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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1867)
BY TELEGRAPH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. Congressional. Washington, B*NATE.-House ill fl pp ro prißtinp °^r g O r ne ■pillion and a half for reconstracn Sneed by amendment to one million, an ed—yeas 37, nays 3. . deserters was A bill for tbe relief of referred to tbe Military C „ e stinj» Federal Tbe President’s Message, cause d an liability, for BoutherrL®^ ciat iou, as inappor animated debate and the finances. tune and calculated , printed and the The message was OT ° eTL v Senate adjourned. , material clerical House. On account waa withdrawn error, ****»'?*' greeted and returned. •*££#&. rcsolatio!* were In- Wrodeced and pawed, In atructiug the Committee on Public Lands to re wort a b»l forfeiting swamp lands heretofore granted to Southern States, to the United instructing the Judiciary Com mittee to inquire whether Kentucky, Mary land and Delaware have State c< ni Uotjons re publican in form was passed by theßpeaker s vote—House standing 47 to 47. > . ♦ The amendment reducing the reconstruction appropriation to one million was concurred m. The bill goes to the President. The bill passed last session prohibiting the Executive from treating with Indians was re peated. [Applause from the Democratic side over the first step backwards.] Adjourned. Washington, July 16. Senate.— The bill releasing certain deserters was passed. The President sent in a message regarding the Russian treaty, asking for an appropriation to carry it out. Also, one on the convention between tbe United States and VeneEuela, pro viding for a settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against .Venezuela. In exec ntive session, afterwards, Indian affairs were discussed, and the Senate adjourned. House. —Mr. Stevens introduced two bills on reconstruction, one entitled a bill to enable inhabitants of Southern territories to form State governments ; which was ordered t 6 be prluted, and referred to the Committee on Re construction. *■ The House adjourned. - - - Washington, July 17. Senate.— Mr. Wilson proposed the follow ing amendment to the Constitution: No dis tinction shall be made by the United States, nor any State, among citizens in their civil or political rights on accoutft of race or color.— Ordered printed: ' The bill for carrying out the conyention with Venezuela was passed. The bill that no person shall be disqualified by reason of race or color from holding office in the District of Columbia was passed—3s yeas 5 nays—Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Hendricks, Johnson. Indian affairs were discussed to adjournment. HousE.—The Secretary of the Navy submit ted a communication, showing that Farragut and Goldsborough were the only naval officers fifty-five years in service. Mr. Butler rose to a question of privilege and made allegations regarding prisoners. • A Colloquy ensued. % Mr. Baldwin asked Mr. Eldridge whether he expected the House to take Gen. Ould’s state ment against the testimony and statements of Union officers. Mr. Eldridge believed Gen. Butler himself would not deny that Gen. Ould was a highly honorable and conscientious man. [Sneering laughter on the Republican side, f Mr. Butler remarked, before the war be bad : thought Gen. Ould a highly couseientious and honorable man, but when a man committed treason he was like a woman fallen from virtue, ready for any crime, and lrom that hour no one knew where to find him. Mr. Eldridge reminded Butler that in mak ing that statement he had forgotten the emi nent men *ho had gone into rebellion—Han cock and Adams and Washington. [Hisses.] Every one of them had hepn called a rebel, and every oue of them had been a rebel —[con-' tinned hisses] until rebellion became a suc cess. ‘ * * ' ' ' The following was introduced qnd passed under a suspension of the rules by a strict party vote ‘ That the doctrine avowed by the President that the abrogation of the Rebel States binds the nation to pay their debts in curred prior to the rebellion, is at waj with the principles of international law, and‘a ststb at the national credit, abhorent to every sepli ment of loyalty, and pleasiug ouly to traitors, their allies and sympathizers, by whose agency alone the governments oft said States were overthrown. The Senate bill conferring on negroes the right of holding office was amended to include the right to serve on jury. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. * A resolution requesting the President to issue a proclamation directing all' proper officers to prevent the Invasion of Mexico was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.