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NO. 1.
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SENATE.
Thuesday, Feb. 1.
The Senate wa.s called to order at 11 o'clock
A.M. .
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:uvouut of rosin being taken by State agents from
the memorialists, which was referred to the com-
imttee on Propositions and Grievances.
me journal oi yesterday was read and approved. 1 Jicenses to Attorneys at law from other States, on , convened uy we procjamauon oi
f.- r,T Aon nvoconfo o tr... ,i.i.,v,i u4- ii i: i January. 18b6, constitutes and
-.'t pn-.infr nr.mnfA,. w.lj 4.i.c.t. i- irt, ,. : 4i..v , one sf bhionoi uie u erai a 88e
" "V i''V"f J uuiu lilt; Oiaie. on i- nature mw in ii.c iijjuci luuiw ui luni ic- y. Jiearjlvcd. 'lhnt t he nrfinent
vjii inoaon oi .ur. fjrash, the vote to amend the to concur in the proposition to eieci iormwitn two tho two Houses of the General Assembly on the adjourn
ciiarter of tho town of Fayetteville was reconsid- ; Trustees of the University. . ' Kent at the close of the present sesmon, shall b continu-
cr. d, and on motion of Mr. Jones of Columbus,
the rules were suspended and the bill wa.s put on
its third reading. The question ensuing on the
passage of the bill, the nays and yeas were called,
and the bill was rejected by nays 23, yeas 13.
A message from the Honeo proposing to 'go
forthwith into tlie election of two additional 'Trus
tees sf the University f Isorth Carolina. Not
agreed to.
Mr. Wiggins, from ths Committee on Finance,
to whom was referred the communication from
tlie State Treasurer, asking for the right to issue
certificates, with an allowance of certain fees to
the .Clerk, reported back the same, and asked to
be disehargod from its further consideration. .
Mr. Morehead, from the Committee on the Ju
diciary, to whom was referred the bill for the re
lief of landlords, reported back the same with a
recommendation that it do pass.
Mr. il irris of Rutherford, from the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, to whom wa.s referred
that part of the Governor's message referring to
privileges in elections, reported back the same,
and sisked to be discharged from its further, con
hid: ration.
Mr. Bvnnm introduced the minority, report
from the joint select
tee, relative to the
us of the present session of the Genei';:l Asseui
wliich wa.s ordered to be minted, and made a
bly
sprri.i
ii ord r for to-morrow
at II: o cjock.
Mr. Howard, from the Judiciary Committee, to
whi m was referred the bill to prohibit for a limi
ted time the distillation of spirituous liquors from
grain, reported that they had considered the same,
and recommend the following amendments in sec.
1 and 0 : strike out 15th day of February, and in
sert 1st day of March. In sec. 1st, strike out all
after " lined,"' and insert "or imprisoned, or both,
:it the discretion of the court." Striko out sec.
4th, and recommend that it do pass.
Mr. Leach, from the Committee to whom was
referred the bill relating to the collection of taxes
on distillation of spirituous liquor, reported back
the same, and on motion it was laid cn the table.
Mr. Arendell ofi'eied a resolution requesting that
e. message be seat to the House, proposing to raise
a joint select committee of three on the part of the
Senate, and four on the part of the House, whose
duty it shrill le to prepare and report a bill to
consolidate the N. C. Railroad and the Atlantic
Railroad, should they deem such consolidation ad
vantageous to the Slate.
Mr. Gash introduced a resolution to furnish each
County Court Clerk with a copy of the Revised
Code, (tho3 that have not been heretofore fui
nisiied, also those v. ho have had them destroyed
by-fire.) and on his motion the rules were sus
pended, and the resolution was adopted with an
amendment including all the acts of the General
Assembly since the publication of the Revised
Code.
Mr. McKay introduced a bill to amend the act
of incorporation of the town of Clinton, Sampson
county. The bill provides for the taxation of cer
ti;ieate.s granted to dealers in spiritous liquors.
Passed its lirst reading.
A menage from the House transmitting a mes
suge from the Governor, which was referred to
the committee on Finance.
Al-o, a message transmitting three additional
names for the appointment of Magistrates of Edge
combo county, which was concurred in.
Also, a bill authorizing certain proceedings
against the Cape Fear Navigation Company, which
was read tirst time and referred to the committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr. Cowles, from the committee on Claims, to
whom was referred the reslution in behalf of Mr.
Urury King, reported back the same with a recom
mendation that it do pass, ;nd on motion of Mr.
Jones of Wake, the rides were suspended, and it
passed its
final readih.'r.
The
Intere
bill making provision-; for
the payment of
came in, i:nd,
on State bonds, now dn
on motion, was laid on ti:3 kiblo, and mane ihe
special order for Saturday at 1.1 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Garner, the rules were suspend-,
d. and the resolution making an appropria
tion t' i?e hundred dollars for the improvement
oi the ( '..pitol Square, was taken up and passed its
several readings.
Mr. Leitch offered a resolution instructing the
Judiciary committee to consider the provisions of
an act concerning the statute of limitations m titled
the bHli day of February, 18(33, with a view to as
certain whether the same eer had any force or
t a. ct, and, if so, whether or not the provisions oi
the act are yet in force, and if not, to indicate the
day when it ceased to operate, and report by bill
or otherwise. Adopted.
Mr. Gash introduced a bill to prevent persons
pistols without a license, which was re-
ferrei
l to the committee on finance.
The Senate bill authorizing coupons to be taken
ia payment for State taxes came up on its second
reading, aud, on motion of Mr. Berry, was laid on
the table.
