TT H TNI Hi. JH IT A LI IJ k NJH TOL. VI.-No. 33. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 186G. DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS. a pp . LJ Aj 1 W LI . lJL LI.,. O STATE OF EUROPE. j, END OF THE WAR-DAWN- H ING OF PEACE. JVhat Austria Loses and Prussia Cains Efforts of the Italians to Secure Unlty-Oetalls of the Affair Off Llssa-Recent Battles In Bavaria Proclamation of Franz Jo sepn,Etc. TUB AHNOUNCBMENT OF TOE TRUCE. ienna July 26) Corretpondence London, Tim:. The Wiener -Ztituna ot ihit da'e oonflrrrg th wi which was contained in the Kronen Moniteur ill jesterdav, relative to ihe coucmsionof a truce: "A live days truoe had been coucluded oetireon ie Pru sinn and Austrian troops. Tbo truce boi(an : noon c.n Kouday, the iii instant. The Jeid mrmuistor Couut Ueirenleld, Count Carolyi, wh as formerly Minister ia Benin, and Baron Bren (T, the Minister (Austrian) in Darmstadt, hare one to the Prussian headquarters. i ne Austrians, uavins neon ooiea to maze enor- lions sacrifices in ordor that the uonorland dignity I the f late may be wonhily uphold, are tiifyh. r in Iroant thai a uieco ot news which so nearly con- ems them f hou d bave been kept from their know- dee lor a ncnod of t weutylour hours Three days votbe pruxIpaJMinlHters o( Bavaria, Wurtomher, laden, and Hesse-Darmstadt bold a oonloreiico, at Vbioh it was resolyed to cume to an understanding sith I'rufBia as soon as possible. Baron von er Pforrttcn, the Bavarian Minister-P resideut, ame here on Saturday in order to take part Ju the DeKOtiations lor peace, and it is said that be reatly wisnoa to accompany counts uetronteld Bid t'aiolva to the Prussian headquarters. At unlch SI. von dor Plordton is sunpocted of having leyed a double same, and here it is not tortrotten at at the time tne ua"tein convention wa signed e haa a i rivate interviow wi'h count iiismaik. tti whom ho was supposed to bave com? to a satis- ctory unucrstandtug. For a time there was some lk of Count ItJome's going with Couut Carolyi to lie Prussian headiiusrters, but evoniua.ly the idea as reimquisnea, anu ituron itrouuer sont in ins aa. m. ae uiomo. who arow up the uastoiu onventioD, doe. not enjoy tbe conllilence ol the astrmn public, and It is somewhat dnuotlul hetber be is a persona grata with the King of (' i'lussia and bis all poucrlul minister. In the iplomatic world it is confidently expected that lue preliminaries ot peae will soon bo greed on, as Austria will consent to withdraw rem the Germanic Confederation and to cede the Sibe Duchies to Prussia -Possibly,' says a well irormed poison ot inv acquamtauce, ' be may srree to pay a part of the expenses incurred bv 'rnssia during tbo war, though she will not fail to ring into the account, ad a set-oir against her laiins, the enormou contributions which :he I'rus lan oonimsndeig have lovied on Bohomia, Austrian Silesia, and Moravia. I he sett enient ol the axon nd Hanoverian questions wi'l be a diflicuit task for ie aipiomatiMs, as the Kmporor ot Austria con- iders himself bound in honor sieadfastly to uphold e sovereign names ana privileges 01 nis laitniul lies tne Kings ot Saxony and Hanover. J be latter bws that he will emigrate to Kngiand rather than wiisent to bo the vassal of tho King of t'russia. and ii is the very man to keep his word. P'Yesteroav a Grand Council, at which the Em ror presided, was held at Court. Ihe persons recent were, the King of Saxony, the King ot anover, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, the niioe of wnrrouiberf, tho Crown l'rinces ot Sax-,-wf,pZ1r Austrian Ministers Uensdorif, iLirr ' "ni l, mo riujiuu iiiiiiisLurs UiSxpw-r' ii'iiorst ; the Hanoverian Minister HKiiAjfc VBUTanan Alinli-tor Von dor Pfordtuu; rjuMgiJlomn. It neod hardly bo said that tbe cftfliifiVbtill in ignorance ot what ponced aVan early hour tuis morning the following ofll iai telegram was posted in tbo city and in tho uhnrbs: VixKNA, Jnly 22, 6 o'clock. Evening, The brigade nder the command of Colonel Mondel, which was pinlnrftfri hir tliplit.h Reirfmnnt of the line and snve- fal squadrons and bttri5 belonging to the 2d Corns Amite, to-uav yicionou)iy repuiiea tno attacK, bicli tbe enemv, who was superior in force, made n Klumerau, which n northwest ot rresDurr. ihe pressen for makm? bank-notes have been re moved liom tbis city ro Buda. Tbe telegraphic com- mnicaiion oetween v ienna ana resin nun peen in- rrupted on tho lett bank ot tho Danube lor the last ve da a, and ihn televraph on the right bank ot the ver is only ned tor State purposes, too in- abitanto ot the country districts in Hungary dis lav not the least inclination to serve the State as oiunteeis. FKUBSIAK DECLARATION OF BELIEF IN PEACE. "brretpondtnet of the London News. B XR lib, July 27. The Zulle.rtoht Correspondent f to-day -a j s 2 Peace will probably be conoludod erv shortly, ihe future position ot those I'rlnce who bave been forced bv recent events to qnit their omlntons must De reservea lor special arrange Juent between them and the King ot Prussia, and or the approval ot a German Parliament, as tbe ountries occupied oy tue XTU'siaus cannot an ie ireated alike. The mediatory efforts of tne Grand Juke of Baden, in relation to Southern Germany 'rill probably meet