The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-07-12
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War Department all commanders o
departments, except The Department
Of Tennessee, Department of th
Gulf, Potomac, and Texas. are di
rected to reduce their forces to til,
minimum numbers,
The Atlantic cable will be laid q
7he, 10th of July. Tariff, S. pc
word.
A Provisional Governor will be ap
pointed for Florida this week.
A strong pressure is being exer
sised to induce the President to re
consider the twenty thousand dollar
amnesty exemption clause.
Meanwhile, the excepted parties
are being pardoned almost as fast as
applications are made.
Gold closed at l4O last night,
weak. ~
Five-twenties io4a. The Euro
pean price on the 25th June was II.
Independence Day was quietly eel
abrated in New York.
No excitement was manifested
The day was more like Sunday.
New YoRK,. July 5.-The President
has authorized the q. S. District At.
torneys in the Southern States, in
conjunction with their respective
Governors, to assist in granting par
dons under the Amnesty Proclama.
ton, by examining cases and recon-
mending the same to the President.
At the celebration at Albany, yes.
terday, Generals Grant, Fitzpatrick,
Sicklcs and Butterfeld attended,
The latter presented one hundred
hattle.aags to the State, and referred
in speech to the terms of Lees sur.
render, saying that General Grants
honor was pledged to their obser.
vance,
Rev. Dr. E. II. Chaplin then made
an address, urging the reduction of
the army, equality and negro suf.
frage, and caused great applause.
Five,twcnties are lo4a.
Gold closed at 1885,. !!
It'll upheld by a strong clique.
Cotton excited by reported short i
stock and high prices at Liverpool. t
Middlings 4S to 60. $
At Philadelphia, in tie habeas ! !
corpus case, Judge Thompson, Of the q
Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania, I
ordered the release of Cozzens, and (
delivered an opinion that the right off,
Ihe President to suspend the writ off,,
'abeas corpus is only given him by wv
Congress during the continuation of
lie war.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-The Presi. =
lent was able to attend a Cabinet II
Meeting a few hours to-day. u
Eastern news is principally con y
med to accounts of the Kourth of a.
uly celebrations. m
LOUISVILLE, July 5s--A splendid 50
walton was given to General Sher- dt
ian on Monday evening, at which.
fter q characteristic speech from the I've
Gro Of the war, addresses were Tn
lade by Generals Palmer Logan VI
nd other distinguished individuals. i,
independence Day was celebrated "a
The Fair Grounds. 70,
An Grafton was delivered by DR.. Of
Il. Gilbert. r.
Colonel Musday, candidate for be
ongress, came out in favor of the 10
institutional amendment.
General Brisben followed, taking
rong grounds in favor Of negro suf. Be
age. wa
A very large crowd of colored PEG. tai
9 assembled at Johnson's Wood and III
ere addressed by Generals Palmer ye'
d Brisben, and Mr.. Hampton, a
lored lawyer, from Oberlin, Ohio. Ge
New York, July The following Cd
President Johnson's approval Of 49,
conspirators' sentence pr
Executive MANSION, Hu
-, July S, 1866. phi,
The foregoing sentences, in cases foil
Thomas Harold, Geo. A. Atzerot; /.
WIS Payne and Mary E. Surratt, 3
, hereby approved: and it is tan
Tered that the sentence in case Of she
MEL @. Harold, Geo. A. Atzerot. mai
WIS Payne and Mary E. Surratt be FIR
'ried into execution by military au-
'ritiy, under the direction Of the n