WEIWESDAY, JUNE "7, 1885 • ..,Thsprinting presses shall-be free to every person who -undertakes to examine the pro ' monist .of the • legislature, or any branch: of government; and no law shall ever be made 190 restrain the right thereof. The free com.mn- Wootton of thought and opinions Is one of the invaluable rights of men; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any sub ject; being .responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men public capacities or where the matter published is proper for public informa tion, the. truth thereof may be gives in evi dence." To the Democracy of the City and County :of Lancaster. In phrsuance of authority given the un dersigned, by a resolution of the Democratic County Committee, adopted at a meeting held on Thursday, the 18th inst., you are requested to assemble in the several wards of the city, boroughs and townships of the county, on SATURDAY, the 10th day of JUNE, to elect not less than three nor more fide delegates, to represent such district in a general County Convention, to be held on Wednesday, the 14th day of June, at 11 o'clock A. M., in the hall of the Young Men's Democratic Association, in the city of Lancaster, for the purpose of electingsix delegates to represent the Democracy of the county of Lancaster in the coming State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg on Thursday, the 24th day of August next. By the established usages of the party, the several districts will each nominate one person to serve as a member of the County Committee for the ensuing political year, and also nominate ward, borough and town ship committees, being particular to desig nate their names on the backs of their re spective credentials to the ensuing County Convention. R. R. TSHLTD Y, Chairman A. J. STEINMAN, Seeretary. LANCASTER, May 22, 18G4. Democratic State Convention At the last formal meeting of Lhe Demo cratic State Central Committee, it was re solved that the State Convention should he called to meet at Harrisbnrgon Wednesday, the 21st day of June inst., but having since learned from a majority of the Committee, and been advised by many other leading Democrats of the State, that a postponement to a later day would, on many accounts, be acceptable, and is generally desired, I here by give notice that the next Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will con vene at the Hall of the House of Reprosenta tives, in the City of Harrisburg, on THURSDAY, the 24th day of AUGUsT next, at one o'clock I'. H. TOWANDA . ,.. June 1 The Delegate Elections We trust our friends throughout the county will not neglect to attend the delegate elections on Saturday next. I t is important that the ( 'onvention on the following Wednesday he well attended. The duty Of appointing delegates to rep resent the County in the State Conven tion is one which should he carefully attended to, as questions of great mo ment will necessarily come before that body for deliberation and action. Hence the importanee of sending the right kind of men to Harrisburg on the _4th of Au gust. Gerrit Smith Against the Gallows The celebrated New York Abolition ist, Gerrit Smith, has preached a sermon on the necessity of mercy to the lead ing rebels. Taking for his text these words from 1.1 - Ki.:—" Think ye that they WerC sinners abotw all ?nen' I tell you, Duey; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish,"—he proceeded to say that JESUS taught those who listened to him that there was one thing more im portant for them to do than to be con cerning themselves with the question whether certain persons were the great est of all sinners. This one thing was to repent. He affirms that the offences of the South are substantially those of North also—that we must share with 4 our Southern brethren the responsibility of the rebellion—and that what we need above all things is repentance. But in nothing, he thinks, does the North prove her lack. of repentance more than in her clamor for the punish ment of rebel leaders. He holds that we have no more legal right to punish the subdued foe in this case, than we would have were the Mexicans that foe; and he says that when we consider t hat we are largely responsible for the spirit that incited our countrymen to take up arms against us, we are infinite ly further from having a moral right to punish them titan we should be if they were foreign enemies. Mr. Smith says that few of the min isters are preaching for such a termina tion of this war as the principles and spirit of Christ call for. Many of them are leaping over Christ and the New Testament to ransack the barbaric .1 ew - ish theology for texts most responsive and grateful to their blood-thirstiness. Some of them shock us by the levity with which they speak of the banging of the rebels; others by their vulgar and malignant shouting of " Hang them! hang them high as Hanian !" All over this land, he says, this cruel and Christ less theology is calling on the Govern ment to shed blood, but he prays God that the Government may prove itself too wise and too just to listen to the call. Mr. Smith does not deny that treason is a crime, and that, as a general propo sition, it should be severely punished. But in this case, he contends, there is no treason to punish. We quote his exact words: " I do not say there Is no moral treason in this case. Of this there is abundance. What I say is, that there is no treason in the eyeof law. When the rebellion broke out, all the rebels were traitors and we had the le gal right to treat them as such. But, however slowly and reluctantly, we nevertheless became at last convinced that we could not carry on the contest and save our country, unless we allow ed those rebels to come up from traitors in a rebellion into enemies in a civil war—ancia civil war, too, differing in none of its rights from a war with a foreign nation." Having done this, he maintains that we have given away our right to punish the rebels as traitors. We believe the same conclusion has been reached by some of the leading Republicans of Pennsylvania—among the rest, Colonel McClure, of the Chain bersburg Repository, if we did not mis interpret a letter of his published a few weeks ago. Without endorsing all of Smith's po sitions, we must express our gratifica tion to find him so mercifully inclined. It shows that he is not ungrateful for his own escape from the gallows for complicity with John Brown's seizure of a Federal arsenal and attempted over throw of the Government of the United States. The rest of Brown's aiders, abettors, applauders and admirers, would do well to imitate Smith's ex ample. Gov. Andrew, for instance, who said " John Brown was right," r(and believed it, too), and Morrow B. Lcwry, who visited him in prison and pouged words otsympathy intohis ears, should be slow to join in the cry for hangingfetf. Davis. Tine WASIIIINgTON CORRESPONDENT ,of ,the Tribune says "the pardon of Hon. 0. Harris, a Maryland, by the Presidept, after conviction by court martial, on I:4l , ;lipg lie ap proVed, ,created a good ; deal ,of ,com ment and, unpleasant surprise aniOng certain classes of loyalists here." ',Pl:fey are a , however, endeavoring to console, theniselves with the reflection " that,: the penalty holds, good as to the dis franchisement of Harris, only the ilia .,prisonmenti being remitted." • JUDGE BOND, of Baltimore, has de cided that the' " binding out" of colored children in Maryland, against the wishes of their parents, is illegal. This is no doubt a sound decision. And now we would like to have .some competent Judge de6ide upOn the legality of the " order" issued ii ., Tew . weeks ago hi Ca rolina, by shonlder-strapped, natural, born know nothing, who ..ought te be planting' potatoes in Maine :ut. shaving i shingles in Wisconsin, wherein tis de clared that the late masters of negroes too old or too young