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HOW TO “MAK !? IT CONSTITUTIONAL "
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it constitutional."
The above extract'from the telegraphic re
port of the Senate on Thursday, has a pecu
liar significance. It contains a concession
that puts the steal of condemnation on the
whole policy of the Radicals in their (alleged;
efforts at reconstruction. They have passe
a bill to set aside the present governmenta of
the South, and substituted others of their
own making in their stead, and this under
their sworn obligation to support the Con
stitution. Now they introduce an amend
ment to the Supplemental bill, calling upon
the people of the South to do an act which
tbev say is necessary, to made their own pro
ceeding constitutional! Was there ever any
thing like it in tho history oflegislation ? Do
they not stand before the world self-con
demned, and guilty of a violation of their
Washington Correspondence.
LETTER FROM “WARWICK."
Proceeding* of tho Radical Caucus—
tho Now Judiciary Committee—Groat Debate
tho IIouse on Impeachment—The Judiciary tom
inittce Instruct oil to Continue the Investigation
solemn oaths ?
Yes, there is one parallel, and it is to be
found in the history of the same party. They
abolished slavery in the South, and called on
the Southern people to make their act legal
and binding by engrafting an abolition
clause upon the Federal and State constitu
tions.
For one,we think the South has been called
on oltea enough to save the consciences of
Northern legislators by making their usurps
tioas law, and we hope our people will refuso
to perform one additional act to forgo fetters
fur themselves and whitewash their lawless
persecutors in the pages of history'. .
A CALCULATION.
Suppose the planters of tiio South liad
raised sufficient breadstuff's last year tor their
own and the general consumption, as was
their wout in years gone by, what would have
been the result upon the general prosperity ?
The entire proceeds of the cotton crop would
have Ween saved to the South, instead of go
ing abroad for the purchase of grain and ba
con. Wo should have had more money in
the country than we knew what to do with,
instead of being next to penniless, as we now
are. It is true the unfavorable seasons had
much to do with the failure of the grain crop
last year, but it cannot be denied that the
planters themselves were also at fault for not
providing against this contingency by put
ting in a large crop. That is always the
safest rule. Should the seasons fail, you will
be “ all right," or nearly so; and should \hey
prove propitious, the cotton crop will be a
clear profit, and there will be ample market
for the supplies of grain. A country with an
abundance of breadstuff* is always indepen
dent.
Let our planters bear these facts in mind
and act on these common sense suggestions
the present year and they will have no cause
to regret it. Have an nbundancc of corn,
and it will matter but little what price you
get for your cotton. The proceeds will be
money in your pocket, to stay thero or be in
vested, and not a temporary bailment lor the
purchase of bread from those who hate us.
Not So.—The Augusta. Chronicle states
that the report published in the Journal and
Messenger to the effect that a telegram had
been received from Governor Jenkins stating
tliufl'c would be able to get the decision of
tho Supreme Court on the constitutionality
of tho military hill, is without foundation.
TlttiR.—The Charleston Mercury observes:
The future historian of the times in which
we livo will be astonished at two things—
first, that such nn act as the ifilitary act
should have been ]wssed; and second, that
any ono in the South opposed to its provi-
siors should have advocated a submission to
ita terms, before an append to the Supreme
Court of the United States had been sought
or obtained.
“Tiro Washington correspondent of tho
.New York Times states that Mrs. Frances
Lord Bond lias filed an application in the
State Department at Washington for a Con
sular appointment; that her application has
been considered in Cabinet meeting, and that
tho Administration has finally concluded to
nominate her to tho Consulate of some Brit
ish purt. i *
Reofexino op tuk Florida Railroad,—
‘•Trains commenced running regularly over
tho Florida railroad on Monday," says the
Fcruamiina Courier of the Oth, “from tho Draw
Bridge over Amelia River, four miles fiom
that place, to Gaiuesvillc. A train will run
each way daily, affording,.probably, sufficient
accommodation for travel and freight for the
present. In a few weeks time the whole line
will bo in operation from there to Cedar
Keys—thus uniting tho Atlantic with the
Gulf coast."
Methodist Episcopal Church, Sourn.—
Tho Richmond Dispatch of Tuesday says:
Rev. Mr. Bennett informs us that it was the
proposition to introduce lay members into
the councils of the church that was carried
by the vote ot tho Baltimore Conference, and
tho proposition to change the name of the
church was lost. Wo stated the facts just
tho other way yesterday. The Enquirer says,
however, that a conference in Illinois will
2>robnbly join the Southern church, whose
vote, if counted, may be sufficient to secure
tlie success of the other proposition.
Washington, March 9, 1807
When the two Houses of the 40 th Congress
assembled, on tho 4th of March, they werc-
cntirely undecided as regards the duration of
tho session. All tlie new Republican mem
bers, from B. Bailor down, understood that
they had been assembled in order to proceed
with the impeachment of the President; and
they were amazed when they found that the
Judiciary Committee, after sitting daily for
two months, had been unable to present any
tiling tangible and definite to the House.
Butler, therefore, conceived the idea of bay
ing a select committee of 1:5 appointed, with
himself as chairman, who were to be env
powered to tako the impeachment matter outj
of tho hands of the Judiciary Committee,
and to bring it before the House at once, in
tho shape of articles of impeachment.
A caucus of the Radical members was held
on tho evening of the Oth, at which B. But
ler presented his idea in the form of a motion
It was at once and contemptuously rejected
Mr. James It. Ashley, of Ohio, had previously
moved that the new Judiciary Committee be
instructed to pursue the investigation during
any recess that Congress might take, and this
motion was carried by a large majority, only
B. Butler and Mr. Covode, of Pennsylvania,
opposing it. A motion that Congress will
take a recess trom next Monday to the 8th ol
May, was then carried, but by a bare majori
ty. Fifty-four of those present were strong
ly opposed to any adjournment before the end
of April. On the 7th instant tho Speaker ap
pointed the new Judiciary Committee. All
the old members, who are members of this
Congress, are reappointed, except Mr. Burton
0. Cook, of Illinois. He is a Republican, but
not radical enough to suit Mr. Colfax. The
only new members are Mr. Churchill, of New
York, a Republican, - and Mr. S. S. Marshall
of Illinois, and Mr. Clias. A. EUlridge, of
Wisconsin, both able Democratic members,
Tiie Committee therefore stands thus: Sir.
