The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-20
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art, Ia which IL IL devoted; by ila couIn opoIitan
spirit wliicl, does iiot find in local projuccs tho
norms Of Justice and tasto; by It's good brocding.
its fcarlcssnuss and by tho learning and wit which
marks It's discussions. 1t has fairly earned tho
kindly interest OF tho cultivated classcs or tho
whole country. To our pcoplo it is specially ro-
commended by tho fact that II giYos but little
space to political subjects, and mono at all to tho
prevailing ungonorous method Of treating thon,.
Tho fault wo hayo to point ont in tho Round TI5lo
Ill is character OF journal Of literature is TINT Il
| sacrifices to tho expression Of opinions much OF
| tho space which might, moro pro1tably to itscli
and 70 others, bo Hiycn to tho narration Of facts
AT present, two or threo columns In each number
| aro givon to statomont OF tho principles, md q
calculation OF tho prospects OF Raticalism in Eng
land, by clover, sfid, 10 suppose expensive cor
\ respondent. Tho samo columns could DO put to q
| bottor purpose. Tllcro great many OF us in
this country who dcsiro to know something OF the
contemporary literature OF England, Franco and
| Germany, but who havo not access to tho literary
papors OF those countries. Tho Round Table
would supply great want OF it's general fcadors
ifit would undertake to givo this information even
| upon tho most moderate scalo Tho Saturday r,
rieto doyotos several pages ovory week to this do
pnrtmcnt, and thouTh aftor oil, it givcs but q
brof insight into foreign literature il supplies tho
want as vol as could DO reasonably expected from
| nn English journal on general literature. As an
illustration OF tho tardiness with which foreign
! books nro noticed in tho Round 1hbtc, wo Gnd an
| elaborate and npprcciativo notioo OF AuEnpAon's
ION tho Heights" in the number for Last saturday
tho first. il wo mistake not, wo ayo acon In tha.
paper-whilo thcro waa roview of tho original Of
this charming story III tho North british Reoicto
for Dccombur, 1866. This is certainly bcing somo-
what bohind tho timos.
Mn. DELMAR, Chief Of tho "statistical Bureau, n
has complimontcd tho country (nnd kimsolD on
tho happy oxpcdiOnt upon which il was his good
fortune to light in saving tho country tho expense
OF tho naxt ccnsua, and procuring all tho nocossa-
ry informn.on FREQ OF cost, through tho officials
Of tho informal Revenue Bureau. Whom VIC first
Hnw tEiH announcement wo wondered somewhat
that this BtupondouB task had been SO quietly ac-
complishcd. Wo all know something OF the big
job it is to tako census; how long timo and how
much trouble it takos Yet, hero wo gro told, this
work OF years was done in fow weeks md all
without any ono's knowing anything about It..
Wint means tho Assistant Assossors OF informal
lsovonuc hnvo for making accurate census roturns
VIC could not understand. They havo only lists OF
taxpayers, and those not worry complete. Arc wo
to understand that property is hereafter TO conHt
tutc populntion2 This s hardly compatible with
our now institution OF universal SUFFRAGE Mr.
DELMAR's liguros, wo fear, arc not worry reliable.
Below wo givo tho statomcnt Of ono assistant ns-
SCISSORS experience OF consus-tnking. Othors may
lnvo counted noses with great accuracy, but it is
but natural to suppose that good deal OF tho lnto
"choap' consus il fancy, and at lcnst part Of it
guoss-w Jrk. But Bco tho account OF tho editor OF
tho Grand Haven (Mich.) Union, latcly an Assist
ant Assessor in tho Fourth Michigan District:
"Wo not 10 DO paid for going through our
ittai or,l 4 Ifo fI,n
NO did not do 1t. Wo work partly for living, and
not altogether for tho fun OF it, nnL as Co esti-
mating tho population Of thirteen towns and ono
city, without regard to tho oonsus roturns, wo did
not possess enough o. omniscienco TO trust our
selves with it. So quietly and sobcrly sat down,
md, taking tho lost consus for basis, we osti-
mated tho advance Of oach town in our division IN
population since That tinlo. II wo got within ak
rows OF apple troes of tho truth, it is wonder
This consus was indeed quietly takon.
THE RIcnMoND Whtg, spoaking OF registration
and tho duty OF Tho people Of Virginia in regard to
it, has the following worry aonslblo romarks: "Con-
gross rules tho Government, and tho Republican
PARTY rulcs Congress. Tint party wo therefore
have 10 convince, satsfy and concliate. No otLor
party has, or ii likely to have. power oyor US. II
va sock to satisfy any other party to carry ont
views and moeting tho emotions Of tho dominant
party, wo will inevitably fail in wat no desire to ac-
com lis, viz: tho rehabilitation OF tho slato Wo
therefore admoniB tho poopo OF Virginia to bo cir
cnmspcct, cautious md wso, md 10 approach the
great subject boforo thom with 81 nr hoats and
cool tompers, aud doal with Il as tho eroat
business nffhir upon which all othor buBnnss
affairs aro dependent, making up thoir minds
80 to act in reference to it ns to secure and pro
moto tho present and future wofaro OF this nlict-
cd commonwealth. Aro wo prepared to bocomo
unconditional Union mcn7 Arc no prepared for
tho present to waivo tho high seals and to be oon-
tent to corporate in tho work Of reconstruction,
30 as to socuro q State Government that will pro-
sect Ms. md 10 DO Admitted into participation in
the advantages OF tho Federal Government, or will
NO determine to engage in hopeless, cxasperat-
ing and suicidal contest with Congroas and tho
dominant partyf II wo should organize against
thom md outvoto them at tho approaching 'oloo-
tions, would not our victory bo our ruin7 Those
arc questions for our people not only to consider
but docido. and that speedily.
THE TWELFTH ANNUAL convention Of tho Youne
Mons Christian Association of tho United States
and British Provinces, says tile Baltimore SUI,
OF Saturday, will bo held ut Montreal, from
tho 10Th to tho 25th instant. Delegates from
NasnV1llc, Potorsbnr8, Louisville, Charlottes-
villo, Lynchburg, Alexandria, Cincinnati, Wheel.
ing, and other places in tho West and South
wcst, hayo boon invited TO como this way and
be tho guests OF tho 'Yonng Mems Christian
Association Of Baltimore" I" and quite number of
them nre expected hore to-day. It is stated thnt
mombcrs from the South will be- cordially received,
not only horo, but In Philadelphia, New York, iAl-
bany and othor places on tho route !; also at Mon
trcai. Throo delegates, wo believe, hayo gone
from this city, DR.. s. G. BnowN, v. O. DmDLE,
Esq, and Capt. CnrouEsTEn. Thoy LOFT on satur-
day last. Thoy arc among tho first Southern
delegates that bavo gone 30 far North to Join In
national reunion, snco tho beginning Of tho war.
Wo are glad to BIO nblo to chronicle such happy
oyont, and hopo that thoro mny DO hequont rope
titions OF such occasions, now that the country
is ono again. Wo have right to look TO religious
and charitable associations to lead tho way in tho
work Of ro-cssablishing frondly relations betwoon
tho lRtely hostile sections. Tho Young Mons
Christian Association, far as wo know, has boon
truo to its mission, and mingled little, nt all,
olthor North or solth, in the angry SEQ OF SOC
tionsl strifo or party politics.. ~
sAYs GENERAL. BuTIKn: els IL not self.eyi-
dent, political truth, whore tho land is held in
large tracts by tho employer, and to bo titled by
til, employee thero can bo no just and true fold
for tho oxercBe of ropu ubIicAn cItioanali, knatI