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V- V -w From Washington. Washington, January SO. * *r t. The Senate was engaged in Jhe dis cussion of tlie b.ll giving protection to | persons in their civil status. Mr. Trutn" j bull withdrew his an)euJme:it, otVered on i yesterday, relative to declaring all persons ! of African descent, horn in the United I States, citizens ttiurKrif ntnl mill.til ntu.l <> > I declaring all persons in the Uuited State*, ! or jioi subject to ary foreign power, citizens, without distinction of raco or color. ..The House recommitted the Constitutional ainetidinent relaiive to representa. tioD, though without instructions, to the Committee on reconstruction. It then took up run! considered the Senate bill to j enlarge the powers of the breed men's liureau. A resolution, extending the j courtesy of the floor to the members elect from Arkansas, was disagreed to. Washington, January 31. In the Seuate, Mr. Anthony offered a i bill to regulate suffrage and elections in the District of Columbia, which is a mo- I dificaliou of one passed in the House, and contains several provisions for the quali' ficnt:or>8 of voters. Tue d scussion of the bill protecting all persons in their civil r.ights, with the amendment offered yesterday by Mr. Trumbull, was resumed. Speeches were made by Messrs. Davis, lleverlv Johnson and Clark. I 7(i the House, Mr. Stevens, from the Keconstruclion Committee, reported bark the joint resolution yesterday recommit ted to if, amended by having stricken out the direct taxation clause. Ho supported the amendment in a speech and referred in caustic terms to the President, owing to the recent publication of" the conver?ai tiyn had between him and a Senator, lie said the command of the Presideii*, made at this time, whilo the House was legislating on the subject, was in direct violation of the privileges of the ho ly. Made in that way, a few years ago to Parliament, by a Jlritish king, it would have cost him his head ; but we are ton erant of the usurpation and abuse of powr or. At the conclusion of bis remarks the Constitutional amendment, ss reported, was carried?yeas, 120; nays, 40. Washington, February 1. In the Senate, Mr. Fessenden gave notice that lie would, cn Monday, ask to take up ths C.matituliot al amendment passed on yesterday by the House, and would endeavor to ke^p it before die body Wtil f\d'>jve !. It ?as desirab'e to get the amendment before the State Legislatures now in session at the earliest mot ment. Mr. Howard tna<Ie a speech on bis motion, for tho trial of Havis and Clay lie offered an amendment including aJI others who were in concert with them. The House Judiciary committee has reported adversely on all plans or bibs relating to the ^lay Laws. Washington, February 2 Tho Senate discu>sed the bill providing | for the protection of all persons in their civil rights, and after a long debate passed ' it, by a vote of 33 to 12. flie President to day sent a message to the Senate, nominating a Minister to 1 the Republic of St. Domingo, as he he lieved the commercial inteiests of the country would be benefitted by its recognition, while at lite same tim?? such action would be in accordance with the eetlled policy of the United Slates. WaSHIROTO!*, Feb 3. Senate?Mr. Kessenden called up the joint reso'ution from the Reconstruction Committee proposing a constitutional Amendment, basing representation upon population, and excluding from representation all persons denied suffrage ?n ac i count ot color. Mr. Sutnnor (poke in opposition, and offered a substitute declaiing that all j persona shall be espial before the law in civil and political rights, ite occupied the attention of the Sena'e during the entiie day, and contended for the perfect political and civil equality of all men. He will not conclude bis speech until to-morrow. I lot'sa ? Mr. Ross, of Illinois, intro duced a resolution proposing an amendment to tiie rules to set apart one day in each week for the consideration