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Jtamistor Mgn\ 1 HJBLISUED AT LANCASTER 0. II. S. 0., BY COXXOIt* A ( AUTLH. WEDNESDAY MORNING, March Cth, 1867. Subscribers finding a (X) cross murk on the margin of their paper may know that their time ia about to expire. TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, $3 00 j For (tx inon tlis, " . 1 60 For three months, " i 100 The Military Bill- -Comments of the Preu.. Aa the Bill which rettcPt'v pasted both Houses of Congress for the establishment of a military despotism over the Southern States ' ami for other purposes," published elsewhere in litis papft>, is now a measure of absorbing public interest, the subjoined Comments of the Press, North and South, showing how tho Bill is construed, its results and effects, will l>e read with more than ordinary interest. Tlio New York Express is strong in i's denunciations of tlio infamous provisions of the hill, and sums up the substantial features of tho measure as follows : Element. 1. The destruction of State Governments, the State Judiciary, and State laws of all kinds. 2. The substitution in lieu thereof of live brigadier genera's, men of epaulettes, 'men on horseback " 3. The abrogation of every pr'nciplo of British liberty, as laid down in lllackstone, or won at Runnymede, as extorted by the barons from King John?as fought for by the Puritans even, under 'Cromwell?us diod for by Hampden and o'her British patriots?as guaranteed in the revolution of our British fathers, that took *a prince frovn Holland and put him on the British throne, and as solemnly set forth in our Decl iration of Independence and in the Constitution of tho United States, viz; the principles of magna charts, the right of petition, the bill of rights, & . The President of the United S'atps (sec 5) is c'otlie I with absolute power over the lives of 12,000,000 of human be tigs, without judge or jury ? far he creates the five governing brigadier gen ' trals, and their military commissions. The Richmond Times ssva tlio "liecotv slruction bill" is framed with such ingeni out malignancy, that whether we adopt the constitutional amendment or prefer to continue in our present unrepresented eon dition, we cannot avoid negro su ffrage. The "provisional governments," as the present State governments arg called, can not be continued unless we throw open the ballot box to every male negro who is over the age of twenty ono. No election^ can be beld unless tlie qogro is given all the political privileges of tlio white man. j Nothing can he clearer than th#4. this is the intention of the btlb The sixth lection of the hill provides that "until the people of the said rebel States shall be, by law, admitted to re> presentation in the Congress of the United States, any civil government that may exist therein shall he deemed provisional only, and in all respec's subject to the paramount authority of the United State*, tit any time to abolish, modify, control or eupersedo the same ; and in all elections to any office ttiuler such provisional yov ernmentt, all per sons shall be entitled to vote under the^ fifth, section of this act ? And no person shall he eligible to any oflice under such provisional government who would be disfranchised from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amend tnent." The fifth section of the above act ex tends the right of suffrage to "the male citizens of said State, twenty one years old and upwatd, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been re sident in said Slate for one year pr& vious to the dj/y of such election, except such tts may he disffanchised-for parti' cijmtion in the rebellion, or for felony at common law.