The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-10-21
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IN SWS We
Intelligence has been re ceived by the Mexican
Legation at Washington that General D1Az, of the
Army Of the East taken prisoner when Oaxaco
fell, and kept in Puebla prisoner OF war, has
made his escape and rejoined the Republican
forces. Gen. DIAz is now in the State Of Oaxaco
at the head of considerable force, and intends to
resume tho offensive within short time. The in
habitants of La Sierra and La Canada are in arms
against MACMILLAN, and General DIAz is actively
engaged in organizing them into reg iments and
.brigades.
Great alarm exists among the Imperiahsts, as
D1Az was regardedas ono of the ablest Generals on
the Liberal side In Zacatecas people arc daily
arrested by officers Of the Imperial Government
for disloyalty. The well known ill-feeling exist
ing between the French and the United States
troops on the Rio Grande seem to encourage the
disaffccion.
An important case was tried before the United
States District Court at Memphis, Tenn, last
week. It was that OF PARK against HAMILTON, and
its history was as follows In the year 1862, while
the Confederate forces etill held possession Of
Memphis, tho defendant, THOMAS A. HAMILTON,
was appointed by the Confederate Government an
agent to seize certain sugars and cotton, the prop
erty of merchants whom it believed were
purchasing and holding such commodities upon
speculation, in Wow Of the probable surrender Of
Memphis to the Federal forces, and against the
laws of the Confederate Congress and the de-
clared policy Of that Govercment, whose officers
were instructed to prevent the undue accumula-
ton of articles Of prime commercial value at
points as seriously threatened as Memphis then
was In obedience to instructions then given him,
HAMILTON seized number Of hogsheads Of sugar,
the property Of DIR. A. j. PARK-vaiued at SIT, 600
and turned it over to tho Confederate Receiver or
Quartermsste1, or, with other sugars at that time
seized, sent it South by railroad. No vouchers
were given, but memorandum was made at the
time Of the value and number of barrels and hogs
heads and in some cases, we believe, copies Of
such we're furnished to the owners. DIR. PARK now
brings suit against Mr.. HAMILTON to recover the
value Of the property SO seized On the 28th
nltimo the jury came into Court and announced
that they were unable to agree upon verdict,
and the case goes over to the next. term of the
Court
The carpenters and some other mechanics ore
holding meetings in Now York city, to bring about
a reduction of the hours of labor from ten hours
to eight hours day. The mechanics say they
could do as much work in tho shorter period
they do now. Reductions in the prices of labor
of many kinds have taken place within o tcw
months past, aHd the meH nave usually accepted
the diminished rates. Demands for increased
wages, nearly reaching the highest prices that
were paid last year, have recently been made,
however, by the men Of some of the trades. A
rise was this week conceded in shipjoiners' wages,
and the sums most Of the employers have agreed
to pay are four dollars day for "old" work, and
four dollars and q quarter day for new work.
Shipioiners have always received larger compen-
eation, comparatively, than other mechanics
Journeymen shoemakers have demanded an in
crease Of twenty-five per cent i'll their wages, and
the employers who met to consider tho demand
resolved that it WAS exorbitant, but that an in
crease OF fifteen per cent would be fair The
shoemakers have not decided to accept the offer.
The Augusta Chronicle is informed that the
regular course Of lectures OF the Atlanta Medical
College will commence on the first Tuesday in
November next. The Faculty is composed of
skillful Professors who well understand the duties
of their position. z
The chair formerly occupied by DR.. h. W
BRowN-that Of Professor Of Anatomy-who has
removed to Texas, is now filed by D. G. O'KHEFE,
N: D., recently a surgeon in the army, and now
resident physician of Atlanta, gentleman skilled
in his profession, and a worthy successor of the
distinguished Professor whose place he will fill.
New York exchange says that comprehen-
blfe scnepoe lor peneHtlnS tne Soutn5 by supplying
it with labor, has been devised in the East-GoY.
ANDREW, OF Massachusetts,, being at the head Of
it. The project contemplates the establishment
Of q central Office in New York, where the owners
Of land in the slave States can become acquainted
with Northern purchasers; and thus stream Of
emigration be organized which will fill certain Soc
tions of the South with q population having
Northern energy and IDEAS Branch Offices will be
instituted in oil tho former slave States. Tho
Southern States themselves are doing something
OF the same kind, and to the same end. It is pro-
posed in several OF them to appoint State Com
missioner, with power % ascertain and advertise
oil lands for sale, to open information offices, to
distribute descriptive pamphlets, and to station
emigration agents in the chief ports of Europe "a
'' The English government seems to become more
and moro frightened in regard to the supposed
movements OF the Fenians. A number Of detec-
tives from London arrived in the last steamer to
New York, with special instructions, it is under-
stood, to keep on eye on the Fenians, and inform
!. the English government from time to time of
Whatever facts may como to their knowledge in
regard to Them. One or moro of these detectives,
II is stated left for Chicago, where it is believed
me remains aro. organized in greater strength,
tnan anywhere else in America, excepting Now
York and vicinity. It is understood that, the