Flake's Weekly Galveston Bulletin. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 21, 1866 Page: 2 of 8
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_{. The report
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ed it nnll and void and of no further effect.
All of the speeches, made yesterday and to-
day, were both able uud lengthy' Bat few ar-
gumenta were introduced by those wh ftvored
^ciíñs.ráSLsa^r't,b"
*&£?* Mí i wrote ym that Mewrs. fcwchol
and Flanagan commenced thq arauu^nts de-
fending the minority report, and they* were
followed o ) the «ame «ido by Messrs. Jones,
of Bastrop ; Hancock, Jones, of Bexar ; Nor-
ton, McCormick, Saunders and Dogeuer; atul
the majority report defended by Messrs.
P°rt«jr ' **raeier' Parson*, Ireland and
Judge Jones, of Bastrop, qonsidercd that
the States were originally sovereign. Being
sovereign they hod the power to sunder that
sovereignty. They did. this in tha formation
of the Jf^pral Constitution. The ontire peo-
ple thereby became incorporated iuto a dis-
tinct political community. When the so-called
secession commenced, the President did not
attempt to. coerce the State , but compelled the
citizens of (he States to obey the Constitution
and laws of the United States. The practical
effect of the minority report was to declare
they wero out of the Union. This was con-
trary to the position of tho President of the
United States, and taking that of Sumner,
Stevens and others, which would carry them
back to Territories. He had opposed seces-
sion at first, but felt it his duty to sustain the
Government, uudcr which he found himself,
and therefore went into tho army.
Judge Hancock considered that the Confed-
eracy wus a. "defacto" government, and it was
ly. through the failure of the revolution
ilch organized it, thai it did not become a
government tie jure. While the fabric of the
government would have been sanctified by
suocess, the failure caused its entire destruc-
tion to the foundation, and secession became
thereby nnll and void worn the beginning.
Judge Roberts would not argue the right of
secession. He would have done so five years
ago. bat hi# Iftnqe, was broken. He did not
™h the Convention to declare in advunce of
the tribunal* who were to fry the President,
and others now in confinement, that there had
never been the right to secede. He was and
would ever be a loyal citizen of the United
States, Thejr were presentto declare that if
the State was out of the Union, they would go
back, or if in the Union their willingness to
f€nain in it.
« Jones, of Bexar, asked when it was
a Constitution of the Unite4 States was
ae law of the land, as spoken of
. / report It had b#en supreme
before secession, apd if supreme there could
be none higher. If supreme the déclaration
in the ordinance of secession could not effect
it They then had,,never bean out of the
Union. Some of the gentlemen had said if
they pleased the President, they did not care
what the Congress said or did. This was a
wrong view for without the sanction of Con-
gress, their representatives would ' never be
received.
Gen. Waul had always believed in the sov-
ereignty of the States, and that his allegiance
was due to the St '
the State
thereot as the saiyeme law of the land, there-
fore, do ordain declare that the ordinance
ofwjces ion passed by the people of Texas,
oLl&a,Í8^a..inkgal
wbíécnto'tbe^nend^nciples applicable to
believed that
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had iliiiiliiiijjliit'i1 IPTI'IIF |y<
'dollars. , .'..Jure. He
TjJtea r étSa henceforth
allegiance «<• -«"l *ould be given
«tint to the general government and next to
/¿e#Stote. It was not necessary nor just to
* aem&eltps, and the nolple deníUthat-tiiey had
bien wrGuá. All that W(is necessary was that
they should act right in the future.
Gen. Norton gave the particulars connected
with the calling and action of the Secession
Convention, called by .those who were un-
authorized and aoting withóut legality., He
read a telegram received by the Governor
from the President qf the United States, giv-
ing direction* as <0 «(hat was.bfjst to be done
by the Convention—and this was in accord-
ance with the minority report, while the ordi-
MSPll'n
Ihéy declared we had been out of
nd were nowcfintyierefl territories,
ontended for the mtjórityre-
óund that it was just to the
doad who died in defenso of
mot willing to say it was
tin " " - -
i the beginning, mid believed that
ss3aBató,.,5;'*'u
the i
"Mjfe JttcCormlck"hn<Í voted for secession, and
Brazoria had claimed to be tho banner county
in thesecession movement. Ho and the peo-
ple he rejireaerttcd, in Common with many
as
effort a failure—tho ordinance of secession
noil and void from the beginning. The war
hod determined thatthe Constitution of tho
United States hod been, since the date of an-
nexation in 1845, was now, and must ever be
the suprema law of the land. It should not
be difflenit to acknowledge themselves fallible.
