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VOL. 2-NO. 174. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1866. PRICE, 5 CENTS. News and Herald. published bt s> w. MASON. K . v Stbeet, Bavamnah, Gio i» 111 tiBMi: Five Cents. , $3 60. #io oo. 0 K advertising. B - V ,- aK e. first. Insertion, $1.50 ; each lnser- 0!>S SV i\. -■ rpnts. 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XV No yearly contracts, except for space at table rales, will tie made: and. in contracts for space, all . :na.-es will be charged fifty cents per square for nth change. liT Editorial, local or business notices, for indl v.t.ul henedt, will be subject to a charge of fifty iisits per line, lint not le3S than three dollarB for each *«mlon. ;4T All transient Advertisements must be paid In Tie Meetly News anil Herald ii i .Vls'ucJ at $t; per year, or 75 cents per month, and The Weekly News and Herald tfsupd every Sarurday at $3 per year. JOB PRINTING, : - tv style, neatly and promptly done* LOUISIANA POLITICS. Radical Raving. By Telegraph.. if for latest telegraphic news Bee second page. HORNING DISPATCHES. ■ omumsiun of the President-. Dispatch to Queen Victoria. Heart's Contest, July 31.—The President’s reply to the Queen was acknowledged from Osborne st 5 p. a. or one hour and eighteen minutes after Its recep* . here. It passed through the cable in eleven tutrates. A royal salute was fired by the Great East- era. and the American flag was hoisted on the Tele graph building. -Minnesota. Democratic Convention, ib Pacl, Aug. 1.—The Minnesota Democratic State c mention elected delegates to the Philadelphia Con- Tiation, and passed resolutions in favor of the imme diate admission of the Southern States to the Union. Arrival of the Virgo at lew York. Sew York, Aug. 2.—The steamship Virgo arrived beta Savannah. "tsiousin Democratic Convention. lUnsos, Aug. 2.—The Wisconsin Convention to- elected delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, - nailing Senator Doolittle and Postmaster General aadiiL fen York Market. Hoiui, Aug. 2.—The demand for cotton is light: '' t plands 36J4 ; Middling OrlesDB 385539. G..J, ii.-. Flour drooping. Wheat dull and de. Pott lower, and dull at $3 60®*3 68. Expert Swindler—The Government '.^tp in the Sum op $50,000.—A few a gentleman pf good address, that were supposed to be genuine fallals and representing himself as a ™v.’m the United States navy, appeared at !i;-\av Wtio: y Department and presented re- to the amount of $50,000, lor a waraut covering this sum was • The warrant having passed through ^culinary channels of t he Treasury De- fttwent and undergone the scrutiny of ex perienced officers, who certified to its cor- fectness, finally reached the office of Treas- Mer, who issued^ his draft, payable Pith United States Treasurer at- “hiladelpbia. Hastening to Philadelphia, the iwindier deposited the draft and two thous- «t(l dollars in national currency in the First National Bank of that city, stating that he would ietura in a few days, by which time “ e imped his draft would be duly cashed by Assistant Treasurer. True to his word,, called in a day or two, and, receiving the amount of the draft, together with his $2,000, in Government funds, decamped for parts Unknown. The swindler gave his name as A. R- j~‘ en ; and the fact that there is a purser of JPat name serving in the navy, and the ap- Pwent genuineness of his paper*, induced JJ* Department'to proceed with the settle* ?- n t of his claims. Every means have been i ^en to secure the arrest of this bold forger S® swindler, who up to this time eluded all •U'irts made for his capture.— Washington "fmotiedn. From a lengthened report in the New Or leans Commercial, we extract the following paragraph, illustrative of a Radical mass meeting and its incendiary purposes: From the Dryades street stand, in front of the vestibule, there were, a9 speakers, John Henderson, Jr., Mr. Judd, Rev. Mr. Horton, Judge Hiestand and Dr. Dorstie. Judge Hawkins presided. The Secreta ries were A. Valias and Horace M. Jordon. Mr. Henderson made a speech at consider able length, allndiug, in complimentary terms to Gen. Lee, and declaring that after the constitutioualamendments were adopted, he would be one of the first to ask a full par- doD, and become endowed with all the pow ers of a reconstructed citizen. Bad as it was to be a rebel in war, he regarded it as much worse to be a rebel in peace. The Convention will meet. He, as a member, wanted no arms. He had the arms of the State and the arms of the military authoiities. The Convention and the Constitution had been supported by two Presidents, and by the army and navy. Mr. Judd, the next speaker, said the ob ject of this assemblage of the people was to strengthen the coming Convention, and to give it backbone. It would meet and hold its sessions spite af all the elements arrayed against it, with Judge Abell thrown in, as ‘‘lagniape.” Most ot those before me owe their freedom to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. (A female voice—“Hallelujah! hallelujah! Give God the glory.”) We were beaten by the rebels, he said, till 200,000 native born men, now citizens, were enrolled, and then we licked them by the Grace of God. He urged edu cation of colored children, and closed with “all honor to the soldier of Louisiana with a dark skin—all honor to the little redheaded Phil Sheridan—all honor to the flag of our glorious country.’’ Rev. Mr. Horton, the speaker who fol lowed, held in one hand a fan with the ad vertisement ot an Accident Insurance Com pany with Gen. Johnston at its head, and hence he thought they were all safe here. In the other hand, he held the resolu tion which had been adopted. He alluded to the scene in Boston when Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave, was marched down State street surrounded by a cordon of bayonets, to be carried back iuto slavery, and regarded the present scene as a counterpart. You, he said, who have been looking to wards Canada for freedom, do not look that way to-night. You are citizens made so by congress in the passage of the civil right* law- We are here to-night as preliminary to re convoke the Convention of 1864 and 1866. To-night the speaker had rather shake hands with' the vilest gambler in town, than with one of the unrepentant divines who espouse the rebel cause. You who are here, have got to demaud your Tights, and you will secure them. Look at the old flag—the stars are all there, and more are coming. After having met an honorable defeat, they who fought againt the Government come back and say, “We’ll rule you yet!’’ |_A voice—“Did you ever fight?” Other voices from colored men in various di rections—“I have! I have!”] And so will I, added the speaker, sooner than they who have been conquered on the battle-field, shall rule us. At this point there was swaying to and fro, among the densely packed audience. Colored torch-bearers wended their way towards Canal street, the miscellaneous part of the assem blage joined in the driftings, and there were indications of violence. But quiet was soon restored, and peace reigned. Judge Heistand was the next speaker. The decree of God, he said, has gone forth, that ttioro aiiatl hp universal freedom and univer sal suffrage througnout tub 1*™™- — men who got up this war, effected universal freedom, and by the course which they are row pursuing they till be torced to yield universal suffrage. He spoke of the Convention, and said in substance, that if the Executive of the State needed anything to enforce the law, that oower was here. . . . The great pow’er of American citizenship is in obeying the laws. There is a certain power which claims the exclusive right of all the voting. The people of the State of Louisiana are nearly equally divided—one half wants to do the voting for the whole, and wants the other half to do the working for them. This de mand will not succeed, tor no demand foumL ed on injustice ever yet succeded. He asked whether there was any justice in allowing 25,000 to have all the political power and do all the voting for 60,000 men in the State ? Congress is abused for not ad mitting the representatives from the South by the mass of those who have but recently returned from fighting against that very Government in which they claim a repre sentation. ... - They have the modesty to say : W e 11 do all the voting—you’ll do all the working. You who have been lately emancipated from slavery, give the lie by your conduct to the assertions of those who may say that you are idle, improvident, inclined to vicious habits. Above all, educate your children, and insist upon it that they shall be educated. By your good conduct shut up the miser- able recorders’ courts of this town, except for the use of white loafers. Carry out correct principles and you will wield the power in this State by your moral force and your moral power. The upper crusts of society are wielded and governed by what lies bi- 10 They who live bv ill-gotten wealth, if the earth would swallow them up, would never be missed in the community. Your former masters say that if you exer- cise the right of suffrage they can sway it by the influence over you which they still pos sess. They do not belive this. It they did they would be the first to avail themselves of the effort to confer that right upon you. Be prudent, be industrious, be good citi zens, save your money, and as soon as pos sible cease working for other people, and work for yourselves. That is the true way to maintain yonr position as American citizens and American voters. Dr. Dostie was the last speaker from this stand, and some of his expressions were