The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-22
CURRENT TOPICS.

tho attention VI tho worlu OF science nj present
givo tho following complete list OF tho titles Of tho
papcrs which tho National Academy Of Sciences
will consider Mt its present session in Hartford
Connecticut: BY Professor LOUIS RUDOLPH AaAs-
sK-protost against Modern Nomenclature Zoul-
ogy; iIou,occrcy and Iiotroccrcy; Tho signl-
cancO Of Classes in tho Animal Kingdom Tho
structurcd Character Of tho Sclachans; StcriIity
among Skates The Fifth Pair OF Nerves and the
Organ of Hearing III Skates Periodic Uyulntion in
Sharks and Skates the Circulation of Blood in
SnlachianB; Parnsitio CruBtaccn ia tho uills Of
Sharks; Embryology and Afinilics OF Cycloptcra..
By Professor WoLcorr GIBDs-Ncw Processes In
Analytical Chemistry; Certain Points in the
Theory OF h,omicitics; Spcctorscopio Notices
Tho Determination Of Wavc Lengths by tho
Method Of Comparison. by Professor BENJAMIN
PtEncE-Agcbrns Tho Limitations and Con-
dtions Of Associative Linear hlgcbrn; Sin.
go, Double, Triple, Linear Associative hlgc-
bras; Qnadrupc Linear Associative Algcbras. By
Professor o. NJ. RooD-Thc Duration Of tho Elcc-
trio Discharge. by Gen. ]. G. BAnSARD-Tho
Precision OF tho E,luiuoxos and Mutation ns Re
shifting from tho Theory Of tho Gyroscore, will,
remarks Explanatory Of tho Deviation OF Rnod
Projectilcs BY President II. HILL, OF Harvard
University-Notes on IA Problem in Curvature Ey
Professor Is. A. GoULD-Obscrvation in 1867 Of
Right Ascensions Of Stars Observed by D'AzELEr
in 1885; Determination OF tho Proper Motions of
Stars First Observed by J. LEPAurE DAzELET. AS
most Of those aro subjects which arc trcatotl in
Tho most technical manner by their expouuders
anu arc illustrated by algcbrao and other scion
tific drawings on the blackboard, It Is almost i'm
possible to reduce TO common language and bring
within tho Bc0Po OF tho populnr understanding tho
| substance Of those scientific disconrscs Tho
speakers do not address their words to tho mil
lion, but to tho fifty membors OF tho Academy, all
Of whom arc rcputcd'imnstcrs Of tho scientific
situniion.
FROM THE MONTGOMERY IdUeriiser, OF August
10, wo learn that ON tho night preceding IL party
OF ladies nnd gentlemen arrived in that city, who
lott Brazil last month, thoroughly, totally hearth
ly disgusted with their now homes among tho hy-
brid masses in tho overratod wcll-fiattcrcd coun-
| Try OF Brazil. The party il composed entirely Of
Alabamans, among whom arc McBsrs. JouS NJ,
HAnnIs, W. J. DEl3ERnY, G.. T. JONES, THOMAS Nc
| CASTs, T. A. BIcEInoy, JOHN SIANFIELp, D. W.
BnAzrELL, nnd eighteen other gentlemen and
their wives and children. They givo affecting md
pitiful accounts OF tho sufreringB Of many hun
dreds OF deluded Southerners who wcro lured
away from their friends by tho tempting offers of
tho Brazilian Government, and tho tales OF wild
| and impulsyo American ndronturcrs 1hoy
Government in Brnzil-thcIo il no society-but
littlo cultivation among tho inhabitants-no ways
OF making monoy-tho people scarcely know tho
meaning OF The word 'kindness"-tho American
citizens 1.-Two about in huta, uncarcd for-thore is
general dissatisfaction among the emigrants,
and tho whole Brazil representation is n hunbug
and q FARGO. Tho American Consul is in receipt OF
humorous and constant applications from heposs
American citizens to nssist them in getting back
to their true. rightful country. Captain JACK
PHELAN, who ia we'll known and admired in
Montgomery, has, wo learn, left with q large num
Dor OF othor young men to mako California their
homo. Tho advice Of tho gontlemon with whom
we conyorsod is to dissipnto tho idea that Alabama
ia not stil great country-to coaHo dreaming
over tho unhappy past-say nothing that will as-
sist to keep up political troubles, stay at home,
but work, work, work, and Alabamn will vet be,
what shc ought to bo, aud can be, o great and
glorious country.
