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tn ; i ii iii F. YT_1MTTMRF.R 1891. CHARLESTON, TU. S DAY MORNING. JANUARY 30, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE POLITICAL WHIRLIGIG. THE LIBERAI, REPUBLICAN MOVE? MENT. What the Tribune and Post Think of It-Gratz Brown'? Strong Points as a Candidate-A Democrat for' Vice President-Greeley to have a Bronze Statue-Ed 1 to r t ?1 Compliments Feehter*s New Theatre. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, January 27. The call Issued by Ihe Liberal Republicans or Missouri for a national convention, to meet at Cincinnati on the 6th of May, solves the difficulty about the inauguration of an anti Grant movement among ihe Republican?. It is the flist step towards giving shape and co? hesiveness to the new party, which looks towards forming a coalition with the Demo? crats to defeat Grant in the next Presidential I election. It is of interest to observe how the avowed anti-admloistratlcn Republican Jour? nals In this city regard the new movement. The Ti ibu ne, wh'le it does not venture to ap . prose lt, says nothing against it. It calls at? tention to the action ot the Missourians as a warning to the party that lt cannot afford to risk mcee.-s by nominating a man with whom so large a section of Republicans are dissatis? fied. The Post shows a strone leaning towards the movement, but hopes Hut General Grant's friends may yet heal the breach by Inducing htm to withdraw. It ls patent that both o these Influential organs of the anti-Grant Re? publican; are ready io endorse the action ot the Cincinnati Convention, if it will give them . a popular Republican to support for President. Wno will the candidate be? Coming as the movement does from Missouri, It would seem to be In the interest ol Gratz Brown. I have heard anti-admiolstration Republican? here say that a ticket with Brown for PresldenPand Governor Parker, of New Jersey, for Vlce Pretidenr, would be acceptable to them. They are willing lo give the second place to any Democrat of unobjectionable war record. John Quincy Adams, General Hancock, Samuel J. ' Tilden, and Governor Randolph, of New Jer? sey, are mentioned In the caine connection. The friends of Justice Dav!-, ot ihe Supreme -Court, are still actively working to get the Democrats to nominate him for President. The Sun keeps the names of Trumbull for President and Tilden for vice-President at Its editorial head. It is known, too, that Mr. Greeley has hopes. So does every man who once gets the Presidential maggot in bis brain. Gratz Brown's availability as the general op? position candidate seems to have made the stronger Impression OD the public mind. It ls urgea-tbat be possesses a combination of sue ceesiul elements. He ls acceptable to Repub? licans because he was an early and consistent aoti-'*slaveryn mao. He ls acceptable lo Dem? ocrats because he was originally a Democrat, and has never differed from the party on any cardinal points, except the one which ls now ? settled and At ol the way. He ls acceptable to the West because he ls a revenujyreformer. He ls acceptable to the South because he ls a Kentuckian, boro of an old Virginia family, ancfclearned his statesmanship at the feet of bis distinguished father, Senator Brown, of Kentucky, the bosom friend and disciple ol Jefferson. He ls acceptable to the great con? trolling German element of the Northwest be? cause ne ls of German extraction on his ? mother's side, and the intimate political associate of Senator Schurz, who says he will support him In opposition to Grant. He ls acceptable to the ''morality" ele? ment because he Is a practical though not a fanatical temperance man, and a -gentleman of unimpeachable private charac? ter; and, fioaliy, his culture as a scholar, his 'experience as a legislator and statesman, bis affable personal manners, and his Indifference to office, except as a means to accompli-h so me public purpose, areexpeoted to win the este*-m of the American people at large. These are the fair things bis friends say of him. In explanation of the last noticed fea? ture lo his character, we are reminded that he held the office of United States senator from Ml-BOU il for three years only, and then re? signed and retired to private life, because, SB he expressed lr, '?Missouri had other men who coula s, rve her as well in the Senate as him? self.? Mr. Greeley ls lo have a brazen statue. Tue placing of the effigy of Franklin at one end oL Printing House Square has suggested to the newspaper fraternity the propriety of giving the other end to a statue of "Our later Frank? lin," as the poet Whittier calls the editor ol' the Tribune. A subscription was 6taited a few days ago, and in a short time $10,000 were {nit down for the purpose, Dana, of the Suo, ending off with $500. The proposed spot lor the Greeley statue ls the space la front the new Staats Zeitung building, formerly Tryon Row. It ls doubtful If the editors of the Times could be luduced to give much towards the glorifying In bronza of their most relentless loe. Mr. Greeley has Invented the term "John Thomas" as descriptive ot the Times. It is probably In allusion to the circumstance that a London cockney is the editorial mana? ger of that paper. The leading dailies Indulge In many pet names In describing each other. The Tribune usually a'ludes to the Herald as the "Baily BJaiUtr.-klie," the Times is "John Thomas" and ihe World ts ridiculed for its "arithmetic man"in reference toils hopeful figuring about election times. The Herald's complimentary titles lor Its rivals will be re? membered, though since old Mr. Bennett's -retirement they have been dropped. The .editor or the World was "Mmtiilni Marble," be of the Tribune was "Massa Greeley," and Raymond, ot the Times, was the "Little Vil? lain." Tne Sun Impartially blackguards all its contemporaries, but "Our later Franki.;," gets most of Its mud. Hr. Charles Fechter, the London favorite, has resolved to try theatrical managership lu New York. He has purchased the building on Fourteenth street, originally known as the Theatre Fran?ais, and bas expended ninety thousand dollars in fitting lt up. Some of ihe Interior arrangements are novel, and we might almost add experimental. He dispenses with footlights and bides his orchestra under ihe stage. He also gives a pan of the parquette ; to a fountain which will throw up water while the band plays between the acis. He ls now In England selecting a company, and will re? turn lu lime to open the house in March, when he will give the public spectacular plays In the style oi those which'were so attractive under bis long management at the Princess Theatre in London. His New York.temple is to be re? christened "The Lyceum." Nra. PLANNING GRANT'S DEFEAT. T&t Sorehead Compromise-Plans of the Conspirators - Trumbull or Gratz Brown for the Presidency-Hancuclc or Joel Parker for the