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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1867)
ii Ai’ u. ASSOCIATED PRESB DISPATCHES. From ‘Washington. WABHINGTOk, June IT. «Tif>nine for the proeeeutioo, after descri- X. assassination, the District Attorney JJilf- The prosecution would show tojfce en satisfaction of the jury by competent and credible witnesses that the prisoner at the bar, John H. Surratt, was then and there present, aiding and abetting in that murder. He wou and show that at the time of the murder he was in front of Ford’s Theatre co-operating with Jno. Wilkes Booth. They would hear what the pri soner said there, they would know him as the navtner of Booth, they would know him as director of the bullet that was fired at the Pres ident’s head, and the director of the knife that fell upon the throat of the Secretary of State. They would know that the companionship then and there between.the prisoner and Booth was not accidental, but was the result of long and premeditated plans and associations. The first witnesses were confined to detailed accounts of the killing. Sergeant Joseph M. Dye sworn: Witness is a Recruiting Sargeant, U. 8. A.; now stationed in Philadelphia; was »n the army in April, 1865; belonged to Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery; at that time stationed at Camp Barry, at intersection H street and Baltimore turnpike; was in Washington at the time of, the murder, with Sergeant Robert Cooper, In an oyster saloon; went there from Ford’s Theatre; went from the theatre about half-past nine o’clock; saw Lincoln’s carriage there at the time; the street light was directly in front of the theatre; from the large lamp •aw numbers come out of the theatre at the end of acts; before they came down heard a conversation there, in which J. Wilkes Booth took a part. Hr. Pierrepoint—What was that conversation? Objected to by Merrick on the ground that there was no conversation between Booth and Surratt. Mr. Pierrepoint said that the grounds were apparent. Bradiy said they must lay some, gronnds to show that Booth was connected with the prisoner. Mr. Pierrepoint—We intend to connect them. The Coart said tbe evidence could be taken, and if the prosecution failed to connect the parties it would be ruled ont. Witness resumed—The first person who at tracted bis attention wa4 Booth conversing with a sow villainous looking person at the end of the passage. It was but a moment before another joined them. This one was neat in ap pearance and neatly dressed; he entered into conversation. A rush of people came down from the theatre and Booth said to tthers he thought he would come out now; as witness thinks referring to the President; they aligned themselves along the space along which the President would come jto his carriage; they waited eagerly for bis ap- Sears nee, but be did not come, and they again urriedly bad a conversation, examined the carriage, and Booth went into tbe restaurant; parties who came down had gone up; Booth remained in the restaurant long enough to take a drink and came ont; went in the passage lead ing to tbe stage,.but appeailNLin a moment, and the third party, neatly dressed, stepped up and called the tjme; looked at clock and stated time to other two;the clock was in the vestibule; he (the one who called the time) went up to wards H street, but he did not remain long; he came down again, looked at the clock, and call ed the time again, looking directly at those two, and somewhat excited; he turned on his heel and werft up agah ; it was then that he thought something was wrong from their manner as soldiers; witness had a revolver in bis pocket With a hankerchief wrapped aronnd it; his bus picions were so aroused that he undone the handkerchief; it was not long before tbe same men appeared again in a fast walk; he placed himself in front of the theatre, with light full on his face; *n his countenance was pictured great excitement and nervousness; he was pale, and told them for the third time that it was 10 minutes past 10 o’clock; witness saw him plainly. By Pierrepoint-— 4l Do you see him now ?” Answer—“l do.” “Where?” Answer—“ The-e he is pointing to piisoner. “ I have seen his face frequently in my sleep.” Witness resumed. He went again towards the street and Booth Went in the theatre; called the attention of Ser- Seaut Cooper to this circumstance; at llic time oo;h went in at the Iront of the theatre Ser geant Cooper and witness went to an oyster saloon, and heard of the murder before thev had eat all their oysters; went then to the street •lid out to camp; on the way out a lady hoisted a parlor window and asked us what——; Objected to. The Court adjourned. The Cabinet had a protracted special session to-day. It Is stated on authority that it was decided to restore civil officers removed con trary to’■'w. They'will be restored by an Ex ecutive order, which will be issued to-morrow. Inurnai Revenue to-day, one million and fifty-seven thousand. Washington, June 18. The cross-examination did not shake Dye’s testimony materially, though some Inconsisten cies exist between that given before the court and that before the military commission. A black woman, a servant in Mrs. Surratt’s house, testified to having seen Surratt at home on the night of the assassination. A sporting gentleman testifies to having seen him on the afternoon of that day on Pennsylva nia avenue. It is in proof that,under the name of John Harrison, Snrratt left Montreal on the afternoon of the 12th, and returned on the 18th. This would give him about four days to make the trip and do his work. The court adjourned. The following dispatch has been sent to Gen. James B. Steedman, Collector of Internal Re venue at New Orleans: Washington, June 18. Gen. James B. Steedman , New Orleans.