Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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emtmm^mmmmsmmmmmm???mm??^mmm^mmmm Late European Xews. < TH OLEISA TX ENGLAND AND FRANCE, AC. There can no longer b2 any doubt that the Asiatic cholera has made its appearance and is spreading in Eng? land. Another fatal case has occurred at Southampton. From there it has spread to Sholing-Common and Bit? terne. situate about four and two miles from Southampton. The two cases a* Sholing-Common have proved fatal; of seven cases at Bitterne two have proved fatal, while the other patients were improving. There is also a marked diarrhoea all over the district of Bitterne. In France, the disease is likewise oa the increase. A letter from Toulon i states that it has broken out with ' startliug suddenness at Sollies Pont, a little town of 3,000 inhabitants. In the course of the first night in which it made its appearance there, were sixty cases, and thirtj'-six hours later there had already been fifty-five dea*1 : out of a population reduced to one . lousand souls by a panic-stricken peop.e. In Toulon it. has a peculiarly virulent character. It has also made its appearance at Paris, where, ac? cording to the testimony of Dr. V..cher, the condition of the stagnant L water of the basin causes a serious ^apprehension of its rapid spread. \ Mr. Edmund Tattersall, the well kYiown horse dealer, had written to thV? London Times, stating that the cattle plague had extended itself to hor.ses, and that two animals had died at Windsor from its eiTects. Professor Gangee denied the asser? tion. Ten deaths from yellow fever had occurred at Swansea, Wides. The alarming spread of this trifold pestilence had called forth a special form of ii raver from the Archbishop of Canterbury. MR. SEAVAl-.?'S LETTER RESFECTINO THE PRIOLEAU COTTON DECISION. The despatch addressed by Mr. Seward, on the 10th of August, to the American Minister in London, though not intended for transmission to her Majesty's Government, cannot fail t? excite the attention of the English Cabinet. It has been osten? tatiously published by the American authorities, with the object of letting her Majesty's advisers distinctly un? derstand the attitude which the Cabi? net at Washington propose to take in regard to a matter which his been al? ready the subject of controversy be? fore a judicial tribunal, and the de? spatch is formally withheld from the English Government simply because eircurnstanees have not yet arisen which, according to diplomatic eti? quette, would justify the American ambassador in communicating its con? tents to the Foreign Secretary. The same end is, however, attained by different and equally effective means, and a newspaper has already afforded to Earl Russell the same information which he would have derived had Mr. Adams sought au interview and left with him a copy of Mr. Seward's des? patch. "If," to quote Mr. Seward's language, "it would seem not only unnecessary, but even improper, to bring the subject to the attention of Earl Russell," it might also seem un? necessary and improper to send copies ol' the despatch to the public news? papers : but doubtless diplomatists will be able to excuse, if not to ex? plain, conduct which to most people would present thc appearance of l being slightly inconsistent. * * The American Government have been SO much in thc- habit of late of playing fast and loose with despotism and constitutionalism that they may . almost be excused for supposing that a ministry responsible to Parliament and the country would have no hesi? tation in following their example. We may, however, assure Mr. Seward ind his colleagues that although they may affect to despise tho decisions which tiie municipal tribunals of r C!iva: Britain have the presumption to pronounce, an English Govern? ment is bound to respect them, 'flu Government of the United States art at liberty to repudiate thc debt of thc Southern Confederacy, and they may, if they are insensible to the obvious absurdity of such an assertion, denj that a Government which for fom years administered the affairs of sis millions of people, and which, dur lng the same period, conducted, wit! unrivalled ability, if not with ulti mate success, one of the moat gigau tic wars recorded in tho pages of his torv, ever had any actual existence . But here they must stop. They can not insist, upon other nations eithe: [ assenting to thc accuracy nf thei [ statements or affirming the justice o [ their conclusions. During the chi 1 war the Confederate Govcriimeu were the de facto owners of the pnbli property in the Southern States, and I as suc?i* had a legal right to dispos i of it. If the United St.des Govern ? ment are the owners now, it can onl; be by right of .succession or con? quest, and they consequently take that property, if in a foreign State, saddled with any liens its previous owners may have imposed upon it. [London Post, Oct. 2. Mr. Seward instructs Mr. Adams that the United States must have the cotton that reached England in the Prioleau, and which vice-Chancellor Stuart adjudged to belong to the United States Government, but on principles winch would also make the United States responsible for thc Con? federate debt. We have little doubt that those principles are very un? sound, but this declaration of English law has irritated Mr. Seward some? what naturally, and he declares the United States Government will not be responsible for thc Confederate debt, as no one (but vice-Chancellor Stuart, perhaps.) ever dreamed they would be. He adds that the United States never regarded the Confederate Government as a rte facto Government. This is absurd. If so. they had no "belligerent rights" against neutrals at all. Any power that can so carry on war as to give its opponent "bel? ligerent rights."