of public i business, to be ceiled "alms man's day.'' , The rtsolution was laid upon the ta- . tie. Mr. McClungr off-red a resolution in* I Ptruciing the Committee on Keconntruc tioo, to inquire into tire expediency of laying a Ui oi the lata rebellion* States, in order to defray the exponse cf keeping standing armies among them to keep il o peace The House refti?ed to lay the bill on the table, and debate arising, it , vrooi ever under the rules. ' Imk ftlaiife, ^ A resolution was adopted instructing tlie Reconstruction Committee to take into consideration tlie subject of removing the Capital of tlie United States to a more central position, to be secure from foreign enemies, as well as to alloid more securii ty to legislation. The House resumed the consideration of the b'il extending the powers of the Fieedmen's Hureau. An amendment was adopted eonfiuing its operation to those States where the writ ol hul>cas corpus is suspended. Washington, Feh. 0. Senate.? air. NVi'lev offered a resolution, which was adopted, instrnstTni; the Committee on 111e tfudiciarv to i e(*5ort a bill for the payment of loyal citizens of the lately rebellions State* for quarter master's stores taken from them for the use of United Stales armies. N?r. Sumner resumed the lloor in con linuation of his argument ol yesterday, and spoke at great leng h. He said that the principles lie contended for, de&p:U harsh and perverse counsels, would tri Uinphantlv prevail. 11oi'SB.?The House resumed the con sideration of tlie l?iI extending the pow ers of the Freed men's Bureau. The lirst amendment voted on was rliat none ol the provisions of the act should extend tc | or he in force in the Slate of Kentucky, i It was rejected. The substitute for the bill presented by Mr. Srevens was also r jected. It provided, among other thing* ! that the freed mon shall retain tho land . , on the basis of the homestead law, not exceeding fortv acres evil, and that th< occupants of the Ian 1 under Shermati'i special field order are confirmed in llieii j possession, and no person shall he din turl.ed cr oil-lid therefrom unless a set i dement shall he made with said O'vumuiti j by the former owner c-atisfa*torv" to 111< Freedinau's Human. The bill was passer; | ?yeas 160, nays 53. Washingros, Feb. 7. Sbn'Aik. ? Mr. Clarke reported a bill providing for punishment of persons con ! victed of kidnapping negroe^. Mr. Feiaenuen made * speech in sup port of the joint resolution in relaliou tc representation. IIoL'SK.?The House considered a bill ; setting apart all public lands in Louisiana ' Mississippi, Florida and Arkansas, foi ' homestea Is of eighty acres to be givei I without regard to olasgor color. Severa Republicans declared that the freedmer thus located would preserve the spirit ol IllkPrt V ll.VUtnftl llttttr Lrmar Anitrn<tc/\rc while on iht? Democratic side it wn? con tended thai the hill discriminated again-l j the white men who desired to emigrate , to the South, and that it excluded licin J its heimti s those who had taken part in I the rebellion, hut who Iih<] been pardoned by the President. There w as 30 act'oti | cm the hill. i'l.e ilouie also considered the Navy appropriation bill. Nearly all | the items for the Nortolk yard were stricken ou t. WasBinotom, Feb. ?. A delegation of colored men, beaded l>v Fred. Douglas and lb il. Downing, called on the President to-day for tlo purpose of expressing their ideas on tbf rjtiestions now being considered affecting their interests, and also to learn the viewi ' entertained by the President in the saint connc.'tioii. Hi wis addressed by both Downing and Douglas, who strongly urged that the coloteO race should be endowed wiui an ilie rigiit*, |>rivii and immunities of citizens of ilio United States', and des red thai, the right of suf frage he given to them, not only iu thii District, hut all over (he laod. The J'revdeiit responded; e tying if h a pan course was not evidence of Ins good will to (he colored race, lie could aav nc