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OFFICIAL JOURNAL -or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1866. [Ipecial Corrapoudeuce of the New Orleans trecent.l LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON. WAeminaOTO, April 10, 1860. TlE LAW OF THE LAND. My last letter expressed the general and decided conviction of the political world that the Presi dent's veto would be supported by the Senate. Since that time the actual result established a fact contrary to this opinion. The civil rights bill has passed both Ilouses of Congress, and become a law of the land. Until the very hour at which the vote was taken a victory for the President was considered almost certain. In anticipation of a general field day, a numerous audience had assem bled in the Senate hall. The galleries on the left f0 the President's chair were crowded with the fashion and elite of Washington. The benches on the right were occupied by an unusual number of freedmen and freedwomen, with a few sprinklings of the military and civil servants of the govern -Ment, scattered here and there, to present some light perspective to the scene. The principal party leaders from the House, among whom Thad dens Stevens was grimly conspicuous, appeared in devout zeal at the center of action. The morning hoar was rendered more sprightly than usuanal by a spicy combat between Mr. Wade and Mr. Lane. The gentleman from Kansas, to follow the daily custom of Congress, introduced a series of resoln tions as a panacea for the country's troubles. While addressing the Senate on his plan, he very gallantly took up the gauntlet thrown down on the previous day by the Senator from Ohio. In the course of a sharp debate, Wade accused his brother legislator of wearing a collar, presumed to be manufactured at the White House. Then it was, in the might of his wrath, that Mr. Lane hurled the suggestion into the teeth of the Sena tor, and uttered that famous appeal, destined for the attention of posterity, commencing " Me wear a collar" enforced with the most indescribable icorn ever assumed in any legislative body. But Mr. Lane, although he was on the bloody plains of Kansas, is now a true man. His support has been given to the President for some time past, and if his adhesion hald been necessary, it was at the ser vice of the Iresident before the defeat of the freedmen l bureau bill. The vote of Mr. Lane would chave secured another success for the John son policy in the absence of desertion from our own reanks. Untold interests were supposed to be dependling on the Senator from Kanans, while Mr. Moreau was plotting the defeat of his own friends. But mrr: of this anon. The d'clolte was proceeding with unusual vigor, and lMr. Dolittle had jutl given another instance of hiI, l-inily and cshristial conduct inc oppoing the bill, against the instructions of his State legislature, when, to the utter consternation of the audience, Garritt Davis proposed to proceed, " very much like an October rain-with due deliberation alnd a good deal of his leisure.' Eveni this unt ward infiction could not subdue the patience of the aulitrly.--thely eh'llfed, but the.y nmoved not. It Mr. Da.is was :iot very brilliant in style atnd sub stance, hlia remarkl; were certainly startling ill their tenor. I'e would devote the rest of his public days to the work of overthrowing this govern ment. Tuid is ulite refreshing fromt rcvolutionary Kentuil:y, always in the van;guard of great re bcllhon -in thl. county co:rts. This tardy trwad dle wa, f,'l:wedl by a woit'ly effort from one of the Imit talented men in the Sela-te-Saulsbury.. of Delaware, who declared that the law about to be voted on could not be executed in his State. A characteristic tirade, on the Wade-Chandler style, was delivered by Mr. Yates, and tile debate closed with a few sensible remarks from lMr. blcDougall. The altornoon was now passed, and the Senate chamber was illuminated for the evening session. The audience became wearied, impatient and deep ly interest:ed. All the elements of indignity and unseem!iness which pertains t tile conduct of many eenators, was completely lost in the deep impor. lance and solemnity of the occasion. It was such :a scene as Macaulay would have recorded in his glowing language, or Reyrnolds have limned with Iia graphic pencil. " Old Noll " may have been correct in his opinion of the slight effect produced on individual happiness by laws or Kings. But there are some occasions when the immediate in terests and comfort of every citizel are involved in the conduct of the law-makers. And whether we regard the present measure in its enormity of prin .elple or practical results, Cwe cannot avoid view. Ing it in this exceptional light. More anent the particulars of the actual case must produce a feel iug of deep regret. The responses to the roll call were, in many instances, according to anticipation, "autil the name of Senator Morgan was reached, and elicited an affirmative reply. "Morgan vote for the bill ? Impossible I " For a minute the gal erlea could scarce recover from their astonish ment. At last the applause broke forth at one ' end of the ball, and was soon re-echoed by all the awarthyesons of Africa then and there present. The galleries were comparatively decent in their orgies, but on the floor of the Senate a more -lamentable scene was presented. Morgan was earrounded and thoroughly shaken back into the radical ranks-like a prodigal son returning to his family circle. Poor Morgan did not seem to enjoy the demonstration. His vote was pronounced in a faltering tone, and he appeared to receive these exuberant congratulations with anything but astis faction. The clerk was forced to discontinue his duties, but after the announcement of the result a victory over the President-the tamultwas post tively tempestuous. The negroes became dis gustingly prominent in their hooting, shouting, ca pering and applauding. Turmoil worthy of a French convention prevailed, beyond the control of the sergeant-at-arms. They were almost noisy enough to preclude any further proceedings in their own interest butfat iniquitas. SENATOaR . 