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I |.- ,".|)f||., H, [ COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, April 18,1S66. Tl?? ?froeliuimtioi?-TIi^ IJar??m. A Washington correspondent of *a Cincinnati paper informs us of au interview between the President and Gen^ Howard-the " daly one since - the issue of the proclamation of the 8d instant. - He says: "The\3eneral was rehired by ap? pointment, and m?t a cordial *r?l* come. He explained that he had sought tho interview for tho purpose of learning without delay the^effect - which the proclamation was designed to produce upon the methods nnd machinery of tho Bureau. More specifically, he wished to know whe? ther martial law was now abolished, "" ttod with it the system of military courts established for the protection of the otherwise unprotected freed -people. "The President replied, without hesitation, that the proclamation was ei declaration of policy, and nothing more; that it did not abolish military courts; did not remove martial law, and was not designed to modify the operations of the Bureau in any re? spect whatever. On the contrary, it was the President's expectation and express desire that the administration ni the Bureau should be .continued as heretofore, and that all judicial functions should be exercised as tho interests of impartial justice might . require. The President further ob? served that his proclamation would be executively interpreted and admi . nistered precisely as was the procla? mation in regard to Tennessee. As the States, or parts of States, gave unquestionable evidence of their en? tire readiness to do impartial justice, they would individually and local? ly relieved m military government; not otherwL nor sooner." On Saturday last, General- Tillson, the. Assistant Commissioner, tele? graphed General Howard that he had received the proclamation, and de? sired instructions how to proceed, now that martial law was abolished. Wo published the reply yesterday, but this correspondent adds that General Howard at once sent the de? spatch to the President, who, aftei reading it, remarked that Genera] Tillson was in advance of his owr information, for he had not yet beare of the abolition of martial law. Th? l^kPresident sent the despatch to th? ^Jfcretary ??f War, and if the follow ing despatch from tho Associated Press be correct, it will be seen that there is still doubt as to the effect o: the proclamation oidside of the Freed "~ ~meh'a Bureau: "An order has been issued by tin War Department to all the Assistan Commissioners of Freedmen in tin Southern States, instructing them tc inform the people that the recent pro clamation of the President did no release them from the operations am government of military law. It i cautiously worded, and, while no declaring martial law in for?a through out the late insurrectionary States, i calculated and intended to create tb popular impression that such is tb fact. The order is kept close, am not allowed to be given ont for publi cation." We see no good reason why thor should remain so much nnoertaint; as to the true intent of the proclama tion. We remain of opinion tba these despatches refer exclusively t the working of the bureau and th people under the charge of that iusti tution. The President declares th rebellion at an end, and must so b regarded, and says emphatically thu if at peace, "martial law and thesuf pension of the privilege of tho wri of habeas corpus ought not to be sane tioned or allowed." So long as the? words stand ?mjrecowl rincon tradie te by their author, we must still hold o to the opinion we have expresse above. PROSPECTS OF THE CHOLERA rs NE YOKE.-At a moetii g of the Board c Health held in the city of New Yorl on the 13th iuaUul, Dr. Stone, on ' of tho members, reported against til possibility of thoroughly cleansin the city before the commencement ( hot weather. The report adds tin there is" no doubt that the cholei will soon make its appearance, an recommends tho Governor to issue a address setting forth that th?-daog? is imminent, and giving the Boai power to increase the expon di tun ? for the care of the sick, and to clot or remove all buildings dangerous I the public health. FROM MEMPHIS.-A privnto lett from Memphis, Tennessee, und date of 8th inst., says that, on tl night preceding, a conflagration c curred on Main street, consuming tl Bf greater portion of one large bloc ? comprising some of the finest stot I in the place. The small-pox is i I ported to be raging there fearfully. / fte MMM*?-*???-?