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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1266. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. Cue Virginia Compromise Accepted T?r Extreme Radical? Opposed to a General Amnesty-S icicles'* Course in Spain Endorsed. ?SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, January li. The Virginia bill that has been adopted by the Reconstruction Committee is a compromise that will pass both Houses. The oath provided will exclude but one member of the Legislature. The Virginia Legislative Committee here accept the measure. The Reconstruction Committee discussed to? day the removal of political disabilities, and the leading Radicals took ground against a general law, and said ttiat amnesty in some cases had gone too far. In the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Rela tiou$discussed the Spanish question to-day, and endorsed Sickles* course. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED TRESS.] Congressional Proceeding*, &c. WASHINGTON, January ll. In the House the Reconstruction Committee reported a bill for the admission or Virginia, which was made the order fer to-morrow. It con? tains Butler's preamble, and exacts that nose voting now shall hereafter bo excluded; it also in? sists on the dlsqnali?cations required by the Fourteenth amendment, and legalizes the senato? rial election. The investigation by the House eommlttee of the gold panic commences to-morrow. In the House, Farnsworth referring to the bill from the Reconstruction Committee for the admis? sion of Virginia, said: "The instructions were to allow a liberal latitude In every HTnendment." Bingham offered a bill as a substitute, and both were postponed till to-morrow. The indications point to considerable debate. In the Senate Sumner introduced a bill for the funding and consolidation of the national debt. Thc bill exempting from tax canned and pre? served fish was passed. The Finance Committee reported a bill as a sub? stitute for all finance bills, providing for the lssn ing of forty-five millions additional banking cur? rency in place of an equal amount of three per cent, certificates tobe retired; also, for banking on the basis of United States bonds, to be deposit? ed as security for the issue of coln notes only to the extent o? eighty per cent, of their par value. The consideration of .ilk- Virginia bill was re? sumed. A mo ti OB to poNfeaae was defeated by a vote of 25 to 2G. The votcs against postponement were : Carpenter, Casey, Conkftag, Corbett, Fen? ton, ferry, Hamilton, Harlan, Kerjpjrg, McCrcery, McDonald, Morton, Robertson, Rofe, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Scott, Stewart, Stockton, Thurman, Trumbull, Vickers, Warner, AVllley and wn?fc?u,s. The discussion of the bill was continued until "tffi*, adjournment. Congress Reassembles-Thc Questions of tne Day-Virginia and Texas-The Carpet-baggers-Grant going to Eu? rope. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, January 10.... Congress reassembled to-day, as thc tele? graph has reported, and the result of the first day's session 1B but a repetition, of nearly every Monday before the recess. There are already nearly one thousand bills before the Senate and House, two-thirds of which will certainly noe be acted on; yet members are not at all intimidated by the fact, but go on introducing more with an apparent confidence that they will all be enacted Into laws. It is hard to anticipate what important results will follow from this mass of preliminary work, though lhere are really but two Important questions to be considered lu the concrete finance and reconstruction-and one of these has been talked over so much by members already, that the policy regarding it would seem to be settled. Reconstruction, therefore, will not occu? py the time of Congress'that some have antici? pated. There will be no objection to Mississippi, as she is Radical all over, and she will probably be admitted as soon as the new constitution is presented and accepted, and her members are ready to take the oath of office. So willing are the Radicals to accept the situation m her case, that afBcmber or the Reconstruction Committee remarked this morning, that he did not think there would be a word of debate on the Missis? sippi bill. There will be some objection to Texas on the Democratic side, and an ap? peal made for a new election in that , State, on the ground that enormous frauds, most open and unblushing, were committed by the winning side in thc recent vote. But under the whip and spur or the Radical rule, such an appeal, as well as the protests from the Con? servatives In that State, will go unheeded, and "Radical Texas" will be rushed-Into the House for two years, and Into the Senate for four and six years. General Reynolds, the satrap or thc State, has the impudence even to publish his parti? sanship in this Texas election; for he writes to General Dent (who acts as a body guard to Presi? dent Grant) a private note, in which he says: "Texas will stand firmly by the administration, with a Governor, Legislature and Congressional delegation." or conrse this ls enough for Con? gress. Enter Texas ! About hair the Radicals in the House are bent on overturning the hair-way reconstruction or Virginia, but they will not be able, lt is believed, to carry the day. Conditions precedent to the admission or the State will undoubtedly be exacted, but they will not go so Tar as to require the test oath or the members or the Legislature. That would throw out about a third or the mem? bers whose plaees would be filled easily, it ls said, by the election of Conservatives, fhe Radical programme, however, does not contemplate a ! new election, bnt provides that the minority can- i dldates of the July election shall fill the vacancies occasioned by the application of the test oath, or that no^iew elections shall be held. Either way would give the Legislature into Radical hands,and : result In the election of two Radicals to the Senate I of the United States. This scheme will fail, not be- j cause Congress will hesitate to carry lt ont, but be. I cause such leading Radicals as Wells and Under? wood oppose undoing all that has thus far been ? accomplished; and selfish Interests, in their cases, < even rise above their political prererences. These ? twj men have such business interests at stake, < that they do not wish to see the State further i jeopardized by postponing the day of its pros- i perlty. The principal leader un the Radical side, and to whom Ben. Butler listens, is Forter, elect- i red to Congress from the Chesterfield District. I This very same Porter was tried by this