The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-04

Tine WaEnluRlCu GVtiSoPonoono W SA
New York Tribune says: ut seems prooao!e
that The government upon the retirement
nom oface of Attorney. General Aksrman, ION
the 10th Of January, will engage his services
NJ euunselin. the Ksl.Khx Cases IN the south
.sItts thought this course will be taken.in order
s4o show to the law-breakers in the Southern
STATES that the administration will not recede
from Its attitude ON the subject of the dlsloyal
outrages. Is is also, learned that additional
legal assistance must be obtained, and, as MIR.
Akarman is fully uniformed as to the cases and
their standing, he is thought to be, thels"re,
the most capable. of performing the duties
which the government will requi e. 1t is not
known that Mr.. Akerman will accept the en-
ployment, if rendered, but 1t seems r'ro5aole
he win be PLACED in charge of the cases, If he
accepts the position
s., John N. Morris, editor Of the Washington
Chronicle, has begun an action for libel
against william ]. Murtagh, editor of the
washington Republican, laying damages at
10000. Mr.. Morris Ia one of the executive
clerks of the United States Senate, and assum-
ed the management Of the Chronicle about
year ago, succeeding John W. Forney. He
owned, previously to that time, the Charles
ton Republican, which has since died. The
Washington Republican has charged editorl-
ally that Morris was running the Chronicle on
money obtained from sour& Carolina State
officers whom the State Legislature has been
trying to impeach, and has called upon the
Senate to make an investigation, since the
charges reflected upon one OF its officers. 1t
is these charges which are met by the libel
suit above mentioned.
During the period of twenty years, from
the beginning of 1859 to the c:ose of 1870,
2,2s7,5OO German Immigrants arrived IN this
country. The largest. immigration OF this
thrifty class OF our foreign population in sin
gle year took place in 1869, when the aggre'
gate was 124,766. The war with France
stopped the tide for several months, so that
the total for the year 1870 fell to $1,000; but
since the peace, the old desire Of the Germans
to fiud new homes. here has returned with
such yIgor as to create alarm In the cabinet Of
Berlin. It is not, therefore, surprising to hear
that the government OF the new empire Is de-
.vising schemes by which to keep the German
people upon German soil. The first
indication of this movement is the
account Of an agreement between the
governments Of Berlin and Vienna to d
vert towards the Austrian Empire the fcod
which is once more setting westward. 1t Is
understood that no measures Of, coercion viii
he employed to effect the desired result, bu,
Bismarck aud Beust have settled the prelimi
naries for the indirect exercise Of powerful
Influences. The German Empire Is oversteck
ed with labor, and wages are lowi but Austria
lacks supplies Of workmen, both in her facto'
ries and her fields, and offers prices fifty pei
cent. higher than those now paid under the
rule of. William. The bait is tempting, and
wHf.be- very likely to draw of many enter
-prisiug Germans who have hitherto regarded
the United States as the land ofpromise.
The latest sensation in Washington il