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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. UNINTERESTING DOINGS IN CON? GRESS. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] .WASHINGTON, March 15. The iron-clad oath was exacted from Strong as a preliminary to taking his scat. The House took the Funding bill from the table, and a contest is now progressing as to Its proper reference. Th-i Senate passed the House resolution giv? ing Stanton's widow one year's s Jary. A resolution was offered directing the in? quiry whether the Fifteenth amendment con? ferred suffrage on Indians. Thurman objected, saying the ratification was not yet proclaimed. Thc Georgia question will probably occupy the whole week. The deconstruction Committee agree to re? port the Texas bill similar to that for Missis? sippi. Tho Texas Congressional delegation visited the President to-day. The Senate Committee on Commerce agreed to report adversely on the bill to establish ports of entry at various points on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Thc Senate confirmed the following persons: To be ministers resident, Charles H. Lewis, of Virginia, to Portugal; Joseph Russell Jones, Illinois, to Belgium; C. C. Andrews, Minneso? ta, to Stockholm; Roocrt C. Kirk. Ohio, to Uraguay; W. R. Hardy, assessor of internal revenue for the Third Louisiana District; John C. Randall, postmaster. Oxford, Miss.; John G. Blackwell, receiver of public monies, Hunts? ville; Chas. C. Crowe, Alabama, register of j thc land office, Wyoming Land District. Thc President to-day replied to a resolution of the Senate, enclosing a communication from the Secretar}- of State, who gives the names of thirty States reported as having ratified the Fifteenth amendment, including New York, Indiana, Texas and Georgia. He does not as? sume to anticipate the action of Congress in defining the condition or relation of any State to thc Federal Government; he merely pre? sents a list of the resolutions proposing to ratify thc proposed amendment, of which no? tice has been transmitted to the Department of State, with thc dates of their respective adoption. The House debated it length whether to re? fer the Funding bill to i he Banking and Cur? rency or Ways and Means Committee, and finally voted to refer it to the latter. Antler reported a bill for thc admission of Texas, stating that it was identical with the Virginia and Mississippi bills, with the excep? tion of an additional provision that its passage shall not effect the conditions under which Texas was originally admitted. In response to an additional proviso offered by Wood, that, the State be admitted without qualification, except as stated in thc bill, Butler said ho had no objection except that it was useless. Beck also offered a substitute for the bill, reciting that the Texas constitution was re? publican in form, and that the State is entitled to representation. Both Wood and Beck's amendments were rejected by a party vote, and thc bill was then passed. Thc Deficiencv oiii was discussed, during which Farnsworth said two of thc granite con? tractors for the Charleston Customhouse and the Treasury extension were two men who had contracts tn connection with thc New York postoffice, Messrs. Lamed and Dixon, and remarked that they again had arms elbow deep in the treasury. Without disposing of the bill the House took a recess till seven. In the Senate, the Quakers want money to carry out their Indian views. Sumner wants money for a mixed college at Xenia, Ohio. The Judiciary Committee were directed to report regarding the status of the Indians un? der the Fifteenth amendment. The resolution for a joint Indian committee was defeated by the casting vote ol Colfax. Thc case of Georgia was resumed. An amendment was offered authorizing the Presi? dent to send troops into States to suppress dis? orders. Adjourned. FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Why ive Hear no more of the Sale of Ca dctshlps- .V False Alarm-The New Radical P o 1 i c y-Butler's Proposed Outrage-What is thought of it-Split ii. the Radicul Party Imminent Cuba-Thc Charleston Sitters of Merci , &c. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.! WASHINGTON, March 14. The reason why thc Investigation into tbe sale of appointments to the Military and Naval Academy by members of Congress has subsi? ded so quickly has not been publicly stated. It will bo remembered that during ibo discus? sion in the House on Whlttcmore's case, a New York member read an old statute known as thc Bribery act, which indicts fine and impris? onment on all persons who attempt to bribe an official of tho government. It was given general circulation in the report? ed debates, and from that day to this the committee have failed to find a good many im? portant witnesses, who, fearing that they would be liable to arrest for having testified that they offered and paid money to members for appointments, have kept out of the way. Thc reluctant witness Brooks, who paid Whi? temore the money for his cadetship, and who published in thc administration paper herc that he ''could buy Congressmen like sheep.'' j came very near being brought iq) under thc law named by some over-virtuous mern hers. But it turns out that these witnesses have been needlessly scared. In 18C2 Congress pro? vided, by another act, that no poison who tes? tified before a Congressional committee should bc liable toa criminal prosecution. At that time it was found necessary, in order to get wit? nesses, to pass some such law. In thc pending investigation this has been lost sight of, while the old act has been^revived just enough to alarm important witnesses, and to prevent full developments being made lu my last letter I alluded to the announce? ment made by a portion of the Republican party, of a new policy which proposed to grapple, through Congress, the throat of every State represented