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?r -From Washington. The following it the section in (nil re- j U*mgAo the Ireedmen's occupation of the SouthX'arulinu cotton land*, passed the 11 >usd. It goes to the Senate for concurrence : Hkction Fivrn ?And be it further en> (tried, That tl?e occupants of land under J Maior General Snorintn's Special l*ield Oruer, dated at Savannali, January siXi 1 trenth, ciiihte n hundred and M<:v.tiv? ' are hereby c nilirineJ in their porsessnoi for the period of three years Ironi the date ; of said order, and no person shall be dis j liiibed in or ousted from raid possession j * during said three vein, unless a settle I merit shall be made with said occupants | bv the former owner, satisfactory to the | Commissioner of the Freed men's Korean: J'roriileU, I'llnt whenever the former j owners of lauds ocnipied under General | bhermail's Field Order shall make appli ' cation for restoration of said lands, the Commissioner is hereby autlioriz-d, upon i the agreement, with tliu written consent | of said companies, to procure other lands ; for lliem, by rent or purchase, not ex ! feeding forty acres for each occupant; or i sit apart f.?r th?iii, out of pubuc lands j assigned for that purpose in section four l of this bit!, fori* acres each, upon the terms and conditions named in said sec" tioo. av ? i- ? ~ 1 i. A.-Mii.MiiKN, ret). rs. 1 Sknaik. ? Mr. 1 tuolittle presented ll<? ; credentials of 11 >n. John l'ool, Senator ^ elect from North Carolina. Or-leied to lie on the table. Toe Senate resumed the consideration of the constitutional amendment in rela i tion to representation. Mr. L ine, of In i (liana, made a speech in favor of it. llot'SK.?The House resumed the con j eideration of and parsed the bill tor the disposal of .public lands in Alabama, j Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas on | the homestead principle?eightv acres to j each sell er; mititral lands to be subject i to entry. '1 h navy appropriation bid was taken | up. In the course of the debate Mr. Ingersoll said "we were prepared to meet ' the navies of France anil England." Mr. Kiee, of Massachusetts, sa d he j ^as not willitig to sit and allow a s'.atei ' mant to go out that wo are prepared to ! go to war with France nr 1 desired to say that we are rot prepared. I To d?v, groat as are the navies of France 1 single one of which it greater than all of 1 ours, nnd every hammer anri anvil is ring I iog with stroke* of labor, fabricating ships | to defend France and liogland in the I event of a foreign war. ? Washington, Feb, 9. The House has passed the naval ?p propriation bill. Nearly all the items for the Norfolk and Pensacola Navy Yards ware stricken out. The House concurred in the Sena'e | amendment to Freedrnen's llureau bill. Instead of c hi fining its operations to the i Slates where lire habeas corpus is sua | peuded, it is of general application. The 1 bill now wai'.a the sanction of the I'res" dent. la t It a rt " ?t.> 1 *' ' - - me crenennats ol Sona. tors fleet from Alabama were presented j and la d on the table. A resolution whs offered for the ap, ' pointment of it committee to investigate charges of speculation against Govern-! mcnt Cotton Agents. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, made a spesrh in opposition to the Constitutional ; twoendinentWashtkotom, February lh. I Tlie Virginia Legislative Committer ' Lad an inte/view with the President to day, and resolutions endorsing his policy. I The President replied tlisnkibg tbnn fur j tbeir visit, ard expressing gratification at 1 tbe sentiments avowed, ami declared bis determination to follow (be principle be i had maintained throughout tbe war, tliat the Union could trot be dissolved' lie responded cordially to the sentiments of the resolutions, and said that he Imped 1 the time would soon come when he could meet them under nrore favorable au?pi -e*, than at present, lie (Haled that lie would hot be forced to take tbe position tliat any Slate was not in the Union. Tbe juit-rviMw was very important. At the conc'tnion <f the President's remarks,' the members of the Commi.tee w?re introduced personally, and expressed their f pleasure at