** Whether, therefore, wo adopt the "con stitntional amendment," with negro suf. frage, and Congressional representation "annexed," or prefer to continue as we are, we cannot, if Sherman's bill becomes, a law, avoid almost immediate negro equality at tho ballot box. WHAT THE PRESIDENT WIl.L DO ! | The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says: A. protracted session of the C*t>inet was held to day io consider the Military lieconstruction bill. The President would sign the bill but for tho first section, which provides for dividing the ten States into ea milif urir rliolrit'la Thfl fnuhiroe of the measure are not so objectionable although he much preferred the simp e Wains amendment, ft is understood that the Cabinet fake nearly the same view. The most earnest supporters of the lie construction hill, now in the hands of the President, affirm that although lie will veto the bill, he will on Monday or Tues day return it to the House of Represent* tives, in which it originated, thus afford ing an opportunity for Congress to take action upon the measure. WHO A KB DISQUALIFIED f The Richmond Whig says: "The act excludes no one from serving as a member of the Leg stature. The language is, "No person shall be a Senator or Repre eentative in Congress, or elector of Pres? ident and Vice President, or hold any . m office, civil or military, under tlio United Sta'es, or under nny State, who," & ;.? Membership of the Legislature is out an "oflice," The foliotfing persons are disqualified from serving as members of the proposed Slate Convention, or voting in the elee tion of the same, viz. : all Confederates who li.nl ever taken the oath to support the Constitution of tbo United States a* h member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member ol any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer ot any State. This in j eludes, besides members of Congress and of State Legislatures, postmasters, col lectors of customs, officers of the United States armv and navy, judges and. mag1 'strates, and ex governors. It does not include lawyers, clerks, sheriffs, constables, commissioners in cbarfcerv, com in is ioners of revenue, tax assessors, smvev ors, militia officers, sergeants, member* of councils, and perhaps others who ha*c taken the oatfc ?for these are e:lher no1 officers at all, or are me'oiy ministeria offices.*, not embraced in the term "exec I utive or judicial." Titer are therefore j neither disfrancbisetl nor rendered iueli | gible to office." IIOI'K ISTITK 8UPUKMK COURT, j says tIt? Richniond Enquirer : 'The fundamental proposition of th< I whole, is that which denies the existeflci l and integrity oT our Stale organisations Our den*nee lies in tiaversing this posi tion. Our only mode of making this de fence is hy an appeal to the courts. Thit i it is our duty to make. A case must b< | made up; and wo suppose it inav hi ! speedily done, on the question of eligi ; bilitv to office. It wi'l be contended hi 1 the bnngerers and th.us'eM that the pro I scription will displace those liable to ii, who are now in olliee. An order foi ejectment, or an application tdtprobibi I will get tlie question before the courts | If it be held that our State government: are valid, and according to the Oonstitu tioo, then ail the atieiiipts to alter on ' sullVage, an 1 to dictate qualifications foi State office, will be pronounced void. W, must bring Injudicial test also the rigli of Congress to j>a?s martial law, and t< suoormnate ma civu ii> mo tnmiarv in J these Slates, in a tiina of profound peaco publielv proclaimed. The National Intelligencer says : 'If the destruction bill of Congress were brought up for decision before tin Supreme Court, who does not suppose that a full bencli would declare its uncon stitu'.ionalitv in into I What true states man or eminent jurist, anywhere in the broad land, would not so declare ?" The Richmond Dispatch says ; ^It were an easy matter, perhaps, to bring this (juestion before the Supreme Court; hut it would lie difficult to ob tain a decision. If That Court, in defer enco to a demoralized public opinion, withheld its decision upon the test os?h for tvvolve months aber its opinion had been fornled, how long would it withhold ' its decision on such a question as this ? And if there Was a majority of only one in favor of I ho Constitution in the for? iner case, what assurance have we that there will he a majority at all in this case ? Judge Grier's health is said to be feeble. In his absence, the Court would bkelv stand equally divided ; for if four I ., f.,iA kstl.l |L... :i: *,"*? ?