The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 01, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA. I
Friday Morning, June 1, 1886.
Our Country'H Future.
There is in the present condition of
our country much to cause grave
anxiety iu the minds of every lover
of his country. A party at the North,
unfortunately now wielding the legis?
lative power of the Government, aro
attempting to remove the old land?
marks laid down by the founders of
our political system, and aro wanton?
ly disturbing and disorganising the
machinery by which it has l>eon run
for nearly a century, endeavoring to
subvert and overturn the platform of
the Constitution erected by their
fathers. The only principle they
.would, apply in administering the Go?
vernment is, that the will of the
party in power must bike the place of
the Constitution and laws, and to en?
force tho supremacy of this fractional
dogma, there must, if necessary, be
applied the power of force. This
despotism, if successful, must neces?
sarily expose the liberties of the
people to a severe shock, if it does
not eventually overwhelm them.
Federal authority, exercised by their
faction in Congress is to bo supreme,
leaving scarcely a vestige of State
rights lines and boundaries. Such is
the programme of the party-followers
of Stevens, Sumner, &c.
On the other hand, wc have op?
posed to this destructive organization,
tho true, the good and conservative
throughout the land. The exponent
of their faith and doctrine Ls thc Pre?
sident of the United States, ably sus?
tained by Mr. Seward and othei
members of his Cabinet. Those
statesmen have the great bulk of thc
American people ready to sustain anti
support them, but to prevent thc
mischief that may grow out of th?
schemes of the fae ti on is ts. Andrew
Johnson and his ministers must
stand firm in carrying out' the policj
of the Administration; a backwarc
step might, nay, in all probability
would prove fatal to those mighty in
terests of the country entrusted bj
tho people to their management am
protection.
Secretary Seward, in his speech a
Auburn the other day, simplified tin
mode in which the country could bi
fully restore*!, when ho said that no
thing w hatever was wanting to acconi
plish this desirable object but "recon
ciliation," and nothing more, um
added: "Let the reconciliation b<
made first, either in Congress or air
of the constituencies, and it will fol
low in the other plaoe immediately.
But we have little hope that th
present so-called Congress will eve
make any advance movement toward
reconciliation. Each succeeding da;
shows an increase of bitterness an
invective, and that their hatred of th
South and hostility to the Executiv
only grows on its daily food of railin
and invective. Instead of "reeoi:
ciliation," every succeeding proposi
lion brought forward by Stevens an
his confreres is more humili?t in
than its predecessors. And as f<
the hostility to the Administratioi
his assault on Secretary McCnllocl
on Saturday last, which we publia
elsewhere, is tho latest evidence.
To whom, then, must we look? /
Mr. Seward says, to tho constitue]
eies of these men-to the people <
the North and West. We of tl
South are powerless. It may, e:
long, be a more difficult task to sm
tho country than it is now. Let pr
mary meetings of the people in the:
Congressional Districts be held, at
command their representatives
alter their course or resign. As Pr
sident Johnson has said, thc conr
of thc radicals is calculated to fosl
unfriendly feelings, and will "urn
the progress of those influences whi<
ure more closely drawing around tl
States the bonds of peace and union
If the policy of reconciliation is
come to bind np the wounds of t
country, it must come from thc pe
plo of the North, in thc shape
rebuke to the mon who now nvisre
resent popular opinion in thc hulls
Congress.
--
TITK Li?ois?.ATURK.- -The Pick?
Courier says that it learns from go
authority that as soon an Congr<
adjourns his Excellency Goverr,
Orr will call the Legislature togeth
with a view of conforming the laws
the State to the action of Cougros
Hon. Edward Hammond, of Hi
ard County, is to be tho new survey
of the port of Baltimore, vice mi
radical removed.
l'rri:.-:!teal l.lturat ure.
We have received, punctual!/ as
asnal, thc June issue of De How's Re
vi?w. lt has ri flue table ol contents,
among which wo notice the following
articles as being well written ami
abounding with interest: "What's
to Become of the Negroes?" bj George
Fitzhugh, of Virginia; "The Federal
Union, Now and Hereafter," hy \V.