0. MOROiAN It will be remembered that this gentleman was the predecessor of Mr. Seymour in the gubernsa. torial chair of New York. He is the chief mem ber of a wealthy firm, and one of the most emi nent merchant princes of the Empire State. His administrative abilities are very much superior to his capacity as a legislator. He is one of the silent members of Congress; his voice is never heard, except to present a memorial or petition. s sa committee man he is highly valued, and in social life he occnpiss an enviable position. His residence is one of the most attractive centers of Washington society. I will merely state the facts with regard to his political staton, and leave ynor lenders to draw their own conclusions. Scnator Morgan supported the President on the freedmen's bursau bill as a conservative Republican, andl his continued ad besion to the executive poliety is never doubted. The night preceding the folal vcte, however, he received a dispatch Iro. his political friends in New York advising him of the peril of his situa tion as a public man touless hi could assure his po. sitionat home. The upper house of the legisla ture had requested him to oppose Mr. Johnson, 5 nd unless le could effiot soime bold coup de main his status would become insecure. Impelled by serious designs on the vacant collectorship, he visited the President #n the morning of the vote and announced hik. dl~t.rilinatien to sustain his radical friends. Withoit, aosigning asy reason to his colleagues or to ths, ounntry for the sudden change in his cours.., h.e :submited to the dictation of some higher law in the peti formance of his du ties. The President has since remarked that it would require a very long story to explain the conduct of Mr. Morgan. I do not propose to favor your readers with what wuld doubtless prove a very inatructive history. The explana tion furnished above is uufficient to demonstrate the uncertainty of political fate, and the little reliance to be reposed on p,li:icia.s. OPINIONS ON THE BILL. It can be readily mderstood that the radicals are quite jubilant over their onexpected success. NE W ORLEANS DAILY CRESCENT. THE oCR oENT IS PUBlJE.ajD DAILY ISunday. Exoeptedl AND WEE.LY, BY S. O. NIXON. No. 94 OAMP TLREr*. MJnER..DAULY, A e#1 WNI, .eZ. y T.a jU.A VOLUME XV. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1866. NUMBER 209. • -..'.,ee ,, e.. .. Mr. Wade thinks that the President can now make the most of his dish of porridge. Mr. Morrill, who paired with Wright, says the culminating point is now reached, and the battle will soon be gin in earnest. Conness and Sumner were, of course, ready listeners to these wild expressions. The President suffers under a deep disappoint ment at the untoward result. He said that it must now become law, and he trusts that its advocates will thereby soon be convinced of their own error. The President inquired particularly of the de portment of the negroes present on the occasion. The Supreme Court will be the final judge of the constitutionality of this law, and a general desire is expressed that an opportunity may soon arise for its decision. This last great breach between the co-ordinate branches of the government has naturally resuscitated the many extreme opinions with reference to impeachment, or a Cromwellian move on the part of the Executive. These antici pations are not only premature, but utterly un founded in fact. KANGANOO. inom Another Oorrespondent. WAosouTnoN, April it, 1866. The ladies of color yesterday presented the Sen ators who voted for the civil rights bill, each with a bouquet. The President's supporters in the Sen ate got nothing-not even the privilege of inhail ing the perfumes of the flowers. The scene re minded me of one of the festivals in the French revolution when each member of the Convention carried a bouquet in his hand. The cholera, or something like it, being at Hali fax, creates a good deal of uneasiness here. The apprehension is very general that the cholera will visit this country in the course of the approaching summer. Some think that it is the only thing that will drive the Congress away from Washington. The suggestion has, it is said, been made and en tertained to expel Garrett Davis from the Senate for some violent declamation on the passage of the civil rights bill, to the effect that he would, if the hill passed, devote himself to destroying the gov ernment. After standing the events of the last few years, it is not likely that the government incurs any serious danger from the irate Senator trom Kentucky. The idea of expelling a Senator for a rhetorical flourish is absurd in the extreme. As one of the tendencies to nationalism it is worthy of observation, that a proposition has been submitted to Congress for the passage of a general railroad law, allowing anybody to build a railroad to any where, and a-hing for the establishment of a raiload bureau. The immense profit of the rail roads across New Jersey, and at some other points, causes capitalists to want to get a chance to share the profits. The loan bill having passed the Senate only awaits the President's signature to become a law. There is no doubt of the President's approval. The passage of this bill insures a gradual reduction -If the paper money in circulation, anld the gradual fill of gold. At least these are the objects tile Scr:etary will seek to accomplilsh. And these ob jrots will be attained, unless political events should a-some a threatennmg character. It is impossible to predict what will b e the extent of tile agitation going on and ahead of us. The country is evidently approaching a crisis. How eventfll that crisis m::y be no one can foresee. It is this uncertainty of the political future, which renders it diDcult to see how the Secretary's policy will operate. Gen. Steadman is going South on a mission of general inspection. The General is a man of lib eral and enlightened views, and possesess a very large share of the confidence of the President. It is rumored that if Mr. Stanton should insist upon vacating the position of Secretary of War, General Steadman would be called to the place. The question of the legality of the seizure of cotton on land by the government of the United States is being tested in the court of New York with intense zeal. The most prominent mem bers of the bar have been employed on the part of the private claimants. The cotton in dispute was taken possession of by the sheriff of New York under writs of replevia, and the sheriff has refused to deliver up said cotton to the marshal on the order of the circuit court of the United States, and gave the marshal to understand that he would, if necessary, resist by force and by summoning the posse conitatus, any effort of the marshal to seize the cotton. It is a very pretty quarrel, as it stands. Down South this would be considered nullification, or, perhaps, treason, but in New York it is all very well. The amount involved, directly and indirectly, in this litigation, is over a million of dollars. It is probable, then, the battle between the lawyers will be