Vice-Presi? dency. [Washington Correspondence or the N. T. Herald.] The recalcitrant Republican element is ?lowly crystallizing into formal and active dis? content, and the Democracy is shaping its course to acquiesce IQ t^je action ol the sore beads. The convention ot the discontented Republicans will certainly be held In Cincin? nati almost immediately after the Philadelphia Convention, and lt will prepare both the ticket and the platform for the Democratic party. The Democratic oonvention will not be * field till late In the summer, and ihen only to accept and ratify the work of the sorehead Republicans. This much is already under? stood between the politicians here, and Just now they are holdinz long and frequent con? sultations OD the subject. Tne difficulty will be In the choice or a candidate for Pres? ident, the Democrats being div ded as lo whom the recalcitrant Republicans ought to select. The Indiana leaders, including Hendilcks and Voorhees. are understood to favor Trumbull, while 6ome of the best menin the House prefer Judge Davis of Illinois, or Gratz Brown, of Missouri. With a good many the favorite ticket is Brown for President and Governor Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for vice-President. But Trumbull ls earnestly at work to secure the nomination for himself, end he has many strong backers, A consulta Uon by his friends-among whom are counted Senator Davis, of West. Virginia, Senator Fen? ton and ex-Senator Hendricks-wlll be held in this city earlv next week to agree and deter? mine upon the best policy to be pursued in (his crisis. Dan Vobrheep. who ha? just ceased crying over Ihe split milk of the new departure, thinks himself, however mistakenly, the Dem? ocratic Atlas who must bear the whole world on his shoulder-, and he has assumed to bo the director-general of Ihe grand menage? rie. His show ls not in very good order as yet, but men stronger than he are laboring to put other Republican States besides Missouri luto an attitude hostile to the administration. Governor Blair, of Michigan, with ex-Con? gressman Driggs, who have cot Into a very uncomfortable state ol' mind in regard to Sen? ator Chandler, and the senator In a like con? dition as regards them, are. to lead In carrying their Slate for the new parly. Senator Fenton, logether with Mr. Greeley and the other mal? content?, ls to take charge of New York, and he ls warm for Ihe work. Senator Morrell, of | Maine, who is not on good terms with his col? league or with Speaker Blaine, ls expected, with what show of reason ls not so apparent, lo make his State once more hostile to Repub? lican rule. Mr. Geo. w. Julian and Represen? tative Shanks are counted upon to play the dissatisfied Rep?blica n part in Indiana; Senator Logan and Representatives Farnsworth and Farwell, or Illinois, to guard Trumbull's or anybody else's interests in that Stat-, and even Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, may be prevailed upon to do tue Fame thing in bis own State. This is the condition in which the Democratic muddle Stauda at present, and there has been so little courage Bhown by the leaders of that party in Congress, and no real work accom? plished by them, that lt is not expected their consultations will result in anything of great significance. But the Democracy see that they have no chance as a party, and the readi? ness with which the leaders accept the situa? tion is surprising, many of them, particularly the Southern men, even going so far as to be ready for a completo reorganization of the party. The State ruction fights ot the Repub? licans are expected to be the sirong element in carrying doubtful Slates, and as the condi? tion pf ihe Republican party in most of thu States ls uot unlike Its condition In New York, ?reat things are counted upon on this head, n ihe matter of a candidate much anxiety and some magnanimity is manifested, and a very sirong effort is to oe made to induce General Hancock to accept the nomination for Vice President ona ticket with Trumbull, should the conferences which are mapping out the work? ing of the prospective Cincinnati convention finally agree upon Trumbull's nomination. Hendricks ask nothing for himself and ls wil? ling t help anybody, and the same thing is true 01 a number of others who have been con? sidered Presidential aspirants. A SHOOTING AFFAIR IN ABBEVILLE. [From the Columbia Onion.] In these piping times of peace, the poor local editors fare nard. The world seems to have no safe place wherein they may hide from persecution, wUzinsr bullets aud the cowhide, yet they are expected to be every? where, then, and lhere to tell the tr nih, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and so help them-, with Ingenuity of no small de? gree to dodge the consequences. Io addition to the ho rsc-whipping's, shootings about, harangues in public bodies, ?fcc.; ?c., of the past week, regarding the poor, locals, another of the fraternity, Mr. Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Press and Banner, was ''gone for" after the usual style. From what is stated, lt appears the lccil bad said something about somebody ia connection with the recent fire there, which caused hard feelings, and result? ed In Mr. Wilson being wounded In the coat, just grazing the flesh, bv a shot from a pistol in the hands of Mr. Walter Gray, of that vil? lage. So it is reported. THE SOUTHERN RICE INTEREST. The Argument Before ibe Committee or | Congress on the Question of Reducing the Duiy. A Washington telegram gives the following particulars of the hearing before the House committee of ways and means of the parties interested In the rice duties: Petitions were presented from wholesale grocers of New York, Philadelphia, Ballimore and others. They ask a reduction of duty. Under the present tariff", rice ls imported en? tirely lrom tne East Indies and China. There Is not a solitary cleaning mill In New York. The rice goes to England to be cleaned there. A memorial from California was also present? ed, lu which lt is stated that the rice brought to ihe Pac ldc coast was from abroad, and not from our own fields. Representative Sargent appeared in behalf of the memorialists, usk lng lha% lo the modification of the tariff, there should be a reduction of duty ou un? cleaned rice, so lt may be cleaned In Cali? fornia. Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, pre? sented some arguments why the duties on rice should not be reduced, and that the profits on raising the article are small. Colonel Owen, ot Georgia, a rice planter for eighteen years, gave, at the request of the committee, an elaborate statement as to the pr?parai ion of the Boll and labor prices, Ac , attending the production. He denied the statements which bad been made to the committee that the planters had entered Into a combination to control prices; the profits were not enormous: lhere was a large diminished yield Blnce the war, aud the majority ot' planters have not made money. John F. Talmadge, of New York, said that nailer ?be present duties ihe rice culture, in addition io other places, hos more and more developed In Louisiana and Florida. Although the reduction of ihe present duties would benefit his trade, yet he believed that In four or five years, under these duties, the article would be as cheap as If they were now re? moved. The consumption of rice was not di? minished by the present duties? Senator Nor? wood, of Georgia, spoke of a number of rice plantations uow unused for want of capital. If this branch of industry should be destroyed, about fifty thousand laborers would be turned loose. They ate the most ignorant of all th? negroes, owing to the fact that they seldom come In contact with the Intelligent portion of ihe population. If the rice lands should be abandoned they could not be restored. By re? ducing the duties on rice, not only negroes, but planters would be severely injured. As announced In yesterday's NEWS, the de? cision of the committee was to make no change In the duty on rice. DEATH OF GENERAL RICHARD S. EWELL. General Richard S. Ewell died at his residence IR Maury County, Tenn., on the 21th ius'ant. General Ewell was born in Georgetown, D. C., of Dr. Thomas E.veli and Elizubath Stoddert. He WHS the grandson ol Benjamin Stoddert, ot Maryland, wbo was a member of th? cabinet of | the elder Adams. He moved to Virginia at an early age, and entered the army In 1840, alter graduating at We.-t Point as lieutenant oi dragoons. He was brevetted for gallant con? duct during the Mexican war, and was after? wards distinguished tor his energy and effi? ciency in his Indian campaigns. General Ewell held the right at the first battle of Bull Rmi. In the campaign against McClellan General Ewell operated on ihe left bank of the Chlckahomiuy. During Hooker's advance Ewell held him lu check at Bristow Station. At Antietam his men formed a part of Juc k son's corp3. Subsequent y his commind cap ured Milroy's force at Winchester. He commanded with distinction at Gettysburg and la the Wil? derness. In Lee's final retreat he was cut off from thc main body of the defeated army, und aller a desperate resistance, which has meri? ted unusually high praise from a historian specially cold to ad the generals of the South, he surrendered, with four generals and six thousand men. NEWSPAPERS IN THE MAILS -By a recent de? cision of the Po?iotfice Department, the law re? garding sending newspapers by mall has been more clearly defined than lt has heretofore stood. No name or memorandum can be made on a newspaper inside of the wrupper on whlcb the address is written. It is barely permissible to mark an ariicle with pen or pencil. More than this pubjeets the paper to letter postage, and the violator to a floe. No printed cur ?, handbill or advertisement, no written notice, letter, or slip ot any kind whatsoever must be folded in the paper. To do any of these things is to violate the law. Primed slips pasted ou the outside or folded in papers pr periodical?, soliciting notices, are also violations of lbs; luw. Sanders of transient papers can send bundles of printed mailer by weight, or transient post? age charges, but must nut send any written matter In such bundies. It will save expense and Inconvenience to pin les concerned to bear this ruling of the department ia mind. GRANT'S LAST TRUMP CARD. HE HAS RESOLVED TO FORCE SPAIN TO THE WALL. Wari.: p Pr?parations - 43rent Gnus Sent to the Southern Ports-Hamilton Fish Consenting to a War Policy Grant will Open the Bali-Will not War Secure His Re-election 1 [Correspondence of the New York Son.] WASM OTON, January 26. I believe I can inform you in advance, and irrespective of any Congressional action, upon Mr. Cox's, Mr. Blair's, or any other man's re? solutions, what will be done by the govern? ment, and shortly, too, about Cuba. All semi-official declarations to the contrary notwithstanding, it is and has been all along the resolute purpose of Mr. Fish to stay In the Cabinet, and he will probably be allowed to remain. But his absurd policy will be aban? doned in toto with rezard to the Cuban ques? tion. The truth Is that l'act3 prove to the most limited intelligence, or to the most In? different reviewer ol events, how completely Mr. Fish has been outwitted by Spain. First, he broke his word lo the Cuban min? ister in 18G9, because Spain made bim believe that if he kept lt she would declare war. Secondly, he remonstrated against the bru? tal system ol'the war. and Spain, while prom? ising to conduct lt in future on civilized prin? ciples, elevaicd the very man against whose barburlties bc remonstrated to the satrapy of the island. Thirdly, he remonstrated against the contin? uance of slavery In Cuba, and a farcical eman? cipation act, passed by the Cortes injune, 1870, the tweutieth article of which act renders the effectiveness of the whole dependent upon the passage ot an ordinance which the Span? ish Government promised to pass at once, but which has never been pissed io this day, and which never will be passed. And fourthly, notwithstanding Spain's re? peated official declaration to this government, that any cession of terr. tory, by sale or other? wise, was Incompatible with her honor, rind therefore not to be discussed, there ls the best reason to believe that one Spanish Cabinet actually did bargain to sell the l-land lo the Cubans, while Mr. Fish was purposely kept uninformed of the negotiation, and that the ral ?tica; lon of the treat y tailed solely on ac count of one of those sudden changes of min Isl ry to which Spain ls so subject. So much for Mr. Fit n's policy; but as I be? fore said, he will bo retained In spite of all. There is a mystery about both his retention by the President and bis own willingness lo rer main under the present circumstances, wnich I confess I have not been able to fathom. As for President Grant, bis reasons for changing bis or rather Fish's policy toward Cuba are many. He sees at last that the very means employed by Fish to carry out his Inau? gural motto, uLet us have p.