very same Butler during the war for disloyalty, and sen? tenced to sLx months' imprisonment, ile is a 1 specimen of your Virginia Radical Congressmen, t There arc quite a number or bills pending be- ? fore the Reconstruction Committee of the House < and the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, to re- t move the political disabilities or certain citizens ( or South Carolina and other Southern States. It I is the present understanding that none or these Bhall be acted on at present. In a fow days the j former committee Intend framing a general am? nesty bill and bring il into thc House, and in the l meantime the measure penditig in the Senate will t be pressed to a vote by Mr. Ferry, or Connecticut, whe presented lt at thc last session. It will easily pass the Senate by the required two-thirds vote, but the result in the House is more doubtful. | Certain fanatical Radicals and the carpet-bug Congressmen declare that they will not vote for it until the Fifteenth amendment is ratu'ed. in Ocufcer last your correspondent wi ote that j a grand scheme was incubating to annex San i Domingo to the United States, nie Northern cor? respondents were prompt to deny it; even the Associated Press sent one of its semi-official con? tradictions. Within thc last three days, however they have opened their eyes to thc fact that the treaty has been negotiated, that it is In Washing? ton to bc laid before thc Senate, and that it pro? poses to transfer to the United States the entire Dominican Republic, and its seven hundred thou? sand of population-enough to make a State with two senators and three or four representatives. It is not quite so certain that thc Senate will ratify' the terms of this treaty, but 'hat will appear more positively at a fnturc day. Hie carpet-bag senators are daily getting into despair. Thc lobby seems to hr.ve pounced on them, and they have found them "open to con? viction." Thc consequence Ls, that the more decent of the Northern and Western senators have become disgusted with their Southern col? leagues and their corrupting schemes and associ? ates. Even a New England senator remarked yes? terday in the hearinr if vonr correspondent, that he did not wonder ai. ." detestation with which the Southern people looked upon the carpet-bag class. It has been very doll herc during thc recess, and the city has filled up but little since Congress reassembled. Last year at this time thc hotels were overflowing, but now they arc not more than half full. The fact creates some desponden? cy-especially among the capitalists who have invested in the Arlington. The Intelligencer lias virtually ceased to be a Democratic organ, and within a few days has been endorsing the reconstruction acts. Demo? cratic senators and members will meet in a few days to talk over the feasibility of establishing a paper here, devoted to thc interests of the Demo? cratic party, and to be known the National Organ. The only question to bc considered is, "wm lt pay ?" The cable telegram about President Grant going to Europe has some foundation. He has thought abont it some time, and may go, the coming summer, after the adjournment of Congress. Washington ls at last froze np. Tuesday thc thermometer got down to 1G degrees. Z. GEORGIA. The Process of Reconstruction. ATLANTA, January ll. The Georgia Senate convened at noon yes? terday, and the galleries were crowded with both sexes. Provisional Governor Bullock's order convening the Legislature, and General Meade's order of June, 1868, announcing the terms of senators, were read, when the members came forward to qualify, among whom were Aaron Alpeoria Bradley and Campbell, negroes. Campbell, negro, made a protest against the qualifying of several white members, as having bold office or engaged in thc rebellion and not yet relieved of their disa? bilities by Congress; but, amid applause from the galleries, all were sworn in. About two of thc white members are considered as not being able 4o qualify. Benjamin Conley was elected Speaker. 5in the House, during the swearing of thc mern- '1 hers, Bryant, an ex-member and postmaster of Augusta, interrupted the proceedings, declaring the reading of the Attorney-General's opinion an outrage, and thc acts of Congress illegal and rev? olutionary, ne was called to order by the I ; Speaker, but refused to obey, and his arrest was 1 ordered by the sergcant-at-arms. Bryant's , friends clustered around him, and several pistols were drawn, bloodshed being imminent. Bryant held the floor, protesting against 1 the right of the Speaker, protein,, to the chair, i and flnaliywas himself elected chairman, when a committee of three was appointed to wait upon t General Terry, and get his views aa to the legal? ity of the proceedings. General Terry advised ? the organization of the House on the plan already 1 began, when the proceedings were "onducted in j quiet. About nine members in thc House are considered disqualified. Both Houses then ad? journed to meet to-day. On reassembling to-day a few members were sworn in, and they again adjourned to meet to? morrow at noon. The Republicans hold a meet? ing to-night. It is supposed that thc Democrats and Conservative Republicans will have a majori? ty In both Houses. The city is crowded and much excitement ex? ists. .The'Attorney-General's opinion is that any citizen who held ofllce previous to the war can? not take the oath, but if this was not thc case, he can take the oath no matter what his conduct was during the rebellion. DESTRUCTION OF COTTON. GALVESTON, January ll. The steamship Euterpe, hence for Now York with one thousand bales cot ton and an assorted cargo, is burning this morning [II Galveston Bay. The vessel and cargo will be a total loss, except one hundred bales. | ll EUROPE. A Delicate Complication-R a m o r e d Coup d'Etat lu Madrid. PAKIS, January ll. Rochefort's Ifarscllaisc newspaper attacked Prince Pierre Bonaparte. Two of the editors of the Marscllalse visited Prince Pierre Bonaparte to arrange the duel. During the interview thc Prince, becoming enraged, fired twice, killing Vic? tor Noir. Tlie tragedy caused great agitation. Bonaparte surrendered himself. A rumor is prevalent that a coup d'etat occur- ; red at Madrid last night. II LATER.