more intemperate than those previously uttered. He said if the rebels dared to dis turb the convention they would be annihi lated ; and that the conquered should never rule as conquerors. ADJOURNMENT OP CONGRESS. The Work Done—Bills Passed—Closing Scenes. Stanton to Show His Hand. A Wash ington letter says: An effort will be made in a few days to “smoke out” Mr. Stanton, and force him to take a decided position with regard to the President’s policy. He has thus far failed to respond to the call for the Philadelphia Convention, notwithstanding a copy of the circular call was sent him the d'ay after it was issued, with the request that he, give his views upon the proposed convention ind the principles set forth in the circular. It is the determination of the President's sup porters to compel, if possible, a direct and unequivocal showing from the Secretary of War, so that it may be known whether he is in unison with the Radical sentiment, or a supporter of the administration. '-A party of (indignant wives attacked a =Dsy brothel at Sylvania, Ohio, last week, lj ' : were routed by the tall gypsy woman ■»h kept it, and who had armed herself with * 'v 11-pole. The husbands then came to the and compelled the gyspgy and her t oopanion» to flee. Th, H~?*Vnf the Tmltr-torv lathe conclusion,; just before ine *. hi P*vV:es beer vo:'. - o‘. to he pniiedStates "Government, After a session of nearly eight months, Congress on Saturday last, at 4:30 p. m., ad journed until the first Monday of December next. The session has been a protracted one, bat the business done amounted to little practical value. The closing proceedings were charactized by much confusion and ex citement, but the members generally separ ated with kindly feelings toward each other. It is difficult to tell exactly what was done and what was lett undone at the close. Both bouses remained in session throughout the whole of Friday night. The President ve toed the bill to create a surveying district in Montana. The bill which passed both houses to admit ihe territory of Nebraska into the Uuion was not signed, and is therefore lost. No attempt was made to pass the Colorado bill over the veto of the President. All the appropriation bills were passed, but there was a severe struggle over the miscellaneous appropriation bill, aDd it was saved by only one majority. There was a strong opposi tion in the House to the increase of the sala ries of the members, with mileage at twenty cents per mile, but the measure was finally pushed through, together with a general in crease of the salaries of the officers of the Honse. The salaries of the members of the Senate and House are increased to $5,000 a year, and that of the Speaker $8,000. The bill for the equalization of bounties was passed as a “rider" to the miscellaneous ap propriation bill. It will require an appro priation of about $75,000,000. The new army bill was passed. It pro vides for fifty-four new companies to be at tached to twenty-seven existing battalions, and eight new regiments, four to he of col ored troops. The joint resolution was passed to exempt the officers and soldiers of the army from the payment of the special five per cent, in come tax ; a9 was also the bill distributing tbe awards for the capture of the assassins of the late President- The award for the capture of Jefferson Davis was stricken out. Mr. Boutwell’s resolutions relative to Jeffer son Davis’ complicity in Mr. Lincoln’s assas sination were adopted. Mr. Rogers made a minority report on the subject. Senator Patterson, of Tennessee, was, by a vote of 21 to 11 admitted to his seat. A joint reso lution was adopted authorizing the presiding officers of the two Houses to grant the use of a building on the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street “for any lawful purpose, but especially for meetings held with a view to the liberation of Ireland.” Among the bills which were lost, was the one to create a national bureau of insurance, and the one to refund $300 to each person who was drafted twice in one year and paid commutation money, or who, not being lia ble lo military duty, furnished substitutes. The bill in relation to the tariff on wool, which passed the House, was laid on the ta ble in the Senate. The bill for the construc tion of au air-line from Washington to New York, which passed the House, was not reached by the Senate, aud therefore goe9 over to the next session. Of the fate of the House bill to modify the neutrality laws the report of the Senate pro ceedings is silent, and the probability is it was lost. The statement that Senator Sum ner was in l'avor of the bill Was erroneous. He was utterly opposed to its passage. A large number of nominations made by the President were confirmed, and many others rejected. Resolutions complimentary to tbe presiding officers