fully in both Senate and House. It ls intended to apply this at once to Tennessee. Butler, who has become the leader Of the Republican party, has the programme all mapped out, and to-day submitttd to iho^ Reconstruction Committee the draft of a bill to turn Governor Scntcr, of Tennessee, out of office, BS well as other officials elected last August, and to order through military and Civil Federal officials a new registration and a new election. Never, since tho day it was proposed in the House to build up thc Southern State governments at the point of the bayonet, has a proposition excited more alarm In and out of the Republi? can party or in the Northern country. That, individually, there is an entire willingness on the part of Radical Congressmen to initiate such a revolution, need not be doubted; but in a party view, with the Connecticut election on hand, there is a decided lack of courage as to the propriety of such a policy being boldly fulfilled just now, though it is admitted on all hands that the party has gone more than half way in passing the Georgia bill, in the very face of the fact that the State had a full repre? sentation in the last Congress. But, of course, just so long as Butler heads this movement, there is something more in it than appears on the surface, and it is well understood by his friends that he has learned that Grant is opposed to the Tennes? see programme. In fact, thc President told a Badical delegation thc other day that he could not send troops into that Slate, except in the proper way, by responding to au official call made from the Governor. This will only help Butler in driving in a wedge to spill the party in the House and light Grant. He has long desired to push Dawes, Farnsworth, Lo? gan and others over to thc Conservatives. If senators and member are disposed to be? lieve thc statements made by General Quesa da, who has just concluded a visit here as minister of the Cuban Republic, there will be some important votes in Congress ere long in favor of t!ie Cubau cause. He has almost completely reversed the general understand? ing here regarding the condition of the insur? gents. Instead of their being at tbs -'jump? ing off place," he declares that they hold two-thirds ol thc island; that their civil government is in full operation, and that their army was never better sup? plied than now. He says General Jordan has succeeded him in command, and has not resigned, and lias no intention of re? signing. He declares that thc revolution has suffered more from misrepresentations of the Spanish authorities, who control most of the news channels to the United States, than from any other cause. Quesada now intends lo make a trip to Eugl.ind and France to lay be? fore Clarendon and Napoleon the true condi? tion of things. He was so well pleased with his visit here that he declares he accomplished almost as much as if he had been a recognized minister. The Spanish Minister seemed much annoyed at the attention paid General Quesada The delegation of Sisters who arc here to obtain an appropriation from Congress for the Charleston Catholic Orphan Asylum, have not yet succeeded in their mission, though they have demonstrated very clearly to thc com? mittee that they took good care of Federal soldiers who were ill and wounded in your city at thc close of thc war. The appropria? tion asked is $20,000, and were it not for thc terrible economical pressure made upon every committee of Congress at this time, there would be little or no difficulty in obtaining that sum. 4 The case of Wallace against Simpson is again r Jerrod to a sub-Committee on Elections. ZETA. EUROPE. D.-nth or Count Dc Montai' mix ri-Thc Ocumt-uical Connell. PA HIS, March 1.1. Count tie Montnlembori, ciiici of thc Liberal Catholic party, ls dead. All the journal , In? cluding tlic ultramontane organs, appear in mourning. It is reported Count Daru, Minis? ter of Foreign Affairs, will Issue a manifesto explaining the policy of France toward thc Ocumenical Council. Count Daru has not demanded that France have a representative in thc Council, because of the proposed introduction of the dogma of infallibility, but on account of thc publication of the schema, winch seems to touch the ques? tion of Church and Slate. The official journals say there is no intvnlion ol'withdrawing the French troops from Home. They are there to defend the territorial rights, not the religious rights of thc Holy See. Th? Funeral of Prince dc Bourbon. MADKID, March 15. There was no public demonstatlon at the funeral of Prince de Bourbon. Thc Irish (tuctt ion. LONDON. March 13. The cabinet has decided oa the measure lo be submitted to Parliament for tho enforce? ment of the laws In Ireland. The Lord Lieu? tenant of Ireland is lo have power to proclaim martial law in districts where unusual trouble exists. Extraordinary powers of arrest and detention are granted to magistrates in such districts alter proclamation. In some cases police and jury trial are dispensed with. The police force is to be largely increased. Thc bill will be introduced Thursday by Fortescue, chief secretary for Ireland. The Search Tor Livingstone-Another Catastrophe at Sea. LONDON, .March 15. Letters from Zanzibar say that, the expedi? tion In search ot Dr. Livingstone was detained by the prevalence of cholera. The German ship Carrie and Jane was run down by n steamer of the Peninsula and Oriental Line, off thc coast ol* Japan. No details have been received. A Mob in Madrid. MADEID, March 15. Prim was assailed by an anti-conscription mob, but he succeeded in escaping unhurt. LATEST PROM CUBA. HAVANA, March 15. Gozencchc is about marching on Guaymaro. The Spaniards arc fortifying. Jordan's headquarters are at llanos. REVELS AXD TUE GEORGIA COLOR? ED PEOPLE. MACON, March 15. It is ascertained that if any mee ng of ch? ored legislators took place at Ai..uita a few days ago, it was a very small