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SPAKTANU UllGs
F- HI TRL111HIER, KDITOll.
TliurNday, April 19, 1869.
glorious cause. II is true tlicv failed under
the stern decrees of fate, but tlie renown of
their courage nnd devotion to principle, 1ms
met the admiration of the civilized world and
the gratitude of their countrymen, nnd their
names should be held together and perpetuated
by every means in our power. Wo believe
every family in our district would treasure
highly the roll of names who offered and gave
their lives in the late struggle. Their names
are now fresh in the memories of all. and in
letters of gold, should be handed down as a
rich legacy to future generations. We would
not propose the publication of these names if
we thought there existed a record any where,
from which they could, in The future, be obtained.
The result of the war, and circumstances
attending it, render it quite doubtful
if there are any in existence besides those to
be found in the possession of Company com
mnnders,. Many of those have not got them,
and hence the necessity of making them out at
as early a day as possible. They can be gotteu
up wlfh more accuracy and less difficulty than
a year or two hence. We will take great plea
duic in |>uiuiBiimg inose roiis ns ihey may tie
handed in. Those whose commanded compa
nies can use ilicir own discretion in making
them out, lnil we suggest thnt they be made as
Complete as possible.
?^*i ?
Hon. J. Molioi d TuckerIV
c learn from a paragraph in the Southern
Christian Advocate, tlint our well known and
highly esteemed former townsman, whose name
is mentioned, has taken up his residence in
Dcrmuda, nnd that ir. Iho lloyal (Snzrttf, n pa
per published in Hamilton, is the report of a
le?lurc delivered by him on the " I>igniiy <>f
Labor." Mr. IYckkr is well nnd affectionate
ly remembered by the citizens of our town and
district, and his unmc is not confined to these
narrow limits?it is familiar iu the entire State.
He was an eminent lawy.r in our town, several
years editor of the Sparhm, was elected to the
legislature for several tortus, mi I made one of
its most efficient and working members, and
the last few years lie lived with us was President
of the Female College of this place. In
the several and varied capacities in which lie
was called to act, he always proved himself
equal lo llie duties imposed. lie was possessed
of a highly cultivated and discriminating
mind, and his intrinsic worth and ability won
for hint the confidence of our people, and plac- :
ed him in theso offices of honor and usefulness. |
If is removal from among us was a considerable ;
Joss to our District and State. Wo know that
his abilities as a christian man, of fine intellectual
endowments and acquirements, cannot
long fail to be discovered and appreciated by
any intelligent people with whom he may he !
May his lift be a succcv. minus i
its ills. j
*
uoain 01 au vprva Lad) .
Mas. Cassa.noiua Miuxii, widow of the lute
Sheriff Sam. Miller, of this distriot, died nt
M^j. John strobi.f.'son the 13th iustant, after
an illness of two months, in the KGth year of
her age. Mrs. Mil.Lilt was a christian lady,
nnd was a nicniher of the Kaznvctli (Prcsbytcrian)
Churchior nearly sixty years. Her consistent
religious life and maternal kindness
commanded the love nnd respect of nil who
knew her.
Rev. l>r. Joseph Cross.
This divine, so well known to the citizens of
our town, nnd throughout the South ns a Methodist
%inistcr, wns a short lime since ordained
a deacon iu the Episcopal Church at Nashville.
Dr. Cross is widely known as a graceful writer,
nnd lias a considerable reputation as a
pulpit orator, lie was once President of the
Female College of this place.
^ ?
The Civil Rightm lllll
ThiB Hill which was sent back to the Senate,
where it originated, with the President's veto
and his fair nnd impartial criticism, nnd reasons
for refusing his signature (hereto, has
received the required two thirds vote ol both
Houses, and is now a law. The vote was taken
in ll,? 11,.... i1.? 0,1. ?...! 1. <1
The dispatches from Washiugton say there was
intense excitement on the passage of lite Mill.
IIow long the government is to l?c administered
literally, by the Radicals we cannot tell. If
constitutional rights, justice, and wisdom were"
to assert their rule Radicalism would he dead.
