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MACON, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 16 1866.
iVOL. 1, NO. 21
1'KI.KQKAPH
PUBLISHING HOUSE.
WILLIAM A. ftKID &bo., proprietors.
JjTssebd.] r ~~ [8. Boykix.
A Calm.
Since the passage of the Civil Rights bill,
by Congress, there has been quite a calm in
Washington—perhaps one that precedes the
gathering of another storm. It can hardly
bo that the Radical majority in Congress,
smonn who have thus trampled the Constitution nn
i Ternis of Subscription : :i ; * rights of the State into the dust, have not
Georou Weekly Telegraph : $100 per j other schemes in contemplation for perseu-
annuni. : on.; . »;ino^ov/l ; ting and degrading the Southern peoplfe^
yfxccrs DatlY TErj'OnAm: $ltt OO j>erannmh. Their every het and sentiment proves, thht
77^—*T ; —■’ they-they regard us, not as brethren, bht
JOIJ PRINTINf.: i with a fierce unconquerable hatred, ,p,nd in-
t SK U JOB“pitrSTrKff oiTcv^a^crii* if possible, to erect a complcteAcsppt-
•»»- " ism overusl 11 ■" '*
^Tothk Toai«z.—Wo knew that we cannot bet- l . Fortunately there are other powers beside*.
r ,observe the interests ef wholesale buyers- themselves, and we have reason to. hope ttyt
TELEGRAMS FROM OER EXCHANGES
Methodist General Conference.
i eitlier patty is l»y law entitled to a:-? appeal,
* the party desiring it shall make application
THIRD DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
[From the New Orleans Picayune, Otli.J
■' to the Court of Claims by petition for the al-
! lowance of such appeal': said petition shall
contain a distinct specification of the errors
Jilt. DAVIS.
New York, April 10.—The Herald’s For-
tress Monroe special says: Rumor at For-:
tiess Monroo whispers that Jeff. Davis is to The following was the principal business at alleged to have been committed by said court
be remtved to Richmond on a writ of habeas -the openingsession this (Friday) morning.— in its rulings, judgments or decrees in the
corpus. Fears are entertained .th^t he can-: Rev. Bishop Payne in the chair. •
notlive througli.the coming summer if not A resolution was offered by • Rev. Dr. Dag-
rejeased, as bisliealtn is growing worspi. ',' \ gett welcqming the delegates of the Ralti-
; fEEedmen's BUREAU inspection;| more CpnterencOvhrtely attached to the North-
_ _ j cm Methodist Church, who had left that
New York, April 10.—Major Gen. .Sted- body nnd milted with this church, compos-
in'an, accompanied by staff qfficert and'soihe i fog a largcnumber of ministers and churches,
country merchants, ret&ilers and others—than to ! they will be disappointed in the practical
ol H t iioir attention to the very extensive stock of• working of many of their projects for viudic-
Groeeries, Crockery, Hardware, Tobacco, 1 Liquors, tivc punishment of our unfortunate seotion.
Pry Goods, etc., and many o.hcr articles which 1 They have attempted, against the order of
will bo found iu tlio advertisement of .T. B. lto:s i Providence, to make black white,’ but they
A Sou. Buying heavily in the markets, of the ; wiU tsucceod . Tho great natural laws of
NVUi. East and Wosl, and; «^Iw«y« for cash, this : f .
L uj o Las Obtained tho reputation of selling tho j the Creator will triumph m the end, and set
very cheapest goods. This,fact ebonld be homo ! aside all their puny adverse enactments,
iaiiiind by tho country merchant and planter ' Iu the meantime, let our people “ posset,
and they should call at tho groat wholcsalo estab- ; their souls in patience.” Nothing is to be
liihrocnt of J. B. Ross A Son before purchasing ! gained by intemperate action or expression.
GEorn*. asp Commission Merchant.—Wo know ; They must hear patiently tho ills that Provi-
fuai our country friends could not do better than j (fence has sent to chasten them, even through
,o send their orders or solcct their grocopes from j instrumentalities, and await the day,
the very extensive a«d elioico stock offered by J- , w hieh is not far distant, when their pcrsecu-
y. Seymour, n n < r restateokoi'*' tors wil1 be powerless, and even ask for favor
of Groceries, ho keeps by far the largest etook ol r
I inuors and Tobacco to bo found in this market. at onr hands. It will then be our day of tn-
Hclso deals in Com, liny and Oats. Nor does j umph, and wc shall prove that wc can use it
he coniine himself to the Grocery anti Grain bnsi- j with tile clemency becoming a brave and
ucss. butis wiling, ns of yore, to sell yoitr cotton magnanimous people. ‘‘When the wicked
to the host advnntagepfiii*- experience of twenty j reign, the people shall mourn ;” but “ lie that
year* pil ing ample guarantee that as a buyer or : so v.'otTi tlie wind shall reap the whirlwind.”
seller °f ooUo» he stands A No. 1. Yoii will find j | 34 i, c promise, ami its fulfillment is sure.
Lb place of lusu»cs9; pn : Ch«try street, between i , ” t t '
eooond and Third streets, Wh^rolus will be happy j Ajf Odtraoe Unpunished,—’Wo under- I I BB I I
- “ r fc r r?*" f** «■«^ <“ *.« sssaSiSSif:
ceed firet toRie^ino^tV 'tLi<l>viii exten^tiiQr Mrion by which ^lc Biiflimo re Confer-
tour to 1 exai^ ,,11'-,) •, lUBCo’httd bcan adrtilttWl'mto* thd ificthodist
jiKPpRT»r THE OAPTAEjf pr the ENGLAND. IEpiscopal Chnrch South, ttud that he would
Halifax, April J).r—Captain Grace reports ! therefore 1 not attempt to vindicate that action..
that on.Tuesday was the, lirst casei<^f tfiiolera, j He was present at fhe'sessldn of that Confer~
since which time one hundred and Bi$ty more [-once, in the capacity of a fraternal ipcsscUger
cases have broken out, and fifty deaths have from tho Viiginin Annual Confi-. hfcc. He
was.prbfoUndly ffiipressed with the sblcmn
rtccurrctl. She was’ordered on by the govern-
i inent, but owing to tlie* rapid spread of the
* disuse, and the engineers being sick, it was
found impossible to proceed. She now lies
below tho light-house, nnd part of her passen
gers will be placed on board the hospital ship,
and shanties erected bn the beach for the sick.