A. Carey, of Alabama; "Improve?
ment of our Hivers," by A. Stein, of
Alabama; "The Last Da3's of the
Confederacy;" "The American Colo?
ny in Mexico;" "The Future of
Italy," by J. Li. Ewell, of Nashville;
"Journal of the War," entered np
daily by the editor; with interesting
papers in the departments of agri?
culture, commerce, editorial miscel?
lany, &c.
Although not now a sectional pe?
riodical, yet il will be seen that thc
productions above cited aie from thc
pen of Southern writers.
The May number of Scott's .V"</</
zine. is another periodical worthy ol
notice. It is conducted by the Kev.
W. J. Scott, A. M., at Atlanta, (?cor
gin. It is well printed, and its eon
tents arc varied and interesting.
We would be glad to see our owl
periodicals well sustained. There ii
no reason why they should not.be
and some of those recently started a
the South are equal to any in th*
country in a literary point of view
although they may not come up ti
the flashy and trashy periodicals thu
our people have boen patronizing.
A \oi>i< Day's Work.
On Monday lust, the people o
Richmond, Va., turned out cu nmsse
by previous appointment, to repui
j thc neglected graves of the Confede
r.tte dead interred at Hollywood Cc
nietcry. More than 5,000 graves wer
renovated-many of them so mucl
sunken that thej were scarcely di?
tinguishnble. We learn from th
Richmond papers that each grav
I was newly mounded, the spaces intel
! vening between them levelled am
I cleaned out, and tho walks cleaned c
rubbish and levelled. Seventee
j military organizations were repn
1 sented, and the large working fore
J continued their pious labors. Froi
the long report of the Richmon
Times wc extract the following:
"The work begun with pious /or
wus prosecuted with such entbuaLv
tic and well-directo?I energy, that Ix
fore the shades of evening descendei
j more than two-thirds of the vast tas
was accomplished. Never did th
Army of Northern Virginia, in tli
hour of greatest peril, wield th
I spado and shovel with a sturdier wi
or with more effect than these e:
Confederate soldiers. Never befoi
has the cemetery presented so bnsy
scene, and more suggestive of relic?
tion. Here, in close proximity, wei
comrades-in-arms who had fougl
side by side on many a battle-fieh
Some wore living; many were deni
The hundreds that were visible, fi;
of youth and life ami vigor, we:
adorning and doing honor to tl
thousands that, hidden beneath tl
sod, slejd the sleep that knows i
waking on this earth. The seen
and the memories and reflections
evoked, will in ver Le forgotten 1
those who bore :i part in the d.n
proceedings."
Yesterday was appointed hy tl
Ladies1 Memorial Association of I Lie
mond to decorate the r?nov?t
graves with flowers. A pleasing f<
tine in the proceedings was that t\
United States soldiers present on t
occasion worked with zeal in the i
adoration of the graves.
Mr. John Gray, who lives in Nol
j Township. Nollie County, Oh
about four miles East of the villa
of Cumberland, Guernsey Conn
Ohio, is, without any doubt, a rei
lutiouary soldier. He has been
member of the Protestant. Method
Church, n good standing, for seven
live yea ?.-Cincinnati. Commercial.
Considering that the Protest)
Methodist Church is not forty yo
old, Mr. dray hus been a member
it for an extraordinarily long til
I THE DESOLATION or COLUMBIA,
C.-The correspondent <>f the N
York Times, traveling in the Sou
iwrites:
Columbia is beyond all donbt
most desolate looking place Soutl;
Mason and Dixon's line. The r
green foliage of the trees which 1
the streets seem to mock the dre
prospect of tottering walls and smo
stained ruins over which thev viii
No one can fully appreciate the ul
destructions of the city without ?