—Will you accept the mission to Mexico and proceed there w ithout unnecessary delay ? Gen. Steedman sent the following reply : Win. H. Seicartf—l thank you for the com pliment you have paid me. The condition of my private affairs compels me to decline. Twenty-nine bonds of a thousand dollars each, alleged to have been stolen, have been found in the Treasury vaults. Full Cabi net session to-day. Washington, June 19. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture, is hopelessly sick. The Cabinet is in session to-day, making the third consecutive day. The Department of State has information that the court-martial in (he case of Maximilian has been suspended for the present. Judge Fisher has decided that the prosecution need not furnish a list of witnesses to the de fense and against the right retaining witnesses for cross-examination at any time during the trial. The fact was developed during the argument that the prosecution has seventy witnesses. Charles H. Blinn, watchman at the Vermont Cental Depot, testified: Two men, one of whom left a handkerebief marked J. H. Snrratt, slept on the berches on the 17th of April. Car.oil Hoaart, conductor of the Vermont carried the prisoner towards •s^videnoe^ 40 rallroad tables tw J een U Mi* T a plett beard a conversation be- M*“* “5 heard UiOttMuiddoii2?to k!n7h”p “ y 0M * he h u-d the prisoner wk? ®J?® lden t; thought ▼l**? 4 /*i curse the Dnlp?S,S ere WRS a Union The defense objected wanted to show ^ 09ecutl0n dmitted. ’ and evidence was Further evidence, intended _ imnressiou of Surratt's presence vf >nfirm tbe night of the assassination, was heard the ing striking developed. ’ but notb - Tbe court adjourned The Cabinet session lasted from ten till b.ir rvwi two, when the President, Stanton and JSranbery had a prolonged interview. Rear Admiral Stephen O. Rowan hubta assigned to the command of the Asiatic squad ron. receipts so-day Washington, June 20. Tbe conclusions of the President and Cabi net, sh re ercuce to the interpretation of the Military Reconstruction Laws, are stated in the following proceedings, which are published by permission of the proper authority : fit Cabinet, June IS, 1867.—Present: The President, the Secretory of State, the Secretary of the Trea. ary, the Secretory of War, the Bec l ;tary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Acting Secretary of tbe Interior. The President announced that he had under consideration the two opinions from the At torney General as to the legal questions arising upon the acts of Congress, commonly known as the Reconstruction Acts, and that, in view of the great magnitude of the subject, and of the various interests involved, be deemed it proper to have it considered fully in Cabinet, and to avail himself of all the light which could be af forded by the opinions and advice of the mem bers of the Cabinet, to enable him to see that these laws be fe-ih.ally executed, and to decide what orders and Instructions are necessary and expedient to be given to the military com manders. The President said, farther, that the branch of the sobject that seemed to him first in order for cons’deratiou was as to the instructions to be sent to the military commanders for their guidance and for the guidance of persons offer ing for registration. The instructions proposed by the Attorney General, as set forth In the summary contained, in bis last opinion, will, therefore, be now con sidered. The summary was then read at length. Tbe reading of the summary having been concluded, each section was then considered, discussed and voted upon, as follows: First—Tbe oath provided in the supplement al act defines all the qualifications required ; and every person who can take that oath is en titled to have his name entered upon the list of voters. All voted aye except the Secretary of War, who voted nay. Second—The board of registration have no authority to administer any other oath to the person applying for registration than the pre scribed oath, nor to administer any oath to any other person, touching the qualification of the » pplicant or the falsity of the oath so taken by him. No p.ovision is made for challenging the qualification of the applicant or entering upon any trio l or investigation of his qualification, either by witnesses or any other form of proof. All voted aye except the Secretory of War, who voted nay. Third—As to citizenship and residence, the applicant for registration must be a citizen of the State and of the United States, and must be a resident of a county or parish included in the election district. He may be registered if he has been such a citizen for a period less than twelve months at the time he applies for regis tration, bat he cannot vote at any election un less his citizenship has then extended to the full term of one year. As to such