The IVIit'ut Crop.
There is some conflict in the reports front
different sections of the district as to the prospects
of this crop, hut from nil we arc able to
learn, it is good for nn average crop. From
some portions of the di trict we learn it never
gave better promise; and again, from other
sections we hear it was damaged 1 y the cold
weather in February, and wlioat that was sown
late is left rather thin on the ground. Would
not the damage to this crop from freeics be
greatly obviated by manuring more thoroughly
and sowing earlier ? That which has come under
our observation promises an Abuudant yield
of this important crop.
m i i ? i
Companies from *pur(aiil>ura:.
We propose to commence, nl an early date,
the publication of the muster rolls of the companies
lrom this district in the late war. \\ c
believe that it is practicable to get them up
sufficiently correct, and feel they would be
valued highly as a record, and as commemorative
of the many noble spirits that fell in our
%
Feiilan?the Word.
Wc bare becu asked by some wlial the word
Fenian, which designates a society that has
caused so much speculation and trepidation in
some (quarters, is derived from, and its lexicographical
or radicul meaning. Wc can ouly
say that it is not in our loxicon. Will some
iriend give us its derivation or composition ?
We will bo pleased to hear from auy who may
know.
[/or (he Carolina Spartan.']
Ylac War of Races.
Mr. Editor : Many years have not gone by
since the F.nglish made an attack upon the
l'etro and were terribly cut tip by the Chinese.
Au United States naval oiliccr of high oflicial
rank threw his flag over tlie wounded English, j
ntul although this directly violating the laws of
nations, yet the whole civiliiod world applauded
the manly answer, "Blood is thicker than
water." The press in every part of the United
.States teemed with grandiloquent encomiums,
and lauded the act as ouc right aud proper.
A few more years the tragic drama is
changed. The nohlc and heroic blood of the
mnrtyred dead, and of a mutilated and brave
people, have been branded by their Northern
while race as miscreants and savages, and as
a retribulory holocaust to "God's peculiar people"?the
swarthy and enlightened denizens of
Ethiopia ?' their friends and brethren ! ' The
mischievous and diabolical effect of this "ncgro-philosophistn"
have sown ruin broad-cast
over the South, and it lias not advanced the
status of the frccdiucn, hut only scattered the
the seeds of the "War of Knee," and embitter- |
cd the distinctions of society. Could these j
Northern fanatics and Blnck licpublicans (a re.
puhlicnn and sinner, in Biblical language, always
g>>ing together) think more closely of the
consanguinity of blood," and search the statistics
of all history, which is staring them in the
face, they would there find?
" this one truth confess,
Some are, and must he greater than the rest."
' llace, says the celebrated l>r. Knox, is
everything?literature, science, nrl?and in a
word, civilization depends upon it. Willi me.
race or hereditary descent is everything, it
stamps the man !" And these Races have always
been as they were at first , for on the i
banks of the Nile still wanders, in considerable
numbers, the deseendents of men who built the
Pyramids and carved the Sphyux and Memnon
on the tombs of Egypt, the most reliable a 1
existing records?there stands the Negro, the
dew, the Copt, the Persian, the Sarinatiue,
nearly as we found them still." Now listen to
the words of the editor of the London I. a wit,
Feb., 18t>G : "The hroad-briunned school of
philanthropy was indignant at the idea tiiat
races would forever be at war with one another,
and that science has been enabled to predict
the coming war of Race against Race, which
has convulsed Kurooe duriiiL' the last iwn vi-ars I
This doctrine of a nccefsnry result and con tin- |
uancc of the war of Knee was the keystone of
the arches supporting the Edinburgh anato
mist's anthropological edifice, lie maintains
that such conflicting elements could never
agree." "1 foretold, said he, that hrenking
down of the iron despotism of llnpsburgh and
llradcnsburg, is the necessary result of the war
of Race; it came in 1847. The gold of England,
the sword of Russia ? either thought in- '
vincible ?could not amalgamate the darklmired
Fleming with tlie Saxon Dutchman.
