The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-19
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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right. His charge was s4s2.
"A special dispatch to the World says: wi
Ia reported that the Mordaunt divorce case
will soon be reopsned, with the Prince o.
Wales as correspondent Another divorce
case has been filed, on the trial of which the
Duke of Edinburgh will appear as co-respon'
dent"
The paper is to the people what sign
board is to the traveller. The paper tells VINO
is In business and where to trade, and the
slgnboard tells the name Of the place and
direction. Then, if you want people to buy ol
YOU, tell them through the paper where you
stay and what you have.
California has been literally deluged with
rain. the fall at certain points exceeding four
feet. When the immense body OF snow melts
in the spring it seems more than probable that
the country east of the mountains will be
swept BY freshels, and this especially as to the
Valley of the Missouri. No large basins or
marsh grounds exist in that region as reser-
voirs for surplus waters. The whole mass
drains away at once, with nothing to retain or
obstruct it. Hence it Is always either Hood
or a drought over all the great plains.
-IllustIa alive OF the ups and downs OF this
life in general, and politics in particular, Thur-
low Weed tells how some New Workers raised
a fund to defeat Fillmore in 1856. which was
given to him for s.judiclous distribution" he
placed ten thousand dollars In bank to the
credit of his partner, to be drawn out as IL
was needed. A few days after, the latter
dropped dead in the street. The bank paio
over the money, in due process OF law, 10 the
widow. year or two passed, and Mr.. Fill
more met and married the .wldow-and the
ten thousand dollars.
Boston claims 10 have the respectable
wing of the woman's rights party, violently
onpesed 10 Woodhulllsm, and it is, therefore,
with some surprise that we find In the papers
ofthat city a report of a recent discussion IN
tBofin's Bower" reading-room for young
workinSWomen, on the subject of "free love"
No matter how strong The opposition against
that doctrine was among the debators, the
fact itself that there was discussion among
mixed audience of young men and women,
married and unmarried, on the claim OF mrs.
Victoria Woodruff to change her love every
day is Of itself sign Of Generalization. Fe-
male modesty will not long survive such Or
deals. Miss Jennie Collins, the presiding Vir-
gin of the Bower, thought that ''ln time the
world might be good enough for free love"
but In the present state OF society 1t would
destroy all sanctity of the marriage relation.
"A Washington letter. Of Tuesday, says
.sThe opposition to the civil service reform, as
inaugurated by the administration, Is growing
stronger every day, as Is shown by the out
riyipes of senators and members. Senator'S
Chandler and Carpenter will probably address
the Senate this week In denunciation OF the
new civil service rules, and will probably be
followed by others on the Republican side. A
discussion which arose In the House this after
noon indicated the opposition of several Re-
publican members, especially Dawes and But
ler, to the so-called reform. The former de-
ciared that the civil service would be improv.
ed if the President made all appointments on
his own responsibility, and not on the recon-
mendatIons of members of Congress, while the
latter took the opposite view, and maintained
that he believed he was just as good judge
as to who was suitable among his constituents
for public Office as any three or fur broken
down schoolmasters.' This reference to the
civil service board provoked no little merri-
ment. The sudden end to the dispensation Of
patronage has, no doubt, prompted this very
general opposition, while some of the party
managers fear that If persisted in the new re-
torn will seriously damage political prospects
instead of promoting them, as was expected,
In the impending Presidential campaign.
The Democratic State central committee
of Missouri has issued an address to the De-
mocracy of that State in reference 10 the cam
paicn of 1872 1t may be denominated In brief
as an eloquent plea for the doctrine OF ''pas.
siyism." The address first reviews the course
pursued by the committee in 1870 in abstain
ing from active participation in the State cam
paign. This course, though unauthorized by
the precise terms of the trust confded to the
committees care, was justified by the popular
demand among the Democratic masses, and
by the results, which were-as all will re.
member-a Republican schism, the triumph
of the liberal faction and Democratic
principles, the re.enfranchisement Of many
thousand citizens, and the inauguration
OF rmany reforms. The Democrats ol
Mlssouri, lhe address continues, have
found nothing to lament as yet 10 the events
which followed the Spontaneous and infor-
nal leaguen between themselves and the Libe-
raj Republican minority. One has been the
resdjustment Of The party to the altered No.
tional constitution, and the surrender of ob.
solete and vanquished dogmas. From this the
committee argued BY analogy that the like
beneficial results would flow from an absten.
tion of the national Democracy from the Presl
Dental campaign. The evils 10 be uprooted-
the marlial-aw abuse, the frauds, the incom.
potency, the tyranuy-are certainly anao
pous; and the committee urges the prompt ap
plication of the Missouri remedy to the suffer
ing body polite. 60.
The friends of "home rule" for Ireland
have "earrled the war into Africa" That is,