the Pies dent's address. ( WASHINGTON, Feb 12. h Tlie two fIou?es of Congress met in j joint session to day ?t 12 o'clock, to listen to the oration of lion. George Bancroft (the historian) in meinnrinm of Abraham < Lincoln, la'e Pre?i?'eiit of the United t States. The hall of the itonsa of Re < preventatives was densely crowded, all ( having been admitted with tickets of im I v*lation. Amonff those who occupied t OeAt-i on lbu fl jut were the Frcsidei.t of c i Wjfcj. m >W the Uidled States, the members of the Cabinet, J ustices of the Supreme Court, diplomatic corps, Senators and liepresen* tativeaof Congress, .and, in fsct, all per- t so i 8 of prominence and eminence in this city had appropriate seats assigned to them, il ?aa a gr.?nd and imposing spectacle. The ceremonies were interspersed by appropriate music from the j Marine band. Mr. I I.ineroft, fn his o-ation, spoke, among other things, of (r >d in history ? of the growth of the American Kenuhlic ! ?<if Urn teriitorinl extent of tiio Kepubi < lie?slavery nt home?slavery in foreign relations?squatter sovereignty?tlie ear* ^ ! v life ol Abraham I/ucnln?his en ucation and progress?his election to the Presidential eh i r?his inauguration and flst snssinulion. ile cfmclu led as follows: "As the sum of all, the hand of Lincoln raised the Hag; the American peon' o was the hero of the war, ami therefore the result is a new era of Ueptihlicanisin. The , disturbances in the country g*ew not out i f anything republican, hut out of slavery, j which is pirt of the system of hereditary wrong; and the expulsion of this domestic anomaly opens to the renovated lis' lion a career of n (thought dignity and glory. Henceforth our country has a moral until a* the land of free labor. 'I he party f >r slavery an 1 the party against s' jveiy are no more, and are merged in the patty of I'nion and fieeduui. The States which would have left us are not i brought hack as compered State*, for 1 i then we should hold them only, so long as that content coulj ha maintained. I They come to their r g'i'ful place under i the Constitution as original, necessary | Slid inionnillliln ..f .1.. I'-: -- ...V.MI'I > UI Iiir Ul.liin, | We build monn'nSrts to the dead, hut tio tr.onument of victory, we respoct the example of the II nnans, who never, even on cohqueio I land', raised ombleifii of triumph. And oiir (l^nerals are not to he classed in the herd <>f vulgar conquer' ^ ers , hut are of the ? hool of Tiiho'con | anil William of Orange, ami Washing- | ton. Titer have used the sword only to give peace to the:r country and restore her to her place in the great assembly of nations. Our meeting closes in hope, row that a people begin to tivs according to the laws of reason, and republicanism j is intrenched in a cootiucut," .soiwiiiisiancing it was unposs tea to ' obtain an entrance to the capitol building without the requisite card of admission, multitudes wart* present in the vain at. tempt to witness the ceremonies. When the Senator*, in a body had retired to the Senate Chamber at the conclusion of the oration, the Marine t>and, stationed in the rotunda, performed national airs. Washing *, February 14. Skxatk.?The Senate resumed the consideration of the constitutional basis i of representation amendment. No vote ! wns taken. lIot'SK. ? A resolution of inquiry was j adqved, h ?v ii; in view an ad valorem ' duly on nil Linda of tobacco, in order to i equalize the tax and descriptions of thai ; ar.icle. The II >n?e had under consideration the Senate li 11 providing for the sale of p >stage stamps hv those who cannot take the oath, hut who can give iieecrsary se curity. The li?d ca'a Iihm determined to abandon the D strict negro suffrage hill and will content themseWes with disfrnnchis ing the whiles iu the District by taking , away ihe corporation charier. The Kentucky Legislature. Cincinnati, Feb. 14. The Kentucky Lag'ulature has rejected the Constitutional amendriistit, and pass ed resolutions asking tbe removal of troops from the State, the restoration of the privilege of hi bens corpus, and condemning I lie Free.linen's liiircsr. A Masonic Fact.? Dr. R G. Scott, Past Grand Master, in an address deliv, ered years