Maj. Saunders opposed the majority report
he was nnwiling to record himself
at Johnson's policy. He would
1 ► Radicals.
rather make war with tho J
The ma-
- ■ M
jority report was the waving of the secession
flag before the Government of the United
-Zulse Frailer considered that the conflict
é . SPUV?U ^'inus was all that was involved
in the lata straggle, a virtue and
not a crime to entertain them. *wjiad
done no wrong. The issue of the war hndde-
cided that they should no longer hold to the
principle of secession, and all that was re-
quired was for them to give an affirmative
action acknowledging the supremacy of the
Constitution of the United States.
oJfe Parsons did not consider it was neoes-
muy to argue upon tho right of aeoession for
r|t bM been discussed for the laat fifty years by
corn* of the ablest minds in the nation. Be-
MTLM the secession movement had been de-
feated, it did not prove that it was wrong. He
was willing to give up the right, or the claim
of the right, from this time onward.
CqI. Ireland had over believed that it Was
not the province of the General Government
to determine when the States were oppressed,
and it alone determine the mode of redress.
This was reserved to'-tho States, and when
they beMevod themselvos grievously wronged
they took up arms to defend themselves. They
han been defeated, and now they would de-
nounce it. Ho spoke in behalf of tho dead.
If declared nnll and void from the beginning
it would dishonor tho noble spirits who had
alfenbltotaeaMft
" Kn'M OU the table, by a vote of 37 to 31.
Nine other substitutes were offered and ro-
lectea, and, probably, to-morrow, the main
question, whioh is the majority report, Will bo
voted on. ■ E. B. S.
P. S.— I also send you some reports, Ac.
The Committee ou Internal Improvements
recommended the following substitute for sue.
33, art. VII. of General Provisions of the Con-
stitution.
Sec, 33. A well-regulated system of internal
improvements, together with mining and ma-
nufacturing, is calculated to develop the re-
sources of the State, and promote the happi-
ness aud prosperity of her citizens, therefore
the Legislature shall have power, and it shall
be its duty to encourage tho same, and the
Legislature shall have power to guarantee the
bonds of railroad companies to any amount
not exceeding, in any case, the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars per milo, provided that in
uo cuse shall the State guarantee the payment
of the bouds of' any railroad couipauy until
such company shall havp previously graded
and prepared at least ten miles of its rood
ready to lay the ivon rails thereon, and so on
continuously on eaoh section pf the road, uutil
tho same may be. completed, and which,bonds
shall always be secured by lien or first mort-
gage upon the frond, rolling ' Btock, depots
ol the Corporation whose bonds rtiuy be guar-
anteed on such terms and condition as the
Legislature may prescribe, and further pro-
vided, that all mining companies incorporated
or encouraged by the Legislature, shall pay
into the State Treasury a tax of one per cent,
upon tho net proceeds of such mining com-
pany, and in no case shall the State guarantee
the payment of the bonds of railroad compa-
nies as herein provided, nor (hall the State
borrow money for any purpose whatever, nor
shall it authorize any county, city, or town to
subscribe for stock in auy railroad, manufac-
turing, or mining compauy, except by a vote
of two-thirds of both Houses of the Legisla-
ture, aud no county, eity, or town shall ever
subsoribe for stock in any railroad, manufao-
as the]
And)
said purpose." }
Two hundred copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Wilson introduced the following ordi-
nance :
Be It ordained by the peoplo of Texas, in
Convention assembled, that the Legislature
shall at the first session repeal and amend
the laws of this State, civil and criminal, so
as to make them conform to the Constitntian
and laws of thiB State, and the ordinances
adopted by this Convention.
Referred to Committee on General Provi-
sions of the Constitution.
Mr. JIabry introduced a resolution to legal-
izo the formation of counties containing less
than 900 square miles, previously made, and
prevent auy other being formed of less area.
E. R. S.
autxoi.b iv.
JUDICIAL DEPABTMENT.
Section 1. The huUcjql i
shall Hu
courts, in County — -—
. oration Courts, and othor inferior courts,
oí tribunals, as the Legislature may, from
time to time, ordain and establish.
Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of
a Chief Justice, and four associates, any three
of whom shall constitute a quorum. They
shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
State at a general election for State or county
officers; shall have arrived at the age of thirty-
five years at the time of eleotion; shall hold
(heir offices for the term of ten years, nnd each
of them shall receive an annual sidary of at
least four thousand five hundred dollars,
which shall not be increased or diminished
duriág his term of office.
Seo. 3. The Supreme Court shall have ap-
pellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-
extensive with the limits of tho State; but in
criminal cases, below the grade of felony, aud
in appeals from interlocutory judgments, with
such exceptions and under such regulations
as the Legislature shall make. Tho Supreme
Court, and the Judges thereof, shall have
power to issue the writ of habeas corpux, aud
under such regulations as may be prescribed
by law. The said Court aud the Judges there-
of may issne the writ of mandamus, and
such other writs as may be necessary to enforce
its own jurisdiction. The Supremo Court
shall^Jso have power, upon affidavits or other-
wise, as b#«be Court may be thought proper,
to ascertain such matters Of fact as may be
necessary to the proper exercise of its juris-
diction. Tho Supreme Court shall sit, for the
transaction of business, from the first Monday
of October until the last Saturday of June, of
every year, at the Capital, a fid at not more
than two other places in the State.