a person the exact length of his citizenship should be noted opposite his name on the list, so that it may ap pear on the day of election, upon reference to the list, whether the lull term has then been ac complished. Concnrrred in unanimously. Fourth—An unnaturalized person cannot take this oath, but an alien who has been naturalized can take it, and no other proof of naturalization, can be required from him. All voting aye except the Secretary of War, who voted nay. Fifth—No one who is not twenty-one years of age at the time of registration can take the oath, for he must swear that he has then at tained that age. Concurred in unanimously. Sixth—No one who has been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion against the United States, or for felony committed ogaiust the laws of any State or ol the United States, can take this oath —the actual participation in a rebellion or the actual commission of felony does not amount to disfranchisement; the sort of disfranchisement here meant is that which is declared by law passed by competent authority or which has been fixed upon the criminal by the sentence of the court which tried him for the crime—no law of the United States has de clared the penalty of disfranchisement for par ticipation in rebellion alone, nor is it known that any such law exists in either of these ten States, except, perhaps, Virginia, as to which State special instructions will be given. Ail voted aye except the Secretary of War, who dissents as to the second and third para graph*. Seventh —As to disfranchisement arising from having held office, followed by participa fouin rebellion. This is the most important part of the oath, and requires strict attention to arrive at its meaning; the applicant must swear or affirm as follows: “ That. I have never been a member of any Btate Legislature nor held any Executive or Judicial office in any State and afterwards _ en gaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that 1 have never t.<ken an oath as member of Congress of the United States or as an officer of the United States or as a* member of any State Legislature, or as an Executive or Judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or re bellion against the United States or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. Two elements must coucur in order to dis qualify a person under these clauses. Ist. The office and official oath to support the Constitu tion of the United States. 2d. Engaging after wards in .ebellion. Both must exist to work disqualification, and|must happen in the order of time mentioned. A person who has held an office and taken the oath to support the Fede ral Constitution, and has not afterwards en gaged in rebellion, is not disqualified ; so, too, a person who has engaged io rebellion but has not theretofore held an office and taken that oath is not disqualified. All voted aye except the Secretary of War, who votes nay. - Eighth—Officers of the United States. As to these tbe language is without limitation ; the person who lias at any time prior to the rebel lion held any office, eivil or military, under the United States, and has taken an official oath to support thie Constitution of the United States, js subject to disqualification. Concurred in unanimously. Niutb —Militia officers of any State prior to the rebellion are not subject to disqualification. AU voted aye except the Secretary of War, who voted nay. Tenth—Municipal officers, thdt is say, officers of incorporated cities, towns and villages, such as mayors, aldermen, town council, police and other city or town officers, are not subject to disqualification. Coucnrred in nnanimonsly. Eleventh—Persons who have, prior to the rebellion, been members of the Congress of the United States, or members of a State Legisla ture, are subject to disqualification ; but those who have been members Os conventions fram ing or amending the constitution of a State, prior to the rebellion, are not subject to dis qualification. Concnrred in unanimonsly. Twelfth—All the Executive and Jndicial offi cers of any State who took an oath to support the Constitution of the United States are sub ject to disqualification, including county offi cers ; they are subject to disqualification if they were required to take as a part oi their official oath the ohth to support the Constitution of the United States. Concurred in unanimonsly. Thirteenth —Persons who exercised mere em ployment under State authority are not disqual ified, such as commissioners to lay out roads, commissioners of pnbi’c works, visitors of State institutions, directors of State institutions, examiners of banks, notaries public, commis sioners to take acknowledgments of deeds. Concurred in unanimously; but the Secreta ry of State, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War expressed the opinion that lawyers are such officers as are disqualified if they participate In rebellion. Two things must exist as to any person to disqualify him ifom voting: first, the office held prior to the rebellion, and afterwards participation in the rebellion. Fourteenth—An set to fix upon a person the offense us engaging 4n rebellion under the law must be an overt sad voluntary act, done with nui a iding or furthering the common .Purpose; a person forced into Ihe re*. mosiit