number, two thirds of them being known to be nt their homcs. The telegram to Revels had attached to it the signatures of coloren members with? out their consent or knowledge. A FLOOD OF CANADIAN SILVER. NEW YOKK, March 15. Three millions of silver ls coming from Can? ada for New York banks. ANOIUER GOLD FEVER. SAN FKANCISCO, March 15. The nish for the San Diego mines continues. It is reported that the Chinamen have been driven lrom the mines and several killed. -The very prettv optical illusion by which gold fishes and canary birds are made to ap? pear to be Joint occupants of a huge vase of water is getting to be popular. It is very sim? ple. Thc bottom of the vase is concavo-con? vex, the apex rising about fiReen Inches above the base of the circumference. This dome forms the superstructure of the bird cage, and the bottom, supplied with drawers and pro? perly ventilated, serves as a pedestal for the vase. Until recently this pretty arrangement has not been seen outside of museums. It is now getting to be a part of household orna? mentation. TUE TUSHING BILL. How it M ill Affect the National Banks. The bill just passed by the Senate will prob? ably be very much altered in thc House of Representatives. It does away with the sink? ing fund, and provides that all government bonds now held in the name of tbe United States, or which may hereafter bc purchased by the United States, shall be cancelled and destroyed. There are bonds bearing their sev? eral rates of interest provided for-4, 41 and 5 per cent The following are the provisions as t) national banks : SECTION 7. And be it further enacted. That on and after the first day bf October, 1S70, regis? tered bonds of any denomination not less than one thousand dollars, issued under the provi? sions of this act. and no ol hers, shall be de? posited with the Treasurer of the United States os security for the notes issued to national banking associations for circulation under an act entitled "An act to provide a. national cur? rency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June .'Jd, 18C4, and all national bankin?: associations organ? ized tinder said act, or any amendment thereof, arc hereby required to deposit bonds issued under this act ?us security for I heir circulating notes within one year from the date of the passage of this act, in default of which their rieht to issue notes for circulation shall be for relted, and the Treasurer and thc Comptroller of the Currency shall bc authorized and re? quired lo take such measures us may be neces? sary to call in and destroy their outstanding circulation, and to return the bonds held as security therefor lo the association by which, they were deposited, in sums of not less than one thousand dollars; provided that any such association now In existence may, upon giving thirty days* notice to thc Comptroller bf thc Currency," by resolution of its boaid ol'direc? tors, de'Kisit legal-tender liol es with t he Treas? urer of the United States to the amount of its outstanding circulation; and provided further that not more than one-third of the bonds de? posited by any bank as security shall be of either of the classes of bond? hereby author? ized on which the maximum /ale bf interest is fixed at four and one-half or live per cent, per annum. SECTION 8. And be it further enacted. That the amount of circulating notes which any bank may receive from the Comptroller of the Currency, under the provisions of section 21 of said act may equal but not exceed eighty per centum of the par value of the funds de? posited, but shall not exceed in the asgregatc the amount to which said bank may be enti? tled under this section. SECTION 9. And be it further enacted. That any banking association" organized, or to be organized, under the national currency act and the acts amendatory] thereof, may, upon depositing with the Treasurer United' States notes to an amount not less than fifty thou? sand dollars, receive an equal amount*ol reg 'stored bonds of the United Slates of the kind and description provided for by section .'! of this act. und may deposit the same as thc se? curity for the circulating notes, and thereupon such banking association shall he entitled lo. and shall receive, circulating notes upon terms and conditions, and to thc extent provided in mid national currency acts, and without re? spect to the limitation of the aggregate circu? lation of national currency prescribed by said acts: Prodded, however, that ?is circulating notes are issued under Hus section an equal amount of United States notes shall be can? celled and destroyed. TU ADE AND FINANCES. Thc Fall of Goltl nm! Its Effects. The tumble in gold and Us effects on the maltet form tho subject of un elaborate article in the New York Tribune, lroin which we con? dense thc following: The decline, it ls said, occurred at a very op? portune period for" retailers, but bore most heavily ou Importers; oftLas regards the ef? fect of a further decline until gold should reach par, "the opinion seems to be quite general thal, could specie payments be resumed, a very good business would be done in every branch of trade, and the merchants could a^ain t?o business at a profit." In the whole? sale trade lt ls stated that prints have been reduced from one to two couts per yam, the present prices being based on "the price of ixold and the raw cotton, and not on what it has actually cost, to manufacture them " Certain brands of bleached and brown goods have advanced from one to two cents per yard. Foreign goods have been more or less affected, some de? scriptions to the extent of ten cents per yard. Staple articles of dress goods are from" 10 to 15 per cent, lower than they were three weeks ago. Carpets of domestic manu? facture have deciined but 7A per cent., and for? eign linens about 5 per cent in the past three weeks. Laces, embroideries, Ac, have greatly declined; also mantles, silks and ribbons. American silks and Italian cloths have been red..ced In price, the latter from IS to 20 per cent. Shawls have declined 10 to 121 percent. The boot and shoe trade, it is said, will not bc affected, as labor is high, nnd tho price of leather is advancing. Groceries of all descrip? tions are selling very far below the ruling prices ol'last year. Coffee has fallon from 45 cents lo 35 cents. Two months ago the best while sugar was quoted at 20 cenls by the barrel. The same quality of sugar ls now offered at 12.; cents. Flour is offered al S7 a barrel, which lust year cost $16. 