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THE DAILY NEWS. Reine O'A mo ur. BOMANOE A LA BIEN-AIMEE. Closo as tho stars along tho sky Tho flowers were in the mead, Thepuado heart, and golden eye, And c itnson-fl truing weed And each one eixh'd as I wont by Ard touched rn v garment green, And bade mo wear her on my heart And take her to- my Queen Of Love And take her tor my Queen. And one in virgin white was di cst With downcast gracious luvet; And ne nu veil'd a burning breast Mid emiles of rosy r.-d ; All rainbow bright, with laughter light, They fl Icker'd o'er tho ifro-n. Bach whispering I should pluck her there And take her as my Queen Of Love And tako h?r as my Queen. But sudden nt my feet look'd up A little star-like thing. Pure odor in pure ucrt'cot ?up, Tbat mado my bosom Bing, TWAB noi for sizo, nor gorgeous dyes, But h??r own sob', I ween. Her own sweet self, that ma 'o me stoop And tako her for my Queen Of Love And take her fur my Quoou. Now all day long and every day Her beauty on tue trrowa. And holds witb strcnocr, sweeter sway l han B y or than rose; And tflis ono star outshines by far Ad in tho ? cadow preen And so I wear her on my heart And take her tor my Queen Of Love And take her tor my Queen. {F. T. Palgrave, in Cornhill for February. CONGRESS IONA L NOTES. The Judicial y Committee of tho Senate Snubs tuc Amnesty Proclamation-No? body Bart. Mr. Edmunds, from ibo Judiciary Commit? tee, to whom waa referred tho message of tho President relativo to his proclamation cf Do oerober 25, granting universal amnesty, re? ported tho samo back to tho Senate on Wed? nesday morning, with a lengthy report, stating . that tho committee aro of tho opinion that the ' powers attempted to be exercised in tho pro- j clam at ion to grant general amnesty aro without ] tho authority or assent of Congress, and has i no foundation in the constitution or laws. Tho 1 report closes with a resolution that in the j opinion of tho Scmte tho proclamation of the 1 President of tho United States on tho 25th of ' December, 1868, purporting lo grant general pardon and amnesty to all persons guilty of ? treason and hostility to f ho United States dur- 1 ing the lato rebellion, was not authorized by j the constitution or laws. The Washington ? correspondent of tho Baltimore Gazette ro marks : The report has surprised no one here, as it was well understood in political circles that such would bo the report of that committee, a report that is worth about tho paper it is writ? ten on. Tho committee are careful not to say a word as to tho Ional offect of the proclama? tion, this being left to the judicial department of the government, precisely whore it would have been left without any opinion, expressed or otherwise, by tho five distinguished gentle? men who compose tuc Judiciary Committee of tho Senate. As the official tetra ot Presideut Johnson is about, clrawmg to a close, ho might bo allowed to depart in peace, but certain members of both Housed ot Congress seem to delight in putting chips on their beads and daring Andrew Johnson to kuock them off. There is at least one consolation to the citi? zen whilo reading tho report of the Judiciary Committee made to-dav, and that is '"nobody's hurt." ' ; The Constitutional Amendment-Ano thcr Muddle in the Senate. A Washington telegram, ot Wednesday, Bays : Another scene of confusion, amounting to an almost inextricable parliamentary muddle, took plaoo in the Senate this afternoon in the discussion upon the proper modo of disposing of thc suffrage constitutional amendment, i which had como back from tho House on the refusal of that body to concur in tho Senate ? amendments. Over throe hours wore spent in t determining the effect if the Senate receded \ from its amendments, nearly one-half of the ? senators arguing that such action would have ( the effect of passing tho joint r?solution as it < came from th? House origiuallv ; tho other half j holding that the passage of a motion to recede < left tho suffrage amend mont open for amend- i mont, or adoption, pr rojeotion. < It became evident that the Republican sena- i tors were about equally divided upon tho House proposition, which was considered to i prohibit, by implication at least, colored citi- ] zens from holding offico. On this ground che ( Southern senators appeared to bo a unit iu op ?iosition to this resolution, they demanding j hat the measure should bo so worded as to ? give negroes the same rights and privileges aa i are accorded to them in South Carolina, Lou- < isiana, &c. Ou this subject quite a heated , conversation was indulged in between Senator < Stewart and tho Southern senators, in one cor- \ ner of tho Sonato chamber, whilst the various j votes were being takon. Mr. Stewart had un- \ dertakon to engineer tho suffrage resolution I through in a jiffy to-day, and had counted ? upon the co-operation of Southern senators. ? Tho Senate having subsequently recoded from i its amendments, and refused to adopt i tho House resolution, left tho whole sub- t jeefc again opon to bsgin de novo. This t was just what Senators bumner and Wil- < sou desired, and thcroupon thoy simultane- t ously, with a dozdii other senators, jumped to f tbe floor, clamorous for recognition from tho ] chair. Mr. Stewart rushed down close to the I President's chair, and succeeded in gotting in t a motion to take up the suffrage resolution f adopted by tho Sjnato Judiciary Committee, j which givos tho colored eitizea tho right to t hold oflieo. This resolution was expected to t havo tho support ot the Southern senators, e and that therefore it would pass instanter, but, t to the consternation of the excited Stowarfc, c up sprang Senator Howard, one of the most t raJioal of