The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 21, 1866, Image 2
Front Washington.
Washington, March 8.
Sknatk.?Mr. Van Winkle presented
a j 'int resolution from the West Virginia
Legislature asking Congress to pay the
war debt of that Slate, growing out of the
equipment,arming and paying the militia,
liefer red to the Military Committee.
Mr. Poland presented a joint resolution
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ing from voting, or holding office, all who j
liavo wi lingly taken part in the rebellion.
Referred to tho Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr. Henderson offered a series of resolutions
declaring that to Congress and not
to the Kxecutive belongs the power of reestablishing
civil government ih the lately
seceded States, etc.
The joint resclution to amend the i
Constitution on the subject of represents t
tion was debated. [
Horse.? Mr. lioutwell,from the se'ect
Committee on Reconstruction,?uiade a!
report, signed by himself and Mr. Wash"
burtie, of Illinois, setting forth that lv?st I
Tennessee !s loyal, but that Middle and !
Went Tennessee aro disloyal. The num
ber of while male adults of the voting J
ago is 120,0U0, and of the blacks of the j
voting age SO,000 ? in all 2OO,09(J. In !
order to insure and maintain a Stale
Government, these two gentlemen pro I
pore, as an additional condition for the
admission of Tennessee, that the right of |
suffrage be conferred without regatd to |
0 race or color.
The House debated the bill declaring
tliset all blacks are citizens of the United j
States, and conferring upon them equal
rights and immunitiee.
Washington, March 9.
The Senate discussed further the ccn- J
stitutional amendment apportioning isp1 '
scsentation among the States according j
m to their nnrnilu'1/.t. *
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taxed H^ii narrowing the basis of representation
in proportion to those excluded {
froiu voting on account of color or race. 1
Mr. Henderson oll'ered a substitute for j
the resolution, to tbe etlect that no State, I
in presenting the qualifications for voters,
s'tsll discriminate on accofnt cf color or
race. 11*>. 9aid tliut hie own State (Mis
Rouri) will give negroes tbe right of suf
frege, and the South would be compelled,
in ?ve years, toilc the same. The pro I
poted substitute was rejected?yeas 10, I
nays 37.* Tbe House resolution was then
rejectei?yeas 25, nay a 22; Mr. Sumner
and the other Radicals voting against it
because of the absence of provisions for
negro voters. A twethirds vote w?s requisite
to secure its passage.
LIo'vsk.?The I'll to sccurs the civil '
rights of all persons, without regard to J
color, in all the States, was tha subject of j
further debate. It was recommitted to |
the Judiciary Commutes.
Wasi?'noton, March 12.
S :..atr.? Mr. Sl.ennan presented the 1
petition of a citizen of Columbia, South ! '
C itohna, asking for indemnity for lo:s 1
sustained by tha burning of his house. J
In presenting the petition, Mr. Sherman I.
read a letter Irom General Sherman in j
relation to the burning of the town of'
Columbia, alleging that current reports of
this matter weio false; that Columbia
was not tired bv the Vedera', but l>v rebel
authorities ; that General Wade Hampton i
had, before leaving the town, given an
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order to* urn it "on the apptouch of the
Yankees,etc. General Sherman itaUft <
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that the town was on tire when h?*ni?n?H I
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it. The petition was referred to the ,
Committee of Claims.
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11 di sk.?A resolution was adopted 4
fcaviog in view the purchase of a portrait ,
of Joshua H. Giddings; and Mr. Sheila |
barger, of Ohio, ottered a resolution in ! ,
ctructlng the Judiciary Committee to in ,
quire into ami report upon the expediency |
and propriety of providing by law that 8
no person disloyal to the (Juited States ,
Government, or who has been engaged in f
armed rebellion, shall be entitled to the ,
exercise of the right of electors in anv i
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State in Federal elect ons. The resolution (.
r at adopted.
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Washington, March 13,
Senate.?Mr. Sherman introduced a c
joint resolution that 'he aggregate out c
standing amount of United State* notes s
not tearing inleiest and including the o
fractional currency, shall not be diminish- T
ed below four hundred and twenty mil . ri
Jiona, end that all sirrplus in the Treasury, *
exceeding forty nnlliona in coin and forty f<
niillioo* in currency, shall be promptly ci
applied to the payment of accruing in ll
deotednes* and to ttie purchase or payi n
ment of the interest bearing debt of the a'
\Joiied States ; bjt the amount of iuter III
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est bearing legal lender notes shall not be
dimin'shed by payment or conversion at
a rate exceeding four millions per
month.
