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(The (Quitman farmer.
CAUEV W. STYLES Editor.
QUITMAN, GIEO.
FRIDAY, JUNE I. IB6o*
For Local Matter Bee Third Par©
Tin* Plot Thicken*.
While we agree with our brethren of the preen,
wl o <■'ounnel ca'mncm and connervatiem on the
part of the people of the South, it i» none ©
lesH our duty to watch the progrenn of even
and call attention to the finger boards that indi j
cate our “road to ruin.’ 1 There in uo such thing j
now. in the South. a« an alarmist—the tocain in
broken, and it« cracked and squeaking notes will
not arouse tht people from ihe death like torpor
that, holds them in its fast embrace.
With the pride of race trembling In the scale
property gone, liberty under the tyrants j
heel, and hope flickering in the midnight
gloom, like the fitful flame, o'er the'dying lamp,
in solemn grandeui the South sits enthroned in
tranquil triumph, alike indifferent to tire buffets
and the rewards of fortune. ,in her majestic
ruin. calm, undismayed and digqiflcd, she .has
watched the incendiary apply the torch to the
temple o' her liberties, and witnessed- the jejpjr
ing. throes of the Constitution of tlm country
UMihedof.e very thing, except her manhood und
self-respect, she can now feel but little interest in
the character of the legislation tba her enemies
are evolving from tin* new order of things*
No good can be accomplished by discussion, and
neither, thepeople or the press should condescend
to controversy with those who are madly forcing
upon the country, political monstrosities, alike
disastrous to civil liberty, and the progress of
civilization “Those whom the Gods inland to
destroy, they flnpt make road;”, ad whether we
qj. tiie .South qi e 4« equal yet to 4 lower deep pr
not, filesystem of measure# by which the IWiieals
are seeking,so vindictively pnjl persistently to
oppress, persecute, and dtjgrade our people, niyst
evetitually work their own discomfiture and
briiig ttyejn to sorrow* and shame.
Faeb day/’ischwes something new* in the tragic
volume of thtdr scheme for spoils and power,
llp-dor the influence of a hatred; that - the arch
flpnd would have scorned to have manifest til, on
hying hurled from the gates of Paradise to the
Inferno, they have converted the national Legig*
lature into a debauched inquisition for oppres
sion and robbery., and invaded the very province
of the Deity, in search of new instruments and
modes of torture. In the wildness of his fury.
Thud. Stevens, assuming the office of a God,
hesitates not to consign eight millions of American
white people to a Plutonian prison, and would
have it guarded by bayonets. Led away by his
rampant, love for the negro, he proposes a home
stead to each male freedman, out of the posses
sldns of southern rebels. The white men of the
ftouth must be disfranchised, and enfranchise
merit conferred upon the colored pots of the Radi
cals to appease their wrath. Leading Rebels are
to bo forever disqualified from holding office un
der the Government. IJy taxation and confisca
tion the remnant of our worldly goods are to be
transferred to the negro, and thence to the Yan
kee. And Jeff. Davis is to be hung—all this and
more Is required to satisfy the cravings of the
party in power, for plunder and place. That
they intend to overreach the President, break
down his policy and compass the next Presiden
tial election, if it is within tho range of poflsibili
sdy, is no longer a doubtful proposition: And to
BffldsCend will be dismembered, new States
4in.e few’ll and admitted; Rebels will be dis
franchised, and the State governments of the
States lately in rebellion will be turned over to
deserters, lories, yankees and negroes.
is the plot of the Jacobin club at Wash
higton, and it thickens as step by step the W<l r
eiVam! their cohorts advance, to success.
~ft is said that error is never dangerous when
reason is left free to combat it; pud that “truth,
thp.ngh crashed to earth will rise again:” These
axioms were uttered before the period of Yan
kee ,h,igpiry and puritanical persecution, and
are not to be relied on as applicable to
tic rule or ruin poljcy of the Radicals. Their’s D
a “bigotry against w hich no honest man should
fyer miss an appoxtunity of putting his country
men. of all sects and all descriptions, upon their
guard; it is the accursed and promiscuous pro
of servile hypocricy. of remorseless lust ©f
pt>w}w. insutiafv thirst fpr gain laboring for
thefdestruotian of man, under the specious pre
typsen of religion her Imnucr .stolen from the
altar of Gyd. and hqr allies congregated..from
the abyses of hell, she acts by votaries to bo re
strained by no compunctious of humanity, for
they are dead to mercy; to be reclaimed -by no ;
voice of reason, for refutation is the bread on
which their folly feeds : they are outlawed alike
fjumi their. tpocio.*? and
>fiajtvrit vtlnils svrvilo acquiesenoo ia th*
tors of their tolly; venal sheriffs are found to re
turn packed juries to carry inu> effect the Tatal
crfuapiratnes of the few against the many; the
devoted benches of pub’ic justice are filled by
CbimU 1 iug< of fortune who overwhelmed in the
torrent of con uptiou spiingipg from their own
baseness, “lay at the bottom like drowned bo
dies, whilst soundness or sanity remained in them;
but at length becoming buoyant by putrefaction,
tftVy rove asthev rotted, and floated to the* *ur
t’lrr of the pdDi’ed stream, where they are
floiting along objects of terror, and contagiotp
and abomination.” *
Excluded.