fiercely, contested. The zeal of the gentlemen of the long robe is very much quickened when the stakes are heavy. Every circumstance that occurs South, out of which it is possible to make capital for the radi cals, is industriously paraded in the newspapers. In the papers of to-day I see two illustrations of this; one, when a Major Waltham, at the firemen's celebration in Mobile, a few days since, toasts ex. President Davis, and the other is in the action of the Texas convention in not permitting the negro children to be educated out of the school funds. The general bankrupt bill was rejected in the House yesterday by a very close vote. The im pression was that it would pass. The friends of the measure still think some bill on the subject will pass before the session is over. As evidence of the moral progress making here, it is a melancholy fact that infanticide is becoming very frequent. Yesterday two dead infants were found under circumstances that left no doubt that they were foully dealt with. Some think it is the colored people, who are in snbch a starving con dition. Ig-iee seoed psee rer mature auetloe sales GIsON AsND AUSTIN.--Gen. R. L. Gibson and Major J. E Austin have formed a copartnership in the practice of law, and are now prepared to attend to everything in the way of their profession. These gentlemen were partners in another kind of business for three or four years, but although they retain their military titles their thoughts are now all intent on peace, and the battles of the forum are the only kind they propose to wage in future. They are both too well known in the city and State to need a word in.their behalf. 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It bears tehe date of March 2, 1570, when the poet was 26 years old, and is simply a pawn-brokers's pledge, worded as follows: "I, the undersigned, acknowledge to have received from Abraham Levy 25 livres, for which sum I have pledged a sword of my father's, six shirts and two silver spoons." Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor we know to be a positive cure for bhrnt, scalds, piles, old sores, Irheumatism, corns, bunions, chilblains, frost bitea and pains in the sides and back. Try a box. It Scertain to please you. Twenty-five cents, fifty cents and one dollar per box. For sale by all -rogglste. Jotal antligqence. THE WonRKIN Mean' DEnOORATIC PART.--The delegates to be elected to the convention of the Working Mens' Democratic Party, will be three from each ward, instead of five, as stated yester day morning. Each association is entitled to five delegates. FREAKS OF A DRUNKEN CAR DaR.IR,-Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, the driver of one of the Magazine street cars, on Canal street, was very i much intoxicated, and although the car was crowded with ladies and gentlemen, he was very boisterous and profane, and refused to startwhen ordered by the timer. Exasperated by the foul ness of his language, a passenger inside began to remonstrate with him; the driver hereupon turned his abuse upon the passenger, who finally struck him. This made matters worse. The driver swore, with the vilest expletives, that he would not start before morning, and cursed the gentleman who had struck him, in the most shocking terms. He also smashed in the glass in the front part of the box in which the fares are deposited. The pas senger, now insulted to the verge of haman endur anee, seized hold of the driver, and with the tacit assent of everybody on the car, gave him a merited and merciless beating, and would have pitched him over the dashboard, if the other car attaches had not thrust him back every time his body was abhout to topple over. Notwithstanding the brutality and incompetency of the driver, he was finally induced to start off by the timer and others connected with the railroad. The question arises why are not the car officers, stationed in the night on Canal street, authorized to displace a drunken driver, and why is not a police officer specially put there to preserve order and arrest all such abuses'' TRADEs' ASSEMBLY.-A meeting of the Trades' Assembly is to be held at 1 o'clock to-day, at the Mechanics' Institute. We understand that most important business is to be attended to. Ox DIT.-That one person offered a large sum to obtain a certain nomination from the Working men's Democratic party. The offer was laid on the table. An ag club also tried to " get in" very largely, by virtue of the financial question, but we are informoed they found honest and stern stuff to deal with. lIvs OvR.-J. Eoner was arrested, at the corner of Jaekson and New Levee streets, charged with running his team over a child. The boy was taken to his residence, supposed to be much in jured. BoAnn or DIrECTORS PCBunI SCHooLS.-A meeting of the board of directors of public schools was held yesterday evening in the room of the board of aldermen, Glendy Burke in the Chair. Fifteen members responded to, their names. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and adopted. The finance committee presented their report. which was adopted. The committee reported that in compliance with previous resolutions of this board, they applied to the city authorities for the payment of appropriations for lh66 of $5000 per annum, for the special benefit of the library, with out success. That the chairman of the committee called on the President of the MIerchants' Bank in reference to the deposit of $55323 31, nmade in that institution in 1862 by the directors of the Fourth District schools, and still to their credit, and were informed that no checks could be certified. Your committee therefore recommend that further action in the matter be suspended, waiting a more favorable opportunity. Your committee further report that they have examined and approved the pay-rolls of the schools for the month of March, and find the same to be as follows : alaries of tr her ..................................$16, 5 u cer .................... ......... 708 40 epples for bk, fr pairse...... 