The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-10
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Tur SUDDEN DEATH Of Senator McDouaAL, of |
California, at Albany, fcw days since cStin- |
.;:i,rs brilliant mind. iis in tho Senate
was marked ono. a man OF tho most gcnorous |
impulses which too often drove him to cxtr6ncs |
which were afterwards regretted Of fire cnesical
culture, of which no mado nj times cxubarant
manifestations ~ ia his little cxcmporu speech in
tho Senate OIL thr proposal 10 bansli liquors Ironil
tho Capitol able i'll argument, patriotic at heart,
aggressive in opposition, unl lavish Of his intel
lccual resources hc was To be early noticed
among those wllo occupied sous in the !;cllato OF
the United States, Where his capacity ior pub
lie usefulness was blurred by only pne tcfurlu,-
ty br. NcDGuGaL WAS native Of Bothlo
hem, Albany county, y. l., mlicro le was born
Nuyombcr Igtb. 1917, and therefore lnekctl
but fow weeks of completing hiB Gilcth year.
ltu received q common school education, anu
gavU his attention 10 cngnrrring asssting i'll tho
survey of the llrsl railway built between aibnny
AMI Schenectady. iin subsequently studied law,
aud removed to i:iuais. ui which state l,r was AT
turney- General ~ thu originator III lSIg uf
mn cxIinriilE rxiw..iun in Rin del Norte, the Gila
an Colorado al,. through his crts the vnino Of
| that Hcctiun at unr country was nin,lc known Ia
| tho world. Ilo was capiivatcd by tho promise OF
advancement which The State OF California Of
rcsBion Of law. lilo took MI artivo part in tho
political formation of that State and received tho
honors OF the Democratic party. From 1853 to
1855 llu meiubcr Of Congress from his adopt
cd Slate, and in 1851 was chosen its Senator for
torn of six years lie widely popular on tho
Pacific coast, his fl lends remaining fast friends.
Ills death will DO lanlrntrd ly tho numbers who
| continued to cherish high hopes nf his Future.
| Tmr ESaIIsli PUBLIC are great masaailIr-rca,l-
| crs. To Tho lung list nf established mnnihle
| have recently been ucd The hm,iiray. edited
by AIR. Rn,'rIdDui;. .Ir., and fin&tY's M'gasinr.
| edited hy EpMuSp SNEs. Thrrr arr also al,-
nouuced The N'r .MhnpcR''m Mf:u.'a,', with An
TnoNy rR"ILorE nj IT'S ca AMI ihr H,adSi,ikr,
10 bo wcldcd by Air. J. &. iIorrEN. How all these
enterprises arc Ia live s p,iz::llng question:;
| but after the SUCCESS which llns bron achieved by
| sumU dozens Of their predecessors, il would DO
rush to say that thuy will not br wei, sustained.
| Almost equally ncxplicable To us is the unlimited
variety OF fresh aud readable matter in these many
magazines. Tho difficulty which American found
era Of magazines have had to eucountrr was not
mure tho indifference Of tho public toward new
literary undertakings than tho scarcity of humr-
made articles worth publishing. Thrsc mol even
| money, which can procure almusi anything, can
always succeed in obtaining in Sufficient q,,arti-
tics to meet tho monthly domand. LII England,
| rs i'll Franco, magazine wiring has como to bo
profession, and not MI upprOfltablo ono 10 those
who cultivate il with taont and industry, and pub
fishers there look with perfect confidence to tho
abundant literary ability of tho country to keup
tho humorous magazines we'll iilled
The BosToN PosT has letter from its Washing
Fottz
closure: "Tho lctter OF General CHANT saying
TINT Con. SHERIDAN had discharged all Of his deli
cato aud arduous duties with fidelity, has brought
to light certain secret ORDERS which had bccn ,s
sued to registrars in Louisiana and TeSns. BY
these secret instructions thousands were excluded
| who wcro qualified voters under tho Rccoustrrc-
tion Act. One clause of this secret circular direct
| cd tho exclusion OF every administrator of tho
| Charity Hospital, and mcMbcra OF tho bonrd OF
health, commissioner OF elections aud bis clerks
chiof OF police, lieutenant OF police, and town or
city marshal, and NIL who havo served OH the forco
wardens and uudorwardons of county prisons or
4 workhonscs, board of school directors, city sur
ycyors and deputies, street commissioners md
deputies, city attorney ana assistant attorneys
superintendent Of public schools, inspectors OF to-
bacco, fIonr, beof and pork, md woghers and
rncnsurers; managers, supcrintendonts or direc-
tors oftho asylum for deaf and dumb. blind and
lunatic, and sextons of cemeteries. The Recon-
struction Acts do not disquafy single individual
namod above, yet it WAS deomed essential 10 secure
negro supremacy in Louisiana and Tcxus."
LETTER from Salzburg to tho Pressr of Vienna
gives tho following account Of tho meeting of tho
Soycrcigns .'Thcr Austrian AIajesties wcro for
aomo tmc at tho station awaiting tho Emperor
Il r.
press lnc silk dress, OF the shade called
'Eugenic color trimmed with magnificent lace
Tho special Fronch train advanced slowly When
it stopped some hundred yards from tho place
where tho carpet was spread rs at tho arrival of
tho Sultan, tho Emperor Napoleon saluted from
the carriage, which, on account of tho heat, was
only enclosed by aort of Venetian blinds wlulo at
the aamo time the Emperor FnAScIs JOSEPH,
wearing tho uniform, OF Marshal and with tho
| grand Gordon uf tho Legion OF Honor, advanced
saluting Ia mfiHa,rc. lIs Majesty or Franco was
| in private clothes. Tho Empress EuoxN,r was
dressed in white, trimmed with black points, and
| wore vail over her bonnet. Tho Emperor Ma
| roLRoN took of his hat FnAEoIs JOSEPH sautcd in
| return, and tho two Empcrors then shook hands,
Then NAPOLEON approached Tho Empress ELIZA
RErH and kissed her hand, FItASoIs JOSEPH doing
tho sano 10 tho Empress EUGENE. Tho two Em-
perors passed in front Of the chassours, willie the
band played partant pour In Syric.'"
TIE ENGLISH CONSUL, Mn. MORGAN, in his ID
test commercial report OH the tralo or Brazil for
The year 1866 states that sugar. though formerly
almost entirely tho product OF slave labor does
not appear to have suffered from tho complete
| abolition and cessation Of tho slavo traffic. Tho
| exports OF last year amounted TO $4,000 tons
while tho average OF tho preceding twenty -ilye
yeara was only about Al 600 tons. OF tho total
amount exported about 81, 900 ions wont to 0rent
britain or Channol port for orders 1900 tons di-
rect to Franco 2700 tons to Sweden, 270O lons to
Portugal. 5000 tons 10 tho United States, and the
remainder to the River Plate, Holland. Germany
aud Spain. The proportion of tho different quail
ties Of sugar produced had considerably aliored
Plnntors find il not worth thor wilo To make tho
better qualities. tho difference in price not paying
for tho trouble and delay, and now but seldom
tako tho pains Of ciaying their sugar. In conse-
qucnco OF this less than one-fourth Of tho whole
crop ct present consists Of whites, about ono
fourth Of claycd browns, aud aboYo onc-half ia
raw sugar.
TIE MARQUIS OF HEREFORD is we'll known in
Europe as the possessor OF rare and valuable
collection Of pictures, and also for his great tasto
and enthusiasm for bric-a-5rac md raro nnti-
quities. Ho hns recently indulged himself in this
direction to tho extent of the onormcu amount of