The second section provides that this
joint resolution shall remain in force one
year after its pass'ngo. Referred to the
Committee on Finance.
The bdl for the admission of Colorado !
was taken uj? and after d -bate the Senate, i
by a vote of 22 against 14, refused to
pass it to a third reading, because it ex* j
eludes negro sulfrage.
lloi SK ?The House by h vote of 109
against 3D, passed (lie Senate lull with ae
amendment, that all persons born in the
United States and not subject to anv
foreign power, excluding Indians not i
taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens
of the United States him! that such citizens '
of every race and fcolor, w ithout regard to
any pffevions condition of slavery; or Involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the parties shall
have been duly convicted, shall have the
same right to make and enforce coti- I
tracts, to sell and be parties to and give j
evidesce, to inherit, purchase, sell and
convey real and personal properly asd to j
as full and equal benefit of all laws and
proceedings for the security of person and
properly as is enjoyed hT the whit# cili,
zens ; and shall bo subject to like puri
isiiment, pains and penalties and to none
other; ar.y law, statute, ordinance, regu.
lation or custom to the contrary, not- I
withstanding.
The penal section of lbs bill is, re- i
lained, providing that any person who
shall deprive any one of any of the rights
11 u u\ Ail 1.l.:n ?i?? ? >
.......ata lino uin Mian re nnocJ one
thousand dollars and imprisoned not less
than one rear.
An additional section is added to llie j
bill providing for a tinul appeal in any
crtoo tl>ast mar arise to the Supreme
Court of tiie United Slates. Nothing in ;
tiiis act, however, is to he so construed
as to affect the laws of any State concern '
mg the right of siili'rcge.
The Senate will undoubtedly concur in !
the amendment, hut after that it must he
submitted to the President for approval.
A flairs in Canada.
Toronto, Canada, March 12.?The
number of volunteers answering the call !
of the government is largely in excess of j
the demand. flie . commander in'chief'
has issued a military order regretting I
that he is compelled, as a measure of pre |
caution, to call for the services of so large
a number of volunteers, and asys this
step doos not result from the existence of
a 1
? .v..ul.m<i ?.i w?r uNivreen our sovereign
and h foreign State, but h the necssctry
performance of a duty which haa devolved
upon the government, who are bound J
to make provision for protecting the lives
and property of the inhabitant* of the
Provinces against threatened piratical at
tacks of lawless men, who are rising in J
the territory of a neighboring power for
the purjepse of openly organizing au en- |
terprive against llie sovereign rights of
the Quean, and (lie security of her sub
j?eta. He relies upon the success of the '
volunteers in repelling any attacks which
may come.
A IIoki:11> Mi RbKK.? We learn that
Jacob Jilackwelder, living near Slirewait's
Mill, in (Jabarruft county, about five miles
Trow Concord, killed his wife on Sunday f
morning the 4 tit inst , by cultmg ber
throat. He acknowledges the deed, and
-tales that lie first tried to cho&6 her to '
loath, but not being satisfied with that
lie cut her throat. On Saturday ev?o
ng, previous to the murder, IS luck welder
lent his children away from home, so \
,hrtt there might he no one present but
limself and wife when he carried hishor id
purposes into execution. It is said
hat jealousy was the cause, though it is
relieved that there never was good resion
for such feelings on the part of Mack 1
vekler. Some suppose that "he is deran* 1
red, while others think that he is as j 1
ouch in his right mind as he ever *as.?
In w is immediately arrested, and is now t
onfiued in jail at Concord. , i
Ckar/otle JJtmocrat. i
Maj. General Howard has issued a ciri ]
ular letter to the Assistant Commission' 1
4
rs of the Freedman'a Bureau- <rivin? in. 1
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(ructions for dealing with the question (
f matrimony among the freed people. |
'hey are to consult the State laws with ^
rgard to the marriage and divorce of ^
'hile vs. white pertone, and embody them c
>r tlio benefit of the freed men, ae tar aa "
hi he done, in a circular, and desiring , (
it-in to frame such a system of marriage ^
ilea as would be approved by (he Stale j
uihoritiee, with the formal approval of
ie Governor on the subject appended. d
ICiumwtfi linger.
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Lecture.
We are requested to announce that the fourth
Lecture in the (cries, heretofore published, will
tc delivered on Fiiday night next, by Kev. D.
