordt-
nary peculatlons. The man who, like Conk-
lin, can use the hard-earned savings ofpoor
men, and the scant legacies oil widows and
orphans for reckless speculation, Is villain
whose crime cannot we'll be estimated.
"A Frenchman has gone into the "battle
OF Dorking" business. Assuming the part of an
old solder ofthe landwher, he tells his children
what happened after the overthrow ofEngland
at Dorking. Denmark was annexed to Ger
many, Bismarck died, the annexation fever be-
came very high, and at last the Emperor de-
cl4red war against Sweden. Russia and France
demonstrated and declared war against Ger
many. The Emperor had been counting on