-ace," not only nave rendered war with Spain Imminent, but have made bis government the laughing stock of the world, and brought public disgrace upon our flag. Bout well, bent upon his pet funding hobby, has persuaded the President that a probability ol war would not only render his schemes Impracticable, but .would send gold up Into the hundreds, and cause the re? turn ot European-held tlve-twentles by the cargo. Robeson has insisted that his depart? ment .wa3 totally unprepared for war, and not unjustly blaming the niggardliness of Con? gress, shelters himself behind the I-told-you so argument. However, that President Grant bas changed his mind and his policy about Cuba, and that he ts about very soon to prove lt, I am con? vinced. Any looker on about the capitol with? in the last two weeks cannot fail to have re? marked a wonderful change, if not In the prin? cipios of the leading Republicans about Cuba, at any rate In their mode of expressing them; for of course, alUlhese great lights, both of the Senate and Ibo House, who to-day BO warmly advocate the policy ol forcing Spun to aban? don slavery, to forego - re-enslaving free Chinese, to stop shooting prisoners of war, and to treat Cuba as a province, cannot be sus? pected of having entertained friendly feelings to Spain a fortnight ago. Legislatures, and American ones especially, are not so weather? cock v. The truth Is, that the War and the Navy De? partments are busy, and these straws show ihe direction of the wind-enough at any rate for the Ave senses of (he representatives of their country. A largo number of two hun? dred-pound Parrot* guns have Just been sent to Key West and other Southern ports, and others-In fact all that are obtainable-are or? dered to (he same destinations. AH the ports on our Southern seaboard ure being Inspected and put in order. ForiB Pickene, Pulaski and Barrancas arc being fortified, and Pensacola is being thoroughly strengthened, so as lo serve as a rendezvous for both sea and land forces. Every available vessel of our navy Is being put lu fighting trim. When President Grant thinks that our coast defences are in proper condition to resist any sudden attack of Spain, should she be crazy enough to attempt any, he will probably de? mand that Spain at once comply with her promises to abolish slavery lu Cuba, aud that she immediately liberate the Chinese she has kidnapped. Spain, of course, is utterly unable to do this, and will have lo pay the penalty of having lor three years past pretended to own Cuba. The penalty will be tho loss of tho isl? and to Spain, either by allowing the Cubans to drive her out by themselves, or by Grant's taking possession of lt. Il ls well known here that General Sickles warmly appoves this policy. He has no Idea of returning: to Madrid, and confesses lhat the Spaniards have humbugged him. For this plan, and because the Republicans are Jealous ot ihe capital lhat might be made by meir opponents were the thoroughly Re? publican resolutions of Mr. Cox to be passed, Mr. Banka bas postponed from day io day the committee report upon them. It is known here, however, that there aro bolh seuators and representatives enough to pass them, bul the powers behind the throne have sufficient Influence to keep them buck until the Presi? dential mine .ls ready tu be sprung. In other words, men culling themselves Re pub leans, who, for the first time lu the history of our nailon have an opportunity of proving that they ure wor'hy inheritors of the birthright fought for und bequeathed to them by their forefathers, barter it off, uot even for a mess of President lal polluge, but for the mere chance of Gram's favor. Tue plan, however, as you may supposo, ls not Grant's. In lt lie is simply the tool of England, und this is probably the secrel of Mr. Finn's r?tention. The British Cabinet has carefully watched the urowth of the power of the slave trading element In Havana, and has kuowu that under the virtual conces-don which Spain has made to those slave-traders ol' the power sue once exercised in Cuba, a eeneral revival of the slave trude is Inevitable. England has learned by experience the use? lessness of protestations to the Madrid Gov? ernment, the expense ot we.-t coast of Alrica squadron?, and that Spain cannoi, if she would, stop the trade. Of course the slave traue must cease, with the aboli? tion ot slavery in Cuba, and her little game has beeu to induce this government to do ihe work for her. She has repre? sented to ihe Wushlnglon'Cabinet that while she did uot wish to Interfere in any malters on this continent, the outside pressura of ihe abolition societies of England was becoming daily more powerful, aud that while she would willingly second any steps which this c .uni rv might lake lor the desired end, sue did not wish lo deprive us of ihe post ?r honor. The bait look. Spain will have lo clear out ol Cuba, because ?he cannot suppress slavery. England will be spured every expense, and her own Spanish bondholders will have no cause to growl. We shall have lo stand the brum, it any, and hlsiory will record the fact that this country will have aided ihe expulsion of Spain's rule from ibis hemisphere, uot because we dared maia ain the piinciples of our owu existence, but because Ejgland cleverly made us her cal's-paw. TnE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, January 29. The Alabama claims before the Geueva board are the malu topic. The journals are apprehensive of exorbitant demands, and the uneasiness depresses stocks. MADRID, January 29. The capital and the provinces are quiet. AV APPEAL FROM TOE CBARLESTOV SCHOOL TEACHERS. ITile Encouragement of Agricultural Societies-An Attempt tn Bring up the Blue Ridge Bill-The Honse about to Work Fall Time-Education and the Veto. [SPECIAL TKLEORAS? TO THE NEWS.] .COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 29. Ia the Senate to-day the petilioa of the Charleston school teachers, asking for an ap? propriation of twenty thousand dollars to corer the deficiency in the appropriation to pay their arrear? of salary, was referred to the committee on education. Mr. Dickson introduced a bill to encourage the formation of county agricultural societies throughout the State, and to form a Slate board of agriculture. The bill to incorporate the Citizens' Loan and Building Association, of Charleston, was reported on favorably. AD unsuccessful effort was made to bring up that bill of abomination known as the till to cancel the liability of the State on the guaran? tee of the bond3 of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. In the House, a resolution was adopted to hold night session after February 1st. Tho act to pro vile for teachers' Institutes was passed over the Governor's veto. The bill to provide fer the election of county auditors and treasurers (now appolated by the Governor) wa? pissed and sent to the Senale. __PICKET. THE SUPREME COURT. A Highly Important Decision. WASHINGTON, January 29. The Supreme Conn issued an order upon the Secretary of the Treasury requiring him to show cause why a mandamus should not Issue requiring him to pay the Kentucky war debt. The court, to-day, delivered an opinion against what ls known as the Drake amend? ment, which amendment, la effect, prohibits the reception by the Court of Claims of any evidence of amnesty and pardon OD the part of suitors, but allows the opposite party to reler to such amnesty and pardon as evidence of disloyalty, unless at the time of receiving the pardon and amnesty the recipient protest? ed against the Implication of previous disloyally contained In the official document. The court