The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-14
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lower. but more doing. Sales reported as
25,OOO bales (no doubt 25O0'intended), at 24a'
Is cents.
The inventor of the latest flying machine
q ST. Louis man, is to test his apparatus BY
jumping from balloon two thousand feet non
the earth. He tests it himself.
Connecticut is said to be in proportion tc
its population, the richest State in the union;
the average property of every inhabltant is
over nine hundred dollars, which is about one
hundred dollars higher than the average In the
stave next highest-Rhode Island.
The largest pendulum in existence is said
10 be that which regulates new clock at ST.
Georges Church, New York. 1t is thirty-fve
feet long. and vibrates in three seconds. The
weight on it is three hundred and ninety
pounds, and is four feet long, by seven inches
in diameter.
Chicago is going to have the largest and
most elegant railway depot in the world. 1t is
to be built entirely of stone, by the three lead
ing railway companies centring in that city
will be over one thousand three hundred feet
long. and will COST when completed, nearly
100000.
A serious disaster has occurred to the Pen
sacola and Georgia Railroad. On Friday morn
ing last, the warehouses Of the company at St.
Marks, Florida, we're fred and consumed, with
extensive wharves, the whole valued at not less
than 00OO, not dollar of which was covered
by insurance. The general opinion is that the
fire was the work of an incendiary.
George Francis Train said, some years
ago, that he attempted to write books, and
people called him fool; that he took prom
inent part in politics, and they returned the
same verdict; that he undertook to uphold
the American nation abroad, and he was still
accused Of folly. 81 then turned my atten-
tion," he added, ''to making money; made
it, and since no one has called me fool"
Speaking Of Summers TRADE against
Thomas for exercising parental affection
toward his rebel son, "Mack," of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, says: eff there are those who
would deny Mr.. Summers competence as wit
ness in this case, let me point them TO the re-
markable precedent Of Jean Jacques Rous-
seau, whose pen made most excellent music on
the domestic affections, while he had five
children in the founding hospital"
Sunday evening being the annual COM
mencement of the Jewish feast of Purim, a
large number of the Jewish citizens Of New
York made preparations for their customary
calls en- masque upon their friends and &C
quaintances. This not exactly meeting the
decorous views Of Superintendent Kennedy,
he caused large number to be arrested and
carried to the station-houses. 1t is thought
that the matter may be carried further than
the police courts.
An important modification has taken place
in the constitution of the new Chinese Embas-
sy. MIR. Rurlingame is still its chief and head;
but the two mandarins, who we're to accompany
him as secretaries, have, by subsequent de-
cree, been invested with the same title which
is given to MIR. Buringame ana made co-ordi-
nate with him in the rank Of Minister. This
is regarded as an advantageous arrangement
on all sides. By appointing foreigner the
chief of the mission, the Chinese Government
secures the advantages Of ability and expe-
rience while By sending natives with tn, full
rank Of coordinate Ministers, they are giving
us the best possible pledge OF their determine
tion to open diplomatic intercourse on foot
ing of complete reciprocity. At the same time,
by making it essentially Chinese Embassy,
they are establishing precedent which con-
stitutes a new feature in the history of their
Empire. The party we're to leave Pekin on the
I'd Of January.
In the English House Of Commons, on
Tuesday night, MIR. Mcguire, in moving that
the House so into Committee Of the Whole,
said: Though Ireland was part of the en-
pire, and was now peaceful, yet the personal
liberty Of every man in that country was at the
mercy of spies, policemen or government
officials, and this state of things existed when
the records Of the courts showed that there
were few cases of ordinary crime. He then
quoted the statistics Of pauperism, emigra-
hon and other evils. The country b. declared
was decaying and its people in despair. Dis
content was word inadequate to express the
state of feeling. He denied the correctness of
the assertions made by Lords Mayo and Kim
berly, that the farming class in ireland we're
loyal. The cruelty of the past had made q
deep impression upon the Irish people, and
the effect of all future laws should be to
obliterate these bitter renembrances. The
laws in regard to the tenure of land were de-
fective, and operated so disastrously that the
means of a tenant, which were good two years
ago, are worthless now. He Hedenounced the Lon
don Guilds, which hold large tracts Of Irish
lands for cruelty to- their tenants. Ireland
needed no commissions Of inquiry on the es-
tabEshed church. That church was not suited
to the majority Of the people, who dissented
from it. What would the people OF England
think or do ifDr. Manning would lay claim to
and occupy the ses of Canterbury Exeter
Hall would revolt and religious ultraists would
JON tie ranks of the Fenians. Mr. Charles
Neale, member for Oxford, regretted that Mr..
Mcguire had offered no plan for solution of
the question, After speeches from C. Darby
Grifdt-, member for Devices, and Sir Freder-
r;'k deygate, member for Londonderry, Lord
Clinton movedthe adoption by the House, in
committee, Of a resolution in substance az fol-
lowe: That the discomfort OF Ireland is q
source OF uneasiness to the empire, and must
be reuled;ed; that the laws for Ireland should
be trained to suit the people; that the present
currch, school ard land tenure systems arc un-
JUS, and in the opinion OF this Hous,
these wrongs should be righted. Mr. O'Beirue,