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VOLUME rv. HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT* VOLUME rv. HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT* Our Washington Lotter. [BFEOIAL connzaroNDEKCB CT TUE DAILY HEWS ] TUX AHMT VENTUBIHO TO ESTADLlUFI A OOVEJ1W IlEHTAL ESPIONAOS. WasmitOTON, February 2_Au informal Congress of noted I'cdornl Oouornla seems to bo gathuring :ierc. Half a dozon aro in tho city ; SneniDAN ie oxpectod, and BUSHMAN is telegraphed to arrive about tho middle of tho coining week. Ii is pretty definitely necortainod that this convention of mili tary leaders ls, with secret reference, to waiting upon tho Prosidont with tho delicate proposition that ho toko unto himsolf other advisers than thoso who now surround him, and that tho policy of tho Adminlstrnticn ho promulgated in futuro moro as tho matured conch sions nf thc so mon than aa tho result of tho ono individual judgment of tho Ex ecutive. It ia probable that thia proposition la coucolvcd without guile, and in a spirit moro or less kindly. It is not proposed, ns I understand it, that any portion of thoso councils shall apply to tho rc-fonnation of tho Cabinot, but morely as a recommendation that tho President select, from among tho groat minds of tho Capitol, which havo pronounced moro or less favorably upon his courso as President, and invito thom to informal considerations of tho duties that attach to tho Exocutivo during all of tho emergencies that oro thrust upon it by Congress, and that tho dccislus of thoso conclaves shall go forth to tho country with tho popular understanding that thoy ouoaiiato at tho direct instanco of well known political sages, and may bo warred upon, not as Mr. | 'juliann's policy alone, but as tho deli hem to action of well-known political seers. Tho military gon 11 .mon who pr poso undertaking this very uoli cato and not over-thankful mission are intrepid onough, fm thor, ta intend presenting a list of present day statesmen whom, in thoir estimation, would greatly strengthen tho mandates and ac tion of tho Exocutivo by simply accept in : his con fid-nee, and proffering thou* advice. Whatovor may bo too complexion of this no.ninrled list of Presidential guardians, it at least has tho promis ing attribute of lending off with tho nonie of Bon tor llovordy Johnson. Practically, tho wholo matter rosolvos itsolf into inviting tho Prosidont to hand over tho Administration to somo threo or four eminent politicians, sud thus, it is claimed, . escapa tho undivided censure ot the Itadieuls iu iiinl out of Congress. These redonbtablo (louerais , oro but sorry judges of human nature, if thuy do not know that thoy havo undortakon tho moat hopeless and thankless, job that Could havo well been devised. But thon' tho army must havo a hand and a voieo In civic affairs, if ody from tho < preced nie that have como down to lia from all countries involved in governmental distress and legislativo iniquity. Congreso has paved tho way for such an nnsiinintlon upon tho part of tho army by remodelling Ino government of tho country upon tho des pot io Byalem of centralization. If tho nodding of plumes and rattle of scabbards ebould hereat 1er disturb tho busiuoss and deem uni of tho Sonato and Roprcsontalivo Chambers, consequent upon tho visitation of o delegation of chieftains desirous of suggesting legislativo reforms, lut neither of thoso bodies venturo to complain, wrmir. coKonESS FINDS ITSELF. There is no very flattering prospecta openod be firo Congress, lither in the coule inp!, ilion of tho p.v/st or tho demands of tho future. Tho retro- i epective view oilers nothing but a beggarly nc omit of uni in po i tout measures, n nd thu imf II hill men t of any pian of reconstruction, even from tho Radical BtaiiJ-point, Tho futuro is confined to twenty-three days from this dato, and into which crowds pie:.s for imperativo action upon o hundred inlls necessary to thc commercial interests of tho country. I nay twenty-three days, from tho fact that liter tho kl instaut Ibero oro only nino dovB olapsing to the end of the 39th Cougro.