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k ^ * She (SiKoUna ?pnrtttn. 8PARTAMJ UUG : F- M TBDIMIEK, EDITOR. Tburttday, April 14, The Proclamation Which has beeu promised for some time, at last- sees the light. In it I'i evident Johnson declares the wnr at an end. "standing armies, military nccupation, martial law, military tribunals. and suspension of llio privilege of the writ of hubtii* cvrpua as dangerous in times of peace" and no longer necessary. It will he found in another column. Garden Seeds. Mr. J. W. McCravy has our thanks for a rariety of fresh home-raised garden seeds of the following speceies: Gulden Squash, Six Weeks (lunch Dean, Orange Watermelon, white Bunch Cucumber, Long Pod White Ochra nttd Running Snap Bean. Mr. McChavy assures us that theso are inost^cxeelicnt species. A quantity of theso seeds may be found at Twitty & Co's, for sale. Tbe So 11 tli Carolina Railroad. We are gratified to learn from our Charles iuu cicnnigi'9 mac ilie iiugu^ui branch of ilic South Carolina Railroad was completed 011 flic 6th instant, ami that the trains arc now ruu ning through as in former days We are glid to hear of the rebuilding of our railroads which arc so essential to tho recuperation aud advancement of the commercial prosperity of our country. We hope soon to hear of all the Southern railroads being rebuilt, as we learn energetic efforts are being made to this cud. m -last-?? ? ? Trl-weckly Courier The Daily Charleston Courier of the 6th inst , announces that the publication of the tvi-wcek ly will this day be resumed, and published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at $8.1 a a year, "containing the latest aud most reliablo telegraphic, foreign and domestic news, with commercial and inarino intelligence of the latest dates." We here again return our thanks to our city fi ieuda for the frequent, welcome, and valuable visits of this sterling sheet. Wo fully appreciate the courtesy and kindness thus shown us, and will take great pleasuro in giving frequent credits to its columns. This is a valuable newspaper, well filled with general intelligence. ?? ?? ?? The Veto Message On our first page wo publish entire this ublo and imporlaut document, in which President Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Dill, which might with more truthfulness bo called the Uncivil IVrcnys Dill. The President in his veto takes up section after section and au ilizc- it thoroughly, and shows very clearly without muoh effoit, (hut it is alt icronj Rut unfortunately Truth, Right and Argument are all worth nothing when presented to those who concocted this diabolical scheme?to llictu i hese are a frightful Three. To present truths, dc fine rights and udduoc arguments to thc%Civit Rights men, is casting pearls before swine. They have uo use for llictn and gbe thetn no consideration Their guiding star is Might, under which they bceome oblivious of all prin ciplcs of Right and Justice and constitutionally defined powers. Individual and party agraiidiiemcntisullof which tlicy are mindful. "Is there not somo s.cret curse?some bidden thunder? in the stores of Heaven, to blast tbc man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin We ask lor this message a perusal by all our readers. It is fair and plain in its statements, for eible and convincing in arguments, and shows an honesty of intention and devotion to consti tational right that cannot fail to elicit the ad miration of all the honest and iuii artiul. Heshows by the plainest reasoning the unconstitutionality of the measure, and th-it Congroi-s has no right to abrozate anv of the laws of ? Stale, and if so they could nullify nil. If Congress had llio tight to declare who tdtould be otoro in u Stute, it has an equal right to wipe out every law in said Stale drawing a line I distinction between the black an I white race. Negro equality would be the tc.sull as far as Radical legislation could make it mi h, and this is about the gi-t of the whole s h. tnc ol Civil Rights. This Bill, to us. is obnoxious in I the extreme, nn 1 more offensive than anything that