-<is~ rr li ^ ?What I? thc Congres?1 Taking as :* text the ?pinioiE-e?rj pressed in Nb. 48 of ttfe Ifedera?st that great compend *ofc political -wis->~ doo?, bequeathed, to fheije cou?ttry^ m^U by Hamilton, Madison and Jay-1 that " it is against the enterprising ambition of the legislative depart? ment that tho pooplo ought toindulge ?JJ their jealousy, and exhaust all their precautions;" and further bear? ing in mind tho fact that, at the pre? ssent time, it isthe veto- of' the"Presi? dent on which the people are com? pelled chiefly to rely to restrain thia dangerous ambition, the following extract from the New York World, discussing the constitutional validity of the acts of the Senate now sitting at "Washington, is well deserving of attention : .i The composition of Congress is prescribed in the Constitution. Tito Constitution declares that Congress shall consist of a Senate and a House of [Representatives. ' The Senate of the United States (we quote tho lan? guage of the instrument) ' shall con? sist of ta'o Senators from eadi Stair.' Have we any such Senate ? Are there * two Senators from each State?' There is a similar provision in rela? tion to the House of Representatives ; but as tho same reasoning will, in the main, apply to both Houses, it will suffice to discuss the legality of one. "We take the Senate in preference, because that is the brauch which has alreadv passed tim civil rights bill over the veto. It is clear, on the more reading of the words, that we have no suc7i Senate as is provided for in the Constitution of thc United States. We have no Senate consist? ing of ' two Senators from each State.' A full#3enate consists of se? venty-two moaibers; the Rump Se? nate, even when all tho seats are filled, consists of only fifty. "It may bc said, and truly said, that the presence of every membei of tho Senate is not necessary to give validity to its proceedings? The Con? stitution itself provides that a ma? jority of the Senators shall form r quorum. But the sams Constitution ?.resumes that the absences are voluntary, lt a State fails to elect, or its Senatort fail to attend, that is quite a different thing from the exclusion of States from their representation. So carefu is the Constitution that every Sta.ti may be represented, that if a vacancy occurs in thc recess of a State Legis lature, tho Governor is enipo vered t< make a temporary appointment anti tho Legislature meets. The Consti tution exempts tho members of botl Houses from arrest during their at tendance, and in going and returning from Congress. These provision evince the solicitude of the Consti tution that States shall be deprivec of their representation by nothinj except sickness, death or voluntar failure to elect. "Turning to another part of th Constitution, we find that die moi emphatic of all its provisions is a prc hibition to exclude States from thai representation in the Senate. Every thing else in the Constitution is ope: to alteration by the amending powci this alone is guarded from change b the power which can make all othe changes. *2fo Slate, without its cor seilt, shall be deprived of its equal suj frage in the Senate.' It is absurd t say that Congress may do, at its ow discretion or caprice, what not eve tho amending power may over dat attempt. "Let us suppose that tbree-fourU of the States should over-step tl limits by which the Constitution ha in this one particular, hemmed iii tl amending power, and should JJ through the form of reducing tl Senate from seventy-two members 1 fifty, by depriving the twenty-tv smallest States of one Senator eae] without their consent. "Would a S nate thus constituted oe a legal bod] Would laws passed by it have an binding obligation? Assuredly no It would be as clear a case of revol tion as it is possible to suppose. Wh the remedy would be is another ar more difficult question. lint tho: can be no doubt at all that such pretended amendment, if acted on tho organization of the Senate, won overthrow the Constitution. But not even tho amending power ci take away half of thc repres?ntate of a State in the Senato, how can bo supposed that Congress, tho .mc creature of the Constitution, can ta away tho whole of it? "Admit that tho eleven nxcliul members of the Union are States, ai their right to representation is legal irresistible. They hold it direct from the Constitution. Unless Co gress has power to put States ont the Union when they aro once in their claim to their seats cannot successfully controverted. Even Congress possessed this power, t States would retain their Fede: rights until tho power had boen di exercised. It requires a regular lu approved by the President or pass over his veto, to admit a State; ano vould require the same to expel oi rf expulsion were constitutionally p sible. Hamilton wrote, (in ISO 'The creation of a new State has bc very pertinently mentioned as a dt sive instance of power in a legislati to do a thing, w hich, being done irrevocable.' It being impossible put a State out of tho Union, it impossible to divest it of its right representation. Being a State, it entitled to the two Senators of wh not even tho amending power < deprive it without its consent." ??pasa ajg^^ag^a All Wc Atlt. . The. paragraph w? quote is'from thwjTevr^xork Evening -pott, : in for? mer any* a strong anti-slavery paper, niul lately