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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. COLUMBIA. TUE EAST DAT OE LEGISLATION. THE SOCIAL EQUALITY BILL BECOMES A LAW. THE PHOSPHATE BILL PASSED OVEP. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. THE FINAL RUSH OF BUSINESS. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS SINE DIE. ?SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, March 1. At 11:45 A. M., the Senate received a long message from the Governor vetoing the Exclu? sive Rights Phosphate bill. The consideration or the message was made tue special order ror to? night, at 7 o'clock. The Civil Rights bill, without the Senate Judi? ciary amendments, has become a law. The non concurrence tn the amendments was the result or the free conference of the committees or both Houses. The Governor has approved of the following acts: To limit the cost of criminal prosecutions; to provide for the niling of vacancies In county ?Olees; authorizing the State treasurer to issue .certificates of State stock to Richard P. Buck, E. P. Coachman and others; to restore to the family -of Israel Haithcock, deceased, a tract of land in Sumter; to incorporate Plymouth Congregational Church in Charleston ; to incorporate the Charleston Banking and Trust Company; to provide for the appointment of trial justices; to incorporate the wilmington and South Carolina Railroad; to incorporate the En? terprise Railroad of Charleston ; to incorporate a h .?re for Invalids; to provide fora sinking fund aad the management of tbe same. A joint resolution was passed authorizing the Attorney-General to institute proceedings against the South Carolina Railroad for violation of Its charter. In the House, lt was annonnced that the Gov? ernor bad approved the following acts: To grant authority to the City Council of Charleston to. amend the ordinance relative to aiding in rebuild? ing t^e burnt district; to provide for the care of the poor; to amend the charter of the Port Royal Railroad-; to provide for a uniform system of tax? ation by municipal bodies, and to provide for an assessment on real property In 1S70. The following bills were changed to acts and or? dered tol e engrossed:To incorporate the Coopers' Trades Union of Charleston; a bill relative to the power of thc City Council under the charter to impose punishment for a violation of city ordi? nances; thc appropriation bill; the bill to define the criminal jurisdiction of trial justices; to ex? empt cotton and woollen manufactories from taxation for four years; to author Ize trustees to invest in State bonds; to amend an act to char? ter tbe Barnwell Railroad, and to regulate thc fees of the clerks of the court, probate judges and trial justices. A bill to repeal the charter of the Air Line Rail? road was tabled, and a bill to redeem certain ob? ligations named therein was indefinitely post? poned. EVENING SESSION. On the question of passing the Phosphate bill over the Governor's veto In the Senate, the vote was 19 yeas to 5 nays, lu the House, 77 yeas to 24 nays-so the bill has become a law. A resolution to print 1000 copies of the acts rela? tive to labor was adopted. The General Assembly adjourned, very quietly, sine die. K DETAILS BY M A. IT,. THE MINORITY REPORT ON THE "OUTRAGES" IN THE UP-COUNTRY. Arnim and Wallace-A Protest, ana how it vfas Received-Scott's Mon. archy-The Governor Roundly De? nounced-Acts Ratified and Approved -Stray Items. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, February 28. TUE COLUMBIA CANAL. The bill to amend the act authorizing the sale of the Columbia Canal, empowering the pur? chasers to widen and deepen the canal, provided also that work upon it should be commenced be? fore the 1st or March. lu order to fulfil this pro? vision of the bill, Colonel Pearce Instructed Sena? tor W. R. Hoyt to commence operations to-day, which was done with a small gang of workmen near the foot of Senate street. Thc necessary tools for widening and deepeniug the canal have been sent for, and the work will be steadily pro? secuted until it ts completed. OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY" "EVIDENCE." The readers of THE NEWS have been favored with the majority report. of the committee ap? pointed at the lost session of the General Assem? bly, "to thoroughly Investigate thc disordered state or affairs in the Third Congressional Dis? trict, and the causes of thc intimidation, outra? ges and murders perpetrated precediug and at the late general election, whereby it is stated that a fair and unbiased expression of ttie people's choice could not, and was not, given; and of thc existence of organizations Inimical to thc peace and well being or the State.*' The committee consisted of senators J. J. Wright, colored, aud H. Buck, (Democrat,) representatives J. Crews, J. Bryant, (Democrat.) Robert Smalls, colored. Geo. F. McIntyre, R. B. Elliott, colored. Mr. Buck did not "inevstigate" with the committee. The re? port of the majority shows that that portion of tae committee did what was expected of them reported that numerous Republicans were mur? dered, whipped aLd in timid a ti-'., and there was a "tuoroughly organized party in the district for the sole purpose of defeating the reconstruction acts of Congress." As soon as the General Assembly convened last Noveinoer the members were '-lobbied" to vote for printing thecvidence, which was doue resulting in two volumes, one of seven hundred and eighteen and the other of twenty two printed pages, being presented to the Senate on last Sa? turday night. Mr. Bryant, when the question of having the evidence printed was braucht up, desired