Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-08-10

poonc property of all kinds, and proclaim the gov.
eminent overthrown
Lnge is most convincing evidence Of the truth
i !, ct this statement The reason of Vallan.
dgham's sudden return to Ohio was the fear of be-
ing defeated as delegate to Chicago, and it was
On only oy his presence his election was secured
Inc numerical strength of this Order is said to be
CONSIDERABLY over half million One hundred
ana nifty thousand are armed and organized. The
Oroer IN New York is called j" McCiellan's Minute
Men" The Grand Commander in Missouri is
Chas L. Hunt, nephew of j. H. Lucas, and many
years Belgian Consul Deputy Grand Commander,
Chas u. Dunn, city officer of st. Louis long
list OF the names of members of the Order in diff.
terent States, together with full information con-
cernlng the whole scheme is in the hands of the
authorities at Washington and will probably be
given to the public in short time.
The Great Conspiracy.
ST. LOUIS, July %, P. M.-The statements con.
tanned in the dispatch of this morning concerning
me existence plans and purposes of the Order Of
American Knights, are based upon very volumnous
testimony, taken during several months past by
the Provost Marshal General of the Department of
Missouri.
News from Washington.
=, WASHINGTON, July 2zelse4- The question of the
omcers and men Of the Alabama, who were carried
GU SO perhdlously by the Deerhound, English royal
yacht, has been submitted 10 board of officers, of
shlcn Rear Admiral Shubrick was chairman, and
decided that these persons are rightsully
prisoners Of war This decision IS approved by the
government. The steamer Meredith, off Charles
GOD, surrendered to rebel ram, but was not taken
possession OF, and was actually recaptured BY the
United States vessels but her officers and men were
2Hnsidered as prisoners of war, and were brought
.iorth and exchanged.
A large quantity of elegant furniture including
pianos, mirrors, parlor ornaments &C., seized near
fredericksburg, have been brought to Washington
10 be sold under the Confscation act
Among the valuable property seized, and to all
ihstnts and purposes confscated by General Hunter
IN the Shenandoah Valley, is the estate of Mr..
McKaig, brother of Thomas J. McKaig, MARYLAND
State Senator and graduate of Fort McHenry The
mansion, containing furniture of the most elegant
description, choice wines &C., is occupied by the
Quartermaster's Department and the secesh owner
IS fugitive among the rebels. Nearly all of the
family have been in our prisons, and are now occu.
plying positions in the rebel army
There Will be sale of the property Of John Letch-
CT, Trusten Polk and other noted rebels ON the 9Th
OF August, under the confscaton act
Burning OF Chambersburg.
The following are the National Intelliqencer's
comments on the burning of Chambersburg by our
troops:
The outburst of indignation with which the burn.
ing OF Chambersburg, by Gen. McCausland, has
been received IN the loyal States serves to show the
appreciation IN which all such acts of vandalism are
justly held, however reserved may have been its
expressions when the outrage was committed by
ouI troops in the South When Bluffton. in South
Carolina, and Darien, in Georgia, and alexander,
La and Washington, n. o., were burned by our
!. ces, there were not wanting those in the loyal
States who deplored these several acts of wanton-
ness or calousness as unworthy of honorable and
christian warfare; but, partly from the remoteness
OF the scenes OF such wrong doing, and partly from
iahguid sense OF indignation in all that concerns
the mlsfortuhes of the enemy, there vas no very
vivid or universal feeling on the subject And we
DO not doubt that in the Confederate States there
Will be found multitudes who will unthink:nyly an
Plaud the burning of Chambersburg as an act of
righteous retaliation, if not as commendable in it.
self
We do not need to say to our readers that all
such aeedS OF baroarlsm whether committed by one
sue or the other. hx Stigma of disgrace on our
national character and if any have been unable to
realize the arocty of these excuses SO long as thew
were exclusively committed by our troops, it is to
be hoped that their native Nervousness will be clear
ly perceived in the light of the burning homes Of
Chambersburg, and that for the credit of the nation
al name We Shall not be called to chronicle such hor
rors In the future progress of the war.
Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, July 29.-General Rosecranz, by an.
thority Of the War Department. has called for nine
regiments of six months volunteers for the protec
ton of the State against guerilla nvasions In the
same connection Governor Hall issues proclama-
ton stating the emergency to be great and urging
the people to till their regiments at once.
Removal Of the District Judge HaudIin.
The following is the order of Michael Hahn, re-
moving VIM. W. Handln, judge of the Sd district
court, for rendering decision in cause to the
effect that the institution of slavery still existed in
the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana:
STATE OF La, Executive DEPARTMENT,
New Orleans, July IA, 1864.
Whereas, Hon. WIN. W. Handlin, Judge of the
Sd district court of New Orleans did, on the 18th
instant, in cause No. 1916 of the docket of
said court render judgment which, in effect, de-
cides that the institution Of slavery still exists in
the parish; and whereas, the said Judge, in the
rendition of his judgment, has, in disregard and
violation of constitutional duty and time honored
CUSTOM neglected to refer to the law to give the
reasons on which the judgment is founded it
is now ordered
1. That the commission issued by the late Mill.
tary Governor of Louisiana, on the Sd of Novem-
Der, 1868, to the said William w. Handlin, ap-
pointing him Judge of the Third District Court be,
and the same Is hereby revoked and annulled, and
that SAID Handlin be no longer recognized as the
Judge of said court.
2. The General Order No. 81, of the late Militia
ry Governor of Louisiana, dated the 4th of Decem-
Der, 1862 be and the same is so altered and amen
ded as to authorize and empower each of the
Judges of the First Second and Sixth District
Courts of New Orleans to preside alternately in
the said Third District Court of New Orleans, and
IN all matters act as Judge of said Court until
Judge is regularly appointed thereto.
MICHAEL HAHN,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
By the Governor:
S. VIGOROUSLY, Secretary Of State.
Subsequently the question was brought up in
the Negro State Convention, now in session at New
Orleans by the Bee Hunter, Thorpe, who intro
duced resolution declaring that all decisions
holding that slavery still exists in this State, are
contrary to the fundamental law Of the State, and