with a speedy and favorable eenn." The following loyal order has been promulgated iere to-day: J r. T - n ." nr .1.A HIaI .n icrson, and sban possibly be able to ao so next Jveek, 1 hereby postpone tlie opening which bad iieen oxed tor the auin mutant, reserving to inysou o determine tbe precise date ou which the Chant ers shall meet wilhelm. Nikoifburg, July 27. An address of the inhabitant ol'lordeu. East riedland, to the King of Prussia, has arnved here lar transmiBsiou to ins JNajeity. llie address ex- resses tho wish tor the union ol the whole of llano- ier with Prussia. ITALY AKD THE ARMISTICE, Y'rom the Official Gazette, Florence, July 24. The nroBosals of tbe Emperor Napoleon to the fiovernuients of Austria and Prussia have been ao- epted by the Courts ot Berlin and Vienna as the lasis of an armistice. Prussia communicated to the lalian Government ber acceptance of the proposals. khis acceptance having been given upon coudition of kheir rc iving Italy's a -sont, in accordance with the Inutual engagements eutered into by Prussia and I"?1- - , in consequence oi uiu uouimuuiuatiuu, xiaiv nas declared her readn.e s to couseut to a su-pension of host lines lor tifut aavs, ou condition ot teciprocal conduct ou tbe part of Austria.:- During this period tbe negotiations win ue cwntiuueu, n oruer umttu irniii'tice may be concluded in wnich the conditions Xay be accepted as hJ? prelinunariq i of an honorable pegce. 1 ' . m'v ' THE EXOLUSION OF AU8TBIA FBOK CIERUANV. From the Ost Deutsche Post ( Vienna), ' : The removal of Austria from German v Is worse than the lots ot Lombamv and Ven' tia. These two provinces were merely the aavaucea posts or tho empire. Austria couia exist without them per haps be stronger witnout tu.m. But tue union with Germany is the thread to which tbe existence of Austria is attacnea. cut mis tnread, ana there will remain indeed soma provinces mechanically held to nthr as long as the force oi attraction which unites tbeni subsists; but as to an Austiia sach as she bas been knorvn in history, it will exist no By excluding tbe Austrian Empire from Germany, wbore crown mod worn lor six centuries by the fJapBburgs. history is reversed. We say it without disguise- suoii a pence may be imposed on us, but it is uuenaurauiu mo miraiiu ..o.jr i icao is iirned our so e tnougmi-wiu m m recomuiouce ine war, and to mane the necessary preparations. ynnHIKT OF T&K ' FBPBilANS BEVOUE 1HB ARMIBTICX Via . JTIIU.U. Ttoernhruth (July 19) Correspondence London- Time. it in nnlte evident frota the movements of the i.....i.n trnons that some greftt. operation is medi tatd and it is but natural to suppose ibat the pre inn,hinatlous are being made with the design if atrikiug a heavy blow airalunt the capital oi the .... '-"innirfl Probably before tbis letter waobea too, the telegraph will have already in formed yon what that blow has bees, and whether I i Lt. hn snooessfully delivered. " The rwMWtirj it being oUnM toetUer, and wb"n nnl'ed will form an enormous number of sabrrs, of wl Ich it is expected some use will be rrade within the next lew davs, lor from Ganserudorf to the Danntie stretubeK the wide flat plaia ot the Marcbfield, on wb oh tho Austrian cavalry mar have a lair field lor action, and where it may strive to regain the world-wide repu ation wbloh has been so rudely halen by the ciifgos of the Prussian squadrons In th.i earlier part of the war. Tut it the Austrian horse seek to overthrow the cavalry of this army they mnat be prepared to meet the latter in a series ol desperate combats, for the confluence of the Prussian horsemen in their own superiority runs strong, and Prussia at the present moment rejoices In some cava ry olfloers of high repuie, among whose names stand conspicuoja those ol the Prince Frederick Coarins himself, of his uncle Prince Albrecht, who at present commands the cava rv corps ol the First Army, of the Chief oi tbo Stall ol the cavalry corps, Lieutenant-Colonel Von Witzendorff, and of Von Borcke, who'wos tbe Chief of the Stan" of the celebratod Confederate cavalry of General Stuart durinsr the late war in America. Tbis last officer, although still suffering painfully from a wonnd received in ihe action be lore Gettys burg, volunteered his service to his own country as soon as tho present war broke out, aud is now attached to the 'tuff of I'rlnce Frederick Cnarles. The Austrians have, in retreating, destroyed the biidves across tbe March, in order to prevent com munication between the Prusnan columns which mipht advancoon either bank of tke stream. That of Aner has teen burned, and a lew charred piles peeping above the water are all that show where the bridge stood ; but tbe Prussian engineors bave already replaced it by another bridge, made out ol such materials as came readliy to hand, and have thrown another. iUDinrted noon trejties. at this place, so that bv these uxruns infantry and artil lery can cross trotn one sido of the river to tbe other. and many lords have been found of which tbe cavalry can make me. DEFEAT OF TBE BAVARIANS (OFFICIAL). Munich. July 2G Evening. An engagement has taken p ace with the Prussians near W nrzburg. which lerulted unfavorably lor tbe B ivarians. who Btiflercd serious losses, especially in oQicers. The Bavarian hoadauarters are to-dav at Rot- teudorff. Aschaffexburo, July 27. On the 25th Inst, an engagement took place near Geisohera, between the uotien uiviRion ana tue ecu n ederal Army corps, in which the Prussians were victorious. Ihe Bever .Division was also victorious over the Bavarians near lieluis'adt. Tho Bever and Flies Division repulsed tho Bava rians near KoBsbrunn. 