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

world is chiefly supplied from The mines in Cora.
wall, England, and those of Wa!ce. /; s a certainty
thai in Southwest Missouri wu hayc an immcus,
deposit OF tin ore, easy uf access in n mountainous
heavily tnbcrcd region, with extensive watrr.
power afforded b. tho st. Francis River und its
tributaries Tho veins arc found Fl. III Two feet 10
thrco innrcd feet in width, AMI from few wards
to one milo in length easily traced on tlc surface
having been laid harc by the mn, ,,lally heavy
mods of the last spring. We may safely assert
tliat In few ycarB wu will control tho tin market
| of the worl'l. We have tho olc and tho fuel in
Abundance, and though labor is comparatively
high. We have counter balance N the fact that
We do not have 10 sink expensive md deep Shafts
| 10 obtain ih5 mineral, MS they 10 in England.
Our orc is baro Mt The surface on the hlsitcs.
where for ages il he chcaply thrown ont with
out the uEo of ttosu c,mbrouS and very expensive
engines and machinery i'll uso III Cornwall and
Wales. An yet tic las been found in quantity
only i'll Madison County, but Indications arc found
of ita existence in Washington anu Iron Counties;
! in fact, il was in this latter County ty-though crprc
is organization Dr. FARRELL. found the Iirst
specimen Of tho orc, about nine years ago lie has
quietly, hut prrsistcntly circumstances wunld
| admit. pursued tho search until this last spring,
nillcl by the floods, ho discovered those immense
| veins spoken Of lie informs ,ls that all Southeast
| mineral wealth. Iron, lead, zine, cobalt, black
lead, copper, barytcs, ravlin and nicio arc found
i'll large quantities. Immense betls OF ilra marble
anil very beautiful scrpcntino arc Tounl. There
| arc lRrgc tr,cts of thcso lartls vet Goycrnmcnt
| land, at s125 per acre. Tho climate is mld-thc
winters very mild Tho valleys are rich soil,
! and pleasant and healthy summer or winter re-
SORT.
IT Is UNDERSTOOD that at Tho urgent solicitation
! Of tho Mexican Legislation nj Washington Tho
| haay Of MAxtM!!,AS has been delivered OH board
man-of-war OFF Vera Cruz, So That Admiral TruI:-
| TlIofFs mission becomes unnecessary. In addi-
| tion to tho documents already published regard
/ ing Mexican nffai,s, concerning MAXIMIlIAN's
capture, tho following is interesting '"ro tho
| Citizen Secretary of War: When MAXIMILlAS was
| made prisoner yesterday ho requested mo 10
grant linn tho requests embraced in tho following
points: First-l sent i'll my abtlicaion in Tho
month of March, during tho first hall Of tho month.
| Among tue archives captured from me nj La Cruz
there exists copy OF IL certified and coi,ni crsign-
cd by tho proper minister. Tho original was sent
| to tho President by the Comnscl of State JOSH
MARIA LAcUNzA, with orders that il should he pub
| lishcd wien should lawfully bc made prisoner
Sccord-Tlat if victim bn necessary, tho evil
done 10 visited OIL my person. Third-That my
with which they have accompanied them through
dangers and rici5stuIlns. lie has also Told INC
that he desires nothing more than 10 gct out OF
Mexico, and that in consequence he hopes that
necessary escorts will be given him 10 tho place of
cmbarkation. L have replied TO him That can
| grant nothing, AMI that I'LL ran do is to report
| this to the supreme government. ESCOBEDO.
SAN LUIS PoTosI, May II, 1857.
Tile THIRD son of tho Gear OF Russia (thcro arc
five Hnns), the Grand Duke ALrxrs Colonel in the
army. and MI officer III tho navy, is about to visit
tlIIs country. IIo is now in tho J.cvant looking i'm
upon the Greek mnnaatcrics. Tho Washington
Chronicle says the Grand Duke will soon proceed
to Cadiz, where ho will embark OH board the
alexander Nrirski Trigatc, :n which lo will vsii
the West indies, probably first going to Cuba ana
thence to tho United Stalcs landing ut New Or
leans and extending his "trip to Mobile. lilo NAV
bc expected i'll Washington carly in October, and
VIII also visit ltichmond Baltimore Philadelphia
New York. and Boston. II is not yet arranged that
| thc Grand )nkc will proceed to tho interior, but
| lie will certainly proceed TO Niagara, probably i'm
company with Lord AroycE, riccroy of Canada
whose guest lie will bo during his visit to British
NORTH America IIo is expected 10 reach ST.