There will btf no 1 communication with the
•hip. The authorities are doing all in their
power to relievo tlio • unfortunate passengers.
There are three doctoii' on board to look after
them. She had 1,202 passengers and 100
crew; The passengers, are principally Ger
man and Irish. The captain thinks the dis
ease was brought on board by‘the Germans.
THE ASSA^SIXATIOX CONSPIRATORS.. .
New York, April 10.—The Government
transport Eliza Hancock, from Galveston, ,Qn
the Slid tilt., touching the Florida, coast,
brings to Fortress Monroe several dikcliarged
prisoners, and news bf Dr. Mud'd, Arnold,
Spangler antl Col. Marniaidnke. Dr. Jtiucld
is kept! iinde^ close ghaiiii', and : eonil)^|l-
6dfo clean otit the bastions'irtthe 'casements
of the fort, and do..[he. menial work. , His
constant praytfr is for. death, jAipold is ' em-
hee-.
, ■ 1 <i» . -y 1 ■
£g"Daniel Vfobster penned the following
sentiment: “If sec work upon marble, it will
perish; if WC work Upon brass', timo wiU efface
it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into
duet; but if we work upon our immortal
minds—if wc imbuo them with principles,
with the jud fear of God and of pur fclloW-
men—wo engrave on these tablets something
that will brighten to all ct,ernity.’’
Adjourned Courts.
Owing to tlie continued indisposition of
Judge Clark, the following Superior Courts
have been adjourned, of which all parties in
terested will take due notice:
Decatur county to tho 4th Monday in
May. ’ . ■ .1 ; in
Worth county to the 2d Monday in June,
This announcement is made at the request
of Judge Clark.
3Io.\Tr£i.iEl: Female Ixbtitute.-—We feel
that we are doing a service to the public, in
again calling attention to this excellent in
stitution. From the advertisement and cir
cular, which appear in our columns this
morning, it will be seen that an important
change lias been made in the arrangement of
the scholastic terms—one which, wc have no
doubt, will operate favorably. To parents,
ami others having charge of the education of
girls, we would repent the assurance hereto
fore given in tlicso columns, that no better
institution can bo found in the South. Let
Southern women bo thoroughly: educated,
and wo shall havo a guarantee that Southern
men will be saved from degeneracy.
Godey’s Lady's Book.—We have had fre
(juent occasion to expffess our obligations to
Messrs. Patrick & Havcn^ for magazines ,and
journals, and wc take pleasure in referring
our readers to them, as polite -and efficient
caterers to the litcftiry tastes of our citizens.
At their News Dppbf, in Triangular Block,
may be seen all the late and interesting jour
nals and magazines of tho day—among tlie
rest Gorley’s Lady’s Book for May, which they
lave laid upon our tablo. It is an excellent
number, [with elegant engravings, beautiful
fashion plates, interesting stories, and many
other things of interest to ladies. Call and
get n copy. . 1
Persons at a distance can be supplied with
magazines by Messrs. P. & II., at subscription
prices.
The Civil Rights Bill a Law.
Several days ago there appeared a brief
despatch in the Tennessee and Kentucky pn-
papers, from New York, nnd dated Otli inst.,
stating that tho Civil Rights bill had also
passed the House of Representatives. As the
Washington agents of the Aifofciated Prfcss
had given 110 such information, we conclud
ed that the report was a lioax and paid no at
tention to it. We now observant hough, that
our Nashvillo exchanges regardIbenintt^r as
« fixed fact, and even give the vote—122 to
4i. ’,’m’/ , J iZ: dia '
As our vicars of the iniquitous measure
have already l»eon lully expressed, we have
nothing more to say, except that no such law
can be executed in any Stlatc of the Union,
North or South. , !. .."* ■' .* ' , I
j Colored Troops left hcrefbr Fort Pulaski the j tant, A guard attendi him to' Iris \uiea}^
!i 1 a v •«! • 1 • 1. vrfiiafi am fhn na tli'n'ro' iliAAfltnr
'" ul “The Tallahassee Sentinel.”
We are glad to-Seis that CapT. J. BeRriex
Oliver, formerly of dblumbn^j d^i.,' k fe^ici
tons writer, a gallant soldier, a Christian gen
tleman, has become connected with the abovc
journal, as sole editor and half' proprietor.—
In times past we enjoyed pleasant intercourse
with him, but have been separated by the
stern realities of life. . For two years he* bat
tled for the cause of Southern independence
m Virginia ns a private,.'but, rendered a par
alytic by sun-stroke, he was assigned to. dutyin
'he quartermaster's and treasury -department
of Florida, in tvhicfh capacity he served till
the termination of tho war. Whno in Vir-
ginia, his communication ns an Army corres
pondent of Georgia and Virg : ..in papers, un
der the aoulriqxitt of “Bkiuuen,” received
many compliments from the press of those
states, and were copied extensively hr all the
papers of the South'.
Wc welcome his accession 1 to "the' editorial
fratcnifiy wiUr mugh xvm m,th.‘aud ’ plcasi^e,.
aud bespeak for him a liberal putrooago, and,
w >di for him a prosperous editorial career. I
humau’fiend who niade a brutal assault upon
the, life of young Bass, was taken from j»il
and sent fbrwanl with his company. Ample
time had previously occurred fora trial of the
case, to whioh, his-comiimn^er was pleiidgcd,
but nothing was done, and now we suppose,
that} so (far as the officers of that command
arec oncemed, the whole matter is at an cud.