somewhat. radical in its views. The Post, now,.says: " Let us try a new plan. Let ns say to tho Southern people, 'you shall be in all things as free as we are; you shall bo represented in Con? gress ; you shall say what you please; shout for whom you please, wear what colors you Kkc, elect whom you like; we only require that you shall grant the same right to us, that you shall keep thc peace, obey and en? force the laws, anil protect.all others in the right Which you demand for yourselves.' We believe there is com? mon souse enough among the Honth? eim people, and statesmanship enough among their leading men to uccepL and fulfill these conditions, and where they lind it difficult at thc moment, to receive kindly the assistance of tho General Government. And if there is not, we are strong enough to en? force these simple rights, and wo are bound to do bo with utmost vigi? lance." This is good advice, and if the ! /Vs/, which is an influential paper, ; eau bring its partisans in Congress to ' follow it, tho grand object of re? union and restoration of fraternal feeling will bo accomplished. As to the Southern people, they will do their part; they have testified, in the strongest possible manner, since the close of the war, their adherence to the Government and cheerful obe? dience to its Constitution and laws. This "new plan" of the Post, if adopted, will speedily restore peuce and harmony to the country, heal all its wounds, and mah.J thc Union "one and inseparable." THK GREAT SOUTHERN REIJEF FAIR. The interest und excitement nt the Southern Ilebef Fair contin?es una? bated, tho approaching close of the groat exhibition evideutly having the eft'ect of bringing up those who lind hitherto failed to attend. Many of i the bibles, yesterday, bor? evidence j of tho fact that heavy sales had been j effected, but, in all cases, thc stocks of goods were replenished as far as > possible, only to be again sold down j very materially before the close last j evening. . This evening closes the Fair, and thc events of the preceding j two weeks will pass into history, \ where they will ever have a bright j page in thc annals of our city. Thc ] heroic self-sacrifice, the indomitable ; perseverance, the minds to conceive, and the wills to do, of the women of j Baltimore will henceforth be duly known, appreciated and acknowl- j cdgeil at many a Southern fireside, and many a silent prayer will be of? fered up for those devoted daughters of our city and State. -Ballimore San. Again the Sun chronicles hundreds of donations in money and goods-so many as to lie a source of astonish ment. Among them, there wus re- . ceived through Mrs. Carrington, of i the University of Virginia, a valuable 1 collection of autographs, including those of Washington, Madison, Jef? ferson, Lee, Jackson, and most of the Confederate Generals. THEIR OBJECT.-The Louisville \ Courier concludes an article on the ! radicals and their designs in tho fol lowing true and pithy paragraph: ' " Their object seems to bo to tear j down, and not to b"ild np., They are ? fanatics, impraetic le radicals, mad- j men. They are r v uing tho country ! to destruction, and exult with fiend- I ish glee over the ruin they create. I The Government must be wrested from their hands, or it will soon be unfit for white men to live in, and scarcely for the negroes, for whose advantage all this devilish work is done." Franklin Stearns, the richest man in the old Dominion under tho now ? regime, is a Vermonter who has pass? ed thirty years in Richmond, been twice married, and who is now worth, ? in real estate and cash, ?1,500,000. He was a violent Unionist, suffered j in Castle Thunder, and never kept ! Confederate scrip a week ia his pocket, but loaned it for mortages on all the farmlands around. Every day enriches him; and as the benefits of peace and freedom are fully develop- ; ed, lui will be the proprietor, by the j enhanced value of bis lauds, of .^l'J,- ! 000,000 or $15,000,000. FIRE IN CHARLOTTE.-A fire oe- ! curred in Charlotte, N. C., on the j 13th, which destroyed the kitchen I ami out-buildings on tho premises of j Messrs. Gleason ,v Wendfield, andi the kitchen of Mr. John libelan. The j loss amounts to about ?2,000. Tho fire supposed to be tho work of an ! incendiary. ? - THE FENIANS.