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

and stove balls; brooms made Of corn; patent
alum and sulphate of alum; boraic acid; nitrate OF
lead, caloinod and carbonate OF ma2nesa; muri.
alto, nitric and acetc acid; sal soda; pot aud pearl
ashes; red lead lubricating oil made Of crude pc
iron bridges aud iron castings Tor bridges.
Pending tho consideration OF the 23d section
the hour Of 4. 80 arrived, and tho House took a
recess.
EVENING SEssIoN.-The House, in committee of
the whole, resumed the discussion of tho tax
bill. Having reached the SECTIONS relating to dis.
tllerles, a long discussion ensued respecting the
manner OF compromising inspectors OF dstio-
rles. Various amendments were offere0 but
none OF Importance adopted, and that part Of the
bill remains substantially q, reported By the com,
mittee. An amendment was adopted making
conspiracy between inspectors and dstIers to de:
tenn sser nS and
twenty pages Of the bill, the committe roso and
the House adjourned.
Tho Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, under date Of the 25th inst, from Washing.
ton, speaks as follows of the present position oil
the Congressional reconstruction measure:
The Senate ia in danger OF getting into an en-
tnnglement upon the reconstruction measure.
There is no prospect that they agree upon the
joint resolution reported from tho committee
OF fifteen This scheme is dead, as q perusal OF
MIR. Howard's spt ech, introductory to it, well
shows. The third section must, at any rate, be
stricken out, and the question is. what shall be
that all men who, above the age of twenty-five,
gave voluntary support to tho rebellion, shall be
lnoapstle Of holding Office either under the state
ly sgroe to support any measure that shall not
force negro suffrage upon all the States. aud shall
als) dsfranchise tho whole mass OF Southern citi-
zens who participated in the reballion. But this
extreme position has become untenable, and rhe
Republican majority know it, aud are now bent
upon pom such a. compromise with the Sumner wing
as will enable them to save their party at tho fail
elections. II they Can agree upon nothing aud
adjourn, leaving the feld to the President, they
will DO divided, sooffsd at, and ejected by the peo
The Republican Senators, under the ciroum-
stances, held caucus this morning from ten TIL
twelve O'Clock, and then adjourned to meet again
this afternoon. The regular session was contin-
ued, therefore, only for the morning hour. The
subject for consideration il the Feasibility Of Civ
ing such shape to the constitutional amendment
aB WILL secure Its adoption by two-thIrLs vote Of
the Senate. The committee OF fifteen has failed
in both attempts to effect this object, and it has
become n necessary for tho Republican Senators to
whole on the state OF their party, which appears
to be In o rapid decline.
The correspondent OF the New York Tribune
from Washington, 25th inst. gives the following
Of cotton planting in Mississippi, and
the visits Of Commodore SEMnrEs and Mrs. DAVIS
COTTON IN MISSISSIPPI AND EoRrH CAROLINA.
Gen. Thomas, late Bureau Commissioner for the
staff, reports that before the war that State used
to raise about 200 600 bales Of cotton or nearly
one-quarter the entire yield Of the United states.
he says the best lands along the banks OF the
Mississippi River are being cultivated by North
ern men with adequate capital, who thus enjoy
special facilities for securing labor and supplies
over the old planters who occupy the lands OF the
interior. The flooding OF the river banks, he
thinks, will not injure the cotton crop but, il it
should replanting may be continued up to the
middle OF June with assurance Of good crop.
Col Bryon Latin OF New York, who has Il cotton
plantation in North Carolina, gives very fatter-
ing account OF the prospective yield in that State
MRS. DAVIS AND sRMMRs.
Mrs. JEFF. Davis has been at the White House.
holding an interview with the President. Semmes
is in town, and had All interview with the Presi-
dent, to-day, i'll reference to his pardon.
MRS. jeff. Davis has received many callers to-
day from those who were desirous OF doing her
honor and Of showing her sympathy. Upon con-
sultation with her friends, she has concluded not
to ask for her husbands parole, but merely the
range OF the fort for the present. She also de-
sires the removal Of Gen. Miles, OF whom she
complains as not respecting the person and feel
ings OF her husband. -