The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-03
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TIE GOV. EaaE trial IN England, and the Recon-
.struetions sAcs in the United States, Of late have
attxsoted attraction to the subject OF
martial, as contrasted with civillaw. The. Vest
minister Reuis,o for April 1857 repeats the follow
ing anecdote, found in Sir WALTER scoTrs Life
Of the Duke Of York, and it may not be uninter-
resting to reprodnce it here, even II for no other
reason than to show what queer notions those old
fogies had about civil liberty. At the table OF the
Commander-inzCh Chief young officer entered INTO
dispute with 1t. Col. ---, upon the point 70
which military obedience ought to be carried. The
Young gentleman was at the time OF he wnen
soldiers are apt to carry the sense OF military
duty to enthusiasm "If the Commander-in-ch Chief,
said the Young officer, 'should command me to DO
thing which knew to be civilly Illegal, should
not scruple to obey him, and should consider my
self as relieved from all responsibility by the order
Of nv military superior" $50 would not :" re-
piled the gallant and intelligent officer, who main
tanned the opposite side Of the question. II would
rather prefer the risk of being shot for disobe-
dience than of being hanged for tansgressing the
laws, and violating the liberties Of my country.
seYou have answered like yourself" said his Royal
the viyacity Of the debate; sand the officer would
deserve to be both shot and hung who would act
otherwise trust that all British officers would
be unwilling to execute illegal order, as trust
the Commando Chief is incapable OF issuing!
! one"
Mn. THAppEus STEVENS has been sick since the
adjournment Of Congress-, and has been ordered
| by his physician to; avoid excitement, and study
the things which tend to quietness. He has, how
ever, broken over the medical decree, and been de-
lyered Of letter. which shows that he is doing as
well as could be expected. He has been in labor
with his policy Of conhscahon, and now writes an
urgent letter in favor Of that scheme to Mr..
MoPHERsoN, the Clerk Of the House OF Represen-
tatives. he says that the people Of Pennsylvania'
and other States who were plundered by rebel in.
vaders, should be compensated out OF the estates
Of such men as AIKEN, DAVIS, ORR, HAMPTON, and
thousand others, who are still rich. He further
wonders that Congress has kept quiet for two ses-
sions. and not enforced confscation. OF his pohti-
cal associates who are perambulatng the South,
he SAYS: ga few Republican meteors, always er-.
ratio in their course, are I'll ting through and e1-
plodine in the Republican atmosphere. They at
tract sufficient public attention to enable them to
assure the anliable rebels that they need fear no
confscstion; that nobody Of any note In the North
| is in favor Of imposing such punishment Tor the
sake Of remuneration or Of justice" MIR. STEVENS
had hardly o follower in the last Congress-, when
ho made his cenfscation speech, and his moribund
uttarance now will be treated as q sick mans
dream.
1 =. 50.
TIE RICHMOND Whiq, gives the following IN
teresting account Of the Tredegar Works "Among
the vast operations at the Tredegar Works are
| two rolling mills, which are now being worked
up to their full capacity, and give employment to
i worry large number Of mechanics and lsborers
The Tredegar mill Is confined to the manufacture
ofmerchant iron Of all descriptions cut nails, rail-
| road spikes, and other tastenings. The Arnfory
mill is devoted exclusively to the manufacture OF
railroad iron and railroad chairs, OF which very
| large amount is now being made for several Of
| our Southern roads. In both mills there are In
the, aggregate over four hundred hands employ
ed, and OF rtheee there is largo proportion ne
groes.s0 thta latter class Ne we're glad to hear
good account under the excellent and judiclous
management OF the proprietors they are working
we'll and contentedly, an example which it would
be for The interest Of the colored men throughoht
the State to sfolicw. Browns Bland, at the fcot
OF Seventh street, which is thiokly studded
with shanties, used during the war as laboratory,
is now rented by the Tredsgar Company, and BY
them sub-let TO mechanics and laborers employed
in the foundry.n',5a,a5 % .f4-ed = .:1u. ~.
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tas Woats d now being pushed forward vigorously
upon the Florida Railroad, and present indications
sre that, the entire line VIII bein operation In tho
course Of few week., Hnne. The beautiful and
costly iron draw bridge oyef Amelia Hver is near
" finished, and the track between this place and
the bridge "a distance Of about three miles, is
ready for the rails, which have been laid about
quarter OF mile at this end Last Thursday the
steamer John MtcaE, from Hilton Head, brought
down load of rails, and we believe there ia inoT
enouehairon on hand to- complete the road and
necessary turn-oats.a On Saturday last some tWen-
tyshve white slaborers came down from Charleston
TO work OF, the track, and moro are coming. Phe
company has contracted with Col: II. W. DOWN.,
Of Minnesota, SSr the erection of very extahsiye
docks at tho termination Of the track 10 the har-
Dor, which win have on them large and oommo-
dious stcrehouse. Work is constantly kept up
along the. whole line in bsllastng and getting thb
road in, better order, and since the two new and
powerful engines were put on, the trains make
their time with great regularity. On the whole,
our fsiiread prospects are excellent go says the
Fernandina Courier. ;73 Fi3a's ''.." AT 70 49,
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TIE FALL Of MAxnmIAN is an event that has
bessth likely Is occur at any time since the deplr-
ture of the French troops hom Mexico, and would
have been brought about months ago but for the
want Of ability in the lesders Of the Liberal army
No one hero or in Europe can have looked forward
to any other result than the failure Of the Empire
when the supportof France had been Withdrawn.
MAxnrnIAa had he consulted his OWN personal
safety, would certainly have fed tho country With
The army whose bayonets alone for -two years up
held his authority, but he preferred, as Haps-
burg, the doubtful chances Of a contest with the
Liberals, 10 the ignoble expedient Of running away.
He has fallen, and, We learn, has paid the penalty
Of bis Fashpsss With his lie. Wsmsy hope. how
eser, that the statement relating to his execution
ia untrue. Cruelty in the hour of success will be
but o bad beginning for the new regime in the
Mexican Republic; which, letus trust, may re-es-
tablish tranquility and prosperity in that beautiful
land.
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TIE FOLLOWING &olE the Herald Of the 2oth Is
significant rweisea That General SHERMAN has
renounced his trip to the Holy Land, his presence
on tbs frontier being deemed necessasy by the
Government. However unfortunate this may be
for his piety tits good for his political interests.
When he is nominated next year for 'Viee-Presi-
dent il is just as well thot he should be on hand.
The Radicals talk of nominating BEN WADE or
DICK BUSTED for the position; but We rather
think that General GRANT would prefer his ies-
tenant Generals filing it. The military hierarchy
in the Gorarnment will then be complete" By this