2,44 70 Total......... ............... .............2.., 7 The total expenditures from the 1st of Septem ber, 1865, to the 31st of March, 1866, seven months, are $140,000--a balance of $68 6t of this amount being yet unexpended. The report of the Committee on School houses was read and adopted. It gave a lengthy and detailed account of the condition of the various schools throughout the city. It spoke of the increased number of pupils now receiving educa tion and the attendant increase of expenses ; also, a communication asking an appropriation for repairs of the Bienville and Robinson street schools. The report of the Committee on Teachers was read and adopted. The following resolution was offered: Resolved, That a committee of three be ap pointed to confer with Mrs. Early, with a view to purchase her interest in the property on the Live Oak School grounds, provided the sum shall not exceed $250. The resolution was adopted, and the following committee was appointed: Messrs. Walsh, Perry and Ruleff. The superintendent's report was read and adopt ed, and on motion it was ordered to be printed. It was moved and seconded that the examina tion of public schools be deferred to December, 1866. The motion was referred to the committee on teachers. ReRolved, That the position of those teachers de. clared incompetent for the scholastic duties, be de clared vacant, and filltedby those teachers whose examination has proved satisfactory. Adopted. Resolved, That soperntendents when on duty, shall receive as compensation, $2 per day, this amount to be deducted when absentiig themselves. When satisfactory reasons are given, this dedauc tion may be remitted by the board of school di rectors. It was moved and seconded that the school houses shall not be used for holding political or other meetings. The motion was laid on the table. After which the meeting adjourned. DIEn.--The boy Louis Murat. who fell from a pile of crossties during last week, died from his injuries yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock. INJURED.-A boy, 12 years old, named Adam Becket, while playing on the ferry landing, slipped in between the loose planking and had his leg broken. He was conveyed to his residence, No. 93 St. Peter street. ARRESTS.-John Edmonds (colored) was arrest ed, charged with larceny of carpet sack and clothes. Sam. Johnson (colored) was also ar rested on suspicion of being concerned in above larceny. Jos. Lafon was arrested, charged with com mitting an assault and battery. Wm. Carson was arrested. charged with being drunkt and insulting and abusing a prisoner while in the custody ofan offier. A. Bowman was arrested, charged with passing counterfeit currency. Patrick and Tony Coadon, youths, were arrested charged with being homeless and destitute. Patrick Gray was arrested, bharget with stab bing Frank Murphy, with intent to kill. Lilly (colored) was arrrested by virtue of a warrant, charged by Amanda Baker (colored) with aneault and battery, with ineent to kill. Thomas Conroy was arrested on Tchoupitonlaa street, charged by Sarah Eceelslo with assault sod battery and drawing a knife o, her ; also with be ing a soapiconr character a,nl resisting them. Emelia Williams, colored, was arrested, charged by Mrs. White with larceny. Joshua W. Buck was atrested on St. Charles street, by virtue of an attachment charging him with contempt of court CRnNasL CoUrr--Judge Abet--The Case of Johln Sharplese, accnsed of reo-iviug stiles pmO jnrty, knowing it to have been etaten. was fixed tr trial yesterday,but was continued until another day. I RlscoRnEr LvsrN's CoUvT.--l. White and . Brophy were yesterdty arraigned on a charge on assault and battery, and will be examined on a future day. DorathaDorr, the Recorder believed, needs to be retired from public life for some time, and he ordered that she be secluded in the workhouse for ninety days. E. Craigan was arraigned on a charge of stab bing withintent to hill, and E. Delassaaree and John Kearny were charged as accessories. The I accusation will he investigated in due time. S. Leserich and L. Maccasin, whose belligerency t got the better of their prudence so far as to en tice them to a breach of the public peace, were8 required to contribute to the city treasury an amount commensurate with their offense. RECORDER AHERN's C nRT.--(G. H. Clarke and G. T. Walsh were committed to the workhouse for three months if they could not give bond of $1000 each, for their being respectable members of i society. Cora Gardere and Susan Seymour, colored wen ches of aresistant turn of mind, were fined $25 each for rescuing a prisoner, and Margaret Gar dere for beilligerent practice was fined the same amount. Barney Laffey, charged by Win. Casey with as molt and battery, appeared for examination but the decision of the recorder showed that each were in fault, a fine of $25 being imposed upon both. Jas. Crtiss for carrying a revolver concealed, was fined $50. Good. G. W. Davis, found on board the steamer West moreland under suspicious circumstances, was or dered to be sent to the workhouse for sixty days unless he colad procure a voucher for his good character. The other cases were of the beterogenons kind, and not particularly deserving of notice. Reply of Mr. Ranwls to Gen. 0hesrsan. It will be remembered that the letter recently published from General Sherman, concerning the destruction of Columbia. was addessed to Mr. Benj. Bawls, of Columbia. Below is a letter from .ir. Rawls, taken from the Columbia I'henix of the 4th instant, throwing the whole responsibility of the destruction of that city upon General Sherman; this, too, from a union man: COLaounAl, S. C., March 30, 1S66. To Major General W. T. Sherman, o. S. Army : Sir-Your letter oa the th Msarch, instant, is belore me, in which you, in positive terms, deny giving orders for the destruction, by fire, of the city of Columbia. I aver in my hoand an affidavit, made before ore of the Associate Judges of Su ie rior Provost Court, First Sub-District, Western De partment, Soutl Carolina, in the words followi~g : "On tile revening f thIe 17th day of February, a soldier at my gate said to me, 'Did you ever see hell?' I t.ld hn no. 'trell,' said he, 'yu wait entil night and you wil see enll, for we intend to burn every daierd ouser that there is in tile town.' Accordi:lgly, about seven o'clock, or a little after, I saw the fire commusence oil te nerot square from where I live." "On the ttlh day if February, I,5, a soldier of General Sherain's army met meat my gate. He said that General Sherman had given them a furlough for thirty--lx hours, to come into Columbia and to do as they pleased in regard to firing and the destruction of the city." Bout. ir, as regards the liobility of tile govern ment to indemniy their loyal subjects for the loin of their property. You were in coummaond, and if the loss occerrcd through either neglect or in competency, it is immaterial to tIe l nfiorer--he does not lose his right of redress by either. And it is not to be presumed that the govern mret would entrnst a sean with the command of fifty or sixty tlouand trnoops, and that lhe could not make them obey hisa orders--a there is tihe greatest abundancl of troof to be obtained here thrat the soidiervi under oes command oni the 17 h of February. 