The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

nl hcauS nRNo Dcon attracting our attention for
soycral days and ON looking into tho circular, or
which thoy form tho caption, wo find that now
railway schomc is on tho tapis viz: from Atlanta
Ca, to Decatur, Ala. tho necessity for its spaedy
construction is thus set forth in tho circular Tho
Continental Railway, OF which wo hear 80 much
| talk, commences Mt tho exrome northeast at Hall
fax-and passing through Bangor Portland, Bos-
ton, Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing
ton, Lynchburg, Knoxville, Cloyoland-thenco TO
Now Orleans by triple routo-and from that point
TO Houston, Texas, and tapping tho Pacihc, either
NJ Mnzatlan or Qua. mas, or perhaps both, Homo
three thousand four hundred mileH in its entirety.
Bctwcon Cleveland and New Orleans tho direct
nnd slortcsl limo IL by tho Dalton homo, aud Sell
mn Railroad, and thence By n trunk limo to Now
Orleans. Branching a. Cleveland, tho Northern
cord OF this trinity goes by Chattanooga and N. E.
| and s. W. Railroad 10 Elyton, thence to Mobile,
intorsccting tho trunk limo to Now Orleans aboyo,
ttlo south und wost OF Solinn. Whilo tho South
crn cord leaves tho main line Mt Dalton and goes
TO Atlanta, Montgomery, and Selma, or dividing at
Montgomery, goes through to Now Orleans by way
Of Mobile. Nearly two-thirds Of this great railway
in operation, and short spaces, both in blaine
and Alabama, arc bcing rapidly filed up. This is
tho shortest routo across tho continont-iB tan
gent TO tho Gulf OF Mexico, and tho whole New
England cons nst-cmbraces cyory variety OF soil
| and climate, and will associate many o different
race md character in its business operations
Tho Charleston, Memphis and Topeka Railway,
| and its extension north and westward, now being
under auspiciOus consideration will cross tho Con-
tincntal ut right angles, intcrsecting tho Thrce
Ply at Atlanta, Jacksonville, or thcreaboute, and
Gadsden, or rather few milcs north OF that
point. Tho bearing Of tho Continental is south,
As degrees wost whilo from tho Charleston md
Memphis north, d5 degrees west and Mt Memphis
| o slight anglo moro northwnrd to an intersection
with tho Union Pacific, at Topeka, or somewhere in
that vicinity, say four hundred and lweuty-flyo
miles from Momphs. These two linos Will form
tho "Grcat Southern Cross" md will bccomo in
timo tho great Highway OF tho worlds commerce.
| securing to tho Southeastern States their duo in
fluonco and position among tho nations of the
| earth. Tho short gap in tho Charleston md Mem
phis Road from Atlanta to Decatur Direct Say loss
| than two hundred miles, is tho first step in
closing up this ruuto, and measures nro already
! being taken for it's odfly accomplishment. Tho
shortest lines to tho most distant places, ia good
motto for railroad builders in this progressive age
Consolidation, concentration, and corporation are
words OF good meaning in railroad management
hlr GEo. WApswonTH, Of Atlanta, is at present in
| this city, armed with mnps, and chocls full Of al
| sorts Of information bearing on this enterprise
RICHARD GRANT WHITE one Of the regular con-
| tributors to tho GaiaIy is writing a series OF
papers for that magazine, entitled "Words and
| their Uses" In tho number for July ho combats
| tho opinion, current amoRs English, md admitted
also by mnny American writer's, TINT tour tasto in
| language is less fastdous, our liconscs and in
| accuracics moro freluont, and Of chnracter in-
dicativo Of q want Of refinement and elegant cul-
lrro han fhnrn hoor i, nil bal =.
