The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-07

To further aid him, fifteen or twenty o, the
consprators were to place themselves near
the box and around the doors so as to inter-
rupt the passages and such as would attempt
to follow the assassin. The ASSASSINATION ac-
| complished, Adalid and his men were to make
for the Citadela, or arsenal on the road OF La
| Piedad, and where the Seventh Regiment was
to move to from the palace. The garrison at
the Citadela we're 10 have hauled the flag down
and run up the flag OF Carlotta. Fifty men OF
the Seventh Regiment were to have proceeded
to the residences Of the members of Juarez's
Cabinet and secure and hold them as prisoners.
Fully one-hak of this garrison: or nine thous-
and officers and men, were pledged to their as
sistance. The discovery was made By the in
Perception of note from one OF the consplra-
tors to Col CARA, in command Of the Seventh
Regiment, which is composed mainly OF young
men belonging to the aristocratic families Of
the State of Guanajuato. The note by mistake
was handed to lieutenant of Juarez's body
guard, who read it, and ndimmediateiy afterwards
proceeded to confer with General Regules.
The result was the discovery OF all the plans
and measures on foot to further them. Coils.
Adalid and CARA are in the military prison Of
Martinique. 1t is subject Of conversation
that the whole affair was plotted by chagrined
Liberal general, who has made his escape, and
that the conspiratcrs were to declare for the
Empress Carlotta and call her to the throne Of
Mexico.
The Memphis Appeal, which ought to know,
says: Ku Klux Kan is Hebrew term, and II
not found in the Talmud, is met with in very
old Jewish work, entitled ga True and Anthem
ticated History OF the Great Rebellion of the
Hebrews against King Pharaoh, B. c. 2OOO." In
this work the orthography is thus Gu Clu1
Clan" and is interpreted In the English Ian
guage, the "Straw Club, which is supposed to
aLude to the fact that Pharaoh required the
hod-carriers to furnish their own straw; and
also to the proverb, known to be of ancient He
brew origin, "Straws show which way the wind
blows"
The illness of the Pope, Of which we have
news by the cable, was caused by return of
the epileptic fits to which his Holiness was
subject in his youth, and which were thrown
off by the development of varicose ulcers in his
legs. A recent return of the illness of his youth
caused great anxiety in the Vatican. The at
tack Welded to the remedies Of the physicians,
who, however, enjoined, as condition OF life,
strict quiet. and avoidance Of business affairs
"a course which it is difficult to follow in the
present exciting condition Of the affairs of the
Church His Holiness consented to follow
this advice partially, but the telegraphic ac-
counts of his relapse occasions serious fears of
the result.
There is speck Of war in Nassau-the
same Nassau that during our war, was the
paradise of blockade runners. 1t appears that
the Lower House of the Nassau Legislature,
after an excited debate, passed by five majori-
ty a bill for the disendowment of the Estab-
lished Church. This bill was vetoed by the
Executive Council, and the Lower House be-
coming indignant, sent request to the Gov
ernor that the Legislature be dissolved and
new election ordered. This the Governor re-
fused, as an appeal to the people would be fatal
to the government party. which Is identified
with the church. The dispatches say the ex-
citement runs so high that bloodshed is feared,
and the Liberals have voted an address to the
Home Secretary in England asking that the
Governor be compelled to conform to the
wishes of the Lower House and order new
election.