The telegrsph announces the passage of the
bill, bv the House, to exclude from the National
R«\Ved in• fbVtVmf ©derate-'Wr tSl\right,
aad -aits the brave boys or the Confederacy ex'!
aCtl v. Os course they will.be excluded from she
hVuPnit army, in the o*‘ a quarrel with
Nip'., Max a»<i fttelr allies.
Cant Sxx allow it
-Front Washington dispatches it seems.the plan'
of thy Committee for Reconstruction, as passed
bydh? House, is about to die in the Senate* It
has some horrible disease, and even the radical
doctors disagree as to the diagnosis, and are
abandoning the leprous bantling.
Already the 3d, or disfranchising section, has
bem stricken out by a unanimous vote, and it
is now thought the whole scheme sink into
contempt, and become tbejpo.irleal winding sheet
Trial of J<ffc*raon Davis?
By telegraphic intelligence w«* learn that Mr.
Davit* is to he put upoq|hii* trial, at Richmond. in
1 few days. Justice 'bane
and Alto ney (Jenoral Speed it is
understood that the defense will
the doctrine of State sovereignty, as taught" by j
the fathers of the Republic, and maintained in |
the counsels of the country, by her wisest and:
purest statesmen for tbreefourths of a cqntury.
and as adhered to, and vindicated, by (’hh f Jus
tics Chase himself, till, reypjaai ml lbe
dfiC!Jrlni* I*y force of arms.
Never before YSflve the devotees of civil liber
ty, and republican government, beeh palled upon
to witness such a (riaCapd nowhere In ’he an
nals (if history can b(CfV):nd aV instance of hMcli
unmitigated meanness if»JustieV» and national
shame, unless it be in Hie arraignment and trial
of the offspring of the Godhead.
While it i« impossible; for Hie m’nd t » conceive
of human nature so b*p v ! ind deb.ased as to
pronounce a vtodcj of under the indict
merit against Jefft»rson ftyvi*. U is not imposei
We that a conviction may be secured by the “re*
Htbrseless, kindless villains” who procured the
Indictment. TJiey know that the moment he
ceases to bc,regai ded us a criminal- he becomes
of an accuser, and henee the arcana of
power, perjury and perfidy wiJJ be explored to
its uttermost labyrinth foj* m *arw to acoqiapliah
their hellish purpose; but l«*t them reiipaiiber, !
•wjfen their sentence shall have s<*nt him forth to
that stage, which guilt alone, cm render infa
mous. he will not be Like a little statue upon «
mighty pedestal, diminishing by elevation; but j
he w ill stand a striking and imposing object ;ij»ou
a monument, which, if it does not and it cannot)
record the atrocity of his crime, must record the
atrocity of his conviction.’
Since w’riting tin* above, the following intelli
gence, relating to the trial of Mr. Davis, has been
received, from which it will b«* seen that there is
a probability of a postponement of the trial.—
This,, t we suppose, means nothing more not less
than (i-determination to waste the life of our per
*ecute«LciiieJ. by the* slow'torture of prison bon
dage.
Thui- OF .TFFFFR * >N DaVIH Postp< *NKn.'~ —
A special
tlie New York Daily News, dated May
Hilhdrc ia no moro probability of the
speedy trial of Jefferson' Davis howHhan
then? was two or tliree inontliff affo. 1 11-
and< k ed tbe xappnsil ion to having* him tried
by tbe civil euurts is s * #reat sometifoes,
it seems tlMit the whob* pi'njeet of nav
ing'liim so tried will have to he aban
doned. The Chief' J-nat iee, the Attorney
Gonoßil, and the Radical hmders
ally are at the bottom of this opposition,
which is founded on the well known fact
that a civil trial would result in the full
acquittal of the prisoner.
Every possible obstacle, therefore, has
been put in the way of such atrial, and
the Attorney General has now decided to
postpone it until the next December term
of the Court. The radicals freely ex
press the most bloodthirsty vindictiveness
towards Mr. Davis, and do not hesitate
to express the desire that he should die
n prison rather than be. tried and ac
quitted. The House Judiciary Commit
tee are so silly as to continue their efforts
to have Mr. Davis trad before a military
tribunal as an active accomplice in the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln and they
untli<»ri&ed the statement to he made,
only yesterday’, that they had full proof
of his tftiilf. It is reported that Mr.
Davis is to be released on parole, T r. ae
accordanee with the request of Mrs.
Davis. It is the opinion of the hi^|w‘ st
medical authority that a few weeks more
confinement would terminate his life.
