The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-26

presented President as 50 N aa It can be pre-:
pared after the m1uncton petitions have been dis
posed Of and VIII bes forwarded, by him to al the
commanders d districts in the South. The
subject Is attracting q great deal Of attention,
The appeal sorthe opinion came from Gen. ssHER1-
1AMiurthepurposeo oR iperfecting the. registrahons
;.of sotera omsana, and will be followed by
similar appications in dal the Southern States
where attanp ere made to prevent officers Of
coultieaa and parishes, who held Office during the
war, from voting. 80 f,SS:.-t1lstss
{ The New York Herald says The Atlantic cable
brings the news that Mr.. GLADSTONE has written q
letter, in which he virtually resigns the leadership
OF the Liberal party. Ihis resignation is an i'm
portant and dsigmifcantl event. It shows that in
Mr.. D1sRAELI the party has a leader who ex-
GELS in the tactics and strategy Of political warfare,
and who has proved himself to be more than q
match for Mr.. GLADSTONE, whose halfway meas
nres have resembled but too closely the tempori-
zing, hall; way policy Of General MCCLELLAN and
other leaders Of the Union cause during the open
ing years Of our late war. II also shows and
herein lies its chief fimportance-th JOHN BR1eHT
now stands forth us the General GRANT of the Lib
eral party in Great Britain. He will fight it out
on that line, which must eventually leadto glori-
Gus victory. - sss4. 5f2ssxi .:.7..s4.s u
"A Paris correspondent (ashcrt person undoubt-
edly) is responsible for the following para
graph: "Colonel NORTON is doing admirably in
Paris, as Exhibition Commissioner, and has made
q host Of friends. He is quite Frenchy in appear
ance, very gentlemaDly in manner, and is about
the same size as General DIX. In Parisiap socia-
ty small sized men succeed much better than tall
ones. Mr.. BIeE1ows great disadvaLt Ltag5 was his
Verytan figure and stern his eitorial1 look. Such I.
person hightens the beau monde Of Paris. THEus
would never be the popular salon man he is, If he
were not OF convenient pocket size" so that the
ladies may him without. having to look all
way up, which is very fatiguing to their charming
little necks. This makes Englishmen so often lit
tie liked, asa general thing by the ladies. Their
never ending size interferes with theirssuccess
with the slender gender"
The New York correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Ledger says: ssThe coachmaker's strike has been
partially successful. The bosses are now paying
the following wages: Wood-workers sSa4 per day;
bodymakers, 81; blacksmith, s3 so; sttchers, S.;
trimmers. IS so; painters and varnishers, from s.
TO S. These rates are for regular days work; for
piece work better prices arc paid in most in
stances The bricklayers, too, report that it is
all right. They are now receiving 81 so per day.
The stonemasons are holding out for 81 per day.
and as the brickayers have got their advance, they
will probably obtain it also. majority Of the car.
pente1s have gone to work at 81 per day, accord
ing 20 their own presentatons-buts s. so accord
ing to the statements of employers. The hack
drivers have called a meeting, with view Of hav-
ing their wages raised from s11 to s14 rer week,
and the journeymen bakers are agitating in the
game direction"
On Monday the Commissioners from his Majesty
the Tycoon Of japan to the United States arrived
at New York, oia California, en- route to Washing
ton; The Herald says: Most of the party speak
English, and are polite and courteous: The first
commisaoner is q very superior man. His posi-