The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

SOLICIT lands for company OF spoculatorp. No is
received by tho official, rides In carriages and on
horseback at tbs public cxpense makes out q List
OF tho fruits OF tho country from the specimens
OIL tho tnblo at somo great dinner given by tho
authorities or land oWnors and roturus highly do
lighted Without oven specimen Of the soil Of tho
country on his polished boots. Tho socord pio-
tnro is that Of pepniloRs emigrant sitting OH tho
beach at Dolize surrounded by his Httio plrndor,
halplcss wiio and flock OF Children It's tho rainy
season, aud hios, gnats, etc., abound. There arc
no committees to receive him, no carriages, no
dinnors, and whom ho essays to move into tho
woods ho goos on foot through tho Wilderness 10
commence struggle for tho first common mecca
sarics OF lifo, without hand extended to mid him.
This ID quite correct as general picture Of tho
poverty stricken cmigrant whcroYor no goes but
applies to Georgian moving to Louisiana or
Tcxas, ns much as II ho was going to Honduras.
Wo arc opposed to migrations by our people, as
much from ono State TO another, as from tho
South to Honduras, and VIC toll mon who arc not
practical farmcrs, and who hayo not tho means to
support themselves until thoy can clear lnnd and
mako crop. to stay whore thoy aro and mako
tholr lnnd Weld wol through thorough cultivation
md manuring, and to bocomo independent
through small orops. Tho only pooplo wo would
advise to migrnte, aro those who 1.-Two on llnds
subject to overflow, md wo toll thom 10 scttlo on
tho highland nearest to them.
THE New OR1EANs P1oAYu>-r If tho 18th, has the
following Piqudnt paragraph: "tAn Aztec writing
to Radical nowBpspor ttho Now Orleans Republic
tan) and complaining Of the stricturcs Of tho
American press on tho murder OF MAMMALIAN,
whom ho himself speaks Of as endowed by nature
with high soul noblo heart, and good, though
mislod ntentions,' snys our people want war
with bIoxico 80 as to 'bo ab'o to ruplensh their
empty purses with tho remaining spoils which tho
Fronoh left In Mexico, oven IL they had to broak
tho seventh commandment Of tho Lord Wo did
hear somo OF our soldiors in tho way OF 1S4GS ac-
cusod of breaking that command in Mexico occa-
sionaly, and the evidences and Objects thereof aro
wo bclioro, still remaining, BONO OF them not very
ereditablo to oithcr side. Should another war
occur, wo truat Americans will DO moro rosoryed
and suffer loss" 90 far the picdyunc. Our two CO.
tomporarcs spptp to 1.-Two on opposite sides OF tho
stroet; they arc certainly arguing from different
premises. Tho Radical editor appear to hnve
Douay Biblo before him, and tho Picdylne man
King JAMES authorized version. With this koy
tho rcador may DO ablo to work ont The problem,
and tho wit Of tho aboyo.
THE HONDURAS FEyEn (not quito as fatal as tho
Valley. From ono Of our Now Orleans exchanges
NO learn that nm association in C,piah County,
Miss, has sont doputation out TO Honduras TO
socuro lands. Thoy raiso tho funds to pay OK
pensos thus: overy man who plyH $25 has choice,
In order OF subscription, to 640 acros Of tho lands,
for which, OF COURSE he pays cost price. And, say
thoy, thero is auoh rush TO TINT country for tho
purpose OF getting lands, TINT oil tho finest and
most dcsirable parts Of tho country will soon
bo taken up, therefore, tho necessity OF Immediate
action. Yos, and when tho country is thus tskon
up, not one-twontieth OF theao hnost lands will DO
in actunl cultivation, aud tho whole country will DO
o ltuo woak, defoncoloss colony, without popula-
ton, and consequently without schools, churches.
roads, improvements or manufacturer II they
would pass q law that no man should own land
who did not cultivate third OF it, it might grow
up into really prosperous county; but II tho
lands nre to bo held by fcw living milo apart,
and only on tho good lands, 1t will tako O century
to mako 1t respectfully selE-supporting.
!FHE BELGIAN oGERoY do not look with eyes Of
favor upon tho system OF lay or unsectarian
schools In fact, they lose opportunity to mani.
fest their feong on tho subieot. Their last do
monHtration WAS quite unique. pupil Of the Iay
school mt Fleurus. abtiged child, died His
teachers and schoolates desired to servo Ms nall
boarors, and 10 follow tho body in procession,
Their wishes were mado known to the parish priest,
who curtly refused to cay tho lnst Offices unless
this arrangement was given up. Naturally there
WAS come excitement, and tho matter Rot into tho
papers. It was ascertained thnt the clergy OF FIeu-
rus systematically refused sbsolution to the pupils
o tho Lay ssSos is and to their parents; Some
tent themselves with saying that, in regard to tho
funeral, tho course pursued was In strict accord
anoe with oanonicai usage, and that they appeal
from their insulters and alnnderers 10 the judg-
mont OF God. This Is not entirely noYol mo-
thod OF declining disagreeablo discussion.
mr. JoHN I. BURGESS writes o note 10 the Afte-
nGunn, in which ho states that SulKEspRAnE's de-
scent can be traced, through his mothers sds. to
TuRonrLL, Saxon Earl Of tho time Of W1r1IAn
the Conqueror, and that the ARDEN family is prob
ably descended from ALynRp tho Groat. Mr.
GEORGE RussZLL FRENCH hns addressed letter to
the editors OF tho Cambridge Shakespeare, in
which he statos that in tho preparation OF his
Genealogical Notices Of tho snAKEspEAnE and
ARDEN families, he has found tho link which untes
sHAKssFEAnE with the ancient family Of ARDEN, of
That tho relationship in question
really existed, has long been conjecturod; but it Is
now pfovon, or rather will be when Mr.. EnEsou
oA'e PeSa'A'otA thO fSSofub u6 nus uncover
ed, which will be in tho supplementary volumes Of
tho Cambridge Shakespeare.
Mn- STEVENS, in saturdays debate in tho House
OF Representatives, snosringly referred to "some
senators' as being frightened by "the ghost OF
the past Constitution, which be helped to shsttor
and destroy. MACBETH committed numberiesa
:rimes before the ghost Of tho murdered BAsouo
disturbed tho peace OF tho wicked Thane, but Il
came at last In thomidst Of his reyelry and etroub
led him" when he least expected tho glostly yiai-
tant THAppEus must not hope to esoape the
consequences Of his guilt. "It Is tho etcrnal law
that where guilt Is, sorrow shall answor t." and
somo day, not far distant, "tho ghost Of tho past
Constitution" may 30 harrow mp that portion OF
his conscience which ho has mot yet thrown TO tho
do'i as to disturb his nights md drive awpy all
siumbor nom his weary oyolids.
TIE PUFIsHlrzNT Of death has been sor over ban.
ished from the Portuguese code OF law by Tho
Chamber Of Deputies. What is hardly less worthy
OF reinark, tho Chamber passed the bill embody
Ing this groaI change, with only two dissenting
Votos It has long been tho tacit custom In Por.
tugal, not TO inAict the punishment OF death but
tho fact which Is notified by own embassy at Lis.
bon In Its last report that murders hayo decrcas-
cd under this mild resin,e-his had, OF course, a
great eject In producing 30 remarkable AN una.
nimisy. Portugal Is now added TO the List O,