che |!c(lfcvtl (fbiMltt. Eriday Morning rebniarj 23, IHUG. MISC EG EX AT IO X. The history of Mexico and the South American Republics teaches a sad, but important lesson. It is a tale of anar-j chy written in blood. The glory of its Bolivars and Santa Anas loses its lus tre beneath thetarnish of ceaseless civ il convulsions, and its testimony of the stability of popular government, is one continual bloody denial of the univer sal feasibility of Republican institu tions. It is the record of countries j whose hills God has pillared with gold and whose valleys He has jeweled with diamonds; whose climate smiles in perennial spring and whoso soil produ ces the rarest of plants and the "fairest j of fruit;" whose rivers are the mighti est, whose mountains the loftiest and whose forests the grandest. But there I is a mysterious influence that brood over them, a changeless cloud thai drops perpetual misery upon their in habitants. It is the frown of the C'rea- j tor who >r> -de the races distinct end sep arate, rebuking the imploHgness of IV# creatures in violating the natural laws I which lie gore them for 'heir govern- j m nl. It is God's penalty for the crime of mlseegenation. This is not mere as sertion. It is the philosophy of fact. The races which inhabit the greater portions of Mexico and South Vmerica j ore mongrels. The cupidity of the Spaniard induced him to carry the Af rican into slavery upon the soil which Spain had conquered, while the lust ol i the conqueror led him to mingle his blood with that of his -lave. The re-i suit of this mixture is a turbulent, blood-thirsty and ungovernable race, whose history is one of ceaseless revo lution, whose interminable war- areol the most savage character and whose \ bloody crimes, though often commit ted in the name of Liberty,put it be yond the pale of civilized peoples. Is not, therefore, the loionfasilvcompre liended ? It seems to us that "he who runs may read it." But, strange a.- it may appear, there are those in our day and generation, intelligent men and women, who do not heed the warning thundered forth from the internecine wars of Mexico and South America. I Their ears are stopped with the paper i on which their theorie- are written; their eyes are color-blind, so that they cannot perceive the distinctions which Nature and Nature's God demand shall be observed. They are possessed with a devil, the single idea of leveling, and | this carries them to the doctrine of the political equality of nil mankind, and consequently, the social commingling j of men of all races and the ultimate ■ mixture of blood. Who is Frederh Douglass? Who is George T. Down ing? They are mulattocs, practical il lustrations of the Consequences flow Lug from the doctrine of the theorists ol whom we have spoken. And what i the public character of th<>" well-known hybrids? They are agitators, disturb ers of the nation's peace, revolutionists who demand the sacriflee of the sacred principles of the Constitution, to their dan re for social and political elevation. They possess the same turbulent na ture that steep- tile Ande.-.' foot in blood and that makes the Amazon blush for the shame of the Spanish conqueror. Yet these natural anarchists are encouraged in their propensity for revolution, by men like Charles .Sum ner, who tell them that San Domingo will be repeated in this country, if their demands an- not granted. It seems impossible that the testimony of Mex ico and South America should belo-t upon the people of the United State-, yet then* are in iny who are even wor-e than the Bourbons, for, while they will not learn anything from history, they seam to have forgotten even what In their lucid days, they acknowledged to be the truth. Go:l forbid that of such shouid over be a majority of the voters of our country! TALK of benefiting the negro! Why, the men who, like Sumner, intimate to him that if he i- not placed upon an e juality with the white man, he ought to imitate his brothers in San Domingo and Jamaica, are doing hint infinitely more injury than all the opposition to his enfranchisement. On the other hand, those who strive to keep the ra ces separate and distinct, socially and politically, are laboring for the,good of the negro as well as the white, inas much as if each moves in his own sphere, there can be no such jealousy as resulted in the war of races end the brutal butchery which blacken the his tory of San Domingo and Jamaica. lu>t the black man reflect whether it is well for him to be placed in a position ol rivalry with the whites, ere he listen to the reckless counsels of men who on ly desire to use him as a stepping-stone to a continuation of their power. —The Right Reverend John B. Fitz- GLORIOUS NEWS! The President Vetoes the Freed men's Bureau Bill! Gil LAI EX CI TUMI'. NT Til UOIU.IIOIT THE COl'.vruv ! We have just received the welcome news that President Johnson has vetoed the infamous Freedmen's Bureau Bill. We can hardly realize this glorious fact, but it is even so. The veto message i before us, in full, and we are bound to believe the evidence of our own senses. 