has yet emanated from its source ha passage would sweep away the -light ve-tige of States rights and powers, tints centraliiing all power in the Federal government by nullifying the State Judiciary and making them nu wcrahle to Fedetal authority. We lint t ounfess that we now have an admiration for the President, and a confidence in his honesty of purpose, and firmness and ability wo never entertained before. We cannot but tvdmiio the firmness with which lie resists the powerful j influence against him. Right and the 1:011sti- | tution appear to be his only guides and incen 1 tivos to action. He is a bulwark between us i and a tide of Radical despotism that would j sweep over us like, an avalanch, were lie not 1 possessed of this stopping power. By reference to tlie "news by last mail," i: will be seen that this Bill has passed in the D' uutr, u*pr i?JU vciu, it vuic Ul OO IU 1 >. Tbo II 11 will yot have to undergo the onlr.il of > the House, and tlicro receive I lie two thirds ; vote. We fear the result. Alabama Taxei. The Governor of Alabama has sent a commu- I nication to the government at Washington, j asking that the Statoof Alabama be allowed to I assume nnd pay in State bonds the tax now due by the State, or that delay of payment be granted until the State oan make arrangement . for liquidation or Last Court. On Saturday last iho Court of Sessions and Common Plena adjourned until its next regular session. Only three cases of interest came up. Each was lor murder. Quite a number of civil cases were finally disposed of, but (lie time consumed for their hearing was no brief that the Civil Docket has not yet, in these still disjointed times, attained its supremacy. Enough j has boeu done in both judicial departments, [ however, to satisfy tie that the laws will be en- I forced, and the wild and reckless dominion of j lawlessness and riot i* at an ond. We rejoice tIjat it is so. We congratulate our friends and the advocates of pence nnd justice that il is | verily ho. The criminal action* of mnny urc the result* of ua opinion that the late revolution h is produced; mid while these opinions are false in conception, in morality nnd their practical results, we cannot but reiterate our Congratulation* that society will be improved and such sentiments have licen suppressed by tlio timely and judicious administration of the laws. But to revert to the direct action of the court Of the three cases of murder, each of | the accused was acquitted. It is n remarkable fact that from so larg.* a number ol cases, cncli should escape the penalty of violated law, but we ascribe it more to the excusable circuni stances which accompanied each, than to the Want of a proper appreciation of the sense of octal obligation or legal acknowledgment. ( Certainly none can charge our people with a revengeful disposition. Bach and every acquittal shows dispassionateness of judgment and coolness of deliberation. The following are the oases alluded to: The St.ato Vs. Benjamin Finch, the State vs Samuel Jeffries, the State vs Herbert (bush. [ I'or the Carolina Spalran.] The Deaf and Dumb. Mn, Editor : As this subject is a very interesting one. 1 have collated and condensed a | few fact* from a .scientific essay by a dislin1 trililllOtl Ifich nKi'uiaion f I ? ? 1! ? , ?... J?n rim limn glVCS I this string language?a just tribute to the i teachers of the " Mil ten : " "For wealth, men I ha\o risked their Mtlv.ition ; for fume, men have periled their existence; for religion, or ( enthusiasm, nu n have died at the slake , the miser, or tho murJcrer, saw how in the goldI en glare of riches beyond the gulf of crime. ! the warrior fell already the laurel on his brow ! aud heard the shout of his welcoming countryi men as lie sought the thickest of the fray : and J the martyr beheld heaven opening to hint in the blue above his head ; but to mc it lias appeared that the patient instructor of the deaf aud dumb deserved a reward that nothing cartnly can bestow." The first taction we have of "deaf-durnhnesa" I is from 'ho Bible, found in Mark : "Ilis ears ' wire opened and