Wilson, of Iowa, Chairman; Sir. Boutwcll, ot
Massachusetts; Thomas, of Slaryland; Wil
liams, of Pennsylvania: Woodbridge, of Ver
mont ; Lawrence, of Ohio; Churchill, Slar-
shall and Eldridgc.
The proceedings of the House, on the 7tli,
indicated that a majority of tho members are
in favor of having tho impeachment investi
gation continued by the Judiciary Commit
tee, while they are undecided as regards the
period of adjournment. The subject was in
troduced by Sir. Ashley of Ohio, who offered
a resolution reciting the above report of the
Judiciary Committee, and then providing
that the Judiciary Committee be instructed
to continue the impeachment investigation
during any recess which Congress may take.
On this motion Sir. Ashley proceeded to ad
dress the House in a speech of great length
and of unparalleled violence. His attack
upon the President was the most groBS, the
most indecent, that has ever been made in
the House. After he had been speaking in
this strain for some time—
Sir. Niblack, rising, asked the Speaker
whether debate was in order.
The Speaker stated that the resolution was
before the House as a question of privilege,
and that debate was in order.
Mr. Randall inquired wbat the question of
privilege was.
The Speaker replied: It is the impeach
ment of the President of the United States.
Mr. Eldndge inquired what question the
gentleman from Ohio had the right to discuss
on the resolution offered.
The Speaker replied that he had a right to
discuss the whole sphere of the resolution.
3Ir. Wood inquired whether Mr. Ashley
was allowed to go into the merits of impeach
ment.
The Speaker replied that the resolution
opened up the entire question.
Mr. Wood then inquired whether it was in
order to discuss the whole question involved.
The speaker replied that he did not sec
any limit to the discussion.
Mr. Wood remarked that lie wished that
to be understood.
With this distinct understanding, 31 r. Ash-
Icy was permitted to go on, without any
interruption from the Democratic members.
They had been distinctly informed by the
Speaker that discussion on tho whole sphere
of the resolution was in order; that the reso
lution opened up the entire question; that
there was no limit to the discussion, and that
the Democratic members would have a full
opportunity to reply to whatever might be
said on tho Republican side. How shameless
ly this pledge was violated, your readers
shall see.
3Ir. Ashley, in his tirado of abuse against
the President, spoke ot him as a man who
had come into the Presidency through the
door of assassination, and as tho chief of the
conspirators. In another part of his speech
he said:
and spiritless when compared with 3Ir. rjVjTt T f 1 *j) A T) "IT T p
Ashley’s. Mr. Ashley then mated the previous *^ J-4.1J XV X XX X \J •
question, apd insolently told, the Democratic
members that he would giro them 50 minutes
to do their speaking in ! And this after the
Speaker’s assurance that the Democratic
members should have a full opportunity to
reply to the shameful slanders ot 3Ir. Ashley
Such is liberty of speech in the 40ta Con-
gieSs.
3Ir. James Brooks, of New York, however,
took the floor, and made a most eloquent aud
impressive speech. In the course of Ids able
remarks lie demonstrated that the revolution
which the Republican party liad brought
upon the country could not stop here. He
said:
He did not believe it was half written, or
half acted out. unless nil history was at fault
We are now repeating the Roman history of
Augustus nnd Julius Ctcsar, and the Govern
ment is passing from a republic to a despot
ism. Revolutions never stop. The Girond
ists (the Conservatives) are to be overwhelm
ed by the Jacobins; and when we shall have
lost nil our lilierties, some future Napoleon,
yet unknown, will rise up from thechaos nnd
rescue the country from anarchy through a
military despotism. Hence the resistance of
the gentleman from Ohio (3Ir. Spaulding)
and the partial resistance of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. 3Iiller) were all in
vain. 3Iore than one half of the territory of
the old republic was already under a military
despotism, uud there was no more protection
in the Southern States for life, liberty, or
property than under the dominions of the
Sultan or the Czar. The military govern
ment bill now over ten millions of people,
white and black, was to be extended over the
North and "West before the revolution was
finished.
3Ir. Pruyn, of New York, being allotted
five minutes, also made a very able and im
pressive speech, in which lie made the fol
lowing telling point:
The President stands before the country
now, surrounded by meu of ability, of char
acter. of personal integrity, who arc his con*
associated press dispatches.
Fortieth Congress:.
Washington, 3Iarcn 14.—The House ad
journed at half past twelve; no business was
done.
SENATE.
The House bill suspending the act reliev
ing the Boulignv heirs, was referred to the
committee on private clafm9.
After other unimportant business, the Sup
plemental bill was resumed. An amendment
was offered, providing that at elections for
delegates, the vote of the people whether they
desired a convention shoukl be taken. This
gave rise to an earnest debrfe. the chief .argu
ment la its favor being that such vote, if fa
voring the convention, would make it con
stitutional. It was opposed, principally on
account of its opening the door to delay and
irregularity in restoring tie States to repre
sentation. The debate indicated that the
majority considered an early restoration vital
to financial interests. Tbo matter was too
important for technical tailing.
31 r. Johnson doubted the long existence of
of government with ten States out.
3fr. Jforeton was ojposed to allowing
rebels to say whether tliiiy desired a conven
tion or not. The amendment was defeated.
