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ICaimister Ifoiigff. JPUBLISIIED AT LANCASTER 0. II. S. C.i I 11* COANOKSAfAHTCU. WEDNESDAY MOK.VINQ, March 20,' UU7. Subscribers limlhig a (X) cross murk on the margin of their paper may know that tlieir time is about to exniie TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, - |3 00 For nxmonlh9| " ? 1 60 For three month.", " i 1 00 Military Governors. 11 v dispatches from \Vaahington, it will be seen that the following general olltcers have been assigned to the cominand of the Southern Military Districts: Goneral ScttoFtitLD, 1st District. General Sicklrh, 2d District. General Thomas, 3d District. General Oku, 4ih District. General S'hkiuijan, 5ih District. General Schofield has already assumed command, and has ordered tho civil officers in hid district to continue their fonc tioDd. Time for Action. Notwithstanding the vital interests of tbo white race at stake and their supremnov in the Southern States, there seems to be a supino indifference among the people of tlto State, to meet the crisis which is upon us. Every candid and unprejudiced mind must admit the impor? tance of speedy action on the part of the people of these States in regard to the military rule, now forced upon ns. With the.rejection of the Howard Amendment l>y the State, last Fall, all hope of better terms flitted from our view. Although bu* miliating and unjust as it was to a lar^e class of our most influential and worthy citizens, we could but think that a wi?? policy wouid have dictated its adoption, liut in order to preserve the "dignity" of j the State, our rulers thought best to hastily reject it. They did so, and what is the consequence^ ? Who would not pre fer it to the Sherman Military Hill f But to the present ! We are now forced to a ten fold worse measure, inc.uding the obnoxious provisions of the "Howard Amendment" and manhood suffrage , and Should we reject, or refuse to acqui j esce, by inactivity, in thia measure of rei j construction, confiscation wdi inevitably be added, an'd in the end, Lave to swab , low the whole. We solemnly admonish our people that a crisis is at hand, in which our liberty property, and the right to use our own capital for the honest support of ouf farm iliee, are in peril. We have watehed wiib undivided effort to,discover some favors bie change in public sentiment at the North, but we have waited in vain. Each any has t>ut created new demands, more degrading >n their exactions. We once hoped that the mad rage and fury of the triumphant section would disappear when the fires of civil war had keen extinguished, and that there waa magnanimity and generosity at the North. "We believed that the spectacle of the da foat of a brave and noble people, which filled the world with admiration, would inspire a similar feeling among a people boasting their civilization and Christianity. We did not know that public sentiment at the North was so unfeeling, so tyrannical ; hence we patiently awaited for reason and hnrnsnitv to reosin tKair influence. But no change for -the better has come ; on the contrary, each popular election finds public sentiment more viot lent, depraved and oppressive. Tn view o/ these facts, we deem it our duty to warn the people, that the time for a decided action has come. If we* wou'd preserve our powfer and our liber ties, not a moment should be lost, but act with promptness and decision. lie who advocates delay now, preaches death to all we hold most dear. A State Convention. The Carolinian thinks we are efider.t ly drifting rapidly in'o another State Convention. That there will be an early call of the Legislature is, we believe, be yond persdventure. Thst measures look* lng to the relief of the people in their present great distress, will he then dis cussed, is equally certain; and finally, that the future policy ol the State with reference to its relations^ to the General Government will he determined, ia not a matter for doubt. TL. .1 !