The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-18
\ CURRENT ToPtCS.

jolcs ,it WAS one OF those extraordinary rOlhIu-
drums which get up sonieliusJ, md lead IL over
Ga feGny, and ten read Il AGAIN; and iinuy turned
il around, ninl read II tie wi"ns way. Bnt it was
loo tlcup for them. They handed il around and
everybody clhcred al it awhile, hut il was use.
They all ha,i 10 pass. II common jhEc. AT
hist one Of the oldest Of the officers, apparently,
and cerlauly ono vi tho most aban,lonGd and ig-
noiaut men l have oycr looked upon, spelled It
over very slowly anu lnbpriYuslr. AMI then hhp9k
his head three or four times. and said that III bis
opinion il was faaitioua That was tho first timo
! WAS alarmed. immediately said I would OK
plain The document, aui They crowded around.
And DO in That swelterins place explained, and
perspircd and parspifcd. and :oxrlanctl, with my
coat Of, aud thoy took notes Of all said;
but the more l explained The moro they
couldn't understand, and When they de-
sisted al last and summed up theii notes, l
rouinp understand it myself. They said they no.
loved ii was M inrentary dacunlcns lnvcled al
the Government. | declared il was not, but they
only Bllouk their heads and would no, bc satisfied
And then they consulted, and consulted, aud COLI
suited, Il good while, ami finally they connscatcdh.
Icannot tell how much was gricNcd; because Ihal
worked long Time On that joke, and took good
deal Of pride in il, AMI now shall never sec it
niiy ro!e. l suppose il will be sent up and slowed
will always bn rogardoll as mysterious internal
machine which would have blown up like mine,
and scattered tho good Pope all around, Int for
miraculous pyoyidcnlial interference. Aud
suppose That all Tho time 4 am in Roino
tho police will dog mn about from pince to
plac1 hrcanso !l,py tl,ink mn dangerous chalur-
tor. II is foarrully 0t in Ciritu yecchia. Tho
Htrcots maio very narrow, and The houses built
very solid, AMI heavy, and high, M protection
against the heat. This is The first Italian town
have seen which does not seem 10 have patron
saint. suppose 40 saint Int the one that won't up
in tho fiery cllrot could stand thp climate. This
ia miserable town. They haven't any wonlora
hero at all TO exhibit 10 strangers. They haven't
oven cathedral, with eleven tuns Of solid silver
archbisllops in the back rooul, and pctred sain,
in the cellar; and they don't show ynn any rusty
buildings that aro seven thousand wears old, nor
any raity, smokc-ried, old Grc.scrcels which uro
splendid chef i'uuvres Of TITAN SIMPSON, or
REUDENs ur FEmausoS, or any of those parties. I
mn going 10 Romc--thorc's llothing to SEQ here.
Tlris town is tho worst swindle yet.
THE LONDON TIMES OF Tho 3d instant las tho
following obituary of great colorcd prince just
| fallen: From adviccs by tho. French mail from,
| the Wcet Coast of Africa wo learn OF tho death Of
the warrior chioi Mabba, who has, Tor tho last six
"
tribos inhabtiue The countries bordering ON tho
English and Fro.lch territories in tho Senegumbn.
Mabba, in 1861, chief OF lut Iitto importance
in tho kingdom of Daddibon. lIo was, however II
stanch Mahomedan, and watching hB opportunity
| i'll this year, ha rcbellod against his pagan king,
put linn TO death and assumed tho supreme rulo OF
tho country. With fro and sword he established
tho religion W ISLAM, killing oil those who would
not shave their heads AMI swear OH the Koran
thor adherence to his faith. This fanatical war
rior, elated by tho auccoss he had obtai ned over
his nogro brotllron, in June, 1866, sent an inva-
ding army into the British territory OH the Gam
bia but he was lepulscd and SUSTAINED great ossea
| from tho ablo strategy of tho Governor, Colonel
DAncY. Mabba, however, then thought ho would
| attack the French and i'll December Of the same
year, with four thousand warriors, surrounded n
| party of tbreo hundred European French troops
| and mRpsacrcd them ALL with the exception OF
nine, who alone escaped to tell the sad talo. Tho
| sacrifices and customs Of the Hing Of Dahomcy arc
| but tribe compared To tho slaughter and misery
this fanatic Mabba has, by his ruthless policy. i'll
fiicted on tho unoflending negro races This null,
his head ami hands sant cxMin.ly 10y i,ai King,
as trophy ol successful war, ia the Governor of
the French settlements on the Senegal II has
been computed that 40 less R,aa t,ecafy Mon*and
through starvation, or have been abducted AMI
sold fnio SLAVERY, by. this monster AIabla, un,,or
tho cloak OF religion, 80 that now hs career is
ended, il ia hoped that peace and rYosporitv NAV
ho restored TO these unhappy countries.
WITH ONE EXCEPTION, says the Now York Gazeifp,
tho sea-sde hotels arc hull, npnn n contemptibly
narrow scale, in proportion 10 the number of
guests which they aro facolously said to ''accon,.
Ia. r1,.,X
every direction, and open inlo narrow halls of
which child can touch both sides, and nh adult
can nearly touch the ceiling. Tho furniture hard
~ deserves tho namo, moro part MIA rIy in tboso
rooms to which tho unfortunate single traveller
ID sont who is lured to tho scasoro under tho alb
surd impression that he can keep cool and enioy
niinsolt solitary chair, M apology for wash
stand, and richcty table, furnish" the apari-
mont for which he s charged price Which throws
tho st. Nicholas or The Fifth Avenue in the slnlc.
sperm candle caBts "a dim light ovor The I'M
slightly 'furnitnro' while he is undressing. and
ho must not be loo long OF he will be lcft in
the dark In trying to find his room lie
knows he has reached tho proper story bv the fac
TINT there aro no moro stairs 10 climb above him
and ho gropos through long narrow passago IN
III no sees by tho solitary light which iiunlinos Tho
Place, tho hunbor OF his door. II the reader imnp-
ios ths III oSerdrawh picture, lot hiin 20 down to
tho Branch, stay oyer night md return, if he has
monoy enough left, as soon Of he cnn. If he will
glance into tho finest family apartments of tho
hotoI, which no may have chosen as the loast of
cvils, ho will 500 Tint they arc very contracted,
anu unit for tho purposes to which they arc mt,
The siotson House is Tho only house at Long
branch which has been bnilt upon n scale of lie.
cent Iborality. Tho others, M i'll most of our
Watering places, arc cut up into such parsimo
mons apartments, thai il is an insult TO ocr them
TO travellers or permanent guests at tho prices |
which are demanded. Tho solo object now in put |
ting up new hotel is not to mike it comfortable
to its gnests, but TO oconomize room and pack be
greatest possible number into the least possible
space. .=
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LH THE NEW PLAY, "Undor tho Gasliebt. the
heroine gives utterance TO the following: Court |
ship is the text from Which the whole solemn scr
mon OF married lifo takes its thomo. As lovora
are disconnected and unhappy 30 will they bo es |
wives and husbands. SO as you would ho buppy |
oil the years OF your life, listen to tho voice a
SisIng You: Let tho woman You look upon bo
wise or vain, beautiful or honoly, rich or poor
she has but ono thing which she can really giyo or
rofuse :-hor heart Hor beauty, her wit, her ac
she may sell to you-but her love
is th9 tr?asute without money md without rrica
Gha yp1, ~ Il .k' n :. 1