I ing it. 500 buildings, not inclml
j those of a public nature, wert burn
' mostly located in the very bush
heart of tho city. At present the*
! presents a truly heart-sickening sij
j and when wo take into consid?r?t
Ithe fact that most of t hu fit i x
firmly believe that Sherman ordc
or authorized its destruction, il
i not hard to account for thc bitter
j deep-seated hatred which many
I them exhibit toward Northerners.
I There is ono gentleman temporal j
sojourning in tho Republic of Mexico,
and enacting the part of au Emperor
in that God-forsaken country, whose
teeth must chatter with terror at the
thought of a great European war,
which must sweep Franc? and Aus?
tria into its sanguinary vortex. We
refer, of course, to Maximilian, whose
brief career as an Emperor ends with
the first shock of the conflict in Eu?
rope. The. exigencies of the ap?
proaching contest will not permit
either Austria or France to sparc him
a bayonet or a dollar, and he cannot
rely upon tho fidelity of a single
regiment of Mexican soldiers. De?
prived of the support of Napoleon
and Joseph, of Austria, Maximilian
would not have strength ty prevent
the banditti and guerillas of "his
empire" from pillaging tho very car?
riage in which ho may attempt to
escape the country. Aa soon as the
first gun of the impending conflict is
fired, Maximilian, if ho is a sensible
man, will collect thc richest spoils he
can hastily gather up, load his pack
mules with treasure, stuff his tran ks
with precious stones, and leave under
the escort of the recalled French
troops. If he delays, his faso is
scaled; for Santa Anna, or some other
hungry revolutionist, will gobble him
up iu thc twinkling of an eye. They
have a vile habit in Mexico of snoot?
ing deposed Emperors and Presi?
dents, which is, no doubt, a very wise
precaution against thu mischief ol
disappointed ambition, but is, never?
theless, a very barbarous practice.
Unfortunately for Max., he, sonic
months ago, issued a most savage
proclamation, stating that it was lib
purpose to shoot every "Liberal1
who was caught with arms in his
hands. This pleasant intimation wil'
probably bu remembered by a people
who are not distinguished for th?
Christian virtue of forgiveness.
France and Austria having unsent
pulously availed themselves of th<
long civil war in this country in dis
regarding and ignoring the Monro*
doctrine, need not expect that Presi
dent Johnson will be slow in availing
himself of a general war in Europe
to establish thu doctrines of thi;
country so far as thc Monroe doctriui
is concerned. Wc will, as a matte
of course, press every advantagi
which a general war in Eurolie wil
give us.
A protracted, exhausting Europe?i
war would determine, in all proba
bility, the fate? of thc "sick man" o
tho Western Hemisphere in a manne
peculiarly satisfactory to the poop]
of this country.-Richmond Times.
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COLUMBIA AND HAMBURO RAJLUOAI
The Edgeiicld Advertiser, in an arti
de on this road, says:
There arc at present from &50 t
400 handsat work on this road, whic
forec will Ho nhortly ?n?r?*oo?l to ?".ot
The contract for tho bridge over tb
Congaree, at Columbia, has bee
taken. The laying of thu iron upo
thu track will be commenced abor,
thu 1st November next.
Col. William Johnston, thc ab!
and widely-known President of tl
Hoad, as also of the Columbia an
Charlotte Road, accompanied by Co
(lardner, Chief Engineer of the fo
mer, have been lately in (mr mids
j bending their united energies to t!
furtherance and speedy accomplis!
mont of their great work. The hie
integrity and known financial abilit
of the President stamp with succc
any measure with w hich he allows h
name to be associate-He is plaii
practical and earnest, and posses?
in a remarkable degree the confident
' of the entire public.
Some time ago, when Col. Joh
i s ton's name was lirst associated wit
the Columbia and Hamburg Koa
; we hud occasion to cast our eyes ov
a statement ol" the condition of tl
' Charlotte Hoad. We ascertained tl
j following facts: The annual itu-on
I of this Hoad was about &i0O,0O0; ai
; the nett income, after payment of :
expenses, $190,000. The entire c.
