The enquirer southerner., 1874-05-22
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.


ing the death Of a child by profess
sional neglect.
Bret Harte's poems ought to be |
good, for they are every expensive
Injuries AS dear as strawberries in |
January
It is now asserted that Santa Fe, !
in New Mexico, and not St. Angus
. tine, Fla, is the oldest settlement in
the United States. ..,--...-. !
At Constantinople fire Monday
night in Galata, large suburb of
the city, destroyed 100 houses occupied
mostly by poor Jews,
Count de Montebello, of Paris, has
sent challenge to Prince Metternich.
The cause Of the challenge is the refu-
sal of Princess Metternich to return a
salutation at the ball Of Count de
Monticello.
/ The Richmond (Va.,) Enquirer has
changed proprieters and for the most
part its editorial staff. Messrs. We'd
6erburn and Dee retire; Mr.. Bennett
remains with the paper. The new
publishers, Messrs. w ". Berry &
/ Co.,
At Philadelphia, Pa, convention
of the American Iron and Steel AS
sociation is called for the 2Sth inst,
to consider the depression Of trade
and TO petition Congress 70 restore
the iron tariff Of 1872.
At New Haven the votes in separate
bodies make the election of Eaton
sure to the Senate He was probably
the most pronounced and denounced
"copperhead" of the whole North
during the war,
The Convention OF the md Judi
cal District was held at Williamson
on the Sth The vote for Judge stood
8! for Louis Hilliard, Esq, and .
for Hon. ". A. Moore. J. ]. Mar
tin, Esq, was nominated for Solicitor
. Mr.. Gladstone tells his private ac-
quaintances that he regrets having
given so many years to politics. GLOW
little, said he, the other day, TO an
admirer, "do politics affect th' life;
; the moral life of a nation One
, single good book influences the people
vast deal more"
The final arrangements for the
t celebration Of Queen Victoria's birth
day, on 25th inst, by British settlers
, in Virginia, have been completed.
The celebration will be kept up four
, days. The first day there will be a
grand banquet, with ball at night,
and the three following days races
by the British settlers and the Tir-
ginia riding club.
The war in Arkansas about wheth-
er Baxter or Brooks is Governor has
ended by President Grant deciding
in favor of Baxter, and commanding
all to obey him as the Executive Of
f the State. The Legislature decided
= for Baxter and then called on the
President to enforce the law. Baxter
seems to have the sympathy of the
, better portion of the citizens of Ar.
kansas.
Every preoauhon has been taken to
] save the marriage of the President
daughter from the characteristics of
Sta: event. Only Sir Edward Thorn.
tou and lady, who represent the
nativity of the bridegroom, are invi
ted. No other diplomats have cards
Of which only two hundred and fifty
are issued. The East Room will bt
decorated, the gates of the White
: House grounds will be closed to secure
u privacy, and Immediately after the
S ceremony the pair will leave for New
e York and thence for Europe or
c Saturday. ...
e Cyrus w Field is as lively as g
: cricket He was at Boston 20 heal
s the Schurz eulogy; he gave the Yves
d tern newspaper men a dinner a
j. Delmonicos on Saturday night; this
q week he starts for California Will
9 Canon Kingsley and his daughter
and early in June he goes to leblanc
I to attend the Millennial Celebration
n by way Of England. He has JUS
" established his new son in-law as &
partner in a New Yook banking
. house, with quarter of million
n capital. Young men may as we'll be
informed, however, that there are NJ
more vacancies in his son-in-law dc
partment.
If Mrs. Collins, youngest daughte,
# Of Charles Dickens, and widow 0
:, Charles Collins, IS about to be mar
II ried to Mr.. Perugini.
~ A Wyoming paper delicatel,
81 announces that its charge for marri
70 age notices is '.just what the ecstas,
h of the bridegroom may prompt"
e. St. Edmond, of Canterbury, wa
!, about right when he said to some
=, body, "Work as though yop woult
IL live forever; as though you would dit
to-day"
A Private letter from Hon. Jeffer
Ia son Davis, dated London, April 28th
, to Frank II. Alfriend, ESQ.,, of vii