1 Shout, freemen, shout! the day is breaking. S iUTi'l the load tmbrel o'er Afric's d irk sea. The Wrong is def.'atei and white men are fiee ! J —We will publish the veto message j in full in our next issue. WE publish on our outside, the report I of the majority of the Committee on i the Federal House of Rep-j resentatives, in the matter of the con-! te-ted election rase of Me -is. Coffroth j and Koontz. 1 hive Republicans, Me-srs.' Dawes, Upson and Baxter, and two I Democrats, Messrs. Marshall and Bad ford, sign this report. It is certainly a ■ complete vindication of the course ol the Democrats throughout this Con gressional d.-trict in endeavoring to j prevt at the -minting of illegal and un- ■ authenticate'; returns. Whilst we ex onerate Gen. Koontz from all blame in ; the matter, ir i- our duty to call the at- ] tent ion of thepublicto the means, now expo-ed by "Bvpublican"< ongrt—men ( themselves -ought to he used by hi? partisans to secure hi> election. Tin same tricks were resorted to in count ing out Mr. Findlay and the editor o. this paper, who were candidates for tin legislature-at the same time that Gen. Coffroth ran for Congress. Our reader* are aware what a hullaballoo was rav ed by our politieal opponents becnu.-t Mr. Shannon and our-elf tried to pre vent the counting of the illegal ant fraudulent return- from the army re ferred to in this report. I t will also bt remembered that an "inve-rig-.itinj. committee" visited this place for tin : alleged purpo-e of exposing the con- j duct of Mr. Shannon and others, l>efort which John Cessna was one of the prin- i cipai witnesses. Well, after all tin j howling and roaring on the part of tin . men who complained of the rejection ol those returns, a Committee composer of SEVEN "REPUBLICAN" ant. tini Democratic members of Congress sustain the course of Prothonotarx Shannon and take the very identica po-ition- occupied by our-elf durinj. the entire controversy! For Instance, the Committee say, —"On an inspection of the paper? j presented liefore them on behalf ot Mr. ! Koontz, purporting to lie ret urns of sol dier-' votes, on which he relies, the\ are satisfied that most of those -o-eau e l return-are, under the art of Pemi -ylvania, of August 23, lssil, regulating elections in case of Soldiers in actuu military service, too defective on then face to pass a lego' sending. and wen no • mitten to be counted bp dm countg rt tun. judges, even it they had been all hefon said county return" judges at the time of their meeting." Thi- i- exactly what Mr. Spang and| our-elf argued before the Prothonotary and almost word for word what tin Prothonotary stated to the county r-- t urn judges. Therefore, the course ol the men who demanded the counting of tho-e returns, is condemned by theii own friends in Congrt-s. Let them hide their heads in shatne! We tuqx every ' Republican" in this ( ongrc—- ional district, will read the report ol i his Committeeand learn from the lead ing men of his own party in Congress, how egregiously ho has been duped in regard to the much talked of matter of "throwing out soldiers' votes." As to the effect this report will have upon -ueh men as Thad. Steven- and his fol lower- iti Congn-s, we c-annot r ay.— We l.ever believed that they would per mit Gen. Coffroth to have a seat in this ( ongre-s. jf they could avoid doing so; and it i- our opinion that in defiance of the recommendation of the Commit tee on Elections they will admit his competitor. —Gen. W. 11. Miller has been elected Senatorial delegate from the Dauphin district, and Messrs. Vuchmuty and Wilson R 'preventative delegates from Dauphin county, to the Democratic State convention, with instructions to support lion. Hiester (lymer for Gov ernor. —Gen. A. 11. Coffroth has been giv en the seat in Congress for this district. The vote in the House stood for admit ting Gen. Coffroth, B<>; for admitting Gen. Koontz, 58. The case will hardly j come up for further investigation, this : session. —Gen. Grant has issued an order for the suppression of all newspapers ut ! tering violent sentiments against any branch of the Government. It strikes us that if this order be carried out, both political parties will soon be without ; organs. —lt is said that the Cabinet was di ; vided upon thequestionof vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, Seward, Mc- C'ulloch, Dennison and Welles being in favor of the veto, and Stanton, Harlan and Speed against it. —The delegates from Carbon county to the Disunion State Convention, aie instr • t< dto sup; ortll . J. K. Mi •r< - IIARRISBURG LETTER. The I'olilioil Wfather—Senator Bcnrd-- lee—-The Bedford llistrlel Attorney Bill —The titiheriiiitorinl Conventlouh—The (iearj- II muGus, Ve. Haruisburg, Pa., Feb. 19, 1866. Editor Gazette: —There has been a -light lull in the political weather, since the storm that blew from the black cloud of Negro Suffrage. By the way I for got to mention among the Democratic Senators who spoke against the resolu tion to endorse t he conduct of the Penn sylvania Disunion Congressmen in vo ting for Negro Suffrage in the District of Columbia, the able and upright Sen ator from Wayne, lion. H. B. Beards lee. His speech on the subject referred to, was one of the best that was made daring the discussion, and ought to be published throughout the State. Mr. Armstrong, the member for your county, introduced a bill in the House, a few days ago, for the purpose of de capitating your District Attorney.