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CONGRESS, TILE SOUTH AND THE
PRESIDENT.
( ,P ' The recent passage of tlio Civil Mgfiti
I ■ A— | “ " over the veto, ha- inspirqd tlio RjuI'k al
ceof PUiladclpnia now :irrcst jority in Congress with fresh courage.
P \i, found lounging at the street cor- eS p U j s ; on8) aru \ one trick an ,| nnthn. they
r fT ^'. font of churches on Sunday.About j, av8 nt j nst succcet i e d j n molring themselves
men entirely independent of the President. They
have a certain two-thirds voto on any propo
sition that may come from their file-leaders,
and wo should he silly to suppose that they
will not use the power thus secured to them
selves. The only limit now to their action in
overthrowing the constitution nnd persecu
ting the Southern people, is their own will.
The passage of the Civil Rights bill is evi
dence conclusive that constitutional scruples
will not impede their progress in despotism
for a single moment.
Mr. Stevens and his party have now an
open field, and they will make the most of it,
This Congress will not adjourn until the whole
theory of our government shall have been
changed, and a centralized despotism erected
on the ruins of a confederacy of independent
and sovereign States. A Freedmen’s Bureau
bill is now maturing and will soon be brought
forward. A constitutional amendment secu
ring the political equality of the negro with
the white man in the several States, will fol
low, with a provision that no State shall en
joy the privileges and protection of the Union
that does not adopt it The next,step will
he the impeachment of the President, and the
substitution of one of their own revolutionary
clan in his place. The work of revolution
and subjugation will then be complete.
How shall the South meet this extra
ordinary state of affairs in which nil her
rights and liberties will be trampled under
foot by an irresponsible minority who have
usurped the power of legislating for the
Union. As regards physical force she is pow
erless. She has no arms wherewith to repel
aggression upon her rights and throw off the
yoke of the oppressor; and if she had, she
is tired of war and exhausted in her means.
She must therefore possess her soul in peace,
nnd rely upon the safeguards that have been
erected by the constitution. The Courtsmay
possibly set aside unconstitutional and op
pressive legislation and save her harmless
lrom the merciless crusade. And again, the
Executive, in the administration of the law,
may lean to the side of equity and cause the
blows of Congress to fall as lightly as possi
ble. These arc her hope, and they failing
she must submit in silence to her fate, await
ing the time when a returning sense of jus
tice shall vindicate her rights and avenge her
wrongs.
But the President occupies a peculiar re
lation to this extraordinary condition of
cKi.r.—All who wish a mammoth
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•• Hebai.d ” Turned Down.—The
. T York Time* has clearly outdone the
inthe bragging line. It takes the
^Ij-s fibres of the aggregate amount of
’Trtiiin^ returned to the Revenue Depayt-
t (or 18®* and 1805, from which it *p-
,ft tb#t t i, c Times exceed the Herald by
f % lines iotlio former year, and 240,680
?’■ | n t hc latter year; total in the two years,
SJ;4 line* f° r tho two **“*■ Tho Timcs
titled in the year 1865 it published
j£cotamns more advertisments than did
.j f Herald- _
«.vassas Republican.—\Y e perceive
A) i publication in the above paper that
v \\\ sims, in consideration of 86,500,
. jMr ,i of arbitrators, has disposed of his
^ interest in thc name and business of the
^ t0 John E. Hays, who will at least do
Iggjggt on his own capital jn future.
The Republican—and we have peculiar rea-
. ; - or reject in saying it—is the one nnd only
p IVil abolition organ in the State of Geor-
, A openly defending the party in Congress
who aw overriding the constitution in order
to degrade the South; and what is still worse,
the editor boasts that ho is “prosperous” ««
tlr patronage of Southern men!
Soxkof the Results.—The Petersburg
j a ,] f i yys the refusal of a Justice to marry a
tack nwn and a white woman, tho refusal of
i hold keeper to lodge or feed a negro, or of
aebarrli to sell a pew to a negro, subjects, by
the Civil Rights Cill, tho “offending” party
to a fne of $1000, or imprisonment, or both
Tbr discrimination by any State between
vbins and blacks in any of its laws, remits
the aggrieved black to the Courts of the
| [aited States for trial. So that under the
I civil Rights Bill, the Federal Courts will
hare cognizance of murders, rapes, arsons,
jobberies, and many other crimes heretofore
Resizable exclusively in State Courts.
Hot; thc Radicals Manufacture Political
Capital.
Nearly all the leading Radical papers have
correspondents traveling in thc South, most
of tfhoni are thc very offscourings of North-
tin filth and falsehood. The Philadelphia
Press—Forney’s organ—has one now in this
sate, and ns a sample of his correspondence
re make an extract from a letter written from
Savannah ami bearing date Sd instant. Thc
writer thus speaks of affairs in that city
••At a recent election held in this city, by
order of Governor Johnson, for the purpose
■ f choosing three persons to represent his
roomy at the State convention which is short
ly to as-emhle in Augusta, the rebel spirit
was well shown. Tho Union candidates were
overwhelmingly defeated. This, however,
cawed no disappointment, as nothing else
could have l*en expected, so quickly and
terrible has the result of the policy of the
President been felt here. The Union men
manifested no energy, and but little exertion
*i> made l>y them to secure extra votes for
thir candidates. The cause was lost, and
nothing could save it This was in strange
contrast with the secession candidates, who
frantically seized all hesitating voters and
hustling them up to the ballot-box with soft
wonhand silly expressions, oftentimes pat
ting the bewildered voter on the shoulder and
print.' him a fond embrace, and in some cases,
if he voted the right tfeket, throwing in a
gliMof whisky.
• Not one Unionist whs permitted to de
posit his vote without tffcing challenged in the
most scrutinous manner by frowning Seces
sionists, who crowded around the ballot boxes
nil (lay.