-Rocheiort's paper, the "Marsellalse,*' 1 has been seized. Prince Bonaparte states tlnr lie received a t slap in the race from Noir before Dring. ^ A decree has been issued convoking the Cham- s bera to form a high court of justice. The Prince, t belonging to the Emperor's family, can only be ' tried before it. Spain. e MADRID, January ll. Thc new ministry is Installed. Thc Cortes reas- J semble to-morrow. Additional disturbances arc r reported in the provinces. n The French Covcrnmcnt;. a PAKIS, January 9. M. Olllvler, in an address to the magistrates I c yesterday, 6ald: "I will maintain Intact the dig- j J aity of the magistracy, and, above all, will keep ustice clear from politics, that decisions will lave all the more weight." M. Buffet, Minister of Finance, replying to the t address from the A>rcat financial societies, de- s :lared that they must conform strictly to their J. statutes to avoid such misfortunes as that of the Credit Mobilier, lie luforined them that the Min? istry of Finance would not keep up the relations is heretofore with thc great financiers. In the Corps L?gislatif to-morrow, Deputy Crc mclcux v.ill propose that l.edru Rollin and Tibaldi ie not excluded from ?he benetlt of the amnesty recently granted to political offenders. | h In addition to thc project for thc reduction of :he army contingent, the ministry will propose :o-morrow, in the chambers, to abolish thc law of | V Surote Generale; al the same time an explanation >f the interior aud exterior policy of thc empire viii be given. The ministry have decided that Al? geria shall be represented i:i the Corps L?gislatif jy four deputies. Permission has been accorded for the sale of all b ournals in the streets. ti The resignation of Pietrl, prerect or police, has o lot yet been officially announced, but it is certain U hat he will, soon be superccded. s> Cables Consolidate*!. n LONDON, January ll. n The Anglo American and French cables r lave partially consolidated. " -= C -Work on the great bridge to ppnn the East c [tiver, at New York, has onlv just commenced. It tl s calculate! that thc bed for the reception of the . ower on the Brooklyn side of the river will be 11 cady about the middle of March. t< COLUMBIA. LEGIBIrATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Vew Phospiiaic Billa Proposed-A Roy? alty of One Dollar per Ton Wanted Leslie to bc Shorn of his Plenary . towers-Investigation of thc Doings of tho Bine Ridge Railroad, &c.^/ (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE NEWS.] COLOMBIA, January ll. In the Senate the House bill to incorporate the Colombia Oil Company received its first read? ing. The House resolution to meet in joint as? sembly on the 14th, to elect the regents of the Lunatic Asylum, was concurred in; one to meet to elect an associate justice was refer, .ni to ?; Judiciary Committee. Hoyt Introduced, without previous notice, a bill providing that parties wanting to dig phos? phates must apply for a license to thc Secretary of State, and report monthly the number of tons dug, and pay one dollar for each. Cain introduced a bill to incorporate the South Carolina Chemical and Mining Company, to dig phosphates on land to be acquired and in the streams and waters or the State. They arc wil? ling to pay $500 for the license, and one dollar for each ton dug. Both bills were ordered to be printed. Corbin gave notice of a bill to increase the capital stock of thc Union Bank of South Carolina to one million dollars. Corbin denounced "Free Trade" as no gen He man for not signing his name to lils communica? tion in THE NEWS, and offered a concurrent reso? lution that the Attorney-General bc instructed to take such proceedings as will prevent the steal? ing of phosphates now going on from the streams and waters of the State. It will come up to-mor? row. Jilleen offered ajsiut resolution to petition Con? gress to grant aid to extend thc Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad to thc racine Ocean; he also gave notice or a bill to charter a rallrood from a point near Bee's Ferry, on the Ashley River, to a point near the mouth of Fiblin Creek, an Cooper River. The Committee on Agriculture recommended that a bill to repeal thc act to secure an advance for agricultural purposes do pass. Cain gave notice of a bill to amend the act ap? pointing the land commission. It provides for Assistant land commissioners tn each county. The bill to regulate thc rights and powers or railroad corporations passed Its second reading. In the House, a resolution to appoint, a special :emmittec to investigate thc affairs of the Blue Ridge Railroad was adopted aud sent to thc Senate. DcLarge IntroduMfl'a bill to extend thc limits >f the City of Charleston, and provide ror the Section or mayor and aldermen, which was read ind referred to the Committee on Privileges and Section. A joint resolution authorizing thc county com nlssloners or Williamsburg County to levy a ipecial tax was passed and ordered to bc enrolled, ["he bill to amend thc act to empower circuit udges to change venue of action in civil aud .Timinal coses, passed and was sent to the Jenatc. VHE CHARLESTON EXTENSION BILL. DEBATING THE PHOSPHATE QUEST The Phosphate Monopoly-L ic s 11 c on Phosphates-Dr. Shepard Traduced Cain on Phosphates-Corbin's Amend? ment s-Railroad Matters-Inspectors of Naval Stores-Cooper's Union-Pro? missory Notes, ?kc.-Thc Judges-Me? tropolitan Police-Refer it to Parker Pillsbury-No Discrimination. [FROM OITR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA. January ll. THE CHARLESTON EXTENSION. The bill providing for the extension of thc Hin? ts or the City of Charleston has not yet been intro luccd in thc House, but will be probably tomor ow. It was submitted to the Charleston delega ion to-day, and endorsed by them. Thc followiug i a copy of the bill : L bill to alter and amend the charter and extend v the limits of the City of Charleston, and provide Tor an election for Mayor and Aldermen of the I same : Bi: it enacted by thc Senate and Mic House of Lcprcsoniaiives of the State of South Carolina, tow met and sitting in General Assembly, and y authority of the same SUCTION l. Thal the corporate limits of thc City f Charleston be, and Hie same arc hereby, ex ended so us to embrace all that neck of laud ly ng between the Cooper River on thc east and the I t kshlev River on the west, and extending lu ti , lortherly direction to the line which constituted 1 he extreme northern Hunt ol the former Parish r St. Phillp, and extending from tho western | t crmiuus of said line lu a continuous direction to he margin of the Ashley River. SEC. 2. That the City of Charleston is hereby t ivided into ten wards, thc first eight of which c hall have the same boundaries as now designa ed by law. The Ninth Ward shall be hounded on - he south by the northern limit of Ward Seven, n the east by the Cooper River, on inc north by he extreme northern limit of the city as hereby , ?tended, on the west by a Hue mulling parallel Uh and through the centre of the ?stale road, f he Tenth Ward shall be bounded on the south by he northern