The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-08

walls as we'll as the ceilings are much soiled,
evidently by the dampness which generates in
the heavy masses ossmasonry Of which they
are composed. There are two windows in this
room, one looking out upon the area between,
the main building and the south or House
wing ofsthe capitol, and the other commands
"a fine view OF the furnaces"
MIR. Buchanan gave explicit directions in
regard to his funeral to his executor on the Sa-
turdsy preceding his decease. He requested
that there should be no largo or expensive
monument placed over his remains, but that
there should be simple but substantial oblong
tomb erected. the capstone to be the finest and
most durable marble, on which he specially re-
quested should be cut, in Roman letters, the
following inscription, and nothing more: ''Here
rest the remains of James Buchanan, fifteenth
President of the United States; born in Frank
lin county, Pennsylvania. April 29d. 1871, died
at his residence at Wheatland, Lancaster coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, on" adding, s'with the day
of my death, now so near" which was June 1st,
1865.
The execution Of Barrett for alleged COM
plcity with the Clerkenwell explosion gives
another martyr to the Fenian cause, and inten-
SITES the feelings Of fear and hatred which are
burning from one end Of Ireland to the other.
The most that was actually proved against this
victim was, that he was Fenian and working
with oil his night for the release of his native
country from the grip Of English laws. He was
in no way connected with the explosion, nor
proved even remotely to have been cognizant
Of the plan: The scene in court, on the occa-
sion fthe charging Of the Judge and the bring
ing in o the verdict, ewas one to excite indigna-
ton and horror. The pardon Of the condemned
man was petitioned for in vain BY such pubic
men as John Bright and Goldwin Smith, who
put implicit faith in his innocence. But the
passion of The hour demanded victim, and
Barrett was sacrificed. It is but the sowing of
the wind, however, for the final reaping Of the
whirlwind.
The pneumatic dispatch will soon be in
successful operation in New York City. Gov.
Fenton has very recently approved of the act
to facilitate the transmission Of letters and
merchandise, and the tubes are to be laid at
once under the streets Of New York and Brook
Iyn, and under the waters Of the North and
East Rivers. The pneumatic dispatch was
first put in practical operation in America in
October, 1861, at the Fair, OF the American In
stitute, and the company just organized, it is
asserted, are making preparations to construct
q short line, to be in working order within
ninety days. The plan, when fully carried
out, ,contemplateslthe connection OF the Brook
lyn, Jersey City, and all the sub-postofices,
with the general postofice at New York, and
also the erection Of pneumatic letter-boxes in
place Of the present lamp-post boxes, so that
letters and parcels will be both collected and
delivered by air pressure acting on cars,
which win fly along at the rate Of thirty miles
an hour. The mails will go back and forth
between the New, York. and Brooklyn and
Jersey City postoaaces in from three to Eve
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