The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, June 24, 1868, Image 2
THE FAIRFIED HERALD.
W INN 'Ro1 t , S. C.
Wednesday Morning, Juuo 24, 1868.
Desportes, Wiliiams & Co., Props.
Nomina.ions for Municipal Officos,
0. H1. MeMASTER.
WARDIENS.
T. N. W1 I'1' 1 El ilS,
JOHN FI AS Eli,
J. M. Fl-LLIO'TT1,
W. If. WILLIAMS.
Death of Mr. D. B. MoOroight.
- It is with deep sadness that we are 9
called to record the death of Mr. 1).
13. MCCiIGinr, who is so well known
to our readers ind the Proe.s, as the
Editor of tho Wi N NsnIno N itws, and
FAIRFnI.w IElRAL, afIter a loug Und
painful illness, he expired, on Friday I
last, about six o'clock, P. M. II is '
funeral took place on Saturday 5
o'clock, P'. 11. The Presbyterian'"
Church, in which the services wereJ.
held, was crowded with friends, whol
indicated by their presence and grief, 1
how universally he was respected in
life an1d lainented in death.
lie leaves a wife and three smallm
children to mourn his death. 'Thy
have our de p and heartfelt synpally. t
We regret tha it wc ar ncot abl)e to
give a more extended noticoo of onr
deceased friend anil Editor, a lhort
biogra ph icaI shot cl of his lifo howev
or, will be furnished for the next is.
huo.
Cotton Tax. ah:
Weo give below a st aiemient show Ing
the exact amount of Tax tha has been
paid on cot ton, asse.wed in Winnhoro,
fromi the lst October 186, to the 18ti
of d lne, 1868.
In the year 18G6, Tax on
Cot ton, " .Y
In the year 1867, Tax on
Cotton, 5
in the year 1868, Tax oi
Cotton, 30,955.51
$91,:;.29.95
The Income '['ax for the
year 1861, inchlding ar
tieles in ehedtle A,
and special Tax dating
from May 1st, 1865. 3,726.00
ThO Iocoimea Tax for the
year 1865, including ar
ti ies in Schodulo A,
and special tax dating
front May 1st, 1 86, 3,8-19.33
The licoie Tax for tiho
year 1866, inet d ing ar
tieles inl Seliedulo A,
and special Tax dating
tfrom May~ 1st, 18G7, 4 ,.53.d9
The Income Tazx f'or the
year 180i7, including ar..
tieles inl Sche~dulo A,
and Special Tlax dating
from 1st mlay, 1868, 1,817.91
Total, $.l08,176.t,8
The1 abiove statemen iit cominpris on
ly the cotton taxes asssesscd in Winas
boro. An assessment not be ing no
cessary prior to sh iment to any poin t.
- inl thle collect ion District, it follows,
that a large piroportionl of' thle crop~
shippedl directly to Chesteor and 00
lumia, d~iI wich may) be safely estimai
ed at not less thanit one-hialfC oft lie crop,
is not represented in the abIove Iig
We believe that the entire tax on
the cott-n of this lDist rict in thie pe
riod emblraed~ above will not fall be
low $200,0100.00J and~ is probably, not
loss than $250t,000.00.
A Stirrimg Appeal.
The Mobile Kernaing Ecwes says thie
Nationm/1lntd1becel:r, appeals to thle~
people of the North in lainguagc that
oughlt to stir the blood and arouse thiej
soul to resistance of the tyranny,
wh ich a corrupt and degraded Con-i
gress is fastening upon thiem. We, of{
the South are only spectators of thie
great draman now in piogress of enact
mont, bunt wo are not disinterested
Spectab)ors. Th'le cha ins are alreaidy~
fastened upon01 us, while they are onl
being woundl~ about theo iimbs of thie
Noth. Our only hope of speedy sal.
vat ion (we have tie despondlency as to
the erentual result) is in tho resi.
tance that may be made by the people.
of the North to their own enslave.j
moent. The trunipet tones or the In.~
tell~qencer, thle rofore, a Iltigh no
speaking directly to us, cannot fail toI
stir our henrts in the cho, If not oth~or-~
wise. We quote
"Froomen of tlie .North I Knows
tha~t the clutch of usurpation is at. the~
throat of your Ministers of Justiceo~
thma your troachorous servatnts, .de
term n ted to destroy your Const't ut ioi
defended by your Chief Magistrato,i
have desperately resolved uponiabue.i
gating the legislativo branoh of your1
Government, entrusted to their per
fldlous hands, and in order .to doniol.
iah al rotraint f treason, are about~
to destroy all the departinents of G ov
erilnent, even t i'r own, and fitting
your 1,iberties from your shn il'ders, tb
hiy till at the, feet or a :nilitury'despot.