adverted to the proclamation by President Lincoln, ol 1863, which granted amnesty and pardon on condition of tak? ing the oath, dec, with the restoration of property, excepting in slaves. The court as? serts the full power of the President as to granting pardon and amnesty; the acceptance of which cannor, it sajs. be rendered (depriv? ed ?) of effect by legislation of Congress. NOTES FROMVEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEAXS, January 29. The congressional committee arrived here last evening, and stopped at the Sr. Charles. Thomas A. Scott, Ot the Pennsylvania Cen? tral, H. S. Mccomb. and other railroad mag? nates have arrived. The Boys' House of Refuge is burned. Loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. WASHINGTON', January 29. In the House to-day a resolution was Intro? duced removing the political disabilities of Morton J. Crawlord, of Georgin. Bilis _were Introduced granting woman euffrage, by But? ler; repeaiiag the mxon spirits distilled from fruits; granting lands for a railroad from Deca? tur, Alabama, to Macon, Georgia; renewing land granta to the Gulf and .Ship Island Rail? road; making half the customs duties payable In legal lenders. Voorhees presented a bill declaring Fpairt and Cuba belligerents, and allowing vessels to bear their respective flags In United States waters. There was a colloquy, showing a favorable disposition bul an un ul. llngness to adopt the measure in the shape proposed, or until the foreign relations com? mittee had reported. The vote to suspend the rules resulted-yeas seventy-throe, nays one hundred and nine. Thc bill was then referred lo the committee on foreign affairs. The apportionment bill was passed with the single amendment that States depriving their male citizens of the franchise shall suffer pro? portionate loss of representation. Amnesty ls the special order for to-morrow. Adjourned. In the Senate, a resolution to adjourn finally on May 29 was referred to the committee on ways and means. The Democrats, free-traders and revenue reformers voting for the refer? ence, lt being regar 'ed as a defeat of the measure. Several Individual disability reso? lutions passed. Adjourned. After the return of Morton Irnm his lectur? ing tour, thc case ot' Abbott and Yance, of North Carolina, will ogam come up. THE MURDERER OFFISH. What Ills Counsel will Claim-A Sin? gular Story About a Strange Bullet Did risk Shoot Himself* "Burleigh," the New York correspondent of the Boston Journal, gives the following outline of Stokes's probable defence : StokeB has been arraigned on an Indictment found by the grand Jury, but he hos not yet pleaded. Everything la In a muddle In New York, so we have two grand Juries. It ls the common opinion or ihe bar that one of these bodies Is Illegal. As Mr. Stokes's counsel have not decided whether to plead to the indictment or demur, lt la quite probable that a new indictment will be found after one of the grand Juries shall have been discharged. Th- re ure some Interesting it not startling positions taken for the d?fonce. Tne one is that Colonel Fisk was not only armed, but that ihe wound In Iiis body was inflicted by hinwflf-lnfllcted ? la Va'landl gtiam, in attempting to draw his pistol trom nis p >cker. That two pistols w*ye used is very clear from thc lact that two bullets were found-oue lu Fisk's body- and one on the marble pavement, the one bullet Utting the pistol found and ihe other not; the bullet in the body Otting the pistol found, the bullet on the floor, which produced the wound in the arm, not uti lug any pistol yet produced. The iheory Is timi Fisk, coming In ut the door and seeing Stokes on the stairs, attempted to draw nis pl-tol, when lt accidentals discharg? ed at ihe same moment when he received Stokes's bullet in the arm. The parties who removed the outside clothlog of the co onel are yet to be produced in court. Tne woman who handed the pistol to the offi cer ls yet lo tell how lt came Into her hands, witn omer intere-tilue testimony to show lhat .-lukes did noi fire un an unarmed mao. But two persons witnessed the shooting. These were iwu hall-boys of the Central Hotel, who were either so triiihtened that they did noi know what was gom: on, or deliberately per? jured themselves, as they flatly contradicted eacli other and their owu testimony on the stand. In the proper time and before ihe proper irlbiinal the action of the coroner's jury will be teated. Above all, the proceed? ings of tne jury in consultation will be In? vestigated. One man on th? jury wus not summoned. He came unsolicited. He Bald ihut tie was on the M'thews Inquest, under? stood 6uch matters, and wanted to go on Hie jury; so he Bat at me Inquest. He was found io be a special enemy ol Stokes, and pledged to look after the Interests of Colonel Fisk. On entering the room for eo|iSiiitoUun, the jury were presented with a verdict, drawn om in me strom: for n ol an indictment, lu wh'Ch the shooting was set forth us "killlug with malice aforethought" and other weli-Ktiowo p?tt?-B of an Indictment. Un this verdict ihejury were divided, six and six. The gentleman referred io, acting us counsel. Insisted upon the adoption of the ver dkt with ns strong phrases as the only thing that would satisfy an indignant public. Oihers contended that the oljeci of ihe Inquest was not io try Stokes, not to anticipate his defence, btu simplv to a-ceriain how Fisk came to his death. The debate Lated over three hours, and ended lu a compromise by which the word "deliberate" was added to ihe simple phrase? ology of the verdict. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. THE PETITION FOB A DECLARATORY ACT. Advene Report of thc Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate committee on the judiciary, in their report against the memorial of Elizabeth' Cady Stanton, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Susan B. Anthony and other*, say lt was argued be? fore the committee by the memorialist'-, who, by a departure from the usual practice of tbe committee, were admitted to a public discus? sion of the principles Involved in the memorial, that the right or every citizen, male and fe? male, lo vote, was secured by that clause of first section ot fourteenth amendment to the constitution, which provide.: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United Stales," and that the second section was designed to fix a penalty upon the Stale for a violation of the former provision. But such-9 a construction is at war with all the theories of constitutional government. "? Au unconstitutional act ls void. In other words, an unconstitutional act is no act. The Legislature of a State may attempt to pass a law Impairing ihe obligations of contract?, but, as the Legislature cannot pass such an act, the attempt is void, and the obligation of the contract ls not Impaired. It would, therelore, bo absurd to punish a State