Seven hundred years of absolute possession
have not advanced by a single step the amalgamation
of the Irish Celts with the Saxon English.
Thefymbri of Wales remain a< they were
The Caledonians still linger in diminished
numbers, but unaltered, on the wild shores of
the lochs and friths, scraping a miserable existence
front the narrow patch <>f soil left them
by the s tein climate of their native land. And
! now for the negro and negro-land. There is
j between the former and the white race, cxter|
minuting war. This race drove the French
from St. Domingo, and the i-sue of a struggle
with them in Jamaica might he doubtful ? but
come it will, 1W1 1 then the courage of the negro
will be tried on Kngluud!" l>r. Kuox has
been dead for many years, but the prediction .
was verified a few months ago. The negro of
Jamaica, although unprovoked, commenced a
war of murder, rapine, and diabolical cruellies
upon the whiles. They have been put down
by the whites. The Northern portion of these
i mli<l States, villi (In* Ksscx-llall filialios?
the vampires of Southern Mood -have shrieked
over the cruellies of their wliile brethren,
whilst wilh up-turned gaze tliey gloat over
burning houses, tortured wounded, strangled
children, and women ripped up by these demo 1
nincal blacks. If the subject w. re not too s?- '
rious a cine, we would turn their aticnii. n to i
lifiop B Tables -"the washing of the Ulm k:?
more white." It would instruct the.tu on matters
they have given the g ihyc!
In penning thc-e remarks we would not
have you, Mr. Kditor, believe for n pi intent,
that one unch'iritnble motive, or the least un- 1
kind feeling Inwards the frecdmen prompts
these sent intent s On the contrary, nil who
know us will credit the assertion, thr.t we h ive
licen fur over thirty years the friends of the
black r.iee. Hut we have always thought that
the elements of society were made itpol untag
onistical principles The superior race w ill and
must be tbe ruling one. Miscegenation, the
Northern millcuium, was an involuted hell, in
which they were willing to place the Southern
people, but were very careful how they, them
selves entered ; and all hough we are not pro
phots, or the sons of prophets, we will yet pre 1
diet that the exodus of the black Southern
frecdmen commenced in lH0f?. /W
mat fuclum." A. II.
Tjif. AiMontNMrxT or ooxrituss.?There
stents to be considerable .sneculation as to ilm
I into Congress will probnhly adjourn ts pre
cent session. It. is maintained by some correspondents
that the adjrurnment will take
place on the last Thursday in May, wliileotiters
are of the opinion that Congress will sit thro'
the summer. The Radicals are fixing nj> a new
progrntnme, and, we suppose, the question of
adjournment will form ft prominent feature
+
Lcgul Effect of tlie l*rocluuiatlon.
Sonic of the journals are discussing the legal
effect of the President's Proclamation. The
following extracts and comments are from the
Constitutional Unicn. It is judicially decided
that?
' When tho President has proclaimed a Htnte
to he in insurrection, the courts must hold that
this conditioii continues until he decides to the
contrary."
The civil war of 18G0-G1 begun by 1'oclu
motion, and has ended the same war. Unlike i
I
a foreign vvnr, Cougress had no hand in the I '
d duration, as the eo-oalled Southern Con fed- |
crncy never lin<l any legal existence, and was i
destroyed by the success of anns. There is
no room for the treaty making power (consist- 1
ing of the President and Senate) to act in its
termination, and (lie declaration Hint it has
ended is necessarily the sole act of the President.
The effect, then, of the P.csidcnt's act
of the Cd inst , is just this : it fixes a date of
which all the courts must take notice, and
which marks the termination of all law- having
special reference to the laic insurrection
J The New York AVorhl thus clearly states the
effect?
| "The proclamation takes away all the shelI
ter for arbitrary proceedings aflonlod t.y this
1 law, and rentiers all public ollieers as liable
as private individuals for trespasses on personal
liberty or private rights.
" lly l'resideut Lincoln's proclamation of
September 10, suspending the writ of
| habeas corpus, it was declared that "this suspension
shall continue throughout the duration
ot the rebellion, or until this pme'ntna- "
| lion shall by a subsequent one. to bo issued
I by the President of the United States, be modified
or revoked.'