Know, people of tho great free North,
:at., your chains are' forged ; that the
)nyonet, as it wore, are sharpenld, the
Muskets chari ed, the orders written,
hat tre to ilete out to each one of
you what liberty, what property, what
it'e he shall retain. ]3hold, at your
Ireside the apparition of the gutard
or a midnight arrest ; in your ilaces
if worship, the armed censor of yod
)rayers ; in your fields, at your work
ahles, ont the high roads, the snaky
Ind skuilkiig detectivo. Listen ! Vou
nay hear the drum, as it drops in at
'our startled car, the palsy that
hiiekens your yet freo tongue. We
ell you that the SupremQ.(iourt is to
>c struck down: that the equal balanco
>f the Three Great )opartm1en1ts is
waying from its equilibrium ; that
he great tripad of the Republic is to
>e broken I p ; that from your politi
maI temples your hotrayers are baniish.
ng youir gods and from t ho genius of
'ouri' freedomn, are wrenchin g her in
iolable sceptre . TPhut a few wretch
$,', drunk upon irresponsihl power,
oatlhsomeO with guilt, hideous with
'loud, and ned with lust, nay riot in
vonr hal lIs of power, through the de
radation of the South, your luiberties
irre to be destroyed, your consit iut ion
subverted, your republic dissolved,
andl your flo diShonored anong nat
Lions forever.
Ariso, freemen, in your fiery ntjes
ty ! Consuue wit hi the lithtning of
your powe'rful rehke this devilish
combhination of perlidy and greed.
Shak11;e oif the fatal ineredu1lit.y which
lays you sipinu' in the midst of peril,
:11' let not. the siun go down ere you
h;:ve shaken the earth with your
tli Ilhy tread. Gia'ber, in every 1:ll -
lei in the land, froni lIasilport to .. to
ria, and seil ti to l'venii the shout
of your 11indignation. Tmwin1ding'
40eet ot 'our1i' fir'e 41011 is woven and
its Collin inade. Shall it die and be
buried
Route~ra Prc bytaria'i lnuchos.
At the lI.te session ot t ho Old I'res
byter"iani General .\ssembily, held at
.\lhany, th' followin preablle f and
i'r'souiti 11s inl relation to the Syinods
IAmt sep:arated from said A' ssemlhy
fiiring the' war, :ld which formIled
the S4hutl''Irn General A\ssebluly, Col
Vened in Ir. llock's Churbh in Bal.
Imor41'e, Were :eloptd 111 :
W here:'s, the Synods of Ala1am1,
A rk:nsauS. G eorgia:, 3lep'his, lissis
sippi, No'rthI ('ar'olina, South Catrolina,
'T'exas 141 Virginia, with the several
P'resbyteries iul' their c:1re, have,
with the1( except ion of tihe: Presbytery
of New. Orleans, in the Synol of 31is
Sissippi, volmtarily withdhrawn from
our cn'.nltection and or'nt;liized then
selves into It separato church ; there
fore,
lIesolved, ThaInt thle Permlanent
'rk is directed to drop their
lunes from the list of our Sv
nods and l'resbyteries, and that they
I: ' lion) g to bie regarded as a 1 part
of the P'resbyterian Church onder the
care of this Assemb'hly, with the ox
,ept ut th We Presbytery of New Or.
1l11ns, whi Ich is liereby attached to tlie
Synod)4 of Naishile114.
Re'solved:, That thle Assembly dhoes
hierebly iecogize th le organiiizatioll ini
to whichth thesto Synods havei' forimedr
themsielve as ua 11separaote4 and inde -
piendient clhurichi, sunstainin111g to uts thie
~am1e4 relamtion which:1 we accord to ot her
buranihies of' the P re:,by torianiiI~ Che,
and her'eaflter' it, is to he treated aic
cord ingtly by all thle courts under 01ur
car'e.
Res.olveCd, '""at thle Ars'ely also
t akes tisi occasIionl to) say th1114, wile
(itcnnot justif thes11e4 bre thr ien in:
eparai:it inig themciselvyes fromil thle churnebi
ofi thir i faithleris, it regrets thle ir iIth-i
drawali~i, anid ex prescses thle (iarnetst
hopo lihaIt they may see thle i'ira y
clear to return to their formiier r'eh11
tionis.
('otton Uonvention,
he Cot ton ('onvenition1 at Bositon),
say3s thet BRichmonlid Di)sjmlch4, 01n its
second14 dlay's sit ting, dliscus~sed the
quelst ion of' lie tar' on cotaoni, which
inclidenltly involved the question of
tfrands in the packling of' cotton. With1
regardli'4 to Iitre th11 generail dlesirec
seemiedl to be thait thle purchaser0$C
should bo reliIeved( fr'oni payinog for
thatt as so luch cotton. On the sub.
ject of impure cotton antd frauds in
packing, soverl'1 speaikers acquitted
the S'out hiern cot ton-lanlters of all
bilamei. Mr. Simlpson, of M assachiu
setts, said thoso f'rauds werec the wor'k
of persons "fronm the Nor'th.." Mr.
Nourse of the samile State, agreed with
himii. It was urigod that cotton shld~(
be so paekodl and marked as that the
paScker could14 be t raced ouit ulpon thlL
discover'y of fraud. Tfhis is thiecase
with tobacco, thriough the system1 of
manifest, marks, &ce. Resolutions to
carry~ (out these objects wore discussed,
without 11inal act ion.
