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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A JOHN BULL AROUSED ! ENGLAND INDIGNANT AT THE A MEEI CAN DEMANDS. Brother Jonathan Must Backdown or fight I- Spirit of the English Press Latest Accounts from Washington. . [Speolal to toe New York World.] LONDON, February 3. Chief Justice Cockburn has officially coun? selled the cabinet that England must recede immediately from the Treaty of j Washington, leaving America to decide between a new treaty or war. A council ls now discussing the terms , in which this resolution shall ap? pear in the Queen's speech at the opening of Parliament. [To the Associated Press.], T, LONDON, February 3. The Times declares that if the American claims are as represented, England must noti? fy the Geneva arbitrators and the American Government that the efforts at arbitration may as well cease. The Dally Telegraph says negotiations to ta? end have been opened, but the British re? presentations were not received .In a friendly manner. LATER.-The Times declares that England must immediately give notice to the Geneva arbitrators, and to the American Government, If such action has not already been taken, that if the American case is reformed, the arbitra tlon may yet be happily concluded. The Washington View of the Case, WASHINGTON, February 4. It ls said, inofficial circles, that our gov. eminent has no information which excites fears that the Geneva arbitration will iail of its object, notwithstanding the recent comments of the. London papers respecting the American statement of the case before that tribunal. Attention is called to the fact that, In commis? sioning the British high commissioner?, Queen Victoria pledged her royal word that what? ever things should be transacted and con ?luded by her high commissioners should be agreed to, acknowledged and regarded by her in the fullest manner, and that she would never suffer, either in whole or In part, any person whomsoever to infringe the same, or act contrary thereto so far as lay In her power. The treaty, lt is known, provides that should it appear that Great Britain has failed to fulfil "any duty or duties as to the so-called Alabama depredations, and the arbitrators do not award to the United States a sam in gross, lt Is agreed that a board of assessors shall be appointed to ascertain what claims are valid and what amounts shall be paid by Great Britain on ac? count of the liability arising from such failure, as riv- each vessel, according to the extent of auch liability as decided by the arbitrators. It appears that at the conference here on the 8th of March last the American commis? sioners claimed that Great Britain, by reason of her failure in the proper observance of her duties as a neutra', had become Justly liable lor the acts of the cruisers and ol their tenders. That the claims for the loss and destruc? tion of private property which had thus tar been presented amounted to about four? teen- millions of dollars, without interest, which . amount was liable tn ba greatly Increase I by claims which bad not then 'been prese need. That the cost to which the government had been put in the pursuit of the Confederate cruisers could easily be ascertained by the certificates of the govern? ment accounting officers. That in the hope of an amicable settlement no estimate was made of the indirect losses, without prejudice however to the right of indemnification ic the ?vent of no such settlement being made. . A STOUT ENGLISH PROTEST. The Voice of the Saturday Review. The startling report that the English rtpu? tative In the Geneva Conference ls to be Im? mediately- withdrawn, and that the Unit. States may take their choice between a new treaty and Immediate war, 1?, without doubt, a grosB exaggeration of the truth, AS lt was universally understood in England that, under the ?provisions of the Treaty of Washington, no claim could be made lor vindictive or indi? rect damages, deep astonishment is caused by 'the statement that the case for, the United States, prepared by Hr. Bancrolt, covers Claims for damages which might amount to Hf teen hundred or two thousand million dol? lars. England is firmly resolved not lo sub? mit to these incredible demands, and the Cab? inet may have had lt under consideration whether Chlel Jostles Cockburn should not at onco withdraw from the Conference, if the arni trat crs were even to allow the discussion of any claim based upon the Imaginary pro? longation ot the warr Beyond tin-, we are satisfied, the Cabinet have not gone. The following passage from a leader in the. Saturday Review, of January 6, explain both the demands pf the American agents and the position ol the English Government : "Tl?e American Government describes as Englert cruisers, Issuing from English ports, not only the Alabama, which, by an abuse of language, might be so designated, but the Sumter, which was built and equipped within .Confederate Territory, and other vessels for which the English Government could in no -way be responsible. The tribunal is asked to Compensate the owners of the vessels and cargoes which were destroyed, the shipown? ers who transferred their ships Into English names, the Insured who paid higher rates, and the>Insurance offices which covered Increased risks. The expenses of the American navy in pursuing and watching the Confederate cruis? ers are also to be reimbursed; and, finally, the entire cost of one or two years of war is to be paid, amounting perhaps to six hundred mil? lions sterling. The tribute exacted from France by Germany after a complete victory is trifling ?compared with the damages which are de? manded by the United States in virtue of a treaty which enthusiasts described as the commencement of a new era of peace and friendship. The most hostile and the most scornful of Prince Bismarck's communications to the French Government are courteous and friendly In comparison with the indictment for which the President and his Cabinet are responsible. An' idle attempt has been made to exonerate the American Government by attributing the unprecedented rudeness and malignity of the attack to the counsel who have been employed. It may be true that the American agents have disgraced themselves, hut they have also compromised the character Of their country. In private litigation, a plaintiff or defendant ls properly regarded as answerable for an unreasonable claim or re? sistance to a claim, and for any unlounded Im? putation on the character of an adversary. A defendant in an action for libel who repeats .the obnoxious charge through his counsel li always understood to take the risk of increased damages in the event of an adverse verdict It is absurd to suppose that the American Government would allow itself to be com? promised by the violence or Intemperance of its agents. It ls clear tbat the signature of the treaty has not been accept sd at Washiug ? ton In satisfaction for the causes of hostility which are supposed to have been furnished by England. "It ls suggested, with some