"lly this proclamation, the fuithcrn Stateare
placed in precisely the same legal condition
in which they stoo 1 previous to the rebellion.
If their relations to the Federal Government
have been temporarily suspended or interrupted.
it was solely by the existence of rebellion
; but the rebellion being n itv officially
declared at an end, till theconstitutiotial rights
of the insurgent States revert Those States
can hereafter be subjected to no exceptional
disabilities without a plain and palpable violation
of the Constitution, as completely without
legal exeusc as would be the iullictiou of similar
disabilities on Massachusetts or New York."
The New York Times dwells upon the moral
and political effect of the Proclamation, and
shows that it removes all further picas for ex
j ceplional legislation, predicted upon the coti[
linuancc of a state of war, and that there can
no longer henceforth be any tenable prctcucc
for talking of or dealing with the .South as still
in rebellion, as the President, in the exerciso
of an iucontestibla authority, has declared the
rebellion ended. Wc quote:
" There can ho no cxcu-e for diet at itig terms
to Southern Stales as conquered provinces, or
imposing conditions upon t!u-jr p -ople as sub
jugnted rebels, at the mercy of the conqueror :
tor the Kxccutivc of the nation has proelaiuit I
that the rights of States in the South are as
valid as those of State- in the North ; that the
civil authority of Georgia is a- perfect in itsphere
as that of Mii-sachn ? tt-. and that Ili
Southern people itrp, as a w hole, loyally futcut
upon doing their duty a- citizens of the United
] States. There ran no longer be a decent pretext
for excluding Southern Poprescntntives
from Pongress. or for enacting law- applying
peculiarly to the Southern Stales, and eutbrc
I ing provisions which their authors dare lot
; attempt to ci force ?n their < wn States. To
| this extent, therefore, tho proceedings <f the
President cannot fail t'"> oxctvi-e a potent in
fliicucc upon the sayings ami doings ol Congress."
All of wliicl. supposes that llic J re-eni Con !
gross is a C it>iiiit!i->n re-pectins. law abiding !
ho<ly of men, when it litis shown tor four
montlis ] est tlit: it in nothing of the kind. It
is said however, trucly enough, that the President's
tut
' pej-rive- th- agitators and mischief niak cr*
?'l tlieh only apol -gy, nml Munis the wca
]> >n with which they have hitherto fought
They in ii ^ t > it her nccopi the fact ] romulgate 1
hy the President, with all i's logical ennso
tjUciires, or a -utne an attitinle ? I rcsistence t >
the authority lawfully v? stvl in liini. In on ease
their tactics must undergo a change, which
can hardly to fir the w rse In the other they
will sea! their condemnation 1 rtore the couti
lit, ati-1 eon 11 t theinse! t es of a desire ( > usurp
a power withheld from thcin l>y the Coustiiu
lion."
The "Tin cs" is looking for fresh attacks
upon the I'll ident, and iu anticipation of tlu-m
the President
"Produces the dicta of President Lincoln,
which wciuiii cut ire harmony with the- dcuin
declai at ions of tjongres-. -upporied and in at
leant instance originated by the eery mem- i
her- who now find it c nvenient to omttpy di r*
metrically opposite ground. They who now
say that the war had other objects th in the
maintenance the I'lie-ii, whenever they asail
I tic l'l iclutnatiou. Will tili-l themselves
eon I routed with their own nvowul* and the
avowals of the then Pr?-ident, put forward
with their f.motion."
Ki.i.kasi. or At'MittAt Srn?n>.?The correspondent
of the New V -rk '/' n't telegraphs on
tlie Mli to that journal that i apt ttaphnel '
Semines, of ' Alihima" notoriety, has been re
leased IV m custody '"V the dincti >n of the
President. It is undcrste 1 th it tlie order i- j
based in put upon the reeciil deeisiou of (lie .