'fens declined last week 10 cents to 15 cents. A year ago Hie best butter sold lor 55 cents. At present it stands ut 40 cenls. The Funding Bill. The New York Express of Saturday evening says : Thc gold room presented a very quiet aspect this afternoon, strangely in contrast with thc excitement and activity of the previous days of the week, lite Funding bill was much dis? cussed, but it is rapidly losing its charms ?ts a scarecrow in the gold room. This was plainly seen in the strength of thu market during the afternoon. There is a growing conviction that the bill, as it passed the Senate, must fail in the House, where the national bank influence is very great. The discussion in the Senate on this Funding bill luis seriously Injured the spring trade, and caused a general shrinkage in values to the extent of hundreds ol' mil? lions ol'dollars. The passage of the Funding bill in the Senate was made the basis of a fresh raid on the gold marker. The' price opened at 12, fell to ll|, and closed al 12.}. A letter from Washington of Saturday says: It is slated that on Saturday senator Sher? man saw President Grant shortly after the Executive had been visited by a delegation of bank officers In regard to Hie Funding bill, and that the senator said he felt sure the banks had been well treated in thc Funding bill, and was positive that they would ultimately be bene titted thereby; besides aiding in placing the government on a sure fooling. Thc President expressed himself emphatically in laror of Un? bill as passed, the amendments having been explained to him by senator Shcnnuu. Specie Resumption. Tlie Chicago Tribune, in an article on re? sumption of specie payments, makes Hie fol? lowing suggestion : The law authorizing the e of the frac? tional currency leaves thc provisions for its redemption lo the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, only rest ricting its total vol? ume to850,000,000. II. then. Secretary Bout weil really hus specie resumption in view, there is an opportunity for him to take the first step In that direction by importing a few millions of silver from Canada, and announc? ing t hutue will redeem fractional currency in fractional silver. If, at the same lime, the small bills of thc greenbacks be gradually .withdrawn and large denominations issued in their place, the necessity lor small bills and fractional money would be the means of estab? lishing specie resumption at once on $40,000, 000 or $50,000,000 of our circulation, and would eventually be the means of drawing gold into circulation. -"Ticket, sir ?" said a railroad conductor, passing through one ot' the trains the other day, to a passenger. "My face is my ticket." replied ihe other, a little, vexed. "Indeed !" said conductor, rolllnir back his wristband, und displaying a most powerful bunch of fives, "well, nfy orders are to punch all tickets pass? ing over thia road.'' THE BEA UX OF THE PERIOD. D0.\T PUTT'S VIEWS ABOUT "SOCIETY" IX TUE NATIONAL CAPITAL. WliifTets-How Escorts to the Opera are Obtained-B r 1 b e s for Beaux-T h e Story of an Artful Youth. Don Pia?, the witty and observant Wash? ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Com? mercial, thus discourses of " The Coming Men :*' ? I could not help noticing, the other night, while being jammed In a corner and looking upon thc muddle of petticoated and panta looned humanity that, streamed Into that ill ventilated, dirty, uncomfortable fire-trap, called the National Theatre, the odd appear? ance of the young men who convoyed fleets of feminine fashionables. Every little fellow had two or three females under charge, and lt struck me back ol the eyes that these ladies must be badly oil'for masculine entertainment to accept such escorts. These.forked vega bles are such diminutive specimens-such weasel-laced little whiffets, turned ont to the world by remorseless fashion in abbreviated coats and tight pantaloons, that show, alas, what they are, and not what they were meant tobe. Ju their faces one finds as much ex? pression as In an old flppenny-blt, and In their bodies just enough muscle to do the round dances. This is not peculiar to thc capital. One see3 thc melancholy fact in every social centre ol our degenerate country, and while satin is exhausting itsell upon female dress, thc fash? ionable young man ?3 turned out in a get-up enough ridiculous to make an undertaker die laughing. The short coat terminates at that point where the body ends and the legs begin. From the lower boundary line of said garment there ls a precipitous descent in the slender sticks of legi?, that, the pit'less nether garments cling to, and suggest pipe-stems, weak and brittle. Since Arthur Patrick visited us, blue neck? ties and slender silk umbrellas appear above said legs, and the weakly youth walks with a long stride, suggestive ot cranes In post-pran? dial vibrations. No other country in the world can make such an exhibit ot whiffets. Savans who have studied thc subject tell me thal this weakly race comes of mothers made Incapable of vigo? rous offspring by fashionable living and fash? ionable dressing. In Europe, a girl has a good healthy run as a girl, before entering upon married life. But with us a girl graduates half-fledged int? full fashion, and becomes a leader of society, to churn up, night after night, bad