The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-10
CURRENT TOPICS.


soME PEOPLE taio pritlu in tlioir skoplicism,
and court nptoricty, il would sccrr, by rl,;nfn.
couuor to tho ourront belief Of thoir follow men,
This Ia particularly noticeable in tho case Of yio-
lenL doaLi Of any celebrity. II lherois tho least
uncertainty connected with thor fato, thcro will
always DO found mon who Torment theso rumors
and Btouty maintain that tho said persons arc not
dend &c. Tho case Of Sir JoHN FRANKLIN is tho
ono most familiar to our readers and wo think II
not improbable that there individuals Rlill in
crcdulous on tho mattor. In tho caso Of BooTn
wo have proof Of this trait Of human nature every
fow days somo now runor bcing started. DR.. LIy-
1RdsToSEs fato will doubtlosBly furnish food for
these doubtors, although thoro appears no longer
any reasonable ground for unbolief. lottcr dated
Joannn, Fob. "a, lately received in England, giyos
tho account Of tho death ofDr L. We have already
published it, and then speaks OF hiB burial.
Moosa tho narrator Of this sad event. frod his gun
and ran buck to his countrymon, and they escaped
into tho grass and bushes. At dusk thoy returned
10 tho spot whore DR.. LIVINGSTONE was attacked,
and found his body, tho bodios Of tho two Mayolas
whom ho shot, also tho bodies Of four Of tho Afri-
carls. Thoy buried tho doctor, and then set off
fast thoy could 20 their return to tho coast,
and aftor escaping two threo times from bands
Of bavclas reached Kulloa, on tho coast Unless
some OF tho Africans survive and rcacl, Zanzibar;
which is very improbable. this is oil that will ever
bo known Of tho fato OF DR.. LIvNosToNE. Tho
| NIavolas, who havo como from tho south in con-
siderable numbers, killing tho unfortunate nc
groes who have neither courage nor tho means Of
| defonding themselves.
VIZ RECENTLY EXPRESSED our surprise at the
Herald for insdiously advocating ropudinlion. Our
astonishmcnt is heightened by finding similar
leaning in that Simon Puro Radical sheet, Hdrper's
Weekly: t'wo cannot help thinking, and saying,
too in strict confidence 10 tho readers OF this jour-
nal, That stupid, und dull and yoicoless tho pub
lie may be, ho has some rights which politicians
will. or later, have TO recognize. Ho is now
paying tax at tho rate of por csnt. than ia
paid by tho most heavily taxed pooplo OF Europe,
and at tho sanio timo he is paying for commodities
| OF all kinds and labor hftr-lvc and ono hundred
and fifty per cent. moro thnn any other poople
in tho world. In England tho taxes arc hoayy, no
doubt, but food, clothing and rent are cheap. In
Russin living il oxponsiye but tho taxos arc light;
but horo in tho United States tho puolio sroans
under tho simultaneous burden Of heavy taIos and
expensive living. Wo have o notion that, sooner
or later, he will robol against this load and that
the party thnt lnid It on his shoulders will itsolf be
laid pretty low" Uncss we informed our readers
i
Of JEFF DAVIS. thoy would noror suspect it. straws
show which way the wind blows. II 30 slight q
Cause can mako tho whole financial fabric Of tho
country shake and toter to Is foundation thoro is
| room for suspicion that thero is something rotten
/ in that structure.
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF tho lcvees along tho
Lower Aiississppi is matter of such great i'm
1 purtance, rot only 10 Louisiana but to tho cot
| ton interest OF tho whole country, that IL is
much to DO regretted that tho present disagrco-
mont between tho civil nnd military authorities
threatens to cripple tho work. Tho last Lcgisla-
turo provided loan Of four MILLIONS for this
purpose, but before tho bonds wcro put on tho
market tho great overflow destroyed tho lcvecs
just hnishcd. Tho first appropriation, thore-
fore, will have to 60 for payment on tho destroy
cd levees whiio tho two sets of Commissioners ap-
pointed mako doubts !as to tho legality Of the
bonds unfayorablo 10 thor sale. uowovor, tho
vigorous settling Of differences by General SHEnI-
DAN will soon bring tho Lovoo Boards o com
mon ground, and meantime further provision must
DO made by tho State or the Federal Government
or both. to preserve the fertile bottom lands from,
Abandonment" Tho foregoing is tho story aa
SnEnIDANs friends tell it. We shall soon however
have tho other side also; and then have better
opportunity OF arriving at something like correct
understanding Of tho matter. - . -" =
| JUDGE BusTEED, now Of Alabama, formerly oil
Lhis burg, says tho Now York Times, may bo re-
momberod by our citizens liable now and then
to DO somewhat impusiyo in his toto and lhhgrnoe.
| =. &C., 49, i--r--r nnplt somowhat In
his new Jurisdiction, and that ono Of tho members
| OF tho Alabama bar, 4. Ii. WATTS, ESQ.,, taking
offence OF something he had snid, announced his
| 70 hat
Tho Judge thcrcupon wroto him note, saying
he couldn't allow tbat, and TINT he issued his
mandate" requiring him 70 revoke such inten-
tion II It existed. "Tho fact is," said the Judge
IL cannot spare you. Your usually genial mnn-
ners, and your professional learning, mnko your
companionship very desirable; and although you
| and differ rs to how lawyers aud Judges shall
respectively conduct themselves in Court; this
need not provoke personal unkindncas, and on my
part shall not" Mr. WATTS couldn't resist this
and came back, writing tho Judge q uote Of &C.
acknowledgement, but telling him at tho close that
his manners were anything but agreeable to NOM
bers OF tho Bar. So order regns again in Alabama.
IT 1s NOW TWENTY-FIVE days, says an exchange,
since the capture and reported execution OF MAXI
MILAN. It will DO remembered that the neMs i;i ioi
the capture was official, and has since been con
frned by numerous dispatches; but tho infor,ns-
tion OF the execution was unofficial and has yet
/ received confirmation from no quarter. Il is
| impossible to believe that we would not by
this time have positive and official intelligence
| OF such an oysnt, if It really had taken place:
We have dispatch from tho United states Consul
at Matamoras, and also q dispatch from dcnoral
BEHn1ozAnhL at tho samo place, both. dated the
21st OF May (six days dior tho rumored oxocu-
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