The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-12
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row took placc IL tiriflntown. i'll the course of
which three men were seriously beaten and kicked,
and were finally taken away for dead. Despite the
most strenuous exertions, MCGEE kept the lead
throughout the day. and at the close of the polls
had maj ority of 279. AS soon as the polls were
closed, mob about 6Ol strong rushed UP st.
James street, to Mechanics Hail. McGsE's head
quarters and attacked those present NJ the meei-
ing in progress. They broke III ;hc windows
smashed the furniture, and completely gated the
hall i'll attempting to set at MCGEE ana h'S COM
mittcc. The citizens thus attacked rallied ana nc
Tended themselves. Ecyolvcrs ~cro drawn "'i a'
sides, and serious riot Cnsued. Aiicr mo nSu'
had been for some time IN progress Strong ue-
tachment of police and the cavalry force came
mon the scene. The mob could not withstand
the repeated charges of an organized pou!' anu
were completely routed. after having made short
| resistance Abon. dozen OF the rioters were
captured by the soldiers and police and were ON!
with the creates; difficulty saved from the ven
ccancc of the cnragrd citizens. who surged cN-
.itedly about their captors, crying Lynch them
lynch them!' Their efforts to take the prisoners
from the custody of the officers Of the law W're'
however. vain One man killed. about thirty Sc
rious casualties from clubs and stones 'lseu Ill te
| fight, and half dozen gunshot wounds arc re-
ported as the sum of the injuries suffered pH lne
! citizens IN the course OF the melee. No l'r'her
| disturbance took place last night after the attack
ON McCREApY's house McGEE's residence was
Guarded by the police during the night. Inc par
| ties arrested were brought before the lolioo
Court to-day and were discharged, no one appear
| ing to prosecute them. DlNcnAM and Others VINO
were shot and beaten, arc recovering SeScra' po-
lice were brutally beatcn. The cI!y has aSsul''u
its wontcd quiet to-day.
| The SOUTHERN COLONY Ii Brazil, oi WHICH o''''
We heard so much, has really been Il pail'u'
| failure We fancy that one main trouble Ill thls
adventure lay in not understanding the Braziiah
people. part, if not all, of the Southerners went
ont to Rio Janeiro with the idea CT founding
community in which they could keep themselves
aloof from all Brazilian ASSOCIATION ana lhu'i'''
| No scheme could be more chimerical. The people
of Brazil are intensely suspicious by nature vi 'n!
| foreigner, and more especially of one VINO uoos
not Law aside his foreign pref judlces. Hence 'iiiS
attempt was hopelcssly absurd, being one which
| tbo Portncuese-descended nation would quickly
interpret and resent as an insult. we iahcy' too'
that the Colony found, to its COST that BRAZIL rs
| well rs the Confederacy-and as the unloh' 100
had taxes to pay, the hapless war against
Paraguay having plunged her in debt. ADoVe
all in Brazil there is no encouragement
to carry on those mechanical improvements which
the genius of modern civilization sugscsts-especl-
ally outside of Rio Janciro. The people dlstrust
even steam as being n kind of foreigner" and no
true Brazilian stuff. And yet, moro steam COM
munication is absolutely necessary for the internal
development of Brazil The Colony must nave
found remarkable deficiency in transportation
between the centre and the coast partly due, IN
deed, to the peculiar conformation OF the terrain.
The coast-lands are higher than those lying back
of them, which are walled about by high ridges,
turning the water courses inland and northWard
to the Valley of the Amazon. These ridges nave
at length been pierced by two railroads. But the
people not only offer no encouragement to bnild
others, but mainly prefer their mule-carts to the
cars. And this is n sample of the general back
ward spirit and lack of enterprise which the Col
ony, doubtless, have had to contend with.
LAST SATURDAY the 7th of September, was the
Brazilian Fourth of July, the anniversary OF the
independence of Brazil and on that day, this
year, according to proclamation issued last De-
cember, the Amazon, the great river, or King of
Waters as the Indian name Para signifies, was
thrown open from the Atlantic to the boundaries
of Peru. Henceforth all nations may freely use
this great highway Of commerce, which gives
steamboat navigation from the Atlantic coast to
within ninety leagues o. Lima. Peru has also by
treaty with Brazil, and by a former treaty with
the United States, granted the free navigation OF
her Amazonian waters. Navigation thus extends
almost across the continent. The MOrond, a sea-
going Peruvian steamer, built by the PENNs OF
London ascended III October, 1861, frCm the mouth
of the river TO within ninety leagues OF the city OF
Lima The vaey of the Amazon is a vast and fer |
tile wilderness, with here and there town on the
borders of the great river. The most important |
and productive parts of Venezuela, New Granada, |
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia as well of Brazil, are
drained by its waters It's valley has an area equal
to the whole United States, without the Pacillc |
States and vet tho population Of the Amazon val
lev is at present no greater than that OF The single
city of BROOKLYN. But new measures in regard TO |
grants of lands and cmiSrsnts have just been pro-
posed in the Brazilian rarliament which, If car
ricd ont, cannot fail TO induce emigration to tins
equatorial yaley--wlierc the mercury never rises
as high as in Now York, and where yet the rich |
and useful staples, coffee, sugar cotton, rce India
rubber, &c., repay the industrious laborer thous-
and fold.
OUR MEXICAN correspondents have repeatedly |
informed us Of the emphatic protests OF the
Republican Gen. PoRFIRIo DIAz against tho shock
ing butcheries of JuAREz and EscoBEDo. These |
protests, and other protests from other quarters
were not without effect. But for them, VIC arc |
tod with some exaGgeration, 1.-The world would
have heard of deeds of blood which wonld have |
cast into insgniicance all the red rivers that flow
ed from the French guilotncs and all the persccu-
tious of the Inquisition." The Juarists were |
preparing for general slaughter of all Mexicans
who were not utterly loyal in their character and
career but DIAz took such stand in the matter |
that even the most ferocious leaders were COM |
PEELED to change their purposes He took his |
position moreover, on grounds of prncicpc that |
were honorable to him as man and Il statesman |
as we'll as soldier, and that give him an elevation
above that of any Mexican connected with the Re-
public. We are, therefore, pleased to hear that |
he is a candidate for the Mexican Presidency, and
that he is supported by many of the most intelll-
gent and civilized citizens of Noxico. His cleo
tion would be something like sign OF hope for
hopeless country.
The WONDERFUL splendors which, within the
past twenty years, have made Paris the metropo-
lis OF tho worlds architecture and art, have, IN 4
very singular manner, realized far-sccing vision
of VoLTA1RE in his essay on LEmbei'senem de
Paris. After telling of the convenences and
magnifcence which Paris ought to have, and half
wishing for grand conffagration that should COM
pei its rebuilding he eloquently described how
such an undertaking would rebound to the glory
of the nation aud be an undying honor to the mu-
nicipality; how it would encourage art attract
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