Yeas—Messrs, Cameron. Chandler, Drake,
Terry, Fessenden, Tomlin, Harland, Howard,
Home, Morgan Blorrill, of 3Iaino, Blorrill, of
Vermont, Patterson, of New Hampshire,
Sumner, Thayer, Tipton and Wade—seven-:
teen. Nays 29.
An amendment making a vote by close
ballot constitutionally perpetual, was argued
till the oxccutive session.
* ojrtieth Congress.
.V* tn.e ’ /• SENATE.
Washington, March 16.—The retreqyTi-
ment Committee were instructed to institute
a minute exauiination into the printing de
partment of the Treasury.
The resolution passed by the House regard
ing the bullion of the Richmond banks was
poised.
Tlie Supplemental bill was/csoincd. Seve
ral amendments were proposed, each eliciting
a long debate.. Senators werp'anxious to
explain every vote„ Sefltiqient is much di
vided, but the majority persistently oppose
amemtiuents tending to complicate the
measure, gr involve guarantees not required
by the original bill. Tlie pressure, irowyver,
is very heavy/
The Senate Is still in session at 8 o’clock.
House notin session to-day.
LATER.
An amendment to the Supplemental bill
that a majority of the votes cast shall show
a ratification of tho Constitution, but that
more than one-half the registered voters shall
vote, was adopted.
The amendment adding certain clauses to
the oath was rejected.
At nine o’clock the Senate is still in ses-
THE GREAT DUTY OF TJZF HOUR.
’Sho SPrfumpla of Hungary Over
Force ‘
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Foreign News.
London, March 13.—No more Feuian de-
London, 3lsrch 14.—The Fenian troubles
continue in a modified form. The insurgents
have refugeed in the Willow mountains,
where they are perishing from cold.
Florence, 3Iarch 14.— Hie result of the
election is doubtful. Garibaldi heads the
opposition.
Berlin, Blarrh 13.—Ilcrr Blunchausen lias
challenged Voa Bismarck for words uttered
in debate.
IVIassachusettsand the Amendment*.
Boston, BUrch 14.—The Lower House of
the Legislature has passed the Constitutional
Amendment
IVXarine News.
New Yoxk, March 14.—Arrived, tho AU-
ston, from Savannah; Fannie Foulks, from
Mobile; schooner Isaac 3Iorse from Apalach
icola.
Boston, 31 arch 14.—Arrived, steamer Afri
ca, from Liverpool.
stitutional advisers, and whom you have said
by your tenure of office act, lie shall not j nionrfrations are reported,
remove without tho consent of the Senate.; _ ...
If the President of the United States has
been guilty of the higli crime* and misde
meanors imputed to him by the gentleman
from Ohio, [3Ir. Ashley,] nnd the gentleman
from 3Iassacbusctts, [Blr. Bntier.] it cannot
be possible that these great officers of State,
who have been with him for nearly two years
past, are not partieejtescriminis in all this mat
ter. If you impeach him you impeach them,
for the ground taken by both the gentle
man from Ohio and tho gentleman from
Massachusetts is soibroad that they must be
included in its moral effect.
Compare these proceedings with the pro
ceedings taken in cases of impeachment in
other free countries. Look at the delibera
tion with which the British Parliament pro
ceeded in the case of Warren Hastings, gov
ernor of a distant dependency, almost tnen
insignificant in power. Compare that with
the hot haste which is to mark oar course
this day if this resolution be adopted. The
gentleman from 3Iassachusetts {Mr. Butler]
said that the President stood iu tho way of
progress; not that he had neglected his duty,
uot that he had violated tlie Constitution or
his oath of office, but he stood in the way of
progress us tli&t gontleniua understands it.
The previous question was then called for
again, and 3Ir. Ashley’s motion was carried
by a large majority. Warwick.
.—- -. -» ♦,
Tiie Government of tiie South.—It is
with great joy that the people ot the North
see the sword of a military government un
sheathed by Congress over the rebellious
States. Thank God that our dilatory repre
sentatives at last mean to provide against the
the perils of tlie situation by a courageous
remedy. The army of the republic must re-
encamp in the Southern States, no longer to
destroy the Southern Confederacy, but to re
construct tbo American Union on the basis
of political equality. No other than a mili
tary plan is adequate to the present emer
gency. The doctrine of self-government does
not mean the election of ten State Govern
ments over loyalists to be administered by
traitors. Tho first condition of self-govern
ment is true hearted allegiance, not rebellious
defiance. Treason cauuot govern—it must be
governed. Every unreconstructed State must
go without seif government until its citizens
become loyal. Is this policy severe ? It is
just. Any other policy is cruelty towards the
loyalists of the South. Any other policy
betrays the negro to his enemy. Any other
policy burns the houses of the white Union
ists of Georgia and Blississippi, and exiles
their families to the North. An out-spoken
Yankee cannot travel securely in any South
ern State to-day, Ac., Ac., Ac.—X'em York
Independent.
European Mews.
Liverpool. Blarch.lG—The Great Eastern
sails on the 23il for New 1 York.
Paris, Biaruli 10.—General Castlenau, the
Emperor's aid-de-camp, recently in Mexico,
has returned.
London, March 10.—A large number of
troops have been sent to Liverpool as a pre—
cauiiou agaiqst an apprehended Fenian rising
there. A large number of. Fenians have
been captured in Ireland and committed for
high treason.
Earl Derby has announced the Servian ques
tion as settled. The Turks will leave' Bel
grade, the Servian capital, maintaining mej-e.
Iy nominal authority. The British minister
at Constantinople writes that Turkey will
hasten reforms in favor of the Christians in
Candia and elsewhere,
j Vienna, March 16.—Southern dispatches
announce Turkisli victories over the rebelsin
tlie Valley.
Government Finances.
Washington, 3Iarch 10.—The Internal re
ceipts for March average a trifle over one-half
million per day.
