The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

very unfayornby cvon with that of 1866. "At tho
ciuse of returns," says tho report, Georgia
promised To yiold 81 pvr cent OF her crop OF 1866;
South Carolina, so; Alabama. AZ; Mississippi, "a;
Arkansas. Ii, and Tennoseoo o., whilo Louisiana
aud Texas show consi lcrabio falling % from last
years crop This result is attributed by tho Bu-
rcau to tho "appoaranr0 Of the cotton murm." wo
learn otherwise, however, TINT tho truo causb is
tho uuwlingncGB of tho ncgroos to work. a lot
ter from Northern gentleman, now ono Of Tho
s'Soa Isands,r says "It only requircB a visit to
thoso islands ID mako thorough pro-slave-y man
Of tho rankost abolitonist. Now that picking has
commenced, tho hands hayo TO bu watched night
and day, aud, with nll that can DO done, they will
atl steal great deal. They sell whatever thoy
steal TO fow white mon hore who have badin-
1uence upon tlom and corrupt them for gaiu and
in hopos Of getting thoir yoies. Tho negroes
hayo boon taught to boliovo that tho land is to DO
givon them, and, if tho military wero not with
in roach, it ia doubtful whether thoy could be kept
oven in tho liltlo subJoction in which thoy are.
They arc tho most idle, worthless filthy, and sui
lon set OF creatures over cav. Thoy quarrel oil
day, aud when night comes thoy keep their eternal
fiddle going till q lato hour, and dance tho double
shufilo and tho hocdown TO its music They hnvo
ruined many Southern planters who have but lit
Ito capital and ondeavorod to work their plantn-
tations shares. In almost every case tho ne
groos got short OF provisions from extravaganza
and csrolessncss, and abandoned their crops to
fiud work for monoY elsewhere. Tho moment
they earn enough to feed themselves for few
days thcy quit and wander about or lie down and
scop Our corn crop, fifty acres, was entirely
| lost for want OF labor"
The WASHINGTON CoRREsPoNDEST OF tho New
| York Times, of October /, Enys "All the state
ments heretofore published regarding The trial Of
JEFF. DAVIS have boen nero surmises, aud the
uofernmont has not authorized tnom nor mas 1t
| mado public any intimation of what it intends do
ing. It s semi-ofIlcialy announced, however, that
the Government will ask FOR further delay, whom
| the trial comes on in Noromber noxt, and that tho
counsel for tho accused will then mako motion
TO ontor a noke pros. Judge UNDERWOOD will Of
course bo present, but il is not yot definitely sc,-
tied whether Judge CHAsE will preside. The mo-
tion to quash will bo argued and decided in all pro-
bability during tho carly part Of the torn. It is
| due to Attornoy-Gon STANBERy 10 say in this CON
ncction, that although ho has boon consulted re-
| garding tho nattcr. and may have advised the
prospective dolay, no cannot bo hold accountable
| for tho manner in which the case is conducted
Ho complied with District-Attornoy CuANDLEB's
reques tor assistance in prosecuting the trial oy
employing Hon. W. NJ. EvAnrs rs assistant COUNSEL
Consequently Mr.. CHANDLER is auno responsible.
Tho same correspondent also statos: During re-
cent interview with all old Tennessee friend, tho
purport OF which has been retailed publicly. Mr..
JOHNSON stated that he would tako his final stand
against Congress by resisting it's right, II It as
sumed it, to suspend him during tho progress OF
tho impeachment trial, if ho was impcached. 30
many ifs spoil tho throat but it ia probable that
the first opportunity afforded the President to take
stand against Congress on this subject will bo to
veto bill providing for a suspension from Office Of
Eli public officers who may have boon impeached,
until they have been tried, which will undoubtedly
bo introduced and passed oarly in the soasion.
ONE OF THE EDITORS of Tho Now York EUenino
| Maa has visited Barnums Museum to witness the
gorilla, and thus describes what no saw 'sWo
could SEQ tho tops of tho bars, though, and it at
i onco occurred TO us that such small iron rods as
\ thoy nre would be utterly insufficient for the re-
| straint OF creature capable Of bonding double q
bar OF iron AN inch and three quarters thick an
| this ono is said to havo dono. Tho first glimpse
| wo had Of tho animal, however, settled tho gorilla
question, and set tho mind at easo concerning the
iron bars. Wo saw bcforo us, huddlcd low down
in the cage, against the bars Of which it's noso was
pressed, very fine specimen of tho baboon-a
| species of smian with which tho gorilla, peing On
apo, cannot properly bo classed. The baboon in
question appears to be Of tho cYnocephati, or
| dog-noaed balloons, bearing strong similarity to
| the hGmddr,yds-so cael-that used TO be eIhib-
| itod with tho VAN AMDURa collection two or three
years ago, and not very much dissmilar, except in
superior 1ze, to tho chocna baboon in tho collcc-
tion al Central Park. At any rate tho creature is
q baboon, having tail, and the bare spots on tho
postcrior peculiar to that species OF quadrunane,
| and therefore it cannot be gorilla. We do not
think that Mr.. DARsUM displayed his usual saga-
city in announcing this now Eaboon of his as
1 l0nr
usual meDdaoity was at fault. The humbug is too
glurine ono to deceive cvon public so gulliblo
| as ours. But tho thing might have boon done
bottor by lcnving tho gorilla nono, and introducing
| the stranger under some such original designa-
ton as tho <lnH.rOpophugRs Horridds, or Man
| oater from tho mountains of Madagascar"
The BaLTIMoEE Sun. in referring to tho artillery
! purchased by Gov. SWAMI, says "Tho Radical
journals, instigated by incondiaries in this State,
| who are sccung, by the propagation Of defama-
tory falsehoods, to oxoito popular passion in the
North against Maryland 80 as to induce Congress-
to snbvert the State government, and put it into
| tho hands Of q fnctious minority, who can ncyor
attain power by tho will Of tho people, endos-
ToriDg to convert tho purchase by Gov. SWAMI OF
| fow CANNON for the Maryland militia as atartling
oFidenoe Of an intention 10 assist President JOHNSON
| In making war upon Congress. The simple truth of
the matter is, that the quota for arms coming from
tho Federal Government to Maryland was s24, 900,
and Gov. SWAMI had correspondod with Secretary
STANTON upon tho subject, in which Secretary
STANTON consented to furnish tho State two bat
tories OF artillery, OF six guna cacl nd the value
being somowhat above the amount Of tho quota,
tho State was to pay the difference Gen. GRANT
the successor OF Mr.. STANTON, not having carried
cut tho arrangement, the Governor employed
part Of tho state appropriation for carrying out
tho militia bill to purchase single battery of six
guns. Arc the Radicals prepared to accuse Secre-
STANTON Of conspiring with Governor SWAMI to
assist President JOHNSON in making war upon
Congrcss2 This whole matter. however, of parti-
san clamor about y few uniformed militia in Mary
land is too ridiculous to pursue further.
| IT 10 A SINGULAR circumstance that not all the
pacific assurances Of tho French Government,
| even though they arc accepted and interpreted in
in pacific way by the Prusainn Government, are
sufficient to allay tho beliof that great war 10 inn
pending between Franco and Prussia. Our latest
European adrices and files display this fact In a
very remarkable manner. Some Of tho Journals
| lro arguing with the public as strongly as thoy
can to produce belief that NAroLsoS's promises
havc boon mndo in good faith, and hayo been nc
copied in good faith by King WILLIAM, or rather
by King BISMARCK; but ovan wbilo arguing in this
way thcro seems to bo undortono of doubt