The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-26
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning.

The Gazette SAYS The interview with |
Senior De Francho telegraDhed from Wash |
ington leaves little room for doubt that |
Gen. Grant has an opportunity now of
choosing between the Presidency of the
Ncaraguan Canal Company (capital $780,
600, ,0O0 salary large and for life) and the
Presidency of the United States If the
Nicaraguan representative and Commodore
Ammen tell the truth, Gen. Grant has al
ready partially committed himself to the
canal scheme, and is no longer a Presider-
tial candidate. The meeting in Philadel
phia in December will settle this
important question. - The Charleston
News and Courier has a ''comnlis-
sioner' at work investigating the al
legged cruelties perpetrated under the South
Carolina system of farming out convicts.
The evidence obtained is contradictory, but
enoug facts have been ascertained to show
that fearful barbarism has been practiced.
January Lee, young quadroon, convicted
| of grand larceny, and now sick, says that he
had been beaten with sticks and guns BY
the captain of the gang and his guards
Last summer he was struck with the butt
Of a gun because he could not throw dirt
out Of cut seven feet deep. Another time
he had been beaten with walking stick
because lie asked for water. The convicts
were allowed water only twice day, and
then only tin cup full. The writer
in the News thinks the convicts with whom
he talked had every motive t. ex-
aggerate, but according to his own account,
ali told essentially the same story. The
very large mortality among the convicts is
in itself enough to prove that something is
wrongly our dispatches this morning it
appears that Archbishop Williams sustalns
the Rev. Mr. Scully, of Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts in his radical position against the
public schools. He could not do other
wise. unless he was willing to act in contra
yention to the laws of his Church. Eastern
New England is therefore to have the same
Kind of experience as other States have
passed through. The Controller of the Cur
rencv makes in his annual report the
strong point that if that currency plan
which the Greenbackers think perfect
had been in operation. and if green
backs had been substituted for even the
present volume of bank notes. the Govern
, ment could not have converted its loans at
reduced interest, as it has done. This only
in,presses the lesson, which is plain to all
thinking men, that an arbitrary issue OF
CURRENCY notes by government. against
which it must keep reserve Of coin, and
upon which it must take all the risks of q
run for coin, with no means to meet il
save the reserve of; COMA reserve which
= all can measnre-would be very foois
business for any government to adopt fol
pernanency. And if any government has
been drawn into such an issue OF notes, by
some strait, the rational course would be
to get out of it as fast as can be done with
out any money disturbance.
The Commercial says: Citizen Tom Young
has returned without the scalp OF Citizel
I,oge at his belt but as he returns to Wash
: ington this week it will not do to assume
| that he has thrown away his scalping-knife
!, -Pttsburg is just like other cities OF tht
l 6rst.class~it has a stud of white elephants
, The chief elephant at present is reservoir
system that cost Sc, 100000 and has devel
oped leakage enough to supply slzabl'
r town,-It il now allesed that Lamar did no
:. write the letter published in a Washington
I newspaper and ayowing Southern pur
n pose to assist in making Grant Dictator an'
establishing an empire. ha
: misty rumors that the Marquis of Lorn'
K intends to resign and go home. Indica
tions are not wanting that he has growl
G tired of glory on sno&-shoes. going II
t Louisiana to take Part in the campaign
= General Stewart L. Woodford proposes 1T
I inform himself thoroughly as to the polti
r cal methods in vogue in th,t corner OF tn
country.-The talk of any Southern Stat
being carried by the Republicans next yea
n is foulishness, no matter who Is nominate
for the Presidency Were there a fair an
= free vote, it is possible South Care
e lima, Florida. Mississippi and Lonisian
:. might cast their Electoral votes for. the RI
VI publican candidate. But no such electio
will be held. There is not State south