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volume mvni.] BOUOHTON, BARNES & MOQL publishers and Proprietors. 9. n. BOlUHTOn, F.dilor. tyt .ftiicral Slnion ]., published Weekly in MilledgeviHe, G Corner of Hancock II Ukinson S/s At $3 a year in advance. ADVERTISING. Transient.—One Dollar per fcqnn re often liner g r? * insertion, and seventy-five cents for each s> □nent conliriuai.cc. Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies, (O: uaries exceeding six ines, Nominations for office, C miinieationa or Editorial notices for individual bent charged a» t.aneient advertising. legal advertising. > r::T> sales, per levy of ten lines, or leas, g Mortgage fi fa sales t per square. Tax Collector's Sales, per square. Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 t *• “ “ “ Guardian:.hip, 3 ( Letters of application fordism’n from Adin’n, I 5< “ “ “ “ “ “ Gnard'u., 3 CO Application for leave to sell Lund, 5 00 ,\',.tice to Debtors and Creditors. 3 00 Sales of Land, Arc., per square,* 5 00 •• perishable piopertv. It) days, per square, 1 50 I>trav Notices, 30 days, 3 (it) ] , r.'tlosuro of Mortgage, per eq., each time, 1 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sai'• of Land, &.<•., by Administrators, Executors (jusrdians, are required by law to b<- held on the 1:14Tuesday in the month: between the hours of 10 i„ the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House ill tilt CounlyiiJ which the property is situa N'. ticeof these tuilea must be given in a pnbli. lettc 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors ami creditors of an es‘ mu*t also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Con Ordinary for leave to sell Land,&c , must be pubb til fur two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardi ship. Aic., must be published 30 day*—for dismir from Administration, monthly six months—fordis- f.. n from Guardianship, 40 days. Halos for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub!’ monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa Lr the full space of thiee months—for com pelting from Executorors or Administrators, where bon. been given by the deceased, the full space of months. Publications will always be continued aecordir. . these, the legal requirements, uuless otherwise dered. * (pcajp ! i .. ■ . J - ; •» # % - V ? I8S8. • Fin hen ■ .©nging*, * >ng to v^Pbv the meadow brooks, "o haunt the fields and the woods once more, ’Oitet lorg hfilre shady nooks, * treadtlSJaths I have trod before, Or under the spreading boughs to He And watch the clouds in the azure sky. ose to me there will the wild bee linm His drowsy tune in tlie meadow grass, nd the wandering winds will go and come. Gently fanning my face as they pass: Then, l.usten Summer—my whole heart longs For the beautiful flowers and the bird’s gay songs. lit 1 regal Sommer, I long for thee As the turtle dove for its mate when away! ■t is the seeDt of.thy breath to me ; omein thy beauty, nor long delay, ut bring the joy of thy honeyed hoars, ae birds’ gay songs and the beautitul t flowers. crimson and gold will the sunsets burn r down in the West at the close of day, haste, sweet summer, haste to return ! 1 when will 1 be Winter pass away ! heart w ith a passionate yearning longs the beautiful flowers and the birds’ gay songs. ANtiKI, ( IIII.DREy. By MBS. A. Sf. WEI.IS. Once I took a picture fair To my heart and kept it there, And liesl lei th» artist’s thought Who that lovely picture wrought. Even as I saw it then Now it conies to me again. Three small children on their knees, Coder drooping willow trees ! Pleased and shy they bend to look In the mirror of the brook, Not a flower upon the brink, Rinding gracefully to drink. Not a bird that skims the lake, Softer shadowing could make, Nor behold, reflected thoie. Form more innocent and fair. What, beside these faces three, In that mirror do tl.ey see ? All ihe blue depths ot the sky In the watersthey descry ; And. not there alone, but near Other facts three appear— Angel fares, dimly seen, Serious, tender, and serene; Bending meekly, bearing bare Of the Heavenly Father’s face. This is why the children look l*!eased, y. t thoughtful, in the brook. Unto little children here Seraph forms are always near. Messages of heavenly things Angel child to eaith-child brings : So 1 blessed the hand that wrought Into torui the shadowy thought. [Our Young Folks. Book aud Job Work, of all kiti PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTtI AT TUI* OFFICE. I86S. 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B. W. Frobel, Milledgev HAWLEY & LADD. Headquarters Atlanta, ( Milledgeville, Feb. 13tb, 1868. 