— What petty schemes the tools of the men now in power are constantly re sorting u>! Of course thi- bill had its origin elsewhere than in the brain of Mr. Armstrong. The remark- of that personage when called upon to explain the purpose of the bill, showed that clearly enough. But special legislation i'or the benefit of individuals in the Disunion party who get into "tight pla ces," i-. the order of the day; and the people are taxed t<> pay large salaries to the Solons a-s.-mbied here, for nothing but the enactment of a few spiteful lav. - against the interests of the political party that happens to be, in a minority in the legislature. Mr. Per-bing. of Cambria, who i- alway- watchful of T be interest-' of hi- party and of .in- .State, stopped the hii! in the 1 louse and it w as laid over under the rule-; but was af terwards passed when it came up in or der. In the Senate, Mr. Householder, who had not the courage to stand up for the endorsement of the Disunion Con gressmen, stood ui> its bold as a lion and "called up" the bill; but Mr. Shoema ker, of Luzerne, offered a substitute, striking oat the odious features of the bill and making it general, instead of :ocal, in its character. Mr. Shoemaker'- -institute was adopted. So, if the House accejvt the substitute, the effort to -ingle out the District Attorney of your county, a- an object of rite special vengeance of the Legislature, has most -ignally failed. As the time for holding the political state Convention-, is drawing near, the claims- of the several aspirants for the respective nomination.-, are freely can va>-ed. Atpre-eut the con test lor< mv ernor on the Democratic -ide, lie- i i tween Hon. Hiester ('lymer, of Berk.-, and Gen. Geo. W. C.i--. of Pittsburg, with the chances in favor of ('lymer. There has been an under-eurrent in fa vor of Hon. Asa Packer, of Carlton, but it seems to hav. subsided. 1 have also ueard the name of Maj. Gen. W. S. Hancock mentioned in connection with .his subject, but wiietlcr be is - rimi-lv hought of a- a candidate, I am unable .o -ay. On the Disunion side of the House, Gen. John W.Gearv seems to aave the inside track. The reason of mis is, that the politician- of that party fear defeat, and they hope to humbug enough of the soldier element with Jearv, to enable them to make uj> for their los-es on th Negro question. But they will find out that the men who fought in bring buck tin Southern St nes •ntothe t i/ion. will not vote for any man who runs on a ticket nominated by a party that i- now trying to de-troy the fruits of their fighting, by keeping those k Slates out of tin t 'nion. even though he be a Major General. They cannot be lieve that lie was honest in hi- jiartici patioii in the war for tin Union, if he i- now in favor ot" Disunion. Beside*, there are some things in Geary's mili tary career. which will be ventilated at the ju-ojier time, that will make him as ridieulous a- the "hasty plate of -oup" letter made the hefo of Lundv's Lane, i'lu principal competitors of Gen. ( fim-y .'or the nomination, are Mr. Winthrop W. Ketchutri, of Luzerne, and .Mr. J. K. Morehead. of Pitt-burg. They will both have con-iderabk -how in the Convention, hut Geary will be nomina ted, or I am much mistaken. (me of the funniest things altogether i- the predicament in which the Di-u --nioni- find them-elve- in regard to President Johnson. They don't like to givt uj> the far ofii-esin hi-gift—the spolht opini i— and yet they hate him with an inten.-itv that they cannot con ceal. In their double dealing on this subjeel, they exhibit the cloven-foot so that tin Pn -ident mainly cannot fail to perceive it. But they are afraid to break openly with him, and -> in their conventions they "express confidence" in liiin!! and then, pre-to! change! t hey endors• the proceedings of Con -1 gross!!! Isn't that a pretty way to whip the ancient Henry around the part of tree that wasn't cut down? But this game won't win, mark that! LEX. For the Oazettn "0 THEY WANT I liINTJ?" The organ of the Disunion party in Bedford, asks this question in it- last issue. It mean-to say that President Johnson is playing die tyrant and that the Democrat- are sustaining him in doing so. Since when has that paper discovered that the President is not "the govern m< nt ?" So long as Lincoln ru led land his rule laid the hand of op pression upon hundreds of men, made bastiles and jirisons of every fort in the North and "jugged" people with out notice or process of law) it was all right with that sheet. Then the Pres ident was "the government," and ev ery thing he did was perfectly right, in the eyes of the editors of the Inrpii rer. But because Andrew Johnson will not follow the lead of Tliad. Ste vens & Co., and refuses to swallow the negro whole, these fellows are down upon him and would have us believe that not he, bat Congress, or in other words, Stevens