plausibility, that the American counsel are not in earnest, and that they wish only to make themselves popu? lar at home, and perhaps slightly to increase the amount of damages which might other? wise have been awarded to their clients. Il is not absolutely impossible that their object may be rather insult than injury, but their is no third alternative. Offensive language would be comparatively tolerable if it were used as an instrument for obtaining several hundred millions ot money. Discourtesy of? fered without any practical object would in one sense be more Inexcusable. -If the per? verted and spiteful narrative ls not introduced in aggravation of damages, it is a purely im? pertinent affront. It is indeed hardly possible that even the pliancy of the English Govern? ment and Commission can have induced the President and his advisers to believe in the possibility of Inflicting a fine ot five hundred millions on England, The treaty was drawn "vita culpable laxity; but lt cannot be strained into au interpretation consistent with the American demands. The English agents would have no choice but to withdraw from the arbitration in the improbable event of a con? sideration by the tribunal of the claim on ac? count of the imaginary prolongation of Vie war. It Is incredible that impartial jurists, with their own characters and with the credit nf their respective nations at stake, should aven listen to pretences which would make neutrality more costly than participation in ivar; yet lt must be assumed that the able counsel employed by the United States have not adopted a vindictive line and preferred extortionate demands without belief in the possibility of success. If the arbitrators mould, contrary to expectation, abet the scandalous Injustice of the claimants, retire Tient from furllier contention would be consis? tent with the terms of the treaty, and lt would it the same time be an instructive comment m the blessed innovation of substituting judi- ! ?lal decisions for appeal i to force. The state? ment of reasons for a declaration of war has | jut seldom been as acrimonious as the first proceeding in the great International arbitra bon." THE OLD WORLD'? NEWS. Feverish Condition of Paris-Feeling in Spain on the Cuban Question. PARIS, February 3. A new play, containing favorable allusions o the Bonapartes, caused wild excitement, vbich extended to the streets. Cries of I ?Down with the Bonapartes" and "Floe VEm >ire" drowned each other. A disturbance was | hrealened, but the crowd finally dispersed vlthout blows. The performance of tho play vas suspended. The Assembly voted overwhelmingly against he suppression of the commercial treaties villi England and Belgium. A debate on the motion to remove the Am? enably to Paris was uproarious, and was final y rejected by a vote ol 377 t > 318. The adverse vote upon a return to Paris auses much disappointment. Leon says the 'refect of the Seine, and Perlere, a ra ember if the ministry, threaten to resign In coase (Bsjpoe. MADRID, February 3. A mass meeting: of seven thousand Radicals vas held. Echegary delivered an address. In he course of which he alluded to the reported it roc i ti es in Cuba, and declard that there was rood reason to believe that there was some [ oundation for these accounts. He said he lad InconteBtlble evidence that children bad ] >een shot, and he demanded a stop to be put o euch outrages. Tbe speakers generally ?lied for extensive reforms at home and in he colonies-among them the abolition ot capital pun'shment and slavery, reduction of ?ration, and privilege of trial by Jury. All advocated the continued possession of Cuba ind the maintenance of Spanish authority in .he Antilles. The electoral committee of the governmen al party to-day have issued a manifesto to the Deople ot Spain, urging adherence to King Amadeus as the course most favorable for the luiure welfare of the country. THE COTTON MOVEMENT FOR THE\ WEEK. NEW YORK, Febr'",ry 4. The receipts at all ot the ports tor e week were 92,688 bales against 20,313 last week, 118,887 the previous week, and 94,595 three weeks since. The receipts since September nave been 1,916.497 bales, against 2,352,297 for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease since September the first of this year of 435,800 bales. The exports [rom all of the ports lor the week were 32,029 bales, against 73,528 for the same week last year. The total exports for the expired por? tion of the cotton year amount to 1,014.110 bates, acalnBt 1,402,746 for the same time last year. The present stock, as compared with that for tbe corresponding week o? the past year, ls as follows: Feb. 4, 1872. Feb. 4,1871. At all ports.565.607 617,177 At the interior towns. 89,289 124,310 ln-ftverpool.469,000 678,000 American cotton afloat for . Great Britain.231,000 877,000 Indian c.tton afloat tor Europ?.48,030 18,846 The weather south during the week was un? usually cold, wlth'snowand rain In many sec? tions.* THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 4. The barometer will probably remain highest on Monday on the South Atlantic coast, and also In Wisconsin and Minnesota. The pres? sure rises somewhat during (be night, with southwest winds In Pennsylvania and New England. The low barometer in upper Michi? gan will move eastward to the St. Lawrence valley, and the southwest wind?, with snow attending, will advance on Monday on the East Atlantic coast. Dangerous winds are not anticipated for this evening. Partially cloudy and pleasant weather will continue in the South Atlantic States. Southerly winda, with threatening weather and rain, will extend from Texas eastward to Alabama. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A_?.17 P. JM., Local Time. Place or Observation. Augusta, Ga.... Baltimore. Huston. Charleston. Onicago. Cincinnati. Galveston, Tex. Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Tenu.. Mt. Washington. New orleans.... New York. Njriolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah . St. L.OU13. Washington. Wilmington,N.e. ? ga 30.11 29.97 29.67 30.11 29.87 30.00 29.92 30.08 ?0.10 30.00 29.21 10.01 29.87 30.03 29.95 29.65 30.12 29.9 c) 29.97 30.10 D sm 5? SW w NW SW w s SE NE SW s NW S W SW w NW SE NW NW sw I Light. Gentle. Gentle. Brisk. Light. Qeutle. Pre m. Gentle. Gentle. Storm. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. r nth. Gentle. Fresh. OD 3* Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. L.Snow Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47O'CIOCK, this morning, will be posted In the roomB of the Chamber or Commerce at io o'clock A M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy or the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. A GLANCE AT TBE DOINGS OF IFBI DAY AND SATURDAY. Alore Railroad Rascalities-The New Apportionment-Inspection of Phos? phates-Trifling in the House-The Governor's Dilemma, &c. . [FB0M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLOMBIA, S. C., February 3. There has been no business of any great im? portance in either House ot the General As? sembly during the past two days. A consid? erable number of bills have been introduced in each, including one introduced in the House this morning, which, as will be seen by the synopsis of its provisions given below, is a revival in all its essential features of the daring Blue Ridge Railroad scheme, which found so short a shrift and BO speedy a grave in the Senate last week. Another measure in? troduced In the Senate to-day ls reported by some very Bhrewd observers to bs a bold device to get possession of the Spartanburg and Union Road, ostensibly for ihe protection of the State, but really for the benefit of the Eame Ring that bas controlled the desilnles^of the Blue Rid'e and Greenville Roads with such eminently satisfactory results to themselves, but wlih such disastrous consequences to the people of the State. There have also been, as a matter of course, the usual wordy debates in both branches ot the Assembly. In the Senate these have been mainly confined to Messrs. Whiitcmore and Leslie, the one busily defending his own Im? maculate pulchritude and defying his tormen? tor, who, In tura, deals chiefly in Innuendo, side thrusts, and such light artillery, all of which keeps his burly antagonist in a perpet? ual ferment or indignation, and serves admi? rably to beguile the otherwise weary hours In the Senate chamber. The battle was renewed yesterday morning upon the consideration ot Wbittemore's bill to provide for a uniform sys? tem of school records, and lasted fer about an hour, with a considerable amount of personal scurrility on either side, ending in a victory for Leslie by the indefinite postponement of the bill upon his motion. A large ambunt of calendar business was also disposed of, final action being taken, however, only upon the two following bill?, which were passed: Bill to authorize the erection of a certain bridge over the Wateree River. Bill to provide for the redemption of certain lands sold under order of General Ed. P.. 8. Can by for taxes. The following named trial justices were con? firmed in executive session: Charleston Coun? ty, A. M. Mackey, L. I. Woolf and George Cannon; Orangeburg County, C. G. Stevens and A. B. Knowlton; Lexington County, A. R. Taylor. This morning, the Senate committee on county offices and officers reported unfavora? bly upon the bill to regulate the appointment ot county officers and submitted a substitute, which provides that the Governor may ap? point ad interim county officers during the recess ot the Legislature, subject to the ap? proval of the senator for the county for which the appointment Is made. This modest and graceful proposition was received with favor and will doubtless pass the Senate, but its favorable reception by the House, or Its ap? proval by ihe Governor, are far more proble? ma) leal. The Senate special committee, to whom was referred the bill Introduced some time ago by Mr. Cardozo to divide the State Into five con? gressional districts, reported this morning a substitute for that bill which makes the fol? lowing division: First District-Georgetown, Williamsburg, H srry, Marlon, Marlboro,' Chesterfield, Dar? lington and Clarendon Counties. Second District-Charleston, Colleton, Or anrreburir and Lexington Counties. Third District-Richland, Fairfield, Newber? ry, Laurens, Anderson; Btokans apH Ocone? A-unues. ^Fourth District-Sumter, Kershaw, Lancas? ter, Chester. York, Union, Spartanburg and Greenville Counties. 9 Fifth District-Beaufort, Barnwell, Aiken, Edgefield and Abbeville Counties. Tnls apportionment' is almost Identical with that provided for ia the scheme introduced in the House a few days ago by MT. Yocum, the, Infamotr design of which was clearly explain? ed In the editorial columns of THE NEWS of the 2d instant. Mr. Whlttemore introduced a suspicious looking concurrent resolution, wnIch instructs the Governor to ascertain the liabilities of the State on account of its guarantee ol the Spar? tanburg and Union Railroad bonds, requires him to send the State auditor to the sale ot the railroad on Monday next, with instructions to bid in the property on behalf of the State, pro? vided a sufficient amount be net offered by other parties to pay the liabilities of the Stale, and authorizes the comptroller-general to draw a warrant for the payment of the cash portion of the purchase money. This was de? fended by Mr. Whlttemore, who stated that tho liabilities of the State on this account were between six hundred thousand dollars and seven hundred thousand dollars, and it was adopted with the elision of the last clause authorizing the payment ot the money. Mr. Cardozo then moved to take up the re? port of the Joint special financial Investi? gating committee from the table, where lt had been quietly accumulating dust since the early days of the session. He was in favor of some action upon this Important document. He owned his allegiance tu the Republican party, but protested that he was for right be? fore Republicanism, and If the grave charges of lr dud that had been made were true, he wanted to know it. He submitted that ihe Republican party could not afford to remain silent under such charges, and that the Senate having committed itself by the appointment of the committee, cou d not, with any decency, stultify Itself by refusing io consider their re port. Mr. Maxwell objected. He could not see the use of laking up this matter. He noticed that Mr. Leslie was on the floor all ready to make a speech, and lt' they brought the re? port up he might slay there and talk till next October, and he thought lt would simply lead to endless discussion and amount to nothing. Mr. Nash also opposed the taking up of the report, and as nobody was found to favor lt the motion was quietly tabled, the vote of the author ol the famous report, assisting in this direction, and this will beyond all doubt be the last to be heard, ia the Senate at least, ot this wonderful report. The lollowlng acts were ratified in the pres? ence of the Senate, by the presiding officers of both houses': Act to approve, adopt and make of force the General Statutes ot the Slate of Sjuth Carolina, prepared under the direction and by the authority of the General Assembly. Act to incorporate tue Town of Chesterfield. Act to renew the charier of the Pendleton Male Academy. Act to Incorporate the Saxton Riflemen of Charleston. Mr. Holcombe gave notice of a bill lo char? ter the Town cf Mlnneola, Hot ry County. Mr. Smalls Introduced a bill lo provide for the appointment of an inspectjr of phos? phates, which authorizes the Governor, im? mediately upon the passage ol the act, to ap? point a suitable person as Inspector of phos? phates and phosphaiic deposits, whose duty it shall be to attend upon all mines or digiiiDgs of such phosphates and see that a full and fair return of each and every ton ol' phosphates thus dug or mined ls made according to law, and be himself shall make a return every quarter to the comptroller-general. He shall give a bond in the Bum of $5000 to the State tor the faithtul discharge ot his duties, said