1 he Prussian army is three-quarters ot a mile west ofWurzburg. w tjkziiurg. July 27. Yesterday and to-dav con flicts took piaee between the Prussians and Bava rians at Uuttingen and Uolmstadt, on the road to W urzburg, and othi r encounters at Kos-brunu and alubuttolbaum, between the rivers Tuubur aud Kain. The Bavarians sustained heavy 1o,,bos. Tho Bavarian headquarters are now at Kotteudorl, a quaiter oi a mile south ot Wurzburg. BOHEMIA AND BAVARIA TO BE HELD BY PRUSSIA, It is stated that tho preliminaries of peace provide that Bohemia aud Bavaiiu are to remain in the oc cupation ol Prussia. THE PRUSSIANS ADVANCING THROUGH BADEN. The vanguard of the Prussian fore, s, under Gene- MunteuiLl, wis in Baden territory ou the 2jth nit., and had advanced southward, at er a successful engagement with the Badon and Wurtoniburg troops, near nescuoitneim ana weruacu. i lie whole Army oi tbe Main continued to advance in a southerly direction. PRUSSIA CONTINUES TO ENLARGE HER ARM1ER. Berlin July 26) Correspondence of Oaliynani's Ales- ecnyer. Considerable reinfoicoments have been recently sent to Bohemia to make up lor tuo troops do'acued to watch Oliiuitz uud Jvouigirratz vv lulu the people believe in a speedy restoration ot peacn, the Govern meet are preparing against the contingency ot pro longed war. The conscription ot 60.001) men is scarcely over, and the embodiment of the second ban of the Land wehr. consisting oi 120,000 men, not yet concluded. when a tecoud enlistment is reported to be contem plated lor the beginning of August, still l do not perceive that tbe lower Classes, chiedv sutforing from those continuous dralts, are disposed to grumble; nor docs the mercantile community .whose sacrifices have been enormous, grudge tho Orown auy amount ot men or money, now that tnero Is a chance ol consolidating the various sections of the nation, and bringing on a better iuture for Father land. THE EXPLOSION ON THE OHIO RIVER. Mat of the li lllert and Wounded by the Blowtujc ap of tbe Steamboat "General A Cinciurati paper of the 7th instant haa the lollowing despatch, dated Madison, Indiana, August 6: The steamer General Lyil blew up this after noon at Belhiebem, Indiana The passengers sav she Had been racinc with the St. Charles all the way from Louisville. When the accident occurred they were close together. From titteen to twenty lives were lost. Most of the crew are saved. Captain Godnian had juat laid down when the explosion took place, and was instantly kil'ed. The boat is a total wreck. Thj oilicerd ot tbe St, Charles rendered every assistance to the sutterers possible, and btought the killed and wounded to this place, where tbey are being caied lor by tbe citizens, captain Goamans remains were taken to the resldene-e of his brother-in-law. Colonel o, U. HevinR. The officers of the 1st. Cnarles exonerate tho captain of the Lvtle from all blame, and deny the cliame that the boats were racing. The affair has cast a tfloom over the entire city, xue iouowing is a list of Ler passengers and crew, with the ex cepiion ot the deck hands: Passengers riom .Louisville to Cincinnati Ileymiller, sale; Elster, badly scalded; Elston, sale; Burns, sale; Bodman. safe; Stains, safe; Levy, sate; Fielding, safe; Howard, safe; Gal lagher, sale; Thomas, badly scalded; Brown, safe; Hail, badly scalded; Gloelard, sate; Kller sop, sale; Knyder and boy, missing; Peak, mUs ing; Gault, safe; Boyan, safe; Huscin, sate; Fiuley, sale; Miss T,eDoc, sate; miss uunois, sate; Emerson and wile, sate; Mrs. Barclay, sate; Mrs. Corvilly, safe; Mr. Meyer, sate; Mrs. Livy, sale; Chase, wite, ana cnita, aie; miss Beaniev, sale; J. i. bcii ana wue, gae; nirs. Small, sate; Amanda Care, sale; Italston, miss ing; Mrs. Bradley, sate; Mrs. uamaway, sa-e; Miss Bodly, sale; Miss Huntin, safe; J. W. Dency aud wile, sale; Sasan Balin, sate; Goss ana wne, siue; ueueer huu turce cun dren, sale; Owens and wile, sate. Paa3eneer tor carroiron, kv. wrs. urisie.y.saie; w. urigns, sale. Madison passengers-Mrs. Bulian, sale: Mrs. Coulter, sale; Mr. Sheets, two: Steel, sale; the Kev. Dr. Crowe, slightly Boalilcil; Mr. Gntlith, sltclnly scalded; Kosenuerger, missiug; Boundarant, sate; Cross, safe; M tiller and wile, safe; Geisel, sale. past ot crew captain a. G'minan, tinea; u. Mains, first clerk, badly scalded; C. Criger, second clerk, safe; D. Delour, pilot, sale; 0. Riasliears. Tnlor. hnillv cut: .loe Mankln. nilot. stile; Mr. W.Miller, flrst euuineer, badly sculded; 11. Edwards, second engineer, badly scalded; J. Caine, striker, Bale; C. Miller, striker, missing; C. Gajler, carpenter, 6aie; C. Reise, mate, badly scalded; J. Wheeler, eecond mate, safe; M. Morean, stewarn, saie; j. Moiomater, cook, misfing; D. Allen, second cook, safe; N.. Heche brath, barkeeper, badly scalded; the other bar keeper is all right; J. Derurton, Urst pantryman, safe; two porters sale; three barbers safe; cabin crew all safe; Benlamin Smith, cabin boy, miss ing; chambermaids safe; J. Harrison, mail ageut, safe. ' ., 7'. Ahmiral Tcck'eb. Admiral John R. Tucker. of the Peruvian Maty, left Callao, with his Flag- Lieutenant, W. K. Butt, on tne mn oi July, to take command of the allied tleet, which was at ValDaiaisoc From v ceiTPfPondence received trorn Tatua to tne tun Juiy, tue Luciator or Peru, Senoj Prado, is spoken of as a man of about tblrty-Hve years oi age, wuo was lormeriy a colonel in the army, and is firm and patriotic. May victory perch upon his banners, aud prize money burst out the bottoms or bis pockets, Bo mvto it be, Amen. Norfolk Day Book. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OE ILLINOIS. A Utile Trouble In tbe Camp JobH A, Logan Nomlaated for Vomgrrnu at Large A tall Mate Ticket Hcleetetf, Ae. Springfield, Aligns) 8. The Republican Con vention of the State for Illinois was held hero today. About six hundred delegates were present, many of whom were bere yesterday, and have been actively caucusing since they arrived. Tbe great difficulty in tho way of the Conven tion was tbe relusal ot General John A. Logan to accept the nomination lor Congressman at large, it being underhtood as his desire to en deavor to obtain the United States Scoatorship in place of Hon. Lyman Trumbull. Such pres sure was. however, brought to bear on him that he consented to accept the nomination tendered him, on the ground that bis name would add more than that ol the Hon. S. M. Moulton, the ptesent incumbent, to the strength of the ticket. Mr. J. ('. Conkling called tbe Convention to otdpr at 12 o'clock. Hon. James Donsmoro. of Whltcsida county. was appointed temporary Chairman; James i Hoot, Secretary; aud Colonel George ll. Harlow, Assistant Secretary. Comniitlees were appointed oi one delegate from each Congressional district on credentials, permanent organization, resolutions, and selec tion ol State Central Committee. This Convention was called upon a Oasis ot representation of the actual Republican vote in the several counties, instead of, as heretofore, on the basis of the entire vote of the counties, and the propriety of this new syntem was brought up lor consideration by a resolution ot Adiutant-General Hayuie. Pending tne decision ot this quesiion, however, the Convention took a recess until two o'clock. After the recess, on the reconvening of the Convention, the permanent organization was effected by tbe election of tbe following oilieers: President. General (i. B. Rauni: Vice-Presi dents, Mr. J. L. BeverMge, General A. C. Kuller, J H. Adams, Mai or A. Sympson, General J. II. Klliott. Colonel II. Losran. General G. M. Mit chell, Dr. Noble, Geueral C. P. Lippincott, C. P. itcaion, General tJ. Ketchell. Colonel J. c. Dietrich, and Captain J. N.Phillips; Secretaries. J. P. Roof Colonel (1. H. Harlow, D. llertle. J. N. McCord. and J. K. F.dsel. Entering at once inti the Dusiness of nomina tions, General John A. Loyan was nominated by acclamation tor l oucressman at large amid a scene of wild enthusiasm. Newman Ban-man was alfo Dominaied lor Superintendent ot Public Instruction, by the unanimous acclamation of the Convention. In the middle of the first ballot for a ntmiinee for Suite Tieasurer. althoutrh there were tour good and popular names before the Convention, a motion nominating General G. w. anntn, ot Cnicaao. bv acclamation, was received and passed with loud applause. rue following preamble and resolution were adopted by a silent standing vote of the Convec tion t Whereas, Since the assembling of the lost I hoots Stuto Convention, the tavotiie son of Illinois, Abra ham Lincoln, then President, bas been stricken down by tho band of an assassin, the nation lett to mourn Ihe loss ot its Chiet Mag strate and tno fore most man in the cause ol freedom and the Union; therelore Itrtotved, That tbis Convention, standing in the Immediate neighborhood ot tho greav martyr's I ones, reverently, in homr of the illustrious dead, tho memory of whom lies enthrcued among all the virtues which adorn a man, solemnly pledsro anew our devotion to tbo great principles lor wliion he was slain. The following State Central Committee was appointed, as lollows: Members at latee A. C. Hessing, Dr. B. Brown, General J. N. Ilaine. District Members N. Williams, T. C. Moore, James Denstnore, D. Mack, Emery D. Hough, 8. Waite, William McGallaid, A. C. Babcocis, J. L. Morrison, J. S. Martin, Thomas Quick, J. C. Slo.i. Addresses ot great length aud ability were delivered by General Logan and Senator Trum bull, and brief speeches by Hon. 8. M. Moulton and General Hurlbut. The Convention then adjourned. Convention of tbe Illinois Grand Coiih oil of lb Vnton l.eaKtieof America. Springfield, August 8. The Illinois Grand Council of the Union League of America con vened yesterday, and held two lengthy secret siAssions. Tbe organization has fallen into dis use since the last Presidential election, but it is now Intended to regenerate it for use during the present campaign. ' Resolutions were adopted calling upon all the leagues throughout the State to reorganize, aud use tneir utmost endeavors in tne cause ol loyalty. Tbe Council elected the fol'.owlnir errand offi