the string of bis tongue w is loosed, and he spake plain !" The memorable Bc le relates an insiance of a deaf-mute taught to repeat and uudera'aud certain words and sentences. This is as early as the seventh century. Since the invention of printing we gain more knowledge of the history of Mutes. ; ltodolphus Agricola, born near Crunengene, | HI 11, relates that a mute was able to write. | Jaachin 1' ischa, 10(50, taught his mute dough I tors by pictures and mimic signs, Jerome ' fnrden of l'avi i. a philosopher. loTfi. promul g ated the doctrine that the deaf mutes could be taught to icad ar.d write, and the blind to read. The first systematic attempt at instrue tiou w is by l'etro dc l'once, a Benedictine monk, iu tho middle of the sixteenth century From the days of Aristotle, who styled "the ear the organ of instruction," to the time of IV. l? * ' , i UHU1-, uniurv is HOI uenClt'W III instance* ' of instructed mutes. I'liny tells us of Quintns ' IVjius, u relative of fsoMr Augustus, who ! though mute from birth, attained to great pro fioicney in painting; an I in the sixteenth ceuj tuty another ih-nf atul dumb artist, Juuti Fer nnndt z Nararetli, ha 1 the following epitaph in j commemoration of his talents: ' Heaven do, nii'd him the gift of speech that he might give ! groat or life and eloquence to the works of his pencil, nn.I as lie could not speak himself, he ! la.nie them speak for hint!' John Paul Ihnrt iu ISJ-t, puli11-died a hook upon the uiode of teaching the deaf uid dunib the curliest work ext.ml on that subject John lhilwar, tin J'.n glisli physician, seventeenth century, is the t?rst writer in the English language on <he sub jeci lu his i'nirolngia. or natural language of the hand, lie gives an a-count ot one M i-ter Uibt.iiigton, iu the eotiuiy of Essex, au ingeni| ttv gent'otii.iti, who (lunugii -ome sickness, b", com'tig deaf, tlot It. ii it w it i s I a tiding, feel w ordnf and a- it lie It id eyes in his fingers, sees signs in i ho dark, who-o wile diseoursct h with him by a stl.ihge way of anthrologic or alphabet J contained in lue joints of his lingers. ' lli? I second w ok. cut.tied " I'hilocophtt or the Deal and Dumb Mill's Friend," wis published ill ItifH. In Dilt>. Sir Kue'iii I'ighy, in his treatise on the 'Nature ot llodi*'*," gives an account of a ft pan. sh nobleman, a mute, whose ubil ii y to read be wis an actunl witness I . ? Itib'd, l?r. \V. I' llobdun wiotelhe Elements ol Speech," with nit appendix concerning per sous \v..c> were deal nn I dumb. In 171>?> was the most i einni knble period in the history of ilie ileat' tind dumb 1 hotnas llrnidwool ihe lalhcr of the itiiii.-h instructor* of drat nod dubili, opened n -chonl in Ediubttrg, ibe first in Inn<>|>e T?? pi-- over many thing- to come io h litier period, ibe mules are much indebted to Aiibc De I I'ee. In 1801, this meiliod of j e localtug ilie deal and dumb was translated, i mid in which ibe system of thai celebrated i author and icaolior was fully explained. A j deaf and dumb hoy was found wandering the at reels ot l'nri <; lie was adopted and eduea'cd \ by I lie good Abbie, and n i ecd Theodore. This j boy was discovered ufierwards to be the son of a nobleman, and the rightful heir of a large ; foil line, of which bo had beeu deprived by tiie villniny of a near relative." So romantic an I incident naturally attracted much attention in j Pun.-, and become the basis of a Drama, by M ' llumlli, entitled, L'Abbe de l'Kpee," which j was long popular in Paris, and has hecn ti insl ited in several languages. De 1'Epce was tIn' great advocate for methodic il signs? | the base of that system now vised For fear of | (re.