ago, made the following state ii'ent. It is honorable to tbe Masonic Institution?and we presume the tnem' bers of that eeeiani l.n.l.. L *?iu no p,eased j to read u mid see it circuited : ' From sources of information on which I eniirt Ijr rely, I stain the i hi l that Hfty m lemt of llio?e who signed the I)ec>H rn ion of Independence w ere Mi sons, and ihe same histor* informs us that every I Mtj or I'rtncri! of the Revolution arv armr I was a Mason, save one, and that one w?? | lienodci Arnold, The Richmond Timet says : ' We | leem it our duty,to inf irm our render* l hat a case of genuine Asiatic cholera has levcl-ipi'd itself on Rroad stree'. li there i 1 ore hehoove* all who have a repaid for .fe, to sae that their premises, as well as heir persons, l-e kept in a* pure and , I'eanly condition as possible." iiutrastrr h PDULISUED AT LANCASTER C. 1L 8. 0., f BY (UWOItS & ( AUTl.K. I] WKIiSK^DAV MOUSING, February 21, 1S6f>. ^ r Subscribers finding a (X) cross m irlf on the margin of their pap-ir may know that their 11 time is about to expire. I iW M h. Titou.ts I*. Si.idkr, is our author- 8 i/.s'c! ugont to receive nUvortisnuents ami sub' " scrip'ions for tin- I.kookii in Cliarleston. " The President's Reply to Cully. .. Wc publish on the first p.i?? of to-day's pa- ? per, n full report of the rtplv of the President j g to Fred Douglass and his associates. It lias j p the ting of the true metal, mid is well woithy | of tlie t'liief Magistrate of tlio Union. s Godcy's Rudy Rook. i, Alter an interval of about five tears, this iniive.SnVv popular pciiodical again finds its I ? way to our Table. During this interval it lias lost none of that superiority in its va'tou* dopartition).s, which e'.i inietm i/ d it in fortrter ,i times. Many of our renders will doubtless he N pleased to renew their aetpiaintauce with (iodey. Tortus $3 t)0 a year, with reductions I in favor of clots. " ?? A Iv:ifi? ("li i nrn I ,i The Legislature, nt its last Session, made pro- '' vision fur the education '-f one person firm j ( each judicial Distiict in the State, at the KoutH ' \ Carolina University, lice of tuition charges.? The appointments wiM he made upon the en- I dorscment mnl recommendation of the ?lelegit' j >1 lions, from tile respective Distiicts. Thin in a good opportunity for some worthy young man, t of innde'iunte means, to rece.ve ? collegiate '' education at rotnpnrntively small expanse. \\ ho ] are candidates for the lienelit ? A pplicatious ' mtwt he tirade to the iiictubeis of tile LcgiaU I ture. White Immigrants. The Charleston Courier lias been informed " by u gentleman that be had rent Noith for lou , German emigrant* to come South and work ?i j his plantation. He expects they will arrive in about two wreck* time. It learns from the same source that it is the intention ol a combination ' of gentlemen to take immediate step' to iutroi duce the system of white labor in thia State. It is furthcl stated that despatches to the 11 State Department indicate that the emigration ' from Kurope to the United Stat s will this year 1 exceed any previoot one. The German port* ' wrcsikui'i wIlh tie-nou* ? What became of the Spoil. i Our readers wrill hear, through the following J |-n? n? u Jl II WHICH WC Clip from HI) CXt'tailgC, I what became of pome ol the goods of w|pch 1 they were plundered by Sherman's army in Februaty last : "A very curious sale took place in Washington few days ?gn. It consisted ot a vast 1 in'mber of miscellaneous article*, which lia-l 1 been aimed lor nunie months in one ol the pub- I lie building* When Sherman'* nrray artiveil 'Y at Washington in May laat, it wna founil that I nearly a'l (he soldo-is were in possession of ar- j ' tide* that ihtl not belong to them, and which r they had hrought with tlicni tiom the Sooth. These article* consisted of gold watches and | chains, valuable rings and bracelet a of gold, ^ gold and silver cups ami goldcta, g??hl ami *il- ! ver sp'Mrii* and f-nk.s, rich si'k dresses, valua- i P hie furs, valuable suit* of clo hing, rich carpels a ami i tigs?and, in lacl, almost every portable { lt article that could be abstracted from house and earned off It Is said that attempt* were made to timl the owners; hut I never lieaid of i 1 any such attempts being made. The at tides, ti however, were taken Iroiil the soldiers, and, ait 1 r slated, were sold a lew days ago. 