Iti behalf of the putraged people of jtacon,
who kept the peace, under an assurance that
the guilty sliould be punished, we appeal to
the commander of the district and ask if stich
crimes upon citizens are to be committed
with impunity ? Wc do not believe that fie
will sanction such a contempt of law and
right, and we hope he will take the proper
steps to have the negro soldier who commit
ted this outrage brought back and tried by
the military authorities. Our people arc per
fectly willing for them to take entire jurisdic
tion of the case, believing that they will ad
minister strict justice between the accused
and this community.
Proposed Immigration from Madeira.—
The Department of State has received a dis
patch from the United States Consul at Fun
chal stating that a vast number of poor, but
honest and hard-working laborers, of Madei
ra, who are skilled in the Taising of'cereals,
the vine, sugar caiic, &c., and in gardening,
lire desirous of going to the United. States, but
fore not tlie means for accomplishing that
object. He expresses the belief ’that if ono-
half Of their passage money could be advan
ced tq tlienv, by parties in this country, on a
contract under the act to encourage immigra
tion, to be repaid in labor, at least 10,000 of
them would be prepared to leave there imme
diately.
Gen. GrAnt Arrested.—The Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazcettc
toys
V. General Grant was arrested, Saturday, by
two men for fast driving on the street. Tlie
General offered to pay the fine, which the of
ficers refused to accept, on tlie ground that
tho police had no right to receive fines on the
highway, and directed him to report to the
station house, after he was through with his
drive. The General questioned the right of
the officers to arrest him, and giving his horse
a cut drove off at full speed. The facts were
reported to the department of police, and.
considerable curiosity is manifested to learn
how the affair will turn out. The late Presi
dent Lincoln, a few years ago; was arrested
on, tho charge of violating a corporation or
dinance' by driving across a pavement, and
paid tho fine, five dollars, at the station
house. , . •
Relioiocs Mixture.—There seems to be a
gathering of all denominations in the Aleth-
odist General Conference now in session at
New Orleans. A dispatoli of tlie 7th says:
■In the Methodist Conference the Baltimore
delegation were warmly received, and elo
quent speeches were made, congratulating tlie
Conference on its unity and efficiency. Dr.
Dawes, of New Ydrk, said tlmt the Oliureh
was more vigorous and sound than - before or
since the war ordeal. The Baltimore-Confer-
eucC replied Sympathetically, and nn Episco
pal ndd&ss-'af the Same purport was TcacL—
The Presbyterian Clergymen were present and
wore’warmly welctfnicUi ■ . ' :
which are tjie as those' of the'otlkr prisoners,
and at night lie ia kept in close, custody.—
Spangler is at work in’ the Qiiartbrmaster’s
carpenter shop. He js robust and j,olly, arid
in good physical condition, which lie attri
butes solely to his being irinqcpnt of any .par
ticipation in tbe dreadful crime charged
against liim. Colonel' Marajaduke, found
guilty of conspiracy to^Tree ’the prisoners of
Camp Douglas aqd bum Chicago, lias charge
of the post garden, ' , ( V .
MelanciiolY Accident Near Jackson
ville, Florida.—Last night, between eight
and. nine o’clock, the steamer Sylvan Shore
came in collision, about two.and half miles
above this city, with a small' boat in which
were Dr. Ambler, Mr. Sheklon nrid two color
ed mon. , The boat was stove to, pieces arid
all on board were iost, except one of the co
lored men, This last >vas found clinging to
some part bf 1 the whcclhouse of the steamer.
Dr. Ambler was found with his head under
the wafer holding to a piece of the boat, and
life was still perceptible for some ten minutes
after he was carried aboard of the steamer,
indicating his death, was caused by injuries
received at the time of the collision rather
than by drowning. The other bodies have
not yet been- recovered, though diligent
scarce was made during the niglit. Dr. Am
bler and Mr. Sheldon left this city on Tues
day morning last to visit the plantation of the
former, some distance up the river, and were
on their return when the accident happened.
In the death ef Dr. Ambler we rnonrn the
loss'of one of our oldest, most esteemed and
most enterprising citizens.
3Ir. Shetdon, whose body lias not yet been
recovered, was a citizen of New York, and
was here, accompanied by bis wife and child,
if wri have been rightfully informed, seeking
a Southern libme.—Florida Time*, 8th.
I Leoal Complications in South Oaroli-,
NA.-iTlie Governor of South Carolina, and
tlie late Provisional GOyernbf, Mr. Perrv, hare
represented to-the PrtsidCpt that the Superi
or Courts of thrit : State will'not administer
Justice under the State laws even against
white men who were criminals, because of
the interferaneri of tlie military authority un
der Gcil Sickles. It seems that by the crimi
nal cod,c of the State white men are liable
for petit larceny, horse thieving, etc., to the
penalty of thirty-nine stripes laid bn the bare
brick. Thtrc is' no penitentiary in the State,
and the Legislature adjourned without creat
ing that institution. A case came to the
State Court, sitting in Charleston, of aggra
vated crimes, and upon, conviction, the crim
inal, who was a white man, was sentenced to
receive thirty-niue leshes: The ceremony
was about to be performed, when 3Iaj. Gen.
Sickles forbade it in an official order. This
order the President is asked to Set aside.—1
What his actioh will be is not known.
GREAT FIRE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE.
New Yoke, April 9.—Dates from San Do
mingo to the 25th of March give particulars
of the great fire at Port-au-Pnnce on the 10th.
The fire continued for thirty hours. The
cause is unknown; but it is a fabt-that efforts
were made by some men to set on fire houses
that had escaped. ;
Thirty-three blocks were completely burned
doWn, embracing about 1,000 houses.
