The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-30
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washington Ior Saying tnaI II ITO coluu Gct SoScral
,arrols Of gunpowdcr, lie would place them under
ho Capitol and blow il up, with a tho membcrs OF
Congress- in it, After hearing hoforoa Justice OF
ho Peace, no wns bailcd out for $500. to appear
whom wanted, md to behave well for Tho ,nriod of
six months. Tho testimony showed that &c had
served i'll tho United States navy and lis regarded
ns quiet anil peaceaDlo c:tzon By his neghbors.
Here is a caso for special Committee; and, il
Congress Ind not adjourned before the arrost was
made, wo suppose that ono would huvo bocn ap-
pointed, with power to tunmon witnesses, aud all
tho ether magnificent apparatus OF ceremony
which attaches to such committees There is no
telling how mnny persons might be implicated in
the bloodhirBty design OF this quiet aud pcnccable
cilizcn." Some connection might bo established |
botwocn him and "many officials high i'll public |
life-ccrtainly as close connection as tho special
committee OH tho LINCOLN assassination havo suc-
ceeded in making out. Tho South could easily bo
dragged in rs partner in tho intended crimo II is
a good lining for tho country That Congress had
adjourned; otiorwiso wo might havo had them sit
ting tho whole summer, frightened but apparently
horoic, ready 10 DO blown UP, without q moments
notice, by 'sorernl Tor moro) barrels Of gunpow-
DOR" prepared 10 offer themselves up q gigantic
holocaust upon tho altar of their country Thoy
would have remained in acssioi Just to lot thopco
plc know TINT thoy were not to bo scared of BY
Guy Fauxes, and also to improve tho occasion to,
administer fcw moro turns to that Radical scrow.
Wo fcol much indebted to SonnELL {such is tho
nnmo Of tho great auapectcd) That ho did not OK
prees his insane desire for "soyeral larreis Of gun
powder" for tho purpose nnmod at an earlier day.
THE NEW YonK Sun has an editorial headed
'sTurning over now Leaf" saying That although
two cars have passed since tho war ceased, no
In linn lncn fa In,
Of tho Southern States. II says this ID
| owing to tho fact that tho North and tho South
nvo porsialently refused TO pull tosohor. It asks
''Will tho inspect Of tho caBo DO any moro nm on
such circumstances Z" adding, s'Iimo enough has
been wasted, end this foolish quarrel should bo
continued no longer" Tho Sun continues: .Ulti-
matcy tho North and tho South must Join hands,
| and mnrch forward together, keeping stop to tlio
\ music OF tho Union. Thcy cannot permanently
bo cstrangcd, as they now are. Tho Siamcso twins
| aic not 30 closely boupd together in tbn flesh ns
| tho North end South aro in n,ntcrRl interests.
Then, why not coaso this hurtful wrnIgle on both
sides; md como together Mt onco, os good judg-
mont md common sense demand. Doth sides are
TO blanc for tho prcsont political oitanglonont.
Tho South is the nero blamcable, because it was
tho rash act OF thRL section which brought NIL tho
present trouble uron Tho country; but The North
i
pornting manner in which the extremists act upon
tho question Of reconstruction Whatoycr tho dc
gree OF culpabiIIty may be, however, it must bo ad-
mittcd that IL would bo better for both sidos and
tho country generally, il animosity woro now
| dropped, and its place supplied By that excellent
! Christian maxini-Charity toward NIL; maIice to-
ward mono. We havo had enough Of the past, let
it now bc forgotten 1t can do no good to gaao
upon or brood over it, and tho best policy is to
draw yoit over its dark sconcs, turn away, and
honceforth look only to the bright and happy fu-
| turc."
The Providence JOURNAL, published under tho
very shadow of Brown University, spcalss against
tho comforting of degrees by colleges. II says
| 'Somo colleges, no doubt, arn moro careful than
others, but oil aliIo seem to have combined
in pursuing courso TINT ronicrs these de-
grees as nearly worthless as possible. Tlo
Boards that confer them nro seldom capable Of
Judging of tho morits thoy profess to rccognize
and thoy usually distribute them according to
some personal faroritism or expectation of alyan.
tago, cither TO themselves or to tho college tloy
represent. The idea of simply bcstowing mori-
| tod honor on n worthy mnn in any professional or
literary wnlk i'll lilo very seldom onters tho minds
| OF those dispensers OF distinction. Thoy somo-
| benefit and thoy really DO almost anything elso
than encourage literary or professional merit; or
honor intellectual labor aervices Tor mankind.
faio college, some years ago. ceased to confor
tho honorary degroo of D. D., and Bomo othor
colleges have dispensed with oil honorary degrees
| anu confer only those which aro tho result OF tho
regular examinations. Wo arc only surprised that
in tho present condition Of society tho President OF
respectable college can hnye tho face 10 announce
such unmoaning and il-considored appendagcs in
connection with any honest name among his fel
low-men.
MR. c. PnzzI SMrTus new work in tllrco vol
un,es, containing IN account of his operations in
Egypt during tho first four months Of 1865, lust
published, has again directed attention TO tho
pyramids. HERoDo1Us, Srn4Ho, PLEJY and tho
Arabian writer's oil concurrcd in tho statement
TINT the Great Pyramid was originally covered
with white casing. For many years this state-
ment was not beloved, because no traces could DO
found. However,, in 1887, Colonel VYsE found two
casing stonos in stu. They wero Of white lime
stono from tho Mokattnm hills. As carly as tho
year 1000 the Kalih OF Egypt began to strip OF
this casing. The blocks, measuring eight feet by
nvo, woro used in building palaces mosoues and
bridges. Those which remained were near the
foundation and covered with sand at tho timo OF
tho devastation alluded to. They were cut 30
truo that cemont no thicker than ordinary paper
was required to join them. Tho true anglo Of tho
pyramids shape wrs determined by means Of tho
remaining casing; as measured by Professor
sMYTH 1t is 81 degrees 81 minutes 14.0 The base
OF tho pyramid is square, each side being 7G4
feet, and the original height of the pyramid was
4s6 feet bIr. JOHN TAYLOR was tho first to dis
cover that tho height bore tho samo relation to tic
sum OF two sides OF tho baso as tho diameter to
tho circumference OF circle.
h~.' --''- nrp arncn circulation ia bnsed 40
iafgely upon nickel, It may bo interesting 10 tie
reader to know something OF the locality and
character 0; tho mines whence this mineral ia taken
Tho fow facts about to bo quoted with to
thom nro takon from Ponnsylvania newspancr
published in tho vicinity OF the mines tho largost
OF which arc situated in that State t.Pourteep
miles from Lancaster, says tho journal in oucs.
ton, 'aro tho Gap mines and Hmoting works.
Ihese minos wore discovered many years a.o. md
about tho timo Of tho Revolutionary war wero
worked Tor copper, but woro soon abandoned. tho
crndo machinery Of that period being ilI-adaptcd
10 working them profitably. Two generations Ind
passed away, and tho circumstances had boon
forgotton, whom about fifteen years ago tho minos
wero rooponed by company of capitalists from
philadelphia since which thoy hayo beon ste,l;,v