-s, and tho President may therefore "pockot*' any Dill that ho deems i mn edie nt, aud so provont its becoming o low. Thora is no possible chance for thia Congress to go out in a blazo of even Radical glorification, and tho retiring mombo ra who aro to know theso halls no longor after tho 4th of March aro depress ed and ont of temper in consequence. Unanimity thoro is nono, Bavo in tho way of p .tty malice snob aa loada tho Houso to out off tho salary of Hims tor Harvov in Portugal because tho latter endorsos tho Pn initiant. On groat leading questions of restora tion, tho majority of oithor body aro without any concord of action, and lapsing into moro violent divergsnco of opinion ovory day, and would con tinuo to do SO should the country be able to Miir vivo tho calamity of thoir sitting a thousand years in iudizmi nt upon tho samo subject. OENEHAX, o HA NT* a UEAD IN IUMUII.1 Bingham, Itauical member from Ohio, and con testant with Thad. Utevona for tho leadership of tho I loose, bau at last obecked tUat body with tho doa that thoy woro bUndly conniving, through tho instrumentality of Btovons and Bon). V. lintier, towards tho impeachment of tho President. It will bo remembered that, tho resolution authoriz ing investigation into tho matter and propriety of impeachment, refrained from specifying moro do ni it ely aa lowborn tho inquisition waa to bo direct ed against, than tho moro direction to inquire " if tho conduol of any officers Of tho Government," Ac. Bingham, with raro cunning, bas charged that lintier and Btovons, who halo Oraut to tho lost docreo, aro hore attempting to provide for* Ilia impeachment, under tho guiso of a simple move ment against tho President. Tho Western mem bers aro quito aghast at tho baso thought of euch a thing, and aro recoiling from tho wholo affair, as if it woro already irrevocably freighted with tho betrayal of tho General. Meantime, Bingham baa started ibis phaso of tho impeachment movement upon a courso of publicity throughout tho West, by securing thia version of tho oonsp.raoy iu tho print of his own State newspapers. Tho conse quence is that ho has tho Western delegations quaking about him, and tho wholo organization of his side of thc House so disrupted, that ho has but to command tho slaughter of old Thad's policy and it is Kdied in a twinkling, whother tn tho Himili t odo of Reconstruction Enabling Acts or private Billa. MF.riF. laarnoN. Tho lato uxtron os, of snow and frosts aro suc ceeded by a thaw of abominable muddiness and mugginess. Halls, partios and receptions aro still tho otdor of nocturnal past 1 m is of tho Washington upper tcndoni. Tho drcaica oro richer, I ho crowds greater, and tho general heat and discomfort of whoso distingue affairs, surpasses anything hitherto known in the annals of the Capital. Tho bau monde is agitated and voluble over two tit-bits of gossip and scandal, viz : That tho bello of tho city is alum t to marry a wit herod old roue of ono of tho resident legations, and that a Histor beauty WAH caught, bul a night or two siuoo, in tho act of eloping with a handaomo tenor from ouo of the leading opera troupes. Also, on dit, that Senator and Mrs. Sumner aro asserting tho. strength of their respectivo t mpora upon tho ' discussion of Madam's intimacy and penchant tor certain hand some foreigners of tho respectiva legations. _ VIDEX. Historian Bancrolt Taben to TasU. Tho little brochure entitled "Swinging Around tho Circle," whlob has just been published, wit tily represents Secretary Soward, under tho sobriquet of "tho mon who nina the machino," I as naying that ho told Noah Webster that his Dic tionary of tho English language waa a work of su pererogation in view of tho voluminous dispatches of tho verbose primo minister. Tito remark ap plies equally well to tho ninth volume of Mr. Ban croft's '-History of tho United Staten," alnco all tho matter that was omitted in the eight preceding volumes was supp'sod to have boen injected into tho historian's misnamed "Eulogy of Abraham Lin coln," latterly known as tho late lamented Lincoln, martyr President, Ac. It soomo, however, that Pro fessor George Washington Qroono, of Providence, Rhode Island, baa dlsoovoied lu thia ninth vel um o sundry unwarrantable ri tl cot ions upon bis fgrandfather, Oeneral "Nathaniel Qroono, of Jtnvo utlonary fame, and has takon Mr. Banoioft to task for his misstatements. This is not tho moro outcropping of an ancestral prido on tho part of Professor (Trecho, for ho fortifies all bia punitions by citations from original doe nm ont s to which ho has had acceso, and which Mr. Bancroft might havo inspected had ho possessed tho true spirit of a historian. Tho Professor justly complains that tho historian, by misstatements, misquota tions and misinterpretations has strivon to coat obloquy upon the name of General Oreono, whom ovory reader of American history knows to havo boon Washington's chiof counsellor, and Ibo man whom tho Father of lils Country had selected for bin successor in command of tho Colonial forcos in caso of bis own d alb. Tho famo of Uonoral Oreono, it is tmo, is not likely to suffer at the hands of Mr. George Bancroft or any other Ban croft, nor is it a matter of interest to the general publio what opinion Mr. Qoorgo Bancroft may hold of bim; but it is a matter of in to rest to know whetbor thoso nino volumos of American history contain accurate statomsnts of tho occurrences whioh thoy claim to