The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-28
CURRENT TOPICS.


Tho London Spectator reports r,,nor that Mr.
SEWARD is negotiating for tho purchaso OF all
British America from tho Pole TO forty dcgreas
north latitude, and from tho Pacific to tho
Canadns;" and Loid STAEI EY 10 said not TO bo
averse to such a transfer. Tho Spectator tbcro-
upon remarks: "If Dir. SEWARD has made any
such ofor, wo trust Lord STANLEY will romombor
that the owner Of tho American Pacific seaboard
will always be tho most formidable onomy India
could have" Whother not thore is any truth in
this rumor, IL ia Of course impossible to say. Wo
surmso, however, that it ia nothing more than
cdndrd Since tho Russian purchase all tho wits
In Yankeedom, and. it would seom, some evon out
sido the pale, hsvc been at work. conjuring ND now
plantations, to bo bid of by Mr.. SEWARD. To bo
Hnre, There is somo oxcuae for his coSoiing tho
West Pacific coast, for no wants tho right Of way
to walrussia.
Sunday was a very hot day, and Yesterday more
30. or this, however, wo have no right TO CON-
plain, as thia has unquestionably been ,of the
lnngeat and iato't springs wo hnvo e. known
While this has given dwollers in tho ,..y vory
agreeAb atmospheric condition, wo fear our cou,,-
try friends aro not equally contented for while tho
nights were cold, and thus retarded tho growth Of
the infant cotton plant, tho grass, thanks TO the
copious and frequently recurring showers. has not
suffered under aimilnr arrest Of development;
and wo nro in daily expectation Of receiving long
lotters from tho iutorirr full Of loud lamonts and
er1sting with the wofu Wit about ino DROPS Of hay
N tho cotton folds, and covert alIusions 10 sn.ko
oites and other kindred subjects, we'll known to
our cotton planters, for havo thoy not boon the
regularly recurring thomes Of wit we'll worn overy
summer during tho last ton dcoades2
General DAKBR is getting a very unenviable no:
.toriety, in connection with tho Booru and SUR
RAFT ceses. Tho Now York World, few daye aeo,
pronounced tho so-called Booru Diary lamc
forgery, manufactured 10 order by somo nexe-
papor correspondent This charge, in our opin-
Ion, is sustained by excellent circumstantial er-
'lonce. Riding sixty miles tina night attor tho
assassination, whom he bad broken his log jump
ing OH tho stage 81 tho Theatre, and tho "brokon
bone tearing his flesh at overy STOP" can hardly
be called very probable story oven otter all tho
circumstances Of DANGER and urgency aro takon
into considerations; ID that then ho should bayo
stopped not to hsre his leg splinted and band
aged, but TO 500 what tho newspapers said about
hH' and to mako ontries into his diary-is, to say
tho very least that can bo said, passing strange.
Now, We 500 that General" BAKER says Mrs sur
RArT confessed to him cher completely with tho
coneprators, 80 far tho inter dod abduction was
concerned, but affirmed that she reluctantly yield.
cd to tho urging ,of ,BooTH in aiding tho plot OF
assassination" Tho Now York Times. yery porti
nontly asks why ho did not tcstify TO this faot on
tho trial Of Mrs. SURRATT.
The following from tho New York Times, Of Fri
day, while not as yet applicable to this latitude NAV
serve tho uso'ul purpose Of avcrtin auth conjunc-
ture "The unusual punishment Of fine and ono
months imprisonment, was yesterday imposed By
Justice DowLnq, at tho Court of Special Sessions.
upon Third Avenue Railroad Conductor who
was found guilty Of assaulhng and ejccting from
hs car, q boy-pasHohgor who refused to Weld hi,
seat after he had paid the full faro. we trust that
this exemplary. penalty will not DO without its
warning effect upon the class 10 which tho prison
or belonged, many Of whom, By their rudeness 10
paasengers. have disgraced their employers and
afforded much cause for complaint on tho part OF
the public. In tho case undorr consideration. tho
-..------o 5SanSS ia stiS
loot that the conductor wishod to fnd room for
fomale. He held that the yielding OF q soat was
entirely matter Of courtesy, and took occasion to
make some suggestions to tho fair sex, N cohneo-
lion with this matter, which arc OF timely chnr-
acter." ''''
Boston is christian town, and has q. christian
people; it iB in fact tha teetotaest city on this
mundane Hphcre. Tho yory smell OF MononRalels
- penitentiary offence; how strange and at the
aamo time how sad the reflection induced by re-
port fom that godly city, that ''theree is no
diminution Of arrests for Drunkenness in
Boston, since "tho closing Of ,thc Bar-roomsn
BY; legal process. u The " New York Tines,
Sontgaatal this iipictura Of !. the Puritan city
with Paris on Sunday as recently portrayed by it's
correspondent. This, too. during tho carnival
times OF tho Exposition. He says "Nestneas,
order, decenoy are every where and II there Is
anything else in Paris, II does not mako its
appearance in public. People come out by tho
hundred Thousands the liquor shops OF Paris
are opel.; thefe Is no Maine Lsw; tho supply Of
liquor is unlimited and not ono person is seen
drunk, Darkest night, whore ahould be greatest
light $50 i.H. !'.N"
NJ. EMILE drsAnpN appealed against tho Judg.
ment Of the Correctional Police Court, which had
Sentenced him 10 5O00k fine (this was his second
conyotio,n), for holding up tao Government to
hatred and contempt in ,an article in his journal
La Liberts. Tho appeal, which came on before
the Cohr hnperiAlo, has just beon dismissed with
costs; and eonsequently the Judgment Of the
lower Court confirmed. The article for which
,he. was prosecuted. mns n sort OF comment
ON the frnt Judgment, In which,, according
70, tho, Curt, tho Same offences were re-
peated. In the preamble to tho present
sontenSo the Court finds that, being condemn
ed for hEvfng excited In his fret article
hatred and contempt against the Government, and
having stated in his second article thnt he was
condemned fop speaking tho truth, no reproduced
al the sssertions contained In his apiyt. He de-.
clares that truth hnds no favor under tho present
Government and that it iB BY servlity people gain
al they want; that If dsngors are pointed out to
tho Government the person who does 80 Is charged
with having oecaaioned them, ,'snd is condemned;
that fAtterers only are loaded with favors, whore
as the champion Of truth .incurs nothing but 30.
verify, calumny, persecution. condemnation, i'm
prisopment and exile, elo.
M. Girardin announced his intention before tho
case came on Of appealing 10 tho Court Of Oessa-
lion IL che Cour Imperialo decided against him.
Ga :r I: ~ -, l., ,'T .# .H
Our readers may not be aware that there is, at
thia time, fierce war raging in the Kingdom OF
Massachusetts,, or more properly speaking whis.
key rebellion. MILToN somewhere asks tho quos-
tion: tWhy should we affect rigor contrary to
Tho manner Of God and OF nature2- That spes.
u IN has often been asked, and never moro beautt-
,ully hen In FnARkLm's celebrated apologize OF
tho Eastern Patriarch and his heathen guest,
whom he cast ont because no did not worship tho
:ruq God. The Lord thon rop;oyed him, saying
that ho had suffered this old man for ninety and
nine yUars, gave him food and raiment; and yet
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