V *«?J , *. con * cri i >Uon i or * P' r ** ®o%ut authority which U Wtf BOt disobey, and who would not have entered such service if left to the free exercise o ' his own will, cannot be held to be disqualified from voting. AU voted aye except the Secretary of War, who votes nay, as the proposition is stated. Fifteenth— Mere acts of charity, where the in tent is to relieve the wants of the object of such charity, and not done in aid of the cause in which he may have been engaged, do not dis qualify ; but organized contribution of food ana clothing for the general relief of persons en gaged in the rebellion and not of a merely sani tary character, but contributed to enable them to perform their unlawful object, may be classy ed with acts which do disqualify. Forced con tributions to the rebel cause in the form oi taxes or military assessment which a P® r ®?“ was cost «eled to pay or contribute do not dis qualify; bat voluntary contributions to the rebell cause, even such indirect contributions as arise from the voluntary loan of money to the rebel authorities or purchase of bonds or securities created to afford the means of carry ing on the rebellion, will work.disqualification. Concurred in unanimously. Sixteenth—All those who, in legislative or other official capacity, were eneaged in the furtherance of the common unlawful purpose where the of the office necessarily had relation to the support of the rebellion—such as members of the rebel conventions, Con gresses and Legislatures, diplomatic, agents of the rebel Confederacy and other officials whose offices were created for the purjose of more ef fectually carrying on hostilities—must be held to be disqualified; but officers who, during the rebellion, discharged official duties not inci dent to war, but only 6uch duties as belong even to a state of peace, and were necessary to the preservation of order and the administra tion of law, are not to be considered as thereby engaging in rebellion or as disqualified; dis loyal sentiments, opinions or sympathies would not disqualify, but where a person has by speech or by writing incited others to engage in rebellion, he must come under the disquali fication. All voted aye except the Secretary of War, who dissents to the second paragraph, with the exception of the words, “ where *a person has by speech or by writing incited others to en gage in rebelion he must come under the dis qualification.” Seventeenth —The duties of the board ap pointed to superintend the elections.—This board having the custody of the test of regis tered voters in the district for which it is con stituted must see that the name of the person offering to vote is found upon tbe registration list, and if snch proves to be the fact it is the duty of the board to receive his vote if then qualified by residence; they cannot receive the vote ot any person whose name is not upon the list, though he may be ready to take tbe regis tration oath, and although he may satisfy them that he was unable to have his name registered at the proper time, in consequence of absence, sickness or other cause; the board cannot enter into any inquiry as to the qualifications of any Jierson whose name is not on the registration ist or as to tbe qualifications of any person whose name is on the list. Concurred in unanimously. Eighteenth—The mode of voting is provided in the act to be by ballot. The board will keep a record and poll book of the election, showing the votes, lists of voters and the persons elect ed by a plurality of the votes cast at tbe elec tion, and make returns of these to the Com manding Generals of the District. Concurred in unanimously. Nineteeth—The board appointed for regis tration and for superintending the elections must take jbe oath prescribed by tbe act of Congress, approved July 2d, 1862, entitled an act to prescribe an oath of office. Concurred in unanimousjy. In Cabinet, June 29, 1867.—Present: the same Cabinet officers as on the 18tb, excepting the Acting Secretary of the Interior. The President announced to the Cabinet that, after full deliberation, he concurred with the majority upon those sections of the summary upon which the Secretary of War expressed his dissent, and that he concurred with the Cabinet upon those sections approved by unanimous vote ; that as it appeared the Military Com manders entertained doubts upon the points covered by the summary, and as their action hitherto had not been uniform, he deemed it proper, without further delay, to commuuicnte iu a general order to the respective command ers the points set forth in the summary. The President leaves Northward in the morn ing. Prominent citizens of New Orleans telegraph the President, urging King, of the Times t lor the Mexican mission. The close relations between Thomas S. Smoot and the wife of Henry Johnson were interrupt ed by the husband, who shot Smoot twice iu the head. Smoot died iu half an hour. General Longstrcet is pardoned. Advance copies of the Attorney General’s recent Opinion were forwarded to certain news papers by himself, the matter being in his ex clusive coutrol and conducted by him iude pently of the press agency. The Russian treaty is officially promulgated. Washington, June 21. The applicant for the vacant Agricultural Commissionsbip is Marcus Oterburg, ot Wis consin. The