to have all of the "hearsay evidence" stricken out, but was overruled. The volume now appears wlih any amount of "hearsay evi? dence,'1 "leading questions," Ac. clearly proving that the majority of the committee conducted their investigation with an utter disregard to the '.rules of evidence," and apparently with a view of getting up a suillcient quantity of statements to make a "report or outraces." Mr. Bryant, as he informs me, was ?ed to believe by Hie reiuaiuder of the committee that thc evidence would alone be submlTTed, and knew nothing whatever of the report until a day or two since, when he learned that It was already printed. Ile then went ti printers, and. after making a demand for a c succeeded In getting one. MINORITY RETORT. From this copy lie made a minority re] which ls as follows: The undersigned member of the committee pointed to "Investigate the disordered stat utfairs In the Third Congressional District, the causes of the Intimidation, outrages murders perpetrated preceding and at the geueral election, whereby it is stated that a and unbiased expression of the people's ch could not and was not given, and of the e; euee of organizations inimical to tho peace well being of the State," respectfully begs h to make the following minority report: From -the testimony given before the com tee, it appears that the clectlou campaign of was regarded lu the Third Congressional Dlsi asonexu no ordinary interest: that lt was pr culed with uuusual energy and vneor, aud I party strife attaiued to an eminence hereto unknown in that commuuity, culminating In a few instances in acts of violence and bloods lt requires no extraordinary knowledge of man nature to understand why the former r ter should be jealous ol" the rising po iticalstrei of his former slaves; nor why, on the other lu he so recently released from the shackles of vitude should regard with suspicion and dist those who formerly held him tn bondage. Bi affords me great pleasure to report that, w tue brutal iiiMiticts of a few lawless rumann them to imbue the.r hands In the life blood their fellow-beings, the birgc masses of the int geut and respectable citizens kept their reell circumscribed within due bounds, and cxerc toward their opponents that Christian charil; characteristic ol all well-regulated coramuull To attempt a comment upon the testimony, a reference to the various questions and swers. would bc a task as endless cs lt wouli useless; and to fill out. or report with ex'tn gaut sensational assertions, uot supported evide nce, would savor alike of puerillity and norance. lt cannot bc denied that miny of the poor, noraut, helpless colored people have been sha fully defrauded and abused; that they have c despised for a eolor tor which they are no n responsible than for their existence, and pe culed for a freedom, for which they are no n: culpable than for their color. And it is thc o| lon of this portion of thc committee, that had Legislature devoted as much time to the < sideral lon of the prosperity of these people i had to the prosperity of wealthy private Ind duals and corporations, much of their pov< might have been relieved, and much of theil norance dispelled; or had the Executive been vigilant in regard to their interest, as he hai regard tothe iuterest of the bondholders of North, many of their persecutions might h been averted, nnd many or their abuses neale No one can fall lo be struck, upon reading evldeuce taken by the committee, with the mi vague. Incoherent, and ludicrous accounts gi by these poor colored people-many ot whom too Ignorant even to know their own names the Herculean size, hideous proportions, anil i bolical rcatures or what they call the "Kin Klu And it affords me great pleasure to be aide to port, that having "thoroughly investigated matter, 1 nm of opiulon, that the ghosts, bobe Uns, Jack-o'-the-lanterns, and "KJu-Kluxes" the Third Congressional District, are but allotr ic conditions of the witches of New Engla whose larva:, having long been dormant u transported hither Iii the wardrobe or some pl political priest, germinated in the too crcduf minds ot their poor proselytes, aud loomed ii luxuriance in the fertile fields ol their own vi imaginations. lt also affords me great pleasure to be able report that, by a carera! examination ol' the t dence taken by the committee, lt will be seen tl the colossal reports ot the gigantic elect lon (rai at the various votlug places in the Counties Newberry, Abbeville and Anderson, made < pressly to the order or some eadetship-seUI Congressman, are not merely exaggerated stn incuts ot diminutive truths, but ar?'as absolut "false as t he baseless iabrteof a Tading vision.1 The majority ol' your committee having '? ferrell your honorable body lo the testuno of but a few oftboiuany who testified before ai in order to prove their assertion?, thc minor would unst respectfully call your attention the testimony of all Ute other?who "testilicd 1 fore us," to prove the fallacy of the statements the majority or the committee, and to denn strate the truthfulness or the propositions of t minority: and in humble imitation of thc ni jority repoit. I shall conclude my remarks I calling the attention or your honorable body [ the existence. In the Third Congressional D trict. or a "thoroughly organized party" call the "Cnlon League," which party has an c spring known as the "Investigating Committee the real object and intention or which is to ? cumulate capital ror the coming campaign. All or which is respectrully summed. JAVAN BRYANT, WALLACE DENOUNCER. Early In thc morning session or the Sena Arnim arose "to a question or privilege." and ? sertcd that