Radicals, and announced his de a termination to oppose and discuss tho reso? lution. Senator Nye also said ho would oppose i the measure, lt was now six o'clock, an i the t senators vory gene al y took - advantage of the t opportunity, whilst Senator Howard was mak- \ ing bis spoech, to got luncheon. ( In their pnvate cont* roncea tho ino nd s of t the pendil g resolution expressed great fear i that, after all. the suffrage ameadmaot would i fail to get safely through both Houses at this < session. Tbore are some who would insist i upon a provision that tho amendment be sub- 1 milted only to tho State Legislatures hereafter j to be eieoted, but this proposition would be i discussed, and thu*, by ctwiaiiming tune, do- < feat the whole measure. The Alabama Claims Treaty-Certainty 1 Of ita Rejection. > From the Washington dispatches (of Wed- ; nesday) to the New York Herald, we make the following extracta : -Tito Sonate Committee on Foreign Relations held a meeting to-day, and among other sub Ieots dincnused the treaty between tho United Hates and Great Britain concerning the sotf le? mont of the Alabama claims. Although the question was brought up near tbe close of the session of the committee a fair express iou of sentiment was ohed ed on the terms o? tho treaty concluded between our Minister to Eng? land. Reverdy Johnson, and the British Minis? ter for Foreign Affairs* Lord Stanley. A clear majority of tue committee ?*Tp?*o(!?"!td tnemselves as opposed to the provisions Of tho treaty. Mr. Sumner, chairman of the committee, waa oi opinion that Minister Johnson, in negotiating tho treaty, had lost sic ht of tho real, poi at a at ISBUO be? tween the two governments. Too much had been conceded to Great Britain; and in view of tbe fact timt a partial acknowledgment had already been mude by that goveriiinrntof the damages ?esrdtiiig to American citizens from the ravages of the Alabuma, too little attention had been paid to American intereste. This opinjon was conenrred in by a majority ot the committee,'including Senators Cameron, Mor? ton, Patterson and Harlan. Judging- from the sentiments ( xpr .'n ed by tbe members of the committee at the meeting to-dav there oan be little doubt tbat the treaty will no reported ad veiBely to the Senate. Tbe feeling of A majori? ty of senators openly expressed indicates that ~uch a report fro ts tbs vy?a?a?p?sBBJMiii pe jsufl 1 ained by a ve> y large vote. -IF '?*; ^. Beiaov?lof political maahafti^es, The House to day by a large vote p ssxsd the Disability bill reported from th? Reconstruc? tion Committee. Th* effort of Mr.' McKee, of Kentucky, to* have tho < names from that' 8tite?tiuok ont Jailed, all tbe Democrats and . large number cf Republicans voting aguinat him. McKee has sou cht to commend himself lately to th? ultra Radicals of th? Houao by At tacking bis nativo State, Kentucky, iu tho most outrage ms manner. Yesterday, when tho reso? lution giving John D. YOUD?, whose seat MoKeo content od, tho usual allowanco for ex? penses m contesting tho caso was offered, McKee, contrary to all precedent, not only op? posed the resolution, but attempted to defeat it by resorting to filibustering tactics. McKee is a candidate for Clerk of the House, and it is presumed he wants to mako himself prominent and at the samo time commend himself to tho Radicals by abusing Kentucky. The passage of tlio bill "to-day indicates that two-thirds of tho House aro disposed to pardon Democrats ns well as Republicans. Tine Speakership Contest. A very ciireful canvass of tho S.eoakorskip contest, made without bias towards oitlicr can? didate, rovoals tho following results: The New Englaud voto is divided botweon Blaine and Dawes, inclining slightly in favor of Dawes. In tho Middle States of Now York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with their thir? ty-live Rcpulican votos, B'aino has an un? doubted and reliable majr-ity. In the South? ern States a majority go for Blaine, wliilo in tho Wost Blaine leads Dawes so decisively that there is practically no contest left between them. Ihoso wau have given ibo subject mest careful attention say that out of ono hun? dred and thirty-five Republican votes in tho caucus Blaino is certain of ninety-five to ono huudrod. Blaine is supporteil by the more radical, v.gorous ami progressive element of tho party, while the slower and moro conserva? tivo element inclino to Dawe?. But this con? servativo element does not represent a third of tho party in Congress. Tho ^'ranking Privilege Tho Postjffico Committee has doeidod upon making tho following amendment to tho bill of tho House: Abolishing the use of stamps in tho franking system, and requiring the written autograph of those entitled td the franking privilege, excopt heads ot departments and heads of bureaus now ontitlod by law to tho franking privilege, who shall lio allowod to frank all official matter pertaining to their depart men ta or bureaus by tho usc of a stamp, which shall designate tho* object for which it is used, under such regulations as tho Post master-Goneral shall proscribe. SEA ISLANJ> COTTON PLANTING. Hdlsto Island. [Correspondence of tho New York Post ] EDISTO ISLAND, February 10.