k Co., are "the govern ment!" 1 saw, a few days ago, in the publican" paper, an article in reply to the Pittsburg Gazette, another leading "Republican" paper, on this wry sub ject, from which i quote for the edu cation of the Gazetted Bedford coadju tor, the following sententious pnra j graph: f "It is something of an unpleasant j fact, however, that there are a few in- j dividuals in the country who have all their lives been afflicted with chronic, obstinacy, not to call it by a harsher j I name, who have launched their etivcn-1 ; omed darts against the President, ids policy and the great Union party hv ( i whom he is sustained, just as they did against hi-lamented predecessor. That > the l)on Quixotes have their Sanelio Panzas, is true. When one of them makes a 'great' speech in denunciation of the President, some dilapidated I newspaper in ids interest must the next day write the President down a 'dictator.'" I guess tho Inquirer men must have ; j seen some "great speech" probably : one in manuscript by "Governor" < ess na—"in denunciation of the President," since they write him down a "king." - But all their "writing down" will not do, if Andv Johnson "holds out faith ful." * SCHOOLBOY. *r*r.-a s-a •irzsr. ■-—* —' (For the 0;i/.ett\] xiii'Niroixv vxi:. II It is probable that most of the read ers of the Gaz' /te have heard of the fa mous and eccentric Lorenzo Dow. Mr. t Dow commenced, and ended, bis public (street 1 many years ago, a- an itinerant 1 preacher. Ik labored for a while in connexion with the Methodist Hpisco ; pal Church. However, the cider-mill • programme of regularly recurring cir j euit-travels not stating in- impu!-ive nature and expansive hoitevoioiu'c, lie soon discarded the absolute authority i of bishops and presiding elders, and ; started forth upon his own hook, with i the Bible for in- guide and the world 1 j for his :, :! r'-h. *>uhoqiien iy he trav eled quit" cxten-ively in tin-United . States, and ai.-o visited England and Ireland. Vast multitudes thronged upon his minis! ry. and hi- labor* every where we? attended with beneficial ■ results. Many anecdote- arc related of ■ t hi - remarkable ehri-i ian minister, both of anamiisingand instruetivci haracter. ; amongst which i- the following, <ug ge-iivc of tin unnecessary commotion produced in certain quarter- by the rumbling of tiie "gently moving car of progress" on ' nele Toby's "Keystone Rail Road." Mr. Dow, it i--aid, when on hi- way to a certain appointment, , overtook a man who appeared to be deeply deiectefl. He inquired the cause of -adiP'— on the part of his newly found friend. and w as informed that he had borrow-dan axe from a neighbor. ' The ave had teen stolen by a graoele— "; thief, and tin poor laborer had not tin mean-of cameling !ti-obligation. Mr. 1 Dow whose oind was fruitful in expe ' dient- said, "cheer up, friend; come with me, anl I will find the thief and the stolen a-ce." lie provided himself . suitably, aid the two journeyed on to i gether. Hiving reached the place np j point d, a/argecongregation was found j in waiting Mr. I low ascended the pul (.j pit, passei through the preliminaries, and cnnitieneed preaching in his pecu liar and fharaeteristic style. Pausing abruptly,he related the circumstance . I of the botrowed axe having been stolen, and expressed much sympathy for the poor labotor in his troubles. Then, de ' | liberate!y taking a stone from his coat pocket, I m* exhibited it to die congre gation, and looking searehingly around Uj'sin the multitude of upturned faces, he said, ".Voir, I in'ind tn hit thi man who ftoh the ox.e Placing himseli in throwing attitude, and "suiting the ac i tion to the word." a man in the a—em biy dodge/' and made an efibrt to hide bctwcei the pews. The eccentric the ologian stretching "Ul Ids arm and pointimr a siini, quivering finger tow ard the alarmed culprit, -aid. emphat ically, " The re is thi wan who sfoti ii< /" An investigation wa- instituted, and Mr. Daw's impression proved to be correct. How true the ancient adage, " A guilty conscience need- no accuser." When a writer refer- to gamblers, (le hoye/ites, draidarri'*. SoOhath-hn a far*. A- a- different cla—e- of moral offen ders, and the legitimate repre-entativi - of the das- mentioned in an\ special locality,lose theirdiseretion. rage, dodge and cut all kind-of fantastic caper-, it ' may be taken for granted that each (.li-tinguishcd actor in the ludicrous drama knows .something about the stolen axe. When a minister hear- a faithful b—tiuinny against prevalent vi ces, and brings upon himself overrent of persecution, the wagging of envenom ed tongue- gives evidence that the nail has heen driven in a sure place. The: agitated fraternity by their "i n—" and fury, show that they are not ignorant, j orguiltle-s, a . it regards "the stolen! axe." Even Editors and Lawyers, with all' their caution and prudence, sometimes \ get into difficulties, by not making due allowance for the impulses and imper fections of poor, fellow humanity.