to take care of themselves, must provide them with food, raiment and lodging ! If the relation of 'master and slave has been dissolved, then the old negroes are their own masters and must find their own food and "clothing, or be supported as paupers at the public expense, whilst the negro children belong to their pa rents and must be supported by them or by the .public. It would, no doubt, suit the purposes of Cameron, Wade and other patriots who have bought . splendid South Caro lina plantations for a mere song, to have the late owners of slaves compelled to supPOrt the very old andthe very young negroeS, so that they (the aforesaid pa triots) might enjoy the benefits of the labor of the able-bodied "freedmen," unencumbered by the old or the young. But we are very sure that no such half way emancipation as that will meet the approbation of Horace Greeley or Wen dell Phillips. They will deny to the late master any authority over the late ser vant, and they will concede that to deny him all authority, carries with it the ob ligation to relieve him from all respon sibility. The new style of mourning, the very unique and pleasant way of manifest ing grief at the death of President Lin coln, whichwas adopted by the " loyal" people of this city, says the Concord (N. H.) Patriot, was adopted on a larger scale in San Francisco when the news of the assassination reached that city. A. " well-dressed" mob, led by prominent citizens, visited six or seven newspaper offices, some of which were totally destroyed. They first formed around the office of the Democratic Press. The leaders then went up stairs and threw the type, stands and all the material of the office into the street, where what was not already destroyed was broken up amid the cheers of an immense throng. As soon as the work of destruc tion had been done, the police appeared and dispersed the mob! At the time of the assault the office was draped in mourning and the American flag was floating over it at half-mast. The mob then,proceeded to the office of the News Letter, and destroyed that also.— The police appeared there after the work was done, and dispersed the mob. The catholic Monitor was then sacked ; the police again appeared just too late to save it. The Echo, a French paper, was saved by a speech from Gen. McDowell who prom ised to suppress it. The mourners then destroyed the office of the Occidental, without the interference of the authori ties; and two other offices were partial ly destroyed. The mourners went about the streets unmolested, giving full vent to their grief in tlds pleasant way. C. L. WARD, (Vrairnurn New England Breeding More Trouble. The New England Abolitionists, who have controlled the politics of this coun try for the last four years, show a strong disposition to " embarrass the govern ment" of President Johnson. They held a Convention at Boston on Wednesday last, and laid down the terms on which they are willing to remain " loyal," in their usual bold and defiant manner.— They coolly propose to repudiate the whole. woe debt if the negro is not put upon an equality with the white man. This threat is designed to frighten the holders of the debt into the support of radical rueasures,and it will not be with out its effect, unless President Johnson brings the whole power of his adminis tration to bear against the abolitionists, giving them no quarter. The business committee of this Abo lition Convention reported a resolution to the effect that it is the settled opinion of the convention that the reconstruc tion of the rebel States without negro suffrage, is a practical surrender to the Confederacy, and will make the anti slavery proclamation of the late Presi dent, and even the expected amendment to the Constitution, utterly inefficient for the freedom and protection of the negro race, Wendell Phillips supported the reso lution in a vigorous speech. He said there was but one way in which the people could still hold the helm of affairs, and that was a declaration of the repu diation of the entire war debt. Such a party would have hi s voice and vote until God called him home. He would constantly oppose every step of recon struction that did not place the negro upon an absolute equality with the white man. There were but two parties in the country, the sycophants of Jeff. Davis and the lovers of liberty. Every man who supported the North Carolina proclamation was a Davis sycophant. Better, far better would it have been for Grant to have surrendered to Lee than for President Johnson to have surren dered to North Carolina. Hon. Amasa Walker followed, in a full endorsement of Phillips' speech. In the winter Df 1860-61, made mem orable by the secession of the Southern States from the Union, Senator JOHN SON, of Tennessee, now President of the United States, delivered a speech, in which he said: " I think, sometimes, it would be al most a Godsend if Massachusetts and South Carolina could be joined together like the Siamese Twins, and separated from the Cioyernment, and taken off into some remote, some secluded part of the ocean, and fasteg there, to be washed by the waves and cooled by the winds, and after they had been there a sufficient length of time, the remainder of the people of the United States might eritiWaiii a proposition for taking them back." In view of the fact that these two States have been the cause of all our National troubles, we do not wonder at the remarks of President JOHNSON, and his opinion is endorsed by every con servative citien and well-wisher of the Union. Abelitioni,sm and Nullification are the leading causes of all the blood shed and devastation of the last four years, and their birth-place was in Mas sachusetts and South Carolina. Linton is sold by the glass in 132 places on North street, Boston. One block, which is owned by a lady, contains five liquor shops, five brothels and a large dance hall. We clip the above item from the Press. If true, the Boston reformers had no need to go down South in search of a field for the exercise of their philan thropy. We doubt wh,ether the ,coun terpart of "forth street, Poston," can be found anywhere south of Mason and Dixon's line, Wonder whether "the lady " who owns that wen-tenanted " block" is one of the Yankee ,Jezebels who have c heen sending ropes to Washz , ington - to hang Jeff. Davis? Is she a strong-minded woman, and does she attend the meetings of female Aboli tionists and inveigh against the loose marital relations of the Southern ne groes.? 7 - 11 3 ,E;TrnfF fir thp meeting of the DeiiiiiPM , tiC,Statc,Cop t v i er r itippt has been changed front Weal:W4fty ,tbo 210 of June to •Thursday thg.24llkPf 41111:14 Republican Mourning 11=1 Sens'lge Opinion Negro Suffrage and Equalltir: The question of negro suffrage is be ginning to loom up before the American people, and, judging from the outgivr' ings of Chief Justice Chase, Senator Sumner and other lea#2g, Abolitidn is* wittlie the leadinessup4n oui'Sta* 'elections and in t ne#Presidentiat 'election. The qt:i4stioti;:, of Atrican slavery, having been settled, by the war, can no longer trouhle na. It is now out of politics. With it4d,eparture the coun try has a good riddance, and the thirty years' controversy about the institution is ended. But the Abolitionists are not. satisfied with this. Alley. are not eon-; tent with the abolition of slavery, .so far as Presidential Proclamations and Con gressional enactments can abolish it.