29 4. flOm. JAMBS SUPPLE, ~ THE SUBSCRIBER 1 been burned out by the late .has opened his shop in the room ot the Masonic Hall, next door to P- M. ( ton s store, where he can be found during bu- hours, and ready and willing to attend to all Co his bne of business. March 23d, 1868. 34 . Blacksmith Shop. ril'MIE undersigned have opened a Blacksmith S! -I at the old stand opposite the Livery Stable,! nitrlj occupied by Mr. James Sherlock, where Horr ri\ occupied by will be well and carefully Shod at $1 50, for Cash. They are prepared to do all kinds of Blacken: work Axes, Axeis. Baggy and Carriage Springs paired on as low terms as such work can be done thi« part of thacoimtry. EF*A1I work warranted They reuiieetfully ask a share of public patrol FRANK BEALL, (known in the Country by the name Frank Beer JAHBATT MITCHE’ (worked with Mr. Sherlock last ye- MiUedgeville, Feb. 13, 1868. 29 3m CIVIC, I.AW IN THE SOUTH, rttor Freni G< u. HnucocU to Gov. Pen.e of Texan—Defense of General Order No. IO. Hf.adqk’s 5th Military Dis’t. ) -iw Orleans, La., March 9, 1S6S. > To II>s Excellency E. AT. Pease, Gov- no r of Texas: Sir: Your communication of the th January, last was received in due ourse of mail, (the 27th January,) ut not until it had been widely cir- latctkiiv the newspaper Press. To •h a tetter—written and published manifest purposes—it has been intention to reply as soon as leisure « more important business would nft. >ur statement that the act ofCon- i *‘to provide for the more efficient ■rnmeut of the rebel States,” de- ?s that whatever Government ted in Texas was provisional; that ;ce and order should be enforced; t Texas should be part of the Fifth tary District, and subject to mili- y power; that the President should •joint an officer to command in said i is-iict, and detail a force to protect ihe rights of person and property, suppress insurrection and violence, id punish offenders, either by milita- coinmission or through the action veal civil tribunals, as in his own geinent might seem best, will not lisputed. One need only read the to perceive it contains such pro- ous. But how all this is supposed i&ve made it my duty to order the tary commissions requested, you e entirely failed to show. The pow- to do a thing if shown, and the pro- ety ofdoing it, are often very dif- ent matters. Y’ou obsevre you are i loss to understand how a Govern- ent, without representation in Con- ess, under a military force, and sub- ‘t to military power, can be said to in the full exercise of all its proper vers. You do not reflect that this vernment, created or permitted by tgress; has all the powers which act intends, and may fully exercise m accordingly, if you think it -ht to have more powers; should be owed to send members to Congress, eld a militia force, and possess other powers, your complaint is to be preferred against me, but inst Congress, who made it what 4. As respects the issue between us, r question as to what Congress ght to have done has no pertinence ju admit the act of Congress author- es me to try an offender by military ommission, or allow the local civil ibunals to try, as I shall deem best; •1 you cannot deny the act expressly ■ognizessuch local civil tribunals as if authorities for the purpose speci- j. When you contend there are no :al local tribunals for any purpose Texas, you must either deny the tin reading of the act of Congress the power of Congress to pass the ct. You next remark that you dissent rotn my declaration “that the country I (Texas) is in a state of profouud peace" t-nd proceed to state the “grounds of ir dissent.” They appear to me t a little extraordinary. I quote r words: “It is true there no rer exists here (Texas) any au- rized resistance to the authori- of the United States. But a ge majority of the white population, no participated in the late rebellion, e embittered against the Govern- lent, and yield to it an unwilling obe- tence.” Nevertheless, you concede ley do yield it obedience.—You" pro ceed: “None of this tjlass have a °y fection for the Government, and very few any respect for it. They regard the legislation of Congress on the sub ject of reconstruction as unconstitu tional, and hostile to their interests, and consider the Government now ex isting here under the authority of the United States as a usurpation on their rights. They look on the emancipa tion of their late slaves and the dis- frunchisemeot of a portion of their own class as an act of insult and op pression. And this is all you have to present for proof that war and not peace pre vails in Texas, and hence it becomes my duty [so you suppose] to set aside the local civil tribunals, and enforce the penal code against citizens, by means of military commission. My dear sir, I am not a lawyer, nor has it been