On motion, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow
at 11 o'clock.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Thursday, Feb. 1st, 18CG.
The House was called to order at 10 o'clock, A.
M.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Mason, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Tin? Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
The resolution authorizing the Governor o ap
point commissioners to investigate the an'airs of
the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company,
passed its several readings under a suspension oi
the rules.
Mr. Moore of Chatham, introduced the follow
ing resolution :
" h'tsolced, That this Legislature appoint a special com
mittee to confer with the Governor, amltheGovi rnr with
tin- President, and the President with Congress, inform
ing that bedv tbat "orth ".'arolina has done all demanded
at her hand", and she is not admitted yet, and if there is
vet more tlemanded of us for our restoration, to let us
know what it is, tVc."
Referred, on motion of Mr. Russell, to the com
mittee on Federal Relations.
OX CALE'DEB.
An engrossed bill to incorporate Salem Female
Academy, passed its second and third readings un
der a suspension of the rules.
" A bill to authorize the establishing a Court of
arbitration in each county in this State, by the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in each coun
ty." The committee on the Judiciary had report
ed adversely to the passage of this bill. After
some discussion, in which Messers. Caldwell.
Blvthe and Crawford
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l"c wewsoi me committee, the bill was
reierred, on motion of Mr. Caldwell, to a select
comnuttee.
A resolution appropriating $41,417 00 for the
support of the Asylum for the Insane, passed its
oiiiiu ana
the rides.
third readings under a suspension of
Uu motion of Mr. Holderby, a message was sent
w proposing that the two Houses pro
e,i tor tn with to the election of two Trustees for
m University.
tr. ald, (by leave,) introduced a bill
i expend the time" for the redemption of lands
Referred to the
committee on JPi-
'
! A bill to provide for the payment of the Fede-
jralland tax, for the . year 1861, was laid on the
t fcauitf, ou secona reading, unaer an aaverse report
irom the committee on i mancc
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Mr. Manly, (by leave.) introduced a bill con-
; Cerninff Attorneys at "Law. Referred to the com-
-aa -n -" i i r .-T
: mittee on Federal relations.'; I Authorizes the
, l
j Clerks of the Supreme Courts to issue Attorney's
spective States, and that
they are of good moral
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character.
A message was received from the Senate refusing ;
A bill to inconiorate the English and American
Wool and Vino growing, Manufacturing, Mining
and Agricultural
al Association in the United States!
of America, was
ordered to be printed and
postponed until ii o doe to-moriovi.
" A Dill to protect trie culture oi ue grape and
other fruits," wa.- amended on its 2u reading by
! making the stealing of watermelons a larceny, at
; the instance rf Mr. Teague. The bill as amended
passed its 2d reading.
A hill to amenu the charier oi tue .uacon oonn-
,ty i umpire, passed. I'd ami .id readings under a
suspension oi the rules.
6PECi.li. okoeb.
:t noon, Hie nousf, tuibuam lu oruer, resoi.-U
itself inf o Toinniitfpp of the Whole. Mr. Ilavner
in the Chair, and proceeded with the consideration j
Oi the" bill concerning Negroes, Indians and per
sons of color, or of mixed blood. j
The question recurring on the motion of Mr.
McNair to stnke out the 11th section, Mr. Jen
kins of Warren, addressed the committee in sup
port of the motion
Mr.
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the position that this was1 a
white man's government, and characterized as er
roneous the intimation thrown out in the report
of the Commission, that the Supreme Court of this
State had decided that free negroes are citizens.
He undertook to sav that no such decision had ev
er been made.
Mr. Phillips replied at length. At the close of
his remarks, oa motion of Mr. Hoke, the Commit
tee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to
sit again at noon to-morrow.
A message was received from His Excellency
tho Governor, transmitting a memorial from the
Trustees of the University, which was sent to the
Senate, with a proposition to print and refer to
the Committee on Finance.
The House then adjourned until 10 o'clock to
morrow. SENATE.
Fkidat, Feb. 2d, 18G6.
Prayer by the Rev. A. Sureties, D.D.. of the
Episcopal Church.
Reports from standing committees were submit
ted and received as follows:
PEXITE N TIAli Y
By Mr. Winstead from the committee on Propo
sitions and Grievances, a bill to establish a Peni
tentiary and Work Houses, with a recommendation
that it do not pass.
TAX, ON PISTOLS.
By Mr. Bynum from the committee on Finance,
bill to prevent the carrying of Pistols in this State
without license, asking to be discharged from its
further consideration, as the bill involves a ques
tion of public policy rather than of finance. The
bill proposes to require a licence from the County
Court Clerk to carry a pistol, for which one dol
lar is to be paid.
STATE AXTJ NATIONAL BANKS.
B Mr. Leach, of Davidson, from tho commit-
tee c n Banks and Currency, bill for the relief of 4
the peoplo by authorizing the Banks of the State
to subscribe for stock in the National Banks, re
commending its passage. This bill has been pub
lished in full.
TRUSTEES OF THE LIVERSITY.
On motion of Mr. Wiggins, a message was sent
to the House, proposing to go forthwith into an
election for two Trustees of the University. The
House subsequently concurred, and an uusucess
iul ballot was had.
FAYETTEVILLE
Mr. Howard moved that the
vote by -which the
Senate, on yesterday, rejected the bill to author
ize the Mayor and Commissioners ot 1 ayettevilie
to issue certificates of indebtedness and appoint
assessors of taxables, be reconsidered.
Mr. Howard stilted that the friends of the bill
had made this "request of him, not with any in
tention of again pressing the objectional section
upon the Senate, but in order ti strike out that
section which authorizes the issuing of certificates
of indebtedness, in order to pass .the other sec
tions to which there is probably no objection.