" It must, indeed, have been humiliating
tor men who have fought for the preservation
j f this Union, to lie compelled to swear and
km the Bible before those who have been
known for years as the sworn enemies of the
Government. The most treasonable remarks
Ttre urblusliingly and openly uttered at thc
polls, some of which, perhaps, are worthy of
aration, as revealing the spirit and animus of
who voted against the Union ticket.—
yne man, with a ballot in his hands, declared
a loud tones: ‘Fes, by , I hate always
** 0 fibel, ami always mil be, and intend to
full rebel tiel-et.' Another said boldly :
’* taken (he oath of allegiance, 'hut the
"tenant of the United States has forfeited
contract with me, and by , I will forfeit
•tdUfations to it!' ’
^aay who were anxious to voto right,
were overawed by the threats and insinua
tions of prominent rebels, who were busily
*?SWd in circulating the report that the —
ir*** Wou *ri soon have to leave, and those
. ?°‘«4 for them would not be safe in re-
awmng. The rebel vote at this election out-
-itabered thc Union ten to one.
•>°w, in answer to all this rigamarole, it is
* a Lv necessary to say, what every body in
eofgi* knows to be true, that tho whole .of
7* *b°tre i» a tissue of lies, a base invention,
f °m beginning to end. No “recent election”
been held in Chatham, the county of
^bich Savannah is the capital—we have no
jortnier in Georgia by the name of “John-
f 8 ~ no tall has been issued by any body
State Convention at “Augusta” or auy-
els ?-*nd the whole story is a rascally
' "““itigated invention. Of what villiaay
"yS^talsnctcapabiet
. ^“bville Republican and Times,
'” 1 . C0 P le< l the lies of this writer, also do
justice of giving place to their
Effect of •) m; Proclamation.—Ii the
reported Interview between the President and
Judge Peabody be correct, the New York
Tribune was right in its opinion of the pro-
elation, viz: that it was only thc private sen
timents of the President.
AA’c confess though that we are unable to
see how the President can give any such con
struction to his proclamation. It distinctly
declares thc insurrection at an end and the
States that joined in it entitled to all the
privileges and immunities of the other States.
This is announced as a fact, and ns thc Con
stitution authorizes a suspension of t\\t habeas
eorpusonlj “dtoino rebellion or insurrection,’
bow can the writ remain suspended when no
rebellion or insurrection exists. The writ is
revived, it seems to us, without any special
statement of thc fact when the contingency
upon which it was suspended ceases to exist,
and such we think will.be thc decision of thc
Courts.
We did not suppose the proclamation abol
ished entirely thc operation ot military law
in the South. The Freedmen’s Bureau Act
was still in operation, and to thc extent re
quired by that statute, and only to that ex
tent, did we consider it left in force by the
proclamation.
But, if our recollection serves us, the Freed
men’s Bureau Act, whilst it is to l>c executed
by the military, grants no such extensive
powers civil and criminal as are now exer
cised by that overshadowing institution.—
We have not thc Act before us, but os it as
sumes a new importance under the construc
tions now giyen to thc proclamation, wc shall
hunt it up and publish it for the information
of our readers.
Upon the whole, we are much inclined to
doubt whether these representations regard
ing the effect of thc proclamation are really
authorized by the President. If they are,
with all due respect for him, that document,
sounding as one of the grandest in our histo
ry, is a mere farce, and solemn mockery of the
Southern people.
presentation in ilic National Legislature.— I
Proclamations and messages will not avail
you Words cannot subdue revolution in thc
full tide of its success. Your remedy is force
against fraud; action against conspiracy.—
You are sure of popular support; whatever of
moral influence or of material strength is
with the people, you can command. ^ Their
instincts of self-preservation, their intelli
gence, their patriotism, teach them that your
theories arc right; now, show them that you
have thc nerve to make good your theories
by action.
EPISCOPAL ADDRESS
OF TUB
GENERAL CONFEREHCE
of Tire
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH
From the N. Y. Dally News.
President Johnson’s Action !
The final Congressional action upon the
Civil Rights bill proves that thc power of
Radicalism is absolute in thc National Capi
tal. A faction, ambitious, fanatical, unscru
pulous, lias usurbed a monopoly of central
legislation. A factitious majority, created a
plain violation of the principles and laws of
political system, exercises its will in defiance
of right and reason, and by force, fraud and
partisan intrigue, attempts to paralyze the
Executive arm, and to destroy the balance of
authority in the several branches of the Fed
eral Government. Eleven States of the
Union and millions of American citizens arc
wrongfully, and inpalpable antagonism with
the provisions of the Constitution, withheld
, . „ , , , ,, . from representation in the National Legisla-
tlungs. He, too, has rights as well os thc t urc . withheld for the purpose of securing
to thc usurping faction thc political ascen
dancy that they use for the aggrandizement
ot their own party, and for thc consummation
of partisan schemes, whose accomplishment
would lead to annrchy and the overthrow of
republicanism.
That is revolution. It is treason more dan
gerous than armed rebellion against the con
stituted authorities. It is, successful, death
to the body politic by poison, more fatal than
open conflict in thc field of war. It is the
treason of demagogues against, not only the
organic laws of the Republic, but against I this morning, who confesses to having com-
the sentiment of the people misrepresented mitted the murder of the n«ering family,
nnd nntnuwl bv tliosc into whose Hands con- He states that he was assisted by a compan
ion, who he has described minutely to thc
South, but, unlike her, he has tho power to
vindicate and maintain them. The consti
tution vesta in him, as President, certain pow
ers—will be voluntarily abdicate them or
have them unlawfully wrested from him ?—
For wise purposes, the framers of tho govern
ment gave him power over all Federal legis
lation, authorizing him at his own pleasure to
defeat by bis veto the passage*of any law that
caanot command a majority of two thirds of
loth houses of Congress. We have now a body
convened at Washington that no honest man tliosc into
and no lawyer will say is a “Congress,” in the v^^and civil strife has thrown a political
•yo of tlio constitution from which all powers con trol abhorrent to the nature of our insti- authorities. Search is being made for the nc-
are derived. Eleven states—declared to Tie I unions. If the Radicals pass this crisis, and complice. The prisoner is now in thc cen/
in tho Union and entitled to all the rights ^talu their supremacy, they retain it up to tral police station
, . . i _ *i,_ ! that penod when the people shall oppose the 1 Thc man arrested is named Antonio YouH.
and immunities of the other states oy» e | usur p at j on w ;th such weapons as are the last He formerly belonged to the 5th Pcnnsylw-
resource of freemen against tyrants. Must ’ *— "" 1
TELEGRAMS FROM OUR EX
CHANGES.