limit or Ward Eight, on Hie west by he Ashley River, on the north by the extreme .orthern limit of the city as hereby extended, I - nd on thc cast by a line running parallel with | c ml through thc cciitrcj>f the Stale road. SEC. 3. Thc county commissioners, sheriff and lerk of the county, and city engineer, or any hree of them, are hereby appointed commission rs to proceed immediately upon the passage of hts act to designate by proper marks and inonu lienta the boundaries hereiubefore authorized nd designated. SEC. 4. An election ror Mayor and Aldermen or he said City or Charleston shall bc held on the ccoud Tuesday of April, 1870, and thereafter on n he day provided by section ll, articles, of the g institution of this Stale, for the election of lembers of the General Assembly, provided Hitit he officers elected at the election, provided lor y this section, shall hold their oftlces until Mic egular election or members of the General As embly in the year 1872, or until their .successors ave been declared duly elected and qualified. SEC. 0. Thc Mayor and Aldermen shall be elcct d by ?i plurality of ?ill the votes cast in the cn ire city, and until the appointment provided lor y law shall lie made, the represen lat lon of the everal wards, as herein constituted, shall be as allows, viz: Ward No. 1, one Alderman; Ward lo. -J. two Aldermen; Ward No. 3, two Aldermen; I'ard No. 4. lour Aldermen; Ward No. 5, two Jdcmtcn; Ward Nu. 6, two Aldermen; Ward No, . one Alderman; Ward No. 8, two Aldermen; I'anl No. o, one Alderman; Ward No. 10, one Jdenuon. THE PHOSPHATE MONOPOLY. A few minutes before 1 o'clock to-day, thc House 111 ror the better protection of migratory fish was a ken up ror its second reading, during which l 'clock arrived, and, on motion, the "special or er" ror that boor, the "bill to grant certain per-1 t sus therein named thc exclusive right lo dig and linc in thc beds of thc navigable streams and ?liters or thc State for phosphute rocks and phos hatlc deposits," wa? taken up. Leslie moved mt it be referred to a special committee, and ain that it be referred to the Committee on In Drporations. Corbin said that he knew lat thc Senate intended to pass a bill i regard to phosphates ; this ono ought ) be amended; he had two or three amend raents to offer himself, and lt should be rcierr to a committee; he hardly thought the Coramltt on Incorporations was equal to the task; it w now burdened with too much work. This rema aroused Arnim, who is chairman of said comm tee. He was opposed to thc motion to corns: thc bill to any committee, and in concluding 1 remarks, took Corbin to task for somcstatemen he had made In his big speech on phosphates, pt yious to the recess, saying that the distinguish' "legal senator" (Corbin) had.in the first part of r speech, said there was a very small amount phosphates in thc beds of the streams; and in tl latter part said that thousands of tons were belt stolen rrom the streams annually. LESLIE ON PHOSPHATES. Leslie bad more to say on phosphates to-di than he has ever before said, perhaps, on any su Ject; and he was less erratic than usual. Ills r marks were substantially these: "As soon as ai bill or importance is brought up, and any Intere lb taken In it by any one, all seem to suspect th? that one was specially interested in it, and r marks, ench as "how much Is he going to get were heard. This phosphate business Is a knoti question. Every one of us here desire that tl State should get as much as possible from th source or wealth In her borders. The opinion i the public seems to bc in favor or the Sta letting those parties dig phosphates wi shall pay the most for thc privlleg Ever since the world began and the dev got into it he has been roaming around, and no he has gotten into these phosphates, and also in I these good men who live around Charleston, wk have been stealing and selling phosphates for long time, and never once thought about paylo anything for them until Geo. W. Williams an others, (I suppose Geo. W. Williams Sc Co. woul do), proposed to dig for phosphates and pay tl: State something ror doing lt. Forty cents p< ton has been offered; but most everybody saj that amount is too small. Suppose we say i per ton; but that might be too much; in fae there ls no evidence of what would be a fal: honest charge for a ton. The Senate should, 1 Us action upon this matter, place itself beroi the country as having shown a desire that th State should receive the highest price possible rc her phosphates. Suppose a bill was Introducer putting up these phosphates ror sale at an anctlo to thc highest bidder, what then? Even th highest bidder mhrht be the men named in th present bill. There will probably be as muc rascality In that matter as it is said there Is In t his Suppose wc have a bill granting a license to ever one who desires to dig phosphates; well, thci there will bc as much stealing. In fact, titer would be stealing anyhow; the world ls dishonest I know this not rrom what I see or carpet-bag gers, or senators, or Republicans, or Democrats but rrom all. Thc newspapers say it is a swin diing bill, yet those In thc bill are mostly Demo mts. 1 have no Interest in the bill; some ma; not believe lt, but 1 have none whatever. Sup pose w??Uurge $2 per ton ror thc right; well, hal or the phosphates dug will bc stolen; so wc will virtually, get only one dollar per ton anyhow Some say put thc price per ton so low that al can be honest. If wc do, how will wo tell hov much ls dug. or how can wc prevent any one win does MB pay rrom digging ? This subject shouli properly bc referred to the Judiciary Committee but it would bc better for a special comm ittcc tt take lt in hand, Investigate it thoroughly and rc port. Ou this committee should bc thc two sena tors rrom Charleston, who arc supposed to know something about thc subject. The Committee on Incorporations ls too small; while there are (Ive senators on lt, there are only two who do any work." Arter warning thc senators to do theil tlnty to the people and the State, Leslie sat :lown. DR. SHEI-AUD TUADCCED. Ilaync desired to have the subject postponed ant il the Governor could report what the State inspector or guanos, (Dr. Shepard,) hail to say In response to Inquiries made or him by thc Govern? or, under Instructions embodied in a resolution adopted by thc Senate before the recess. [Leslie, Interrupting: I know a humbug when I see him, ind Dr. Shepard ls one; he has beeu seen before this; he is in the ring: he has been swallowed.] Hay nc, continuing, I would like to know what ls thc value or crude phosphates per ton before roting upon this matter; the State should know. [ do not, like others, fear