The motion prevailed.
THE UNIVERSITY.
A message was received from the House trans
mitting a message from the Governor concerning
u memorial jfrom the Trustees of the University,
with ii 2roj osition to print and refer to the com
mittee on Finance. The Senate concurred. This
interesting paper will be furnished lor publication
lO-morrow.j
Bills and resolutions of the following titles were
introduced and disposed of as follows:
SUPREME COURT AND TAX-PAYERS.
By Mr. MoreLead: A bill givi::g original juris
diction to the Supreme Court in certain cases.
Referred to the Judiciary.
The biil provides 1st: When tax-payers have paid the
tax imposed by ordinance of the Convention, or who have
refused to answer on oaih as prescribed therein, and
where there is controversies between tho Public Treasurer
and citizens as to property, and also for damages where
the property has been converted, that in all such' cases
tlie Publio treasurer and the tax-payer or party wno
claims such property or damages, or from whom snch
property or damages may be claimed, may make up a ease
agreed and transfer the same to the Supreme Court, and
d' the decision shall be against any citizen, the court shah
award execution as in other cases. Prodded, however,
that an appeal or writ of error to the Supreme Court of
the United States shall be allowed.- 2d. in all indictments
i'or lion-compliance with the twenty-hrst section of saui
ordinance, the solicitor for the btate, at the buggestion of
the Public Treasurer, enter a nolle prosequi. 3d. That
further time, until the first day of August, 106, be allowed
to any tax-payer who may have refused to comply with
the provisions of said seet'ous; and such tax-payer may,
on or before that day, pay Ins taxes to such person, who,
at the time of payment may be the sheriff, and sucli
sheriff shah pay the taxes thus collected on or before the
ur.-t day of October, 1866. 4th. Provides for the payment
oack bv the state of any taxes wroiigfudy collected, or
where the decree is in favor of the citizen.
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Engrossed resolution from the House making an
appropriation for the Lunatic Asylum. Filed.
ALBFIABLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL COMPANY.
From the House engrossed resolution to appoint
commissioners on the condition of the Albemarle
and Chesapeake Canal Company. Filed. Pro
vides for the appointment by the Governor of two,
three if he deems necessary, commissioners to
make examination of the condition and manage
ment of the A. and C. C. Company.
PROTECTION TO THE GKOWTH OF FRUIT.
From the House engrossed bill to protect the
culture of the grape and other fruits, Tiled.
Makes the stealing of any fruit in the field larce
orrt tho ininrv of any tree, shrub, vine, Ac,
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meaner, punishable with fine or imprisonment,, pr
wmcu nas ueexi uxautcu iui u -
r-
Wh thft fine -not to exceed 31UU, and tne
prisonment three months, and the injury, of each j
tree, vine, &c, snail oe ueemeu sepa-iuto
fence.
OLD AND NEW .SESSION.
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the status of the present session was adopted, with
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sold for taxes.
i nance.
rri i-oi rr mA no for discussion -in re- 1 ng course of his cnminal : pia t ce at the ma a-
gard T to Ihe status of the present session, and after chusetts bar, cheated the galiow, so Oitenby j. tmeu
?:l ?Ju lee; MMSr: Wilson. Howard ingen titv. that he is now anxious to atone for his this
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an amendment to the first resolution of Mr.How-
; ft Til lTlCOrflTlfT offal Vk TTTfl ilnl1mfir1 ' ' 4-Trt
inserting
after the word
declared " the
-words "and was so
intended."
The resolutions
are as follows :
l. nnired hu this amoral Aemhh, ih rr,,l9fr,f rvm.
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; mom (roncurrina. That the sitting of this General ssem
Llv which began on the 27th day of November, 18G5, and J
rral.tt 7 adjournment on me i n uecemper laoo,
cans uutes, ana is nereov aeciarea anawas so mienuea to
. nn,. ..a-ln n,; i00mKw ;
; mks cv-coaw. VJtiiviax .ica.iuun.
j 2. liesolced. That the sitting of tina General Assembly, i
i me uoTemer on tuu i?ui
is herebv declare to be
mbly.
session or the tienerai
j Assembly be brought to a close on the third day of lel
i ruary, 1866 by adjournment, to meet again on '1 he 5th
dav of Kebruarv, 1866.
: e(1 over anfl roMimeu at tuo next session, wmcii is to meet
i JF of Februar-V- 1866' a8 if tbere had Uea no
'
I nokth carolika atj Atlantic kaxlboads.
, The House refused to raise a joint select com-
i mitt.ee to inouire into the necessity of uniting the
North Carolina and the Atlantic and North Caroli
na Railroads, but proposed to refer the subject to
the joint select committee on Railroads.
Mr. Arendell moved to lav the matter on the
rtnd ave uotiCe that he would at an early
day introduce a biil to consolidate these two Rail-:
i roads. The motion prevailed. '
j Qn motion cf Mr. Leach, ot Davidson, the Sen-
fitfi ...li-.hnil nr.til tn.mnrrr.w at. 1 1 oV1rk.-lr
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Friday, Feb. 1866.
House was called to order at 10 o'clock,
Tbe
Prayer bv Rev. Alderfc Smedes, IX D., of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Journal of yesterday was read nud ap
proved. Mr. Par,chall introduced the following resolution,
which was adopted :
Resolved, That the committee cn tho Judiciary be in
structed to inquire whether any, and what relief, can bo
provided by legislative action for guardians and otlier.
nctingin a fiduciary capacity, from liabilities for losses
arising out of investments in" the bonds and other securi
ties of the Confederate states, and of this State, issued
during the late war, and that they report by bill or other
wise. Mr. Bly the introduced a bill to perppbiate liens
upon real estate. Referred to the committee on
the Judiciary.
