Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-18
OYANKEE MISCELLANY.

A correspondents Of the New York Post con-
plans that tue proceeds of lecture recently de-
liyered ia ST. Jdlieu Hail. Tompkinsyilie. staten
island were intended for the relief OF '.Rebels,
although loyal nep were induced b, false repre-
seutdgions 70 bay tickets. He says
On entering the hail on the evening OF the lee
tGIC. iOuad tue aud enCe composed chiefly Vt Sta
ten isJudvrs-l will not call them secesSionsts
for that might hurt their feelings. Subsequent IN
quiTy revealed the fact that the profits the en-
tertaiumeHt were intended Tor the bent1it OF the
rebels IA The Shenandoah Valley whom Gen. Sher-
iiau drpoSsessed on account OF their sympathy aud
co., pirdtou Win the gueIlas anu the regular reb-
IL forces, aud a prominent resident OF The Island
told nae Ihst fourteen hundred dollars had already
been raised ior the purpose, aud that ''ihey want
et 10 make eighteen hundred dollars
Major Thomas L Eckert, who appears ia the con
te>poudence about the Rebel Commissioners as Nr
liuecins flnndential friend, is the Superintendent
OF tho mi airy telegraph lines, which position he
has occupied Tor three years. lie conveys all i'm
portrait dispatches from the President anu Seere-
iary Of War 10 ~ Generals w the field. His Sys-
tenn is so complete that, though many OF his Oypler
dispatches have fallen into the tnemy'S hands, they
have never been able T. read them.
lttakes ttree-fHUth> ofthe States, AFTER the re-
comluendation OF an amendment OF the Constitution
OF the United states by two-thiTds of both Houses
OF Congress to adopt that amendment, Therefore,
a, ii Is proposed to aiaend the Constitution, the
question, What constitutes State ~ becomes :
very pertinent and practical one, M Ianke edom. =
The point is, whether the States OF the Southern
COnieieracy are to be counted in aseertAining how
many States are wanted to make up three4iOurths
Of the whole number.
TIE Supreme Cont Of Michigan has decided the
soldiers voting law Of that State unconstitutional
the siect OF this will BE- 10 onst good many lncnm
bents OF Oihce change the repre- sentati0n kOt two
senatorial and several representative districts, and
elect A. { Baldwin 10 Congress inPlace of r. +
TrON bridge Tue Democracy gam these offices, and
% course regard the decision eyideuee OF CON
stitGtiOnal sOnudness in the Supreme Court.
Gov BfOmG, of Ohio, in tine course of = recent
speech, at Columbus, sail, that, from private in
formation, he prepared 70 state that genera
exchange of.pris0Ders would soon occur. In con
versation with President Lincoln, he had said
..Do rot hesitatetu exchange well and Justly reb
els for starved UniJn boys. For the ten thouSanC
OhOanS returned from the horrible .rebel hells h'
pledged his word that the people OF Ohio would adj
ten thousand to the quota required for our armies
Tie Washington correspondent orthe Cincinnati
Coaearcial ridcules the idea Of recognizing this re
constructed i'Goyernments'' Of Louisiana and Vir
ginia. lie says ~
4 Any person who has had an opportunity 10 be in
loruied on the subject, will tell you that the Legs
latuTe OF louisiana is composed OF class Of me-
who, in years gone by, would not have dared 4
present themselves as candidates for any Office I,
/ the gilt of any people, And will any body claiu
4 that Michael lIuhu would ever have been chosen b.
= fairly elected Legislature, TO bll the seat tina
i Pierre SoUe used to occupy Yet this Genera
i Assembly has declared that Michael shall be Uni
ted States Senator for six. years, from the 4thc
l March next.
In Arkansas they have enacted similar farce {
"elecsingi Senator's and in sold Virginia" or. 5