Consul in the City of Mexico has been appointed Minister, vice Campbell. . In support of the motion to recall the prose tions witnesses’ for cross-examination, Surratt filed an affidavit that he could develope the fact that it was the 21st instead, ot the 17th when the he"dkerchief was found, and that the defense depended much on the date. Also that Dye was deleted tor passing counterfeit money. The motion was refused. The defense could sum nibnthem’if wanted. The evidence was con fl, ed mostly to events before the assassination, p’ owing ’otimacy between the prisoner, Booth and others. Beni. W. Vanderpool testifies positively to seeing Surratt with Booth on the day of assas sination. The prosecution’s witnesses are pro ducing quite serious impressions on the com munity. The President was advanced to the 32d degree in the Scotch rite before leaving Washington. Washington, June 22. The proceedings in Surratt’s case were most ly confined to the details of the attack on Mr. Reward’s family. Nothing presented show any new bearing on the case. The defense again insisted upon recalling the prosecution’s witnesses for cross-examination, asserting that two were corrupt and two were indicted" as felons. The Court again took the matter under advisement, and then adjourned. There is a thorough lull in politics since the departure of the President. Several members of Congress have arrived, but they are non-committal. The following was issued to-day : War Department) Adjutant Generate Office, Washington , June 20, 1867.—Whereas, Several commanders of military districts, created by the acts of Congress known as tbe reconstruc tion arts, have expressed doubts as to the pro per construction thereof, and in respect to some of the powers and duties under said acts, and have applied to the Executive for informa tion in relation thereto; and whereas, the said acts of Congress have been referred to the At torney General for his opinion thereon, and the said acts and the opinion of the Attorney General have been fully and carefully consid ered by the President, in conference with the heads of the respective departments, the Presi dent accepts the following as a practical inter pretation of the aforesaid acts of Congress on the {Ants therein presented and directs the same to be transmitted to the respective milita ry commanders for their information, in order that there may be uniformity in the exeention of said acts. [Here follows the nineteen points of the Attorney General’s summary, as adopted by the Cabinet and telegraphed on the 20th in stant, omitting remarks!] The whole 1b signed by order of the Presi dent. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Fractional currency issued f< »r week, $500,000; bank currency, 291,000; securities held for circulation and deptalt 379,647,000. The merchants National Bank of Memphis, Tennessee, on Its own application, is relieved as a depository of public moneys. $500,000, mn : ilnt<’d fractional currency were destroyed this week. Tbe following is oleMaa’ letter addressed the Adjutant General. I bars the honor ty reqoat tifct l may b% re- lieved from command in this District, aud I respectfully demand a court of inquiry upon mv official action, that 1 may vindicate myse t from the accusation of the Attorney General, (published, it is presumed, with theapproval ol the President.) . a . Congress having declared the so-called State government illegal the declaration of the At torney General, that military authority has not superceded them the execution of the Reconstruction Act, disarms me of means to protect life and property, or the rights of citizens and menaces allthe interest* in these States with ruin. Washington, June 23. ■A Rome letter says that it is thought that Archbishop Spalding will return to America a Cardinal. Foreign. —[by the cable.] New York, June 18. Oble advices from Crete repre&ent the Turks as badly worsted, gone into fortified e ’ups and turned all indefensab:e villages and killed the inhabitants. Consuls of various powers have notified their Governments of these atrocities. , Loudon, June 18—2, P. M. A formidable anti-Popery riot is progressing in Birmingham. The mob has sacked two streets. The rioters are in strong force. The Roman Catholic Chapel has been attacked and threatened with demolition. Intense excite ment prevails. London, June 18—3, P. M. At this hour the rioters are in lull possession of the city of Birmingham. All efforts to pre serve order have proved futile. Large bodies of troops have been sent to the scene of disturb ance, with orders to put down the riot and re store quiet at all hazards. The Bank of Holland has reduced the rate of interest 2)4 per cent. London, June 19. A public breakfast has been tendered Wil liam Llovd Garrison by a committee, of which the Duke of Argyle is chairman. Jobn Bright will preside. In the Vice-Chancellor’s Court on the demur rer in the case of the United States vs. Wagner, the decision was in favor of the plaintiff. Dublin,. June 17. The funeral of the victims of the late riot was attended by 5,000 persons, all wearing green emblems. nstantinople, June 18. A collective note from the French, Russian, Prussian and Italian Governments was present ed to the Porte, Saturday last, urging a sus pension of hostilities -n the island ol Candia, and recommending that inquiry be made into the grievances of the Cretans, to be conducted by a joint commission appointed by the Great Powers and the Sublime Porte. London, June 21. The thirtieth anniversary of Victoria’s coro nation was magnificently celebrated. Burlingham, June 21. The harangues of a man named Murphy has caused a riot. The.troops used cutlasses and several rioters were wounded, none killed.