-? --- ' " i no cii 101 quoiiion ior im to consioer in the letter case in, whether we shall act unanimously or allow rwo parties, one of which inust he inimical to the common welfare, to he organized. There are sixty thousand negroes in the State who will yote, and only forty thousand white voters. We are loo few to he divided.? In whatever manner wfc act, therefore, let us act together. If the hlack vote ie to become a power in the land, whether or no, it ia time for us to begin to control that power, and we cannot afford to an tagonise it unless it he done en masse and as the expression of ail the people of the State. Convention! in the Southern Statea. While the people of the South are de> I hating * helher, or in what way, they i will conform to the UtO Military Act, Congress Seetrl* ?1 if?pose?I to tellers us of* j all trouble on tlie subject bv providing I for the "c<tll of Conventions" in tlie Into I insurrectionary State*. *<V? publish be I low, an a matter of verv considerable in I ' terest at lids lime, the Hill supplemental I rv to tlie military bill, introduced by Mr. ! Wilson, and which it appears has passed both lloiises of Congress, with some | amendments. This, tn^fether with the resolutions of Kelly and the bills iDtro' I dueed by Sumner* all indicate the inten> 1 tion of our conquerors to perfect their* j work in all its parts. None of these hills, j however, appear to contemplate nnv fur | ther disfranchisements than those ^on I tained in .the Sherman *act, nor are sup pletnental acls proposed winch will drive those from the polls who are not exclu j ded by the aforesaid act. # A Bill supplementary to an act entitled "An actto provide for the more efltcient government of the rebel States," and to facilitate restoration. Bh it enacted bv the Senate and House ./ n '**-1 ?r .. . r. I <>i jvepresen i?11 ?p? nr nie unileiV >l*(es of j America in Conines" assembled, Thai the commanding general in each district defined l?y the ait entitled "kii act to provide for the nior^ efficient government of (ha. rebel States," shaH'cauSe a regis (ration to be mada before (be first dav of September, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, in each county or parish in the State or States included in hij district, of main ritizens of the United States twenty one years of age and irpwnrds, resident in each county or parish, which registration shall include on'v those persons <*ho are qua!'fled to vote for delegates by the "art to provide for the more eflicient govern merit of the re!>el Starts," and who shall I have lah'en and subscribed the following oath or affirmation ; "I. ??, of , in the county or parish of , in the Slate of , do hereby solemnly swear (Or affirm) that I j am sincerely and earnestly .attached to (lie Union and Government of t' e United States; (hat T will steadfastly support the Constitution and obey the laws nf the United Stales, and that I will, to ilia best of iny ability, engage n!f others to such support and obedience ; so help me Qnd " mkctiok 'Z. Ami ne it IurtJi*r enacted, [That whenever the registration hereby, provided ahad he com plated, the com rounding general shall causa to ho held in each State of bin district, on a day not lens than thirty days Itom the data of proclamation thereof,* an election of dele sate* to a convention for the purpose of amending tlya existing or framing a new constitution for said, State, jind of firmly re establishing a civil government 'oyal to the Union therein, and ?' passing all need fill ordinances for putting said cou*titutum and govecjimer.t into op-ration. Skction 3 And bo it further enacted, That the conventions herein provided for shall ho cal'ed oji the basis of tHe representation of the (louse of Representatives of each State. ? Skction 4 Ami be it further enacted, That the commanding general of each district shall appoint such loyal otlicer* , or persons as tnay he necessary to make and complete the registration, to ptesule at the election, to receive,sort, and count, end to make return to him of the rotea and of the persona elected as delegates : and upon receiving sail returns l^e shall open the