The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-19
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IT 1s nposs1BIE to deny the influence of come
ly oountenance and equally impossible to account
for it. We recognize and are affected by beauty
in many othor shapes but in no other does it take
such grasp Of the beholder as where it ID mani
tested in woman's face. 1t is equally potent
whether it take the permanent shape OF regular
features or the feetng form OF transitory express
sion We know its falsity, yet we yield to its de-
lusion. leading English periodical well says:
cit is the greatest mistake to suppose that, except
in very unsophisticated time OF life indeed, wo-
man allows her countensnce to tell anything upon
her; but apart from her power and instinct OF de-
ception, there is again that-i We may 30 term
ARCHAEOLOGICAL advantage which she derives from
| her ancestors, and which enables her without
effort to wear an expression which may be emil
nently more attractive than that which she could
claim in her own right. II man is first brought
to love a woman for her face, he is pretty certain
to continue to set the tune Of his thoughts about
her to that keynote He expects certain qualities
are dormant in her mind, which he alone has been
clever enough to perceive. BE wonders how her
own family circle do not appear to believe her
capable Of all he is satisfied she can do and think.
i
the pensiye nose and thoughtful forehead came to
Louisa from her g,eatgrandmother, and that the
mental attributes bestowed by him upon those fea-
lures have been completely eliminated during the
transition. This is the danger of studying ply
siognomy-one danger, at least, Of studying
| lady's face. The odds are all against our being
right"
TIE LONDON CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Times says: 81 turn to another subiect-Mr.
DsRAE1I's speech at the Merchant Tailors' School
in the city the other day. An incident took place
ON that occasion very interesting to Americans,
but which did not appear, as far as could see, IN
sny Of the English papers. Mr.. D1sRAEII in that
extraordinary speech said, among other things,
almost in the words Of his great speech on reform
IN 1853, that American politics were no guide TO
Enelish politics. America he said, was Q
colony and hsd no great national tradition to keep
her straight as We have, and then, Of course, she
had boundless lands, &o., &c.' What he said in
1859 did not matter much, but on this occasion
Mr.. ApAhs, your Minister, was sitting opposite to
him. Mr.. DwRAFII declares in private that ne
never saw him. Be this as it may, Mr.. ADAMS got
ND and with much dignity, but evident annoyance,
said, that If America was colony, then she had
the traditions Of the mother country; but it she
wss not colony, but great nation, she had the
traditions of her founders, and her found
ers were Enelshmen who left England be-
o,use they were dissatisfied with English insti-
| stitutions.' Mr. DBRAE1I suddenly got rap he
did not expect, and it must be confessed that Mr..
ApAxs upholds the dignity Of the United States
| with singular moderation and 6rmness.
TIE v1orRoY OF EaxpT, during his visit in Paris,
received deputation from the French Committee
Of Emancipation, and tho British and Foreign
.Anti-sayery Society, who presented an address
calling his attention to the white Nile slave trade.
me Ncsroy said that he was most anxious to put
down the slave trade; that he had adopted the
strongest measures for that purpose; but although
he could act against his own people, he was do
feased when he sought to do so against Europeans,
,oho ,oere ne CHIEF dainquenls. They carried on
trade IN ivory; but this was mere pretence, thelr
real article Of merchandise being slaves, which
were conveyed down the river in boats. II those
boats had no flag, or sailed under Egyptian colors,
they were liable to be overhauled, and II slaves
were found ON board, boat and cargo were con-
fiscated and the traders punished. Within the
last nix months he had caused to be shot COM
msndant and colonel who hsd disobeyed his orders
and favored the slave traders. But the slave trading
boats generally hoist European oolors OF some sort
because their owners are Europeans, the answer is
that the men are part Of the crew, the women
their wives or concubines, and the young persons
their children. The Egyptian authorities could
not do anything under these circumstances, Is
they we're dsbazred from the hight Of search.
DuRne THE PAST year decided impetus has
bean given to the spirit Of discovery. Du CHAn-
LUIS lsbors in Africa have stimulated other ex-
porers to visit that country, one OF whom has re-
GENTLY returned to England, and embodied his e1-
perience In book form. One or two different eI-
peditions have left the Pacific coast IN search OF
the new island which Is believed to exist in the
North Pacific Ocean. EDWARD WHYxpkB, the dis
tinguished Alps climber, has started by way Of
Denmark for tour Of observation through Green
land, and II he lives to return he win make known
vast amount Of interesting and valuable informa-
ton concerning that unknown land. He believes
that ths interior Is fertile country, and easy Of
access when once the outer boundaries have been
passed. An expedition to our new "Russian'
possessions Is now talked Of in the city. Captain
OsDozN SmRAaD Is endeavoripg TO persuade the
people Of England to at out another expedition
undar sir LroPoID MoCInro@ for the explora-
tion Of the lands around the North pole, and to
determine whether that immense unknown region
IL simply cold, dreary waste, or whether II is
productive tract teering with Life.
TIE AR KAvIaATo8s are more hopeful than
ever. An Asronautical Society has bsen formed
in England, and it's first report Is before the pub
Lie. The Duke Of Argyle is President, and sir
CHARLES BR1aHr, WILLIAM FAmnAnN, JAMES
G1AmHxs, and other prominent men, are mem
bers Of the Council A paper has been read by
Mr.. WrNHAM, which is said to be '.full OF close
reasoning, and differing entirely from the illogical
speculstions often put forth by enthusiastic pro-
jectors, who set to work according to methods
that inevitably lead TO failure." he examines at
large the fight Of Birds the extent Of surface Of
wings OF different kinda, the weight Of bodies, the
muscular strength required for fight, the much
less power needed for horizontal or angular mo-
ton In the air than for perpendicular ACCENT and
other questions bearing on the subject. He con-
siders that the attempt to simply initiate the
fight of birds is impractcable, but concludes that
.man Is endowed with sufficient muscular power
to enable him to take individual and extended
flights, and that success Is probably only involved
in question Of suitable mechanical adaptations"
TIE PARm CORRESPONDENT Of the World says
that the Sultan ia very remiss in those pes sois,
which civilized cavaliers render 10 the female sex
In the course Of the proceedings it became proper
that he should offer his arm to the Empress, in
stead of which he turned her the most frigid or
cold shoulders, and sauntered solitariy away from
her, manner Of proceeding more cavalier than
chiyslric. An ofacious ambassador pursued the
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