The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

Meantime, however,, the work OF registration is
gong OIL throughout tho wl,olo State, and to-day I
had on opportunity OF seeing the process in prac-
teal operation at tho Atlanta Court House, Tho
board s composed of Two whiio mca and oac
black, anu during my stay / law several scores o.
both races malo into voters. After several wlifto
mon had leon swon individual, ), \ batch OF gcvcn
biacks WAS called up, and Pompcy, Clcsar, and
Crassus, wore made citizens IN tho lump II wua
curious spectacle, nnd ono calculated to stir
many reflections. Standing in row. they lstUn-
cd very attontivoly TO tho reading OF the oath,
some bending forward and others with hand to
tho car, tho better to catch cacll word. Tho
reader throw i'm for their benefit II run
ming exgcsis Of tho oath, causing them to
gufraw by drull look when ho rccitcd that part
Of IL which makes them swoar that thoy had mover
held executive or judicial Office in any
State" while, when ho came To read tho prohibit
tion against registering by those who had been
DISTINGUISHED for felony, and explained 'Iclony"
by tho gloss, "such as cow-steaIing," thcy were
struck by tho lrollcry of tho Interpretation that
their bodies bont and swaycd in uncomfortable
mcrrimcnt. Throughout all the recital their
| countcnancos showed n desperate mental effort to
keep their "holt" Of tho meaning, and during tho
reading Of tho lin body OF the oath tho effort was
mcasurably successful; but when tho registering
officer camo to wiero tho formula speaks of "nn
act supplementary to an nct," tho poor fellows
became perfectly nabbcrgastcd; ko TwEaIow
thoy found thoir intcllects giving way under tho
lsevero strain, and thoy lapscd into outer
IIdarknoss and collapse. When af crwartls talked
with them on tho court house stops, could not
find ono who had tho faintcsL idea Of tho meaning
or purpose OF tho thing, and tho brightest Of them
all only know that it was something know not
al hat .1r hooE E,r ,l, -
Tup r.o, owrNu AEEcDoTE OF GoUvERSrrr 'rS-"In,
which wo extract from i--1h, recently puDllsred
bv R,cu.r--~., " Co.: "Ploasnntrics about Courts
uiid Lawyers Of tho State of Now York; will servo
as illustration ofpcrhnps tho very nc Plus Mira oil
sclfposscssion, not to call it impuilenco. Years
ago toasts wcrc giyoH utter dinner and during tho
dessert Attho tabo OF tho elder President ADAMS,
GoUyERSEUR MonR1s, then souator in Congress
from tho State of New York, was ono OF tho nvit-
cd. 1t was at the time Of tho fcul existing be-
tween tho President and General HAMILTON, aris-
ing from tho, animadvorsionB OF tho Inter upon
tho sudden Compromise OF our differences with
the Fronch Republic. Mr. MoRnIs was calod on
by Mrs. ADAMS for toast. "hLatlan,," s,id ho, II
will give yon tho health Of my friond HAMILTON,
Tho lady Indignantly replied: "Sir that is toaBt
mover drunk ut this table, Suppose, then
madnmo" was tho cool rejoindor, ''wo drink it now
for tho frat tino2 2" "AIr. NIoRnIs" exclaimed tho
excited hostess, eff You persist, shall invilo tho
ladies' to withdraw l. "Pcshaps,n rotortod tho
inLpcrturbable senator "t is timu for them 10 re-
tire" Tho signal was GvoD, aud as tho ladies roso
in obediunce 10 it, tho Senator sprang from his scat
and stumped OH his wooden log TO tho door, throw
| it wide open, and, with his constitutional bold
ncss fairly bowed Mrs. ADAMS and her lady
guests out Of tho room. Who was wrong in this
case
THE CoLuNDUs (Ohio) Journal of tho 18th inst.,
says: ''wo doubt it my of our readers huvo con-
sidcred tho gront increase in tho number of Ger
mnn emigrauts to this country sncc tho accession
by Prussia of eo largo portion of Austrias tcrr-
tory AZ was acquired by that kingdom during tho
late war. g. II. CAMrEs, cmigrant agent in this
city, informs us that this increase s cauacd by tho
fact TINT those Germans born under the rulo of
Austria rofrso to servo in tho Prussian tindcelir
or militia, fIom which TINT army is recruited
They preGcr rather TO cmigntc. This idea iy
borne out BY tho fact that nearly nI tho om-
grants for tic past six montls liayo been
young mon, very few women coming with thcm
From communication from MIR. CAMPES, We
learn that for tho elk months ending July l. 81 ,4fS
cmigrants have reached this city, seeking homes
in tho fcrtilo West against IL 900 for tho samo timo
in 1856, showing an increase of 1860. Tho arrivals
january, 1447; February, 1903; March, 1915; April
5000; hIay, 1924; July, 9i47 Tho majority of thcse
emigrnnts are from Prussin and Hanover. All OF
them, even tho PrusBiaus, do not liko thoir gov
crnment. 81 do not remember" /" says MIR. CalIpIN,
THAT in any former year 80 many people have ar
rived from Germany who wcro possessed Of means
and designed making permanent settlement"
WE HAVE HAD TIE advantage, says tho Nnw York
Eoeaing Post, OF convcrsing with o planter from
tho Lower Mississippi, gentleman of Intelligence
and business habits, who after trying fairly last
year the wages system, upon cotton plantation OF
several thousand acres, has como to tho conclusion
that q syatcm OF shares, corporation totwoen
tho workmen and tho capitalists, promises, II
fairly administered, tho best and most certain re-
suits to both. This system ho lns adopted tho
present year and with satisfactory SUCCESS 80 far
no givcs oach workman houso 10 1.-Two in, q snrdcn
and small fold for his own tiliagc; he hauls tho
irowood and furnishes tho food; this mu ch repre-
sents tho monthly wages; thon ho gives them ono
fourth OF tho crop besides Tho workmon and
women are divided into gangs of twonty, o,ch with
negro foreman, who is ono OF tho twenty. This
foreman reports to tho general oYorscor tho cases
OF abaenco or idloncss, and mn account being kept
OF these faults tho idlers nbsentecs loso ut tho
end Of the season certain portion OF their share
OF tho cotton; but this shnro is divided among tho
remainder OF tho gang so that thero is no tempta-
ton for the capitalist to mako wrong deductions.
This plan, our informant reports, works well In
| oycry why.
LETTER PROM SHANGHAI expresses much salis-
faction on account Of tho Indications Of American
enterprise in Chino. The writcr snys: '.Amori-
cans havo, through their individual enterprise and
no thanks to their government, considerable at
stake hero. Tho navigation Of tho Yanglze River
is controlled by tho firm Of RUSSELL Co., m
American house, they having driven or oil oppos-
ton. They haye a line OF stoamcrs, some OF which
arc larger than tho Ch,ysopof, or Yosemite Thoy
liayo erected workshops and arc enabled to build
woro ehtlrW3chinory. In fact, two Of thoir boats
charge Of tho Imperial "N1ai: An American has
about SIX brass cannon oYery month"; 'BGnYss. GnYss. out
| largo quantity OF muskols and when IL lis under
| stood that with two or threo executions he has
had to make oil his own machinery aud to teach
his worknen tho very first rudiments OF mecbe,,.
| ism, lo deserves considerable credit Another IN
Htitution, purely American Is tho fro do,jartnent
II consists OF thrco ongincs and hook and ad,lor
company
In THE New York Times, of Tuesday vc find
tho following "Your ablo correspondent, Libra
i'as gvcn you faithful picture OF negro ropistra-
ton. laYc soon many suoh a,cnes anil ., >,