more. He had said, and repeated fiere, that if iliejr cocld find no other Moses to lead them to the land of promise and liberty, he would he that Moses; hut he was not willing to adopt a policy which Would result in danger to the co'ored fnen, tnd possibly lead to a war of races, Nothing hut evil would restr't from fore, ing upon the people of this District, or any other sect on, a principle in direct opposition to the expressed will of the majority. At the conclusion of his re milk#, w It itli were of considerable length, Douglas said the question wcold have to b? settled bv the people; to which the President expressed his assent, saying he had great faith in the people. The President remarked to a military officer to-day, that if the District suffrage bill should pass ilia ftenate without amendment he might feel it hit duty to veto it, though he had not fully deter mined to do so. He expresses his approve! of too Trumbull Frocdinen'.i Jinreau bill. % 0 \ THE LANCASTER LE1HTKR. WEDNESDAY MOUSING, February 14, 18GC. Subscribers finding a (X) cross mark on the margin of their i>por may know that their time is about to expire. Mr. Tiiout* P. Slipkr, is our authorized agent tr? receive advertisements and sub< scrip'ions for the I.KvatR in f linrlestou. uiiau this: Persons who have hail printing done at this oilice under the ???1, ~ ? I W<iau i un:^> ui t' uillnuailj' ICtJlieiSl! ct to settle their bills. We canI not do a credit business. j Those who arc indebted to tlie office for *er| vice rendered previous to the ''ilth of August last (under the old rtyintr) are also rc<pie.->lctl to settle. Four tilths ot the white male adults in the Distiict uro indebted for either subscrip tion or ad vet tisillg previous to the dale mentioned ai d perhaps nut a half do/.eu have paid 1 up to this time. The amounts due are small ? t 11i'los to the U'bt'ns but iir ihe'aggtegatc'till portunt to us. All accounts eotiiracted previ ous to itilli Vugust are due the Senior pioprietor. hut payment may he mad* to cTther ol tin present prnpiietors. Willi every disposition ' to itulu'ge those who nre with~bt means, wc know there an* m^ny who can pay without inr I coiVrjeiiionec to tfieinselves. mid we tiust, that, ( I'liii.ded by this in it ice, they will seek an ear ly opportunity of doing s?. Wc arc indebted t > Mr. J. M. Sadler, who lias just l e'iirned with hi* slot 1 | of "New floods," for late No'tliein arid Soiitl i era pape.-a. . Public Lectures. , j The first of a seiies ol Lectures <-n the "Kv ^ idenee of Christianity," nniv he enpeiVed ii I the Court House on Kii-lay night, Febiuary It'*, 1 I. lie., .i \ Craiir t fi?OR(il a.?The lion. Ale* II. f'teplics* am , Hon. 1 lerschel Johnson have hccii pIitIwI I to llie I S. Semite l.v the Ucorgia I.egislalui e Although Mi. ;'t -p' viih !. ? I noil t i [it-mit hi: name to te iim'J, he I'l'iviveil loJ voles to li1" j lor lieu Hill. 1 | We Rive apace in to .day's issue to anothci of the humorous productions of the inimitahh I "Bill Arp." We have in at ore lor ?ur lie* i j [laper his "Flight I rem Sherman's raiders,' which in point of lull and humor, ojuals iti I j predecessors. ? mr-~ ? ' | "The North Carolina Guardian.' i j The r l#>vc is the title of n new daily papci just established in Charlotte N. C. Mr. J. K Britton, formerly editor of the Winnaboro 1 | .Ynr*, is hdilor und proprietor. The paper pre f rents a neat appearance and is well lilVd will reading matter. We are under otilication* foi ' a copy ol the daily. We commend it to al ' | who want a good paper. See prospectus. J An Opening. i ! A good oppoitunity lor making money fa* ^ is now open to any eueigetic ciliit'ti who wil estahlish within conveiiieut distance ol out illaffe a well regulated Sawmill. We har< 1 for some time Stifle red lor the want ol auch ai I eiitfrpr*,t and lumber being in gieat ueiuntu i 111 |nI'm*111, wiiii im pro*pcct ot afi H crrvr , w?* hope Home iiioiiieil indivi.lual expeiienrci in tiie bu.?inCHS, will eiiilmik in the undcilak inff. Cancelling Revenue Stamps. 