The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-24
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havo taken place In mons minds and opinions oh
great anu important questions. Every now ant
thoa snco SAUL was trippcd up on his way to
Damascus, case Of sudden conversion in religion
or politics has startled tho world and staggered
tho theory that convictions nro born with babies
Tho present Congress affords many illustrations OF
this character. Ono VI tho most insaliato Radicals
in tho House Is q mombor from Illinois, a little
ovor year ago ho was, as ho bad boon all his lifo,
conservative person. IIe WAS tho first man to
imploro tho President 10 veto Tho Frccdmnns Bu-
rcau Bill. He called twico at tho Whito House
for that purpose, and being taken sick boforo
tho veto wns written, sent message from, his
sick bod at Wizards repeating his solicitudc In
this important matter. Soon after this, this
samo worthy statosman became Tho attorney
in cotton clnim amounting to $4,000. Clio
was not then q mombor OF Congress, but ho
had boon ono boforo, and is now.) Ho had feo
OF $50 900 in tho mattor, Ho oallod on tho Presi-
dent at onst twenty tmos TO got tho claim allowed
The President examined the matter and concluded
that no had right to Interfere in it, II must bo
settled by the Secretary Of this Treasury and il ho
said tho demand ought to DO paid, well and good.
Tho conservative gontlcmun got mad ut this, and
tho result OF his distomper vas a change OF his
political convictions. He bocamo o Radical. He
wont furthor. A President thought no, who wont
great republic, and honCeforth am for inipeach-
mont. And impeachment has boon tho burthon OF
his song over since. Now this would appear to bo
= fair subject for tho Judiciary Committee to in
quire into It comes legitimately within tho gon-
cral scope OF tho chnrgo that tho President stands
in the way of reconstruction, and ought to be ro-
| moved as an obstacle. He certainly was an obsta-
clio to this $4,000 foo, and to provout loyal
from pookoting $4,000 is grave offcnso.
| TEE BAAE oonnEsPoNpgSr also communicates
tho following about Congressional biundors: 1.-TWO
days aftor tho Reconstruction Bill had boon sont
to tho President, 1t discovered that there WAS
an error in tho enrolment and O resolution had to
bo passed. requesting the President to return It 10
| tho House, that It might DO correctly enrolled.
This has been spoken Of clerical crror.' 80 It
was, but tho responsibility for it lies with COM
mitteo of tho House, ald not with any clerk. 1t
ia the duty OF tho Committee on Enrolled Bills to
examine every bill carefully aftor It's enrolment,
compare 1t with tho original, and SEQ TINT there
arc no orrors in it. At tho last session OF Con-
gross important bill Was lost by tho stupidity Of
| q Senator. During the last hours Of tho session.
after long struggle, which had been renewed
at intervals for yoar, bill passed authoriz-
ing tho payment Of bounty to the Missouri
militia which had boon called out by authority OF
! United States officers. It was considered quito q
| big triumph for tho Missouri delegation. Two
days after tho adjournment, Senator Ross, OF Kan
| Bhs, Chairman Of tho Senate Committee on En-
rolled Bills, discovered this measure lying In his
deak unsigned by the President. Ho had forgotten
to present 1t to tho Executive Ho Immediately ran
to the Whito House with It, but the President just
Iy concluded that he had no right to sign bill
two days after the adjournment Of Congress
the Missouri Militia do not got their bounty. II
Ia great pity that similar fato did not botall tho
general Bounty Bill of last aummor-but still that
| is no oIcuso for Senator Ross. The two circum-
stances mentioned in this paragraph fair speci-
mems Of Congressional laundering. The only
wonder is that tho country ia not moro frequently
inconvenienced by by It.
| THE PACIFIC MKDIoAL and Surgical Journal
quotes ''an intelligent writer without pamo. for
the following description OF tho inordinate use OF
tobacco by "the inhabitants Of q section OF coun-
try In OF tho Atlantic States and tho penalty
paid in consequence in tho physical deterioration
Of both se1os. 'vTho complexion OF these peo-
ple," Gays the writer, sis noticeable, and sug-
goats many inquirios. II you Bay that half the
mon and nearly all the women are very pale, you
strike at the notion but fail fairly to hit it. Thor
Wilderness Of akin is simply tho whiteness Of
ordinary tallow. Il Is sallownoss with q uugses-
ont vitality, and beyond tho cotton Of any
restorative stimulantsi It has pisful and ropul.
eiye death-hke appearance. The amount Of to-
bacoo consumed by these people Ii beyond all cal
oulstion. hardly exsggerate in saying that at
least seyentenths Of air persona above the ago Of
twelve yeara pse 1t in some form. Nearly every
man and boy smokes or chews, and many OF them
do both, while the country women chow and smoke
to some eKtcnt, and womon Of most GLASSES "dip."
To SEQ man take quid from his mouth and put
it in hiB hat for future uso whom no goes to brcak-
fast, is by no means uncommon. have even seen
men Lay it undor tho odgo Of their plate at dinner
for safe keeping; and ono Of the leading delegates
| In the State Convention held an immense quid bo-
tween tho finger and thumb Of tho hand with
which he gesticulatod abundAntly during a ton
minutes speech" Ono must fool curious to know
to what section Of country this smoky picture ap-
plies. It Is certainly anything but inviting or
encouraging on tho score Of either health OF good
manners. e'
HoI MANY INDIAN Warriors It iakos to mako
great war, and how much 1t costs per head TO
fight thom, may bo calculated from Commissioner
TAEIcas eatimate Of the tribes now involved In
the war. These arc the Northorn Choyonnos and
Arapahoes, 800 warriors; the Minnooonjon band
Of the Teton siouI. zoo; those Of tho o'aallala
band Of Sioux, who would not consent tc cede the
right OF way for the Montana road ola Powder
river, and the right to plant military posts in
their territory, $50; those Of tho Brula band Of
Sioux, who ooincided with tho 0Gallalas, 500 ;
those Of the Two Kettle band who took the eamo
views, 900; making 1900 to 1900 warriors. These
! arc the Indians who massacred tho Phil.
Kearney detachment, and who havo carried on
tho war In the North. In the South are the
| Cheyonncs aud Arapahoes whom HANCOCK stirred
up by burning their village, while the shivington
| massacre OF their women and children and old
| men was stil fresh, who number about 500 war
| riors. In all, from 21Oo TO $500. On these we
spent 40 millions last year, and probably ton lives
TO every ono We took. And yet NO did not pretend
to mako vigorous campaign. For these alono
an army Of o.o0o men is needed. And these are
not moro than an eighth part OF the whole num-
| ber which We propose to exterminate. It iB easy
to see that wo can botter afford to buy oyery
Indian at bis weight in gold than to push this OK
terminating policy. '' ,'''.I Er..'i's.4 90"
| TIN YIoKmUna TnrRs, OF tho 1eth, chronicles
the death Of Judge YnazR, on the 1Ath inst. The
family Of Judge YxnoKs wss Maryland family,
and resided near Hagerstown, IN that State. About
yoar prior 10 his birth, his parents removed IRON,
Maryland to Pennsylvania, and In the town Of
Greensboro, Westmoroland county, on tho 9th day
January, 1910. the subject Of this notice was born
Whom he WAS about Ave yoars Of age, tho parents