The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-05
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SuarsKn IN a groat man, and maketh great t. G.
1one) speeches Whom DEXosTHEsEs spoke against
asoRlSEs ION tho Crown" no mado mighty
and long speech. 6uMNEa Is great atmirer OF
DEMosrHEsEs, disdalns not on suitable occasions
TO appropriate extensively from those classic
pages showing his good taste, for from whom
better could ho steal than from this groat orator Of
Grecoo Z And Is not It meet that the great Atho-
nian OF tho new world should fall hoir to all tho
good and hne things Of tho great Athonian Of tho
old world2 Dir. SUMNER mado q great speech on
Russian Amcriea, and large AZ that torritory is
hIr. SUMMERS speech is enid Z" covor tho whole
ground" Th9 New York Times says:'" "Wo haTo
received proofs OF Mr.. sUARKR's speech about
which wo have lately heard 30 much, the Co.'S
sion OF Russian Amorics. II is ofstupondouH size,
and is dpubtloss tho best account In ezistenoo OF
the subject in question. It begins with tho dis
corcry OF tho country, by the navigator BrnHtNo,
| and goes down to the treaty Of annexation. 1t Ia
illustrated by humorous classical and poeical quo
| tstGns-by scraps from CICERO, WEDsrER, MIL
| TON, BYnoS CAMPBELL, GoETHn. and numberloss
othors only less great. 1t offers us hints in men,
tai philosophy, botany, rninorology and informs
tionnl law. All persons Interested in these col
lateral topics or in our now acquisition Of Russian
America, will doubtless tbe anxious to 300 tho
| spoeoh Wo regret That its longth renders II i'm
| possible to Ryo 1t to readers. It would fill
something liko sixty columns, and tho Tines con-
tains but afty-sI.
Mr.. GREELEY ID certainly putting WBNpE1L Pmu-
LIPS in rather tight spot, in Wow OF the latters
| ychemont douunciations OF tho rolcasa OF JErP.
DAVIS. Tho Tribune quotes declarations from
speochos Of Mr. PHILLIPs, running back for two
years past, in which he scouts and lcofs tho idoa
OF hanging DAVIS. In May, 1865, ho declared that
/ L.. IL I-,l n
till he feared his lfo." In, October ho said "thoy
might act all tho trnitors hoo, il they would only
onfranchise the bIaoks." In February. 1866, no
said tho time had passed for pInishing traitors,
| and in October no said he did not oaro what bo-
| camo Of DAv1s-ho "was Older thnn tho ARK; the
question Of his punishment id ono that landed on
Mount Ararat." Those declarations are certainly
in very strong and striking contrast with what he
is saying now on tho Same subjoot.
THE RADICALS arc wildly Mt variance In regard
TO tho reonnt opinion OF Mr.. STANsbERRY, thst ono
years residence" " required by tho law qualh-
cation for voters, need not be neIt preceding tho
election. This arises from doubts as to tho ad-
vantagcs Of auch an Interpretation. Tho Philadcl-
phia North Ameraca7 says Of those who object TO
it, that "tho most remarkable oversight OF these
fAult-lnders is in forgetting TINT the whole mass
Of tho freedmen, owning nj lands, houses, house
hold goods, or personal property, haro lnborod
under the disadvantage OF having no permanent
home, thoy could call their own. Aroady wo
have noticed sly hints at tho South that thou
aands Of thon would bo unnblo to vote by reason
| OF tho restdcnco clause"
"Ho who fights and runs away" etc. This limo
iB scarcely applicable to the subject in hand viz
tho Hon. WIZ. D. KELLY, who indeed and in truth
1 did run away, but who had mover fought at all A
Mobile pnpor delivers itsolf on this unpleasant
topic in the following language: ''Tho proPrietors
OF that very truthful and candid Shoot Hafper's
". ek7Y, have adorned thor last ISSUE with pic
ture OF WM. D. KELLY, formerly known as Dill
KELLY, standing before IN angry mob at Mobile,
ready to offcr up his unsavory body as sacrifice.
calmness and resignation aro pictured upon his
countennncc, his 'eyes aro upturhed to Heaven!
whilo his hr odB are extended as though he was in
the act Of bcstowig upon the public loving bene-
diotion. This muy bo very dramatic to look upon,
apd serve to round out an artistic fancy, but the
fnots in the caso spoil the romsnoe entirely, KELLY
did not stand up calm and dgniaed, but .on tile
contrary, ut tho frat intimnton of riot, jumped
from thoi platform and took to. lis heels barc-
hoAded and deet-footsd. Ho never paussd until
he had reached a hotel, aud having looked and
boltod hirhscH In room, finally Jontured to thrust
his invasive head out Of tho window and inquire II
tho.o was v! anybody !, hurt. N r :"
THR N1u ORLEANS Crescent brings us tho fol.
lowing synopsis Of good colored speech 'Iho
most practical speech made in Lafayette Square
Thnraasz night Vas y tthbs eeQlaSsat Isl iG.n
though slow at the commencement, the old man
warmed into strain Of feryor, humor nnd common
Honse, which hold largo and miSed audience until
lato hour. His advice to his oolorod brethren
was IN most respects sound and unobt Objectionable
He warned them against tho advice Of mon who
urged them 70 Giai too many social prorogatiycs
He advised them TO be slow in pressing claims
which werey unwillingly conceded, and TO. abandon
the idea that Congress could olovate thom unless
thoy assisted in the work Themselves. He also ad-
vised them to abandon tho iden that the lands Of
| ther old masters were to be divided among the
blacks; and, speaking Jr Tho negroes, he wished
to assure tho whte people thst tho black man
meant him. II one niger stolo sheep, It WAS no
sign that all nigsefs would stcal.'s -. a :
TIE SOUTHERN FANNIE RK11EF Cosn1ss1os Of
Now York, in acknowledging further contribution
OF ss1oi I'm gold from California, state that tho u
8. storeship Purbtyor. J. n: sIArsos com
mandor, will sail for Charleston Savannah and
Mobile, with *, 900 bushels Of corn on Tuesday!
4thi inst. Tho Purpeyor arrived at NewYotN on her
return from her lrst trip under the direction OF
tho Comniasion, on saturda, ayoning, bfAy as,
and would have started on her second trip last
Saturday were H. no, for an accident to her rndder
which is the cause VI her four. days, detention,
Tho officers of tho Purueyor say that uorIis can
not cypress the deep feeling Of thankfulnoas with
which tho former cargo Of coin was received by
lilo people Of Georgia and Alabama Their in-
diridual reception at ssyarnsh and Mobile WAS
tridnphal.' She did not 60 to Charleston upon
her frat voyage. Tho Commission have recently
distributed $1,000 copies Of circular, 'Ia.or
facts about tho Famine" Al mine. ss. y. ,i3 r.s.
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PnoF. NEWTON, Of Tale College, in recent paper
on the Meteotio Showers states tho discovery Of
relation betweon tho snnua1 moteorioo showers of
August snd November and two periodical comets
one discovered by TGrTL1, 1t Cambridge, in 1862
md one by TEMPEI. at Aafasilles, In 1856. When
calculating, from daia supplied by accurate obsor-
vations Of these late Showers, the elements Of tho
medjal orbitof oach of those Two meteprio streams
t is found, most surprisingly, that tho elements
OF tho August shower almost exactly coinaide with
the clements OF TurT1x's comet, and this elements
OF tho November shower with the elements OF TKN-;