ON CALENDAR.
A bill to incorporate the North Carolina Emi
gration company, passed second and third read
ings under a suspension of the rules.
A bill to enlarge the jurisdiction of Justices of
the Peace, was laid on the table on second read
ing, under an adverse report from the committee
on the Judiciary.
A bill to punish breaking into a house in the
day time, was rejected on second reading.
A bill to amend Chapter 114 Revised Code in
relation to usury. " Laid on the table, there being
another bill of like nature heretofore refe red and
ordered to be printed.
A bill to amend 30th section, 54th Chapter Re
vised Code, was laid on the table on second reading-
A bill to incorporate the " English and Ameri
can Wool, and Tine-growing, Manufacturing,
Mining and Agricultural Association of the United
States of America," was put on its second reading.
Mr. Henry, of Bertie, moved that the bill be
amended by providing that a majority of the di
rectors of this corporation shall be resident citi
zens of North Carolina. Not agreed to, aeys 37 ;
nays 41.
Mr. Henry, moved to amend by requiring the
- iocation of all of the offices of this corporation, in
the State of North Carolina. Not agreed to.
Mr. Wilson, opposed the passage of the bill.
He was unwilling to encourage wholesale emigra
tion. He thought such an influx of foreigners
would be detrimental to the best interest of the
State.
Mr. Hoke , said he had no interest in the bill,
out her than the desire that all should feel to in
troduce a strong, reliable laboring element into
the State. There was a general conviction of the
existence of such necessity, as no reliance could
be placed upon negroes as a laboring class.
The bill, on motion of Mr. Baxter, was referred
to the committee on the Judiciary.
" A bill to repeal an act authorizing the Presi
dent aud Directors of the Literary Fund to elect a
Treasurer and prescribe his duties," passed its 2d
and 3d readings under a suspension of the rules.
Mr. Yellowiy, (by leave,) introduced "a bill to
amend the charter of the town oi Greenville."
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i.ir. Avusseii, a oiu to reguiate tne pleadings in ;
ttie courts oi Jaw in this &tate. Kexerred to the i
commi ttee on the stay law The people of this citv seem to be recovering
Mr. McDouald, a resolution, that tne committee i from the lunaev into wiii(.h tiev wertt latt.3v pre
on l iuance be instructed to enquire and report as j cipitatetl bv the agitation of the Monroe doctrine,
to the. expediency of amerdmg the existing law. : and fchere -8 goocl gTOUna for hope that their re
grantmg time to persons whose land hai been sold : t,overv wn sot5u be complete. Their convales
lor taxes in which to redeem the snxneas to ex-; cence' is due to a compound of second-sober
tu-iiii iixt iciiii ui itmuijitiua nuui vice iu iiirvn
years. Adopted.
A message was received from the Senate, propo
sing to raise a joint welect committee, to consider
the expediency of consolidating the North Caroli
na and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroads.
The House refused concurrence, and, on motion
of Mr. Manly, a message wan sent to the Senate,
proposing to refer the matter to the joint standing
committee on Railroads.
The House concurred in' a message from the
Senate, proposing to elect forthwith two Trustees
of the University.
The names of Hon. D. G. Fowle, Dr. E. Ben
bow, Col. Yellowley and P. Horton, Esq., were
withdrawn from nomination.
Mr. Nicks nominated H. M. Wangh, Esq.
The House then proceeded to vote viva voce.
The following engrossed resolutions had their
first reading and were referred, viz :
A resolution in favor of Drury King; a resolution
to furnish the Revised Code to Clerks who have
not been heretofore supplied, and a resolution in
relation to the Public Square.
Mr. Hoke introduced a bill to create a State
Agent. Referred to the committee on Federal
Relations.
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SPECIAL ORDER.
Pursuant to order, the House, at 12 o'clock M.,
resolved in the committee of the whole, aud re
sumed consideration of the bill concerning ne
groes, Indians and persons of color or of mixed
blood.
Mr. Rayner was again called to the chair, and
the question recurring on the motion of Mr.
McNair to strike out the 11th section of the bill.
Mr. Jenkins, of Warren, replied at length to
the remarks made by Mr. Phillips on yesterday.
Mr. McNair followed in support of the motion
to strike out
Mr. Barnett opposed the motion. .
Mr. McKay thought the admission of negro evi
dence in courts of justice followed, as a necessary
consequence to the. abolition of slavery.
Mr. Hutchison also opposed the motion.
Mr. Phillips again addressed the committee in
reply to Messrs. Jenkins and McNair, and at the
close of his remarks the committee rose, reported
progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Mon
day next.
from the committee that superin-1
Mr. Gaines,
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The House then adjourned until 10 o clock, A. ;
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federate in favor of Jack Ketch
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OUR NEW' YORK ('ORKESPOXDEXCE.
I .
77ie Moderate Republicans and the Pres-ident--Oppo-sition
to Ridical Legislation Whrtf the People
think of .yegro Suffrage The Mexican Question.
Abatement of the Monroe Doctrine Fever Ru
mored Early Recognition of the Empire Amuse-
j ments cf the Colored Poptilation Concerts' and
Lectures Furiovs AtiaeJc on the President by Fred.'
. . Ihitglass State of the Markets, etc.