cers: Grand President, Hon. E. C. lugersoll. Peoria; Grand Vice-President. Captain V. D. Nolen, Centralia; Grand Assistant Vice-President, J. N. Norton, Tauiaroa; Grand Treasurer, S. H. Melvin, Sptiugdeld; Grand Marhal, Dr. Jamc6 F. Simpson, Carrolton; Grand Sentinel, Thomas J. Crowder, Springheld; Grand Secre tary, George H. Harlow, Snringtield ; Grand Chaplain, Rev. J. N. Cauda, Galesburg. Thomas Turner, former Grand Priest, bavins troue over to the Jolint-on party, his place was declared vacant, and Hon. K. C. Ingersuli elected in his tcad. FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. (SI'ttCIAL DESPATCHES TO EVENING TEX.EGBAPH. Washimoton, August 9. Nenalor Cowan on Nomination. A disagreement between the Presideut and Senator Cowan is likely to arise. Cowan openly expresses his disapproval ot the appointment of persons to office who have been rejected by the Senate. He Bays it will do no good, but em bitter the leeiings of benators towards the Pre sident, and result in aggressive legislation re gurding such cases, to prevent the appointees from holding their positions. Measures of this kind may be looked tor early at the opening of tho next session, as the Senate will wait for the President to send in the nominations for cojlir mation, which lie may not do tiil nearly the close of tho session, but the Senator will not wait for this procrastination, and active leasures to oiift them may be confidently ex pected. Tbe Superintendent of Public Prlutluv This position seems to go begging. Although a very desirable one, under ordinary circum stances, yet at the present time the politicians or at least those who are eligible for it (as a practical printer is required to nil it), seem disposed 1o give it a wide berth. They fear that when Congress reassembles In December next tbe present law will be altered so as to make the office of Public Printer an elective, one as formerly. Hence, the present incumbent, Mr, De frees, continues to bold ou, although ho has frequently expressed a desire to be relieved as soon as possible. From present indications, It is not likely there will be any change during tho recess. The Cholera ia New Orleans. New Orleans, August 8. The cholera in this city is on the increase, although the authorities are using proper preventives to retard its spreading. During the last eight days over seventy deaths have occurred, exciting much alarm among the citizens, Till UP EDITION THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT. ADDRESS OF GOV. WELLS. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE. HIGHLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLES. Cto. Etc., XSto.. Bto.t ISto. New Okleans, Wednesday, August 8. The following address bas been issued by Governor Wells to the loyal people of Louisiana: The bloody tragedy enacted in the city of New Oi leans on the 30th of July, 18t;6, in which more than three hundred citizens were killed or wounded, has, to the credit of humanity, created profound sympathy in the breast of every man through the length and breadth of tbe land. The remote and Immediate causes ot this outrage demand a thorough investigation, and explanation, aud as Chief Magistrate of the State,. 1 feel a solemn duty resting on me to give a plain unvarnished statement of its origin and progress. In doing this it becomes necessary lor me to commence In the year 18C4, at the reorganization of the civil government in that portion of Louisiana which had been wrested rom Rebel authority. I regret in this connection to be obliged to speak of myself. It is not to trratify feelings of vanity that I do so, lor I fully realize that I am but an insignificant atom in the great cause of maintaining and perpetuating the Cuion of these States. The political history of the coun- ry teaches us that under the policy ot the late lamented President, all the loyal citizens ot Lou. siana in the parishes then within the Union lines were invit ed and authorized in the proclamation Issued by the military commander of this De partment, to hold an election on the 22d of February, 1804, for State officers. The election was held, and then being a refugee from my pariah in the Kebel lines, in consequence of my Union sentiments I was nominated by the Free State party, as it was called, and by the extreme radical party, of which Thomas J. Durant was the acknowledged leader, as tbeir candidate tor the office of Lieutenant-Governor. The flrst-naraed ticket, headed by Michael Halin for Governor, was elected. Governor Hahn served until the 4th ot March, 1865, when, by his resignation, I succeeded to the office of Governor. In the meantime, by virtue pf mili tary authority, an election ot delegates to a Stale Convention, to amend and revise the Con stitution of 1852, had takep place. The Convention met and framed a Coustitu Uon declaring slavery to be abolished, which Convention did not adiourn s'me die, but subject to the call of the President for anvcanse. A Legislature had also been elected, and was in session at the time of, the aesumption of the duties of the office of Governor. . Shortly afterwards th collapse .of the so called Confederate Government took place by the surrender of the forces in the Trans-Missis sippi Department. Tbe entire