Sec. 4. The Supreme Court shall appoint
its own Clerks, who shall give bond Lu such
manner as is now or may hereafter be required
by law; shall hold their offices for four years,
and shall be subject to removal by the said
Court for good cause entered qf record on tho
minutes of said Court.
Sec. 5. The State shall be divided into con-
venient districts. For each district there shall
be elected by tho quidified voters thereof, at a
general election for State or county officers, a
•fudge, who shall reside in the same; shall
hold his office for the. term of ten years; shall
reeoive an annual salary of not iess thrtn three
thousand five hundrod dollars, Which shall not
be increased nor diminished during his term
of service, and shall hold tho Courts at one
ptai-« tn each county'in tho district, at least
twice in eften ,«nr, in gnch manner as may be
prescribed by law.
Sec. 8. The Distriol Court «hall
have original jurisdiction of all criminal
cases; of all suits in behalf of
the Ptute to recover penalties, forfeitures aud
oscheats; of all cases of divorce; of all suits to
recover damages for slander or defamation of
character; of all suits for the trial of title to
land; of all suits for the enforcement of lions:
of all suits for the trial of the right to proper-
ty levied on by virtue of any writ of * xccu-
I Uon, sequestration, or attachment, when the
I property levied on shall bo equal to or exceed
m value one hundrod dollars; and of all suits,
complaints, or pleas whatever, without regard
to any distinction between law and equity,
whon the matter hi controversy shall bo valued
at or shidl amount; to one hundred dollars, ex-
clusive Of interest) and tho said Courts and
the Judges thereof shall have power to írbuo
writs of injunctions, certiorari, and all other
writs hecessary to enforce their owfl jurisdic-
tion, oud to givo them a general superinten-
dence nr. d control over inferió* tribunals. Tho
District Courts shall have appellate jurisdic-
tion in cases originating in inferior
which may be final in
lature may prescribe;
late jurisdiction and l
county court establishád ta^"
appointing i
mentary am . , , _ _
the acconuts of executors, administrators
guardians, and for the transaction of business
ministrators, guardians uud minors, uuder
¡£
trict Court for each county, who shall be elect-
ed by the qualified votuis for members of the
Legislature, and who shall hold his office for
fbnf •years, fhbjeet to feftróvtd hy> (¿formation
or by indictment of a grand jury, and convic-
tion by a petit jury. In case of vacancy the
judgoof tho District Court shall have the
power to appoint a clerk, uutil a regular elec
uon cuu be neld.
.Sec. 8. In the trial of all causes 'in oqnity
in tho District Courts, the plaintiff or defen-
dant shall, upon application made in open
Court, have the right of yrinf b^jurj^ fa be
governed by the rules and regulations preserib
ed in trials at law.
Sec. tí. All Judges of the Supreme and Dis-
trict Courts snail, by virtue of their offices, bo
conservator* of the. peace throughout the State.
The stylo of all writs and process shall bo
"The Statoof Tex^s." All prosecutions shall
be carried on in the nadie and by the authority
of the "Stato of Texas" and conclude "against
tho peace and diguity of the State."
Sec. 10. In the cuso of vacancy of (the offi-
ces of .Justices of the Supromi} Court, ai|d
Judges of the District Court, the Governor of
the State shall have power to fill the sume by
appointment, which shall eoutinua in force
uutil the office can be filled at tho next general
election for State or county officers, aud tho
successor duly qualified.
Sec. 11. The Judges of the Supreme and
District Courts shall bo remo ved by the Govern-
or on the address of two-thirds of each House
of the Legislature, for wilful neglect of duty or
other reasonable cause, which shall not be
sufficient ground for impeachment: Provided,
however, that the oause or causes for which
such removal shall ho required, shall be stated
at length in such address, and entered on the
journals of each nouse; ami, provided further,
that the cause or causes shall be .lotificd to
the Judge so intended to be removed: and ho
shall be admitted to a hearing in his own de-
fense, beforq any vote for such address shall
pass. And in all snqh cases the vote shall be
taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the
journals of each House respectively.
