The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-04

historical. geological, anatomical, statistical,
ASTRONOMICAL arithmetical, grammatical, ethical
or intellectual charactcr-can bo accommodated
by calling upon any of the courteous and gentle-
minly clerks connected with the boat; or, in their
| ABSENCE any information will be cheerfuly given
by pilot, engineer, mate or deck hands.
\. B-Although tho courteous aud gentlemanly
attaches OF the boat are remarkably wel-iniormed
on ordinary subjects, thoy have, ns yet, beon uu-
able to determining the name, history, &C., of "The
man who struck Billy Patterson" Any passenger
having possession Of such information, will confer
hvor by calling at this Office and divulging it.
The Blue Code OF observation-disclosures,
Great Mornl IGcns are bringing Boston 10.
| From the Boston Iost
Fanaticism Id doing worso work upon Boston
than even one OF tyranny; it i, making positive
| iy and publicly ridiculons. Fasten nickname on
| reasonable, can rnb il of; get up d laugh the
| country over, about tho auenorctic standard OF
our public morals, and we arc sadly injured as re-
CARDS extended business prosperity. Buyers from
| IL distance might visit city out of mere curiosity
where the State set smclier5 at each corner OF Il
! inaiis mouth 10 report whether his weakness is
sweet milk or hitter aie; but all the well-fIled
shops and elegant hotels, and attractive theatres
and concert rooms that couid be thought or would
| not keep them us overnight guests, or tempt
them to enter into large and permanent business
| relations with those who are compelled to pnt
every interest under tho thumb-screw of such
petty local statutes
The rural members of the last few Legislatures
have apparently tel5 that they lad cali to come
mp to Boston and do "missionary' work. Our
They hear of what Is deing il State-street, and
comprehend only so much Of it as to satisfy them
that II city that toerate1 such u money mart de-
serves to be purged 0r sunk. Ideas that do SER
vco very well ont on FIRMS applied with n
censorious stornness to n community OF which
they practically know nothing. Their series uf
experiments on our public morals, therefore, has
been painfully poor. It. has been an attempt to
handle subject of which they arc lamentably
without knowlo5gee. Tho reflection, ON getting
home again, that they have taken o hand in work.
M ia nycfpt oh.,fn
by the sea, whosu atmosphere is swept clean al
most every day by east winds that ought to chill
the rising thoughts OF vice in every mau's heart,
| 10 doubt less in tho nature Of compensation to
them when reviewing their winters legislative
experiences; bnt few commercial centres reaching
over to the old world on the one eide, and to the
Rocky Mountaihs on tho other, can afford to sub
nit to the meddlesome supervision OF men who
regard us mainly through police reports, and have
no larger necessities than what they get from the
life OF quiet village, where the lights are rei.
giousiy eXtnsuished at the ringing OF the nine
O'Clock bell. ..
II this new rule is right one. all we have to
it's ultim atum. We shall then have city that
will deserve to excite the envy-or the commisera-
Think OF place Of two hundred thousand inhab.
itants, in which no boys OF twenty are allowed to
rap billiard bali; and bowling alleys are shut up
after ten IN the evening; and BARRIERS shops are
day mornings; and ale and beer are not drunk
with with cool bite for the daily luncheon; and
streets.
reading room OF the public library is never opened
on Sunday evenings; and newsboys may not "cry
aloud" on Sunday morning, let the news be
plo Of such u place to "go to meeting three po
times each Sunday, under lear OF sud, ring soma
OF the penalties Of some stasIte- for church
between the Sunday services; or to take out
license t. attend only moral exhibitions of
an approved theatrical company; or to make
a public manifest of their losses and gains,
| their mistakes and their follies every Sstur.
day afternoon, in order to furnish q nuuioipa-
model that will make all healthy business impos-
sible, and elevate hypocrisy to the rank OF
This State constable experiment ought to mako
Its authors redden for shame. Such legislative
puerilities wholly INDISPENSABLE or the present
age. They betray spite, not sense. Men who
borrow their methods OF eating public virtue
from such notions B that law rests on, have too
rights and purposes Of an enlightened aud busy
community to be ntrusted with the duties of legs-
lators They are perhaps not to be found fault
with for their ignorance; but they deserve some-
thing worse than being laughed st for stubbornly
nsisting that within that profundity OF ignorancs
the deeper deeps OF wisdom Lie somewhere con-
cealed.
Any man OF ordinary sense can see where these
bue-lsws are going to drive us. II they are
quietly submitted to, as IL spell rested on the
community that made indignation itself dumb,
whose trade helps establish our prosperity; We
BOW the seeds OF discomfort and disgust in the
mInas OF Ill Hperally opposed men of business;
We drive away the expanding energy OF our rising
mon Of commerce to other plsces, where con.
temptble sumptunry laws do not assume to resn-
late the reerestions OF strangers who come
stately to do business; and we knowingly and
wilfully depress . noble commercial mart to the
level OF quiet inland town. 1t will work precisely
AZ II our harbor should suddenly ill with sand,
and another port should spring MP further OUT,
where the blue-law spirit could not come Let us
say not another syllable In derision OF the old time
in Connecticut with such faithful copy of it's sta
tutes enforced upon ms to-day. :.
FactS yg. Theorfes