Condition of President Davis’
ID nlflt,
Pr. CporElt, tin* Medical Officer at Forlrc s
Monroe, in compliance with instructions f oni
President Johnson, on H:e 23d ult made a re
port to Congress on tin* condition of Mr. Da vs’
health, of which tbe following is a
synopsis :
j “Me is considercldv emncm'ed the faHy t»«
j sue having almost disappeared leaving his skin
shriveled. Ills muscles nr»‘ small, flaccid and
very soft, and he lm« bn* li» lc muscularstreng'li
JIa 4 is quite weak and debili'a’cd conscquenll v
his prise is uneven and irregular: his digestive
'Organs at< present aru eomnara’ivelv in good
condition but borome.quicMv derang»*d under
! anything but the most canTollv prcpareil food.
With diet disagreeing w ith him dyspeptic sym -
toms promptly make their appearance, followed
by vertigo and severe facial and cranial neu
ralgia ervsipejatious inflaination of the posterior
scaJp anil rjght side of the nose which quickly af
fect? the right eve (the only sound one he has
paw' e-xtends through the nasal duct into the
interior of the nose Ilis nervous system is
greatly deranged, being much prostrated and ex
ceedingly irritable. Slight noises, which are
scarcely perceptible to robust health, cause him
much pain the description of the sensation being
as of one flayed and hiving every sentient nerve
exposed to the waves of sound Want of sleep
has been the great, almas* the principal cause of
his nervous excitability. This has been prod 11- ,
qed by the tramp c f he creaking boots of the
. seyjjnels on post around his prison room, and
the relieving of the guard i\t the expiration of
every two hours which almost invariable wakes
him. Mv. DtUd* shMeOhat.he bas scarcely en
j joyed over, ’wo hours steep unbroken at one time
since h’s confinement.' Means have been taken
by placing making on the floors for the soldiers
to walk on ’o alleviate this source of disturbance
britjwith only partial success His vital condi
tion is low and he has but lb *le recuperative
force, bo attacked bv nnv of the
severe to which tin* tide water
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pHr Santa Anna is still in ibe United States, {•
an<Mias engaged rooms in New York city. It is •
supposed he has business with somebody, * ,r \
else is on a pleasure trip.
pQr Mr. M i on, Confederate Commissioner to
Europe, has returned to Virginia.
par The New York Democrats endorse I’resi
dent Johnson and his policy.
Oil City, in Pennsylvania, was destroyed
by fire dtl tie 2Cth ult. Loss $1,000,1)06.
rofr Suitif/tfr -Andersoh is dangerously 111 at
Vor
* 7/&& r *ii rs'skfff of the
line Sqiithern ituili oud. from Cincintiatti to Chat
tanooga. is now a fixed fact. This Road will be
of immense advantage to Georgia and South At*
lan *»c sVa pdVrs. .
psr The PreHidept’s friends, at Washington
are sanguine of the Vuccess of his policy: and it
is said the guillotine w ill be. frCely Used, after the
adjourment of (-ongt'ess. in the decapttafion ol
the heads of Radical office holders.
,r?r The editor of the Thoniasville'Enterpi i.-e
wants money to keep his business going u»d
“buy the child u Frock/’ Those who owe him
are called upon to settle, but ail are not exp
ecf to call at once.
Theßiivanuah wain- typos
against going to that city for W.prk i here are
Uft.eifn or sixteen there now without 'job and
dead broke.
pfT The Herald says contracts
have been undo for grading the tract of the A
A G. Jt. K.. from Thom irvjite to Bair.hridge. and
that, the wprk is to be pressed with all dispatch
The Baltimore Gazette of the 33d ult.
announces the consolidation of all Express com
panies. What a mammoth m mopoly!
President Johnson has ordered the Sec
retary of War to forward an unlimited supply of
provisions to the of A hih,una. General
Grant testified to the lpyulty <»t the,people..
The styainer Oak on her trip from Haw
kiusville to Sgyftttnab. >vl h a cargo of 503 bales
of upland cotton, wan destroyed by fire on Mon
day evening Unt, at the southoru end of Wil
mington Island. Nine lives were lost, and the
entire cargo.
pfr The vote in West Virginia, on the State
Constitutional amendment, disfranchising rebels,
so far as heard from indicates the ratification of
the amendment.
ymr Mr. Williurn Ellis, of Augusta County
was killed by some unknown persons, on the
night of the -’d, at his residence.
Gen. Woffoid, membef elect to Congress
from the Atlanta District, telegraphs to the At
lanta Intelligencer that ‘•General Howard lias
directed General Tilton to j apply the destitute
of that District with provisions.
Governor Brown's premises have h- n
visited by thieves no less than three time- dur
ing the last week, and robbed of a lmv quanti
ty of meat and other things.
The Bankrupt bill has passed the House,
and it is thought will pass the Senate withou:
material alteration.
Stephen llolcOtifbe, of Louisville, sbo
Martin Moldcr. fhr seducing his sister, and then
refusing to marry her.
TELEGRAPHIC
1 'ruin cur Savaj.a.aa lixa..atrgra.
WAK IN Kt KOrE.