Sec. 12. No Judge shall sit in any case
wherein he may bo intewtoft 0* where either
of the parties may be connected with him by
affinity or consanguinity, within such degreés
as may be prescribed by law, or where he shall
have been counsel in the case; When the Su-
preme Court, or any three gfifoi, memhgrs shall
be thus disqualified to hear and detenRne any
case or cases in said Court, or when no judg-
ment can be rendered in any ease or eases in
said court by reason of the equal division of
opinion of said Judges, the same shall be cer-
tified to the Governor of the Siate, who shall
immediately commission the requisite number
of persons learned in the law, for the trial and
determination of said1 case oí oases. When a
judge of the District Court is thus disqualified,
Ihe parties may, by consaut, appoint a proper
person to try tho said case, or upon their fail-
ing to do so, a competent person shall be ap-
pointed to try tho saino in tho county where
it w peuüiug, lu oueU manner as may be pre-
scribed by law, And the IJfstrict'Judges may
— districts, or hold courts for each
At--.it..may de*m it expedient, and
• ivv " ' fT- *r>ITV-- j•
wlu ii directed bylaw. Tho dis.
qualification of Judges of inferior tribunals
shall be remedied, and vacancies in their offi-
cos shall bo filled as pieSeribed by law. [
Sec. 13. Tho Governor shall nominate, ahct
by and with the advice and oonsent ot two/
thirds of the Senate, shall appoint an Attoit-
ney-General whose dntieR shall bo prescribed
by law, who shall hold his office, if not re-
moved by the. Governor, for four years, and
who, in addition to perquisites, shall receive
an annual salary of throe thousand dollars,
which shall not bo increased nor diminished
during his term of office.
Seo. 14. The Governor shall .nominate, aud
by aud with the advice and consent of two-
thirds of the Senate, shall appoint a District
Attorney for each Judicial District in tho
State, who shall reside, ill the. district for
which he shall bo appointed, stall hold his
office for four years, unless sooner removed
by the Governor, and,,together with tho per-
quisites prescribed by law, shall receive an an-
nual salary of one thousand dollars, which
shall not bo,jncroasad or diminished during
his term of office.
Sue. 15. "l'liore shall bo, established iii each
county in tho State, au inferior tribunal styled
tho Couty Court; and there shall bo elected
by tho persons in each county, wh are quali-
fied to vote for members of the Legislature, a
Judge of the County Court, who shall be a
conservator of the peace, who shall hold his
offioe for four years, and "'ho shall receive
such compensation as may bo prescribed by
law; and who may be removed from office
for neglect of duty, incompetency, or nialf'ca
sanco, in such manner as may be prescribed
by law.
Sko. 10. Tho County Con.it shall have juris-
diction of all ljiisdeineaiior and petty offences,
as the same are nów, or may hereafter be de-
fined by law; of such civil cases where the
matter 'in controversy shall not exceed five
hundred dollars, exclusive of intorest, under
such regulations, limitations and restrictions
as may bo jnuscribed by law, without regard
to any disfincfii.il between law arid equity; to
Clerk of the County and Polioe
duties and perquisite* and fees
prescribed by the Legislature,
. - «íOHDCv in whose office shall tie filled
the Judge of the County Court nutil tha
next general election for County or State offi-
c«rs, wb<> may be wmoved from offioe for such
cause ttuaiusuch mauuer as may be preserib-
shall have such civil uud criminal jurisdiction
as shall be utovided by ltt\y, where the mutter
in controveW bhall not trxWeed in value ouo
hundred dollars, exclusivo of interest ; also
one Sheriff, one Coroner, und u sufficient
number of Coustubles, who shall hold their
offices for foár vears, to be elected by the
qualified voters of tho district or county, us
the Legislature muy direct. Juatioen oi the
Peace, Sheriffs, and Coroners shall be com-
wiüHiuueil by the Governor, The Sheriff Hhull
not be eligible more tliuu eight years in every
twelve.
Sue. 20. In all cases arising out of u con-
tract, before auy inferior judicial tribunal,
when the amount iu controversy shall exceed
ten dollars, the. plaintiff or det'enduut shall,
upon application lo the presiding officer, have
the right of trial by jury.
Sec. 21. In all cases where Justices of the
Peace, or other judicial officers of inferior
tribunals, shall have jurisdiction iu tho trial
of cases, where the penalty for the violation of
a law is fine or imprisonment, (except in
cases of contempt) the accused (dndl have the
right of trial by jury.
LATE NEWS.
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
the colonisation of the illish.
New York, March 1.—D'Arey McGee writes
from Moutreal to the leading Fenians recom-
mending the application of the myney in the
Fenian treasury to the colonization of the in-
habitants of Ireland, and to Western States
and Territories.
The correspondent goes on to show that
O'&IalMiney has entertained the proposition
above recommended-
SPEECH or SENATOlt dooutti.E.
Senator Doolittie addressed a meeting of Ke-
" "aven last night, which
publicans at New Haven I
; had
probate wills, to appoint guardians of minors,
idiots, lunatics and pwrso;
sons (Kid compos mentis,
to grunt letters testamentary and of adminis-
tration; to settle the accounts of executors,
administrators aud guardians; to trausact all
bussiiiH.ss appertaining to the estates of de-
ceased persons, minors, idiots, lunatics, and
persons mm cntnyos mantis, including the set-
tlement, partition and distribution of such es-
tates; and to apprentice minors under such
regulations as may be proscribed by law. One
term of the County Court shall beheld iu
each county at least once in every two months;
and the Legislature may provide for the ap-
pointment oí u County Attorney to represent
the State and county in said court, whose
term of office, duties and compensation, shall
bo such as may bo prescribed by law.