10o;e, threw fire-halls, flambeau and lother fire-works into the houses, tile bedl-roonms andel oa the roofs, atd revented thei fire en'gines from slackting the fires, by cutting holes in the I-ouhaer hose, tni keep the water from flowing to the engines. You know the old law adage : " Wlat you do by your agent you do by yourself." As for the order of General Hampton causing the de struction of this city, it is inconsistent with nature and with reason to believe that he would try to destroy his own house and property. His order was to prevent property falling into the hands of the enemy. You, sir, I presume, believe with me, that our forefathers, who framed our government, were wise and good men, But as all men are born in ignorance, and have to get wisdom by experience, they had not arrived at perfection ; nor did they see the absurdity of the States fRights doctrine, and the doctrinee of tile Constitution being the nu preme law of the States at the same time. This doctrine of State sovereignty was maintained with great tenacity by a large portionof oor leading politicians to the close of the late war. In Ib32 it ran so high as to cause South Carolina to pass an ordinance nullifying an act of Congress. But, as God would have it, we Iad in the chair of the Federal government, at that time, a master spirit, in the person of Andrew Jackson, who, by issuing to the State a spirited and friendly proclamsation, declared that all the forces and power at his com mand, in the United States, would be put in requi sition to enforce obedience to the law. Would to God a similar proclamation had been issued by Buchanan or Lincoln; for, without that obedience, the wheels of government must stop. But as there is only a very slight difference bateeno Jackson and Johnson, I hope there may be noo more differ ence in their success in restarilg the reign of law and order throughout the United States,by doing justice to both parties according to merit. " Say ye to the righteous, it shall be well with him, for he shall eat tie fruit of his doing ; say ye to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, tir the re ward of his hands shall be given him." This is God's elernal, irreversible decree ; and a pes-on may as well say, I can put my hand into the fire audit shall not be burned, as to do evil and es cape punishment. Sir, I rejoice that this bloody, unnatural, un called-for war has ended, and settled the question of State rights and State sovereignty, I hope for ever; for Iknow it has been a sourer of discord ever since the formatio of the government, asnd even before and at the time of its formation, is, tweet the Federal and enmocratic parties. My father, brothers and uncles fought, suffered and bled to achieve the independence of the United States. I remember the angry discussions be tween the Whig and Tory parties. (as they were then cal:ed) and , flerwards, they were the Fed erals and Democrats. When South Carolina passed the ordinance of secession in 1861, my poor heart trembled in my breast with uie apprehension of a war; buta great many of our people did firmly believe that the United States government would net make war, but would let the seceding States go in peace. I did have hope thelt we would in that way avoid war, for, although I was only a child in the Reve lution, I had sffiered enioghl to know some of the evils of war, besides the destruction of life. The thousands of innocent and helpless women, chil dren, aged and inolffensive farmers, tradesmen, and, in tact, all classes of people it is ensoegI to sicken the hIeart of any human whio has rensisliity. And tie horrid harbarity, such as that brougho' st view in thes anid cvit quoted above, is tn, hala I r ithe contemplation of any huaus, smuch less if y chlristian people. To give a furlough to fifty r rixty tholusand soldiers, to go into a city alsosg lemales. children und otl mseen, without uarms r any protection, to dil as they pleesed tor tliry-six hours ; it is not any wonder tiht a meul wouldl feel aslhamed to let tihe world knew that lee iad ldone so, unless he inteinded to eilther quit the country. or makei the country quite Istm; tar better it would be, and nmore clhristiatnlike, t' go swithl thems, and keep thIem undelr commald, sand n-e that they did nst oely what was right, altid not ineflict pain and pusiosheseent sen the isessocent 'lest, in desetroying the tares ye rout out tie wheat also." Sir, I hntee and believe tlhere are in Cancre a men of feeling and good snsee ecengh tee do jus tire, and wite know tits General Shlercect wasoie agenet of Uile government, unsd ii lee did wreseeg to ay loyal suhject the governmsent ie Ierpslcihble forit. Isay, andI said taut Acegnsat isis lltBerto hss excellency, Andrew Johneocs: -sey Oen t,,vern meit has destroiyed my living. by heneresng with fire all my proterty whsich 1 hlad aequirevl seed laid ap for sty supptcrt ill old age. and Ilet see withoat - the necessaries sef life. acid all thet fer anlfault at mine; ased I sow implore iuedemetnitv fer my loss from that governnsent whirls lees taken my livng from me. Yours, respectfully, S-alsTm..--Thcrn are said to he in theUnited States 2,203,000 foresrs, 100.040 msechasnics, 41,1000 physicians. d4.000 lawyers, 30,000 tesahers. 27,000 clergymen, o0,000 nearinees and 10,000 fiahermen. Ten years ago, the number uf State and Federal oflcoera was about10,000; bout allve can nay now ist, that their name is -e legion." WILCox A GRmss' Machine wilt sew. hem, fell ; braid, tuok, gather, quilt, csrd ated embeseider wIth perfect satiafaction. Wilcox Gibbs' are rejaired and warranted at No. ut. Charles satet. Plese osl] and examine, Latest from the Nernh. From the Cincinnati Gazette of the 13th, an extreme radical paper, we take the following special from Washinkton : THE WANTS OP THE PFBEEDMEN. WWAsmlnoTO, April 12.