New Yohk. May .3. European fKipers receiv
ed per City of Nuw York, report that dßr be
tw’een Austria and l’russia is iuevitabl*N They
contain no confirmation of a European Congress,
or any signs of mediation
Earl Clarendon of the House of Lords said that
the English Goveiinnen would npt engage in t! •*
war directly or indirectly.
Napoleon in a speech at Auxinc, said : “I de*
pise these treaties ot JMS. w hich is now sough
u> make the sole basis of our foreign policy
This declaration is considered the-ignal for wa.
aml tlie Bourse was panic stricken thereon.
'flit* London 'l imes commenting upon it say.-
only Napoleon can prevent war. but unfortw
uateiy the ni b.ler t»f the Continent speaks only
id spread di may 011 change by some duubtfti
utterance
An attempt was made to assassinate Couni
Bi-marc at Berlin by the -on of a Republican
Refugee name«l Carl Blend who fired five shots at
his intended victim w ithout effect. Count Bis
marc se.zed the would-be assassin and gave him
into custody.
.m.w *» UK. May Hi.- The stemsh ps Saxooiu
and America atr»ved at this port to day wii.*.
Liverpool dates to the li.th inst.
An European (.'ongress is again mooted, and i
is said 1 ranee will join wi.h perfect disitnere
tedness; ], t saj*s many diplomatic ao »s
have hem exchanged between the Lahiiiets. i :
1 idea is to :iuut the Congress to the tamsidei alie : .
I cf perilling questions La Opinion* says; If
formal ptoposa should tie made for an . Urop« .1
Congress. Daly could accept on ‘wo coudi nm
viz . that si,e ‘may u ni. n armed -iid that tt
c S'ieiio \ ea.ti.: he ur u e l • *t .e ptOgraiQiue o»
the Congress. '’! hese gond! •< 1 are essential bu
war is mm if ni MdiftVi v : ep r u contmi e
to be made, i iiinstadt is pi.weo on « war h»«.
ing.
The Prussian embassador slid he should leave
immediately to consequence ot the Austrians *
copying the frontiers of Bohemia. Silesia and P
mu and declined the settlement proposed b
Au.'tria in reterence to the Duchb*s.
It is reported that Prussia has summoned Han
over to prepare for w ar, and announced her in
lent inn of occupy ing her military roads.
The latest Berlin dispatch says a treaty of alii
anee has been signed by Italy. Prussia and th
ean'onments. homing Litchfield and Nuremberg
tor the Bavarian army.
j uanbaid. tui> .w « ep;etl the command of the vol
unteers. declaring the hope «o cooperate with
; the glorious array of I ally for accomplishing the
destines of the nation.
A Trieste telegram says the Italian squadroi
has taken its posit on on the Adriatic, closing the
; Gulf of Trieste and thtva:ening Venice, Trieste
and other ports.
A garrison from Vienna departed from Bohe
mia and 22.000 Austrian troops have been «ent
North. The Austrian Medical legion is dis ban
ded.
The financial panic in England is now over.
There have been no more failures.
from Havana.
New Yokk. May 23. Havana correspondence
says that all eyes are turned upon the formida
hie preparations for a revolution in Cuba. Aid
in the movement was expected from the South
American republics.
The Government monopoly of the tobacco trade ;
of 1 üba had been abolished.
Another revolution is progressing in Hayti.
TEMPORARY ARSENAL AT MACON BLOWN IP,
1 Macon. May 23.—Tbe Temporary arsenal erec
|ed after the occupation of Macon by ti*. United
■tates forces as a place of Deposit for onfeder- !
fcte ordinance was blown up on Monday afternoon
several freedmen w ere engaged in drawing
A 1 ? and e.xt* acting powder One of ih-* shells
and was followed in rapid sm cession
vuu'iug a tiemendous ••xplosion Two
hw blown .° piecs and one or two
" w ouoJ*.*d. The lots of j 1 opertv
FROM WASH NOTON.
Wamuxoton, May 24.—Tbe Serenade to the
President List delivered
*on the t <>miu , *iu in politi
cal etre.es here. xlcT ulloch. Well«*s und
’DenniHn cord i resident Johnson.
Mr. Stai ton the section «»f the
| reconstruction constiui-itmal amendment disfran
j chisiug 'outle as deplorable and without
I justice or wisdom Me -rs. Speed and Uariun de
clined to (peak. They have w ritten letters res
p«Clively it .1 di-eoui »e«ms and tart character,
lie toi rnei denimnces McOulloeh’s speech as a
b i.tal niflu-.■Hieut of a tyrant by a supercilious
official.
By the dl*»*ction of the President, the Military
Department* of North Carolina. South < arolina.
(ieorgia anfi Alabama are discontinued. The
Carolinas are to comprise one Department, to be
commanded by Gen. Sickles.
Georgia and Alabama will comprise ano’.l * r
Military I epai>ment to be commanded by (Bn.
(\R Wod*. Generals TiDon and Swain wi;l
liave charge of the D reed men * Bureau iu this
Department. j
i Mr. John Phelps has been confirmed as U. S. |
District Attorney lor Chai h ston.
