The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-14
CURRENT TOPICS.

! lisli, ns far we know. Every now and thcn,
however, find copious extracts from il in uu,nu
OF our exchanges, French and English. From one
Of these tnko Tho following: paragraph on s'Ilu
Lit.io Intlustic nnd tho .sNows Collector: N.
TExlER writes u delightful article OH tho "petilcs
Industries Of Paris as ho 10 pleased TO call tho
| arocatons OF tho old man in tho Place ycntlomr.
with his telescope, who makes chalk drawing of
tho appearance of tho moon OH tho asphalt pavo-
mont, and shows you through. his glass all tho ms
| Economical phenomena for half franc; Of th0so
persons who pick up scgar-cnds to mako smoking
mixtures OF, or cruBts of bread to sell to
| tho innlccpors OF tho Garricrcs Of tho
"day-bankors" who advance capital for tho
space Of twelve hours 10 market women and
ilu;kstcrs, or OF those who soil q sous worth Of
burning charcoal to put in fcot-wariners; OF tho
| guardian angels" as thoy styled. wl.o aro
charged with tho taking home Of dsunkards from
tho cd5drets OF tho ragmon and oid-clothos-ncn,
| and tho purrcror of cats TO the restaurants in
| which it il tho fashion to cat 1ibri0!tcs. "rhal
tho flesh OF tho cat is succulent that of tho
| rabbit, tho froqucntcrs Of these restaurants know
well, and therefore il is that tloy require to SEQ
Tho skin OF tho animal that has been killod These
opcurcs fear lest in tho place Of tho rabbit, which
is o cat, dishonest cook should servo them II rat,
| and they don't like rat" Nor must we forget to
add to tho list OF ~ TExIEns "petits mctiers' That
| Of tho man who walks about tho streets all day
! aud collects incidents for tho newspapers. Re-
strictcd to fow lines OF space at tho ratio Of two
! sonB limo, lie can hardly hop6 to mako more than
two francs IL day. Necessity, in his casu aa il,
others, becomes tho mother of wit. IIo iuyenty
| nows; nnd tho full of n mason from scaIlod is
special act of providence TO his class. NJ. TEx1EE
| says sucl, Nh would say: "Irs Tho maaons who
give mo livelihood" more witty vorSion of
tho samo confession, which wo havo heard, is an
| follows: "Je tue les mncons parccqnc ic r,s pG,
| Ice Macons q,,i sne,Teni." {'I kill masons, be-
cause l 1.-Two by masons who dc.') NJ. TExIER
| concludes with tho following reelection IAN theso
people 1.-Two, and enable their wives and families 10
live, by occupations ono would hardly suspect tho
| oSietoncu OF. Think uf what QAnrANI's philuso-
pher said: "When ono thinks that all these must
cat, one gets IN awful idea Of tho human raco."
THE New YORK TINES has tho following: a
Southern editor gets infuriated with us for maxi
ing tho simple romnrk that reconstruction will
60 forward .untler the direction of tho military
| commanders, aud on tho bnsis laid down by Con-
gross" He Bnys that tho editor of tho TtaEEs
] really believes this, and evidently doesn't think
It worth his while to inquire what tho Aimighf,ys
| Intentions arc i'll tho promises which ii a pece
OF puro assumption on tho part of our hot-h headed
Southern critic. We acknowledge, however,
that any authentic communications OIL this
point will TO gladly received from our AID
bama contemporary. Ho adds: "Reconstruc-
ton and ovcry other danInnblo outrage will 20
on 30 long God permits Ratlicalism to rulo
md ruin" And this being 30, our original
remark, which was Tho cnuso of oil this outponr-
ing OF wrath, is completely justified by our Mobile
assailant himself. But, il in added: s'1'hcro is
Tho blacl elephant OF tho South, with its snout
wrapped around tho mock of RadicaIism. There
is danger lest tho demon bo pulled from OIL bis
feot or thrown into tho dir, bciorO lie 10 half
through with ravishins tho Southern corpse
Now, il tho Mobile Daily Tribune did not seem to
bo very much i'll earnest i'll tho uttoranco of thin
rant, we should bo inclined to snilo at tho gro
tesquo incohcroncy OF ils language. We will not
do go, however, but will morcly romarlt That for
the Inst dozen or fiftcon years tho Southern nows-
papers hnyo seemed utterly incapable Of touching
upon any point in politics without bsing Instantly
seizod with madhouso fronzy that sets at de-
fianco reason, logic, common sense, and tho de-
| crccs Of fate itsclf.
THERE WAS LITTLE passage in tho House of
Lords recently, between Duke and m Earl,
which elbows in o striking manner tho dilforonco
between tho Parliamentary anu tho Congressional
way of charging on opponent with untrntl. OF
course tho onragcd stylo, common in Congress
-. III our newspapers Oh u.i,vuu.I,,n .,,v
"baso villain" Us "fasitier' 'liar'' would be
entirely out Of place in either of tho Houses of
Parliament, especially in tho House of Lords. His
Lordship, therefore, in his blandcst manner, said:
II beg to call tho attention of my noblo friend,
tho noblo Duko, to nm observation which my noble
IN nn 10
md which my noblo friend thu noble DuIio, will
find, upon reflection, to be inconsistent with
strict vcracity." or course his noble friend, tho
noblo Duke, mado tho proper explanation or apollo
gy. There is no doubt That it il quito impossible
for two mon to quarrel i'll such a plraseolosy
or to say anything very rudo with "my noblo
friond, tho noble Duke" occurring threo times in
q single sentence. Some mon in America arc con-
stantly Attempting to justify tho grosscst rudcncss
and rllsarty Of language by telling us what flno
thing 1t ID always TO call spade n spade" II is
doubtless, proper and conremont thing Dut
tho illustration is very inapt and silly when used
as an eXcuso 20 denounce as Iinrs all who fail to
sec with our cyos, TO approhend with our facnl-
tics, or to state things 30 Us to ngree with our
prejudices, or capricos interests, or pasaious.
The Tribunal OF police OF tho canton of yaud,
Switzerland, Inns lately beon engaged in trying
young man named PIou1LLoUD, charged with hay
ing for somn time past practscd medicine and sur
gerry in femalo attirc. II appeared that he had
succeeded in completely Disgusting himself as a
woman, and hnd obtained under tho nan,o of Miss
ABnoTrs, and in the quality OF an American, nd
mission into aoyernl families, Offering his services
chiefly to iadies. Tho fraud Was discovered by
hairdrossor into whose shop ho wont to purchase
chignon. 1t was found that no could only be
conyicted Of tho Illegal exercise Of his profession
and ON that count tho court condemned him TO ons
months imprisonment. It Is pleasing to read an
occurrence like this, for tho evidence 1t affords OF
tho great regard those people haYo for their law.
Az matter OF course, uioy must have beon groat-
ly incensed Mt this miscreant- in many anoth-
or locality would havo boon 'tarred and fentLercd
or otherwise "lynched," and not undeseryedly.
Sill, great ns was tho provocAton these law -abld
ing switzors Ind, they did not take vengeance into
their own hnndB; and tho public censor moted ont
Justice according 10 tho letter OF tho law however
inadequate it appears to the .onormity OF tho
ofonce. .." d
Ex-GoyERsoR SWAIN wrote lottor 10 Governor
JONATHAN WORTH, OF North Carolina, dated July
2s, tondcring his resignation Of tho Presidency OF
Tho University Of TINT State position ho has held
for twonty-two years. He is induced to this stop
IN view OF tho prcsent condition Of tho University
tho roVerso OF prosperous; owing principally, how
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