same, ascertain the persons eh?ct od as de'egatea, and make proclamation | thereof, and, within sixtv davs from the date of election, he ahull notify the dele gates to assemble, at a time and place to be mentioned in ?he notification, to pro> ] 0?ed to the organization of a conr?nt:on ; I and when Ihe said convention shall;kave amended the existing constitution, or framed a new constitution in accordance with Jhe "Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebe1 States," j said Constitution shall he submitted by the convention to the person# registered under the provisions of this act, at an election to he hold af er'lhe expiration of thirty days from the date of notice thereof to be .given by the said convention. StcriON 5. And be it further-enacted, That if Ihe sa'd ( ^institution shall be 1 ratified by a majority of the. vo'ors of the electors qualified as herein specified, the {'resident of the Convention shall tAtns mit a conv of theeame. dulv certified, to tha President of the United.Stales/who shall forthwith transmit the same to Con grass, if then in session, ami if not in sea ?ion, then immediately upon its next as semhling ; and if ?h?r said Constitution I shall be declared hv Con^rers to he in conformity with the fifth section of tlie act entitled "An act to provide for the mote efficient government of the rebel States," and 'he other provisions of said est shall have been complied with, th* States shaM | he declared entitled to fepreseetation, and ' Senators and Kopresentatives shall he adfnitted therefrom as therein-provided. Skcnon 6 And he it further enacted. That the dirties hereby imposed upon the commanding General of each district, and ' the powers conferred mar, with his eon. ! sent, he performed and exercised by the 1 acting Oor-?Jnor of any.State, who shall fake an oath or affirmation faithfully to I keep and perform the same. An Opinion. The Winnshoro Neu>? publishes the following extract of a letter from a dis tingmshed gentleman, whoso opinion it worthy of deep consideration. He says: "As to politics?if the South, without de'av, organize now State Governments, under the law juat passed hv Congreea, ' latjing the Meek* vota, thev can and the revolution. If not, the next thing will ha confiscation, and a larger disfranchise | ment" A recant visit to lite North, (savs tha ' rhnnix,) during which wa took Wash inglon bv tha way, confi-ms the truth of ! the ahova statement. Tha hast thing wa | can do is to slide off as easily as possible, i ' to attend to our own affairs, snd leave |polilii? to those- whom i*. bonefits. j ass - ~J The Plan to Form a New State Government' Tlio mode bv which a permanent Gov- | eminent may bo^ set in operation under | tbo lifib section of the Military Bill, is as , folio MS ! ( First. A Convention .of delegates is , to assemble, elected by all the male citizens, irrespective of color, with the addi- i tional exception that no person excluded ' from dlKce bv <!?e constitutional amend. . * inent can; at tRis electing, either vole or be voted for. llow ibis election is to be ordered, or the call for the Convention 1 livurta so s.aI ? iurauv| ? * nvfc oi?fcx;\4e Second. This Convention is to form * 4 Constitution o( Government in conform! ty with the Constitution of the United Stntes. \ Third. This Constitution is to provide tli"tt the elective franchise shall be enjoy ed by all persons el whatever race or color. Fourth. T^iis Constitution is to be subinitOd to and ratified at ties ballotbox by a majority of these voters. * Fifth. Tlt:s Constitution is to be sub i milted to Congress for examination and j Sixth. The Legislature of the Stat* " [ elrcted under this Constitution is to adopt the proposed amendment to the Consiituliou. And, Seventh, When said amendment lias become a part of the Constitution of the United Stale*, and when Congress shall have approved of the Constitution submitted, then the Stale shalj be d?