for the vain, ineffectual attempt to Impair the obli? gation ot a contract-a thing it could not do, ano, therefore, had not done. So, If by the first section of the fourteenth amendment, no State can make or en? force any law to deny the right of suf? frage to any portion of its male citizens over twenly-one years of age not gullly or crime, then an attempt to do so would be merely void, wholly Inoperative, and lt would be absurd to punish such Slate for do? ing what lt could not do, and, therefore, had not done. The remedy under the constitution 1 against any attempted but unconstitutional legislation of a State Is by application lo the judicial courts ot the Union, which have Ju? risdiction in all cases arising under the con? stitution and laws of the United States, and a supervisory contract by writ of error over State Cdurts tn regard to causes in which either party asserts a right or franchise under the constitution or laws of the Union, whl3h ls denied or overruled by the State Court. . But there is another reason equally conclu? sive against the construct! >n contended for. By the fourteenth amendment Congress ls empowered to enforce all the provisions of that amendment by appropriate legislation. There-, fore, if a State should attempt to exclude from' the right of suffrage any person entitled un? der the fourt- enth umendment to participate therein, it would be the undoubted duty of Congress .to defeat such attempt by. appropri? ate legislation. So that to regard the second section of this amendment as Imposing upon the Stale a penalty for denying this right, In? cludes the aosurdlty of imposing such penalty for an attempt of ihe Stale todo what lt ls the duty of Congress to prevent. Again, the right of female suffrage ls infer? en! lally denied by the second section of the fourteenth amendment, which provides that In case a State In the exercise ot a right con? ceded to exist shall exclude a portion of the male inhabitants specified, "the basis of rep? resentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of fuch (ex? cluded) male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such Stale." The basis ls not to be re? duced in the proportion which the number of the excluded male citizens shall bear to the whole population ot the Slate, male or female, but onlV-ln-pranarllflo whlob-MUky- b?w?r to tho' number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. It is evident from this pro? vision that females are not regarded as be? longing to the voting population of n State. The fifteenth amendment is equally deceive. It provides: ''The light of cillzens of the Uni? ted Stales to vote sholl not be abridged or de? nied by the Un li ed Slates, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This amendment would have been wholly unnecessary If ihe fourteenth amendment had secured to all cillzens the right io vote. It must be regarded as recognizing the right of every State, under the constitution as it pre? viously stood, to deny or abridge the right of a citizen to vote on any account in the plea? sure of such Slate, a'nd by the fifteenth amendment the rights of Slates In this re peet are only so far restricted that no State can base such exclusion upon "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." With this single exception-race, color, or previous condition of servitude-the power of- a State to make exclusion Is left untouched, and, In? deed, ls actually recognized by the fifteenth amendment as existing. The committee Bay they have confined themselves tb the precise question Involved in the memorial, namely: the present constitu? tional right of female citizens to vote, as to which the committee are unanimous, and have not, considered the broader question whether the constitution ought to be so amended as to permit female suffrage, a re? port upon which might develop a difference of opinion among the members of the com? mittee. THE SMALL-POX PLAQUE. NEW YORK, January 29. There is fatal small-pox and vareloid In Ho? boken and Union Hill, New Jersey. REVENUE NOTKU-KLUX. CINCINNATI, January 29. Judge Emerson decides that laws punishing j conspiracies against the revenue are barred by fine and not two years' imprisonment. THE COLD SNAP IN THE SOUTH. GALVESTON, January 29. It froze here yesterday, and snow i el i during the night. There was a snow storm at Austin oa the 24ih. THE INTERNATIONAL OR COMMUNE. NEW YORK, .'anuary 29. At the meeting ot tue Federal Council of the International 8oclety a report was rend showing rapid growl h. Forty uew lodges were formed during Hie month. A BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, January 29. The brass and hardware laciory of Moran, and Pawn's lobacco factory, on Second street, are burned. Loss oue hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars. THE STOKES-FISK MURDER. NEW YORK, January 29. Stokes was arraigned to-day, and his coun? sel argued for a ?ol. pros, on account of the irregularities in the coroner's and grand Jury. Alter a long argument, the Judge took the papers, and adjourned the case to Thursday. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Boberts has been Installed as president of the Liberian Republic. -Alexis arrives at Memphis on Friday and starts, tor New Orleans on -aturday. -The boilers of thu S .utheru Oil Works at New Orleans exploded yesierduy, killing two uegrees. . , ,_, _Blackburn, who murdered hie mistress near Chlllcothe, ls sentenced to Imprisonment lor life. -The Galveston Chamber ol Commerce me? morializes Congress for a return of the lax paid on cotton. -Tue schooner William Tell upset at Galves? ton on the 25ui und (he captain and two suit? ors were drowned. _Wm. Thompson, formerly an adjulanl under General Jackson, and once a wealthy broker in New Orleans, was found yesterday In a small office near Broadway, New York, sick, destitute an 1 stat ving. He was taken to \ a hospital. He is eighty. GOSSIP FROM GEORGETOWN. A Description of the Place-Interesting Reminiscences-The Churches and Congregations-The Principal Busi? ness Men. [FROM OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT.] GEORGETOWN, 8. C.. January 26. Georgetown stands on tne north bank of 8ampit Creek, Ju-t where lt empties Into WI nyah Bay. Its site was originally granted to Mr. Perry, the ancestor of the Kinloch fami? ly; but through 6ome mistake lt Wag a MQQ^ time granted to Bev. William Screen, the first Baptist minister In South Carolina, jabour, the year 1720, Mr. Bcreven divided lt off into lois, three of which he set apart for the erec? tion of places of worship, and assigned the ?a respectively to the Episcopalians, Bap? tists and Presbyterians. It was after? wards recovered by the son-in-law of Mr. Per? ry, Mr. Cleland, who, la the year 1737, con? firmed the sales, which bad been made by Mr. Sere cen on "the receipt of a small ad. ditlonal amount from each purchaser." So