Wallace had stated that he had sav him (Arnim) from the penitentiary. He th made a long and vehement speech, and c nounccd Wallace's statement as false; that was neither a Republican nor Democrat, bat demagogue, and was elected to Congress by majority of four thousand votes against hu that Reed, not he. was entitled io the seat In Cc gress. and the only reason Reed had not secur bis scat was because he was formerly a rebel; (Arnim) thought that it was time the Unlti States extended a general amnesty to those the Southern people who had "accepted tht situ Hon." Donaldson defended Wallace against tl assertions of Armen, and stated that Wallnce li: done all he could to compromise the revent cases against Arnim, to whom Wallace was ar I had been a good friend. To this, Arnim Teplle "If he is a good friend of mine, all I have to say 'God save me from my friends.' " Leslie defem ed Arnim, and disapproved or revenue office generally, and was of the opinion that hell w? made especially for them. Wallace was prcsci during the discussion, and seemed highly please OUTRAGE VTOH DEMOCRATS. On Saturday last, Messrs. Claude C. Turner, ! S. Lewie, W. W. Waller. Samuel Littlejohn, ar T. F. Clyburn, (Democrats,)submltted a protest I be entered on the Journal of the House (which a peared this morning.) against the passage of tl "act to provide ror the appointment ol' trial ju tices," opposing it upon the ground or Its uncoi stitutionality-a violation or Section "1st or Art ele IV, which reads: "A competent number < Justices ol thc peace .ind constables shall b? chi sen lu each county, by the qualitled electors then or. in such manner as the General Assembly ma direct." Thc protest concludes by stating Hu "though South Carolina has ben recoustructe ror nearly two years, ann the third session or til General Assembly ls now near its close, this rig!; to elect their officers has been steadily denied th people. We denounce this act as another tearrul li crease or executive power, auother dangerous en croachtueut upon the liberties of the people,,am auother gross violation or thc constitution. Th subterfuge resorted to by thc Trainers of thc aci In chauging the name of justice or the peace t that ot trial justice, is ton ?hallow to conceal th lad that the act is the offspring of a virulent pui ty spirit, quite at variance with every sound prill Ciple ol political economy. However high may b the pitch or party feeling-anil party prejudice, i cannot bo a Justifying pretext for class legislation and especially so when it is effected by such opei and Bagram violations of the fundamental law or thc State as the passage ol' this act." TUE STATE GOVERNMENT A MONARCHY. Mr. Javan Bryant also submitted a protes against t he passage or the same act. which wa: endorsed by Messrs. John B. Moore and Jobi Wilson with thc emphatic exclamation, "Gm save the State !"' The points ol objection of th ii protest are also the unconstitutionality of Hu act. This protest concludes by stating "our Stan Government, which but two short years ago en te red upon its career with a tr dy republican con? stitution, is to-day scarcely one halr's-breadth re moved from au aosolultt monarchy. The Exceu ti ve commands thu militia, controls Hie entire nuances or thc State, appointing every oillcer, rrom State auditor down to local assessor; sets up and deposes rdlug to his own caprice, a very large numbei or the judicial officers or thc State, and even selects the very jurymen by whom the maheasance or his agents are to be tiled. And who ls this man that ls clothed with such kingly prerogatives-that is judge or judges and selec? tor or juries ? Certainly, in one in so exalted a station all rare virtues should meet, and all great qualities unite. Ot course he is a man who never sought such distinction, ncr aspired to such au? thority. And being a man thoroughly versed in the jurisprudence of the country, we are not to expect that he wu; regard the section or this act which authorizes the Governor 'to suspend rrom lils onice, Tor such causes as to him shall seem just any trial justice, and to desiguale another person to perform the duties of such ;.us pended offleer, who, In turn, may bc remo! and another designated'-I say we are not to i peet that he will regard this section tts a sn clent justification for thc decapitation of a maj trate for granting trial in a case of assault a battery, or the removal of a judicial ofilccr for suing a warrant for the arrest of a inldnlg felon." This morning tho protests were discussed 1 sometime very excitedly, and the greater portl of the latter expunged from the journal-this 1 lng done, it is believed, because submitted Democrats. After the order for expunging was announce Mr. John B. Moore, Democrat, submitted to t Speaker (who refused to allow lt to be record on the journal,) a paper stating his reasons 1 voting "no" on the motion to expunge, as f lows: First, because the protest was thc emboi ment of an incontrovertible truth; second, t cause it ls the universal determination of the H publican members or the House of Represent Uves not to allow an exposure or their vlolatlo or the Constitution or the State to be placed npi record, nor the unwarranted and unju9tiflat acts of thc Executive to be exposed, which ls : indication of thc determination or the Republl ans or this Dense to establish a monarchy Sooth Carolina. THE GOVERNOR DENOUNCED. The startling event of to-day was Leslie's epeei IL the Senate, denouncing the Governor. Tl general appropriation bill was under consider tion. When the clause providing that "for conti ulng the construction of the State Penitential eighty thousand dollars be