my business, as it may have been yours, to study the philoso phy of statecraft and politics; but J may lay claim, after an experience of more than half a life time, to some poor knowledge of men, and some ap preciation of what is necessary to so cial order and happiness. And for the fut ure of our common country, I could devotedly wish that no great number of our people have yet fallen in with the views you appear to entertain. Woe be to us whenever it shall come to pass that the power of the magistrate, civil or military is permitted to deal with the mere opinions or feeling of the people. I have been accustomed to believe that sentiments of respect or disres pect, and feelings of affection, love or or hatred, so long as not developed in to acts in violation of law, were matters wholly beyond the punitory power of human tribunals. I will maintain that the entire free dom of thought and speech, however acrimoniously indulged, is inconsistent with the noblest aspirations of man, and the happiest condition of his race. When a boy, I remember to have read a speech of Lord Chatham, deliv ered in Parliament. It was during our revolutionary war, and related to the policy of employing the savages on the side of Britain. You may be more fa miliar with the speech that I am. If I am not greatly mistaken, his Lordship denounced the British Government bis Government-—in terms of unmeas ured bitterness. He characterized its policy as revolting to every sentiment of humanity and religion; proclaimed it covered with disgrace, and vented his eternal abhorrence of it and its measures. It may, I thiuk, be safely as serted that a majority of the British nation concurred in the views of Lord Chatham. But whoever supposed that profound peace was not existing in that kingdom, or that government had any authority to question the ab solute right of the opposition to ex press their objections to the propriety ofthe King’s measures in any words, or to any extent they pleased'? It would be difficult to show that the op ponents of Government in the days of the elder Adams, or Jefferson, or Jack- son, exhibited for it either “affection” or “respect-” You are conversant with the history of our past parties and po litical struggles touching legislation on allienage. sedition, the embargo na tional banks, our wars with England and Mexico, and cannot be ignorant of the fact, that for one party to assert that law or system of legislation is un constitutional, oppressive and usurpa- tive, is not a new thing in the United States That the people of Texas con sider acts of Congress unconstitutional, oppressive or insulting to them, is of no consequence to the matter in hand. The President ofthe United States has announced his opinion, that these acts of Congress are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, as you are aware, long ago decided unanimously that a certain military commission was unconstitu tional.—Our people everywhere, in every State, without reference to the side they took during the rebellion, differ as to the constitutionality of these acts of Congress. How the mat ter really is, neither you nor I can dogmatically affirm. if you deem them constitutional laws, and beneficial to the country, you not only have the right to publish your opinions, but it might be your bounden duty as a citizen to do so. No less is it the privilege and duty ot any and every citizen, wherever resid ing, to publish his opinion freely and fearlessly on this and every question which he thinks concerns his interest. This is merely iu accordance with the principles of our free Government; and neither you nor I would wish to live under any other. It is time now, at the end of almost two years from the close of the war, we should begin to recollect what manner of people we are; to tolerate again free, popular dis cussion, and extend some forbearance and consideratiou to opposing views. The maxims that in all intellectual contests, truth is mighty, and must prevail; and that error is harmless when reason is left free to combat it, are not only sound but salutary. It is a poor compliment to the merits of such a cause, that its advocates would silence opposition by force; and gener ally those only who are in the wrong will resort to this ungenerous means. I am confident you will not commit your serious judgment to the proposi tion that any amount of discussion, or any sort of opinion*, however unwise iu your judgment; or any assertion feeling, however resentful or bit , not resulting iu the breach of law, an furnish jurisdiction for your denial ^hat f profound peace exists in Texas. You might as well 'deny that profoum peace exists in New- York, Pennsy vania, Maryland, California, Ohio