P. Kobineon. Subject : "The adaptation of
the plan of Redemption, (both in its nature and
in the method of its development) to the condition
and wants ?!' the human race, as an evidence
ol the Divine origin of the Bible."
The Eastern S. C. Journal.
The above is llie title !' a tow paper, published
fur the liist time on the third instant,at
lJtnncHsville, ? . C., by C, I*. Townscnd, as
Kditor, nttd W. F. K. llende:son, I'roprietor.
It in neatly gotten up and ahly edited; and is,
upon the whole, an interesting family newspaper.
We wish all parties the highest measure
of success.
The i'rospoct.
The weather for the last three 01 four weeks
has been exceedingly lavor'iblo tor laimuig
opeiatious. We have had hut little rain, and
it has been plm.-aiil and Spring-like. We presume
the liirmcra have taken advantage of (he
good season, and have their plantations ill a
forward state of pieparatioii. "A iih the aid ol
tiie Military and the whelc-omc examples which
tbi y have made where con. acts for labor have
been violated, lit*; Irecdniel) are generally
doing well, unt' in many iniUnccs are reported
as working bi tter than when slaves. The prospect
for n crop, uuiler the new labor system,
is fur bettor than the most Sanguine among us
anticipated at tbe beginning of the year.
Stay Laws.
We see it stated tdat the highest Court in
the Stale of Mississippi has declared the stay
law passed by the Legislature ot that Slate to
be unconstitutional. The Columbia J'hsrnix,
in making the above announcement, says* "'flic
same result is inevitable whenever the question
shall be brought to n final test in the States
which have, by similar enactments, sought to
impuir the obligations of contracts and enable
their citizens to repudiate their just debts.
wv, me i niit'u unties Mipreme Court nil)
decide against all these Uw? a* far as nonresident
creditor* are concerned. What lolly
is it, then, foi the legislative bodies ol Southern
States to hitter away their time in the discussion
of "bills to prevent the collection ot
debts," when, after they agree upon a particular
form, the U\" will itot be woith the pilfer
it is written upon." ,
It is undetslood tVat the constitutionaM'y cf
the stay law ol this Slate will be argued before
llie Court ol Appe-iu Columbia, at tba setting
in May next.
Court Wack.
For the foal time within atvord yearn, the
old lu*hioucd and regular Court of Sessions i
and Common l'leas has calivened iu our Village.
This is gratifying, no doubt, to all good
citi/ens ; lor aveu a partial restoration of the |
civil law ia tar better than the condition ol dis j
order and uncertainty through which wc have
just passed. Tha stentorian veice of the ven.
viable Crier, ?o familiar to every tne, as it j
Bounded from llie portals of the Com t rcot'a, I
reminded us of other days, when the civil law I
w - the only rule and government known to our
people, and under its protecting a*gu* they I
realized the blessings of prosperity and hide ]
pendence.
The Court convened et the uaual hour on :
Monday morning, his Monor Judge Clover, presiding
with his accustomed digidty, courtesy
and ability. The Judge is looking verj well, 1
end is apparently in much better health than
when he wut here several years ago.
The charge of his Honor to the Grand Jury '
was brief and pertinent. The law upon the
subject of distilling liquors, aud their du'ies in
respect to public property and the public oflieea
were particularly adverted to. Up to Monday
evening the Grand Jury had returned no bills,
nor rendered their usual report. This will pro- j
liably be done Tuesday morniag (to day) and
rtiould there bo anything In their r..^nr? ??#
jublic interest, it will be the subject of notice ;
n our neit paper.
The Petit Jurors were discharged oa Monday. '
Diere was but little busiaesa for them. No State
saaca were t.ied, and but a few 6niimportant
aae* on the Issue and Sum Pio Dockets. The
lusiness was mainly continued, except where
uits bad abated by the death of aunae of the
tarties. The business upon the Enquiry dockit.
was more generally die posed of, and judg>
aenta obtained in moat of Ike ualitigaled
asea.
The Bolicitgg, C D. Melton, .Esq , is in ateidance
ana exhibits his usual ability and la- '
lustry in the discharge of bis laborious duties.
The Court will, without doubt, adjourn toaj
(Tuesday.)