-tp&asing upon your tune aud your loaders, I vjll close (Lis iuij crfct selection * J m ' Proclamation by the President. >Vhki>kas. By proclamation of die 16th aud 19lli of April, ltttil, the President of the Uhited ia virtueof the power reeled iu him by the Constitution mid laws, declared that the laws of the United tStntcS Were opposed, aud t hfl AVAAlllInn i k.runi' nKulfunt?.l --- *? ? luvkW. VWOM uv>vut IU 111*1 OIBIVB of Soul It Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Floiida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combination too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of JudicL'. proceedings or by the powers vested lit the Marshals by law : Aud whereas. Uy another proclauiation,made on the 10th day of August, iu the same year, in pursuance of mi Ac; of Congress, approved July 18th. 1801, the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North l urolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi utid Florida, except the iuhitbilatiis of that part of the State of Virginia lying West of tiie Adcghuny Mountains. and to such o.hcr parts of thai State, and the other Males before named, as might maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or might be from time to time, occupied and controlled by ilie forces of the United States, engaged in the disj ersion of the iusurgents, were deolaicu to be in a slate of insurrection against the United States. And whereat), Itv another piocl.tnitioti of the 1st day of July, 1802, issued iu pursuance of ntt Act of Congress, approved Juue 7th, in the same year, the insurrection was declared to be still existing iu the States aforesaid, with the exception ol certain specified counties iu the State of Virginia. And whereas, l?y analiier proclamation made on the 2d of April. 1803, iu pursuance of th? Act of Congress of July 18th, 18ol, the ex j cepttons named in the proclauiat urn of August ' 10th, 1801, were revoked, uml the inhabitants of the Males of Georgia, -outhCarolina, North Carolina, Tcunossce, Alabama, Louisiana, Ar kansas, Texas, Mississippi, Florida auQ Virginia, except the lurty-cighl counties of Virginia, designated as West Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, l'ort Royal and lleaufort, iu Soutli Carolina, were declur. cil to bo still iu n state ol iusuircctioa against the United {States: And whereas, the Ilouso of Representatives on the --d day ol July, 1861, udoptod a resolution iu the words following, namely : Resolved by tliu House ot Representatives of the Congress of the United States, That the present dej lornhle civil war has been lorced upon the country by the disunioni-ts of ti.e Southern States, now in revolt against the Constitutional Government aud iu arms around the Capital. That, in this national emergency. Congress banishing all feelings of mere passion or reseutincut, will recollect only its duty to the wbolo country. That this war is not waged on our part In any spirit of oppression, not for any purpose ot overthrowing or interfering with the lights or established institutions of these States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with nil its dignity, equality uud rights of the several States unimpaired And that as soon as those objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease And whereas. The Senate of the United States, on the 2-ith of July, 1S01, adopted a resolution in the words following, to wu : lie-mired, Thai the present deplorable civil war lias heeu forced upon the country by the dtsunionists ot the Southern Stales, now iu revolt against the Constitutional Government, uiid in arms around toe Capital ; that iu tins national "emergency. Congress, banishing ail Iceliug of mete passion or resentment, will re collect only its whole duty to the whole country ; that this ?ir :a uoi prosecuted on our part in any spitii of oppression, nor for any J purpose of conquest or suhjugaiioa, no pur j pose of overthiowing or interfering with the | rights or cstubli he I institutions of these ' States, but t ? deteii 1 and maintain the suprc j macy ol tlic Constitution and all laws made in I pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union ! with all the dignity, equality and rights of the I several on.impaired ; (lint, as noon a- [ licsc objects arc iiccuuiplislicd, (lie war ougni 10 crn.se. ! Ami whereas, These Ilcsolutioas, though not ' joitil or concurrent in lorm, are Mth-i.,ntialU identical, and us such may be regarded n* I having expres-e 1 ilie sense ol Congress upon the subject to which