record. If tho author In wrong in what bo says of Oeneral Greene, why may ho not bo wrong in other particulars oquaily if not moro important? And tho moraoht doubt ia cast upon this pretending work, who ls to estab lish Ita credibility ? This is a matter of serious momont. It hos boon claimed all along thal tho standard history of the United States was that oompilod by Mr. Qoorgo Bancroft, and, though thousands fiavo laughed at ita sophomoric!! stylo, tho impression has provallod that Its historical ao onraoy could not bo impeached; yoi boro ia a point upon which its accuracy is not onlvimpeached, but disproven. Fauns tn uno, fatsus in omnibus, is a nevero rulo of criticism, but may lt not bo applied inthisoaao? Tho merita of tho caso of Qroono os. Bancroft wo do not now proposo to examine, but pro fer to present tho general quentin.i of tho aCocraoy pf Mr. Bancroft's "Hiatory of tho United 8tatw" for consideration. As an orator, wo know Mr. Ban croft to bo, Uko Captain Cut Ho's watch, "equalled by fow and excelled by nono;" but ho caunot lay olalm to Buch high ouonniium aa a hiato:tau until ho purges himsolf of tho contempt in which ho has boon plaood by Professor Orcos, In a little pamphlot of less than nlnoty pagos.- Y, World. (Ju cen Vi erro WA baa promised to visit tim Ex hibition, lalo in tho summer, after th Psr lam n tary session, on her way to Germany. whoro . he propoaoa to apond aovoral weeks, but tho Prince1 and Princess of Wales will be NAPOLEON'S gu oats before thon, and would bo pro.ont at the opening only that, eomowbat about that Vims, tho Tri nora, who ja, to' ustrino languago of lady RAMDOLPBY, "aa ladios wish to bo who lovo thou; w Js," will not bo In a condition for travel. Ult KAI) 1 ' IT, TRAGEDY IM DBW OR LEANS. Our Now Orleans exchanges of Thursday giro tho following particulars of tho trage ly which oc curred in that city on last Wcdnoiiday ovoning. From tho Time wo take tho following account of thc difflculty : Ono of tho most tragic events that has occurred in Now Orleans for man v a <lay, atartlod tho habi tues of tho rotunda of tho Ht. Charle Hot?l last evening-ono man hoing instantly killed, and an other seriously, perhaps mortally ivouudod, and both mon of considerable mark in their respective spheres of lifo. Tho adair took plaoo abo at a quartor boforo H o'clock, and tho preceding ciroum lances, aa ro tated by ovo-witnossos anti friends of tho purlieu, woro as folio a s : Sumo timo ago a gambler by tho iimno of llrantloy forged a check for $8000 upon a well-known morcan tilo house of tili', oi ty, to tho members of which firm Mr. J. J. Bryant, keeper of tho oxtonsiro gambling euloon ovor tho Jackson saloon, on St. Charles street, botwoon Canal and Common streets, folt under dcop obligations for their kindnesses shown bia son. Bryant became engaged iu a disputo with Judgo Fred. Tato, of LnUrnngo, Toxas, a woll-known criminal lawyer cf tho Lono alar titatc, whom ho accused of cout iIIcitv in tho HW -indio. Tho quarrel appears to iavo lasted nomo timo, Bryant, who was naturally of a hot tamper, booming very violont, and call ing Tato (il ls said) a thief, swindler and coward. Tato acted quilo calmly, told Bryant that he had boon drinking, and endeavored to avoid a difll oulty. It*appears that by tho intervention of friends, Mr. Bryant was takon to.ono aldo, after having said that tho clerks of tho hotol know him ( Cato) to bo a scoutidrol. Toto otitorod tho ofJlco, and asked otic of tho gontloinen which of tho numbor it was who had spoken disparagingly of lum, and na ho could not, by thia inquiry aacorlain, ho was advised to oak of Colonol Bryant tho nanto of tho party. Learing tho office of tho hotel, Judge Tato ad vanced to where Bryant waa atandiug, With noie rai gontlomon, noa r tho contra of tho rotunda, and ? skod him tho question, in a conciliatory tono of voice. Colonel Arv ant pushed him violently away, either catching him by tho collar or tho throat iu doing so. And hero tho Torsions of tho difflculty aro at variance. Homo parties assort thal at tho moment of pushing. Colonel Bryaut drew his knifo; othors that ho did not draw it until Judgo Tato reached behind him Tor his pistol. Judgo Tato himself says that Bryant lunged at him with tho knifo at'tho moment of pushing, but is not certain whether tho blow reached him; that tho moment ho (Tato) saw tho knifo ho drow hie pifltol and began to Uro. However, in loss timi, than H taken to record lt, three shots were fired into Bryant's rudy, ono paHHing through tho heart, ono entering tho right cheek and passing through tho hoad, and tho third Anding lodgment wo did not exactly loam where. Bryant foll deod instantly, clutching with a death grip tho T shapod daggor with which ho had inflicted a soi ions stab hi tho right