- Washington, July 18. Senate. —A joint resolution was introduced extending the steam mail service to China. The Committee on Foreign Relations was di rected to inquire how mauy.Mexican soldiers were executed under Maximilian’s decree. Mr. Wilson introduced a resolution lauding tbe Mexicans. Referred. The consideration of Indian affairs was re sumed and the bill finally passed./ It provides a commission to obtain peace if possible, other wise four thousand border soldiers to push tbe wa-. The Senate adjourned. , . * House —Mr. Schofield offered, a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to with hold the payment of three millions for eotton claims awarded by the Com tof Claims. He said the claims could bo examined by the proper committee next session, and paid by appropria tion if found correct. Passed. A resolution authorizing the Committee on Sonthern Railroads to proceed by sub-com mittee, was passed. Mr. Robinson asked leave to introduce a preamble and resolution to remove the raw cotton tax. Mr. Allison ard Mr. Benjamin objected. Resolutions sympathising with Condia were passed. Mr. Bingham sent to the Cferk’s desk and had read the following telegram received by himself to-day, from Gen. Sickles: “Thanks for yonr handsome reply to Mr. Eldridge. * You may relieve his anxiety with the consoling in formation that my eqqjpage has not cost him or any of-his friends anything ; said equipage beiog the eherished gift of my colleagues of the third army corps.** Mr. Logan offered a preamble and resolu tions, which passed, reciting the general rumor that armed expeditions are being organized in this country against the Republic of Mexico, at ariauce with the wishes and feelings of all good ,I,°J *he United States and contrary to requesth!a Bh «ti & übl ! ® P olic yi «nd respectfully tion reamHn* tK FeS dent t 0 issae 3 proclanii*- BUtiTto pn ? pcr offic ers of the United bdug unWul organizations depart from the o P s who tions that they will forfeit ?\ stlch expedi tion under the laws StS n\ n 5 bts t 0 P r^ec - A substitute and S£Sa5S? ( 2L S V* e p r».a occorred in «&££! 2EZ The. House adjourned. S*NATE-Thc negroes to serve as jurors was adopted K A joint resolution from the House nullifvw the decrees of the Court of Claims was sevirf ly denounced by Mr. Trumbull. vere ‘ Mr. Sumner introduced a bill to strike the word white from the naturalization laws. Ke ferredto the Judiciary Committee. The President’s veto of the supplementary bill was read and the bill was passed, notwith standing, by a vote oi thirty ayes to six nays : Bayard, Bnckalew, Davis, Hendricks, Johnson and Patterson, of Tennessee. s: ™ morro *f Lto 15 ; tbe latter figure repre- HSfSrSp-*-?* element In the Sen at ThP Senate adjourned. HnrsE —The Assassination Committee was allowed to take evidence by sub committees and administer oaths. A special committee of save was appointed to investigate the Paymaster’s Department. Tbe preamble to the resolution alleges fraud. The President’s veto was received. The mes sage covers three columns, and argues elabo rately the inconsistencies, unconstitutionality and tyranny of the act. Alluding to the decla ration that the State governments ace illegal, he says: A singular contradiction is apparent here. Congress declares these local State gov ernments to be illegal governments, and then* provides that these illegal governments shall be carried on by Federal officers, who are to perform the very duties imposed on its own officers by this Hlegal State author ity. It certainly would be .a novel spec tacle if Congress should attempt to carry .on a legal State government by tbe agency of its own officers. It is yet more strange that Con gress attempts to sustain and carry on an ille gal State government by the same Federal agency. With regard to title by conquest, he says : It is anew title acquired by war. It applies only to territory or goods Or moveable things regu larly captured in war—are called “ booty,” or if taken by individual soldiers, “ plunder.” There is not a foot of land In any one of these ten -States which the United States holds by conquest, save only such laud as did not belong to either of these States or any individual owner. I mean such lands as did belong to the pretended Government called tj>e Confed erate States.” These lands we may claim to hold by conquest. As to all other land or territory, whether belonging to the States or to individu als, the Federal Government has now no more title or right to it than it had before the rebel lion. . . . The message concludes : “ Within a period less than a year the legislation of Congress has attempted to strip the Executive Department of tbe Government of some of its essential powers- The Constitution and the oath pro vided in it devolve upon the President the power and the duty to see that the laws are faithfully executed. The Constitution, in or der to carry out this power, gives him the choice of the agents and makes them subject to his control and supervision. But in the ex ecution of these laws the constitutional obliga tion upon the President but tin. power to exqrcise that constitutional duty is effectually taken away., The military com mander is, as to the power of appointment, made to take the place of the President; and the General of the army the place of the Senate; and any attempt on the part of the President to assert his own constitu tional power taay,under pretence of law, be met by official hnsurbordVoation. It is to be feared that these military officers, looking to the au thority given by tbe laws rather than to the letter of the Constitution, will recognize iro authority but the commander of the district and the General of the army. If there were no other objection than this to this proposed leg islation, it wonld be sufficient. Whilst I hold the chief executive authority of the United States, while the obligation rests upon me to see that all the laws are faithfully exe cuted, I can never willingly surrender that trust or the powers given for