appropriated, to 1 paid on the order or the Governor" was reache Leslie moved to strike out the word "Governor and insert "Financial Board of the State." Til raised a bowl of Indignation among thc Radlc senators, one or two or whom asserted that tl motion was made to throw a slur upon the Go ernor. Leslie replied to these assertions by sa ing, substantially, that there was something rc ten about the penitentiary, anyway. He believi the Governor was Interested in lt in some wa There was, a short time ago, a tract or land b longing to the State, and situated near the pct tentiary, which the Governor leased to Mr. Po] for a small Bum, upon condition that he shou put lt in cultivable order. Upon this tract wi six thousand dollars worth of wood, which wi cut down by thc penitentiary convicts and sold I thc State, to which it already belonged. Noi said Leslie, you tell me that the Governor dldn kuow abont this 1* Perhaps he dldu't. Even Ste brand doesn't know about it, and if Mr. Pot were discreetly questioned, he would know n< thing neither. Well, there was a handsome prol made out or that little operation by somebod; and perhaps the Governor and Stollirand kne nothing about lt; If so, the Governor knows lei than usual about the business of thc State. Thei was nothing In the State that the Governor di not know something about, nor any business 1 which he did not have a Huger, from a ral load to a bank or a peanut stand. No? uns Pope contract business should be at dited by somebody beside the Governor. Ther ls enough evidence to indict Stoibrand as princ pal, and the Governor as accessory, In this mai ter, by whicli the State Is wronged. 1 am prepai ed to defend the Governor when he acts fairly am honorably, and to denounce him when he act otherwise. Pity alone prevents me from not noi mentioning more or the Governor's actions. Som here have alluded to the Governor's financial poll cy. What evidence is there that he has any-lil reports on railroad matters? He has no financia or other policy. He does not know on what tfdi or where he stands. He ls without a policy. Hi never told a man one thing to day that he dldn' contradict to-morrow. Thc time 13 coining whet he will have to give a record of his doings as thi State Executive. Previous to this, one or two attempts had bcei made to gag Leslie, and there seemed to be i prospect that such a move would be successful whereupon Leslie turned towurds thORe win seemed bent upon making him stop, and said "Do you recollect when the menagerie was here Well, the keeper told the boys not to crowd tin ruoukey. Well, I say to you, do not crowd thi monkey, for ir you do, he will break h's cage ant let out not only himself, but many things whlcl you would not like to have escape." Here Nash asked Leslie, who constituted tin financial board T To which Leslie replied: If yoi knew your duty as a senator, or knew the law: which you help to make, which I do not bellevi you do, you would know who are upon thi board. Wimbush said: "Governor Scott will bett? next Governor, so you (Leslie) need not try to gel your third party' mau in." Lesli'!. If that be so, God help the poor people of the State. After tate Leslie, amid frequent interruptions continued his remarks, thc gist or which is above given. SECOND BEADINO OF BILLS. In thc House, Senate btu to authorize trustees to invest in bonds or the State; Senate bill relative to the power of thc City Council of Charleston, tc impose punishment for violation of ordinances Senate bill to Incorporate thc Stonewall Fire Corapauy of Chester; Senate bill to aid and en? courage cotton aud woollen manufactures. In thc Senate, a House bill lo regulate thc lees or probate judges, clerks or courts, trial justices, ami justices or thc peace, and other officers therein mentioned. ACTS APPROVED. The Governor to-day notified the General As? sembly that he had approved the following acts and resolutions: An act to grant, renew and amend the charter or certain towns and villages therein named; to alter and amend the charter of and extend the limits of thc City of Columbia; to authorize the formation of a company for the construction of a turnpike road i brough or near Sassafras Gap, and known as Sassafras Gap Turn? pike Company; to establish a ferry across the Wacoamaw River, in Horry County, and to vest thc same in J. J. Reaves, his heirs.and assigns; to charter Hie Manchester ami Augusta Railroad Company; to sell a certain lot of land to the /.lou Baptist Church, of Columbia; joint resolution to change thc name of Alexander Henry Riley to Alexander Henry Buchanan; nn net to amend an act entitled un act to authorize thc sale or the Columbia Canal: to provide for the formation of religious, charitable and educational associations; to recharter Rantowle's Bridge; to amend au act entitled an act io lix thc salary and regulate the pay of certain officers; to amend an act entitled an act to incorp?rale the Charleston Board of Trade. RATIFICATION' OF ACTS. The Speaker ol the House or llcpresentatlves attended in the Senate to-day. when the follow? ing acts were duly ratified: Au act to incorporate the home for Invalid clergymen; to incorporate thu Enterprise Railroad Company, or Charleston, S. C.; to incorporate thc Wilmington and Caroli? na Railroad Company; to enforce a uniform sys? tem of assessment and taxation by municipal bodies; to provide for an assessment of real pro? perty lu the year 1ST0; to limit thc cost of criini nal prosecutions; authorizing the State treasurer to reissue to Richard P. Buck a certain certifi? cate of Mate stock, lost or destroy vi; toumcud au act entitled "an act to charter the Port Itoyal Railroad