bond to be approved by the county treasurer of Charlestun or Beaufort and by thc comp? troller-general. As compensation he shall re? ceive ten per cent, of all moneys paid imo the State treasury arising from Hie return of one dollar per ton on such phosphates. He ls also authorized to appoint deputies, for whose acts he ls lo be held responsible. Mr. Smalls also Introduced a bill to incor? porate the Beaufort and Port Royal Railroad Company, wiihD. C.Wilton, Robert Smalls, J.G. Thompson, W. J. Whipper, J. M. Crolut, N. R. Meyers. F. E. Wilder, J. B. Bascomb, U. M. French, S. Greene. P. L. Wlgsin, S. B. Thompson and Alfred Williams as incorpora? tes, and with power to construct and main? tain a road Irom some point on Bull River to a Junction with the Port Royal Railroad. ThelowerHo .se during the last two days bas boen characteristically amusing Itself I with wordy and senseless squabbles over the mo3t insignificant affairs. One of these over a resolution by Lee to rescind the a ot the House tbe other day, In resolvln hold night sessions. The night session tried Just once-on Thursday night, and t a dozen members were present, the sup attractions ot another menagerie ha diverted the rest. This had sufficiently st the futility of attempting io get a quorui selher In the evenidg, aud every man li Hoii8ewas prepared to vote In favor of] eminently sensible suggestion, but, for sake of hearing themBe.ves talk, or else o pure cussedness, half a dozen of the most sisteot talkers, including Jones and Jam Entertained the House lor hours with tirades about their dtlty to their constitu? their desire to expedite legislation, ?c. F ly It was resolved tc?do ?way with the n sessions, and to meet after the 5th insta: ll o'clock A.M., and adjourn at will, o Byas put it with lils amazing facility at a log the classics, to adjourn ad libitum Another idio ic squabble was had overa 1 Blmple resolution to restore to au Odd Felli lodge in this city tbe use of a certain k land, the title to which had lapsed In the < fusion after the city was Shermanlzed in 1 Nobody denied that Iii- action proposed w simple act ot Justice to the society named; there are some men who can never omi opportunity to talk when they caa force audience to listen; and Hunter opened the with a ferocious a1 tack upon the resolut! because, forsooth, the I. O. 0. F. did not al the admission of colored | eople into tl order. It ls generally conceded that any gauizatlon or body, white, black or assort ia ?is own Judge of the qualifications of Its o members, and it is difficult, therefore, to how the exclusiveness of me Odd FeHo order can be used as an argument to depr them or their simple rights; out Hunter sa? leant a chance to ta'k-aud he talked, made a lom:, rambling, vituperative apee telling how the iron had entered his soul, h be h?d Eoen Wendell Phillips and Criar Sumner rotien-egged, how the glorious E of liberty had since dawned, and he appea generally to the passions and prejudices of I colored members to inflame them, on gene principles, against the other race. He y followed by Whipper, who is of much dari complexion, but much clearer Intellect th Hunter, and wbo reminded the little man fri Charleston that lt was no part of Hie policy the colored people to air up or revive feelin of hatred and bitterness between the rac* that such a course might be prescribed their enemies to insure, their exterminate but that intelligent colored men or white m who meant well to their race must see that was (or their interest to forget the animo ties that bad existed, obliterate the old-tic distinctions of caste, and assume in the di nlty of manhood the newly acquired rlgti that Providence had given them. Thedeoa was continued at great length, and resumed intervals during Thursday, Friday and Sati: day, the spread-eagle-bird-of-fredom epeecb bein? made by Hu n ter. By as. Ho 1 m es and ot ti ei while Frost, Thompson and Dennis dlscussi the measure upon Its merits, seeking to c vorce it from the wholly irrelevant quesiloi of equal rights and social equality. Final the resolution wes lost by the resolving clam being stricken out by a vote of 47 to 27. Mr. Yocum continued his role as the watt dog of the treasury, by Introducing a con?u rent resolution which recites that lt ls cu rem ly reported that the January Interest he beeu paid In part, and therefore requires tl Slate treasurer to report at once to the Gen ral Assembly whether such interest bad bee paid in part or oilier wise, and, If In part, I wiiat amount. This was adopted and sent I the Senate, but lt amounts to simply notbinj Mr. Gary ls also looking after the treasury doubtless with some anxiety as to his own pa certificates-and offered a concurrent result tlon appointing a joint committee to walt o the treasurer and ascertain how much mone has been paid by county treasurers and whe has been done with lt. Mr. Singleton Introduced nnolher bill to rt lleve the State of Its liability on account of lt guarantee of the Blue Ridge Railroad bondi which bill ls simply a resuscitation In a nen and if possible, more audacious form of th swindle lately attempted In the Senate. Th (-lif aal doleat of the measure lhere doubtle. lea lu Hp I..I..;M.HIM. O I it - ?J_ r-, _ . . , BO as to afford more time to see the senator; canvass the matter or give them more Ugh before lt reaches them azaln. It Is said tha the author of the bill expects an easy pas.-ag through the House, and, Indeed, he is reportei to have said at the lime of the Intra ducth n of the former bill In the Se?ale that when it- passed the Senate he wouli feel safe, tbat he could put any measun through the lower House, &c. Tne mea sure was there denounced, however not only as an outrageous swindle, but as i deliberate Insult to the intelligence of th? Senate, and lt will be strange, indeed, lt th? members ot the House will receive a measun coming to them with such an endorsement from the Senate with any show of favor. I may possibly survive the scrutiny of the rall road committee, and will doubtless be at tempted to be put through with secrecy and expedition, as lt Ins already been attempted to be kept from the knowledge of your cor respondent, but with such ventilation as it lt sure to get from the press, notwithstanding these attempts, and with such exposures as 1 am told some members of the House are de [ermined to make, I am Inclined to believe thn its defeat In the House will be as Igno? minious and complete as lt'was in the othei Branch of the General Assembly. The bill provides that, whereas the present condition of the finances of the State, and ol the various railroad companies composing the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. Is such as tc render inexpedient and unadvl-ab.'e the further continuance of the guaranteed bonds upon ihe market, the State treasurer be di? rected, with the consent, In writing, ot the president of the Blue R d-e Railroad Compa? ny, to require the Bnauclal agent 0f the State, In me Cuy of New York, Immediately to de? liver to the Slate treasury all tne bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, indorsed and guaranteed by the State, now in his posses? sion, and held by him as collateral security for advances, and upon the delivery of said bonds the treasurer ls required .to cancel the same, and the Blue Ridge Railroad Company ls thereupon to bc discharged irom all the lia? bility to the State on account of such advan? ce?. That upan the surrender of the balaace of the four million dollars of bonds the treasurer ls authorized and required to deliver to the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company In South Carolina treasury certiflcjrtes of Indebtedness to to ihe amount of one million -hundred thousand dol?an?, and if the said company be not able to deliver all said bonds at one time, the treasurer ls authorized to Issue proportion? al 'amounis ot certificates of Indebtedness. To carry out the purposes of this act, the State treasurer is authorized %nd required to have printed or engraved on steel, as soon as practicable, treasury certificates of indebted? ness to ihe amount of one million-hun? dred thousand dollars, to be Issued in such form and denominations as may be decided upon by the treasurer and the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. These cerlltl cates are to be known and designated as "Treasury Scrip of the State ol South Caro? lina," and are to be received at their par value in payment of all taxes or Indebtedness due to the State. Mr. Ramsay Introduced a bill to provide a place lor the* punishment of children, which provides that any child of less than sixteen years ot age who shall be found guilty ol'any ofiVnce punishable with imprisonment, shall be confined In the House of Correction at Charleston, the expense of his or her mainte? nance being charged to the county In which the child resides. Mr. White introduced a Joint resolution to require the land commissioner to Issue titles to actual settlers upon public lands, which provides that the land commissioner ls em? powered and directed, .on appllcation.ofall ac? tual settlers upon ihe public lands ol the Stale, to Issue lull and legal titles to ihe same with? out auy further payment, the State to (hereby quit all further claim lo the said lands, and vest tull rights and titles in such actual set? tlers, their heirs and assigns forever. There has been as yet no decisive legisla? tion looking to a solution ol'the Slate Unan clal muddle, but there are some indications that a crisis Is approaching. The session is nearly over, neither the approplallon bid nor the tux levy have passed, the interest remains unpaid and the treasury is conslantly report ed as being without funds to meet the current expenses, and, altogether, it ls evident lhat the bull mu;t be taken ,by the horns very soon, or we will have a lively scene ol'pecu? niary chaos. The appropriailon bill as report? ed by the House commiltee on ways and means is without any provision for the pay? ment ol interest, but I am told that a substl tute ls In preparation which very amply sun piles that omission. It ls also reporteo, that the Governor proposes to indicate very clearly his Idea ol the way ont of the mire, by causing to be introduced first a Joint resolntlon pled In; the Legislature against repudiation, and second a wholesale validation act, legalizing all issues whatever of bonds and sloes since January, 1868. It is apparent that all this will involve the prompt payment of Interest and necessitate the raising of a tremendous tax during this year of grace. 1872, and hence the exorbitant tax levy proposed by Hunter the House, the other day, which creases the tax from seven to sixteen mills on (he dollar. By the way, Mr. Hunter has expressed a desire to be put right as the introduction of ihis tax levy, andi cheer fully give him the benefit of his statement exculpate hlmselt from the charges of collu sion or carelessness. He says that as was coming into the House one day he was met by a gentleman, who was Bent by another gentleman, who Is a very high officer of the state. This gentleman handed him a r?solu lion, which he said was all right, and which he asked him to Introduce in the House. This Mr. Hunter very kindly promised to do, with out ever taking the trouhje to look at the paper. He did glance over it before he intro duced it, however, and .when he saw lt In volved the little matter of extorting an un heard ol tax from the people of the State, he was sorry he had given his promise. Under somewhat similar circumstances it may be re I membered that "Judas went and hanged bim self;1' but Mr. Bunter ls a minister of the Gos pel. and ls no Judas; so he went and offered the resolution like a gentleman of hts word, and now lie pays he ls going to fight it in the committee of ways and means, of which he a member, and In the House, ot which he ls bright particular star. Meanwh le. his Excellency appears to be be tween the Scylla o' impeachment and the Charybdis of a civil suit in the United States CJttrt at the Instance ot the Baltimore bond holders. Those gentlemen are to hold an ad Journed meeting In that city on Wednesday next, and their chairman. Mr. A. B. Patterson" a Baltimore banker, has been busily engaged since their last meeting collecting facts and flgnres In Columbia and elsewhere, which he proposes to submit, and which, as he conn dently expresses lt, will bring them into court and' put them at least in so light a place that they will have to sell another railroad or two to get out of it. PICKET. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, February 3. The balance of coln subscription to the new lean has been ordered to be withdrawn from the depositories. The Senate committee on commerce will report favorably upon the nomination o? W T. Hains as commissioner of customs. Rev. Dr. William Hamilton died from a fall while entering a street, car. Major Charles S. Wallach, ex-Confederate officer, died of consumption. The House occupied In debate only. The Senate had no session. . NAVAL MOVEMENTS. FORT MONROE, February 4. The United States frigate Guerri?re, having on board the remains of the late General Rob ert Anderson, arrived in the roads at noon to? day aud passed on up to Norlo'.k. The United States ship Worcester, flagship of the North Atlantic fleet, flying the broad flag of Rear Admirals. P. Lee, called this P. M. for the West Indies. SPARKS FROM THE WOMB. -The Imports for January were nearly thir teen millions-the largest recorded since 1866. - Cou merle ir. tens on the National Bank ot Norwich are In circulation. . -The bribed aldermen of Chicago were sen? tenced to six months' imprisonment and a flne of one thousand dollars. -Masked men at Richmond, Ey., on Satur? day, took Slough, who killed hts wife, Irom Jan and banged bim. - ??"g"-- .'.??J-'??Tri?? nn llic Mpm phis and Charleston Railroad, who circulated ihe scandalous story about Jefferson Davis, knocked down General G. D. Mowry with an Iron poker, near Huntsville, on Friday, seri? ously lt not fatally Injuring the general. The rencontre grew from ihe story. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. [from the Colombia Phoenix ] It is manifest that the prime object of the measure ls not to provide more economical or efflcleut police regulations for Charleston, for there has been no complaint against Mayor Wagener and his board ot aldermen on that score. On the contrary, many wise changes have been made by him, and a great reduc? tion in the expenses of the police department, as compared with his Badlcal predecessor Gilbert Pillsbury-affected. It ls only amove lo divest the present municipal administration of their most Important function-the control and management of their police force, upon which the peace, good order and sanitary condition of the city so much de? pends. It ls designed, further, to deprive them of all power and supervision In the con? duct of elections, and to restore that power to the corrupt hands Irom which the people have but recently wrested lt. We are Inclined, however, to believe that the bill will be killed In the Senat", even should lt pass the House. Mr. Corbin, if we can rely on bis letter to Mayor Wagener, published in THE CHARLESTON NEWS some time ago, is opposed to the mea? sure. If he be sincere la his avowals there, and can spare the necessary time to be at his post in the Senate, he has doubtless sufficient influence with that body to defeat the bill. We hope so, any way. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Ell Chavls, who stabbed Dennis McLean, at Bunker Hill, in Marlboro' County, was tined thirty-five dollars, which he paid. -The'Columbia Pr.ooix says: "The body of Mrs. A. C. Weotau was found on Thursday morning, about twelve miles from Columbia. She had been In iowa attending to her busi? ness, and had purchased a bill of troods Irom Messrs. Gibson the day belore. No clue lo the cause of her death, although the woods in the irnmedlsjto vicinity were destroyed by fire." -The Uaion Times learns that June Mob ley has Joined the Uulted Brethren, and In? tends organizing a Klan ia Union when the Legislature adjourns;-also, that the nomina? tions of candidates for the next Legislature have already been made for each county by the head Cyc4opscs at Columbia. June Mob ley, George Tuxbury and-Bonsall are re? ported to be Hie nominees for Union. -The Anderson Intelligencer ls informed that a bloody rencontre took place In Walhal? la last Saturday night, io a liquor saloon on Main street, between John Petty and John Dale, resulting in the latter being shot in three or lour places, from the effects of which he died on Monday alr.ernoon. Both were drink? ing cnaracters, and a difficulty arosg between them several days before, terminating Anally as ftb3ve stated. Petty was arrested and lodg ed In Jal!. -A difficulty occurred on Saturday evening last, at Johnston's Depot, ou the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, between a whlt? youth, aged about eighteen, named Tom Hazel, and a colored man named Jack Garret, In which Garret was shot and killed by Hazel. Rumor* concerning the cause and manner of this unfortunate affair are some? what conflicting. It seems that the two tell imo a violent quarrel about a debt due Garret by the father ot' Hazel, In which the latter bore himself very defiantly, if indeed the two did not actually come to blows. Young Hazel having disappeared Irom lhat section has not been arrested. -The Yorkvl?e Enquirer says: "Within the past two weeks, L. W. Dawson has been arrested by the military authorities, and Elijah Hardin, Felix Dover and J. A. Donald have been discharged from the prison here. D. S. Ramsour, who was arrested in North Carolina some lime ago. and taken to Colum? bia, has been seul here for Imprisonment, and Julius T. Howe has been transferred from Co? lumbia to the Yorkville prison. There are now fllteon in confinement here, and lt ls under? stood that several others of the York County piisonets in Columbia will be returned to*this place, some of whom are expected to arrive this afternoon." _ _ -There is a girl at New Haven who has been engaged to a memher of every class that bas been graduated at Yale since 1857. SWINDLINGr TM SOUTH ! SECRET HISTORY OF THF fENXSYL? VANIA RAILROAD SINDICASTE. How tbe combination wai Formed It? Real Resources-"Tames of tn? Sioekbolden, ?fco. [Prom the Richmond Whig;.] About the 20th of Januarys meeting wau? held in Memphis hythe stockholders of the Memphis and Charleston road-the road-be? tween Memphis and Chattanooga-to consider a proposition for the lease of that road for ninety-nine years-three per cent, for the first fire years, and six per cent, afterwards, to a company called the "Southern Railroad or Railway Security Company." At the Memphis meeting it waa called "the Southern Ballway Security Company;" from another quarter we hear it called "-the Southern Railroad and Se? curity Company." We know not which ls cor? rect ; perhaps both are, or neither. This is ls the first public occasion on which this con? cern has- made its appearance. There is a natural curiosity to know what it le. This feeling was manifested at Memphis. We find In the proceedings at the meeting referred to the lollowlng on the subject : IS THE SOUTHERN SE CU ll ITT SOLVENT ? Colonel Monroe Wallace, br Mississippi,' asked that the committee be msrrncted to inquire into the solvency of the Southern Hallway security Company, and reportas to same when they make their report. General Rather thought he could answer the gentleman's question without troubling the com? mittee. The company was a chartered corporation, in? corporated by an act of the Legislature of Penn sjlvanla. When they (the board of directors and president of the Memphis and Charleston Rail? road) called upon the company for the same In? formation Just ask?d for, they got the following letter and accompanying list of stockholders of t:.e company. The letter was : A SOLID MATTER. OFFICE SOUTHESK RAILWAY SECURITY CO., \ ROOM 3, 69 LIBERTY STREET, N. y. j Major Moses J. Wicks, President Memphis and Clia 'lesion Railroad Company : DEAR SIR-ID answer to your several Inquiries I beg leave to reply t" L That the powers and authority of the South? ern Raliway Security Company will be, fouud In the act of Incorporation, which I tarnished yon a ? copy. 2. The arnon Qt of capita', stock already aubicrlb. ed for a pledge ls $4,000,000, and Instalments pa'.d m the same to $3,000,000. 8. The board of directors estimate the property, security cases, ?c., at over $6,000,000. 4. Enolosed yon will find, a copy of a list of stockholders o'this date. Truly yours,- 'sm ... G. W. CASS, President. . AND A FEW SOLID STOCKHOLDERS. The list of stockholders referred to is as tol? lo W?: Baltimore-Alex. Brown A Sons, B. P. New :omer, s. W. .shoemaker, W. P. Walters, W. F. Walters, trustee. Pennsylvania-J.