How TRUE Is Tue following, which we clip from,
tho Albany Express: There nrc no persons, in nil
human probability, who are compelled to work as
hard as tho printors do. It is matter of very
little consequence whether tho thermometer il at
zoro, or over q hundred i'll tho shade. paper
must bo issued for tho perusal OF its
patrons, who, mnyhap, arc loisurcly recliu-
ing from tho excessive heat, and whose
natural debility is very ample apology for such
recreation Tho compositor must toll and per-
sprc at his daily avocation, and for oyory word
he composcs, n drop OF stoaming porspiration
oozes from his body. In the morning le manages
TO keep cool, ut noon hu ia wasting i'll the hot
and clustering atmosphere, and at evening ho ia
still at hts caao. This may scem oil very easy for
the reader but the labor is Of no ordinary nature
fVt,n bx. H.-l.a u,
work over, ho retires, perhaps to sleep, but moro
likely to pass rcstloss night, and when tho sun
again peeps forth, he must mp and away TO his
work. Day in and day out this is his usual rou-
tine. No change, no diversion from his established
courso. They who porusc their morning paper
over cup OF coffeo think but litto of thia. Ihey
often grumblo II 40 be hoy do not get their paper
or thore is lack OF news, but they forget that with
the thermometer ranging between ninety and one
hundred, 1t ia matter Of somu labor TO furni ,h
variety OF nows for tho quiet and peaceful citizen
who looks for so much from tho printer Think of
THE, kind patrons, and exhibit moro forbcarapco
THE New YoRK Tribune says: ssMajor-G General
PORES letter to General GRANT is important. as IL
shows the vast Influence of such mon NJ AIl b. III.
HILL and Mr. HEnsonEI. Y. JOHNSON, in prevent
ing tho restoration OF the Southern Statos, Re-
eohbtruction is Impossible, In Gen. Pores opinion,
10 long as those men remain loadors Of tho poopl.
and he ia convinced that their conrso is tho fullest
justification OF tho disfranohising acts Of Coi.-
gress. Yet, no concodes that among those dis.
ffanchsod aie many worthy mon, now loyal, who
might safely be trustcd with tho power to voto and
hold officc. We commend to tho thoughtful con.
aideration OF tho Southern people this lottor. II
is more important TO them than to tho North. for
1t shows exactly who nre the mon who prevent am
nesty. Gov. Penny and Mr.. HILL, and their fel-
lows. who continue to counsel resistance, nro tho
worst cneniea Of tho South; in prolonging the
spirit Of rebellion they provont us from removing
the penalties Of rebellion; in showing tho exist
ence OF danger and disloyalty, they chock tho mag
nanimity Of the American people,
THE New YonK HERALD says: One of our city
coroners hns caused tho arrest OF Two druggists
for selling poison contrary to tho provisions OF tho
law OF 1850. In ono instance young lndy was tho
purchaser, and in tho other a young man. and
both made tho purchase for the purpose Of sui-
cIdo, and accomplished their object. Tho law OF
1860 is very stringent, providing that no poison
shall bo sold oIcopt on tho prescription OF regu-
lar practising physician and obliging the druggist
making the sale to keep o record, open for public
inspection, in which tho namos Of tho patty max.
ing tho purchase and tho prescribing physician
shall bo entered. In those instances IL ia charged
that tho requirements Of tho law wcro not fulfilled
Whilo person bent on suicide could scarcely bo