its execution ; I can never give my assent to be made responsible for the faithful execution of laws and at the same-time surrender that trust and the powers which accompany it, to any other executive officer, high or low, or to any number of executive officers. If this executive trust, vested by the Constitution in tbe Presi dent, is to be taken from him and vested in a subordinate officer, the responsibility will be with Congress in clothing subordina;es with unconstitutional power,and with the officer who assumes its exercise. This interference with the constitutional authority of the Executive De partment is an evil that will inevitably sap the foundations of our federal system. But it is not the worse evil ol this legislation. It is a great public wrong to take from the President powers conferred upon him alone by the Con stitution ; but the wrong is ruord flagrant and more dangerous when the powers so taken from the President are conferred upon subor dinate executive officers, and especially upon military officers, over nearly one-third of the States of the Union. Military power, regulated by no fixed law, rules supreme. Each one of these five district commanders, though not, chosen by the people or responsible to them, exercises at this hour more executive power, military and civil, than the people have ever been willing to confer upon the head of the Executive Depart ment, though chosen by and responsible to themselves. The remedy must come from the people thefnselves; they know what it is, and how it is to be applied. At the present time they cannot, according to the Constitution, re peal these laws. They cannot remove or con trol this military despotism. The remedy, nevertheless, is in their hands ; it is to be found ih the ballot,>nd is a sure One if not controlled by fraud, overawed by power, or, from apathy on their part, too long delayed. With abiding ccmfidenee in this patriotism, wisdom and integrity, 1 am still hopeful of the future, and that in the end the rod of des potism will be broken, the armed rule of power be lifted from the necks of the people, ami the principles of a vioJated Constitution preserved. Immediately after reading the message," the impeachers made a strong effort. Mr. Bout well, Mr. Butler and others characterized the message as defiant. Mr. Stevens said they were urging that matter in vain—“there are un seereagencies at work ; there are invisible pow ers at work in this country which wilt prevent impeachment. I repeat, any'attempt to im peach the President will be vain and futile. 1 ’ Mr. Wilson, •Chairmqn of the* Judiciary Com mittee, denounced Stevens 1 insinuations, as serting that no amount of political pressure should turn him aside from his discharge of duty to the law and the fact. | Applause from the Democratic side.] Mr. Stevens, without reply, demanded the vote, and the bill passed—lo 9to 24. . The veto on the reconstruction appropria tion bill was received and passed—loo to 22., A resolution was passed forbidding the Presi dent to remove district commanders without the jeonsdnt of the Senate, unless the General commanding the armies so recommended. The House adjourned. Washington, July 20. Senate. —There was an irregular discussion regarding adjournment, in which the President was denounced as contumacious, and Mr. Chan dler said there was a sort of hybrid concern in the Senate called conservative Republicanism. Mr. Fessenden took further remarks of Mr. Chandler as personal, and said he had but one thing to say: The Senator from Michigan says what is not true. Mr. Chandler hurled back Mr. Fessenden’s contempt with scorn, when the amiable contro versy was interrupted by a motion to go into Executive session. The Senate adopted the report of the Com mittee of Conference, and adjourned to the 21st of "November. House —A resolution, ordering 3,500 copies of the report on the physics and hydrography ,of the Mississippi river was passed. The bill carrying into effect the Venezuela Convention was passed. The Indian bill as passed by the Senate was amended and passed. The Judiciary Committee was authorized to send for persons and papers on the question whether Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware have republican constitutions. The preamble nnd resolution ordering the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring Lafayette C. «Baker before the .bar of the House, lor contempt in -refusing to appear before the Judiciary Com mittee, was passed. ;A resoUtio » ordering the Judiciary Commit- V report the evidence taken in the im peachment ease, was passed-57 to 43. . peachei S re%olatlon was a PP la uded by the im jo u nt f C , Ol . nrnittee reported on ad vewber whLTi ° ctofek to the 21st ol No -46. ’ t as agreed to—yeas' 61 ; nays, , impeachm«»L^ r ! h ( ,n b^it^Porting -evidence on j Adjourned. ° the Aker's hammer fell. from ’Washington. Washington, July 15. The President has sent to the Senate docu ments called for regarding, reconstruction, and estimates the expense of carrying ont these bills at fourteen millions, in addition to two millions one hundred thousand already expeuded. This is the aggregate for govering these States before the war. This sum, continues the President, would be considerably augmented if state ma chinery be operated by the Federal Govern ment, and would be largely increased if the United