— Wisdom and virtueare not alwayscon | nected until greatness. In fact, men of j prominence and position, at time- do i ! rent foolis!) things, and have just cause to urge, with becoming earnestness, the deeply touching plea of the poet; •■Tench me to fee t another'* woo. To hide the f iulis I see ; That increy I lo otheis -how, That mercy show to me." Men who meet the demands of sound 1 morality, and observe the 'golden rule,' can stand erect in any community and maintain a noble independence; whilst Adam's erring sons, and Eve's jrait . daughters; will ever impres.- the pub lic mind unfavorably by their wincing and "dodging;" at least so thinks U. T. ! Feb. 17, 18G6. j Elertion stl Tyrone. I'a.— Dcniocriilic (Oiiii mill Victory. Tvkoxe, Feb. 16.—in the vote for Burgess in this borough, to-day, the j Democrats gained thirty-three* over their vote of last year. —There are twenty-two thousand ap plicants for clerkships in the United THE PRESIDENT AND TIIE NEE ROES. The following is the substance of the reply of the President, to a negro dele- i gation, headed by Fred. Douglas, which called upon him at the White House, ou thcTthinst., to make known to him j their views, and urge hi- co-operation to secure immediate negro -ufi'rage in : the District of Columbia and elsewhere: j The President, in reply, made a long i i speech which was several times inter- i runted by Fred. Douglas, whose inter j ruptions were rather imperiously si ; lenced. The President said he would ■ make no speech. The liest way wa- to j i talk plainly and di-tiiictiy. If he had ; not giv< n evidence in hi- pa-t course of j 11i- friendship for the colored race there 1 was nothing now he could do to that end. He lead -aid, and he repeat* dit here, that if the colored man could find no Mo-(-to bad tin m out of bondage, j he would he that Moses, and lead them ! to the land of promise and liberty. But he was not willing, under the circum stance-, to adopt a policy which would | lead to the shedding of their blood and j the -acrifice of their lives. He believ ed that if the policy which some are ; i persisting in at the present time wa- I carried out it would result in great dan ger to the colored man. lb—aid "-up i pose th( colored man now in the South could, by a magic wand. IK* enfranchis ed to-morrow, w hat good would result j t<> him?" He expri'-sed the grounds on which he was oppo-ed to slavery, and said that it had now been abolished and a national guarantee given in regard to it that could not lie revoked. Hi stated the evil result which would accrue b\ forcing a principle of the extension of suffrage upon the people either in this Di-trict or a State in opposition to the expressed will of the majority, and con ! eluded with a general intimation that thi> wa- a man's Government, and an admonition that the negroes had better lie colonized; finally saying to the negroe- that they were both after the -ante object. but were traveling dif ferent road-. At (lie <*(nelusion of hi remarks Fred. Douglas-aid he would have to refer the great question to the people. The President re-ponded, -ay ingthat he had great faith in the people. The negroes, after failing to receive the Pre-ident'- consent to argue the question with him. departed, evidently liot very well satisfied with their inter view. W uriU of Clicci'. The Democratic Convention of N w llampsiiire has indorsed in -trong ian- Ignagethe restoration policy of Presi dent .loli -on. TH>. Democratic Con %'ention of < 'omiecticut has indorsed the restoration policy of President .John son. The Territorial Legislature of Idaho i ha- indorse;! the restoration policy of President Johnson. A delegation of leading men from Montana as-ure the President that the ! people of that Territory warmly sus tain hi- measure-. The conservative Republican papers 1 throughout the North su-tain the Pre— ! ident. The Conservative Democratic ; paper- throughout the North -ustain die Prc-ident. All tln- paper- of the ! South, except one or two in Kentucky ! and two ortbreeont of it, sustain Pres ident Johnson in hi- great ellort- to e voke harmony from discord and peace from war. lie receive-the In irty sun i port of the true Union men of thecinm- I ;ry, irrespective of party mtmesand di i vi-ion-, both in the North and in the South. He 1- sustained cordially by General Grant. Ile is sustained warmly bv General 1 Sherman. He j- sustained generally by the vet eran-who achieved the vietoru - of tiie Union, both officers and men. Hi- positions are enthusiastically in i dorsed by all anti—ece-sioni-t-. lb- iuinounc* d day before ye-terday ; to a delegation that called upon him ■ that lie-hall take no ,-tep- backward; that he shall not change hi-eour-e: that 1 the measure of hisamhition will iK-lili i ed to oveifflowing when he sees the country once more firmly united, and harmony in ai! it- members fully rc i -turerj. ( in the other hand, he is oppo-ed bv 'i'haddeu- Steven-. He i-opppo-e<l by it. i'". Wade. He is ojipo-e(l and de ' nounced by Charle- Sumner! He is opposed b\ Wendell Phillips! He i oppit-e'l i*y Henry Wil-on. liv Fred"! - ; ick Don' la—, by B. F. Butler! Hoi ' oppo-ed by the unwa-hed radiea! po : iiticjd (ire—of tlie North. He ,>i)pposed by the radical polite I reHgiotis press of the same sectuMi. In* • - <ippo-ed by the old soce—hm i-t- of the North. He is opposed by those who want a ! grand en-(lidatcd military govein -1 ment. alter the fa-liion of Napoleon and the e.iaj" en,' nj If'tl/fi. He is opposed by those who have : been expectorating upon the Constitu ' tion. By those who have been decla ring that ju-truinent a covenant with | heil and an agreement withdeatii. iy ! those who want t(. change the color of | white men. women, and children to ! brow n mid veilow. Vnd now. fellow-Citizens, look on ; <hnt picture and then on this, and judge | and act as you think patriotism and ! Unioi and de<wmy require. Cheer and steady!