The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-26

ordhI1yla lawyer by attending the impeachment
uroceedings; in other words, he declined bust
snsss vastly more remunerative for the sake OF
oondu.ctins Ms. JoAnson's defence; and, more.
1 over, that Mr.. Egalts has received no fee What
ever ior conducting It..
The Chicago. Tunes, the chief Democratic
psparof Illinois, which recently adyocated the
nomination OF Pendleton, is down upon both
pandleton and Hancock for President. 1t says
thaaominatlon, Of either would be fatal to the
Demncraeys. sPendle Teton Is too much identified
Viz aareanbacks, sand Hancock is anything
but : soldier. The Times evidently wants
Hsnhicksr illinois,. .TE.SE -s
The. Gsmeral Assemblies Of the Presbyte-
risn Church are now in session, the Old School
as Albany, New York. the New School at Har-
risburg, Pennsylvania; 2 and the Southern
Presbytstiar,ff 1t BALTIMORE Maryland. These
bodies convened en- Thursday, May 21st. The
project Of ths reunion OF the Old and OF the
NeaaSchool will. form q prominent subject in
the debates Of the respective organizations.
Tha Presbyterian Assembly at Baltimore con-
sists Of Sb6ut 100 delegates from'the Southern
Statas. ga s:'4F4 az -
"A washington letter to the Louisville
journal. says that when the Democratic Ma
tiona, Convention meets July.4. q resolution
WiIlabel offered by some the Northern dele
gatea TO the effect that the party pledges itself
10 resist the counting Of any electoral votes de-
termined by the admission Of negro States;
that the attempt by the Radicals to secure
power in that manner by defrauding the people
of their inherent lib srtes in the selection Of a
President will be resisted, il necessary, with
armed force, and that the legally elected Presi-
dent Of the white race shall be inaugurated il
it requires even million Of bayonets to install
him IN the White House. = -t
"A Chicago letter written on the night OF
the meeting ofthe Republican Convention says:
surhere never was such direct andundisguis-
ed bargain and sale Of votes in convention as
is going on here tonight in the interest OF
Governor Fenton. AS much as five hundred
dollars is openly offered for influential votes in
the Southern delegations. Fenton has already
bought up Louisiana, and is bidding for vir-
ginia, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia.
The Louisiana delegation cost fifteen hundred
dollars. In reply 10 charge Of corrupt use OF
money, one Of Fenton's friends said tonight
that the Southern delegates were poor men,
and the money was given to them, not to pay
for their votes, but to reimburse them for their
travelling expenses"
The London Times says Of the prospects
OF the British trade with Am Arica, that since
the first extensive shipments of British manu-
factured goods to America, after the termina-
ton Of the rebellion in 1865, which produced
good returns for the autumn Of that year, the
American markets have been over-supplied,
both with foreign and home manufactures, and
an engaged in it operated to disadvantage
The Times adds that the transactions of the
spring Of 1868 have not been 30 unsatisfactory,
and that apparently there exists a more hope
full feeling for the future; but the autumn
trade, it is expected, will be interfered with as
usual by the Presidential election. Hence the
belief is that until next year we can hardly
look for an active and remuneratiye bust
ness"
The Prussian Notifications now in course
reconstruction by the government, under the
direction of Count Moltke, who planned the ia
NOUS Sadowa campaign, are very complete.
The committee is now turning its attention to
the placing OF the northern coast in thor
ouch state Of defence, as they are more e1-
posed than any other part OF Prussia. The