The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
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900 ba os; uplands 123d.
Mr.. Jefferson Owls intends returning to
his homo IN Mississippi in short time.
The cornerstone Of u new Jewish syna-
gogue is to 10 laid at Richmond city to-day.
General Lee has had house built for
him by public subscription at Lexington, Vir-
ginia.
Il Tho ''Young Mems Solality,' of ST. Louis
has sent tho Pope two thousand dollars and an
address printed in purple letter. on white satir,
and bound in gold and pearls.
"A lady, who has just returned from pass
ing the winter in florida, states that planter
made his appearance in town from the depths
of the everglades, bringing with him two ne
oes for sale! He was actually ignorant that
there had been war! Imagine his feelings
at the sudden depreciation Of his movable
property.
Tho New York papers say that an Amazo-
nian boat race came off in New Jersey Wednes-
day evening. The boats were light Whitehall
ekiffs, painted the same coors as the dresses
OF their fair crews, by which they were desg-
mated. These we're red, white and blue.
There were three Of them, all four. cared with
male coxswains. At the start, the Cygnet shot
ahead, and elatcd with their success, the crew
broke out in cries Of exultation and merry
shouts to their competitors, as: 'sThrow us
line, Sue, wen tow you;" s'Hurry up, Lizzie,
or you won't get any Strawberries 'sCome on,
girls; what are you hanging back for?" inter
spersed with merry peals OF laughter that soon
exhausted their BREATH and cause them gradu-
ally to lose their handsome start and to come
in last in the race. Tho prizes consisted of
miniature oars Of gold, bearing inscriptions of
the date Of the race. each member of the vic
torious crew receiving one.
The new giant blasting powder is exciting
great opposition among the miners in Cali
fornia, who assert that its fumes ere more
noxious than those Of ordinary gunpowder.
But the other advantages of the giant powder
are manifest. It has five times the explosive
force of gunpowder, and smaller drill holes are
sufficient. According to trial recently made,
it appears that at the current rate Of wages it
cost SIS 80 ton to extract quartz rock with gun
powder, and So % with giant powder. The
mine owners are, therefore, highly pleased with
the new powder but the drillers and b!asters
arc opposed to it, and in Nevada have organ
lied an extensive strike, refusing to- work for
mine owners using giant powder. Under these
circumstances, the mne owners have made ar
angements for the moro extensive employ
ment of Chinese laborers. The giant powder,
although opposed by the miners. will increase
the demand for their labor, as many mines now
closed on account of the expense can bo worked
at profit.
-Only q very small fraction Of the capacity OF
the telegraph wire is yet availed of by any in
strument now in use. The currents of elcc-
tricity pass more rapidly and frequently than
any present human means can employ in the
transmission of signals. But o new system
has been well nigh perfected which multiplies
to an immense extent the present rate of trans
mission. and which is likely to work q great
revolution in the business Of telcgraphing.
Already o rate OF from five hundred to one
thousand lotters minute have been attained;
and it is believed that this can be increased by
improvements in the machinery, to two thou
sand letters per mlLut". Ii this is realized,
and ther1 is no reason to suppose it may not
be, tho only question being that OF tho power
Of human ingenuity to avail itself OF tho ca
pacity Of tho electric current the telegraph
companies will be able to transmit dispatches
for about the same price that the postoffice
now charges for postage on letters. The real
expense and delay viii be simply in reducing
the messages to wr ting.
Mr.. John Stuart Mill. arguing in his now
BOOK on the Subjec.ion Of Womon, that women
possess a moro rapid insight into character
than men, and that their vocation for govern
ment is conspicuous, says that it is especially
true If we take into consideration Asia as we'll
as Europe; and then follows a curious bit from
his own observation. IF Hindoo principally,
he remarks, is strongly, vigilantly and oconom-
ioally governed, in three cases out Of four that
priucipaiity is under q woman's rule. s'This
fact" adds Mr.. Mill, t'to me an entirely unex-
pected one, I have collected from long official
knowledge Of Hindoo governments. There are
many such instances; for though, by Hlndoo in
stitutions. woman cannot reign, she is the le-
gal regent Of IL kingdom during the minority OF
the heir; and miroritles aro frequent, the lives
OF the male rulers bclng 50 often prematurely
terminated throu III the effect Of inactivity and
sensual excosses. Whom we consider that these
princesses have nover hcen seen in public
have never conyersed with any man not Of
their own family except FROM behind a curtain.
that they do not road. and il they didthere is
no book in their language which can give them
the smallest instruction OH political affairs,
the example they afford Of the natural capa-
city Of women for government. is very strik-
ing" The reply that queens are better than
kings. because under kings women govern,
but under queens, men-Mr. Mill considers
bad joke.
I'm the United States Circuit Court at New
York. Judge Blatchford has decided that the
recall OF the pardon which was made out in
the last days of President Johnson's adnans-
tration FOR tho two Dupuys, in prison for whis-
key frauds, was legal. and they must. there
fore, remain imprisoned. The main question
was as to legal delivery of the pardon; whe-
ther the delivery TO the marshal was delivery
to Dupuy. and placed the matter beyond the
CONTROL OF President GRAFT. It had been con-
tended that whom o pardon mad received the
signature of the President and the seal
OF the State Department it was a completed
act, and had passed beyond the power OF revo.
cation. but he (Judge Blatcbford) did not think
go. The intention or President to grant a