Supreme t.'ourt relative to the powers mill
tnry courtn. It tipper- fi >m official -mrns '
I I.n't - Ill -
...... ... Minify nn? 1HI.--II I 1 V lllll'CI II . > I |||0
Navy l>opnrtm<nt. Si n inn Welle- holding
tlmi lie It:*-1 violate 1 ili?' usages of war in this:
thai having determined in surrender In ilie
commander of tin* "Kearsagc,and sent his
own officer :il?- i>* 1 I lint v. -el in iniikc known
lii* purpose, Sen.mo* 11>e I upon the I'.nglish
Vend while In* nit nger executed In- I'Oin
mission
11 is held by the Navy ltepartnient I lint by
the iisages of war. Sciiiiih - wn? the prisoner of
ilie I niicd States Government I'roiu (lie nioincnl
lie sent his officer i?> miike the surrender. '
There was no intention of li ving him upon
charge* (,f burning el-, a* those nets are ,
deemed 1 >y the Navy l'epnrimenl legitimate
warfare. Soon nfier die facts conneote I with i
I he eseape beeame known the Secretary of the i
Navy .siibmiiied the mailer I > a b ard of naval | |
officer-, who derided the law to be as above (
slated, and thai deci-i n was shortly afterward ,
coininu'iiealed r<> she t'onfederale Secretary of
the Navy. Mnllwry. Thnt individual paid no
Attention to the communication. however, and
Semitic- was Afterward permitted to lake a |
cvuiiu-iu i in mv ui ut(>i j
JeflciKou Uavli
la ilie report of tlic proceedings of tlie House
of Representatives on the 9tli instant, vre fiud
tho following :
Mr. Houtwcll, of Massachusetts, offered the
following resolutions, and demanded the previous
question upon their passage.
Whereas, the 1'rosident of the United States
did, f>n t c 8d of May. ISOii, by proclam itioii
declare and make known that it did appear
from evidence in the Keuuru of Military Jusiice
that the atrocious murder of the late President
Abraham l.incoln, and the attempted assassination
of the Hon. W illiain II. Seward, Secretary
of State, were incited, concocted and piocured
l>y ami between Jefferson Davis, late of Rich
inond, Vrn, and J icob Thomson, Clement
Clay, llcverly Tucker. (Seorge N. Sander-, William
t'. t.'lcnry, and other rebels and traitors
against the Government of the Uuited States ;
and
Whereas, The said Jcffersor Davis, in the
same month of May, was arrested hy the military
forces of the I niled States, and has -nice
hcen held in the custody thereof under the authority
of the President of the United States;
therefore, he it
Jk'i'aolt> I, That the Committee* on the Jndic
.... j ..v hoi ?v? '? aiM|iuu- wuvmrr inert* i"
probable cause to believe tliot any of tin- per
hoiih mimed in i-1 proclamation arc guilty as
is iti said proclamation alleged ; mid it ho.
whether any legislation necessary in order
to Ijfinjr such jK'isfltis to a speedy and impartial
trial; and that -aid Committee have J'owcr
to tend for persons and papers.
And he it lurtlicr Resolved, That the said
Committee he in like in iuiicrcuipowcred to inquire
whether there is probable cause to believe
that said persons, or any of them, arc
guilty of treason against the United Slates,
and whether tinv legislation is necessary in
older to bring Mich persons to a speedy and
impartial trial in the district where such crime
may have been committed.
The demand f"i the previous question being
seconded, the question was taken and the re
solutions were adopted.
Mr. Hayinoiid, of New York, offered the
following, and demanded the previous question
on its adopt ion :
Whereas, the President of the I'nited States
has, bv proclamation, declared the insurrection
in the Slate of Virginia to be at an end ;
And whereas, the reasons which have hitherto
prevented the holding of a Court of the
United States in the said State for the trial of
persons charged with treason against the
United states have been thereby obviated and
removed : Therefore,
Itesolved, That the President of the United
States he request c i to take steps for the spec ly
trial of Jefferson li.ivis, who has been duly in
dieted in sai i State for said crime of treason,
unless he shall be will* resoliable uispalch indicted
for said crime, and put upon dial in
some oilier district, in which he may bo legal
ly liable for trial.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, hoped that
this resolution would be referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary, to whom this subject
had this morning been referred by a previou
resolution.
