The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-29
CURRENT NOTES.

fL' ion IL. There Is her dress, which, perhaps
th Xix worms Of Japan or Lombardy have fur
nished the material for, woven by the looms OF
Genoa and Lyons; 1t IL supported upon Innings
OF cotton from the fields in Egypt, Georgia. BRAZIL
or Dharwar; her gloves used once to roam sport
lively upon the Savoy mountains, il they did not
serve as natural clothes for rats; the feathers or
he Int or bonnet formerly flew about the palm
groves OF Suinatrn and the Malay Archipelago,
or travcrscd Arabian lands; the diamond hunt.
ers OF Australia and South Africa, and Persian
oysters beds have furnished precious stones and
pearls for her jewery; the bones Of Arctic whales
sustain her cm6onpoiRt; her furs were torn from
otter or mink in Alaska or British Apieica, or tile
sable In Russia, or perhaps she wears IL shawl
from India; and lastly. her chgnon may have
once adorned u head long since pillowcd on a
clap Of earth.n
-Disendowment has heen forced on the Aus.
tralan Province of Victoria In rather remark
able way. Something like an impartial endow.
ment OF the religious sentiment was attempted
there, when. in 1S5i All annual sum OF $3.50, 900 In
gold was set aside 'for buildings for public wor.
ship, and for ministers OF religion" to be applied
according TO the relative numbers OF each ,lc-
nomination. SO long as tho grant was divided
among the various Christian sccts, there were
| but few dlsscntions. Presently the Jews cane
| forward 10 claim their joint and lawful share
which It wns impossible to deny them. Finally
| however, the Chinese immigration gave rise TO
demand for u grant on behalf OF the Joss-housc
OF the Cclestials. This was more than the pco-
| pie could tolerate, so, having resolved to draw
the line ut Buddhism, they came 10 the Inevitable
conclusion Of disseminating concurrent cndow-
ment altogether. resolution has accordingly
been come to by the Colonial Parliament 10 aliot
gradually decreasing amount for n few years
for purposes Of religion aud then finally to abol.
| ish the item altogether.
The mysterious aud Irresistible impulse which
drives people to moralIzng una thcorizinr upop
subjects OF which they have little or 10 practical
| knowledge, has pointed Illustration I'm Mr. Rich.
| ard Grant Whites essay on the morals ana man.
| ners Of journalism, in the Galaxy magazine fer
December. Along with some fancirul and imprac.
ticablc notions, Mr.. White advances good many
sound ana valuable ideas, and in the main his
| views seem to be OH their face reasonable and
just. And yet lie could himself no more establish
| and conduct such journal as he demands than
| he could scull cargo OF sugar across the Atlantic
| ocean IN Kitchen cullcndcr. Only those whose
days aud nights are given to the complex una ex-
acting duties OF journalism can understand how
almost impossible it is TO bring the result of their
ncver-ending Efforts up to anything near their
| own conceptions OF what newspaper ought to
| be- and, taking ai the circumstances OF the casc
into account, the wonder is, not that the average
Journals OF the present day should not be better,
but that they should be as good rs they actually
are. Undertaking to make q newspaper and slt-
| ting ut quiet customhOuse desk aud telling how
ought to be made are two widely different occn-
pations.
| -'If there be an elysium on earth, u IL is-ac.
| cording to an eloquent correspondent who has
been travelling in the Caucasus-on the banks OF
| the Phasis two days. journey from This. 'The
| river" lie says, "wanders through IN eXuberance
OF tropical shrubs and grasses, and tinted trees,
| laurels and rhododendrons Species of palm and
| Wild fruit trees OF every kind grow almost rank.
And there are birds OF all sorts besides the na-
tive pheasant, woOdcocks, wild ducks, snipes and
colored birds abound. This ia the bank garden,
but away from 1t stretch the mountains, folding
back one above the other to distance of thirty
or forty mlles-lrst the wooded range, then the
| less distinct blue, and then the snow peaks.
Over all wns glow OF the softest light, and to.
| ward evening, when that snow was stecped in
pink, and we passed the canoes OF the lovely
Gourrl, the most beautiful tribe OF the Caucasus
and heard them chant their evening hymn, 1t was
not wonderful that thought my horse must
have stepped over the precipicc and sent me from
sleep to f,iryland. And yet no enc comes here r'
Tinis lie prophcses, will become the most fish.
iouabc tourist headquarters In the world The
steamers Oil the Black Sea, he declares, beat The
Cunard; the cabins and saloons are much wider
and prettier; the latter actually has oor OF pret-
ty brick tiles.
| There Is nothing in language more grotesque
and ludicrous than the manner In which aomc
snccnt words, phrases aud notices are trans.
posed into familiar conversation. This is pecu.
| liarly shown In the names Of some old inns In
England. In tile times OF Cromwell, when such
heroes as "Godbc.praised Barsbones,n and
neutrality-suspicious. White,n and "Faint-not
Hewitt" drank their ale, an inn WINS named tho
| "God Encompasseth U.s." But when the nation
became profane again, the words were corrupted
to the "Goat and compasses," and the picture OF
| goat and compass wasused AZ a Sign. There
was house near oxford which was once called
the "Plume OF Feathers" from the crest OF the
Prince OF Wales but afterwards became pspuarly
known as the opium and Peathers.n The inscrip.
tlon "Cdton FiIele" gave the name the "Cat and
| Fiddle" and "La rose des Quatre Saisonsn ~ be.
came tho "Isosc OF the Quarter sesslonsr The
| "Satyr and Bacchanals became the "Satan and
Bag o. Nais;" the "CtEur Doren Golden Hearty
| the "Qucer Doors the "St Catherne's whecn
| the "Cat and Wheel;'' tile "Bouiognc Gate', fcom.
mcmoratlng the taking OF Boulogno by Henry
VIII the "Bun and Gate;" the "Peg and WassaIl
Bowl" the "Pig and Whsile;n the "Gcorge Can.
ming" the George and Cannon;, and the rrattIc
Axe" the "Axc and Bottle"
Count dc Chambord, who ls now the head OF
the French house OF Bourbon, and therefore a
man OF great prominence in the political world,
lDlabits plain chateau at FrolistiOrf. lie re-.
cciycs visitors with exquisite courtesy, and con.
verses freely upon subjects of natonn, Interest
The Count is OF medium height, with a pointed
chestnut beard and graceful manners. Nothing
Is required OF persons who have the honor Of
being received at Frolsdorf except the Difference
to which Connt dc Chambord is entitled by tho
place ho occupies in history. few minutes be-
fore dinner, Count dc Chambord himself goes for
Countess dc Chanbord, to whom he presents his
guests. Tho other persons staying at the cl,ateau
meet In the drawIng-roon. When the dinner.
bell rings, the company go into the dining.room
The master OF the house takes his seat at the mid