-Gen Howard has writ ten a long letter to Mr. Eliot, chairman of the House Select Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, orging legislation witi respect to his hbureau. The points which he makes in that lbehalf are briefly as follows: First, the period of the continuance of the bureau should be definitely fixed by law, so that all parties interested may know just when its operations cease. Second, it should be declared by Congress whether Maryland and Kentucky are or are not included within the limits where the bureau is to exercise supervision. Third, the existing law does not allow the offi cers of the bureau to furnish medical supplies, they being given out now under orders from the war department. Fourth, some measures should be taken to pro mote industry by setting apart lands for sale on favorable terms to the freedmen. Fifth, the Sea Island question should be settled, because the freedmen who have grants thereon thoroughly believe that the land belongs to them. Sixth, the President should be authorized to re tain officers of volunteers in the service after the muster out of the regiments to which they belong, for the bureau is losing some of the best of its agents and assistants, who would remain on duty if they were allowed to retain their official rank in the army. Seventh, something should be done to foster education. The commissioner believes that it would be a matter of real economy to make provi sion for schools, industrial and otherwise, and he suggests that public lands have often been granted for educational purposes when the need was not noear so urgent as in the present ease. Eighth, the duties of the officers and agents of the bureau should be more clearly defined by law, so that the people among whom they labor may know what they are. Ninth, a bill signed by the executive will give great moral power to the bureau, as its enemies believe, or pretend to believe, that the govern ment is opposed to its operations. General Howard, in addition to writing this comprehensive letter, has conferred recently with the members of the select committee, and given them his views in detail. He holds that the pow ers of the bureau do not so much need enlarge ment as definition, It was well enough, perlhals, he says, to leave them to military adjustment du ring the war, but hereafter its operations should be in purseoance of actual law. The leorce of this view thus urged by Gem. Howard and others, is very strongly felt by the omlmittee, and almost from the day of the loss of the original, several weeks ago, the chairman, Hir. Eliot, has been earnest in his endeavors to frame a bill that will command the support of all branches of the government. The bill upon which tile committee will probably agree retains many freatures of the old bilt, but is so drawn as to obvi ate many of the objiections urged against that. The clause in respect to a division of the districts into sub-districts, and the nppointment of agents, etc., is lelt out, and the commissioner, under the direction of the President, is simply emnpowered to appoint such agents as may be necessary for tlhe ,lcicieut and economical admiiotratio, of tle affairs of the bureau. The provision autlhorizing the employment of clerks is stricken out. The issue of medical stores is authorized. Three million acres of land in Florida, Missis sippi, Alabama, Louisisana and Arkansas, are re served from sale, to be rented in forty-acre tracts, and auterwurd sold to the freedmen and refugees. The Sea Island question is disposed of by author iziug the colnmmsioner to purchase launds at not exceeding $25 per acre, to sell on easy terms, at not less than cost price, to such freedmen occupy lg plantaitons nas are willing to make tihe ex change. It is believed that tihe provision will be entirely satishctory to the freedmen who availed themselves of Gen. Sherman's order. The com missioner is authorized to furnish sites and build ings for schools, whenever teachers and means of instruction are provided by benevolent associa tions or otherwise. The passage of the civil rights bill has done away with many of the former provisions in res pect to military jurisdiction, but it is to be con Stinned till the civil courts are restored, and freed men are admitted to them on terms of equality, and the States are represented in Congress. MARTIAL LAW NOT TERMINATED BY THE PRESIDS'aT'S PROCLAMATION. Judge Peabody, counsel for T. C. It. Dexter, late Treasury Agent at Mobile, who was tried and convicted by a military commission for malleas ance ic office, called on the President to-day to procure the release of his client. Application had been previously made to Judge Busteed, at Mobile, for his release on a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the President's recent peace proclamation terminated martial law, hta Mr. Johnson interposed and ordered Gen eral Wood to disregard the writ. The President informed Judge Peabody that his proclamation was simply a declaration of his policy, and was not intended to declare a termination of martial law in the late insurgent States. A COLORED RESERVATION IN TEXAS. The insolent and vindictive spirit lately mani fested in the Texas convention, excites much comment here. It is suggested by many leading men in Congress and elsewhere, that the govern ment shall exercise the right of eminent domain, and appropriate an area of Northern Texas fully equal to the Indian Territory immediately adjacent on the north bank of the Red River,as a military reservation for the location of homesteads by the colored soldiers who served in the war for the Union, and to other citizens of Alrican desceut who may desire to secure homes under national protection. Of course a territorial government, with full political franchise, would be an essential part of the measure. Texas being excluded from the peace proclama tion, the President having frequently indicated such a provision for the security and progress of the colored race, it is thought Mr. Johnson, again assuming the roll of Moses, might concur with Congress in designating a promised land for that portion of the colored race whose interests or feelings would prompt them to such a settlement in Northern Texas. NW PARTY IN PENNSYLVANIeA. Senator Cowan, who boasta that he controls the executive patronage in Pennsylvania, is busily en. gaged in getting up a " middle party" el that State, the purpose of which sla to defeat the elec tion of Gen. Geary, the Union nominee for gov ernor. The most prominent featore of the scheme is to turn radical men out of oefile and to supply their places with men who have served in the army. LIQUOR PROHIBITED AT TIE WHITE HOnSe. The temperance question got into the House to. day. When the prohibiting resolution passed yes terday by the Senate, was taken up. Mr. Welt worth moved to make it apply to all public build ings and grounds. including the arsenal, the White House. and the var ons department buildings. A drbate of about twenty minuotes ensaued, during which several of the niembers indulged an shlur witticism, particulorly in regard to the apflicotion el the nmenlment to the White House. My Went worth's amendment was finally, adopted, and the resolution then passed. AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLTNA. The