* iw <??? ? 111*1 Iii111 tary courts tor tho tral of civilians arc constitutional tribunals, there is no res son why four shoulil not l>n expected to hold that Congress is not bound by the Constitution at *11." THK DL'TIK* OF Til* HOUR. On this subject, the Ditpalcn says : Let tho awfu1 brigadier find us planting and building ; whites and blacks living harmoniously ; our Legislature considering* measures for preserving the credit ol the Stale and deva-foping its wealthy judges on the bench administering the laws of the laud with universal acceptation to all al ke ; and then let him, before the face of earth and heaven, hy one?ordci Iroin hosdouarters, deprive a whole peoi pie of all this order, and peace, and legal protection, and rule them with a bavonel at all their throats, and no |*w over them but the edge of the sword! Wo know rtf>t vet that matters wil come to this. There mav he some con sirUrations (not of law or justice, certain! v,' that will stop the furious career of thosf relentless anarchists They may finr1 after thev have wehled together theit Stevens Hill, their Elliot HiJ, and then Wilson Amendment, into one trenchant and tremendous tomahawk to strike us al dov^n to utter ruin at one swoop, tha after all there are, perhaps, reasons whj the blow should not he struck. In th< meantime, we cannot, must not, abandor our own cause and the remnant we stil j^saess of those liberties handed down t( us from better times and better men. Oiu day the whole North mav thank us tha by a dignified passive resistance to thi present torront of lawless rage tlili sweepi over the Ian.I we saved those precieu* liberties from utter shipwreck ; and tha in the loudest and wildest of the tompe* we did not giv^up the ship. There is sound philosophy, mixed wit! considerable vulgarity, in the following t< the same point, copied from the Milledge ville Recorder : A goahead planter in a neighborinj County was approached l?y ft trouMer nei ihhor, perhaps inoreof a politician thar planter, who waa discussing the state o the country, especially the hill that iookec to converting Georgia into a military dis trict. Our go ahead planter heard hinr through, and asked if the hill would pro hibit the making of cotton, fteing an swered in the negative, he responded, i it didn't, then 'damn Congress and the hill ; let 'em rip. I'm going to makt cotton.' Them's our sentirneift*. Mr, C. II. E Igeeomh, of Hiddaford, M ?ine, will aerept our thanks for late Northern papers. The Military Osspotisin. *< We published Inst week u telegraphic *? report of tho in?a|urn as it paued the "j Senate, and as amended in the House, for placing the Southern Stales under ^ military government. We now publish below wI.M purports to he a correct copy q of the bill as it finally passed both Houses j ^?f Congress and only req tires the sane, j lion of the President, or Ms passage over y lite vain If^iapama lain * r An Aal to provide for the more efficient , i yovcrnme.nl of the rebel States. d WiliiHKAR, uo legal State (Ti)Vfrnnii>nl8 d or adequate protection for life or property si now exist ill the rebel State* of Virginia, tl North Carolina, Souili Carolina, Georgia, ' Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, ' Texas and Arkansas ; and whereas, 11 is j, necessary thai peace and pood order should be enforcer] in sad Stales until h loyal and republican State governments r< can he legallv established : therefore, |, lie it enacted, etc , That said rebel Stales ? shall be divided into military diatricts at.d ( ? made subject to the military authority of ^ the United Sta'es, as hereinafter presort I bed ; and for that purpose Virginia shall ^ constitute the first district, North Carolina and Soutli Carolina the second district, I * j g 5 Georgia, Alabama anil biorida the third . district, Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district, and Louisiana and Texas 0 the fifth district. Sec. 2. That it shall he trie dntt? of the ' President tn assign to the command of | ' i each of said district* an