! of this Hoad was about S'2,000,0(
! the yearly interest on which is$ld(
I 0(H), leaving $00, Ot M ?nett profit to t
' stockholders, per annum. Bositl
j this:, when Sherman marched tlirou
thc country, tlov Charlotte Ro
! owned over 1.<>"<> baies of colton,
largo number of negro slaves, a
much other valuaba property.
The Columbia ami Hamburg Kc
I will cost nt a close estimate $1,50
1 OOO; and it i- reasonable to sup]?
, that a great and unavoidable ti
ronghfare from North to South,
? this Hoad must necessarily he, \
. prove more remunerative than t
Charlotte Road.
-? .
"Rlind Tom'' is giving concerts
Now Rnglaud. At Hartford, ('
? ncotieut, he is regarded as a gr
; prodigy, and it is mentioned that
plays Yankee Doodle and Fish.
hornpipe, and plays "Tramp, tran
I tramp" all thc same time. He u
j to play "Dixie."
A little gill, named Kooly, ?1
very suddenly in Rondont, New Yo
a few days ago, from sheer exhii
tion, produced by jumping rope.
?ie stamp tax lias been remo
from photographs, a tax of liv?
cent, fid rnlnrmn being levied ?ti i
j there of.
Thu name of the last new coloi
"Elephant Breath." lt wouM
hard to imagine thu shade from
name.
j Chicago takes precedence of
! bany as tho largest lumber market
the world. ( >vci (MM).(NK),000
' were received Inst year.
Foreign Vein.
Thc steamer City of Boston arrived at
New York 0:1 Sunday, bringing dates
from Queenstown to thc 17th ult. Wo ex- j
tract the following from the details of lier ]
news:
There was little change in tito aspect of*
the German question. Austria pushed on
her armaments, and it was thought .she ?
would have 900,000 mon in the field within
two weeks, should tho existing status bo
preserved so long. Italy seemed ready,
and the equipment <>f Prussia was almost
complnted. Our telegraph io report of the
17th of May - the very latest -states, in thc
fact- of these facto, that the prospects of a
peace congress was "improving." Indeed,
it is said that Italy and Prussia had ac?
cepted this plan of settlement, but that the
reply of Aust lia had not been received.
Count Bismark, it is alleged, had letters
daily, advising him that his assassination
WHS imminent. The electoral agitation in
fav --of Prussia wus extending to Prussia.
The money panie excitement continued
in process of abatement in England. A
few additional failures are reported from
! Liver]?01 >1, and others were expected in
that town. The Commercial Hank Corpo?
ration of india, having branches in China.
Japan ami San Francisco, had failed.
There was a heavy drain of specie from
England to thc Continent.
While ali are prepared or preparing for
war, all neem to shrink from the tremen?
dous responsibility of being tho lirst to
commence it. Amid the. rumors of pro?
posals for a European congress, and of
negotiations for the cession of Venetia, the
inform?t ion arrives thal thc Italian army
is massing along the Po; that the Austrian
army of the North is concentrated in the
district of Chruditn, in Bohemia, its Four
first divisions occupying the towns of Par?
dubitz, Hoheiumauth, Leutomisobel and
Landskroin; and that Prussia, in addition
to lier regular army, has issued orders for
thu mobilization of thc first ban of the
Landwehr, ami h;is her military stalls ami
stores uomplctolv organized for a ea; 1
paign. The middle Stales of Germany ar .
??lacing their armies on a war f< loting. \'.\ eu
Turkey, Belgium, Denmark and Switzer?
land, though outside the immediate circle
of ?impending hostilities, are- increasing
their forces. Sueh heilig the pusitioa ol
affairs, the populations in the countries
more imm?diat? ly uro rested are becoming
uneasy under tin- tension in which they ure
k< pt, and would io.-',. For a solution one way
or uno! her as a relief. This is more espe?
cially thc case ?11 Italy, whore public opi?
nion is described as being "in a state o'
feverish impatience and ill disposed te
i ndure the d> lavs of German formalism."
11.-.u.l..,. Haily AV"-*, Ma-y If..