ot each House were adopted. They made appropriate responses, and then formally announced the close of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Of the late Congress the Now-York Herald vs • The country will feel a sensation ol 0 Je&t renei —— a — adjoumed sine die, and that, unless the Presi dent may think fit, under some unexpected circumstance, to call an extra session, we shall be troubled no more with the doings of this corrupt, profligate and expensive Con gress, until the first Monday in December next. From the first Monday in December last down to the adjournment of the 28th of July, a period of eight months, we have had a campaign, on the part of Congress, against the Administration and “tbe Constitution as it is,” without anything approaching a paral lel in the history of the country. In the out set, from the heavy majority of the Radicals in each House, and from their bold Radical and revolutionary policy and purposes then avowed, there were good reasons for serious apprehensions as to the continuance of our popular institutions. But President John son, against even a Radical Congress ot two- thirds in each House, has proved himself a tower of strength in behalf of the Constitu tion, so that, after this “irrepressible con flict” of eight months of active fighting, he stands the master of the situation, as the champion of the people and the Union. “The cohesive power of the public plun der” has been tried to the utmost tension by the Radicals of the two Houses, and it has Letter from Hon. _v- Stephens, THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. To the Editors of the National Intelligencer: Gentlemen :—I as a a place in yonr ,col- nmns for the enclosed letter to me from the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. In commit ting it to the press I am taking a questiona ble liberty with him, for thclettevis marked private. But in the present circumstances of the country, I think it so desirable that the people should know, the real temper of the South, that I feel justified in publishing this letter from one who, at the outbreak of the war, was the representative man of the Union party of the South, and is the recog nized exponent of the Southern sentiment at this moment. President Lincoln had great confidence in Mr. Stephens. He told me repeatedly that he had offered him a seat in the Cabinet, and he retained great regard for.l^m to the last. Yours, respectfully; jt M. Blair. Montgomery county, Mil., July 29, 1866. Orawfobdville. Ga., July 23, I860. Hon. Montgomery Blair, Washington,D.C.: Dear Sir:—Your letler of the 17th instant is before me. I thank you heartily for it. No man in the United States did or could more cordially approve and endorse the ob jects of the proposed Union Convention at Philadelphia (as I understood them! than I did; and yet, from considerations of expe diency, I doubted Ihe propriety of my taking active part in it. I was also in doubt, to some extent, whether, with other views on the part of those who made the call, the words were not so phrased in the call as to exclude all who occupied a similar position to my own, and from other considerations as those which had occurred to me. Your letter relieves me from the last class of doubts, but those of the other class still exist, notwithstanding your strong views to the contrary. Individually my whole soul is eulisted in tbe cause of a speedy, full aDd perfect restoration of the Government under the Constitution, and its permanency under that Constitution as it now stands. There is notlrng within my power that I am not wil ling cheerfully to do to effect and accomplish that end. Indeed, (you will excuse me in sayiog it, but it is the truth,) I would be wil ling to offer my life itself, if by so doing this great result could be obtained, and peace, union, harmony, prosperity, happiness and constitutional liberty be thereby secured to tbe millions now living, and the untold mil lions hereafter to live ou this continent. There are many personal embarrassments or difficulties in the way of my going to the Convention—these I alluded to before—but I am resolved to be there if I can. In no event shall it be ever truthfully said of me ttiat I failed to do everything in my power to save the country and its institutions. . I did in 1860 exert my efforts to their ut most extent to avoid the late most laments ble war, and to save the Union on constitu tional principles without a conflict of arms, M-ltta A UIU, VW, . _ q- nOWoD clamorous for what they call “the Union cause,” were giving encouragement, at least, to the extreme men at the South by dearly and decidedly intimating, if not fully ex pressing a perfect willingness, ou their part, that “the Union might slide” if the people of the South so willed it. I was even taunted with endeavoring to hold