The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-27

of all denominations, and from time immemoria]
indulge. Some of The best and keenest curriers' ar
furnished by the Kirk, who join In the sport with
out any thought or question regarding the creet
Of their fellow sportsmen. Even their morals, j
so-so during summer, would receive as charitable
Interpretation possible, if in winter and on thu
ice, they proved themselves to be steady, straight
forward, genial and, above ALL victorious curriers'
There is story told Of an old minister, who aftel
service, said to his congregation: "My brethren
there's no more harm in saying it than in thinking
it,; if the frost holds, I'll be on the ice Tomorrow
morning at nine."
But here is the song:
-. AYRSHIRE CURLING SONG.
A1R-'Come under my p1aidic."
A. NIGHT it was freezan' a. NIGHT was sneezan',
seTak care !" quo the wyGe "gudeMan O. your cough.
A fig for the sneezan'l hurEah for the freezan'l
This day we're to play the Bonspiel on the lochl
Then get up my auld Teddy, the breakfast get ready,
For the sun on the snaw-dIift's beginning to blink;
Gle bannocks or brochan, I'm aft for the lochan,
| To max the stanes flee to the tee o. the rink!
CHORUS
Then hurrah for the curling frae Girvan to Stirling
Hurrah for the lads o. the besom an sanel--
Ready moo |" "soop it up!" 'clap guardr ''steady
Oh curling aboon every game stans alane!
The ice it is splendid, it Gamma be mended-
Like glass may gowr ont and shave aft your beard
And hoo they gather coming over the brown heather,
Tho servant and master, the tenant and lairdl
There's brave Jamie Fairlee, hesthere late and early,
VII the lads trae Kilwinnng, they'll send the stanes
-. spinlian,
WI ohirr and c,srr till they sit roun' thetee.
Then hurrah &c.
It's an uncoline story, that bath Wing and Tory
Maun aye coDyshangy like dogs over q bane
And a denominations are wantin' in patience,
For nae Kirk will thole to let lthers alane; si;=
I But in fine frosty weather let o. meet thegither,
WI broom in their baum and asane by the tee,
And then, by my oertes, yen sec hoo O. parties,
Like brithers will love, md like brthers agreef
- Then hurrahl &c.
Article 8. e'Ths Gay Science" is a review Of a
book Of that name by E. S. DALLAS. The gay
science with the Troubadours was poetry, butherc
it means criticism Of the profound and philosophic
order. The reviewer says the title is more attrac-
tive than appropriate. The science Of pleasure is
not necessarily pleasant science. There is no
especial gaiety Of any kind, and least Of all in that
which assumes metaphysical character; and in
the present case, it would seem, if we are to take
the verdict Of BIAcKwooD the metaphysics are of
the uninteligible order. Still it speaks of the
author and his work in very enticing strains 'sHe
WIACSS LII oaoaA, po4N, 0H6A ~ eSyAe' tAo n@o
read extensively, and enhvens his page-perhaps
even overcrowds it-with quotation and apecdote." !"
The book will doubtless be republished in this
country, and soon find it's way into the hands Of
our ,oiss5egiersge readers.
Article 4. Colonel GoRDoN's Chinese Force We
have not read, and pass on TO Article 5, "Eaves
Dropping at Biarritz," decidedly taking title. We
have here dialogue between LOUIS NApolE EoN
and BIsMARcK, (Anno 1869, accidently overheard
by the gentleman who communicates it to BLACK
WOOD at this late date. OF course the dialogue is
fully as authentic rs ToNTENEILE,s Dialogues deS
MoT::s, or:LAUNDoR's Imaginary Conversations. We
have our suspicious, moreover, that our ancient
friend, CORNELIUS ODowD, Esq., is the gentleman
who eayesdropped, and that tho dialogue was
dreamed and Photographed at Viacenza, and not
in or near Biarritz. It is, Of course, easy to
cord prophesy, utter the facts foretold have como
to pass; still this dialogue is a very clever per-
formance, and viii repay perusal.
Article 6 is ON s'The Turret Ships of England and
America" 2. On .ftho Working Glasses" This
writer refutes the assertion, now SO common, that
these classes are unjustly deprived of representa-
zion in Parliament. He says: s'To this doctrine
wholly The assertion on which it is based is false
from the suffrage, and no class, unless it be the
clergy, who make no complaint on the subject, is
excluded from the House of Commons. Any man
who labors with his hands for his daily bread MAJ
obtain the privilege Of n vote for the borough or
county in which he resides, if he will become a
householder, paying certain amount of rent, or
the owner of freehold Of the annual value Of 40
shillings If he be excluded it is not because he
is a laboror, skilled or unskined, but because he
does not conform to the conditions. There are
thousands Of mechanics and working men in such
towns as Birmingham who do conform to the con-
ditions, each Of whom, as unit, counts for as
much in the political system Of the borough as
the merchant, banker, physician, or attorney.
=. The labering classes are
not under the ban of the Constitution any more
than shop-keepers or the trading and professional
classes generally; and that the agitators who raise
the cry and make the assertion do so dishonesty,
with view of stirring up political strife, and of
placing the question Of the extension Of the suf-
frage on false basis"
The next article is review Of the recent discus
sion at Edinburgh, between Messrs. BZAonE and
JONES, on Democracy in America, to which We re-
ferred in our issue of yesterdry. To give our
readers an idea Of the standpoint Of the two dis
putants, we will give few extracts.
Professor BLAoKE quotes ARlsToTLRs dictum,
that
s'The best of all animals, when governed by rea-
son and justice, is man when without them, the
most terrible" BE adds:
4 mir or1
the most far-sighted political writer's, and Of oil
speculative men certainly the most practical. And
to this undeniabe dictunl we may, without fear OF
question, add, that Of all animals man is the most
difficult to govern, and of all arts, the art OF gov
ernment is that one which at once demands the
greatest talents for success and entails the most
terrible penalties by failure. Nevertheless, and in
spite Of the terrible lessons OF history written
everywhere in characters Of blood, there has al
wave been class of persons Of asty WIT and super
Rcial conclusions, who have been of opinion that
the government Of human beings is one Of the
simplest Of all arts-as simple, in fact as any sum
in addition; and that the one infaible way to find
the wisdom by which community OF reasonable
beings shall be governed, is to gather them into
indiscriminate masses, portion them off Like
sheep into separate pens, take the votes Of the
several pens by the pcl: add the votes together
and the sum will give o verdict which, by cum
ming machinery OF social wire-pulllng (wel under
stood in America) viii give good government IN e;t
tory as Democrats, and universal suffrage is the
watchword Of their doctrine"
Mr.. JONES meets the argument by indulgiug Ill
little 'spread-eagle" on America.
81 am invited to America" he said, s'the coun-
try that spent f6OO, ,00O, 900 and quarter OF mil,
lion Of it's best blood to preserve the Union and
iberate the slave 1.-The country that, having sue.
ceeded in both, pays off it's debts at the rate of
ESQ, 900, 900 per ann,m !-the country where the
Sanitary and Christian Commission raised for its
soldiers s2 O00 600 -the country whose grand sys,
TEN of free schools is the admirati, OF the world
the country where, within five years, seven mil