they relate; Ami whereas, uiy proclamaliott of the l:ith day ol .lune last, the insuuevlion in the (State ol Tennessee was declared to hare be n suppressed, the authority ol the United States t.erein to he uu disputed, nud such United .states o beers as iiad be?'ii duly couitbi-.Hour i to l>c r.i the uiiiuterrupted exercise ol their . otlicinl (unctions , And whereas, There now exist-, no ofginiz eduruit .l resistance of misguided citizen* or others to the amliority ot <hc bulled Mates, iu the Stales ol Geo gia, S..ut h Carolina, Vu guiia. North t '.iioliiii. '1 ciiuv see, Ala am i, l.ouisi ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mor.da, ami ilie ' laws can be sustniued and enforced therein by j ilie proper civil uuitioriiy. Stale or Federal; ! and the people ot the said States are well nod loyally disposed, and hire conformed, or will conform, in iheir legislation, to the condition ot atlatrs growing out ot the amendment to the t 'oii-utuiiuii ol r e United States, prohibiting slavery within the limits and jutisdictiou ol the I titled St ilcs; Ami where is, In view of the before Yecited premises, it is the inunifost determination ot ] toe Ainrric .it people that no State, of its own | will, has the light or power to go out of, or separate uselt iroui, or be separated fr? ni, I lie ( American I nun; and that, iherelore, each State ought to remain and constitute iiu in tcgrnl part ol tlie I nited State-; And where i-, '1 no people Ot the several be- | for. luetittoned Slates have, iu the manner , atoresaid, given sati*fiioiory evidence (hut they | Hcijuiesce in the - vcieign and important res i ( loratioii of national tin ly; , And whereas, As it is believed to be a fun dainetitul principle of Government that people who have revolted, and who have been overdone and subdued, ui.asl be dealt with so us to i induce them, v iliiiilni llY. to become Iricutl-. . - or ol^e they must be held by absolute military ] power or devastated, so aa to prevent iheui 11 tiiu ever again doing harm as enemies, which last named policy is aiiboi rent to humanity | nn<l freedom, , And whereas, The Constitution of the United .States provides f<r const it ut lonat coniiuiiiuiies j only as Slates, and not as territories, dependencies. provinces or protectorates; And whereas, Such constituted States must \ necessarily be, and by the I'ousti uiion and t laws of ihe United Siu es art- niadc equal, and i are placed ujioii a like looting as to , oluical j rights, i in in ii ii it i.-s, dignity and power with < the several Stales w ill which tliey are imiieil; Ami whereas, J'lie observance ot political equality as a principle ol tight and jusiice is t well calculaied 10 encourage the people ol the < aforetaid ."states to be an>i become more and t more constant ami persevering in their renew cd ullegi nice. An i whereas, Standing armies, military oc- r CUMitl ll. Illirli.1 1-1IV Iiiilil.il v 11 1 till mils iitwl ! ^ I ho UHjioudion ol the privilege ol tho writ of! j Habeas Corpus, in time of pcaoe, endanger Ihe j a public liberty, is incompatible with the individual rights of the oitizou, contra? j to the genius and spirit of our free institutions, and cxhaus live of tho national resources, and ought not therefore to he sanctioned or ullowed, except for eases of actual necessity tor repelling invasion or suppression of insurrection or rebellion; And whereas. The policy of the Government of the United Slates from the beginning of the insurrection to its overthrow un<l final suppression, has been in conformity with the principles herein set forth and enumerated; Now. therefore, I. Andrew Johnsou, 1'resident of the United Suites, do hereby proclaim and declare that the insurrection wlrch heretofore existed iu the Stales of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi an.I t lottilu, in al au end, anil is henceforth to be so regarded; In testimony whereof, I liavo hereunto act tny liand and caused the seal of the United .State* to be affixed. Bono at the City of Washington, tlie second day of April, in the year of our Lord one [_l. s.] thousand eight hundred and -sixty six, i\nd of the Independence of the United . Sta.es of America the ninetieth. ANDUKW JOHNSON. By tho I'rcsi lent : W. II. SnwAitu, Secretary of Stuto. A correspoude.it of the Cincinnati Commercial, who has made a tour of several of the Southern States, takes a different view of matters and things in general, and of the "Bureau" in particular, to the majority of his confreres who visit l>ixie (so called) to see and report whut they do sot sec. Hear him : Having now made tlie tour of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas, sueoe-sively. 