Reconstruction.
New York, April 13.—The World’s Wash
ington special says: The Reconstruction com
mittee are said to have nearly completed a
S ian for the reconstruction of the Southern
tntes. It is in the shape of a constitutional
amendment in regard to Representatives, and
is believed to be satisfactory to both wings
of the party, and they expect to get a two-
third vote on it in both Houses.
WHAT TIIE PROCLAMATION MEANS
Judge Peabody, counsel for T. C. II. Dex
ter. late Treasury Agent at . Mobile, wlio was
tried and convicted by a military commission
for malfeasance in office, called on the Presi
dent to-day to procure the release of his client.
Application had been previously made- to
Judge Busteed, at 3Iobile, for bis release on
a writ of babcos corpus, on thc ground that
the President’s recent peace proclamation
terminated martial law, but 3Ir. Johnson in
terposed, and ordered Gen. Wood to disre
gard the writ. Thc President informed
Judge Peabody that his proclamation was
simply a declaration of his policy, and was
not intended to declare a termination of mar
tial law in the late insurgents States.
DEATH OF THE HON. DANIEL S. DICKINSON.
New York, April 12.—Hon. Daniel S.
Dickinson, United States District Attorney,
died yesterday at the residence of his son-in-
law, Sir. Courtney, at 129 East Thirty-Fourth
street. On 3Ionday 3Ir. D. was down town,
attending to business, but went home ill.—
Physicians pronounced his disease a severe
attack of hernia. At 3 o’clock yesterday he
became conscious of the fact he could not
livelong. He spoke seriously, and remained
perfectly conscious till half-past eight, when,
rising up in bed, he died without a struggle.
He was sixty-six years of age.
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE-HOLDERS BEING RE
MOVED.
It is intimated that thc President lias com- meetings would bo amply advisory,
menccd to remove some of thc Pennsylvania
office-holders. Ex-Governor Johnson it is
said has been appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue at Pittsburg.
TRIAL OF MAJOR GEE. |
New York. April 13.—Tho Tribune’s Ra
leigh correspondence says the Gee trial will
probably be discontinncd at once under the
President’s proclamation.
ARREST OF A DEFAULTING FBEXCn CASHIER.
Gurrar Lamirande, cashier of the Poicters
branch of the Bank of France, wus arrested
in this city on Monday, last, on a charge of
having robbed that institution ol about $240,
000. He is now confined in jail, and appli
cation will be made before United States
Commissioner Betts on Saturday next, for bis
return under the extradition treaty.
Boston, April 14.—A special dispatch from
Washington to tho Advertiser of this city,
says preparations arc making to hold tlic
regular term of the United States Circuit
Court in Richmond next month, and the trial
of Jeff. Davis for high treason may be expect
ed within two months.
ARREST OF THE DEER1NG FAMILY MURDERER.
Philadelphia, April 13.—A man was ar
rested at the corner of 23d and 3Iarket stfeel
President himself—have not a member in
either house. To make it a Congress as pro
vided by the constitution, twenty-two mem
bers are wanting in the Senate and eighty-
six in the House of Representatives—enough
to prevent thc passage of any obnoxious meas
ure. And matters are thus kopt without a
pretext of right or motive of public safely,
but sifcply that a certain political party, rep
resenting not one third of the people of thc
United States, may maintaiu its ascendancy
and hector over a brave but long-suffering
people.
Now, the question is, will tlie President
yield up his constitutional power at the bid
ding of this body of usurpers calling them
selves the Congress ? Is there no dignity in
his co-ordinate branch of the government to
be preserved as sacred and inviolable 1 Wil
lie consent for the Presidency to be shorn of
its prerogatives, to be emasculated and de
graded in his hands, and by such a faction ?
Would lie respect an impeachment from these
pretenders and upon tlieir edict give up the
the views of government which the people
have placed in his hands? We do not be
lieve he would. But, recognizing them as he
docs now in their wrongful acts upon a dis
franchised people, in thc execution of laws
passed specially for the people of the South
ern States, and in tho passage of which they
havo had neither a voto nor a hearing, when
the time of trial comes, will he not be com
pelled for consistency’s sake, to bow bis own
neck to the yoke of the usurpers ? It they
are a constitutionalCongress for the passage of
laws, they are also a constitutional Congress
to impeach nod disgrace him whenever it
may suit their pleasure so to do. Let him
beware, lest, in liis anxiety to avoid decided
measures, he become bound hand and foot in
the toils of his enemies and ours.
the country await an appeal to that last tri
bunal? Is there no remedy against revolu
tion except a physical opposition to the rev
olutionists ? Is the Republic, exhausted and
impoverished by domestic contention, to be
plunged age hi into the votex of civil strife ?
Forbid it, guardian spirit of republicanism!
whose ministration wc invoke to inspire the
Chief 3Iogistrate of the Republic and the peo
ple, of whose liberties he is to-day the most
conspicuous champion, to inspire liim and
them with a moral influence to chock and
overthrow thc conspirators against the most
precious attributes of our national existence.
What then, is to be done ? The dema
gogues exult to-day in tbeir triumph over the
Executive. Thc success of their treachery aud
usurpation will make them still more arro
gant and reckless, and will give their ambi
tion wings to soar toward a confirmed abso
lutism. They roust be now, in the hour
of their victory, by measures prompt and de
cisive, that will settle tho issue and leave the
field permanently in the possession of one or
the other party. There must be a moral trial
of strength between right and wrong, be
tween usurpation and legitimate authority,
between faction and the Executive, supported
by the people. The President, in his present
position, hamcre puppet. Eleven States
and their populations, silenced and outlawed
by Radical dictatorship, have been kept out
of the nrena. Tlieir welfare, their safety,
their very political life depend upon the issue
in the settlement of which they are denied all
voice and participation. They have the right
To the General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South :
Dkai) Brethren: Wc hail with feeling of
devoutgratitude the opening of another ses
sion oftlic General Conference of the 3Ictlio-
dist Episcopal Church South. Circumstances
connected with thc late unhappy war have
prevented us from an earlier meeting; and
now that we arc permitted by Divine Provi
dence to assemble, thc important interests
that will engage our attention demand that,
with all sobriety and prayerfulness, we ad
dress ourselves to tlieir consideration.