The week’s disbursement for wnr, interior
and navy departments, was two hundred and
ninety-eight millions; fractional currency in
circulation, eight hundred and nineteen
thousand ; securities held by the Treasury
for National Banks and deposits, three hun
dred and seventv-niric millions.
Southwest Georgia.—Tho Bainbridgi
Argus says; “From all wo can learn tin
farmer* of this whole region of country, em
bracing tlie counties of Early, 3Ii!ler, Baker
3Iitchell nnd Decatur, aro actively and hope-
fully engaged preparing their lands for the
growing season, and anticipate a more boun
tiful harvest tho ensuing fall than they gath -
crcd last year.”
Bins. Johnson, wife of the President, ap
peared at a Presidential reception lately fo:
the first time, and a correspondent says: “ [
Jolt a deep anxiety to see the woman who
had taught her husband to read, and inspired
him witli that lofty ambition which led to
place aud power. She stood near the Presi
dent to his right; pule, thin, stumped with
care and sickness, a countenance of thoughlr
ful sadness, an expression of deep curiosity.
Looking for a moment at each person intro
duced, her eye would drop immediately in
meditative thoughtfulness, as if her mind an .l
heart wu : filled with thoughts anderuotiors
lar different from the giddy throng passing
by. All who know her speak well of her’’
Sir, such a man ns 3Ir. Johnson, coming
iuto tho Presidency as be came into it—(I say
nothing now of the dark suspicion which
cept over the minds of men ns to his com
plicity in the assassination of 3Ir. Lincoln, nor
of the fact, which I cannot banish from my
mind, of the mysterious connection between
his death and tho treachery of his successor)
—I say that such a man, in view of all that
has happened, coming into tho Presidency
as he cumc into it—, Ac.
Sir, his crime is not, as many suppose, the
mere perfidy of which ho is guilty to tlie men
who elected him in an evil hour Vice Presi
dent of the United States—black and inla-
mous as that crime is. His crime is tho high
est known to the country—a crime against
the Republic itself. If the investigation go
no farther, it will establish the question that
tho people of this ceuntry will not permit n
man with impunity to be guilty of the acts
of which he has been guilty. The United
States is not tbo only nation that lias been
disgraced by such'an Executive head. For
tunately, however, for mankind, such men
aro born in the world but once in centuries
to curse the human race. The nation cries
out in its agony, and calls upon Congress to
deliver it from tho shame and disgrace which
the acting President of the country has
brought upon it. It demands that the moral
incubus which lias blotted our history with
its foulest blot shall be removed. In the
name of loyalty betrayed, of law violated, of
tlie Constitution trampled upon, tho nation
demands the impeachment and removal of
Andrew Johnson.
Tho Speaker here interrupted 3Ir. Ashley,
and said that while be knew there was a li
cense of debate on a resolution in regard to
impeachment, he thought t.be gentleman from
Ohio was proceeding beyond that limit.
But 3Ir Ashley was not to be put down by
the speech, and lie continued:
Before 31r. Johnson had been one month
in the Presidency, lie entered into combina
tions with the enemies of the nation, to put
the government of the South into the hands
of our mortal enemies.
After Mr. Ashley had finished his dis
graceful remarks, B. Butler was allowed to
do all the spouting he desired; and his speech
though full of venom and malice, was tame
The District Commanders.—A Washing
ton correspondent of the Western Spy (Rad
ical) thus speaks of four out of five of the
officers selected by the President to exercise
military dominion over the Southern States
Schofield, now commanding in Virginia,
was a conservative Republican when the war
broke out. Ho did not grow any more radi
cal until his recent expeiieuoes commanding
in Virginia. lie is a safe man.
Thomas—“ Old Steady is to my mind
the finest soldier and citizen the regular army
lias given us. He is an eminently national
man, is just, able, unbending, and endowed
with great administrative abilities. In many
respects he more resembles the historic
George Washington than any public man on
thestage. But he will not be selected, as his
present command gives him control over sev
eral of the States.
Sheridan never had any politics before the
war. He used occasionally to declare in the
early part of the war. when serving as chief
quartermaster with the. late Gen. Samuel R.
Curtis, that the abolitionists and secessionists
ought to be hung together. Since then he
has traveled far, nnd may bo considered a
radii al.
Ord is a Marylander, a Conservative, but
Union men from Arkansas say he is a just
man and true to the country. He is in com
mand there.
“ Artemus Ward’s ” Funeral.—The fu
neral of“Artcmus Ward” (Charles F. Browne)
took place on tho Oth. The remains were
buried in Kensal Green, and were followed
to tho grave by a great number of literary
gentlemen nnd friends, including many Amer
icans. The United States Legation was rep
resented by Hrl 3Ioran, First Secretary to
3Iinister Adams.
From Washington.
Washington, 3Iarch 15.—A bitter con
test is now progressing for the offices. The
work of appointments is progressing slowly.
It is stated that Butler has an amendment
to offer to the Southern Relief bill authoriz
ing the District Commanders to compel the
rich to feed the poor by forced assessments.
[rf all of Congress were of such base stuff as
Butler, the pocr of the South would consider
it a privilcgep starve rather than receive its
bounty.—Ed’rs.J
The Virginia delegation, before they left
Washington yesterday, called upon tho Presi
dent, who said he was aware of their presence
here, and trusted the Reconstruction Act
would have the effect ot alleviating much ol
the bitterness caused by the war. (How ?-
Eds.) He had opposed the measure, but as it
had become a law of the land without his
agency, he would faithfully execute it.
Fortieth Congress.
The Derby Cabinet Reorganized.—The
reorganization of the Derby government 1ms
been completed. The Duke of 3Iarlborougli
becomes Lord President of the Privy Coun
cil, in place of the Duke of Buckingham,
who has been appointed Colonial Secretary,
and the Duke of Richmond will take the
chair at the head of the Board of Trade.