Sk". 17 There shall !>.> elected in each
comity in ill ■ Stale, by t'i persons qualill 'd
to vote f >r members of tin Legislature, four
County unssionevs whose term of office
shall be tour years, who with the Jud^e of tlie
County Court shall constitute an 1 b styled
tho Police Court for the ■•. u «try; who ¡ • pow-
ers, duties and mode of uetion, iu regulating.
promoting and ptoleeting thy public intevi-t I il.v aban Ion it
relating to tho eouuly, shall be the s-iw: m ¡ lawless practi,*.
that, now preset ibid by law ft i tlie C.im'mi . ! diug the rcpru.
sioifei-s Court of IWhds and Uovenue. tin: ! their n^iitOti
otherwise provided thr and regnlaf 1 by : o
Legislature.
Sue. IU. Thero shall bo elected for each
county by the qualified voters, a County Clerk
who shall hold his office for fot'r years, wl.o
within the last four fiscal years. nTOVs,
',..".7.""'i ito o<r"i> rt. .Uiitli July, eighteen
080 were.applied to redemption oi i .ufl, ana
the balauce to the liquiduliuns of expenso.s of
the Government.
to arsis! to ABMs! ye hhave! —the fenians
excited.
New Yobk, Match 1.—There is mncli ex-
citement among Feniaiiff tó-iiight iu conse-
quence of tho new s of the habeas corpus in Ire-
land.
John O'Mahoney has issued the following
order:
HEADQUAHTEUS Fi'.NIAU liltOTHEItHOon, i
New York, liaren 1, 18(i(i. )'
UnoTHEiis: The hour for action has arrived.
The habeas'corpus is suspended in Ireland.
Our brothers are being arrested by hundreds,
and thrown tuto prison.
Call your Circles together -immediately.
Send lis all the aid ill your power at once,
and in God's uame let us start for onr destina-
tion. Aid, brothers, help 1 For Qod and
Ireland 1
John O'Mahoney.
God save the Queop.
All Circles,are requested to meet in their
respective halls and armories on receipt of the
above order, to take action On the news first
received.
Patrick J. Doneng, Secretary of Civil Af-
fairs, issues a call for immediate action, and
says the Military Department will take
charge of military contributions and mobilize
them.
Gen. it. P. Mulleu, Secretary of Military
and Naval Affairs has published a similar ap-
peal, and tells the Brethren to look out for
secret orders.
The Irish People newspaper says :
" A gentleuniu just arrived from Paris, says
that the moment the Irish pepulation as-
sumes a belligerent chrtrftetei" towards Eng-
land they will be recognized by Louis Napo-
leon."
the petroleum question.
The report of the U. S, Commissioner on pe-
troleum lias come Out. After an exhaustive dis-
cussion ot the subject,, they reported a bill f> ir tho
repeal of all duty on crude petroleum, for the
coutinuance of the 'present duties on all retlu-
ed products of crude petroleum under the
same mode of collection as at present, with
a provision authorizing tlie .secretary of tlm
Treasury to appoint special inspectors of oil
refineries, and make a general regulation for
the collection of duties. The Commissioner
estimates a duty of SO,000,000 annually from
refined petroleum at 20c. per gallon.
teen called for the ptimose of sustaining Pres-
ident Johnson and indorsing his policy, Mr.
D. called upon idl Republicans to stand by tho
President, and contended that Mr. Johuson
has carried out evert requirement of tho Bal-
timore iilatform of 18G-1.
He insisted on the immediate admission of
loyal members from Tennessee. He opposed
the forcing of .negro suffrage on the ¡south,
and said Geiieral Grant had recently assured
him that it would result in a Wftr of extermin-
ation. Ho opposed amending of the Consti-
tution in any way, maintaining that changing
the basis of representation iu any way is un-
necessary.
the taxes.
Dispatches from Washington say the report
of the Ways and Means Committee oil tho in-
come question and the subject of cotton, is
ready and will'be sent in immediately. The
tax upon incomes is to be the general livo per
cent.; all under one thousand dollars to be ex-
empt, while that upon cotton is to be raised
from two to five couts per pound, with a draw-
back of two and a half cents per pound in fav-
or of homo manufactures. Of 9403,01)1,404,- . . ...
203 received into the treasury from all sources- -I'111 1 1 season will.be a bnsy wüdoies .for
TV KEOOMSTHCCTIO! OOtOOmJ HEIGHT.
Washington, Miupeh 5, Í800.