-D*. Cameron, G. W. Ga's, Har? risburg Car Manufacturing Company. John N. Hutchinson, P. A. * sma'l, Thomas A. Scott, Thomas A. Sott, trustee; A. J. Drexel, H. H. Houston, G. W. Harris, s. A W. Welsh, George Small. Tennessee-Joseph Jaque?, C. M. McGee. Georgia-H. B. Plant. New York-William E. Didge, Jr., William B. Fuwie, A Iselln A Co., ll. Willis James, M. K. Jessup A Or, Morris K. Jessup, Roosevelt k Son, R. F. Wilson, Robart L.. Kennedy, John A. 9'ewart, William H. Fogg. A. M. White, AS. Hewett, James Robb, J. J. Mitchell, F. Schundort k Son, W. H. Aspinwall, J. L. AjplawiUI, E. Cald? well, G. D. P.ielps, England-Daniel James, E. H. Green, G. Ho? mans. Toe amount of stock held by the above gentle? men respectively was not sta'ed. as Geoerai Rather said he was not Informed upon the sub-' lect. There are one or two. things worth noting In this development: There ls no date to President Cass's letter; and although the directors of the Memphis and Charleston Road had a copy of the cbarter, or act of Incorpora- | lion, they had called for* further information, aiiu-.~..ou w mv.li...> ., , i?.n Jy.aanll This charter ls not published. The amount of stock held by each of the millionaire stock? holders ls also withhek' But with respect to the charier, we see a statement made to the meeting by ex-Governor Patton, of Alabama, who opposed, ibe lease, to the effect, that "this company was originally started on a capital of $210,000.". These discrepancies and uns itls fae lo ry ex? planations, and seeing the names of so many of eur old acquaintances-Walters, Cameron, Tom Scott & Co.-among the stockholders, aroused our unsuspicious uature, and we de? termined to look Into the au'horltles. General Bather states that the company is incorporat? ed by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Well, of course, the statutes of Pe nu sjlvanla will supply ns with all the desired informa? tion, of a perfectly authentic character. We forth with betook ourselves to the acts of the Assembly Of that virtuous Commonwealth. The most diligent examination revealed no such Incorporation as the "Southern Raliway Security Company," or anything at all like lt. In the course of our researches, however, we stumbled upon an act passed April, 1870, to incorporate the "Southern Improvement Com? pany," Invested with ali the powers and privi? leges ol the "Continental Improvement," and with authority to change Us name. We sought then the act Incorporating "The C?n 1 luental Improvement Company," (passed In 1868.) and lound powers and privi? leges of unlimited range, and among others the ever giving clause, giving author? ity to change its name. Our new friend, the "Southern Railway Security Company," may be one of the transmutations of one or the other, or both of these Protean monstets. Il not covered up under some of these disguises, we know not where to Had lt. But Is not this authority to a corporation to chanze its name a curious freak lrr legislation? What does it mean? Can the motive be honest? We find it In every act, incorporating a company which might have transactions with Southern rail? roads. It cuts an imposing figure in the "Penn? sylvania Company"-the waste-basket of the Pennsylvania Central. Is lt a device, delibe? rately concocted, for general and widespread thieving? A man who uses an alias is Justly suspected of dishonest intent. An honest man never employs such a disguise. But let that pass. Taking this new "Southern Railway Secu riiy Company" for what lt represents itself to be-even if we could believe a man, or set of men, under oath who use an alias -let ns see how i heir means correspoud with their as? sumptions and liabl.Hles. According to Pres? ident Cass's letter, the amount of capital paid in is(3,000,000; subscribed, $4,000.000; total value of property. $5,000,000. We maybe certain of one thing, lhat they do not under? rate their capital. It has been lately'disclosed lhat ail the purchases and leases supposed lo be made by Walters & Co., and the Pennsyl? vania Central, south of Richmond, were really made by this ring of adventurers. .The fol? lowing is a list 01 the Southern roads in which ihis monster combluatloa hold &majority of the stock: Railroads. Miles. Shares. wilmington and weldon.181 8.491 Northeastern, or South Carolina.. 102 8,965 Kichmond and Danville.190 21,000 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.2"o 8,470 Charlotte, Columbia and Auguta 195 1 3.024 Rtchm nd and Petersburg.22 6,871 Cheraw and Da.llngton.4) 4,513 Wilmington, Columbia and Au? gusta?.195 13,024 Aggregate.1,187 To these may be added the lease of the Norlh Carolina Ballroad and the Memphis and Charleston. It ls to be observed that not one of these roads pays a dividend to the stockholders. What they cost the purchasing parties is not accurately known. But it they are to be run honestly and in the interest ol all the stock? holders, they must be a dead loss to the pur? chasers. We may, therefore, safely conclude that they are not lo be houestly operated. The "Ring"' merely hold thc majority of the stock, aud, by means of Hie trick of fast freight lines, ?fcc, owned by the "Rlnii," they will sacrifice all the private stockholders not In ihe combination. This is the game of these adventurers for swindling, on a gigantic scale, the willows and orphans of the South. What their guarantee on leases may be worth can be estimated by any one gifted with a small genius for calculation. They get pos? session o? the roads with the rolling stock and equipment. If they can run the roads for a profit to the majority of stock, which they own, and to the sacrifice of the remainder of ihe stock, they will continue to run them; but if northey will sell out the equipment and Doc? ket the money. In thia way, ibe moreroSta nr$.?NJEA8E or;?w?mPl ihe greater the* profits. So, we see them striving By all means. road* t0 augment the Dumber of-eaptured Bemember, you cannot trust a man 'who sails under false colors-who uses mora name* than one. He may bs very fair on the outside, but he Is rotten within. ?ak- ANU-OBANT MO vmi?gxr?. Mr. Horace O rt eley'? DI le mm*-Defec? tion or Another Uirltarlm Divine -Incxe a? e Of Street Rob b e r les-C 111 ze ns - Arming for Protection-Inideqascy of me Police Force-Remarkable Paint LB? by Gerome. [Pac M OTB O WK CORUSroHDXKT.} NEW TOBE, January 3L - The ca? for the cincinnati Convention has thrown ihe Republican prese tato ?onvu??lo?s. The Grant organs fly at lt with Invective, re? proach and ridicule, but the last ls In carious contrast with the evident Importance they attach to the new movement To keep np the spirits Of the faithful, and counterbalance the Missouri defection, ' the statement is in dust ri- < ously circulated that Republican Congressmen irom the Benth unanimously report the ne- " groes to be in favor of Grant. This is supposed, to clinch the President's chances- of renomina? tion. . . ; The Tribune attempted io define its position on Monday, and .has gotten Itself into the usual hobble *f those who-want to be oracular without committing themselves for the future. Mr. Greeley's text was the Cincinnati Conven? tion, which he professed to fear might-'-dame the next President,, and.'would If the: Phila? delphia Convention nominated a weak man, (meaning Grant.) He implored the "men and brethren" to displace Manager Conkling if they desired to save t^e Republican party from defeat.in the coming election., As to his own cours?; he said: ,lTne Tribune* ls likely' to be against thc bolters, since they ara almost certain to make hostility to protection, one o.' the planks In their platform, arid thtu lh<* Tribune can never abide, no matter. who may be the rival candidates for President?? - At the same time he did not admit that be would sup? port Grant . In order to smoke him out the Democratic' Journals of the next day opened upon, him in ' ' ihe most exasperating strain.