'I lie pro, cceds of the sale go to llio Free-linen's Bureau. ^ New Basis of infirm -I ? It wit* noticed last week that a resolution liad passed the House or Ileproscntn lives in Congress, fixing u new basis of representation. It baa since been received enliie, and as u mat <j ter of aome interest we place it upon record. Kesolvnd, By the Senate and House of Itcp* r reaentalires, ?to., (two third* of both Houses concurring,) that llto following aiiielu l>e pro- o poae 1 to tlie Legislator eft of the Several States, ! i as an amendment to the Constitution of the . 1 United Stales* which, when ratified by three- j li fourth* ol sail Legislatures, shall be valid as . i a pu't of said Constitution, via: "Article- Uip"esentativea shall he appor tinned among the severul Mates wb-r'h may be |; included within this Union acrotding to their i respective nil Hirers, rountillg the whole mini- , " her of persons in eneli State,? xcludiug Indiana ( not taxed. J'roviJtJ, '1 list whenever the elCC- 1 live franchise shall he denied or abridged in " any State tin account of race or color, nil per- f, sons therein of such race or color shall lie ex* j . eluded Irora the basis of representation." Tko above passed the House by a two-thirds minority?180 in favor to 4tl opposed. Tlie | '' rmuicAH are afraid of tlie power of the South (c in Congress, though shorn to so great ati ct'enl of her political importance ; hence this effort | w to atill further reduce her influence, by cutting j down her representation. The wiluy Stephens frankly avowed this effect, when, in alluding to the passage of tha hill, he Uaid, that, adding to the Southern members, "the whole nest of T Copperheads, freedom would siill he triumphant In this hall." I Uy this baric (he South would ha reduced ^ from 80 to 45 membara ; thus losing 85. 1 t is not believed that the measure will pass the Senate It all of the Southern people are of i ot the Mine mind with ourselves, they wiX not w rare three straws whether it p*?*es or not ? p| Not being represented, we naturally lose inter, w est in (Congressional legislation ; consoling our* telveu with the reduction, that, no matter whit direction matter* take, we cannot be a great leal worsted. j Public Lectures. In accordance wr'th an announcement made 1 civ-rill weeks ago, ihe llev. Mr. Craig deliver, d the first of a series of Lectures, on ilie HeJmicos of Cliristianit v, in tlie Methodist Church it Friday night, of last week. It was to have icon del vered in the Court House, bit owing o the extreme coldfess of the weather, the lace of meeting was changed. The subject, 'the necessity of a revelation" was piNCnted it a very foreil le light, in the practical and .gicul style char icterislie of the speaker. The") ,ecture was truly edifviug, and we regret that ' r> few persons, owing to tlm iinlewiry vf ihe j reatlier, were out to hear it. Those who were I bsenl missed an intellectual treat, not ulleti lloulcd in our Village. Tile eevon.l I.ecture in tlio series will be ticvcri'il by Kev. Mr. Crider, on nest Kiiday venTng. Subject: "Tne external pionls of tlio ciiUiiit'iirs* nil'I nuthe'iticity ol tire iiooks comosiifg tlio llible." Alter writing tlio foregoing, the following objects, with ilie lunuia of tlie I a?'tiuer* as i ?r in the subjects liuve been taken up, have eon bainled to us for publication : 'J I, Kxternnl proofs of the genuineness soil utlientieity ol tlio It inks composing tin- Mible. lev. J. \V. Crider, Kiidiy evening tSid in t. lid. Miracles?cnnsidcied as an evidenc* thut lie Iblile i.s fnin. Wo.I. Piophe-y ?as an evi'. iTf ol the (bvine otigi'i ol llie I hi tie, Kt?v. Ir. Peoples, >inlay evening March 'J?l, 4tli The iniernrtl cvi lenees found in the looks ot Moses, to prove the genuineness and iiili.-iiiicitv ol the M.Ida. W. M Connors, Ksq, tli Maieli. 6th. The adaptation of the plan of Kedenp* ion, (both in iis oat me and in the method ol Is develop.iieiit) to the condition and wants of lie human rae-, a* an ei iileiiee ol the Divine ligiu ol tl.c Mitiie. Kev. D. P. Kobtiisou, liiili i larch, '.ill I'nd.'signe I coincidences bet reen the 1 ifl'erent writers of tUu ll.lile, an evidence of | i> D.tiro origin. iih. Tin* Character and lives of Christ an.