— They must also, forsooth, have :henegro upon a social and political equality with the white man; they wish to give him the right of suffrage and, per conse quence, make him eligible to office, and thus constitute our nation a sort of hybrid concern—half-white and half black. The entering wedge to a perfect equali ty between the black and white races is this very question of African suffrage. Open the ballot-boxes to the negro, and the next step will be to seat him in your jury boxes, in your city councils, in your halls of legislation, and in offices of profit and trust of every grade. Then will follow social equality, the inter marriage of blacks and whites, and all the disgusting and abominable conse quences resulting from this general and unnatural intermingling of the races. It is useless on the part of any portion of the Abolition press-to deny the fact, that this is to be the leading question at issue not only in Pennsylvania, but throughout the Union—we mean the question of negro suffrage. it is this question that will be determined by the people of Pennsylvania at the polls in October next. It is forced upon public attention by the actions of the leaders of the Republican party, and must be met with energy and decision by every white man, if we would save our insti tutions from the ruthless hands which seek the destruction of Anglo-Saxon liberty. The Marriage of Negroes to be Encour aged. [From The Ri eh mon [1 Republ ie. J The following General Order has been issued. It is eminently proper that ne groes living together as man and wife should be married, and should be held responsible for their conduct toward one another, and for the care and support of their children : "HDQRS.:IIII,7I'AM" Div. or 'car JAMES, 1 RIAM MOND, VA., May IL I , 1%5. " (iENFIRAL /ItDERS No. S.—l. The atten tion of clergymen :and magistrates who are authorized by the laws of Virginia and North Carolina to perform marriage cere monies, is respectfully called to the cases of colored men and women in their respective parishes and districts who have marital re lations without contracting marital obliga tions. Such persons .should be duly in structed in regard to their social and domes tic duties, and especially in regard to their duty to support and educate their offspring. They must lie made to understand that the laws of God, as well as the laws of their country, forbid their living together as man and wife without the solemnization at' mar- riage. "11. Military orders in regard to oaths and license to be taken before marriage will not be deemed applicable to colored persons, nor to those who marry them, un less a fee be charged, nor will any formali ties be required which are not necessary for the completion of a civil contract of marri age by the laws of the State. All suchmar riages, however, should be duly registered and a proper certificate given to the parties. It is recommended that all fees in such cases be remitted, and all unnecessary ex penses discouraged. "111. It is hoped that all persons inter ested in ameliorating the condition of the colored race, and improving their social character, will use their influence in pro moting the object in view. "By order of Major-f jen. llalleck. " KET:rox, A. A. ii." By the "military orders" referred to in the second paragraph of the forego ing general orders, clergymen residing in Virginia and North Carolina were forbidden to solemnize marriages with out first subscribing an oath and taking out a license. These orders are now so modified that a rebel clergyman, who will perform the ceremony for nothing, may marry colored people without oath or license. White men and women wishing to marry, and who would pay the usual fees, must go before a clergy man who has taken the oath and bought a license, or forego the privileges of ma trimony. This looks like an arrange ment to put money in the pockets of a particular class of clergymen—hard headed spall of Plymouth rock, who havegone southward, as Greeley says in the article we quoted yesterday, to "start prayer meetings at every cross roads," and gather gear by every wile that rapacious and unscrupulous New Englanders are in the habit of employ ing. The loyal clergymen in the " of the James" want a monopoly of the marrying business, so far as con cerns that portion of the community which is able to pay for getting married, but they are perfectly willing to permit disloyal clergymen and magistrates to marry the poor negroes for nothing.— Their style of piety and disinterested ness is altogether lovely ! We are gratified to see it stated that General Halleck has been ordered to California. We have had enough of him on the Atlantic slope of this con tinent. Both as a military leader and a civil administrator, he has proved a dead failure. Stanton, who knows his expertness as a manufacturer of Cali fornia land titles, as well as his value on the witness stand, has done well to order him back to the scene of his for mer usefulness. Why he Did it The President remitted the sentence of the Hon. Benjamin G. Harris, pro nounced by a military court, because of the overwhelming testimony furnish ed since the proceedings closed, im peaching the character of the witnesses upon whose testimony the prosecution relied. This is only another proof, says the Philadelphia Ledger, of the neces sity of trying civil cases in civil tri bunals. In a civil court the testimony would have been so sifted, that an un reliable witness could not possibly have had any weight attached to his testi mony. The forms and practices of our civil courts, in taking and receiving tes timony, are the experience of ages, and cannot be tet aside with any safety to personal liberty. It is stated, as a rumor from 'Washington, that the provost marshal system is to be continued in all the States, North and South, except Rhode Island, for another year. We do not know that there is any, founda tion for this statement, for there are a great many reports which come from Washington which are untrue. But if anything of the kind is contemplated in the States which have ever been loyal, we hope President Johnson will at once put a veto upon it. The neces sity for these assuinptions 4.Llg passed away, and in a time of peace it would be wrong for the citizens to be subjected to military as well as civil law. At torney ,General Bates, of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet ; says • "If a military officer presume to in terfere with the civil courts, or to inter meddle with popular elections, have him indicted for the offence, no matter what is his rank; and. presecuted ac cording to law. And if soy .soldiers, high or low, do a wrong to a private person under the pretence of power, let the proper civil action be promptly brought and pressed with all vigor, to a verdict and judgment for damages. My life upon it, this course, diligently and skillfully pursued, will soon bring obstinate offenders to a pro per sense of their subordination to,the ,oiy4 power." • • ,From Ititislasippl , -Importanillessage of Goy. Clark. &c., &M. Governor Clarke's message to the Miaidssippi Legislature has been re ceivd. After adierting to the respott4! sibility Ahis actfiltin rilTiag the asp l senibly4tOiether, a l td to the tritng cir• cumOmceannder iehich they meet, he admits the •*is ended, and with Mho po*Or of thoitonfederac ,y or the sO4ther# states; anal he - ikpresais satisfaction that his humble part was performed with fidelity to the state and obedience to her laws. He admits that the Sout hern States will return to the Union, and bays the i circumstances F stirrourfding them will induce them. to coasent; but the necessity, being the result of mili tary power, will render reorganization a delicate and 'difficult task. He advises the adoption of the speed iest measures to accomplish this in ac cordanee with the right of the States and liberties of the people. He alludes to the unprecedented unanimity, with' which the people of Mississippi in 1861, through their authorized delegates in convention, severed their connection with the Union, and says this action was not hasty, but the subject had oc cupied the minds of the people for many years. Causes which would have justi fied revolution impelled them to seces sion. With no purpose of aggression, but for no defense