Mr. Raymond considered that the subjectmatter
of the two rcs 'luiions were quite dis
Intel lie uii?l'iiIn" resolution air ilv
udopte 1 to refer lo lite avsa -.n:iti..n of Ahraliiiin
l.i'tciiln.
Mr. Stevens said it also ctivcrc1 the subject mailer
>>f Mr. 11 ay moml's i t s Mution
Mr. Itaymon 1 remarked that his reason far
otlcriug I lie te?oliiiinn was iho prevalence of
rumors t i^e clloct that n process was yboui
lo issue for the release of Davis \\ lUout uii)
trial, aii'l he i!."iig!it it the ilutv of Cotigre*?
i<> lak some action to prevent such a result.
He ronsriitcil. Imwei r. 10 withdraw his detnami
for the pn v.ous question.
'1 he resolution w .s then referred to the Com mitlee
on the .'udi? n'y.
Mn. l.ii *i\ * i'. \. . i.i.ki>. The House of llepr-'seiitai
i\e> oi the |>*e? -iit llurnp I'onpres*
tilled up ilo iiie.isitii of its infamy yestorday,
by expelling Juiiu Hi-uks from the seat It
i\ hit h lie was e'e ted by I be people ol the High: h
i 'oitgi e- i"i;aI D -i i iet of Ih s Stale, and voting
into his seat Mr William 1". Dodge, mho was
not elected, although ii is known and adiui le i
thai he used tens of thousands of dollar* corruptly
to secure the sullragcs of the Voters of
that locality.
A little plain talk on this matter will do no
harm.
Messrs. lladioals of the Hitinp-<'onpress, da
you liot see that, by expelling S tiator Stock
ton, and i' .ti^ res ne u Hal iWiti. \ oorhec- and
Krooks, t aeeoinp ish j it !y parly end*, you
ju-tify and invite like vi i"'ence \ v<n use traml
and t"!' to mid to your numbers; and you
emtio!, ia reason, object it some power, miI
. rior io your.-, -ieiu'.d an .pt your methods in
it-? d a'.ing- with you 'I'liere is. intrinsically,
no in ore s.iei' Inc.ss in the Uepublicati inijori
lies V\ llicll I li te I Tend. SteVCII*. Wi'll'wiil" .
er l'.iiigham. than in tlie Den?oeratie tnajorit
es w liich chose HaUlw in. Yo rhees and Hi ookIf
ii rule of justico ohtnins i:< the one case,
in itio i it u i-s in the other. You kick Kepre-I
nt it of tlll'ir its because you have
till j w r. an i i:. j > doing lose all moral status
with ti. untry. Should the kieknig pr ee.-he
tunii i i^ ii isi y urselvcs. re ueu.licr it weie
y. ii . mii in i le force the arbiter. It s a poor
rule tint willing work both ways.
!. i. i! r I e tie T' rations of llii? irreen
lar b( i\ <.iii lave iii. value i>? the public. We
deny ili ii it i.- :i <\uigrr*ss of tin* I nilod States.
It i i only i xoludcs ?level! Siuitlull ii re
due. - ii ii iiu-ml.i i-hip by violence to curry
oil u ? .r ;i :i i ii -1 the intcgiity of the I iiion
I' - record i- already the must shameful |*"i
in ? ui history ?Aiic J "k H"ttrld, 7//i in-'!.
forms Fa? routns. -A coilon factory in
Mac in. (!.i , i- turning out 0l?,000 yards of
sheetinn 1 nii.nili. This is doing very well,
and wc a c jjlnd to record such evidences ol
lile in the oi l land yet;"?but we expeei ere
1 tig ( > go e " idciablv nlu ii l ol it. i.xlriisive
lull - are now in course of construction ill
Kuiniin, S. on a larger scale limn any hereto!
ie in operation in ihe South, where all
l.iii 1- t coiion goods are to he manufactured.
Ii in ihe cheapest homespun to die finest
pi nils' or calicoes.