* must be a defacto Government. Mr. Seward insists on profiting by both the alternatives of the dilemma, which we call logical rapacity. Either he had no interna? tional enemy, in which case our mer? chants have a right to compensation for all they lost by the blockade, or he had an international enemy, and that enemy a de facto Government. [ London Spectator. Tho Recent Election?. The recent State elections that have been hold in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Iowa, seem to have left our Demo? cratic and Republican cotemporaries in a dubious mood, whether to be jubilant or sad, hopeful or depressed, elated with victory or conscious of defeat. So far as we are concerned, we confess that we experience no sen? timents whatever, unless indifference may be termed a sentiment. It may have been, in the olden times of chivalry, a sufficient incentive to valor and exertion for the knight in blue and gold to prove in the lists that his blonde mistress was the fairest of the fair; or for the knight in sable armor to vindicate the peerless charms of his brunstte. But in the political arena, we hold that antagonisms more se? rious must be contended for than the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee, to inspire the masses and bring forth a general and earnest manifestation of popular opinion. In the recent contests there has been really no principle at stake of j sufficient importance to arouse the ardor of the people. Our Demo- \ eratic countrymen are intelligent, and are apt to come to sure and swift con? clusions whether there is meat on the bone that is thrown to them for con? tention. So long as the manufac? turers of Democratic j latforms turn their attention to the evasion of vital questions and the suppression of important issues, so long will the masses remain indifferent and apa? thetic. In the conflicts recently de? cided, or rather undecided, there was not even a duvet and open expression of opinion on the part of the Re? publican party, to excite the Demo? cracy to action. Both parties were called to the field to strike for the sake of striking, with feeble war cries, banners without devices, and no guerdon in view except the spoils of ; victory to give an impulse to exertion. ? The only one of the recent elections ! where there was a real issue was that in Connecticut, and then and there i Hie Democracy, arising in their 1.right. ;wi>n a signal and glorious victory. : Without a live issue to battle- for, th? '? Democracy cannot expect to win, or if they do, the triumph is not worth the pains of achieving it. Let the party speak ont its principles boldly, j i? only for the sake of having a spirited contest with .some tangible ? fruits of conquest to reward the vic ! tors. We all know what the real issue ? is. Why pretend to be blindfolded i and quarrel over shadows when there i is no substance to be grasped? The j question is, shall the States be sove? reign or dependent upon thc central ! power? shall the Constitution be J obeyed as our fathers interpreted it. j or according to the radical definition? j shah this Government be Republican or sacrifice its freedom for the power and grandeur <-.f centralization? [JTetc York News. j An interesting trial took place at ? Ravenna last week, under the Ohio j liquor law. A returned soldier named j Greer, while in a state of intoxica ; tion, vv;us robbed of ?I02 by ?onie un ? known person?. His wife brought i suit for damages against the saloon j keeper who sold him the liquor, and ?obtained a verdict in h?r favor of I 8120. Queer Consolation. Some of our cotemporaries are con? soling themselves and their readers with the idea that although the South? ern country has been ravaged and de? vastated, it has at least become known. Its geography has been studied by parties to whom otherwise it would have remained a lerra incognita. The Tennessee and the Yazoo, the .Missis? sippi and the Red River, the Rappa hannock and the Rapidan, the Chickn hominy and the Chickamauga are now as familiar names in Europe as are the historic rivers of that continent. European travelers, military men as well as civilians have become ac? quainted with the topography of the whilom Confederate States, their cli? mate, productions, capabilities and wants, and we should think through all these means and agencies, atten? tion would be directed to the coun? try as one presenting an opening for capital and labor. Say, North Caro? lina with her mill-seats and water powers that never fail nor freeze ; with her vast oak forests in thc West, inviting men to tan th?ir hides rather than export them raw, and buy back the leather enhanced in cost by the number of hands through which it has gone. She grows cotton in her Southern hali, and tobacco of the finest quality in her Northern tier of counties, while coal and iron are found convenient to each other on Deep River in the centre, or in Rocking? ham near the Virginia line, to say nothing of Lincoln, Surry, and many other counties containing iron. Near? ly all the country West of the Central Railroad and East of the Blue Ridge, abounds in copper i Jid gold mines. Our old State has been pretty thoroughly explored for hidden trea? sures by those thstmguished savans attached to the army of General Sher? man, under the euphoneous designa? tion of "bummers." They explored swamps that not even a runaway ne? gro could dream of penetrating, and rode unrideablc mules through bot? tomless morasses and over impassable roads. They developed some hidden resources, but not exactly in the way most to be desired. We trust that by way of amends for their visitation, Northern and foreign capital and la? bor may come in to assist in a bene? ficent search for treasures known to he hidden in the bowels of the earth, only awaiting the hands that are to draw them forth to light. We trust that sufficient labor and capital may come to enable us to utilize our vast water power, to send forth our staples : for export, and supply within our I selves all that we need for our own consumption. This would bc an invasion of the right kind, and would do something to compensate us for what we have undergone.