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The stntus of the Pending suits-The
Cases that have been Adtudicnted, and
the Amounts AMewcd-The unsntished
Claimants have yet to. Prove.
TFsom OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

GFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WARRINGTON, January 16.-A recent article
in The NEWS censures, in rather sweeping
terms, the dilatory character Of the proceed
ings in the Court Of Claims, and intimates, in
o manner more candi than complimentary,
that the functionaries of that august tribunal
have shown themselves distinguished prof.
clients in the noble art of elbow Not to Do It."
A glance at the record, however, proves that
whatever may have been the shortcomings Of
the court in respect to speedy action, Charles
ton has scant cause OF complaint on that score,
as compared with other cities.
In report recently transmitted to Congress
by the chief clerk of the Court Of CLAIMS find
statement of the judgments rendered dur
ing the year ending December Z, 1868, with
the amounts involved, the names OF the parties
in whose favor judgment was rendered, and
brief synopsis Of the. nature Of tho claims in
each case. In this list Charleston figures very
prominently, the number Of her successful
claims being nearly If not quite onc-half of Tue
whole number allowed. These CLAIMS, l am
told, hsve long since been pail. AS the parti-
culars in regard to these cases have never
been published, have transcribed the names
OF the parties. with the amount and drte of
Judgment in each of the Charleston cases. l
may add that the dates given are all included
in the year 1868, and that tho subject matter
of all the claims was "cotton captured by
United States forces" The following is the
list :
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morrow. There is good reason to believe that
The report will be favorable to the wishes OF
the Virginia Conference Committee.
CONGRESSIONAL.

GEoRG1A-PAC1FIc RAILRoAD-coMMoN CARRIERS
WASHINGTON, January 19.-TN THE SENATE
the memorial of the colored citizens of Georgia
was presented stating that at present they are
under State laws conflicting with the Recon
struction acts.
Another Pacific Railroad bill was introduced
by Abbott
Thayer introduced joint resolution propos-
ing a constitutional am ,ndment for universal
manhood suffrage.
Mcdonald introduced bill to complete and
perfect ,ilroads between the Pacific and At
lantic Oceans.
Tie consideration of the Copper bill was re-
sumed. An amendment making the tariff on
blue vitriol five cents per pound was adopted,
and the bill passed.
After a short executive session the Senate
adjourned.
In THE HOUSE, the usual number OF petitions
were presented. Commissioner Wells report
was ordered to be printed. The substitute for
the Senate bill regulating judicial proceedings
was passed. It transfers 10 the Federal courts
all suits against common carriers for the loss
of property caused by the late war.
The bill subsidizing the Denver Railroad
provoked long discussion, and without ac-
ton the House adjourned.
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A RorHsoHnD's WEA1TH.-The wealth lef
by the late Baron James de Rothschild is
something fabulous. It oyerpowcrs the ima-
gination. No sultan, or caliph, or emperor.
real or fabled, approached hir, in The extent Of
his opulence. The "wealth of Ormus or Of
Ind' pales before it. The late baron made the
following disposition OF his fortune He left
to his wife, Betty, f8. 900 600, the Chateau Fer
riere, whose art galleries are estimated at
above e., ,0OO, 900. and his house in the Rue Laf-
fit,e, at Paris; to his second son, Gustavus, he
gave fS,OO00OO; to his third son, Edmund,
$4,000, 900; aud to his grandson, the son OF the
late Solomon Rothschild, f2,O0O,OO0 This is
pretty well in itself, but it does not exhaust
the vast heaps left by the modern Croesus.
The largest plum has fallen to the lot OF his
eldest son, Alphonsus, who comes in for tri1e
OF EGO, 600, 900. This colossal fortune-and per.
haps those legacies do not exhaust the amount
reaches the sum total Of 644, 500, ,000 1t
may give some idea Of what this means TO
mention that il would nearly pay the interest
on tho national debt for two years, and is con-
siderably more than half the income OF Great
Britain. Verify the deceased baron must, like
Midas, have possessed the faculty OF turning
everything he touched into gold.
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dFFAIitS IN GEORGIA..

