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QUANTRELL.

Our Cairo special despatch of yesterday
stated that The butcher Quautrell had reached
that city IN route to Washington 10 seek a
pardon for his crimes. We Gun hardly credit
the report that this blood-thirsty villain
would venture to come North OF the Ohio.
mich less to hare the audacity to ask for
pardon
There is only one proper course to
be pursued toward him, and that is,
to send him to Lawrence forthwith, and de-
liver him to the surviving citizens. To allov
this hycnn to travel through the country to
Washington, to become the client Of .nidr<as
Cobb, pardon broker, would be burning
shame and outrage on the public. It Will be
remembered that Quant5ell, at the head of a
gang OF Missouri gnerillas, crossed the Kan.
eas border by stealth, and entered the peace
| fun and urarmed town Of Lawrence nj the
| dead OF night, and then began IN
indiscriminatc massacre Of men, women
| and children. While this scene was being
enacted, he set fire to the place and burnt it
| up, except few scattered houses In the out
eld1s. Mauy Of the inhabitants were con
suIncd in The flames of their own dwellings
! others were shot or sabred as they fed into
the streets. Neither age, sex, nsr condition
was spared. The savage Indians never prac
Used greater cruelty OF more cowardly te
| roclty. /;
After glutting lis murderous propensitic
on the defenceless Inhabitants and robbine
| the dead md the living Of their most valua
bic portable properly, and stealing all tht
good horses, he 1ed from the bloody ruins
at the hcad Of Ills gang, as fast as the ftcst
;sf n1erl 1orxns cou1d ~orrr hin, rr3+h TirY
, 1865-12-02
FROM ARKANSAS.


Soye1,cada In Arlkanaus try to break up
tho Civil Governmcnt-sisnitleant
Thousand Sufferers.
rco;,esnondcnee or tbe cb,cago Tr,trnc !
teo'se4se I..a. ~ non'r Nv es ~ ~. .o y, .s,z
We have bs d an ahortiye effort to brcnk IN
A.. .;,;, ,o,r.-nr,o,, of A-lons,s hr ~
,1,econtcntei snirfts that were a few months
es> .,.e..,s, ~ ~ s.a.t., ~ o,s.s
ago armed enemies OF tne country anee
80 ~ Moo..,.n,te, ,..ro ), 80 -: -
lnzy to-work, wi.llal ashamed to beg. They
- ~ nhonro n stna1 az thev oroa 1tl
see no cnaueo " s,ea' 10y oAee VIZ
from the pubic erio, so IN desperation
they determined to blow up Gov. Murphy
ond MS scseluulcutt out @onlenV" tAelr
t"e. r.,..Laais ~ H. T.. r sooa.s 10y - s.ea 49,
uil Sorte oI ta!seloous IN Iebearu 10 INC pres
cnt pnFcrnment--aid aN In their power: to
! .t. .....;,.u hn which to build an nnnl;.
SA''.4 ~, '1s.'@e, out
nose sarcScai,s ond ;mmnaistc,v sonf nI9 tha ~
nWfne ~ "a It as iirhtnnC cnn13 ir;nr II y .
~e rsxr,,ts,s o.s,,
wAsu1soTos. B. G. Ct. III 1ss,
To Coz. Mu,ubg, Little Hock, AK: 0'''N
There viii Sc no interference with your present
oreanIzatIon Of state go'e1nment. have learned
il WORKING veil and you Wl u1oceed snd rrsnma
the loimer relations with the Federal Government,
and al ne ntd n re rs*er q ths Government Will
nc gwen ~ restoring '"e us toimer reia.
uoas' 'D'E~ Prss,Jset JSSSsqT, n
e's'
Gen. Reynolds reports back to Washington
as follows:
Han. ". GAsr s,n.-
hase ordered oaicera OF the a,,ny to visit c.cb
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sr":cc Of r1ind i1rpc1s us 10 suggest that the
Fsocdmco's Aid Society widen the sphere OF
their usefulness by sending one Of their heroic
.Yankce schootns 'sms" 10 give some in
s.ructlops in the rudtments TO the editors Of
f1.o N " {ye4-oI.
, 1865-12-02