Ml TINY ON no Will A C'OOf.KT SHIP *T SEA.
Han Kr»*.( is* '*. Mav 24.—A French Coolie ship
from Hong Kong h.-il b«“ nJt-ized by the coolie* '
on board of her. When th«ess-: was recover !
l ed fr< 111 them in* d.-cV « were covered with bloinl
and dciul coolie*. A fi/ti il.-o occurred on board
a vessel in the Mac«'a ii d**in which one hundred
♦ hitiamim were killed
URKAT FENIAN IU.VO -l> ‘TO v ■ CALIFORNIA. j
Han h ram ;sco May » f •■••ni Mioiisaml Fe- j
nians a«s« nih id l.« e< and y --xpress their de
votion to 'be cause o'' irela: and okl .0 use their
influence to heal the and on oris .-xisting among
the Fenian br»»Sheihood. Hp eelies were made
b\ Mr. John Hamer. SD;te * en iv. andUol. Walsh
of (ten. .*»vrene} - alf and others.
FLI TTEKIMI O THI WOl NDEI).
Wasiiimiton. May. 24. It is that a dele
gation has arrived here from NYwhern. N. C. on
, a miisshtn to break down the effect of the expo
sure* made by Gens. Steedman and Ftillartou as
to tlie management’ of Freedmen s affairs in that
; Stale.
j Affidavits reflecting upon the private conduct
I of the President's < ommissloners while at ' ew
bern,. have already been forwarded, and their
publication is anxiously looked for.
It is believed that no stone will be left un
turned to crush the men who have been instru
mental in exposing the nefarious transactions of
the agents of the Freedmen s Bureau.
EFFECTS OP-THE >REKI»MKN’s HI REAt" I % VESTIOATIONS.
Wasuinoton, May . 1 Major General Howard,
(.'hief Commissioner of the Freedmen * Bureau
j has issued an order wi:ich among other particu
lars calls the attention of all officers of the Bureau
to the reports in em ulation concerning acts of
crueßy and severity on their part towards freed
men and to the reported derelictions in rendering
accounts etc. He says every officer so 44* cased
shall have an opportunity for vindieuGon before
a court niu' lial. 'I he older also forbids invest
ments by 1 ffieera ill planting interests h« the
■ Commissioner say s *»uch action w i.l almost inevil
ably lead to conupiion as it already has to bit
ter accusation.
COSO CESSION a 1.
Washi noto May i. .l the Her.ale to-day the
constitutional ameio iro nt wa> under com*id**ia
Jon.
The Home was engag'd in considering tie*
i'Tpe.tmen s i!ui < .«U till the peediesADd iro w s
iv. r»< un.mporMtii.
in tietuui of»c i» nby Cu gross providing for
in* pi. mp jedemj to>i; ■ . thei: cireiicy by the
Naii.uiui I/.iliKn .!».■ .-eereLiry of ihe t n*usui*y
con einpla:es es -tbß.-hing f fe* 'i re•a.-ury Depart
ment a system of sorting and foi warding to tile
•everai Banks for redemption their national Bunk
issues.
In the House a bill has been introduced to ex
tend the continuance of the Freedmen s Bureau
lor three years.
Mrs. Davis, in this citjrjuf a guest of the Ebbitt
House.
vhe New York Times says the trial of Mr. Davis
will rake place at Richmond In two weeks. HU
counsels are Messrs. Übus. () td>nnor. James 1.
Ki;*dy ami (leorge Shea of New Dork. Mm. B.
Read of Philadelphia. Brown of Baltimore and
Pugh ot Ohio.
DOIN'OS OF CON FEDERATE PItIVATEERS.
New York, May . D From a report prepared
by the Ulnmbei of Oommerce. it appears that the
total numoer of v --els captured by Uonf«derate
privateers was s * their tannage being 132.31)7.
. In* csiiphtu-j a-ue of vessels and cargoes w»s
5, r »4t;.' U . • in •o* hen were bonded ;.n«l r* -
"asid leavmg .c.o.iiHS.bUu as me value of prop
efty actually destroyed.
Wasuinoton. May .2. - The bill in relation to
lands in Alabama. Mississippi. Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Florida passed the Senate to
lay. It provides that they be disposed of aecor
ling to the provisions of the ' hi-niesteud law of
18ti2 w ithout dUcritnination in regard to color.
Ihe price of a paten: is five dollars. Ihe bill al
lows the privilege of securing land to persons
who have, served in the Confederate army on their
j t ikiug the oath of nHegmuce.
j The Bankrupt law pissed the House today, the
j vote being y eas. < h ; nays 53.
ihe western pacific railroad urchased by gen
eral FREMONT.
New Yo, k. May 5. (B u. i remont has pnr
■ bused ihe W estern Puc.fie Railroad, of Missouri.
:->r one mb lion three hufidre<l thousand dollars,
she tn ms «4' payment are one fourth cash and
he balance iu bun equal annual payments. The
tmd is.to he finished to Springfield in two years
iml a half .and to the State line in three years,
bis designed ußiui 1 :ely to form a link in the
great Southern Pacific Dailroad
-.EC* (TON AMI . MI. T IN THE SENATE.