- ? clared entitled to representation, and Sum a tors and R^presentativer shall tie admitted therefrom on their taking the oath prescribed hv law (Hiat is the teat oath ) Who are Disfranchised. ! The Atlanta New Era contains the following from the pen an eminent jurist of (ieorgia, ou a matter of great interest at this .time ! It is believed our penp'e do not gene rally understand jy ho are affected by the Constitutional amendment and excluded from office, and from the ballot hoX bv the late hill. The following persons nra-fcxcluded : 1st. All persona who, before. the war, aem member* of Congress, or officers of 1 the United Slates, and after eognging in llio rebellion. | 2d. A!! persons wl^p, prior to the war. were executive, legislative or j idicial ot ' fleers of the Slate, and took the like oallr, 1 and engaged in the rebellion. Tins embraces Governors, members of the Legislature, ar.d judicial cffi:ers from a judge of the Supreme Court down to a justice $f tbe posc^, who, at any thne, held the office and took the oath and af lerwarda engaged in the rebellion. Who, then, are not excluded ! Int. No one is excluded because be , held an office under the Cnnfedet ?'e j States from 1'residenl do#ti, if be dofa ; not Mil within one of the excluded class j as above specified. The simple fact that he jvas a Confederate General, or ihnt he took an oalh to support the Constitution <f the Confederate Status, doea not exclude him. 2d. No State or County officer is ex eluded on account of his having he'd the office and taken the oath and engaged in the ivbellinn, if he were not an executive, legislative or judicial officer ; therefore, neither a lawyer, sheriff, clerk, lax.collec | tor, receiver* County treasurer, coroner, I surveyor, constable, or road commissioner ' is excluded. 3d. As no man under twenty ?en? years of age, when the war hegan, held any such office as disqualified, and none o! them took the oath to support the Con stitutioM of the United States du'ing the war, and as the war commenced nearly seven vears ego, no man in Georgia under twenty seven.years of age can be ex eluded. 5th. The whole nnase of our people who fall within none of the excluded classes abo%* mentioned, ere -free from the dis qualification, end may vote end hold any office 1n the Siaie without regard to the part they took in the war. What the Radical* Will Do ! The Baltimore American, of Tuesday, aye : The loyal people intend to purify the institutions of this great republic. They havtf resolved upo.i this, not only as a measure of ahs'racl propriety, hut o( poli tical and national safety. In tins, thyy | will not be hindered hy the Supreme Court or any other branch of the Govern rvwnt. The people are the Government ? ,he controlling power,. The juiges, | I like lire President, are (lie roeie tnsiruHienls through whom they work. All must yie'd by some means or other, sooner or later.*to the deliberately formed judgment and will definitively expressed hy the people. And tM (laitlle, of Wednesday, conn mantel as follows : So passes away the Constitution of the United States, and with it, constitutional government and civil liberty. Millions of men on this continent, to day, stand as ^w...r?o.T7.j <jivOTi?u ui |iunMi?i ngoui And I 11?? protection of tfiiy lawa mm ever did the | liege auhjecl of any absolute monarch on ' Oarih. Into the future,* we ahrink f'om i?*zuig. (Jonliacaiion and rapine, ruin ami confuoioii tnuat fcoon begin their ruthlens woik. and where and when the/ will cofnpleie it. no man may know. Heport hatlj iwtiiit the Governor will ahorllv conearfe the LegtrUitire. We preantne the atatemert ia premature ? Public aentiinent has not yet decided that a Convention can help ua.? Carolinia\ Our "dignity," iaolal'onr and "inaalerly inactivity," bare brought ua to the vetge of ruin. It ia hiyh time that the internal* j of the maaaea he looked after, aii-I a re* i turn to common active he attempted. Coltoa Production- ? Forney's Philadelphia Wets devotee leading Article t6 the subject of CoUon production,In which after alluding to t\lO -xploaion of the popular -delusion that Cotton was a king absolute, the following cnsible end practical remark* occur : Hut while Cotton is not king, it is now, ftn.1 is destined to remain, the greatest article of commerce among nations. Us raiue and Importance generally naturally creates an Interest in our people as "to its present pco.ktelion and future pnyipects. Keporls Irom all quarters rIkvv a failure of the crop ot the juv^t year. Sufficient data can be reached to determined that the entire crop of 1800 will auioum to, about 1,400 000 ha'es. of *>00 pounds to the hale. This j^ives 700,000 000 pounds gross weight, and 072 00(5.000 pounds net we'ght, rfllbwmg four per cent, far tar?v The entire crop would be worth, at cur rent prices, orcr tico hundred and Iwrnty eight million? in the New York m<Kket. The Government will reap over twenty millions of revenue from it. These figure* do not compare very favorably with tbbse of 185f The crop for that year summed up 6.805 V>4 bales of 400 pounds eacl^; or 4,208 2o8 bales, of 600 pounds each * Lint it mpst be remembered"that -the pre sent high price will goto make sip much of the i|ilTer>enc6 in the money value of the two crops, the increased cost-oT pro docrion to the contrary notwithstanding It has been said that the day is past for American Cotton. Never wai there a more erroneous assertion. It is undoobt adly true that KttgUnd, taught a severe lesson by the late war, lias sought hv all the means in her power to produce all Cotton needed hv her within the limits of her'own possessions, or, at least, to throw oil* some of her yoke of dependence upon this country in this respect. It was well known, long b?f>re the sat, that she was making expensive experiments in the Ksst, and her efforts were naturally redoubled on llift outbreak cf illo relrellion. Hut 11??* South need fear no successful rival in the production of her great maple, if she bestow a upyn it* cultivation tl ?* proper dpgro- ftf industry and enterprise. No other country known can produce the article with so little car? and lahor.? Indeed, all crops car. be produced there with lets lobo? than in anr oilier section; ijnd no crops, anywhere, return more pro fit than those which are peculiar to that proljic region, wiiicli etnhraces b<> leinperale and tropical zones, almost every variety of dim ?te. and every kind of soil It has been asserted that the Kgyptan j Button is destined to successfully compete with the Airtericati growth in the Liter i poal market ; hut all who know anything of CoMoil cultivation in the various pre ?cnt producing localities iu liin wor'd, know that this can never he so until the ^on'h loses oer over whelming ad vantages of climate and soil. But we design gtr i n C9 u l \a Pts I Irauf murl nn i Lo astl.twwt *1 Kyyptian Cotton at Iiirni- other day, when .we prnpnad laving before our rtf*ders *nm? f?*o'h relative ll?*-r?st?% that cannot hut prove to he intere*<ng. and p*rh?p* beneficial. The Soeth cannot afford to lie i^J'e ; she haa ?>g*n *ed rivalry to meet now, possessing the (iovfcriitnent protection and aid of other countries The bngfli (J the war gave her competitor* titne t" strength en and establish themselves She tie* no time fo w*?t??she mint hnop and doing; and the mo*t important ^ork *he haa before her, in tin* connertion-^one re<pijr< ing a'l her energv, experience and perse veranee?is the proufpt establishment Sf some system of labor that will saUsfacto rilj replace her late one. The crop of I860 ie considered* hv Southern men to lie not more than a third of tha production expected. The failure of the yield is attributable to the worm, the wet weather of unusually protracted duration, and the severe cold in varipus localities, all of then) unavoidable and natural causes. It ie an error to suppose, as some do, tnat the decrease resulted en firely from the effects of the war. Some planter*. I ?coming rfiaconragad, have nl, readv declared their inlwilion not tomaka an effort ne*t year to raiae a large crop, on a equaling the average before the war; hut *? think they will change their mind* hr.lli? time the iwxt planting ?'