England" This is givon in tho very language Of
/ A1r. MARSH, who is censurcd by hr. WHITE for
such admission; inconsidcrato and unjust, inaa-
much as he compares aversge speech with
| that OF educated society in tho mothor country
| hlr. WHITE then proceeds to show that tho first
contemporary writer's Of England aro not free from
/ inaccuracies and antiquities OF grammar and
/ Blovonliness OF style. Ho citoR humorous pas
sages from FonsrER's "ArroBt OF the Five Mem-
bcrs," and FRouDE's "IiiHtory Of England" very
open to criticism. Wo have room only for ono or
| two OF those. From ERoUDE: "And had DAnsLEY
proved tho useful Catholic tolich the Queen ntondcd
him to be, they would have sent him to his account
with aB small compunction as JAEL sent 1e Cdnaan-
ite captain. or they would havo.blcsaod tho arm
that did il ,cR a, much eoquencc as DEponAu;"
| whereupon Mr. WHITE remarks "Here wo arc
| compelled to ask How small conjunction did
JAEL sond tho Canaanite captains and, What do
grco OF eloquonce did tho arm attaina What did
Il with as much ns DEBoRAn7 What wus it2 and
How much oloquonco Is DEDonAH7" The sentence
to uao tho words OF tho Saturday r R.nien. 10 90
marked with Rloyenliness Of grammar and clumsi-
ness OF expression; it is SO lacking in tho direct
ness, precision, and force which, according to Mr.
| LOWELL, are M common o. tho day in the mother
country, that it only be bettered by being al
most wholly rewritten. Wo nre all ablo to guess,
but only to guess, that what Mr. FRoUDE means is
that tho persons Of whom lie speaks would hayo
| sont DARhLEy to his account with as little COM
1 junction as JAEL's, when she cent tho Canaanitc
captain to his, would havo pleased with tho elo-
quence Of nEBoRAH, the arm that did their pleas
uro." This may, perhaps, DO moro clear; but, by
our lights, it ia eTon less elegant than the original
But wo must forbear quoting or crticieing, for wo
| much fenr our readers will pronounce this hyper
critcism-an occupation beneath tho attention OF
sensible people, who can find something elsa to
do oven in their hours Of leisure.
THE BosToN correspondent Of tho Springfield
Republican tells the following story on THAoKKnAY.
Whether or not It in true, wo nre unable to say,
but we remember hoariDg it at tho time OF THAcK-
ERAI's visit to this city. In Richmond we after
wards heard The same story told about THAoKE-
aht anu cPt lhuy VI LuRG CITY, InD I0lI0W-
ing La he stcry told in tho Republican, 'TuAoK-
ERAv WAS by nature q sipgnlarly coarao man
ooarse In thought, and coarso in expression, and
those who we're intimate with him often wondered
TO see how well he simulated refnament in his
books. His hrst request on landing in this coun-
try, on Ms first visit, was about tho last ono that
well-brod gentleman would have vonturod TO mako
He whs In Charleston, g. c., in 1885, during race
week-tbe week OF the year, in old times. He
met, OF course, Mrs. SUSAN PEr1anu K1No, daugh-
tor OF JA,fEs PHT1anu famous aa tho old Union
man in South Carolina, and who, by the way, real
ly cared no more for the Union than he did for
the confederacy, despising both and lauding mon
archy). Mrs. RNo is an authoress, an intelligent,
bright. and, not to get too fine point upon It,
saucy woman. Her train Of cavaliers was always
humorous. On boing presented, THAcKEnAY, who
had been told something OF the ladys peculiari-
ties, said, hayo hoard that you aro fast woman,
Mrs. Rno.' Without suffering shadow of an
noyance to appear on her broad but, cspieglc face
Mira. KIso responded, And have been told that
you were gentleman"
TIE VIcKsBuRo Republican Of June 1s, brings.
the following item Of press.gossip: 'It is whisper
cd around town that Colonel MAaIoyR, late editor
in chief OF the Vicksburg Times, and Colonel PAR
7n1DdE, former editor Of tho Yicksbufg Herald arc
about to establish newspaper in this city on tho
LososTaEET platform. We aro personally ncquaint-
l q