The repftrt aud joint resolution, inflation
to the admission of Tennessee, from the Com-
mittee on Kecoustruotion to-day, were accom-
panied by various pipers, including the me-
niul of,the Representatives elect. Cooper,
wiék. Stokes and Mayuard, of that State,
addressed to the Senate uud House oi Repre-
sentatives, in wliich {hev ^thc Government
of Teunessue is repubilAW "fil Ibrui as well as
in spirit, and ask that the same be recognized
and properly guaranteed as a true State ot
Tennessee, entitled to such immnuitíes, fraii-
ohiHo and prerogatives of Congress as were
enjoyed by her until her relations were ills-
tuirbed by the treason of ii .poition of her citl-
zeiiH. , ,, .
The report gives the testimony of Brevet
Brigadier General Hatcher. Ho says that
leaving out tho eastern portion of the State,
he should think it was largely opposed to the
General Government; that tLory is no good
feeling towards the Government, anil very lit-
tle good feeling, excepting in East Tennessee.
Public sentiment in tho latter is, iu tho mam,
loyal. He cousiders West Tennessee as dis-
loyal as Mississippi. East' Tennessee is the
only portion of the State from which tlio troops
can bo withdrawn with safety.
Mujor General G. L. ThoumH^ tetftilleH that
he has studied the conditioiK>t T euuessee care-
fully, aud it is his opinion that if protected
and encouraged by a small Union torco, the
loyal Sentiment would gain complete ascen-
dency iu a year or two. He does not think it
would be siife at this timo to remove the trtiops
or withdraw martial law, or restore the privil-
ege of the writ of'habeas corpus. Tennessee
is perfectly safe, because the Union element
preponderates. Middle Tennessee is disturb-
ed by pevsonsal cueiuies, aud hatred, much
more than bv disloyalty of persons against the
United States. Union men in West Tennessee
are iu the minority, aud Uie< lUniou sentiment
is gradually approaching a good loyal standard,
aud ho thinks this feeling will go ou improv-
"ijon. Fisk testilies that he has a half million
of freeduieii under his charge. The great
mass aru iu a good condition, aud improve,
but thoy need the protection of the govern-
ment, us much on account of the opposition
manifested against them, as in justice to tho
negro. Those who evince their hostility to
those persons, say they should be entirely
driven from the State f and oppose the educa-
tion of the negro, aud his rights before the
law. All the freedmen in Tounessee who are
able-bodied procure employment. Tho mili-
tary should not be withdrawn, nor martial law
removed, nor the writ of habeas corpus bo
at present restored. As to the loyalty of the
majority of the people in Tennessee, they are
opposed to the government. If every mail
should vote as ho pleased, this fact would be
manifested.
Col. Wm. Spenco testifies that tho poorer
«lasses in Tennessee wero loyal if proper efforts
jvere made to protect them. He thinks the
disloyal sentiment is much greater in Western
tlinn iu Middle Teunessoo, and that the admis-
sion of Senators and Representatives from
Tennessee would have u good effect, as this
would sot the wliolo machinery in motion, and
tlie people would become better satisfied.
United States Senator elect, 1). T. Patterson,
testifies that the sentiment of East Tennessee
s overwhelmingly loyal. There are very few
Confederates there, and there was nothing to
fear from Confederate influence. Ho doubts
whether thorp are ipjii'ü than three counties iu
The Chicago Times thus advises the Presi-
dent :
" Wo do not hesitate to declare that it is the.
solemn duty of the PtvaMwit to follow his
words by deeds. We do not Hesitate to de-
claro that it is the solemn duty of tlie Piv-i-
■nt t' co i maud the av.'estof 'i'liachleu
K'Vrü'. ti li, 11 I'liiil.p . Churl*'> Stininer,
I ¡i íi''iií'ilcra > s ' .i,gii>-s and nil
ov, r t:> • ••ft..-,.' for Hi-••!■'••i-.* of trc.ix«*i:.
j no otli"!' way ...'i ttii Noiti.tcn rebellion b<
promptly *i*t"lle I. an.I t.i public quiet re-
j stored,
l " Ami i! the rump Cu.i • - shall not speed ¡
S"dí I*:t s r Vljlutiom
' —if. it h :i ... persist ¡
Uiati .u. "¡' i ic
its, a:r1 i.t
line.
in Middle and West Tennessee. lie thinks
there is more disloyalty in West than in Middle
Tennessee. He was an interested Party as, to
representation, being a Senator elect, bitt ho
thought it would be advantageous to tho loyal
sentiment of Tennessee were it admitted to
representation in Congress. The morid influ-
ence :■Muld do us good at home. JL
Mr ; iogers presented a minority report With
tho fo iwing reasons :
1st. hat Tennessee is now, and lias boon
at all I.nies siueo her admission, one of tho
United States of America.
2d. No Stale can, by an act of its people, be
withdrawn from the Union without tlie con-
sent of every other State. Tlio people of Ten-
nessee, by virtue of an ordinance >>i. > <• ssioti,
claimed ¿hp right to withdraw from the Union,
and to enforce lier pretended right, placed a
portion of her people in a state of nisur'ce-
tion and rebellion against the Uuitc.il States.