Eight or nine thousand people are now
without homes. Many were not able even to
save clothes for themselves and children from
tbe flames.' There is great distress iti Conse
quence. - ii-'i- v ijioi-v' "> y't iaii: I>as j-
A Boston Editor on “First Class 3Ien.”—
A Radical paper in Boston^called {lie Radical,
lias the following:
' '‘Wlmt do Republican institutions come to
if we can never get a first-clats man into the
Government—if tho Phillipses, Emersons,
Whittiers, Lowells, Sumpcrs, Stevenses,
Wades, Schurzes, are io be under foot of ig
norant and vulgar tailors and tinkers ? . There
is nothing,sadder, under the sun, than to see.
that which is noble overruled anil humiliated
by the ignoble.” . . *ln n
1 In Limbo.—Two men were arrested on the
Augusta train when it reached this city at C
o’clock, on Tuesday evening, l>y, Chief 3rar-
ahal Anderson, who vi aa in receipt of a tele
gram from Kingsville, South Carolina,direct
ing that they be taken into custody. They
answer bothc names of Gray and Barrett, and
are charged with having stolen or defrauded
parties at Kingsville out of about $2,500.—
AtlantaIntdigcnco.y,
How Great Men Ride.—Most of tlie for
eign Ministers at 'Washington have barouches
with drivers iijjivery, Gen. ©rant, when
and deliberate unanimity with which they
recorded their adhesion’to the 31. E. Cliurch
South. There Was not a disSchtiffg voice.-—
They had surveyed the wholb ground, and
calcuiaterl all the hazards;of thieir. choice.—
They liad adopted their course in the midst
bf perils, and in appreherision of sacrifices.
They coincided with us fully in all thdir
views of church poli ly.' : They Were hri intel
ligent and influential bodyiqf Christian min
isters, many of whom are'well knbwrito this
body. The*Baltimore Conference is a valuable
accession. We welcome ’ flieir delegates to
the councils of the church. : • •
1 Rev. Dr; Doems 1 .; seconded the motiofi of
the Rev. Dr. Daggeft, arid said: “HAH
“Mr; President,■ the’’Southern Methodist
Church has during the -lrist' five years been
subjected to such : a ’ ctreim as peveV before
tried the strength 1 of thWcrible^ that hold her _
to her moorings. No church'in America has
passed through such an ordeal,.and'.no chrirfch
in Aihorica Stands to-day more firinly on thq
foundation of bur f m’ost ■ holy' faith. 3Iuch
has occurred of late to deepen ' ray loVc for
the church of mjr choice.‘“f 11 ' '‘ ,OIJ .
“ After all this storiri of war our sfipfiemq
legislative body meets under most encoura
ging CircUriistanees, there’Is rib disiritegiration
and no sign Of precariousness;" Our bishops
arcin tiicir ^labea, 'with the fexception of tlio
SenibrBisjib'p, from whom We haVe ihesfeages
of faith 'rin'd love. ■ : The Prfesjdeiits. or several
of tmr lihiv<;rsiti?s arid collegci' Vlgo'rhtiSly
reorganized,’ art present, and tad e$)itorii iof
our church papers already resumed; ' Apd
now, see tvfiat Gbd has Wrbngl^f!' Hcrfc is q.
whole confererice' come to 'ris; meri TCpresenti
irigabody bf ministers and rrienibers who
have suffered-for Christ, arid do Suffer.
“Born in . the bounds of that Conference,
held in niy childhood in the Japs of some of
these Venerable ministers, and by the father of
one of them started in my collegiate career, it
gladdens my heart to welcome these highly
respectable delegates. And now let'us.love
drie another, and lbt all feuds and differences
die, and let us feel that bur love is increased
By having an increase in the number of Joying
brethren.” , ' "
There was much {celing during this address,
and the. resolution was adopted by a rising
vote. •"i 7 * •'' * ,
Rev. Dr. Sargent, of tlie Baltimore Confer
ence, was introduced tb the General Confer
ence by the presidihg officer. He said he had
come home. He loved his home; he had long
been looking for it—wishing to go to it—and
now be had eoiuc to tliis church, his Iicmb on
earth, and here he would remain tiatil he
went to lils home iri heaven. 1 ‘ -
Rev. 3fr. Poysal, of the' East Baltimore
Conference, \yho left New York to unite with
the Church Sbutli, and who had lefttliere a
flourishing and united congregation during
tbe war because he could not turn lis back,
on his mother, w’as also introduced, aid both
gentlemen iuvited to seats within tie bar of
the Conference!, 1 riut •
The Episcopal address was then fsad.-
A motion wab made by ReV. Dr. Smith, of
Sontli Carolina, to refer the various portions
of tfic address tb appropriate committees,
'naming them, ' ' ' *’ fl
Rev. IJr. $mitb, of Virginia,' ebjectedj as
that pfeuid interfere With itlie subVct under
’ discussion yesterday and not decidtd yester
day,' on tlie resolution proposing tV raise a
Special Committee on alterations ii the dis-
ciplirie. " : ' ’ 1
Rev. Dr. Pierce, of Mississippi', nrivcd to
lay the'first' resolution on the tabic. Lost.
He tlien moved to make the refereice gen
eral without specifying committee, bit as Dr.
Smith, of South Carolina, proposed io leave
out the subject above alluded to, aid sug
gesfed that special references could be mad
at any'time, the original resolution of thn-
gentleman passed as amended. !
Rev. Dr.. Palmer, of the Presbyterian
Church, was introduced by Bishop Payne,
and welcomed by a rising of tbe Conference.
Dr. P. saul lie was glad to meet these beloved
brethren, who : were i all co-workers in the
same duty cf restoring tho waste placts of ottr,
land, and they were cordially welcomed to
tbe hearts and homes of the people of this
city. • j .
The reportjjof the General Publishing
House, under charge of Rey^ Dr. JIcFerrin,
was read and heard with interest, especially
so much as spoke of the agent's learingNasli-
ville on the approoich of the Federal forces
“for reasons best known to himself,” and of
thcrestoration of the church property after
his return and his viat • to the President at
WtdiiasUn. u . '
case. Tlie Court shall, if the specifications of
tlie alleged errors l>e correctly and accurately
stated, certify the same, or may certify such
• alterations and modifications of the points
alleged for error, in the judgment,of said
court, shall disanctly, fully and fairly present
the point desired by the court. This, with
tho transcript mentioned in Rule 1, except the
statement of facts and law therein mention
ed, shall constitute the record on which these
c - - -hall he hear.I in the S ipr< me ('ourt.