alone, did Mississip pi raise armies in obedience to her laws and ordinances to repel invasion. The Northern States, which have demon strated their earnestness to preserve the Union as essential to free govern ment and liberty, and which have, by the exhibition of their power, astonish ed the world, cannot now desire the abasement and destruction of the peo ple whom, in the contest, they found equal to themselves in all except num bers and resources. By the concession of equal rights alone can the full con sent of the people be obtained. He recommends calling a convention to repeal the ordinance of secession, re model the State Constitution, and en large the power of the Legislature. He then recommends the passage of va rious acts, but as the Legislature ad journed without consulting any of them, they are omitted. The message concludes as follows : " The terrible contest through which the country has just passed aroused in every section the fiercest passions of the human heart, and in many instances had led to the commission of crimes of the most malignant character, until lawlessness seems to have culminated in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln and the attempt to assassinate Mr. Seward. For these acts, so atrocious, horrible, and re pugnant to the instincts of the Ameri can heart, and so much opposed to the principles of regulating our social life, you felt, I am sure, in common with the whole people of this State, the profoundest sentiments of detestation. The period, too, at which they occurred was most inauspicious for the fortunes of the country, for they have inflamed the minds of the northern people, and though right-thinking men when em bittered feelings have passed away, will riot attribute them to the southern peo• ple, yet for the present they may retard an adjustment of our laws and social institutions on such a basis as will most speedily give quiet and repose to the people and country. It is alleged that the immediate par ties engaged in the assassination have implicated a number of gentlemen well known for their adherence to the cause of the South, amongst them Jefferson Davis and Jacob Thompson, of this State. This implication is repelled by Gov. Clarke, on account of the purity of the private character, the personal integrity, honor, truth, and uniform Christian morality of the said gentle men. But he says if the evidence justi. fies the charge, their names and charac. ters will be tarnished forever What Next Now that the war with the rebels is over, there are very many signs that the "Loyal Leaguers," who have killed off Slavery, are leaguing to kill off some thing else. Protestant Leaguers seems to be the new name. The Old School General Assembly Presbyterians are having a General As sembly in Pittsburg, Pa. They seem to be as full o' fight as the new school-ers in Brooklyn. Many of them are cer- tainly very teolfy, and are itching to kill somebody, or if nut to kill, to fight. The following is not the report from the Assembly of the Old School, in Pittsburg, but of a religious mass meet ing held there, pending the Convention : [Here follow resolutions adopted by the meeting, deprecating " the learfu growth of the Papacy, both as an eccle siastical and civil power in this land :' that " the present is our auspicious mo ment to bring about the formation of a great National Protestant League," to operate for the overthrow of " Infidelity and Roman Catholicism." The resolu tions were unanimously adopted, and a committee appointed to carry out their purpose.] First, the Catholics, then the Jews, then the Episcopalian, perhaps, then the Unitarians and Universalists, and Quakers again, perhaps! The new god that many such " Chris tians " have fallen down to worship of late, is clearly a heathen god—not our God—not even the respectable gods that Egypt, Greece, and Rome have fallen down and worshipped. He is a fighting god—and the devil, doubtless, not the Deity. These sort of " Religionists" can never, never, be content. England could not hold them, and they fled to Holland. Holland was too hot for them and they fled to New England. They there created a Theocracy—and burnt witches, and hung Quakers—and let nobody vote—not of their school and creed. The Baptists were exiled, and "the Orthodox" was the only Church and State. They ever must have a fight on hand; they would "spoil" without a fight. The saving of souls is a sorry trade for them ; the hanging of bodies is their delight. Peace is Hell. War is Heaven.—N. Y. Express. FRFI,. DOUGLASS, the celebrated ne gro orator, delivered a eulogy on the late President Lincoln, at the Cooper Institute in New York, on Thursday evening. He said " Abraham Lincoln was emphatically the black man's President." He claimed that "it was his privilege to have known Abraham Lincoln personally, the President hav ing invited him to the White House and there treated him like a man and a brother." "He was the only white man who could talk to a colored man without assuming an air of condescen sion. Indeed, while talking with the President, the speaker had forgotten al together that he himself was a black man. Mrs. Lincoln, before leaving the White House, had presented Mr. Doug lass with Mr. Lincoln's cane, as a me mento of the friendship which the de ceased ,President had entertained for him." The Valley of Virginia The editor of the Hagerstown Mail, who has just returned from the valley of Virginia, whither he had gone to distribute supplies furnished by .benevo lent citizens of Pennsylvania and Maryland, describes the destitution ex istiug in that war-stricken region as extreme. The fences are down, the barns are empty and the live stock L 9 gone. The farmers who remained or have returned are anxious to fix up their places and produce fresh crops; but they have scarcely enough food to sus tain their own life, and none to ex change for labor. The Mail states that thg'?Retief Wagons," under the per sonal direction pf the editor, will again go forward from Hagerstown in a few days. ArrENvioN is requested to the advertise.. ment of Allen C. Hainmond, offering seve ral tracts or Viiginia land at pritate sale; Es.-Attorautteaeral Bates anTest Oaths. The valueof teat oaths is being dis oussed in Missouri, and Hon. Edward Bates,• late Attorney General under :President Lincoln, gives advice similar to-that given by Reverdy Johnson, in Ateridand—to take the oath in order to Note • without the least regard to it—be cause the test is lawless and unconstitu tional, Mr. Lincoln addressed a letter to Bates in which he shows that the convention excludes from voting everybody that rebelled against the Federal Government, or the State Gov ernment. The State.. Government of Miasonri passed a secession ordinance, and hence, all loyal people rebelled against the Federal Government. What were we to do asks Mr. Lincoln? Vote, says the Attorney-General " Should a man who believes the oath to be unlawful nevertheless take it, if he can do so with a clear con science, rather than be robbed of his vote by a dishonest trick. I myself can take the oath without any conscious ness of having done wrong myself, or any sense of shame, except the humili ation of yielding to an unlawful and un just demand, dishonestly made upon me.. And I don't see why any man should be deterred from taking the oath who has never borne arms against the Government, and knows, in his heart, that he bears true and faithful allegiance to the nation and the State." As the Judges of Elections have been especially created by the Constitution to exclude certain classes of men, now loyal, and who have not taken up arms, Mr. Bates says : " Be sure to have a committee of sev eral of the most respectable and solid men of your precinct to attend the election and keep an exact written statement of every material fact which happens there, noting especially the