Mosses from a Rolling Stone, j
We are indebted to the Publishers, Messrs. [
W. B. Smith k Co , Raleigh, N. C., (or a copy
of the above work, being a volume of charming j
, poems by Mrs. Mary Bayard Clarke. It ia j
1 neatly bound in cloth, and ia a valuable conj
tribution to Southern literature. We commend
the Book and hope it will receive a patronage, '
Cdisrmensurate with its merit?.
| Also to the same Publishers, for the March- i
numh^r r?f tho Rov StAna 1
| ? ' - ? 7- j
which should l>o in the hands of every Mason (
who wishes to become familiar w ith the princi* I
pies and teaching'! of the Order u( which h e is
a uioinber.
J Restoration Terms to be Proposed.
Representative McClung pioposes to
introduce a joint resolution providing that
i either of the States of Vi-ginta, Tennessee,
[ fJorth Carolina, South Caroline, C^rgia,
| Florida, A'ahaiua, Louisiana, Mississippi,
i Arkansas or Tex.1l shall he entitled to representation
in Congress and f> resume
complete practical relations with the
j United States Whenever the said State by
! its Legislature, or by a convention, shall
formally adopt the following irrepealable
fundamental conditions, namely :
First. That all constitutional provisions,
laws, statutes, acts, oidinauces, rules and
regulations heretofore in lorce or held
| valid in the said State whereby or where- I
in any inequality of civil or political j
i rights or immunities among the iuhabi |
I tants of the said State is recognized or ]
maintained by reason of or founded upon
I distinctions or differences of color, race, or
I noon a nravioua condition ?i?m? < (
- - , " V.
| *iitv??ry or invuliin tafy servitude, be deI
c'ared absolutely null ami void, thai it
shall be forever unlawful to institute, j
t make, ordain or establish in the said :
! Stal3 afiy euh constitutional provisiblic, ;
I law, g'atute, act, ordnance, rule or re
guiulion, or to enforce or to attempt to j
enforce tlie satrie.
Second. That no payment shall ever j
1 he demanded by the said State, or any '
part thereof, of the United States, nor be j
made by llie said Slats, of any part I
thereof, or by tbe United St a lis, fjr cron j
account of any debt contracted or in: I
enrred in aid of the rebellion against the !
United Stales; and that sai^ Slate shall
faithfully and punctually contribute its
share towards paying the debt of and
j meeting all its pecuniary obligations to
| ins K?jT?riiinani 01 ill* United states. I
Third. That tin loHuain^ described |
persona, having taken a Ending part in I
' th* la.a million, shall he fcftclddkd from
I I
the right of suffrage or of holding of office,
I mutely : Whoever, as a citizen or officer, j
member of the Legislature or convention '
of any Stale, has voted for, signed or ad j
vocated '.lie passage of any ordinance of I
secession ; whoever has sought or held {
any ofii -e of the so-called Confederal*
i government other than ministerial, or h*
I low th* grad* of captain; whoever has
voluntarily loaned or donated any money
or property to the said pretended govenn
i inent, or invested in it* bonds, whoever,
while sii otlicer of the United Stales, has .
! aided, counseled or encouraged any seees '
J siou from or war against the United j
States, or left the service of the United i
Status to take part in the rebellion.
Sec. 2. The prot'sions of tb* total resolution
shall take effect as soon us either
of said Slates, by its Legislature or by a
convention, shall, by a solemn act or or '
din.tuce, declare the assent of the said |
Stale to tiie fundamental conditions here' '
ir pr'es'cribad ; which conditions shall ha
in the said act or ordinance declared fori
ev?r irrepeaiable under any circumstances
whatever.
Mr. McClung proposes to refer the '
above to the committee on recccstruc 1
lion.
How Immigration to thk Sooth in
IVkvkntko.?The Radical press, English
and Herman, team with fabricated letters 1
from the South detailing aiiociuea and
outrages perpetrated upon Northern men
and emigrants who have settled in the
Southern Stales. The object of these
tieiions is easily delected. Immigration
at lh? North doea not accord wish the
plant of the Radicals and must be pre- |
vented by all meant. Soulharn white
people must be made depended upon
the necro for labor srwl if ruwaiki- r~- I
rot*a. W* regret to Lav* toeoofeae that
ill* effort* to tbwarl immigration have
b*?ri but two tucceaaful. Th*r* ar* alto
other agenciea beaid** the pr*?a at work |
to accompbtb ili* tame object.
Io the tt arch number of Dt Ilotpt lie I
view, the editor, who haa juat completed I
a tour through the cotton Utate*, eatn I
male* the next coltor crop at not more
than on* million fir* hundred thousand i
bale*. 4
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News Summary.
