The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
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fa, sr,,;,..ts prc.l,,minaic. \ growing. taste is
anparent for science served up III popular s'!l''
vitb GOOD wood cnts, on the successful plan of NJ.
c,sr-1rR' 5 and llr. WooD's delightful works Irav'
e1s are Greatly in favor, as always. War books
:, the form of histories. individual "reminiscences
and novels, are still demanded hy The piihhe'
anil probablv viii sell we'll tor long time L. come.
OF poetry and fiction there il a good share
though in these branches OF publishing American
houses are far behind the EnGlsii f"r one
poem OF novel in book form set aI'"'' III 'i'lS
country. there are dozen launched III ihSl'uu
Controversial treaties on yexcd questions OF
tbeolopv setting forth the CLAIMS of sec,s or the
nice shades Of somebodvs opinions on certain
| ra.a;vad Christian doctrines. are m" wanting -
tbonch some would say that they are MT wanted,
since they have 10 appreciaDle ehcct upon
The world beyond intensifyng the sectarlan feel
inc. ,lrcady bitter enough 1t Is gratifying TO be
able Ia say that works OF an Immoral tendency 90
not find place III the announcements nor, so far
| a. wc are aware, in the actual publications of
known houses i'll New York or other American
cities The popular taste which at one time cravcd
| the hish-spiced emanatons from the French press
turned into English with all their grossness and
none of their grace-seem to have sickencd ot
that dangerous stuff. and come back to healthier
intellectual food The fall book trade sale realizes
the expectations of publishers. There is large
attendance OF buyers from all parts OF the eoun-
| try, including the Southern States. The prices
obtained thus far are good, and the volume OF
business will probably surpass that oil any year
since the war. The relations between the North
| ern publishers and Southern booksellers are as
amicable as those which exist in any other trade;
and but for the uncertainty attending upon tho
present political experiments Mt tue South, we
should be able to record much larger bus ness.
| In A JEWELLERS establishment in Washington
| there is on exhibition gold coin, most remark
able in appearance and of the purest metal 1t Is
| about the size of half eagle, remarkably fresh
looking, the inner side of which is concavc, with
raised chariot, having seated in it y skeleton
! image pointing ahead with a rapier, and drawn by
two spirited horses. The outer side bears all ella
borate profile of female, with her head decorat-
| ed in the manner worn by the crowned heads at
| the time the coin was issued-twenty-two nun
dred wears ago. Its weight is five and half pen
ny-veiehts. or. as near as may be in value, worth
about i've dollars. 9he coin was at one
in the possession Of Rev. W. W. EDDY,
missionary in Assyra, who thus describes
how he came in possession OF it: A
coin of PHILIP OF Macedon, father OF ALEXAN-
pR1A the Great, who reigned about three hundred
and forty years before Christ, and consequently is
TWENTY-FIVE hundred years old, was founl in 4
| garden adjoining Sdon, Syria, among the ruins OF
the ancient city. Two jars, containing COINS OF
PHILIP and ALEXANDER, were found in the ground
by workmen digging, and the contents divided
among them. The Turkish Government claim all
such treasures, and hearing Of the discovery I'M
prisoned all the wOrkmen until they gave up nearly
all the coins. These they Immediately melted up
for new coinage. A Mahommedan woman who
WAS with the workmen obtained some OF the coins,
and wearied out tho Government by her endur-
ance of imprisonment while denying the possess
sion of any of the treasures. After her roleaso
obtained this coin with much difficulty from her
through her fear Of another arrest. Some time
since this coin WAS deposited with MIR. c. K.
Brown, jewelier at Saratoga, who was offered, by
a well known antiquarian, the sum of $780, but
being instructed not to part with it at any price,
the offer was rejected.
An ENTHUSIASTIC eyewitness Of the parting be-
tween the Expresses of France and Austria at
Salzburg, thus describes the scene, and the ap-
pearance Of the former ilustrious lady: "The
Empress EUGENE was in plain black silk dress,
with a small dark hat and short black vail just
reaching to the chin On nearing the carriage she
flung back her vail and kissed the Empress ELIZA
BETH on either cheek. They shook hands and bid
each other adieu, and just as the Empress was
about to step into the carriage they kissed each
other again in the heartiest manner. In the whole
demeanor Of the Empress EUGENIE is freshness,
vvacty, and-if it is not mistake to say so OF 4
lady-a thorough bonhonamie. She is delightful
ly natural, and the grace OF her manner Is
something rarely seen. On entering the open
carriage she Immediately turned and curt
seyed to those she was leaving with a
sweetness, and at the same time with dignity
which was quite beautiful to see Her eyes were
cast down as she bowed low, but round her mouth
was an expression of gentle womanly tenderness
which no one, I think, could without being
drawn irresistibly toward her. As she stood she
bowed again to her host and hostess; once moro
the inimitably graceful reyerential curtscy and
the train bore her away. 1t is not al all unlikely
that those who read this may think it eXaggera-
ton and coll it fulsome fattery. No onc how
ever, who vas present and saw the charming
woman will think so. On the contrary, to him
what have said will appear tame and insufficient,
and the description most inadequate. One OF the
Secretaries Of Legation brought her Majesty, just
before the train left, splendid nosegay, and as
she smiled her thanks, l thought such recognition
worth more than the Cross of the Legion of
Honor"
The MExIcANs, in awarding punishment to
those who were lately in against the constitu-
tional government headed by JuAREz cannot. be
accused Of indulging "sicky scntimcntahty.
They neglected to take no amount of blood that
was considered neeIltui to make treason odous."
Hundreds were shot down summarily, and the
majesty Of the law promptly vndcated, with little
trouble to the ordinary tribunals of justice.
Though the number Of lives sacrificed will never
be accurately known, sufficient time has elapsed
since Che defeat of the insurgents to make toera
BILE approximation A recent letter from the CAPT.
tai claims TO give She correct figures. At Puebla,
sixty Imperial officers were shot, and at San
Jacinto over one hundred were disposed of in
the same way. In the north, about one hundred
priyates (FTenchmen) were massacreed in single
day, subsequent to their surrender. At Queretaro
fell the Emperor, fourteen generals and three min
listers, besides colones, majors. and other officers
of whom there is yet no published record. At the
city of Mexico, seven generals, the Ministers of
Justice and War, and members of lower grades,
were speedily translated to another sphere of exs-
tence by the fiat Of military orders. Altogether,
as now estimated, the number of those who suf-
fered death in accordance with the sentence of
court martial is not less than 600. If there is any
real efficacy in this mode OF pnnishment Mexico