- Prom Our Own Correspondent. -. . ;
New York,, Jan 'y 30, 186&Y,;
Henry ; if. Raymond's speech in. the .House of
Representatives yesterday is regarded with great
fayoi' by his Republican friends here. Mr. Ray
mond's Republican friends are not the half-crazed
fanatics of the Sumner. school. They. are mostly
to be found among the commercial and general
business classes. They are the, practical men of
the Republican party, and though on some points
they sympathize and work with, the .pposi c fae
tion of theorists, ' yet on questions of such great
importance as that which elicited Mr. Raymond's
views yesterday, tlxey "may be relied on to support
the moderate side. . It is because the Radicals who
want to revolutionize tlie government aie such a
noisy set that they manage to. keep the afihirs of
the country disturbed. They are constantly mak
ing intemperate speeches, proposing mischief-
working rc -solutions. '3r offering destructive amend
ments to the constitution, and by these means they
succeed in keeping public attention rivited on
their i ;-'-e; dings. But they do not represent even-
a r-. - . ha-h' minority of the Republicans of this
city, rind their course in Congress and elsewhere
is condemned, by at least two-thirds of the sound
thinking, intelligent men of the party which they
claim to represent.
Whatever may be the result of the vote on the
Constitutional amendment in the lower House to
day, it is morally certain that if that amendment
were submitted to the Northern ppople, it would
be promptly defeated. I make a distinction be
tween the people andjtheir State Legislators ; for
the latter are mostly of that noisy class who secure
preferment by stilted declamation. They can
make what are called good speeches, and that
questionable qualification is usually sufficient to
secure them success at the polls on election day
particularly in the rural districts, where oratory
and statesmanship are too often confounded. But
let the negro franchise question be submitted
directly to the people; give each man a fair oppor
tunity to examine it for himself, and its defeat
would be as certain as its submission. The con
servative Republicans, and they form an over
whelming majority of that party in this city, are
becoming tired of this interminable talk about the
negro. They want the political affairs of the coun
try settled just as soon as possible, and they stand
on the same platform with the President on all
questions affecting the interests of the whole
country. :"
In the present unsettled condition of Southern
industry, all right-thinting men see the positive
effect of the exclusion of Southern representatives
from Congress, and of the agitation of the negro
suffrage question by the Sumner Radicals. The
President has frequently declared in unofficial con
versations that the South should be admitted to
full representations in Congress at once, and that
her exclusion therefrom by the infernal spirits
who engineered the select committee of fifteen,
amounts to a positive crime, when viewed ih its
political aspect. He would have every Southern
representative admitted to-morrow, if he could;
but as he cannot do that, he is determined to do
the next best thing he can for the South. He will
give no countenance to any measure designed to
place the South in a disadvantageous josition as
regards its rightful power and influence..; He will
stand between the South aud its Radical enemies
not because he loves the South better than any
other portion of the country, but because he will
not sanction what is wrong and when the time
comes for him to move in that direction, he will
do if by vetoing such measures as havebeen fram
ed for the degradation and virtual enslavement of
the Southern people. Let those who complain
that Mr. Johnson has been too exacting in his
conditions of reconstruction re fleet that he is the
best friend thev have in authority, and rest assur
ed that he will do what he believes to be rialit,
.
rea-Lirdless of the slurs and insults which the Radi-
C:ljs uvve
r.livmrlv htio-nn in nnf nnrn him
. .
thought and Mexican dispatches. The first of
these ingredients has enabled them to work off the
preposterous idea that it is the duty of the Gov
ernment to supervise the political affairs of the
whole American continent, aud the second is
just beginning to clear their brains of the notion
that Republicanism is the only form of govea
meut worth living under. The four leading pa
pers of this city the World, Tribune, Times and
Herald have capable and efficient correspondents
in different parts Of Mexico, and these writers
keep us well informed on the military and political
-ituation in that country. No one can read their
letters without becoming convinced that the .Lib
eral caus is hopeless; and furthermore, that -Republicanism,
in its American sense, is .not the
proper form of government for the Mexican peo
ple. They want a strong hand to control them, to
protect their rights, compel obedience to the laws,
encourage enterprise, foster industry and promote
the material interests of the whole country. Most
of the Northern correspondents now in Mexico
went there imbued with all the popular prejudices
against Maximilian; but notwithstanding, they
now admit that Republicanism is a failure there.
They represent the people as being in constant
dread of the marauding forces which still carry
the banner of Juarez, and say that the iutelhgent
and industrial classes are loyal to Maximilian and
anxious for his recognition by the United States.
And indications are not wanting that the Empire
will be recognized in Washington. The Havana
correspondent of the World, writing on the 23d
inst., says that during Secretary Seward's brief
sojourn there he had a private interview with an
aid-de-camp of the Emperor Maximilian. This
statement has given rise to the surmise that Mr.
Seward is paving the way to a recognition' of the
Empire, and I can assure you that such a course
on the part of the Washington Government would
not be at all distasteful to a very respectable por
tion of our population.
The colored element had what the vulgar would
call " a high old time" last night. About three
.thousand vari-colored dandies and damsels assem
bled at the Cooper Institute to hear some musical
notes from the Black Swan," alias , Miss Green
field, and they were as jiroud and gay. as any col
lection of pea-cocks ever . seen strutting about . a
i fftrm vard. The Black Swan has been starring in
Europe for some time past, and her return: to the
JU&X11A Ui Lllu. wuuuMttuu vtcto iiaiiru;111iu CAllucliUlb
ueiiirni uv lire euiixe wxii tei -coxoreu uonuiauou.tr-
.1 .i:li i ii i: a i i i.i-
She has a very irood double vrvW anfl'nnift
of the ;critics were so enchanted . by it lafet
mgnt. taat tney lmmeaiateiy wrote long articles in
English, Trench and Italian about it, which articles
they had printed in this morning's papers. I uu-.
demand mat some enterprising colored gentle-
propose to jerecx a nrsc ciass opera .nouss in i
cjty, and the only . dimculty- in'j'fhe ' wav raf 1
Miss Greenfield s
notes are very good in their way, but in a finan-'
cial point of view they are not equal to een-1 wil occupy the -places of those, who cannot, will,
backs. ' . 'f by .'energy, soon recover these places, and the coun-
There was a large gathering of fanatics at the try 'will reap the benefits.