-Edisto Lsland, which is of somewhat irregular shape, ana very much cut up by estuaries or creeks Bol? ting in from tho North and South Edisto Riv? ers and from tbo Atlantic Ocoan, is so nearly a lovel plain that probably ita highest point is scarcely moro than ten feet above ordinary bt'gh water mark. Probably one-half ot tho" more jandy portion of tho island lies so near to tide ? ovel that its etrainago ia very difficult, and at , best, under tbo old system of open ditches, , very imperfect. Those wetter portions aro separated from aach other by slight ridges, making what is j there called a "turtle-back" formation. These turtle-backs consist almost entirely of the Einest conceivable sand, fit for writing sand or Tor uso in an hour-glass, and constituting from ninety-throe to ninoty-five per cout. of the soil i to au"indoliaiuj dopth. Of coursa, it is under 1 ?ill circumstances sufficiently dry, and is in many respects admirable for tho purposes lo < which it is devoted. . i Almost invariably the depressions between these Plight ridges, as well as frequent "pock? et-holes" upon thom, aro underlined by strata < of clay ana bog iron ore, winch keep them constantly wet, and tho capillary action of tho sand itse.f is eo stro ig that a well sunk in a ridge seven foet auovo tho level ot the sur? rounding water is usually filled to within throe or tour feet of tho surfaco of the ground. Tho salt water creeks, bordered by maislies, fur? nish an inexhaustible supply ot tho best mate? rial with which to enrich the lighter soils; and it is an almost universal practice, wherever the operation can be afforded, to givo each acre an annual "mudding" of ironi forty to fifty cart-loads. Tho fertility of tbo soil i? evinced by tho most profuse growth of every species of natu? ral vegetation. Pino, magnolia and live oak of enormous size cover ev ny acre that is not kept in cultivation, and the tropical and hide? ous palmetto tree pushes from every neglected pat eli of open ground. Tho troes are draped with tho beautiful gray moss th it is supposed to ind?calo insalubrity of climate; and the Hold which was hist j ear in excellent cultiva? tion is now coated with a dense mit of Ber? muda grass, whose canebrakes and sedges of luxuriant growth occupy the wetter portions of tho ground. In the ordiuary sense, the island can by no means bj considered a good agricultural terri? tory. Tho single remunerative industry is the growth of sea island cotton. Under ordinary cultivation corn yields only about eight bush? els to the acre, and with tbe best caro North? um planters have thus far only succeeded in -aismg tho yield to twelve bushels. The food ii the population is almost entirely imported, ind the whole area is to be regarded as prop? erty devoted to tho production of tho finest of textile materials. For the raising of sea island cotton probably no tract on tho whole soaboard has so high a reputation, or bas earned it so well. A portion if last year's crop of a very fine variety (the Eureka) has been sold for $2 50 a pound, the iverago prieo for tho ordinary crop being about H 40. The cultivation of thia cotton is moro nearly akin to gambling than anything else eutsido of Wall-street. The plantation of Mr. lohn Wright, iormerly of Now Jersey, which ?ame moro thoroughly under my examination, viii bo ruo this year tit an exponae of from >10 OOO lo $50,000. * Twelve hundrod acres will ie planted and a regular working fores of ono mildred contract hands, about the same mint? ier of day hands and fifty mules will bo em iloyed. Forty-sQven carts and forty-five Col? ins' steel ploughs are required for tho manur ug and preparation ot the ground. Almost ;lio entire food of the ani nals, as well as of ho hands, is brought from tho North at groat ixpense, and tho whole organization is so ex euaive, and in some respects so intricate, as o require the constant attention, of Colonel ?urger, tho skilful superintendent of the plan ation, and of three experienced and compe ent loremen.' the lattor aro negroes, as the oruici s.aves seem to entertain a lasting pre udioo against woiking under a white "ober ihar,' although they take tho flaggelatiou of hoir black "bosses" without complaint. lu ddition to the enormous quantity of mud hat is now hauling on to tho land, .sixty tons if Peruvian guano, costing sixty dollars per on in gold m New York, havo been shipped ilroady for use ou this year's crop And now for tho result : A good crop will be mt less than 180,OOQ pounds of cotton, worth i,t a moderate estimate eighty cents per pound, nuking $120 000, and leaving a profit of )70 000 or $80 000 on tho yo..r's operations, mough suroiy to tempt capital and enterprise o embark.in tbe business, especially when it s remembered that the profit may be even nuch more brilliant. Unfortunately, the cat? erpillar, tho dicaded enemy of all coltoa plan? ners, and especially ot those on the sea island-*, las it va its power, after the crop hus boon laid ;>y and tho fruit set in the most promising manner, to almost entirely destroy tho whole within the short space of a few weeks. ?strong hopes are entertained that the cat? erpillar will not appear this year, for the rea? son that it rarely comes ia loree even two years in succession, and in both 1867 and 1868 it almost .entirely destroyed the orop of the island, and has reduced the entire population, except a few Northern oapitilists and their depen? dents, to a state of absolute poverty which is pr? in lui to see. In more than one instauoe, tho owners of magnificent plantations are obliged to earn their daily bread by manual labor; for without the capital neceas iry to car? ry on their planting operations, their land is of no more value than so much beach sand, and the training that they have reoeived under the old slavery system has incapacitated them f>r any other occupation requiring either skill or judgment. Tbe draining operations undertaken by. Mr. wright/, oonteinpiato tue wailinq-iM of a large tid il crock, giving it a discharge by means of a valved truuk at low water, mark, sud tho for? ma ion of a canal or valley through the ridge t hut? extends from one end of the piantatiou to the other, in order to reduce the drainage out? let o? tho rearportioi to low water mark. After this has been dmo, five or ?ix hundrod acres are to bo undordraiued with tiles, and that am ?int of land, which is now compara? tively worthless idr any cultivation, will Do? como probably tho mose v dimble of all. The great advantage ottered by the cireum stanc s, both for thu cultivation of large ci ops and tbe currying out cf cxtonsivo plans of im? provement, lies in the fact that labor is ex? ceedingly cheap and abundant. Tue negroes work cheerful!