name and place of abode of every voter who is excluded for refusing to take the unlawful oath. Don't be in timidated by truculent looks and threats of violence. We have a pretty good act of Congress now reaching the subject, and the United States Circuit Court is an independent tribunal—and, best of all, the reign of the law is about to be re stored." The Public Debt The Secretary of the Treasury has published a correct statement of the public debt, as it appeared on the books of the Treasury Department, on the 31st of May, 1865. The amount of outstanding indebted ness, bearing interest in coin, at tha date, was $1,108,113,842—the interest be ing $64,480,489.50. The amount of the debt bearing in terest in lawful money, other than coin was $.1,053,476,371—the interest bein• $60,158,384.52. The debt on which interest has ceased is $786,270. The debt bearing no interest—green backs in circulation—is $482,829,270.57. The total indebtedness is $2,635,205,- 753.50—the interest on the same, both in gold and paper, being $124,638;874. The amount of legal tender notes in circulation ,is $659,160,569. This includes $435,687,906 of the new issue, and $lO6- 543,620 of the compound interest notes, issued under the act of June 30, 1864. The uncalled for pay requisitions is forty millions of dollars, and the amount in Treasury notes over twenty five millsons. The amount of postal currency issued and circulation is $24,664,000. But behind all this indebtedness, there are hundreds of millions of float ing indebtedness and claims of every description, which it will take years to audit. THE CABINET Probable Resignation of Secretary Stan ton—Rumored Collision with the Presi dent—Need of Rest the Reason for Re tirement—Other Changes—Trouble in the Interior Department. [Special Dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune.] WASHINGTON, June 4, 1865. It is reported on good authority to night that Mr. Stanton has resigned. This is not positively confirmed, but it is known that he has determined to leave the Cabinet very soon. There is a report afloat that the decis ion has been assisted by a violent col lision between the President and Secre tary—both strong willed me u—in which the latter indulged in his brusque man ners, and the former took occasion to inform him that he, " Andy," was President of the United States. But it is said that there is not much in this, for the President assured a Major Gen eral yesterday that the separation about to take place was only induced by the prostration of Mr. Stanton by his ex hausting labors. Mr. Stanton has been offered the po sition of Minister to Berlin ; but the place is not deemed of sufficient im portance. If his resignation be not already in the President's hands, it will be shortly. Mr.. Harrington, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has resigned peremp torily, and will go as Minister Resi dent to Berne, iu place of Mr. Fogg.— He has engaged passage, and will sail by the Ist of July. It is also rumored that Mr. Field, an other assistant, is willing to accept some position abroad. The difference of opinion existing between Secretary Harlan and, Mr. Usher, his predecessor, is very consider able, and is assuming a serious form. The new Secretary is examining in a very impartial manner the huge contracts which the retired officer signed just be fore leaving, and is demanding that they be re-established on the principles of equity and honesty. Against this rough criticism Mr. Usher protests in behalf of his clients, making the fight it is understood before the President. The Interior Depart ment, consequently, is considerably agitated just now. As one result of the complication, Judge Otto, Assistant Secretary, is leav ing the Department, and John Wilson, now Third Auditor, will succeed him. Exit Holt. Thesurrender of Kirby Smith heralds the near approach of the end of Judge Advocate General Holt, because it pro claims that rebellion no longer con tinues to defile the land. The sixth section of the act or Congress , of June 20, 1864, which established ,a bureau of military justice (whata miktomer under Holt's administration), expressly pro vided that the bureau, and its head, a judge advocate general, should exist only "during the continuance of the rebellion." That point of time has ar rived in fact, although perhaps there needs an official announcement by Presi dent Johnson to completely sever the country from all official association with that "body of sin," the present bureau of military justice. Undoubtedly Stan ton and Holt will seek by every means in their power to put off and postpone such executive action, but we hope the President will rise superior to all such influences. Let him make all proper haste to utter the glad words that rebel lion no longer exists in the United States, and he will cause, from end to end of the republic, such heartfelt rejoic ing as has rarely been seen in man's history ! And how the public heart will leap with emotions of gratitude to the Supreme Giver of all good if the same proclamation whichapeedily announces the end of the rebellion proclaims the end of Stanton !—N. Y. World. A WRITER in the Concord Patriot calls those clergymen who are so full of wrath and all uncharitableness the "blood hounds of Zion:" A very appropriate designation for' brimstone clergy."—Easton Aram,. Yes—quite as good as that which used to be applied to himself by the Rev. Wm. Bivens, a colored clergyman who " travelled the circuit" in South ern Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Valley of Virginia, whose boast it was that he was " God Almighty's Bulldog, sent here to bark at the DeVil's Hogs." Pretty Good 4t last accounts, Bennett had about 32,p00,000 subscribed towards the fund to pay off the national, debt, leaving a balance of 0n1y53,998,000,000. Mr, E. D. Chamberlin, of New York, •writes to the Express that he has no Wish to ad vertise himself, but that 4ennOt is at libt* tO put . his name down slyly for ha remainder, and thus have the matt. 'ter closed up. A Card from President Buchanan. To the Editor of the N. Y. Tribune: Sin: In courtesy I ought to thank you, as I do sincerely, for your offered use of • the Tribune, for "any explanation, com ment or disclaimer" of the acts of my .41tuinistration during . the last six months ofits existence. This kind offer should be': cordiallyuccepted; but ed monished•by advancing years,of which you give me warning, I sometime since compiled a history of it during this period, chiefly from the proceedings of Congress and other official and reliable documents, too long for publication in the Tribune. This has not been publish ed hitherto, because of my reluctance, for several reasons, to obtrude myself upon public attention during the prose cution of the war now happily termi nated in the suppression of the rebellion. Though we have been " life-long political opponents," as you truly ob serve, I have for many years been a render of The Tribune. This I have done to obtain a knowledge of the principles and policy of the Republican party from their ablest and most influ ential expounder, and one who, while contending against political opponents, has had the candor and courage to pre sent to the public the Democratic propo sitions and principles he assailed. I would, therefore, put - it to yourself whether it was quite compatible with this characterSto assume that my con tradiction of an article in another jour nal, relatino• ' to matters of fact dating as far back as the Cincinnati Convention of June, 1866, has been intended as a defense of the acts of an Administra tion which did not come into existence until nine months afterward, and there upon to pronounce the conclusion "that Mr. Buchanan's letter has not vindi cated Mr. Buchanan's career." Mr. Buchanan has carefully refrained for four long years from any attempt to vindicate his " career " as President, except so far as this was forced upon him in his controversy with General Scott; and this course he shall still con tinue to pursue until the publication of his historical sketch. Indeed, his re• cent letter to the editorof the New York Post would never have been written had the editor republished from his files the old article as published nearly nine years before (though never known to Mr. B. until a few days ago), with any comments he might have thought proper. That of which Mr. Buchanan now complains is, that the new article, though ostensibly based upon the old, presents a statement of facts essentially different, in a most important particu lar, from the original; and this, too, with the evident object of injuring his character. This change consistsin sub stituting for the name of Col. Black who was a delegate to the Cincinnati Con vention, that of Judge Black who was nut, and at the same time referring to the fact that " the Judge was afterward Attorney-General under Mr. Buchan an." Whence this radical change, if not to bring home to Mr. Buchanan a com plicity in the infamous pledge which the last article falsely, but in express terms, attributes to Judge Black. Had the facts stated in this article, on the authority of the editor of The Post, re mained without contradiction, they would have been taken for granted by the public, to the lasting and serious in jury of the reputation both of Judge Black and Mr. Buchanan. It is but justice to the memory of a brave and lamented officer to repeat that, in his ardent and imrassioned remarks before the Convention, evidently with out previous preparation, there is not the least color for attributing to Colonel Black a pledge which would have been a serious imputation upon the fair fame of a man without fear and without re proach. Yours, very respectfully, TAMES BUCHANAN. =MME=2 [As Mr. Buchanan has not seen fit to comment on the new points made in our former article, we deem it but fair to say no more.—Ed. Tribune.] Mr. Buchanan's letter was printed in the Tribune of Saturday last and should have appeared in the Intelligencer some days ago. But our copy of the Tribune containing it was lost and we did not succeed in replacing it till this morn ing. The historical sketch of the last six months of his Administration, which Mr. Buchanan states that he has pre pared, will, we understand, be issued by one of the leading Publishing Houses of New York in the course of a month or two. We can only say of it at the pres ent time, that Mr. Buchanan's most intimate friends are confident it will fully vindicate his character as a states man and a patriot. End of the War—What Is to Become of Fry? The Albany Argus suggests the fol lowing plan for an appropriate disposi tion of the immortal Fry The regular Dogberries of the draft— the men who could never tell the quota, or when the draft was to commence ' or who was exempt or who was not, or how many was called for, or for what term, or who could be a substitute, or who could not—what is to become of them? To put Dunce's caps on their discrowned heads, and let asses' ears cover theirepauletets,anda fool's bauble take the place of their idle swords, would be merely to make them a tem porary laughing stock ! They might be employed as a constabulary in some of those interior cities in which the old watch is ACM retained—the leathern hat, the rattle, and the watch-box in which they kept their somnolent vigils, would befit them. But this would af ford refuge but for a few. What, for in stance, would become of the head of the Mudfog Corps—Colonel Marshal Fryr.' We have a suggestion to make in the premises. In the Dudley Observatory is a calculating machine imported by a spirited merchant from one of the Swedish Universities, which is a most wonderful invention, if anybody knew how to use it. It has a handle! Now we propose to put Fry, as soon as he has done studying Daboll presented by a generous people, in charge of this ma chine. Give him the problem of a pop ulation of district, age, sex, teeth, hair, stature, strength, birth, health,and give him figures in full and vulgar fractions ad libitum, let him multiply, divide, substract and add, and make him FIND THE QUOTA. Fastened to the handle of that machine, his life would pass in what Mantelini calls "one eternal dem- nition grind." Dissatisfaction Among the Soldiers. HARRISBURG, June 2.—G reat dissatis faction prevails here among the one year's troops at the order of the Gov ernment reducing the bounties of such organizations twenty-live per cent. The excuse that these troops are mustered out before the expiration of their term is regarded by all right-minded men as untenable. The State authorities are increasing their exertions to have these orders rescinded and to secure for the one year troops the original amount of bounty to which they are entitled. Up to this hour ten regiments have report ed for payment at Camp Curtin. The paymasters are now actively engaged in paying offthese troops, and as soon as the transportation can be arranged the men will be sent to their localities in different parts of the State. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company received orders on Wednesday to be in readiness to send 20,000 Western men over their line to Pittsburgh. St. Louis Horse and Mule Market. Report of the sales at the Gothic Sale Stables for the week ending May 31, 1865: The demand for carria,,,‘ , e and buggy horses is good, and supply light. Good horses will bring from $2OO to $4OO each. The sales at this stable for the past week are 49 head of fine horses at $l5O to $4OO, and 4 to a California man for $1,200. Common horses are in demand, and sell readily at $lOO to $460. There is a good de mand for fares for the Southern trade. Good large mules are scarce and wanted at $2OO to $3OO each. Auction sales for the past week were 115 head of horses and mules, ranging in price from $2O to $2OO each. There is more good horses sold at auction now, than at any time before, and bringing better prices.—. Price Current. ON the Minnesota river, above St. Paul, wheat, it is said, is a drug at fifty cents a bushel. In the storehouses thou sands of bushels are waiting transpor tation, and thousands upon thousands of bushels have suffered from dampness and heating. Some dealers who bought a year sirwe 4, a dollar, and even tea shillings a bushel there, have been ruin ed by the fall. The enormous cost of railroad transportation eats up, itis said, 'all the profit on the article, and keeps the pripe down to the producer. —The pelleptlop of Internal revepile Richmond hits began, General Sherman In New York. At anearly hour on Thursday morning, Major General Sherman arrived in New York, and immediately proceeded in a carriage to the private residence of Mr. Scott, No. 64 East Twenty-third street. The hero Of the Carolinas had express -ed a wish that his visit to the city should be without ostentation or dig play, so no public demonstration took place on his arrival, - General Sherman was accompanied by his wife and son, the members of his staff, Governor Fenton, Colonel Farrel, the Governor's private secretary, State Surgeon General Pomfret, and other prominent gentlemen. A few minutes after six o'clock the train arrived at Jersey City. There were few persons present at the time, and but one or two who recognized Gen. Sherman. The party immediately went on board the ferry boat, and were brought across the river to the foot of Cortdandt street. On the boat were soldiers who recognized Gen. Sherman, having served underhim. They crowd ed around their late gallant commander, who shook each of them cordially by the hand. Governor Fenton had invited the General to visit the State Soldiers' Depot, in Howard street, during the afternoon, where Rev. Dr. Tyng was engaged to preach, but circumstances prevented