1 have a lew remarks to offer concerning this institution, which I have a better right to make than it i had seen less of it. The gorgeous cot uscations of your c>ri e?pondent "('ineino >ti," who, snug in Washington, scents the South from alar oil, and beholds in the veto "the direful spring of woes unnumbered'' to the hapless negro, are. to one who has seen the actual bureau, simply ridiculous. If he chooseto seise out the rases of wrong and cruelty thai are concentrated at Washington from the whole vast territory of the South, and work himself into a towering passion over them, and make rhetoric tliAt would "split the ears of the groundlings," while he wholly ignores the millions of instances in which tne negroes are h ippy aud at work for fair wage-, he is welcome to his Ionic nud his rhetoric, but men o: sense will know how to lake litem. It is pmper to speak of the bureau, #rst as | it is, next as it ong t to be. First, then, 1 uni bound to say that the Frecdmen's Bureau, as it now is, is, in ino?t of the Stales, almost an unmitigated humbug, and a nuisance. Il is made so by thu personal character aud the acts of its officers. Finn IN I UAPLKSTllN Tho fir. Krt..O? ? ~ iice?l in our i?uc yesterday, we regret to Mate, resulted in n destructive conflagration and loss of properly, amounting, at the lowest estimate, to 5l00,(MH>. Seven fine brick building-* and stores on King street namely, Nns. l'.'C, 108. litH?, VO'2 20-1, 2<H> and 2t?S. belonging to the estate of Mr. James Hobb, and known it? the Kobb Kunge, recently repaired at heavy cost, were totally con-uuie I Nothing whatever has been ascertained of the orign of tbe fire. The smoke was first discovered a litiU? alter one o'clock, issuing from the second story windows of Mr. W. .1 Trim's establishment. No 1VM1, King street. t>y the policeman on duly in that neighborhood. The establishment contained an extensive stock of groceries, lienors, crockery, oils, etc., and burned with great rapidity. The building and stork were! tally consumed Mr Trim's stock w.i- insured to the amount of SO, HO? vix: S7.1MO in W. it Ileum's agencies, and 52 800 iu the agenc es of Messrs. Tapper A: l.ane. The adjoining three story biiek building ot Mr. I. ! . I't-tit. on the South, took fire, and lor a time w is considered in imminent danger of total destruction. The active excrtious of the firemen, however arrested the progress of the tire in that direction, and extinguished the tlaiiies before the building sustained any reri ons damage. The roof and upper story were slightly burnt. Mr. Petit had just nrrived from the country and taken possession of his residence. Fortunately his furniture had not yet arrived lie w s insured for 53,500. It is thought 5500 w ill repair the d images. The lower story of Mr. Petit'* building had just hern opened Mr. Isaac Kiin ns a vtillinery and Fancy Good stoie His stock, which wis si ghtly d imaged t>y removal was insured for 58.U0O. C^'irii/ Tip: Si\.