The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-17
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SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1871.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Father Hyacinthe has asked the Pope fol
an audience, and has been refused.
Edmund Yates will write the next seria
story in All the Year Round. 1t will be en-
titled ~"Castaway."
There has been an unprecedented thun'
der storm throughout Oregon. Photographers
were shocked to insensibillty.
The death Is announced Of the author o.
sThe Swiss Family Robinson. the famous
book Of adventure 80 popular with youth.
The firm of Clafhin & Woodruff have sueo
Henry Ward Beecher and the Christian Union
for Libel. Damages estimated at o quarter
million. of dollars.
The Wisconsin Democratic State commit
tee, In their call for State convention, say
their true mission is to deal with the pracn
cal questions of the day, Ignoring controVer
sizes settled'b by the progress of events.
The very latest idea in the fashionable
world is the Moonlight German-full dress, no
lights, windows wide open, silvery moonlight
streaming in in floods, delicious Waltzes en-
chanting the air, flirting perfectly unemoar'
rassed, and all that sort of thing.
The Bank of Prussia has been authorized
to establish branches In Alsace and Lorraine.
With German laws, German money and a con-
siderable smattering of the German language,
the coded provinces will now have a fair cp'
portunity for rapid rehabilitation as German
communities.
The German Americans Of San Francisco,
In convention, approve the reconstruction
acts; favor universal amnesty and the pay
ment of the national debt according to the
contract; oppose Chinese labor and railroad
grants, and demand a modification of the tariff
and the repeal of Sunday and liquor traffic
laws.
The enormous fees received by the New
York customhouse officials is forcibly illustra-
ted by the official statement of the moieties
and fees from seizures for April, wherein it
appears that the collector, surveyor and naval
officer received nearly $4,000 apiece, the In
formers an equal amount, and the government
the other half. This is at the rate Of nearly
500, 600 a year for each OF those officials.
There Is q disease prevailing to q large ex-
tent among the car horses of New York City
which seems to be contagious, and to defy the
veterinary surgeons. In general character 1t
resembles diabetes or a disorder OF the Kid
neys, manifesting itself In running sores on
the back, preceded by weakness Of the loins,
or u sort of paralysis. A great many horses
have died from the disorder.
The Messre. Putnam have been Tor some
time en%deavoring to dispose oil, for the benefit
of Mrs. Audubon, who ia greatly in need, the
magnificent plates of the great naturalist's
great work, trasting that they would be sscur-
ed by some public institution. Mr.. William E.
Dodge, learning of the need Of the worthy
widow, came forward and bought the plates
with the intention of holding them until some
of the great literary bodies Of the country
great bodies proverbially move slowly
should be ready to purchase them.
Thomas sully, the eminent portrait pain
ter, is living in Philadelphia, iu the Ssth year
of his age. He is still bright and active in his
studio. Sully was born In England. His
mother came from England to Norfolk, Va,
in 1894, and Sully took his first lessons in
Charleston, S. c., where he began miniature
painting at seven years of age. During his
lone career he has painted the portraits OF
many of the prominent men of the country,
including Lafayette, Jefferson, Jackson,
Adams, Monroe and others.
We have already published statements
concerning a late speech of the Emperor of
Brazil, In which he has taken the Initiative
upon the subject or the abolition of slavery.
1t may be now added that the Brazilian Gov
eminent has presented to the Chambers bill
for the emancipation of all slaves belonging to
the crowa.. The bill provides also that con-
yict> slaves are to become tree after seven
years Imprisonment, their owners receiving
indemnity from the treasury. The whole
scheme, we are told, meets with strong oppo-
sitiou. The population OF Brazil In 1856 was
1877. 800, of which 2 900, 900 were whites,
I,l2l,0 o mixed free people, 100000 civilized
indians, 600, 900 mixed slave population, and
1000, 900 blacks, or African slaves. In. Brazil
slavery has never produced the distinctions OF
caste which attend it In most other countries.
Manumission has been rendered easy by the
laws, and to the emancipated every calling
end office are fully open. The opposition 10
abolition spoken Of probably comes from those
sections OF Brazil specially interested in sla-
very. The institution Is doomed everywhere,
and Cuba ere long will have to follow the ex-
ample Of Brazil.
The news of the burning of the Peruvian
coolie ship, Don Juan, with $50 coolies on
board. is confirmed. The ship took her cargo
of coolies at Macao on the 4Lh of May. On the
9Th, when within fifty miles oil Hong Kong
she was burned to the waters edge, and, &C
cording to the reports of those who were
saved, at least $50 persons persisted, 500 Of
whom were fastened under the. matches. and
roasted alive. 1t j. said that there were fifty
Europeans on board, and 1t remains to be see.
what became of the most of them. In the
scramble for the boat some Of The Europeans
used revolvers to Prevent the coolies getting
In, and one of the crew was wounded in the
leg, while many OF the coolies were drowned
Those who were saved owe their preservation
to a fishing junk, which approached The wreck
and took of as many as was possible, There
are two explanations of The conHagralion.
Some of The coolies say hat 1t originated alt
In the lazarette where the stor' and ships
material were kept. But thirty-fve OF The
crew nave reached Macao, aud all say that The
coolies mutinied and set fire to The ship In The