The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-12

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the sea of late years has aen inconsldera DIE lne
exacb amount, however, CANNOT DO asoeF'aneu, -
the fishermen who collect this mineral sell 1t PIT
vately ID small parcels. Mr.. Ward, her Majesty 3
wee Consul At Memef. reports that amber now
constitutes an important srtiele Of trade az .e,s
port and also at Dantsic. It is exported 70 aus
the Turkey. and France, and. after many rnllisss
sttempts to isrpduce it as article OF trade WIN
This country. orders were received in 1855 to ship
aml,er To England whence it is sfe.sEported 70 tne
iFsat indies, Africa, and China. II appears tnas
considerable Quantities are now sent TO England, 10
INIT unfortunately, no oicisi accounts OF the guam
..tties are ON record st Msmel The amber found
At that bort is OF excellent quality and is cpnsid
cred 10 be particularly adapted for pipe month
pieces. The prices vary, according 70 tne slzs
and quality Of the piece. from five silver groscnen
to eighty dollars per pound. The largest piece
ever fonnd in the eish5qrhood OF Memei weishMed. bed
sbout, five pounds, and was valued at about foar
bundrea erussian dollars is9lts .ossig2i;it
b = f-7s,ss :; p 80: q % { 8. stls ~
!Hr CHICAGO TRIBusE has dissaYered that an
exorbitant cotton tar, besides bearing hsfd on fna
producer. in setrimental to the business interests
Of the country and, more than ss, is injurious To-
the negro, The editor srgqes ~ tsyor OF repeai,
as follows: sThe whole plaa, which has been de-
yised to prevent frauds and to secure the payment
OF the tax, constitutes set Of checks and bslan-
cas-. embarrassing, harassing, and perplexing In
the extreme, and which would almost seem to be
devised with view to prevent the sales and trans
mission of the staple TO MARKET. They necessari-
" discourage all Hbp raise, handle, or sen cotton,
ar5 tend to reprass its production, whereas, pup
lie policy, inst now, would seem to require that its
production ahould be stimulated IS valuable aux
iliarr In The work Of loyal reconstruction. issn
Additional canse Of aggrsyation TO the Southeme
people that the constitutionalty Of ths cotton tax
was detibtad even by the Congress that enacted it
Besides being opsrous upon the whites, 1t Is
exceedingly bufdensome upon the negroes. This
class was set free in the midst OF extreme poTer-
ty. Many left their masters without hats or shoes
They had neither lEnd, nor home, nor horse, nor
: ~ ,,,,rrcv with which To purchase them.
lso" ~ vs. ~. =. =, 60, ha,,ds ,o.d.v very
40 -a..;a,s 20 ~. COTTON which is being
lAise p'op', 49, ,s .ha,, ~ sbaras The cotton
.a .lss,.,.n = entails and tba amouat it calls
- :. =, .,,o,,, aer;ons dsnriyation. The conn.,
t,os GIFTS collection puzzle their dun COM
.-she,,s;on. thav c.nnat learn to understand the
.s,st;o,s - a. n,.ny foymaties and details. This
-. :, .ha ,.h;tas who ara associated with them
p q, r.;.;ng - tba crot an additional opporttni-
:, a. 90 io,s them ont Of part Of their proceeds
=; nav, that ar essily covered ND, and that looks
lita honorable dealing. But the North, too, has
80 s..ss.., :, AZ. ro,,sal ~ this tar Saw that
..1se - h.,as "a cotton averaging four
hundred pounds each, ire produced this year, the
tax ON that amount OF production, at two aud
half cents on the pound, viii give an income OF
.sr,s3 & ,ba s1nth would not remain there. The
...-;,,a 80 az .,,,,is ,vo,d raon;ra its irnuae--
- :-..s..S.ort p,,t .s ,,,e co,onod;ties need
. -, r., tha nm
81 ~ ~ - Hs..I. 80 oo,,tro,
s.ssA, =, ., f,st ;nst.rea.
"ou,a y '-'e ...,-rt. .,,.g,,a,,
ana snese, sesn "eaiu u.... eu'' - Sess.
sn1ousu al' sne alss..es :. ls.iis
TH1s YEARS RACE has proved quite as extra
ORDINARY as that of last year. The Tapping. it
seems is not the winner astf all the Ariel, 858
toms. having arrived yesterday morning in the
Est India docks in about fye hours less time than
that in which the voyage was accomplished by the
Tsepine. The Ariel sailed from Foo-chow-too on
the 18th OF juno, at halftpast 8 o'clock in the
morning, while the Tapping sailed nine days pre-
yiously, at II O'Clock in the morning, arriving, in
the London docks between q and 8 O'Clock, p. NJ,
ON Saturday week last, the 18th. The number of
days from the 4th of June to the 14th OF Septen-
ber is ro2. The Ariel was prscisalythe same NUM-
ber Of days on her voyage, but arriving in the
East India docks at O'Clock ye ,terday, she was
tn. winner Of the race by about five hours. The
Ariel is s5S tons, 1877 feet inches in length, SS
feetIe inches in breadth eR beam, and n feet
,,a,,tn NJ ,bota s,sssed A for IA wears. OF the
- = - ss.. ~ 80 .,vo tho Esarv
Gross, which sailed the day after the Taeping, and
tha Ma;tland which waa she first ship out from
~ s,.i sAs- ID, -, .,o De,vn. =, tho
foo-choW-foo, passed through tns Do"es ~ .no