The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-20
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justiiyinG himself, il is rather Il public inquiry,
based upon actunl documents. rs VI. ltocIIEronr
has told him in all aitclc, the severity Of which
has produced lively sensation. Tho task of
Marshal BAzAlNE will be all the more difficult be-
| cauBo tho pity caused by tho tragic end of poor
MACMILLAN las been increasci by the publication
Of his p0sthumous works. They arc of touching
interest anl show that his Was not an ordinary
spirit. But they also make n5 understand TINT lIu
WAS, no to speak, rrcdestincd 10 the adventurous
part which he played. In his voyage 10 Spain, tho
souvenir Of CHARLES '. aud his relationship with
him, haunls Ills spirit fixed leu. lc com
| sdcts Spain az his true country ami understands
| TINT ito may bp considered al;r The legitimate
Sovereign OF Mexico because Mexico was once
o part Of the dominion ur his aIccs-
tors. In sec,ng the sword of FEKD1s.Np,
tho Catholic, Mt Grenada, ho cSclaimcd II touch
tho swoid formerly 80 powerful, with q sentiment
| OF pride, Of covptoudncss, and OF melancholy.
What beautiful and brilliant dream for tho
| nephew Of the Iiapsburgs of Spain, tr brandsh
the sword of FERDINAND, and conquer n crown"
These regrets and these desires cast n sad light
OH tho facility with which this ambitious youth
threw himself later into fatal enterprise, which
| was his absorbing dream. These revelations re-
lieve NAPOLEON considerably from TIM RESPONSE
bility in The Dyes of history aud in tho eye OF tho
brother Of MAXIMrLIAS, SO nH to leave between the
two sovcrpigns only a common grief. Their frcnd-
ly interview at Salzburg will ho ratified by tho de-
| livery Of tho nshcs OF the Dnkc Of Roichstadt
| which has been consented 10 by FRsNz JosEru
with lilo best grace and which may we'll be fol-
lowod hereafter by bctrothal between the Prince
1 Imperial and The Archduchess GisELLE, daughter
Of FRANZ JOSEPH, although She now counts but
eleven summers. Hamburg journal goes indeed
30 far as to Say that this matrimonial project was
tho principle end of tho Salzburg conference.
| CORRESPONDENT OF THE Chicago Tribune,
writing from Kansas, gives somG interesting in
formation concerning tho region to be travorsed
by tho Alchison, Topeka and Santa Fc Railway
Seventy miios southwest OF Topeka arc tho great
| coal fields Of Osago County, and n hundred mlcs
further arc the ''salt plains'-ono hundred mile.
long nnd forty miles brond These plains arc com
ploto!y covered with white crust of anlt of suf-
ficent strength TO hear np without breaking OF
crtlmblng, IN ordinary wagon load. Underneath
this crust, little below tho surface, thore is n
stratum of solid rock salt. Tho Bamo writer gives
| an account Of tho trade with Western Texas and
Mexico, ns well as Now Mexico. Last year
| brought tho first train of tweniy-threo wagons
from Western Toxas 10 Lcavenwortb for
supplies of goods. There were three small trains
beside The first mentioned, that camo
through last year. They loaded up with
WOOL pslts furs, ana dressod skins, and loaded
back with goods Of ovory description. Tho sue
cess OF last year has shown itaef by tho great in
crease this year. What was last year an ordinary
trail is this year splendid wagon road, over which
trains arc passing aln,oat daily. This trade now
goes to the Union Pacific road, at Junction City
and other points. The cattle trado between roxas
and Kansas is another great wonder. This trade
| commenced three yenrs ago, and has bccn on the
increase until il Inns reached forty thousand head
| Tliroc years ngO thoro were two thousand head;
tho next year abuut thousand last year about
eighteen thousand, and this year nearly forty
thousand up to this Time. with prospect OF reach
| ing flfty thousand Western Texas and u pnrt OF
Moxico arc strictly grazing country, AMI tho man
| who OWNS and controls lcHI than three thousand
head is really sInnli operator. There ara many
men ip Texas who own from twenty y-aye to fifty,
and even oighty thousand head of CATTLE and from
tho sao Of thosoathoy receive thcif oily income,
many Of thom employing from ole hundred to
| throo hundred herders.
SINGULAR CASE recently came before the Sher-
iff7s Conrt of London. Tho plaintiff baked wod-
ding cake for the defendant, aud the latter would
| not pay him. In his cross- examination the
ngGrered baker salu: - III the srrrIc. uI Mr
| NRwCoMB as journcyman ut that time. Ho is
baker md pastry cook. I made the cako in his
! timc. He did not order mo 10 make il, but tho
lady to whom he was about to bc married did,
| found some OF the thngs-such four pounds OF
icing sugar and q qnartcrn ami half OF brandy"
Defendant said lio did not order the cake. His
Honor: "Dia the lady to whom you were cugaged
order it2" Defendant: AYES, she did, His Honor:
"Thcn IL was dobt contracted by hor before mnr-
riago, and you would be liable for it." Defendant:
II did not know she had ordered tho cake until
she told mo about it, and then kicked up a row
with her." fLaughterl. His Honor: s'What do
You mean to say that you actually luarrelIed with
your wife about the very wedding cake2" De-
fendant: "Of course ] did," [Laughter1 De-
| fendants counsel: "It was rather early to COM
| mence quarroling, I must confcass." Defendant:
"Wel, did not like it," His Honor SIT appcars
to me, plaintiff that you were thu, servant OF tho
defendant, and you made the cake while acting in
that capacity. It ia cloar yon cannot recover in
this action, and therefore defendant will hare tho
verdict" .h
GEN. LOGAN delivered q long speech at Hamilton,
Ohio, on Wednesday last, in which he arraigued
tho Democracy for their "crimes and infamy, and
said Of ANDREW JOHNSON Tell me to-day il You
Lad JEFT. DAVIS IL the Presidential chair, OF Mr..
ROBERT E. LEE, could they haYe done more for
the rebels In this land than ANDREW JOHNSON has
since hc hns been President II thoy could I
would like to know in what way they could havo
done ii II JEFF. DAVIS had boon Presidout, what
| would he have done He would haye returned all
tho property to tho robels that thoy had Iost AN
DREW 5oHSsoN has done that. II JEFF. DAVIS had
been President he would have pardoned oil the re-
bols that asked him foc pardon. ANpnEw JOHN
! SON has done that and moro too. II JEFF DAVIS
had boon President he would have denounced this
Congress- aud callod them sot of TRAITORS. An
DREW JOHNSON has tlono that. II JRrF DAVIS had
boon President no would have appointed robel
Governors down South to control those States.
ANDREW JOHNSON did tho same thing II JgPF.
DAVIS had been President he would havo vetoed
tho Froedmon's Bureau Bill. ANDREW JOHNSON
did TINT. Ho would have vetoed The Civil Rights
Bill. ANDREW JOHNSON did that. Ho would have
vetoed tho frat Reconstruction Act of Congress-,
and all the other acts, which ANDREW JOHNSON has
DONE" .l.a :,
IT 1s MATTKR Of history, ne believe, that when
railroads were first constructed tho movement was
violently opposed by all "horse-men," as likely TO
render their animals almost yalueless by super
seding them.' Almost every labor.sayine machine
OF the century has been considered by somo opera
tive Workmen blow at tlleir occupation, though
the result Of the introduction OF such machines
has always been to increase the demand for skiIled
labor, while making manual toll Lighter. We arc
not surprised Therefore, to read in English papers
OF tho trials an inyentor in that oo,ntr, - -.