The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-30
VS. UM Nh r 7.

-Gold closed IN New Jrk yesterusy a' OFF
Cotton in New York closed dull at 28&aSsc'
mo markets in Liverpool.
ALL the negro regiments but two have
bsen scorsolidsted' out OF the United States
army .,is4. -
The Unitarian Conference of the Middle
AadSouthern States, which was in session in
New York yesterday, has adjourned sine die,
afterelecting the following named officers: Pre-
sident, Rev. E. W. Clarke; Vice Presidents, d.
Ware and Savles J. Bowen; Secretary, Rev.
Tislder Israel; Treasurer, Rev. E., Z. Sewall;
Executive Comm ittee, Harrington o. Shute,
II. Ware, George g. Barber, E. NJ. Keith, and
F.J. Priestly. The Conference will meet in
Charleston, 8. c., next year. i5
Another reduction in the rates charged by
She Atlantic cable is announced. The reduc-
tion which it is reported the directors have re-
solved upon making is to take effect on June
1sE4 The contrast between the price OF the
messages asked three years ago and the rates
nov to be charged is very startling. At, frat
Che rates for a message Of ten words Of five
ettsrs each from New York to London, paya-
ble in gold, we're 500, next $50, next $25, and
uT81ly 61ls a Cudue0 Woo eu0AA - 1S~S 49, s~No
character of the messages, and no restriction
WIS placed upon the number OF letters in each
word. I'll. 1ugh the rate Of SIT in gold was un-
changed, yet the new regulation was more than
eduiyale...t to reduction Of ona-third in the
price. The new rate, which it is reported will
20 HIS effect on June 1st, is $40.
Wendell Phillips, in the last number OF his
Anti;slavery Standard has characteristic ad-
monition for Congress, with reference to the
Fiftesftl amendment. Heesays: sThe amend
ment n st not fail. We must, IL necessary,
swamp Delaware and Indiana by the creation
of new st ties. There is Georgia vaporing in
old Southern style, in insolent defiance of the
nations will. She is not State, having not
vet been reconstructed nor readmitted. She
could easily be divided into two good sized
States, and admitted when she sees her way
to the adoption Of the Fifteenth amendment"
-hsain, he says: 'This is no time for maudlin
sentiment. 1t is time for drawn swords. and
for going to the extreme verge Of our, consti-
tutional power. We cay, therefore, to Con-
gress, carve out of rebel territory like Texas
and Georgia, enough States TO ratify The
amendment, If events shall show it to be nec-
essaEy." .i
There was very large and enthusiastic
audience at the meeting to express the sym
pathy Of New York with the cause Of Cuba.
Mayor Hall presided, and concluded his ad-
dress on taking the chair by saying "The
President Of this Republic has been fond, hith-
erto. Of taking social inspiration from Havana.
l. Lo uvilt IA fro hia oOlif1-
cal inspiration from the towns and villages be-
yond Havana. The appointment made by the
President to-day, Of CONSUL to HaVant. OF
man Of the old Jacksonian stripe, shows that
.ha has some plan to work out" The prircipal
speech OF the evening WAS made by the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher. Though rc'ny passages
were characterized by his We n.nown elo-
ouence, he addressed the reason rather than
the feelings of his audience. He demonstrated
the right Of Cuba to free herself from Spanish
domination, and the right of the American
people to sympathize and assist in the effort.
Other addresses were made by N. Paul du
-Chaillu aud Messrs. John Sherwood, Algernon
8. Sullivan and Townsend. The resolutions
adopted place the Cuban struggle in the same
cp7steeory With the American revolution Of 1776;
prsise the conduct Of the insurrechonists, and
declare that it is the duty OF our government
to recognize the bellgerent rights Of the Gu
bans at the earliest practical moment, lap
plausel and thus to show the world that this
nation is always on the side Of those who con-
tend against despotism and oppression f; and
Tint We earnestly entreat the Executive at
kLok khor ha M nm
delay in decisively dealing with this great sub
ect" n
The Independent publishes very sharp
etter from one Of the female clerks in the
Treasury Department. The writer, who signs
herself Hannah Tyler, assumes to be one who
Knows her business and .dosen't spend time
Smiling at amerous congressman. She
says: s'The masses of women at the present
time employed in the departments are not
possessed Of every brilliant clerical abilities.
On the contrary, very many of them hare
scarcely education enough to tell the day Of
the week by oountinghouse calendar; and
they owe their appointments and continuance
IN Office to their personal advantages. I, for
one, claim that women-educated wonsen, Of
eourse-are as competent to perform brain
labor as men; but do most emphatically
object to having girls in their teens, with no
other recommendation than pretty face
or pretty foot, place themselves on
m intellectual par with men and women
OF education" Hiss Tyler goes on to
ga! that the departments are crowded with
women who not only havo nothing to do, but
are actually in ths way of others. They have
no duties, no desks in the department, no oc-
cupation except to look in at the rest and then
60 to the gallery of the House or the Senate.
The heads Of departments have been trying for
years to get rid of these nuisances, but their
congressional influence is too great In con-
clusion she says: ''I havo an instance in my
mind where one malicious woman-clerk caused
the removal Of somo five or Six faithful men,
simply because they refused to lend money to
her husband (?l, worthless blackguard, who
never paid his debts. I am happy to state the
auditor who made these removals has just re-
signed and gone to the Vest. Congress or the
President ought to afford us some protection,
II they allow us to occupy Offices. We ought
not to be insulted by having the paramours
and mistresses of members Of Congress forced
upon us, and be obliged to tolerate their soci-
afv dav nv day"