Brooklyn Academy of. Music last night to : hear t This letter of Gov. Orr was carried to Washing
Fred. Douglass's lecture on " Assassination and its ton by ji; special messenger, who was too late.
Lepsons." The black orator was introduced bv
Tiltoh,'of the k Independent, and spoke for two
hours on the wrongs and rights of his race. When
he came to-' the first word of his subject, he hon
estly confessed his inability to do justice to it, and
then, by way of appeasing the audience he pitched
iirto President Johnson a little heavier than Sum
ner has yet dared to. He went in for universal
suffrage, and said if Lincoln were alive, he would
,be in fayor.of it. '"But," said Fred., M there is a
change in Washington now. ..Had that greats good
'inan lived, loyal black men would not have beh
insulted in1 Washington as they were by Andrew
Johnson, when he told them to go home and work,
and prove, that they were entitled to , freedom, "r-r-
Fred. then said that Jefferson Davis is a great ciinir
innl, but Andrew Johnson is a greater. . .DaVis
never' deserted his friends, but the same could not
be said of Johnson. He deserted the- noble, Iion
hearted black men whose blood has cemented the
Shtles in an indissoluble Union. From, the! ap
plause' which greeted Fred.'", denunciations of the
President,-! should think that a considerable. hum -ber
of Brooklynists are in need of being 7 recon
structed. . , . , : --. , . , . . .
Dullness is still the prevailing feature, ,01, the
markets. The stocks on hand are unusiiahy heavy,
and -buyers still hold back in anticipation of a de
cline. Cotton is in fair demand, - but prices lutve
declined to 48 50 cents for middling. : The re
ceipts at this port since Sept. 1 are 519, S8(i . bales,
of which 76,47S bales arrived since the 1st inst.
The following quotations for domestic dry gbbd
may be useful to your mercantile readers :' Brown
Sheeting Stock A, 31i;M,.7;0. 25; Pepperell
E, 2S: K, 27; O, 23. Bleached Shirtings;; s Wani
.sutta! 17; Langdon, 40; Redbank, 27. ,,f Prints :
Merrimack, 20; Richmond, 23; Atnoskeag, 21 f;
Arnold, 20 i; Wamsutta, 18. DeLaines, v' "lo (a
20; Ginghams, 'SO; Brown Drills, 32; Corset Jeans,
do; Canton rlannels, 4i; Ticks, 00 . Go: Denims,
54; Stripes, best, 12. There is no change to, re
port in the financial market. Stocks of all kind
continue dull and heavy. 1 ' ' : C.
ISJPORTANT LETTEI! FROM GOV
0 11 It . TO T If V-
PUESIDEXT.
Pernicious effects of 'the Freedmen's Bureau ' its
Officers refuse to Co-operate with the Government.
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, under date if
January 19th, 1866, addressed a long letter to the
President, in relation to the Sea Island lands, from
which the following extratcts are made: '
In the lower part of the State, scarcely a. con
tract has been or can be made. The delay in car
rying out your instructions of last October posi
tively, whic 1 has continued from Genl Howard's
visit to Captain Ketch urn's return, within the past
few days, renders the freedmen, as a body, incred
ulous of any restoration. They have in 'many
places quietly but firmly refused to accept any
terms; but, I regret to say, that within the last
few days they have in some instances resorted to
violence burning down dwellings, destroying
bridges, intrenching themselves in their quarters
and refusing either to contract or to give way to
those who will. And in these cases, it is proper to
say, that the contracts offered them have been ap
proved by the Unised States authorities as liberal
and just. This is not unnatural, for as long as the-
freedman has reason to believe that the Govern
ment will give him a homestead of forty acres, he
will not voluntarily work for wages. It cannot, I
think, be denied that thg action of the Freedmen's
Bureau in this State has largely contributed to
this unfortuate result. Without entering into the
minute detail of itsadministration, I am constrained
to say that there is, to my mind, sufficient evi
dence of an unwillingness to co-operate cordially
with the policy of the Government. Certificates
of title have been in some cases granted, to per
sons filling none of the conditions even ' of Gen.
Sherman's order, and have been given to chance
visitors td' the Islands for lands, not only for them
selves, but for their friends who had never been
away from their homes in the interior. Great de-!
lay has been interposed in the execution of the
forms necessary to restoration, and the bureau has,
indeed, gone far to defeat the very object of your
orders, lor it has decided that where a freedman
refuses to contract on any terms, however inst,
that in such case there can be no mutually sat
isfactory arrangement, and his refusal acts as a
bar to restoration.
In addition to this, the whole of the Parish of
St. Helena, and a great portion of St. Lukes,
comprising the body of the estates which,' in in
trinsic value, in their former amount of product.
cannot be surpassed by an equal extent of country
in any State or the Union, have been appropria
ted by the government under the provisions of
the direct tax act. These lands are occupied by
freedmen ; some under the pretence of allotment ;
1 t t
some under, pretence 01 purchase ; some under
pretence of General Sherman's order, and most
iuder no pretence at all. The Tax Commission
ers charged with the execution of these acts have
mauitested these sympathies as the agents of the
Freadmen's Bureau, and this whole section 5 ot
c mntry is held out as not a home of the refugees,
but is a land of promise for every indolent freed
mau in the State.