Rule 3. Iu all cases an order of allowance
of appeal by the Court of Claims, or the
Chief justice thereof in vacation, is essential
and the limitation of time for granting such
application sbajj,cease to run from tbe time
an application is made for the allowance of
appeal.
Congre^ at its. present session passed
1 act allowing Appeals frdm the Cofirt of Cfai
to the Supreme Gohrt, and the above regula
tions, are framed in view of the fact.
The number of cases finally argued, but
uppn which there, were no decisions, and
thprejforc continued uptil next term is
jpcluding the United States arid Jlissouri
test-oath cases, and that of the spring boot,
the. latter involving .the question of the
blockade.
In'addition to these, the docket contains
about twp hundred apd.fifty other cases. .The
corify, . at the term ju^f closed, announced
about eighty decisions.. • V
The Late Qneeri ot the French.
Tlie Veto—Its Orieiu and Destiny.
[From the Kulaula Xcw?.]
Tlie veto power had its origin in Romo,
3507 Anno Mundi. and before Christ 497, or
-3G3 years ago. The levies and laws of tho
Roman Senate were so oppri . sire tlmt the
people, after submitting to actual encroach
ments 225 years, by a common impulse, it is
said, retired to a mountain a short distance
Irom Rome, called ‘'Monsaecr," where thev
were addressed by Junius Lucius and Lici-
nius I!, llerus, that they compelled the Senate
to yield the power to t-cm to c.stahl:sh live
tribunes am mg tin ii’.seh vs, which, in proc
covering the body of the missing boy. The
search will bo renewed this morning with
renewed vigor.
The Ledger says tlje more this murder is
examined into the more astounding it ap
pears. A mother and her four children are
butchered, it is supposed singly, after bein''
enticed from home and without leaving any
marks of the hellish deed behind, and then
upon tiie arrival of the husband and niece for
them to have been dealt with in the same
manner, and still no spot of blood found in
tho house or yard, is a deed surprising. Tlie
alone, appears.In a top buggy with a gray
nag; Secretary;Seward rides in a two horse
cab; the Secretary of the Navy looks like old
Xi-ptiiac iiiiUM-li’ < :i li.ox-b wk : Senator
Sprague and bU beautiful tyife attract mucli , of tlie President oitbe United States, dated
The Snpreme Court—An Important Order
in Regard to the States in Insurrection.
Washington, April 4.—The Supreme
Court yesterday, previous to its ,ac\jonrnmept
tine dif* ordered that .the several cqses
brought into this court by writs of error
or appeals, from the Circuit District Courts
for the several district* witbin the States tfe
tilttal'to be in n bellimi by the pro< hunation
attention in tlicjr liandsomo opqn carnage,
but not so much as Senator 3Ici)pugal does
on horseback. . v '
August 18,18G1, be called and disposed of at
tbe next term of the court, under the rules
and regulations as they may stand on tbe
calendar. The_following regulations have
been prescribed," under which appeals may
j be made'from the Court of Claims to tlie Bu-
preme Courtd. ,5 ■) r A i
liulel.ln nil cases hereafter decided in
The following is the form of the new
Parliamentary oath to he taken by members
of both hou-ts of the British Parliament on
taking their seats'; “ I, A B, : do swear that I ^
will be faithful and bear true allegiance to ! t h e Court of Claims, in which, by the act of
her Majesty Queen Victoria, and I do faith-; Coagre.%-. shcIi appeals -are allowable Ify,
fully promise to maintain and support the , s h*n heard in the Supreme Court upon the
succession to the crown, as the same stands ( following record, and none other: 1st. A
liriiited and settled by on act passed in the , transcript of the pleadings in the case ot the
reign King 1\ illiam 111, entitled ‘An act for ifyal judgment or decree of thecourt, and of
the forthcr limitation ot the crown, and_bet j SU ch interlocutory orders, rulings, j'.nignn ats
ter securing the rights and' liberties of the j decrees aa may be ;nqcaf8oi v to a 1
. 'so help me God.” ! j per review of the case arid record, a finding
——— ; | of the facts in the case by the said Court of
V ! N .• Orleansciairari, and'the-conclusions of law on said
dispatch of tbe 7th says tbe Methodist Con- facts in which the court found the judgment
nreiv.-d a dispatch from New or • The finding or th.- ai.d tile
The tejegraph lias just informed us .‘jbf the
death of M’arxa 4 mc lfei widow of Lbiois
Philippe, j . , ■
This lady was one of tlie links between the
pasfahd the present century. She was tbe
daughter of Ferdinand 1st, King of the two
Sicilies,{4th of Naples,)and grand-daughter of
the Empress Maria Theresa. She was born
in the year {782. And married about 1809.—
Shci shared-the fortune of her husband in ad
versify and prdsperity, arid always l.ad the
reputation of being an exemplary wife and
mother. In 1880 she was opposed to his ac
ceptance of the tin-one, on tho ground of its
bririg a wrong; to tbe old king; Charles the
■9th, frorn whom be and his family had re
ceived only; kindness and favor. 1 Louis
Philippe did not share heir scruples-—of; iPh6
did, ho was hot restrained by them 1 from alc-
ceptingthetempting:offer. ' 1 1 -
In l847'the t nfyal pair were dHveff from
France and took refuge in England, where
Claremont was assigned them as a residehca
Louis-Philippe died in 1850. His widow
has since continued to reside at Claremont,
leading a life of great retirement,' devoted to
religious duties and to the interests of her
children and grand-children. Her character
was that ©f a pure and amiable woman; «•
^• [ i
‘.Hack’ on the Obstruction Committee.
“I am sorry to obseiwe,” says 3Iack, the.