officer of the ar : , * mv not below the rank of brigadier gen' j eral, and to detail a sufficient military ? force to enable such officer to perform bis Sl duties and enforce bis atitliorilr within * ' the district to which he is assigned. " ' Sec. 3 That it shall he the duty of ' each officer nss'viieil as sliir.said to tiro " 7 '? ? tect all persons in llieir right* of person ' nml proper!v, to suppress insurrection, r< disorder and violence, and to punish or ' , cause to .he punished all dUtuihers of the *' r public, peace and criminals, and to this " ' end he insv allow local civil tribunal* to \ lake jurisdiction of and trv offenders, or, '* * when in bis judgment it may b? necessary for the trial of offenders, lie shall have r power lo organize m'lilarv commissinna ' r or trihunals for thai purpose ; and all in ^ 3 trrference under co'or of State authority " I with the exercise of miliiarr authority r under this act shall" he null and void, i Sec 4. That all persons put under mil jji ilary arrest by virtue of tins act shn'l be r>l tried' witbfiiit unnecessary delav, and no I 1 cruel or unusual punishment tfhall be in w dieted ; and no sentence of anv military in ' commission or tribunal hereby authorized *<* 1 atfeeiintf the life or liberty of any person, ir 1 shall be executed until it is approved hv le the oflli?er in command of the district; li< and the laws and regulations for the gov 1 eminent of the army shall not he affect. m hv this act, exc?pt in so far a* thev ?nav con diet wi'li its provisions ; Provided, That no sentence of dea'h nil ler the pro j visions of lira act shall l e carried into of j feet without the approval of t\j? Presi dent . Sec. 5. That when the pe^la of any of the said reltel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conforrni tt | tv with tli# Constitution nl the United States in all framed hv a conven I lion of elected hv the male oil izens of sai'LState twentyone vsars old 11 and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resb 81 dent in said State for one rear previous to the day ?d stich election, except such 01 as mav he disfranchised for participation in the rebellion, or for felony at common m law; and when such constitution shall provide thai the elective franchise shall ' he enjoyed hv alt such persons as have the qualifications herein stated for election 8 of delegates; *tel when such conntitu tion shall he ratified hy a majority of the 1 persons voting on the question of ratifies " tion who are qualified as electors for del ega'es ; and wher. such constitution shell Itaro been submitted to Congf^s?*for ex amirytlidh and appro?*?l, an I Congrfs* shall have approved the same ; and when said 'Slate hv a rote of its Ungislator? el ^ ected under traid constitution, sln?il have ' adopted the amendment to the Coriatitu 1 tion of the United State" proposed hy the ' 1 Thirty ninth Congress, and known as ar t | tide 14, and when said article shall have * ' become part of the Ch nstitutlon of the <; ' United States, sai<| State shall ha declar 1 ed entitled to representation in Congress. I ! i c I ii _i _n u , hihj nonhior^ hi <i ik??pn,!?pmhiivej* hhhii | ~ I be admitted 11 > refr.>u? on their diking ; ii ' ( tha oitli prescribed bv law, mid then and p ' 1 thereafter tha preceding section* ^f this ^ i biH, shall le Inoperative in said State ; Provided. that no person exclude,I from tha privilege of holding office bv said pro posed amendment to the Constitution of H the United States shall be eligible to e! | ' 1 eetion as a member of the Convention to " frame a Constitution for any of saii| rebel ! States ; rdV shall anv such person vole 1 for mem'-ers of said Convention. Sec. 0 And be it fartheSnorted, That " ' jntil th*e people of the s4bl rebel States ' shall be, by law. admitted to represents * tion in the Congress of tho United States, sty civil governments that may exist ' therein shall be deemed provisional only, and, in afl respects, subject to the para ?1 mount authority of the United States, at ' anv time, to abolish, modify, control or ( ! supercede the same, and, in all