The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-12

stste OF the German Empire, containing about
eight hundred square miles and one hundred
thonsand Inhabitants, has the privilege Of oc-
Supsing public attention by q most amusing
situasion. As Is known, the Prince asked
Prussia tort minister, and the excellent n. de
Fiotwell was sent. The people seem TO be 80
well contented that they will not put q hand
20 their own government. At the elections
for the Diet, not q single candidate came tor
yard$sThS mInistry has in consequence de-
clsred, In the Monitor Of the State. that de.
prived OF the assistance of q national repre-
sentative, it's under the necessity OF governing
alone, and that 1t will do 90 on Its personal
responsibility, as long as the citizens shall be
pleased to decline the mission OF deputy.
-Theeequisition of SANTANA Bay, which has
Just been effected by the private enterprise OF
Few York, Boston aud Philadelphia capital
:fts, altogether satisfactory and cannot but
prove to be Of immense value to the COM
merce and business Of this country. SANTANA
Lay. az is well known, Ia the finest port In the
West Indies, and Is capable OF holding all the
nayIe : in the world. It has long been q de-
sired possession to American tradesmen, ant
the project of annexlDg that and other por-
tons ofDominica was Objectionable not inhe-
rentlyL, but on account Of the suspicious as
peets of the administrations scheme, which
were too many and fragrant to need repeti-
tion. Now that SANTANA Bay has been Be-
cured.to the United States by direct pur-
chase, without any hint Of ohlcanery In the
proceedings, aud without the concomitant
Jobs which loaded down the previous meas
ure, our mercantile dealings with the West
indies must lnfalllbly receive q prodigous In
petus and facllltation; and the condition and
prospects OF San Domingo will also be doubt
Less as greatly improved as the disinterested
Baez could have anticipated from annexation.
Surgeon Hammond, of the United States
Army, who was with Mr.. Greeley the day be-
fore he died, says: " suppose Mr. Greeley
said q hundred times while / was with him,
Now mind | when I was born I died, and
when I died I was born This Idea seemed to
be perpetnally In his mind, and when he re-
peated the words he would look his listeners
very sttentiyely In the face. In, order TO test
his consciousness I asked him If he knew Mr..
Dickens. I knew that he did, for I was present
at the dinner to Mr.. Dickens, at which Horace
Greeley presided. He exclaimed: \ never
heard the name In my life! Now mind! when
I was born I died, and when I died I was
torn.' IYthenttold him that Thurlow Weed
had been to my house and was inquiring for
for him. he answered as he did before: 4
never heard the name before. Now mind!
when I was born I died, and when I died l
was born.' It vas evident to me that no
CLEAN 5ot consciousness remained. he very
rarely answered the questions I asked him,
and whenever he did, the answers were
wrong. He seemed to be troubled nearly all
the time with q pain in the head, and would
continually place his hand on his forehead. as
fhungh he was suffering intensely In that
region. His pulse was very feeble, beating
at the rate Of Zone hundred and twenty-five per
minute, and very irregular and intermittent.
It was 30 feeble that I found 1t difficult to de-
tect the fact that IL was Intermittent. I could
only do 30 by listening to the beating OF his
heart An intermittent pulse is q dangerous
import for a man suffering under the disease
which afflicted Mr.. Greeley
-Thetwo daughters of the late Mr.. Greeley
have, through their inherited distinction, their
own personal worth and accomplishments, and
the great affections through which they have
lately geenteafled upon to pass, become ex-
nemety interesting to well disposed people all
over the country. Miss Ids is more of the
spanish;tha the American cast, being a typi-
cal brunette. She is rather under the medium
height, but we'll formed snd pretty. Posses
sing intelligence far above the ordinary, she
has long kept herself posted not only on the
current matters Of the day, but on still more