The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-10

is reported thatssM sMcCoole aud Coburn cleared
$50. each through the sale OF railroad tickets.
They charteredthe trains in partnership, pay
ing. two dollarsfo- each person carried. Their
rate for thetrip was FIVE dollars for eachpas-
senger.
The magician, Robert Heller, whose real
name, it appears: is ". q. Palmer, has applied
to be discharged from his debts by the Bank
ruptcy Court in London, where he now is. He
describes himself in his application as former
Il of Washington, United States, and after
wards of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York.
His debts are stated at f2665. Most Of his
creditors are in New York and Washington.
He ascribes his bankruptcy to having been
sued By Riggs g. Co., of Washington, one OF the
partners of which house is, we believe, his
father-in-aw.
1t is Impossible to read the accounts which
have been published of the closing scene in
the life of the venerable ex-President, James
Buchanan, without being impressed with the
evidences of mind conscious of right in the
discharge of all earthly obligations and imbued
with unaffected religious reverence and resig-
nation. The private virtues Of Dir. Buchanan
have never been questioned by his most en-
bittered political opponents, which, unfortu-
nately, is more than can be said Of many C.s-
tinguished public men. 1t is rare that sSch
greatness of intellect and purity OF life are
combined in the public service.
"A Washington letter says: "A meeting OF
about half dozen strong-minded women and
three or four men, headed by Mrs. DR.. Mory
Walker, in bloomer costume was held on FRI
day evening (as the call for the meeting
stately, to form white women's franchise as
sociation. The participants were all of that
hard d-featured class always to be seen at wo-
mems rights meetings, and after some discus
sion they adjourned. Before doing so, how
ever, they elected officers for an association,
and among the vice-presidents named some of
the most prominent ladies of this city-ladies
who have no sympathy with these movements,
the use of whose names was altogether unau-
thorized."
The Association Of Medical Superintend-
ents Of Insane Hospitals, now in session in
Boston, has had under consideration the draft
Of general law in regard to the commitment
of insane persons to asylums. The division OF
sentiment on the necessity Of requiring pre-
liminary investigation was very marked, the
physicians from the West advocating, and
those from the Atlantic States opposing, the
adoption OF the section providing for legal pro-
cess as the only warrant for detention. The
reason OF this diversity may be found in the
fact that there is not so much confidence
placed in the honor Of the medical men in the
West as in the East. After discussion lasting
for two sessions, it was resolved, with only one
negative vote, that insane persons may be
placed in a hospital for the insane by their
legal guardians, or by their relatives and
friends, in case they ~have no guardians, but
never without the certificate Of one or more
responsible physicians, after personal exami-
nation made within one week Of the date
thereof; and this certificate to be duly ac-
knowledged before some magistrate or judi
cial officer, who shall certify to the genuine
ness Of the signature and of the respectability
OF the signer.