-Incidentally, somioinmg wa'is said
about the poverty of Southern plan
ter's, and the. importance of aiding
themu iln their operations of dotton
m ultu re.
Ini t114 course of ,deobate siomtnthin
wvns also said of the unfortunauto .ro
milts.to thie Noit'horn. imen who '. hur
ried to the South after the war, etn
barked in the oulth'nt.16n of totton
with tho .most sanguino e f ootatiot.
We all hero know~ sop'iothiing of thiose
3agorexpeotation id 1Ifthtod pro
pt..Th ilgh4 Mo,
Duflio, of South Carolina, had his
'frty-balo.thegry," but these North- ti
ben men had their hundred and tweir I
hundJred-bale theorios. They i11mag t
ietd that they had but to comoc down 'tl
hero and got into the shoes of tho o
Southern planter, and soon enjoy tho, S
.Ncase and abundance once enjoyed by oi
the unfortunate planters ; and more- d<
over, that they (these Northern moecn)
wnuld soon deport themselves with
the manly Case and unaffected dignity
ind grace of those "played out" cot- 0]
toif-planters, as they were pleased to
term them. Never were men doomed 4
to sadder disappointnont. They'
were wholly unacquainted with the "
business, and wore yet at greater .
fault with reference to the negro as a I
freedman. After spending, each in
dividual, his thousands, aggregating ri
perhups a million or two, these outer- rc
prising gentlemnen pocketed their
,
losses and withdrew in disgust with
cotton, the negro, anid the South. As
the people are never so proud of their,
losses as of their gains, the experi-4
enee of the Nortleri1 men turned i
Sonthern planters has never been ful- r
ly understood at the North. &
Immigration.
It 10 apparent to us that this subject
has excited the iit linist. int erest through
out the*fistrict.. it has Iakeni deep hold
upon the jidglment and the lopes of our
so
people, ii I it as elhcited 2n nificen0 ti.
proffers from estimrab le, earnest 1.nd o
pr1act i'1 geril emI n ii from every see'ion .
~ji
of the District, for they sece in its accomn- t
p lida nientt a certain a sirnmeniality for
.achieving a pI rcal ir-g''eira tion and e
Irne recons' ruct ion. It I trnscend polic.
ties, for it involves that and much
more. It emibraceis also, the social
and material resuscitation of our prrs.
t<
Irate country.
It is time that some action be taken 1
i the matter. It is time for consul
etationi, interchange; of ideas, and the
adoption of a scheme of operation. S
it is time to set in action an agency of
such prouise. With this view and af
ter' 3o0nenc upon the matter, we t
namoie tie second Monday in July.
next, as at day of Meeting. We in
vite a full and free attendance of our 11
citizens on this occasion. We wisha
to see if possible, all the ea:nestness,
nolmon sense and experience of the
community united on that day In giv.
ing practical, feasible and energetic
direction to a hopeful enterprise.
We repeat, we are reqcested to d
name tile 13th prox., the 2d Monday
in July, as a day of meeting.
The Negro Voto. w
The following, from the New York "I
World shows that the Democrats of n'
the North are beginning to awake to at
the i mportaice of securiniig 11 portion(1 ti
of thle Southlern niegro vote in the ti
Presidential election:
"Another01 object of tis bill isto
secure thme electoral votes of the re
lm~it ted States for the Republican -
cand1(1idtes. Ini thiis,juidginig from the A
present appear")ncles, theoy seem likely a
to be successful. TIhere is no possible ec
way by which the Demoeciatic party a
caln preent P'residentiaul electors he0- N
ing chosen in those States, or pre- ie
ount thle votes of those eletors be- c
ing Coullnted. Theli 0only thling we ill
can i do is to make a1 sttenous at
tenmt toarry those States for our
Ltiekot ; and considering the great tac
numberli2'l of whites wholl ar'e disfran- ti,
ehised, 0our 02nly chaneo10 of suCcess (conl- e
sistsi inl iiin~ g tilenelgr'ovote. -Uuit \V
thme Democratic parlt~y does not seem S
likely to adlopt any eflicienlt miethiod
of doing tiS. Foi' our1 part, we do not a
yet see tihe wisdom of letting se venty ai
electoral v'otes go by dlefault andl turnl ,
thle se1110 against uts. WX~e had1( rather,
800 ai Demiooraitio President elected by s
negrol' voCtes, thlan dlefonited by noe- he~
gr votsine, inl spite of all wre at
cndvto thle niegroes wiill, eithler pi
ftor its or against us. We need to a
brj1'ing over butt a verty small11 perceentage
jp;of tlhem to carry'3 every' Southerni
S8 tt. A man11 mayl r'easonably oh-.
ject to being sonsed inlto a. muddy is
millh-pond, and is a fool if lie does not h
struggle with all his mIght against
thle attempt of ,' gatng of r-uflians to
fling himi in ; hilt being in, lhe is "
Cfinal2 ly a fool if ho0 pr'efers to sink Y
rathler than save his life by swiahming
inl such dIirty wat(,r o ai
Thle INow Yom'k Wiorld sass that the ~
S"supporter's of 1~Mr. Pend1(leton and1( ofIl
Mr. haseagre':.in cosideringf time (1-w
1ancial1 problem as tihe imnportanlt
wich~l will engage theo attenitioni of time ~
Glovernment for the next four years8."