States, by abolishing the State govern ments, should become responsible for liabili ties incurred by them before rebellion, in laud able efforts to develop their resources, and no wise connected with- insurrectionary purposes. These debts will approximate one hundred mil lions. The greater part is due loyal citizens and foreigners. He submits for Congressional consideration, whether the assumption of such obligations wonld not impair national credit. General Grd asked and obtained permission from the Secretary of War to confine horse thieves at the Dry Tortugas. General Grant approves a suggestion from General Pope that Confederates who oppose Congressional reconstruction aefs violate the terrbs of their parole. General Ord complains of ‘he difficulty in finding loyal men in Mississippi qualified for registrars. . The Senate confirmed Bancroft to Prussia ; John Fran}’, Postmaster at Port Royal ; H. (). Herrick, Assessor Third District, South Caro lina; John 8. Walker, Assistant Treasurer, New Orleans. Judge Fisher ruled that the Canadaigna regis ter should not go the jury. Confederate Brigadier General E. G. Lee on the stand. „ • The defense proposed showing by Lee that Surratt bore a dispatch to him in Canada from Benjamin ; that, under Lee’s he went to Elmira to report regarding prisoners and guards there. The evidence was ruled out. Three persons from Philadelphia would not believe John Lee on oath. Revenue receipts to-day, $1,000,000. The Republican Union Congressional Com mittee met to-night to hear reports from Southern agents and to consider the po litical situation and adopt means to secure po litical dominaucejn that section. Colonel Humphries, agent for Cherokee In dians at Fort Gibson, has died of cholera. Washington, July 16. Grant has official advices from Custar, dated July 6. Our Consul at Vera Cruz, under date of June 38, writes to the State Department, that the city of Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juau D’Ulloa is in quiet possession of Mexican na tional General Benarides. The Imperial chief and foreign troops have embarked and left the country. The President has notified Speaker *Collak‘ that his veto would be sent in Thursday. A large amount of evidence Offered by the defense was ruled out. Steven F. Cameron, chaplain to a Confede rate Maryland regiment, testified, contradicting in important respects, Dr. McMillen, surgeon of the ship on which Surratt crossed. It ap pears from Cameron’s evidence that the com missions by which the lives of several of the St. Alban raiders were saved were dated back. Evidence showing Surratt,s business in Rich mond was excluded. Mr. Lewis J. Garland testified that Weich man told him he was troubled about his evi dence. If he had been left alone it would have been different with Mrs. Surratt. Mr. Geffiird heard an officer say to Weichman unless he swore to more he would hang him. The actor Matthews gave testimony regard ing Booth’s letter similar to that before the Judiciary Committee. Internal revenue, four hundred and thirty-six thousand. Charles C. Harris presented his credentials to-day as Minister from the Sandwich Islands. Official advices have been received of the opening ol the port of Tampico lor trade, bi decree from Juarez. Raymond says he never applied for the Aus trian mission, and would not accept it if con firmed. Washington, July 17. The veto messsage will probably be delayed, and instead of a formal veto, a protest on grounds already argued—an elaborate and care ful'y prepared State paper—will b§ sent in. Persons here to secure relief on the levee questions are much discouraged. It is understood the cotton eases, involving reclamation by loyal owners, which have been decided against the Government by the Court of Claims, will be appealed. The amount in volved, is $3,000,000. Deaths in- the island of Mauritius are two hundred daily.. Quinine is‘ $75 an ounce. Matthews’ evidence regarding Booth’s letter was ruled out. Nothing very pointed trans pired to-day. The defense gave notice they would elose their evidence to-morrow. The- amount of gold in the Treasury is $93,000,000. Internal Revenue receipts" $755,000. Washington, July 18. Matthews, the actor, publishes the conclu ding sentence of Booth’s letter : “ For a long time I have devoted my energies, ray time and money to the accomplishment of a certain end. I have been disappointed. The moment has now arrived when I must change my plans. Many will blame me for what I am about to do, but posterity, .1 am sure, will justify me— raeh who love their country better than gold or life. Signed, John W. Booth, Payne, Ha rold, Atzerott. The Intelligencer publishes a parallel between Barrere and Logan. The following -occur: Barrere first fawned upon the Bour bons, then murdered them. Logan first sent into tbe rebel army the poor people of South ern Illinois, w+iom he had'educated in the doc trines of secession, and then boasted that he had put to the sword more, of his innocent dupes than any other man of his age in the army. Barrere has gone to his account, and left behind'him a name at once the most con temptible and the most ibiamous in history. Logan, when he has another such speech to make, should abjure his race and country, and assume the garb of a savage, and wash his mouth with blood. As was well said of his prototype, “in him the qualities’which