The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-04
CURRENT NOTES.

UTILIZING FILTH.
All England is asog with discussions Of the
town sewerage question, how to get rid of the
refuse without fever, and how to turn it to ac
connt Sanguine men of science hope that
| the waste of London, instead Of polluting the
Thames, as it now does, will soon be regularly
turned into ''good milk and vegetables, OF
even strawberries and cream"
THE COLOR QUESTION IN MARYLAND.
BY the decision rendered in the United
States Circuit Court, for the Maryland District,
ln Baltimore, on Friday last, by Judge Giles,
the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Com
pany are required to carry colored people pay
ing the usual fare on the lines of their railway
In the same class of cars provived for other
persons. The company gave notice, therefore,
that on and after Monday next separate cars
will be provided for the accommodation OF
colored persons"
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
The plan of minority representation, which
has recently been much discussed In England,
has been practically applied on small scale in
Pennsylvania. An act was passed by the Leg
isature of that State, amending tue charter of
the town of Bloomsbury, which provides, that
when six officers are to be chosen each voter
may give one to each OF six persons, or one
vote and half to each Of four, two votes to
each OF three, three votes to each OF two, or
six 10 one. At the first election held under
the new regulation for seven members Of the
OH
and four of the opposite party. As the town
has hitherto always been strongly Democratic,
being the home Of Senator Buckalew, this re-
suit shows how much more equltably the prln-
ciple works than the mere gross majority prin-
ciple, by which one party, or one portion of
the people, may have absolute domination
over the other, even when the two parties are
Of equal numbers.
THE PUBLICATION OF BIRTHS.
The publication of notices of births is rapidly
gaining ground in various sections Of this
country, as has long since been the case In
England, France and Germany, and, in iact In
nearly all parts of Europe. The feeling of false
delicacy which has Sc long existed in connec-
ton with this important and eventful feature
of human economy is fast Civ ing way to more
enlightened views on the subject, and In lit
tie while the habit of announcing births will
be as common and fixed in all parts of the coun-
try as that orpubllshing marriages and deaths.
And why not {? The fact Of being born Is just
as patent and necessary, and just as proper
moreover, as that Of getting married or dying.
There should therefore be no more hesitation
In making it known in one case than In the
others. Besides, such publications are of great
importance as public records in furnishing
vital statistics in which all are Interested, and
of hardly less value as means Of preventing
impositions and in the establishment of iden-
tity, heirships, etc., where other eviden ces do
not exist 1t is only necessary for heads Of
families to get over the old-maidish feeling
that it is adventurous or vulgar to make public
those interesting domestic events, to inaugl-
rate a custom in favor of which many sound
reasons exist, and against which no valid OBJ
lection can be urged by any weil-meaning per-
son.
JORDAN AND THE cUBASs.
The return Of General Jordan, late COM
mander-in-chief of the Cuban army, from
Cuba, does not speak well for the nsurgent
cause. Jordan went to Cuba under contract
to command the Cuban army for one year,
with the understanding that he should retain
the command after that time if satisfactory to
himself and his employers. The year expired
in February, and Jordan then retired. There
was dissatisfaction on both sides. Jordan
found much to complain Of in the manage
ment Of the Junta, and the chickering's which
frequently took place. The revolutionary
authorities, on the other hand, were disap-
pointed in not getting the aid from the United
States which they thought the accession Of
Jordan would insure. Neither party cared to
renew the contract, and so Jordan follows
Quesada to the land Of freedom and constitu-
tional amendments. His reception by the
Cubans in this country is not likely to be en-
thusiastc. Their feeling towards him has un-
dergone considerable change since he severed
connection with the insurgent army.
The best thing in the current number OF the
Harvard Advocate ia this rThe other day Mole