The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-10-04
General Intelligence.

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ability to support themselves, viii report shat hevsi
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discover evidences Of advancement and pr0gHess1 he
vgnd bis most sanguiue hopes.
Tbc highest aim of the negro seems to b$ to set
possession of small parcels Of land to work fr them
selves
schools established for the education Of young Africans
The Tribuae's Washington special saws that Cen.
Towards letter to Col. Brown, Of Rchmond dill not
contemplate the employment Of rebels fer patrDiling
the country but only directed thata small force should
be detailed to secure order.
SAN FRANCisco, Sept lj.-Honolulu dates Of the
Iylh gay The whaers James Murray JOSEPH Maxwell
and Richmond have arrived from the Arctic sea- the
former under bonds, with 100 sailors comprising the
crews Of small vessels seized BY the Shenandoah The
Shenandoah captured thirty vessels, twentysiZ Of
which were burned and four bonded.
The Maxwell reports that ten whalcrs had escaped.
HALIFAX Sept I5.--Iieut Gamble Of her maestv's
slip S1rgUcnt, passed the line where the bu0ys af the
Atlantic cable were said to be, and none Of them,
though a good lookout for them was kept. He thinks
the bu0Ts must have parted from the cable.
WAaHNGTOE, Sept. 1l.-An interesting decision,
touching the rights of freedmen in Virginia. has been
rendered in The county court Of Alexandria county
Under the old regime free negroes are made liable as
slaves for misdemeanors and elones by the court of
over and terminer, without jury. III the caae Of
Waters, free negro thus tried and found guilty
rule was made in arrest Of judgment, the ground
that tie prisoner entitled to a trial by jury and
could not legally be convicted of felony exeapt by
tile unanimous consent Of twelve men, according to
the section Of the bill Of rights The motion 0f pris-
oncr's counsel sustained, the court holding that
provisions in the bill Of rights included all free persons,
construction said to be sustained by the usage Of the
law Of Virginia from nc to 1892 at which latter date
free negroes in of felony were by act of the
legislature placed upon footing with slaves wL4 re-
spect 10 form Of trial.
To-day delegation Of southern men, representing
seven southern States Georgia Alabama Mississippi
Florida Arkansas Virginia and Tennessee had ain in
tcrvcE with president Johnson. The clarmel Of the
various State delegations are Messrs. Mcfarland OF
Virginia, Bass oil Arkansas, Withers, of Mississippi,
Bliss Alabama Green, Of Tennessee judge Cochraue
OF Georgia, judge Baker, 81 Florida VIM Mcfarland,
oG Virginia briefly addressed the president, ID which
he alluded to the composition of the delegation repre-
scuting tdda large portion Of the southern people,
and to The fact that the policy Of the president and his
in dealing with the late nsurgent States met
with the cordial Endorsement OF those people who are
disposed stand by him in restoring the authority OF
tile government in cementing the bonds Of the Union.
- The president said in reply that there had been no
new developments in public affairs to make It necessary
for him to change his towards people lately in
rebellion He thought by this time that those people
Iausl be aware that lie anxious for the restoration
Of the States TO the Union in the mode already tam-
r them through the proclamation Of tile executive
lie alluded to their admission resting solely with
grosS. IL was Important therefore, that thoroughly
loyal men should be elected to represent .aem, ii
order that they might not be rejected by congress-
The delegation evidently pleased wlh tle presl
dental reply.
WlsnrHGTox, Sept. I3.-In the Tirl,s trial to-day,
the certificate of the ward surgeon was presented,
stating that the defendant was unable to proceed
with the trial on account Of nervous prostration.
A special dispatch to the Chronicle says tile pros
poets fOr tile establishment Of a republic iii Mexico
are becoming more and more gloomy.
The MeXicaus who still adhere to the republic were