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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?