\Ti?it- wiin Sr?r*iSTnn PnrstneMT. ? V loll it 1 ruin Washington states that the illlowing Senators will -nio'v sustain ilie veto ot iho Lxecutive niiil his policy. viz: Me-srs liuckalew, 1'iiwiii, Paviw. lfixon, Pooliltle, Guthrie. Ilendi icks. Johnson, l.?nr of K >iiia<, Mrl'nugall. Morgan, Nestnith, Norton, Kiddle, S iiil-bui v, Viin W inkle and W dley? seventeen in nil, -in<I si sufficient number in prevent ttic pas-age nt ilio ItiII. even though every seat of ilie filly was filled, ainl every other Senator voted oppositely ? * >? Sm 11 L 1'ox .?A riwo ol Small pox has liro ken out between this point nmt Pendleton, on the person of a voting man Mr. T. B I'ower. The cane i? represented to us to he n had one, tin I w.is I r night from Georgia. Everybody I ihoilld he vaccinated .it .?i?e,>>. ? Kmuft L'ourur ^ ^ ? The Grand l-mlge of Pennsylvania has authorized M. W. Grand Master Orr to draw upon their treasury for the sum of $1,000 in aid of 1 the Grand l.udge in South Carolina. In addition to this, considerable sums have keen donated Ly the New York ami Pennsylvania Lodges hi behalf of local lodges in Columbia. ? There are Masonic Lodges and 1.800.DHI Free and Accepted Masons in the world. There are lodges i t Senegal, Guinea, Mozambt-.pie. Chum. Java arid Aradia. We learn tr m a gentleman, savs the Charles Oil t niil'inr lli??i Vl?,?..? li..,...?.l M 11 II--.-. i\ho * is brnight to Charleston from l'dgeficld hisiriof tinder nrrost, and committed to jail, lias been released on parole. The repairs to the Winchester and Potomac ' [liver liailroid are last approaching oo nip loom to Winchester, Va. The track is now laid 0 within two nii'es of the town, an I it is expected the remaining distance will he completed by the first of April. Nashville, March 111. ?At the election for) 1 member "l the Legislature, Lewis, (Consor- . rative )was elected over Itrien . { Kadical,) in [ lie ftiislivillu Oislrict, t>y ltytO majority. PlllLAhCl miia. April 1. ? J.'lie fire in Ihe art? inity ?t Petroleum Centre yesterday was one >1 the most do?li net ire erer known iu thai region. $160,000 worth of property was deitroyed. k "JHp M f W 4BH1N0TUN, April 6.?The President lo-day transmitted to congress a communication from the Secretury of the Treasury and Postmaster General, suggesting some modifications of the test oath, l'lifj show the great importance of such legislation, both in a pecuniary and harmonious point of view, aud the President earnest ly commends the ?ubj ct to the early con. mderation of Congress. The communication was referred tc the Committee on the JudiciaIn the Scn:.te, Mr. Lane of Kansas, offered ' a joint resolution to-dnw .i? - '?' ( w /f riv|?wo.?,g IUO (lUIUlfl* siou of rlie Southern S utcs lo representation in Congress on coi dition of repudiating the Confederate endorsing the Federal debt, untitling all Ordinances of Secession, and gran^ ting ilie rig it of suffrage to colored persons who pay a tux on two hundred and fifty dollars worth of pr< perty, and can read and writ*. ' < Mr. Lane spoke of the uecessity for immediate action o'i the subject ol reconstruction to save the Republican party. The veto tuessnge was taken up, and sninn sharp conversation ensued between I.nne ami Meade The former eudorsed the President with groat vigor. The discussion created conl auterublc sousation. Further debate eusnedy which was kept up to six o'clock. No vote , had been taken. In the Mouse to-day Brooks was unseated and 1) odge voted in. The t ivil Rights Rill, in the Senate this evening, passed over the President's veto by a vote ot thirty three to fifteen. The excitement here is intense. Trektov. N J., April 6.?The probabilities are strong that no Senator will be elected. The | House has coucurred in the Senate resolution to adjourn *m? die. Both parties watch each | oilier closely, aud the feeling is intense. ArpoMTMEKT or U. 8. Senator ru n V?nmo.nt. ? Moutpelier, Vt., Tuesday, April 8.? UovcrnoV Dillingham has appointed lion. Geo. K. Rdtntmds, ot Darlington, to the Senatorial vacancy occasion? i by ?tie death of Hon. Solotuun Fool. Mr. Kdumuds ia a lawyer, and Mumls high in liia piolessiou. lie haa been cotisidwrahly in public life, and was Speaker of tlio Vermont House of Representatives in 1807 and 1858. lie leaves tor Washington immediately. riiLr.i>mi:s'i aii> from enolaxd. Another invoice wf goods, amounting in value to S-i.UOO from the F.eeJ turn's Aid Sooiety ot Dradford. lytglattd, and cousigned to the Presilent of the National Kreediueii's Relief Association in New York, has just been received by the Secretary of the Treiiaury, who htta directed their udnuasiun iuio