The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-06
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mirrors OF her liStorlcli novels: Never, III my
whole life, have Ind SO great ami so agreeable
surprise as you have given me; and cannot find
words to toll you how deeply am moved arl
gralifiod by your elevated and noble sentiments.
am very well aware tha, lcro arc no laws to pre-
vent the reprn.ing tlIu works OF German authors
In America, or 10 secure to the author any rcmu-
ueration whatever on translations which lm:.v DO
issued. Years ago, when the reprint OF GurnIan
works, vol Us transiati0n5 Of them, commenced
In your country, ! endolyOred to influence tho
publishers Of these works 10 pay Ho,uo kin,l of
copyright but tllGy always replied thai had
right to asls amy such thing. AT list they scn!
me Journal edited by n Gcrman i'll which two Of
| my novols at The same limo printed i'll the
German language. then wrote lo my country
man, inqnirinS w,at profit | might expect 10 re-
ceis o from this rcr'.; Of my novels In reply, Inc
said: You have la hun,r Of being flvor-
ito author, and t:.cro il no lurnI i'll which
| they do mol read your bnuks.' acknowledged
this to DO indeed grcat honor, nnd
turned with thanks tho very liberal kipdncss.
Since that timo have nover attempted to muko
any protest against reprint or Translation of my
works. Now it rojoiccs and moves deeply that
you, gentlemen, unaskcd, pressed by 10 ono, ac-
tuatod soloy by your honorable frclinss send mo
of your own Iree will very a;lerins: rrcUmpcnso
i'll tho sum OF ono thousand tllalcrs. Smell acts
are an evidence ut higl character AMI ieeling,
and will tel to heal heart cml'iItercd very much
by tho decoptiOns OF thu world. Therefore |
thank you for your present of ono thunsaiil ilIa
ers. thank you for tho moral satisfaction and
Tho joyful foo 'nga inspired by y"ur firt such
unpx, 'c.l addition uf thnIsiId illarrs is, for
ucrm:... iIlhor, very welcome thing, particular
ly as have very largo Family. ay literary Ia
Dors hnvo always been well rcnnlncratcl hut il IL
for q widow (Which am sorry TO Say Lave boon
for six yoars) difficult thin.; ln caro- Er ALL 10 bH
father, aud mother, and relative, alu RaiisIy, n,
tho salno time, all tho demands nr ;ucciy upuil
ono in my position i'll Tho world. But have al
ways been cheerful aud full Of hope, Tor have
conidcd in God, and aavo hoped that my dear
lato husband, with whom lived tScnty years
happily-iho dear father of my daushtera--prayei
and watched over us in Heaven. As, therefore,
your letter containing tho bll of exchange nrriv-
cd, my oycs, filed with tears, raised 10 IIoa-
ven, aud wopt. Excuse me. gentlemen, il speak
to you as friends Of many years standing of tho
authorizes. LOUISA MUllIBACU."
The LONDON STAR sayH: al The present tna
the dcurth Of employment among tho iottcr-prcss
printers Of the metropolis IL quito unprecedented,
and the consequent misery cntailed upon largo
and gonorally deserving body thrcatcns to become
rcry serious. 1t is computed that tlcro AFRO about
fyo thousand mon employed in tho typographical
branch Of Tho printing business in London, of
whom at least ono-fourth ale now, and have becn
for tho last two months, almost wholly uncnploy-
cd, whilo another fourth arc only working about
half time. Tho London Society of Composltors,
unlike most other trade unions, mako 10 proyi-
sion for thoir unemployed ind sick members, but
there is 'providcnt fund connected with the
tnkt ~, T,sNIs
tribute, and which is administered by officials
connected with the society. Out of this fund
snnll allowance ia made weekly for limited
poriod to members of tho society, who contribute
ono pcnnS i'or week over and above tho sum de-
mnndod by tho society membership money. 1t
il ~ DO regretted that tho number who mako this
slight provision should be comparatively small tho
consequence being that tho great bulk of
those now unemployed are totally destitute.
"Tho sconcs witnessed daily ut tho socicty's
rooms in Raquct-court, Fleet strcet.-wlerc by the
way, thero is nm excellent library, reading room,
smoking room &c., for tho uso OF the mt mbcrs-
ero very distressing. Men wrctchodly clad, with
hunger depicted in their countcnanccs, wait about
from morning till night in tho hopo Of gctiing em.
poyment, it being customary for lilo master print
ers to send to tho society houee when they require
hands, and 1t often happens that Mt tho end of the
day not moro thnn ono or two out OF two or thrce
hundred obtain oven Temporary employment. The
worst Of tho maiicr il that this state of things
seems Likely to continue for some time to come, il
IL ahouid not actually become Sorse'
IN ..HJssTf@Htbs Rtricl played upon TmAck-
ERAy by MIR. PETER FRAZER. OF Edinburgh: a. Pr
TER was facctious spirit OF great local ropu,o
woll-known, too, to largo circle of friends il
n nf hun c,ut 7
witnesH. TnAcKEnAY during his Georgian ora III
Edinburgh, was Mr.. BLIcKwooD's guest AMI one
evening, when tho ladies' had loft ,is over our
claret, ring was heard, followed by contro-
yorsy at tho stroet door between tho visitor nnd
tho butler, who presently camo in and announced
that tho Proyost OF Peterhcad wished 10 SEQ MIR
THhcKERAY. Tho novelist having already under
gone considerable persecution Ut tlIn hands Of his
scottish admirers, broke out upon this into OK
aspernton, and desired the butler to BAY that ho
was engaged, and could not. in fact, womld not
see the gentleman. Tho applicant. however, per-
sisted, positively refusing to depart without an in
terYiew; and THAcEERAY, bein. at last induced TO
30 into tho hall, was Immediately heard in ndip-
nant remonstrance. Sir ho said in lolid tones
l will not be persccutod in this way. You hnyo
no right to annoy me-; and then was heard n
scuffiu and gathering OF umbrella stands and
barometors which brought tho latlie, in alarm
from Tho drawing-room, their frightened faces M.
pearing over the bnnnisters and drew Ilust nnl
guests from their vino when in this persoycrinp
Provost, thcn engaged in mock combat will,
the illuBtrious object Of his search wa recog-
niaed tho mad wng PETER, with whom, Mt tho ter-
mination of tho conflict, NO returned in tiiumph
10 tho claret."
PAPER DID NOT como in I'LL tho thirteenth cen-
tury. Tho first machine for Tho production of
papor was constructed in 1900 at RaycusburG, and
paper was first manufactured in Italy in 1880, in
Franco in 1850, in Switzerland in 1870, in England
in 1888, in Holland in 1886, in Russia in TIA and
in Pennsylvania in 17a5. Tho number OF paper
mills now existing in tho principal States of Eu-
rope is as follows: Great Britain, dGS; Franco,
276; Germany, 249; Austria CO; Russia, 40; Italy,
50; Belgium, 26; Spain, IL; Switzerland, IS; swc-
don, 9; Turkey, 1. In the United States OF America
there are $40 paper mills. Tho annual production
OF paper in Europe is so5G,000 cwt, valued al
fl6, ,OooooO Tho improved paper mills now in
nso aro capable Of producing lbs pounds or paper
in IN hour, and paper mill working continuously
for whole ycar, would manufacture 625G0 900
sheets, which, IL laid Bido by sido would extend 10
length equal to that Of tho diameter OF the carth
nj. GmARDIH, IN TIE Paris Liberte, sums up
tho results OF six years: '.From August 1s, 1851,
to August 10, 1867, exactly six years have elapsed
Ihese Dix years nnrk q period in tho sIIistory of