much says Mr. David R unsay. To the river, Georgetown presents quite an Imposing front in Its long Hue of wharves, lumber mills, tur? pentine distilleries, warehouses end wharf sheds, which lead the new-comer to suppose that the town is much larger than il ls 1n re? ality. It covers an area of about a ha'f square mlle, IB well laid out, and has a population of about two thousand souls. The streets are wide and straight, and lined on either side with large shade trees, principal!v water oaks. The houses are mostly built o'i wood, the principal exceptions being some of the public buildings and a portion of the business houses. Many fine and commodious residences adorn the town; these are generally two sto? ries high, with flat or slightly raised roots, and In their venerable and ant que models are well calculated to take tho reflect i ve gazer far away Into the shadowy past. But every now and then one ls reminded that modern Ideas are spreading, as his eye falls upon the neat and airy form of a bran new structure put up In the latest style. The public buildings are five churches, (one Altlcao, denomination un? known,) ihe jail, market and courthouse; the latter is a large and handsome building, with a front somewhat similar to that of the Carolina Hall. The oldest building In Georgetown, now remaining, ls the Episcopal Church-Indeed a venerable structure, entirely of brick-stand? ing In ihe midst ol massive oaks and cedars, red with the rust ot ages, covered with glistening Ivy; adorned by no tall and taper? ing spire, but distinguished by the low, thick, round-topped turret of two centuries ago; lt ls highly emblematic al of that hardy race be? fore whose steady tread the savage and the wilderness alike give way, and who. tn their turn, have fallen beneath the Inevitable hand of lime. The Interior, with the exception of being without side galleries, ls a miniature of St. Paul's, Charleston, having ceiling, chancel and pews of tbe same form, with a row of pil? lars on either side, between ihe middle and side aisles. It exhibits a total absence ol or? namental work, but the celling, walls and pil? lars are kept neatly whitewashed. Tbe floor? ing ls of flag-Hones. The church contains a handsome organ. The congregation, though smaller than formerly, ls still quite large; lt ls made up principally of planters residing In the neighborhood. Tne Baptists and Presbyteri? ans, si ran ?re to say, have almost wholly disap? peared. The Methodists are very flourishing, and constitute the largest congregation of the place. The fire department of Georgetown is well organized, and, lor the size of the town, la quite a large body. It consists of a hook and ladder company, one or two hand engines and a steamer. Their services are altogether vol I unlary. There Is a dancing club and a Masonic lodge In the town. There are some curious characters In the place. A short description of one may not be uninteresting. This fra? iormerly a maa milliner, but he has long since [ retired to live upon his earnings. He lives In a small house, half church, half store In ap? pearance, with a lillie flower-garden at the back. He has never been known lo have another person living on his premises; his only companions are a cow and one or two I pigs, which enjoy thc pleasure of looking into the open air. The little flower-garden Is pret? tily luid out, the walks are bordered by sea? shells, and swept so clean that not even a fallen leaf can be seen, and the trees and shrubbery are closely and beaulllully trim? med. The favorite diversion of this eccentric person is said to consist In stirring up domes? tic discord between newly married couples. He once enjoyed a little more fun than he had anticipated, at the hands of an enraged hus? band. There Is a considerable coastwise trade done.here In lumber, rice and naval stores. Regular communication with NJW York, and Baltimore Is afforded by several lines of sailing vessels, variously represented tn Georgetown by Messrs. A. Morgan, Congdon, Hazzard ? Co., S. S. Fraser and B. A. Munnerlyn & Co. Stores are very numerous for the size of the place. These are ranged along Bay street, which runs parallel with the river front. Tbe principal firms are Morgan & McQuaid, Cong? don, Hazzard & Co., Sampson ? Alexander, H. Kamlnskl, W. 0. Burke, 8. R. Carr, J. W. Tarbox and Taylor & Doar. AU keep assorted stocks Of dry goods, groceries, haru ware, Ac. The first-named firm are also the largest tur? pentine distillers of the place, and ibo second nave a ship chandlery department attached to their store. The drug business Is represented by Messrs. T. P. Balley and B. Anderson Messrs. B. A. Munnerlyn A Co., W. H. Dor rill, A. Morgan and S S. Fraser are the prin? cipal commission merchants. The latter ls also the only insurance agent in town. The banking and exchange interests are repre? sented by Mr. R. E. Fraser. When Georgetown gets a dally mall and a railroad connecting lt with the interior, lt will become a place ot considerable Importance. At present the mall arrives only three times a week. THE WAR IN MEXICO. NEW YORK, January 29. A Herald's special says thai Cortina denies any complicity with ihe revolutionists. The revolutionists were defeated in a small fight between Camargo and Mter. Martial law Eas been declared at San Luis. An additional disaster to Porfirio Diaz is reported. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D. C . January 29. The barometer will probably commue to rise on Tuesday from New England to Florida, with co'd northwest winds diminishing in force. Rising barometer, with clearing weather and northwest winds, will prevail on the lakes. Northerly winds veer to east, with In? creasing cloudy weather, on the Gulf coast. Dangerous winds are not anticipated for to? night on the South Atlantic or Gulf coasts. Brisk northwest winds will prevail on the Middle and East Atlantic. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Aicusta, aa... Baltimore. rfu H t n ti. Charleston. Unicago. Uuiclnuatl. Galveston, Tex.. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Tenn Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... New York. N irfolk . r ii ?lade!?'lita. Portlaud. Me.... Savannah . d\ Loni s. Washington. Wilmtngton.N.O. 30.3d 30.13 ?9.63 30.27 30.36 30.64 30.51 30. xo 29.69 30.23' 30.48 ?9.9? 10.17 30.(6 .9.63 30.33 30.50 30. 7 30.25 NW W NW W \V W w w w NW N W Vf SW NW NW W NW NW NOTE.