Finally, a bill has been reported to Congress.
and is now under discussion, by which the title!
igranted under General Sherman's field orders are
t be confirmed for three yeais. i do not think,
therefore, that -1 am risking either an extreme hi
doubtful opinion when I -say that the chief cause
of all our difficulty, in finding a solution of this
question of labor, proceeds from the action of the
government encouraging the belief that the sea
coast region of South Carolina is to be confiscated
for the purpose, of establishing a system of inde
pendent colonization for the freedmen. . If this i
not so, then the interests of this State require t hat
this impression, so generally prevailing, should be
authoritatively denied, and that those who, for
purposes of personal interests r of political agita
tion, are endeavoring to prolong and to exaggerate
our present embarrastmeut, should be deprived ol
so effective a means of mischief. Can any reason
be found why the planter on the coast, who was
flriven from his home in 1801 or 1802, should no a
have his lands appropriated for distribution, whiie
his fellow-citizens of the middle or upper districts,
whose estates have been untouched, whose indus
try has been undisturbed, but has participated as
fully and heartily in the war, shall be comlirmed
in possession oi his? The policy of which, as u
Representative of the State, I complain is the par
tial and unjust confiscation of the property of 'a
small portion of citizens, including a large number
of unoffending widows and orphans, to be given in
the same spirit of injustice in which it is taken, to
persons having no claim for special consideration
at your hands. The mere introduction of the bill
for confirming these titles has had an immediate
and injurious effect. It has checked the energy
which was beginning to manifest iselt ; suspended
the contracts which were in process; arrested the
spirit with which the planters were preparing to
go to work hopefully and heartily, and stopped at
onoe the investment of aii Northern capital which
was beginning to find profitable employment in
Southern fields. Now, if the occupation of these
lauds in the lnunls in which Gen. Sherman's order
placed them is confirmed also, and everyday will
make it worse, one of two things w ill follow eith
er this section of State will nearly be abandoned
to its fate, audits miserable population, dwindling
away from, disease,.- and want and crime, wiii, after
a few years of mischievous vagabondage. dihappeor
Irom the land, or uyioree or fraud they
or fraud they. will be
r pedef liut it these lands are rt stored,, fhejr
c pabilities, .the certain remuneration of succt ksih'l
tuuimuunRUis wiy mat iuu iiccumca Si'U-fTi-
x me i to tne sou, uiyue oi cuiturvaud
:ii:U--orj
succck-fid
emplorerywiil 'secure to such ireedmeii
contracts and the most liberal wane-.
Hie pi .iii
erawho can return, and the loreigu coital wiiicn
however, to influence the action of the Senate on
the action, of the Treedmen s Bureau bill relating
to the Sea Islands.
m' Piedmont ltailroail.
.'oWe publish 'folow 'the report of ' the Join t Com
mittee appointed-by the Legislature to inquire in
to the ; ownership; properxTv'-'Arc.-, of. the .abovo
road : ; ' '-' '- - :" "
hi: The-Joint Committee to whom was referred the
resolution requiring them to enquire "into the pro
per owners of the Piedmont Builroad, uuderwhaH
charter if was incorporated, the siyekLvUers there
in, with what funds it was built, how they were
supplied with funds, -rind especially' thi property
in. baid, company, which belonged to the Coiiteih r
ate (States .o-nd. jto individuals,': bg. leave to report:
rhid' they caused subpoenas to. be issued for 11 num
ber of witnesses to' "appear 'before th't.ih in Grecns
. boro'," on' tlie' '31t -ot a mfary, 'l?fiO. ;'
. ; in coiiHeqiieiiue of the -Legislature -being" called
together, in ihe. City of liidejgh ;heju;-fc -.the u pp. .1 ut
ed da they'iaused the Witnesses .to lie reuiu!mn
etr io uproar bWore 'theiu in t!te S'.' Ld-j Ci adx r
on the iOtii of the snnir? nioijh;;;-n hen aud win re
a nr.mov oi witnesses weie tV:u'i;ined 'be'ore 1 1, cm ;
iocumeu,uuy. evidence was laiii beioie theiii, upon
which tf.'V) subm the .1 olio wing :-:.iiemonts :
"; The committee ' find that the Piedmont 'railroad
was chartered by an" ordinance of fne CVmVcintoii
vjt this StaWk .ratified ' ttie Mh day "of February,
i862, which .oidm-mce. was huhvUuued l,v mi -. t
of the .Genera 1 A-semhb ol the State of Vu-yinia.
p:4ssed the 27th day oi Mar -T., Im;- i(1Jd m;hont
y said act, given to said Piedrn.uu.railrbad Com
pany to extend and eiailrilet nsy road aV-t-i iduw
tlJ H'.-J'V10"3 cV."'0d cuAitev, witbiudie- limits
of ViiginU to ilie u .vu of DaiiAille in that State.
In' regard to the urooer 'owners of LAA Pi, ,1.
v t . a a - - - V
niont rani oad, a ouV committee hud that the Ihch- ,
uiomV uitd Dauviileiaiiioad company are the own
ers, .of 14,84U shares,, uud individuid citizens of
North Carolina and Virginia are the owner .' of 160
s:mres, in all 15,000 snares, of .S1U0 each, mak
iag inehumoi $1,500,000, the capital stock of said
iielwont company.
