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THE MISSISSIPPI CoNvENTIoN.-The
Convention convened in Jackson on the
l4th atl2 o'clock Gov. Sharkey ex-
amined into the loyalty and qualifications
Of !the members, and administered the
amnesty oath to such as had not taken it
before. H
The Convention organized by electing
j. G. Suger, of Washington county,
president, and j. S. Powers, Hind eoun
ty, secretary. The rest of the day was
spent in arranging the preliminaries Of
important business which is to be brought
before the Convention.
The Richmond Republic of to-day,
received here tonight. states that the
justices of the county court of Henrico
determined yesterday that person who
had been an officer in the Confederate
army was incapable Of qualifying as
Commonwealth Attorney in that
county.
The Court took occasion to announce,
also, that j. made decisions on its own
construction Of the Constitution and
without reference received from execu.
tive officers of the State.
It is stated that President johnson
has given the military commanders in
Texas ;njunctions to. continue the obscr.
vance ofu strict neutrality in the contest
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande
between the republicans and the I'm
perialists. -& H9~ v4s
An extensive fire occurred at Calves.
tiop, Texas, on the I'd INST, involving
heavy loss. 1t was doubtless tho design
Of the parties to burn the town. The
transactions Of villains in Galveston were
never before cqualed.
TnE SToNEwAiL.-A special despa:cl,
from New Orleans, dated August 18th.
says that the Confederate priyateer
iSfQne'OaN was sill in the port Of Fla.
vana. r.
T" Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia, the
candidate for Yice.P President with
Douglas in 1860, has been pardoncd by
the intercession of Mrs. Donglas.
Mosby, the partizan ranger, has been
arrested at Washington.
An IRISH FENINN SENpENcEp tTo
SEVEN YEARS PENAL SERvIrUDE. - ~ A
man named Murphy was tried in Ire.
land on the 18th ultimo for being con.
nected with the Fenian movement, was
convicted and sentenced to seven years
penal sorvitude Murply's crime was
tampering with soldiers and trying to in.
duce them to desert and enlist in the
American service, Chief Justice Mona
CHAN, addressing the prisoners, remarked
''9our crime is one of the next, in tho
view Of our law, to, treason, and one Of
the gravest you could be guilty Of
The Cork Examiner an Irish paper,
commenting upon the trial, gets off the
following:
"There is a sad mora! to be read IN
the trial which has just been concluded
at Mullingnr, and q report ofwhich may
be found in another column. 1t is one
version of the old, old story conspiracy
in Ireland, and then betrayal. The
fiery advocate of rebellion gets into z
trap, the oath he is ready to,administcl
is taken, and then information is giver
| to the police. Then GENES, the trial anc
tho sentence to seven years penal servi
tude. And this is the end we foreset
for Fenianisn,. Trouble, turmoil, treach
cry and victimization tor those who ar,
sincere. Tho Americda Share of It's de
7usiea, the Irish portion means miser,
for Me country and sad .mistortt,,s fol
fadiuiduals.3t 4 B y s.
JEFF. DAVIS "A large number of ap
plications were made to the War ant
State Departments and to the President
personally for permission to visit JEFF
Davis at Fortress Monroe recently
They were all feflsed, however. A
few Of the applicants entertain an opin
ion that they viii eventually succeed.
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