The Xuzio o , of to-day. states, under re?
serve, that a note of the French Govern?
ment has arrived here, [rropoaing thc as
scmhlv ol a Congress. France ts said ti
have declared thai she makes this proposal
with .1 view of preventing war. without,
however, pretending to impose that modi
of settlement of t Ut- pending question. Tb?
Italian Government is stated to have de?
clared, in reply to this note, that, whil<
Italy did not decline tho proposal, sh?
would require the basis of the preliminar}
negotiations to bc the cession of Venetia
France, it is added, has undertaken t>
communicate the views of the Italian Go
vernnieiit lo the other powers. -Florene,
(May l?) Telegram LowUoi Times.
Several of this morning's journal.-, roprc
s'-iit that a meeting took place betwee:
Karl Cowli y Bar- m Bun lea rg and M. ! ?ronys
De l'lliiy.-.' with the object of bringing
about a peaceful solution nf the pcudin;
difficulties. There i<. however, no eon
urination of this intelligence.
[ Puris telegram loudon Times, Hay 15.
LIVERPOOL, Mav l."?.- The war questio:
I? uiie-br.e^c-U. Tliwi- me. Iiimcvn,
pacific rumors from Paris, and the chance
of a European fongi'iss are unimproving
It is assorted that Prussia ami Italy bav
assented. The Austrian reply has tm
been received.
Prince Napoleon hadan interview wit!
the Emperor shortly after his arrival fron
Italy. I'he Pall Mall Colette says it ist.-,
lie ved he assur. : his Majesty that Ital
would ge to war with Austria win the.-- h
had th?- assistance nf Prussia or n<?t.
Th? italian triMvps who wer? stationed o
the frontier of the \'.il.iluie have bee
withdrawn into the interior of the km:
dun.
The Governments of Bavaria and Bade
ale in favor of a p.'hey of armed neutralitj
Tho seventh and eighth army corp ai
to bc cue. titrated at Coblentz and W. t.
lar. Prussian sta IT ollieers have arrived ;
Coblentz to concert with thc railway d
rector*, as to th? necessary measures fi
their conveyance the point of eoneentr;
tion.
It is officially denied that Count Bistnai
lias been negotiating with thc leaders,
the opposition, hi vii w of a modification .
the Cabinet. The Government desir.
however, to come t.. better lllidcrstani
ing with the opp...-Uinii. It ia also nflscial
stated that there wa-no necessity for tl
Hussian Governmeni to semi any reply
thc Aust 1 ?.in note of the 4th, since Austr
declared that all discussions on questioi
of disarmaments were exhausted. Tl
Xatiomde Z*?lm.>? publishes the followh
official communication:
"Till Statements made by several. Ge
lu?an journals respecting ailegod ? d'or
und mediation on thc pan of Russia, ai
! also the assertion that the Czar had t
pressed himself ready to support Austi
,111 the event <.;? her" being attacked
Prussia, would appear io be untrui
worth v. Irrespective of the fact tli
: Prussia will not be the ii rsl to take- the ii
gressive. such a ile laration does not ?1
pi ar probable, considering the illations
present existing between Austria a
Prussia. Should the middle ami mil
Stater- reject the Pru.-- tn proposal
redend reform, Prussia will make an .1
peal to ihc whole German nation, etubot
mg propositions of the fallest ard in<
comprehensive character."
Capt. John ll. [vey, a conduct
on the Weldon and Wilmington Kt
road, was seriously injured at Knt'n
last Wednesday. Ile was eau?,
between two ears and crushed, bul
it is hoped \\ ill ree. iver.
A servant girl in Si. Louis j
other ihry revenged herself for bei
dismissed from the service of a in
chant tlnre. by pouring a can of kc
sene oil inti? the well of water wh
supplied the family.
A New Orleans paper eries 1
. against the gigantic increase of pr
titiltion in that city, and say- t
the ?'most promising inen in th. ei
inanity are being enfolded within
Indi om. grasp ol' the monster.