| j lie early dise:ples us all cvid.ni e that this Me- i gini i< Ir.iin Wild. Mr. J. T. K. lielk. 8th. Success of Caristiamtv, in th<. face ?f lie vaiious ilillieiillles it lia I to contend with, n evident col its Divine or'giu. K. M. Aiiiin, Ksqr. ft'h. Popular objections to ihe I)ihlc, tlis- I USsl'd. The elT-cts of the Religion of the Ilil.le ( ?i society and in in -n n.s individuals.? in their | iie< ulol ill their deitll, as contrasted with the Ileitis ol inlideliiv or am oiher i t-li gion as *u j videiico of its Divine origin. 4 iii uiiuiuitira Ol UilMelity, ill*cil**ed. I'lie President and t!:c Radicals. The Washington correspondent of the Haiti* nnre Suit, says there is rwiin to that (Torts !?*?? tiei-n made t?y leading Kepublicans o effect such an uiidoistandiui with the Preai- I lent, as t<i the measure* pending in Cunj^rou. | i* to avoid a veto, anil a gon>e'pieitl tuplure. " * " """ " ?. ?- -,1,^ nli?troth Senate Bill r?will soon go to the President, backed 1>V the two third* power of tolli Houses. Trie itepuhlicaiis wonld willingy let liiai olT In 'in aig ting any more bill* of Ilia character, it lie will only approve of the*e. Hut tile wi ll considered and explicit terms if the Prc*idetit\s talk to the M nitauo delega' ion, would seem to exclude the idea of any oinproiuiau whereby the policy of restoring he government to it* oiigiaul principle*, will le iguwroil. No one will pretend that these iii!* are in accordance with the view* cipicasi d by the President, and which, a* he says, he an afToirl to stand by. a We may gather Irom the tcplies of the 'renid.Mil to the delegation ol colored inen, hat he will not Itvor negro sulf. age until the icople, where it i* to he exercised, shall alio cm iu ii. no win not aiil hi forcing it upon ny iSt.ito or co:n:niinit y. In fine, the I'reaidcut will not loml Iii4 ni<1 to lie cntii'iinalioii wrlioio measure* wrouM protote a war of race* in the Mouth, a?<l l?v nec? usury consequence, repudiation in the Korlh. A'hut Napoleon's Intention of Withdrawing from Mexico Means. The intelligsnt New York correspoDentofllie Baltimore Trantcripl any a : " Whatever triumph Mr. S?w*rd's rienda may c!it!in lor the partial aolulion 1 f the Mexican quea'ion at announced in tin itpeerh of Napoleon, partiei here who ?ko n calnor view of Ihitij^e aurroti tiding bein. cannot it.- -?1 ------ , ......... mr miilUMIHtin I vineeti l?y some on Iteming thet the '.mperor ih disposed to w<thdr*w hie rooP^ They M-k, when ?i!l he do it f le tells 'hem in Ins si eech tlinl lie it' 1 n?k;ng err ingi-menls wit.li Mainnilinn >r the departure of French troops from lexer, coiiee<| lently Meximilinn is to he p?irty to the agreement. Wil! he agree! le in tv proliihly, eipecinllv after.tli? ireign hi run, now being rerrulied bv ,u?irin, ?! <?<> have *rriv?-11 hi Vera Cruz, It tell may be some i tin t. Tben again, i tdiouid not be forgotten that Napoleon : elievercd It a ijnevb before iIm newt of } le H.igilad outrage hud reached Inm. | ito opinion ia general thai before lit** racuation aot'ially commence*, mm iiaranteea will in* required from lit* nil*) State*, which wt.l maur? aafety r M?lieant to reaidt under Imperial rule it lit* K<o Grand*. All lliete tiling* ill no doubt require * good deal of di- , lomatio talk *nd correap >nd*nc*. during li cit it will appoar that neither baa Napoleon abandoned M tx Indian," nor * the latter in ide up bie ni.uJ to ibandoD Mexico." Important ttoull Persons Having Claims against the Government. Itv the tenth Motion of an Ai t appro*, ed March 3rd, 1803, (12 Statutes at Large, p. 705,) it in enacted that every claim against the Uirle I State*. cogn-'ssa' hie by the Court of Claim*, shall he lor j ever barred, unless the petition setting forth a full statement of the claim he filed in the Court, or transmitted to it within sit years after the claim first accrues, provided that claims accrued six vears before the passage of ihe Act, shall not be barred if presented within three , years after tbe passage of ti e Act. i Thus, ail claims against the United ' j States, cognizable by tbe Court of Claims, , and of more than six yenrs standing, I i will be birred af.er tbe 3.