4This,acoording to the Whorld, .is a r
p erfectly sound judgment, and doe sia
orod it to thb aga l'y of theo party. 6<
Oregon in hier late elections' h'ad
Kgone demiocratio from "Aarreot"-to eel.
l1ar." Thus thq~ great .wheel of popn. I
Ular retion .rolls forward. c
Tile dowLlodoinfoneticut) oity
'leotion .wenmt Demmorati6 on Monday
by about seventy majority on the avoe.
ago. Tihe voto'wwunusually heavy.
A NshvlloIspe sof the 2d says
that w~itin; tl o' fiyeadays provious
therdhad b em'fourjnurders in the vi- "
nifof the iy~,:. V
A call has been issued for a conven
an of colored Republicans of Maryland,
elaware,. West Virginia, Kentucky
1el Missouri, to be held mn Bal imore on
e 4th1 of August, for the purpose e,
ganizing the colored people of those
ate. as Ia, unit to agitate 11e (llestifon
equal rights. The Chicago platform
>ea not please these' negroes.
Memphis has soon another sight in
e shape of a bloody settlement of an
d feud. Two-men got in a fight in a
rbor slkop, one using a knife and the
her a pistol. Both of them .wore se
rcl.y wounded, and.during the fray
negro was killed by a stray shot, the
ill striking him in the forohead caus
g instant death.
Several light snow falls were expe
enced on the Central Pacific Rail
ad near the summit during the past.
ek.
[cOM MUNICAnED.]
Montleol'o Demooratio Associat on.
Mn. EoI on :--D nin : It may
terest yourself, and some of your
aders, to know something of our As
ciation,--its success ; its prospects
success, &c.
We organized an Association here,
pril 1 ith. known as the Monticello
emocratic Conservative Arsociation.
Our Constitution is very much the
me as those of other iimilar associa
1)1n or clubs ; hut differs from muany
' them, in that it retuires an Exccu
vo Committoo of five members,
hose business it is to engage speak.
s for the different meetin~gs, to pro
ire and report names ot applicants
r membership, &e.
We mention this, because we re
ird the existence of such a cotumit
e, as of the greatest importance.
Our oflioers are, Col. W. J. Alston,
resident ; Dr. W. P. Curry, Col. T.
Dawkins, and blaj. J. I. Lyles,
ice Presidents; and i. M. Zealy,,
3eretary.
Wo have now one hundred and five
embers, seventy-five (75) white, and
irty (30) colored meubers.
Although our success in making
embers of the colored people is not
I that could be desired, still consid
'able has been accomplished.
The Radical vote has been diminish
1 130, annd we have hope of dimin
hing it to a minority, at least by the
ixIt election. This will certainly be
to case, if all white men will do their
Ity.
Wo are sorry to s y, that there is a
od deal of apathy a mong some of our
hite men ; and we fear there is even
iposition a uong a few. On the
hole, however, we feel encouraged,
d hope to be able to report some
ing more interestinlg at som01e future
mue. W. J. ALSTON,
President.
. . ZF.AI.Y, Secretary.
A~i WVaING' FRoM OAL 1IF'ORNIA.
ccording to the Saln Francisco Blulledin.
(C Statie of Cai orn ia is fumli of sta rving
erks and thriivinig laborers. Evcry'
'amer "brmngs young fellows fromj
ew York, Bostoun, Phldelphlia andi
ahiimore, and evenI from Lonidoni,
lasgow. FIranlce and G1ermaniy, look
g for situations."'1' Th conidit in of1
e'so y'oung mienl is thuts describled:
Sonme havev ev en been foolish enough
throw lip berths at home, thIinkimig
at. becauise California is a pro.,per mIS
munry, clerks rmust, be in dlennd. -
T hen tihey get hero they walk the
reets, bore thleir acquaintances, prev
monl their friends, and are snubbed bv
rangers who are wveary of answvering
e commoni initerrogatory, 'Do( von
ant a clerk ill this est alish menit ?'
MenI with trades, on the contrary, arle
id to be generally prosperous; af~d ii
s been proved that five years of
andy manual habor in California, at the(
'esenit rates of wages, wvili give a maln
good house and in good farm.
HAYrr.-Correspondlence from IHavti
mntbrestmig. Sallnave hand assured t'he
or'eign) Ministers dhaL no0 dIamage would
done to the capital except that inflict
I y the enemy ; at the amo time he
muounced his detormination never to
'ld. The Cacos made an assaitt up~on
o city oni the morning of the 3d inst..
id were repulsed with heavy loss. All
the prison ers ecaptured wvere buter
I by the troops in the rmost expeditious
md approved negro fahion. Salnave
ad endea voredl to dec a compromise'
ih the Sounthern revolutiomists upon
e condition that they should noite
illh him in repeliing thme Cacos. Tihe
-oposition was md~ignanltiy rejected, anid
ehappy and highly civilized negro
putblicans were still vigorously at work
iughtering each other at the last, ac
REINDICTMENT' OF 'SURRATT.- The
and jury of thme Criminal Court of
aahington have found a .true bill of
Aiotrmor.t againa6 John H. Surrati,
Iarging himl, under the second sootion
the ao6 of July 1'?, l8620 with, giv
g aid anrd coomfort to the onomy.
b~e uIa1ge conneeotalg lhim with the
urdor 01 Lincolndls abandoned.