< ?on comes arou*d. The ataple fa w?n?ed at home and abroad, and. commanding the high prion it murt bung for aoina time to come, it offer* more prufn than aov thing ?l?e they can man. The acknowUdgment that the South n?ed fear co aucceea/ut rival in the pro duction of her great atapV, aa no o'her country- can produce the article of so fine a description with *o little care and labor, may perhapa he taken aa a sign of the awakening of the North to the importance to tkeinseUaa of encouraging the prosperity of the South. It i* well known atao that we cannot afford to he idle ; ? ' i<l!e we are not nrwl i<l'e we here not I XT a / -? a a urrii ; KVIICin ot IHOnr Can I>^ ?a;at>li*hed for Cotton cultivation that will equal tha? of the nfjro yt * *tate of s><r viiii'l? ; but if ll?w Prrtt i* air.eere in its expression* it ran he instrumental in e*r, rying out ita desire* ha raising it* voir* it: favor ol the restoration of peace and justice to l}i? people of tli? South. The Bankrupt Bill Signed. The President he* signed the hill e*t*b. halting a uniform s?siem ot hmkrup-cy. I'll"* bill ia now a law and will talc* ef feet at once. The enactment will he bailed witli great gratification Ihrnti ghout the country, arid *?peei*|ly in ti.nae Slate* where are vet .to ha fottn^ -f Ijn wrack* of tho financial disaster* of 1867, ** well a* ibo'C nece**anlv attending the lata wnr. Hut it i* clti?-flv an a permanent avetern thai tin* act i* to he appro* ?d. In thl* country, where C(gninerrt*l revulsion* have l*?#-n, and are likely to he par>o?ltcal, and whara 'hareakmt aa many cleaning lawa relative to debiora and cred ilors aa there are State*, an.) each law inoperative beyond (be State, a uniform avetein ia particularly required, and the fratriera of the Gonatitution, wiib wiae forea-ght, provided foa it. It ia onderalood that t'nia law ?w?<pi away all State* insolvent lawe end ntav law*, and law* nf impriannment for debt. ? National Intelligmctr, LATEST BS A AIL | | * Congressional. WaSHI.voton, March 1. -il Kelly, of Pennsylvania introduced reeo luiions directing the Judiciary Committees to report by bill, declaring *ho?hall call convention* to re orgaui?M the Southern States, to provide for registrations ot to . ' ters, etc, which were passed, bv 113 to : S3. A resolution directing {he Judiciary I Committee 40 pursue the impeachment i investigation* wks passed. A bill ceding Alexandria, V*., to the District bCColuin. Cia, passed. 1?r .. "WauiuMitoS, March 0. In the Senate. a joint resolution, ap> proprialing $1^00 000 to the destitute I Southerner, regardlelttr of politics, was introduced by Trumbull. He stated that General Howard had appeared before the Committee, stating that, unless this ap prnpriatiou* was made, great suffering would ensue. The present appropriations were for freed men and loval .'refugees ? "The resolution was voted down. Tiro Seriate Judiciary Committee has agreed to report the supplemental recon struction hill of the House JuTliciery Coin nnttve, and accepts it with some amend. I ments, which have pot transpired, - -It ' directs that the general in each district ! nli m 11 runs* a registration to Vie made be fore September, 1-867, arid th*n cause an election of delegates to a convention ap, pointing tlie election of officers, ? Section 6 provhlra lhat the commanding | genera! may delegate these powprs to the tiling governor on hie taking the oath faithfully to perform these dtitire. WABtitNdTOM, March 11. The Judiciary Committee reported a hill to facilitate restoration. Under thfs j bill, a general >?not authorized to delegate j pnent to the acting governor. The ! registration oalh reqirr^p, sincerely and />art.pally; that voters shall be attarhM to ' the Union (Jovernment of the United 1 States; will steadfastly support the Cor | stitutufn, obey the laws, induce other* to vield support and Obedience to Hie majori : ty ; (he restored voters are required to conform to ll\e Constitution ; all elections to he bv ballot. The bill passed?yeas 117. naye-27 In the Henete, Sumner's joint reaolit tion, demanding further guarantees pre liminary to re