Y» ash>.\uton May The interest in the re
'iistruciion me iMi* es before Congieaa has mani
-tly diminished haul y a dozen Senators being
Vesen: to day and- he audience in tbe gallery
emg very -mull.
MOM’EEDINOS O. C ONORKS9.
W aoiaGTun Mt»\ 5. Tire bill to equalise the
bounties to the soidiers of tbe Union army was
p4'>ed today by the Senate which body adjourn
ed at an early hour.
The republicans are endeavoring to reconcile
confiic ing opinious in regard to the Reconstruc
tion amendment.
j The House to day passed the bill to exclude
j rora W est Point all persons who served in th*
UOll federate army or navy.
OHIO DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Cou mrisOhl* May 25. The Ohio Democrat
c State Convention has endorsed President Johr.
son s restoration policy and nominated Hon. Ben
jamin J. Leferres for Sec re 1 y of State, and
Hon. Thomas M. Key for Judge of the Supreme
'ourt.
THE CONNECTICUT SENATE IN FAVOR OF THE ADMIS
SION OF TENNESSEE.
Hartford, . nn.. May 25.—The State Senate
I to day passed a resolution in favor of the imme
diate a mission of Tennessee to lep resen tat ion
I ia Cosn v ress.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington May 26.—The House debated the
j Fax Bill at great length, and nearly concluded
| it* consideration. In discussing the question of
appointment of a Special Commissioner of Rev
enue. Mr. Stevens moved an amendment provi
ding for the election of that officer by Congress
instead of his a p » n*ment by the Secretary of
'’ *' Treasnrv. . e made a violent onslaught on
Mr. McCulloch > • .m<e that officer said he would
not uppoi 1 ay pponent of the President’s poli
cy to office. H;evens denounced McCulloch as
De recreant to«»i of a recreant President.
Mr Hale. Republican reproved Stevens, and
showed that Congress ha> n<i such power of ap
pointment. Delano. Republican, defended the
Secretary, who was not a slave and thus prev-n
--■ed from speaking his sentiments. Does he not
have an opinion of his own ? Must we all sqo re
our opinionion at the dictation of an individual?
lust such acts as Stevens’ were creating & verv
bod sentiment throughout the country.
Stevens, thus discomfited, withdrew his amend
ment promising to renew it on Monday.
It ia reported that the Henatoral caucus failed
to agree to the constitutional amendm-nt as repen
ted from the committee and that it U considered .
practically dead.
THE FENIAN FCNI*. &C.
New Yo.tK. May 26. From January to the!
time Dt the East port fiasco, one hundred aud
eighty thousand dollars had been revived by
O’Mahon yof which •>.>») ; )\>u were sent to Ireland
and the balauc * $ 1:40.000 spent here.
bijipment 0/ SPECIE.
New York May .7.—011 Saturday nearlj six
millions ot dollars in specie were shipped from
this port for Kurope. and on Wednesday previous
over five millions making i°tal tor tie werk
of >ll 000 000. This is the largest amount ever
shipped from this per. in -.no week.
RISE IN RED RIVER.
Ni w Orleans May jo.—The Levees along the ‘
Red River have away and the whole coun
try from Nachifochee submerged.
JEFF DAVIH COl NSEL.
Fortress Monroe May -7. - Charles O ( bflribV
. and George.ijbea, Coumel for Jefferson I unis
arrived here to day.
| , , FBI E I RALE WiTU BRA7.IU
j \Y an mjton May 7. The Mate I epar ment
has received inhumation that the Brazilian gov
eminent has resolved t'> open the coas.wGe rude
to the vessels 0 all nations.
Wa utNGToN. May . Bih. Mr. Williams, of Da., j
submitted a preamble and resolutions lequeMing J
information from the I ’resident whether any em
ployes of the Government in tin* Southern Mites
have offered public honor- to dead or lning
Confederates. Mr. Nicholson, of Delaware, ib
jected to the resolution w hich was laid over.
Thud. Hteveus introduced a. bill decluriyg that J
the States’ lately in rebellion have forfeit *tl the r ■
1 rights under the Constitution, and cun be reiu !
stater] in the same only through tbe action o'
Congress. The bill provides that the stat*f may j
I form governments for municipal purposes. th«
present ones being continued until they skull be
i duly altered and their executives and VgteU-i
: lures recognized. New Constitutions ar-» to be
i formed by Conventions and submitted to the
people, the vote of a majority of wh* ui a neces
sary* for ratification. All male person! above
■ twenty one years to be entitled to vote. No Cos .-
■ stitutioß is to be presented for CoHg»esßional j
sanction which den es civil rights to any per
|no ns. The bill was ennmitted to the Ctmuiittee .
of the Whole on the State of the l nion.
| Mr Stevens also offered a resolution instruct- j
i ing the committee to enquire into the expediency j
: of doubling the pensions to Federal soldiers who
1 served in tin* civil war.