A6 Badeh-Baden a' ladf asked he
lend "ihy they ealled' a town 'de.
itod.- to play O.watering pilace 1"
.Jooaus/'an8World hot friend, "th~
sitoN ro regeneralycleanas ot,
Latest by Telegraph.
Congressional,
WASUtINOTON, June 16.
SENATE.-Rill were introduced facilita
ting the settlement of the prize cases in the/
northern district of Florida; also, relatlivo
to the coast defences; also, for the furt her :
security of life on stenm-propelled vessels.
The consideration of the nt ional curren.
y bill was resumed, and discussed till ad
journment.
llomtsi..-Under (heo. regular onll, among
other bills introduced wits a bill amending.
the homestead law ; also, regulating h/naes
corpus ; also, dividing Texas and providing.
for the admission of the fractions ; also, au
t horizing nidi re1iiring the Secretary of
Wnr to deliver certain arms to the Siuthern'
.States for their militin immedialely after
the discontinunn to of military govertnments
therein. A bill providing for tn addition of
twenty per cent. to the salaries of Depart
ment emaployes wAS passed-71 to 64.
The tax bill was recommitted, and the'
committee ordered to report as early as
possible a spe'clal bill revlsing the tax on'
whiskey nnd tobteco.
Senate bill amendidg thecharter by which
tie soldiers' vote atre ignorel and the city
government placed under Radical control'
was passed.
The Hlouse refused to entertain Logan's
resolution looking to the removal of the
capital
A'n order was p-assed giving the bill re
vising the whiskey and tobacco tax unin.
terru1ted possession or the IlIouso
'The report of the Committee on Enrolled
ills, on the expected motion to include
mineral oils in the special bill, was defeat
ed. The ! ouse then adjourned.
WasuiNoroN, -June 17.
SxNAT.-The Texas Convention resola
tions that. congressional reconstruction
would fail tinder General Iluchanau'snppoint.
mncats were ferred to the Judiciary Commit
tee.
The memorial of William S. Shipley, of
Kentucky, was tend. It charges that his
<on, residing at Columbus, Ga., had been
arrested by military authority in violation
of the Constitution, and carried 200 miles
f'rom his homse to Atlanta, where he is now
contined, deprived of communication with
his friends ; that he is falsely charged wit h
being concerned it the murder of George.
W. Ashburne, who was killed in a negro
house of ill-ane. The memorial was re
ferred.
The jnuliciary Committee's motion inde.
initely postponing the Senate and Hlouse
nntendtents to the baukrupt law was pass.
ed.
The Chair laid before the Senate a tele.
graphic dispatch from the Constitutional
Cotinvention of L'exas, dated at Austin, June
16th, contaitning resolutions passed at flint
date asking the permission of Congress for
the Convention to organize a military force.
in conjuntion with the military command
er, to subdue crime and lawlessness, which
t hey allege is now so frequent int hat Statle
and further setting forth tha;t it Congress
does not grant this power tite loyal people
ot Texas will be ompelled to take the law
in their own hands in self-defence. Refer
ted to the Comruittee of M ilitary Affairs.
'I lie considerationa of Ithe finance bill was
t.ltett resumed. The section forbiding banks'
to pay interest on the deposits of other
banks was eraved. 'The provision with
drawing twenty millions from districts
which have a surplus, and awarding it to
listricts comparatively deficient in national
batnktmg capital, was adopted. The addi
tional capital goes to districts which have
now less than five dollars per inhabitant.
''le bill passed by a veto of 25 to 14.
Acomnittee of conference was appointed
on the bill removing political disahilities.
T'hoSetate then went into executive ses
sion and adjonned.
Ilous.-The Election Committee report
md in favor of sentina McKee, from the
Ninth Kentucky district. Ordered to .e
printed.
The bill promoting American commerce
was then taken up, the tmain feiture, or
*iiawhack, bei ng the tariff' on mattetial used
ini ship-butildling.*
Ait ateindmoenit allowing five foreign hot
totms, owned excluively by citirens, to by
utsed in convecyinig western produce fromn
New Orleans to New Yor'k, was rejected.
antl tie mttert finally tabled by an almost
<olid weternm vote.
.'tAmendmients to (the political relief bill
were nton-eoncutrred I., rutd a cotiference
demtandedt. The flouse thetn adjourned.
lYAsttIsoToN, ,Juno 18.
SnNA-rS -The.Post-oflice Committee re
ported favrorably otn he bill est abl ishting a
cotinutouts railrontd betne to Mlobile.
iThe bill allowing thet United States to ap
peal in sitms from dist riot courts, withtout
giving sec'urty, was passed.