construction, was lahleJ, after a long debate. Washimotom, Mure!; 12. ! A Bill, limiting the Federal expand! i Hire*. and * Supp'ementarv Act to SlierI man'* llwoniiiuniion Bill. ware pa#?ed. A joint reso utinn appropriating (15. I 000 to ilia destitute colored people of the j 1 hatrjel w*a pissed. A Hilk appropriating a million of dol : lar* to the de*tituta of the South, wa? re furred to the Committee of the Whole.? Mr Kern* worth oi.j-de<l to in passage without reference.. Several motion* to go into Committee of the Whole ami eonaid | ar this Hppropri?tion, were negatived. Tt was at Inst lost tfttder a motion to ad j joion. _ *. In ilia Senate, a reaotufion was intro I dured directing li e Secretary pf \\'*r to fhrn'ah flovernnr Bjownlow area and equipment* (or 3500 militia. Mr Wil I eon urged immediate action ; Mr. Jo'ic ton objected, and the resolution moat take ita regular order. Mr. Sumner ohjee G.D to ilie 'tnfnediate consideration of a resolution expressing aempalf.v for Ireland, and it went over, j The Supplementary Bill from the House | eras referred to the Judiciary (lorn'niltee, . whan the Senate went into Kieeutiy# | aeraion, and then adjourned. Wabiiinotom, March.13. IIousk?In Commit'#? of th? Who!#, th* Ikill appropriating * million of dollar* to the destitute poor of the South ?u considered. Fernando Wood' opposed tli# measure. 11* said that ths South onlv wanted civil rights and Northern l capital to dfvnlop li#r r#?ourc#s William* thought thst th# Congressional bounty had be'ler h# applied to those who w*re muls widows triA < rphena br th# r*h*l? If art had to sofTer, let it l?e ?lie dt?Wal. and 1st God Almighty pipuUls thst country Willi people lojsl |o tho fl?g. | * Senate ?The Militia bdicotnee up to ! morrow. Trumbull reposed Wif?#n*? Sooolsm## tary bill a substitute for that of ths House. It modifies in* c?lh somewhat end allows the Coinrusndiog General to delegate bis powers to the acting Gov j ernor. WAentwproj*, Ma'ch 14. TTocac,?Proce#d:nifs unimportant. Skwatb.?The House bill suspending the art relieving the Pon'lgny heir* was 1 referred to the Committee on Private band Claims. After other unimportant business, the Senst* proceeded to lb* discussidn of (be Supplemental bill. An amendment was offered that at the t election of deiecatee the vote of the pen. pt? should b* takea whether the? desired a convention or not. This trave ri?e to ao earnest debate. The chief argument for the amendment was that it would make | the bill constitutional. It was opposed principally on the ground that it opened a door far delay and irregularity m re1 turning the Statue IC representation. The debate indicated (hat tlie majority roa sidered early restoration at vital to the financial iutereats of the Country, and e matter too important for technical trifling. Johnston doubted the long e* stance of the Government with ten State* out.? Morion opposed allowing the rebels to sav whether they desired a convention.? | The amendment was lost i WanHMoTO*, March 15. The consideration of the Aunpleutenta ll:i: no i ^ ij nnuimrv mil will rMiirnml. An i m?n( making all alacuoaa by ballot ?? | ' . i An *'ncnd*n#nt ilonctinc |h*t, aflar tli* 1 ragiatration of ro'ara, tlm Con)' , ' inaixlara aIikII or<l*r *Ie<Mi<ina for * con j vtolion, *Len ihe J'rotiaional Gor?rn> mont ?h?ll order such Convri'lion, wu 'fejertetl. After long debute a motion wh? ined* to k<> >Qto ijjthontive S<j??ion. This mm stoutly resisted by those in fi*vor of th? speedy pftlfttge of the hill, but the itto iikti hn-ill v (trbWn)Lil l?v a tnnhirtl v ftf t" ? "" " * " i""j nn?, huiI, after an Executive ( Mod, tbe Senate adjourned. Ihe Military Commander*. WASHJnotO!