that ir this bill bc ?ererred to the Committee on Incorporations, lt .viii never be heard rrom, never see the light igaln. This question, as the scuator from Barn rvell says,Isa knotty one, and if this bill be pass id it will be knottier still. I know of a man who las leased a tract of land with considerable narsh lands, on which there ls pbospnatic de? posit, yet, ir this bill pass, he will not bc lennitted to go off or his main land into his mnrslt ;n get thc phosphates which bcloug to him. The vhole subject should bc referred to tho Commu? ?e on Incorporations, and they should not bc re? wired to report until after the Governor hears rom Dr. Shepard. Leslie took occasion to repeat that Dr. Shepard vas a humbug, and that his report, if he made me, would not bc worth two cents. This whole natter started with George W. Williams & Co., md ends with D. T. Corbin, although I don't .now about thc latter. After saying that he sup lorted the administration as he should, .ud re narking incidentally that he 'didn't think he rould care two cents for the opinion or thc Gov? ernor on phosphates, Leslie said he could name a oiumlttee which he thought could bc trusted, rlu.m the people and thc senators would trust even would be sufficient-five Republicans and wo Democrats. Now I would take J. A. Halncy, t. II. Cain, D. T. Corbin, S. A. S walls, J. K. Jili? on, and Bicmau or Foster or Buck. [In calling he names or all, excepting Corbin and Cain, .esllc made some complimentary remark about heir honesty and justice, Ac, being thc ?use or their selection. Corbin and Cain he elected "because they were rrom Charleston, lome people might draw an Inference rrom this, rbat was doubtless an oversight on Leslie's part.) iTler this selection Leslie argued about thc pro irlcty of having a general license bill or a bill to ell to thc highest bldder.ln pretty much thc same tjic as in his first speech, during which he sold he subject should not be referred to thc Judiciary ,'onimittee, for lt looked as If lt took some inter st in thc bill already. That committee had made . favorable report upon thc bill or which he (a iicmbcr or lt) knew nothing, and he would ven urc to say neither did thc president pro fem, Montgomery) who was also a member. CAIN ON PHOSPHATES. Cain started a long argument by saying that he ad always noticed when men began digging in raves there was trouble. Here were bones, rhlch had been laying out of tlie sight or men so ms: they were to bc exhumed, and there was rouble. He then argued that the motion or Lcs lc tu get thc matter referred to a special commu? ?e was not only a dodge, but was casting a lur upon the Committee on Incorporations, to flitch committee the bill should be rererred. .esllc Interrupted Cain several times, until Cain old him he was tired of these attempts to play off odges upon him; he knew him of old. After a Ula more of this by-play, Cain proceeded to Bhow ow the bill, ir adopted, would work Isadvantagcoiisly to a large class or poor people, fliltc and colored ; and men who were looking *r $2to $4, and $10 per day, would bc deprived r this means or livelihood. Wright interrupted im toi ntroducc a resolution providing that the fhole matter bc referred to the Committee on In orporatlon--' with authority to call upon any ol he senators o aid them In their deliberations. , lain objected to this calling upon senators, as he , bought the Committee on Incorporations (or | rhlch he ls a member) fully competent to con- < ?der thc bill properly; but then he was willing to all upon the distinguished legal senator (Corbin) | nd get some of his wisdom, legal attainments, i :c. : and then, If more assistance were needed, he i -enid not hesitate to call upon the distinguished ( enator from Barnwell (Leslie,) whose "wisdom ? owed like a stream of mud." h CORBIN'S AMENDMENTS. Corbin, after stating that he natl seen and c suited Leslie previous to making the Judlci Committee report, and he had said, Go aheai don't care, or something like that, remarked t In his opinion the bill ought to be referred t committee ror amendments. Ile wanted to o some amendments hlmseir, and they were t there should be carerul guards Incorporated thc grant to secure the interests or the Sti that the grantees should give some security, have lt a condition in their grant that at le fifty thousand tons or phosphates should be tal out yearly; that there Bhonld be a limit to grant as to time, say ror twenty years. The bill was rererred to thc Committee on Inc poratlons: Yeas-Arnim, Barber, Buck, Blem: Cain, Hayes, llayne, Maxwell, Nash. Be ld, R gcrs and Wright-12. Nays-Corbin, Dun ci Greene, Hoyt, Jlllson, Leslie, Lunney, Montgc cry, Ralney and S walls-10. RAILROAD MATTERS. To-day Jillson gave notice or his intention introduce a Joint resolution providing that i Legislature petition Congress to grant aid to 1 Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company, enable it to extend thc road to the Pacific Ocei I understand that a resolution or a similar ch acter will be Introduced in the Legislatures each or the Southern States. The bill to amend an act entitled "An act inc poratiDg thc Georgetown Railroad Company, a the several acts amendatory or the same, a providing that it be so amended as to author! thc said company to extend their road to t Norih Carolina line, by a route to be detcrmin by said company, and that the corporate name said company shall be 'Thc Georgetown a Charlotte Railroad Company,' instead sr that which lt Ls now callcd,!'-was called up in the Si ate to day, Tor a second reading, but arter cons: ?rable discussion, was recommitted to the Coi nnf.ee on Railroads, with Instructions to repc by what route it ls proposed to reach the Nor Carolina line. There have been nnmerous reports afloat co ccrnlng the Blue Ridge Railroad, among whl was one that the report about thc Crissvcll Ac C contract being rescinded was untrue. Howevt these reports have reached the ears or some or t members or the House, and they state their 1 tcntion or learning something abont the road, possible, and with this Intention one or the (Drifrle) to-day introdnced a resolution providii for the appointment or a committee or five, thr rrom the House and two rrom the Senate, to I vestigatc the management or affairs or the ro: slnceits reorganization-thc committee to repo before thc adjournment or the Legislature, was rererred to the Committee on Railroads. In the Senate, Doyle Introduced the following: Whereas, The building or the Blue Ridge Ra road has been a private enterprise with the pe pie or South Carolina ror twenty years, and tl present General Assembly having espoused tl cause with an approximation to