The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

of Prussia and also from the other States OF the
Confed,r,t;o, establish thus fact. While the libc
rals were united i'll their support oi candidates. the
oprosition we're broken INTO fragments. and thus
tb,ir strength was dissipatcd and thclr influence
At the polls rendered of no practical effect. Inc
Liberal party have the advantage OF beng leu pH
able polticians-men who can control pubhc SCH
tment, and mould it into such 4 shape as will best
serve party ends and purposes. EISMAEok Is "
willy leader He understands the German ci"fac-
ter thoroughly, and that knowledge makes n'"'
dangerous and formidable Il, an an''%"h'S' "'''''
the matter in controversy or dispute Is 10 w se'
tied by an appeal to the public. Inns iac' was 'N-
hbited during the progress ol e a'' e''''o''N VI
| the North German ConGrd, ration anu the result
of those elections is significant rs pointing "'''
| nostiop occupied by the Chancellor "i iruesia
o,,,, ,b., masses of the German people north OF
| the Maine Folowina the election Is the action Oh
tbe Prussian Senate which indicates Willingness
on the part of that body to accept the assurances
| which have been gwen that the SalzburG confer
encc is guarantee for the peace OF Europe. This
declaration on the part OF the representatives OF
| pyussia shows that nc.ther King WILLIAM nor
BISMARCK is ready to unchain the dogs of war in
Europe. They settled the Luxemhurg question
rather than appeal to the sword, and when other
matters of like import press INTO the i"resfou"u
of European politics, the voice OF the Prussiah
Senate is mild, pacific and conclatory. bisMAhch
sees the difficulties by which Prussia is surrouhu-
ed. France holds Austria and Italy, ana can oo-
tain the aid of Russia by agreeing to certain SCI
Element of the Eastern question. This leaves
| Prussia alone to face the consequences OF a rup-
| ture which would assuredly bring on gcheral war
| in Fnrope. Before the Sazburg conference,
Prussia proclaimed her disbelief in the peace pro
fessions of the French Emperor Since 'ha'
| meeting tine Prussan Senate is willing to accept
the assurances which have been given that thc
Solzburr conference is guarantee for the peace
of Europe. NAPOLEON is master of the situation,
and il will be hard to alter the condition OF AFFAIRS
THE LONDON TINES, referring to the opening oil
| a railway through the Tyrol, by which South Ger
many and Italy are connected, says "From the
moment that the battle OF Sadowa terhiiha'eo
[tavs subiecton to Austria it was easy TO ioresee
| that tbe two nations would have as many sohd
cronnds TO become the hest of friends rs they had
70 he for 80 many yeais the most relentless foes
nv one of the clauses in the Commercial Treaty 1t
I 10
| in the restoration and maintenance OF inter-
national communications on the frontier. The
results of this agreement are already per-
ceptble on several Of tho Alpine Passes,
and especially on the Stelvio-that maSmcent
military road which constituted one ot
the wonders of the Alps, but which
Austria, ever since her loss of Lombardy in 1853,
had suffered to go to ruin. Italians and Austrans
are now hard at work, each on their own side,
veing with each other in their endeavorS to efaco
the traces of ten years neglect and restoring gra
dents and galleries. bridges and embankments, to
their former condition. 1t is pleasant to hear OF
competition in such peaceful pursuits among
people who, only twelve month ago, were con-
fronting each other amid those very same noun
tain scenes, bent on mutual destruction. The
Italians complain of the adverse fortune which pre-
vented their recovering that last slip of Italian
soil. the Trentne Territory. But they can now
hardly deny that by completing the works of the
Brenner line mainly for their benefit, Austria has
conferred on them far greater boon than IL she
had Welded to their eager desires, and abandoned
to them all they claimed"
THE New ORLEANS CRESCENT sums up the latest
reports of the cotton crop. In Louisiana the army
worm has committed terrible devastation, and it
is impossible to make an estimate of the yield of
cotton in that State. The Crescent says when
the planters have picked what the worms have
spared or have not been able to destroy, we can
count the ba les. There is no such thing rs Il
trustworthy calculation on the subject" In the
Shreveport district, however, the worm has
| octi ain lal a
come into the market The crop in West Baton
Rouge is failure, and the worms are destroying
the cotton with rapdty almost unknown be-
FORE Whole fields are swept away i'll Il few hours.
The worm has appeared L. every part OF Missis-
sippi but in the northern counties its rayages are
comparatively slight. and the cotton crop will be
better than for years past. In Choctaw county
and its neighborhoQd severe drought has aided
the worms in injuring the crop. In Rankin coun-
ty the worms have done no harm. The average
Weld in Mississippi is better than was expected
The news from Southern Alabama is still more en-
couraging. In Butler, Conecuh and Marcngo
counties the crop is excellent. From Butler cou-
tv there are no unfavorablc reports, but i'll
Lowndes county the worm is very active, and the
crop is half ruined. In Texas there arc fears of
total destruction except in the Red River region,
where the farmers are diligently fighting the one
nv with prospect of destroying him. In Ar
kansas the hot and dry weather has killed the
worms, and the planters are in happy frame OF
mind In Eastern Florida picking has begun, and
the yield is equal to the average.
THE New YORK CITIZEN has the following
specting State Bonds: 'The Republican papers
are abusing some Democrats of Ohio for propos-
ing to pay off the funded debt of the country III
legal tenders. This is called reputation, the
sacrifice of national credit ana other hard names;
but is not half so bad, if bad at all as the mca-
stlres that the Radicals have already endorsed and
forced upon the country. Who made legal tenders
good payment for debts incurred in gold and
silver, thus egalizng the reputation OF
private contracts? Who compelled the cred-
tor to accept q deprecated currency for
his demands, giving him oitentimes only
fifty cents on the dollar? If We are to suffer
the name of repudiators, the stigma has already
attached The public debt was incurred III green
backs why should it not be paid in greenbacks!
1t was distributed when gold was two hundred and
eighty objection can hardly be made to its pay
ment now that gold is one hundred and forty. II
the Radicals can point to any law guaranteeing
the payment of the public debt in god they need
not hunt so far they do at present for their
arguments. If there is no such law there is no
obligation. express or implied, to repay other
money than that loaned. But in any event, sim
Pile way of avoiding all question is to buy up the
bonds in open market.
We LEARN FROM Northern exchange that an
accurate observer of agricultural matters reports
with regard to the harvest of 1867, the following
as the probable comparative crops Of the several
States: Illinois is much the largest producer OF
Indian corn more than one-siXth of the whole crop
of the country being grown there, and also the
LARGEST producer of oats (morc than twenty per
cent. of the whole), and of hay more than twenty