The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

Southern war against the North has just COM
menced, as follows: "You keep throwing up to
MS secesh that swo are the most submissive of all.
We know wo are, because we recognize the right
of tho North to alter, 70 make and unmake, their
own constitution cquslly with the South; and be-
cause We pride ourselves upon our honor and
chiyalry and are net going to retain tho stakes
after we have put them up to the sword and lost.
So far from being ashamed of our submission, We
pride ourselves upon it as the highest evidence Wo
can transmit to posterity Of our high sense OF
honor-that we submitted, as none but gentle
men can, to On unconditional surrender, With
holding nothing, not even bar OF gold
left hid in the camp, and claiming nothlns' ho1
even ife-for if We are not slain, like MAMMALIAN,
it is not because our lives arc not forfeited by an
unconditional surrender, but because the charac-
ter Of our adversaries is different. We arc not a
LAWYER, but We have never heard OF powerful
nation going to VATTEL or BLACKSTONE to ask what
to do with their prisoners; they have generally
acted according to their interests and fears.
Does Mr.. HILL forget, when he is asking US
To play s:the mule" that he is talking to nation
of gentlemen who disdain, after surrendering up
everything to their conquerors depending on their
magnanimity, to beg even for life or property?
We are glad Mr.. HILL is getting ready to fight.
He did not fight for our Southern constitution.
But when he gets ready to die for the Yankee con-
sttution that We left, he will find that the South
cannot be whistled to the battle field by any one
that did not bear her own beloved banner to her
sacred fields Of fr eedom.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Gazette, of the Russian
Academy, writing from Archangel, says that the
slow approach of summer this year has OCCASION
ed disastrous consequences to number OF vessels
which arc accustomed to visit that port. He then
mentions the following extraordinary circum-
stances attending tho arrival of ship: "On June
26th there arrived vessel, the captain OF which
declared, at the Custom House, that he know
neither its owner whence it came, nor its destina-
ton. The captain, an Englishman, OF the
name OF TunEE, made the following aeposi-
ton: On June 18th quilted The port Of
Tramsoe, on the English ship Eident, bound
for Archange On June 18th the course OF the
vessel was obstructed by fields of ice to such de-
gree that she could not be extricated On tho fol-
| lowing day the EadeI had suffered 30 many re-
verses that she was in danger of laundering, and
the Captain and all hands would have perished had
| it not been for the approach Of the English ship
Industry on board Of which they were taken by
Captain MAC BETH. On going on board nothing
was saved from the Eident. Twenty-four hours
subsequently the Industry hailed ship moving
along in full sail. No response was given, as
not a soul could be discovered on her deck.
The strange vessel, which proved to be the
Da Cdpo had seven and half feet Of %ater in her
hold, but had suffered no other damage. Captain
TUREF and his crew were transferred on board,
| after having pumped out the water, and continued
their voyage until they arrived at ArchangeL All
| that can be learned of the mysterious vessel ID
confined to its name. Whether it had been aban-
doned, or had been tho scene OF some maritime
drams, nobody knows-no document having been
found on board giving any clue to its ownership.
Strange to say, there was a suficieocy OF provls-
ions for the remainder Of the voyage.
THE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH of July 81 says: ''The
telegraphic dispatches continue to assure us that
the President will remove General SHERIDAN, and
put another commander in his place. We cannot
imagine any good to be accomplished by it. We
have heretofore supported the Presidents policy,
and would do so now were it at all practicable and
promising Of good. Now, however, it is far better
for the President and Congress to reconcile their
differences for the good Of the country. General
SHERIDAN is favorite with Congress, and his re-
moyal by the President will be taken simply as an
act of hostility to the Congress, and will engender
still greater bitterness We Of the South have
nothing to gain, but everything to lose, by this
continued strife bstwccn two departments of the
government. Military government, and recon-
stuction under it, will be carried out just as faith
fully under General SHERIDAN as under any other
commander. He knows the country; new man
would have much to learn and would be liable to
be deceived. In the meantime, the country might
be again thrown into confusion and suffer great
injury from new men, new measures, uncertainty
and delay. Better let US alone as we are. The
President has originated many things which were
intended for our good, but, practically speaking,
we have never received any benefit from them. 1t
ia too late, and the President is too powerless to
do us any good now. We hope he will not at
tempt it."
THE FOLLOWING anecdote is from Paris news
paper: ssM. v1I1EMA1N, the Perpetual Secretary OF
the French Academy, received at his lodgings In
the Palace of the Institute several friends, few
evenings SINCE Conversation turned on the event
Of the dsy, the sale Of the Zemeniz Library. Some
one said, Can you believe fellow may be found
who is so crazy as to give $4,000 for miserable ro-
nance Of the fifteenth century, Thepersons pres
ent exclaimed, 's$2OO0l-are you sure OF itP He
answered, showing the newspaper in which no had
read it, Il am positively certain Of it. have just
read it here; and an not less certain the bibho-
phile who was guilty OF the folly Of giving $4,000
for this old secondhand book has not. and never
will read one single line of it," A gentleman,
who hitherto had kept silent, modestly replied:
ALLOW me to believe this assertion goes rather too
far and may not be quite so true as tho statement
Of theprice given for the book The first spokes-
man asked: And pray what reasons have you for
questioning that assertionF The other responed:
Il have only this one: I bought tho book, and I
spent portion Of the night reading it, 1t was
true. The bibliophilo bold enough to give $4,000
for the Romance Clerirdus et Metadice, was also
bold enough to readit, and he found it interesting
He was none other than NJ AMBROSE FmM1N
DDoT."
From the Municipal Statistical Bulletin of Paris
We make the following abstract and translation:
During the month Of January, 1867, there were
1902 births; 2466 males and 2436 females. Deaths
during the month 3S4O. Excess of births 1902.
During the twelve months preceding 54,2S5 chill
dren were born in Paris. The proportion of le-
gtimate to ilegitmate births is as 2.61 to 1. OF
iregitimate children those not acknowledged are
to those acknowledged in the proportion Of 81
to 1. April is the most favored month in Paris for
marriages, and March the least so. There were in
April, 1866, no less than 1884, while in March there
we're only 954. Total number of marriages for the
year 17,201. The total number of deaths for 1866
was 47,723; greatest mortality in July (50S5). The
population of Paris in January last was 1,799,98O
and including the garrison 1,s25,274. During the
five years, from 1861 to 1866, the population in
creased 132, ,139, little over per cent. This ap