Washington correspondent of tlie Cincinnati
Commercial, “a disposition on the part of the
Reconstruction Committee to suppress, in the
pretended publication of General Lee’s testi
mony, the most important portion of that
distinguished officer’s examination. I violate
no confidence in giving it, as follows:
Q. What kind of shirts did you wear dur
ing the war? •■•••
A. Calico, sometimes, and sometimes
woolen. I tii'
Q. You are married, are you not ?
A. Yes, I am.
Q. Well, state to the Committee what
kind ot under-iclotliirig your wife wore dur
ing the unholy strife, nn >>iii h A. ;
A; I was not . at home much of the time
and can’t say. : ;l "
Q. What color was it ?
1 A. I don’t know.
Q. Wasn’t it gray i
A. I never took notice. » 1 it .M.m
Q. Don’t you know that tbe ladies of the
South formed a secret cabal for. tho wearing
of gray petticoats during the war ?
A: I do not.. Ai>») v-tt-UhiM .iV
Q. Don\t yon think they worn more gray
than blue in the article of clothing tt> which
you refer.? > > 1 f 1 .ii-! .11* •- :f .u<» : :'
A. I do not know. Never investigated
that subject.
Q. Is it true that the women*of tho South
wear Jeff. Davis’ picture iu their bosoms ?
A. I never took notice. Should not be
surprised it some of them did.
Q. Do you think a Freedmen’s Bureau
agent would be allowed to marry into a first
family ot Virginia, -i •••'.'t
A. If a young lady belonging to a first
family were willing, I suppose he conld.
Q. How long will it be before pumpkin pies
become a favorite dish in the late rebellious
districts? -1' • : : m
A. I do not know. Some people like them
now.
Q. Is there not great aversion to codfish as
a Yankee staple of diet?
A. I do not know that there is.
Q. Do they like pork and beans m Vir
ginia?
A. Some people do.
Q. What’s your opinion of tlie Fenians ?
A. I have not given the subject much at
tention.
Q. How. are you on Schleswig-Holstein ?
A. I have not made up my mind on that
subject either.
Q. Which side do you sleep on ?
A. The right side generally.
Q. Do Southern men generally continue to
sleep in arms, notwithstanding tho cessation
of the rebellion ? U ' ”
A.. Tbose'who are married do, I believe.
Q. Do those who are not married abstain
from doing so?
A. I can’t say tlmt they all do.
Therc are other important jxirts of General
Lee’s testimony" hot yet published by tlie
Committee on Reconstruction. I trust I have
given enough to show, when contrasted witl
what has heretofore* been given to the public,
that the most significant portions of the ex
amination—those hearing most directly on
the great problem of reconstruction—are
wilfully suppressed.
‘ A Ciicinriati paper thus reports 'a re-,
cent’ lecture liy Anna Dickinson:—
“She spoketp thb people, and with such vig- egraph.
or ’did she -Issert her rights as an inspired
►3-. , , , I instructress of the ignorant public, that when
A despatch from New Orleans, dated ('a, poof fellow in the audience sneezed,, she
11115 btli, lays: “Lqwor Crevasses successfully j 'called upon him, with a voice like tbe blast
dosed; upper crcynraes too large to close, - ™ “ bugle, to talk like a man, or forever hold >
tot ends of levees secured.” * hft’peace-and he held liispiew.” 1
'A New Mode of Sitoeino Hohse«.—A
Paris blacksmith has invited 11 new system of
shoeing horses. Instead ot' the shoe bein_
placed—frequently much too hot—on the
hoof arid burning its own resting place, tho
outside of the hoof is cut away round the foo:
to about the depth of half an inch; this
leaves a ledge into which the shoe fits, and is
then flush with tlie frog, which just touches
the ground, and the whole foot rests on the
ground instead of being raised as of old by
the shoe. The visible advantages of this are
that the foot is little pared, and instead of a
great heavy shoe, the animal is shod in what
are little less than facing plates. The advan
tages claimed by t ie inventor are, that the
shoe allows the foot to expand naturally, and
that it lasts as long and is as eh- ap as the old
plan. "■ _■ Y
York asking a union of prayers on Sunday conclusions oi law to be stated separately
of both cities and all through the Union*, and certified by the Court as part of the rt-
which was accepted, and a reply sent by tel- cord. The ficts so found are to bo tlie ultL
j I mttfa la.cte or propositions which the evidence
— h half establish in the nature of a special vef- Chekis-foi: Jeff. Davis.-M e are lnform-
!rugg declines tq be a candidate diet, and no: the 'evidence on which tin - cd by a’Repubiiean who was present, s that th j
ultimate lin ts are founded. (See Burr vs. | Copperheads of the Fourth Ward gave,' with
Dcsihoines County; 3 V* T aIlace 102.) 1 a will, three cheer? tor Jett. Davis, while tho
Rule 2, In all cas s in which judgment a; 1 poll was going on.—M ■- listen Bailj PaUv-
decrees ha've heretofore been,'rendered Wnen' ,0 Hi?M#.'' > vrnawl piimicn i ■' > a ''iiJnui - "i J -
of time, were increased to ten, who should 0,1 T rational theory wo have heard is that up
be clothed with tiie veto power. These tri- onthearrival of Mr. peering aqd his niece ho
buncs were placed at the Senate door, and all ^covered that his family were not in the
laws passed by the Roman Senate were pre- b° Uf t>. and started after them, and alter lean-
senteef to them tor approval or rejection. If, ] n ? ’ house was murdered. The niece then,
rhey approved a law, it was signed with the ■ followed her uncle and wass in
letter “T,” but if not approved, tliev used , " lrn killed in the sinic manner. Unlortu-
the word “veto,” which signifies “I forbid.” Hately, it appears that the name of the suj)-
" ’ • • posed murderer is noi; known by any of the
nor can any description of him be
only known at present that he
of the peoples’ rights and interests.
The liistoiy of the “veto power” in this
country , is .not without interest. . George
Washington execised the veto twice, once
that the public welfare required the defeat
of a bill, and once on account: of the unc'on-
stitutionality of a bilL .Thomas Jefferson
never exercised the veto power, but took de
cided ground in favor iq a, letter to James
Madison (Dec! 20th 1787.) His successor;!
