The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29

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were added. and thereby declared exempt from
taxation: Mschines for saving wood and shingles,
and stove balls; brooms made OF oorn; patens
alum and aulphate Of alum boraic acid; nitrate OF
lead calcned and carbonate OF maRnesla; murl,
attic nitric and acetic acid sal soda pot and pearl
ashes; red lead; lubricating oil made OF cruae Pc.
troleum; tonic made OF rhubarb and currsnts;
iron bridges and iron castings for bridges. -.
Pending the consideration Of the 2Sd section
the hour Of 430 arrived, and the House took
recess.
the whole, resumed the discussion OF the tax
BILL Having reached the sections relating to dig
lleries, q long discussion ensued respecting tne
manner OF compromising inspectors OF distllle
none none 81 importsnce adopted, and that part Of the
bill remains substantially as reported By the com
.mittee, eiAn amendment was adopted making
conspiracy between inspectors and distillers to de,
fraud the government punishable with hne and
,taanty aages.o the bill, the committe rose and
the House adjourned. .F.ss,,s.-,. :,
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, under date of the 25th inst, from Washing
ton. speaks as follows Of the present position OF
the Congressional reconstruction measure:
The senate is in danger Of getting into an en-
There is no prospect that they can agree upon the
Joint resolution, as reported from the committee
of fifteen This scheme is dead, as perusA OF
Mr.. Howsrd's speech, Introductory to it, wen
BhowB The third section must, st any rate, pe
stricken ont, and the question is. what shall be
substituted Tor it? Probably it will be provision
that all men who, above the age Of twenty-five, 4 e
gave voluntary support to the rebelliopE shall BE-
incapable o. holding Office, either under the State
or Federal Government. The Radicals WILL nard-
haf
force negro suffrage upon all the States and shall
also disfranchse the whole mass OF Southern citi-
zens who participated in the rebellion. But thus
extreme position has become untenable, and tne
Republican msjority know it, and are now bent
upon such 0 compromise with the sumner wing
as will enable them to save their party Of the fal
elections. II they can agree upon n9thing sna
adjourn, leaving the field to the President, they
will be divided, scofed at, and elected by the pto-
pie at the fall elections. .f~tsss
The Republican Senators, under the circum.
stances, held caucus this morning from ten til
twelve O'Clock, and then adjourned to meet sgsin
this afternoon. The regular session was conIin-
ned, therefore, only for the morning hour. The
subject for consideration is the Feasibility OF
ing such shape to the constitutional amend Uncut
as will isecureirs adoption BY two-thlr,s vote o.
the Senate. The committee Of ffteen has failed,
in both attempts to effect this object and 1t has
become necessary for the Republican ssnAtors To-
resolve themselves into sort OF commfttee OF en6
Whole ON the state OF their party, which appears
10 be ina'rapsd decline. - t5ese+ < IS .s.it
I The correspondent of the New York 1liosias'
from Washington, 18th inst gives the following
OF cotton planting In Mississippi. and
the visits Of Commodore SEa1xs and Mrs. DAYS.: &
7.oorroa IN ansslsHppr AID NORTH CAROLINA. q
GEN. Thomas, late Burean Commissioner Tor the
State Of Mississippi, and now on Gen. HoWar9sl
stat, reports that before the war that State uaed
TO raise about 1000 600 bales Of cotton, OF nsary
one-quafter the entire yield OF the United states
BE says the best, lands along the banks OF the
Mississippi River are being cultivated byeNorth-
ern men with adequate capital, who thus enjoy
specIal facilities rcr securing labor and eupphes
over the old planters who occupy the LANDS OF me
interior. -Tne flooding OF the riversbanks, he:
thinks, will not injure the cotton crop bat, mit'
ahould replauting may be continued up 70 tE3
middle of Juno with aassur rance of n goods crorS
Dol. Bryon Lafiino Of New York, who hasa cotton
In North Carolina, gives very hstter-
Ing account OF the prospective yield in that State.
MRS DAVIS AND sEMMEs. =
Mrs. JEFF. iDxvis thas- been at the White House,
holding an interview with the President, semmea
Ia In town, and had sn interview with tho Pres1-
dent, to-day. in reference to his pardon,
Mrs! jeff Davis has received many callers to-
day from those who were desirous Of doing her
houor and Of showing her sympathy. Upon con.
sultativn with her friends, she has concluded not
10 ask for her husbands parole, but merely the
range OF the fort for the present. She also de-
s1res the removal of Gen. Miles, OF whom abe
complains rs not respecting the person and feel
ings OF her husband. .,.,a.. .. .=x=a s.
The Amadof (Cal.) Ledger tells the subjoined ::
ga short time ago widow lady, residing in vii
laee not thousand miles from here, put her house
up at rsfe, ard very soon disposed OF the tickets
ali feeling disposed to assist her. The evening
arrived for the rattle to come off, and the house
was won by o gentleman who thought hiusef
fortunate in obtaining homestead 30 cheap
The next day he applied for possession and title
to the property. What was his surprise when he
was cooly informed, that it was unnecessary TO
give any written title to the honse-that there It
was and to take it and the sooner the better, as
she was anxious to build another on the spot
whore it stood. The winner discovered that he
had drawn an. elephant-he had house, but no
lot" '''-'' i;.'i's'.a - '''i.
ANNA Cora RrToHIs, In letter from London,
ssya: .tThe faded beauties who cling to their
vanished charms have taken great interest In the
sudden Iejuyenation OF Miss BuRDKrT Courts,
under the hands Of the wonderful 'Restorer'
Madame RACHEL. Miss Courts, 1t Is said, had TO
Day fAOO before she commenced the baths with
which the process Of reiuvenstion begins Alter
going through the regular course Of trestment,
Miss Courrs dawned upon the fashionable world
with the layers Of some twenty birthdays rolled