The Atlanta Ira says of the Georgia Le2Is-
lcturc: I'm selecting their seats, tue members
OF the Senate blended without respect to party.
Democrats and tepubhcana commlnSled with
a spirit of fricudliucss that argued pleasant
state of afairs.
d Mormon missionary was in Columbus last
week. but cleared out for want Of funds.
superintendent Hurlbut has paid, s23, ,OCO
into tue treasury, the earnings CT the state
road for December.
In Monroe County the talk is tina: about one
third of the cotton crop Of that county, was IN
ihe hands OF planters on the first day OF Janu-
ary. and in some of the Georgia counties one.
half was still IN planters hands. The general
average throughout Georgia was believed to be
about third. ,,..
Tn Columbus there are about ten thousand
people. The adjacent villages, which ought to
be embraced IN the corporation, as the resi-,
dents derive their livelihood here, Will swell
the number to iou1 teen thousand. The negro
population has been decreased in the last
twelve months.
There is nothing new froIs the Ogeechee
country. The troops still remain there, to pre-.
serve order, and watch for ''prayer meetings..
Mono of the nngleaders OF the trouble have
been found, and it is reported that Solomon
Farley, the great Mogul OF the Oge ,chee, ls
hiding away in Savannah.
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Hawthorne, of Fairfield County, for the re-
moval of his political disabilities. Referred to
the Committee on Removal Of Political Disa-
biIlties.
Bishop introduced bill to define divorce
and alimouy in this State. Read the first
time, and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
MIR. Stoeber introduced ID bill for the pro-
lection of the cotton crop Of planters and
farmers in this State. Read first time, and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Sasportas gave notice of q bill to provide
for the enumeration of inhabitants in each
county in this State, agreeable to Section 2,
Article " OF the Constitution.
Driflo introduced the following resolution
which, on motion OF c. D. Hayne, was referre d
to the Committee on Mays and Means:
Resofoed, That his Excellency the Governor
be and he is hereby requested to inform this
House il he has carried out instructions con-
tained IN section Of an act entitled IAN act
to close the operations OF the BanI OF the State
Of South Carolina"
A Senate bill relative to sales o. property ul-
der DEGREES of Courts Of Equity and Circuit
Courts, was indefinitely postponed.
At2P. NJ, the House adjourned.
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OUTRAGES IN TENNESSEE.

Letters have been received in Washington by
Southwestern member of Congress, detailing
outrages in the State Of Tennessee. 1t is said
that two loyal men were killed in Frank lin
County on the day Of the election, and another
taken from jail and Ahung in the courtyard.
letter from ShelbyviIle, dated January II, says
in recent fight the Ku-Kux were badly whip.
ped, but they threaten to come thousand
strong from Lincoln and Marshall Counties.
They were about thirty in number, mounted
on horseback. They drove to the public
square, blowing whistles and yelling like de-
mons. They then moved down the Muri:ees-
laps they were fired into, and six OF them
were wounded. Just after tho Ku-Klux ran
of, and during the excitement, q barn was set
on fire. Another letter says If the ku-kluY
organization shall not be suppressed loyal
men cannot live in Tennessee, and the writer
adds: "It in this State, with loyal element
and a Brownlow as Governor, you are not safe,
what would you look for in the other rebel
States? We have no security for life or pro-
pcrty, and no exercise of liberty. These are
facts, and Congress must do something to
protect loyal citizens or they will be murdered
by the thousand"
A letter from Aspin Hill, Tennessee, says
there has scarcely been night for six months
that the Ku-Klu1 have not gone somewhere in
the neighborhood and taken out and hung, or
shot, or whipped some one, either white OF
black, and have succeeded in causing such
state of terror, that all the blacks and every
whito Republican scarcely dare speak Of them,
who say they always punish men for talking,
and the citizens ali wink at it ftom fear. But
the loyal men are armed, aud are, according
to these letters, determined to assert their
rights. Letters have been received by Other
members OF Congress, showing The fear exist
ing in the Southwest from the Ku-KIux move
ments, and appealing for remedy to prevent
future disturbances.
A letter has been received by the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, from an officer Of
the department in Tullahoma County, Ten
nessee, giving an account OF outrages perpe-
trated upon revenue officers in that sect ION for
performing their duty. he states that few
nights since he was taken from his bed by o
party of masked desperadoes, who threatened
to blow his brains out il he attempted to en-
force the revenue law. They then fred num-
ber of shots at his house, but released him
after exaoting promise that he would not a.
tempt to enforce the law. The matter has
been referred to the United States Attorney
of Tennessee, with instructions to request the
assistance of military forco to aid the reve-
nue. officers to perform their duty.
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EUROPE.