- Loitisride Jnar iinf. S'Si % imiiin iM'iorp tL<> < tsm tuiUcr on Tin- Richmond ])L[>{iteh of Tuesday gives the following account of the ia tervicw between the Virginia delega tion and the <'ommittee on Reionstruc tion: After the interview between Pre-i --dent Johnson and the committee, a i'or malsummons, kiguedhy Mr. Fessen den, Uiiainnan of the I "cited States Committee on Recon-iruetion, was -erved upon all the members of the N'ir gi ilia Committee, except Mr. Pendleton, by the Sergeant-at-Arnis. The summons cited the authority of that -ommittee to call before them ]>er •on-and papers, and the mem hers of tin* Virginia ('ommittee accordingly waited upon Mr. i-'essenden. Fes-enden informed the Virginia ( ommittee that :iie matter had been re ferred to a sub-committee of three, of which Mr. Howard was chairman. The committee thereupon went to the com mittee room, and met Mr. Howard.— Mr. Dale Carter asked to lie examined first, which was agreed to. His testi mony was given in a private room, ;tl ter which he left. Mr. Joyces was next examined separately. Mr. • P'ay le't the committee, and was not examined.— After the examination of Mr. Joyce-, the further proceedings were carried on ' in the same room. There were pre-ent Mr. Baldwin, Air. Keen, Mr. Grattan and Mr. Joynes. Mr. (.{rattan, on being asked whether a jury could be found in Virginia who would find Jefferson Davis guilty of treason,-aid no; but afterward quali fied the remark by saying that as Rich mond had always contained a large number of Union men, such a jury might be found. When Mr. Grattan gave this opinion, before qualifying it as above, Mr. Joynes rose and said he differed in opinion with him. No oth er member of the committee spoke.— Subsequently Mr. Baldwin said, dur same question, that ninety-nine Virgin ians out of every hundred had agreed I with Mr. Davis in opposing the Feder- ! al Government; that their Cause had been his cause; and that it would, eon- 1 sequently, be a painful thing to give ; such a verdict; out that, as men of lion- : or, under instruction front the Court, (hey would give a verdict in accordance with theiroath as jurors, however pain- 1 ful it might lie. Mr. Baldwin va- further ititerroga ted as to his interview with Mr. Lin eoln, in April, l*<>t, and answen<l as follows: That he had a private inter view with .Mr. Lincoln,and (hut they had talked freely concerning the state j of the country. Mr. Lincoln asked why the Virginia Convention did not ad- ; journ? His reply was that, although there was n Union majority in the Con vention, they would not adjourn while I ignorant of the plan for the adjustment of our sectional difficulties, lie had ai- 1 -o said that if he had Mr. Lincoln's 1 lower he could settle the disaffection in : fifteen minutes by withdrawing the ! troops from Sumter and Dickens, and by callinga convention of all the States. ' Mr. Lincoln had replied that he would do thi-. Howard said that he felt eer- j tain that Mr. Lincoln never had prom- j i edto withdraw the troops from Sum ter as an inducement to the Virginia Convention to adjourn, for he would have been swept from his -cut by the indignant people of the North. Mr. Baldw in replied that his memory was good, and such was his impression, but as lie was alone with Mr. Lincoln on that occasion, and there was no one now to rebut hi- testimony, he would not give it as anything more than an im pression left upon his mind. Tin-proceedings, although formal were marked by good temper and cordiality and the Virginia Committee and the SuM ommittee on Reconstruction sep arated with reciprocal kindness and . courtesy." OIM.RT:WI(T> W. M:\VS. SENATE. - --A joint re-olution of the legislature of theStateof < >iiio, against tin* assumption of the war debts of 1 he several States by tlie General Govern ment. was presented and referred : o tiie < ommittee on Reconstruction. The petition of five hundred negro- -oldiors askiiig right of suffrage, but not -ocial equality, was referred to the Commit tee of fifteen. A petition of manufac turer.