territory of the State was restored to the lawful authority of the United States. When this event look place, what was my conduct towards the population of ihe eighteen parisbes lct-laimed Although I bad been persecuted and driven from home by the Rebel authorities, I sup pressed all feeling ot rancor, so natural to the human breast under such circuru-tances, and believing that a majority had been sedueed from their alleginance to the old Hag by the wiles of artlul demagogues who brought on the Rebel lion, I determined to try the effect of tenderness and conciliation in winning them back to their first love. I addressed them a proclamation, congratu lating them on their restoration to the protec tion of the government of law and order, and that, as far as I was concerned, I was willing to foiget the past. I begged them to submit cheer fully and unreservedly to the new order of things, and I assured them that, although the State Government had been organized, yet I was auxiousthat a eeneral election for its officers should be held, in which the whole Slate should participate. I fulfilled every word of my promises. I appointed the men recommended to till offices in several parishes. I signed their applications to the President of the United States for pardons. I persisted in my course of reconciliation, notwithstanding the warnings and remonstrances of Union men, who believed my policy would bo unavailing tn aeomplishiug the purpose Intended and who predicted that at the very first election these men, in every parish where they had the power, would proscribe every man from office who had not been in the Rebel cau?e. These predictions have been realized to the letter at every subsequent election, with the ex ception of my own case, and it is well known, for it was publicly avowed, that I was put at the head of their ticket simply because I could be useful in fcecuring a representation of the State In Congress. , It Is further well known that their platform, reported by the Committee appointed for that purpose, to the Democratic f onvention held In this city , was a reiteration'ot the doctrines of the right of secession, and it was only through the exertions ot a few ot the more cautious and politic of tbe party that this platform was made to assume the form which was adopted. At the same Convention a well-known and live Democrat was publicly censured by reso lution, because, in a speech delivered before that body, he said that accession was worse than crime; it was a blunder. Notwlthstandinc tdj nomination by the Democratic party, another candidate was put in the field in oppo sition to me, who had officiated as Governor under the Rebel rule, and who, had he been in the country and expressed his assent. I have no doubt would have been overwhelmingly elected. When the members of the Legislature met in extra session in the month of Noveuiber, 18G5, convened by me for the purpose of rais ing money to restore tbe broken levees, and to take measures to redeem tho credit of tbe State, I found them more intent on calling a convention to change the Constitution of 18G4 than to promote the general interests of tne people. Their chief objection to that instrument was the character of the men who lramed it, and the abolition of slavery. Having lallcd at the extra session to pass a bill to call a Conventioa, ihe attempt was re newed at the regular session, held in the month of January, and more than half the time of that body was spent in discussing that question. Finally, a commission was sent to Wa3hingtan to consult with th President. Through his advice I considered a convention inexpedient, and lor that reason opposed it. I had learned enough of the real Fcntiments ol the people to convince me that, if a new Coustitu tion was made, it would be less In har mony with tbe views of the Presi.lent and Congress than the Constitution of 18(14, the result of which would be to lessen the chances for the admission of our Representatives, I urged these views on the members of both Houses ot the Legislature, but they had no effect with the majority. I deprecated tbe city and parish elections, for tho reasou that I feared the result, because of the character of the men who would be elected, aud because I had seen enough of public sentiment to convince me that none but those who served in the Conlede rate army, or who had gone into the Confederate lines, would bs elected to office. I foresaw that such a result would be justly remarked by the people of the loyal States as showing a dftiant spirit, and as still elorying in a cause that had been sustained by them with such fearful loss of Itle and expenditure of treasure, with numerous and repeated evidences of continuing an intolerant and rebellious spirit, and the manifestation of an int;n tion of persecuting all who did not ndhere to the fortunes of the Confederacy to the last, on the part of a large malorlty of the citi zens, aud with a press almost unanimously ex pressing sentiments of the same tenor, is it a matter of surprise that I should pause, and commence to reflect on the consequences as regards tbe future security of the Goyern-, meut, and the fate of Union men in the South, it theRC men who once attempted to braak up the Union succeeded