The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

nlniost. oyory human heart morbid curiosity to
know all nboul other rcuplo's businesB and this
not worry hudablo craving is highly gratInod nL tho
long lists Of "incoinos Of solid mon" Of this and
that place. Tho ignorant mass aro doubtless
gullcd BY thcao oclyphal exhibits. Wo aucstion
thoir reliability, frst, bccauso II is notorious fact
that newspaper correspondents, in search OF aomo-
thing sensational, sit down and, giving full rein TO
thoir forto fancy, manufacture thoso lists by tho
ynrdi aud secondly, because there ia reason to bo-
ltoro, not from apys ntormation Mo,: bavo on tho
subject, but from Inherent probabilities that even
tho authoato copies Of Tho official records cali
cnlated to miRiead. Thono: who havo nothing to
gein by having ths amount OF their INCOMES blaHs
opcd abroad, will always DO tempted to retdrI't
smallest possible amonnt' compatible with their
conscience, or with tho viGinnco Of tho Assessor;
whilo those who nro In tho "adyertising limo" pur-
Huo contrary course, in no need OF dreadnR on. :
cial scrutiny, and readily quoting tho inward mou,
tor by tho salyo Of tho yelrmposed, 30 to spoak gu
pererogatory taI. Thus wo road Of RIouAnp COMMA,
Of tho snow York Dcttor, oyory whero adysStising
ls income return Of 5000, ,000-doubtloss charging
tho 900 intornR revenue tnr TO tho advertising
account on tho ledger. These gross misstatemente
arc Of course exceptional, and the judioous stats
tican and political economist can gain yalusble in
formation from thoso roturnB..i- MnGt moro intcr-
eating than tho long array OF 'solid mon aro little
abstracts like tho following: Tho Lowell (hass.)
Courier says: SIN looking oror tho income re-
turns for Lowell 8e find the nanes OF ninoteon
lawyers, Hixteon physicians and thirteea clergy.
mon who roturnod an income Of $1,000 and over in
1906 Adding to tho $1,000 e1omptod nom taxation,
and VIC find tho ninoteonlawyus had en- aggregate
income Of $4S, ,079 or s2,2G7 each; sixteen ply IL
clans returned altogether *Ss, ,12S, an average OF
s2257-only about ton dollars behind tho disciples
of BLAoKsroSE, showing that there is little CHOICE
80 far nB Lowell 10 concerned between tho law and
physic for o profession. THE thirteen olorgymen
returned an aggregate Of sa4, ,s7h an average OF
| 81 ,875- nearly fnur, huudred dollars behind tho
iawyors and physicians" i,
| BosroH Is A HIGHLY Christian city, almost a.
much 30 as Now York. Tho Into anniversaries
hnve given us the returns Of the inoomes Of the
various religious socetos Of that city during the
past yoar. They amount 10 total OF g. 26s, ,o2s.
Tho largest part OF this sum ($259, ,000) was con-
trbuted TO tho American Missionary Association;
tho next largest t$l6Oooo) to tho Boston branch
Of the American Tract Society. The American
Pcaco Society, species OF Pickwiok club, collected
SS71, barely enough to defray the expenses Of Of
ace ront, stationery brandy and scgara. Tho Amor
lean Education Society reports sl9, ,572; the Massa-
cluaetts Colonization Society $S. .So7.t Tho Masss-
ohusotts Evangelical Society only collected SITS;
and the Society for Propagating tho Gospel among
Indians 1885. Tho last named amount, we pro
sumo, will bo turned over to the @. M Depart
rnent OF tho West, ind Will bo paid out only upon
4 dra rs, countorsignod By Gen. WnL1AM TDoGMsEn
| SHERMAN, who instead Of going to Jorioho and
studying the remains Of tho Cansanitca beyond
tho Jordan, hos altered his Inns and ontero! on
dn investigation Of the ye1ed old question whether
Or not tho Indians identical with tho Ton Lost
Tribes. I,'s ,',salar: !; i,
| 80 b sn!s- W.-. 60 az e! ,Sii' ..!.
PEAT on TuRy, as an article OF flol, has hitherto
bcen scarcely heard OF In this country. Many OF
pnr' readers may have some vague notion OF it's
j composition, ind as nm article invariably aaso.
Siatcd with Irish bogs, bnt hothipg beyond that.
Specimens Of tnrf have recently been exhibited In
Richmond, ya., from. tho Dismal Swamp. ten rnilos
from Norfolk. This. turf consists Of thu patipe
foil Of TINT precinct passed Through rollers, and
moulded and made in o machine iust ss bricks ara
ind thon dried by enpoanpo to tho air and sum-, Il
scarooly onecesshry;to say that this peat lei de.
composed vegetable matter, lights 4uiokiy, burni
brightly, lind lea9ss straw co1ofed ashes. 81 The
4 Poat works IN tho Dismal swamp nre otwndd By i
New York frm who propose TO 'gS into active
shortly, and pEepard It on an extensive
tcae. ~ "a aaid that his peat has ,becn found
valuable ~ fuel ipr col works. In Ireland this
spccios OF soil, found In tho bogs, is denominsted
paat apd after it is cut dried and adapted for pur-
poses Of fuel it receives The name OF turf Tins
you dig peat, but you burn turf L. I'd; ,s.i ...r
sH@s"'-i :" --.-a ri, ;is' .t,s wrongs oi
Wounahin No briefly referred TO ah fntafSstin4 book
on this subject recehtly published BY Hrs. DnL:
Tho following ''remedy" proposed By Fer i.
Worthy OF confederation - 'STho result Of a great
deal ot reading OF great many Law books IN only
this that We arc noro firmly convinced than ever
Hal Il p
from the statute-booI Of whatever recognizes dis.
|tnpiops Of ssr, You Yh should mako vonsI, in tho
oye of tho Law, what sho hos always been IN the
lioyo Of God a responsible human being and mako
laws which such beings, male OF femaie can ,obay.
How should rejoinatos Bne large Lowell mill
I|wholly ownod and managed by women o,What. Is
to- mako IL p6ssibS7 7-onIy Tint the moochpftd
woinen df weElth and ranHat this smonent f1i the
Commonwealtf3 biould combine To- buld. OF btiy
such d mill snppSs6 it IWefl managed 1epfcsentI
ing ultimately q million ~ doiiaf8 40 ty9u bGNbYS
it would long roniain without Political fif fpoSearf
Just as tho tcaty<. trado Of UpsI demanded !tho
franchise for Ats: pighty-o9o. .wqmonn SO would Tho
!oWeH mD.2:E ,: 10 sGo =: *. 10 :s7.a-.ro, y, ~
h"S ~ -t''g"r sa; "ri-...' ,:,ss iircw h.a 90 !.
'THR NEW YoRK 'O6ri,neroidi (TRuRIow wrtD);:
which has usually backed up The Southern tdili-
tary commanders in almost everything they have
done, wsk9s q vry mouth over General sIEafDih ih's
remaysl, el the Leaifaiasaa is Governor. II says :
However, much the people Of Louisiana may bo
dissatisfied with WELLS, they viii not think any
moro OF the depafth8nF t6fnmAnder, he ahal
haye: appeared r. be Influenced BY peFsonal mo-
tives and yielded: to, passion The h1a' Generals
haye 1t in their power to contribute i1ary much to
q fstinion fn h6s as aSn asH hnamepby displaying
good t1udgment and aToidiHg an hetA of. an Itrta.
ting chnfaotefI Oh tfBi ti Az nsf eS,l