at Kentucky, when a majority of t’ people differ with the minority 'these question; or that profound pe exists in the House of Represei. tives, or the Senate at "Washingt on in the Supreme Court, where these questions have been repeate discussed, and parties respectfully; patiently heard. You next comp thatin parts of the State (Texas) difficult to enforce the criminal 1 that SjATiffs fail to arrest; that g jurors will not always indict; that somecases the military, acting in of the civil authorities, have not b able to execute the process of 1 courts; that petit jurors have acquitted persons adjudged guilty b y 7°"’ iffeem it impossible the first of th, t h) i> r nt Iigt riGBCAno />rj o rnr/j/i tmfn ■>r * __ that other persons charged with fences have broke jail and fled fi prosecution. I know not bow th things are; but admitting your rep sentations literally true,if for such sons I should set aside the local . tribunals and order a military com sion, there is no place in the U 1 States where it might not be with equal propriety. There is r State in t|je Union, North or Si where theHfce^ facts are not couth ly happening. Perfection is not predicted of man or his works, one can reasonably expect certain absolute justice in human transact and if military power is to be st motion, on the principles for whi you would seem to contend, I lear tl a civil Government regulated by la could have no hiding place beneath t circuit of the sun. It is rather m than hinted in your letter that there no local State Government in Te' and no local Jaws outside of the ac Congress, which I ought to rer and that I should undertake to ) the rights of persons and prope my own way and in an arbitral - ner. If such be your meaning, compelled to differ with you. the abolition of slavery, (an ev- which I hope no one now regrets,) laws of Louisiana and Texas, e>isf prior to the rebellion, and not in c ild fall to my lot tr> supply es with somethii g of my ov .iot see how I could do better iow the law's in force here pri rebellion, excepting what . ein shall relate to Slavery. P destroy the forms, but not iciplesof justice; these wiil 1 e even of the sword. History f tiiat the Roman pandects were ’ a long period among the rubl it war and revolution had hea cn them, but at length were < t of the ruins, again to be regarc a priceless treasure. You are pleased to state that “si - ; publication of (my) General s, No. 49, there has been a perr e increase of crimes and manifer of hostile feeling toward the ( ment and it$r supporters, and it is “an i^plcasant duty to g h a recital <rf the condition of itry.” ou will permit me to say tha -Y .NUMBER S8« ary power prior to my coming i: sidewalk was covered with his blood. statements can be true, and that I d very greatly doubt the correctness ofi listorv the second. General Orders No. 40 as issued at New Orleans Nov. 29, 67, and your letter was dated Jan 1S6S. Allowing time for Ov 40 to reach Texas and bee ’rally known, some additional ti ist have elapsed before its efi ttild be manifested, and a yet furt e must transpire before you wo able to collect the evidence of w i term the condition of the coup ■ yet, after all this, you would » nake the necessary investigat ascertain if Order No. 40. or so t in? else, was the cause. The ti refore, remaining to euahle you e the 17th of January, 1S6S acha satisfactory conclusion on licate and nice a question, roust ht en very short. Ilow you procet whether you investigated you through third persons, and, if o they were, what their compel and fairness, on what evidence yo ted your conclusion—or whether * ascertained any facts at all, ar< nts upon which your letter so dis etJy omits all mention, that ay well be excused for not re lying implicitly upon it; nor is n hfficulty diminished by the fact tl t another part of your letter y fate that ever since the close of t ar a very la< ge portion of the peo* jment, but bitterness of feeling or. Had the duty’of publishing and eirc ig through the country, long be eached me, your statement that rt of the District Commander '• easing crime and hostile feel nst the Government been less p, to your sensibilities, it might j r have occurred to you to furt, ething on the subject in addit our bare assertion, tt what wasOrder No. 40, and h 1 it have the effect you attribi- it? It sets forth that “ the gr- iciples of American liberty ares inheritance of this people, and e' Id be. ” “ That the right of ti jU y, the habeas corpus, the libe he Press, the freedom of spec- . the natural rights of persou r :rty, must be preserved. ” W question the truth of these decl flict with the acts of Congress, cc prised a vast system of jurisprudence, | :]mve ' ha ~d uoaffe cti 0 