Company, ratified Decem? ber 21, 1807;" to provide for the filling of vacancies In county oftlecs; to provide for the care of thc poor; to incorporate Ply? mouth Congregational Church of Charleston; to provide for a sinking fund, and the manage? ment of the same; restoring to the family of Isaac Haithcock, deceased, a tract of land in the County of Sumter; to alter and amend an act en? titled an act to provide for the assessment and taxation of property; to provide Tor the appoint? ment of trial justices; giving authority to the City Council of Charleston to amend an ordinance entitled "Au ordinauco to aid in rebuilding the burnt districts and waste places In thc City of Charlestonjoin: resolution to authorize the At torney-General to institute proceedings against the South Carolina Railroad Company for viola? tion of their charter; joint resolution authorizing the State treasurer to reissue to Alexander Rob - ertson, J. F. Blacklock and B. r. Coachman, or their assigns, agents and attorneys, and others therein named, certain certificates of stoek; an act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of a law commissioner, and to define his powers and duties, and for other pur. poses therein mentioned ; to incorporate the Charleston Banking and Trust Company. STRAY ITEMS. Sheriff Mackey has brought the following named prisoners from Charleston to the peniten? tiary : Charles Harrison, one year, for man? slaughter; John Robinson, three years, for lar? ceny; Marlon Alston, one y eur, for larceny; Sam? uel Orr, two years, for larceny; Wm. Stannard and Sam Jenkins, two years each, ror larceny; Joel Bronson, Richard Singleton and John Haz zard, fourteen months each, for larceny-all colored. Dr. Lebby ls herc, endeavoring to secure a sur? soient appropriation to maintain the Charleston quarantine. Aaron Alpcorla Bradley, the celebrated com? mander or the Ogeechee colored brigade, and sen? ator from Chatham County, Georgia, made his appearance in the Senate chamber to-day, and was welcomed by the colored senators. He ls weary of the excitement and dangers of unre? constructed Georgia politics, and, as I am In? formed, proposes to be a South Carolina poli? tician. Colonel Cothran took his seat (unofficially) in the Senate to-day. It is believed by many that Leslie will be reap? pointed land commissioner, with less power than before. His ronner power was feared by Govern? or Scott, Neagle, Parker and others, as, with his Influence over the colored people, through his thirty-one agents.be conld control a majority vote in a nominating convention. For this reason, a strong pressure was brought against the erratic senator, and he tendered his resignation: bat lt ls not thought that lt will be accepted, or, if so, he will be reappointed, In consideration of which he will use his influence In favor of Scott A Co. Others believe that DeLarge will be appointed land commissioner; that this was the express stipulation made by the representatives before they would vote for the five hundred thousand dollars appropriation for the commissioner. Leslie, in a speech in the Senate to-day, said that the report or the committee appointed to In? vestigate the affairs or the Blue Ridge Railroad was so sweet, so very sugary, that he was almost Inclined to believe that it was made by the com? pany. Leslie ls very near the truth. DeLarge, speaking of the Civil Bights bill, said that the House passed a bill to give the colored people their civil rights, and the Senate amended it so as to make them civilly express their rights. A white woman, Mrs. Oliver, delivered a lec? ture on t?male suffrage In thc hall of thc House of Representatives to night. She ls or the opinion that the American males arc very degenerate, and should "fold up and lay away the American nag until a better generation can come and take care or lt." L. DESTRUCTIVE EIRE IX MARION. Thirteen Hoares Barned - Loss from $23,000 to $40,000. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] MARION COCKTIIOUSE, March 1. Our village has been devastated by a terri? ble fire. Last night, at halt-past ll o'clock, thc names broke out in a store occupied by H. Clark, and, In spite ol all efforts to check the spread of the con flagratlon, In the coarse or a few hours no less than thirteen houses, in the business centre of the village, were consumed. The loss ls variously estimated at from $25,000 to $40,000. PEEDEE. DOINGS ABROAD. -German newspapers say that emigration from that country to America this year will be larger than ever before. -The German bankers have united and es? tablished a Deutsche Bank in Berlin with a capital of 20,000,000 thalers. -By thc present school and military system of Prussia, all young men who can prove that they have reached a certain standard of excel? lence In their studies, are furnished with cer? tificates enabling them to serve as volunteers for one year, Instead of three, on condition of their equipping and maintaining themselves while in thc army. -At Cologne, the carnival festival ls to be marshalled by a procession embracing tho seven fat and the seven lean kine, a camel passing through the eye of a needle, th? Sul? tan and his harem, the Queen of the Night, Joseph in Egypt, the Pavilion of Semiramis, the Colossus of Rhodes, Poliphar's Wile, &c, all designed to satirize Hie Suez Canal festival. -Subterranean passages across thc Boule? vards are about to be constructed in Paris, so that foot passengers can pass over without danger from the throng of vehicles. The en? trance to the stairways will bu through kiosks, like those now constructed along the Boule? vards lor the sale of newspapers. The privi? lege