We have to review the operations of tho
Church for eight years—embracing a period
which important and startling events have
crowded on each other in rapid succession.—
When the last General Conference closed, we
anticipated an earlier reunion, in this city ;
but the Tell known condition of things, at
the time appointed in regular order for our
meeting, precluded our convening here. And
ever siice, until within the last few months,
it lias been deemed impracticable to call the
Confcrtncc together. When it was definite
ly decided that tlic Conference could not meet
at tlie proper time and place, there being no
law iuthc Discipline authorizing the bishops
to cotyene General Conference, and thc state
of the country also being such ns to render it
doubtful whether any considerable number of
the pitacbers could be collected together for
tlie purpose of bolding suck a session if called,
the Bishops, feeling the importance of wise
counsd in the emergency, published a card
invitiig a meeting of thc Bishops, Book Com
mittee, and others, to consult together onYli-
vers important subjects connected with the
imuesliate interests of tlic Church. Sucli a
inciting was held, first nt Atlanta, Ga; after-
wa'dsat Macon, Go.; aud then at 3Iontgom-
en, Ala. In August last the Bishops alone
mlt for consultation nt Columbus, Ga. These
various meetings were seasons of interest and
p/ofit to those who attended them, and tlie
reults of our deliberations, os exhibited in
tie resolutions which we published, tended
rcatly, ns we have reason to believe, to pro-
otc the peace and prosperity of the Church.
In order that thc character of those rnect-
iigs may be clearly appreciated, wc would
teinind you that when they were called it was
jlistinctly stated that all the acts of such
meetings would bo simply advisory. Wc
disclaimed all authority to take any action
that should be binding on thc church, only
as it might be approved as wise and Godly.—
Wc gave such advice as we judged best for
the church in her straightened circumstances.
If thc Annual Conferences approved it, then
they acted in accordanco witli their own con
victions; if not, then they simply took tlieir
own course in all matters that came before
them, without reference to our advice. It is
ur the General Conference to decide whether
ve transcended our authority in convening
sicli advisory councils.
: Early during the war thc Bishops had to
ctmiinc their episcopal visitations to thc ter
ritory east of the 31ississippi river. This we
djeply regretted, but in our circumstances it
wm unavoidable. The consequence was that
tie Conterences west thc Mississippi were de
prived of episcopal supervision during thc
yhole period of the war. We would not
lowcver, fail to mention in this connection,
taat Bishop Kavanaugli, residing as lie did
ritliin the Federal lines, was able to visit the
ilissouri, the St Louis and the two Kentucky
Conferences, and was also able to extend his
risitations to thc California work. The rest
of the Bishops were able to extend tbeir la
bors to various parts of the work within the
Confederate lines. Notwithstanding thc fact
tunt our Episcopal supervision of the work
has been necessarily partial, we are gratinea
to believe that the preachers have been faith
ful generally to the interests of the Church of
God. With but very few exceptions, the An
nual Conferences have been regularly belch—
The presiding elders and preachers have fill
ed tlieir appointments as of old; and. wit'a
humble gratitude to God, we mention the fact
that dunng the trying years through which
wc have passed, gracious revivals of religion
among our people have attested how thc Di
vine Presence has been with us.
Wc do not attempt, in this brief address, to
nia cavalry. Thc prisoner states that on Sat
urday, about 12 o’clock, lie killed thc boy
Cornelius Carry, while he was on tlie lay
stack, but another man by the name of Jacob
Yoonder, formerly of the lltk Pennsylvania
cavalry, killed the rest of thc family.
Tlic announcement of the arrest of Antonio enter into a detailed account of the general
Youte created intense excitement throughout!state of thc work. Thank God that wc have
the city. Extra editions of thc Bulletin ancl so safely passed through a most painful and
Telegraph were issued giving the particulars!fiery ordeal; that the church has preserved,
of the arrest. Thc news spread like fire, and i under H?s blessing, her integrity; that she
vengeance against the prisoner was uttered | has in no wise become complicated with pe
on every side. An immense crowd collectedllitical affairs; but keeping in view her own
around thc police station at thc State House, high mission, has been satisfied to perform
and' threatened to lynch tho prisoner. A her legitimate duties.
cousin of the murdered family wanted to take It is proper to state to you that we found
summary vengeance upon him. The prisoner it, in our judgement, needful to the interest
was finally removed in safety to prison. lot tlic work to depart in some respects from
’ thc strict letter of the law of the Church in
Chief Justice Chase and the Military our Episcopal administration. Extraordi-
Commission Decision.—Thc Washington cor- aar J exigencies required us to take this
respondent of the Chicago Times states that responsibility. In the journals of the Annu-
Chict Justice Chase was not one of thc Su- d Conferences which will come before you
premc Court who decided that military com- die particular instances in which we have
missions on citizens were illegal; on the con- best to assumethisgravc responsi-
trarv. he was one of the minority of the Court “Ml* t \ a f s,lc, \ instances we
who upheld that odious act of tyranny. The ‘ V1S1 >» understood that wc do not regard
correspondent adds : inch departure from the law as establishing
“Those who believed that Mr. Chase would precedence for luture guidance, but only as
carry his politics to the bench of tlie Supreme Hustratmg liow extraordinary exigencies
Court were not mistaken. The tact is appu- “neceesary to transcend the pro
rent in every decision he renders. The 3Iis- visions of even the most wholesome human
souri test oath would have been decided un- regulations.From this experience, however,
constitutional but for liim, and finding be be Genera Conference may^hnd suggestions
could not get a majority of the court to dc- : ‘ re va '. ua , e U 1 « uule » providing as
cide it conztitutional, he used liis influence to ^r as practicable for contingencies in tlic
secure a reservation of the decision next win- luture '
to representation in the national h^islnture. | ter> This was done to give the radicals of u » would have been gratifying to us if wc
It is the duty of tlic President to protect Missouri n chaucc undc b r the enforcement of had been able to bear Um expense of more
sI.am tn fhn Amnvmnnt At tlint Vlfthf Tlin I - ... * . _ _ .