n for the gove; both civil and criminal. It required not volumns only, but libraries toi o' tain them. They laid down princ : p’ and precedents for ascertaining > rights and adjusting the controveri of men in every conceivable case. T were the creations of great and g and learned men, who had labored their day for their kind, and gone do\ to the grave Iowa: before our recer troubles, leaving their works an ines timable legacy to the human race. These laws, as I am informed, connec ted the civilizations of past and present ages, and testified of the justice, wis dom, humanity and patriotism of more than one nation, through whose re cord they descended to the present people of these States. Iamsatisfie from representations of persons comp' teut to judge, they are as perfect system of laws as can be found els where, and better suited than a 1 other to the condition of this peop for by them they have long been g< erned. "Why should it be suppo Congress lias abolished these I: Why should any one wish to ab them? They have committed no t son, nor are hostile to the Un States, nor countenance crime, favor injustice. On thpni, as or- foundation of a rock, reposes almo. the entire superstructure of social o. der in these two States. Annul thi code of local laws, and there would b no longer any rights, either of perso or property, here. Abolish the loer civil tribunals made to execute thei and you would virtually aunul 1 laws, except in reference to the v< few cases cognizable in the Fedei courts. Let us, for a moment, suppe the whole local civil code anuull and that I am left, as commandei the Fifth Military District, the fountain of law and justice. Thi the position in which you would pi me. I am now to protect all rights, a redress all wrongs. How isitpossib for me to do it? Innumerable quet tions arise, of which I atn not only ig norant, hut to the solution of which military court is entirely unfitted. O would establish a will, another a de< or the question is one of succession partnership or descent or trust; a s of ejectment or claim to chattels; i the application may relate to robber) theft, arson or murder. How am I i take the first step in any such matt* If I turn to the acts of Congress find nothing on the subject. I durf open the authors on the local cod it has ceased to exist. And you tell me in this perplexi condition I ain to furnish by dint . my own hasty and crude judgment the legislation demanded by the vast and manifold interests of the people! repeat, sir, that you, and not Congres. are responsible for the monstrous sug gestiou that there are no local laws institutions here to be respected me, outside the act of Congress. 1 unhesitatingly, if it were possible » Congress should pass an act abolish the local codes of Louisiana and Te —which I do not believe—and ■re, and so composed of your person- and political friends, that you have referred the most'grievous complaint, t is of them that you have asserted hey will not do their duty ; they will ;ot maintain justice ; will not arrest Senders ; will not punish crimes; and hat out of 100 homicides committed in he last twelve months not over ten rrests have been made ; and by means ■f such gross disregard of duty you .eclare that neither property uor life i safe in Texas. Certainly you could have said noth- :g more to the discredit of theoffi- :ia 1 s who are now in office. If the acts be as you allege, a mystery is presented for which 1 can imagine no xplanation. Why is it that your olitical friends, backed up and sus- ined by the whole military power of .e United tHatesin this district, should e unwilling to enforce the laws -gainst that portion ot the population ately in rebellion, and whom you rep resent as the offenders? In all the of these troubles I have never seeu or heard before of such a fact. I repeat, if the fact be so, it is a pro found mystery, utterly surpassing rny '■•omprehension. I am constrained to Vclare that I believe you are in very it error as to facts. On careful miuation at the proper source, I l that at the date of your letter foui- es only of homicides had been re- rted to these headquarters as having i-urred since Nov. 29, 1SG7, the date Order No. 40; and these cases were .