The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-24
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r;sI NOTARY and deputy to tho Austrian helchstag'
who. ON returning to his hotel late one nigh''
sorna ON invitation from the French Emperor to
snand an hour with him on the following day. IL
saans that his Majesty had had been struck, as
oil ,nnst he who have ever behold this ScHINDLER'
with his extraor iinary likeness to the great MA
porEoS: and hearing moreover that the worth!
notary is considered man OF Wit and u'ioei-
standing, he yielded to the desile oi nearing n''
,pnion concerning the affairs which occupy 'ho
whole world at this moment. Accordingly, 30h,Nt
1ER presented himself the next aay ID t,io -,
dence, and was ushered into tho E.,pe'or S'uo!
His Majesty addressed his VISITOR Il. hlS' -
German, but begged him 10 speaA r,on'H
| if possible as he no lohHe' i'''-''
| German language come 80 easily u NO
memory as heretofore. Inc hoV'i! oA0o'eu
b;mself from the use of French upon tho me
,,eo and 40 the most fantastic conversation en-
sred The Emperor. in French, praised the liter
otrre of Germany SCHNEIDER in German, praised
| tho literature IT France; and then the Emperor
gave his guest permission to retire-declaring
himself so pleased with the county, that he should
most certainly return next year. This termna-
ton to the interview, recorded bv SCHNEIDER hlm-
self man Of undoubted truth, has given rise to
| the report of the intended sojourn of NAPOLEON
| Ill and the Prince Imperial at tho baths OF Gas
tein, on which has Teen grated the other report
of the intention to marry the heir OF the French
throne in his knickerbockers and scarlet hose, to
| the Princess GEsELLE Of Austria, i'll short petit
coats and pinafores. Between the black velvet
Jacket and the dress coat much may happen, and
sufficient for the day is the good or evil thereof.
| In "REUrER's TELEaRAMs," September 4, we
find the following: Last night very large meet
| ing of the working classes of Dublin was held,
under the Presidency of the Lord Mayor, in the
| Mechanics Institute on behalf of Parliamentary
Reform letter was read from JOHN STUART
| MILL. in which the honorable gentleman said: 1
have long been convinced that complete justice to
Ireland was scarcely to be hoped for unless by
reform in Parliament sufficiently thorough to take
away the present preponderance Of the landed IN
terest, and transfer o large share OF pol'icai
power to classes who are not under the influence
of landed or Church prejudiccs. There is cohsiu-
cradle reason to hope that the Parliamentary ne
form which we have now obtained may accom-
| psh this. Whatever power has .been gaineo Dy
the working classes or by the advanced LlDeras
will. am convinced, be used for the complete re-
dress of the grievances of Ireland on the two most
fundamental points-the Church and the land. An
era Of hope, therefore, is opening FOR ireland,
| which, if improved by wise and harmonious
action on the part of your representatives ana
ours, may make the connection between the two
countries an unalloyed benefit to BOTH The
meeting was addressed by the ODoNoaHUE, Mr..
BEA1Es, Mr. CARTER, and other English and
Scotch Reformers. Resolutions were UNANIMOUSLY
adopted declaring that no suffrage but manhood
resdal ought to be satisfactory; that the ballot is
Indispensable and that Irish Reformers should
heartily cooperate with those of England and
Scotland for tho establishment of full public lib
erty without distinction. The reading OF Mr.
Mills letter was hailed with loud cheering"
COLLECTOR CALLIcoTT has given $4,000 bail to
answer the charges against him. He complains
that the President did not treat him well. He
went to Washington and implorod Mr.. JOHNSON to
not suspend him, and received, as he SAYS an as
surance that he would not be suspended until his
affair should be we'll examined. 1t was only a lit
tie while after receiving this assurance that the
order for his suspension was issued, so he accuses
the President of breach Of faith. Since his re-
turn from Washington he has published defence,
consisting Of point blank denial of all the
charges against him. But he has not denied
because it was not charged in the ath-
davits though it is true, nevertheless
hat during the first two months of his
term as Collector, the Government lost one hun
dred thousand dollars through his acceptance OF
fraudulent bonds. Sine the discoveries in CAL
IIoorT's district there has been wild fiutter-
ing among distilers and whiskey spectators in
all parts Of New York and Brooklyn, and several
additional arrests have been made. The Metro
politan Esvenue Board, which was so fiercely at
tackled in Congress last July, is daily unearthing
some scheme for defrauding the Treasury. The
ne vest thing in the whiskey line is association
Of distillers pledged to prosecute all parties
selling whiskey for less than the Government tax
two dollars gallon. These distillers claim to be
honest men (now don't smile, whiskey distiers
can be honest, can't they p and as the swinders
are injuring their business very much, they want
to break them up and protect the Government at
the same time.
TIE ADVOCATE CT PEACE in its last number
claims that the peace cause" has made progress
during the last twelve months. The members OF
the Peace Society are sincere, though perhaps
not always consistent, but we think that what
ever faint signs OF peace may be discovered in the
European sky should be attributed to other causes
than the efforts of the society and its advocates.
The most effective psace agents, as has often been
said are new and terribly destructive Implements
Of war If all nations were supplied with guns
that were dead shot within seeing distance,
there would be less war. The true balance Of power
in Europe is the possession BY all the great nations
OF about an equal quantity of that sort OF weapons
Whenever one nation has temporary superiority of
arms, she fights Thus Prussia having the needle
gun fought Austria with her old-fashioned rifle
and musket and whipped her. If both had been
equally provided with that terrible breech-loader,
perhaps there would have been no war. Why are
Prussia and France now at peace? Because they
are about evenly matched. The one has her
needle-gun, the other her Chassepot rifle. But
France s experimenting on a new small cannon,
that throws twenty balls minute, and hits tar
get Of the size of company-front every time at
tue distance Of one mile and half. Two men can
transport and work one of these guns. When
France is thoroughly armed with an engine like
that, she will no longer tamely endure the arro-
CANT airs Of Prussia, unless Prussia shall, in the
meantime, have equipped herself with new imple-
ments equally fatal at long range. Science is
better peacemaker than the Peace Society
MAJOR NICHOLS, the depot master in Springfield,
Mass, has choice collection OF coins. They ex-
tend in date from the earliest coins, made some
centuries before Christ to the latest issues and in
nationality sweep the wide world over, not forget
ting Asia and Africa. Every people, ancient and
modern, whose coins are known to be in existence;
is represented in his collection, and there are
large number of complete sets that are remarkably
fine. 1t is interesting to note the progress which
coinage has made from the earliest and rudest
attempts, producing merely rough chunks OF