The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

DRAPER that the late civil war was due TO materat
causes over which men had no control. In COM
batting an opinion maintained by DR.. DRAPER, that
:sthe colonization Of the North was inspired pY
ideas. that of the South by material interests
the reviewer makes hunurableS S11enf1on oi ~'1i'
Catholic colony of Lord BALTIMORE ana the oin"e
less Quaker colony of PENN, which oasea thsil
politics on tho generous prlneiples u i'eic "
toioraton long before tho Puritan colony ioi' Vi
acknowledged them" Another OF Professor Di'A.,
re,s notions. in which he endeaVorS " naho ~
o,,noor that during the colonial period umonsm
-. tho o+irihnte of New England, and that 1t was
.ho Who led in the formation of the confederation
- odontion OF the constitution, is success
Eli, d;snosed of. It was Virginia who moved In
tho nrinciple of union in opposition to taxation by
.ho crow1, she alone, at that time, desired to
establish truly national government (HnLLlARD'
vol. 8. u. S9T, and at whose invitation came the
convention to form N mere perfect Union.
The reviewer is equally happy in refutng Dr.
DRApER's absurd theory that slavery and abolition
are the developments of Southern and Northern
climate zones On the contrary, the writer de-
clsres. what indeed can be substantiated by abun'
dant testimony. that in the early days OF our his
tory leading men of the South and North express
ed earnest hopes for tho abrogation OF the slsVe
system: and he adds cit is worthy or remark tha'
there was a generally more tender sentiment III
regard to it at the South than at the North. de
| then reminds the reader that when Virginia, IN
1877. ceded to the Union the imperial domain out
| of which were formed the States OF Ohio, Indian
ma Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Min
nesota it was with the express stipulation that
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also recalled that even after the years lS2o2I DUR
ing which the great struggle which resulted IN ene
| Missouri compromise was most active, and camo
| to a conclusion, several OF the Southern Statcs
we're earnestly engaged in practical movements ioi
emancipation. Weare glad to see these facts given
| such prominence in the columns OF Leading raul
cal journal at this time, and would DC sui liore
eratifed to see them exert CONSERVATIVE anu sen-
erous influence upon those who are no" seohihs W
keen s:outside the Union communities 10 Whloh IL
owes its existence, and which not only endowed IL
with the richest portion of its territory, but oy
tboir voluntary act consccrated the whole OF IL 10
the freedom of men of all races and colors.
Tm sAv.vN.1 ADVERTISER of Monday, speaking
of Aaron Alpeora Bradley, says: This notorious
character has again got mixed up In legal proceeo
mos in the following manner: On Thursday night
he was set upon by crowd OF colored men near
his residence, and, as he says, was assaulted ana
beaten with sticks. and stones. He appeared be-
fore the Mayor Friday morning and made his state
ment saving that he recognized three Of the
crowd. named William Pollard, Richard johnson
and Peter Cavalier. These three were arrested,
but we're promptly released on bail to appear at the
No. Or1rf f0n
crowded Saturday morning, among the spectators
being o number Of our leading merchants VINO
have known the accused from boyhood. Ihey
we're promptly on hand, as were also four OF Brad
lew. witnesses, but the prosecutor did not mako
his appearance. After being called three times,
bis Honor directed policeman KEYEs to look tor
Eradley in the lower passage Of the Exchange and
in front of the door, Search was made according
", but he was not to be found The Mayor then
dismissed the case imposing costs on the prosecu-
tor. About half an hour later we saw Bradley,
armed with an umbrella and roll of papers, and
followed py crowd of negroes, travelling back
ward and for ward between the headquartersof tho
Freedmens Bureau and magistrates once.
After time he had the parties arrested andbrought
before Justice SMITH, charged with an assault with
intent to kill. The magistrate could not nn1 SUI
fcent evidence to sustain the charge, but COLI
sidered there was enough to warrant him In oine'-
ing them over to the next term OF the City Court
to answer the charge of s'sault and battery They
found no difficulty in obtaining the required ball.
and we're then released TIE magistrate next
placed Bradley under bonds to appear and prose-
oute the CASE He also was able to give security,
and the case ends here for the present. Bradley
seems determined to have himself made martyr
OF, and il his mass meeting takes place to-day ID
Chippewa Square, as advertised, he will doubtless
make flaming speech, setting forth the wrongs
and prosecutions he has endured, II is pity
that some means could not be deyised bywhich
this pestilcnt agitator could be taken hold OF by
either tho civil or military authorities He has
been doing much mischief by inAaming the minds
of the ignorant freedmen, hoping for personal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or political position thereby.
TIE RAILROAD and steamship companies be-
| tween New York and New Orleans have organized
an Express Company to be called the Railroad and
Steamship Express Company, which will COM
menoe operations in that line Of business early in
October. President WADLEy, OF the Georgia Cen
trail Road, is now In New York arranging the de-
Office has already been opened in that city, and
the necessary wagons, horses and equipments
have been purchased, and are probably now on
their way South. The. business OF the Company
will extend from New York to Mobile and New Or
leans, uia Savannah, and arrangements are being
perfected with all the railroad lines intervening
for receiving and forwarding freight. 1t is
proposed to charge small per cent. over the
usual rates OF ransportation on oil goods,
thus affording the public all the privileges of
Rxpress transportation and at o greatly reduced
cost. The formation OF this Company will be hail
ed with pleasure by the merchants of the South
and business men GENERALLY. 1t has been desid-
eratam to comraeree, and is in the hands OF men
who have peculiar facilities for making it SUCCESS
full. Competition is the life Of trade, and we are
glad to see itiraugurated in this particular branch
of business. The Adams Express, which, has
proved powerful and effective transportation
agent and great public convenience, in spite OF
its political proclvitias, 1--WE are willing to do itfun
ia stico,) will doubtless continue its operations,
thus producing healthy check that will guard the
public sgainst imposiaions. -,
NEW FRENCH volume presents some interest
ing ststistics concerning The increase in popula-
ton Of large cities: ID hs65 the population Of
Paris was ecalc culated SE i, ,s62 p00; ofLonden OF
sO2s 900; of Vienna at 56O 900; of New York. year
earlier, at 1o25,s0p The annual ratio of increase
per inhabitant was, in Paris, Oo0, lin other words
100 inhabitants became 10e in the course OF the
YEAR, in London, 0.O17; at Vienna 0.016, atd at
New York, 0.35 The average number of inflabi-
tants in single houseis for Paris, q; London z;
Vienna, "a, and New York, II. So that Vienna is
the most densey pooplod town of the four. From
these data it appears that the increase Of popua-
ton at Now York is equal to that Of the three
other towns taken together-a circumstance
owing, of course, from tho stream Of emigration
constantly flowing in that direction. In 1890 the
population of New York was S9,131, and it has
since been four times doubled. With regard to tho
other towns, DR.. VAcHEr attributes their nciease