The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-13
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GEORGE DRAKE, of the Union Springs (Ala:a
Times, and Mr.. TnADDEUs STEVENS. We at
tached no Importance to the document, and d!d
not publish it in the NEWS. We knew ME-;
DRAKE very we'll during the war. He was
member of the Third Alabama Regiment, anu
fought bravely during the first two years OF
the war, when his health gave way and COM
| pelled him to take "details for light duty" At
the close of the war he was clerk in General
BRAoa's Office in Richmond. Though North
ern man by birth, his sympathtes are alto
gether Southern; and, as will be seen by the
following extract from the New York Herald,
detailing an interview between one OF Its re-
porters and Mr.. STEVENS, the latter did
| not relish Mr.. DRAKE's catechizing: 81 an
frequently annoyed by persons whom do not
desire to see, and who have no right to trouble
me with their presence. Not many days ago,
Southern editor, as he called himself, in man
ner forced his way into my DOM in company
with citizen whose society never voluntarily
seek, by following the servant who brought his
card up to me, before I had time to decide
| whether would see him or not. In an impe-
rious manner he put question after question to
me, although told him my health would not
permit me to receive visitors at that time; and
because kindly answered few he continued
in his lawyer-like cross-examination until
arose and informed him that found 1t neces-
sary to retire to bed Even then he followed
me up with other questions, and 1 see by
Philadelphia paper that he has published
long rigmarole about his interview, containing
a few words of truth and great deal of imagl-
nation"
For ABOUT SEVEN weeks-till the lst of Sep
tember-ssys the Boston Post-most of the
fashionable churches will be closed. Yesterday
| closed the season at quite number OF them.
The wealthy members are in Europe or at the
watering places, and the pastors, poor, under
paid and overworked souls that they are, must
have holiday too. No one complains Of that.
! The pastors need fresh air as much as anybody,
and few weeks spent where one may hnd
.sermons in stones, books in the running
brooks, and good in everything" may take
some Of the cobwebs out of their brains and
put some christianity in. But what commen-
tary on our high civilization it is, that our
places of worship are closed just because the
fashionable communicates are out of town.
There is not one of them that could not be filled
three times every Sunday, even in the warmest
weather, if the middle classes-not the poor
who must stay in town all summer because
they cannot afford to leave it, were cordially
invited to their pews. But they are not invi-
ted on the contrary, they are repelled, driven
into religious indifferentism, by the fashion
able standard in vogue in three-fourths OF the
churches. Laboring people cannot pay as
much for pew rent as many Of them pay for
house rent; they cannot 60 to church in
coaches, and diamonds, and rustling silks, and
fine broadcloth they do not like to be the sub
jects of supercillious notice, even in church;
they have feelings, and it hurts them to be
treated like beggars rather than brethren.
These are some Of the reasons why over two
thirds Of the population of New York never
attend church. The churches are for wealthy
and fashionable people; the streets, the parks
and the broad air Of heaven for the poor It's
NO wonder that eight millions of people in the
United States are, virtually, infdels.
The Boletin Official, Of Matamoros, Of the
26th, publishes the following letter, which Ell
Nezieano says is understood to have been writ
ten by JuAREs himself to BERIosABEL: "The
trial Of MACMILLAN, MIRAhoN and MEJIA ter
minated; and; AZ was to be expected, the ooun-
oil of war has condemned them to death. No
tice Of the sentence was given them yesterday
at 1, and EsooBEDo ordered the execution to
take place st 8 in the evening. The Baron
MAaNus, who had been Minister of Prussia,
near MACMILLAN, and Senores RIvA PALAoIo
and MARrINRz DE- La ToRRE, having received
telegram from Querstaro informing them as to
the hour Of execution, made application to the
Government fer suspension, so that the con-
demned persons might have time to make their
testamentsry dispositions, for which the time
was too short The Government, which has
been anxious all along to temper justice with
clemency, suspended the execution until Mon
day next, SO a. to give Baron MAaNus time to
arrive before the execution. The sentence has
been pronounced and is irrevooable. All
means have been tried to procure the favor of
the Government for the condemned, but in vain.
To all such the Government has replied with q
simple negative. All efforts are useless to
avoid the law, which will be applied without
remission. By the leisurely course Of the pro-
eeedings, and the various concessions made to
MAMMALIAN and his associates, the Govern
ment has tried to show the world that it has
not been urged by passion, but by its con
science, to solemn duty, however weighty.
The death, therefore, of MAMMALIAN, MIRA
NON snd META is decided upon, and they must
expiate their crimes. The whole world is
about to be shaken, and Mexico will be raised
to lofty height in the consideration and re-
spect Of the world"
THAp. STEVENS is rather severe on his col
leagues. In the interview he recently had
with the New York Herald's reporter, speaking
of the reason Of the incompleteness Of the Re-
construction Acts, passed in February and
March, he says: "The fact is, Congress had,
as usual, become thoroughly demoralized
Some members had their wives at Washington
and their women at home, and others their wo-
men at Washington and their wives at heme,
aud it was impossible to keep them together.
The bill was not all that we wanted, but it was
the best we could get, and 30 we passed it. At
first it was proposed that Congress should it
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