Contradiction ?
The Family Murder in Virginia.
Fsedejucksbuho, Va., April 10, 18G6.
i v ;y or riblo murder was commuted near
;„*"**:■ Richmond county, Va.,on the morn-
to* 3d instant. A man by the name of
•uus Haij -wont into the kitchen where a
r . Woman and her three children were,
y ’ .**& an ture killed them all. The woman
vo. °. und Jjtag in the middle of tho floor,
I«nng in tho blood; near the bed was
°r 8 children, a girl about seven
of age, with her brains running out;
Jews old, and an infant, not yet
- ’ wore found lying near tlie fireplace
their skulls smashed in. Hall was nr-
oxoi and committed to jail to be tried nt the
**t term of the court.
Wifi’ll! 8 V 1 ** ke kad ( i° no it; he then went to
WifilfL^ 0010 f° ar miles distant, aud told
w "“erwhat ho had done—“that he didn’t
.^ c sald tM* woman had
Wnl ,T nccauso him to do os he
td.aB.il!" • sceme d very much depress-
itlf * evinced a disposition to kill hiin-
Ue hirvfng
sposi
ictvd In a strr
Thc Case of Mr. Davis——An Knglish
Argument on Secession.
The Philadelphia Ledger has the following
from a Washington correspondent:
The Supreme Court having adjourned, trials
by court martial have been abandoned, and
there being no present probability of convic
ting Davis before a civil court, the President,
it is freely rumored, has about concluded to
order bis release on parole. 3Ir. Stephens is
reported to have expressed the conviction
that be would be “released,” and as 3Ir. S.
has just held a long interview with the Presi
dent, it is not unlikely but what be is fore
shadowing the event
In this connection I will say that a most
important argument, covering eighty printed
E agos, has been received by tlic President from
ondon, in which are set forth the reason why
Davis cannot be convicted in any court of the
crime of treason. The ground gone over
dates from tlie foundation of thc Government
—includes the “Rights of the States” as then
understood—the action of New York, Penn
sylvania, Virginia, ilassachusctts. nnd other
States in accepting the Constitution nnd the
opinions of Washington, Fislier Ames, Hamil
ton, Webster, Ellsworth, Rufus King, Davie,
Spencer, Madison, Jay, Randolph, Franklin,
Tench, Cox, James Wilson and Chief Justice
McKeanofFemuylvania. Thepurpoi't ol'the
opinions of these"honored dead, as showing
the sovereignty of the States, an-! whi.-h the
. Aft«r ltehZT,1.. - , , . ,. barrister who sends to the President thc
vifn de< : d ko argument gives in detail, may be tummed up
in thc remark of 3Ir. Wilson" in the Pennsyl
vania Convention of 1787.
Upon tho existence of thc State Govern
ments depends the existence ot the Federal
plan. Thc supreme, absolute and uncontroll
able power in thc people before they make a
Constitution, and remains in them after it is
them in the enjoyment of that right. The
vindication of great principles, the interests
of the people, thc integrity of the Union, the
very essence of the Republic, in a word, the
enforcement of the Executive policy of res
toration, demands that thc representatives of
the Southern States and people should imme
diately assume their official functions—should
take their scats at once in Senate Chamber
and Hall of Representatives in the Capitol
of the United States.
Thc Radicals oppose tbeir admission. They
bar tlie doors. They stand armed with stolen
and unlawful weapons to dispute the passage
of duly elected members of Congress to their
rightful seats in tho National Legislature.—
Then why does not the Chief Magistrate of
the Republic interpose bis authority to pre
vent this outrage against tlie representatives
of the States and of tlic people ? He has the
power to do so ? He is Commander in Chief
of the armies of the United States, and has at
bis disposal an armed and disciplined force
amply sufficient to preserve tlie peace at the
seat of government, and to enforce obedience I
the “iron-clad,” to ride into the next Congress extensive travel through the work; but in
and to elect a radical Senator for the next impoverished state of the church, and cs-
term commencing on thc 4thof3Iarch, 1867.”
Appointments by the President—Associate
Judge Appointed vice Jnde Cntron
Washington, April 1C.—The President
to-day nominated to tlie Senate for confirma
tion, Wm. Smith, President of the Central
National Bonk, to be Collector of tlie port of
Now York, and Wm. Courtenay, to be United
States Attorney lor thc Southern district of
New York, vice 3Ir. Dickinson, deceased.
It is rumored, and on such authority ns to
leave no doubt of its truth, that Henry Stan-
bury, of Ohio, lias been appointed Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States for tho Southern district, vice Justice
Catron, deceased.
An Ocean Steam Race.—An exciting
contest between the Allemania and theHerr-
man is to come off this month. Both of these
■v. arc new and monster steamers, of enormous
to the laws beneath the roof of the Capitol of I strength, and they can make the Atlantic iave heard tlie report of tlic agent.
passage in about nine or ten days. They will
start from Southampton for New York to
gether.
Both ships havo been backed to heavy
amounts already and thc race will be an ex
citing and remarkable one.
tlie Republic. Let a day be fixed lor tlie
representatives of the Southern States and
people to take tlieir scats in Congress. The
seats are there ready to receive tlie rightful
claimants. Let them enter, take possession
of their own and fulfill tlieir official functions.