-, asking that the tax on sales of agricultural implements tie reduced, wo-referred to ttie Committee on Fi nance. Mr. Sumner presented the pe tition of Fred. Douglass and other ne groes, who claim to represent the negro race, protesting against the passage of i the Constitutional amendment now pending in the Senate, in its present form, and against allowing any Slam *'iiy implication or otherwise 7- to ex clude any one from voting on account of race or color. After some highly laudatory remark- oy Mr. Sumner, the petition was ordered to be printed and iaid on the table, i iie Committee on Military Affairs reported favorably on ' the bill'to repay the State of Missouri 1 for money spent in rai-ing troops for the United States during the war. Tin Fill to tlx the military peace esiabli-h --ment of the United state-, eg-, after a loiigdiscussion.takeu up ami read. The constitutional amendment to fix the lvisis of representation in the several States of the Union, was then taken up and discussed. Mr. Williams, of Ore gon, made a long speech. He opposed i the admission of the Southern Stares ! tinder their present form of govern ment. and the holding of office by men who oppose.! the 1 'nited State- (fovern ment in tiie war: tut he did not think the negroes in the South yet qualit • <1 to vote. Hive them a little time to • team, and he would he with the Sena tor from M:—aolm-eu- Mr. Sumner . lie considered it more important that the Republican party should rule than that any -et of men should vote. He was witling to admit Tennessee a- an experiment, and if thai did not succeed, to keep the South under military rule. \ vote on the question was asked. Hut on motion the further consideration of the resolution was postponed until t<c day. Tiie bill to prevent and punish kidnapping, was taken up and pa-sed. It- provisions will lie found in the pro ceeding- published elsewhere. The Senate then went Into executive ses sion. and soon after adjourned. HOCSE OK RKCUISKNTATI v I;s.— A hill providing appropriations for the Do-tollicc Department for the year en 1- ing January 30th, !-s~. reported from the Committee on Yppropriution-, was ivferred to the Committee of the WhoU?. < onsiiieratioii of the hill allowing the -ai<- of postage stamps and enveloe.'s on credit, was then resumed. Mr. Ka<- son, of lowa, moved that all 'mt the first .section he stricken out. it would tin <i authorize the Postmaster General until June frith, is<;s, to deposit postage stamp- and envelopes witli any persons he -lionld select to - 11 and circulate them under his instructions, such per sons to give bonds for the faithful per formance of their duties. After sotne discussion of the hill, because it wa- in tended to facilitate postal communica tion at the South, its further considera tion was postponed for two weeks. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the additional Civil Ap propriation bill. A debate sprang up on the appropriation providing one hundred and ten thousand dollars for the payment of elaiiusdue for con-: rt; f ingand furnishing the United States District Court Housein Baltimore. Sir. Waslihurtic, of Illinois, moved to strike out the appropriation, but. the vote be ing taken, it was retained. The next appropriation was the sum of forty-six thousand dollars for refurnishing and repairing the President 7 .- hou-c, Mr. Stevensstating ihat bedding.furniture, spoons, Ac., wore taken away in such ,amounts during the illne-sof President Lincoln that there was hardly anything left for the incoming President. The appropriation was retained, as was also various others embraced in the bill one of which wa- the smo of thirty thous and dollars for defraying the funeral expenses of Abraham Lincoln. At L iu P. M. the House took a recess. After recess the session was taken up with speech-making. The SI;N STK was not in session on Ktit utility. In rno Hoi sK,a iwvionstram-e against tin 1 i-—;iif of stamped envelop was pre sented, and resolutions, were offered justifying the suspension of the finfuos onrp v.v ;i i M'i the main tenant of military governments in the South. The re-? of ih time was consumed in talking. moat!'. Tlu-crcdi htials of the Hon. John Sherman, re-eleeted Senator from < )?iso, were presented and placed on tile. The following- petition- were presented: From citizens of Rerki leyand Jefferson counties, Virginia, against the ee-sion of tjinse counties to Wist Virginia: I'.y Mr. Sumner, from a negro convention in Florida, asking for a grant of home steads, educational assistance and the privilege of the elective franchise. Pe titions from citizens of Now York, ask ing that a Republican form of Govern ment be organized in the Southern States. Another petition from New j York, in favorofan International Copy right law. A petition from Philadel- j nhia, asking a reduction of one dollar a j barrel on the tax on crude Petroleum. ' From citizens of Pennsylvania, j>ra vi f lor such i modification of the *i*,. laws as will afford more protection • the labor and industry of the • From the Free Trade league, n a continuance of the Reciprocity Tr. Several other petitions of minor in , tance were presented. HOL'SE OK R K I'LL I ISF.XT ATL V K-. olutions were introduced, by Mr. 1. year, of-Michigan, that the present dition of tiie Monthern State- jus: the -usjicnsion of tiie writ of lining,, pit* and the maintaining of a,;; pos.