champagne, sour ice cream and indigestible cake In round dances, until she captures a whiffet, and be? comes the weakly mother of whiffets. I don't, however, put lt nil on the woman, as that old scoundrel Adam did. Men make their bdunes in this country, and In tho hot pur? suit of wealth neglect not only their own health, but their children. Mammon takes the parent, and the devil takes the children. Time was when the social evil received its supply from the ignorant-the lower classes as we are pleased'to call them. This ls some? what changed. An eminent philanthropist of New York, who has devoted much time and labor in this field, told mc. last winter, that I would be astonished to lind what a proportion of this degraded class was not only educated, bul accomplished. One could expect this after a little thought. In HIP financial reverses that are now so common since our business 1ms come to be gambling, our most helpless peo? ple, the wives, and daughters of men once wealthy, are thrown out to starve. There are so few .sources of support open to women, and especially cultivated women, that they are driven by starvation to vice. But to return to my mutton-my lambs. I wan making tlu> remmk wut,niu?t me leeuie appearance of the youth of society to Mrs.-, niv brilliant friend, ulirlit before last, when she burst into a peal ol'" silvery laughter, and said : "You don't know half. The youth you no? ticed are the society men here, and are used by the mothers and daughters as so many con? veniences. Do you know that when acting as escort to the opera, for example, they are fur? nishing these beaux not only with tickets but carriages ? They are put to no expense save for gloves and neckties. After awhile these even will be furnished the harmless Innocents. The mother, for example, addresses the fol? lowing note to the proposed escort: " '.V// Dear Mr. Lillypup: 'We lind ourselves in possession ol a box at Hie opera to-nlglit, but Mr. Ball is so busy he cannot sparc time for such a luxury. May we count on you to escort us ? Yours sincerely, Ac* "And now wlieu one of these properties of society invites a ladv to a reception, bail, or parly, he ls expected to meet lier at the dress? ing-room, and alterward help her to her car? riage. Tlie young man is run on the most eco? nomical principles." "Why, who are they ?"' ??."Well, many ol'them are sons of old aristo? cratic families here, fallen into decay. Others ure government officials. It is not uncommon for Cabinet officers, having daughters on their hands, to appoint certain young fellows of fin? ished extremities to office, that they may dance attendance on Hie girls, and be useful. I know of quite a little romance of the latter class. Young Hamilton Camp, known as liam. Camp, came up to Hie capltul from Hie back? woods, about as awkward and green ayouth as you ever run away from. He was poor, of poor family, and bod educated himself by working during the summer to have means for school? ing in Hie winter. He was one ol'those knolty headed, shrewd fellows, always looking out for self. He found himself here, bent on office, with a few hundred dollars in pocket, and no end of confidence in himself. He took the measure ol' men, and, what is more, the measure of the women, and planned his campaign according? ly. It was original. Sleeping in an attic, and regulating Iiis diet on the most economic scale, he expended his means on a tailor and dancing-maslcr." "Andi should say that Ham. Camp was a donkey." "Wait a blt. He appeared at all the recep? tions, balls and parties to which he could gain access, and as lie soon came to be recognized as an ornament, balls and parUes opened be? fore him. And ut all of them he was very at? tentive lo the lovely und accomplished daugh? ter of the Hon.-, of the Cabinet." "1 see, the old story of love lifting thc low? ly." "Walt a bit. He had the adroit flattery of the cars. He lisleued with the lntensest in? terest to all the little troubles of Miss - , and caine in time to be necessary to her happiness in Hie ball-room. Ile never breathed a word of love, or what was more important to him, of office. The season drew to a close, and liam. Camp round himself out of money. He suddenly disappeared from society. One day Miss-met him on the avenue, and held out her two little hands. 'Where have yon been, von naughty man V she cried. He made nu response, but as they walked along he quietly gave lier what she had long before given hun, a conli.Ience, ami told of his ambition, poverty, ami hinted at. his love. A Tew days alter be was appointed to the best office in the depart? ment, over which Hie Hon. father presided." "Ami they lived in peace and died iu adipose -as the children say.'' ..Not lo any extent. Ham. was very audi? tive lo Hie daughter, but never told his love. Less than a year alter lils appointment a change in the administration drove the Hon. papa from his place. Ham. saw the trouble coming and was prepared. He did not court the successor, but he did court most assidu? ously the rich widow Jap?nica, then on the crest ol' fashionable society in Wushinglon. She did not encourage his love, but better still, became lils wann supporter. So that when Ham. was bowed out of his nice place, it was to go into another and better." "And he sold himself to the widow?" "Not much. She married a tirsLclass mis? sion, wilh a title, and went abroad." "Uood Lord, is this man going to court eve? rybody, and marry no one ?" "He" married at last. The war came on and a shrewd money-getting little creature by the name of Cranks died one day, leaving a fat widow and some fatter contracts. Ham. mar? ried the widow and the contracts, and now he ls a millionaire. Next winter he proposes to buy his way to the Senate and help rule this troubled laud." "What a cold-blooded rascal; and I suppose little Miss-, lils first love, died of a broken heart?" "It may have been