are the proper objects of hatred, and tbe qualities which are the proper objects of contempt, pre serve an exquisite and absolute harmony.” Revenue to-day, $716,000. John Rieves, a tailor, saw Surratt at his store in Montreal, about tbe 11th; again about the 17th or 18th of April. Several witnesses from Canada impeached the"triithtulness of St. Marie and Dr. McMillen. It appears that St. Marie loft Canada because he stole S9OO from the Education Office. The defense is still expecting witnesses. Court adjourned. Geo. Grant and Col. Hillyer, of New York, were before the Judiciary Committee to-day re garding impeachment. Joseph H. Bradley was summoned to testify regarding the pardon of Stephen F. Cameron, witness in the Surratt case. The Light House Board promulgates notice that the light stationed at the mouth of St. John’s river, Florida, has been removed and re established with a third order lens, showing fixed white ligfit, which should be seen four teen miles. Among the suggestions for the relief of the levees Is the restoration ol Weils, for a few days, to sign the bonds. Another is that*Flan ders and Wells both sign them. Washington, July 19. The defense still asks for time. Judge Fisher ordered that they must close their case to morrow, and the court adjourned. .The Cabinet jfs considering, the message this morning. . + , AA Washington, July 30. A Surratt juror being taken with a violent attack of cholera morbus, the Court took a recess. it is considered-certain Congress will ad jonrn this afternoon. • . _ . Gen- John A. McClernand, of Illinois, has been nominated to the Mexican mission. Ot terburg is to be Secretary of Legation. It is stated that the Cabinet, except Stanton, approved the President’s message. Some passages were stricken ont during its consid eration in tbe Cabinet. John L. Goddard. Grand Master of the Penp svivanift Masons, is dead. Tbe Post Office Department ha» ordered con tracts, for mail transportation from Brashear, Louisiana, by Sabine Pass. Texas, Beaumont and Liberty to Houston and back 6ix times a I week by steamboat and railroad, on a schedule ' of twenty-four hour*,.route three hundred and five miles long. The President nominated Horace Greeley 1 fo*- the Austrian mission, but objection being made under the rule of the Senate, that nomi- I nations cannot be considered the same day ol > nomination, it goes over. • The Senate took no action on Gaprons ; nomination to the Commissionersbip of Agri culture. a A John Netherland, of Texas, was confirmed as Minister to Bolivia ; John A. McClernand as Minister, and Otterberg as Secretary of Legation to Mexico, were rejected; Edward Ballinger was confirmed Postmaster at Gon zales, "Texas; D. Rumley was confirmed Col lector of Customs at Wilmington, North Caro lina. The following were rejected : Hugh T. Waddell, Receiver of Public Monies, .Natchi toches ; Alexander L. Field, Receiver of Public Monies at New Orleans. . - . ; August Bissell, a physician, from New York, testifies that he was in Elmira on the 14th of April, and saw Surratt there ; wituess had a suit with the Erie Railroad Company ; he suspect ed Surratt- was a detective employed by the Railroad Company to watch witness; noticed him cdosely^ Recess. The sick juror was brought into Court on a lounge. _ . Mr. Blssel’s cross-examination was quite lengthy. ~ • The court took a recess to 6 *’elock and ad journed to Monday, when the defense can ex amine an expected witness. Internal revenue to-day, $693,000 ; for the week $3,230,000. General Howard has issued orders to his subordinates regarding employees. Preference must be given to such ns -have been loyal. All must take the iron clad. The excitement in the House to-day was vety great; the impeachers, taking advantage of a thin House, carried their point of ordering evidence to be reported and printed ; but Wil son, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who Ims strongly opposed the movement, tri fled over the matter until the Speaker’s ham mer fell for adjournment, thus again defeating them. Mexican News. New Orleans, July 15. Galveston papers have the following addi tional particulars of the execution of Maxi milian : . • . When leaving the convent Maximilian ex claimed : “ What a beautiful, clear heaven it is ; such as I desired for the hour of my death/’— All three of deceased received scrupulous care. The officer in*,eharge of firing party begged Maximilian’s forgiveness,, saying be disapprov ed, but, as a soldier, must obey orders. Maxi milian replied, “ Child, a soldier must always comply with his orders. I thank you with all my heart for your kind sentiments, but exact that you comply with orders given you.” Max imilian gave Miramon the centre as the post of honor. Mejia’s wife ran distractedly through the streets, just before his execution, carrying anew born babe. Juarez refuses to deliver Maximilian’s body, and says it is a subject of treaty. There is great antipathy towards Americans Princess Salm Salm devised Maximilian’s escap, but was betrayed by the officer in whom she confided, who took the bribe' of twenty-five thousand diamonds. She was ordered to leave Queretaro with all attendants. A fight is probable between Cortinas and Ber eonabal —old enemies—both, recruiting. The cause of dispute is the Governorship of Tamau lipsa. Cortinas ordered to occupy the Rio Grande with 15,000. The army of observation of the United States is hated, because of infer ence about Maximilian. On account of continued rains for the past month cotton prospects are rather poor. The eatapilar and army worm are both reported doing great damage. Specimens of both ex hibited on change. It continues too wet to work grass'out. New Orleans, July 17. The S. 8. Herdine, two and a half days from Tampico, arrived this morning, in charge of Acting Master Beertestle, ts. S. N. She was seized by the U. S. authorities, and awaits orders from the Treasury Department. Officer..