unanimity ui surpassed in the annals or legislation on a snbjei Involving such grave consideration as to Stat policy; and, whereas, the management of tli affairs of such railroad havo been such as to elie a great deal of injury, and to cause reflections o both the Legislature and those who manage th enterprise; therefore, lie. it resolved by tho House or Representative! the Senate concurring, That a committee, to cot slst ol three members or thc House and two < the Senate, bc appointed, with full power to sen ror persons and papers, for the Investigation c every transaction bad since the reorganisation c thc Blue Ridge Railroad Company, with Instrm tions to report to this General Assembly the resu! or their Investition at least ten days before th adjournment or thc present session. Thc bill Introduced by Leslie, providing that i may be lawful ror any railroad company or coi poratlon organized under thc laws or this Stat to merge and consolidate its capital stock, fran chlses and property, with that or any other cot nccting company, is much talked of here. It I asserted that the object or thc bill is to ado-, certain parties to consolidate thc Spartanburi and Union, Blue Ridge, Laurens and Greenvill and Columbia Railroads. INSPECTORS OF NAVAL STORES. Notice ol a bill to abolish thc otu ec or In spec to or naval stores at Charleston was given In cad of thc Houses to-day. In thc Senate Cain lntrc duced two petitions requesting thc abolishmen of thc office. Thc first, signed by M. Goldsmith i Son, R. T. Walker, Robert Mure & Co., A. A. Gold smitli i Co., and others, represents that tho tw< Inspectors charge for each barrel inspected am weighed six and a quarter cents; that they fre quently brand Inrerlor grades or turpentine n? flrst quality, and when called upon would noi rerund the money lost by their carelessness oi Incompetency, saying that they were not rcspon stble; that the dealers In naval stores were noi assisted by thc brands or the Inspectors; noi were thc brands any guide to thc quality or thc atores Inspected; altogether, the orllce was un? necessary. Thc other petition was from several or thc coopers, who complain that thc Inspectors arri ed on the cooperage business also, charging only two and three-quarter cents for cooperage, when six cents was a proper compensation, mid ano which all merchants and factors were willing lo pay; that tims the Inspectors were underbid? ing them and injuring their trade, and were really or no service to those whose naval stores Uley inspected. COOPERS' ONION. In both Houses to-day notice was given or a lill to inuorporatc the Coopers' Trade Unlou or Charleston. The WU provides that A. R. Mitchell, \. G. Gregorio, Jas. Chapman, Edward Jones and Quiney Hall bc Incorporated under thc name or he Coopers'Trade Union, "designed to bc or a protective and charitable nature among thc ..oopers doing business lu Charleston." PROMISSORY NOTES, 4C. A bill entitled a bill to prohibit the Issue or iromlssory notes, due bills and scrip to be used is currency, was introduced and received Its first residing In the Senate to-day. It provides that lt (hail not be lawlul Tor any county, city, railroad ir other corporation to Issue them hereafter or to iso them, and all such heretofore issued must bc -edeein cd and withdrawn from circulation on or icrore the first or July next. TUE JUDGES. The House Judiciary Committee has reported ad? versely upon thc resolution requesting that .barges or impeachment be prererred against ludgc Rutland, ami their report was adopted. [ learn that as no charges have been preferred igalnst Judge Carpenter, the Senate Judiciary Committee will at an carly day ask to bc dis :hargcil rrom any further coHslderatlon or the natter, on the ground that there ls nothing to -eport against him. The Joint resolution adopted n thc House to-day to meet In Joint assembly m thc 14th Instant, and elect some one to fill he vacancy on thc Supreme Bench caused by he resignation or Jndge H?ge, will hardly pass he Senate, thc senators being opposed to any uore jolut assemblages, rightly claiming that hey are snubbed by the House when they do so nect. METROPOLITAN POLICE. DeLarge gave notice to-day or his Intention to nlroducc a bill to organize a metropolitan police orce at Charleston. I learn that the object or thc jill Is to get the Charleston police force out or the ?ontrol or the City Council, and will provide that .he force be enlarged, well equipped and officered, ind subject to thc order of the Governor, and to jc used by him lu place or the present constabn ary force, which will, or course, be abolished. Jendricks, lt ls asserted, will be the commaudlug >nicer. REFER IT TO PARKER PILLSBURY. J. L. Wright, orTimmonsville, who claims to be 'a teacher and member of the Methodist Church," >n the flrst of December last wrote a letter to jovcrnor Scott calling the attention or the Legis ature to the "number or g-ogshops, and conse niently intemperance on thc part or both our ?vhite and colored people, especially the latter, ls ncreasing to an alarming extent, and stating hat the scarcity or bread, added to the enormous imlay ror liquors, will certainly make terrible Jestltution and disorder berore October next, without something is done." The writer :hought, and so stated, that one "grogshop only to a township, properly licensed and guarded, and made responsible to an extent for thc conduct of its patrons or customers, would be a stride upwards that would enhance the en? tire Interest of all the people, and win thc appro? bation of every true lover of the commonwealth." The Judiciary Committee, to whom the letter was referred, recommended that it be read as Infor? mation. To-day it was read and received as In? formation, despite DcLarge's motion to refer it to Parker Pillsbury. NO DISCRIMINATION. The House Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred a resolution of the House instructing it to inquire Into and report upon the question as to whether there are any statutes of thc State dis? criminating against persons on account of race or color now in force in this State, have reported there arc none "now of force." No action has been taken on the report. L. DRAMATIC CHIT-CHAT. -The Duchess of Somerset will adopt Grisi's daughters. -Wagner has wrtten another six-hour myth? ological opera. -Musicians, Punch considers dangerous be? cause they are led by a string. -Dan Cantello, the circus manager, is in New York, prospectinglor a season. -Patti speaks np very loudly In the English papers to prove that she hasn't lost her voice -Matilda Herron and Laura Keene are writ? ing a play to bc called "Champagne, or Step by Step." -Grau, after starting South with his Ger? man Opera Troupe, took the back track. He is now in Ohio. -It Is said that "Griffith Gaunt" has a great run at the Salt Lake City theatre. The biga? mist, however, had to be made a pentekal dekagamlst, to suit popular, ideas. 