The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-30

CURRENT TOPICS.

S"i otucEeu tno suppression OF Tho obnoxious arti-
cic. II was too lato to rcplaco IT, and tho f;azeRc
appeared with It's first two columns blank. This
ID tho natural result Of munarchicai form OF gov
crnmcnt, but wo hnvo experienced III dcspplic aud
arbitrary moasu:cs as tho above OIL moro than ono
occasion at tho hands Of tho military ronrcsonta-
tivos or Republican Government Willie Con.
GRovER waB in command Of this city, lie not only
suppressed this journal three tmos for daring to
criticiso somo fcw tyrannical movements eucli as
tho needless dissertation OF tho Roman Catholic bu
rying ground, which was pDrpctratod uu icr tho
pretonco that IL was absolutely necessary to run
limo OF earthworks directly through tho cemetory;
again, because wc protested in behalf of tho citi-
zcnB Of Savannah, against the dangerous hvbit
of storing powder antl ammunition in an
unguarilcd warehouse in tho heart OF Tho
city. For doing this wo wcro ordered,
not 10 suppress article, but TO permanently
coaBo tho publication of our journal. For during
10 charge o few drunken soldiers OF tho garrison
with improper conduct in tho public stroots, and
Insulting unarmed citizens, petty sarap, clothed
in tho sovereign power of provost marshal,
threatened to dcmoAh our establishment, AMI
give uB armed escort to tho grim basilo oh tho
oulsGirts Of our city. And to mako mattors still
moro interesting, so havo been informed upon au-
thority OF tho most roabIo. kind, that certain
u
of civilians day or two ago, generously intmatcd
that all newspaper people should bo sent out OF
Of tho country who dnro presume to question any
odiot issued in behalf OF tho royal feathers cf
pomp. For our part wo hnvo boon no accustomed
to those "ordcrs," warnings" ''thrcats "sup-
prcssons," ARRESTS" "imprisonnionty" and ''ban-
ishmonts," because of nm undue familiarity with
| conscience, pom, ink and papor-and oil dono IN
tho nnmo OF justice and frecdom-thnt thoy hnve
ceasod to havo any terror for US, and do not oven
possess tho attraction Of novelty. "I,anishcdl
What's baniBhod, but act FREQ from daily contact
with tho things 1 loatho."
| WINTER in tho Argosy corrects somo popular
| misapprohensions., Ho, says: :. .hero arc, per-
| haps, few subjects connected with tho BelgianB
upon which thoro s groater incIactness of Btate-
| mons with pooplo who havc not boon among
thom than upon tho Language of tho country. You
| hcar It commonly said that Flemish is tho in
| digenous language Of tho country, but Tint tho
nppor clasHos speak French. Now, in tho first
place. this statemont does not quite represent tho
fact; and, in tho second, people who adoptit have
not in general my very distinct idoa OF what thoy
mean by Flemish The truth is TINT Belgium
hns two indigenous languages. Speaking roughly,
| II you draw line across the mop from about
| Lilo to LEGO, tho indigenous language South of
tho limo s WALTON, old form Of Fronch, but ono
| which you cannot understand, although you mny
| understand Fronch and North of tho line tho
| indigenous language is what thoy very proper
ly call, not Flemish but Lo Neorlnndais- is-Nothcr-
| landish. say they very properly call il by
| this nanic, because IL is tho yame language
with only dialectic differences, rs that spoken
in Holland, which wo ordinarily call Dutch.
Eyory Belgian, then has ono or other OF these
his natsor .e &sJ5on @ or tho Notorandiah
| overy Belgian Of education, whother in tho north
| or the south, speaks Fronoh. Indeed in Brussels
itsolf Frcnch soomH to be tho ordinary Language
! adopted in tho better classes OF society: md
though tho constitution distinctly forbds tho o.
taollshmcnt by Inv of any particular language aB
tho vcrnncuar, French is practically tho language
OF tho government Further north Fronch does
not appear to hhro obtained quito tho aan,o foot
| ing among tho moro cultivated Bcctinns of tho
people, once was prcsent in tho north ut meet
ing Of committee consisting Of ono Of their Load
ing ecclesastics, most eminent artist, and well
known man Of lottors, and was surprised To f,ud
that they conducted thoir business in Netherlant.
inh. On my romnrking tho circumstance Ia tho
last named OF tho threp, and saying that expected
that polished mon would have copyorscd together
in French, hs replied that 10 them it was o maltor
adopted ono language and sometimes the other,
THE New York HERALD of Sunday contains tho
following briot statement OF tho situation in Eu-
rope: For the last fow days our cnblo news re-
garfing tho doinga of tho EInporors NApuI.Eos
and FRARc;s JOSEPH. Mt salzburg, has bccl,
strangely contradictory. All that wo do know for
certain is that the Emporors have met, that they
have taken into their gracious consideration the af
fairs OF the world generally giving attcntion n tho
affairs OF Europe in particular and that oil things
have been directed with special regard to
the supposed interests Of France This s tile sum
OF our substantial knowledge regarding tho doinea
OF this celebrated saizburg Cong,pss. Thcrp arc
Ho'no things, howevor, regarding this Congress-,
which, though &c have not had tam stated TO ia
in 80 many words, ii is perfectly safo TO infer ma
roIEoS has, by implication, declared himsolf hos
tilo to United Germany with Prussia at its head.
Tho breaeh botwccn Prussia md Franco is ,wilon.
cd. Tho entente cordiaic which evidently anbssts
bctwcon Franco and Austria, both in regard 10
Germany md tho East, will Tighten tho cords
which bind togothor Russia and Prusaia, Tim
pence OF Europo, as q natural and necessary copse
quence, is seriously imporillcd We nugur no good
from tho proposed interference Of FRAHc1s JOSEPH
~ tho matter OF North sohleswig. II might hayo
boon bottsr, too, IL tho Bmperors Ind boon silont
regarding mexico for many competent judgos nro
OF opinion that both Of them have had enough 81
Mexico in particular and Of the American continent
in general Europe never had before her morn
doubtful or moro perilous future. She ia abopt In
pass through q revolution OF the most sorious
character Fro it is ended We may see ALEXANDER
H. in Conatantinoplo and yIcroR EMANUEL, in
RoaE, and tho Herdids foars may bo iustilled IN
MoIico proving tho Moscow OF tho second French
empire. '5s
TEE FOLLOWING is an extract from tho tlofonro
OF suRRArT by Mr.. MEnHIoK, ono Of his counsel.
vindicating him from the ifnputatioh Oh having
virtually confessed his CUNT by flight from the
country. I'm onr judgment It is entitled to rank
with tho fineat specimen or forensic eloquonce on
record: "says tho District Attorney, BonaArr
has confessed his guilt by 1Isht--night from
mother over whoae head was impending such
aad fate. GentIomen OF the Jury, he knew not
OF her condition until she was exoouted.. or
about that time and when he got Tho
Information no WAS restrained by fore,
rom coming. This wo were ready to provo.
Fly What else could he do2 suspic,on n,
guilt in that day was certainty OF ,copyic-
sion. Military commissions wcro organized. mt
70 Try, but TO condsmp.y Who Of you would not
have hod If a reward had boon ofrsrod for your
hesd2 He saw his name In tho papcrs while In
Canads, and no fled. OF courso ho fed. Ho vont
from blazing country. He aed not from Justice
oup from 'a"ossnoss. Ho flod not from trial but
nom conviction and oppression. supposo In had
Deon mere, could he havo had trial7 Iyhy ,,,,t,