— Murphy continues his harangues, but compara tive quiet prevails. Florence, June 21. Dispatches report that two hundred armed msn threw themselves into Rome, with the in tention, it is said, of proclaiming a Republic.— The attempt failed, and forty of the revolution ists are in prison. London, June 22. The steamer Southampton, with Brazilian dates to the 24th ult., has arrived. The Emperor opened the Chambers on the 22d. He said the general condition of the country was favorable. Many planters are arriving in Brazil from the Southern States. The cholera had ceased its ravages. Birmingham, June 22. Murphy continues preaching against the Catholics. The city is quiet, but an outbreak may occur at any The policemen cou tiuue to wear cutiasses. Constantinople, June 23. The Grand Turk departed to-day for Paris. St. Petersburg, June 23. The Czar has arrived here. London, June 23. A Constantinople dispatch announces that the Sublime Porte has acceded to the proposi tion for a Joint.Commissiou to investigate the Cretan grievances. Festh, June 23. The people ol Crot'a oppose a union with Buugary. JSI. <Xnlv Session of Congress. FIFTEEN SENATORS WITH THE WADE EXCURSION PARTY IN FAVOR OF IT. [Special to the Washington Chronicle. Pana, Illinois, June 17. Senator Wade’s excursion party passed through here to-day en route to their liom°s. Several took other roads at St. Louis. Os fif teen Senators who have b'-en with the party at different points, all expressed their iuteuliou of being present at the July session or Congress, aud those who are still with Mr. Wade joined l’ip in a telegram to General Sehenck, of the National Union Congressional Committee in Washington, to advise all Republican members to be present in July, so that all obstructions to the lejjal reconstruction of the rebel States may be removed. .From Philadelphia, June 17. The Select Conneil held a meeting to con sider a resolution passed by Council, welcom ing the President, which was warmly discus ed. The resolution was strongly opposed. When the main question was put there was no quo rum, the Republicans having withdrawn. Philadelphia, June 20. The Varieties Theatre was totally burned last nio-ht. The audience, fortunately small, escap edt "with some bruises in crawling out. Subse quently, the falling walls .killed six certainly, probably more, in the ruins. Fattie Stuart, one ot the proprietors, is missing. There are thirteen dead and thirty wounded from last night’s fire. Philadelphia, June 23. A prize fight occurred this morning, in the Seventeenth Ward, between Dillon and Ward, which lasted an hour and twenty minutes.— Dillon won. The Tour. Baltimore, June 21. The Presidential party having received Ma sonic and civil honors, departed Northward amid great enthusiasm. New York, June 21. The President passed Philadelphia without stopping. He was cordially received at all points and arrived safely. Providence, June 22. The President’s trip is a continued o ation. No speeches are made. He is the guest ot the States through which he passes. Secretary Seward and Gen. Rousseau share in the honors. From Ohio. Columbus, Jane I®. sen. R. B. Hays was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. From IMexico. New Orleans, June 18. The following is from Galveston, dated 16th: We have dates from Queretaro of 3d, aud Mon terey of 9th. A letter from San Ldis, 3d, says a telegram from Queretaro of 3d states the trial of Maxi milian is not concluded. Sixty ladies in mourning, residing in San Luis, called on President Juarez and prayed for the life of the prisoners of Queretaro. The President said he would do all he could com patible with justice and his duties ; that many Liberals had been shot,, and they had not inter ceded. Two engagements at the Capital have resulted In favor of the Republicans. The foreigners advised Marquez to surrender, promising to protect his escape. . The Brownsvr’erßoncAero says: ElMexicam, 12th, reports Santa Anna off Vera Cruz. It is ri ported that Maximilian asked a private interview wUh Joarez, lor the purpose of dis closing ’mportant Slate secrets. Max'mi l ' n was convicted on the night of the Sd inst., and sentenced to be shot on the moti'- i«g of the 4th, with Miramon, Mejia. Marquez, the commanding officer of the City of Mex i< o, in correspondence with the Liberals, has also arrested a hundred and sixty Liberal sym pathisers, and threatens to execute them and barn the Capital if Maximilian or his Generals are harmed. Mejia selected Escobedo for his counsel, who refused to serve, saying he “ would see him damned.” Flake’s bulletin has returns from El Paso and other Custom Houses on the Rio Grande, by which it appears the export of cotton to Mexico this year is about 10,000 bales. Bonded warehouses are established at San Antonio, and the trade with the interior of Mexico is now expected to be large. New Orleans, June 19. A paper published in