Raleigh Standard, Governor Holden's papr, says that the Pres~dent's policy i n.ort~l iri lorin is a complete failure; that ultra-secessronintn ni.v fill every officeioo ihe State, frim the hlighest tol the lowest, and that thie secession leaders are der teriiined tlhat Uiioi men shall never govern the itate. it aldds: The courae of' restratti,a hia been sudldenly arrested. Tihe 'State las ibee set. back ta the point it occupied when the work wins clolrnneitrl d, and l e ne can foresee when the work will be completed. " tlie generosity ol the President has been trifled with. and the g.ood he intended to do thin peopl. has been neuturalized by these lealers, who have been actuated solely by the love ot umony anil office. How logl will it be before they are rebuked as they should be, and made to know their placesa" BOLD nOBBERY. A very bold robbery occurred in the subtreasury building yesterday. Mr. Condell. messenger of the Bank of America, presented a gmd cc, tiflcate for $t6000, and about $40i iO eurr, .iy, at tile euali tor'e desk. He then went to anotiher part if the building to see another clerk, but not finding im,. proceeded to the pustoflce to put asom etters o the mail, and on his way back to the bank stopped at the sub-treasury again. On enterilngthe Pine street door a single ima rushed past him and slammed the d,ot against Mr. Condell's face. wnich knocked him at ,neles and threw hitn into a it. This man thet rifled his rockete of the motey, and when a cr-wd d.l ncttd, this name party said he was trying ti find something to identify the fallen mot. It the cit feaion the robber made his escape. aid the mes aenger was taken to the hospital, where he now lies insensible. Tax FwNItN ranIeIDNT. President tiberto. of the Fenaln brotherhood, isln Wahilngton. He is open in di condemnatioo of the movement on the northeastern frntler, an, according to his views, it will not aid the caon of irish independeuoe. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. LATER FROM EUROPE. French Troops to be W ihdrawn fro Mexico. Russia Oondemns Austria as to Prusia AUSTuIAN aSIaS eUIITFIUT sAN TO PIA SasLs MIL'ITARY MOVEMENTS IN ITALY. FROM CHINA---GREAT VICTORY OVER THE REBELS. Penian Movejents-Contradictory eports U. S, STEAMER SENT TO MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY. Jeff. Davis Not to be Tried at Present. Geuarntee of $:,0e00.00 Asked for the Northern Paelie o.allroad. GOLD QUARTZ DISCOVERED NEAR THE POTOMAC. Release of C. C. Clay Expected Soon. NEW YORK PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS THE WAR BETWEEN BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY. HOME AND FOREIGN MARI-ETS GENERAL INTELLIGENCE-RIVERNE.WS Etc., Ete.. Etc., NE-.YORK, April 16.-The steamer City of New York, from Liverpool the 4th, via Queenstown the evening of the 5th instant, has arrived, with one day's later news, political and commercial. LvanarooL, April 5.-Cotton has advanced }d. per pound, but the improvement was partly lost at the close of to-day's business. The sales on Wednesday and Thursday comprised 18,000 bales. LoNDoN, April 6.-Consols unchanged. U. S. 5-20's 70SI@704. The French troops are to be withdrawn from Mexico. Now YOEa, April 16.-The following additional European political intelligence is brought by the Saxonia : A Prussian note to the minor German States says that Austria has, without provocation on the part of Prussia, threatened an armament, which compels Prussia to arm. Intelligence from Brussels saysn that M. Bi mark's policy will make over the middle States entirely to Prussia. The Austrian Ambassador at Berlin says that the designs of Austria are peaceful. Vienna telegrams to the 4th inst. say that ru more of a peaceful solution of the SBohlesswig. Holstein question were current, and produced a most favorable impression. Vienna letters say that arrangements have been made whereby Austria could raise 400,000 (men?) within a fortnight. Austria has prohibited the exportation of horses. A Florence telegram announces the formation of acamp of 700,000 men at Bologna, under Gen. Calldine, and that the principal generals of the Italian army are summoned to meet there on the 6th. A large squadron is forming to cruise in the Adriatic. Military preparations are progressing exten sively in Vienna. Per contra-a letter denies this anuouncement and also the rumor that an under standing had been agreed upon between Italy and Prussia. Shanghai advices to March 9th state that the Im. perial troops gained a complete victory over the rtbels in the north; 60,000 of the latter are said to have been elaughtered or captured. Now YooK, April 16.-The steamship Marathon, from Liverpool, has arrived. LtvaPeooL. A pril 5.-The Austro-Prussian situa timl is unchanged. There is nothing to confirm the pacific news. The French troops will be withdrawn from Mex ico in three detacnlments; the first in November, 1666. the second in March, and the third in No vember, 1S67. PAnts, April 4.-The Bourse closed flat. Rentes 67f. 42c. HoNo KoNo.-The tea season is over. The total exports were 114,000.000 pounds. snANonAs.-Tra quiet; silks inactive. The French shlip Pauline, with 7000 bags of c-.ffee, was wreckhd o0 Rio Preto, February 23d. The crew was saved. The cargo and ship will prove a total lo.s. Phoe Braziltn fleet had arrived at Corrlentes. The allies had nout attempted to cross the Parana, but it would be imoediately undertaken and it wasanticipated with great loss of life to the allies. At iBuenoe Ayres trade was good. Gold was fl'm and money soarce. Sheep farming was pros perous. WAsmIoro , April 16.-No judhiial proceedings will be luntituted in the matter of Jafferson Davis pending the questie.n in Congress whether any ad ditional legislation is requisite to procure his trial. New Yoea. April 10.-The car drivers' strike still continues. The caulkers' and ehipearpenters' strike also still holds out. There is no truth mn the report that cholera or any other epidemic exists at Key West. The Ht.rald's Portland dispatch elstates that all ,as quiet last evening. The 100 cases of guns re fused transit by the steamship company on Thurs day, were shipped upon a schooner to Eautpoi Isatevenlag. Preparations are making for the recepilIosd lOt aIanswho left Boston Jesterday. Tooa.os. April Ie-Orera have been muest s. the whole provMseld force to parade sad drill t days of esad *at WAaxnsmx, AprileffhgA em Lr LSeigeu gave his opinion befa ,tore es Mo...t'e mno U tatthe people of* , are in iwoe d aesptihag the CofdiMileis* 1meed, sad he be kiaves mas epder sber lbesalwasmer the restorat comoems of the l&eS t.. - [The words "4as, " aspep f u y yassetb o report, between lothy "esatorataon and C. O stitution."