1 During the debate in the House on Saturday, j
| Thud. Stevens referred to a recreant and upo
| tate Senator.” lb* is understood to have had
i reference to Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin.
' A general couft iltilrfla!. with General Augur
i us 1-reWHient. wa- c»nvem*<l to-day to try Lieut,
i Col. I’mrM ng for »hq>oviting (iovernment funds
| in the Merch n’s National Bank,
i It is Fired that thecomisel of Mr. Davis will
| demand an immediate trial, or if the Government
ask* a further postponement wh ch is poss.bie
| ihey w ill demand hi.- rple ise on bail which they
! xre ready -ogive .0 the amount if ten millions of
I dollars.
; THIRD SECTION foNSTITI TION VI. AMENDMENT STRICK
EN OUT.
} W vsit'NoTON. May In the Senate to-alav
! the ( 'olorado ve oed Dili was passed over an;l the
reconstruction resolutions considered,
i Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, moved to strike out
j the third section which disfranchises all Conled
| crates until INTO The Meet ion was stricken out
|by a unanimous vote yeas -13 : nays none.
j Several amendments were offered embodying j
1 the views agreed on in the Republican caucus
and which exclude from Federal or State offices j
I those who have been members of Congress or j
who have held legislative or judical positions ■
i under the Confederate or Confederate State Gov j
jemments who took anv part in the insurrection
llbr gave aid and comfort thereto. Con rose,
: however, may remove Mich disability by a vik»* j
of two thirds of do* Ilou •** of Rejnesentatives. I
j The bill to continue in force and amend tbe I
i Freedmen s Bureau hilt was passed by a vote of
fi nays 3_.
| T'ONGRFMS HALL. AT SARATOGA STRINGH. Bt'RNED. !
j New York. May fl. Congress Hall at Sara
! toga. Mas entirely destroyed by fire this morn
ing. Only a small portion of the furniture was
I-aved. Tho loss is estim Ued at $200,000. No
; other hotel in the place was injured.
FROM. W ASH IN G 1 ON.
! Washington. May . !♦. The tax bill which has |
j passed Hm» Lbm-e contains a provision imposing
j an impost duty on cotton of five cents per pound ;
lUFFSCTLTY BETWEEN THE EEVI V\ LEADERS.
j New York, May 29.- The controversy bet ween i
1 the Fenian leaders still continues. President |
j Roberts bad an interview with Head Centre Ste- '
vens when the latter requested him to di -contin
tie hts movements against Canada Roberts re ,
p!i<*d tha’ he was de'eimined to persist as he
tiicant to fight. Stevens asked him to desist for
thirty days but the proposition was declined.
| The leaders are now openly opposed to each
j other.
MOVEMENT O-' THE FENIANS
Curvei and, Ohio. May . 9 Tnre o four
! hundred Fenians par'iallv armed »n«l . r ing :
colors, the officer- wi’.h-id • arms jmssed here last j
! night and to-dav going East. They were order
, ly and said they were en route for California.
The Cincinnati ( « mmercial reports'he move ;
ment of the Fenians as looking towards Canada j
Large shipments of arms have ’aken place, and
secrecy of the affair indicates business of a grave
; character.
Secretary's* ward makes a Speeeh.
' Aft It grain, tiatetl New Yi»rk t May 23,
f?iven a brief syin ps\s ot a sj»et cli deli-1
vered by Mr. S.*\vard at Aulmni, which
vvf* p«Dli«h D low, ns an important indi
cation of the* continued determinatien of
’ the President and his cabinet to adhere to
the administration plan of reconstruc
tion :
New York, May 23.—Secretary Seward
made a sptech at Auburn on Tuesday
even !*g*. Ht* said the solicitude which
pervades the country would, perhaps.
jiiMtfy him in addressing: the people
upon p »litical topics, candidly and patri
otically. When good Union men were
suspicious of a change in the manner ot
viewing the dt It ated r« Dels and of their
support of the President's policy, he from
the first lejerlvd the idea that the char ge
was accomplished for treasonable purpos
es.
Recons!ruction is not need* and, because
1 the Country as eoustru e l long since
has not been destroyed. What is net-dud
is reconciliation between the Senators
now acting and those who, being loyal,
liave been or may be elected hereafter
from the Southern States.
With few exceptions the Southern
people could justly be accepted as fellow
citizens. The Southern States liyve for
the last four years been merely
ized. They are now organized,
thing is needed but conciliation, ttjjie
President’s plan of reconstruction is Wat
so fast as the unrepresented Southern
St tes present themselves in a loyal at
titude bv representatives unquestionably
loyal, they are entitled to representation.
This plan 'R practicable. No plan pro
posed by Congress, so far, is immediately
practic tide. He was a wart JP
was a difference bet wen tbe”&ji .j
and Congress, but hoped that ®
encc would not cause the l ni ■
to lose its great influence of g, 1
country o a perlect restoratii
Serious Disturbance at SB
The .Marshal Shot
On yesterday we learned fro ■
tleinan just from ti'tiney. that'
night some six ot more armed
tired upon Mr. Jesse Dickson, iH
rat other gentlemen, instantly
former and Wounding several
, sons that were in the street at
; The negroes were fired at.