•dered to be tried or investigated as ooit as (he reports were received. ' -reover, the fact of the one hundred ticides may still be correct, as sta- . by you. The Freedmen’s Bureau Texas reported one hundred and \ty ; how many of these were by In nans and Mexicans, and how the re- nainder were classified, is not known ; nor is it known whether these data are accurate. The report of the commanding offi cer of the district of Texas shows that nee I assumed command no appli- "tions have been made to you him by <• arrest of criminals in the State of . axas. To this date eighteen cases of hom- des have beeu reported to me as iving occurred since Nov. 29, 1867, -Ithough special instruction had been : ven to report sucli cases as they oc- Of these, five were committed Indians, one by a Mexican, one by insane man, three by colored men, o women by their husbands, and of * remainder, some by parties un- nvn—all of which could be scarcely ributable to Order No. 40. If the ports received since the issuing of rder No. 40, are correct they exhibit .to increse of homicides in my time, if you are correct that J 00 had occurred n the oast twelve months. hat there has not been a perfect dmiuistration of justice in Texas I am ot prepared to deny. That there lias not been such wanton -regard of duty ou the part of officials you allege, I am well satisfied. A ry little while ago you regarded the esent officials in Texas the only ones ho could be safely trusted with pow- r. Now you pronounce them worth- css, and would cast them aside. I have found little else in your letter s ? Which one of these great pr s of liberty are vou ready todeu hut indications ol temper, lashed into repudiate ? Whoever docs so. citemeut by causes which I deem repudiate rs himself the enemy of human i „y and the advocate of despoti-rn. there any intimation in Gent rad, ers No. 40 that any crimes or aches ot law would be countenanc- ? You know that there was noi. i the contrary, you know perfectly .veil that while “ the consideration el and offences committed in the .i Military District was referred tC judgment of the regular civil tr’ tals,” a pledge was given in 40, which all understood, that would be supported in ii jurisdiction, and that “fori itance to law would be insta iressed by arms.” You wil *m that this pledge has ever .eited. There has not been a ut since I have been in eommai Fifth District when the w tary farce in my hands has n ready to sunnort the. civil autlu e, snoiiiu iitate before indulging in wholesale -st imaginary ; a great confidence in ■ i.ccuracy of your own opinions, an intolerance of the opinions of a desire to punish the thoughts eelingsof those who differ with , and an impatience which mag- ies the shortcomings of officials who » perhaps as earnest and conscien- is in the discharge of their duties as trself; and a most unsound conclu- i, that while any persons are to be nd wanting in affection or respect Government, or yielding its obedi- e from motives which you do not .rove, war and not peace is the sta- , and all such persons are the pro- • subjects for military penal jurisdic- n If I have written anything to disa- ise your mind of so grave an error, shall be gratified. I am, Sir, very respectfully, your bedient servant. W. S. Hancock, Maj. Gen’l. Commanding. ASSASSINATION OF THOMAS ITI'-GEK. OF CANADA—IN. EXCITEMENT IN OTTAWA .©OS OF FENIAN t’OM FUIC- 1TV. Ottawa, Ontario, April 7, 18C8.— This fact, in connection with that of the ball lodging in the door post, seem* to indicate that the weapon was held close to his head when fired. There have been as yet no trace whatever of the assassin’s diseovery. The murder excites universal horror here and throughout the country. The authorities have taken every means in their power to secure the murderer, and a number of arrests have been made, but as yet no definite clue has been obtained. An inquest wasopened at ten o’clock this morning, but adjourned, without taking evidence, until seven o’clock this evening. The jurymen, in the meantime, attended the House of Com mons in a body to hear the eulogies ou the deceased. The government of Canada offers S-5,000, the government of Ontario and Quebec S5,000 and the Mayor of Otta wa $4,060 reward for the apprehen sion ofthe guilty party. The author ities at all points have been directed to use their best diligence in hunting, up the murderer, and to arrest all sus picious persons. Business is almost entirely suspended, and flags are flying at half-mast. Preparations are being made for the removal of the body to Montreal to-morrow. All the members of the Cabinet are taking a deep interest in the matter. Great crow la are in the streets, and expression of sympathy with the de ceased are loud and frequent- lit the House last night, a couple of hours before the assassination, Mr. McGee delivered an able speech on the position of Nova Scotia. It is said to have been one of the most eloquent efforts of his whole life. The House of Commons met at five o’clock to-day. On the opening of the doors Sir John A Macdonald rose, and on moving the adjournment for the Easter recess alluded to the recent dreadful assassination by which a mem ber of that House had been cut dowa iu the