his attendance. During the day quite a number of calls were made at the temporary resi dence of General Sherman, in Twenty third street. In the afternoon he rode out to the Central Park, and was recognized by some who cheered him as he passed. , Shortly before nightfall the General appeared on the balcon , Y of the house, after returning from his ride, and stood there for some time enjoying the re freshinv' breeze then blowing. Few passersby were aware of the fact that the modest, stern looking soldier before them, was the great - master mind which had crushed out the most baneful and rabid elements of rebellion. Two hours later, however, knots of persons congre gated on the sidewalk and watched carefully, in order, if possible, to catch a glimpse of one whom they had learned to honor. But the bird had flown for the time being. He had gone toNiblo's Garden, in company with General Van Vleit and Mr. Scott, Jr. At half-past seven o'clock the General left Twenty-third street on foot, and proceeded to Niblo's Garden. He was shown to a stage box, fronting the au dience. On entering he was immedi ately recognized, and cheer upon cheer sent up in his honor. Renewed calls were made upon him for a speech, but without effect. He merely bowed his acknowledgments. After about an hour' stay he retired, and then a grand rush was made by all contiguous to the box, in order to shake the hand of the popular commander. With great effort a passage was madg for him, and he at length made his escape through a back entrance to the Metropolitan Hotel, where he remained for some time, and then returned home. At twelve o'clock General Sherman reached Mr. Scott's house in Twenty third street. A crowd had lingered around the house the entire evening, and swelled to somewhat respectable numbers at twelve o'clock. When the General came up he was surrounded.— He ascended the stoop, however, and, taking off his hat, said : Boys—l am not going to make any speech in New York, so you need not wait here. lam much obliged to you for coming to see me. Good night. A Voice—We want to look at you, General. General Sherman—you will see me in broad daylight to-morrow, riding down Broadway. A Voice—Come down, and let us shake your hand. The General then descended, and went through a severe ordeal of hand shaking. Three cheers were then given for the General, when he entered the house and the crowd dispersed. General Sherman's Farewell to His Army. SPF,CIAL FIELD ORDERS, NO. 76. HDQS. MID. Div. OF THE MISSIS'I, IN THE FIELD, WASHINGTON, D. C., .May 30, 'O5. The General commanding announces to the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies uo longer defy us. Some of you will be retained in service until fur ther orders. And now that we are about to separate, to mingle with the civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to re call to mind the situation of national affairs when but little more than a year ago, we were gathered about the twining cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and all the future was wrapped in doubt and un certainty. Three armies had come to gether from distant fields, with sepa rate histories, yet bound by one com mon cause—the union of our country and the perpetuation of the government of our inheritance. There is no need to recall to your memories Tun nell Hill, with its Rocky Face Mountain, and Buzzard Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of Dalton behind.— We were in earnest, and paused not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through Snake Creek Gap, and fell on Ressacca, then on to Etowah to Dallas, Kennesaw, and the heats of summer found us on the banks of the Chatta hooche, far from home and dependent on a single road for supplies. Again we were not to be held back by any ob stacle, and crossed over and fought four heavy battles for the possesion of the citadel of Atlanta. That was the crisis of our history. A doubt still clouded our future ; but we solved the problem, and destroyed Atlanta, struck boldly across the State of Georgia, secured all the main arteries of life to our enemy, and Christmas found us at Savannah. Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again began a march which for peril, labor and results will compare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear rivers were all passed in mid winter, with its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy ; and after the battles of Averysboro and Bentonsville we once more came out of the wildergess to meet our friends at Goldsboro. Even then we paused only long enough to get new clothing,to reload our wagons, and again pushed on to Raleigh and beyond, until we met our enemy, sueing for peace instead of war, and offer ing to submit to the injured laws of his and ourcountry. As long as that enemy was defiant, nor mountains, nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold had checked us; but when he who had fought us hard and persistently offered submission, your General thought it wrong to pursue him further, and ne gotiations followed which resulted, as you all know, in his surrender. How far the operations of the army have contributed to the overthrow of the Confederacy, of the peace which now dawns on us, must be judged by others, not by us. But that you have done all that men could do, has been admitted by those in authority; and we have a right to join in the universal joy that fills our land because the war is over, and our Government stands vindicated before the world by the joint action of the volunteer armies of the United States. To such as remain in the military ser vice, your General need only remind you that successes in the past are due to hard work and discipline, and that the same work and discipline are equally important in the future. To such as go home, he will only say, that our favored country is so grand, so extensive, so di versified in climate, soil and produc tions that every man may surely find a home and occupation suited to his tastes; and none should yield to the natural impotence sure to result from our past life of excitement aducl adven ture. you wijl be 4iyitecl to seek new adventure abroad but do not yield to the temptation, for it will lead only to death and disappointment. Your General now bids you all fare well, with the full belief that, as in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you will make good citizens ; and if, un fortunately, new war should arise in our cvuntry, Sherman's army will be thP first to buckle on the old armor and come forth to defend and maintain the Government of our inheritance, and choice. By order of Maj. General W. T. SHERMAN. DAYTON, .4sB't Adj't General. Gov. Brown, of Geor,gla, congress/ImA Boyce, ctulh Carolina, and Gov. ton, of Texa4,*sePATale iAtervictWaW#l.4 the President qn FFirll/71 —The Adt*tistrattou, on %%maclay, aT, ottily eopetoded to tunijeffersortDayis 0v,f,4 to the eivg,authorities for;trial, • , • The' Ifermitage: . , The Home Of 'Jackson ill . a Dilapidated Condition—Message of Gov. Brown. low, Etc. EXECIITTVE DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 26, 1865. Gentlemen of the Senate: Ihave had the honor to receive Senate resolution No. 65, requesting me to com municate to the Senate all information in my possessionin reference to the pres ent status of the Hermitage property, including an account of its purchase by the State, the amount paid, and all sub sequent legislation in regard to it—what acts of ownership have been exercised over it, &c., as well as any recommen dation I may have to offer in regard to its future management. I regret to say that the absence of the archives of the State, and of all per sons and papers connected with the State Government since the purchase of the Hermitage property, leaves me in Possession of but little information of the nature called for, which is not in