The policy of tim Ailniiiiistr.it
in respect to Mexican all.ii rs is -r
dually assn in i n g ?1 different shape ;
may lead to Congressional endo
meut of the loan, which is be
urged umler a strong pressure.
The Pall Mall dinette, speaking
Fen ian i sn i, says: -Tt is the li\
hood of n great number of people
be disagreeable to Great Britain.'
By TeleiSra?ili.
NEW OUI.K.\N.>, May :?l.v MWI??UIIV drug
stores ort Magazine street iiave been de?
stroyed by (ire. t Loss $??,000.
Arrlvul of u. Knropran Strauiri'.
BALTIMORE, May 31. Tli? Somerset, of|
thc direct line of Liverpool steamers, ar?
rived to-day, in VS\ days. Site brings a
large cargo and 200 passengers.
Hue [.ct lion on Kccoril.
ON. INN\r:, .Mfty A raee against
time wa? run yesterday, by Underwood's
foin year old e il: itovolver, frill weight,
whieh ts the fastest time ever run the
second heat hein^made in 1.4-1$.
Tlx- .llarkrts.
NEW VUUK, May ai. Cotton dull, at 39
t/?41e.; sales 1,000 bales. Floor declined
?V&lOc.: sales I,(MO barrels. Wheat aud
corn declining; sales 227 bushels. Com 4c.
lower. Sugar at early. Ooh! 39. Exchange,
sixtl daj B, '.);..
MoBrr.E, May -Sales of cotton to-day
LIM) hales of middling, nt 34c. Market dud
irregular and mistttled. Norn; desire t?
sell.
NEW ORLEANS, May 31.- Cotton easier, at
3Tc. Gold :5".I.J. Bank sterling 53.
Cutest Korol ?rn tV*"\v??
NEW YORK, May 31. Tile steamer Costa
ltica, from Familia, brings upwards of
?MO.OOO ingold. F.x-l'iiit. d States Minis?
ter Nelson, from Chile, was one of the ;.:\s
scngers.
Thc Spanish squadron left Callao dis?
graced, und is reported to have sailed for
Montcvido. Admiral Nuue?: addressed a
ho ii ibas tie note tn Ibu british Consul, sta?
tue.: that having chastised thc Peruvians,
now he leaves the Pacific, ready to return
if Peru became insolent. Guatemala,
Salvador ami Costa Itica declined thc Chi?
lean-Peru alliance.
i-'ouan MuvtmvuU.
NEW VUUK, Mu) 31. The Sweeny wing
of the Fenian army appears to have talon
the Held. Fenians, by train loads, have
been arriving at buffalo, Cleveland and
other cities along tue border, confronting
( auada, and llieir movements have as?
sumed :v threatening attitude. The bri?
tish Consular A^eut, nt B?rlalo, tr legraph
ed yr sterday to the Manager of the Great
Western Hallway, requesting him to stop
ail trains going from tin Suspension
Bridge Lie also telegraped to the military
authorities ut Toronto: '.Canadian Volun?
teers": It is expected y will again be
called to arms.'
Northern News.
Ns>? VoUK, "Sin.) 31. -Two deaths from j
cholera oecurrcri yesterday; one tu Cherry I
Mo r!, the other in Sixth Avenue.
s ooo pounds of ammunition were seized ?
hythe United States Marshal, from the
-t. ann r General Sedgowick, fri?m Calve.-- !
t..". ......e. i... \ tj.o a.e. < .ral of j
the Fenian i*n>tli_,:hood, supposed to !>.. !
sti>lcn rrom ti.'' Federal camp in Texas. ]
Tin Atlanta .-ailed to-dai with $55,000
io specie. The shipment of gold ou Sa?
turday will probably exceed ?3,000,000.
NEW V'OUK, May V. M.- Custom I
House, produif, and othei exchanges, ? di j
!?? el .sui to-i'iorrow on account or the j
funeral of (?eu. Senti, and Huh business j
u iii be done.
CrangresaioMatl.
