The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
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NEWS SUMMARY.

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Middling Uplands.
BY mn act of tho Nebraska Legislature, passed
June "a, 1867, women of lawful age are allowed to
vote at the district schuOl meetings. The irst
election under the Law will be held in October. Tho
Omalm Republican suspects ''the entering wedge
is thus driven for universal suffrage in Nebraska"
Tho Iailrensviilo Is. o. Herald tells about "
squash i'll that District. which measures seven feet
aud six inclIos in circumference, and weighs one
hundred anl suvonty-six punnds. The sorl from
which this iian,nlolI was produced, were procured
from the sued husc of J. j. GnE,ioRY, aIarbichra,,
Mass.
A tloputatOn Of Radicals called on Gen cral
GRANT on Saturday 10 advise him to remain in tho
Cabinet, believing that in such position ho will
bo compelled 10 disclose his views from lmo to
limo, und ths: not darling to lako issue with tho
President, bat obey him, lie must be politically
killed in The eyes OF all Radicals.
Tho growth of Iowa for the past two yc ara has
been rapid, rs wo learn by the census Just conf
Iieted. According to tho figures of which nearly
all nre Official, tho population in 1867 89S l9i in
1865 IL was 753, 1G5-an ucroaHu in two years ul
li9,O29, Oh 81 per cent. Iowa il healthy State,
physically and politically.
Tho Washington ChroRicte Of yesterday states
that Gen. II. i. LEE arrived in that city Monday.
Having reported to the War Department, in nc.
cordanco with tho requirements OF his parole, hc
loft for Baltimore OH tho morning train. Gen. Jos
E. JOHNSTON also passed through that city OH
Monday. lie was route South.
The New York Eoening Gazette has a column
article exposing tho horrors Of tho hotel and res
taurant Kitchens in that city. We copy tho follow.
ing 1T Id a common remark in the kitchcn of tho
elegant restaurants that if the guests could take
ono look they would bp oTectnaly cured of any
desire to cat smother morsei there"
Tho Boston ADVERTISERS Washington dispa eli
of thu 9Th inatant contains tho following: III il
known that the Presidents friends hay. telc.
graphed General Mcclellan 10 como here, md
n'so that Ito is expected by tho 1st OF Octobcr Il
he consents to attach himself to tho Presidents
cause. just how Alr. JOHNSON expects to use hin
has not denitcly become known
Ihc New Orleans PicayuRe says: "We regret t
near 1t said tl"t son'o plantors ip inpusS to give
APIfanting and removing either to some city or
go abroad. Tho reason il that they cannot hopa
to secure labor enough 10 carry oh their planta-
tions to any large extent, and that tho insolencc
and e1actions OF tho freedmen mako lifo there
quite unpleasant"
Wouldn't it be well for tho colorol folks to con-
slider tho fact that the wonderful changes in scnti-
mont in Kentucky, Connecticut and California, to
say nothing Of other Northern States, is sirnply
opposition to negro or mixed suffrage. we advise
them TO think about it we'll before thoy throw
themselves into the troublesome sea of political
strife. Tho end isa not yet aud the whites will
rule this continent.
At tho present time Brazil furnishes largo pro-
portion OF the diamonds OF Commerce, the celcbra-
tod minos of Golconda being SO nearly exhausted
as to ront for fow dollars year. Other localities
in India, arc however, rather moro prolific. In tho
United States they have boon obtained in Ruther-
ford county, North Carolina, md in Hall county,
Georgia, and worry recently quito a number havo
been found in California, principally in FL Dorado
and Amador counties. a
Tho Boston AdgeTtiSer OF Saturday sayB ssTllc
three cases which have como up i'll succession in
the United Stntes Circuit Court, in this city, have
been, when considered together, of remarkable
and We believe unprecedented Importance Tho
HAnTwELL case may bo said in round numbers to
involve half million dollars tho BuRRI1L caso
against the city involved million, and the How
LAND Will case, the arguments in which wore be-
gun yesterday, involves another million"
The Baltimore american says "Just previous
to Secretary STANToN's removal le issued a per-
emptory order to the Southern railroads 10 yum
moro promptly than they had bcen doing for tho
Government rolling stock sold to them, the result
OF which has been that thoy havo become more
punctual, and now mako monthly payments on
their indebtedness. Tho reports received show
.iiuvn Improvement IN business on those roads
lately"
The New York IYof}d argues that inasmueh M
the reconstruction acts do not provide for the dis
franchisement or disqualification of tho persons
proposed to bo excluded from Office by the consti-
tutionnl amendment, but only OF those who arc 30
excluded. and as no person is yet excluded by that
amendment, Tor tho very good reason that il has
not boon ratified therefore 10 person in the South
can rightfuy be excluded either from Tho polls or
from Office The logic il good onough but, then,
the facts do not agreo with it,
The Boston Post, referring to tho wealth and
power OF VAHDEnpILT, Aays Ellis ships ure in
tho navy and on all the soas lie draws Il checi;
st sight for a million, aud yet This man can Ii ave
no higher amusement than whist Oh, incapa-
city orcash to cover trails of ton thousand con-
tinuous miles with lines Of ships. and yet crclalm,
'Thero's nothing richer than whist ~ 10 count
four aces nobler than railway TO say "My
God my whistles arc heard in three zones, but
cannot be happy without tho odd trick |"
The National Inicliqencer glyos FoRsEy the fol-
lowing greeting on his rather unexpected return
from Europe: "Tho most significant iutmaton of
the dire distress OF tho Radical faction is tho sud.
den and unexpected return to this country of tho
great manager OF election frauds, the editor OF
my two newspapers, both dailies.' His subordi-
mates hero wore astountod last night by tho an
nonncement by telegraph TINT he had arrived in
New York. The Radical lenders have discovered
that there is work to be done That no ono clso can
do aB WE'LL"
Tho latest intelligence from Creie, received at
the Greek Legation, charges OMAR PAcul with
practicing deceit in order TO palliate his conduct
and htato that he obtained certificates from some
OF his fellow-soders denying tho reports of cruel
ties, with WOW of influencing public opinion by
Turkey. Tho Cretans say inc facts can bo proved
by eye-witnosses that OMAR PAsuA on returning
from Sphakia, burned all the villages in his rear in
the province Of st. Basile, tho most notable of
them being Mystos, Lencogia, and the monastery
OF Preyili.
Tho New York Gazstte says: 'sA student who
stood among the first in ono Of our Now York
medical colleges was graduated last spring as n
regular doctor in medicine. IIo thought to finish
his education in Scotland, and applied for atlmis.
sion ut the University OF Edinburgh To his a.
tonishmcnt he Found.he could not pass tho pro
liminary examinations. Before he could gain atl-
mission to tho University, no must paps an exami-
nation in French, Greek, Latin, arithmetic. matbe
matics, mechanics, hydroslatics, logic tho ont
lines of thought, botany, chemistry nnd zoology.
To graduate at New York medical college be
could be in uttor ignorance Of oil these things save
chemistry.
JAMES HARPER, OF HARPER 4 RRoruERs, whom
poor apprentice was much prosecuted by somo
young sons OF wealthy parents. Ono day, wlo
dining m0Dial Uprk hf, ,ik,.lt