our peo ple on to a Union that was no longer cared for by leading men ot the dominant party at the North. I withstood these taunts even when I knew (or was informed truly, as I believed,) that there was an organized body of men in Savannah to seize the Cus tom House, Fort Pulaski, Ac., in case tbe State did not secede. All this I stated to you, and to which you allude in your letter before me : nor should I have auy hesitancy in stating it to the public if any public good could thereby be effected. The public is my only object. How best to subserve that consistently with truth, honor and upright- . _ uess is the only question with me. Pergonal failed to serve their purposes. Their system intere8tg have no influence with me what- of Southern reconstruction, originally de- , , signed for the indefinite exclusion of the ever. At least, I tbitfk so, and may be ex- lately rebellious States from the Government, has been defeated by the President. Com pelled first to adopt his policy in their pro positions for an amendment of the Constitu tion, they have next found it expedient to yield to him in the matter of tbe dispensa tion of bis patronage and to abandon the de sign of the intractable Stevens, of holding one or°both Houses on guard through all the re cess till December. The movement for the Johnson National Union Convention of August, in Philadelphia, unquestionably had much to do with this sudden rush to busi ness in Congress and this hurrying to an ad journment. The Radicals, especially of the House of Representatives, in view of this Convention, speedily began to realize the ne cessity of an early return homeward for the purpose of holding their ground among their constituents, if possible, against the re-act ing tide of public opinion. In tbe outset a long editorial summing up most ably the manifold enormities perpe trated by the late Congress, the National Intelligencer of yesterday says: '•The Rump Congress has adjourned- Its session of eight harrowing months, boding ill like.au impending pestilence, has at last gone past, aad is of the dismal things that were. Convolving clouds have darkened our sky ; the lightnings of a fell_ revolution ary pof pose have flashed across'tbe gloom, but the blpt has not descended, and the wild sweep of the storm of civil war is, thank Qod, for a time arrested. “This Congress will ever be most conspic uously infamous in the category of the worst organizations baveing governmental functions that have dishonored and shamed enlight ened society in all the world’s history. Its dispersion from ihe Capital to widely sepa rated and remote localities is a welcome re liet to apprehensions arising from ,tbe bodily presence of concentrated misqbtef; Auch a* in tbe material world takes tOYtselt the form of the ‘plague that stalketh at noon dtv.’ ” A Substitute for an Ice Pitcher.— People who have no ice pitchers will be glad to know that there is a very simple method of keeping ice water for a long lime in a common pitcher. Between two sheets of paper place a layer ot cotton batting about half an inch in thickness, and form a cylinder bv fastening the ends of the paper and bat ting together. Then sew or paste a crown on one end, so as to make a box t e shape of a stove nine hat, minus the nm. •. f he cylinder should bff made large enough to go entirely over the pitcher, so that tee open end wiU rest nnnn tbe table or sideboard, and thus be a r. Any one trying this simple method of. keeping ice water cool, will • ii&toniahedM th>- len-’th ot MSi** it wui prts‘'tie coldness of the cused for saying so. Had I been governed by personal feelings, I should have had noth ing to do with the late troubles, further than entering my earnest protest against them. Aud had I been governed by personal feel ings I should not now be in the situation I am. If the Union shall be restored under the Constitution, as I earnestly desire to see it •done (and I am willing to do all I can to wards that end), it is my fixed purpose to re tire forever from all connection with public affairs. So that while it would seem that iny present efforts are tending to a result in which I have more or less personal interest —that is, my admission as a Senator in Con gress—yet I assure you I never expect or in tend to bold that position long, even if the seat should be awarded to me. Yours, truly, Alexander H. Stephens. Another Fenian Scare.