* and w..ll. Tho old slavery system of "tasks" is still adhered to, and t. e allotted day's work is completed by the more .clive hands by mid day, while but little work is done by any after three o'clock in the after noon. The wages o? the pontraot hands aver? age six dollars per month in money, and rations-eoniisting ot one peek ol masl. three pounds of bacon, one pint of molasses and ono Kin! 'jf salt jfer week. The other hands re si ve fifty oenta a day, which is paid every night in the form of an order on the planta? tion ?tore, where so much as U absolutely needful is expended in the necessaries of lita aad thc balases mainly in essd/, "gougers^ Bogare, aud other nonsense. Ouo-half of tho monthly wagoe of tho contract hands is paid at tho end of thu month and is immediately spent, usually in tho moat foolish way, at tho store. Tho remainder ia paid the dav before ChrietmaB, and Ik da a ready vent in tho holi? day festivities of Charleston. The condition of tho freedmen is certainly bottor than would be supposed, in view of tho fact of their recent emancipation and their slight advantages. Yet they are by no moans a model rural population. Petty thievery and otlior ovidoDces of a want of virtue aro plenty; yet tlieso people aro easily managed, perfectly good-.iaturod, generally polite, and for their work, are cortainlv cfllciont. If any moans can bo dovised ior loBseuing tho extent of ttio ravage's of tho caterpillar, and it' this island and others can bo so engineered as to dis? charge their drainage water mainly at tho lovel of low tide, nothing can prevent the wholo region from becoming more prosperous than it was oven in its boat days; for it ls un? questionably true that a far better quality of cotton eau be raised in this limited region than anywhero olso in tho world whoro its caltiva tion hos been attempted, whilo tho capably of tho wholo aroa is not sufficient to reduce the market value below a highly profUable poiut. How m.ich advantage is to result trom the uso of tho Charleston phospates it ia im? possible now to say. They liavo boen experi? mented with only a singlo year; but the rcsuhs have been generally most satisfactory, an J thoro is every reason to behove that if prop? erly manufactured into superphosphate cf limo Iboy will not enly supplaut Peruvian guano as in? ans of producing a crop, but will much effectually compensate lor tho loss of phos? phoric acid, which tho salo ol" cotton seed is sure to entail. It is Mr. Wright's opinion that in uvero go seasons four ii un dre. I pouud* of med will bo produced from each acre, tho market value of this bemg about seven lollara, enough to pay the entire cost of a very thorough fertilizing with an ammoniated su? perphosphate. Tho condition of affairs in Ediato and tho )thor seaboard islands ot the South is cer? tainly a matter of ireat interoat to Northern non; but whilo ihero are chances for tho at? tainment of great fortunes, the risks, as shown jy the experience of tho past two years, are so jreal that they moy well deter any but those if tho largest capital and most enterprising spirit, what the effect will be of a few more rears of intelligent cultivation with tho aid of ie wry introduced machinery (before tho war ho hoe was used for all work), of the thor ?ugh draining of tho water landa, and of the tcnor_al use of phosphatic manures, it is im )O?sible uoTV to say. AFFAI11S IN TUE STATE. Anderson. The citizens of Township No. 1, Anderson ?ountv, assembled at Double Springs Church ti Saturday laBt, and proceeded to thoelectioti I' officers, with tho following result: John 1. Grubbs, George W. Maret and William Jrovlos, ?Solecinv-iti; D. L. Cox and W. W. Llol ?nd, Surveyors of Highwins; William Grubbs, .'oustable; S. D. Compton, lownship Clerk, Chester. On last Tuesday there was quite1 an extensive alo of roal oatato belonging to bankrupts, at Ihester Courthouse. A hoflso aud 1 it in Chester, belonging to tho state of T. M. Graham, waa purchased by Jed-go liobertson, at $1110. A tract ol land, containing 538 acres and ulonging to tho ostate of John Dvo, was pur hasod by Stephen Ferguson, at $1479 50. Au encouraging i'entureof these sales is the act that they iudicato a disposition, on the art of capitalists, to invest in real estate. Ono tract ot laud, contaiuii;g 4G0 acree, was old to Messrs. Smith and Melton for $1849. mother tract of 903 acres, was purchased by ho sam? parties at $1092. Guubou-e & Co. ougtit a tract of 253? acres for $126(3 50, and L. tl. Davegaono of 221 aores tor $5b350. A at of 4$ acres, in tho Town of Chos-ter, was old to Giles J. Patterson for $195, and anoth r lot, containing a blacktmitli's shop, was ought by A. H. Davoga, at $580. All tho hove property was sold as assets ot the estate f E. C. McLure, . Ive rs li nw. Mr. S. P. Bowell, of Kershaw County, was .mud dead in the road between Camden and luffalo, with a charge of buckshot in his lody. This wad on Tuesday, tho 9ib instant. Iessrs. We8ly and Louis Phillips weie arrest d upon warrant of J. T. Trneedol, Mr. J. H. lowell being prosecutor. The prisoners wero nought to jail, but their counsel, Messrs. Knv haw & Kershaw and Shannon have applied for heir discharge under a writ of habeas corpus, L fore Judge Thomas at Lancaster. On the 12th