0 -Thc Qhapman sisters, with their ctherlal supporter, Bishop, aro drawing immense houses in Baltimore. They will play a short engagement in Charleston again beforo thc close of thc month. ? -"Hamlet" ls the big sensation In New York Just now. Edwin Booth and Fechter, the English tragedian, are pitted against; each other, the former at his own theatre, and the latter at Nlblo's. The tragedy was presented at both plac?' on Wednesday night, with pow? erful companies, new scenery, appropriate costumes, and everything necessary to ensure complete success. -It has long been a cherished idea that the Italian opera depended principally on Italian singers. A French paper has ruthlessly shat? tered this belief by publishing the following list of performers in the Traviata at Paris last week: Wachtel, a German, from Ham? burg; Zimclll, an Alsatian; Bonnchcc, a native of Toulouse; Mme. Morensi, an American, from New York; and Mme. Krauss, a Viennese. -The latest NHsson tribute ls a little poem published In a London musical paper, contain? ing these slanzas: Thou Pleiad of thc lyric world, Where Pasta, Garcia shone. Come back with thy sweet voice again And gem thc starry zone. Though faded, still the vision sees The loveliest child of night, The fairest of thc Pleiades, Its glory and its light. Fair Florence ! home of glorious Art, And mistress of its sphere, Clasp rast thy beauties to thy heart; Behold thy rival here ! -At the Chatelet, Paris, a now extrava? ganza in twenty-four tableaux is In prepara? tion. It ls to bc called the "Paris Revue." Its scenery Is to outdo some of thc recent Lon? don sensation dramas. At the end of the pro? logue there is to be a view of Paris by gaslight at the hour when the theatres are disgorging The streets are to be filled with living crowds, and real equipages. In one scene, at a tunnel mouth, there is to bc a real locomotive. At thc end of the secoid, the audience are to be transported to a fairy scene in thc moon, and at the end of thc third a grand and character? istic African ballet at thc inaugural f?te of the Suez Canal. At thc end of the fourth act a floral apotheosis, with living flowers. Harry Pal? mer is after this extravaganza for Nlblo's Carden. -Among other new fashions to bc brought from thc "Kawntinent," says a New Orleans paper, is a change in votive offerings to the? atrical artistes. Flora Is to be supcrccdcd by Pomona; instead ol* flowers flung at the feet of beauly, we are t5 have fruits. Although there is much more intrinsic worth in a basket of hot-house grapes or delicions pears than In a fading nosegay, yet \hn new fashion is more objectionable than thc old on account of its Uabilly to abuse. We hardly think the divine Patti would appreciate being pelted with pip? pins In the triumph of tho m??rere, or that Ristori could die contentedly as thc virgin queen under a shower of cantelopcs or Sicily oranges. Viewed In this light, we feel that the new fashion must be resisted. It may do for thc "Kawntinent," but not for Ircc Ameri? ca, where cabbages are very cheap and au? dacity ls very plentiful. -Another of the "old time" theatrical celeb? rities has passed away. But lew persons of thc present generation arc familiar with the name of John H. Oxley, save as the late treas? urer of thc New York Dramatic Fund Associa? tion, yet at one time he was one ol the stars of the stage. Over a quarter of a century ago Mr. Oxley appeared at the Park Theatre, in New York City, as Hastings, in "Jane Shore." His deo wi was eminently success! ul, and thenceforward he prospered exceedingly. (Jolng to Philadelphia, he engaged in theatri? cal enterprises with Francis C. Wemyss, and amassed a handsome sam of money, and de? posited it in the United States Bank. The failure of that institution reduced him to pov? erty, and, though he subsequently made efforts to retrieve his broken fortunes, all of lils ex? ertions proved unavailing. Then, in addition, unrequited affection weighed upon his mind, dampening his energies and transforming him into a morose and eccentric character. For many years he was supported by the dramatic fund, upon which he wholly depended. He died in New York a few days ago. -A Paris letter says: "The Italian opera has rarely been as good In Paris as it is this year. The "Trovatore," for instance-sung by Krauss, Wachtel, and Monbelli-was really grand; the orchestra and chorus very correct, and-thc essential to M. Bagler-the house crammed It was not a French audience; but then it never is or has been. Thc success ol Hie "Frou-Froii" is encouraging, ?6000 In thirty representations. MM. Meilhac and Halevy are said to have in one month been credited with ?720. Marie Sass is having a great success at Florence. She sang-and she can sing-at the Pergola last week, "Faust" and the "Hague no ts"-thirty-eight bouquets, a medal sur? rounded with diamonds, and. lastly, a bracelet from the king. I have a letter from St. Peters? burg telling me that the success of Patti is greater than it has even been before in that city, which goes mad periodically about singers and dancers. She has sung "Somn?m? bula" once, "La Traviata"-a great favorite four times; and the Emperor has selected the "FIglia del Reggimento" for the State repre tentation. NEWS FROM MJLYA.??JL The Spanish Gunboats at Havana Another Proclamation ot Capt aim General DeRodas-Scheme for Settling Soldiers after thc War. A Havana telegram of January 8th says: The Prensa announces the killing of thirty unarmed men In the vicinity of Mansealea, a few days since, by the Insurgents. One of the Spanish gunboats from New York, via Charleston, arrived here last night, and Hi teen more arrived from New Nork to-day at noon. They were accompanied by the war steamer Pizarro. Captain-General DeTtodas bas Issued a pro? clamation generally complimentary to the behavior of thc citizens and the army. He says the sickly season has passed without diminishing thc strength of the army. The insurgents took thc offensive twice, and were twice repulsed. Tho insurrection aller that was confined to the mountains. The troops already here were sufficient to subdue the In? surgents, and the reason that so many troops were coming from Spain was that their Spanish countrymen desired to share the sacrifices of Spaniards in Cuba. He adds that the Cubans are not insurgents in war, but only in In? cendiarism. The civil tribunals were periorm lng their duties as usual, while, owing