-d of March, i I860. Tire claims cognizdde bv said Court1 are: 1. Ail claims founded upon any law of Congress. 2. Up?n any regulation of any Kxecutrve Department. 3 Upon hiiv contract expressed or imp'ied, except (1) claims growing out of a de? pendent on any treaty stipulation, and (2) claims for property damaged, do I ! htroyed, or appropriate I by the army or i navy engaged in the nuppre-s on of the | rebellion. The above limitation, though contained in an Act respecting the Court of Claim*, has been by many suppose*) to extend to 'all claims agiinti llio United S ate*," whether prosecuted before tbe depart meats or offered to be set otr f?v defen d ants in suits by I lie (Jriiied States against litem as debtors.? Arationa( Intfltijrnccr. Masonic. ^ Toe Chariest >n Courier learn* that the Grand Lvlge of Pennsylvania h?s ?ui I thorized M. \V. Grtml M ts'er Oiut to draw uj.oo the r Treasurer for the suin of ?1,000 in aid of t'ns Grtnd Lodge t>! S mill Carolina. In addition to this, con M ierahle hiiio* have linen ilona'e 1 by the New York an>l Pennst Ivania L nlges in hehaif of local lodges iu Columbia and elsewhere. Grand Master Ouk. in his U'.e installai tion ad lress, said the fraternity hail jjreat cause for congratulation, not only for the J profession, hut in ths practice of that lii<rheit ol all Mas?.n<c virtue*. et>?rit?', as uplifted in tlie good fe?din<j and kind I fellowship existing bet wren the Masons | of the North and the Masons of the ! Smth. Their b? n Is had never been bro ken. Masonry, he aaid, wm the only in* ?ii:ution in which politic* hx I not been permitted to enter. The same fralem*l spirit and sentiment pervs.lel the lodges | now that <1 itl before the. commencement ! of the late deaolaling civil strife. I?h unit ! venality and l-enevolence *n exhibited | upon that occasion. In lonhin* round : upon hi* audience lie perceived brethren I ft out every State in the I* linn, some of 1 whom were a )enr ego in conflict with esch oiher, now kitting around the al'.ar j clothed in the insignia of the craft, eng* oing in one com nam came, aclt?ed bv tho same universal spirit of cbarity ami j brotherly Lve, participating with pure i devotion in the a rr? .1.'- -I..:- ' - vv ? v w uu.ira ui II?w I evening. ! We understand, that President J^hn ton list tent a special Agent to make a tour through the upper Districts of this j State, ?% it It a vie* of collecting rtftifi!e mforination for the President with refer, encs to the rj leatu.n of labor, an I t).e general relations ex sling between the land owners and the F*~se liueu. No doubt agent* have been tent into u her Southern States for the mine purpose.? Tlte President is not incline I lob sieve everything lie bears, or ra*d* from the correspondents of newspaper*, North, representing so many Varied and d detent interests, especially when it coi tl els with its own line of policy, in recon* rusting the Union and placing the South in >n i proper position. A letter receive I by one of our cittz ns iofoirn us that lbs agent referred to, may he expected on In* tour of observa'.ien in a few day* and will no doubt after his arrival visit so.ns of our plantations to see for hitn-e'f. \irinn*boro' Wetc$. j Ilow to Fkkajik* r?alr lturrii.? Churn the butler with r,ew titiik, in the proportion of* pound of butler to * quart ol milk ; treat the butter in ail rejects in churning a* if it was fre%h Mad butler may fx improved greatly by diM>lviog it thoroughly in boi water. | l<et it cool, tbea skim it off and churn again, adding a small quantity of good aalt ana sugar. A small quantity in-.y be tried and approved before trying a larger one. The water should be merely hot inougb to melt the butler. ' \ Washington News an I Itir.nors. A Washington letter In due time, Congressmen will learn that tliey cannot denounce the lNevdent nod op* j? >se hit> policy nt the Capitol, and then c one to lite White House to ask and tor receive good places for their friends. A rumor has gained circulation m Washington that if the Freed men's