The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
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The "Young Mems Sodaity," OF st. Louis
has sess the Pope two thousand dollars and an
address printed in purple. letter. on white satin,
and bound IN gold and pearls.
A lady, Who has just resurneG from pass
ing the winter in Florida, states that planter
made his appearance in town from'the depths
of tine everglades, bringing with him two ne
oeg for sslet he was actually ignorant that
there had been wari Imagine his feelings
at the sudden depreciation OF his movable
uretarty. ~ C. &C. :. 20 - ',' g -
.nThs.Ne. York papers say that an Amaso-
nian boat race came Of in New Jersey Wednes-
day evening Tha boats we're light Whitehall
aiiffs. painted the same colofs as the. dresses
Of their faircrews. BY which they were desis.
nafad. These swere, ,sred, white and. blue.
There were three''of them; sl1 four Dared, with
male coxswainss, Atthe stalsi sishe Oyguet shot
ahead and el,ted. with their sueeess:. the crow
broke out in cries Of e1ultation and smatry
shouts 70 their competitors. ~: ,"eThrow us q
line, Sue, wen tow youS;s sHury up. Lizzie,
orS6u Won't get any stfawberries;" "Come on
girls; what are You hanging back for 2" inter
spersed with merry peas OF laughter that soon
e1AsussedahsitA breath and eGdse them gradu-
alytQ lesstnsiFe handsome start and to come
in last in the race The prizes consisted OF
miniatuta osrs Of gold, bearing inscriptions OF
tho dste ct the race, each member Of the vic
torious crs@ receiving one. . s.:s7qT.1 90.
The rev, giant blasting powder is exciting
srsss opposttion among the miners in Cali
forpfx who assert that its fumes are more
udsious; than those Of ordinary gunpoader.
Busthe other advsps gee. OF. the giant powder
arsipaaiseat.i Ithaa65e. times the explosive
fofcSof sunpdiMds,,s and snr,,lst rilIfholes are
sufficient ,Accordipg toa hislreceotly mAde
1t sppesrsthht st che current rase Of wages 1t
eost$sso atolto extract quartz mock with gun.
powder, and 81 o. xah hiEsians powder. Fhe
mine oRners are. therefore. highly pleased with
thensv povders hutthe drilers and blasters
are opposedto it. apdin Nevada have organ
ized An exhaustive strike, refusing to work for
mine osners nsins giant powder. Under these
cireamstances, the mine owners have made ar.
-rspgsmspts for tbs MORE. eSehsiYe employ
msnt of Chinese laborars. The giant powder,
altholah gpposed by the; naipss. viii increase
:akgdsmand sortheir labor, as many mines now.
el8ssd IL account Of the expense oaa be worked
aS SSjproAt-oa. 2Ao--- :. = H. 80 ,...''-'' =
Only very small traction osthe capacity Of
the sfsph;~Deisyet availed of BY any in
strumentr noH. j.. uss. The currents Of. cleo
tricity pass more rapidly and frequently. than
any present human means oanemploy In the
- l~-.~ Evrf-.
has been we'll nigh perfected, which mulsplies
toAn fmmsnseieft1it the present rate OF trans
mssiop, and which is likely to Horka ereat
revolution in the business of, .teleRTaphtns.
Already rste Of from five hundred to one
thousand lseiers minute have BEEN attained;
and 81 bsifSssd that this can be increased, by
improvements in The machinery, to two thou
sand letters par. minute. II this is realized,
and khoes. n % reason to suppose it may not
be, the, only, question being that Of the power
ofApHsu Ingenuity, toAvail itself ofethe ca
pacityof the electric current, the telegraph;
companies win be able to transmit dispatches,
lor asbousthei ssme price that the postoHice
now sSsfaes tos postage on letters. The real
e1lenseandde will be simply in reducing
the messaass 70 M,inR, 80 a.,,.. .r,,.
Mr.. John Stusrs Mill. arguing In his new
book on the Eabjeciton OF Women. that women
possess . more rapid insight into character
than, nsb; md int their vocation for govern
ment eonspicuous,. says4 that It IL especially
true II No taks ists eenideratiop ,Ass e we'll
a. Europe; and then follows curious bit from
his own Observation. II . Hndoo principally,
he repaaxiu, thatzuuxN, vigilsntfy rand econom-
ically governed 1p three cases ont -of four that
pripcipsjity. is under . Eoman,s rule. "This
fapt,sAddaM Mr. iMills ito me an entirely une1-
pectSd one I have collected toma long official
knewledeees Hindco governments There are
many such instances; for though, BY Hindoo in
ssitutops., a wspan cannot reign, she is thele-
gairegept CT = kingdom during the minority OF
the heir; and minorities are frequent, the lives
Of the male rulers coemg 30 often --ematurely
terminated throu hthe effect OF inactivity and
sensual excuses. When we consider that these
princesses have mover been seen in public.
have never conyersed with any man not Of
their own family except from. behind curtain.
that they do not read, and IL they did there is
no book in their language which can give them
the smallest ioserucLon on political affairs,
e-exAApls- -thsy afford OF the natural cspa-
city VI women for. government is very strik-
Ing" Ths, ,reply ,thst, queens arc better than
kings. because under kings women govern,
but under queenS, men-Mr. Mil considers
bad jdts. ~ '@'A - : '.'''
in TIE yoited States Circuit Court st New
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