- -Sir Frederick Bruce, Ibitish Minister at Washington, it isl stated, professes to have received in- I formation that leaves no doubt of the ' intention of the Fenians to attack : som?! point in the British Provinces. A Presidential proclamation on the subject is said to bo highly probable. I A young man. named John F. Dix- j on, was shot and mortally wounded early Sunday morning at the market house, near the Atlantic and North | Carolinaliailrnad depot, at Newborn, ! North Carolina, by a negro thief. fr* -? -r^V'-iir ir r-" Thc Lilt Battle-Field. Ber. Dr. Oraren, on his way to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in New Or? leans, stopped ?t Lynchburg, Va., and. in writing to the Haleigh Enter? prise, makes the following touching allusion to Appomattox Court House, in Virginia:' ' " We have passed, to-day, through j a locality of undying memories. Ap I pomattox Court House will be remera - I bered when Petersburg and Raleigh j are forgotten. The whole country I shows, most impressively, that the j storm of war has passed over it. The debris of a ruined army of heroic mon i brings sadness to the sonl. Over all this field of the death-struggle, the ? farmers aro ploughing, new fences have been erected, and the budding 1 vegetation is just now awaking to the wooing of spring, but these signs ol life, generally so welcome., seem dis? cordant here. It seems to the sad soul and the tearful eye that these obi shoes, these broken guns, these fragments of wagons, wrecks of cars, pieces of old hats, bleaching bonei of horses, and nameless graves oi many a Southern boy, ought to be ir a desert. "As we look upon the forsake* batteries and immense hospitals ol Farmville, or the stricken fields ol Appomattox, wo fee) *hat the plougi ought not to tnrn tt soil, that tnt trees ought to die, und that no birc ought ever to ain^- here again. Nc Union man, however true and loya to the United States, if he is a man could walk over this desperate fiele unmoved and untouched. Here i brave anny surrendered, gave up iti arms, and laid its banners in the dust Here lie tho remains of a son nut brother, for whom a mother monrni and a sister weeps, and there is non? to comfort them. Here lie the half uncovered bones of a father, who? little children still ask, 'when wil father come home ?' It is now night it is raining gently, all is still, and '. feel a lonely sadness that makes tin heart ache." Experiments with Germans, Eng lish, Swedes and Scotch as laborers seem, in many instances, to *hav come to grief. We have heard of gentlemau up on James River wh engaged and carried home a nnmbc of Swedes, who, after having bee: martyrs to corn bread for three days went to their employer and told hit if lu; did not send them back t where they came from, they "woul kill him." He sent them. Agaii: we hear that the German and Englis laborers who were employed in Kin George County and in tho vicinity c Fredericksburg, "all ran off a fe nights ago, having made no con plaint except that the country wt "too lonesome." Poor fellows! th: region of country is pretty "lom some," sure enough, but we thin that men who were determined i earn their bread in the sweat of the brows might stand it. it is a noteworthy fact, that tl Europeans coining here seem to e peet too lunch. They seem to tim: that this country is as thickly settle as Belgium, and that our land is oi flowing with milk and honey. The are two very grave mistakes to mal about a people whose neighbo rarely live in sight, and about a cou try where the cattle and honey we pretty thoroughly stolen and co sumed by the soldiers of both armit particularly the Federal army. All European immigrants aro gi garions. They prefer the bustle ai excitement of a little Western to^ or village to thc solitude of a V ginia plantation. Until villages spri uj) in our midst, to which these f< eigners can go from the farms night, or on Sunday, to spend th< time in tho recreations afforded drinking malt liquors, we may exp* to see them disappointed and discf tented. Every German likes on * tnrday night (and other nights) smoko his meerschaum in some laj beer saloon kept by a countrymi Let our farmers provide depots win lager beer, saur kraut and Dui cheese can be furnished ad libitu and they v iii have no trouble w their German laborera It is pre rough living in Virginia now to ti one. To a foreigner it is awful, n with the whole continent tt) che from, he will not stav here if he t help it. -Richmond Ti>ne.<. A SEXSTBIVE MAN.-Wo are told Enterprise, the other day? tllftt " gro doctor had located there, bouj real estate, and would engage in practice of medicine. He is re} sented os a man of intelligence i sumo cultivation, decorous in conduct, and respectful to white ] pie. He made an address on Sat day night to his colored frier which some of them lacked the g< sense to appreciate. He told thei was useless to expect equality v the white race. He had trav< much over the North and Enr< and nowhere was the negro on equality. In the city of New Yt he was not permitted to ride in same street-cars with white peo Ho told them furthermore, tba was a mistake to believe the No ern people were any better friend: tho negro race than the Soutl people. The Southern man, hes would prove to be their best fri< This black educated man is a na of Kentucky, and in his boyhood in thc famiiy of one of tho Bree ridges, who assisted and eneouri him to acquire an education. [ Meridian Messenge. From Washingtcn. " The loan bill, will be signed by tue President, and become a law. Ita passage by the Senate has caused no such flutter