While the Government of the United States
denied the right of the peoplo of Tennessee
to withdraw tile State froln the Union, and
settle the xuestfon, A jfoltioii of the peopl j
of Tennessee, with tho aid of the so-called
Confedérate Government, engaged with the
United States in a conflict of arms. That
conflict decided that tho claims of the people
of Tennessee had no foundation, iu law or in
fact, and the attempted withdrawal of tho
State was by the Federal Government preven-
ted, and consequently the destruction of the
constitutional relations of Tennessee within
the Union was prevented, and tho State kept
in the Union.
4th. There is no such tiling as the States
being in the Union, and possessing tho right
of local, domestic legislature, without an ab-
solute right to demand a r presontation in
Congress, because the Constitution is based
upon equality of States.
."¿tli. That the joint resolution docs not ad-
mit tho members.fijiuaTenm ■ ■ ,(to take their
seats ill this body upon their qualifying by
oath according to law.
(it!,. There is no question in the miuds of
the Committee as to the loyalty of the mem-
bers elect from Tennessee; and, therefore,
upon the act that tie State of Tennessee is
now one of the United otates of America,
within the Unior, her Representatives ought
to have the oath of office lidmiuistered to them
at otice by the Speaker, and they should b
admitted as member of this House; and, thero
fore, we rcconmiend, as a substitute for thf
said joint resolution nnd preamble, that the
hi )tme at once adopt tho following resolution,
or one of like character, to wit :
linsnlrril, by the ll1 also of Representatives,
That the Representativos elect to Congress
from the State of Tennessee be, aud they are
hereby admitted to talco their seats in the
11 at ,e as members thereof, upon their faking
tic i nit!) proscribed by law.
i 'su'rril, by the House of liepl'i'-i ntali'.' s,
Tli.it the Representatives elect from tho State
oí Tet;:iess, e be, and tliey are hereby admitted
•..!•:*• til :r seats ill this House, as members
thereof, upon taking the oath prescribed by
wtmmw> «UfArmT
(Fío the Cincinnati Uu«tt«
4 vindication op 0«m. '
counsel for Smith BrotnlÍT- I
fins, in the suit against 0eu6«i°iK"
foistU^rooovery of ¿50,000 ia u,,ht
him at New Oijeans, in 1802, iw in™ Ued \
from the United States Miut h " ? "tok
General Butler that the plauitiffK i*l?u*l
were satisfied that lie (General u ii*
good grounds for making the a«T..,-!**">>
if he would insure them thnt ti o m*404«
been lieMSntaat/imd- would d«li* ,?0-T'
over to them, they would give a iw.L
for in ful, and make i)v,claim for ,, ? H
costs. Genorrl Butler replied ti, , f*1!
held the^old for the Government 1!! ,'¡¡!l'|
had as yet come to no decision in'th "«I
aud that as lie was now li civili,,,, i," í""1
feel disposed to await their action 'i. i
ah?.. staWd that the uioney had^fe.
or speculated with in any wav l, *
sited iu the vaults of a Boston biui?*"1
Jtrothuis, through their, coniuel, m„i¡J
the explanation was satisfactory unl o
Butler at once gave his chock'on ti,' .l1"
bank fo tho money. 0 «)«
After this was done, veoeipt, . I
and tho matter settled. S"«|
nig.
JohtlCovoi
thb beoonstboctios* üommittk* « ■
Tlio Joint Committee onÜeeoi'iNtiw^l
make a report during the pruuvut «JÍ Ü?
ably to-morrow. Tho form of tin. ,t H
has not yet been decided upon, hut it'"^
castscí !
ywtor^iv, hearing the evidence o B;
tlCovodi, and will hold .mother Vt
row morning, at which they mo liltolv iT\
to (i concliljSion. This iftfiy ho in the wl
a general slatoincnt. with rospeet to üijgj
South, but is more likoly to be u
port for Tennessee, in which case it SI
accompanied by a voluminous muss 0f ,J
niony.
THE DISPOSITION ol' THE SENATE,
The Seuate is closcly scititiiii2i111(
nomination sent to it by the l'lesidini'J
the indications are tha while they will ,,,1
fuse to con firm many of the nomiu#tio¿¡f
before them, they will reject u good mil
Mr. Johnson's recont nominations L
It is reported thnt Gen. Monde: at tlJ
quest of President Johnson, has poimmJ
nllow his name to be used before the Pec
vnnia Democratic Convention, which t.
to-morrow, as a candidate for Governor
•\ Rake Sbt ok Jewels.—There is jU!tM
on exhibition at Mr. John A. llced's
ment, No. 57^Broadway, a .vet of jewelrrfl
a connoisseur would travel many milest¿U
his eyes upon. Not only íh the sight i
one in thiB country, but it is (louhtmf
Enroiio can boast of one tu equal it
emerald has always been an object Of aft
among mineralogists and collectors of,
many regarding it as superior, in
beauty, to the diamond itself, Xhe ee!
