The Quitman banner. (Quitman, Ga.) 1866-187?, June 01, 1866, Image 2

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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 Surgeon ’ <f j. 11l >1 nil i % V % ft x m ' w W 9 * II E Q U ITMAN 15 A N NEK. Iltbs Qjpattnimt. items. W 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