*, 13. Latiu?Thd Headquarters of the Di*trict Commanders will be a* follows General Sehoflald, Richmond, Va ; Cfsil' eral Sickles, Colombia, 8. C; Qeuerel Thomas, Montgomery, Ala.; General Ord? Wksburg, M m; and General Sheridan, New (Orleans, La. Tfie powers of all de> partnierttalrnftimander* are delegated to the abovo name ! I Jl strict Commanders. From Richmond, Va. Kjciiwonb, March 7. The Senate passed a (till to call a contention on the MCOnJ Monday in Mart by 25 to 4. Ricrmokd, March 8. Fire thousand negroes mat to ratify Sherman's bill. The negroes hate been advised not to tote againt any Constitution of the proposed Contention, ilunnicujt beads the movement. The Firtt Military DUtrict 11 iciisi inu, March 13. General Schofield ' h<U com* mand. He continual the existing officer!. Cable Newsi Lokdon, March 4. The Irish Secret arr a'a ted in ihfe House of.Gommone that the Fenian insurrection* iatr are from ten to fortv thousand strong. The railroad between Dublin and Cork baa been torn up, but nb ?erioui outrage committed. Print*. March 6. The Fenian* attached |)r*</hed* barracks and were rnpdtaed They carried off tbeit killed and wounded. Liverpool, Mafcli 6; Tbe Fenian* attacked Peat's Martyr. One American supposed to be killed. T.oxnnx, Maicb 11. The Prinreai Alexandria ia rerr ill ? The Irish account* r?pree?rt matter* a* beii^g verv quiet with no /re*h conflicts. The iuaurgenla are tleeing to the mouo* tains. Artenui* Ward's wtlls'ates that after Ilia mother's death the property goea tot ward* the erection of a printers' aaylum. Sou in vMrrox, March 8. Artginu* Ward died yc?ter?Tay.' . . areata. Ni* Yon*. 16.?O'Hton firm. Middling Upland* )!?. # Liverpool, March 14.?Cot foil conlinn* active and advanced I-8. North Carolina Lj^iilatare. The fol u>? mg in nn axuact from I ha proceeding* of llin North Carolina iiotiea of Comtnoim on the 28 It. uliuoo; Mr Scoggin introduce! lUa following resolution : ?' ?. # \Vmitr*it, the Federa) re'atioua Im- ' ivrm and emon^ the Stele* comprising the Ooverifiiivnt of the United Stlfev htVf, at lae?t to a vary great aatant;- Vcati <H* ? !#* !, wtid >m Wmum, it ie tka dntf aif the loyal peopla of ?eid G"Ver(jui^iit a;>d %ach ot it* m?inh?ru to render elf the atfi in thair power U) um'e ami firmly ,e*tahh*h said (lorrmmtnt iipoti a ttua and \ofit baaia. He it therefor* ' '<? * -Rrmlvril, That it ie tha sense of thl* tl?Mt we aocapt in good fsitb iW mci recently l>v 4!?/? Joogr?e* of tUf JJmtel S'ale*. for lli? purpose of-reotjfsaixing (li? rehel States, ?nd wftl use effort to carry wit the nine upon a trim and loyal baa**." ? . VIr. lloirbNott offered a substitute, protuiisit for submitlinr A* ?|us#uas at -Oo?*uU<*W? W "Bo htuuvepuoo,", (o f vot*.of the people. Mr. (foreheAd movsd to amend lite on/insl fesnlnljon Iff insert iffjf fcfter thi word "jump!*'1 i? t!i? preamble, the word*, " w it boot regent to eo?< . < Mr. Seofgm refused lo accept tbi* amendm?ol. _ , . , Mr. X<*? movsd to Nv the auieodmeal and resolution oif the titffb. The yeas and nay* were ordered, and *ha Il?w4 refused to lay <>n tK? taUe, M muni. Aotry, Collins, May, Turnbull and Williams, ipjf Martin, voting in the negative. Mr. K'cjiardoon moved that the T1 out# go Into Ucrtnml*te* of the Whole oh this matter. ' ? * . ?< ? I # This motion was laid on the table eft motion of Sir. Hutchison. ' Mr. Kenan mona to refer the whole subject to the Committee on Federal K# latlone. After * protracted dieeaeaton tbie mo* lion prevailed?yeaa 68, nay* 2*. The Louisiana Legislature bee passed p resolution- appointing a commutes lb protest sghinsrtbe Hwonstroctloo bMI df Mr. Mhenaaa. Charges have beta prd ft?r#d against Govrrnov Welle, i? die House, for usurpation m issuing hie pro* demotion riedaring the qualifies!ioa of voteri ip the State in accorJance Willi t,hb nvcnn?irurTKH? run, *n<1 Ttte imp**ohm44t ? prof.able. ? Mevor Monroe, the Idem. (?<* fflor, and Aihm, had m inunicv wnh lienerel Sb'H.Un regarding lift rig tile of n eg r. * to TOt? f*v <11)# eUciiou wln'ch w#? to bate be?o held on Itfondnf, when ?li?y were informed that Tf the g4* groe* did not ?H? the e'eciion WO?M 'H H. A bdl *u nn mediately pMtd ll , the House poatpootofi the propueed ?M* "on. W, g'ir-f TIT PtiraHMiat CinnwT*.-*Nwf barn ?lio li?i f.een under ibe eentenan ll deeih for jl>e ipurder of Col Tbon?ee filler, l?n? i"*d b'? punishment cinunu' ik I |,v OS*. Orf to imprisonment in the I'eoiteiiliarjT to' ''f??