The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-14

s-.y--hQV8tlucS 4SuloodS0, AAno 1uu o aoAh Aoo
hail storm that covered; the ground on 8 lew
six inches. and in some driiia lett two or thre
feet of ice. 81 s'-ss ~. - -ee
General Napier has been elected to th
y heerage by the title Of Lord Napier Of fMagdala
shd reeaiyes q Asnsion Of two Thousand pound
year. tes.ss - 5,..ls: ,sase7
TheI Auguata National Republican say
that Alexander a. Stephens denies having
written any Of the resolutions submitted to tn
National Democratic Convention. ~
"A wildly enthusiastic meeting was held il
Memphis when the Democratic nomination
were announced, and similar meeting wa
4 held Nashville. * .sss.z-
AN English paper, announces that th'
sIarquis6o Of Hastngs is going to Norway tt
ticipatair; thawild sports Of that country
England WIN have one Wild sport less,when he
leaves. Is ~. :
mo one can tell from one day to the nexi
how far the Union Pacific Railroad viii beck.
: tended, and goods are accordingly marked to
be forwarded to the send Of the track, Q. P.
r. - e, - 9 y
4 Suit has been brought by q gentleman OF
Naples to secure the amount paid BY him as
!, ransomSto brigsnds. The ground taken by
him is that it was the duy OF the government
to afford him protection.
The sgriculturistsi in Europe are complain
Sing bitterly Of the drought which prevails
there. No rain has fallen in England for seven
( weeks, the ground is parched, and the springs
are becoming dry. On the continent the
: drought Is more tarrible.
Trains 1nsatisf aotory statement in bank
Fuptoy read as follows t.I owe ELI, IT'S, and the
way I account for il is by telling you that I
spent fsoQ0 ON myself, on travelling expenses,
Offices and ether things. I cannot tell you
Hhere the balance went, and you may fnd it
out the best twsy you cam" ;,
- The trains Of the Pacific Railroad are now
running to- Wadsworth, ONE hundred and
ninety miles ,east from Sacramento City, and
3 ave hundred miles from Salt Lake. The COM
ptsny hare 5000 men at work, and intend to lay
tWenty,mileao of track weekly from the Big Bend
eastward. -. .,
Opinions are divided in France as to the
best way. OF treating the Ilanterne. Some are
greatly disturb sd by its large sale, but others
think it ought to be allowedto go on, assert
ing that II. Rochefort is writing SO much that
he wiz soon be exhausted and viii thus have
committed ssotk Of professional suicide.
The Pau Mall Gazette is imposed upon by
storysthSt the American Freemasons have
offered the Pope the grand mastership OF their
organization. AS American Freemasons have
no national organization, and no grand master
of the order, and are not in the habit Of elect
ing to. Office any one who is not q member Of
the fraternity, we may be at liberty to doubt
the truth Of the story.
The jackson Mississippi Clarion gives the
Democratic majority in the late Constitutional
election, ascertained up to the 9th, eleven
thouss nd. one hundred and forts-nine, with
three counties to hear from. The counties to
hear from are Washington, Bolivar and Sum
flower, which it thinks may reduce the majority
against the Constitution to eight thousand
fve-hundred.
The Chicago Times well says: "Shall the
interests Of negroes and oft party in power,
or oftax-payers and OF good government, con-
troll in the pending Presidential election 2 This
is the question now presented to the people Of
this country for decision. The Democratic
party presents live issues. The Jacobin party
hopes to win by appealing to the passions Of
the people on issues which have been ire
vocably decided
The st rike among the miners at Pottsville,
Pennsylvania, is assuming a threatening atti-
tude. Several mills about Tsmaqua have been
compelled to suspend by visits from the min
ers, who force Horkmen to stop. The laborers
on the railroad have also been driven of ,fhe
st. Clair iron works has been visited by party,
but the proprietor refuses to accede to their
demands. His company has been enrolled to
preserve order. 1t is fea1 FED That there will be
bloodshed.
Additional funds for the Columbus prison.
ers are asked for. as the testimony in the trial
shows the importance Of having the witnesses
ON the stand. Already two Of the prisoners
who were convicted by the suborned evidence
OF the prosecution, have proved an at,bt, by
testimony above and beyond all doubt. And
go IT Will be with the others, ftheir friends and
countrymen who would see them have fair
trial will aid them in getting their witnesses to
Atlanta, and keeping them there until their
testimony is required.
-Ot course the New York Herald " fops
over to Grant. It would not be the New York
Herald il it failed at regular periods TO eat its
own words, no matter what their filth. Greeley,
however, who is not for Grant, brings his guns
10 bear upon Seymour, and fires his calumnies
NTH force il not precision. The New York
fines, the Jumping Jenny OF newspapers,