James Madison, exercisded the the 'veto six
times during bis eight years service. Presi
dent Monroe, whose administration was
characterized'as “the era ot good, feejipgs,”
found it necessary tb exercise tbe veto power
btrt once. 1'John Quinfcy 1 Adams; the most
unpopularof Presidehts'did not exercise the
veto power at all; while. Andrew Jackson,
fire successor exercised it - most ;! quspq}'ipgfy..
Nine times did he hurT the'veto power, with
the force of a-thundscbolt, at the darling ob-
• : of ii: : -. ::!! 1 each time did the
people resound “well dorie.” Yani Buren.
never exercised, tli^ yeto at all. Harrison
died in one month,. Tyler suceee(lec], ( arid
exercised the veto four times. ‘ Those vetoes
shattered to pieces the great pblitcal party
which elected Inin so overwhelmingly, and-
tended not q Uttlp foutbe re-estabbshmept of
the party yl^iqb el^cfed Polk, whq exercised
the veto three times." Both Pierce and Bu-
chariftn exercised if seldom, arid then only on
bills of nb special:impbrtance;. ”'!
gince the organization of the Government,
qyer twplye .thousand bills havo Teceiyqd the
approval of the Executive, and. only about
thirty-fiye times lu^; “the veto”, been exereis-
ed—from which It' would appear that | .this
great'pofeer lifiisTieeri quite sparingly used,
and in all except two instances it 1 has sealed
the fate of the measure on which it has been
exercised, : and. even these • exceptional cases
were those of, an unimportant character.—
Cbtigress has proposed various amendments
to the Constitution; all lobking to dwarfing
the powers of the Executive, and making the
legislative department snpreme; but these
hasty legislators have doubtless forgotten that
the'Supreme Court exercises “the veto” every
time it declares a law unconstitutional!
President Johnson has. already exeycised
the veto-twice, and the indications are that
he will, continue to use the power as long as
the Radical majority in Congress shall per
sist in passing measures affecting the rights
and interests of eleven States whose people are
from representation by the dominant party in
the Legislative Department bf the Govern
ment. Like old Hickory, our Andrew has
the nerve and will to liurl the thunderbolt of
“the veto” against every measure that im
pinges the 'Constitution' or impairs the Union
of the. States of which it is the, encircling
bond. If tbe President shall continue ‘as be
has begun—if bis popularity shall keep pace
with bis vetoes—he will soon,"be the most
popular statesman iri the world.' His first
veto, followed by his great speeeh, astonished
and impressed the statesmen of the Old World,
and So far from criticising the alleged want
of dignity,,^s was anticipated bylriseneiriies,.
the editorials' ; bf European journals rerid like
the laudations of the-President in the better
class ot the American press. "Whatever they
may have thought ifl .tipies past^ every loycy
of constitutional 'liberty now rejoices that we
have a fearless champion of the people's 1 right
in the White House, and that “the veto” still
remains with which to thwart the evil machin
ations qf those wicked . “disunionists” who
have so .long' prevented the perfect, restora
tion of flic Union! 1 Thank God for Andrew
Johnson and tho “veto.”
Horrible Murder—Seven People Killed for
a Little Money.
Philadelphia, April 11.—A terrible crime
in the lower section of the city was discovered
this afternoon. A family of seven persons
had been murdered—Christopher Deering, his
wife, niece and four children—on Mr. Dcer-
ing’s farm at Point House and James Lane.—
It is supposed tho murders were committed
last Friday by a German laboring on the farm.
The crime was discovered this afternoon by
finding tbe bodies of 3Ir. Deering and his
wife in the barn. One of tbe children was a
baby ten months old. Money seems to have
been the sole object.; The homes and cattle
in the stable were found in a famishing con
dition. ' . *. ,
Philadelphia, April 12.—Full reports of
the Deering family murder, slibw it ! to have
been one of .tbe most horrible butcheries of
tlie age. The : press, reporters say that, the
body of the mother and those of her four chil
dren, were found in one corner of the barn
near a small out-house, which communicated
together by a hole, through whieh the remains
of the victims were, brought to view. It
seems as though tlie bodies were thrown to
gether pell mell and then covered over with
dirt and hay. The. unfortunates were most
terribly mangled about the head. A new.
sharp and bloody ax was found in the
rear of the dwelling, which had
bberi used for the “'Irioody work. All
xe victims seem to have been struck on the
felt side'of the forehead, just nl ove the eye.
with the axe and then with the bl/iae of the
murderous weapon. '1'i• ■■ • d< mon tini lied his
horrible work by cutting the throats of all.—
One of the little boys was so badly cut, that
his head dropped off when his body was lift
ed up. The other boy, when discovered, had
Lis right arm crooked and partly; raised, as
though attempting to ward off the blow that
ant him fo eternity. 'File mother was dc-
fendingber boy from the attack of the de
mon. when she was mercilessly struck down.
The babe received an awful blow on the up
per part of the breast near tbe shoulder, al
most severing one of its arms, and also
another sharp cut on the side of the head.
Probably the most correct of the theories
expressed is that all this dreadful work was ]
German laborer. The* excitement in
regard to the murder in the lower section of
the city is intense. • :1 ~ 7
_ Later.—An additional victirii to tho hor
rible tragedy down the Neck was discovered
this morning. The body of the missing boy,
Cornelius Cary, was found under a bay stack
with his skull smashed in with a hammer and
his throat cut. The clothes of-the supposed
murderer are found. They are stained all
.pm.wfyh blood. ...
Three Exiled Confederates.—The Lon
don correspondent of the Mobile Register
thus writes )
3ft. J. P. Benjamin ’ latd Confedefate Sec
retary of State, is now regularly entered as a
law student of Lincoln’s Inp to qualify for ad
ministration to the English bar.. As .it is
usual under, these circumstances to enter at
the same time tliq ' office of some' practicing
barrister to becOfite acquainted'with tlie rou^
tine, he has selected’for this purpose Mr. Pol
lock, son of the doughty old Chief Baron of
that name. By the, rules Mr. Benjamin is re
quired to, wait three years before he can be
“called,” but it is expected that in so excep
tionable a case some special indulgence will
be shown, and- one year, of this period will
probably, be remitted.