—The Fenian ex citement is again raging in Canada. T$£ re port in Toronto, on Friday evening, was that live theusand Fenians were landing at Fort Erie. On the strength of this the gunboat Rescue was ordered in that direction, and General Napier spent a sleepless night. The rolling stock of the Grand Trunk Railroad was removed from the vicinity of the threat ened point. At .Montreal the most efficient military measures were taken to crash the movement. It turned out that a large num ber of persons had crossed over from this side to witness a prize fight without inter ference from the police. A letter from Melbourne announces the — By an act of the last Congress a cum- safe arrival of upwards of 100,000 salmon, mission was created charged with an inquiry sea and brown trout w , and ssys that 4oi into tbe question of providing a substitute percent of the whole nrnnbti ere hatching'for cotton in the fibre of ‘ai. or something in the breeding ponds or. tbe river Plenty, in \ else. After spending $9. <» they report that Tastuauit. ; cotton is king A Duel Without Interruption.—Every day’s experience proves that duels can be tougbt and difficulties settled without police, judicial or other interference. Last Satur day afternoon two citizens met near the corner of Tenth and Main streets. After the usual salutations of the day were exchanged, one of the parties inquired of the other (who is an active newspaper man), “Well, sir, what did you mean by what has been re ported to me with regard to a circumstance which has recently taken place between t “Nothing, sir; but if you have felt aggrieved, and imagine that a wilful misrepresentation has ensued, I am prepared to give satisfac tion." “That will not do. I hold you re sponsible.” “Very well,” says the newspa per man, “Well arrange that matter very 8 oon ” In five minutes, or, perhaps, a' little over, two beautifal six-shooters, ready loaded, were furnished by one ot our most prominent musical dealers ; tbe disputants repaired to an embankment next door, and ihere interchanged salutes without molesta- tion. The affair waa witnessed from the house-tops by several citizens, among whom was one of oqr most successful and well- known photographists. As usual, the firijj ronud was harmless, and a second exchange proposed ; but just at this time the cry of “Police” was sounded, and, thereupon, the courage of the belligerents was put to a greater lest, and the party separated before the iardians Of the law arrived on the ground— Tines. THREATENING ASPECT OP AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND. The Negroes Arming and Drilling In the Streets. [From the itichmont 1 Times.] Since the publication in this paper of yes terday of an editorial denunciatory of "the nightly drills of the vagabond negroes who infest this city and its environs, a number of our most prominent and conservative citizen have assured us that the outrage is rapidly increasing in magnitude. The apathy of the civil authorities, and the apparent approval of these military demonstrations by the agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, are won derfully encouraging to the negroes. We shall soon have them drilling on the Square, and having afternoon dress parades on onr most fashionable streets, if we submit much longer to these insurrectionary demonstra tions. There will probably, in less than a fortnight, be a negro “flag .presentation” from the steps of the Washington Monu ment, if negro insolence is developed hereaf ter as rapidly as it has been during the last twenty days. The negro companies are armed, we learn, with sabres and pistols. The sabres are not private property, and they most belong either to the United States or to the State Government. If they* belong to tbe United . States Government, who has armed the negroes at the very time that the citizens of the State are stripped of their arms ? If they have not been lurnisbed to the blacks by the Federal authorities, and have been dishonestly obtained, why are the ne groes allowed to display stolen government property in our most public streets and crowded thoroughfares? Tbe military authorities, soon after the tall of Richmond, demanded of the white in habitants and received from them all govern ment arms. Tbe histoiy of the sabres which several hundred impudent negroes are flour ishing about our streets should be ascertained and thoroughly ventilated. The times are exceedingly propitious for the vindication of our civil rights, as well as for the punish ment of the innumerable insults and out rages to which the facile tools of the Radi cals have subjected us. Tbe President will not turn a deaf ear to complaints against the outrages of the petty tyrants who have been lording it at the South. A FEW MORE FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO M1LI IT ARY ORGANIZATIONS. Night before last while Policemen Web ster wa9 going the rounds ot his beat, near Navy Hill, he was bailed with “Halt, who goes dar?” Mr. Webster immediately ad vaDCed in the direction of tbe parties who heiled him, and found it to consist of two negro meu firmed withmuskets.and a corpo ral with a sword. He demauded their au thority for hailing him. They replied that it was the “Captain’s” order. Several other ne groes crowded