Should violence be offered them by any man,
or number of men, under any pretense what-1 The European War Cloud.—The Lon-
soever, let thc President send a detachment don Times of thc 30th ult. remarked editori-
of Federal troops to preserve order in the I ally that there was too much reason to fear
Capitol. If Radical conspirators attempt to that the peace of* Europe was about to be
support tbeir usurpation by force, thc consc- broken by a most unnecessary war; but on
quences be upon tlieir heads. It is time that j thc following day the Times remarked : “Wo
the Republic should have acomplete and con
stitutional (National Legislature. We have
been ruled too long by faction. Wc have
been too long subject to thc caprices of fa
natics. The country must be permitted to
*° r *ome time n r , ‘".'made. * * w * 3ty position is, that the
♦ h -°g8 ^vereignty never goes from the
•iped w<u committed. people.
resume its normal condition, and if revolu-1
tionists stand in tlic way, thc Executive arm
is strong enough to sweep them from the
jiatli of restoration.
President Johnson, you have issued your
proclamation of peace. You have declared
insurrection to be at an end. You have de
cided that the Southern States are entitled to
representation in Congress. Give then,
our rermblioanism. Restore to tlie political
-vstem thc attributes that belong to it. Let
not a league of demagogues destroy our form
of govern man! The Constitution, you say,
uide: then compel obedience to the
cannot persuade ourselves that Austria and
Prussia, however fiercely they will wrangle,
will actually fight They have been on the
verge ot hostility before without coming to
blows. We can hardly avoid thinking,
therefore, that they will find some way out of
the present quarrel, desperate as it appears to
bo.”
E^“The next session of the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina will bo held
with the church in Raleigh, and will com
mence on Wednesday before the fourth Sab
bath in May.
tbs Constitution, by
llie States of the Republic are entitled to re- Pennsylvania Legislature.
During the last ten days “eight hour”
bills have been defeated in the New York nnd
New Jersey Legislatures, lost in Ohio by dis
agreement between the two Houses on minor
1; all amendments, nnd passed in one House of the
serially in the abseuce of any provision for
inorc than a bare support of tlic Bishops, this
was impossible. This fact, we hope, will be
uggesnve to your body.
i In August last, we deemed it prudent to
ssue a “Pastoral Address to the Preachers
nd Members of the Church,” reminding
hem of tlieir duty as Christian citizens, and
riving such advice as seem to us appropriate
i> the peculiar circumstances of the times.—
is that address has been extensively publish
'd, wc deem its formal transmission to you,
rith this communication unnecessary, and
£ ill only ask your attention to such parts of
as we may find proper to recapitulate on
jarticularpointsat this time.
The publishing interests of the church sut-
ered greatly in consequence of thc war.—
The book concern will require your careful
ronsideration, and some important changes
n your plan of operations may be needful for
its future efficiency; of this, however, you
will better be prepared to judge when you
lAffi With
oliasure wc have welcomed the revival of the
lurch papers, and while wo regard them as
in a high degree creditable to the church, we
waild respectfully submit whether it would
lot be best to unite conferences in the publi-
tation of a fewer number in order that they
uoy be better supported and still further
improved.
Our missionary work, once tlie glory of our
ditreb, has been well nigh ruined. TheChina
nitsion still lives, and needs your fostering
arc. Although thc financial condition ot the
country at present forbids thc expection of
hrge collections, yet we may make prospec-
ire arrangements for doing a great work in
bat extensive field.
The interest of tho colored population
hould engage your serious attention. Here-
oforc the colored people within our bounds
lave deserved and received a large share of
.ur labors. AYe have expended our means
ind strength, liberally nnd patiently for many
rears lor tlieir salvation and improvement,
ind if in any wise our conduct has uot been
ippreciated "by some oil earth, nevertheless
mr witness is on high and our reward is in
.leaven. It is grateful to ourown feelings to
now that if the colored people do not re-
nain under our pastoral care, the departure
etlccts no discredit upon our labors in their
elialf, nnd is necessitated by no indifference
>u our part to tlieir welfare. 3[any of them
will probably unite with thc African 31. E.
Church, some of them with the Northern
3Icthodist Church, while others, notwithstand
ing extraneous influences anil unkind mis
representations of our Church, will remain
with us.
Let us be content to leave to Providence to
vindicate in due time our scriptural relation
to the interests of thc colored peoble. For
those who remain with us the Church should
provide generously everything important to
their religious culture. Convinced your body
takes the deepest intercstin this subject and will
give it your special attention, wc deem it only
needful to speak of it in this general and sug
gestive form; and especially as the Bishops in
their pastoral address last August brought the
subject prominently to tlie notice of our peo
pie.
In respect to thc separate and distinct or
ganization of our Church, no reasons have
appeared to alter our views, as expressed in
August last No proposals of fraternal rela
tions has come to us from others, neither do
we regard ourselves as in any wise responsible
for hostilities evinced towards us. AVhile the
attempt to take forcible possession of our
property, and to disintegrate our Church, de
clare the mind that would destroy us, let it
be ours to show the mind that was" in Christ.
In our conscious integrity wc should calmly
await thc inevitable hour when, in the provi
dence of God, an enlightened public opinion
will vindicate our claims as a Church of God
and a true type of 3rcthodism. Let us not be
impatient for our vindication before thc world
Thc great future* is belore us, and the great
Head of thc Church smiles upon us. Our
fidelity to God will most perfectly reply to the
voice of defamation.
In this connection, it is with pleasure that
we refer to the fact that many Christians in
thc North, and especially the Northwest, sin
cerely sympathize with us, and this sympathy,
we have reason to believe, is daily assuming
a more tangible and impressive form. That
there have, at the same time, been some de
fections in the church we care not to disguise.
A very few of the whites have gone from us.
This was perhaps to have been expected.—
Our regret is rather for them than for our
selves. But while we speak of small defec
tions, wc may refer also to most gratifying
accessions. Tlie Baltimore Annual Confer
ence is now represented by a delegation in
this body. In Fcbruaiy last, Bishop Early
formally received into our ecclesiastical con
nection this Conference, consisting of one
hundred and four ministers and a member
ship of twelve thousand.
It is a grateful duty to welcome these breth
ren among us, and to commend them to thc
confidence nnd aflcction of our people. This
is a large accession to our members and terri
tory. It is also a testimony in our favor that
is nobly borne by men whose former position
and long deliberation upon the subject, as
well as their known intelligence, will entitle
it to special respect. In our hearts we wel
come them, and cordially extend to them the
right hand of fellowship.