In i onnectioii with these cotton works, there
w ill he also a first class pap' r mill, where the
he -1 article of news, hook an 1 writing paper
will tie niatiiifnctiircd. It ! '. I'.vnns, K*q , long
an 1 favorably known in this eity, as engaged
in (lie siationery and publishing business, is
the President of the fonip iny. and gives t.ll
his time and energies to the furtherance of this
project, and these ac<|ti:iiute I with his character
will require ti" other gtiaran ee of the suci-e.ss
and early completion of this laudahlo enterprise.
The 1 oration selected, Kalinin, in the vicinity
of Aiken, S is one particularly suitable
lor the purpose, combining as it does all the
plemenls necessary for the successful carrying
an of iiiiiuitfacturing on a large scale.
( Ch irl- stnn Xeirs.
I.ii uMiivti \t.ri1 1*' 1 SlW'i Ctinl uSn Witt.lot*
*.... I , I
lias Wen <lifc)iarged from custody l?.v ovdcrs
From Washington.
sityofthe preservation of the itinerant system,
which lie thought vital to the Church au 1 to
religion.
Speaking of the propose! change in the name
of the Church, he greatly favored, if. any
change was made, that of the "Wcs'eyan Methodist
Episcopal Church," as the Church was
essentially Weeleyan in its distinctive char.
. acter.
| .As to the increase of Bishops, he thought it
! should never reach the having one for each
t onfereuce. evidently because it militated
' somewhat against the theory utid'syslem of the
itincraey.
The Bishop also referred them to his views
on the principal subject, in a preface to the
work ot ltcv Mr Iteauchaiup. which had been
published by the Methodist episcopal Book
Concern.
Bishop Sonic nlso expressed a willingness
to see the laity represented in Conference, but
in such way as not to interfere with the ministerial
functions, and not to draw upon the
treasury, as now provided for, to pay the cost
of their attendance.
< tilier suggestions were ma le of gicat value.
A resolution was adopted expressing the
greatest respect for the venerable and venerated
llishop, and a filial regard for the lessons
ot hi* wisdom and experience.
After some routine and unimportant proceedings,
the Conference adjourned until this
morning at o'clock.
Ex Pk?:shjknt 1?a\is.?The Washington
correspondent of the New York World, of the
! Mli instant, s tvr, concerning the trial of Mr
l?nvis :
President Johnson lias Won frequently importuned
?>t late tn release Jeff. Davis on his pa,
role. I lie Pre-ulcnt has been wailing for Conj
i?i take some notion with n view of muki
ing some pr> virion b?r his trial, as suggested
in lii> aiinnul tin .-age ; KillvVingress does net
I seem I:-] >-e to do nnyiliiug about i'. If tliey
do not. it is v-ty probable that the President,
iv. 1. ri.eise him on his parole, 'i he surgeon
who had charge of Davit* for some time after
hi- nrre-t has been requested to make a report
in regard to his conduct doting the lime Ire
hud charge of him. The present surgeon has
| also been requested t > make a roport in his
case. The | urpoee of tliis has not transpire*!
. but it i- thought to have something to do with
I his ie'ca?c."
I The W a-iiington correspondent of the World
also state.- thit the question of issuing a gen(
ei til atitne.- y has been t-criou-ly discussed in
, Oib.net on M-veral ecca-iuiis ol la'c. The Preside
it lui- been sin ugly urge 1 liy many inftu'
cntial U.idical ltej ublicans tn lake (bis step.
It i- known that at least three member- of the
t'abinet are strongly in l.tvor of it. It is not
imprnbnb'e that the l'rc-idsnt may be induced
to take this step at an early day
SiitiK or Titv: Urst'i.Ts ?The Petersburg
/ . /, - says the refusal of a justice to inarry a
black man an 1 a while woman, the refusal of a
hotel keeper to lodge or feed a negro, or of a
church to -<ll a pew to a negro, subjects, by
i' the t"i\.l (lights Poll, the 'offending" party to
a fine of ?10("H>, or imprisonment or both.
