Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-07-06
News Items.

amendment. lie said th t slavery was utterly
oyeihrown, and proved the impossibility of restor
ing it. and urged the people to establish system
OF free labor.
General Howard disapproves of the acts o Capt
Bryant. and others of his subordinl.es, in fixing the
rates of wages for freedmen. He has issued cir
cular letter, nstructing his assistants TO decline 10
Ex any given rate of compensation, but simply ap-
prove all contracts made between planters and
their employees. always seeing that the freedmen
receive adequate pay.
President Johnson met the South Carolina dele
CATION Thursday last, but too i'll to confer with
them. He appointed 10 o'clock next day for an
other meeting, when IT is expected a Provisional
Governor will be appointed
Some excitement has been caused in PhiladcI-
phia by clash OF jurisdiction OF the civil and
military authorities. b. y. Cczcns has been tried
before q military commission, hut before the de-
cision was made known, Judge Thompson granted
writ Of habeas corpus, and ordered the arrest of
Provost Marshal Frnk. who refused TO obey it.
The matter is still unadjustcd.
About l25 special parious have thus far been
srantei by the President.
Major General Edward Johnson and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Of Virginia regiment are now the
only rebel inmates OF Old Capitol Prison above the
rank Of captain.
Tie Provost Marshal Of Washington has turned
over to the Secretary OF State about 10000 oaths
of Allegiance Subscribed by rebels in Washington.
Many Of these persons have since broken their
oaths, and arc now applicants for pardon
a circular letter has been issued bv the Treasury
Department, informing subordinate officers that
their duties terminate on today, and instructing
those east Of the Mississippi, to refund all money
or property received collected since the 18th
inst. and those west of that river, up to the 2lth
inst Confscatcd and abandoned property will be
disposed OF under previous regulations.
The great Western through mail from Balti-
more and Washington will hereafter come by the
Baltimore and Ohio road, as was the case previous
10 the war.
The State Treasur, bindings at Austin, Tcxls.
we're recently broke into and $4,000 in gold alb
Stractcd. The vaults where most OF the treasure
sas stored proved too strong for the ROBBIE s.
Grierson' cavalry, which has just passed through
parts of Florida, Alabaml, and Mississippi, not
heretofore visited, report the interior OF those
States in prosperous condition.
Tho expedition sent to inter and mark the
graves of all the Union dead on the Wilderness
battle fields not heretofore properly buried, have
I flushed that duty and returned to Washington.
Mexican advices confirm the defeat of Negrcte.
lfcr an unsuccessful attack on Matamoras lie
lost 200 killed and , 900 captured. Negrete him
sell is reported to be prisoner The Imperialists
occupy Chihuahua. The Commerce, an Imperi-
mist journal, says that Juarez has fed to Paso del
Nortc. Union scntincls on the Texas side of the
Rio Granie had fired on two officers of the foreign
legion OF the Mexican side, causing some excite
ment and calling out note from Mejia to Gener-
Il Brown, which h1d not been answered at latest
idviccs. Owns Sonora project is like ly to prove
a success. 1t only awaits Maximililn's signature
The conspiracy trials h,ve closed and the Com
mission agreed upon their verdict in secret session
Thursday. The nature OF the verdict will he
nounced rs soon as the President acts upon it,
Governor Monroe, Of Texas, and Ex-Governor
Clsrl. Of the same State have LET, for Mexico.
The largest number of pt'ents ever issued in
one week, was issued from the Patent Office Fri
day, heinz one hundred and seycHty-two in nam
Der.
The Milwaukee Sentinel SAYS a dispatch was re-
'eivcd in that city from Keokub on Monday, sta
ting that VI jor General Curtis had fractured DO
hs arms. No particulars are given.
Forty-six prisoners, convicted OF various crimes
and sentenced to imprisonment arrived at Colum-
BUS on " cdnesday, from Arkansas. They belong
ed to Western regiments.
The rebel prisoners camp at Point Lookout Is
nearly broken up. Prisoners taking the oath
Of allegiance very rapidly. They are brought to
! Washington al the rate OF about one hundred per
ny. where the oath is administered, and trans
9ortation furnished to their homes.
l. is reported that Atlanta, Georgia, is being re-
built much more rapidly than could have been an
licDated. Business is beginning to be quite brisk
Niny fImilies which went North after General
Sherman evacuation, are about returning.
TIE Richmond Republic says that the James
river and kanawha canal will be so far replred by
the end of this week, that boats will DC enabled TO
pass through nearly it, entire length.
The Richmond Republican of the 9th says:-
From the best information to be obtained, there
seems to be doubt that the stock OF leaf tobacco
in the hands of planters is comparatively small,
md that the present price is likely to advance, be-
cause OF the fact that there will be no crop made
/ in Virginia this year.
\ The Savannah Republican Of the 20:h says
/ Last evening the steamer Emile arrived from
/ fernandina, Florida, via Hilton Head. She
/ NJ ught from Florida rebel Senator Lee and
ex-rebel Governor Atkinson, Of Florida. as State
prisoners, who were Landed 1T Fort Pulaski, where
/ they will sojourn for while with Seldom, Camp
/ bell and Hunter.
/ Dr.. Howard. formerly surgeon in our army.
writes to the New York Times from London that
/ Florence Nightingale has only sympatlized
with those OF her American sisters who, during the
! late war, have nObly emuated her own former
labors, but that throu out the she has ftt
an abiding interest in the success Of our National
cause.
General Terry has issued al order declaring that
I'll laws restraining the liberty of free colored per-
sons were enacted in the interest of slavery and
are substantially part of the slave code, and as
slavery has been abolished in Virginia, these laws
md ordinances are no longer in force. This or
Ter is nude in pursuance of promise made by the
/ President to the delegation of colored men.
/ Lieutenant Richard Smith, sth Indiana, has
! been dismissed the service for misbehavor in the
! face of the enemy
A large number OF Government bonds have been
distracted from the mails, while in transit to
Washington. Payment was stopped at the Treasu-
~ Department, 50 that no loss wLs sustained By
/ Government
The colored men Of vcksburg are protesting
against the appointment of Judge Sharkey as Pro-
visoral Governor, and ciamorinS. for the right Of
suffrage.
! The country bordering on the Lower Mississippi
/ is infested with suerillas and outlaws. General
Candy h sent troops to look after them.
General Rosecrans sailed last week from New
Yoik for California.
I l.. d. IngersolI. an Iowa editor, has been ap-
pointed Librarian of the Interior Department.
! William Orion to-day succeeds Mr.. Lewis as
Commissioners of Internal Revenue.
Mr.. Dana has retired from the War Depart
ment and proceeds at once to Chicago Major
Eckert succeeds him as Assistant Secretary of war.
! Gale, who advertised for the assassination Of the
President has been sent lck to Alabama for trial
The Tribune says that the expenditures OF the
Government for the past wear have been over So