The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
CURRENT It'fitI.:;.

FlouIFns and MIR. woVD's delightful works. Tray.
els ure greatly in favor, us always. War books,
in the form oil histories in,l, illia "reminiscences
and novels, urc still demanded ly the public,
and probably Will sell well rr lu., tiinc 10 come.
OF poetry AMI fiction there * good share,
though IN these branches nf publishing American
houses are Tar b"hlnd The fii:;h' Ter mic
poem OF novel III liuuk I"rm svt al"il ~ thIs
country, there arc IL dozen luunchcd III England
Controversial trrutirs vcNrd ,IucEiions of
theology. setting forth ilir rinims"f hrris or the
nice HlIailns uT snmri.'dy's "Inm"ns on certain
| received Christian doctrines. are moi wanting
though would say that the. are II Il wanted,
| since they have ar.'lrciabr effect upon
the world beyond in,ensifyine Tho snctaran feel
ing, already bitter enough. /, liz gratifying 10 bo
able to say that works of nm immoral Tendency 10
not find place III the announcements, uur, SO far
| as We ure aware, i'll the actual publications Of
| known houses i'll Now York other American
cities Tlu popular taste which at one limo craycd
tho hiGh-spircd culnnations from the French press
turned into English with all their grossncss and
| mono Of thgir Srnce-- seem to have sickrtlcl or
that dangerous stun, and come back in healthier
intellectual food. Tho fall book tia,lc sale realizes
/ the expectations Of publishers. lhrre ia large
| attendance OF buyers from all parts ur the cuun-
| try, including tho Southern States. The prices
| obtained thus far gnorl, and Tho volume OF
business will probably slrpass thai Of any year
since tho war. The relations between tho North
ern publishers and Southern booksellers arc as
amicnblo as those which exist in any other trade;
and but for the uncertainty attending rpon tho
present political experiments at lii. South, We
| should bc able To record much larger business
In a JEwEILER's establishment in Washington
! tllcre s Oh exhibition gOll con. most remark
able i'll appearance ard of the purcs metal. II is
| about the size Of Il half eagle, remarkably fresh
looking, tho nnor side OF which is cullcavr, with
| a raised Chariot having seated in it. n skeleton
| image pointing ahead with n rapicr. AMI drawn by
two spirited horses. The outer sde bears an ella
borate profile OF female, with her head d, cnrat-
cd in the manner worn by the crowned heads ut
tho time tho coin wan .nS,Gi ..iwGH, a half pen
fiywcishts, or, III near as may be in valrc worth
about live dollars. The coin was at one
| in the possession OF Rev. Y. ". EDDY,
| missionary in Assyrm who thus describes
how hc came in possession OF it: "a
| coin of PHILIP OF Maccdon, father Of ALEyAN-
| DRIA The Great, who Icigncd about thrcc hundred
aud forty years before Christ, and consequently liz
| twonty-two hundred years OLD, was rounl in n
garden adjoining Sidon, Syria, among tho ruins of
tho ancient city. Two jars, containing CONS OF
PHILIP and ALEXANDER, were found in the ground
by workmon digging, and The contents divided
| among them. Tho Turkish Government claim oil
such treasures, and hearing of The discovery inn
prisonct all The wDrkmen until they gave up nearly
all tn" COINS These they Immediately melted up
for now coinage. AIal,ommcdan woman WHO
was with the wOrkmcn obtained some Of the coins,
aud wcariod out tho Government by her entur-
anco Of Imprisonment while denying the rasscs-
sion Of any OF tho treasures. Alter her rclcasp
nj taiu ,rifl
through her fear of another arrest. Some limo
ainco this coin was depnsiIed with Mr. g.. Il.
Brown, joweller nj Saratoga, who was offered, by
well known antiquarian, the sum of $1,000, but
being instructed not to part with il at any price,
tue offer rejected.
An ESTHUsIAsTIG cye-witnc of Tho parting be-
tween the Emprosscs Of France and Austria nj
Salzburg, thus describes Tho scene, a,.d the an
pcarancc Of tho former iustrious latly '"rhc
Empress EuaESIE was in plain black silk dress,
with nmali dark hat and short black vail Just
reaching to the chin. On nearing the carriage shn
flung back her vail and kissed the Empress ELIza-
nkTH either cheek. They shook hand. ami hid
each other atlieu, AMI just nj The Empress w,,s
about TO step into tho carriage they kissed each
other again in tho heartbeat manner. III tho whole
demcanor of tho Empress EuaESIE il fieshnesa
vivnciiv, and if it in not mistake to say 40 Of Il
I-.I.. i'."....oi "v"nvr,".r. n,.o ia dnli,,ltpnI
ly natural, and the grace OF her manner is
something rarely seen. On entering tho open
carriage she Immediately turned aud cult-
seyed to those she was leaving with a
sweetness, anu at the same time with dignity
which was quite beautiful to Aee Her eyes wero
cast down as so bowed low, but ro,intl her mouth
was All expression Of gentle womanly tenderness
which no ono, think. could see witltonl being
drawn irresistibly toward her. As she STOOD she
bowed ngan to her host aud hostess; once ,uurc
tho inlmitably graceful, rcvcrcniai rrtscv ami
tho train boro her away. II is not al aI uulikcy
that thosu wllo read ll,s may ,hinl. il rNasgrru-
tion and call it fulsoic lattury. No one, how
ever, WHO present nnd saw tho charming
woman will think 60. On the contrary, 10 him
what have said will appear tame md insufficient.
and tho description moat inadequate. One of the
Secretaries OF Legation brought her Majesty, jusl
before the train left, splendid noscgay and AS
sho smiled her thanks, thought such recognition
worth moro than tho Cross Of the Legion of
Honor"
THE MEIIoANs in awarding punishment 10
those who were lately in arms against The constitu
tionnl government headed by JuAnrz, cannot he
accused of induIgng Il "sickly sentiment ality."
They neglected to take no amount of blood that
WIS considered neeiiful to make treason odious"
Hundreds were allot down sum,nariy, and Tho
majesty of tho law promptly vinicntcd with little
trouble to the ordinary tribunals of Justice
Though the number of lives sacrificed will never
be accurately known, sufficient tinlc has elapsed
since tho defeat OF the insurgents to mako tolera
bio approximation. recent letter from tho capt.
tai claims to give tho correct figures At Pnebla,
sixty Imperial ofcors shot, and nj San
Jacinto over one hundred were DISPOSED OF in
the same way. In tho north, about ohe hundred |
day, subsequent TO their surrcndep. p &sieslG
foll the Emperor fourteen generals and thrco min.
listers, besides connels majors. and other officers
OF whom there ia yet no published record At The
city OF Mexico. soyen generals, the Ministers OF
Justice and War, and members OF lower eradcs.
wero speedily translated to another sphcre OF oxjs
tence by tho fiat of military orders Altogether.
as now estimated, the number of those who suC- |
fered death in accordance with tho sentence of |
court martial is not less than GOO If there is any
real efficacy i'll this mode OF punishment, Mexico |
ought to bo worry tranquil and very happy but we
are fuliy satisfied to have the experiment mado
there rather thnn among our own citizens al car
neatly advised at one time by some among us who |
claim to be sagacions statesmen and good pa trios
AMONG THE MANY experiments which boar upon
the important problem of cholera, ts maferies |
mo'di, its essential clement Of disease arc sories
of Investigations latoly made in Melbourne Aus
iralla, on The poison of tho cobra de enpfRa. Tho
published account Of these experiments show. how
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