1 The le^al anil n.ost effectual method lo pm feet aguiiiHt fined, in tlie canceling of Hevc 1 1 ntM Stumps, is, t? write til# initial! and ilnt< j ' in inic, wherelnr tlie stamp is made to ccnea i pond, in these particular*, with the iu*trumrti , ' to whicli it is altixed. In Home Instance* stamp re lined without being olditerated whatever ' or wimply inmked across with a pencil. Tliii method affords no protection against the uh< ' of stamps n second time, to wrliii h a heavy pen i alty ih attached. \fe should be more precix | in such matters. , i ltooijcries. We learn fiom a ^jentleman Hvicjj a l?w I miles at ove the Village, tint scarcely u night I pns-es, that aoine sinoke'liousc, pig sty, o cbicken*coop. in hi-a nelghhothood, is not rillet of it* contenti. Kor a while the "cotton spec i otation" seemed to absorb the interest of th< i rogues, hut since that lucrative business hn< been nicked, the atevn realiticw of \v tut ha. ( increased the duinand for corn, bacon, and tlx jLther necesaarios of life. \Ve kr ?* of no bet tcr remedy than vigilance. These acts are o bo frequent occurrence, that it tiny soon be 1 eome necessary for every mail to stand guait i over his premises at night. )t will not ceasi until son**body is hurt. Our advice i* 'to kccj your powder diy." naming season. Tlic day of preparation (or planting ia a hand. Kverybody areir.* bu*y, mid have gom to work with a new impuUe and big expecta 1 liana a? to the eiiormou* profit* expected to In 1 realized (r in the growth of cotton. Corn h 1 not apokeri of?not in the programme. in fact ; (rem present indication*, it aeerosthat no grair beyond the actual want* of the producer wil i be calculated on hi thia auction. With a tai of live eenia per pouad oi the raw cotton, a* i re?n.*<l by the U, S. flnverntfirnt, beside a hea vy tax by the Stale, we think the if an sensibh ' who paya none attention to the culture of i 1 large giain crop. Wheat ia repreaeuted a j locking belter than for several year* past. \\ Burrowing the News. It may seem almost incredible, yet it is nev crtheless not "more true than tiite," ihstofthe seven or eight hundred people in Ibis District who are weekly readers ol the Lukikr, not 1 more tliau one louith of that uiunber pay for ' tiie information they glean lio n its col iinns. J To such a ruinous extent is this being practiced I upon us, that we (eel duty bound, however pain- | I lul to revert to these (aets, to give publicity to j the matter. \Vc nre aware of instancy* in j ' which our paper is handed around to (iva or i j six families, in inure than one itcighborhood ; ! : others", where persons who never kiisrt ?nli.<cii< j , bed to their District paper, are close iv'iservers ' ol wh.it appears in it* coluiima, seemingly, I more eager to gel the -news than any one else. I In these remarks we have not the slightest al hision to our former patrons who are without j mail facilities ; we have assurances that tin it j 1 immes will be entered as soon arf conveniences ai e i e'< aiu'.lisheil. lint our rumaik* are intended for those who 1 cheat us of our just dues, and al the same time | . spunge on our subxeiibeis b>r that which they ' thenisi've* ate too pcnnrioi-S to pay lor. To I ' all such, and tlie.e na1 not a few, we would j say, that in the eves of honest men, you are I "stealing from the printer." Hind tins around ! for il'ts betielii of your neighbor* New Ativertiseincuts. ' 1 The following ail vet ti-oincnCs appear for the i first bine in to-days paper : .1. M. Sadler : New (ioods, . K <i Hillings, Kxec'r., ol Minor Clinton : j Valuable I.nw, Kquity and Miscellaneous Libia- j ry lor Sale K. it. Hilling', ('. K. L, D. : notice to per1 ' petuate Te?iimonjr. 