Guadalupe concludes an article on Europe as follows : Heretofore she threatened ns; now she implores us. Be fore she looked upon us with contempt; now she is on her knees before us. The heads of Maximilian and his Generalß are imperiously demanded by the Mexican nation. The Mexi can press are congratulating themselves that no Enropean power hereafter will be able to coerce them either into paying debts, or any other way. So far, they 6ay nothing about the Uuited States. New York, June 19. The Express says it has private but thoroughly authentic advices that the Juarez forces were severely repulsed at Tampico. The garrison’s battle cry was “ Viva, Santa Anna! Viva, Re public !” New York, June 20. The Times has the following : Santa Anna landed at Vera Cruz on the 4th, but was com pelled to re-embark. He proceeded to Sisal, where he was captured by the Liberals, court martialed, aud sentenced to be hanged on the Bth. No further particulars. From Virginia. Richmond, June 17. Registration commenced in one ward in this c.ly to-day; at night, 187 whites and 144 blacks had been registered. Registering also com menced in the county, where, at one precinct, only four votes were registered during the day. The first military commission trial com menced here to-day. The case was that of Hovey, a teacher of the freedmen, who bad been sentenced by a civil court to one hundred ard fifty dollars fine and one month imprison ment for whipping a boy named Hatz, uot be longing to his school; and a brother of Hatz, who had been fined one cent for cowhiding Havey. The fines and imprisonment were set aside and the parties brought before General Granger, military commissioner for this dis trict. David Builington, an old citizen of Rich mond, died this morning. The United Suites Grand Jury adjourned to day, having made over fifty presentments. Lynchburg, June 17. R. H. Glass, editor of the Republican, wis shot in the street to-day, by the sons of 1). E. Booker, in consequence ot an article reflecting on their father. The shot took e ffect in the eycy the bull lodging in the head. Mr. Glass is cora ortabie, but the issue is yet uncertain. . Richmond, Tune 18. Judge Wm. H. Lyons, of the Hustings Court, died this afternoon. The registration ip the city to-day shows the whites five ahead. At the county Court. House tweuty-uine whites registered and only one black. Petersburg, June 19. In two of the wards of this auty, up to this evening, 486 whites, and 1,443 negro e* have been registered. There is much apathy amoug the whites ou the subject of registration. Richmond, June 19. In registration in this city to-day the blacks went 97 ahead of the whites ; in the county 59 whites and 2 blacks were registered. Two eitizent have been summoned before the United States Commissioner, charged with reg istering, though they were disfranchised. Richmond, June 20. Mark Downey and Thos. B. White, two well known citizens, were arraigned before the United States Commissioner this morning, charged with petjttry, in having taken the regis tration oath yesterday. The United Stat - District Attorney said that in the first case the prosecution woujjl be on the ground that the State by the convention at Alexandria, disfranchised ail persous who aided the rebellion after April, 1865. . This const! a* ? cn, it is claimed, is not set aside by the recoil truction bill. About nine tenths of the whites in the State will be dis franchised if the District Attorney’s ground is sustained. Both cases were continued till to morrow. There is great interest manifested by all classes of citizens in the cases. Registration in the city so far stands : 1,016 blacks to 886 whites. Judge Lyons funeral took place this morn ing. All business was suspended. The city bells tolled during the procession. From New York. New York, June 20. The Herald has a special from Heart’s Con tent, which says the broken cable has been spliced and communication re-established. New York, June 22. Dexter to harness, Ethan Allen running mate, best three in five, Allen won three straight heats --2:15, 2:16 and 2:l9—the fastest time on re cord. Dexter lost the second heat by a half second. lae Post's special says that Sickles’ will pro bably not be relieved, as requested. The special committee ot the New York Fire men’s Association, with the presentation car riage for Columbia, 8. C., sailed to-day, on the Manhattan, for Charleston. New York, June 22. Secretary Seward has requested the post ponement of proceedings In the Bark Ocean Home case. The capture of Santa Anna at Sisal is con finned. Vera Crnz had pot surrendered. Captain General Marzeuo had surrendered. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Jane 21. The steamship Catherine Whiting left this moi ring, with two hundred and filly Brazilian emigrants. NY B. Stsrbuck, of Troy, goes out o* a visit. He Wr’ll derote his whole time and attention to the comfort of the passengers. The time for regUtratioa has been extended to the 16tb July in every parish except Orleans, which is limited to tM Ahh iw* From Charleston. Charleston, June 19. A duel was fought this afternoon nt Hntchc’s Avenue, a short distance above the city, be tween Edw’d Roe, formerly of Columbia, and Theodore G. Boag, of Charleston. Roe was wounded—supposed mortally—at the first fire. Boag surrendered himself promptly to the civil authorities. The comments upon Gen. Sickles’ coarse, contained in the Attorney Generals’ opinion, published here this morning,created a profound sensation. General Sickles has to-day for warded a request to Washington to be relieved from duty as commander or this military Dis trict—and demanded a court of inquiry on bis official actions. Charleston, June 90. General Sickles has issued a circular, in ex- Slanation of certain paragraphs of order No. 2, chiefly with regard to the suppression of the sale of distilled spirits. * Charleston, June 22. The Grand Jury to-day, after receiving a spe cial charge from Judge Moses, indicted all par ties conaorned in the recent fatal duel for mur der. The trial, it is expected, will occur next week. Planters report that the Incessant heavy rains of the last afive days have materially injured cotton along the sea coast. General Scott, assistant commissioner of the Fredmen’s Bureau for this Stale, has Issued an order enjoining upon subordinate officers and agents the importance of the duty of keeping freedmen fully informed as to their rights and privileges under the recent acts of Congress. From Savannah. Savannah, June 21. Communication was opened by telegraph to Lake City, Fla., to-day; also thence to Punta Rosa, Fla. We are now only awaiting the cable, which is to be laid by the 25th, to open the line to Cuba. It has been raining hard here for the last four days. Savannah, June 23. Brig Wm. H. Parks was blown ashore on Tybee during the gale yesterday. It is sup posed 6he will get off. A heavy storm has been raging since five this morning; trees were uprooted and a great deal of private property badly damaged ; sev eral vessels were blown from their mootings, but mostly scoured with slight damage. The steamer Annie is reported to have sus tained considerable injuries. The steamer Wyoming, for Philadelphia, was compelled to lay over till ten o’clock to-mor row morning. The steamer San Jacinto, for New York, has gone down to Tybee, but will await abatement of the storm. Reports from the country say that crops have been badly damaged by the gale. From the •‘West. Omaha, June 21. Advices report an Indian fight at O’Fallow’s Statioa. Killed—nine Indians; no whites. The Indians killed a man and took seventy mules from Hugo Station. Sherman is at North Platte. IN arine Disaster. Fortress Monroe, June 26. The steamer Falcon collided with the schoon er Mary H. Banks, off Point Lookout,which surk in 4 minutes. The crew were rescued. The steamer was not materially injured. From Montgomery. Montgomery, June 21. The result of four days’ registration in Mont gomery is 1,183 blacks : 457 whites. Marine -News. Savannah, June 28. Arrived—Steamer North Point, from Balti more ; bark Maggie V. ily;", Irom BaMraorr. Sailed—Wyoming, for Philadelphia; San Jacinto, for Now York. New York, June 23. Arrived—H Tinonia City, at Boston, from Europe ; Gen. Grant, from New Orleans ; Vir ginia, from Havana. Markets. FOREIGN. AND DOMESTIC. Liverpool, June 21—Evening. Cotton dull; middling uplands, 11%@11%; Orleans, 11%. Corn, 395. Pork, 70s. Lard, 495. 6d. Bacon, 41s. 6d. London, Juue 22—Noou. Consols, 94%; bonds, 73. London, June 22—2, P. M. Consols declined %. London, June 21—Evening. Consols, 94% ; bonds, 73. Liverpool, June 22—Noon. Cotton dull; estimated sales, 8.000 bales; middliug uplands, 11% ; Orleans, 11%. Bread stuffs and Provisions quiet. Common Rosin, 78. Id. Turpentine, 31s. 3d. Liverpool, June 22—2, P. M. Cotton without change. Corn advanced 6s. Pork advanced Is. Frankfort, Juue 22. Bonds, 77%. Savannah, June 23. Cotton quiet and unchanged ; small business; receipts, 441 bales. New York, June 22—Noon. Stocks irregular. Gold, 138%. Sterling, time, 10; sight, 10%. ’62, coupons, 110%@ 110%. New York, June 22—Noon. Flour is 20@30c. better. Wheat, 3@sc. bet ter. Corn, 2@3c. better. Pork, s2l. Lard quiet. Cotton quiet; middliug uplauds, 26% @27c. Turpentine quiet; small Sides at 60%. Rosin more steady ; common, $3 50<g3 51 ; strained, $3 80@3 87%. • New York, June 22—P. M. Cotton is a shade easier; sales, 1,400 bales at 26%. Flour more actvie; , Btate, s7@lo 75 for common to* extra. New Western mixed Corn, $1 10@112; closing firm. Mess pork, s2l 25. Lard, groceries and naval stores quiet but steady. # Baltimore, June 22. Flour drooping; only retail demand. Wheat declining. Corn is in good demand ; advanced 2c. Coffee steady. Sugar firm. Provisions active. Bulk meats in good demand; sbonld ers, 8%@9; rib sides, 10%@11. Mess Pork, $22 50. Lard dull; city, 12%. Whisky, noth ing done. Charleston, June 22. Cotton, nominal; middlings, 25; sales, 25; receipts, 270 ; receipts for the week, 750 ; ex ports, 1,250; stock, 3,582 bales. New Orleans, June 22. Cotton dull; low middliug, 24<g24%; sales, 600 bales; receipts, 736 bales; exports, 6,657 bales. Sugar and molasses nominal and un changed. Flour steady and firm; superfine, jobbing, $lO 50; treble extra, sls 50. Corn firm; yellow and mixed,7s@Bs; white, 90- Oats firm at OS@7O. Pork dull at $23. Bacon steady; shoulders, 13® 13%; rib sides, 11%; clear, 13. Whisky, only retail trade, $1 73® 2i5 lor Western rectified. Coffee low; »U to prims Rio, 5. Gold. 132. Sterling, 48%<®5:3%; Nsw Toy k sight, % premium. Mobile, June A Cotton-MUc* 1® lm)«i at At?