- Wilmington Journal. SrECTXATTN-G rx BEEF.-One of the great cattle speculators of New York ! has "gone up," habihties 8100,000, I and two of thc city banks of New I York supposed to be losers to a con I siderable extent. During one of the j great expansions, 1^15, we think, Schoenberger, the head of the cattle speculators, went up with as little j ceremony, and his absence from the j cattle market contributed in a great measure to bring down the price of beef. We do not expect to see results as decided now, for Schocnberger's failure was the beginning of a collapse j which soon made itself felt in every j quarter of the land. The significance ; of tho present failure is the connec ; tion it shows between these leading j speculators and the banks of New York. Without -nedi institutions to j draw upon, few of the great specula : ti"!.- in food in this country could be i maintained successfully. But with such accommodations a lew individu? als mirv be enabled to control the , market", and by increasing and di : minishing thesiipply, maintain prices : at their own pleasure. [Pliiladeiphia Ledger. \ We timi the following in the Nuw : Orleans correspondence of the Mobile i Tri!'um': i "Genoral Beauregard, I hear, will ? be tendered ti ie superintendency of j the Jackson and Great Northern liail I road. It is to be hoped that this I rumor will turn out true, for no man j in the South is more fitted for that \ important tro.st. There is a fine i salary springing from it, and that is j just tho thing for 'he exhaust*1 pock? j ets of the general. j "By the way, talking <.f Generals, ! reminds me that General Frank ; Gardiner is engaged in the Conuner ! cial Express office, and-this you j don't know-Genera! D. H. Maury i* i to be a co-laborer in tho ^ame flour? ishing institution." i ,t . j The military order closing the ; Episcopal churches ir. Alabama is j still enforced. TOPICS or THE DAY.-Among tbe prominent subjects discussed in the journals is a ship-canal to connect the great lakes with the harbor of New York. At various times for more than twenty years, this ubject has had much investigation. The great increase of Canadian and "Western ! productions seeking access to this i market, makes the proposed canal a subject of vast practical importance, j To see the steamers and sailing vessels ' of the la1'es at the wharves of the city, i discharg .g cargoes from Milwaukie, Chicago, Detroit, and other distant lake-ports of the interior, is worth laboring for. Already, as a step in the xight direction, which chiefly in? volves the enlargement of works be? gun and long in use, we have the canal of Sault St. Marie uniting Lake Su? perior to the lower lakes. The Wel? land canal, under enlargement, ena? bles ships to ascend and descend the vast elevation known as ' ' the nioun ! tain," in which Erie and Ontario are I united. The St. Lawrence canals open I the way for ships to Montreal and the ! oeeau. Lake Champlain affords a ship ! navigation of 125 miles, and its course is from the direction of the St. Law? rence and Montreal toward the Hud? son and New York. At the northern end, the Chamblee Canal is already in successful operation ; at the south? ern end, the Champlain canal unites the Hudson river with the lake. A vessel of 120 tons can already go from Milwaukie or Chicago to the Hudson. [JVeic York Expr?s9 The World, which is pressing this work, says : "The proposed canal would con? nect us with that region of Canada, the vaLV. y of tho Ottawa, which affords practically inexhaustible supplies of that timber which, whether used in building ships or houses, or for other purposes, is so essential to the pros {lerity of New York. The same val ey mil also, before many years have elapsed, furnish one of the cheapest and most direct means of communi catiou between the ocean and the North-western States. With the eco? nomical improvements we have sug? gested, comparatively expensive and circuitous routes would be avoided, and a great and beneficial saving to producer and consumer would follow, j The plan was brought to the notice of I the Legislature of this State by Gov. Seymour in his last message, and is well worthy of being 4 kept before the people.* " EXIT THE COLORED TROOPS.