-Tue weather resort dated 7.47 o'cioctt, mis morning, will be posted In the rooms of the ihiamber or commerce at io o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at anv time dnnnir tbe day. -There were an unusual number ot mur? ders and robberies In New York on Saturday and Sunday Dights. AMUSEMENTS. Thomas Concern. Tbe Tb o ru as Orchestra, now rapidly nearing Charl*sion, are hailed wherever they go with, unbounded applause. ' In Philadelphia, in Washington, ia Bich mond and in Norfolk, they have had crowded houses, tbe andiene* giving unmistakable-evidences of their ap? proval. The general character of the troops ls well described in tue following leadpr bf th? Bichmond Dispatch, a paper which Is never guilty of indiscriminate laudatio;]. It says: The second visit ot Theodore Thomas's or? chestra to Richmond was very successful Th* Assembly Hall was well filled with apprecia? tive audiences. Beyond question thomas Ia I "-ne most accomplished musical director w? ha>? had, and his orchestra is tho best drilled and taoit harmonious that has ever played ?RE A ft American audience. The emphases and cadence? or this large orchestra, number? ing sixty or mow.-jnembera, were M well (to fined and expretav? as though made upon one single violin. t Homere the emotional pas? sages. Above, all; Txowerer, were the pas? sages in full force; amounting in Wagner's music to a sort of hurricane, BO faultless every man playing truly his part, without ex? cess or deficiency-that Its volume was never deafening, but always graceful and admirable. The man who at all appreciates muslo, and did not hear Thomas's orchestra, forfeited the opportunity to enjoy the richest treat in Its way ever offered to the Elchmond public. This is strong praise, but no more'than M r. Thomas and his company deserve. Charlestom is fond of music, and will thoroughly appre? ciate the m?lange of classical and popular numbers which form the programme. The Thomas orchestra must have a warm recep? tion; the more especially as the only hindrance hos been considerately removed, in order ts bring the concerts within the reach of every lover of music. Mr. Thomas has reduced th? price of admission to ONE DOLLAR, with-fifty cents extra for reserved seats. At these prises Ihe Academy ol Music should be crowded, and give a fit reception to the finest orjheB'ra ou tb e continent of America. 1 . The Academy- of Dlmlc Last BTlgkt* ' The Templeton Company opened a brief en? gagement at the Academy ol Muslo last eve? ning, when they presented East Lynne. - This play was greeted by a good audience, whs weqt away well pleased. The play was well acted, and the frequent plaudits of the specta? tors showed the Interest with which they fol? lowed out the somewhat complicated plot. The performances of the Leon Brothers fol? io wed, and were as thrilling and wonderful ai ever. The dancing of the two sisters and the sketches by Mr. John .Templeton were '"'sil given with ease and skill, and were well worthy of the encouraging applause they received. To-night the burlesque of "Humpty Dumpty* will be given. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN- ASSOCIATION.-An adjourned meeting of the association was held last evening af their rooms, la Bung street, Mr. Joseph Whlldea presiding, at which, be? sides the usual members, the Revs. Messrs. Prentiss and Shuck were present. The proceedings were opened by a prayer from the Bev. Mr. Prentiss, after which the committee on the constitution, consisting of Messrs. S. A. Nelson, Geo. S. Cook and L. Sherfesee, made their report. The report was discussed by sections, and s constitution finally adopted which, In addition to changes of a private nature, provides for a meeting of the association on the first Satur? day of every month for the transaction of business, tbe meetings in March, June, 8ep t e m ber and December being especial ly devoted to ihe receiving of information, reports, &c. On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee of seven to nominate officers under the new constltuilon to serve for the ensuing year: Revs. Shuck, Adami, Prentiss and Wightman, and Messrs. D. B. Haselton, Geo. S. Cook and E. E. Sell. Atter a prayer from one of the members the meeting then adjourned, to meet next Mon? day evening, at half-past seven o'clock. The meeting was not as large as the previous one, on account of ether religious meetings called at the same tim?. The marked attention, however, and the deep Interest taken by all of the members present In the business under consideration, bespeak a new era of prosperi? ty lor the association. Hotel Arrivals-Jauuiry 29. FAYIXION HOTEL. F. C. Fishburne, Baatowles; John Temple? ton, Leon DeLeon, Madame DeLeon, Alice Vane, Isabel Vane,'May the Fay, S. H. Hub? bard and la?y, Walter Kelley, T. M. Meagber, E. S. Bergan, Professors Martin and Fisher, Albert DeLeon and Joe, servant, Templeton Troupe; Henry Davis, Jr., J. 3. Brocklnton, Elngstree; S. Llebman, W. E. Holcombe, Plckens; George M. Drafts, Gadsden; John McLeod, Chester; James G. Foster, Boston; T..G. Littlefleld, Gourdin's. CHARLESTON HOTB1?. , B. Wolf, New York; B. A. Douglas, Bennells vllle; T, J. Colton, H. E. Stickney, New York;. J. A. Yates, City; F. J. Kimball, Philadelphia; Mrs. D. S. Pratt and son, Beaufort; J. H. H. Millett, Port Boyal Railroad. MILLS H0CS8. W. H. Stewart, New York; J. D. Lampard, London; S. K. Davies, Thomas Orchestra; M. Epping, S. Dudlpy Boss, A. W. Jackman, Philadelphia; George W. Elder and wife, H. Moore, Miss Moore, New York; JI. Peters and wife, Louisville. fj os lett er's Sitters. ^arFRAUDULENT MISREPEESENTA TIONS.-Among the pernicious frauds of the peilod there is one which especially deserves the reprehension or all who place a proper value on health and lire. 1 he swindle referred to consls s In thc attempts or irresponsible parties, In dur?r? ent sections of the United States, to force upon the market vile astring? nt compounds manufac? tured out of damaged or worthless drugs and refuse liquor, as prepara'lons possessing- the rate medicinal virtues or the mest popular and effica? cious or all vegetable tonics and alteratives-HOS TETTI!R'S STOMACH BITTERS. The concocter or these '-local bitters" are, la the t:u:8tsence ot the phrase, public enante?. Their fiery potions Inflame the stomachs, stupefy the brains and shatter the nerves of those who are uawise enough to accept thtin as substitutes for Hie famous Vegetable Invlgorant, that lor twenty years has been known throughout the Western Hemisphere as a standard article. The fame of HOSTE TTE R'S BITTERS as a heal ^preserving, vitalizing medicine, ls as wida as the world, and the miserable attempts of needy nostrum mongers to supplant lt would be treated with silent contempt, were lt not that s-rious consequences ^sometimes follow the use of the nefarious compounds In question. Who? ever recommends any of themas remedies for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation, Intermit? tent Fever, Rheumatism, or any other complaint for which HOSTETTER'S BITTERS ls a known Specific, ls guilty of a moral, if not a legal misde? meanor. At this season, when the sun ts re? leasing from the earth, in' the rorm of unwhole? some vapors, the active principle- or disease, a course of HOSIETTER'S BITTERS will be or th? utmost service to persons with reeble consola? tions. jan??-inw?D*a