* here report that Gomez issued a proclamation declaring Tamaulipas a sovereign State. Gomez and Garanbaudo Canales are raising troops to capture Tampico. They utterly ignore Juarez, and will proclaim themselves or Ortega. They report Santa Anna taken out of the steamer Virginia, but tbe Mexican officer placed his sword under the American flag, and the Consul General walked under instead of ovef it, as reported. New Orleans, July 18. . Officers of the U. S. steamer Yucia and Heroine, from Tampico, c.onlirra the report of the death of Santa Anna. Gen. Paron has about 700 men at Tampico, Gomez and Canales about 400, and- still recruiting. The Govern ment relinquishes the claim against the steamer Heroine, seized at Tampico for fraudulent sale,, but retains a lien for advances by New Orleans consul and Collector Kellogg. The vessel has been turned over to the naval officer at this post. New Orleans, July 19. The revenue cutter Wilderness arrived last night from Vera Cruz, where she arrived on the 14th. A deputation of Mexican officials board ed the vessel and warmly welcomed Madame Juarez. On the 15th she disembarked and met an enthusiastic public reception, civil and military. The city was illuminated and fire-works were displayed. The party were to leave for the City of Mexico on the 16th. Jaurez arrived at the Capital on the 14th. He emphatically declines a re-election, and has ordered anew election. He will retire to hjs hacienda in the mountains. It is officially reported that Vidauri was shot on the 6th. Marquez is believed to be hiding in the City of Mexico. He will be shot as soon as cap tured. It is reported in Vera Cruz that Santa Anna still lives, but we have later dales. Everything is quiet in Vera Cruz. The city is perfectly healthy. The Austriau sloop of war Elizabeth was receiving the Austrian refugees on board; she has no communication with Mexican officials, except through the United States gunboat Ta cony and Consul Saulnier. The Wilderness brings dispatches to the British, French and Austrian Governments. The Mexican Government is preparing an. address to the world; in which they expect to justify themselves for "the execution of Maxi milian. It will treat of killing 63,000 Mexicans for defending their native soil; cite precedents which they think will prove clearly their acts were within the range of propriety, and wifi prodnee documents which will throw new light npon their, act. Some of the ablest men ; in the Republic are engagedjpn the work. From tlie "W^est. Cincinnati, July 19. The CommerciaVs Leavenworth dispatch says: The Indians captured a train near Fort Limed. Bishop Laway, ten priests and six sisters of charity were among the passerigers. The men were killed and horribly mutilated. The women were abused. An escort tried to over take the train to protect it, but arrived too late. ‘ From Detroit. Detroit, Mich., July 16. The Supreme Court has decided that the tel i graph is not a common carrier, and that the conditions heading their blanks hold, in law, 1 whether the sender of a dispatch reads them or i not. The case came lrom the lower court, i where the telegraph company was cast ,n i damages for an brror, against whidb the head-' Ing disclaims liability. - . Foreign. [by the carle.] • - St. Petersburg, July 14. Bakabara. advices, state that .the Russian troops stormed Kahrs, an entreuehed camp, gaining a great victory. i Paris, July 14. The corner stone for the Protestant church fQr Ajnercans was laid yesterday, with appro priate ceremonies and celebrations. * - London, July Iff. The naval review in honor of the Sultan was the most magnificent ever witnessed iu English waters. A high wind increased the iuterest of events. The squadron numbered eighty ves sels, bearing eleven hundred gnus ; a thousand vessels weie filled with spectators. Victoria and suite were on the yacht Victoria, and Albert and the Sultan were, on the Osborn. The Prince of Wales and both Houses of Parlia ment, the Lords of Admiralty and all the mem bers of the Government were present. Vinna letters state Maximilian’s mother gives evidence of insanity. The American Government is endeavoring to secure the release of General Nagle. p Dublin, July 18. Six of the Waterford rioters have been con victed and imprisoned. Southampton, July 18. It is estimated, that the great naval review which occurred yesterday off Spithead, cost fifty thousand pounds sterling. One gun-boat was driven ashore dfiring the rain stortb which prevailed at the time, but beyond this uo acci dent occurred. The rain also seriously inter fered with the programme of evolutions and proposed illumination of the fleet in the even ing. Liverpool, July 18. The craft Nonpariel was spoken Wednesday. The little craft and crew were wellaud required no assistance. Paris, July 