-Under instructions from President Johnson, Gen. Grant yesterday issued orders to muster out of the Federal service all that remains of the colored troops. By the time Congress meets, there will not be a solitary negro under arms in the country. This should be considered good nows, North and South, as it marks an important epoch in the history of the pacification of the country. Apart from the unnecessary drain upon the Federal Treasury for their mainte- | nan:e, these negro troops were a source of special social disturbance at the South. Their presence galled and irritated the whites, while they fostered insolence and idleness among the freed negroes. The disbandment of these troops will do more to pacify the South than any other single act of President Johnson. After the negroes arc got rid of, there will yet remain 75,000 white troops in service. It is the intention of the President to reduce this num ! ber to 50,000 as soon as it is practi ? cable. The disbanding of the immense annies of the North and South, within '. the space of five month;-, will be I justly regarded hereafter ns one of the i marvels of history. In no other eoun ! try than the Tinted States would it 1 have been possible. Not a little of tlie credit for this miracle justly at? tache., to the wise and conciliatory ' policv of President Johnson. ! " [2ietc York Herald. -- ! THE ACCIDENT.-There is a stong I impression prevailing in the public j mind that some bodies are still re i mailling under the wall which fell in : Hayne street, on Wednesday morn j ing; and although no one has been ; reported as missing, so far as we have i heard, an effort will be made, as soon ! ns the heated state of the spot will ' allow, to ascertain positively whether there are any other unfortunate vic? tims beneath the mass of fallen bricks. [Charleston News. A good story is told of a country ! Methodist, at whose house an itinerant preacher was passing the ni^ht, who, when bed time came and the family prayers were suggested, in searching for a Bible, finally produced a couple of torn leaves of the good book, with the naive remark. "I didn't ksow I was so near out of Billies." The Necessity or Punctuation. [Not Punctuated.] He was an experienced old man in the ways of the world he profited not in honesty purity and sobriety was always found in demoralizing society never associated with the good he was counted among the foremost in vice in every shape a stranger to high mindedness and correctness of de? portment he was ever devoted to what was low sordid and mean he turned a deaf ear to the miseries of a fellow creature his heart was ever open to malevolence charity afforded a shield to none did he refuse sympathy and sorrow it was his nature. The above epitaph was handed two gentlemen, and was punctuated as follows. By the first: "He was an experienced old mum. In the ways of the world he profited: not. In honesty, purity and sobriety, was always found. In demoralizing society never associated. "With the good he was counted among the fore? most. In vice in every shape a stranger. To high-mindedness and correctness of deportment he was ever devoted. To what was low, sor? did and mean he turned a deaf ear. To the miseries of a fellow-creature his heart was ever open. To malevo? lence charity afforded a shield. To none did he refuse sympathy and sor? row. It was his nature.'* The second returnod it as follows: "He was an experienced old man in the -ways of the world. Ho profited not in honesty, purity, and sobriety. Was always found in demoralizing society. iSever associated with the good. He was counted among the foremost in vice in every shape. A stranger to high m indedness and cor? rectness of deportment, he was ever devoted to what was low, sordid and mean. He turned a deaf ear to the miseries of a fellow-creature. His heart was ever open to malevolence. Did he refuse sympathy and sorrow, it waa bis nature." V Union Nationale professes to have grounds for beheving that the Fenians contemplate a raid on Canada. It sets out by quoting a statement to this effect from the Dublin corres? pondent of the London Herald, and then goes on in corroboration of this story. "We learn," says L'Union Nationale, "from a good source, that our Government has been, or is on the point of being, put in possession of certain facts of the highest impor? tance. Oui information does not give ns the precise facts ; but there is not the slightest doubt that the Canadian authorities have been or are on the point of being officially informed by tho Cabinet of Washington that it is the intention, more or less resolute, of the Fenians to invade Canada." V Union Nationale, after disclaiming the idea of becoming au alarmist, proceeds to prescribe how this in? vasion ought to be met. It is "to demand that England shall break the colonial tie that exposes us to so many dangers, without giving us any in? fluence or any force sufficient to keep those dangers at a distance or to over? come them." THE RECENT ELECTION RETCENS. The Republicans are making them? selves perfectly ridiculous in pretend? ing to be pleased bv the result of the elections in Iowa, Ohio and Pennsyl I vania. They know very well that the returns settle the question in New i York If we only do half :u well as I our friends elsewhere, we will carry j the State by 10,000 majority ; but be ; youd all doubt we shall do far better. : The following figures tell the story : ' Pennsylvania.- -1864--Republican ma I jority 20,075 ; 1865--Republican ma ! jority, estimated 8,000 ; Republican loss 14,000. Ohio.-1864-Republi? can majority 8'.?,418 ; 1865-Republi? can ma'oritv. estimated 20,000 ; Re? publican loss'40,000. Iowa.-1864 Republican majority 30,470 ; 1865 Republican majority, estimated 20, 000 ; Republican loss 20,000. Count? ing Connecticut, there is a Democratic gain on a light vote of over 80,000. In this State the Republican ma? jority last year was less than 7,000, j and it follows that if we merely gained" in like proportion with other States, we should carry New York overwhelm - 1 ingly. Nothing but thc impediments ! created by the registry law in large ' cities will prevent our carrying the i State by 50,000 majority. \New fork World. Why is it vulgar to send a telegram ? Because it is making use of flash lan? guage.