broken. Every woman's heart, sooner or later, is broken. Be that 113 it may. it did not prevent her marrying one of tlie richest men In all these United States-and she ls the gayest creature you e? cr saw." 4iAnd so ends this eventful history." HOW THE ONEIDA. WENT BOWN. Thrilling Account of the Disaster hy One who went Down with the Ship-. A Miraculous Escape. We copy the following Interesting extracts from a letter written to his sister by Mr. W. W. Crowninshield, the clerk of Captain Williams, of the United States steamer Oneida. The let? ter was written without any view to publica? tion, but the deep interest in the subject makes it of special importance and value : YOKOUAMA, JAPAN, January 2fi. The Oneida is no more ! but, thank Heaven. [ am one of thc survivors of an awful catas? trophe. We started two days ago with our ship for Hong Kong, and in two hours our good vessel was at the bottom, having been run into by an English steamer belonging to the Peninsula and Oriental-Company. All are drowned, but Dr. Suddards, Mr. Yates, the boatswain, ilfty-two men, and myself. My escape was most miraculous. AL the time of tlie collision I was asleep in the cabin, on the transom, at about ten minutes to 7 In the even? ing. Thc steamer struck us near thc fore part of the cabin. I found myself on thc floor. Just coming to from being stunned, and, on open? ing my eyes, I saw the whole stern was cut off and all exposed to the starlight. I had sense enough to climb out of the stern over to thc spar deck, and to look down into thc cabin to see If Captain Williams was lhere, but could not see him. I seized a cap within reach and nut it on with the strap under my chin. I had on a thick suit, overcoat and boots. I went to thc quarter-deck, met Pay? master Tullock, and Inquired how thc disaster happened. I met Captain Wil? liams and told him how serious the damage was. He wasgoing on the bridge. I spoke to one or two more officers, and Anding tlie ship was sinking, I went into the main rigging, and in five minutes our good ship commenced to sink rapidly. I was ten feet above the rall. When she had sunk so xs to have Hie water reach me, I pushed myself as far away from the ship as I could, but the vortex carried me down, and it was a longtime ere I camelo the surfuce. When I did I saw nothing of the ship, but many heads above water. I saw one of our boats near by me, and had lust strength enough to reach her. I was pulled on board exhausted, and found Mr. Yates, with thirty seven of the crew, on board. We steered for the nearest land, four miles away as near as 1 could Judge. I was nearly frozen, and soon had a chill; but after awhile we came near the beach, and made a landing in the surf, where I was Just able lo get ashore, being very stiff with the cold. We reached a Japanese Til? lage, and found shelter and rest for the night, twenty-eight miles from Yokohama. My heart is too full to tell you more of myself, although all I had went down in thc ship. Captain Williams acted as bravely as he has always done. He would not leave his post on the bridge, although lie was almost pulled away, and when urged by Mr. Yates, replied. '.I go down willi my ship." A petty officer urging him lo go, he grasped the iron rail, and said, "No, this is my place, and here I remain." Cod bless him ! the country and the world have lost a noble officer, who died rather than leave what he considered his post of duty. This heroic conduct was followed by every officer and manon board the ship; notasoitl who had a sbttlon left lt, but faced death in such ti manner that makes me feel proud: we were Americans, and were it not for you all at home, I could w ish I was locked In their arms. The Oneida was the favorite*;) ship of the sta? tion. Could you see what the popular leeling Jh" ??taS?"40^ m ?lfiSfri (Jotter than I did. Wc left the port under the most favorable auspices, the ship homeward bound. All the men-of-war cheered us, the merchant ships dipped their flags, telling us of their good wishes for a safe* and pleasant passage home. But in one hour we were facing death as only Americans cando, for not a murmur, not a cry was heard when tlie good ship Onei? da (which had done her duty through thc war) was sinking, and every one knew that meant death. Through all my experience during thc war I saw nothing Lo compare with it. But I cannot write more-my heart is too full. January 29.-Nothing hos been heard from the ship or the crew; no doubt the rest have gone down to thc depths of the sea. Some pieces ol* the wreck have been seen along the shore, and among them an empty trunk of mine which was stowed away. Boats have been looking out and arc still doing so for any bodies which may come to thc surface. The ship's name lhat ran into us is thc Bora bay. Thc captain ls having an Investlghtion, boi li as regards t he collision and his conduct In leaving us. It will go hard with him, for had he stopped and lowered his boats he could have saved nearly all on board. Our minister ls conducting the case on behalf of tue living and the dead, and the case is strong against the British. January 31.