Thle bill allow ing (the side of armed ves
sels to heelligeretnts for commeinrcial purposes
wais passedl.
. The bill relieving exporters of' rum and
spirits was killed in cotiferenco.
Thte cotitico on te bill removing disa,
bilitios report a bill recotmmeniding that the
namews of Getorge WV. Jones, of Tennessee,
andl Georgo llouston, of Almabama, thie only
Demoorats In the list, be erased ; whticht was
adop~t ed.
Air. Ihendricks denounced this actiorn as
shattnefully partial. No Radical setnator'
ventutred to reply. Ross and Van Winkle
voted tiay.
The Senate (lhen weont into executive
session and adjourned.
U ot'rn:.-Thie clerk's boitus bill was tabled
by a vote of 68 to 64. This action affectual
ly kills It.
ResolutIons denutnclary of the Indian
treaty ratliled by (the Senate was passed,
T1heoy declare (liat (toheionse will feel bound
~to refuse tappropriations, for Its rat inea
t Ion.
The treaty is a amall affaIr with the
Osage Indians, bitt Is important as t Ihe firt
diirect nank otn the combined por of (the
President end thie Senate to make treaties.
rTe bill modifying and essentially limit
ing the jurisdtotion of the Court, of Claims
was passed.
1Bil1 relievIng earrying companies from
liability for loss or damage to goods caus
~ed by the Union or Confed orate. forces was
passed-80 to 42. This bill, if It becomes
a i law, will protect, express companies
~againast i numerable suits.
Thec river and htarlgour bill was postpon
ed tillTucaday next, and te House adjourn
ed,
W Asaxo'roN, June0 19..
SENATE.-.A bIll was introducted iransfor
rIng the control of the Indians to the Freed.
men's J)ureau.
The vote rejecting the bill relieving from
tax (ho export era of distilled rutm was re-.
coonsmdered and the' bill passed.
IPaocino raIlroad matters we're dlseussed
tintil adjouranoet.fr
I"ioust.--The bill providing frthe safety
o'f passengers os'Id .0 steamn vessels, ar
regtlbtting the systebi ~as pig wto
A diviion, . - ~ - -t o t
The Conforenee .Comhnitee's~ report oa
the hilt for relIeving partis fromf 'litical
disabilities w as rejecd.78 to f oot&
lwo'.thilrds majority. .Tije 'I~en~geta,, ,0
oteo(iot bt the orabure of the narpos~ 'of to'
Deoratsafrom th, lie1st' er,11eWyN, +ot'd
Wlh the Republioans; wh* oppose piel 3u
a I aniy shape. .s'~'~ '
sage of this bill congressional reconstruo. 1
Lion would be a failure, and untold evil
would result. I
Mir. liruomall, who had changed lilt vote I
for the purpose, moved a rconsiderattion of
the yvote ,.ani the motion prevailing, the
question comes up again next MSonday.
The ienateo's amendment to the bill con
tinuing the Freedmen's Bureau was conw
ourred in, and the bill now goes to the Pre
sident.
Adjrurned.
From Washington.
WAsnzsuroN, Juno 16.
Surratt's counsel a.niotnmced themselves
ready. but the prosecution avked a post, .
Iponemellt ; wi ereuiponl the court tixedt hit
trial for next Alonday, when. if lie prosecu- t
tion is not ready, Surratt will be bailed.
Surratt's long imprisonmient. '-as eharac- 1
terized as a disgrace to any court of jus
tire
Mr. 4. It. Lamar, of Columbus, Ga., is n
here in t ho interest of the young men now c
imprisoned b military authority for alleg- j
ed implication in the murder of Ashburno r
The circumstances connected with the ar- c
rests were published here, and excited t
astonishment and indignation. Mr. Lamar '
represents that the proceedings meet with
disapproval here, without. regard to party,
and it is understood motions will be made I
in Congress on the subject to-morrow by
Republicans.
Mr. Pomeroy will introduce a bill in the
Senate forfeiting the Nashville and Decatu
Rtoad land grants.
WAsutIoToN, June 17.
"I
Increased uncertainty prevails regarding
tihe whiskey and tobacco tax 1ill.
huller's corruption report is looked for
Anxiously, but tainted parties. among whon
are no acquittal senators. find Butler willing
to be slow and careful.
The news of the contest in the Florida
Legislature for senator ha been received
here. The Florida delegation are relieved
of apprehensions felt last night of a negro
coming to the Se'nte from Florida, and
they scent hnppy.
Bowen has been confirmod as Mayor b/
the Circuit Court.
Burlingame and hie Chinese suite visited
the Senate today,
WAsnINnTON, June 19.
Tho xpress this afternoon says it is re- 1
ported on good authority that Chief Justice
Chase has written a letter, to be read in the
National Denocratio Convention, placing
himself squarely on any plat form the Con
vention miay determine on, but urging that 1
negro suffrage be recognized and universal s
imnesty demanded.
Private advices from Atlanta represent
hat the civilians held by the military at -
Columbus. Ga., aie treated with increased v
vigor. The house Juilci:ry Conmittee
D intemplates bringing the matter before the
Aouse on Monday.