of constructing these passages lias re? cently been granted by the French Govern? ment to a competent architect. -The Figaro, on the late disturbances in Paris, remarks: "In a nation of forty-eight millions there will always bc a certain number ol fools, and a certain number of rogues to take advantage ot their tolly. There was no political right, no social question at stake. Only os a matter of humanity was lhere any interest in the matter; Hie solo result of this wretched adventure is a broken head to some nnlortunato vagabond. And yet our system of centralization gives such an interest lo any? thing dating from Paris that all France is in excitement over this parody ot a revolution." -In London people seem every season to be drifting into iater and ?aler hours. Hitherto it lias been the rule at nil the club-houses that no member shall be admitted after 1 A. M., and that later than midnight-or, at most, half an hour after-tile cook shall not be called upon to prepare any supper or other refresh? ments which require cooning. Lately, how? ever, a club has been opened on St. James street, giving out that the rules admit of sup? pers being cooked up to ?> A. M". The number of members was limited to a thousand, and tile list was filled in three days, although the entrance money was thirty pounds, and the annual subscription teu pounds. -It is announced in the Paris journals that the young Marchioness of Hastings, the beauti? ful widow of the English reprobate whose death, a year or two ago. pointed a moral, is about to be married a second time, to a cousin of the Marquis of Downsliire, Sir George Chet? wynd. As a commentary on this alliance, it is said that very recently Hie statue of Hie Marchioness, beautifully wrought in marble, representing grid, was erected on the tomb of her late husband In Kensal Oreen Cemetery. '.Widowhood in effigy !" said Hie Princess Souwaroff, on hearing of the intended second marriage--what practical women these En? glish are !" WASHINGTON. '?WASHINGTON, March 1. In the Senate, Wilson Introduced a bill for the better observance of Sunday in military and naval institutions. The funding bill was discnssed to the adjourn? ment. In the House the Senate's amendment to the postofflce route bill was accepted. The joint resolution introduced yesterday by Beck, extending to three years the time for keep? ing distilled spirits lo bond, came up. the question being on Marshall's amendment to Hooper's sub? stitute, reducing the amount to be paid after the first year from one cent a gaUon per month to half a cent. Marshall's amendment was rejected -yeas 84; nays 88. Hooper's substitute was agreed to without division, requiring the pay? ment of one cent per gallon for each month after the first year. Washburne, of Wisconsin, moved to lay the bill on the table, being a bill to suspend the collection of tho revenue on whiskey for the remainder of this administration. The bill was not laid on the table-yeas 62; nays 104. The bill as amended was then passed without a division. John W. Deweese, of North Carolina, baving resigned, was disposed of like Whlttemore. A prolonged discussion In regard to corruption In thc past Congress took place without action Collis, a former member from Alabama, seeming Implicated. Adjourned. The Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Senate again considered the Cuban question without ac? tion. Thc debt statement shows a decrease of six and a half millions. The Senate, In Executive session, confirmed Strong and discussed Bradley, nominees for the Supreme bench; but finally adjourned with the understanding that thc vote will be taken to? morrow. Grant and Cornwell rebuked Butler for his at? tacks on the newspaper correspondents, by their presence at the wedding of W. Scott Smith this morning._ EURO PE. The Oneida Disaster. LONDON, March 1.. Later and more favorable dispatches have been received from the British authorities at Yo? kohama in relation to the collision between the steamers Bombay and Oneida. The details, how? ever, are still meagre. Fifty-six of the oftlcers and crew of the Oneida were subsequently picked up by small boats of the Bombay. It is thought that others that were missing at the las; accounts would ultimately prove to have escaped. The names of the saved or lost have not yet been re? ceived, nor ls it known precisely how many per? sons were on board thc ill-fated vessel at the time of tho calamity. The Carnival In Paris. PARIS, March l. Notwithstanding thc announcement that thc ?fartti Oras festivities would bc suppressed by the police, at this hour, one o'clock, the boufyras procession has just entered the Court of the Tuile? ries. Great crowds of people are gathered on the line or march, but no disturbances have occurred. Burlingame',* Successor. ST. PETERSBURG, March 1. It is reported that J. McLeary Brown, becrctary of thc Chinese legation, succeeds Burlingame. Thc Bank Rate In Holland. AMSTERDAM, March 1. The Bank of Holland has reduced its Interest to four per cent. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Southern Railroad bill was debated in the Kentucky Senate yesterday, by a vote of 22 to 31. Among the Jurors drawn for the March term or Albany County, Wyoming, court, were eleven ladles, some of them wives or the most promi? nent citizens. Tlie excitement caused by tbis proceeding was Immense. Silver mines or unparalleled richness have been discovered in Grayson County, Kentucky. The ore ls found to contain a larger percentage of sil? ver than any heretofore discovered. The mine is almost inexhaustible,' and will be developed ia the spring._ _ THE FREE TRADE MOVEMENT. GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK. The Resolutions. On Wednesday last thirteen hundred of the most prominent citizens ol New York issued a call for a mass meeting to bc held on the next evening in the hall of the open Board of Bro? kers, to protest against the present unjust and intolerable tariff legislation of the country, and to advocate a strictly revenue measure. The signers of thc call were men of all professions, and of bath political parties. Could we re? publish the list, which ls headed by Brown. Brothers & Co. and Duncan, Sherman ? Co., our readers would see that lt comprises an enormous proportion of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of tho financial and political metropolis of the Continent. This unanimity of sentiment may be taken as a fair illustration of the general opinion of the coun? try on a question which is now exciting popu? lar attention to an unusual degree. The meet? ing was a most imposing demonstration. Jack sou S. Schultz, Esq., presided, and among the vice-presidents were such prominent gentle? men as Samuel J. Tilden, John J. Cisco, Wil? son C. Hunt, W. B. Duncan, John Bigelow, Stewart Brown, Henry tirinncU, Ac. Speech? es were made by William Cullan Bryant, Jack? son S. Schultz, Maldon Sands, Wm. Allan But? ler and Charles H. Marshall, and a letter was received from Henry Ward Beecher regretting that a previous engagement prevented his be? ing present to speak for free trade. The following resolutions were read and adopted; R?tolved, That with the settlement of the po? litical questions ol slavery and reconstrnc.ion, it lias become tho primary duty of American statesmen to devote themselves to a reform In tho financial policy of the Federal Govern? ment. Resolved, That tho impolitic and unjust tari IT system which has been imposed upon the Uni tod States, has greatly impaired the prosperity ol' the country; has added enormously to the burdens necessarily created by the war, and has borne with especial severity upon the poorer classes, by increasing the expense of living. Willie claiming to ''protect American industry," it has, in fact, fettered and crip? pled thu industrial energy of the nation. lt has destroyed the prosperity of those great branches of manufacture which were for? merly engaged in the produclion of articles for export to Soutli America, the West ludios, China and India; it has proved ruinous equally to the wool-grower and the manufacturer of woollen goods; lt has so increased the cost of iron, coal and raw materials as to impose needless and oppressive burdens upon all American industry engaged in manufactures; lt has added enormously lo the expense of railroad construct ion and transportation; it thu. defrauds American labor by needless ob? struction to the exchange of its products, and it adds to this oppression by enhancing the price of every article which the American la? borer may wish to purchase In exchange for thc products of his toil. Resolved. That the present tariff has destroy? ed our shipbuilding interests, while our un? just laws prevent the American shipowner from competing with the English, the French and i he Germans in the ocean-carrying trade. Our shipowners need no subsidies, but they have a right to a*k tor the abolition of legisla? tion which places them at an irretrievable dis? advantage, compared with their loreign rivals, by preventing them from purchasing ships In tlie cheanes: market. JIZ?ULVUL, Allin, Hie luwiuui?,, vv^yv??.. and extortionate duties now Imposed, demand? ing as they do an army of salaried officials, and promoting widespread corruption In office, call loudly for reform and simplification. Resolved, That the existence of our national debt, and the heavy taxes which lt unavoida? bly necessitates, render it Imperatively neces? sary that no money shall be taken from the people by government for the maintenance of any favored classes or individuals. liesolved, That we, therefore, denounce all bounties or subsidies to any special interests, whether given directly In pecuniary payments, or indirectly by so-called protective duties, and we demand that taxes should be imposed only for the support of government and to provide for the national debt; that the tariff should be adjusted solely with reference to revenue, and so simplified that duties shall be laid upon the smallest number of articles from which the needful income can be raised for government. Resolved, That the burdens of our present Ill adjusted taxation are oppressive alike to all sections of the country; but as this city Is the chief centre of exchanges for the products of all branches of American industry, and as oar prosperity is, therefore, directly dependent ubon the prosperity of the great productive In? terests of the. country, it is Incumbent upon the citizens of New York to take a leading part in securing the reforms which are needed. Resolved, That those of our fellow-citizens who have associated themselves to work for revenue reform, under the name ol the Free Trade League, have a just claim to our thanks for the success which has attended their efforts during the past year. Resolved, That as a new Congress is shortly to be elected, lt is imperative that thc agita? tion for revenue retorm should be continued, and that the people should be so enlightened that members of Congress may be chosen pledged to economy ot the public expenditures, to a stern resistance of all government boun? ties, subsidies and special legislation, and to a revision and simplification ot the tariff. Resolved, That to secure these essential re? forms, we each of us pledge our efforts and our means; and that a