instant, an inquest was held at Injor John Cautey's pinn ation, in the lower art of thia district, by J. A. Schr?ck, m agis rate, acting coroner, over the body of Essex Irown, colored. Toe finding of tho jury was li at the deceased came to his death from two lows on the head with a stick, inflected by 'riendly Qoudin, which fractured his skull and nused almost iustant death. The cause of the ct wan well grounded jealousy on the part of lie latter, who has been lodged in jail to await is trial at the spring term. Tho Camden Journal says : "Tbe DeKalb [ouse (formerly the property qf David Ja obs), which waa sold in Charleston last week, aa beth purchased by Mr. E. lt. Morris, who as been a boarder ot Mr. Rodgers, the super iteodont, /or some time past. This gentle - mu, no doubt, seeing the rapid progress of ccuperation trom the effects of devastating rar in our loved State, and the likelihood that 1 a few years real oatate will double its value, as invested some of his superfluous gold in ur town. Newberry. Tho Herald remarks : "Trains heavy laden rith cotton leave our depot daily, and return s regularly with great loads of guano. An videuce at once of past success among our lantors, and a lively energy and hope for the lture in making uso of tbe appliances at corn? iaud." In confirmation of the paragraph in the Co imbia correspondance ot the Now York times, lie Newberry Herald says : 'Tn a conversation rilh Mr. Bruggeman the other day, wo learned tiat already- bave one hundred and seventy migrants beon brought to this. Laurens and algelield Districts, through the Newberry I tu? ngra t ion Sdciety since its formation. Mr. 13. ives fl cheering account of the worl-iug of ie society, and tins fact alono is sufficient j prove how well it is working, and ow successfully it is mau a god. Ho elates bat tho interest is increasing greatly, ud that applications for labor are flowing in (instantly. The next year will give a largo mrease to our population, we feel certain) nd all the interests of our people will bo aub erved. Let them come, we want them, and ome they will, it? they are sought after, and emain too, adding to and improving all ranches of industry, ii we re?oive and treat I lem properly. This latter is a most impor v.it lea turo in th J success of the enterprise, nd though it is believed that the farming op ula t ion recognize it in good faith, it may iot be amiss to mention, that the better the reatment, tho better w\U that class of citizens ecome, and tho bettor will the employer be aid in work." CoMPIJKENTABY LETTER- FROM COUNT BlS IAB0K TO G?NERAI, GRANT.-General Grant has ccoivod the following letter from Count Eis aarok, of Prussia, in reply to a letter written >y the General, presenting to the great states nan ef Europo the first volume of Badeau's 'Lifo of General Grant" : DEAR SIR-liaron Gerolt has transmitted to ne a copy, which you have been kind enough 0 inscribe to rae, of the history of your Hilli? ary carear. I basten to return you my hearty banks for a work which promises me the on oyment of reviewing in a succinct, shape that rigantio struggle, the varying phases ot which 1 did follow at the time with intense interest, ft will h* a p*r*nftn9<:t scares of g^UifiyUioiii md pride to think that i am owing the volume mw open before ine to tho kind and svmpo iht tte I eel inge of tho Very man wno took Vick. . larg and Iii dimond. May peace restored by /ou afford equal soope to your powers with >nual benefit to your country, and may the present interchange of friendly sentiments bo i ween us prove a good augury for the contin? uance of those relations so happily established between America and Germany. .Believe me, dear air, ever yours, very sin? joroly, BISMARCK. -During *a concert ri the Boston Music Ball i occultly, when the organist waa "exhibit? ing the fall power of the instrument." a ladv waa enthusiastically conversing wi tb her neighbor about her, household arrangement*. 'Ahe suited the tone? of her voice to those of the organ. Thc or ff an 1st made a sudden transi? tion from "iff to ..pianissimo."? consequently the audience was sore* what amused ot being informed by her, in a about, ''We tried oom In butter!" -i-? mm ?? ? -An instrument has recently toen contrived by Professor Donders, of Utrecht, by mea ?of Willah ha eau measuve. with the greatest accu? racy, th? interval betweon aa impression on the aenaea and lt? acknowledgment by some tenon of the will TUE Ii Ut CU IN TUE BO UliO I lt. The Saturday Itoviow, in tho course of a long discussion of tho articles?, in favor of whipping; girls in England, that appeared in tho Eng? lishman's Domestic Magazine, says : Another stop has boen taken in tho onward march of feminine aggression, ?n all sid.s the fortress iu which masculine presumption baa so long boon introuuhed is now assailed, and ono by ono the outworks are falling. That hideous old superstition of the supremacy ot maa having once been denied, nun his claims to au exclusivo use of any virile properties, from brains to breeches," having once boon vitiated, it is astonishing to seo how rapidly tho Whole social and political fabric which has been constructed on that foundation is tumb? ling [o pieces. Mau's monopoly of cigars, of club?, of tho pulpit, of tho hbor'al professions, of saorts, of academical life, and of the fran? chis? having each of them been moro or loss successfully infringed, ono might almost have been inclined to fancy that there was l?alo elso left vhieh woman could grudge him; that ho had been stripped ot every shred of bis ancient encroachments, and that, except tho tri tiing and iccidoutal distinctions o. sex and ot bodily strength, there was now really no property itucl no qtaliby loft undisputed which might bo said to differentiate tho m alo from tho fe? male Briton. Eut such a concludion would bo proiniture. 