The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-01
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zcl,f has our hearty endorsement, md III published
for the benefit Of all whom il may concern: GLOW
many husbands rca their wives with constant
aml tender care for their harpincss2 How many
WHO ,o mol make IL unpleasant for their wives Ia
| ask fur muncy2 How many who do not sllr,,g
tcIr shoulders whan trip To The sea a-slluro aud
mountain il mentioned? How many WHO do not
return from their business nj night cross nIul dis
| ngrccablc2 How manly husbands who spring to
tlcir Feet whenever tlloro is opportunity to save
| step Tor the wife? How many who seek daily
| and hourly 10 add To the happiness OF tic one
whose Happiness they lavo declared to bc 70 cs-
| Bcntial TO their OWN? How many wllo do not be-
SrndSe the expense Uf servants, vino think To take
| home tho lIttlu appliances that mako house,
/ wifcs work light, wlio plan FOR rccrcations ar1
nmusemcnls, who praise tho tasio and care
which make for them attractive u homo
How many husbands could pass tho test of
| Undergraduates like thcsc2 The fact is, sis
| mcu out Of ton treat their wives shameful
| Instead of that tenderness for her wllcl,
marked Tho first burst Of their interest. they
arc apt To ha -FOUR, petnlout and imperiuus.
| They mako lttlo Cso than slaves of their wives
| They compel thom 10 ask for money; tllry feel
| that they must frown down every plan for pleas
rro anil, least Of ul, think TO speak in praise
of that which tho wio las lonr for their larpi-
ness. The livc.Uf most husbands are one long
| ti"lu w Ullu lNtS nfO
| blind To tho happiness OF tho whose lie is to
them mover failing joy and inspiration. In many
cases they ulc more courteous and pleasant to tlc
wives of tllcr ncghbors than 10 their own. There
| never was y who did too much for tho huppi-
| ness OF woman, and mover did man devote his
| thought and caro- 10 tho tastes of truo woman
WHO did not reap rich hnrycst i'm return. II B
| because wives slEhcd and neglected that
homes made so unpleasant. Women losc all
! heart and drag ont sad and unpleasant lives Mon
who promised all SORTS Of good things, tlIn upon
their reiterated VOWS antl crush tho hopo and heart
OF life that might be to them a never failing
| source Of JOY.
mas tho following: "ln tho Chronicle, OF this morn
ing, is an extract from The testimony Of an alleged
member of President tthcn Govornor) JouNsoss
atafl, given before the Impeachment Committee
Among other things, IL alleges that q certain
woman accompanied Mr.. JouNsoNa party, stopping
| at tho Metropolitan Hotel, aud occupied n room
adjoining his, which is satcd to have bcon No. 1872
Hero was opportunity to tcs; tho accuracy Of all
| alleged scandal which wo could not resist. wo
have made careful inspection of thu hooks of tho
metropolitan Hotel. Tl.oy show that President
JOHNSON arrived theie tito 1st of March; that
llo occupied room 1885, not 1872 on tho second floor;
that OH ono Bido of him his staff alll Oh the
other vacant public parlor; that fcmac uc-
companicd his party; that tho hou, 20 was very
| much crowded, with no room for single females;
| that every room that floor WAS occi,-
| pied then, and for ton weeks before, and
after his departure by wcll-known, uncxccptona-
bio parties; that for tho samo period during which
| our examination extended thcro were no single
women arriving at tho hotel Mt nil except those
who were of party Of unassaablc character. We
kbnrnE
story is fabricated and utterly without folthdation;
and wo want to know if, by slautlcrs which have
nothing to do.with mans pubic acts, il is pro-
posed to furnish ground Of assault upon him
for his performance OF his public dutics2 We
never understood, AMI wo hopo to be able to
understand willy what III slandcr when uttered
| against private citizen should bc tolerated when
uttered against public character; and as n eit-
| zen of the United States who respects tho dignity
of tho onice of the Chief Magistrate, wc protest
against this and NIL other efforts la soil nntr,ltl-
fully Tho fair fdmc OF The Executive Of the people
The RALFIau STANDARD says: "Wo learn that
| tho suffering in Union county, in this Slate, il
very grclt. Tho crops in that county last year
were cut off by the drout,. The people OF Union
| have been relieved 10 somo extent tho Mary
| lnnd contribution, and tho contribution made in
Washington City. But We learn that all officer uf tho
lureau, WHO has carefully inquired into their con-
dition by order of General MILES, reports sonln
soven hundred persons totally destitute aud Of
| courao in starving condition. Wc learn that
Colonel CHURn, who hns charge oil tho Burcan
| during tho temporary absence of General MILES
has sent largo quantity OF corn and pork to Union
| to DO distributed among tho poor; and tho COM
| mittcc having in charge the Boston fund hayo
| appropriated tho snm OF 5000 TO tic county. This
| Hnn, oab bnnY anpf Ia n to IT,
| will apply il mainly to tho sick, tho iniirm and
tho aged, MS il il believed the Government will
furnish enough meat and bread for tho great body
OF tho suffering population. WILLIAM GRAY, Esq,
ncting for Tho benevolent people of Boston, has
recently notified General MILES, Colonel PULIIA,r,
and W. w. HOLDEN, that no has been authorized
to ntld tho snm Of s2l00 to the Boston gift max
ing in al! s9100 donated by lilo Boston people
through this channel for tho relief of tho poor in
this State. But $4,000 oftls amount have thus far
beon actually expended; but tho committee after
duo consideration, having heard from various
parts OF tho State, havo appropriated tho bulk of
tho fund to such localities rs seem to bo most in
wnnt.
"IirE NEIoN OF LAW is tho titlo Of an ablo |
and worry interesting treatise, by tho Duko of Ar
gyl, Which hns excited considerable attention i'm
Europe. IT. main object Is to show that tho reign
OF lnw-i that inYnriablo ordor or those persist
ont forces which scionco delights to contemplate
is by no means Incompatible with tho bouf i'll an |
ovcrruling and croativo Intelligence. Tho main |
proposition OF tho author is that mind not matter
or tho forces called material, should bc considered
as tho primcyal powor in tho universe. And this |
TO most men moods but properly DO stated to find
ready acceptance. In tho ordor Of scicnco, wo |
commence with tho simple and lead onward to tho |
complex, but when, ut any epoch scionco pIosonts
to us such ,ohoc, such cosmos, it has been ablo
to conceive, tho conviction Immediately follows |
that this whole existed Thought or Idea boforo
it was developed reality OF space aud tIn,e |
The authors conception Of creation is somowhnt
ns follows: Tie magines, in tho frat place. certain
immutabe forccs, established, OF course, by the |
Creator, and thon seos nm ncessant play OF that |
mental operation wo call contriynnce in adjusting
or combining those forcos for givon purposes. Tho
analogy betwcon human contrivnnce and tho pro-
cess which aeems to havo boon that OF creation,
lies at tho Easis of most OF works OIL natural
theology. What is pcculior in tho prosont work il