committee often be ap? pointed by thc chair to secure the co-operation ot all who desire to assist in this object. -A report readies us from Paris, says the Manchester Examiner, which, although it re? quires confirmation, ls by no means to be dis? missed as absolutely Incredible. It Is stated In La France that a plot against thc life of the Emperor has been discovered, and that several of the recent arrests were determined upon in consequence of the disclosures made in papers which have fallen Into the hands of the police. The Pairie confirms Its contemporary to the extent of making a good deal of certain docu? ments which have been found npon several of thc prisoners. The documents In question are said to Include "very compromising" letters from M Rochefort; and the Patrie affirms that at the approaching trials the necessity for the repressive measures adopted by the govern? ment will be made apparent to the whole nation. On Friday, thirty five men were taken into custody, and lt is stated that daggers, re? volvers, and cartridges were lound In tbe pos? session of several of the prisoners. The police have also, it seems, picked up In the neighbor? hood of the places where the late disorders have occured, a considerable quantity of fire? arms and weapons ol all kinds. -There ls in Paris a club, composed chiefly of rich merchants, the object of which ls to enable thc members to witness executions. The rooms are in a wine shop directly opposite the guillotine. A circular is sent to the mem? bers of the club, previous to an execution, In the following form : "I am happy to Inform you that to-morrow is the execution of-. Do not fail to be present. He ls afraid to die, and there will be fun." The members assem? ble at the room and pass the night over a bowl of punch, so as to be ready when the interest? ing moment arrives. -The workingwomen of Paris receive a very small compensation for their labor. Thus, in I860 there were 17,203 females who earned from 10 to 25 cenia a day; 88,340 who earned from 30 to 80 cents a day, and only 800 who earned iroru 90 cents to 31 40 a day. -A young farmer ls now serving out a three months' term of imprisonment in Jail at Exe? ter, England, for having shot a single phea? sant five years ago on his father's farm. Special Notices. ~joiir*NOTFCE.-C H A R L E S T O N BRANCH NATIONAL FREEDMEN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, No. 74 BROAD STREET. Money deposited on or before MARCU 21ST will draw-interest from MARCH 1ST. Interest allowed March, July and November on all sums of Five Dollars and upwards. Deposits of Five Cents and upwards received. NATHAN RITTER, mehi 18_Cashier. pS-THE SEASON AND ITS DANGERS. Tho human body ls chiefly composed of tissues and Ubres, as sensitive to every change in the condition of the atmosphere J?S the most delicate electrometer, or thc quicksilver in a barometer tube. The stomach, the skin, thc nerves, the lungs, and the excretory organs are especially liable to be affected by these variations, and the best de? fence against their disastrous tendency is to keep thc digestive machinery, which feeds and nour? ishes the whole system, iu good working order. If the stomach ls weak or disordered, neither the blood nor the bile can be lu a healthy state; aud upon the tltucss of these two important Hulda for the ?nices assigned to them by nature, and the regularity of their How, health In agreat measure depends. When the air ls heavily laden with chilling va? pors, as it often ls at this season of the year, thc digestion should bc au object of peculiar care. If lt ls weak and languid, the whole physical struc? ture will be enervated. If it ls vigorous, the en? tire organization will bc strong to resist thc un? toward and depressing latlucnce of a damp and vitiated atmosphere. A pure and powerful tonic Is therefore espe? cially needed as a safeguard against the diseases most common In the spring; and HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, being the most whole? some and potent medicine of the class at present known, a course of it ls particularly ad? visable at this period of the year. Thc stomach will thereby bc toned and strengthened, the liver aud bowels regulated, thc nervous system braced up, and nature put tu a state of active defence against thc miasma which superinduces inter? mittent and remittent fevers, rheumatism, ner? vous debility, headache, hypochondria and other complaints which are apt to assail the un toned and unfortified organizations. The body ls strengthened without exciting the brain, and consequently no unpleasant reaction follows Its reviving and renovating operation. fei>2S 6 GRAND EPOCH IN SCIENCE. From the time when, In 1834, Br. 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If not disposed of before Tuesday, March 8th, we shall sell the Stock at retail, at closing ont prices. MACOLLAR, WILLIAMS St PARKER. mehi 6_ pa- THE SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.-This Company has deposited $60,000 with the Comp? troller-General of this State, as required by law, and ls now prepared to continue Its business. : LOUIS SHERFESEE, Agent, ' mehi 2_No. 84 Broad street. . pa- NOTICE. - OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.-The Coupons for Interest on the Bonds of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company, guaranteed by the State of South Carolina, which mature March 1st, 1870, will be paid on presentation at the First Na? tional Bank of Charleston. fcb23 14_S. W. FISHER, Treasurer. p?- NOTICE.-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY,' ' CHARLESTON, S. 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