'ibero is at least, it so .ms, one raoro groat privilege, ono moro timc honorod custom, which the male inhabitants ot thin country bavo been used to arrogate to tliQinsolves, and of tho exercise of which there aro divers notorious emblems and instrumente. Tho malo inhabitants of Gre.it Britain have been hitherto distinguished from their female compatriots, as from tho inhabi? tants of most otbor countries, by tho poculiar insular privilege of r coiving corporeal chas? tisement at certain stages and in certain 00117 ditions of their existence; and indeed, until very recently, it would not have boen an inac? curate account of tho difference between Eng? lish men and English women which doscribed tho former as that portion of tho community which is, and tho latter as that which is not, flogged. It was not likely *hat. woroon, lu their present mood of self-assertion, would long allow such an invidious distinction to remain unchallenged. If tho young English woman is to bo trained to bein all respects as like as pos? sible to what tho young English man has boon, it is clear that means of disciplino and correc? tion similar to those which have been in force among men must be brought to bear upon tho girls. It was lo bo expected that Le tore long that should occur which lias now, it. seems, in fact occurred; that man's rnouopo lJ?of the birch and tho cane, as instruments of training or education, should bo attacked ia tho same way as his monopoly of, t ho aoadomy. the pulpit and tho franchise; that a sect of female flagellants would arise to swell tho numbers of those who aro assailing man's em? pire; and that to tho women who wish to ?Keach, tho women who wish to graduate, and tho women who wish to vote, would shortly bo added tue women who wish to flog. * * * * Somo Qf these ladies are. downright enthusiasts for thc birch and the taws. They scorn to glory in tho privilege ot thrashing their girls. They give faithful representations, carefully drawn from the Ufo, of their own pet mode of conducting tho operation. Tho pre? liminaries, tho place ot execution-some? times a bed-room, sometimes a boudoir tho instrument of torture, tho behavior of the victim before, during, and aller thu infliction ot tho flogging, in short, tho most minuto de? tails of tho entire process, aro described with that graphic force which some women exhibit when writing on a subject which powerfully iuteresis and excites thom. 1 bo^o wnters do not even take tho lino ol'apologizing for too inhumanity, or of endeavoring to palliate thc shame, which must bo tuvolved in the process of stripping and flogging a gul of fifteen or sixteen years old. On tho contrary, somo of them, wno seem to have a sort of mission for propagating tho doctrine of flogging gills, uro most koon in recommending means whereby tho pain may bo made as severo ana tho shamo As overwhelming to tho sufferer as possible. - It is a fact perhaps not generally known, but interesting to young men, that tho solitary ringlet, which floats from so many waterfalls, js a notification on tho part of their carriers that they are not engaged. If it is extremely lo-ag tho wearer is supposed to he very desi? rous of gcttiljQjj spliced at once; if only mode? rately lo g, if ?shows that only good offers wilt be entertained; an extremely short, meagre ringlet indicates that tho wearer is very partic? ular aa to whom alto accepts. But nevertheless shows that she is uot yot engaged. -The journalists of Borlin have, at tho sug? gestion of Berthold Auorbach, tho novelist, adopted an address to General Grant, begging him tobring in a bill for the protection of lite? rary and artistio copyright botween Germany and the United States. _Comjm^L_ Rxports. NEW YORK-Per steamship Saragossa-917 bales Upland Cotton, 10 Dales Yaru. 22 tierces Rico, 88 bbls Rosie, 85 pao cages ^Sundries. BAL IIMORK-Per sehr Gertie Lewis-112 tons Phosphate R*clr. PROVIDENCE, R I-Per sehr S T Baker-150,000 feet Flooring Boards. Charleston Cotton rend Hice St?rket. OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, ? CBABLESTON. Friday Evening. Fob'y 19. ? COTTON.-The downward pressure on the mar? ket still continued, and the limltod a vomits tl at were offered had to meet steadily, declining prices, the transactions of to-day being at rites a f.dl %o ty lb lower; factors, however, are not disposed to ac? cept the decline, and show but li mil od stocks, fal cs about, 140bales; Bay 1 at 26%; 18 at 27; 5? at27%; 20 at 27&; 40 at 28c; quotations still continue nominal, Bay: LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Ordinary to good ordinary .26%?27 Low middling._- @27% Middling.27%@ J^pNewYork classification we quote : Low middling.,.27%<3 Middling.- @ RICE.-This grain was in good request and prices were firmer. SaleB 172 tierces ot denn Carolins, say 4 tierces at 8?; 45 at 8%; 75 at 85?; 30 at 8%o ty lb. We quot? common to fair clean Carolina at 8%@8% ; good 8%@8%o?i lb. Mariner, by Telegrapn* FOREIGN MARKETS. LONDON, February 19-Nobn.-Consola 93; bonds 78%, Hugar active, Evening.-Fl^c rosin 19s; turpentine 383 6-1. LIVERPOOL, February 19-Noon-Cotton flat; up? lands 11 J?d; Orleans 12%di sales 6600 bales; sales of tue week 45,0 0; export 400P; speculation 8000; stock 277,000; American 90,000. Flour 26B. Corn 82o. Man? chester heavy. Two P. M -cotton lower.; uplands ll %&; Orleans i 2d: stock afloat 300,000 eales. Lard 76s Od. Tur? pentine 82s Od. Evening.-Cotton dnll; uplands on the spot i\%d ; afloat >l%d; Crleun? i 2d: salea 5000 palea. HAVRE, February 10.-Cotton opens quiet and steady. DOMESTIC MARKETS. MEW YOIIK, February 18- Noon.