elections ' to anv office under such provisional gov * ernmeote, all persons shall tie entitled to * yote, and none others, alio aie entitled to 1 vote tinder the provisions of the fifth sec tion of this act; and no person shall he * eligible to any office, under euch provi- " sional governments, who wou'd he His qualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said 1 P?..litlii;?n.l A I! The 3<1 eection of the I low ard Amend ment referred to above, is as follows ; t Sao. 3. No person shall he n Senator or Hepreaentative in Congress, or elector of President and V-ce I'resident, or hold any oflice, civil or military, under tha United States, or under anv Stat#, who having previously taken an oath aa a member of Congreas, or an an oHi'-er of the United State*, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or jud'oial officer of any State, to support the constitution of the United Slates, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion {uinst the seme, or given aid or comfort the enemies thereof. But Congress my bv a vote of two third* of each louse, remove such disability. ifhat General Grant says of thjSouth A correspondent of the Troy /)arVy 1 imcs gives the following as a convers.v * on ha<l with General Grant during an iterview at (he house of the latter in ' i Vasl.ington last Saturday : Q The rebellion was put dnwn l?v ttie rO"? arm of military power under votir irectton, an<l surely itte work was wo!I one. Now tl?? question is, what policy (mil lie pursued for lie reorganization ol < [?e late rebel St'.tes 1 A. No, the work is'not all done. The . ghting is finished, hut the very intpor ant matter pf reronstrnction is yet to ho omp'eied I iliink if the Southern State* ' ad accepted the amendment ins'esd of ' rjncting it so hastily, they would have ; een admitted by Congress in December, | tit now I think they will have to take ( lie amendment and manhood sulTriige ( ipsnles. Congress will insist on this. Q. Ilow are a flairs at the South, (ten I ml ? Is it true that in Texas and many a titer sections, no adequate protection is i iven to Unii n men f j i A. Tt is true that in a large proportion ' f Texas a JJniory man is not safe if be ' ond the limits of military protection.? ' n and about CalveRton a better state of hirips ex-st. and a majority of the people, j 1 have no doubt, would be glad to have i 1 lie law* enforced. In many ol her sections I f the South loval men have no proper ' ftruritv for life apd property unless they re so located as to he taken care of by the j 1 lilitarv. ' The Civil Courts fail to punisli oflfences gainst Union citizens, white and Mack, md as for that matter, they were always ?miss. I am told that no murderer who | ^ ad heM what is called a Respectshin po. f lion before be committed the crime was f vcr hung or otherwise punislmd in the j ate of Virginia, and I helieva the same frllA nf mnil if lint utl tlnl lulu ilni" IR'P*. I | Q. Yon ?4V General, t'<e Ci\il Court* j j *\p failed t?? protect Unionists at the j f out . WkJI, 'are not llitoit oft'! ?? 1 Sta'e overr.wanta 11;or#? fli*? preatast of all I lililre* P A Tiiat i? I* political question for Corn ' rc?* to decide [ only c'v?* fart*. and lipr* in a v oonifriia tliem a* tliav p!ea?a '' I'elievn that larje nouil or* at tiie Sontli i I onl?I l?? glad t<-> have ilia la?r? enforced R [rpurfially; ?n aorne part* tin* is tin* nlim?nt of the majority. Hut Ilia ' n.rlda i* tl.ev are nvarcnore liv tlia law " ?n element, and cannot enforce jtia* 'a. Q Wall, in any event, there can l>e no ore fighting I c A ' '?>, nr?j nn'a?a Rrooit* and Wood * id that, Co| parliaad aat go' np diair rea'anail war. and there h aoinndouht, ' tliinlr vi li(*t!ik>r lliar ia i 11 mi.l..r i.. l/o t o i\ irrv out tltffr threat*. ( One of our party. Mr. C. O. Greene, ' Trov, who i? on fit* wrv to Auwuta, ' *., Iittro made the inquirv whether h < nion man i? perfectly *afo in travelling * outh T A. Oli, re*. perfectly safe. Therein no ' %nger at all on the regular line* of travel ut then if von ehouM atop and get into ogry political di*ou**ion*. there wou'd he anger in.acme place* no doubt. In that ?