llu* reati bill fdiall pass in the House of Rei preseniatives in the same shape that w>? received from the Senate, ilia President | will issue a proclamation declaring the I privilege* of the wfit of habeas corpus restored in hII the border Sates. I A despatch from Washington state* thai '.he l'.cinle il and the C'.binet litre had under lotlaidjrntion the argument of . j Captain Sem ues, claiming the right to l be discharged under the Slterui in JohnJ son parole, bu*. have coine to no definite conclusion thereon* Until this matter ia | deposed of, them wi I lis no detail for a j court to try Semmes, and there in a bare ; probability that thetriil may he indofi' nitely postprrtieJ. This m lining one of the v-stibulea of the C?pitol wis completely choked up for someliins with a delegation of nagroi*R from Virginia, still* with standing collars and white neealiea, while some of their white allies, in v hoso low they were, were proclaiming the wrongs infidel ' upon ilieni by their late metiers. Thai), j S.evens was sent f.jr and prcented to the , : sable group, and gave them in invitation j to nppeir before Ins Ileanistru lion Coinmittee to-morrow, an I tesiify in full concerning tlieir grievances. The colored delegation which recently 1 arrive I hero from the d (Terenl Slates of ' the Union, for the purpose of pressing the.r claims to regri sutt age. accoim ' panic I l>v tin* ICtecuiiva (J on uiitee of l 1 * I the N iiional Kq i il S ilFrage Association I of ill * c sy, called on Chief Jut.ice Chase >?n(1 had >4 and pv.ti *nt inteivisw. Mr. C rise enj >sne ! thein to Uj without i fear in the goi? I work lliev had begun, | and to li??? f o.li iii llie successful issue of the movement they had in lugnraled, mid expressed hit conviction thai the President, although h iving his pirticular view#, would eventually stand by '.hem. Tim fr?? bureau bill will be ra?* 141r111 to Congress for amendment, end possib'y ilist may hu the co? with the civil tights bill. As to the unqualified negro sullmge inessuies, whether for thia l> en ict or I lie Stales. It is not probsblo they will ever roioh the Pis-sit] ??l, 'I he Spanish M nister denies the truth L~? .1 - ? v . u. mo vonrretaionai ami n**r*p*p?f at a;a< ; tin nt? tlihi tlie fre"d<nen arec ?ptored and i then anl.l n* ?Uvm It. Cub*. In the only instance* brought in tint knowledge of ! tii* government, atn:ti p?r*on* liara been | brought or in?m l ico I into the country by Americana. Thar hiv*been pro iiptly delivered up, an 1 ?eit luck to lh*ir ! homes. Tiic 1 'resilient li n iaauad an ordar r#? storing all the church** and parsonages within ili* l> lumli of "lia liatiunora An1 nnal Conference, embrace,J in tha Stat* of Virginia, to-lba M. 1*1 C.iureu of toe Unite I Sinie* haM by anid cburcb prior to 1801. Tni* order further atataa thai j aucb possession shall be Valid until iko , civil court* aliall liava de?erinin*?l > * wIlOlD lilU leg d title ve?U. Tbe effect I >,( ili? order will l>a ti> take from under it.* control of iltt) 0 inference now killing in Alex-tndris, Mil tuob property, and place il in p A->*>**ioa of llie Baltimore Annual Conference of the M K. Church in ibe U tiled Slater, which will meet the last of litiw in nith in llaliiiuore oity. Ve'jr few p >rdona were granted b? the PrwiiUnt on Wmlnn.Uy, Gsnrrtl J. 8? Prnlen, ofS?ul? Carolina, ol the Inte Kobel army, **? p irdo.ed ; also, four oilier? from S mill Carolina, ef the $20, 000 cl? ?. A Novel. l^uniTio*.?!? the propria* tor of a public lio i*e co npalle I to receive negr *)? at In* lab el That is the qie?. lion. Wo aie informed by a gentler* ? who caine <l<iwn on liteC i*lt*nOOg? traie Tburaday, tbat the pM coram aedeal ?t 1 L - - - > ? mung noma oT Juner A Ca, at Sieve ?noii, Alabama, became two ae> gro soldier* were refu<*I adniaaioe to dinner at the regular tab!*. Upoa thair complaint, Captain Wariman Mat a guard of negro soldier*, staling that if tbaj war* not allow*! to eat at the regular table, be bou?* would be eloead. Tba leadlord refused on ibe grouade that hi* ear toinera would leave biin ; vrhereupoa aa order wai iaaued closing the boaea at once. The proprietor* have appealed ta higher autboritio*.?Xatkvilll Unit*.