Capt.^J-lA Bulloqkj who is almost a towns
man of yOurs, arid who atfndg ‘the’.wife ac
quired a wc rid-wide celebrity as the builder
ot the Alabama; Florida, Stonewall, and!,the
two best,iron-clad vessels in .the English ,na-
vy, for. which, however, they were nqt de
signed,' as well as for other involuntary con
tributions tc~the’lfitfaT strength of Russia,
Denmark; Peru, aiid.tundfy.OCliat powers, has
started a commission,business, in Liverpool,
under the Style of BulLock & Robertson.
The death, after a very : short- ‘illness; at
Wiesbaden, in Germany, about a m'onth ago,
of Capt. Senac, of Pensacola and Mobile, for
merly Paymaster of t)ie United States navy,
and more recently holding the same position
in the Confederate navy,'is doubtless no new3
to the majority of your readers. ■
How Dutch Gap got its Name.
Au Englishman and Dutchman, so the sto
ry runs, understood, for a wager, to row their
repetitive skiffs from a place.sevcn miles be
low the gap to a point above it. The man
who arrived first at tlie place of destination
was.to be considered the champion and to
receive the stakes. Both started. The Eng
lishman pulled out vigorously, while the
Dutchman, with true Teutonic impertuability
suffered his opponent to go ahead without an
apparent! effort to keep up with him.
While the Englishman began to round the
bluff, after passing the gap, the Dutchman
was “hull de'wn” and almost out of sight of
his antagonist, who bad a! “sure thing of it.”
When tbe Dutchman reached the gap, he
ran his skiff on shore, raised it on liis slioul-
•ders and made his way with all possible dis
patch across the few hundred feet of inter
vening space. When the Englishman arrived
at the point at which' the race was to termi
nate, what was his astonishment to find his
opponent in his skiff, calmly awaiting his ap
pearance, having relieved the weariness of
Ilfs' stay by smoking with Dutch leisure, three
or four -pipes of tobacco.
Whether the Dutchman succee ded by this
triqk in winning his wager is not known, but
lie gave a name to the gap, and was more suc
cessful as a navigator than the noted and
corked up hero of New Orleans, the terror of
women and children, at whose’approach the
very silver spoons trembled on the side
board.
Important Decision of Judge Bcsteed.
Wc published'some day^ since In our local
columns, says the Mobile Advertiser, the state
ment that a young man. a minor, while a pas
senger on board one of the Mobile and New
Orleans steamers, engaged in cards and lost,
as charged, to a professional gambler, a con
siderable sum of money, really the property
of his mother. It was also stated that suit
had been instituted for the recovery of the
money, not against the gambler, but the cap
tain of the boat. The case has been heard in
the United States District Court in Mobile,
and decided in favor of the plaintiff. The
important and* exhaustive decision of Judge
Bustecd is published in full in another col
umn, and as the question involved is one of
pervading interest, the opinion of the court
wiM attract very general attention. If the
Honorable Judge is correct in his view of the
law in the case, owners and masters of steam
boats will be apt to exercise greater vigilance
with regard to tlie character of passengers
travelling on tlieir boats, and the license
which now prevails will lie greatly restric ted.
We hear it intimated that the case will be
appealed.to the Circuit Court bf the United
States. . .
Improvements in Paris.—In time, Faris
will be the most beautiful city in the world;
but its adorncment is a heavy expense. The
improvements made by Xspo'eon in the Rue
de Rfvoii co^L'tip to the year 18G3, twenty
milions of dollars; tlmt of the Boulevard Se
bastopol, eleven millions, and those of the
Halles Centrales, or great market,- six millions
—while the total return was but little over
one-half the amount expened. Other great
works have been fit process during the past
ydar, and others still are projected; each ad
ding to the beauties of tlie,capital or oblitera
ting some of tho old add shabby quarters.
Wreck of an Ocean Steamer. —The
steamer Tonawanda, Capt. Berry, from Bos
ton, March 10th, for Havana, weut ashore at
2 o'clock, A. M., on the 2Stli, on Grecian
Shoal-, off the'coast of Florida, the weather
being thick rind senally at tlio tinie. At 3
o'clock, A. Mi, the stormier commenced break*
ing, and a: 0 o'clock he was lull ot water,
wlgTfifM ■■ UHMJB
for the Presidency,, of ; he Mobile and Ohio
Railroad. This narrows the controversy to
Ger. Joseph E. Johnston and Hon. Milton
Brown, the present incumbent.
;ue on Saturday morning during the ab- 1
erice of Mr. Deering. His body and that of I
Miss Keating, his cousin, were found along- , and shortly a^erwarus bilged, broke :u two,
side of the barn, not far di :;.nt from the end became .1 total loss. \\ recking vessels
pot where the other bodies of Mr. Dec-ring ! were engaged in saving the cargo. Portion
and Miss Keating were covered with hay, one between decks would Be saved in good order.
sticking out. A iittle boy age 1 The passengers and e rew were saved and sen
U years, who lived with the family and to Key \Ve-t.
orked on tlie farm, L mj-sh'g. It is he-1
veil he was a!.-<> murdered nnd liis body 1
thrown into 1 deep we!!, or one of the many ;
itclic- that nbouu l in that Section
iuritrv. Thu well on the premises was pure-1 ...... , , , . • 1 ,, 1. 1 ap H
searched fast might, but no ; bottom could
j reached. The ditches in the vicinity v
le iiduse were also' ‘examined vi'ithoht
“It is under-trod that tiie President
will issue, in a few days, a proclamation de-
t i, e f daring’ Texas tree trout rebellion,
tureal 1 v rum:
iid to have the
e of manufacture, ns it is
itself down. •