The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-05
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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1872.
VIEWS OF THE DAY.

VIEWS OF THE DAY.
The Pope has sent, his benediction 10 MS
..di,ecto flio Adolpho Theirs, Gallorum hei'
publice President"
Some three thousand coal miners oil st'
Clair, Illinois, opposite st. Louis, are on .
Two buildings in Keokuk, Iowa, fell down
on Saturday, burying seven women ana
ch,,dren in the ruins. One woman was fatally
wonnaed. and all more or less injured.
General Farnsworth told his Washington
fr,ends last week that he was going home to
roll np his sleeves and go to work for The LID
eral ticket
The washington Star, a Grant paper, says:
"Itis stated on pretty good authority and gen.
erally believed, that Colonel Forney Will de-
clare for Greeley next Sunday, or In few
dsys1hereatter at farthest." sn's a'r
Mr.. James Fisk, ST., who has been for
many years on inmate of the Insane asylum at
marlborough. being out occasionally atlucid
intervals: last Wednesday horsewhipped Cen
erai J.,w. Phelps in the office of the Revere
House; ,Brattleborough. The cause OF the affair
is supposed to be- some imaginary insult re-
eeiyed bv Mr.. Fisk from General Phelps.
"A washington dispatch says that the United
States revenue cutter MoccasIn Is still watch
ing the Cuban privateer Pioneer at Newport.
Her gun are shotted, and she has orders TO
sink the Pioneer should she attempt to escape.
These orders withdrew the Moccasin from
+. nolIca ;lu,tes., and it is rumored that Cuban
sympath!zers have taken advantage thereof
and have started another expedition 10; Cuba
unler the most favorable auspices.
.l--Dr.yF. c. BruDck, editor of the Demokrat,
has made carefully prepared list of The en-
tire German-American press, giving the pres.
emf political position OF each paper. From
this Hist It appears that Of the ffty-ave Ger
man dIailies published in the country, thirty
suppust Greeley and Brown, nineteen support
Grant tour are hostile to both parties, and
two are stIll undecided. or the entire Ger
man press, comprising one hundred and twen-
ty-ninss papers, Teighty-three go for Greeley
and Brown, and only twenty y.eight for Grant.
Among these, thirtS-two of those for Greeley
have been Republican, and forty,two Demo-
cratic The remainder have hitherto been In
dependent yfrs
Orders have been received from the post
mastsr.general directing that the international
money order system, az determined on at a
this country and England, is 10 go into effect
to-day. Money orders not exceeding the
amount pt,l of $50 on the postoflce department In
England, payable at any postofice in the
United Kingdom, can be obtained on and after
TO-DAY. The following are rates of commission,
To be paid In United States currency, charged
TOR issuing international money orders, to be
transmitted by postmaster at New York to
Great Britain: On orders not exceeding $40,
25 cents; over $40 and not exceeding $40, SO
cents: over $40 and not exceeding $50, rs
cents: over $50 and not exceeding $40, 81;
over $40 and not exceeding $50. 81 rs. No
fractions of cents to be introduced in On order.
United States treasury notes or national bank
notes only received or paid.
The New York Hera'd's London dispatch
has letters received by Stanley from Vlscount
Enfield, Earl Granville and son OF DR.. Liv-
iupstone. Lord Enfield, in the name of Earl
Granville, acknowledges the receipt of letters
and documents from Livingstone, deliv-
cred by Stanley to her Majesty's am
bsssador at Paris for Transmission to
the foreign department. Earl Granville
says, in his letter that he has no doubt
of 1.-The genulneness of the letters pur.
porting to come from Livingstone. Living
stones son says he has no doubt that the
papers and letters brought to him by Stanley
are from his father. Stanley was Invited to
dine; With Lord Stanley, Lady Franklin and
other distinguished persons. LIE Temps Of
Paris, is slnclinedtts doubt the authenticity of'1
the Livingstone lett ITS published by Stanley.
It quotes the opiJ ion of the German geo.
grapher, Klepert, who discovered various
geographical olunders In the letters. He
thinks q part of the narrative was invented
by Mr.. Stanley, and hence the whole is valne-
less, and hints that 1t is possible that Stanley
never saw Livingstone. esgl.ss' 5.
The washington correspondent of the
Boston Post writes: "For some days past
there have been outglvings in the newspa
pers that prominent influential Massachusetts,
Republican politicians would come out in pro-
nounced manner In favor of Greeley and
Brown. L And curiosity has been much exer-
cised to fix these prominent Republicans and
name ln them II possible. OF course Senator
Sumner was always named among them, and
there were General Banks. Mr.. Bufanton. Mr..
Hooper, Mr. Dawes and others. 1t has
been we'll known by some who are con-
verssnt, with the private sentiments of
leading Republicans In Massachusetts, that
they were utterly dlsgusted with Grant,
and only awaited the grouud-swell
or revolutionary political manifestation that
would assure even the probable success of the
Greeley movement to warrant these independ-
ent spirits in coming out in an unmistaSable
form for Greeley and Brown. Certain events
that win most assuredly culmluate In success,
your correspondent is advised, will determine
the action Of these parties In few days. Not
to disclose confidential information, we can
saw that five members of the Massachusetts
Congressional delegation are already pre-
pared, 80 far as their own motion Is con-
cerned. to pronounce openly In favor OF Gree
lev and Brown, and are now anxiously await
iue-to make their action successful-the re-
suit of the elections in North Carolina and