A Prophecy.—Over thirty years ago Fan
ny Kemble wrote the following sentence in
her journal while on a visit to this country:
I believe in my heart that a republic is the
noblest, highest and purest form of govern
ment; but I believe that according to the
present disposition ofliuman creatures, ’tis a
mere beau ideal, totally incapable of realiza
tion. What the world may be fit for six
hundred years hence, I cannot exactly per
ceive; but in the meantime, ’tis my convic
tion that America will be a monarchy before
I am a skeleton.—pp. 60, 01.
A Healthy Town.—We have been living in
Talbotton five months, and during that time
but one death bos occurred in a population
of a thousand. A lady died last week, more
from old age than anything else, and we are.
informed by an old resident that this is the
only interment at our cemetery for the last
ten months.— TaU>oUcn Gtuette.
SENATE.
Washington, March 15.—A joint resolu
tion prohibiting the introduction of malt or
spirituous liquors into the Capitol, was
passed. ,
A bill aiding the Southern Branch Union
Pacific Railroad and Telegraph, was intro
duced.
A bill was introduced declaring the bridges
of the New Orleans, 3Iobile and Chattanooga
Railroads Post roads. Referred to the Post-
office Committee,
The Supplemental bill was resumed.
An amendment making all elections by
ballot, was rejected.
An amendment directing that, after regis
tration, the Commanding General of the Dis
trict shall order au election for a Convention,
when Provisional Government orders the
Convention. Negatived after a long de
bate.
A motion to go into Executive session was
stoutly resisted by the friends of a speedy
passage of the bill, but finally prevailed by
one majority.
Sir. Sherman introduced a joint resolution
removing disability from holding office from
Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, and R. 31. Pat
ton, ot Alabama. Referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
After Executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
3Ir. 3Iallory, tho member from Oregon, was
sworn -in.
A resolution ordering the immediate ap
pointment of tho 3iilitary Committee, with
instructions to inquire into ordnance trans
actions, was postponed to 1st of December.
Tho Speaker refused to appoint tho commit
tees partially; if appointed, they must be
full. He favors its postponement until next
session.
BIr. Van Wick, from tho Committee to con
sider the disposition to be made of the hun
dred thousand dollars of coin of Virginia
banks now in the Treasury, reported that it
shall be sold and its claimants referred to the
Court of Claims. An amendment that in
stead of selling the gold, it be* paid into the
Treasury, was adopted and tho resolution
passed.
A resolution reviving the Committee on
Expenditures, with instructions to continue
the investigation into the nlIeged.Neiv York
custom house frauds, was adopted.
Tbo House adjourned to Blonday.
New York Bunk Statement.
New York, Biarch 1C.—The Weekly Bank
Statement shows a marked decrease in legal
tenders and deposits and a loss of a million
in specie. The increase of loans is moderate.
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Fight Between Citizens and Soldiers
Carlisle, Pa., March 10.—The soldiers
and citizens had a regular battle to-day. The
citizens shot are Blessrs. Stewart, Thomas.
Zimmerman, Jacdbg, and A. HaineL Two
soldiers were shot, one mortally.
Weather Worth.
Washington, Blarch 16.—Snow has been
falling here and North for the last fifteen
hours.
Lsitcst Markets by Telegraph.
In 4848, wl.eu Europe was volcanic wii
Revolution, and when the oldest thron '
shattered by the throes of civil War
pie of Hungary ■electrified the WorltavvV?'
splendid effort to cast off the yoke of W
The Hungarians performed such prodio- '
valor that their success was aim*.-: 'T":
le | When the treason of some of the 1
leaders, and the aid which Russia ;w‘“
to Austria; left that gil ki nt people at*h»^ re<
> u I cy of the House of liapsburir. Accepting
worthy of imitation, the merciuVs pofiev’ *«
Russia in the punishment of Poland, (he "•
geauceof Austria was visited upon lli
with an iron hand. Unrestrained bv ?/?'
with the amplest license to rob, poni'<h in i
oppress in a thousand forms, the auiitwS
field marshals were fct W
this field of Hendish
ol the Austrian fieh
in Hungary. Am
o t.'scussvd the present threatening as
pect ot affairs in the Soutli at some length a
day or two ago, but we feet that we cannot
too often or.too iearcestly call ujxin oiir peo
ple to arouse from their lethagy and do some
thing for the protection of social order against
the conspiracies of its enemies. It will bo too
late when plans are fully organized and th
legions formed for thd overthrow
isting kindly relations, and the inauguration
of a war of. races in our midst. There are
thousands of heartless wretches engaged in
this work to-day, and they may be found iu
every county and neighborhood of the South,
secretly plotting.their infamous designs.
Let every Southern man of any influence
resolve from this time forward to do his duty. . — ... *n;aur-i
The men who have here.tbfbrc taken the Wad wide'‘renown’ 1 S’'wasClv rirall'i'^ 1 '
in directing public opinion in the safe path, 1 all Cliri-tendom tnrn..,i ,m. whe a
have been, most unaccountably, silent; since
the close of the war,, leaving - the whole bur- I * T w c p u 1 3 ./ :ltK * tdff'riy eradicate that ancient
then ot enlightening the people in the matter ^ J $JR **
of their duty to the press. It shoukl no the Crusades, their leaders were sW** °*
longer be so. Every man should now bq at banished, their women were maltreated
work; in public or private, nor should he I houses burned and their property confiscate?/
cease his labors until the day of deliverance ot the civilized world
and safety shall have fully dawned upon us. "nd whc^IIavnau, afteAwo't’ea
in the following timely appeal, which we ties in Hungary, visited England an *l '*
copy from the Richmond Times, they will timed to enter the great brewery of -‘g a
find the true line of duty: | & Perkins,’ the workmen hooted and dpW'
■ , , „ , , , him, and in escaping with his lie. .