The Camden Journal announce* the 1
death of the Hon. A. II. Ho\kin.
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"S. Cooper"?do you remember hiufl |
all ye that used to be under titty ??is in '
Richmond.
(ieneral 1). IT Hill i? rrn'ritr In nul.Hali
r paper called "The Land We Love."
iin n a'.ional Intelligencer Stale* that >
the public debt was reduced two millions
of dollars in the month of February.
Reports from various quarters rep'rei
tent the Fenian excitement more than
ordinarily intensfe.
General Til'ton, of the Freedmen's Bureau
in Georgia, has imprisoned several '
parties whe have been enticing negroes
away from their employers.
A Mr. Jacoby, who had recent'* erni j
grated from Massachusetts to Savannah, !
was lined by the Bureau there $:)0 for
having whipped severely three times a
negro boy in his employ, in order to extort
a confession of a theft.
A petition ninety feet long, signed bv
six thotisand five hundred citizens of
Philadelphia, favoring Sunday cars run'
ning, hat been laid before the Penntylva>
nia Legislature.
General Longstrcet has been elected ;
President of tho Great Southern mid .
Western L ft and AcJder.l insurance
Company.
The Cluvr'ottsville (Vh )Chronicle say*: I
Tite wheat crop in tins section presents a
most wretched appearance, and will be
an utter failuie.
Tiie Lynchburg New# says t.The wheat,
crop in (Ins section is poor indeed, and
but very little can be made, even under
the moat favorable circumstances. The {
most of (he field* we hava seen are en* |
tirely bare, the gin n liavit g beer, frozen 1
out by the excessive cold weather, some
weeks ago.
The Chicago Republican lias a tele
grain from Cincinnati!, staling that a pri
va'.e despatch entirely reliable from
Washington, received there elates that |
Mr. S'anlon will toor. resign hie ofl]:e ae '
Secretary of War and that Geri. Steadman
has acccepled h<a position.
Mr. IltiodMa, of Lagrange, Texas, find- i
in? himself, at the end of the w?r, by the
lost of Ins slaves, $10,0U0 in dvbt, but |
will) ample means it* par, conveyed all 1
In* property to trustees to secure his cred- j
iters and giving the overplus to his wife, i
and then blew his hrftins of I.
The Nsw York Commercial A'h'erti- |
ter a Washington correspondent says : ?
The belief is general among the be?t in*
formed members of the bar of the So.
preine Court, that the trial of civilians
by the military commissions will be pro- 1
nounced unconstiluliohai in the teal case '
now being argued.
Bishop Lynch has issued a circular de- 1
nouncing the Fenian movement, snd one
is published by the Custom* Department
which specially instructs the tl^-erslo
thoroughly search all the bairtraire ot tias
stoger* coming into the Wo fine**, nml
to drtaui all Anns, weapons and muni- .
tiont of wai found.
Hon. Jame* Jolw fcdh, 'ate Provisional
Governor of Georgia, who is now .in
Washington, a?\s tli* condition of affairs
in that State ia very far frotr. lump as
satisfactory at whan the civil government
was fust restored. Ha speaks of the
Freed men's Korean as an absolute need,
sily, both for the Union men and the
blacks, and that it is vary important that
more troops be sent into the Stale at
once.
The Augusta '('omtitLtidnalisl says
that two cilizers, hdward Coleman and
Humphrey Kauieware, both of whom '
were intoxicated, had a difficulty at KJgefield
C. II., a few data since. It appears
that a soldier, who wss also intoxicated,
interfered, end commenced fighting with
Colemkn, 'Whom he shot in the back of
the neck, whereupon Coleinan drew a
pistol and fcliot and killed the soldier.?
Coiemao is serieuslv hm ?ai d a.t- !
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wouoded.
The Supreme Court of LotiieiXna lie*
rendered e decision id a euit of a depoaitor
against ?acob Itarker, lit At Cnnfederate
money depoeilvd with a Tinker created
no contract ? Licit could be enforced
by our Courts, that eucb e transaction
erne contra bonus mores, the depoekor intending
to give ovulation, a? currency, 1
to one of the menu by which the re |
bellion wet to be aided and promoted.? i
Die depoeitor therefore, could recover !
lotbiog, and be wee din mined with coeta. i
Fudge Haley rendered the decision.
Washington Humors.
The Ridiiah insist (liHl (be \Vbit?
House shall La painted Black.
General Joe Johnson arrived here thi?
