The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-07
CURRENT TOPICS.


The DISCOVERY of tin orc in large quantities on
this continent is of great economic value The
world is chiefly supplied from the mines In Corn
wall ENGLAND and those of Wales. 1t is certainty
that in Southwest Missouri wo have an immense
deposit of tin ore, easy of access, in mountainous,
heavily timbered region, with extensive water
power afforded by the st. Francis River and it's
tributaries. The veins are found from two feet to
three hunl lred feet in width, and from few yards
to ono mile in length easily traced on tho surface,
| having been laid bare by the unusually heavy
| floods of the last spring. We may safely assert
that in few years VIC will control the tin market
| of the world. We have the ore and the fuel in
abundance, and though labor is comparatively
| high, We have countcr-balance IN the tact that
we do not have to sink expensive and deep shafts
to obtain the mineral, as they do in England.
| Our ore is bare at the surface on the hillsdcs
where for ages it can be chcaply thrown out with
ont the use of those cumbrous and very expensive
| ENGINES and machinery in use in Cornwall and
Wales. As vet the ore has been found in quantity
only in Madison County, but indications arc found
of its existence in Washington and Iron Counties;
in fact it was in this latter County-though before
its organization-tha DR.. FARRELL found the first
specimen Of the ore about nine years ago. He has
quietly, but as persistently as circumstances would
admit pursued tho search until this last spring,
aided by the floods, no discovered those immense
| veins spoken Of He informs us that all Southeast
Missouri may 30 regarded as vast storchousc OF
mineral wealth. Iron, lead, zinc, cobalt, Diach
| lead, copper, barytes rayln and mckle are louhu
| in large quantities. Immense beds OF line marDie
and o very beautiful serpentine are found. Ihere
| arc large tr,cts of theso lands yet Government
| land. at 81 25 per acre. The climate is mild-the
winters very mild The valleys arc rich sol
and o pleasant and healthy summer or winter re-
| sort.
IT rs UNDERSTOOD that at tho urgent solicitation
of the Mexican Legislation at Washington the
body of MAMMALIAN has been delivered on board
| man-of-war off Vera Cruz, so that Admiral TEGE-
THoFFs mission becomes unnecessary. In addi-
ton to tho documents already published regard
ing Mexican affairs, concerning MAxrMIL1ANs
capture, the following is interesting "To the
Citizen Secretary of War When MAMMALIAN was
made prisoner yesterday he requested me to
| grant him the requests embraced in tho following
points First sent in my abdication III the
month of March, during the first hal! OF the month
Among the archives captured from mo at La Cruz
there exists copy of it certified and countersign-
ed by the proper minister. The original was sent
| to the President by the Counsel OF State, JOSE
MARIA LAcuNzA, with orders that it should bepub-
lished when should lawfully bo made prisoner.
| Second-Thas If victim be necessary, tho evil
| done be visited on my person. Tbrd-That my
suite and attendants bo well treated for the loyalty
with which they have accompanied them through
dangers and vicissitudos. He has also told mo
that he desires nothing more than to get out OF
Mexico, and that in consequence he hopes that
necessary escorts will be given him to the place OF
embarkation. I have replied to him that can
grant nothing, and that all I can do is to report
this to the supreme government. ESCOBEDO.
SAN LUIS PoTosI, May II, 1867.
The THIRD SON Of the Car of Russia (there are
five sons) the Grand Duke ALEXIS Colonel in the
army, and an officer in the navy, is about to visit
this country. He is now in tho Levant, looking in
upon the Greek monasteries. The Washington
Chronicle says the Grand Duke will soon proceed
to Cadiz, whore he will embark on board tho
Alexander Ne,usEi higate, IN which he will visit
the West Indies, probably first going to Cuba, and
thence to the United States, landing at New Or
leans, and extending his trip to Mobile. He may
be expected in Washington early in October, and
will also visit Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, and Boston. 1t is not get arranged that
the Grand Duke will proceed ta the interior, but
he will certainly proceed to Niagara probably irf
company with Lord MoNcK, Viceroy Of Canada,
whose guest he will be during his visit to British
North America. He is expected to roach st.
Petersburg, after six months absence, Immediately
before Christmas. This Prince VIII travel under
the assumed bearing of Russian nobleman, and
be thus under partial incognito. This will be
duly respected, but the American people will not
forget that during the rebellion, when others
looked upon our struggle either coldly with the
hope that we should fail the Emperor of Russia
remained constant, true in peril, faithful in adver
sity, and loyal in his friendship from the first shot
fred against Sumter to the capture Of Richmond
and the surrender OF LEE.
TIE VALUE OF THE GOLD imported into the |
United Kingdom in the five months ending May |
81, this, year was e. 4ss 1877 as compared with f5,
745 456 in the corresponding period Of 1866, and |
f5 ,943 in the corresponding period Of 1865. In
17s 925, and f, ,152 S52 and the United States for
e., ,29s, 1885, fl S22 and 81 374 6S4 respectively.
The tctal exports of gold from tho United King
dom in the five months ending May 81, amounted
to G., SIS, 924 as compared with f3G25,9 ,972 in the
corresponding period Of 1866 and e. 42i in the
corresponding period of 1866. In these totals tho
exports Of gold to Franco figured for FL ,621 59S,
s24729 935, and e. 257, ,S4S respectively. Tho total
value Of gold and silver bullion and specie i'm
ported into Great Britain during tho month Of
May last amounted to G., ,297, ,49G. Of this sum
e., ,7O7 427 was in gold and ESQ 900 in silver, and
Of the above total sum ELL SAG was received
from the United States, f435,974 from Australia,
ESQ.,, ,74S from Mexico, South America Except
BrazD aud the West Indies. The value of bnllion
exported amounted to 1850 sterling, eta ,955
of which was taken by Holland, f1l3 996 by Russia
ESQ, CSC by Belgium, and f56114 by the Hanse
towns, smaller sums being taken by Egypt (chefy
for China and India), tho west coast Of Africa,
Australia, Brazil, Mexico, South America and the
West Indies.
TIE New YORK Times makes merry over the tel
egraph and tho rural DISTRICTS aftor the following
fashion: Buffalo furnishes us with ono of those
mysterious and momentous kilograms which give
us occasional insight into what mainly interests
the minor cities. "a man named HIRAM VENNEPEs,
a peddler, aged fifty years, dropped dead in the
street tonight. He is said to have o brother re-
siding in Lincoln, ILL.,, who is Vce-Prcsident of an
agricultural society there The public interest in
peddlars, and especially in this particular Buffalo
peddlar, together with the curious coincidence that
he was just so years old (not 40 or 81, but round
5O) explains at once why this ncws is instantly
flashed to New York. or the ex-pcddlar it cannot
be averred, in the words of the immortal Toodles
that che had BROTHER" but we are told at least
that 'he is soid to have q brother" and, what is
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