The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE ATTITUDE OF THE observation-disclosures CON.

THE ATTITUDE OF THE PREsDnSr-RuMoRs cor
cEININa THE GARNET, sc.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazent
writing from Washington Sunday, says: ::
The city is full Of contradictory rumors. It wa
positively asserted yesterday, by members OF Con
/ gress, that the President had evinced willingness
to compromise with his enemies. I have bee
! informed, on the other hand, by member VIII
1 conyersed with him no longer ago than Fr1na
last that he then unreservedly declared his deter
mination to adhereto the logical consequences Q
| his opinions and policy, as heretofore promulget
ann acted upon, under any and all circumstances
and Forney, who doubtless has access to the secret
of the Cabinet, explicitly states in his paper THU
morning that sat Cabinet meeting held on Frida.
the subject OF The compromise between the acting
President and Congress was brought up and dis
cussed. The acting President utterly repudiatet
the overtures proposed by the conciliatory mem
Sers Of Congress, and affirmed his determination
to stand BY his policy as already enunciated, tt
| the last"
Nevertheless there can be no doubt that severa
members Of the cabinet have recently given un
Unstable evidence of disposition to c0nciliate the
| Radical fanatics. have it from uundoubted au.
| thority that the Secretary of the Treasury has
avowed his determination to be governed in hif
appointments hereafter by the recommendation
Of members representing the districts in which the
applicants are located. He was in vain reminded
that such policy must sacrifice the Conservative
friends Of the Administration the Senate
would thus be emboldened to confirm only theil
own friends.
Such rumors and facts have begotten others
The report is rife that Cabinet changes are immi.
nent-that Welles and Seward are to get tickets Of
leave that Adams is to be transferred from Lon
don to the State Department that Randall Is to
take the place of Welles and Greeley his-and &c
forth; all Of which rumors give for what they are
worth; only remarkng that in the present muddle
any one has the perfect privilege to be doubling
Thomas on the one hand, or believing Peter on
the other, without in the least having his sagacty
rightfully called in question. = 30,
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun writes
of the SHERMAN Bill:
The talk to-day in all circles has been nothing
but this bill, it's fate in the House and with the
President. Persons high in authority ASSERT that
the President will sign it, and others who are pro
badly as well qualified to know say that he Will not.
It is asserted that the House will not be content to
accept it without tacking on some amendments.
It is now reported tnat the Louisiana bill will not
be acted on in the Senate as it is considered that
the bill passed this morning covers the whole sub
ject. ,.z : -. -,
UNITED STATES OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE.
On Monday morning the early risers at the Bal
lard House were shocked. ut the announcement
that servant had found q man dead in room No.
III Several Of the employees and other inmates
paired Immediately to the room, and there upon
o bed, sure enough, lay o man dead, whom they
discovered from the mark upon his clothes was
Lieutenant Arthur II. Newlin, 21st regiment United
States infantry. -,
Various were the conjectures at first as to the
cause Of his death; but it was not long, however,
before nearly every one present came to the con:
clusion that he had committed suicide while under
the influence Of liquor by taking poison. That
they were right in their conjecture will be seen
s&nl f1,of
before the coroners jury. His pockets we're
searched, but no papers OF any kind were found
upon him; in fact he had nothing except pocket
knife. .=.a.s 5,-r-..s.
time past at City Point, but his habits had become
80 bad that his superior officers found themselves
compelled to prefer charges against him. He was
accordingly summoned to Richmond, to be tried be-
fore court martial to convene in this city on the
25th OF February, and, in reply to summons, came
Ballard.
It was noticed by all who saw him on Sunday that
he was drinking very hard, and this he continued
to do up to the time he retired to his room. Who
can imagine sadder fate than to die such death,
far from home and friends, among strangers TO
avoid trial before o commission of his fellows
he has by own act, transferred his case to higher
tribunal, and may the Judge OF all who knows tho
frailty Of men and the uncomfortable power OF
human appetite, temper his findings" with
mercy.
Lieutenant Newlin was native of Philadelphia,
where his parents now reside, and
ut the time of his decease was only twenty years
Of age. He was not graduate of West Point, but
received his appointment from civil Life last
February. One Of his brothers is now United
States District Attorney for West Virginia. Il is
remains will be taken to-day to Philadelphia for
irterment and will be attended by the usual mill
tary escort.-Ric1mond Wing, 19M