The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-04
Our Washington Dispatches.

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VIEWS OF GOVERNOR HAIaHT, OF CALIFORNIA
Apy1oEs FROM aREEcE-A VOLCANO IN lIcA-
ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUREAU ORDERS, ETC,
WASHINGTON, January S.-Governor Haight;
Of California, in his inaugural, says the pro-
priety of admitting the blacks to suffrage be-
longs to each State to determine for itself.
Had Congress been able to control this SUBJ
iect, both negro and Chinese suffrage would
probably have been forced upon the people of
california against the will Of the majority.
Ignorant of the effects Of such legislation,
they would have forced upon US IN intolersble
evil. So far as California is concerned the
people of this State have expressed their op
position both to negro and Chinese suffrage.
The Fret National Bank of the Bay City,
Michigan, has failed badly.
General Meade left here this morning for At
lanta, to assume command Of the Third Mill
tary District.
The Greek Legation have accounts of a
battle on the 25th and 26th, near village on
Lake Goethe. The Turks were defeated, with
a severe loss.
The reception Of KMs George and Queen
Olga at Athens was enthusiastic beyond de-
scription. The cry of 'tDown with the barba-
rous Turks |" was almost universal.
The Government Of st. Domingo has issued
a decree regarding their tariff on goods i'm
ported directly from Europe or the United
States, making it Is per cent. less than when
coming through the West India Islands, proof
is required that any Of the goods have not
touched at any of the islands, or should YES
sel by any circumstances touch at any island
certificate from the Republican agent there,
that she made no commercial operations, will
be required. This decree went into effect on
the 1st of November last.
Minister Dlckerson to Nicaragua transmits
and elaborate account Of the recent volcanic
eruption there, which continued for sixteen
days, making for itself a cone 200 feet high,
with crater in the top two hundred feet In
diameter. The sand covered the country from
the volcano to the Pacific Ocean, q distance Of
fifty miles. AS seen at night, the vein Of the
crater is white, halfway down, the height of
1.-The fame and flying cinders five hundred feet.
General Howard has not issued an order
dismissing the officers of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau for engaging in politics, but he has an
established policy OF dealing with each case
when it comes up. Thus far, in several cases
brought to his notice, he has established the
rule that the acceptance of a nomination for
an Office must be considered incompatible
with the duties required Of the officers of the
Bureau, such as agents, or officers have been
relieved. IN. Latest case of this kind was that
of Pillsbur. South Carolina, civilian agent
of the Bureau, who was elected to the conven-
ton and notified that he could not hold both
positions.
Governor Chamberlain, of Maine, has been
inaugurated. He favors the fair and square
payment Of the national debt, but not in one
day; or in generation.
Brown & Gillespie, wholesale merchants of
Hamilton, Canada West, have failed. -i.,...
The revenue receipts to-day amount to
s1,4s9,00O. 01
There was full Cabinet meeting to-day.