sido of his opponent. Tho body of Colonel Bryant romainod on the marble floor, a gory spectacle, for a considerable timo, an objoct of curiosity to an eager tbrong. Ono friend of Judgo Tate's, however, by main force, prevented tho weapon hoing takon from tho hand of Ibo corpse, or tho body in any otilar way seriously disturbed, until tho police arrived and took cbargo or H. Tho romains wore Anally placed on a settee, and carriod by tho police and two wait ers of tho hotel to a boneo on Oravior stroet, be tween Basin and Franklin. Mr. J. J. Bryant was about sixty-Avo years of age, but had tho appesranco of hoing much younger. Ho passed sovoral years In Ban Fran cisco, and is said to have spent between fifty and a hundred thousand dollars at an election for Mayor hold in that city, in which he waa a candi dato. Mr. Bryaut leaves a wife, son aud two daughters. Ouo af tho latter wo hear was recently married. His. aon was at ono timo employed at tho house of Given, Watts A Co., merchants of this city. A romantic fcaturo In tito career of the son, is tho fact that in early lifo bo ran away from homo, and waa, after lour years' abeoncc, discovered by his father in tho Lifo Guards of Hor Majesty of timat Britain, and on duty at Buckingham Palace. From hore Mr. Bryant brought the youth lo Now Orleans, ond placed him with tho mercantile house before named. A tow years previous to tho war Mr. Bryant flited up' a magnificent sui to of club rooms, in tho buildings between Lopez's confectionery and D. ir. nimbo.,- .1. > HUIMIS establishment. Tk:ao f U od to provo a success; but Mr. ll. promptly paid for Ibo superb dooorations, although tho loss amounted to felly (30,000. As boforo stated, he has boon located in tho rooms over tho Jackson saloon for moro lliau a year past. Tho brother of Mr. Bryant is a wealthy planter of Alabama. Notwithstanding tho profession of Mr. H., ho loaves many warm friordd, whom his deeds of gouorosity and genial temperament have flathered round him. During tho war. much of lis timo was spent in Richmond and Mobile, and hero also ho will bo moat kindly remembered. It IB behoved Mr. Bryant has iu his time spent over half a million of money. Aftor thrco shots had been fired by Mr. Tate, Special Officer Fotrio, of tho hotol, saocooded in taking away tho weapon, and the wounded man was conducted un stairs to his room. It was then found that ho was bleeding profmely, and medical assistance was at onco sent for. Neither Dr. Chop in nor Dr. Stono could be found, but Dr. John D. 'oater, ii ho had been sent for, at last appeared and oxaminod tho wound. It was found to bo a straight thrust, but as tho patient was weakening rapidly from loss of blood, and tho hemorrhago liad censed, it was considered best not to probo tho wound. It waa not positively dooided w bother tho lung had been penetrated, and consequently how dangerous tho wound ie wo oro unable to Bay. Judgo Tato expressed deon regret upon loam ing that Bryaut had expired, and stated that ho shot only in self-dofonco; that ho respected tho de ceased as a man very much. Ho has a family in LnOrangc, Toxas. Tho Coroner was sont for, and nu inquest will bo hold to-day. Tho evidence may elicit further facts in connection with this lamontablo occur rence In 'OBS than half an hour aftor this tragia oe surrenco, tho rotunda presented its ordinary buay appearance. Ono individual was having a ami fortablo snooze in a corner by tho door. Whether lie had consigned himself to tho embraces of the toothing god aftor witnessing tho tray, or bad slept through it undisturbed, was not apparent. Wo did not caro to wake him up and inquire. The iisua! groups woro gathered round tho stoves, juiotly discussing tho planting Interest;, the state sf tho cotton inarket, or tho constitutional amond inont. Boardorw just from tho supper room wore uiotlv picking their tooth, or puffing away at their Havanas, nu they lolled against their favorite pillar.-, or reclined at case in cosy arm-chairs, with their boola about a foot abovo their heads, Frosh arrivals woro inscribing their names on tho book, or waiting impatiently for tho numb-r of their apartments; departing guests, vriAh-lravoUlng bags, cc, slung about thom, wero settling their li tt lo bills: Col. Boyd and his staff of c lurks were calmly going through the usual office routino, and tho porters woro trundling luggago *o and fro as though nothing unusual liad occurred. But for the oxcitcd group of children, who wore poe ring through tho railings at the top of tho rotunda, and tim busincsa-uko air of tho newspaper report ers, who wore gliding among tho crowd, no ouo would have suspected that anything extraordinary had takon place-much loss that a follow-croaturo hod Just boan hurried to bis last account with all bis imperfections on bis head, whilst another had rocoived a dangerous, perhaps mortal injury. But Buoh is lifo. - LATEB.