The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-28
CURRENT TOPICS.

Tho London Spectator reports q rumor that MIR,
SEWARD Is negotiating for tho purchase of all
| British America from tho Pole TO forty dceross
| north latitude, and from the Pacific to Tho
| Canadss;" and Lo;d Stanley is said not to Gcc
aVerse to such transfer. Tho Spectator thcro-
upon remarks III Mr. SEWARD has made any
| such offor, wo trust Lcrd STANLEY will romombor
that tho owner Of tho American Pacific soaboarti
will always be tho most formidable enemy India
could have" Whother or not thero ia any truth in
this rumor, IL is Of course impossible 10 say. We
surmiso, however, that It ia nothing more than a
cdnard. Since tho Russian purchaso ell tho wits
in Yankeedom, and. it would seem, aomo evon out
side tho pale, h.vo been at work, oonjuring up now
plantations, to b6 bid of by lr. SEWARD. To bo
sure, thero is somo excuso for his coyoting the
West Pacific coast, for no wants tho right Of way
to Walruasia.
Sunday was very hot day. and yesterday mora
so. or this, however, We have no right TO COM
plain, as this has unquostionably beon one OF the
innRost and lato't springs wu have over known
while this has given US dwellers in tho city yoyy
agreesb o atmospheric condition. we fear our ooun-
try friends are not equally contentod for while Tho
nights were cold, and thus retarded the growth Of
the infant cotton plant tho grass, thanks to the
ooplous and frequently recurring showers, haa not
suffered Under q ainiilar' arreat OF doyolopment:
ana We arc in daily expectation Of receiving long
letters nom tho iutorier full Of loud lnnonts, and
6rstlng with the woful wit about ns crops Of hay
N thr cotton fields, and coyert alluaons 10 snake
oitos, and othor kindred subjects, we'll known to
our cotton planters, for havo they not boon the
regularly recurring thomes OF wit we'll worn, overy
summer during tho last teh deoadesp "'l
y f' iInrS- ~ -. t.. i-....
I General BAEHR Is getting very unenviable nd:
toriety, ip competition with the BoorH aud Sun.
RAFT ceses. Tho Now York World, o few days ago,
pronounced tho so-called BoorH Diary q amo
forgery, manufactured to Older by some news
phpor correspondent. This charge, In our ott,iu-
iony is sustained by excellent circumstantal eri-
dencc. Riding sixty miles thna night aftor tho
assassination, when he had broken his log lump
ing OF the stage 81 tho thoatro, and tho "brokon
bone tearing his flesh at overy step" can hardly
be cAliod very probable story, oven after au the
citouhastances of dansdr and Urgency aro taken
into confederation I'd that then he should hayo
'stopped9 hot to haro his leg eplnted and band
aged, bua to sec what tho newspapers said about
him, and to mako entries into his diary-is, to saw
. tho yeryleast that can be said. passing strange.
Now, We SEQ that "General" BAKER aays Mira Sun.
RArr odnfessed to him ssher completely with tho
conspiratorB so far ali tho itoi ded abduction was
concerted, but affirmed that she reluctantly Yield.
cd to tha:urGing 6f tBooTn in aiding, tho plot Of
assassination" Tho Now York 7snes very perti-
nentiy asks why no did not testify to this 20 t on
+ the trial 'dtl q Mra T syRn'AFF' ~ in. g"
" Tbs following from tho New York Tines Of FIJI
day. while not aa yet Applicable to this latitude may
serve tho usoful purpose Of arurtn subh conjunc-
ture :: Tho unusual punishment Of fine and one
@onth!s imprisonment Was yesterday imposed BY
JnStGa DoTLlsa, ct ths Court of Special Session.
upon q Third Avenue Railroad Conductor. who
~as found gd1ty Of assau1eirg and ejcctipe from
his car, boypassbhgsr, who refused to Weld bis
seat alter he had paid tho full fare We trust that
this oKemplnty penalty viii not .bo' without Its
warning effect upon the class to which the prison
.er belonged, many Of whom, BY their rudends TO
pasS!77engers have disgrsGed their, employers anu
afforded much cause for complaint on tho part of
.hs Paello In tho case undst sSnsIassesas!Sa the
fact that the conductor. Hshed to find room for
fannle. .He;hold that tho yielding; Of seat was
entirely matter Of courtesy, aud took occasion to-
make some suggestion to the fair aex, in cohneo-
ton With th. matter which nFo Of timely char
..,dH i.;;. i,r!n ---..:4l ... r .tut-..
Boston is christian town.; and has a.. christian
people; it iH in fact tho teetotalest city on this
i', mundane aphere. Tho yory smell Of. .Mouopgahela
ts ,Penitentiary offence; how strango and st The
samo. time how sad the reflection induced by "a re-
port from that sodly city, that lthere ih no
dimihution . df arrcsta' Tor ',drunkenness in
Boston, since the closing:: Of tho a6ar-rooms"
'byia legal :proceas:H Tho New York Tines,
.9ontEeata this picture OF the Puritan city.
with Paris on Sunday as recently portrayed by It's
correspondent. This, too,; during tho carnival
times .ot tho Exposition. Ha says :"Neathess,
ordor, deeenoy are every where ); and II there is
anything else in Paris It does not mako its
appearance in public, People. come ont by tho
hundred thousands all the liquor shops Of Paris
are open; there Is no Mime Law; tho supply Of
liquoF Is unlimited, and not one person Is soen
drunk; !; Darkest night, where should be greatest
-tici.sH .,.;iG!o!la - .t.,I:..s Il q. r. ~
. NJ. E,tME ata Arden appealed against tho judg-
mont of the Correctional. Police Court, which had
81 5Gtii iuo itais mas mis- second
eonyioti9nl, 1or holding ,qR. tao qelernmspt to
hatred and contempt in an artisla in his journal
Ld L,beIid. The appeal, which came on before,
TIE C4dr Imptriaie; has jdss been dismissed with
cobts; and Itonseduenty" the Judgment Of the
lower Court 'oonAfmed. !. The article for Which
he WAS prosecuted,. WAS n..5eors: OF comment
Oh the. first Judgment, in which,, according
y r. thea C~Wti tho same offences, yWero ro7
ptsnatedi ptn /. r the preamble p the present
Fsd fOft hxvhg' GeIoitsdl In his rsI 1artiole
'hatred and oohtempt ngafnat the dov6ruiment and
having stated In his:tseoond article fhAt.he was
oondamnod fop speaking ther truth; he reproduced
aA tho soapftions contained IN his aapisit 40 de.
otares that truth tnds 10 favor under the present
aoyoFnmoht md thst Il is by seryiiity people gain
an they want; thst IL dangers are e. Pointed out TO
tho Goyernui9nt the person who doHa 40 ID charged