Scoretary MlotCiloeh has not resigned,
bhough a report to that effect was published
in an evening paper.
The defeat. otf tie political disahiiity re.
lief bill in the iionso Ihis evening created
a strong fluttering. It is very likely than
it will pass on Monday, Ihough the Demo- c
wrat' will vote solidly against it, unless
[louston, of Alabamna, and Jones, of Tennes
tee, are restored by it.
WYAsuiXNroN, June 19.
The dredge boat to clear nut the mouth of ii
te Mississippi river left Boston yesterday
for New Orleans.
Mr James Resigns the Office of Internal
Revenue Collector, &o,
WASuiNOTON, June 15.
Mr. James, collector of internal revenue
it Richmond, has t endered, his resignatlow I
of that office. 4
General Mulford will doubtless receive v
the nomination as successor to Mr. James.
Among the Candidates for nomination as
Dommisioner of Internal lIevenue is Mr 0
zumntins, new collector of internal sere.- C
ue for tie four h district of Petsylvania ~
The P'residentt now seems mnlined to hmobi
rmek the nonminmadion of a successor to ?,lr..
IRallins until lie can htavo assurance of thle
irobability of confirmuation of a capable. fi
ionest, and efficientt nomiinee. -si
E'rom North Oar ilina-Proclamation of I
Governor Holdea, &
IlI.zt, June 16.
WVilliam WV. Ilolden, Governor eleot of
~ortht Ciarolina, issues his proclamation to.
norrow cwinvening the General Assembly
IWednesday the 1st. of Julhy next. - The aea
fillers wvili be instawl ied, it ls.underst.nod, as~
mon as their disabiilit iesw have been renmov
ud, except such as are already qualitied, it
vwio, it. is presumed, wvill riumphy wvi th th lii;
aw of Congress just passed.
From New Orloans. -
Niuw Oarmass, June 16.. ti
General Bucohanan hwas reilved the New
)rleans Gas Company fromn the action of'
Glene--al Banks's order of March 15, 1864,s
requiring said company' to transfer to time
Quartermaster's Department all stook st and-'
ing on Its books in the namo of personms in I
lie civil or militairy. erwvice of the "Itcbe' s
G6vermimenit, or who had not complied with~
the act of Congress of July 17, 18612, or thmei
President's proclamuat ion of Decembnler 8,j
1862. All sneh itock, togethmer with thie7,
unpaid dlividemnds aconm nuhwrted since .Januua.b
ry, 1866. is released fromn the restrictiotns of,
said erder.
There was n~o attempt, at an inauguration
oftthe Stat~e officinls to-dasy, as called for In
Packard's two proolamations, though they
were in eon'nhtationi this tmorning, and ab
uiniiiderable orowd ofnegroes in attendance f
at Mechanics Instituto, In expectatioa of the
Import ant event.
Comnments of the English Pr ass on the
Appointment of Reverdy Johnson.
LONDON, June 15.
The London papers applaud Ilevordywi
Johinsopt's appointment. Trhe Times says:
"No envoy could be sent here who would be'
hailed with moore confidence as the honored
spokestaan of a great nation."
Thme Deaily Newc, says: "life will repre-.
Bent the United States as a whole not see
tionally."*
Marine Disaster.
FOJ-rnSSa MosnoE, June 15.'
The*DBritish barqmue Istria, froetn New Or.
1caps for Liverpool, ashore off Cape liatter..
as,,wenw to pieces. Out of her crew, num
boring twenty-six mnep, only three were eav- a
Th e'teatner nevada ha Ali'oe to
lees." -.h 4 - - lso11o
. ;The I'loridR Legislature, S
TArLAJIASSa , June 17. -t
*Welsli tau eleoIcid Unif od States sonate
Ior the form which expires in March 1869,
l'here wss tno eleotionfor the other senator
rD the fqurs~yet~e tpram Lo.day, The result -
a up~trtl in, Osborne Is ahead.
4. ri of 8. Anubite, 4." bro
V. Osborno (Radical, from Now York), 81 ;
). B. Hurt (a nativo. known as a southern
)ylist), 21; Governor Marvin (Democrat),
a.
A third senator for the term commencing
larch 1, 1809, will be elected.
ouisiana Radioals Brought to Grief
General Grant "Goes Baok" on them
The --ew Offloers not to be installed
until the State is Admitted.
New O1XLEAZs, June 19.
A telegram from General Grant is pro
ulgated by General Buchanan in the form
f an order for instruction and guidance to
.11 concerned. General Grant approves
eteral Buelhnan's course hoth in regard to
io State and municipal oflices. lie says
he civil ;fli ers elcte.I cannot be installed
mtil the State is admitted into the Unio.n.
ltntil Ihen the State ( '.vernmht. is provi
lonal, tnd entirely under General Buehan
n's control. Ie lentes tlhe matter o
ath of ollice entirely to General Buchana s
udgment,but suggests, however,, that the
atht prescribed by the new Constitution
umy should be requ irel, If the suggestion
e adopted, it will permit. ninny officers to
unlify who could not otherwise do so.
eorgia Politics-The Oalunbus Prison
ers-Honors to Ex-Prosident Puohan
an's Memory.