zenith of his reputation. Sir John A. Macdonald’s voice was scarce ly audible, from emotion, as he warm ly eulogized the deceased and spoke of the legacy left by him to his country in his widow and family. Mr. Mackenzie followed in a very eloquent and affecting address, in which lie paid a high tribute to the deceased. Hon, Mr. Cartier, also paid a hearty and eloquent tribute to the deceased statesman. A number of other members addressed the House in the same strain* The adjournment then took place at four o’clock until Thursday next. The galleries were densely thronged, and the members and spectators alike were frequently affected to tears. A dispatch from Ottawa to the Evening, Telegram reports that the ex citement there is still on the increase. A private meeting of the ministers has been field in connection with leading members of the two houses. It is intimated that facts have been present ed them showing the existence of a se cret society of desperadoes sworn to summarily put out of the way all mem bers of the Parliament who are broad ly anti-Fenian in their sentiments. In formation is 8Iso in the possession of the members to the effect that a grand Fenian outbreak throughout the Do minion is imminent. Iu this, it is stated, in addition to the Fenians, there will be engaged the forces of the many Canadians who are dissatisfied with government on general grounds. It has been ascertained by the authori ties that the mutderer of Mr. McGee is a No*V York Fenian, who is said to have been detailed by the secret socie ty for the purpose, the duty having been decided by drawing lots. It is rumored that a French revo'utionary society in the Lower Province is act ing in concert with the Fenians. Threats of'retaliation upon all known Fenians are openly made by the mem bers of tiie British party and it is fear ed that other assassinations will follow this evil beginning. A dispatch from Montreal to the same paper also reports that a tele gram from Ottawa at eleven o’clock this morning says that two arrests have been made on suspicion, Buck- ley, the Messenger of the House, and Eggleston Taylor, who was last seen in the company of the murdered man. The inquest is now being held. The assussiu has probably made good hi* escape, and is beyond the reach of his enemies; for the spot where McGee ires against the civil auth/riti/s of; At half-past two o'clock this morning 5^ killed is near the openfields,af. ■xas—You are yourself the cbfef of! the Hon D’Arcy McGee was shot H'"* a t £°°* °rP°rtumty for ■ e authorities; not elected by the dead by at, unknown assassin, as he fl, * h 5 fron, . r the Cerise excite- ape, but created by the military*! was entering the house of Mrs. Trot-1 ^"tprevails everywhere through the long after you had thus come in- ter, where he lodged on Spark’s street. | DomUnon ’ where news has been office, all the Judges of tbe Supreme art of "Texas—five in number— re removed from office, and new ap- tments made; twelve of the sev en Judges were removed, and oth- appointed. County officers, more °ss, in seventj-five out of one •red and twenty-eight counties, t removed, arid others appointed The ball passed through his head and completely spread, and tbe lodged io the door which Mr. McGeer^ 1 * ‘°T 8t the . F<l .°' a °«’ , wh< ! was in the act of opening, Mrs. Trotter, who is oi»« of the Par A son 0 tj » u »pected of this deed, are loud and 1 bitter. liament pages, was returning home, and was some distance from the house, when he heard the shot. On reaching his mother’s door he found Mr. McGee dead on the pavement. He saw’ no ir places. It is fair to conclude | person in the neighborhood and heard the executive and judicial civil binaries in Texas are the persons n you desired to fill the offices, proper to mention, also, that none registered citizens, and only those could take the test-oath, have allowed to serve asjurors during administration. Now, it is against 'ocal goxerument, created by ir.il- no footstep. The night was bright and clear, and the assassin must have been either concealed behind the fence of a vacant Iot opposite, or made a very hasty retreat immediately on firing the shot. Mr, McGee had just left the Parliament House and had a cigar in a ^ns at borne do they try to force'tbe his mouth when he was killed. His (Southern people to submit to negro brains exuded from the wound, and the j domination f—New'York Irish Cifren Radical Faith to the Negro.—The Tri bune says : ^ The Democrats of Londonderry, New Hampshire supported a colored man for one oftheir town officers at the late election.~The Republican* did not vote for him, and so he was defeat ed. And why did they not vote for him? And why, if they proscribe colred per-