The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-16

right impulses, il moulds and fashions into
definite forms and for definite purposes tho public
opinion, ovokrs tho latent good which may be
temporarily cluudcd by popular passions, anil
vitaliZcs tho moral and physical energies OF So
cicty. II is in this capacity TINT tho press COM
man,ls confidence au,l influence. The Sun has
laborc1 in this behalf through nll its years. and
ns VIC lopo and believe, not entirely without re-
cults. II will continue in this course, and what
over measllre" - advocates, and whatever con-
cltSiohs 1t reaches will hot IL. --,honL doIibnr,
lion, nor without sucitutc that they should uu ~
accordance with justice aud right, arll to tho
practical advantage and woll-bcing OF fllo romml-
nifty. II will do this as it has over tlonc ullcr
consciousness Of tho great responsibility which
rosis ulOn il. Th"so charged with ity conduct,
and who sit i'll Judgment upon ita columns, could
nat 10 indifferent to this consideration IL they
would.
1T Il EXTREMELY difficult, from mere figures, to
rcaize what gigantic under taking it has been TO
supply even fool1 alOio to tho armies which ave
fought in the iate tGcrmanl campaign. Tie dill
cnltcs Of such task mmy be conceived if wo re-
member Tint the front line Of tho Prussian armies
in front Of vienna. mustered nine times tho num-
Der Of British troops with which Lord RAGLAN in
vailed tho Crimca; that closp behind This line nv
Gen. NIUIpEs reserve corps anu corps of tac
army Of Silcsia, which WAS Watching 0lmutz, ana
that these two corps alone wero stronger by four
thousand mon than all tho British, German and
Spanish troops that fought Mt Talavcra; that be-
hind thom again was largo mass of I.audwchr;
that during tho sicgo Of Scbaslopol tho British,
army was stationary, and had tho great advantage
Of sca transport to within few mleS ut its camps,
while in tho Into campaign tho Prussia6 army has
been moving forward at All enormously rapid rato,
andthat Tho men to be fed in tho front line alone
numbered 250, ,000-a population as large as that oI
thc twelfth part of London. It would DO bold
man who would undertake To supply tho twelfth
part of tho who.o population Of London with
to-morrow's food; boldcr atill WHO would I'M
dertako tho tnsk if this portion OF tho population
wGro nbouL TO move bodily tomorrow morning.
down to Richmond, and would require to havo tho
meat for their dinner delivered to them tho mo-
ment they arrived there; and who, without railway
transport, agreed to keep the same crowd daily
provided with food until, moving at tho same rate
thoy arrived at Plymouth; and yet General has
..--' ....nu..,ties %,
sucli = task, to calculate upon had roads, weary
horses, breaking wagons, tho attacks Of an enemy;
cavalry; hc has not only to get tho food to tho
troops but i'll many cases ho has to provide il i'm
tho first place; lie has to keep his magazines con-
stantly stocked, to increase the emonnt or traus-
ports in exact PROPORTION ~ his troops atlrnncc:
to feed not only tho fighting men, bnt oil the Incn
who aro employed i'll carrying provisions to the
combatants; to find hay and corn for III The horses
OF the cavalry and for the horses Of tho lransporl
wagons, and to arrange beforehand no fiat oycry
man and horse shall halt for tho night in cllse
proximity to largo supply Of good water. This
is not tho lightcst nor tho least OF n Goncral',
dutos. 1t was tho prOul boast of Eng land's great
soldier, tlnt "many could lead troops--llo could
feed them"
THE MONTGOMERY Adre rfisr' says An csleemcil
friend wrtcs us and inquiries why it is that wo did
not publish Mr.. Hills "Notes on tho Situation -
This is avery proper inquiry, and wo lake pleasure
i'll answering it. Mr.. HuLD 'sNotcs" contained
some littlo argument, agreat deal of abuso and do
and II lnrgc amount of tho very gross
est profanity. He never sought to win converts to
his sido By convincing thu judgment. Ito mover
referred to te friends Of reconstruction in softer
terms than az deliberate perjurcrs." Nowhere in
his articles, from tho beginning to tho end, ia n
political opponent mentioned except to bo de-
language ho coulI command. Not n
particle Of honesty is conceded to INV
man WHO differs from Mr.. HILL. His 'sNotesn
abound with such horrible expressions as those.
Fiery flames Of sulphurous hell" "lcll yisagcd
brood;" "holish ingredients" "ovilisl spirit of
troason;" "hcllish brood;" &C., &C., all of which
aro applied indscrinlnntoly to those who happen
to think that tho country's good will bo promoted
1Gft ftt,<v ,.1A, H.
gress. Wo nre quite auro that our friend will
asreo with lib that paper is very poorly made mp
when filled with articles Which largely compos-
cd oil such rile profanity as this. Mr.. Hills
Noics have had wido crculation; but il may DO
safely assorted that they layo not made n single
convert TO his Cause. Tho only possible effect they
can hayo is to increase tho passions and intensity
tho hatred of those (and only como Of thosel who
were OF his wny of thinking at lilo start or Mr..
HILL generally VIC haro nothing to say. But upon
this particular qucstion hc is too rabid It il I'm
safe to follow the lead of man who is in such
rago.
ACCORDING To THE Cincinnati Journal OF ()D,-
ncrce, tho stock Of cotton on hand in quantity
and quality, "has mover touched 80 low u point nj
this season of tho year as n crop was commenced
hero" Tho present stock that paper estimates nj
"cnly eighty eight thousand bales, against soyon
hundred and fifty thousand bales ut This timc last
year." II this bo correct report of tho stock ON
hand, it Ia reasonable to suppose that tho present
growing crop, whom il comes upon tho market.
will open nt high figure. Georgia and Alabama
will doubtless DO tho largest producing States of
the great staple tho present year, as from al nc
counts, ial'ro han attended tho usual production
Of cotton, from ninIy causes in tho States Of Nja
sia9ippi, Louisiana, Arkansas md Texas. In tho
latter State tho ravages OF tho cotton or boil worm
Is reported to bo Rreat. Since tho first appenr-
,nco OF tlis destructive insect it has been slowly
but surely progressing first generation being
now succeeded by tho second, which Ia DESTROYING
III before it, This, with the heavy rains that prc.
,cdcd tho appearance Of tho worm has almost
ito ally destroyed tho crop in many sections of
hat state.
UTAH AND Cor0RADo papers and correspondents
complain that only a fraction Of tho mail matter
'ent westward from tho statos by tho overland
out" OF WELLS, FAnao g. Co., over rcaclcs its
icstination. Tho importance OF PROMPT transror.
lason OF thoso overland mails appears TO bo nj.
eriy 'nd Hantonly isregartlcl, while the route Of
Inc stages over tho Plaino is marked Ly piles n,
abandoned mail bags thrown rccklcssly over.
BOARD aha loft to rot lko 30 many tioad horsrs or
wolves At many Of tho stations tons ~ n,o;, ,,,t
er aro piled up, awaiting tho convenience Of tle
contractors. Tho company undertakes 10 trous.
port pri'ate packagoa with speed and sntotv on5
t is hardly suposnblo that thoy cannot 1o iho
'ame for the mals. Tho Government uava t7to
100 por annuIn for tho overland transportation q,
ho mails bctweon KaDaaa md 0ai;fo-n,. -,