-..Ep,. U cie ,j PAILADsLcra, Apele- say pi says a bottle drifted Eioe tentioutasleg . paper which statedhiits t'i ~cee G. stues of New York, was totally weetSe on the 5ly.t: March and allon board l.s bat two nmeun Ned Coekileg and asledg3rs,.' EasOrper, Ms., ,& Til S T re art et r Fealsh troubles, buhot ili pariteaese hae t', been received. WAnmv~ap., AprBi lL.-TPresdesathes lasted , B.-Smylke, pnreedet: of: l es Kato al Beas, for notlector or Row Ytt Wtesears~slAey 1L--. Northera ing the n De strality , dNsd. Narý Yea, Aprb i&-,pw l a dfims that there it o idist e leon is withdrawing his trps, rerUnits. The dicover of ob l quart milesng from W hington, on he Pom , great exoitemeot. .. Easvron,, MU., Apri l,-RIg rameoradete nns t therve nc soe .glshreet ag Indian Island, under the guns of the Engsh sh Pleades. The U. . gunboat Winowakil, arrived thins orn ing. Calais advices say that ten volunteers atS,. Stephens, thro w down thelt nam, but wesre e rested. A suspicious looking brig was captured Is towed into the harbor. NThew YoU. , April 16-The Herald's manais laisorrepondence says much ptubHlo indignat-ion felt in regard to the secret trial of Murphy and i meo. The feeling prevails all over Canada, sad excites sympathy for the prisoners. The seare is extendiog along the shore of Lake aBre, and people are i lying into the United rbates for .afety. Wa YTOre, April 16.-The reed's of (C. C . Clay on regarole i expected in afew rpdays. WAksxoaoxo, April 1.--The proceedings inboth Houses of Congress to-day were of anunimportaint nature. NEW YORK, April 16.-The cotton market closee firm at 39c. Flour advanced 16c. Corn dull' am nominal. Bugar dall-Cuba lle., Molasses dull, Porto Rico 75c. Mess pork $25 25. Money easier at 5 to 6 per cent. Sterling exchange steady at 1074. Gold closed at 1251. Now Your, April 16,12 x.-Oottoa nominal at 38 to 39c. Gold 1254. Sterling 'exchange quiet' at 1074. NEw YORK, April 16,1 P- M.-Cotton doll and lower at 37o. CtOuNiATI, April 10.-Floor still advancing. Wheat unsettled and advancing. Corn 650. Oats 41c. Whisky $2 22. Mess pork $25 25. Bolk meatsinactlve. LardlB8t; Groeorieamnchanged. Cotton dull. By. Louis, Aprill 1.-lour quletand unohanged. Wheat advanced. Corn lrma and active at 6ce. to 750. Oate 440. VrEcUson.o, April 16.-Pamed down, the Heary Ames at 8 A. M., the J. H. Groeebeck at 6, and the Louisville at 9 P. m. yesterday; the Edward Walsh at 4 and the W. H. Osborn at 7 r. w.to.day. Passed up, the Panlme Carroll at 2 P. x today. River stationary. Prrsamos, April 16.-River five feet and tea inches by pier mark and falling. An sxelatag Ahanr. [From the Kmphb a] By the politeness of a gentleman from down the river, whom we met at the Cosmopolitan resta rant, last evening, we learn some particular con cerning an afr of quite an exciting nature, that transpired at Helens, Ark., a few days since. A m.an named William Hanley, who oae be longed to the th Illinois cavalry, w arraigned before the recorder of the town on the charge of maltreating his wife. She was the prineipalwit cess, It seems, against him. Some revelations ware obtained fro her, which only confirmed the previous spicioa of the citizens. They had been in the plae only about three or tfour weeks, and his frequent abesne, leaving the woman oalled his wife, at a private boarding house, had ecited remark. She stated Ia courtthat histast trip,ostenltbly to Mh shredpi, was solely a norse-tesaling expedition ; that hi told heron bin return that he had Stolen and sol three horses. At thin statement Rnalsy became Ifurio, drew a pastol, and before any ae could Interfere, shot te woman, ia hall entering bet head. Aa's fell he fired a second time, fotunnately mhiSa-"g aimn, but narrowly missikng the mayor, andl au others who were is the rooms. RH a . stepped hack against the wall and deted The mayor and seome policemen attempited t arreet brm, wnln he smapped his pi tol J t WN , bnut It mised fir A polenan fied at him but without elect. Finoally,the maor koakqd his pil frose h band, when he wris seied aed, after d pelner straggle, manacled and sent te a'tio J In athe afray the recorder reoeivnd a severe, though so fatal, byontuon on the head, Hi tratnk was opned b the maor t, and within It was found a fllsn eupply of akoeletae l, a dark lantern, a other burglartouns i.tesrmnte, proing him to hae profesTiolal scoundrel A day or two afterward the villain wn s brought before a magistrate, who bound him over for a appearance at the circuit court in a bond of 0 , on a charge of asult with intent to kill, is de fault of which he was sno t to the town Jagr t await his trial. The woman, who said they had been msrried twelve months, received proper sttefiss, and it was thought would live. Sis repeats her l/rst statement. giving the names of Hiaaley's accsom ploes, ansd making several additional statements. which, from her earnostnens and intell.ence, ara generally believed. The ab.lr altogether crented an unusual stir in the town. FoR VeRu CUz.--ln our shipping lint column will be found an enonnoemeot of the flrntiolas passenger steamer, Sgetthero Star, of the Cresoent and Star Line,.lVleh is p f;A era OCruz, and will sail next Saturdsy, tie S .Yi is the pioneer ship of the line, with superior. accommodations for passengers, and capacity for a limited amount of freight. For passage apply to Mesasn. Ritchard B. Locke d Co., and forfreight to It. M. Harrison .t Co., 35 Carondelet street, :or T. C. Jenkins, No. 11 Carosdelnt. FLOte! FLo.!--Messrs. Grief d& Byrne, Sj and 89 Poydras street, are eonstantly receiving fresh supplies of choice extra flour of the eela brated It. E. Lee brand, In quantities sufficient f6 the trade and for the nse of families. This brand of floor is one of the beat which come to the New Orleans market, and, in ta.o, has no superlor auywhere'`1n the United State. MIessrs. Grief & Byrnea odor what they haveha store and to arriver at the lowest market p-elO. THn LAnens' PRovUNola.sasTo.-Whfle protoet. ing egalnst all the old worthless dentlieoes now In the market, the ladies, with one onnealtbav. adopted the Sosodont s the one thidg needfli is insure the integrity of the teeth and a fragr._t breath. Tun lum n made by the WIllcox & GlIbb' lBew. ag Maehines is unoxeeptionable, and inpeerie even to handsewing, biag seronger and aer heantiful. Can be seen at No. St. Charles eet. Cedar Camphor sllfies all insects that breaths throagh their akist. Excellent deftm agaist. clothes-motbs. Sold by drugglat e.etywhera. Harris & Chapman, Boston,