--Money easy at 6 a7. Pierling 8% Gold 86%. Cotton lower at 28%c. Evening.-Co'ton lower; salea lflCitf hales at closing moro steady, with no sales no der 29. Flour dull and heavy, and lOal&o, lower; common to fair extra Southern $6 65*7. . Wbeu dull. Corn heavy; new white Soulhern good 88%; yellow 03<s. Pork heavy at (32 80 ; old 482. Lard heavy and lower; keU Uel9%a20 Whiskey quiet and unchanged. Bice dull. Sugar excited ; Porto Tl co 13 vfaU ; xmncova dols%al3%; Havana 13%il4% Coff.T firm. Mn. lasses dull. Turpentine 6Ja65%. Rosin t? 46*8 00. Freights drooping. Money oasy at 6*7. Prime pa per 7 8. Sterling activo at w%. Gold unsettled at 83%. ??Xfthern Pcourltiel Arm. UALTIMORB, February 19. - Ootlon nominally 29. Flour f.ir'.y active; superfine 8646 75. Wheat no sales. White corn 9la08; yellow 87*89. Oats dull at 70*76. Rye firm and. duli. Provisions firmer but unohnnpe). CraomvAn, February 19,-Flour dull and unset? tled. Oom firmer. Whitley dun at 98a. MOM pork' lower and unsettled at lal Lard drooping. Bulk ?eats aid bacon neglected. Sc. Loma, February 18.-Whiskey nominal at 94s* Pork quiet. Baron du 1. ahonlders 14%?14%c OJaar aides 17%al8%c, Canvased hems quoted at 29%c Lard dnll. Lotnsvrxiji" February 19-Pr rk, tts 75*88 Lard, 20a30%. fchouldwrs. 14%} clot* ?Ides, 18c. Flour, WILMINGTON, February 19 -Spirits turpentine a aha<iebftter*fcit%a52%c. Rosin a ttoa-le lewerat .160al 70. Crt ie tu p*n?S?e steady and unohanged. Par Itcttve at tl. chiton dui?. ' AuousTA, F. bruary 10- oo?<vn oonttnnss dnll with bot little offering; wie? 260bales; middlings 2fl%*27; rrealpt* 998 bale*. taTAsnua, February 19. -OoAton quiet and hregu. lar; middlings 27J?a28c; i-ales COU balee; exports 12 ?2; receipts 729. MOBILE, February 19;-Cottou dull; middling 20*4 ; salas 789 bales ; receipts 1402; exports 50; re. cciptsoflbe week 7449; exports to Great Britain 3125. other foreign ports noue, coastwise 1053; stock 64,257; sales of ibo week 2070. NEW ORLEANS, February 19.-Cotton %o low*r middling 27'^a27>?; Hales 3300 bales; eales of the week 13,i01. Gold 33. Sterling 45J?. Now York s'ght J-* premium. Sugur in good demand-common 12>?; primo 14^al5; yellow clarified 16. Molasses ID good demand-prime 77a80. Receipts to-day G293 bales; for tho week, gross 26,331, net 25,639; exports to-day 8133; for the week to Liverpool 23 417, to tho Conliuont 4914, coast wiso 3765; stock 146,988. Interior Cotton M ar?cete. ANDERSON, February 27 -Cotton dull nt 24*26,^. CHESTER, February. 10-Cotton market dull; miJdliugs26>? to 20".$. SELMA. February 15 - Markot quiet and demand light; middlings 27)?a27& ; falos 80 bales. ABBKViT,T_.t.,j Feoruory 15-'lalos of cotton tor tbo weok CO bales at 20a26)?C,-closing at 20 J?. MONTGOMKRY, February 17-Market very q.iiet; nominally 2li>i for low midd.lugs; uo sales. COLUMBIA, February 18.-Tho demand tor cot cotton was good t -any, and 130 ba.es cbangod bands at 27c for middling. MACON, February 17 - A' v ry dull market to-d?y. w? quote middlings 2(i>?. Receipts to day 133 oales; ishipmMits 58 bales; sales 87 balo j. CHARLOTTE, l ebruary 15.-Cotton during tho past week brought from 23 to 28J-?o, uutil Friday, whon tho markot declined to 28c, and on "-alurday to 27 li lo 27??e; sa;es dui lug thu week 375 halos. ROCK HILL. February li.-Market bas boon steady durin;,' tho week at from 27>? to 27J? for middling. I bc declino iu New Y >ik has deprossol our market, and 26J? is ibo highest price to-day. 'SUMTER, February 17.-COTTON-1 hore havo beon about 125 bales sold during tho week ending the 17tb ins ant, the market, cl sing a little du 1. Wo quote: Ordina< v 20!>$.:; good ordinary 27c; 1 w mid? dling 27??c; middling 28>?o; strict middllug 29c. YO URVILLE. I ebruary 17.-Tue market has beon rather dull since our'last re por , the sales f r tho week being loss than usual. Prices have de? clined a little, and good middlings are qu ted to? day at 20)4, though au ext:a flue lot might brim* "* Sash ville Market. NASHVILLE. February 16.-COTTON -During tho entire week just closed tho cotton market has ocen weak and irregular. For several days quotations havj boon nearly nominal, tho sales falling off to a ? ondorful extent. To day < iverpool declined again *?d. and New York was vory dub, wi h light sales at tully Kc decline, while buvors were offering ? nly 26 eta for selected samples, thc markot closing dull, and uvera holding off, awaiting dov lopments. WP ulvo Ibo closing quotations as follows: Ordinary 95; good ordinary 25!^; low middling 2Cc. Below we give tho transact.on? of the day: Receipts 539 bales; sales 26; shipments 178 COTTON STATEMENT. Stock on hind Sept. 1, 1868. 60 Reco ved to day. 539 Received pieviously.: 5,398-35,937 Total. 35,997 HLtppcd io-day. 178 t Sh>i ped previously.3.1,179-30.357 Sto k on hand .6.4G0 'the receipts up lo firs dato last yenr amounted to 55 438 bale--, with shipments -bf 52 209 bales, and a s.ock on hand o; 3751 bale'. GOBS-the receipts ot corn were more Pberal ihan for several weeks, and prices ruled a shade eas'er, thou ?li not quo ably lower. Sales of cur at 2.i63e; shelled at 15a07e, and Backed and delivered in dopoc at 78.181c. I OIIS?JA act s por --oitI it I molina llailroatt February 19. 717 halos Cotton, 47 bales Domestics, 8 casks Ba? con. 158 bbls .