To di-cr'.tn tiate by any State bet ween whites
and bl. k- in any of it- laws, remits the nggricvi
d bl iok l.sthe courtof the United States
tni- trial. S> that under I he t'ii il bights Ilill,
the IVderul courts wdl have cognizance of
iniirale;-. rape-, ar-ons, robbories, and many
In ! i ime- heretofore c ignizable exclusively
: in State courts
9 tm ?
K uitr.ii, I s i r.npit i r \ ion. ?That journal
1'nrcmost in till f.i-ii u- in I vindictive proceedcceding'
the Chicago Tribune proposes tho
impeachment of I're-i 1 nt .1 din-ou forgiving
ai I an 1 ecinfori to rebels, and for bribery and
...........r.. r, i> i * ?
II ? r> - l.li pinna IIIlllIOIl
til )> iiir tnd claim* ili:ti. not withstanding and
in de'i.iitru of it. t ngiis* has precisely the
itno light hi ii hud I efore. to recognize the
Stale tinvrriimotifs of ti c South, to establish
new State organization*. to extend political
r.gins i.i iIn- di-lranchised loyal men, and withliol.l
tlif tn from tlie enfranchised rebels, and
in blmrl to make all (lie laws necessary for tlie
guidance of Andrew Joliusoii an i of every department
of liovornnicnt relative to reconstruction
" The Tribune admits tlmt military law
i- withdrawn, the writ of habttu corpus, hy inference
restored, but denies thai the Slates are
reconstructed It hints with manifest approi
heiision at a careful concealment tiy the l'resiili-ni
of his intentions, should Congress reverse
his reconstruction policy.
Tut Soitiikhn Fain in IIai.iimobf..?The
llnltiiiiore papers speak in the highest eulogistic
terms of the great fair now being held
in that city in aid of the suffering poor of the
South. The sale of season tickets ($2 each)
on the morning of the 6th instant amounted to
upwards ot ten thousand, while the visitors on
special tickets (iit> cents each) were estimated
at eleven thousand. The sales of articles had
amounted to about ten tIi m-atid d illars, and
ilie slock on hand was estimated at one hundred
thousand dollars. All the hotels and
|<n\aio noun's arc crowded io thsir utmost
j extent.
W e ii'oieethat this great charitable enterprise
is meeting uiih such popular favor, and
wc n>?ure the loaders of it and all thoso interested
in it. that their kindness will not soon
l?e forgotten by our people.?Char. Courier.
It is reported that all the m.islcr out will be*
completed by the first of May, and there will
then be '.eft in service 17,066 white volunteers,
at)4-ao,!'17 colored, making a total of 47.282.
*?
J J 1
[From the New Orleans Crescent, April 6.]
Jtlelliodlftl LpUcopal Geueral
Conference.
As had heen duly announced, the Methodist
i^iiotiU|Jai VI :urrni v uuiereilCC OSSeiUOleU yesterday,
atthu Mctiehee Church, oa Carondelot
streot.
The assembly was called to order at 9 A. , *
{ by the Uev. bishop J O. Andrews, for temporary
orgauization.
) The assembly then proceeded to a perraaI
nent organization, when the Kev bishop Marly
' was chosen President, and the Her. Dr. Sumi
mere was elected Secretary.
I The delegates present numbered some two
I hundred, and about forty more were expected
I t<> arrive immediately.
I The rules ?f the 1 :st General Conference
w re adopted as those under which the present
Conference -houM be conducted.
The President laid before the C-oufcronee a
' very interesting communication from the Rev.
I'm-hop Soule, the senior Methodist bishop of
the Methodist Mpisco|ial Cnurch, South, and
the oMe-t minister of that Church in the United
| States, and probably in the world, who, at a
very advanced age, still lives near Nashville.
It was ad Iresscd to the Ucv. I)r. McFerrin,
and reduced by him to writing and approved
as correct. The llishep felt that it was impossible
lor him to b- present with thein, though
he earnestly desired so to be. He was calmly
awaiting, with steadfast bo) e, the great
i change, lie gave them much earnest and useful
advice, dwelling particularly on the neces