Morning to testify befote the Reconstruct
lion Committee.
It ie said tb^t the special Treasury
agents and eub agents in the South will
soon p 11 be withdrawn and their operations
brought to a termination.
There ii a rumor that Mr Voorbees,
of Indian*, who was ousted from bis seal
in tba House a few days sines, will bs
cared for by the President ai lbs fira(
tilling opportunity.
It is commonly slated among Republic
cans that Genera! Giant is to bs the!/
candidate far the Presidency, but it is uoderslood
that ne resists tbe importunity
to oppose th< Piesident'e policy.
One of the doorkeepers of the House
of Representatives at Washington eras
discharged oo Thursday, on account oi
having expressed hie approval of Presii
dent Johnson's reconstruction policy. ,
'
It has been rtnnoiinced by leading
members of the Reconstruction Commit*
tee that the Supreme Court will soon deliver
an opinion declaring thai the test
oilli is unconstitutional. It Is said that
this announcement caused great consleri
nation in the Radical ranks.
The President d.en! ?- ^
III* pui'
sage of the concurrent resolution by the
two branches of Congress, as he looks
upon aucli action as tantamount to an
exclusion of most of the Southern meiu<
hers. Other*, h.iwever, 'lo not think a*;
hut regard the measure as of no practical
effect whatever.
The negro orator, Fred Douglass, oc?
ctipied a prominent seat in the ladies'
galleries to day during the delivery of
Mr. Snninei's speech. Just in front of
Fred sat three dames, who industriously
phed their neeJles and as assiduously
listened while Mr. Surtiiier read bit
lengthy effort. ?
Unless Congress, and jiarlicularly the
Senate, makes greater headway with ihd
burues* before it, the session, instead of *
closing in S!sy, as was at onetime heped^
will extend into the dog dave. Un
Sin?ans i* to aaoura an idj ourntrinni
by NtofJuna, but will fiuil it ad
ujt hill talk. * ?#
A strong eff. ?rt I: baing made before
lli?s proper authorities for tlia ra establishment
of the Government gun shops and
arsenal al Harper's Kerry. It is as;una
te<l thai two millions of dollars or tlierei
about* mil replace lha Government proparty
at timt point destroyed during lha
war, nod lha Shenandoab paopla ara
anxious that the tome thou'.d be appro*
prieled. *'* *.
A report war mail* from tli* Reeon- , ^L.
truction Commitlaa, embracing folumiut ?
out letlimony of tlia wilntatea letlif) i?g?*^^
as to 111o pretlimfed dittos ally of lb* ni4* "** %
oriiy of the people of the Soriih. Oenerale
Thotnxa end Onarton a ?y they bare VI*
c?i?e<l intelligence of a contpiracy to opt
pose the (io?er.Mimnl, and encourage a
foreign war, in the hope of joining the
enerniAs of the country, in order to eecure
Sotilhtt-u in dependence.
It it reported tit At it ia terioutly under
contemplation to abandon all auite againat ?
tba Treatdry Agent* who bate behind
?>? disreputably in connection with their
cotton dealing at tbe South. The reason
of this is because of the tremendous talent
of the diai.ooestj that baa been dieeovertd,
and the u'.ter hopelessness of
e?er being ab'e to aave even a ahred froto
the gehernl wreck.
* Tlia't). Sterdfts wit approached laat
nglit by an acquaintance, who aaked
bun if tit intended to tote for the admit*
aiou of (be Tennassse tutiiibera , without
hesitation he responded in tbe affirm*'
live. ''Will you not," saya hie question*
er, "by ao doing stultify jouraelM" Th
wblcb ha replied?"Yea; but I shall Vvbte
thus, Us t t lie country might it ink the
happy relations beretbfore? ekiatlfg bah
tweeu me and the lVepdant bad bnnn
disturbed by recent aVeus."
fnF inrnn A<*mm *
?. ...... un;? miuuiir rumor
bwo currant of a compromise of confieti
log tiewe between ilia President and lb#
Republican majority of Congreaa, wbdre*
by tba lattar will eaae tba offices u4
yield tba Tennessee point. Under ibis
plan, ererytbiag ,fter tbe edmiaeiou of
Tenneteae would be left ea it ia till Cod!
great alia11 meat at tbe eeit regular eee?
lion. Tba ermy would ratneio io lM
Southern H'alee, martial lew would eoOLinne,
end lie Freed men'e Bureet be idea.
*