-At 11.15 o'clock last night wo called to soo Judgo Toto, at his room in tho hotel, and found a police guard at tho door. Tho condition of tho wounded man wo found much improved, tho knifo, lt having boen d cid e], not penetrating the lung. Mr. T. thinks ho will bo able to lcavo In's bcdTu thrco or four days.' ? CASTLE TUUNDKB.-Tho Richmond (Va.) Dis patch indulges In tho fo.lowing l-it of roiuinlseonco: "This famous old prison for Confed ralo desert ers, ote., is rapidly fitting up by Captain John TI. Qroauor for tho manufacturo of tobacco-tho samo purpose for whioh it was usod boforo tho war. It is an immense building, and Captain- Oroanor is preparing machinery and making othor arrange monts which will enable kim, if necessary, to turn out ono thousand pounds of manufactured tobacco por day. A walk ovor tho old factory bringa to mind many recollections of Confederate timos, Hero, in tho fourth story, is tho gable window from which leaped tho spy Webstar, with his irons on; th ero tho ti topa down tv li i ch li o was borne on his way to execution; thora on tko lower floor aro tho apartments of his wifo and .Dr.'. Mary Walker and othor females, whoso namoo became notorious during tho war. Tho dun goons, which unod to bo tobacco sweat-houses before the war, remain os thoy woro loft by tho authorities, and ono of thom still hie a bolo which was out through tho elijhtoon inch brick wall by nonio enterprising Confederate. Every part of tho building has somo inoidont con nected with it. At thia window a prisoner was shot doad for putting kia hoad out against orders; Lu this alley, a potty oPJcor of tho Confeder te navy wan instan th killod by tho guard for .fooling' with him; and in that dark underground placo, tho prisoners USP tl to tunnel themsplvos' out into tho opon air, or into a oloso dungeon If thoy woro caught. Lying dismantled in a loft formerly used aa a hospital ls tho old flag-staff from whick float ed tho colors that wore followed br eo many bravo men during tho four long yoars.and wbloh aro now furled forever." TUB I ab toura .!, spooking of tho Virginia Col lege, .Of. which Gen. LEB ia I'residont, and about wbloh tho Courant li ES taken pains lo inform itself, says : . "Gon. Lee, in tho pcrformmco of bia dutlos, gives, wo understand, tho moat ontiro satisfaction, and all allusion to tho recent war..aro avoided by bim and all other members cf tho faculty." Wo loam from a ll toro ry gentleman of Connecti cut, who but recently returned from a tour in Vir ginia, tkat tho abovo is strict]/1ruo; and thal in a two boura' conversation with' (Jon. Loo. and other procesional gontlomon, tho eubjoct of tho war waa .ioi even alluded to. Ho also mot, In comp on v, gontlomon'who had boon on both sides, in that controversy, but who avoided all conversation on tkatsnibjoct, whilst working in harmony tn other mailors. How wrong to donv to mon who can oct thus, K fair participation lu the Union. New /fit cnn JtegUter, Tile (lie l[lln. How MM. VICTORIA UUEIA'U (as lier Britannic Majesty usai to bo MTV irreverently H lyle il in tho columns of Uio United Irishman) carno hy her nor nalup, may not bo known to all our readers. From an old History of Oonnany, loaned us hy a friend, wo oxtracl tho following legend iu regard to tho elgin of this dynastic titlo : Tho family of tho GUELPUB can ho (raced so far back aa tho reign of CUAULEMAONE. About tho yoar 800, thoro was a Count of Ax,T0np, in Buabia, whoso descendants, according lo au old legond, obtained th > nemo of UiiKi.ru in tho following manner : IBP:.DBAND, his son and aucccssor, aaw onco an old woman who had threo children at a birth, and, thinking thia unnatural, ho called her an adult rc. : . Tho old woman, in anger at this in sult, prayed Heaven that InMENTUAOT, wifo of tho Count, might havo as many children at a hirth os thoro aro months in tho yoar. Uer prayer was answered, aud IBHEXTRAUT was dnlirorod nf twolvo boys; but, fe..ring tho soverity of hor bus band's character, oho commanded her servant to drown olovou of thom. Whilst tho latter waM pro ceeding to ahoy ber mistress'orders, I he Count mot hor and asked her what waa in thc bai'ict ho was carrying. Tho girl, frightened, au iva. red that thoy wcro fuctptis (pnppieo). But Ibo Count, not being satlaflcd with tho reply, took off tho cloth from tho baskot, and judging that thc children woro his own, from their livolincen and strength, bo preserved their lives, educated thom secretly, and whou they wcro grown up look them all again to their mother. Ono or tho twolvo, OiiEt.ru Uio Finit, waa tho aucccssor of ISENDBAND. Tits Tannrr.