As to.,,$Ue funds with; which the road wn built,
your committee report that it appears from the
evidence that the road was built exclusively with
jiinds Horn su!scriptions to the capital stock, paid
in by the stockholders, and fiom the enrrrnt in
crease and resourceo ot ; the ; Ru-hmond and Dan
ville road, and of the Piedmont, railroad as soon
as it was put to work. That the Richmond aud
Danville railroad eompany, to raise ihe means of
paving its subscription, t issued and sold its bonds,
wnicn are now out. standing against that comj)any
to' the amount of $826,000. . The iron snnerstviir.
ture was obtained chiefly from several other roads,
then deemed of less importance some in Vir
ginia and some in this State. The roads
in this .State, whose iron was thus ob
tained are the . Atlantic. Tennessee and
Ohio road, running from- Charlotte to Sh.tPK-
ville, and the Roanoke Valley road running from
Clarksville, Va., to the Raleigh and Gaston road.
Ihe claims of these companies for such iron are
secured by a bond for Si 00. 000 with KPenritv
given by the Richmond and Danville railroud
company, and the Piedmont railroad company,
co the United States government, upon the recent
return of the Piedmont road by that government,
to the Piedmont company. This sec:irity is in
addition to the recognized liability of the Pied
mont company to any just demands by the ordi
nary remedies in like manner as other individual
debtors. It furthermore appears to von commit-
tee that these claims are in progress of adjustment
by private negotiations between the Richmond and
Danville " railroad company ' and' tKc l'i ..ui.ont
raihoad company, and the parties chmcing.'
Your committee further reports that by the con
curring evidence, personal and documentary, tho
late Confederate States never held f ny proprietory
ight or interest, to theextent of one cent, nor ever
claimed any such right or interest in tlie ".Pied
mont road. That in the year 1862'or !86t the Con"
federate States government loaned tothe Richm. md
and Danville railroad company, one million of dol
lars in bonds to aid in paying off' its subso ription
aforesaid. That sometime in the latter part of tho
year 1803, the Richmond and Danville railroad com
pany received for interest on these bonds about
the .sum of ' $82,000, which that company
credited to the Confederate States, on account for
transportation due said company. That, 'farther
than this no use whatever was made by the :aid
company of the bonds so loaned, the arrangements
for said loan having been in fact, sometime, iu
the year ibui, cancelled by agreement between tlie
parties. The said Confederate bonds are supposed
to have been lost in the lire that occurred in Rich
mond on the 3d of, April, 18o3.
Your committee submit herewith a copy of the
order fn-the restoration of the Piedmont Load,
i-rom the Treasury Department of the United
States, to the pi opcr officers of the company, made
by tlie Secretary of the Tie sury and apprised by
he President of the ' United States, on t.Ve 18th
lay of October, i860, together with the statements
o sundry witnesses examined before. the commit
tee, as exhibited. With this report Your commit-
o therefore ask to be
discharged
from the lur-
ther coi si teration of the subpx t.
Respectfully submitted,
A. J. JONES, ('ba rman,
JAS. T. MORS HEAD,
. , . R. W; ALLISON,
R. MURPHY,
T. M. SMITH, ,
Committee.
A Novel Gt-estton. I. the proprietor of i pub
lic house compelled to receive negroes at his table?
That is the question. We are informed by a gen
tleman who camejlowu on the Chattanooga train,
i'harsday, that ti7e pVst cohihiandaiit closed tho
eating house of Joiner (.,-at Steveion, Ala.,
because two negro soldiers were refused udmK-ion
to dinner ut the regular, table. Upon their cc-u.-piaiiit,'
Captain VVaitihiin sent a guard of negro
soldiers, stating that if they wele not allowia-d to
eat at theregulai table, the house would berliscd.
The landlord refused on the grounds that his cus
tomers would leave him; vvhu'-upou an order was
issued cloing th- In ue f;t ou.-e. Tho pro iri' tors
hive appealed to higlrtr a ithorities. rWr7fe
Union, 'Ztth ult. w "
All fok tie Negko. Mr. Stevens has given no
tice of a bill to give every emancipated negro a
homestead, either from tin? confiscated estates of
Southern rebels, or from lands in the South own
ed by the Government.
The Committee on Freedir.en intend to introduce
a bill establishing universal suffrage throughout '
the United States. .
The Rump Congress has not discovered that
(here are any white men in the United States yet.
Perhaps some of them will a? ce rtain that fact at
the next fall elections .. . .,'...
Twelve millions ol dollars is aslvcd for the lie-.,
gro boarding hou , gem rally termed the Freed--men's
Bureau. But tl.tse;'! iae I'epuldii aristhink
it will cost too lunch 1o yi x '! - x ohiiitf ers of ItCl
and 'j2. epial bouniivi with' those of a later date.
Ha ttiiOild L:n virer.
t.
TriK Fuj;?'!k;;
i-m-.. :
Thlivb:
ill (he.
il v: i ijcu has pas
llo us.-:, is meet-''
el the" Senate'.; amt.'u no
ing with strong- ppof.i 'fro in 'th.e'preA " The
Nt w Yojk Sun Siuns up th hVA a-fohows 'J:
; "The.piaAiiiai ehbet'-ofth-.-';!? tne'. would 'h&li
'"simplv ent d :' i,Vuv' yKuosi.o upon thergovcrii- T
mi U 0 reCI'C.ts;', t he. ItiM! lit-.... i 111 oe.r'.OCS
lb gie 'yvi: nr -1- ot J " ' ' -fo'ivig;"-
r m o '.. roe '" in- i ' o-' t lias, trki
e," I'.loi.i. inio ei8i..ci ;..,.:.. i.io,:u L-.kiii u.
tional nuisi.nce.