The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-22
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oo,at;on NJ MEXICO to tho United States. Tho
FACTS concerning it are as follows: it sccms that
Mr.. ABBOTT, brother Of the historian j. 5. U.
ABBOTT, has been engaged for two years past In
planning and maturing scheme for the acqulsi-
tion of the northern tier Of Mexican States with
view ultimately to the ABSORPTION OF the whole OF
MEXICO. He has travelled extensively through |
that country, put himself in communication with |
its leading men, including JuAREz, and made over
lures to them, with the tacit sanction Oh Proni-
nent parties in the United States. Unti iately ne
met with but little encouragement h menco'
Since the capture and execution OF MAx1AllIAN'
however, his propositions have been more 1aSora-
BILE considered. few days ago NIL. ABBOTT suc,
ceeded in getting together number OF prominent
Senators and Representatives, TO whom no made
abatement of his labors andt t0bspects. The meet
inc vas held in tho Yice-President's room at the
capitol, There were present Senators WADE, Suh-
,rp CHANDLER, NYE, HOWARD, RAMSAY, Cole, and
REPRESENTATIVES BANKs, BUTLER, and few others
q, lesser note. Mr.. ABBOTT gave detailed ae-
count of his plans, and laid before them maps and
surveys of the territory proposed to be annexed to
the United States. He stated that since the sue
cess of the Liberals there were fears entertained
that country by the European powers, who were
enraged at the death Of MAMMALIAN, and also OF
fresh repetition Of the intestine strifes which have
torn the republic for 30 many years. Under these
circumstances, JUAREz and the better class OF
Mexican leaders entertain serious propositions OF
placing Mexico under the protection OF the United
States on certain conditions, the most vital OF
which is that they shall Re taken care OF in the
way of securing good positions in thoir native
country, ABBOTT urged that our Government
should enter into negotiation with JUAREz, aid
improve the opportunity to annex Mexico 70
the Union. he expatiated upon the immense ad-
yantsses it would secure to US commercially, and
in a territorial point Of view. The Senators and
Representatives present listened to him attentive
" for nearly an hour, when each one gave his
views on the subject"
ssTH DIVINE COMEDY" says North American
reviewer, speaking Of LoNaFE1Low's version, 'ls
not book to be popular, in the same sense as the
Lady of the Lake, the Idyls Of the King, or Evan
geline. Without study and without insight, no
one can reap the delight and instruction which
the poem offers to him who is qualified to enter
into its spirit. But to one who has fitted hmsef
by etudy. and whose nature enables him TO reap
the profit of his toll, Mr.. LoNaFEIIows version
will be the means by which, while ignorant OF the
language of the original, he may enter into and
take possession as his own Of one OF those rare
works Of genius which share with nature nerseh
in the power to administer vital nutriment to the
spirit Of man, and to afford continual delight
adapted to his various moods. DANTE did not
write to please alone, but to instruct and to help
"a we'll: and in spite Of change OF time, and CIR
cunnstance, and thought, his poem remains, and
win remain, Of the highest service to the highest
men. In rendering the substance OF DANTEs
poem; Ir. LoxarEILow has succeeded In giving
also-so far as art and genius could give 1.-THE
spirit of DANrE's poetry. Fitted for the work as
few men ever were. by gifts Of nature, by sympa-
thy by an unrivaled faculty Of poetic appreciation
and by long and thorough culture, he has brought
his matured powers in their full vgor, to its per-
formance, and has produced an ncomparaole
trnslation-a poem that will take rank among the
great English poems. With the increase OF gen.
arsl cultivation his work Will be more and more
highly priced; and it runs .1sk Of being super-
seded or supplanted by any more successful
achievement for which it must itself have pre-
pared the way. It is lasting additionto the
choicest works Of our literature"
TIE PARIS CORRESPONDENT Of the London Sdr,
writing Of the Exhibition, says: The educational
movem emit inaugurated by N. DURuY has already
proved highly successful, inssmuch as it has led
to the following startling result, namely: that In
less than two years the adult educational estab-
ishments Of France rose from 6623 to % 546, there
by creating an augmentation OF 600,0OO voluntary
pupils. Thanks to his persevering efforts, there
are now 5000 libraries in the communes OF this
country, which lend out SOC, 900 books per annum.
A promenade through classes SO and 80 will thor
oughy initiate the reader into the present state OF
public education Of the whole universe. Hs will
there be able to study and compare the different
apparatus and methods, illustrated publications,
treatises, stlases, globes, gymnastic games, &C.,
employed for the instruction Of the rising genera
tion. Among The most noteworthy improvements
introduced in the printing and booksellng trades
since the last great Exhibition, must be mentioned
the variety az well as clearness Of the types en-
ployed: the progress realized in stereotyping, by
means Of the galvano-plastic process, the employ
msnt Of photographic stereotype plates, and
above all, the cheapness Of the impressions by the
introduction Of improved printing presses driven
BY steam. In the Frerch department, one natur-
ally resorts to CuRxRR, FuRNE, PLoN, and the In
perial Printing Office, for the best specimens OF
type. yignettes and ornaments. In Belgium one
sdmires SHyEREYNs chromo-lthogr WANDER
AswxRA's old Elzyvirian type and armorial bear
ings; also YAK DoossE1AEsEs genealogical charts
and specimens Of old printing. Prussia aWakes
the cupidity Of the passant by it's specimens OF
paper money and promissory notes.
FROM THE WHEELING Iateaigencer we copy the
following: "Rev. AsBy STEVENS, well known
throughout West Virginia as Methodist minister,
now teacher at Point Pleasant, has invented
clock which may Justly be ranked among the re-
narkable inventions Of the times. It is not, accu-
rstely speaking, clock, but an attachment which
NAV be Joined to any clock. It calculates, with
scientific precision, the rising and setting OF the
sun. moon and stars. Shows the changes In the
moon, and calculates all the eclpses. 1t shows
the right ascension and dsclension OF the stars,
the place of the sun or moon in the zodiac and In
what constellation, with many other Of tho celes-
tisl phenomena. Thus 1t will do for one hundred
wears to come. At the end Of that time it would
have to be stopped 80 as to lose day to make the
calculation correct for the next one hundred years
"a necessity growing out Of the fact, understood
BY scientific man, that calendar time does not ab-
solutely correspond with actual time, 30 that In
century the former gains day. Professor WHITE,
| State Superintendent OF Schools, who has seen
Mr.. SrEvEss's invention, and is familiar with its
details, says it will do all we have nentloned, and
much more. It is, however, exceedingly simple
in its construction, and easily understood. MIR.
STEVENS, who seems to have a genius for
mechanics, made this contrivance throughout
with his own hands. He calls it an astronomical
clock and intends claiming patent for it."