-Tho following comparativo state ment shows what tho tariff was, is, and is proposed to bo on a fow loading articles : DAB mos. Tariff of 1801. 16 lier tou. Present tariff.ta j 10 per ton. Proposed tariff ot ISM.SSH lo al per ton. . OOTLEJ1T. Tartu of ISSI.S. .30 por cont, ad cat. Prcsont tarin*..'.4S per cont. Propeled tariff of 18(17.RS per cont. TEA. Tariff of IBM.IS cents per pound. Present tariff.IS cents por pound. Proposed tariff of 1837 . 25 couts per pound. nnowN SUOAB. Tariff of 1801.H cent per pound. Present tat lu".'J couts per po nu il. Proposed tariff or 1807_'.3 cents per pound. WOOLLEN GOODS. Tariff of 1801.18c. per th nnd 30 per cont, ad tal. Prcsont tariff.24c. per lb and .' 3 j er cent, nd tal. Proposed tariff, '07...45c. per lb and 31 percent, ad ral. A CURIOUS CLBOUSIHTANOE-BUTLER AND GRANT. -It will bo roinntnborcd that when Wendell Phillips, tho originator of tho impeachment pro ject, first urged its oxooution, in October last, bo demanded that lt should bo applied to Grant as well as Johnson. According to tho Boston report nf his speech, noa beroi o in ho pron unccd Grant to bo "unlit to hold bis ofhco," omi declared that it was Grant and not Johnson who "oecupiod tho moat humiliating position on this Contiuont." It now seems that- Cou. Butlor, who took np Wen dell Phillips' idea of impeachment, agreed with him both in regard to Grant and Johnson. Hul ler's original draft of tho impeachment resolution, offered in Cougror. by Mr. AsLdoy, included "any officer of tho Government." along with tho Presi dent, and aimed at tho trial of Gen. Grant as woli r.3 President Johnson.. Wendell Phillip ?' chargo against Grant was that it was bo who wan respon sible for tho btondahod and persecution in tho street of Memphis and Now Orleans, and bosidoe this special charge, bo waa a general accomplice or tho PreHidont. Wo supposa Bailor's accusation against Grant would have been ossontiolly tho samo; and he could have strengthened his caso be holding Grant rcsposiblo for Dutch Gap and Fort Fisher.-AT. T. 'IHrncs. Tn u>. STEVENS AT HOSTE.-Hie Piitsburg (Pa.) Daily Commercial comments upon Mr. STEVENS' "plan" of reconstruction in the following lan guage, not very complimentary to tho great "loader :" "Mr. Slovens han failed in his ut teni] it at recou nt t net ion. and ovoryhody i" .n > tn rog-ai-rl to Mai great question. Tho opinion is expressed that tho Bonding of the subject to tho Boconatruc Uon Committee puts the whole matter over to tho noxt Congress. Tho strong voto by which tho reference was made would scorn to indicate not only fatal disfavor towards Mr. Stevens' plan, hut tho spirit of moderation-not to say hesitation-es to tho lino of policy to bo pursued. Tho key for solving tho (pica tim,, it nooma, han >ot to ho found. What tho Reconstruction Committee will do is al together uncertain. Mr, Kio venn ls said to havo less faith in tho committee than formerly, which means, wo suppose, that tho committee docs not think as ho docs. Tho Republicans, for their own sakes, should not think of adjournin ! without doing something. It might not mako much diffor onco with tho country if tho question should go over to tho noxt Con gre a- . It would, however, ho a confession Uiat tho prcsont ono was unoqual to the task." firrrp DUILUINO.-It ia nene .-tod that at tho pres ent timo thoro is not a single new mei chant ahlp or atoamcr building at any of tho numorous ship yards of Now York, Brooklyn or Joreoy City, and but fow in ali thu yards of tho country; and fur ther, that tbero is no prospect of auy being built until tho prosont condition of affairs is altered, i h misa i ids of workmen connectod with ship-budd ing aro now out of employ mr nt, and pjro likely to bo for Uio present Ono causo assigned for this is tba high rato of taxation, upon materials usod in ship building. : Dui that.cat) hardly bc tho causo altogether, os tho business is quito as dull in Eng land as in this country, and in ono ship build ng district in London fifteen .thousand, mechanics have been out of work for mont , and tho i SSl lieu of many of them aro now paupers. Tho Court Newsman gives an account of tho manner in which tho Queen anil royal family, at Osborne House, kept ObvistmoB. A Christmas tree, on tho Gorman fashion, brilliantly lighted and bearing a rieh friutago of royal gi'U, was pro pared for tho upper servants in ono apartment, and for the lower sor vants in another. Tho upper sorvants. quito aristocratie and oxolnaivo, assem bled at six o'clock. Hor-Majesty and tho .royal family soon after on te rei I the room', and hor Ma jesty handed a present to ouch. Rho thon wont to the servan tn' hall and distributed her royal gifte to tho nice little lower class partv of ono hundred and thirty in that department. Then both clausen had a nico supper, witu toasts and s pooches, which wero,,oI course, ae loyal aa possible. - According to tho London Bookseller, 4201 now books and new editions appeared in England last year. Thoy aro classified as follows : holigious books and pamphlets, 8(9; biographical and his torical, 101; medical and surgical, ICO; poetry and tba drama, 033; novels, OOO: minor., fiction and children's books, 644; travels, topography and geo graphy, 198; annuals and aoriale (volumes oruv), 325: agriculture, hoftloulturo, A*o., Cl; English philology and education. 