The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-08
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By THE SPANISH steamer Ciuadd condal,
which arrived on the 25th, We have received later
news from Mexico. The intelligence concerning
Gen. SANTA ANNA is meagre, but it is positive
that he has been taken from Sisal to Cam
peachy, where he was received by the people
in q very riotous manner. The General was
brought to Campeachy in q small armed launch
and during the trip exhibited the utmost sang
roid, telling the crew stories, giving an account
of the reception he met with from the people OF
Yucatan, when he went there in 1925 as Com
manding General, and his anticipations of that
which was awaiting him now. From the mo-
ment he set his foot on shore, he was surround
ed by turbulent and excited multitude, main
" composed of the lower classes, and Of all
colors, who were shouting and asking for his
life in the most violent manner, and it seemed
as if the populace would succeed in seizing him
to satisfy their thirst of blood. One of the
ringleaders came so near that the General was
compelled to defend himself with his fist, and
gave him severe kick with his wooden leg, to
prevent the man from assassinating him. The
better classes did not countenance this proce-
dure, and after while some of the Liberal Off
GERS succeeded in opening passage to corrdaet
him to the appointed prison, where he was
placed in solitary confinement. 1t was feared
however, that the populace would raise tumult
and sacrifice SANTA ANNA to their fury, as they
did only two weeks ago Generals EsPEJo, Go
yANrEs, Av1LA and Ponce. SANTA ANNAs life
hangs by thread. Some important documents
were found on his person when arrested at
| Sisal.
| AN INTERESTING experiment with an omnibus
drawn by steam on common roads has just
taken place in Paris. A small locomotive,
named the Lormenjat, Of two and half horse
power, and linked to vehicle containing
places for twenty-six persons, left the exhibl-
ton building one afternoon, and proceeded to
the Quai de Billy, on the opposite side of the
Seine. There Prince NAPOLEON, accompanied
| by several distinguished persons, took their
seats in the omnibus, which set out along the
avenue which leads to the Place du Roi de
Rome, ascending without difficulty the declivi-
| ty. On arriving at the summit Of the rise, the
vehicle set off at speed between seven and
eight miles an hour to the Bois de Boulogne,
| where it passed with the greatest facility
amid the lines of carriages along the banks OF
the lakes, at that hour so greatly frequented,
and after describing circles within an exceed
ingly limited space, returned to the Point de
Palma. Prince NAPOLEON expressed his satis-
faction to the inventor and the directors Of the
new Messageries Vapeur Company, by which
these vehicles are to be worked throughout
France for the conveyance Of passengers.
MTHR ENGLISH ARE Just now in ferment Of
anxiety over the American ffteen-inch gun re-
Gently landed there. Mathemsticians are busy
at work upon it in calculating its power, and
an amusing array Of algebraic expressions and
columns Of figures in several papers attest the
severity of their labors. When this process,
Is finished, we would suggest that the gun be-
fred This is an experiment that has not yet
been tried. At Shoeburyuess, they are wont
to exhaust the integral calculus before they
apply the sponge and friction-primer in the
testing Of heavy guns. However, the fifteen
inch gun has already made its record in
America. It has been fred with charge Of
100 pounds of powder, and the solid fifteen
inch shot has been propelled with an initial
velocity Of 1900 feet per second. The largest
gun ever yet mounted in . British man-of-war
is the nine-inch WooLwIcH wrought iron-riaed
gun, which carries shst weighing but $50
pounds. The ffteen-inch gun carries shot Of
nearly double this weight and in the absolute
power of the two guns there is almost no COM
parison.
TEE STREET CAR QUESTION in Mobile, be-
fore Justice LOOMS, was an action brought by
Rstelle Lalande, colored woman, against the
Spring Hill Railroad Company, to recover
damages for refusing to permit her as a pas
seneer to ride in their cars. The case was
tried by Justice LooMIs, who, after full hear
ing .of the case, rendered the following de-
cision: That by the rules Of the company the
colored people were excluded from all parts Of
the cars but the outside, and were charged
half price therefore. The rule prescribed by
the defendants in this case, from the
proof, is necessary to the interest and main
tainance of the road, as the patronage of
either whites or blacks alone might not be suf-
feient to support It, and as provision is made
for all, with different and proper rates Of
charges, think it reasonable, at least so the
owners and proprietors think; and by their
charter they are made the judges, as right
incident to their property. therefore decide
in favor Of the defendant, and enter judgment
accordingly.
& in SPEECH recently delivered in the French
Senate on the. fate Of MACMILLAN, then in
doubt, NJ DupIs asserted that the murder of
q prisoner Of war in cold blood would, by con-
trast, rebound to the honor Of the French arms
in Mexico. NJ. DuPIN must have conveniently
short memory, if at the time of making this
boast he was not troubled by the recollection Of
Mexican officers butchered in cold blood under
the sanction of an order from Marshal BAzAINE
himself. The Senator also asserted that the re-
sponsibility Of MAxIM1L1AH's fate rested entirely
upon the United States; but the question might
be raised whether that responsibility should
rest whelly with the United States, who COM
pel,ed the French to leave Mexico, or be shared
with the Emperor, who thus left his hapless
tool in the lurch9 As to MACMILLAN, it is GER
taimly hard to hold him responsible for the
butcheries pc rpetrated by the French in Mexico.