-Thc Investigation drags slowly along. Last evening they lound the ship, anil have marked the spot. The ends of the masts are visible some foot or two at low water. No bodies have been found vet; but lt is hardly time for any to appear, tlie water and weather being so cold. In a day or two we shall have the melancholy duty bf Identifying them, as as all Japanese fishermen have orders, under penalty of death, to bring all effects saved to Yokohama. Tlie Nsw York Tribune's Yokohama corres? pondent gives the following extract from the testimony of Lieutenant Clemens, of her British Majesty's ship Ocean: Upon thc arrival of the Bombay, I went on board for our locked mail, and in conversation willi Captain Arthur Wellesley Eyre, he said: '.I have to-night cut ii whole quarter off a d-d Yankee frigate, and I served her bloody well right, for I met her as I came up running out with her helm a-slurboard." hither the doc? tor, in tho presence of the captain, or Captain Byre, in the presence ot' the doctor, said her siiles were so badly .?love, that as she drifted past ns one could see into the officers' cabin. Thc evidence as to the unparalleled inhu? manity of Captain Eyre, ol the Bombay, accu? mulates. A letter from United States Consul Shepherd, at JeddO, conveying the sad tidings of the loss nf Lieutenant Commander Stewart, of the Oneida, tu his father, says thal upon the collision All rushed on deck nntl look their several positions. Prom the bridge Lieutenant Com? mander Stewart hailed tuc Bombay, saying "Ship ahoy! Stand by us; you've cut us down!" But. the Bombay kept ou and made no reply. Again he cried, uFor (?od s sake stand by: you have cut IIS In two 1" But. no answer, and* on the Bombay went. Your son undone of the midshipmen (Adams) loaded and fired three guns: Hie engineer turned on the whistle-all of which the captain of the Bombay says he did not hear, and did not even stop to see what damage he had done, which, bad he have done, all or nearly all might have been saved. Twenty miles away, at Yokohama. Hie guns were distinctly bearii, and still ibis brute of a captain, not more than a mile away, says he did not hear I hem or see the flash. IfATTERS IN GEORGIA. The Sun says Columbus cotton speculators have lost $300*000 this season. T. J. Murphy, a printer, attempted to com? mit suicide iii Atlanla. Thursday night, by stabbing himself in the left breast and bead. An accident occurred on thc Atlantic and Gulf Railroad on Friday, by which the mail, express and baggagu cars were demolished, and a negro woman seriously injured. The silvan nail Republican reports that the steamer San Salvador brought to that port, on Wednesday last, eleven German immigrants, who remained in that city until Thursday last, when Hwy departed for thc Interior of Geor gin. having purchased lands on the line of thc Macon and Brunswick Itailroad on which to settle. They were a sturdy body of young The Augusta Chronicle says : "Thc Langlev Manufacturing Company is meeting with ail the success that it could desire. Mr. Langley ls now in Charleston getting subscriptions from that city, and live hundred shares have already been taken by the Charlestonians. From Charleston Mr. Langley will go to Sa? vannah, where no doubt the remaining five hundred and ninety shares will be subscribed by the enterprising meu of the Forest City." VARIETIES. -Advertising is the financial railway to suc? cess. It is an art possessed by a few; but these few are the merchant princes of to-day. -Sidney Smith once said: "Philanthropy ls a universal sentiment ot the human heart. Whenever A sees B in trouble he always wants C to help him." -The executioner of Paris has been by turns a navy [surgeon, a bill broker, a commission merchant and a gulllotinlst. First he lanced, then lie shaved, then he scalped, then he be? headed. -Whittemore, like one of his illustrious pre? decessors of Congress, knows no North no South-in fact, no point in thc compass, except one, on which he Is particularly strong-West Point. -The New York Post in noting the proposed revision of the Bible by the English bishops, reminds commentators that Elijah is the only one of the prophets who was literally trans? lated. -Rev. Henry W. Bellows makes this state? ment of Unitarian belief: "Unitarians believe in Jesus Christ as Son of God and Son of Man -a supernatural messenger and divinely ap? pointed Cuide and Saviour." -Observant Frenchmen, skilled in medical science, report, as the result of much investi? gation and observation, that since women have loosened their corsets Hie annual mor? tality has decreased eighteen and a half per cent. -This notice is printed at the bottom of the playbills at Booth's theatre : "Spectators are requested to remain seated till the close of the play, tts the noise made in departing, by the impatient lew, mars the pleasure of the more Intellectual persons in the audience who wish to witness the completion of the performance.'? The "?inpatient few" are supposed to stay at home now-a-day8, for every one remains quiet? ly seated until Hie curtain falls upon Hamlet's dying words. Or ls lt possible that the "impa? tient few" remain against their natural desire, for the sake of being classed with the "more intellectual" part of the audience ? -The Birmingham Post informs Its great midland public that "grandeur in size and thoroughness In principle are generally among the characteristics of things and people of America. Their railways count their lengths by hundreds of miles, where ours are meas? ured by tens; their orchestras embrance the performance of armies of blacksmiths and large detachments of artil'ery; and their or? dinary party movements In politics assume the dimensions of immense organizations, with .platforms' which are to modify not only the action, but thc character of the population of the whole country. They will pay offa great national debt while wc arc counting what thc interest will amount to, and will add a province or create a new State while we are setting the boundaries of an assize district. On the same magnificent scale most of their operations are planned, and in their trade strikes they main lain the dignity of their nation." TUE STEAMSHIP SM IDT. Her Safo Arrival at N?w York-State? ment ot" inc ca ptain.