100; European and classi cal philology and translation, lill; law, 81; naval, military and engineering, 39; science, natural his tory, Ac., 147; tirulo and commerce, 70: politics nod questions of tho day, 107} illustrated weiss, 83; art, architecture, Ac, 31; miscellaneous, not class i flod, 859. Total, 4201. SERIOUS' CIJA BO K AOAINTIT, CONOUESS.-Tho Cin cinnati Commercial, a Radical Journal (on Ute. ne gro question), opona a colunibiod arti clo ripon. Con gress'with tho following paragraph : .. . Congres i listona to tho lobby on tho tariff que . Uon, and does not boar the rountry.- Tho noise mado in tho saloons of tho Capitol by tho hired agents of manufacturo rs who dca lr o competition tu bo emailed by law, is regarded with profound attention; but the voice of tho peoplo who aro- at homo attending to their business, and do not givo chain pogue suppers, iatnot hoodoo. AH English paper says : "Nearly a third of tho moat now sont to London ia brought ia tho form of dead meat, and tho quantity la Increasing very fast j[Weare nowimpprU i a/oarly i;000,OvX)Bhoop ant! lambs from' tho continent in tho voir, and nearly.200.000 cattlo, and tho largest proportion of Uils livo ? took and dead moat is brought to Lon. don by railways." Dunn 8orinuyrmoHV-Tho remains of Dr. Cant well, for many you* Bom an Cotholio Bishop of Mooth, wore interred In tho chapel of Mullingar, Ireland, on tho 14tb ultimo, with all the ceromonv usual on auoh occasions. A gravo waa excavated within tho wolla of Uto chapel, and nomo women, who had Implicit faith in tho miraculous power of Uio olay thrown up in tho making of the gravo, took borne portions of it, boilod it, and confidingly drank it aa an infallihlo rcceipo for tho ailments by which thoy were affllotod. A young indy baa kindly furnished tho Detroit Tribuno with a roolpo, whioh oho has tried and knows to bo effective., that will koop feel warm, and wo givo lt, without, however, roeomm ending Its go nomi tine. Rho says ; "I am troubled with cold feet, but I maruga to keep wann by lying In bcd ovo ry muming until after my roolhor has lulita rousing Oro and prepared breakfast. 1 thou got up, placo my feet on tho front of the atovo, ott my morning meal, road tho nowa, and after warming eomo flannels and wrapping thom about my 'poor feat,7 return to bed, whoro I romain until ric arly noon. I repeat thia ovory1 twontv-four honra, ana find it very comfortable I think I shall survive" . MAnniAOE.-JEtiEir? TATLOU saya of marriage : Marriago la the mother of the world, and1 pre-, serves kingdoms, arid rt Ila cities, And churches, andHouven Itsolf. Cclibp.cy, Like tho fly Lu tho heart of an apple, dwolla In ajporpetnst.aworitnosa, but aita alone, and ia ooiiarMHV and dloa In singu larity; but marriago, Uko Uio uaofnl, boo, .builds a house, and gathers swootnoss from ovory .flower, and labora and unites Into nnciotica and republics, and senda ont armlf.i, and foods tho world .with delicacies, and koopa order, and promotes tho In terest of mankind, and La that stato of rood thlnga to which God hath designed tho nroscnt constitu tion of tho world, VOLUME rv. HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT* SHIPPING. j. rou NRW YOltlt.-TIIIO S IIOOV ?!> k ICH MATTI*! ll TABER wuril n (leek load 4X_l>Lumuor ur Rosin, nt low rata . ^5E WILLIAM ROACH, February 6 _ 1 . K1CHIOIITM ON I'PLA NI COTTON .X/ . Sc. SKA ISL\N1> Kai KICK . -FOR NEW Ojv VOHK-MCItUHANl- ? .' MM:.-Tho faTorito JH Xfm pochai neb.inner LILLY, ll. KBAXOM nij.'lor, liavlii'i a portion ol cargo engage 1 nd going un truant, will haw prompt dispatch. Fur buitreo apply to I ohroery I_ WILLIAM ROACH. t^-rv FOU LIVKIIPOOL.