-aval stores, 1 car stock, lo Rail? road Agent, W C Courtney V Co J Ii Pringle, John? ston, dews & Co, G W Williams & Co, Culgoora, Herring tl Co, Piuckncy Bros. J B C Sloan, Graes, r & Smith, Ravencl k Co, 'Ibursion k Holmes, street Bros & Co, W K Byan, tl U Walter & Co, J Marshall, Frost A: Adger. Goldsmith & Son, Dowling & Co, P?t? zer, Rixigeis & Co. W B Smith, H 'Neill, C Graveley, B O fcharp k Co, Kirkpatrick k Witte. Consignees per N?rdicas tern Kallroad February IO. 42 bab e Cotton, 93 b'j.s Naval -.tores, 190 bushels Rough Rice, Mdse, &e. io Reeder ti Lavis, Kins? man & liowell, Mjsyoks & Salters. H C O ran* er, J % Quackenbusb, J Ca.upsen k Co, Miss L H Holum, 1 lislow 6t Co, W C Reo k Co, J Marshall, Jr, Man tone k Co, S D stoney, L Collei & Co, O J Fuller, Naohman ?? Co, Fro t k Adger, Graesor & Smith, A A Ooldi-mith & Co, Tripp & M, McCants & Muy, Rail road Ap eat. l'assenucrs? Per steamship Saragossa, irom New York-Sam? uel Goldborg, J Murphy, J il Muller and lady, W U Boldon, lady and child, W Hoyt, E Peck, L Leach, 0 K Williams, W Ludwig,'A P Lon .ox, Mrs Brand and child, 1' Smith, J Rich, R Hamilton, H Sears. _ _ffiflrinc Being._ Port ot Charleston.. February iiO PHASES OF TUE MOON. Last Quarter, 3d, 1L hours, 36 miuutcs, morning. * New Moon, 11th, 8 hours, 34 minutes, morning.. First Quarter, 19tu, ll hours, 46 minutes, morning. Full Moon, 26tb, 0 hours, 41 minutes, morning. 7EBBUABT. BUN BISES. I SETS. MOON BISES. HIGH WATEB. 15 Monday...., 6..44 5..44 9..27 10..21 16'Tuesday.... 6.-41 5. .45 10. .23 10. .58 17iWeduesday. 6..42 5..45 j ll..i7 ?ll..42 18 Thursday... 6..41 . 5..48 1 Morn. Morn. 19.Friday. 6. 40; 5.-47 I 12..14 .12..33 201 saturday... 6..89 | 5..48 f.,ll 1..30 'MjSwflrtnv. 6t 88 5..49I ?.ll 1 2..31 Cleared Yesterday. Steamship Saragossa, Ryder, New York-Ravenel k Co. Sehr s T Raker, Browstor, Provide ice, It I-Wm Roach ,1c Co. Sehr Ger.ie Lewis, Hodgden, Baltimore-H F Baker & Co. Sailed "sjcsteitlay. . Stcamthip Saragossa, Ryder, New York. Up for tn is Fort. Sehr George H Mills, Mills, at. Now York. Fob 16. St hr i-yivau,--, at New.Xork, Feb 10. Cleared for tills Fort. Bri? Adelaide, Wilson, at New York, Fob 17. Sehr Aiattbow .Kinney, Ogler, at New York, Feb 17. Sehr Alioj G G ace, oilcurist, at Ball'mu-e Feb 17. bohr BE'Adams, Donnell, at Portland, Mo, Feo 15. Memoranda. The sehr Hyne, from New York for this port, was at Lewes, Del February 14. The sobr Annie Barton, from Philadelphia for this port, was.at Lewe? Del. Febrvury 14. LIST OF VKSSKbS PP, CLEARED AND HAILED FOR THIS POA* FOREIGN LIVERPOOL. Ship B 0 Winthrop, Stewart, Bailed.Jan 22 The Edith Wheeler sailed-.Jan 12 British bark David MoNutt, McEhi nny, sid..Jan 18 Bark Harriet * Hussey, Holmes sailed.Jan 14 British brig Cecilia, Bistrup, sailed..*.\..Jaa fl IIAVItK. Ship Pacific, Foss, sailed..Jan 4 POUT TALBOT. The Oouri'.r, Jenkins, sailed. ... .Jan 12 D O ME STIC. H0SI0N. Sehr B N Hawkine. Wyatt, up.Jan 25 Sehr Mary D Haskell, Barbour, cleared..Fob 10 SALEM, MASS Sehr Riobard Vaux, Whittier, ?ailed..SFeb 12 PORTLAND, MC. Sehr S E Adams, Donnell, cleared..Feb 15 ?aw mas. St-nm-diip James Adger, Lockwood, cleared..Feb 16 Brig Adelaide. Wilson, cleared.F?b 17 Sehr Marion ?age. shepherd, oleared.Feb 13 Belar U W Godirey pears, oleared..Feb 12 Kohr Iona. ftsndall, cleared.F?b TJ Hohr D o Hu ino, Hildrotb, oleared.t-eb ll ?ehr Koret, Crocker, cleawd..Feb 9 bohr IL ne, (Hover, oleared*.Feb 6 Behr lt no han tress Cover!, dened.? Feb 6 ?ehr t r .de Wind, -, UD.Feb 18 ?./.?.* M??!?!*T ??w?jey, O^icr. cleared.Feb VT Bob/ Oem g.? H Mills, Mills, up.Fob 16 Sol* Sylvan.-, up.leo 16 1'HIX.YDKLPHU. Steamship Prometheus, Orv?, salted.Fob 14 Behr Clara. Mugford, cleared.Feb 6 Sour Anni? Barton, Stink, cleared.Feb 10 Sehr E B Graham, .-milli, up.....Feb 16 Behr Henry Allen, Ta tem. up.Feb 16 BAI.TIMOUB. Steamship Falcon, Horsey, .o sall. .Fob 18 bohr campbell. Torry, up.Foo 13 !. ehr Kuchel o unan, Hgh, cleared'..Feb 0 Pcb*Laura, Coonina up...Feb 8 Kcht O H Grove, Weaver, cleared..?.s>b 9 Sehr C V Moyo, McMillan, c oaied.Feb ll Bohr Alice G Uiace, Gilobnst, oleared...Fob 17 MOBjrOLK. Sobr Golden City, --, saiiedl. -Fob 12 CHARLESTON X>B3>Xrr4?.ii BBPQT SST* Kiaj?KWHsSKT^ GOLD AMO TIN ?"OIL, AMALGAMS*, MINERAL 1 R?TH, Steel Good?, and every ariiole wed by th? Dsniist. 2*o Junar* at ?TRSdAYS FOB YOUNO M RN .-ON TBB Errors and sbuftes inoldont to Tonto and Barty Man? hood, tritb the human* flew o? treatment ana ems, sent by nail fra? ol charge Add res* HOWARD AM- OCIATION, Box P, Pbt'adrtphia. Pa. January 20 M SOLUBLE MANURES. THE SULPHURIC ACID AND SUPERPHOSPHATE COMPANY OF CHARLESTON", S. G., WAVING COMPLETED THEIR EXTENSIVE MANUFACTORY, ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS, No other kinds boin?; available to Planters for immediate ret iinm ?j for their Invwtmeuu, rpHIS COMPANY, UNDI U THE DIRECTION ENTIRELY OF SOUTHERN MEN OF (HOB C H AR AC J. TER. offers iudu< oinonts wbi-h will recommoud lt to Southern Planier?. l'hoir works aro among tbo largest and nio-t complot . in tin: United Htntcs, and en.iblc thom to pron iro at, home au abundant sup? ply ol the proper solvent for tbe ^outti Carolina native Bone Phosphates which aro nearby. From these Phosphates they propoio to mauulucluro a FEETILIZEE ovon richer in SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE than thoso made fronj RAW BONES, an I containing more than twice the quantity of Snperphoaphate of Lime found in tho bost average marrares heretrfo.'o ottered tor salo, tue rates at which'we offer th'-m being no higher than tho overage price of other Fertilizers, while th<- Manu>es contain twice as much fertilizing material; they aro in fae much cheaper to the consumer. Ihoy aro "ffercd on tho market in two forms, with a guarantor that tbo material iu each will correspond to tho advertisement : J Uwan No. I-SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE, containing from eighteen to twenty-five per cent, of PURE SOLUBLE PHOSPHATK OF LIME, and furnished at sixty dollar) per ton. Etiwan N>. 2-PERUVIAN SUPERPHOSPHATE, containing from sixteen lo iwonty p r cont, of SOLU? 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