in financial affairs as was witnessed when the bill passed the House, as financiers have discovered, from a careful reading of the bill, and the authority it confers, that there is nothing in it to warrant the belie! that there will be anything done to disarrange the money market, ox cause any immediate essential change in gold. I have conversed with se? veral ci our leading moneyed houses, and this is the opinion they express. The Secretary of the Treasury ii not exceedingly in love with the bill, aird only accepts it under protest. In his published letter of the23d ult., after the bill had passed the House, he said that he should have "pre ferr ed iliat the bill had not become t law," and there is no question thal he holds this feeling still, though wil ling to trust it, somewhat, now that j the measure has gone through bott branches. Thc failure of the amendment pro? posed by Mr. Chandler to strike out -ac clause allowing the sale of thc bonds "elsewhere" than in the Unitec States, is regretted by many, thong! it is not likely the Secretary would tx able to make much headway in thc I sale of. bonds abroad, limited, as lu I is, to the payment of interest only it "currency." This, of itself, wonlc bojfe damper upon foreign invest meats in new bonds, while it would or should add to the strength of t hose which are pledged to a gold interest. As a commencement in the line o: contraction, the Secretary of thc Treasury, this morning, gave direc tions for the immediate destructor of all the compound interest note: that might bc sent in for redemption The advance in gold and foreigi bills, to-day, is attributed to a fea that there may be considerable rota ri of our bonds from Germany in th< event of actual hostilities in tba country. Speciul Agent Parker, who has su pervision of the Virginia mail service came up yesterday, and reports mos favorably on the restoration of posta facilities in that quarter. Contractor are performing the service regular!; and with fidelity. The post office' are well attended to, and the peopl are generally highly pleased with th mail arrangements. The President has no doubt inti mated his purpose to release Jeffersoi Davis on parole, as neither Congres nor the United States Suprem Court will take any measures for hi trial. He has taken care that his pc sition on the subject should be un derstood. Though the bankrupt bill lias aga! failed in the House, it is believed tba the friends of a uniform system c laws relative to debtors and creditoi will ultimately prevail One of th chief objections to any law at thi time is that which was urged by Mi Stevens, to-wit: That it would enabl Southern people to get rid of thei obligations due in the North. Bi the Northern creditors are the mo? earnest supporters of the measure and are quite willing now, as the have represented to the select con niittee ou the bankrupt bill, to met their Southern friends on this grounc The report has been repeated froi time to time that the President is c thc eve of issuing a general amnesl proclamation. There is nothing 1 warrant such rumors. The policy < such a measure has not been agitate in oftiehd circles, and whatever h been said in newspapers on this sn ject is mere conjecture. It cannot 1 doubted that the President will soc follow up his peace proclamation wi an extension of amnesty to sos classes heretofore excepted from i He has conferred with General Ora and Mr. Seward on this subject. Th? are believed to favor this policy. Orders were long ago issued for tl preservation of neutrabty on tl Northern border, iu view of the I nian agitation. General Robert E. Lee's name do not appear in the list of 127 ex-rel generals who have petitioned the Pi sident for pardon. [Correspondence Baltimore Sun. Previously to the war a purchase fifty hogsheads of bacon, by a firm Augusta, Georgia, of Childs & Gs ner, of Baltimore, left a balance $1,200 due the latter, which sum t merchants in Augusta have recent expressed a desire to remit to Chil & Gayner. in gold. This is another among the ma honorable instances, showing the ( sire of Southern debtors to pay t fall amount of their in deb team under contract? made before the o break of war. -National Intelligenc The Memphis Bulletin savsthatt body of a man was found! lately Memphis in such a condition as leave no doubt that he had been m dered. The police, finding no eli decided on trying photography, a accordingly on the day of the murd with the aid of a microscope, imaf left on tho retina of the eye of t dead were transferred to paper, a curious facts developed. A pistol, 1 hand and a part of the face of 1 man who committed the crime, i perfectly delineated. Tho Vicksburg Herald says D. McFarland, who has just returi from Mexico, ' ' thinks it better to in the folds of the Union, or : ? other woman,' than to ruminate the halls of the Montezuma'a." I ties intending to emigrate, will pie copy. Ijooal Item?, Mortgage??nd Conveyances of Real Es? tate for ?ale at thia office. Under the title of "Something New," we publish, an advertisement of a certain mode of drawing something of Taloa. The young mea, one of whom Ut a Virginian, who are conducting this establishment, seem to be honest in their enterprise Their office seemed to be crowded all dav. Call and see the stock. If any of oar readers should detect any typographical or other errors in tnis morn? ing's issue, they moat attribute it to an overdose of lager beer, administered by Mr. Charles Brill, who, it will be ?cen by his advertisement, keeps a lager beer sa? loon on Washington street, where he pro? poses to furnish his patrons with free lunch every day from ll to 12 o'clock. ELECTION OF CmrOmcKss.