*e shooting would prohahlv lie p*M?d 1 [f a* jo**ifiahl? homicide, if the murderer a? arrested at Alt. After |?a**ing compliment*, etc., we < *de thn^Oeneral good dav, all our party ] eing highly p'e*?ed with the interview, nd f?elin r *trengthened in the conviction '?*t JJ S. Orant i? not .inly fit to he leneral. hut eminently, fit to hold the lire exalted position of l'reai ler.t of the j Ir.ited State*, to*which a loval people 1 'ill call him. J. M. F. J Suffering in LnncAater District,*S. 0Col. John*on handed u* a left.T on | >atllrdHy la*t, which he had j>Mt received .... Din a prominent citizen in L?ecai<ter )i*trict, appealing to hiin'for aid to relieve he suffering people from actual starvation, t will be N>n)e?nttered (hut t!,? truck of llterman'* A my lay through that section. ; 'his statement i* rqoiva'enl to the tno*l laborate description of desolation, suffer tg erul woe We ahull not attempt the lathetic by high wrought appetls to the mmanitv and liberality of voir city.? | luffi-a it tosav, thAt our neighbor* are tarving, and ho'd out their hand* and i*k a'l for bread Th a appeal ha* been nade to oilier section*. Newberne ha* i!r?-adv bad a meeting and appointed a ominittee to solicit Hnd receive contribuions. Several of the Northern citio* are noving, and in the meantime let n* setqj i few hundred biishal* of corn and sa-k* if flour to stop gaunt hunger, until larger uppliv* arrive. W e call upon our kind irfhrted ntavor to call a meeting of the itizens to night or to-morrow to take ac ton. We know of manv who have ex >ressed a willingness to give not of their caittv store. We are poor and provisions ertainlr are aearcn enough here; but! on* of ii* are alarving and nnr h?r? r<n pare a little lo * ive a !I ?\t I fling from tilth m painful death I,et it ha dia'inetly mdaratond thfct tin* anflWing \a not pr<>* active or probable, 'it' e?rtual ami pre ant, and that unlea* timely a?a:atanre ia iflorded, many deatha m?i?t ensue, Charlotte Timet. Gov. Airrn'r Opinio*.?A despatch o our V'iftliarn -xehangea saya : '(In*. Aiken, who haa juat returned rorn Waabingtnn, **ya the South will he errilorialized in leas than two weeka.? la aaya that ilia President i* ut'erfe pow irlaaa. The South nan only remain pi* i?t#. Ha alao thtnka the President will ia deposed and Senator Wadn put in liia ilaca. but that the President will resist to ha laat extremity. lie tlrnka Orr'a loulhern programme will hatra no eflVot >n the Republicans, and aaya they will he ati?fied with nothing abort of nniveraal uflfrage, with a view to counterbalance be opposition North nod South " } U i i LATEST BY M ASC. Congressional. Washington', Feb. 22. Ic the Senate, Yale* presented a pel ion from 4,000 ciiiz-*n* of Cliarlesto isking a Territorial Government. A hill extending Hgnceltural ro leg, o Tennessee has passed. The House i nendment forbidding Confederate pn essors whs stricken out. The hill transferring Indian affairs i he ?? ar Department was negativ?ol I 13 to 24 A Committee ol Coii'ur?n< was asked for. The hill for a mail between San Frai ;i#CO and Honolulu was passed. In the House, the Speaker directed tl Door keeper to exc'ude 'rom the floor n l>nt privileged persons. The I louse wei nio a Committee of the Whole on tl lax amendment removing the cotton t; after September 1, 1807 ? passe^J by 0 lo 64. The South Carolina murder commiiti liave reported, strongly questioning il action of .fudge flail, who released tl alleged murderers. The report asser lliat O II. Browning, fur a f-e of ft 1,00( 1 a tl... urging that the prisotnfcs "be brnugi witbin tlie reaeli of h'lbcti* corpus in N'oribern court. report "also sa" lliat ne:ther magistrates or judges h disposed to d<> their duty with respect i miuisliini; crime ( iliat there ia no chant iir the better, t>ut rattier for tlio worse.llie committee suggests military trial i Iih only [iractical cure for the allege viIs. WaMIIXOTOH, Fel>. 