The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-18
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gard to- the sewage OF cfteS' noA9' ' Ns' -
an inya]uao Die manure treated as tnougn IL were
utterly yalueess. In proof OF what 1t wlu 90 they
80 ro;ntcd to the example of China, where
ronch denser population than isfound IN any OF
A. ..or,;gbtened" countries is supported by SOL
s.rt;l;ze0 almost exclusively by sewage. we nave
rafnsed to learn wisdom from such an example,
and the waste has still continued. At last tne
economists have so far triumphed as TO secure
trial of the experiment, and 1t Is safe 10 PieoiS.
that the final result will be general utin -
this valuable prodnct. The London MetropohlAn
BOARD of Works, having already an e1perin'ehtA'
farm of two hundred acres fertilized by se"ase'
will soon extend its use to the entire tract oi esn'
tbonsand acres. The farm already III oPefo'ion
,vss rec,simed from total barrenness, ana hau0
80 ,roarc,;ve az the best English garoenS'
-. .nt,,rrod good crop. Some celery,
| the edible part OF which was eighteon in1no' ID
,vns grown. The yield OF that part Oh 'no .a.'D ''
n,snted with mangolds or mangei-"urAeiS "'n 70
s;xtv tons to the acre. But the Creates. oiop VOC
IL GRASS the yield Of which Is SAID 10 % anlnoS'
h,vond belief Some fifty or sixty acres we're sown
| - GRASS. Nearly three hundred COWS were kept
at one time upon a portion OF this tract, but they
failed to keep the grass down, and it had TO DO
| cnt That part which was moved has been cut
| savan times and ia to be moved twice more this
season Thus far it has averaged ten tons 10 Tue
,cre each cutting, OF the Italian rye grass, tne
| value of which is about one pound sterhnS
tom At that price the yield OF hay would De worth
| about 500, sbils the expense OF fernhzing WI
he loss than sl5 1t can hardly be said, after such
result, that using sewags IS not practicaoie as
| 1el a. correct theoretically. The Sqrks OF tne
company sre very perfectly constructed and' 'Eag-
ing from The description given, might De mooei
| for similar works in this country. ''i'
TIE MONTGOMERY (ALA.) Advertiser, in order to
nreyent all the trade being lost to the gulf pofts
by the iron arms that are being extended East ana
West from the various cities to the North OF Aont-
| oomerv advocates tine construction OF snip
canal through the peninsula of Florida. 1t says
Il has heretofore urged this enterprise upon the
cities of the gulf, Mobile and New Orleans; and II
hopes. now that the elections are over, the Jour-
nails of these cities will, for their own interests
for no other, give the subject the consioeration
which ia due to it's importance, 1t says 1t Will Dc
too late when the projected -raiigsys are COM
n,sted. especially those through North and osn@
tr., Alabama, and those which will soon open
\ the splendid harbor OF Brunswick ueor9's'
Il The New Orleans Republican approves or the pro
/ iect and says: 'Years ago the government az
washington ordered q survey Of the Flcrlds Pc
ninsua. with view to the formation Of ship ca
nsI across it, and there can be no question as to
The feasibility Of the project. Such canal cut
through the level and easily worked soil OF Pior-
da and scarcely hundred miles in length, would
admit us into the Atlantic Ocean at tho thirtieth
parallel Of latitude, far to the North Of the BAHIA;
ma shoals and ths Florida reefs, Sad place ps
within four days Of New York, and within fifteen
days by steem navigation of Liverpool and Havro,
requiring no stoppage for fuel, nor any OF the de-
| teations which now extend that navigation to
twenty-five or thirty days" Yes, ws viii second
the advertiser in ''arousing the gulf seaports nom
their lethargy," Let us not only have canal
through the Florids peninsula, but similar canal
through the Isthmus Of Tshaaptepec to the West
which will carry us into the Pacific 10 Ave OF six
1 days. ~. .-,o,.t..a.,t te,.J.. %;
7 TIE DIFFICULTY OF on artistic treatment Of our
| modern costume is mods. Host painfully apparent
when it is proposed to erect astatue 6f sny dis
| tinguished contemporary. The reported selection
| of MIR. Story to make the statue of George PeaI
body ordered by the City OF London, suggests
| this difficulty again. However estimable o man
may be in private hfe yet to make bronze repre-
sentaton him in our ugly fashion OF panta'oons,
boots and coat is really to il act nuisance upon
uosterity So much ID this 50 that even the boldest
realistic sculptor would not dare to grapple with
stoYe-pipe hat. The costume OF military hero
gives some chance for flowing outlines. cloak
can be introduced, o plume can be made
| Of service, the embroidery comes into play,
while the sword gives o chance for some
action. But there is no more hopeless sub
iect than respectable man Of business, in
his ordinary costume and doing nothing in parti-
cular Even pen and scroll are hardly in char
actsr while ledger and ruler cannot be admit
ted. There are two prominent instances in which
the artists feeling this difficulty have boldly cut
the Gordian knot, and attempted, though with
what success each one must judge for himself, to
return to the simplicity of natnre. The one is the
statue of Washington by Crawford in the grounds
of the Capitol and the other is the statue Of Vol
taire by Pijalle which is to be found In retired
corner OF the Mazarin Library, at Paris. In this
EIast the natural obstacles in the way OF this treat
ment were even greater than our present costume
offers. Voltaire was in his old age, and his whole
body was emaciated to the last degree, yet there
he is in marble in p,uis natraibus, and the start
ling effect of the statue shows what genius-French
genius-can do even under such difficulties.
THE SAVANNAH Republican, in speaking of the
Europ, an situation, says: England, raeked with
=. md eylar-
ing at each other across the Rhine; Russia trying
to raise money, and arming inhot haste far some
gigantic crasaas; Austris binding up her Wounds;
a areactionary Convention just disperaing from Ma
lines, and a Revolutionary Council adjourning IN.
anger from Geneva; the King OF Italy cramped by
the grippe Of Napoleon into an unwilling arrest OF
Garibaldi, and his whole kingdom on the eve OF
consequent insarrection; Rome under martial law;
Spain bleeding ct every pore under military ter
rorism; the insurgents OF Crete fighting on to the
bitter end and Greece agitated to espouse their
cause; Turkey threatened with foreign attack
and domestic disruption; such is the lively pic:
ture the elder continent presents. And why2
Because she stiI tolsrates the monarchical and
military system which some OF our madmen are
doing their best to initiate. Because she keeps
2, 800, 600 able bodied consumers away nom the
the fields and facLories where they would be pro-
ducers in times OF peace and 100000 in time of
war, and thus actually loses 81 600 600 0O0 in hard
cash, per annum, which would go to feed and edu-
cate hel poor, cultivate her waste lands; improve
her dwellings,, and make her people happy instead
Of turbulent and dscontsnted. II there be any
saving grace In 1868, as the prophets Of European
liberalism predict it viii arise in that hour when
the folly of an armed peace shall become the scof
of the nations ......
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ice NEW A -BANY Ledger has the following
story: ttJoe h is one of the characters in
Lafayette township Recently he was summoned
to act as a juryman in a case being tried before
magistrate. He proposed to The parties to the suit
4ha4 than allorr him alona act the irrY and