THE CONFERENCE G R EEM EN- .-SAPoLEoN's s
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
PARIS, January 19.-The conference on the
Eastern question recommends Greece to accept
so much of tho Turkish ultimatum as relates
to Cretan affairs, and to refer the case of the
affair at Syra to the decision of the courts, and
promises that rkey will Withdraw the last
point of her ultimatum touching the obser-
vance of international law.
The Sultan has instructed his ambassador to
sign the agreement of the conference, and it is
thought that Greece will accept its terms.
There has been sharp earthquake at Cal
cutta.
Napoleon, speaking from the throne, con-
graduated the members of the Corps LegislatJ
on the strength and harmony OF the nation,
which was now ready to meet all events, her
army and navy resourcesebeing complete. Ho
favored discussion, provided it did not touch
the constitution, which, he said, was above
debate. He congratulates the powers on the
result of the conference, AMI concludes as fol-
lows "Au governments are liable to error.
Fortune declines to smile on al enterprises,
but the country knows that there is no thought
or act of mine which is not given to the glory
Of France"
MONARCHY PREVAILS N SPAIN.
MADRID, January 19.-The election returns
show Enthusiastically an overwhelming majority
Of the people in favor of monarchy. The
strength of the Republicans in the new Cortes
will be only about one hundred.
OPPOSITION TO THE ALABAMA TREATY.
LONDON, January 19.-The Pail Mall Gazette
hopes that Parliament will not ratify the Ala
bama treaty if the question Of the recognition
of the Confederates as belhgerents is to be
reopened.
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1 have mado inquiry with regard to the
cause o. delay in the Charleston cases, which
are still pending. The hitch, it seems, is
owing to new condition which Congress has
seen fit TO interpose before the claimant can
hope to have his claim allowed. A late enact
ment contains provision that the applicant
for redress in cotton case must establish by
evidence not only his own undoubted "loyal-
tvs bat the fact that his residence within the
Confederate lines was "not voluntary" 1t Is
on this new point that the court il now bear
ing testimony. There is, of course, room for
wide latitude of construction as to what would
or would not constitute ga voluntary resi-
dcncc in the eye OF the law but, as heard a
sbrewd old counsellor remark, alter some OF
the cases of loyalty that have been estab-
shed, everything else will be comparatively
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WASHINGTON, January 19.-The Virgins COM
mittee have passed o resolution postpon'ng
the Richmond convention from February 10 to
March IT, for fear that Congress would not act
in time to allow the people to consider the pro-
position and select delegates as early be the dav
first appointed. The committee will remain in
full session during the present week. Yester-
days interview with Grant leads the Virginians
to think that Grant is the most available friend
of the movement In Washington.
The Mississippi Committee visited Grant to-
day, requesting his aid in obtaining imm ediate
admission. Grant replied that the Reconstruc-
tion Committee had framed bill in accord
ance with their views, and expressed the hope
that these matters would be settled before the
commencement of his administration.
The committee from the Colored National
Convention called on Grant, who, replying to
the address, said: 81 thank the convention Of
which you are the representatives for the con-
fdence they have expressed, and hope sin
cerely that the colored people OF the nation
may ,ece;ve every protection which the laws
give to them. They shall have my efforts to
eecure such protection. They should prove
by their acts, their advancement, prosperity,
and obedience to the laws, that they gre wor-
Thy Of the privileges the government has bes-
towed upon them, and by their future conduct
prove themselves deserving OF all they now
claim"
Grants interview with the Mississippi Radi-
cal delegation is ya1iously reported He ap-
pears to have expressed desire for tho early
admission of Mississippi, and that Southern
constitutions should be made to conform to
the Reconstruction acts; also said that he would
enforce the laws. It is not known whether
Grant alluded to Bingham's bill or to another
which the committee is preparing. Binshams
bill. in addition to the points te!egraphed last
night, provides that the Legislatures shall meet
within twenty days of the passage of the act,
upon proclamation thereof by the Governor.