25. In tlo> [Inure, a resolution rather cot JeWmato'V of Went worth's charge* < 'Orrupliori of *t?o* tnoni^ora involving tl onor of the Iloiye, ordering his coinrai ee to report to morrow, was passed. A resolution that the House concur i ;ecret*rv McCJulloclt's views of contrai ion atol an early resumption of spec! lavmenta, encountered lotld oljectioi roll) alLeidea. The liond required of inspectors of di illeries is $5,000. The amendment abolitions* the cotlo ax was rej-cted hr 05 to 95. Patterson announced his intention t li*regard the joint resolution of tl fennessee Legislature requesting his r< ignation. A half million has been appropriate or improvement of the Mississippi Uivi it Pes Moines. Washington, Feh 20. In the Senate, John I). Defrce*, of Ii liana, was elected Congressional piii er. The Educational Iiurtiu kill, providin or a commissioner, at a salary of J I 00 irnl three clerk*. ?l tlie re-p-ciive sal ?m >f $2 #00. *1,000 and *1.000. was f rorahlv considered In connection tlier with, Sumner said ha was anxious tin his generation should he dignified ' ituch as pessihle. The Senate considered the army a [tropriniion hill, and |><ved it, with a pr rinion <lifcl'andiiii? an I di* <rming the mi [ia in the unrepresented States. Reorgar nation is forbidden, unt I Congressional fiutl^iriZed. 'lC oca to the Ilousd for co Ctirretiee. $250,000 was appropriated to constrti a bridge at Rock Island. In the House. Wen'worth's Cninnrt'i reported that 11** testimony did not alTe the integrity of the President, nor call question the integrity of any me>i?hor the il'Mi.e The rep -rl whs received wi shouts of laughter. The report was tahh Hiid the Committee discharged. It universally regarded ? a farce. The fortification appropriation bill w pa?s?cd. Washixotox, Feb JJ7. In the Senate, tlia |>iII for retnovii case* o*?r $500 from the S'ata to Kr lei cour , on the atlidavit of tho otber y iri was pAt>ri|, The House bill f.>r redeeming coi pound interest n^tm was considered T substitute authorizing temporary loan < titicates, l)H*nn,' threeper cent. payal on demand, was passed. NEWS I?EM3. Washington, Feb. 20. Senator Wilson authorizes, on Wiiso authority, a denial that Grant is to the pending reconstruction rneastirei The radicals elsct seven out of e'ev Georgetown Counciltuen. The president has been petitioned appoint Fred. Douglass Bureau Gom.t aioner. The Georgetown vote was 1,01 radical* (120 The conyervativo negr< voted solely for Walsh. The election w ?trv ordtrly. Wash i sore sr. Feb. 24, Mr. Cooper's mmoriiv report of ' ' South Csrnlin* morier#" Hat* it is '< thet Generals I'linm**, Sickles, W.x and llaird, in their testimony, stale tl the Stele Court* don't edmirtietor full a impartial justice where fjnion soldier* h freedmen are litigants, hilt in answer direct questions, they furnished hut < case in Tennessee, one in Mississippi, Grenada, and one in Uuitiin* report and one in Virginia?the |)r. Wats case. They all testify explicitly that tli tind no fault with the () ?vernors of i respective States, nor the high officii Judges of Hiipre'jae Courts, or lotelligi citizens. General SchofieM testifies that negri arraigned for crime are dealt with letiie ly rather than harshly. The gene feeling among the respectable citizens Virginia is pity fltr the free.linen. The Court tske^strong ground agaii the unconstitutionality of the propoi military governments. Hale, Sanford, Murphy and Morris < ny the truth of McKraker's charge tl thnv, -^hile ronttul* norar porrr te.l no opportunity to pM? to rillify l - - ? f Ij O V A M A 'tt' T i: 8t H . 'orioiin to purchuitu the ba?t hii>) cli<f;?|??*l Shwiiij; M icIi iics ; a j, tine 1'iHiio (the h?'st innde i|i the U. S.) n >11reol from ) o Factory, tin ler manufacturer's pricos ; (he best Washing and Kinging Machines, would consult their #i interest by applying at tltiw ollice. D . . _ Sales Day. I? ^ largo number o/ persons wero in attendance on Monday. A few sales 1 were niH<re 1 v the Sheriff. I.and sold .e ! verv low. Several tracts, sold hy order of the Ordinary, went oil" at a morn song. Cotton brought about 22 cents par pound. 