As the bayonet of the conqueror has thrust compelled to leave a uortiou at L u ***
negro suffrage upon us, it is full time that the ai id hair in the hands of the irate lm .
solution of the “negro problem” was geceiv- I ft fe scarcely neccssarv to reZTliL
ing the consideration of our ablest and wisest shoulc i Butler visit England,he willrreL.5
men. Has the mtelligentSouthern citizen of same distinguished attention Thl*?,,- 6
property and character never, during the last by course of sympathetic croelreTnS"*’
two years, asked himself “why are the -lie- pression, sought in vain to mik/tw 0p '
erly de- rians sanction, bv their own act ti, UD ° a '
based and demoralized white men ? I su rreD
are people wlorlivein our liou&es, wait upon
our families, nurse our children, work in our yielded'nothing winch wnsnot 9*
factories and are kept alive by our money, ar- t h e point of the bayonet. Tbev h,,r * «
rayediuseerct hostility againstus by wretches | cation, exile nnfi rbofl. nf
who render the negro do i
but who arc the horse leeches who drain him | opposed the stubborn resisiance
of his slender earnings ? Why should there t o force. For nineteen years tW S
be this most unnatural antagouism between their resistance to every effort ’ . nued
the negroes and their only real friends ? Why queror to st rip them of their ancient £Lfr n *
should the. debased and abandoned Albmocs, During this long period the
whose association with the negro merely de m ore severely than the Hungariansfmm f^
base and demoralize him, be allowed to rob crue i and oppressive treatment ot th .t
the poor negroes, and at the same time teach p i e . Twice, when the cordial
them to abhor those who sustain them ? Hungarian troops might havfe siveAft.
We fear that we are very much.to blame for House ot Hapsburg from defeat and
this most unfortunate and unnaturalal state ot iation, thev rendered their oppressors noth
lungs. We should long since have taken j ng but the most reluctant^assistance, t
pains to expose to the unsuspecting black the humane, gentle and forgiving policy would
true objects and designs ot the white parasites have saved Austria from defeat at tiolfe-inn
The negro is fast becoming tl ( e victim of U nd Sadovva. The dauntless courage of Hub
scrupulous and degraded white men because gary waa wanting at both of those-reat and
the respectable citizens of the South have | decisive battles.
tailed to come to his assistance with timely These lessons of adversity have at last
advice and counsel. The most debased ne- taught the House of Hapsburg the necessity
groes at heart greatly condemn the “white of an entire change of policy. andthe Hnn'-
trash ’ who are now preying upon them, and gariausare at last rewarded for their steady
at the same time teaching them to hate those re f usa i t0 surrender their ancient liberties
witimnt tlipv wnnlfl Rnnn din i ...1 * -’
Another Canadian Invasion.
New York, Brarch 15.—Dispatches from
various parts of Canada make mention
of an apprehended Fenian attack near St.
Albans. The government troops are being
being moved to the threatened points.
Death of a Jockey.
New York, Blarch 10.—
the famous jockey, is dead.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Nkk* Yobk, March K, noon.—The Stock market is
Steady. Five-twenties, ’BS coupons, 9)|. Gold 34JL
Money (x®7. Sight Exchange 9)£.
New York, March 14, noon.—The Flonr market is
15@25e better; Superfine State $8 995*10 25; Southern
S10 60@16 50. Wheat 3@5c better. Corn excited nnd
S@4e better: mixed Western $1 15@1 18. Pork dull;
now Mess $22 50@ 22 5GM. herd quiet; in barrels 12®
lSTtfc. Whisky quiet. Pens qniet. Cotton firmer at
30@30^c for Middling Uplands.
New York, March 14, r. n.—Cotton firmer but less,
active under higher prioc s. Sslcs 2,500 bales. Flour
quiet. Provisions quiet and stead}*—Bless Pork,
Whisky quiet. Sugar heavy. Naval stares
dull and lower. Spirits Turpentine, 90@il.00. Rosin,
$4.00@8.50. Freights active—steamer, $41-6; sail,
$o I-6@71-0. Gold closed at JUs-
New York, March 15, noon.—Stock market dull;
Five-twenties of '62 Coupons, t%@9J4* Sight Ex
change, P/£ Gold 134%.
Cotton firm at 31c for Middling Uplands. Freights
qniet.
Flour, shade firmer; superfine. $0@$12; Southern
do., $1060. Wheat market very firm and qniet. Corn
l$?-2o bettor; Western mixed, $118. Pork firmer;
new mess, $231234- Lard steady, bbls. 12@13) i Peas
dull! Whisky stendy. Barley steady.
N ►;a* York, Blarch 15, Evening.—Cotton active, and
ad »•»..cod }isX cent; solos 600 bales at 32c. Fiour ac
tive: State $0a$12; wheat unchanged; corn dull, Wes-
tra cinixed $1 16al 18; provisions steady, mess pork
act ivc at $22a3T34: whisky quiet; naval stores quiet;
spirits turpentine TORfcTl; freights unchanged. Stocks
aro some lower, Pive-twentics '62 coupons 1% Gold
rm.
New York, March 16.—Cotton 'A to lo better. Sales
1 ■..(»») Mbs atS3$S)4c. Flour8910obetter but less
active. Corn activo and excited; mixed Western
$1 18 21. Pork firmtr, closing at $23 87. Naval
stores firm. Freights qniet.
Baltimore, March 14.—Cotton firmer, at 2S@28)£
for strict middling. CofTeo firm. Sugar dull and
nominal, lticc dull—Carolina Flour firm
er. Wheat steady. * Corn activo and higher—white,
SI04*?107. Provisions higher—Mess Pork, $—75.
Whisky in bond, 30®31.