No person prohibited by the Fourteenth amend
ment shall hold Office until their political dis
abilities are removed.
The Radical committee are in high spirits
to-day. Carl Shurz has been elected from
Missouri, Fenton from New York, Hamlin
from Maine. Nine senators and ten members
of the Indiana Legislature bolted the caucus
nomination for United States Senator.
The Senate, in executive session, only con-
frmed an Oregon postmaster. The balance of
the session was given to treaties, but there
Yas no action.
Y It is understood that the Senate Judiciary
Committee will report on Virginia affairs to-
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hard to prove either one or the other. will
say this much in reply: that there have been
more fortunes made from long cotton than from
anything else in any equal area in the State, il
not the South. In the early period of cotton
planting, we may mention among those who
accumulated large fortunes Captain William
Seabrook, John David aIurgeon, Captain Will
liam Pope, James Kirk, Edward Means, Samuel
Reid, Joseph Edings, ST.. At later period We
have amongst those who made fortunes OF
highly remunerative crops. Joseph J. Pope,
Joseph D. Edings, Kinsey Burden, Solomon
Legare, Ephraim Seabrook, Sr., John Town
send, jenkins Mlkell, William e. Baynard, Ma
thanie Crowell, W. G. Baynard, John j. T.
Pope, Joseph Whaloy, Edward Wha.cy, ,Ephraim
Baynard, Sr., William Seabrook, Jr., jenkins
Townsend, James Legare, Joseph Hazel, Cap
tain Edward Barnwell, Thomas Fuller, William
Edinss, Rev. Stephen Elliott, William Fripp.
John E. Frpp. Whilst some of these gentle.
mel were men Of large wealth. reaching mil
lion, others, though not rich, were very and
habitually successful
This state of things continued up to the
very happening Of the war; sea island planting
being highly remunerative and lands improv-
ing in intrinsic and market value, rating from
twenty dollars to one hundred dollars per acre,
as on Edlsto. The race OF planters was not
deteriorating, for we find among the younger
representatives such men as Burrell Sanders,
of st. Bartholomew, who made seventy BUSH
els of corn to the acre and two to three bales
cotton 10 the hand. Wo find on Edisto such
men as Owens Edward, Fuller Edward and
Joseph Scabrook, Theodore Beckett, John Jen-
kins, Edward Baynard. In the vicinity, Jamos
LaFoche Benz. Bailey. In st. Helena Parish
we find William B. Means, William Cuthbort,
Stephen Elliott, Edward Means. In st. Luke )
Joseph J. Stoncy, James B. Seabrook, ]. L.
C:owell, NJ. J. Kirk, Z. NJ. Seabrook, Jno. w.
r. Pope, who among others were all planters
of great success, and rapidly accumulat ting
fortunes, some OF them being already men of
wealth.
james Island afforded the distinguished
planters, W. B. Seabrook, Joseph Hinsteen:
Ephralm Clark.
St. Johns Berkeley affords such namcs as
Peter Gaillard, Francis Peyre, Walter Peyre'
William Sinclair, Thos. W. Porchcr, Samuel
Porchor, among others.
There is statement that long cotton plant
ers were always in debt to their factors. The
answer is, they wero among the soundest Gus
toners. In somc instances this Indebtedness
meant extravaganza in living, prevalent along
tho coast. In many it meant enterprise and
thrift. In many it was utterly untrue. in
comparatively few did it mean ''gong behind
hand" 1t was only necessary to pass through
the country just before tho war to soc he
most unmistakablc indications OF wealth and
prosperity. The people lived in af1iuence and
elegance, and but for tho war, from which they
suffered moro than any other part Of the coun-
try, they would now have boasted Of the fines t
and most improved estates in the South, with
millions to spare, instead of begging for lit
tie assistance to recuperate their broken for
tunes.
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reigns thr0ugnour farlB: I tE51Aidih1tre
birds Of song-has taken he. Il ght northward,
to fill her long announced engagement at the
Court of the Gear. There was o regular scene
in the house when Patti sang for the last time:
She was recalled wit iurore never surpassed
even in French tn ,atre. The entire audience
rose, cheered and waved hats and handker-
chiefs, while the musicians 'laid down the
fiddle and the bow" and following the popular
enthusiasm, shouted and threw their arms
about as wildly as any portion OF The audience:
Madame Patti was almost buried in the mass OF
bonouets thrown to her. 1t is said that she
was actually moved to tears-real genuine
tears-by this ovation.
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sPlRKs FROM TIE FIRES.