ted English crown jewels aro rich with l
and King, tho great collector am]
his volume on '1 Preciotis Stonea and Jetj
gives emoritlds considerable space and itL
tion. Tho set of jewels under mention,¡¡J
opinion of Paris jewellers, is the luoatp
collection of emeralds in the world, if
formed iuto u necklace audpaircfoM-rU
Tlio necklaco is composed of fourteen m|
emeralds, each weighing five carats, and J
surrounded with thirty-two diamonds,
tooncd and set in silver in similar fashiosL
the court jewels. T)y> necklace is iiilintidl
mi,.,.,j in mis preoiofc^ner that thev uurl
I'ontainmg oighi ounces .biSeeW 'hk'j
niigsV11ÍtyG®"..V.'.t11'>'* in a pauwaa
in polished, silver, are of the pendant i
tyo and #lialf inches in length, and a
(ff three emendds each. The stonoiflh
of the ear-ring weighs two nnd n half 4
thnt iu the centre, one curat; while t
stone—a pear-shaped drop—weighs t
a half carat.".
Our readers will have some idea of tl
city of such a set of gems, when wo 1.
they aro tho result of twenty-fivoyciits'i
in tho celebrated mines of New Gro
being the choice of the productions of ti
mines during that period. Their wwÁ j
be better understood when we nay that i
are valued at ¿«79,000 in gold. A Spanish^
is to receive the beautiful articles torn b
gift.—/fom*' Journal.
K U It T It K LADIES,
powyr* i,;o í
we do no*, hesi
conv the solemn duty of President Johnson to
constitute him-clf tho Cromwell of the time,
and dissolve the rump by unitary power,"
A young damsel in Canadli, twelve years of
, (huí I age. became united in wedlock to a youth of
xclu- ton ¡ 11 e 11 sun liners, with a salary of four do!
u aatea from Í 1ms p-r liionth. Courageous boy.
xereisiug the
HOOTS AND SUOES.
Tlio costliness of shoes anil boots, litest
things, is 011 the increase iuPiiris.
evening wear, lire made either of whitíí
yrain, or satin, or silk to match thedtfai
oratoly embroidered with bends. Form
home wear, mule slippers nro fjeuewllj i
either of vylvet or of unglazed kid, «M
broidored with crystal bends,
are trimmed round with nbbnh ruf/iMniiJ
cohir, generally selected to mutch the Í
in the head-dress—the mule slippers u«n
rd with ffUipi(>'« over either cer'm ur bine «1
ribbon. For outdoor wear, in dry, fine !
er, brown kid boots, with black Pu'ell''l¡
tips, are general; they aro fastened withs
buttons, and ornamented at the top wius
tassels. For children, this style of
particularly fashionable; it is inorejof
chnracter than blnck kid. *
Rkfoiui in Dwsss. —At thc_ late bull
at tlie' TÚtleries, cempurntively f'*'
breeches wore worn, pantaloon* apjwn
all overwhelming majority, A cnrjoiwl
inaly, too, was observable at the
tho Chambers. The non-ofnciiil
worn black frock-coats nnd wiiite1
und consequently presented n mo«t
like appearance,
HPIUNil styi.es—somethino SOVW. «
We may state, for the boneflt of «c« ■
readers as like (o Dé beforehandmtt
motion on fashions, that, iuKnWi"j
prevail ou all the thin material w
as yet been prepared. Not U M
dresses will be made up from <®«1
goods, the design on which represent
of equal wWh : but with three or fcw*
ent jilaces, Uie groundwork oWffi 1
but tho stripes are of illffcront. «i«#J
skirts will "be composed « —rfl
but tho bodices will be iiw ^
of these
.,,, ,,,11 be mad#
L'rouiubvorl: of
on^nws ni'th*.- I'nit.al States— It, i i much safer for a yótmg man to pop
ite to declare that it will be- corn thali to pop the question.
Ben do Bar bought tho St. Charles Theatre,
N. O., for $120,000.
pieces,
color, lii itching the gru...- ,
and they will I ' Iriiuii.cd wit «
Huff or nankeen color, as last W'W (
fashionable for morniiig woar, ^
will not be sob'1 lines Olthoi , :,li
row,) lint cluaiel's ol' lino ".i""'
softer in ellcct than when t
— Tío me Journal. M .
The Pbbstoent's Veto a®®
had intended to republish ^1, T«U]
catling journals on the Ph.-«Id ^ ,1
But arc obliged to « ' ?L.J
wliw
«lints '
his message, oui, o- ,, , f u
give uttoranee to statements, ^
or of the nation, wo would m - ««
Tho bitterness with which these ^
doc
are defended and assnilod, is
repetition.
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