1 The Revenue I.aws. The commission appointed to revise the rev- j enne laws has nude a long repot t, \?!nch wc j find published in the N'oiiheiu p'i|.ers. Among the reeottnnend ilions to Congress in the repoit ' are the fellowing ' A lux of five cent* a poind on raw cotton. A reduction of tlie tax on whiskey to one . dollar per gallon I i A redaction ol the nunjWr s/ article* upon , which la to -wail L>e IhM, and a tp.nlualiy in: cua-id htndtii upon a f-wr luxu-ic* und neco** , | auto.*. The removal of all t txo* (.otu tnanulce'Yred ! ! article* in time, I The exemption id all irrcome* helow one , thousand dollar*, instead ol six hundred uoh | 1 | lata a* at present, the tax to be live per cent ! | on all income* over that aunt. 1 I No tax upon leaf tobtoio. No tixc* upon I retail trade*, shoe maker.*, t ilor*, dieas-niak* j ' i ei*, etc. ! Tint PKkunrmuN Tiuoumucal Skui.n tur. | | ?'this institution at Columbia, is a^uiii in ope* r ' ration. 'I he faculty consist* ot lbs. Howe, Adser. and TToodrow. The nunibcr of stu, ' dent* i* very small, but an increase i* expected j t A!) early day. Tbe Southern I'irabyterian : ( 1 wo tir gl.il to see lias reappeared recently, I r ! and seen is t.? be in vigorous hands. f Tiiic ItptiMMi or Coliubia. ?An interesting I a-count ?f llio "Surk and Destruction of the ) City of Columbia, S. C, lias ju*t been issued, . t I iui pamphlet lorui, iiout tiio 1'lnruis stoaili ! 1 power p:e?. Orders tan be t;ile 1. to any ci< r tent. 1 ? j* pout am ? Lands on iiik Coast.? j A special de-patch to lU^ Charleston j ! A'i \ci, dated Washington, 2ad instant, . i RH)R : The question baring been submitted to | Gen. Slietiiiaii, who is i:.?vy here, hr to what he meant by his mili ary order turning (iter the u'aml land* in South Carolina to the rjeoroea, l.? li is slated to a committee of gentlemen from tlint Slate, ' unci a'so written a letter lo the President, i that it sss only for temporary purposes, Hiid wan not intended to last lunger than when pence was declared, and the rebels laid down their arms and submitted to the la.?b. j This fact is of great importance, ns it | has been maintained by legislators that the reverse of lliis was (ten. Sherman's j idea, lie also says that lie only intended | the lands to be used for the aged and r helpless freedmen, and be distinctly says I llial the title of the freedmen could last only so long as the wa? lasted. 1 A Hit ?A I'ali'aiii.k llir.? In the s II oua; of Ueproaenlatives yesterday, Mr. lions, of Illinois, moved an amendment of f the rules so (bat on* day in six of the j time spent by Congress might he devoted ! to tli* pub te business?to be called the , u White ]><? tj " Of courts the resolution w** UbVl ios'nn'ly. The Utwnp Congress fiadc it better worth whil?k.to li? to p ive ilia Ha t publican party limn to restore the Union; s ami ? >, instead of Ink cure of the nn< ' tional affair* of thirty million* of people, ' it spend* nil it* ??bois upon the lueal <%f fairs of six jr ei^lit million*, who are , q tile capable of manaifing them for I themselves. One of the*e days the thirt ty million* will wake np ami drive out * these wretched fanatics, who are practle* iiijj strangulation upon the political and 1 commercial life of the Impolitic. That , will be the ''while insn'a day."? New | York World. 40 A Speech of Henry A. Wise. In Richmond a few days ago llenry A. \N is8 delivered an address in behalf of the orphan* of Confederate soldiers, and it is proof that he has riot forgotten 1 how to talk. lie spoke thus : ?ni. t a.I.a. ,.r ??.i ...u... ..r \ ' v.. t i.nuv-j vi inr.i, nuu lus.ir-i ui ituua es of Richmond ! l'eople of l'bstou and New Ycdk, unsolicited, have contributed ' h mile, at least, to feed the orphans of your sons * b(T fell in your defence", and these orphans have, for months,' been drawing their only bread fronV the com* misspriat of your invaders and conquer ors I Cannot you do something more than you have done for orphan children, : the fathers of some or whom hied and j died for you and yours?your laws, your i nghts, your libeit es, and (what seems i most precious now a days) your "proper | ty," your "gold," w-'dcii you hold so fast, I yel spend so vainly. Mr. Wise thus discoursed of