Resolutions were offered in the Georgia
Legislature yesterday pledgins the State to
support Grant, but meeting With opposition,
were Withdrawn.
The Special Committee on the Eligibility OF
Negroes in the Georgia Legislature made an
untavorable report yesterday and were dis
charged.
General Sweeny and his command returned
to Augusta yesterday from Ogcechee. No more
trouble anticipated.
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CHARLESTON, c., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 70 1862

easy of proof; and there is a reasonable pros
pect that before many weeks all, or nearly all,
of the still unsatisfed claimants will be glad
dened with favorable judgment, and speedily
thereafter have the opportunity to pocket the
''demnition cash." II.
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FOR BRUNSWICK, GA.
rUK PALATKA. FLORIDA.

VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON.
WILLIE.
H~ THE FIRsT.CASS sTEAM
,a1Is SSss7 DICTATOR, Captain cHAn WILEY.
VIII sail from Charleston ever! Tuesday E0e'tn0' al
Eight o'clock Tor the above points.
The firstclass Steamer CITY POINT, Captain WV.
T. MoNELTY. will all rom Charleston every Safar-
day Evening, al Eight O'Clock, for above points.
Competing with the Central Railroad at savannah
for Mobile and Now Orleans, and with the Florida
Railroad at Fernaudina for Cedar Keyo st which
point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile.
Pensacola Key West and H,vana.
Through Bills Ladins given for Freight 70 MoDhe,
Pensacola and New Orleans.
Both steamers connecting boiu q: S. Hurts steam.
ers OcLdpaha and Griffin fir Suer Springs and Lakes
Griffin, Eustts, Harris and Durham.
All freight p'yable ON the wharf
Goods not removed OF sunset will be stored at r1ss
and expense OF owners.
For Freight or Passage ensaSemel t, apply to
J. D. AIKEN l. CO., agents,
south Atlantic Wharf.
N,B-No extra charge for Meals aud Ssate:ooms I.
Steamer city Pon. will touch st St Narys, Ge o.
going and returning each week.
November 81
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WASHINGTON.

THE VIRGINIA COMMITTEE POSTPONE THE R1oH-
AMoND coNvENTIoN-THE MISSISSIPPI 1,2NAuT-
TEE VISIT aRANT-aRANT AND THE coLoRED
CONVENTION.
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INLAND ROUTE.
THROUGH TICKETS TO FL0RLDi.
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET
LINE, VIA EDIsrO, BEAUt OFF ANf HILTON
HEAD,
CONNECTING WITH
THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RALLR0 I'D ANO'
CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN
FLORIDA.
~A TIE FINE, FAST TIE AN Z y
sass..ssSSzS PILOT BOY, Captain FEM PEcK win
leave Charleston on MONDAY and THURSDAY MORN
Isos al Eight O'Clock Returning, will leave .avannan
TUESDAY MoHS1Nas OF Light o'clork, and FRIDAY
4rrERgooN at Two O'Clock, touching at Ed'sto on
THURSDAY trip from Char,estoa, at EeVen A. NJ,
and leaving Edisto at Nine g. NJ SATURDAYS on re-
'" The steamer will touch a Button and chiolm's
each way. every TWO weeks, commencing With tric
For Freight or Passage apply to
JOIN FERGUSON,
January II l----- accommodation WnErI-,.
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EXCURSION AROUND THE HARBoR.

EXCURSION AkOUND The nAhnon.
THE EAST SAILING YACHT MAGGIE
M MITCHELL, having been thoroughly reft-
AN ted, Is now prepared to take parties to all
points Of interest iu and around the Har-
bor OF Charleston, reasonable terms.
For passage apply at No 81 EAST BAY, or to the
Captain on board at Boycs's Wharf.
January 10 g.
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TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH
CHARLESTON EN- RoU rE TO FLORIDA. AIKEN
S~e-, Aud other places, should not fai
HN4|S1ha to lay in their supplies OF PROYIs.
Z/S6iTix3Ta IONS, CLAREIS, CHAMPAGNE5
[S$A4sS7sezlR CORDIALS, BRANDIRS, WHIS
ETFs WINES. CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, &c.
Pates Of wild Game and Deyilled Ham for sand
wtches and Luncheous.
A1Send for o catalogue.
No. 275 K1nS.strees
Between Wentworth and aeaafsin,
Charleston, s. @.
Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 2eth street,
New York. Oo1oool.o