WASHINGTON, May 31. hi thc Senate,
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of the
tw., houses, reported a joint resolution
of respect and veneration for thc memory
of Ci neral Scott, and that when tin-two !
house.? adjourn to-day, they adjourn to
meet on Monday; that a Committee of
Senators und niue Uepivseiitativcs I
be appointedto represent Congress at the |
funeral to murrow, which wa.- unanimously |
adopt, d. A similar resolution was adopted
by the Home. The third section of tho
reconstruction resolution was passed as
origiuallv ivported from tho Senatorial]
caucus. Several anieudmcuts were pro?
posed by Mr. Doolittle, bnl each one was
rejected bj thirty-two to ton - which was i
the vote on th?" adoption of the section, j
Tin mattel-?as laid over until ne>;t week.
in the House, thc steven.,-bill fur the
construction of a hue ol railway front j
Washington to the Northwest : and, also, a j
bill for a railroad from Pittsburg to ('leve- I
hind, was passed.
Fur)In r reports from Generals Steed?
man and Fullerton rm the Freedmen's Bn-j
reno were reei ?ved and referred.
The bill foi thc reduction of ofticers'pay, j
ami to regulate that of .soldiers, was dis
cussed until the House adjoin ned.
Kron! Washington.
W vsnison >N. May 31. It is said that the
report f.!' the Secretary of the Treasury!
will show thc total sales of nearly $30,000,
UOOof gobi sine.-th.- I-t, at 30.J, and that !
no sale of gold was made in March and
April for liss than 37.
A mon?; llmsc rec -tat ly pardoned, was YV.
I?. Simpson, Confederate Congressman
ti . un South ( 'andina.
The following appointments luv? been
couth nu d bj the Senate: Jame.- Wilson, ot
Indiana, Minister to Venezuela; William
'Faxon, Commissioner; Capt. th F. Fox,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy; and Jus.
IVady. nf New Orleans. Assessor of inter?
nal lJcVellllo.
lt :.- untrue, us published, that the Pre?
sident docs not specially obje t to the re?
coil.M ruction resolution IIOW before thc
Si nate. Ile adheres his own programme
of reconstruction.
Our Consul ut Liverpool writes to thc
State Department. May ls: '-Two weeks
ago i adosad yon of thc shipment to New
Voi l, of I...ooo bushels of wheat for Ame
?rican ex|?ortation. The City of Cork,
which s,iils to-morrow, takes 498 sacks
French flour This is the tlrst instance of
Much a shipment from thia port to thu
TTjijtcd State?. This i? probably the lirnt
time thtft tlonr was ever shipped from Eu?
rope to America."
The Secretary sent to the House, to-day.
in compliance with the request of General
Whittlcsey, a review <?f the Steedman-'Fult
erton report <>f the Freedmen's Bureau.
Whittlesey says Hi? ir ieport is unfair ami
unjust, ami he ?.'.enies that they made a
thorough investigation or represented the
good the Bureau had done.
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Choler* on Shipboard.
New YOUR, May :W. -.Vu unofficial report
says that the steamship Union, from Liver?
pool, sixteen-and-a-half days out, arrive?l
at quarantine yesterday, with upwards t?f
WK) passengers; thirty-t hree died with cho?
lera ou the trip; fifteen eases still on board.
Since the 20th instant, nearly 7,000 emi?
grants have arrived at this port.
The steamship Peruvian has arrived ofl
Sandy Hook, from Liverpool, with 750 pas?
sengers. She lost thirty-live of cholera on
the passage-. Twenty-eight arc now sick,
and they will bo transferred to the hospital
ship.
CongrrMiniial.
WASHINGTON, May MO. In the United
States Senate tb?' "reconstruction resolu?
tions wer?' taken up and various attempts
were made by tho minority to modify the
different sections, but every one were
voted down. Fending the consideration of
the third section the Senate adjourned.
There HI em? rn? doubt, from the una?
nimity of tho Republicans to-day, that it
will pass by a two-thirds vote io the shape
reported from thc Republican caucus.