-An election was held by the City Council, yesterday evening, for officers for the ensuing year, with the following rea ult: City Clerk-J. 8. McMahon. City Attorney-E. J. Arthur. City Surveyor-T. C. Veal. Superintendent of Water Works-W. K. Evans. City Physicians-J. J. Goodwyn, A. Syl? vester. City Printer-J. A. Selby. Keeper of City Scales -L. Simmons. Chief of Police-S. S. Oreen. Assistant Policemen-J. G. Do?ean, J. W. Darnels, J. A. Thomas, J. Doley, N. Daniels, Jae. Fraser, M. Grinstead, T. M. Altee. V-A;. v. CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH CABO LINA RAIL? ROAD.-The mercantile community of Co? lumbia, and the public at large, will no doubt recognize the early completion of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad aa a matter of grateful intelligence. The unfinished portion of the road extends from the eight to the sixteen-mile post, not including the trestle spanning Killian's Creek, which is already rebuilt. The work Sooth of the stream is under the direction of Mr. John C. McKabe, with a force of forty sturdy sous of toil; while that on the North is under the superintendence of Kr. Moses Wootton, with a similar nam ber of freedmen. Energy and despatch have characterized the progress of the workt and it is confidently believed that by the 8th of the coming month the last rail ne? cessary to the completion of the work will be laid. The Superintendent of the com? pany's affairs, the gener?os impulsen of whose nature is only equaled by the in? flexible devotion to which he ad dre asea himself to the interests of the road, has promised an old-time barbecue, and some? thing with which to top-off, to the party first reaching the trestle at Killian's, from which both are equi-diatant. lt remains to be seen whether the negro or white man, in this instance, ia capable of performing the greater amount of labor in a given time. This road, like most others in the Sooth, has suffered greatly by the war. Economy and good administrative ability, however, on tho part of its officers, will soon restore it to the pathway of success and prosperi? ty, and thereby ranee its past losses to be numbered "With the things that were - A school-boy's tale, the wonder of an hour. " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Charlotte Railroad-To Bond-holders. Melvin M. Cohen-Congress Water. Hardy Solomon-Corn Whiskey. Fisher A Heini tah-New Institution, Ac. Chas. Brill-Lemons, A-c. Dial A Pope-Grain Cradles. J. P. Thomas-Lumber Yard. 1 IMPERISHABLE TEETH.-Can the teeth be rendered imperishable? Unquestionably they can. Sozodont, used daily, will ren? der the enamel absolutely proof against decay, barden the gams and expel from the whole dental apparatus every offensive and pernicious element. t DESIGNS OF THE RADICALS.-There is apparently a well-grounded appre? hension that the dominant party in Congress are seriously contemplating some means whereby they can get control of the Executive Department of the Government. The rumors afloat here all tend to establish the truth of this statement, There is reason to believe that tile Union Leagues and other similar organiza? tions are cognizant of this conspiracy. The mutterings of the approaching storm are already audible. Unless something is promptly done it can? not be evaded much longer. The radicals are desperate, and the Presi? dent is defiant.- Washington Corres? pondence Philadelphia Age. H. S. FOOTE.-The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Com? mercial is responsible for the follow? ing: Senator Xe smith, of Oregon, in conversation with the President re? cently, asked him if he didn't permit Foote to return from Europe on ex? press condition of his keeping ont of politics. "That was the express condition," said the President in reply. "Well, now," saidNesmith, "thew radicals are very anxious to see you commence hanging rebels. Why don't you commence on Foote?" The President laughed, and said he believed it would be a good idea, and promised to think about it. The Cairo, Illinois, Democrat asserts that during the violent storm on Tuesday of last week, a dog belong? ing to Mr. Norman, near Commerce, Missouri, was blown entirely across the Mississippi River.