-es.siou, and thanking the Pre-ic, . for employing military force to pr Union citizens and frecdinen in - (j States. The r> -olutions were v. separately and agn ed to. Tiie ■. each bill will be found elsewhere, joint resolution was rejiorted fron' Committee on Foreign Affairs re ing the Secretary of the Navy isha vessel to a.s-i-t in layingatetam line across Behritig's Strait- was. .. after some <li- -n—ion. A bill v. ported from the Committee ot, , merec a mending the act prclii importation of foreign cattle, -• give the Secretary of theTri a-ury tor authority in certain case-. j t " pa-sed. Tiie Committee on Klw rejiorted that Mr. Henry L. Wash is entitled to the -cat now !l M : Voorhccs, from the Ninth ('m gn" a! di-'rict of Indiana. Titer. ,r laid over. The considers! i .. < contested election case of the Congressional District of Pcmi.-vl v:. - Coffmth v>'"v.- Koontz, wat !, > - i - ed, and after a lortg debate Akg .• It. Cott'roth 'Democrat W.t- flet*;.■ entitled to the -eat by a vo'.e of; . nays *,s, and was sworn in. '] ]„'. j, ;>! hill was made the special or. - !.- •• of til,- day for one o'clock P.M. t<>-niorr<iy. and the Hou-c adjourned. qiscn.i.tx>:i s MAVS. Hon. "Nfosi- W. Cooh atmh. ;i !ii. ly respected and prominent cub Monro; - 'utility, died al hi- o-.-a.. x Middle Smiih.ticld, on the r.th j >.<(.,; the i;sth year of his age. I(, - -j. a mcmherof the Lcgistatureuu-L, r. a number of year-a- A—o -ia;. , of Monroe county. —-Detective Baker of the War ; partmeiil, who i.-arried tHit._- v. -urii a high hand during the rebc'j;< lias hcmi convicted ticlbri the t < (httrt or Washington, of fa -a in,; onnient. His sentence has I 'm p.;. poiud for the present. —A delegation from the ,\: th x; LpiscopaJ Conference of Akwamir waited upon the President vc-t rii .. to assure him of their o(i-operati The President rec< ived thcrn v<■; courteously. —Gov. Potion, of Alabama, has] - claimed an amnesty to all person- . - hie to be prosecuted for offenses aj: the laws of tlutf State, rape or tuur exci'ptfd,during the interregnum !> iW-.u tin oid and llev. civil p... ments. —Anemic Ward recently lecture - . N( w l Means for the benefit of the km iiy of Jefferson Davis. The opr; house was not only crowded, but uian; persons bought tickets who could c attend. The receipt- were very la: A —John Rio-, who claims the Chi tainship of the Clierokees, had an i terview with the President on Tliur day, Uith io-t., ii is believed for tl jiurpose of obtaining his recognition. ('inof. - i i iia- bt eu proposed to divide x Vork State, placing those counti - • gefltci win is, interests and jiolitit - moiiizo. .i. petition for that pin - ] will, it is -aid. be sent to Congress. G< n. Grant has issmd a circulart the Department commanders, dircctii them to i'unii-li inform.uion in IVJ ■ to disloyal newsjiajiers, with a view: thesuppri ion of such. —The editor of the Richmond V aminer called on Gen. Grant on Friday and solicit, d a revocation of the si> pension order. He was directed topui his jietition in writing. —Mr. Seward was in the Unite* States HOUM of Representatives 01 Friday, conferring with the New V - 1 delegation. He i< said to havclieu - vere on the radicals. —it is stated tiiat tiio Austrian N ' ister protested to Mr. Seward agr.i' * the insults in Bancroft's oration, that Mr. Seward ju-tiiicd 1' c. r.>;' remarks. —Sixty-three thousand valentine pa-scd through the New York j-n- - lice- on \Y< due-day and Thur-ti: y Tin* nuiiitiei i;isj year wa- nearlv i< nun. —Negro suffrage and equality res tions have been introthiced in the Mail' Legi-lature. Resolutions urging u punishiiieut of the Southern l.i ;F - liave be 11 reported against. —The U. S. Treasurer ha- connnci: - cod to cash alt war and navy warn; not amounting To over AlftJMia a ' qnarf. rinastersand other disbursiflig ticers 7 cheek- under S.">.IHI(. Two persons weresufforatcl by tl esesjjH'of ga,s in a room in ah ' Chicago, on the fftli in.-.t. Hueoi 'y wa- dead when lounil in tiie in ;, ra.- - ihe other n - o\ ered. —At Rock port', <Ah.io, la-t w" uian hacked his wife to piece.-wy axe in lied, and then drowia-d in"'" in a neighboring pond. —An election for burge.— hc'tl ' ' rone, Pa., on I-'riday last. - 1v ' j \ DemiMwatie gain of M votes sine' year. —A iiill i- to lie introduced in * New Jersey I louse for a railroad in 1 position to the ( amden and Am line. -A messenger of the United Kxpress Comyany. at St. Lean. ■ robhed while delivering a satcla Saturday, of sin.ecu. -The South Carolina Episcopal'; vention have re-olved on a reus with the Episcopal < iiurcl) < 1- (In - 1 ! ted States. —The order suppressing lite inontl Krau* !'•>• has been revoked, the publication of.that paper wiJ ■' sunied. —Over five hundred pardons ot N ami South Carolinians were sent to ' President for signature on Friday. —A lit-; utcii to the New York /icc.e says the President will ct rtae veto iii Fm-dmeti's Rureau hill. —At Louisville. Ivy., on Friday to ning, the thermometer indicated son* I degrees lielow zero. —The Mississippi has overflowed ; unrepaired levees near Raton itou>a? La., and a great tlood is anticipated | —An imperial train valued at jiHHt was captured recently in Mexico the Republicans. —General Robert K. l,ee testified be j fore the Reconstruction Committee on
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