AS VIIAVKI) I'ltOn THI!
II EIUHTS.
With this issue of our Maga¬
zine, ends its first volume. Twelve
months ago, when the plan of is¬
suing a practical literary maga¬
zine was first mentioned to a few
friends, some of them doubted,
while others approved, the wis¬
dom of sucli a course. Having,
however, been a close watcher
and worker in the development
of the South; and remembering
that “times change and people
change with them -.’’thinking that
what was formerly impractical in
the South may not now be so, and
knowing that what is still beyond
the capacity of many towns in
the South, can be grasped by the
far-reaching city of Asheville,
the proprietor of the Lyceum
“struck while the iron was hot,”
and the result is the first volume
of a self-sustaining Southern mag¬
azine.
Having always followed the
beckoning of success in well-laid
schemes, vve are encouraged to
push forward in the establish¬
ment of this enterprise. Hence,
the first, number of Volume II,
for June next, will present pro¬
portions and evidences of im¬
provement, which, we. trust, will
not fail to receive that encourage¬
ment its merits may demand.
The Italian government has ex¬
ercised a right which they un¬
questionably have in calling home
from Washington their Minister,
Baron Fava. If they could not
approve the position the United
States took as to the New Orleans
difficulty, they have a right to dis¬
approve the action of our govern¬
ment., which they have begun to
do by recalling their minister.
Italy can withhold friendly ne¬
gotiations with our government
for a considerable time, or indefi¬
nitely, if she chooses, which
course would put their govern¬
ment in a position to give or re¬
ceive the first blows of actual
hostility at any time. But friend¬
ly relations may be restored with¬
out. war if future negotiations
should effect a satisfactory settle¬
ment. To show that the United
States are right in the position
they have taken, is the wise
course to be pursued, iustead of
doing anything which would pre¬
cipitate war. It is hoped that
the Italian government can be
brought to realize that their de¬
mands are unreasonable. Had
eleven Italian subjects been kill¬
ed in a railroad wreck in Louisi¬
ana, or in any other State of the
Union, the United States, or the
State in which it occurred, even
if there was criminal neglect on