Baltimore, March 15.—Flour has an advancing
tendency; white corn 10*>al 03; provisions unchanged
clover scod PalOH-
Baltimore, March 16—Cotton firm and higher,
Middling Uplands 30@30J4; Gulf 32. Flour quiot
and firm at into advance of fifty cents. Com active,
$1 06@1 09. Provisons higher, Mess Pork $22 75®
23 00; Bulk^3bouldors9@9J4. Whisky nominal.
Cincinnati, Mar. II.—Flour firmer and unchanged.
Wheat scarce. Cotton higher. Bless Pork, $22.00.
Bacon steady—Shoulders, S%: Clear Sides, 12kf: Com
Sacks, 76. Whisky unchanged.
Cincinnati. March 15.—Flour firmer: trade brands
$IlKal3?s. Com firm at 63c. Bacon firm; shoulders
9)4c; clear sides 12J4c.
Louisville, March 15.—Supcrfino flour $9; corn
in bulk 78a71; bacon shoulders 9)4: clear sides 12M:
packed lard 1254; whisky 2 25.
Nkw Orleans, March I#.—Cotton sales to-day 4700
hales; market active and firmer; Low Middlings 29)4
@30o. Receipts 2549 bales. Exports 5145 bales. Sugar
and Molasses only in local demand. Gold 134%@135
Sterling 115*T46)4- Now York 54@5fi premium.
New Orleans, Blarch 15.—Sales of Cotton 6,000
bales; market stiffer; low middlings 2954c; receipts
fer tho week, 13,374 bales, against 17,312 bales; ex
ports 28,842 balos ; stock 219,741 bales. Sugar andMo-
Iasscs very dull; no sales worthy of note; Sugar
quoted 13)4o for fully fnir; Molasses 76a80c for good
to prime. Flour activo and higher ; superfine llJ4a
ll/£e. Gold 134)4al3o. Sterling 45a46!4. New York
Sight % premium.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
London, March 14, noon.—Consols 91J4. Bonds 7154-
Liverpool, March 14, noon.—Cotton opens firm
with continued activity; sales 12,000 bales; Middling
Uplands 13)fd; Orleans 13)'£d.
Manchester, March 14, noon.—Improved feeling in
the market, aud goodyarus hare advanced.
Liverpool, March 11, noon.—Corn advanced to 3S-
6d. Tallow 41s. Rosin, common Wilmington, 9s 3d
Spirits Turpcntino 37s 6d.
Liverpool, March 14, evening.—Cotton continued
active und advanced 54; sales, 15,09? bales; Middling
Uplands, 13;’£.
London, March 16, evening.—Consols 91. Bonds 74)4.
Frankfort, March, 16.—Bonds 7734.
... Tt , 1 «• 1 Liverpool. March 16. cvcniu r.—Cotton closed firm;
iiirain Woodruff, : >a ] e3 1^000 hales; Middling Vl'laud- 13)7d. Tallow
44nCJ, X urpentine C9j6d.
wituout whose assistance they would soon die by the unconditional submission of Kim’
of starvation. He has been taught to be- Francis Joseph to their legitimate demands
lieve that there is a natural antagonism be- T he reward of their nineteen years of heroic
tween the respectable and substantial wbite I endurance is as magnificent as it deserves
men of the South and himself, because for T he Kingdom of Hungary is at last rc-cstab-
two years he has been assured that such was i; s h e d as au independent State. All of the
the feet, and we have not even condescended merciless and vindictive Austrian legislation
to contradict our slanderers. I which followed the Hungarian war of 1848
The most absurd and monstrous lies and bas been repealed; and, while Hungary stands
misrepresentations, if repeated and permitted I fearless and erect, with garments unstained
to remain uncoutradicted, invariably make by one single cowardly concession, Austria is
an impression upon every educated and prostrate iu the dust, praying for reconcilia-
thonghttul people. Is it strange, therefore, tiou, forgiveness and amnesty for the east,
when we have taken 110 steps to disabuse the The lesson of Austria’s obsequiously impior-
negroes, that they should believe slanders ing the forgiveness of a people, who .were for
which are repeated to them opcc a week ? nearly two decades the victims of a merciless
Ot all races the negro is the most impressible, persecution, is instructive. The triumph ot
and the antidote to the poison of Ilunnicutt | Hungary is that of “Passivity," when opposed
and his associates is within our roach. Abuse to mere brutal, lawless force. In the bright,
of such vermin does not diminish their influ-1 effulgent triumph of Hungary, the people of
uencc with the freedinen. The duty of grap- that heroic nation can look back with pride
pling with these creatures in their strong- to the splendid victory wrung by then stab-
holds, aud of unveiling th e base Bfokannas J born endurance from their Conquerors.—
before tiieir deluded worshipers, is indis-1 Richmond Times.
pensable to the welfare and safety of both
races. They must, in the presence of their
victims, iu open and fair discussions, if nec
essary, be exposed and their designs ventila
ted. We must teach the troedmen that their
pretended friends neither feed nor clothe
them, and that they can do them nothing bu;
the most terrible injury.
The most important and vital duty which
we now have to perform is to sweep from the
mind of the negro the delusions of Which he
fe the victim, and the task Is an easy* oile if
rightly commenced.
In several instances, educated and intelln.
gentlemen have sought to rescue the freed-
men from the clutches of the parasitic reptiles
to whom we have alluded, and their efforts
have been attended with great success. Wc
directed attention nearly twenty months ago
to an instance of this sort, and commended
it to our ablest men as worthy of imitation.