-TIIK AI COP AQJ^PF.nEDand coppiir-fastrn d British Hark YU OfiEEy MURI, Csptalu M. Thompmiu, will meet with -J5-^*--dispatch, l'or Freight apply lo February 1_RAVLNKL A- CO. FOU HUSTON-WITH DISPATCH - / Tho Brig ANNA D. TORREY, Haskell maater, . T hail a largo portluu ni her cargo engaged, and - " Ul l>a dlsuatehed for tho above port. For balance uf Freight room, apply lo STREET BROTHERS A CO.. January .11 No. Ti East Ray. FOU NEW YO UK. THE FINE fcTEAMSHIP CARLOTTA. CAPTAIN CHARLES COLLINS, will leavo Ilrown fe Co.'8 Routh Wharf un .Vniiirifuy, thu ilth Instant, at - o'clock l'.M. Fur freight or passage eiicageiiicntfl, having hand some cabin aecuiuinodntlooH, apply to STREET R THERS A- CO.. Ffbmnjy S No. 74 Lae! liny. FOB LIVEHFOOL. ^sr~ - r " 'i ur; riTKMT.ri.Ass IRON KTEAM y/i'A ^t l t- SHH* PIONEER. J. W Shaekford maa ^TVlVrAi'lA tor. Will Ball Satunhiy. the th liihtnnl. - - " jsS-. and can accommodate a few Cabin Pas sengers. Faro 10 sterling. For Freight or Passage, apply to W. . SMITH k CO., February! _Union Bunk Bull.ling. NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON l'coplu's Stonmship Compnuy. MAILING DAYS.WEDNESDAYS. THE STEAMSHIP EivEiL-^r _e_ SOUDER CAPTAIN II. W. LOCKWOOD, ?L i---..... WILL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC j/yJmT Vxt X mt WHARF on HV<fn< Iny, February C. at ^plllffl " o'clock A. M. - '?f-rV- Linn composed of Steamar* "MO NERA" aud "EMILY ll. SOUDER." WILLIS & 0HIS0LM, 1'obruary 4 mtuw North Atlantic Wharf. FOU NEW YOKK. REO ULAR UNITED STATES MAIL LINE. *x r-f.-, ONE OF THE FAVORITE AND ELE Sy<l'. I I O .INT STEAMSHIPS - J>iL,i-.r< QUAKER CIT Y, I 8ARAOOSSA, ~^=^-=r~=7t- ANDALUSIA. | GRANADA, WIU loavo Adner- South Wharf evory Saturday. Tho steamnldp SARAOOSSA. Captain M. ll. Crowctl, will leavo Adgcr a Wharf on A'il unlay, February Otb, al - o'clock. Fobruary* _ _ RAY EN EL k CO. PASSAGE UEDUCED! CHEAP PASSAGES TO UR FROM EUROP B, BY SAILINQ SHIPS, SAILING EVERY WEEK. ALSO by tho SPLENDID MAIL STEAMERS, Sailing every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY to and from Now York. Great Reduction In Faro to CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. DRAFTS FOR ANY AMOUNT on Groat Britain and Ireland at tho very lowest ratea. Passengers, on arrival In Now York, will have their baggago removed Free, and ovary caro bestowed on thora. For Passage, ic., apply tn M. M. QUINN, No. cv; Kiwi street. Charleston, 8, .. rc marv ir l r MISCEtlA EOUS. Til TOMG NOW IN USE ! November 27 J. J. UTAN, ll A UNU l.t.!. C. H., 8. C., OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE MERCHANTS, Factors, Lawyers, and. lost but uot least, to thc edi tors of the newspapers, to collnct (if it con be dono), clore up, and scttlo any buolnotu they may bo disposed to give him. In auy part of tho State Address hiim at Barnwell, Wlonsboro', or Chester C. n. Jauuary ll) swfl SAMUEL P. BENNET, Timber aiid Lumber Measurer, OVER STEIN MEYER k SON'S OFFICE. Clarice's Planing Mill, WESTEND OF BEAUFAIN STREET, Charleston, s. C. January 33 _wfinlnio WILBUR & SON, GENERAL AUCTIONEERS AMD Commission Merchants, OFFICE AND SALES ROOMS, Nos. 13 and 15 State street ami No . 1 and a Chalmers street, CHARLESTON, &. t. April 2_nawflyr F. M. BURDELL, OHNBRAL niWDIaE BROKER, WILL DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THE PURCHASE and salo of MERCHANDISE OF ALL KINDS, onioo at tho corner of UROAD ANO EAST BAY ; STREETS, lu basement Of Stato Dank, where, saniplus may bo seen. RrrxnaaToca- Mr. C. M. Furroan, Mr. Theodora D. Wagner, Messrs. John Fraoer A- Co., a'oaara. Mordecai A Co., Mesara. W. G. Dukes k Co.. Messrs. Gourdin, Msllhlcssen At Co., Chsrloston^S. c. October 2t_;_wfm Gmo CILISOLM'S STEAM SAW MILL. rrtBR UNDERSIGNED H AVING COMPLETED THEIR. JL Saw Mill, located on thu property known as Chis olm'sRico Mil bi, wost end of Trodd street, aro now- pre pared to ox ente orders for LUMnr.lt. 0HIK0LM BROTHERS, No. 32 East Bay, corner Adgcr1! Wharves. January 29 '_ tnwfB . O. CHITTENDEN, General Commission Merchant, AHI) MaraaflACtui'er of Paper, O? VARIOUS KINDS, NO. 19T RVADB B T It ES ZS T, . Oornor Hudaon Sirotil, Now York. "IDEALER IN PAPER AND IN MATERIALS OP M J rvervdcserrpUontortlsmanulkclurr. hjffll.Hl 13 ? fil S. A. LAMBERT, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT. I SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ORDERS KILLED ON 00 M M lili I ON. 0 nico of Joh ii P. New h Irle, I No 137 RKADE-STREET, CORNER I1UD80N, NKW YORK. AW Agency lor EXTON'3 PREMIUM TRENTON CRACKERS. AU ordere sent will be promptly sttcsdod Hmo _ TVeenbeT ip CKERAW ADVERTISER. DEVOTED IO LITE RATURE, SCIENCE, ART, AGRICULTURE, and MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Oheraw, B. O. Published weekly, by W. L T. PRINO h. k co. . TS ana or aunooarmoK : Ono copy ona year.n oe Ono copy alz monds. i so Ono copy throe months....... 1 00 Five voples one year.?.......IS 00 stimu or ADTBaTDjntn t i One s pia rc, ten linea or leas, first Insertion.91 89 For o i ch aub sc n.uent i n so rt 11 ra.1 00 All Advert sc tncnts to bo distinctly marked, or thor will bo puliBshod anUl ordered out, and chtrged accord* Merclionta and others advertising by th yaar, * 1. o ral dclncUon on ina .tb j ve tatra will bo mid . November ls VOLUME rv. HO. 463._CHARLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY" ll, 1867~ " mjrr* XITTTT*