^ The World' charged him with showing the white, feather and abandoning further opposition to Grant It was easy to see that the Tribune "despairs of defeating the nomination of Grant and that lt ls constructing a bridge lor retreat,loto the. ranke of his supporters." It ha? "weaily re- . treated from a position of great strength and . Influence." . - .. [i v.. rVtf-' AD may be supposed poor Greeley was almost crazy over these Imputations. He bates and despises Grant and would gladly defeat him, bat for the sake of the Tri Dune's business he dares not say he will oppose the nominee ef the Philadelphia convention until the etrength of the anti-Grant iienliment In the - Republican party ls developed. So he comes forward with a fresh explanation this morn? ing. Referring to the World's charge that the. Tribune has declared that "it will support the regular Republican ticket," Mr. Greeley says: - "Now we had given no warrant for thia de? duction. What we did say was to this effect : ir the Presidential canvass Just ahead should ! take the shape of.a fight ihr Free Trade against Protection (and this ls intimated la the Missouri programme,) the Tribune would,' of course, be found battling for protection." Which means Just this, lr lt means anything, . that if the Cincinnati convention declares for Revenue Beform and the Grant convention for Protection, the Tribune, for consistency's; sake, will be obliged to support^lhe candidate ot tho. latter ; but if the Grant convention dodges the tariff Issue or endorses Revenue re? form, the Tribune will consider Itself free to.. enlist under the opposition banner if rt chooses. This leaves Hr. Greeley in an awk-1 ward condition of Incertitude. Ho does not. know where be will Staad, though tho issues BTBtnt^ajy drown and nearly every other man : around bim bas bis mind made up. It won't do to abuse Grant because he may have to ad? vocate that person's re-election, nor is lt safe - to praise Gratz Brown, because be may. have to show how unfit the Missourian is to be President. A report prevails that another eminent Uni? tarian clergyman of ibis cl y ls about to follow j the example of Huntington, Osgood and Hep worth, and abafldon that denomination, and, like the two first ask to be received into the - Episcopal Church. Speculation has been rife as to whom the new apostate can be, and all the1 circumstances seem to point to,Dr. Bellows. > It this be true, then Indeed the followers cf Channing will have cause to lear that the Uni? tarian system ls a failure, for Dr. Bellows is its I strongest living prop. There ls but one other, prominent Unitarian clergyman in New York, ' Mr. Froth ingham, and he ls so closely allied to the Besten "Come Outers," or Parkerltes, that he cannot well be suspected of a leaning to Tr i nt t aria ol e m or the Catholics. The frequency of street robberies in this. city and Brooklyn ls beginning to create somet? ting of panic. People, belated at night an knocked down or fired at even in well travelled thorough (Ares, and In nearly every case the assailant escapes. Desperate men, usually working in palra, prowl about places ! where the policemen's beats are longest, and spring upon pedestrians generally without giving warning. That they do not hesitate at murder is shown In the case of the unfortu? nate Professor Panormo. There seems to be. a very general arming among citizens who are obliged to be out of their houses at night One case in which the highwayman waa foiled has come to my notice; A gentleman was baited by a ruffian on so public a place as the City Hall Park, and threateningly asked what time lt was. With one band ne pulled out a magnificent gold watch, which he held up to the fellow's eyes, and with the other a Colt's six-shooter, which he held at his head and exclaimed, "Look for yourself!-1 The inqulrer muttered a curse and walked away rapidly. One cause of the frequency of these outrages is the smallness of our police force. It 1B impossible lor twenty-five hundred men to securely guard the thousands of miles of streets In this city and Brooklyn, whose united population ls not less than a million and a half of souls. The beats of some of the po? licemen are three miles long, and while they ure going over them at least five-sixths of the distance are continually unguarded. A floe painting of the crucifixion entitled "Golgotha," by the French artist Gerome, te altracting crowds to Goupll's Gallery, on Fifth Avenue. The novel treatment of ihe theme, as well as the remarkable power displayed .tn lt gives the work prominence. The canvas ls large; in the foreground ls Calvary, in the background the splendid City of Jerusalem, with Us walls and temples, rls'ng In terraces above each other, and In the sky overhead the. vivid signs of the approaching storm and darkness. The cross upon which the Saviour bled ls now empty; the body has been taken awav by the friends. Away in the distance, among the hills, winds the procession of sol? diers and rabble, reluming to the city from the execution. Some of tne Romans are on horseback, and here and there a pennon ls fluttering or a lance glittering. The realism ot the scene ls striking, and herein ls ihe dif? ference between the picture and the hundreds of Ideal crucifixions which have come down to us from the old masters. Gerome's work was recently brought from France, and has been purchased by a New York gentleman for his private gallery. NTH. THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.-According to a special telegram to one of the New York Jour? nals, President Thiers, when discussing wlih Alphonse Rothschild ihe government project which was recently put forth, with the Inten? tion of furthering ihe movement to secure a complete evacuation of the French territory by the Prussian--, (the plan ot the tobacco mo? nopoly mortgage lien,) said: "I would like to see on end ot the German occupation li we had a stable government and a settled public opinion In France. As it is with us just now, lt the Germans were gone we would have worse than they. Demagogues and Bonapart? es would come forth, and bring with them all the calamities which ever ensue from re? lentless party strife. In a few days I will yield, though with regret, to the general de? sire which exists for their retirement, but I consider that ihe presence of the Prussian troops affords a guarantee for peace ano order." _ t p -Nilsson will sall for Europe. In April to full ' fli operatic engagements there.