in securing the power of the nation again? I had seen that, while professing with their lips renewed allegiance to the flag and an obliteration of the past, which embodies tho pacific policy of ttw President, they were be coming more arrogant, intolerant, and dictatO' rial. They gloried in tbe apparent schism between the President and Congress in the policy of restoring the States lately in rebellion, and rubbed their bands with delight at the Idea ol a civil war iu tbe loyal States. In view of all this array of strong, stubborn facts, I freelv acknowledge my views of a con ciliatory jpeJicy, in turning back to allcgianco those :who have been engaged in a war to destroy the Union, have undergona a change, The intolerant spirit engendered by slavery still exists. The loss of property and failure ot hopes can never be forgiven, and though 1 regard thorn ns impotent to resist the con stituted authority enforced by the presence ot tbe military, yet I am convinced they would renew the Jtebeiuon to-morrow it tney saw a prospect of success. impressed with tne truth ot these views, foreseeing "the necessity, for the future security of the Unien men in the South, that the amend ment .to the Constitution adopted by Congress and submitted to the seve ral States for ratification should pre vail, and freely realizing the fact that the amendment would never be ratified by the present Legislature, I own I was in favor of the reassembling of the Convention of 1861 as the only means of securing the ratifica tion required, and thereby to insure the admis sion of our representatives in Congress. The legal rierht ot the Convention to continue t's functions is a questlen, I suppose, properly pertainlne to the courts to decide. Senators and Representatives in Congress of ereat learti ine, and men of hich legal attainments Iq New Orleans, have expressed the opinion that, under the resolution of adjournment, the Convention could lawfully assemble. A distinguished Democratic Senator in Con gress took the same view as myself. If I had any doubt on the subject, I have deferred to the opinion of abler men. The total number of delegates composing the Convention was onu hundred and fifty. The number elected was seventy-two. The quorum was fixed at seventy six, this number being a majority of the whole. There were twenty-seven parishes unrepre sented in the Convention, that were entitled to I fifty-one delegates, and adding thereto ten vacancies to be filled, would make sixty-one delegates to be elected. Besides, there were some ten or twelve delegate who, disap pioving of the emancipation clause, refused to Bign the Constitution, and these may bo rai.ked with the extreme conservatives. Counting the sixty-one delegates to be electei to te of the same class, and the balance of the Convention to be radical, it will b seen that the parties would bave been really equally divided. I have gone into these details to show the lalslty of the charges that bave been made - that tbe Convention would not bave represented the whole j State, and that it was intended to be packed. Every parrlsh would have been represented, about one-half having elected their delegates in 1864, and the other half in 1866, making a liust equalization of those who opposed and those who sustained the cause of the Confederacy. There are disfranchising clauses in , the Constitution of 1864. The much abused members ot that Convention had it in hei ; power to have made a Constitution as 1 stringent against those engaged in the Rebellion as Tennessee and Missouri have done. They, however, pursued an opposite , course, and trusted that these men would rbe ... actuated by aspliitof tolerance and forbearanco in return for the liberality shown towards them. How the members of that Convention have been treated individually by the very men whose good faith they trusted in, to say nothing of the scorn and vilification fulminated against the Constitution which they made, let the record ot tho bloody doings at Mechanics' Institute, on Monday, answer. . . , In keeping with tho unrelenting policy to keep the power of the Mate in their own hands ex clusively, they opposed tbe meeting of the Convention. They needed no. better monitor than their own conscience to tell them that by their profcriptive conduct they had forfeited all claim to further liberty lrotn th? original mem bers ol that Convention. They resolved that it .. tmi j tbe put down and crushed out at all risks. . The ecenea of Uie HOtnof July were ccmtldonily predicted iu cbsc the Convention met. They were tbe result ot tbe letter ot Mayor Monroe to General Baird. AecotuDaii.viii!; thia commu nication is picof that it was the determination, it every other means tailed, lo resort to force. Everything was ananged on Sunday prepara tory to this purpose. The police received their orders, and ou Monday morning they were in large numbers at the corners ot Canal and Dryades streets, each having one or ' more revolveis on his person. Why were they there, except to commit violence? Among all that is charged aga;nst tno speakers at Friday night's meeting, ihey can cite nothinij more thmi that the OlacKS should come armed to de- icv.d the Convention in case the members were attacked. Admitting they were