20. Napoleon continues to purchase horses for the army. The military workshops are over tasked. London, J uly 20, The Tories in the House of Lords sustain the Derby Reform Bill. Earl Gray opposes it. London, July 21. Earl Derby, in the Bouse of Lords, an nouncing Maximilian’s execution, said he shared in the feelings of all their Lordships with regard to this unnecessary, cruel and bar barous murder, which rnnst have excited sor row in every country—a murder purely gratui tous, which, far from producing any beneficial effect, would only add to the miseries of Mex ico. He declined stating the Government’s intention. . - Lord Stratford Deratcliffe said he should press his resolution on the subject. Paris, J uly 21. In the CGrps Legislatif, Thiers said the Mexi can expedition had been without good results to France, and the prestige of her greatness was lost in America and compromised iu Europe. Jules Favre said the French troops should have brought Maximilian away and thus saved France from the stain of blood which will rest upon her. In-the Senate, Mr. Rouher said the French Government did everything it could to induce Maximilian to come away. The traitor Lopez had been degraded from the Legion of Honor. Two thousand Belgian volunteers had arrived in England in six steamers. The Turkish Government claims that nearly all the districts of Sphokia have yielded. The steamer Nebraska run down a fishing boat anchored ten miles off Cork Harbor. Out of seven composing the crew; five were lost. From Richmond. - • July 15. Adplfe Wolffe, a well known merchant, who closed business recently and Went South, was brought back to-day from Alabama, charged with obtaining goods on fraudulent pretences from parties here. He had also dealt largely in Baltimore, New York and Cincinnati. Fifty-one cases of alleged whisky frauds on the revenue are to be tried at the next term of the United States Court. Chief Justice C hase presides at the term of,the court iu October, to bear the writ of error granted in the case of the confiscated property of McVeigh, of Alex-’ andria. Richmond, July 16. A. Wolfe, charged with obtaining goods on false pretenses, has been discharged her-e. but sent to Baltimore on a requisition of the Gov ernor of Maryland. ■ Richmond, Va., July 17. Gov. Pierpont leaves the city to morrow to make speeches in the Southwestern counties for the Republican party. A large number of the most prominent citi zens here are getting up a call for the appoint ment of delegates to the August Convention. Five German Republican Clubs have been formed here. * Richmond, July 19. Gen. Schofield to-day issued an order releas ing from pri;on Mrs. Kirby, who killed her husband. She had been shown to be insane, and was released on condition that she appear for trial before the court in October. Richmond, J uly 20. The Justices of the Hustings Court will meet on Monday to consider a letter from General Schofield which was sent to the Recorder to day. The case ot Hovey (referred to in the letter,) is that of the teacher of freedmen, who wa3 assaulted by Hotze. The other cases mention ed are those of persons charged with exhibit ing faro. General Schofield’s letter says : “It is represented that the records of the court of Hustings for six months show that the highest penalty imposed in the most aggravated case of assault and battery was $l5O, while in ordinary cases the penalty was a merely nominal, fine and costs; that in the case of Hotze for an ag gravated case of Hovey for an assault upon the brother of Hotze, the same court thought pro per to add tq the fine of $l5O imposed by the jury, thirty days imprisonment in the county jail; and that in the Case of William Snellings, William A. Duke and others, above referred to, the Commonwealth’s Attorney was permitted to enter a nolle prosequi and the prisoners were discharged upon the ground, *as stated in substance by the counsel for defense, that where parties were born north of an imaginary line the judgment of the court was set aside, and' also that our courts were now intended solely for the trial of Confederates. The ac tion of the Conrt of Hustings in these three c iscs seems to require explanation. The above statement is therefore referred to yon, as one of the justices ot that* court, for any explana tion you m3y wish to make. Very respectfully, Your ob’t serv’t, S. F. Chalfin, A..A. Gen. From Crete. _ Washington, July 21. Latest official accounts received at the Greek Legation give teriible’ accounts of Turkish cruelties in Crete. The Cretans had inflicted severe punishment on one of Omar Pasha’s spies. Omar, in re taliation, crucified a Grecian priest, in order, say dispatedes, to satiate his rev?rge and cast odium on the Christian religion from which Omar apostacised, having himself been born a Christian. He next besieged a cavern, in which the Greek women and children had taken re fuge, closing the mouth and leaving them to die of starvation. ’ # Dispatches, state that the Turkish'Govern ment declines to yield to the 'remonstrances of the European Powers regarding Oma Pasha’s conduct. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Jnly 17. The Consul at Santiago dc Cuba writes Col lector Kellogg there is no epidemic, contagious or infections disease in any parts of his consu lar district. Generals Rousseau aqd Ord are in the city ; ou a visit to friends. The Common Council adopted an ordinance providing common schools lor the education of colored children, and appropriating $6,000 for the same. * s A joint meeting of the City Council takes place to-morrow night, it is supposed, for the purpose of taking steps for the withdrawal 1 oin circulation ol tbe larger denominations of city notes. the city currency is the absorbing topic • all seem to agree as to its eventual redemption and the liability of the eify for it. Various jsebemes for bringing it back to par are Report ed, evidently for speculative purposes. One is that General Sheridan would issue an order re garding it! The General disclaims any inten tion of interfering. „New Orleans, JulyHfet Dr, Jones, imprisoned by Sheridan, on a charge of murder, died in prison yesterday. From New York. New York, July 17. The steamer Sylvan Stream, from Harlen, struck a rock and soon sunk; all on board were saved. A fire commenced this morning at North Point, Jersey City, opposite here. Loss now, SBOO,OOO. The fire is still raging, though not so fiercely. The suit against tbe New York Central Rail road,.for extortion in demanding gold for fare, was decided against the company. * Eddy Bums and Charley Cummings fought this morning near Hudson City. Burns won the fight in twenty rounds. New York, July 18. A fire occurred last night, on East 36th street, destroying a distillery and a number of bonded warehouses. Loss, half a million dol lars. Salmon & DofrCes’ whalebone and rattan factory and stock, valued at SIOO,OOO, was burn ed. , * The French Government has purchased the monitor Onandaga. From Texas. Galveston, July 30. Headquarters are overwhelmed with reports of outrages. In the Red River country colored men daie not accept the appointment of regis ters on account of being threatened with death. Judge Litemer, a prominent Texan, has re signed his appointment in the Bureau, as ho is afraid of his life, The chief outlaw is named Guest. The colored people flee to the woods on his approach. He shot a freed woman, out out of her womb a living child, and ex hibited it in drunken glee in a bar room. He was arrested but escaped [sterling.] The Robinson county colored church was assaulted and two men and one woman were killed. Captain Randall, a Bureau Agent, has raised a hundred freedmen and arrested two ring leaders. From tlie ’W’est Indies. , Fortress Monroe, July 16. Arrived—Gunboat Peoria, six days from St. Thomas, Weßt Indies; no fever ; business dull ; harbor free of shipping. The town of Borsetona, St:. Kitts, was de stroyed by fire. • The cane crop is promising. Ship Manongahela and gunboat Saco arrived, rom Cruz ; all well. From Savannah.. Bavannati, July 15. The steam fire engine Gazelle arrived for Augusta on the General Barnes. There will be a public trial to-morrow; after which, will leave for Augusta. From lYilmington. WilMingtQn, July 16. It is rumored that J. D.Prisson, Post, master, ha.? been removed and E. R. Prink appointed successor. From Havana. New Orleans, July 17. We have Havana dates to the 3d : The Bole tion Commer , ial quotes No. 12 sugar at 8% rials. Exchange, 26 discount; London, 13% premium ; Paris, premium. From Baltimore. Baltimore' July 20. Northern orators .are on the increase. A col ored female to-morrow night. Markets. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. : Liverpool, July 2Q—Noon. Cotton firm and unchanged ; sales, 15,000 bales. Breadstuff’s quiet. Corn, 35@39. New York, July 20—Noon. Stocks strong ; Money firm ; Gold, 135% ; ’62 Coupons, 111% ; Tennessee Sixes, ex-Cou pons, 68 ; new issue, 66% ; North Carolina Sixes, new issue, 56. New York, July 20—Noon. Flour dull ; common grades drooping.— Wheat shade firmer. Corn, l@2c. lower ' Pork steady at $22 95@23. Lard quiet.— Whisky dull. Cotton quiet and steady ; mid dling uplands, 2G%@27. Turpentine quiet at 58. Rosin steady. New York, July 20—P. M. Cotton firmer; sales, 2,900 biles; middling uplands, 26%@27. Flour dull; State, s7@ll 25; Southern, $9 60@17. • Wheat, 3@sc better.— Corn dull. Pork steady. Others unchanged. Wilmington, July 20. Cotton nominal at 23. Spirits turpentine firm at 52. Rosin steady at $2 75@5 75'; one lot of extra pale sold at SB. • Mobile, July 20. Cotton quiet; sales, 100 bales; low middling* 22; receipts, 17 bales. New Orleans, July 19. Cotton quiet but stiffer ; sales, 750 bales - low middling, 23%@2f% ; receipts for the week, 870 bales ; exports, 6,293 bales ; stock on hand, 44,013 bales. Sugar and molasses very quiet. Flour active ; double extra, sll 50@12. Corn advanced sc. Oats qiflct but firm,'l(&se better. Pork dull at $25. Lard firm and ac’ Uye ; kegS’l4 Gold, 140; Sterling, 51 @54: York Sight, % premium. New Orleans, July 20. ~C ott2 " firra ; s;rie8 ’ 1 » (X » bales; low mid dling, 24% ; receipts, 740 bales ; exports,. 7,320 bales.' Louisiana sugar-fair, 13%- pr i me , 14K; strictly prime*, 15 ; stock very small. No molasses; nominally 48@52. Flour-stock beht ; double extra, sll *5; ehoice, $lB 50@ . au <* firm ; yellow aud mixed, $1 2o@l 35; while, $1 40@1 45. Oat3 zoFLIZ 7 ] 'g hi B »ck-$l 05. Pork quiet at r ® ;iCOn 111 Rood jobbing demand ; shoulders, 13; rib, 14; clear, 15%. Lard quoted : tierce, 13%; kegs r 14. Gold, 189%. • SAVANNAn, July 20. Cotton active and in good demand—advanc ing ; sales, 210 bales; middling, 24%@25; re ceipts none.