As a fact of interest to us and of promise to
our future influence, we may state that in the
city of Baltimore there have been organized
several flourishing churches upon ah inde
pendent basis, composed of Methodists whose
warm sympathies are with us, and whose
liberal kindness lias already contributed
largely to aid us In our time of need, lairing
us under obligations by tbeir love and good
works.
Our educational interests have been great
ly damaged by the war, and nearly all of our
male institutions have been closed. Provi
dentially many of onr female institutionsfiave
been kept in operation, and are still dispens
ing the blessings of sanctified educatien to
the daughters of our land. Everything in our
power should be done to revive, as speedily
as possible, the male institutions under tlie
patronage of our Church.
In this connection we specially bring to
your attention the importance of an institute
for the proper training of young preachers.—
Tiiac otiooLi make some proper arrange
ments for the more thorough training of our
young men before they are received into the
Conference and sent lorth to minister in the
Church of Christ, appears to us to be so ob
vious as to need no argument to prove it. It
behooves ns to take this matter into serious
nnd immediate consideration, and secure to
the church the invaluable advantages the pro
visions wc suggest can only supply.
The instruction of the children under our
care, and the interest of our Sabbath School
system, cannot be too highly appreciated by
you. Your body will, we hope, show your
love for these little ones of Chiist, and lambs
of His flock, by the practical value of your
action in their behalf. AVe think it unneces
sary to enlarge on a point of such obvious
and vital concern to the Church. Let us re
member that it is only by taking care of the
children that we can take care of tlie future
prosperity of the Church.
If wc are to judge from thc tone of the reli
gious press and tho action of many of our
Conferences, great concern is felt in respect to
certain changes in our economy. It is obvi
ously unbecoming in us, as Bishops, to occupy
any other than an impartial relation to those
matters. But we take this occasion to uige
upon you the importance of giving these sub
jects your sober and prayerful consideration.
From our extensive observation of the state
and wants of the Church, we hesitate not to
say that some improvement or economy may
be wisely undertaken at this time. AVell for
us if we can happily avoid extremes and do
neither too little nor too much. Let us re
member that while innovations arc not necessa
rily improvements, wisdom may demand in the
department of ecclesiastical expedieny new ap
plications and developments of fundamental
principles. The efficiency of 3Icthodism finds
its first condition in the prevalence of deep spir
itual life; and alterations in our economy are
valuable as they coincide with this condition,
calamities when they ignore it. On only one
of tho points suggested do we regard it be
coming in our position to speak directly, and
that is in respect to the increase of the num
ber ot thc Bishops. For such an increase as
will give thc church a more efficient episco
pacy, we think there is an urgent necessity.
Thc infirmaries of age press heavily upon
some of us, and diminish our ability to an
swer to the demands ot the work for general
episcopal visitation. The great and increas
ing extent of our tcrrito»y should lie consid
ered. AVe should by all means have a Bish
op, for obvious reasons, residing on the Pa
cific coast. • And while we do not recommend
a Bishop for every State or Conference, we
arc fully persuaded that the number of Bish
ops should be so increased as to enable them
to be pastors of the people as well as chair
men of conferences andjpastors of the preach
ers. If we would carry out the valuable plan
Remarkable Ilii-tory of a Torpedo Hon*.
Gen. Maury's report o:' thc defense of Mo
bile narrates the eventful history <>f a torp -do
boat as follows:
One very remarkable vessel of tlii-> s >rt was
constructed in Mobile and sent by mail to
Charleston, where it was used against thc Fed
eral fleet.
It was built of boiler iron, was about thir
ty-five feet long, and was manned by a crew
of nine men, eight-of whom worked the pro
peller by hand. The ninth steered thc boat
and regulated her movements below thc sur
face of the water. She could be submerged
at pleasure to any desired depth, or could be
propelled upon the surface. In smooth, still
water, her movements were exactly controlled*
and her speed was about four knots. It was
intended that she should approach any vessel
lying at anchor, pass under hi r keel, and drag
after her a floating torpedo, which would ex
plode on striking the side or bottom of the
ship attacked.
She could remain submerged more than
half an hour without inconvenience to thc
crew.
Soon after her arrival in Charleston. Lieut.
Payne, of the Confederate navy, with eight
others, volunteered to attack the Federal fleet
with her. AVhile preparing for tlieir expedi
tion the swell of a passing steamer caused the
boat to sink suddenly, and nil hands except
Lieut Payne, who was at the moment stand
ing in the open hatchway, perished. She was
soon raised and again made ready for service.
Lieut. Payne again volunteered to command
her. AVhile lying near Fort Sumter she
capsized and again sunk in deep water, drown
ing all hands except her commander and two
others.
Being again raised and prepared for action,
3fr. Aunlev one of the constructors, made an
experimental cruise in her in Cooper river.—
AVliile submerged at great depth, from some
unknown cause, she became unmanageable
and remained for many days on the bottom
of the river with her crew of nine dead men.
A fourth time was tho boat raised, and
Lieut. Divon, of Mobile, of the 21st volun
teers, with eight others, went out of Charles
ton harbor in her and attacked and sunk the
Federal steamer Housatonic.
He mission at last accomplished, she dis
appeared forever with her crew. Nothing is
known of tlieir fate, but it is believed they
went down with the enemy.