assembled for that pur pose, what occasion was there !or alarm, unless it was meditated to assault the Convention. The inference is irresistible, that tne massing of the police was designed to break in upon the Conventioi . For that purpose a beginning was necessary, and ihe opportunity sonant for soon occuired by 'ne arilval ot a procession of blacks, with music, on their way to the place ot mretiug of the Convention. When the procession entered the street, crowded with policemen and citizens, at the corner of Canal and Dryades streets, it was received with insult and jeers, which brought on a collision. A shot was tired, but the affair ended in nothing serious. The next act of vio lence wao the airest of a colored man by a policeman, in front of the Institirebut for what oilense I am unable to say. ' The crowd of colored persons naturally be came excited: bi'ckbats wero then thrown and a shot tired, the testimony gotng to shOiV that it was done by one of the colored crowd. It was answered by several shots from tno crowd ot f policemen at the corner, and lollowed by raiid tiring by the crowd ol blnctc, who returned the fire as last as they could, but, being overpowered and driven from the street, took shelter in the Mechanics Institute. It the object of the police was simply to preserve the public peace, why did not they, alter tne men had taken refuge, ' retire to their original positions at the corner ot the street, which etiectually cut off' egress from the front, and placing a guard to watch tho rear of the buildinir await tiie arrival of ihe military, who were known to be on their way.? The ouly reason for their course is that it did not suit their purpose. They accord in.Ltfy advanced on the front of the buiidine, and besiegred it on all sides. Every negro who attempted to escape whs mtirdeicd, crowning the climax of their murderous aud bloody acts. It is well known that when tho white flae was hung out as a token of surrender the police nr- ; rested the members ol the Convention, and ' other white citizeus, and broiicht them into the street, where the most prominent ot those hold ina Union sentiments were shot, stabbed, and beaten while in custody and in the presence of the entire police ot the city. Why did not the Mayor, or his Chief of of Police station a guard tit the door, and lorbid' ' any person from entering, and then await the ' arrival ot the military? By these means the last and most deliberate phase of the bloody traaedy would have been avoided. It is also notorious that the police failed to arrest or attempt to arrest, even one of the riotous citizens, who, according to their oft repeated statements.were continually attacking, wounding, and killing persons who had sur rendered, and were in their custody. I think I have fully shown that it was the design of those opposed to the Convention to break it up by . , force. . , The inference to be drawn from the letter of f the Mavor is that such a course was resolved f upon, and the massing of the police, and their ' willineness to rush into the fight, I think fully establishes the fact that tho cause of this exhibi tion of violence and mob law must be traced turtherbaek. ' It is the embers of the fire of the rebellious feeling which plunged this country into a deso lating civil war, and the flame i9 not yet ex tinguished in the hearts of the former slave holding aristocracy. Having failed in their first attempt to de stroy tbe Government, they seek to retain poli tical power by tbe same spirit of political vio lence by which their chiefs had sustained their supremacy before the war. My deliberate opinioc is that if the military forces be with drawn, the lives of Union men who proved themselves conspicuous In maintaining their alleeiance will not be safe. The altiinale security both of the Government and Union men of the South depends, in my opinion, on the ratification of the Constitutional amendment proposed by Congress, and the en franchisement of the loyal black man as he be comes educated and qualified tor that important privilege. If the advocacy of mere measures Identifies me with the radical party in opposition to the President, I munt accept the situation; besides I cannot change my position in respect to my feelines. I deem it necessary to preserve and perpetuate tbe Union. J. Madison Wells, Govemor of Louisiana. From Cincinnati. Cincinnati, August 9. There were twenty seven deatlis from cholera yesterday. The Democratic Convention of the Sixteenth District yesterday nominated Judge Van Trump for Conqress. Delegates to tha Philadelphia Convention were elected. i- A ugustuB Bdlerbi c, clerk for James-. Gordon & Co., was arrested on Tuesday for embezzling $30,000. The Union Convention of the Sixteenth Dis trict has renominated John A. Biueham for Congress. The Cable Fleet. Heart's Content. N. F.. Auaust 7. The eabl fleet will leave here ou Wednesday night, or eariy on lhureday morning, for tbe spot where the cable of 1865 was lost, to endeavor to recover it and lay the balance of the cable. If the effort is successful, as is confidently anticipated here and in England, there will soon be two electric wires between America and Europe. ,.:.V-. - .
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