'j Municipal Election*. At an election held on Monday last nt f..r Iniendaiit and Wardens of the Village of Linoaster, the following named ?x . * ^ gentlemen were elected : Intknuavt ? B. J. Witherspoon, E?q. ?H WAIIDKN8.? Wm. Garaide, John B. e Krwin, Esq., I). J. Carter, l)r, VV. J? ,ft White. ts Return l)ay. ' The cases returned te the Sprint; Term ,l of the Circuit Court for thin District foot A up nfHr 50u #Tlii? is a Upturn for re our District , btit when it is considered to tliHt it is the Iket Term to which any M suits of consequence have been entered fur the la?t five or six vears, the facts ex' 0 ?j li bit a spirit of forbearance rather than of oppression on the part of creditors.? A large proportion are litigated cases,?* Th? Term commences on Monday, the 1 18th inst. Wo understand that Judge Monroe is expected to preside. Relief for ths Destitute. \\ A HfA ll?r?nv f r% Istnrit ll.at r\%\ + ; toemeil fellow eilif.on ! >r. J. F. ( Muta<j, lft who Ins been exerting himself f.?r the * relief <?f the destitute of this |> strict, atul who is now at the North operating in their behalf, Ins aw>?keno<l a sympathy n m that quarter, that promises goml re1 suits. A frieii'l informs ns that about ' two hunc'reil anil fifty busho's of corn has to ^ arris'e.l at Kock Mill, destine) for tha poor of this District. Wo iiiulorstani] <1 that this is a donation inula by tho riti* ;r zons of Newborn, N. ? mora rtpon this point hereafter. Besides this c iro, wo also learn, that a check for tO from the citiz 'ns of Boston, Mass., !i ?a been |( I receive'! br Dr. M While we can but expre?* nur *m rme?t eralilinle t'"? liber il ?1 >n..n, at th*s time, an<! In I f?-r l:i? earnest ?-!T<ri8 in the cause <>? hunmoi?/, ?e trust 4 the (1 iv will soon come when we c.? am* nt p'y repay theft kinOn***. ?S ?iew Receipts. p The r<?|lnw:nj person* liava pinl < n .1 their subscriptions up to tlio liino oppo* ii wite their names : ' /TKIMk, lW7,'flO 'y U TU rbinson, Mch 10. '07 J is llarr, June '20 '00 Kvan II tilings, Mch 1. '07 cl A 0 DunUp. Oct '2S. *07 \ S M<'A tear, Keh '20, '07 "" KMMcAleer, Feb 20. '07 cl L M I'lnmi, * J?|y l, '07 Cap'. NY O. Slow art, Oil 7. '07 A*A (N^k-r, Jin'y .10 '07 ''' i It ! 1 11 mi' ii"Ir I i.u i > 'it"? *?? Divnl II toil, A.I,? 3,' *07 A'.'j tli A ! l:son, April 3, '07 II I, It-Ik. S*|> 20, '07 a* U Knn<lor1i'irk, O'l 13. '07 K<*iili*'t II til^y, Jiint 20. '07 J I.ii K umir.if. Melt I, '07 I I)r S L^ini', . Oct I, '07 ni? .1 II CniiAnrl, A'!.'. 20, '07 rnl J.I A 11 i<*?l.int?, An; 20. '07 ^ ly, .1 ????-* ('r.ti'k-ll, Sept 10, *07 I I ><*vi* 11 ii-v, J mm 10, '07 m ] \}* I VI -liwiiii* Nov 4. '07 im J (1 K II imon, . KhI? 1, '0.7 er ! II II (i-i'tuli, Jun'y 1, 'OS ?le K (' II lli?g?, Mill. 23, '07 .1 I. McMnmr, M-h 1, '07 I'liiHirM Mel) ><?, J>in 1, '00 Jtt c IvudImII, J ily 0, '07 A .1 K-mmlv, J tn'y 9, '08 .1 It \|iili'rv, J m'y 0, '68 , !l K A lu.?n, K<<j, A22, '07 11 " J M llimtv, (I \cmniit Hil1) J in 13, '03 J I! Iw, Kvli'y I, 'OS 4 W M A. Urn*, F-b'y 20. '07 .fno L I'll I mm, April 10, '07 Mr*. M A l'erry, J mm 29, '07 }? John ltrown, Anril 30, '87 "H Andrew Jin 10, '08 I M V I'lI tii.lir.if'iHin- .Iitu io 'ftA 9'. S*in'l G>??k*ny, " ' July?, '07 ,e* (?. ?>. Duncan, J an 10, '08 J C Hardin, ' FhU> I, Robert Hejler, J ?n'y 30, '08 J 0 Milliard, July 30, '07 Jab Hood, June 27, '87 !i? II M Millar, Jan'y 0, '08 | Win. S.:!!iran, Dec 1, '00 "I* J** M Ingrain, Aug 20, '07 Ht J J Horlon, Hap. 1, '07 nd B Plvlaf, Jan'y 7, '67 I Patrick MoKanna, Dec 1, '07 to \V M AUobrook, An; 13, '07 >ne |)r, J F Mackey, Flb'y 21, '08 at NVm. lllack, Dec 18, '07 d, T f Care'on, Oct 20, *07 on A ax. Carter, Mob 7, '08 iht li W Lindsay, 8ept 10, '07 he K->t. J A Cunningham, July 1, '07 ?U, Win II I'wilty, Nor 7, '07 i-nt Dt U A lleckham. April 2 0, '07 0 II Li'li Alt, Mch 7, '6ft II J Witherapooo, Esq , Not 4, '07 "t Turner Harbor, Aug. 27, '07 r<*l T M lluev, Hepi 2, '07 of C 11 Bdncnmb, June 2, J D MeCaydell, July 1, '07 J J Kinp, July I, '07 SrnoMO Ltirai/AOK ?While reriewing In- the Dniiaiana hill, on Saturday night, Mr. iat Doolnile laid iia til e thould he amended lit so aa to read, "not to restore mil gorem he went, but lo organise be!! in the Stall of Louisiana." a