A Tr.ANTA, GA., June 19.
General John B. Gordon publishes a card
eclining to allow the use of his name in
he election for United States senator.
A large number of persons fron t his see.
on will go to the Damocratio National Con.
cntion at New York.
At the garrison. to-day guns were fired in
espect to the memory of Ex. 'resident Buch
11111).
Twenty-eight of the Columbus prisoners
re here nuder military guard, some of them
n close cells. It is said they are arrested
or participation in the murder of Ashburno
ist spring.
Carey W. Style's new p-iper, The Cont,
U/ion, is gain.ing great popuionrity.
The first lot of new wheat was sold here
esterday at. $2.10 per bushel. 1
Tsumnur.F CASUALTY -1tEt'OuT> Dnowx.
:o oF Two WtiTr MtuEN AND A Nxuxo Wo.
AN.-Ou Wednesday aftornoon, Mr. B.
oddin left the city for his place on Wando
iver, accompanied by a white man, threo
egro mon and a negro woman The boat
tarted before the storm, and had proceeded
D wit hin a tmilo of the plantation, when it
ras capsized by a sudden gust, The boat
-as soon righted and tho inmates regained
heir seats, but everything was lost, with
ho exception of one oar. They drifted
elplessly down the river, until opposite
V'eldon and P'attotn-s place, when tho boat
ras again capsized, and Mr. Roddin, the
rishmtan and the negro woman were una
le to regain their position, and sunk. The
ries of the negro men attracted the atten,
on of sonic laborers on the Patten place,
ho put olT in a boat and reseu:d them.
wo of tie boat hands camne to the city yes
rday, and reported the facts of the drown.
ig to Mr. Pickett, Mr. Roddin's partner.
[ Charleston News, 191h.
Wiy HonATio SYMount DECLiNES TO na
CANIDATE.-Governor Seymour is be
eved to have a hereditary tendency to in-.
liity ; and he has been warned by his
hysieians that. the excitement of a Presi.
ential campaign would most probably do
ilop the disease, and !hnit at any rate the
hor and harassing cares of the first year
' a Presidential aspiration would be almost
rtain to do it.--Letter in Cincinnati Ga
tie.
Further particutlar-s from thle disastrous
re in Malrquet te, Alich., on Lake Superior,
ate that every business houso in the plae,
timout a solitar-y except ion, was burned to
to ground. Several very large and costly*
icks were dest royed, atnd as the shiipment.
Eriron ore and the carrying trade generally
as a large traflic bet ween Mlarquette atnd
tet' towns on the lakes the blow is a very
iveroe one.
It is said that Nlipoleon employs many of
1o demni montde tis his spies and~ ngents; and
arrino, the Italian, whoa was for four- years
Shis secret se-vice, says that a fashionable
:gnio lias beett set up wit h nmoney frota
te Emtperor-'s privy putr9e in every capital
Eutrope, and~ in three Amorican cities, by
omenC who act as epIcs for Naipoleon, who
ad him daily or weekly reports.
CouransauA~r Sunoimoss.-Dr. Frank
lamiltotn puilelies in the M/edical Cazette a
Irong protest. against dleharing ft-ova all
itbiic otflice such medical practitioner-s as
arved as sulrgeonis or in any other profes
onal capacity in the 4 onferiorate army.
[o calls ont Congress to modify the iron.;
lad oath of July, 1862, so far as it applies
> thtem.
Tutx CONFEDERA TI DE AD.--Measures are
elng taken to provide some suit able mark
r the graves of the Confederate soldIers
hto are but-led in Loudouin Psark Cemetery,
nd already nearly $800 hMs been raIsed for
me object. As it Is impossible to distin..
tish the graves of tnany, the original lde&
f ~placing htead andi foot. stones at each
rave has been abandoned, and it has been,
etermtitned to ertet a simple and approrl
to moinument. -Baltimore ,Sutn,
Rrours or NA-runArLZEn ( 'ITISEuNs ADnOA T-,
'ito Senate Comm nittee on: ForeIgn Relatioha
ave unanimously agreed to postpone the
uestion of the rights of- naturalised citii
ens abroad until the next session, as there
re negotIatIons pending abroad that would
e stoiely ilterfereti with if Congress
bould take ip the quest ion no* -
Dr, lIarlow presented to thue Massaehi&.,
ette Medical Sooiety the ,skull of a mau
Iho in 1848 had a three .pound tatoaperlag
"on driven throu'gh hiis cheel eand brain,
oming out of Itie ctntre of lhs skull pmeare4
ith bi-ains and blood.. After a leing illneeg.
1c man recovered, and died in a -esatap~l.
t in M1ay, 1861, twelve ye irs afterwards,
Congioe s a giderly deteVnmied to br~b
AlsbAmtn onee with bpri roJbote4.Ool.n
itution, .h ,ais epidhe hbair of t
sad as sbrts egtrsbM UJngress wil
ull ha is~' by.I
tode tsau miudt b4 a sioc 141q 1,
titfe aesto gind. The Leg la -