possession of any member of your hon orable body or equally accessible to him. This property was purchased by one of my predecessors, under the act of 1856, chapter 96, for the sum of forty-eight thousand dollars ; for which amount the bonds of the State were issued to the occupant or his mortgage. The act pro vides that Mr. A. Jackson, the proprie tor, should retain possession for the two years then next suceeedin,g, unless the general government should apply for it for a branch of the Military Academy at West Point, for which purpose the Governor was to tender it to the federal government. In the event the general government (lid not accept it for this purpose within two years, it was made the duty of the Governor " to have fifty acres laid on; including the tomb, man sion, spring and spring houses, and ex pose the balance to public sale for cash," and report his sale to the Legislature of 1859-60. By the act of February 6, 1858, the further time of two years was allowed the Federal Government to accept the proposition contained in the act of 1856. By the act of March 24, 1866, the Gov ernor and Secretary of State are request.. ed to make such repairs and improve ments as in their judgment may be ne cessary, and to employ "a laboring force ' to keep the houses, gardens, tomb and surrounding grounds in a per fect state of repair. This act recites, by way of preamble, that the property is "in a dilapidated condition." It does not appear from anything remaining in the Executive Department that any thing was done under the act in the way of repairs. I have not had leisure since the passage of the resolution to visit the Hermitage, but if it was in a "dilapidated " condition in 1860, its con dition now, after four years of civil war, may be easily conjectured. The following calculation shows the liability of the State on account of the Hermitage property : Six per cent bonds of the State, Issued March, 18,58 348,000 Interest to March, 1.885 20,180 Total 165,160 If the object of the Legislature in making this purchase was to secure a careful preservation of these classic grounds from injury or decay, the effort has been a most signal failure. On the other hand, if it was thought to be a good investment, it has been equally a failure ; for, so far as I can learn, not a dollar has been realized in return. It is certainly a remarkable case of inattention, both in the proprietor, who has all the time enjoyed the profits of this fine farm, and of the State govern ment, with the Treasury at command, all of whom should have been impelled by a spirit of reverence for the illustri ous dead, that in Mae, in a time of pro found peace, "the tomb and grounds were in a dilapidated condition." I am not able to inform the Senate what acts of ownership have been exer cised over the property further than ap pears from legislation in reference to it. I hope to be able in my message to you, at your regular session, to give you full information under all the heads of inquiry embraced in the resolution, and to offer some recommendation regarding its future management. I will add, for the information of the Senate, that Mrs. Jackson, the widow of the late proprietor, has presented an earnest appeal to the President of the United States, asking that "a perma nent home be secured to her at the Her mitage;" and the President has referred her application to me. The attention of the Legislature may be called to her application hereafter. W. G. BROWNLOW. General Grant's Congratulatory Address. Lieutenant General Grant has issued the following congratulatory address to . ... • __ t ie armies : WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT (iENERAL'S) OFFICE, WASIONUTON, Dl('., June 2. GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 108. _ . ,Soldiers of the: awities of the United 81ates: By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour of danger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery and endurance, you have maintained the su premacy of the Union and the Consti tution, overthrown all opposition to the enforcement of the laws, and the pro clamations forever abolishing slavery, the cause and pretext of the rebel lion, and opened the way to the rightful authorities to restore order and inaugu rate peace on a permanent and enduring basis on every foot of American soil.— Your marches, seiges and battles, in dis tance, duration, resolution and brilliance of results dim the lustre of the world's past military achievements, and will be the patriotic precedent in defense of liberty and right in all time to come. In obedience to your country's call you left your homes and families, and volunteered in its defense. Victory has crowned your valor and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts, and with the gratitude.of your countrymen and the highest honors a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be per mitted to return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged the highest duty of American citizens. To achieve these glorious triumphs and secure to yourselves, your fellow-coun trymen and posterity the blessings of free institutions, tens of thousands of your gallant comrades have fallen, and sealed the priceless legacy with their lives; the graves of these a grateful na tion bedews with tears, and honors their memories, and will ever cherish and support their stricken families. (Signed) LT. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. Official: E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. The Ma I of Jefferson Davis It will hereafter be a cause of constant regret if the trial of Jefferson, Davis shall take place in the local court of the District of columbia. Chief-Justice Chase's objection to having the indict ment laid in his circuit, it is easy to penetrate the reason of. But since his political aspirations forbid him to oc cupy his conspicuous and appropriate place in a great historic drama, as Chief- Justice Marshall did at the trial of Aaron Burr, one or another of the associate justices might far better discharge the duty which conflicts with the ambition of their chief than the Districtof Colum bia court, which, whatever the ability of its judges, has no prestige, no history, no venerable ar sociations, no national fame ; which can determine nothing, de cide nothing, and must, after all its labors are ended, leave the great legal and constitutional questions that will arise out of the trial of Mr. Davis in pre cisely the unsettled state wherein they now rest, with no argument more con vincing than a sword's, and no decision more conclusive than a battle-field's, pronounced in a case which ought to command the weightiest deliberations and the most authoritative adjudications of the highest tribunal in the land, Mr. Johnson has indicated his purpose to give Mr. Davis the benefit of the pro fessional ability of Chas. O'Conor, q., the recognized leader of the Americau bar, is not only a recognition of Mr, Davis' right to the benefit of counsel, but a magnanimous assurance to him, and to all whom it may concern, that the Government deems its own dignity implicated in grudging him nothing which he can challenge as his right, or claim as his privilege. We would still urge upon Mr. John son the importance--for it is not yet too late to cause a transfer to be made—of having the trial transferred to the Su preme Court. It is not enough to in sure the presence of pre-eminent ability at the bar. There should be eminent . learning, and the highest authority pre siding upon the bench when Mr. _Davis comes to his trial.—N. Y. World, Governor McGrath, of South Carolina, was arrested at Colinabia on the 27th ult. He had previously issued , a proclamation stating that Ws executive, functions were ended by . the, Federal military ocoupatipzi of the State.
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