round, and the policeman finding them too strong for him, ’returned to the station-house, when being reinforced, he went back, but only found a few unarmed, innocent-looking negroes loafing around. A negro came to tbe station-house the same night and inquired whether people were not allowed to pass anywhere along tbe streets they wished—slating that he had been hailed by tbe negroes, and a musket leveled at him. He was told that under the existing state of things regarding the rights of treedmen there was no help lor it, and be departed wonder ing at the mutability of things. The Minority Report on the Case of Mr. Davit*. i On Saturday, Mr. Rogers, of New Jersey, from the minority of the judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, made a re. port on the case of Jefferson Davis. The Washington Herald says: plicity charge of corn- surd, but the mere work of malice and’ava rice, and claims that the evidence adduced was a chain of flimsy fabrications.. And these assertions Mr. Rogers bases upon the testi mony of the accomplices Conover and Mont gomery. Mr. Rogers believes that the expo sition of this plot so invalidates any testi mony coming through tha hands of Mr. Holt that it renders all belief in the charges against Davis, Clay, Tucker et. ah Impos sible. * The nature of. this testimony is best shown by extracts therefrom. “May 8, 1863.—Campbell’s testimony.— The testimony of this witness, takem&y Judge Holt, was read to him in the committee room, and he was asked if it was true, and he re plied, ‘No, it is all false.’ “Why did you make it?” “I was informed by Mr. Conover that Judge Holt had offered a reward of $100,000 for the capture of Jefferson Davis ; that he had no authority really to do it; that now that Jefferson Davis was taken they had not enough against him ,to justify them in what they had done; that Judge Holt wanted to get witnesses to prove that Davis was inter ested in the assassination of President Lin coln, so as to justify him in paying the $100,000. Speaking of the woman that had testified in Holt’s office to corroborate Conover, Campbell says at this examination: “Sarah Douglas is not her real name. Her name was Dunham. There was another woman sworn. Her name given waa assumed. One was Conover’s wife and the other his sister- in-law. The one that caHed herself Mrs. Dunham is Conover's wife. Conover’s name is Charles Dunham. Conover told gie that if I engaged in it it was not gotojz, to hart any body, that Jeff. Davis woultr never be brought to trial, and that if this evidence got to him be would leave the country. Cono ver directed me to assume the name oT Campbell. There was a person described by that name who was supposed to be impli cated in that affair, and I was representing that party. He met Conover, in the first place, by the appointment of Snevel. Snevel said I could make money out of :t. Money was my motive. I received $625. I received $100 from Conover and $500-from Judge Holt. I got $150 at Boston and $100 at St. Albana I Went to Canada to hunt op a witness to swear false, who was to represent Lamar. Snevel and Conover together ar ranged with we to go to Canada. SneTel saw the written evidence I was to swear af ter Conovef-wrote it. « May 24, 1866—Joseph Sqevel sworn; his right name ia Wm H. Roberta.' His depo sition before Holt read to him, and signed Joseph Snevel; he stated was false from be ginning to end. Conover wrote oat the evi dence, and I learned it by heart. I made it to make money. L received $375 from Holt, and $100 from Conover I told Conover that I was coming on here to testify to tbe troth; that I had not had any rost since l swore to wbat I did. He said I would be In a worse fix than I was now. This waa onlast Saturday. He said things •‘Would be set tled (and there would be no further trou ble. When the false evidence I was to swear to was reed over to me by Conover, Campbell and Conover’s brother-in-law (Mr. An sen) nre present. Conover told me he knew wbat Holt would ask me, and Cono ver asked me tbe same qaestions. I gave this evidence before *HoiL When I was wrong, Conover would nod his head. Cono ver wm present when I was sworn by Hoik When Conover would nod, I would then cor rect it as near as I could, Campbell, Conom and Holt present Campbell and I rehearsed at the hotel in Washington. Conover said “I was asked if such a sum would be satis factory? I said it would. I can’t tell how much I received. Conover waa an agent of the Government to hunt np evidence. ,T Conover has escaped, as already stated. Mr. Rogers was kept from seeing the evi dence in. possession of the committee; tot se lection and arrangement, till 12 o’clock or Friday, the Honse adjourning, on Saturday. Mr- Rogers closes his report by urging the speedy trial of'Me. 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