-' The long-looked for steamer Smidt, Captain Gerhard Schwere, from Bremen, with two hun? dred and ninety-four passengers, arrived at New Vork on Friday, as stated briefly by tele? graph. The following is the statement of Cup tain Schwere: The steamship Smldt left the port of Bremen on the llth ot'January, with two hundred and ninety-six passengers, twelve of whom were cabin passengers. There were forty-eight offi? cers and crew, and the captain. At first we had a splendid run, with light winds and fine weather. About five days after being out the weather changed to stormy. There was a succession of violent hur? ricanes, lasting thirteen days. On the eleventh day of this weather (about the <ith ot February,) when the ship was In latitude 31 and longitude 32, she was struck by a heavy sea, while the screw was out of water, and the engines were disabled. The follower of the piston was broken, and the engines were in other respects much Injured. 1 could not say that the hurricane came from any particu? lar polut; it veered all round the compass-to the left. The ship was not Injured In any other respect. We were obliged to lay to for twelve days lo repair engines. While the storm was raging we eaw two English ships. They saw our euslgn and rend it, but did not give their own In reply. We also saw a large three-mast? ed steamer; we could not make out whether she was full-rigged or not; she was boned east? ward; she showed regular steamer lights. We also saw some wreck stuff-beams und deck, and plank, but no spare that would enable us to tell what the character of the vessel was. Of course we knew nothing about thc delay of the City of Boston then. We saw nothing like steamer wreck stuff. The steamer that we saw appeared to bc run? ning under lull headway, and we had no chance to exchange signals, the weather was so bad. We saw her about 10 o'clock at night At 4 o'clock the following morning the hurricane Increased in fury, but on the second day aller the injury lo the engine, the storm iel!, and we had fairweather during Ihe rest of the pas? sage. We iay to lor twelve days repairing, and after that we could only go at halt speed, about 44 knols an hour. We were obliged to take Ihe southern passage by thc Azores. We were down as low as thc 23d parallel of latitude, but ran mostly In the 30th parallel. The winds were westerly ; we found there were no trade winds, and were obliged all the time to keep a little to the north? ward. We came Into the Gulf stream In the 30tli parallel. We saw no land on this coast until we came in sight of the Delaware light vessel on the Five Fathom bank, which wc sighted at eight o'clock last night, Mardi lOlh. We were signalled outside this port at ll o'clock tills morning, ami arrived at quaran? tine al 3 o'clock. During Hie whole of the voy? age we have had pleiilv ol'provisions and coal. 1 have now about 150 tons of coal in Hie bunk? ers. All the passengers ami crew have en? joyed excellent health. We have bad but one death, that ol'a little boy, and we have had two births on board, a boy and a girl. TABOR AND WAGES IN PARIS. A Daile Picture. A correspondent of the Boston Journal writes : lu Paris capital wars agains: labor, beats it down, tramples on it. The lew exceptions prove the rule. In a series of familiar pic? tures I can show you the beneficial results of co-operation in Paris, and the horrible condi? tion of those outside its pale. The status of the workingwoman at Paris and Lyons may be taken as a fair sample of what it is else? where in France when she is unprotected. The last trustworthy statistics of the wages of these women in Paris were published in 1800, and we need only add about ten per cent, to allow for the Increase of population, and lind nearly what the aggregate is now. In 18GJ there were in the French capital 17.203 women who earned from 50 centimes (10 cents,) to 1 franc 25 centimes (25 cents) per day; 88,340 women who earned from 1 franc 50 centimes to 4 francs dally; and only about 800 women, all told, who earu from ? francs to 7 francs dally. This at once gives an idea of the distress which even the woman born In Paris, not to speak of lier who is suddenly thrown unpro? tected on the great city, must undergo in liv? ing honestly. Think, also, that the average number ol' days in which work can be had by these women is only 232 in a year. Is it any wonder lliey are dissolute ? There were, at the same period when the above statistics appeared, 60,080 workmen earning omy from 1 to 3 francs daily, 211,021 gaining from 3 francs 25 centimes to t? francs, and I?,U?? Wim wages 01 ii om o uauw -<J times to 20 francs daily. About 20,000 appren? tices of both sexes were receiving the munifi? cent sum of 10 cents per day; and 45,000 men, women and children were receiving an aver? age of 4 francs 50 centimes dally. This brought the total of dally wages to the class? ouvri?re up to 1,815,753 francs dally, with about the same number of working days In the year for men as for women. The annual gain of a wo? man In Paris is but a trifle over $100, while, even in the most humble circumstances, the demands of her existence require an expendi? ture ol fifty per cent. more. The average ex? pense possible for a woman in Paris, consid? ering what she gains, is about one franc and a half. Thirty cents a day is hardly adequate to any one's emergencies in a small city, much less In a cosmopolite capital. Existence becomes problematical with the woman-a question of virtue-of submission to the world's caprices; with the man it Is a moderate torment, drown? ed in dissipation or revolutionary excitement. Paris is a cauldron in which the elements- - of co-operation are bubbling and simmering constantly. The action of the working class will influence that of the workers all over the continent A strike of some particular trade's members in Paris ls now followed almost cer? tainly by the same thing in Naples and Madrid. War against capital is declared, because capi? tal will not co-operate amicably. A new in? stance has just come to light In the great strike at Creuzot where the workmen, despairing of their liberty otherwise, have undertaken co? operation themselves, and will rival the parent works in making locomotives and cannons, unless the government tramples them down. 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