The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-17
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fcront Gorman States, especially in regard to |
language. Tho terms High and Low German arc |
ofton used, mud perhaps rcw words explanatory !
,f thoir meaning would not DO out Of place horc.
Throughout oil Germany educated mon speak but
ono language. what We call High ucrman IL is
usod in tho courts. ut the schools and uniycrsi-
lies In tho pulpit in short, IL ia tho language OF
Tho country tho only ono o fore'gnor ever learns.
Low Gorman is something very different. II
would bo uacloss to trace hero tho numerous
changes which to German tongue has undergone
in the courHo OF centnrius, but may rorlark that
at tho tin @ Of tho Reformation cach province had
it's own strongly marked dialect, whilo Latin WAS
used almost exclusively in books and at the uni
yereiticH. LUTHER, howovor, translated tho Biblo
for the use Of the common people III the present
language, which ho improved considerably by tho
force OF his vigorous intellect This translation
spread throughout oil Germany, and In course OF
time ,ts inngungo supplautol ontiroly, among tho
higher classes, tho language spoken by tho
poasants OF oach particular district. LUTHER's
Biblo had moro influence in making tho present
language OF Germany what it is than anything
else that waB ever wrilton or done. Tho dialects
Of tho peasants differ greatly, aud often almost
unintelligible to born German from tho
Low German. At present, however, they aro
heard but seldom, unless you go among the lowest
olnssos in their own homes for, in consequence
OF tho excellent school institutions, oil can road
md derstand tho High German, and never uso
tho other except whom speaking to each other.
Although tho Dutch language is often confoundod
with tho German in consequence Of our indis-
criminnte application OF tho tillo .Dutohman' TO
oil who speak cultural language, it mood hardly
bo added that il is On entirely diforont language"
The ANNUAL DIaEoronY Of tho City Of Boston
shows diminution in tho number of JOIN SsuTns
thore 10 tho alarming uIiunt Of thirty-Lhree per
cont since tho publication Of tho work for tho 5oar
1866 This inspires the belief that tho day may
arrive when that nnmo will altogether disappear
nom tho catalogue Of humanity. II a Congrcss OF
JOHN S,irrus were called, upon somo question Of
disputed property, momontouB enough to bring
them gcthor from all parts OF tho world, whnt
vast concourse VIC should witnossl No building
could possibly hold them. and thoir meeting would
require some large open space like tho CeDtral
Park, whore tho orators would hayo 10 employ
speaking trumpets to mako themselves heard. It
seems inoomprehensibie that any sensible SMITH
land thoro arc many hundreds OF thousands Of
senaibie SmTHsl should deliberately, and aftcr
proper reflection. perhaps as much as Mr.. snANpY
bestowed upon tho subject Of TRIsTBAM's appella-
ton. gvo his aon tho name of Jous vol knowing,
ns he must, that 1t desig alton at oil, and in
the world outside his family, will bo source OF
veIation. dcrision an annoyance to tho child from
his school boy dnys to his ombittercd old age. Wo
rejoice ct this hopeful augury from Boston. 1t
Boems to promise r. form in tho matter OF training
childrcn, who quito hoIpioss MS to this matter
which is ono Of the most important OF their iyos.
WE HAVE nEcEIvED pamphlet entitled can Ap-
peal Against tho Anarchy OF Sex" II is vigorous
protest against what arc vulgarly styled womonp
rights, and though not as Will put together MS
might be, contains some striking and novel points,
The writor ia severe, not ungaIlnnt, when he re-
fera to the so-called "strong- minded temales' ss
persons who soom to constitute substantially a
k.nd Of 1nrd SEE, 30 to ape K, OF somewhat mon
strous aspeot;" and think that some people will
dispute his knowledge Of the soI when he says
that women are 40 constituted that they will do
whatever man wishes them to do" He certainly
maaes, what one portion Of tho female ncI will con-
nider very conclusive argument against women
going to the polls ns yotern, when he Says for, be
it remembered Bfddy Is TO be Gere as toe1 as ha,.
n,istress. and In that unwonted encounter what
scenes may arise must surely give us pause" His
philoHophic conclusion, from study OF tho whole
matter, is "that the malo and female man cohsti-
tute an essential unty-that they must always be
considered together not apart, Ind that tho
responsible representative Of this entity is tho
male."
The ANNUAL EXHIBIT Of tho Auditor containe
much statistical information about the present
state OF Boston. He estimates tho total value oi
the real and personni cstnto Of tho CITY at $4l5
aAe stx---@seDy1 now $3.50, ,I84. Il has
increased slnco 1851. S825, ,433. The war expendi.
trres OF the city in this peri-d wero t26iI, ,ss7.
Tho city treasurer paid out during the year ST. 15o
si7. The tax nssessment for tho yoar, city and
county, was &5.46s.6s7. The estimated expendi-
lures for the year 1867 and 1868, arc $7742, ,4s5;
amount to be raised by taxation, sc, ,462, ,5s5 Tho
Auditor reporte that tho present mum. er Of dwell
ing-houses and hotels in Boston is s21 OF these
houses l2O are valued at less than tlOO0 nine are
more than ts75,000. Two hotels arc appraised at
bet"oon $4,000 and $4,000; ono between s12o,-
600 and $121, 900; ono bolween $125 600 and sl26-
GOO; one between sI46,e0o and $14sO00; one be-
tween $50, 900 and $151 oJ0 one between SITS 900
and Site. 900; two between s225, 600 and s22o ooo
ono between $780, 600 and 1881 200, and ono be-
taeon $S25, 600 and $S26, 900.
TEE NEW HEBREW Collegiate Institution. of
which we recentIy spoke as IN contemplation, is
now definitely determined upon. The Jews in
this country have already established educational
institutions OF different grades in New York, sa-
vAnnah Mobile, New Orleans, Cleveland, Albany,
and other cities. This projected Naimonides Col
lego at Philadelphia is designed for o more adj
vaneed 90 rse Of study than is pursued in any of
the others, and gilmore thorough insxuclion In He.
brew than has over yet been Afforded in any theolo-
gical seminary in America. tTho conclusion haa
been formed, sAys The Jetoish Aes.en1er, "of not
restricting the college course to Hebrew and theo
logical studies, 80 that, instead OF divinity
sohool It Is to be college in the popular accepts
ton. 1t will have faculty Of scionce and lotters
as well as faculty OF Hubre n; it will furnish gem
eral In truction In classics, mathenantios. and
belles-lettres aa well ns special course for tho
future hebrew minister and teacher. The pian,s
sumeHhat more grand and comprehensive than
was first contemplated, but there appear to haye
Deen 1pdicious reasons for its adoption"
TIE CABLE REPORT which we had somo two
months ago OF The abolition OF Slavery In tho
Empire OF Brazil, says the New York Tsn,es, was
subsequently found 10 be in advance Of the eyeot.
But the emancipation movement has gone 40 far
that the Emperor Dor PTDRo IL, In his recent
speeoa at the opening of tho BrusiIian chambers,
gave uttuanoe to the following sentence: "The
aervils alemant Of tho Emnira n.nnnt 10 .a..i.
ner to care tor the high interests attached 10
emancipation, by respecting actual property, and
without giving profound shook TO our m ain source
OF industry, Agricultural" Tho different tonure
on which negro alAvery exists in Brazil rom that
on which 1t formerly existed In the United States,