tire hravery of Conled'rate soldiers : The noblest hands of men who ever fought or who ever fell in the annals ol war, whose glorious deeds Irstory ever took pen to record, 'were, I exultingly claim, the private soldiers in the armies of the great Confederate cause. Wheth. er right or wrong*, in'the cause which they espoused, they were e'arnest and j honest in their con vie'ions, who thought that tWy wore right to defend their own, their native land, its soil, its al'ars and its honor. Tney fell that they* Were It ? re i I:els and no traitors m obeying their j Stale sovereignties, and they thought it was lawful to lake up arms under their mamhstes, authorized expressly by the r... ... ...?i to suppress insurrection,' when there *hi ; Hitch "imminent danger as not to admit ! of delay.'' lbodigies of valor, miracles of victofio*, undoubted and undotihling dcvot;6it( and endurance to the Ult, entitle 1 them to | bonots of surrender, which gilded the arms of their victors and extort* 1 from ilivin even cheers on lite battle field j wbeie at last they yielded for peace, j Alas ! bow many thousand1* bate (alien | before their few surviving comrades laid | down their arms. Of these men of the , ranks their beloved leader, 0*n. 14. K. ] Lee, said to in*, duting the las', winter on the lines. "Sir, lite men of this war who will deserve the most honor and gratitude, are not too men of rank, hut the men of the ranks?the privates!" And I hav* seen then fire their last vollies at Appomattox ; and ofie i in the marches, on picket, in the trenches, in camps and in charg-e. I have seen them sad and almost sink, hut I never saw their tears until their beloved Cotnman | der.in Chief ordereJ litem to surrender their arms. Then they wept, and many of thsin broke their trusty weapons ! The --.1 .1--.. v>v?o?u any Q*?i I^IVIIUU* UVNU wertf II titer* to surrender, ami liter lire not litre to defend llteir memories from the taint of the reproach ot rebellion and treaaon. Alar ! I am alive and here, and am bound, at every In Ztrd, to declare lital lltos# men were no tebeU and fto traitor-. Let whoever wdl swear that they were rebels and traitor*, I *dl contradict iht oath, and appeal to (rod on the Lloly of lilies as high a* Heaven s thront, and swear that lltey *en pure patrio s, loyal citizens, well triad and true a'tldiirs, brave, honest, devtlod men, who proved : their faith in their principles by the deiths which cunionized tbeiu imirorlal heroes and martyrs ! No one shall inscribe the epitaphs of rebellion and treason upon the tombs of their dead, without my burning protest being uttered ag tinst the foul and false profanation. And if any wounds of the I i f o- < i .iving are irweiisu witn rt-i>?iimn and treason, I woulil l?<i H??y lint i'lUinv. though the wound* should bleed unto death. If I sutlr their name* to he dishonored and their glory to he trsniih* ed, and don't gainsay the reproach, may my tongue cleave to the r of ol my mouth ; and if I suffer tbeir orphan* to : be outran* for the want of sympathy, 1 warmly outspoken and more warmly felt, may my right hand forgot it* cunningAlas 1 in the?e limes it has no cunning, for it has no coius ! I too am a begger. I can beg, then, and do beg like a Mali* yarlus, for them, l'lease give them one obolus I ilav? you a crumb to spare! ! Divide it with them 1 U?v? you comi fort, give them. I implore you, giva them some ef your abundance 1 Their enemies who slew their fathers, honor them enough to feed their poor prpbaeal They wont hurt you for daring to do deeds of charity. Many of them are brave roan, end the brave are always ( generous to the brave. 