Petersburg, after aiN nniths' absence immediately
before Christmas. This Prince will travel under
tho assumed hearing Of Il Russian uO!rn,aii, al
l'r thls lltIdcr partial incognito. This will ha
luly respected, but the American prnplc will moi
forget that during tho rebellion, when others
Looked upon Our struggle either codly or with tho
hope that wo should fail, tho Emperor of Russia
remained constant irc in peril faithful in atl,cr-
sity, and loyal in his friendship from tho first shot
fired against Sumter to the capture of kicllnonl
and the surrender OF LEE.
Tie VALUE OF THE COLI imported into tho
United Kingdom in the fivo months ending MAY
81 this, year was q i4S3, s97 compared With t5,-
l3,i3G i'll tho corresponding period of 1860, md
c5,l270l3 in tho corresponding period OF 1865 In
these totals Australia figured for cl9oI777, &C..
l79,925, and e. 15a So, and the United States for
n DDS, $685. El9j7, ,822, and G1 ,3Ii Gsi respectively
Tho total exports Of gold from tho United King
dom in tho five months ending May 81, amounted
to G2,5G3,92i rs compared with f3,G25, ,9T2 in tho
corresponding period Of 1866, and f2,5J 2i in The
corresponding period of 1865. In theso totals tho |
exports OF gold to Franco figured for s1 G21 59s |
2i72,035 and e., ,2j73i3 respectively. Tho totul
value Of gold and silver bullion and spccie I'M, |
ported into Great Britain during Tho month of |
Mny last amounted to GO, ,237, 1856 Of this sup
fi707,i27 was in gold and $3.50 900 in silver and
of tho above total sum f1l23,3i6 was received
from the United States, s4a5 9Ti from Australia
E392,7lG from Mexico, South America (oxcept |
Brn2ll and the WoSt Indies. Tho raluc of bnlliou
exported amounted to Gas $50 sterling fl7I 955 |
OF which was tnkcn by Holland, ellis, ,90G by Russia
fso,G5G by Belgium, and E5G11i by tho IIanso
towns, smaller sums being taken by Egypt fchiciIy
Tor China and Inlia), tho west coast of Africa |
Aisiralia Brazil, Mexico, South America and the
West Indies.
The NEW YORK Times makes merry oyor tho tol- |
egraph and the rural districts, after tho following
fashion: Bunllo furnishes lis with ono of thogc |
mysterious nnd moniontous tocgramB which give /
us occasional insight. into what mainly interests
tho minor Cities 81 man named HIRAM YENNIrHs,
pedlor, aso fifty years, dropped dead in tho
street tonight. 1Io is said TO havo brother re-
siding i'll Lincoln ILL.,, who il Yice-Prcslcnt of mn
agricultural society thoro.' The public interest In
pedllars, and especially in this particular Bui1Io
pcddsar, together with tie curious coincidence that
ho was just 90 years old mot 10 or 81, but round
SOY, explains Mt once why this newg ia instantly
flashed to Now York. or tho ex-petl,lIar il cannot
be avcrrcd, in the words of tho immortal Toollcs
HAT Tho had brolher" but VIC arc told Mt least |
that "he as SAID to hayo n brother" and what il
stil more Inomcntoma for New Yorl and Tho conn.
try to know, the fraternaI YENsEpEs lives in Lin
coin, ILL., Far be it Tor lis 10 deny that upon This
ssppositions brother have fallen tho pastoral hon
orB of Which tho telegram speaks. Onr only diff
Guilty is to find out tho connection between the /
peddlcrs fnlling down dead, md his rumorel