The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-03
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fore and to no Ike the State tht giver away OF the
bride. The following passages rom the statement
of his scheme shows what dotc trash Drlght !
men can sometimes write: Permission to marry
should be theS SreWaxd -hetdzina sight fyoufn aa-
ring the entire latter part OF the course Oh then
education and it should re granted as the natlon-
al attestation that the first portion OF ther lVeS
had been rightly fulfilled 1t should not De attaln-
able without earnest and consistent effort, though
mt within the reach Of all who were Wiling to
make such effort; and the granting OF which
sbould be a public testimony to the fact that
the vouth or the maid to whom it was given
had lived within their proper sphere modest
ond v,rtuous life, and had attained such skill in
their proper handicraf and in arts of household
economy as might give well-founded expecta-
lions of their being able honorably to maintain
and teach their children. No girl should receive
permission to marry before her seventeenth birth
day, nor any youth before his twenty-frst; and it
should be point of somewhat distinguished honor
with both sexes to gain their permission OF mar
riage i'll the eighteenth and twenty-second year,
and recognized disgrace not 10 have gained II al
least before the close of the twenty-rst and twen
| ty-fourth. Pcrmissions to marry should be given
publicly to the maidens and youths who had won
them in that half year, and thoy should DO
crhvned. the maids by the old French little OF 10
sieres, and the youths perhaps by some name
rightly derived from one supposed signifcation OF
the word obacheor," 'laurel fruit" and so led in
oysul procession, with music ana singing, tffoagn
the city. street or lane, and the day ended
with feasting .fof The poor, but not WITH
theirs, except quietly at their homes. every
bachelor and rosiere should be entitled TO
clam, if they need it, according to their po-
sition in life, fixed income from the State for
seven wears from the day of their marriage for the
setting ND of their homes; and however rich they
might be by inheritance, their income should not
be permitted to exceed given sum proportioneo
70 their rank for seven years following that N
which they had obtained their permisslo IN 20 mar
rv but should accumulate in thetrust OF tne State
until the seventh year, in which they should be
put ION certain condtions) finally in possession oi
1 their properly, and the men thus necessarily not
before their twenty-eighth, nor usually later than
their thrty-frst year, become eligible to offices OF
State So that the rich and poor should not ne
sharply separated in the beginning of the Bar OF
life; but the one supported ainst the first stress
of it long enough 10 enable them with proper
forethought and economy, to secure tneT 1ootlns'
and the other trained somewhat in the use OF mod
crate means before they were permitted to nave
the command Of abundant ones
THE ADVANCE the new Congregatonalist organ
in Chicago, defends the use of humor in the pull
pit. 1t says ''Those who are offended at humor
in HENRY WARD BEEoHER, should listen to SPUR
aEoN. both in and out of the pulpit We shall
1 r,uko ntra a
crowd in the FREQ Church Assembly Hall in Edln-
burgh and heard him address the scotch minis
ters and elders on an effective way OF preaching
the gospel, for more tn an an hour. DE lnslsted
ON brief and varied exercises in meetings for
araver and conference adding: iineVer Ike
to have ono of my deacons pray for half an
hour, and conclude with asking the Lord to for
give our shortconingsl 7 That pun doubtless cured
many of his hearers OF the habit in question, al
though as wo looked into the faces of the
audience, we saw not a few OF the grave Scotch
elders twisting their features in their effort TO
avoid so sinful thing as smile IN rehglous
meeting. We may as well learn to be natural IN
religion, and to laugh at laughable things as well
as to weep over those which arc mournfnl. The
wise man said 'Thore is time to weep and time to
laugh and who shall not say that both do not find
their time occasionally during sermon? ISAIAH
once preached on the folly Of idolatry, and drew
a picture on the ridiculous conduct of man who
selected log of wood and made god out OF one
part and cooked his dinner with the remainder!
Wo suspect it was one of tho most effective OF his
discourses, even if it excited smile when deliver
cd. The question Of right is not to be decided by
the gravity or humor of what is said, but by the
motive of the speaker and the adaptation to good
end OF what he say ys."
TIE WRITER OF Readings by Starlight"
in the London Star, says: We have
new journal, class journal, the City Wat
,ers' Propident Soctetys Journal "Yez-sir-chop
sir? small of beef, sirP comm, sir" The
editor is no doubt good man and smart waiter
he has read DICKENS and feelingly refers to
Somebody's Luggage" wherein the walters life,
he says is shown to 'be no bed OF roses, but no
spills his gravy as it wero and becomes very
sloppy as an editor. But the ubiquitous MIR. BEN
NETT, watch and clock Bennett, who Is the presl-
dent Of the society, out-does the editor. He thus
addressed the meeting Of walters "IIe had often
heard it remarked that walters were dressed 30
respectfully that they looked Ike number of
looking gentlemen, preps-ed to do their duty in
that state Of life In which it had pleased God to
call them.' However, the editor means well, and
so does the president, and We accept their facts
and honor their cause more than their eloquence.
1t appears from this journal that there are more
than 5000 regular walters in the city OF London,
and 1000 outsiders 5000 walters moving about in
$1,000 walters pumps What notion does this
give our tender spouses Of city chops legs of NUT
ton, soup, broooli, and "Greens, sir you said
green's sir? comin' sir" The president puts
down the wages Of these useful and industrious
men at 49, per day each; surely this is underrated
but, whether or not, we wish well to the society.
INsURREcTIoNARY MOVEMENTS in Italy do not
necessarily imply dissatisfaction with the existing
government. The inference should be rather That
there Is widely prevailing sdiscontsnt resulting
from destitutiop. The country is deplorably poor.
For long period every productive energy has
been paralyzed by misrule and civil disorder The
pursuit Of agriculture in many sections has been
almost impracticable, for lac1 of protection from
banditti or other forms of lawlessness. Manufac-
lures, &C., have had but feeble development.
Meanwhile tho burden Of national indebtedness
has increased, heavier taxes have been imposed,
and now, that thousands of men are discharged
from military employment, the principal cities are
filled with idlers -some of whom no doubt, are
'ft for treason, stratagem and spois." The whole
situation as We underestimate is well explained in
single sente nee from London paper, which says
sIt is to this overcrowdng that the distress of
nearly all the Italian centres OF population is
owing, and that whilo the fruits of the Garth are
rotting in the field for lack of husbandmen,
swarms Of squalid paupers and sturdy beggars
are infesting the town streets with cries for bread
or work, ready to fall into the tolls Of any agita
tor who may ply them with mad theories about
the rights of labor
The CINCINNATI GAZETTE is complimentary 10
the Democrats after the following fashion: The