' In-vi and without doing them r
cause ot tie listm bailee was tMr
.ii arri-'t ~f., u—zro v ilUtf/r ‘
i-1... i.ll ■•. r. »1 ■■ had
in .litli p;eviw'!sly
Mai si,a! •!' i y MJHm
of Oadsdi'ti i nilily, V#? ? >3
u .Hi linn i nli red I’m
did not Id. but I < tV«H|
tired several slues' with
j him, none of which took effect
escaped. This was on Saturday J
Sunday night, after the services uJH
Church were over, u party of six o|H
negroes, who it seems had been in
ol Mr Dickson and were beard byjJ
lal citizens threatening his lift
found him, inet him in the str
i ihe filing took place as am,-
Mr. IX* was shot hi the f"
j comitfg out of the temp''' Jgg
Two other citizens — . jft'
,nd Mr. ( liti'BB —were W""iidJß| . f !
less seriously by the lire of
The disturbance caused m. Ej£
-cent, aud a large liiiiiiber if oil 9| '
~| .ail and si I guard tin- "
We learn that two of the
! gad in this murderous attack : ■§
j airested, but the person wh .H |
| fatal shot is not one of tin ftl
i Mr. Dickson is represented asJB..
i man wim was very much rcspflE •
tiel ived by al! who knew him.
|..S' is deeply di ploieil by tin J®
that community.
S nee the above was put
( biviTinir lias issued a proel.in X
j ing ai e ward f-r I lie nppieiV'
:wo n 1 the murderers— Gaik. / j£9B
Wai.T'N Mauris.— Tallului ft 1.,
1 he (juilicey Conun.ina B
•Jsiii On
noon, Ciq»t. D'ic’kisoa, in vt- JXM
| squad, brought into town
j (Jabe and Charles Zeigler, who were,
turerl alter a race of five miles a:i
' livered them to the civil anlln.rj
j Booker Lamliert was captured on
nesdav, at work in a field, bj a t
of men flabc lla.ius on same ;.. .1
his appearance in custody
j Jordan. Os the remaining^**
inPrilerers. 1. wis Ze;gl--u
• I i< <dleied f"r U IHB
Exportatiov Taxed (
whole C'lliul r\ will appi.o.
given to Amerieau labor
j lit i mu I revenue system by 1
jof tbe drawback on the eX| W
| taxed cotton in maniifaclu:
j which the House voted to-nig fXla,
j Tribune. »' ■
Unquestionably ! See ho- U
scheme will work. The nl
| five cents per pound tax on
! pounds of cotton which In- s.
j ii'reeley—five liundrcd iloll
j (ireeley manufaciuris the
1 cloth, andsells it to the King ,jjj§|
j to supply the place of fig I.
; renp most rigl. toons Ham
Greeley draws back li' 111 tl
and pickets the five 'V.undi
which llie plant' pad
h'u hmond Ihejmt' h. >3O
trsir < i r iuim; "t Savanna! Bfepl
Wo oarn Iroiii iln- Ni >\ i
ibe -.Mill inst, that the G.n
au aid* and a i-oiitruet !• lb '
o| Ni w Y"i k. to raise the \
river ntid hatbor ot ,-ava
vessels were sunk to .
nob The gunboats and
were scuttled and sank at tin
j city was evacuat' and. There
| about 20, some of them very '
with all their guns and arinap'H
i board.
It is no trouble for I’H
got off a good thing. Speak it
ney, be says : The "Dead DmlißS
i’hibidelpliia Fn ss talks al
South’s having ‘‘raised her .
against the Union’’ Puny, say I
I defunct aquatic bird ? I’enV, diH
; call that arm which defied and '--H
tlie mighty power of the Federa g/U
ment almost five ytais, won
limit victories, aud struck d' wu
half a million of our best me't IS
batt't'field ! It wasa’t puny, '' I
else it may have been* *v
Speaking of the trial of the J
trious prisoner in Fortress Monroe, I's
tice says : “If President Johnsnf
half as wise in this matter as '“ 11
most others, Jefferson Davis a
soon be released fre m prison
trial and paroled or pard. tied.”
And alluding to the disfranclti
of Southerners he observes “tire K
deserve disfranchisement as mud's
rebels do. We kn wof no and 'i
deserve it nore than Sunnier and 1
and Wade, and Chandler, and is I
Fortress Monroe, .Mte,- 25. * M
tiotis from Washington were^J
I Ilia by Maj ,e
to give Jett. Davis, on his
freedom of the fort, retiring »i his tl
at arroll Hall at night, tfessrs. hi
and O’Connor, his cotn«el, have m
allowed access to the fort, and pri«
interviews with him at ary time, I
Davis left hereon the 2ft, and w;■
Washington yesterday. 1