Amalgamation as Seen iu the Dancing
Halls of Boston-
The local of the Boston Post, in describing
the dance halls of that city, paints vivid pic
tures of vice. Here is liis account of one he
entered. There were many others like it, but
we select this as a specimen:
Passing into tlie dance hall, wc found quite
a company present “tripping thc light fantas
tic toe” to*the music of a piano forte with vio
lin accompaniment. This hall is about sixty
feet deep, and is fitted up with considerable
taste. The walls are hung with pictures, real
and fancy, and, to give a patriotic east to the
whole the names of all the Presidents, and
tlie names ot' the principal battles in which
the Massachusetts colored regiments have
served are printed In gold, .and to relieve
the sameness of the dingy walls. But
the scene here presented by those partici
pating in the “ social dance ” is not
only novel.but disgusting. Young, good look
ing white girls and negroes, black as lamp
black, mingle, and commingle in the dance,,
and embrace each other with seeming tender
ness of spirit. Thc tall athletic specimen of
the genuine African, with great gusto and
enthusiasm, whirls the young white woman
in the mazy dance, and at the signal to pro
menade for drinks, escorts her to tlic bar and
treats her to a tumbler of spruce beer and
some peanuts. This scene is revolting in the
extreme to one accustomed to respectable
society, but it is practiced here in this mixed
company, nearly every night, in thc year.—
Familiarity knows no" restraints. All are on>
a level, and we have here a perfect illustra
tion of the theory of negro equality at the ex
pensc of white women’s respect mid virtue.
of itinerant general superintendency, we
must have an addition of a number of vigor
ous, active, and pious men to your present
college of Bishops.
And now, dear brethren, in conclusion
allow us affectionately so remind you ot the
solemn responsibility that rests upon you as
delegates representing the affairs of our be
loved Zion. AVe Lave only suggested in out
line some of the works before you. It is your
province to go fully and thorougly into tlie
particular considcratiou of the subjects with-
m your jurisdiction, avoiding all partisan feel
ing, discharging from our minds all preju
dices that would cloud our judgments, rising
above all private and selfish impulses, humbly
invoking that wisdom that is from above,
which is pure and peaceable and gentle ; in
honor preferring one another; in brotherly
kindness and charity, and with an eye single
to the glory of God: let us endeavor to do
our duty here as ministers of the Lord Jesus
Christ, praying god that we may have grace
to edify the church, that we may rejoice that
we have not labored in vain in the Lord.
James A. Andrew,
Robert Paine,
John Early,
Hubbard H. Kavanaugh.
New Orleans, April C, I860.
Thc Temper of Congress.
The National Intelligencer, always conser
vative and dignified, sounds thc trumpet of
alarm. That eloquent advocate of temperance
and moderation, speaks as follows, in the is
sue of the 7th:
Shall the heart ache and thc shudder of
1861 come again? People of tlie United
States, be warned that your demagogues are
again gambling for your heritages of Jiberity, •
your guarantees of prosperity, your meeds of
victory. In the awful name of God, they buy
you and they sell you in the Halls of your
Legislature, and nndcr the impious disguise
of justice to all men, pervert the functions of
lawgivers to thc procurement of your abase
ment under the barbaric teet of negroes.—
Some of them, bankrupt of a constituency of
reasonable beings would enfranchise an" in
sensate rabble of negroes, and by controlling
them, vote themselves into life Jong power
to govern^ to degrade,’ and defy you.
Others would convert the whole land into a
kingdom of liate, the reflection of their own
bitterness of soul, from past affronts and suf
ferings which they were too cowardly to pun
ish and are too malevolent to forgive. Both
must have pewer of oppression, or lose thp
only solace of their remorse, their diasp-
pointment or tlieir shame. They are said to
be fanatical.
Believe it not. There is now a great plot
among them—a perfect method of madness—
in which no detail is disproportioned, no in
strumentality distorted, no contingency un
counted by the characteristic enthusiasm and
sincere but fatal zeal of the fanatic. Ail is-
as sober, as shrewdy as unconscionable and
as cold as ever sedition was planned, strata
gem contrived, or assassination canvassed, by
the desperate and monstrous usurpers of the
dark sages. There is not a fanatic in Con~
gress. There is no Gerritt Smith, no Giddings,
no Lovejoy. There is Sumn er, wi th his scrap-
book of "fraud; Stevens, vivid in every
motion and look of liis contemptuous
command to an associate, “to Hell with
your conscience;” Fessenden, the rest
ive, envious, but compulsory follow
er of Summer; Wade, the blasphemous and
brutal, who dares to insult the prayers of
Christians by thanking their God, in open
Senate, for the impending death of fellow
Senators, Such are examples of the “fa
natics.” As well class the cold but delusive
dexterity of the midnight gaming board with
the impassioned but preposterous earnest
ness'of the mourner’s bench, ns the soulless
{ (Rome Foundry and Machine Shops.—
Messr?. Noble & 3Iitchell are pushing for
ward, with commendable zeal and energy,
the completion of their Foundry and Ma- The young man immediately ga
chine shop-. The roof is now being put on to tho officers of the law. Tin
tho foundry. The covering is of slate, from j ceived by Airs. Lvle nt the hand
tlie Blanceville Quarry, which, by the way, J band are said to bo of a serious
is said to as
America.
good slate as there is
ratiocination of these men’s politics with the
honest but unreasonable fervor of the John
Browns, the Giddings, and the Lovejoys of a
former day. There cannot now be abolition
ists, because there is nothing to abolish.
The New York Tribune mentions an act of
diabolical inhumanity recently perpetrated by
Secretary of A\'ar Stanton. He has required
poor General Banks to prepare official reports
of his battles with “Stonewall Jackson’^in
the Valley of Virginia. If the Inquisition is
ever established in this country, we bespeak
the post of chief torturer for Stanton.
Just think of the cold blooded cruelty of
forcing Banks to tell at this late day the tale
of his disasters, forcing him to tear open
those old wounds which were just beginning
to heal. We shall next have an order from,
the barbarous Secretary of AA r ar soliciting ad
ditional information from the Bottled Butler
a3 to the glories of Big Bethel, Bermuda
Hundreds and the fire ship.
[ Charleston Metes.
Homicide near Cave Springs.—Wc learn
that on Thursday last 3Ir. R. P. Lyle, living
about three niilcs from Cave Springs, was
killed by his son, Evan Lyle, under the fol
lowing circumstances: Tho old man was
beating his wife and she called on her sou for
relief; 31r. Lyle forbid his coming and shoi;
at him as lie approached, when tho son killed
his father by shooting or by some other means
llim-elf up
injuries re-
if her hus-
haractcr, s©
in ‘ much so
■ Courier.
that death is apprehended