pori free of duty. tiwai. ok jarr. Davis. Reliable information has beeu received here to-day from Richmond, to the ffeel that a movemeut is on foot to obtain a writ of habeaa corpus for the release of Jefferson Davis. The writ in question may issue either 1 rem the United States Distiicl Court, Judge Underwood presiding, or from a Mate t ourt. It ia not likely that a man of Underwood's wellknown views would grant a writ for such a purpose. The civ 1 trial of Davis will now be strongly urged, lie can be held in this district under the indictments pending against him ia the Supreme Court of the district. Si w Orleans, April 4, J8f>6.?The Method.si Conference has organized. Bishop Andrews pro-i ting Hisliop Fatly assisting, and l?r. Summers as 8. w-eiiuy. A Standing Com inn tee of one from each State was appointed. The city Clergymen comprise the l ommittee on l'tihiic \Norship Preaching has been arranged for every night. A hundred delegates were present, and hrhi her hundred are coming. It in a venerable liody. A letter from Hiabop \ Smile advises that the name Southern be retained. This i* the first t onference held in j eight years. A newspaper iu the interest of I the Loufereace is to be published. I ' Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, April 3. The Connecticut election has resulted, as was expected, in ilie election of Oen Hawlej a popular Republican candidate but by a very small majority. The result exhibits a great ?? * ? O ? - - .. fjimi, conic MijipoM llini It tllS I'ruei&tnation had twee issued six weeks ago itic Stale w.iuld hare gone Democratic. The I'roclutuaiion of peac* ni.d resioration will Iiutc a t - unquilizing otleci all overihe country. It will advise n 1 ttint tlie tiiuc tor pacification tins route. and lint none bill ilisuuionists can continue to keep up sectional agitation. It ia the raliral disunion men of the North that lorni the ctuei trarr er to actual restoration. I tic prucl '.nuiiion w ill have a good etfect in Pennsylvania The October election in thai Stair will be of great importance, and may deici mine the question of the success or failure ol President Johnson's administration The l'icsiilcnt prepared the proclamation sumo week s ago, and then waited lor the organization of Florida and Testes, so as to include mem. Texas is -o slow that he move* without her. It will follow, of course. Irom the principles of the Proclamation that lue writ of habeas csrpnt must be re-tored, and martial law abau loiied. tbe civil tribunals recognized, and. the military forces withdrawn. All this will be done l?y a future proclamation. This docuiucn' fixes the date of the legal and technical termination of the war. From this late the duration of the Freednien's Bureau, under existing la", will be computed. That institution will terminate on llio id of April ucxt. It is officially stated that the army will be reduced by the I si of May to forty seven thousand men, only seventeen thousand of whom will be wliite. Tlierofore, we shall now have practical peace, even without the co-operation of Congress. LKO. ? m Tiik CossrcTicrT Election.?Joseph R. llawlcy the Kepuhlican candidate for Governor of Connect icut, was elected by a mnjority probably ranging from five hundt ed to one thousand votes. The returns are not very full; but enough have been received to show the success ot the Republicans, nit hough the majority may prove to be even less than our lowest estimate. The Legislature is also Republican, thus giring that body nit opportunity to choose a United JStHtes Senator in the place of Mr. Foster, whose time expires next March. Finr. \T Marios.?The Marion Crescent, of he 2i<th ull., announces disturbances at that place, on i he part ol the soldiers. It says that they net tire to the house of a woman named Kate Lewis, a eortezan. and to the building used as a school room for freed people." which later greatly endangered the principal part of the buildings ou the public square It nlso says, "the spile of the soldiers seen ed directed specially to the freed people, err* oral of whom were beaten quite eeTerely