1 J-'L.Illl * Washington News and Rumors. About three hundred petition# for par. don from North Carolinians, forwarded by Got. Worth, are now ready la bo acted upon, and will probably be granted ao>n. General Butler, aod Senator Lane, of Indiana, bad interviews with the Preei-' dent yesterday, before the meeting oftba Cabinet. At tbeCabicet meeting all tha members were present, including the' Secretary of State. Tt is a mistake to say that the Pres'l dent has not expressed his intention in regard to vetoing the Negro Suffrage bill. Ilia intention to veto it in the event of its ptssage l>y the Senate has been' plainly and freukly ex^rjisfd oc'two ro* cent occasions. A person giving his name ae Itoby,' from Hast Cambridge, Massachusetts, wae arrested yesterday in the gallery of tbe Senate Chamber, for indecorous behavior. and threatening to shoot Senator Sumner, lie amused himself for a time by throw* ing peanuts on the head of the Sanator from lire gallary, varying the occupation with muttered curses and threats. The 1 Vesident, in a communication to the Senate, endorsed the opinion Of* lite Secretary of War, that it is inconsistent w'ith the public interests to give an-an* swer to the resolution of the 17ill Jan'y, regarding the letters of General Sheridan and oilier otlicera of the Department of Texas, with regar i to the present condii lion of affairs on lite Southern frontier,' and especially in relation to any violation of neutrality on the part of the armies now occupying the right bank of tbe Iti<> Grande. A Washington correspondent of tbe Baltimore Sun, -ftfjting under date of January 30th, says the Kreedineu's liuv reau, or Ln/.ztroni hill, us it has been called, is condemned by many of the | leading yiurnals, though ii passed the Senate by a vote of four to one. The l'resideut, at I learn from a g ??*! sou ice, is also np.msvd to it. There is no doubt that it will pass the House, for it create* officers, which will increase the Government patronage to an enormous extent: and it will cnr.se the South with * popuUtion of i<li? Nti.l pauper tree linen. It gather* black* in communities, where ihey hre to he suppurted at public expense ; but, wbtt ia in ire, it dispossess#* while owners from plant*'ions, and i?i*ee iItem for three years to blacks. Many judicioua men consider the bill aeon* that will toiid to provoke a war ol r.fVcs iu the I Sou ill. i Politicians fre*lv ?uj??at, aa the retain* of (funeral (treads proposed visit to , burops, ihe desire of hi* frien la to have him away from tin* political vortex dun invj the agitation of political iasuet withi in the next year or two. M-jor (ienerala Meade and Tliomsa appeared upon the rt Mir of the Hona? of Kepre*enlalivea, on the 2 I, when a raci*a was taken, and the Speaker ill a few ' complimentary remarks introduced then* to the hiidy. A motion to admit Me?<rs. IIvera. Krfe? and Thompson, Arkansas msinbeis 1 10 tlie fi xir ? { (be House, brought out tli? conservative strength to day. It ffM proposed rnere'y to extend the same eour* tesy to Arkansas as that already extent ded to Tennessee, yet tbs radicals argued I that Arkansas was most tainted by re* be I, ion, and voted the motion down by a | reduced rtlnjority. The imtnedia's witbdr44at of the French troops (ruin Mexico may now be regard id as certain, K-porta confirmatory of tbe above state that an exlraor<l:* oarv commission has been seut to Mei * Co, to make tbenecsssi/y preparations for the evacuation. The President has transmitted to Con* Kr<-?? ma report 01 uen. S.iertnan Ofl (b< eutduioii of Mtfiinio die Se ttbetrt 8tate?? , iiu ?i?j b he found every? here in theSouib Inrgc number of our officers end soldiers looking ou'. for lend end employment, 1 at d doubted not (list during the next year ell the land which is cleared wiU be under cultivation, and a large part of it under the direeiiuc of toergetic youog tuen. Ch<ef Justice Chase and Aisoeiate Jilt* lice Wayne concur iu the oninion that it would be improper to hold a circuit court ia Virginia uolil Congress hall bar* bad an opoortonity ta consider and act apoa the entire subject. The civil court in a district under martial law can, they nay, only act by the sanction and eader the supervision of tbe military power, and they cannot think it becoming tbe 8uprams Court to exercise jarisd'atto* under t such conditions.