We think that BIr. John L. Blarye, of Fred
ericksburg, deserves an ovation for having
performed the mo3t sensible act that any man
at the South has done since the collapse of
the Confederacy. He is a lawyer of distinc
tion and a gentleman of the highest social
position. An invitation having been extend
ed to him by the ffeedmen to address them
on the 4th of July, 1865, he cheerfully com
plied with their request, and delivered an
oration which was replete with sound, timely
and honest advice. His address, ot course,
produced the most salutary effects; and in
South Carolina and other States, wherever
gentlemen of character and ability have en
tered the lists against the demoralized slan
derers of their own color and race, they have
utterly discomfitted them. The time is at
hand when it will become the duty of all of
us, by words of honest and frank advice, to
expose these enemies of order and peace,
who are now deceiving and demoralizing the
freedmen. Reason and not violence must be
employed to reduce to the most utter and
helpless insignificance the white meu who
are now carrying the negro against his best
friends.
■ci
Our Dictator.—Wo have already stated
that Blaj. Gen. George H. Thomas has been
assigned to the command of tlie Third Dis
trict, including the farmer States of Georgia,
Alabama and ^Florida, with absolute powers,
both civil and military. His headquarters is
to bo at Blontgomery, and we presume be
may be expected aloug in the course of a few
days. A brief sketch taken from the “Mail”
may not be wholly uninteresting. Bfoj. Gen.
Geo. H. Thomas is a native of Virginia, born
about 1829; graduated at West Point, 1S40;
brevetted 1st Lieutenant for gallartry in the
Florida war, in 1841; 1st Lieutenant 1844 ;
brevet Captain for conduct at Blontcrey, 1846;
brevet Blajor for conduct at Buena Vista,
1847; Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry at
West Point, 1850-5 ; Blajor 2d Cavalry, 1855;
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, 1861, and assigned
to tbe Department of Kentucky; fought the
battle of Mill Spring, where Gen. Zollicoffer
was killed, and was engaged at Shiloh. His
military career since the battle of Shiloh is
well known to our readers.
Gen. Thomas appears to be thoroughly
identified with the radical policy ot Con-
57hc Paris Exhibition.
A GIGANTIC FAILURE AXTICTFATED.
From the Loadou Daily News, FcJ>. 22.
^ The Paris Rresse attributes the omiss' in of
any mention of the Exhibition in the Empe
ror Napoleon’s speech to Iris Majesty’s dissat
isfaction with the whole arrangements, and
his expectation that it will turn ont a gigan
tic failure. According to the Rresse, the gen
eral public takes little interest iu the affair,
and the prices fixed ate'altogether too high
for most pockets. The writer goesoi tossy:
The external appearauce of the Lxiibition
Palace is fer from satisfying to the es«*, it is
vast, but without grandeur; low anti heavy;
of a sombre tone, vyliieh the lively colors ot
flags or hangings will not neutralize. This
erection, which, from tbe entirely modern
character of its destination, afforded fill
scope for the genius of an architect, doesnot
present the great and pure linds which that
art so williu'dy reproduces in France; nor has
it the powerful originality which was so strik
ing in tlie Crystal Palace. Those who have
had the privilege of penetrating into the in
terior speak in still less favorable terms. Tin
oval form adopted in the construction does
not permit any extent of view, aid the eye
fells upon column after column which succeed
each other perpetually like a movirg wall
Iu this budding, which coven lo0,0w
square metres (about 182,000 square yards c.
27 1-2 acres), space is wanting; there is nd
enough for the manufacturers of the depzrt'
ments, so rich in products of all kinds, tiss-:
of silks, cotton, wool, embroidered or printed:
perhaps there is not even sufficient for Par
ian industry itself. And then, with exorbi
tant tarifU3,'wIiat becomes of the hospitality
which France is understood to offer tonst?'
factures and art ? How are those two
principles which ought to preside over
really Universal Exhibition preserving
double character, national and public, DW
realized and guaranteed, namely, that every
facility should be offered to whoever c*>
show a work ot merit, and should also w
provided for its examination by those ww
are interested in the review of cflorts
to the amelioration of material life » c( ‘ ot
results acquired by their perseverance. '
The writer declares that he docs no1 7 n nL
discussing the question of price, but that
public is of opinion that the genera! g
has been too much disregarded in fe™*
individual interest. The article then say- .
“To these observations, which we nav
produced without enlarging on , l . ie ?i’,iis.
added some fears which will probably 0
sipated by a note in the Blomtcur. ,
who are acquainted with the interior sta
the works ask if, iu fact, the p^acc ,
open to tbe public on tbe 1st of Aprn, ^
in case the opening does take place 1 77^
the incomplete arrangements will no
such importance that the exhibition V. •
lL • maIv rtf Laima* 1APPOD nrl in flip estimau
the risk of bein_
the foreigners constituting
lessened in the e3tir!13 _„K
the first go®
A Woman Did It.—It seems that the wo
men are at the bottom of everything that is
good. The N. Y. Times, speaking of the
bill now before Congress appropriating a
million dollars to relieve tbe distress of the
South, says: “ It is due to the ‘ truth of his
tory’ to say that the springs which have
brought about this noble result were set in
motion by the gracious genius of a woman,
Bfrs. Jessie B. Fremont, to whom a ! o \yc are
indebted for the contribution of a national
ship, tho Dumbarton; non* loading at this
port with stores tor the immediate relief of
the Southern States. ... - •
We hope these apprehensions are
ted. The commerce of Paris awaits ^
ultimate impatience the movemen ,\ )£5
that accumulation of elegance ant■ >
ought to produce. These excepho ■
unforseen augmentations inconsump
part of the benefits calculated od»»
like Paris; they re-establish tbe eq • ^
in business which, in traversing su- P s; ;
of activity, finds a compensation tor t
and a stimulus fur the future.
CnATTANOOGA AND NaSIIV ILl.t- K' ^
A dispatch from an official of th* ^
and Chattanooga Railroad states t
damage to that road is of a very seiious
acter. The larger part of the bridge at
port, about 28 miles beyond Cha • ^
has been swept away. This, per ia Pf^ t j. f
greatest damage, though at other po ^ I
road has sustained injury that canno^ ^ _ |
paired in a less period than two
months^