The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-16
NEWS AND aossrp 1ixNAII.
The New Circuit JudEcs-A Nice Kettle
OF Fisn.
a dispatch of the 18th Instent, TO the New

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tlSpatch of the 18th Instent to the Nav
York Tribune, says:
The trouble regarding thh Circuit Judges ts
deepening, and the present IL tii:ations tsnt
unless some Of their names are withdrawn from
the Senate by the President they viii be rejected
The opposition Is mostly coniInad 70 three maine.
": George il. YcaInal, for the OHIO Circuit;
George 4. pearrc, Tor the Maryland Circuit. ana
William McEcnnan, for The Pennsylvania Circuit
and IL developing with great vigOr. The most oh,
Iect!onabe nf the nominees h Yeaman, ana
not In full accordance with the Republican party
Aircady remonstrances nrc pouring In upon
the Senate Judiciary Committee. One ,norntcr
OF the committee alone las received more than
a'do2en protests, nuinerom,iy signed, from Ken
lucky; tuck ana @ others have come to haEi from Ohio.
Ono Of the Supreme Court Justices has said that
tie President IL already considering the propr,ety
oi recalling feaman's nomraiion. The objec-
tOHs to Mc';cnnan are that Ec is Incompetent,
Pr;irrc ~ opposed on several accounts, and il Is
runorc that his record is not quite satisfactory
in regard to internal revenue n,attcrs n his
district It appears that large uuInbcr OF scn;l-
tars arc dissatisfied with the nominees I'm their
districts, because their own recommendation
and those or the representatives were wholly ,,is-
regarded.
The Fifteenth Asacndmcnt.
The same correspondent SAYS:
THE importance OF ratfying the Fifteenth
f,tnnds of Chief Justice Chase In u novel and in.
tercs;ng form lately. II IL asserted by innucu:
ai ,,n Oel"sra's h"sn & wno - iyof the nomination Of
Convention OF 1872. that tie ratification or the
amendment will be Of. Infinite service to the
Democratic partSans Of the Chief Justice, iuas.
much IA in can iiring to hiE s:ippOr; an Immense
negro vote which no bona jitic member Of the
man. General Hancock, and others. bciu,r
all on record M against negro suffrage
lion m case the Fifteenth amendment ia adontcI
by the required number of Sta,cs and IL is flirth.
or urged by these friends OF Mr.. Chnsc TINT the
Democrats cannot hope TO beat the Republicans
except with the aif OF the negro vote. 'rhc Chief
Justice having always been on tile side or the
colored nien IL ls claimed that he has their sym-
pathy and confidence to a.greaicr extent than
any man In the country. In this view of ihe
clse, IL t. not Improbable that many Of the Demo
crafts VIII regret 10 80" tsE. zficndmcne hecolac u
part OF the constitution.
a Washington letter to the Baltimore Gazette
SAYS:
There Is rumor in town to-day that informa-
tion has been received from Democratic sources
NJ. Albany that no effort " III be mule by tho Leg
lsit'urc OF New York 10 repeal the vote OF that
state In favor Of The Fifteenth amendment iso.
callcd.) From NIL can learn, think there can
he now no tonbt that said 'amentlincnt, will nt
AL events, be declared adopted by this admins
tration under any circumstances. Whatever
Georgia, New York tyr Ohio may TO, or refrain
from doing. therefore, viii not. in the least nf-
Legislature or executive branches The country
!ust bear with this additional outrage until eSl
sIon OF one Of The Houses Of the National Lcgsla
tnrc Will enable Democratic States to wipe out
hot only this hut The whole series of unauthorized
c;iact thtcntS-''ai Observation-Disclosures upOn us
Tie Past nlnc years.
The Supreme Court nn;l IIubcas Corpus.
iTc Washington correspondent OF the Hal,i.
more Gazette writes:
The practical ciiec; or Trumbu!l's hin uf it hc-
COMES statuie) upon prisoners now In custody
oi me military authorities VIII undoubtedly hc TO
subject them Ia trial by court martial, IL pro
IrsSc' ~ declare what tic law already Ia. SaTnc
arrtilgc'ncnf, however, tthc exact nature or
which is not kliown,l has been made by which
~" ii"es OF such men are 10 hc secured. Ii case
Stall arise under ihls last enactment doubtless
the supreme Court wonih decide a. 10 hc uncOl-
sttutionnl and void, tf by resignation like ihat
nr ,I;jdgo Cri ~. slioui not leave the Radical, In n
inaturty,l and Notwithstanding The inLIhI,;on
issue lie writ OF h0J,S corpus; hut Il IL ALREADY
known that General Grant woid follow the will
q! congress, and disregard the mandate or tile
conrt This would a'!ord Tho first Instance I'm
whirh resident has dared 10 ignore the ey.
piicit or Ter OF the supreme Court OF the United
Staica. designed by the frn'ne-s nf The ccnstItu
tion as the guardian OF PERSONAL liberty.
The Cotton TnI.
dispatch to the N York World says:
The argument OF the cotton tax before the su-
nrcinc Court has been hnishc,l, Hr. Hoar and air.
Fleid speaking Tor the government and r. Phlliips
or tliis city, and benjamin Il. Curtis, OF Boston.
against The cOnstiiutonality OF the tax. Tho sum
involyed In this particular case IL only twenty
five hundred dollars. hut tile total amount to be
affected by the decision Ia cstiinafetI an high as
twenty millions OF dollars. II does not fsliow.
however, even II the unconsiitntionaiity OF the
iaX he aInr,ned hy the court. that this entire sum
VIII be at once rcfnnticd' Probably only the
monies Will hc promptly refunded where the par.
lies made regular protest and appeal as required
In comparatively few cases: bnt if the decision
bc nvcrSe To- tho tax, VIII follow that oil this
money has been wr0ngfully taken and IL will he
the duty OF Congress TO provide for lis rcpay
Ment. Some mcmhcrs say this will he DONE in
tue debate on The repeal Of the tax, s. was con-
ccded that the tax was only lefcnsiblc rs n war
measure.
Other Hits OF Gossip.
From the Washington dispatches to the Nor.l-
crn press we gican tile following paragraphs:
Governor Bullock Of Georgia. liz here hohnnhbIng
members or CongrcsB to get possession OF his |
Stale, md then, by manipulation, have himself |
sent here Ms United States senator.
Information is received That mattcrs arc now |
so arranged with reference to the Legislature In |
Sonth carolina that Governor Scott will come here
as United Sintcs senator from that State.
John Russell Young, Esq, late mannaitlg editor |
or tile New York Tribune, has been rendered u |
position ~ editor In charge OF n Radical paper In
montgomery. Ala, with the salary OF Slo,0tO and |
o fgbiing editor thrown In as protector, tho |
latter to receive $4,000 salary.