In thc House, the bill restoring the
States lately in rebellion to their political
rights was taken up and severa] speeches
made, but no final action.
Both [louses have instructed their Mili?
tary Committees to consider suitable mea?
sures' to testifv their respect to General
Scott.
Washington \<-vv*.
WASHINGTON. May 30. -The State D:
nartment learns that ri? Austrians hi?ve
been sent to Mexico, frail that none will bo
sent.
Thc national colors ar?' displayed at
half-mast, from tho departments and other
public buildings, in respect to the memory
of Gen. Scott.
The clerical force of the Treasury is en?
gaged ?ii receiving transfers of deposits
of disbursing officers from tho National
Banks to the Unit? ?I State? Treasury and
Sub-Treasury.
Official orders respecting the death of
Gen. Scott, and the honors to be paid to
his memory, have been issueil to tue De?
partments A large i:iimb?'r of the most
distinguished officers in the service have
been detailed to attend the funeral at West
Point on Friday. The Departments and
Custom Houses will bc closed on that day,
as ?i mark of respect to tho memory of the
deceased.
G?-n. Grant announced the death of Gen.
Scott in general orders, in which he says,
as the vigor of ids life, whether in peace or
^Yar, had been devoted to the service of
the country he loved so well, soin his age
his country gave him in return that vene?
ration, reverence and esteem which was
thc highest reward a nation can givo. His
memory will never fade from the minda ot
those who had reverenced him so long.
As a testimony of respect, officers will weal?
th?; usual badge of mourning for six
months on ihe left arm and the hilt of
their swords.
A VrivnxNTAJi ir? 1'AILUIAMKNT.-The
sitting member from Banbury, in the
present Parliament of Great Britain,
is Bernhard. Samuelson, a native of
Virginia. His right was contested,
but his legal counsel was lucky
enough to remember an almost obso?
lete act ol Parliament, passed nearly
a century ugo, which enables the son
or grand-sou of a British-born subject
to take the sacrament in a Protestant
church or chapel, and then, by taking
the oath of allegiance, to become a
British subject, and Mr. Samuelson
having done these things, retains his
seat for Banbury.
Ho is the second American w ho has
luul a seat in Parliament-the other
being John Singleton Copley, after
war?ls Lord Lyndhurst.
[Petersburg linley.
Mrs. Davis has left Washington to
rejoin her husband at Fortross Mon?
roe. II*:r departure was hastened by
advices from Dr. Cooper that Jeffer?
son Davis was reduced to such physi?
cal prostration that he is unable to
take his daily walk across the plat of
Fortress Monroe without lying down
to rest several times.
Judge Nelson, of the Supreme
Court, delivered a decision in the
case of a prisoner in the Albany pen?
itentiary, that the trial of a civilian
in time of peace by court-martial is
illegal, and their conviction void.
The steamships dava and Tripoli
sailed from New York, on the 30th
ult., for Liverpool, with 83,000,275
in gold.
The Orangeburg Times announces
the death of Richard W. Hudson, a
refugee from Beaufort District.
The Episcopal Convention of the
Diocese of Maryland met on the 30th
nit.
I A tornado swept destructively over
I Jackson, Miss., ami injured the State
j House.
j lt is rumored that Senator Doo?
little will succeed Minister Clay at
the Court of St. Petersburg.
There is no truth in the report that
there have been cases of cholera
among the troops at New Orleans.
Three of the Alexandria rioters, ?eut
to the penitentiary last winter, have
been pardoned.
At Fredericksburg, Va., several
factories are being pushed rapidly to
completion.
Over 500 children were lately con?
firmed in the Church of tho Holy
Family in Chicago.
Th?; estate of M. D. Potter, late
. editor of tho Cincinnatti Commercial,
exceeds 8500,000 in value.
Maj. Gen. Burnside has been inau
; gnrated Governor of Rhode Island.
Tiittlo progress has been made in
I closing the Louisiana crevasses.