to the surrender in the Cinco Villas district, the troops remain without work. The Captain-General further says that the new.troops and reinforcements, although they are not. needed to suppress the insurrection, have come from Spain to fulfil its obligations towards Cuba and to protect the island against murderers and robbers. He then reiers to the threats of homicide made by cei tain bands of men, against which precautions are now being taken Tn garrisoning the plantations ?"fit* troops and civil guards to save them iroJfde struction. Ships of .war have also been sent from SpainOo Cuba with the intent to cruise along her coast and to prevent nie landing on the Island of filibustering expeditions coming ? from tin outside. Thf Captain-General says that th ore vfas never before In the island such a state of affairs as could be considered as a state of war, but now peace has been so folly re-established, that there ls no place In the Island wherj^tbe administration of public affairs and nm actions of the civil courts ar^ not entirely recognized. < [BY TK LE GRAPH.] ' HAVANA, January IL A number of engagements have taken place in the Puerto Principe and Cinco Villas dis? tricts. Jordan reports many msnigents suiv rendering. ? _ FOREIGN ITEMS. -The Standard of London is publishing a series of lengthy articles to prove that the Pea? body charities are a fallare, ard. the lodging houses are In no respect as' comfortable as those built with other funds. The trajees are called responsible for all the fallares. -Since the first of January London, has free trade In cabs. The job brougham, the livery ata? ble "fly," the hansom and the four-wheeled "growler,"' are all to have a fair show and to charge what their owners choose, provided.al? ways the rates of fare are painted legibly on the doors. -Thc smallest steam-engine in the world is now ia the possession of John Penn, of Green? wich, England, the maker of great engines. It will stand on a threepenny piece; lt really covers less space, for Its base-plate measures only three eighths or an inch by three-tenths. From the ex? treme smallness of this model, a few niinnthe such, for Instance, as the air pumps-have neces? sarily been omitted. Still, so small are some of the parts that they require a powerful magnify ing-glass to see their form. The screws are only one eightieth of an Inch in diameter, and these are duly furnished with hexagonal nats, which can be loosened and tightened by a llllputiaa spanner. The whole weight of the model la les? than a threepenny piece. -The excitement in regard to the consecration of Dr. Temple to the See of Exeter does not seem to have abated in England. The opposition to him is based on a volume of essays and reviews, said to have been of infidel tendency, though written by clergymen, to which Dr. Temple ls re? puted to have contributed, though il ls not alleged that his individual contribution was exceptiona? ble in that respect. The practical Importance of this case consists in thc illustration which lt ls held to afford by those who opposed the consecra? tion of Dr. Temple, that the idea at least of some power in the Church, Independent or State, ls dis? sipated by the flat of Mr. Gladstone, which has forced Dr. Temple Into the See of Exeter-an ex? ercise or power which is leading many, even of those who had never before questioned the expe? diency of a union or Church and State, to doubt Its propriety. -The Yellow River or China has a disagreeable way of occasionally changing Its course, leaving its old bcd entirely dry, and catting a new one through Heids and towns without the slightest regard lo vested rights. No less than nine such changes are recorded in Chinese history, the first dating about G02 B. C., and the last having com? menced in 1S51 and been completed la 1853. A party of English explorers went to view the scene of this disaster in September last. After a Journey of nearly four hundred miles on the Grand Canal, they arrived, on the nth of Octo? ber, on the banks of the new Yellow Hiver, near he Town of Nanshan. At this point the stream had not yet worn for itself a bed, bat was spread over a belt of country some ten to twelve miles in width. The banks of the Grand Canal had here been carried away by the invading current, and the whole country wore an air of desolation. The party embarked on the new river near here, and traced lt down to its embouchure in the Gulf of Pe-chi-U. Nineteen miles downward thc widespread waters converge and flow into the narrower bed of a much smaller river, the Tatslng, which henceforward serves as Its channel. Thc great volume and rapidity of the waters of the Yellow River are causing the narrow bed to widen, and with the undermined banks are swept away the streets of villages and cities, gardens and fields. Bridges which form, eily spanned the Tatslng now remain as ruins In mid-river. At Tsl-ho-hem one of the bridges ef? fectually stops navigation at present. Toward the sea the banks of the river arc marshy and on inhabitable, the limit of the peopled region being the small port of Tu-men-quan. It ls hoped that Bnglish engineering skill may be able to pat a stop t ) these changes in future. THE IRISH QUES 'ION. "The O'Donoghuc" has recently written a long letter to the London Times, the object of which appears to be to recommend his coun? trymen, both In and out of Parliament, to sup? port the present Gladstone administration. He says that the House of Commons is rap? idly becoming really popular, that lt desires to legislate for all with a spirit of natural justice, that it deeply reveres the constitutional rights of the people, and ls firmly determ!"?d to se? cure the free exercise of those rights. In his anxiety to give his views the widest publicity, "The O'Donoghue" has addressed the Times, and assures his countrymen that "the picture so often held up before them of a House of Commons oligarchical, fanatical, anti-Irish, prepared to bully and cringe alternately, has no existence in these days, and ls a creation of the perverted imagination of those who desire to sow horror, hatred and despair, where confidence, friendship and hope should alone flourish." He further advisesihe Irish people not to put Implicit trust in any Minis? ter or Cabinet, but to rely upon themselves, and employ their constitutional powers through their representatives. He tells the Irish peo? ple further, to let lt clearly be understood what they require, and that whatever meas? ure, if inherently Just, a majority of their rep? resentatives agree to support, the House of Commons will pass, no matter how novel arc Its features, or how violent thc opposition it will have to encounter.