THE WESTERN OPERA SEASON.
With the matinee this ancraoon the first
distinctive Western opera season closes. and
the question naturally suggests itself-has It
been a successs We propose to examine this
question falrly, candidly md without preju-
dice. We arc not Of tlat class who share un-
founded hostility against the Improsar1o be-
cause he chooses to make money out Of opera.
We are willing TINT his strong box shall be
oyer1owing. We can only remember that
apart from Mr.. Growers German troupe We
have t,een entirely dependent upon Mr. Grau
for opera, although the Hcld las been open
tor all competitors. We can only remember
that Mr. Grau has made us acquainted with
Gazzanica, Colson, rarodi, Frezzo1ini, La
bordc, Adalina and Carlotta Patti,
Zucchi, Kellogg, Morensl, Lorini, Cor
der, D'Ansri, Adelaide Phillips, Brig
noli, Lot1i, Musiaai, s.cphani, Eel
liul, Amodio the elder, Formes, Juaca,
.3uEini, Mlllesi, Thalberss. Gottschalk, Ole
Bull, VIcuxtemps. Mollenhauer, Camille Urso
and numerous others Of the recognized grca!
artists of the world. Tie has had The enter
prise to bring these artists here, for many
Year, without financial success, aud We shall
not bc. Jealous now IL LIE carries oil i fortune.
Ii IS undoubtedly true that many OF his bul-
lctins havc been rosy, buL arc they sny more
so than those OF straLosch, 'Ullman md Ma.
rctzck. It Is true tlat he has made changes
In Lis repertoire, but nc hare yet 10 learn hat
artists arc ifou-elads, and that the sensitive
threats OF singers arc not - subject TO atlnos-
phcr3c chanees rs those Of Brown or Jen-
kins; who grow1 'at opera, of which they
q ,IE NJ
But to the troupe. The repertoire has
been q sarled one. Fourteen oleras haze
bccn eircn III fifteen nights, viz: Trovatorc,
Faus, Ernani, Iueia. Trayiata, FaSotita,
Martha, Dorg1a, Elixir Of Love, Masked Ball,
Polfuto, Saffo and Norma, Chicago audiences
reouise new, opcra every night The crit
lcal European- audiences are satisfied with
three or four Tor season, and consequently
those three or four are done well. Or those
operas, Ss1o and Lucie hare been complete
succcssos, and have never, been surpassed
here In strength Of cast or excellence Of per-
furuance. ,Tfoy1torct' EFnaut, Rorgia, fol1
lu,o and Norma were excellent. Faust. Mar-
tia. Trayia1a, Favorita, the Masked Ball and
the Elixir Of Love were fairly done, but Is
there is not .music enough IN the whole si1 to
make a respectable opera, it may be said that
the rsnditions were fully prorortionate to the
character OF the works.
A void ~ 10 the artists. Gaz1au1ga'a 4 fame
hRs been mAAs for years, and Is known from
one end OF - opcratic world to the other.
Noel Guidi has voice remarkably sweet,
pure and rich, the upper tones almost luto-
like In quality. but lacks power and the ques-
tionablc g1necs Of iloraturo. Boscbetti Is a
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& Here The n,nrtettodsy wun dull and heavy at IN
@147h on The street- There WIS no cash gold sold
On the Stock Hoard. Silver Ia dull and nominal
at 1S91i1.
Government Securities wtrc Ynset anA steady
There rather more doin, fn Sevsn-ThIrues, and
We note sales on The Stuck Board at 81 for the hrss
ISSUE g6,s for the second Essue, 7ud 96li lor the
third tsnue. We quote.
, 1865-12-02
2EABEAS CORPUS STILL SUs-
RKMMKH.


Instead OF the proclamation declaring the
Southern states in the Union. which the Cop.
perbead almanac has warned us to "look
out for at about this time" The President has
favored us with a proclamation in effect de-
claring them to b. still In state Of rebellion.
Such in fact Is bis proclamation restoring
the privilege Of the writ Of ha5eas eorpus
throughout tho Union, but expressly except
Ing all the States which have been in rebel
lion except Missouri. It viii be remembered
that the Conaututioa provides that "the
privilege Of: the writ of ho5ea. corpus shall
no, bc suspended except when in Gases Of re-
bellion or Invasion The public safety may rc-
aui1e it, To Justify The continued suspcn-
sion Of the writ, two facts arc necessary !:
there must be IN law rebellion, and the pub
lie safety must require the suspension. The
President, in continuing the suspension oi the
writ, holds that The Southern States arestill
in rebellion, aud will be until they hsve satis-
fed Congress Of The propriety Of admitting
Their representatives TO seats.
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proceedings Of the convention Of the colored
men of South CarolinA elsewhere published.
The addresses and resolutions exhibit the
negro In new rose, IN the assertion Of his
rights as a free citizen of the United States.
No person, whatever lis political falth or an
tecedents, can read through these glowing
md eloquent addresses, warm from the heart
and brain oi men late!y bought and sold as
chattles without confessing that their authors
deserve vote and voice in the affairs Of The
government. For all the graces Of calm dig
nifty, terse sound reasoning, invinclh1e logic,
and more difficult than all, respectful lan-
gusge toward those who have failed
to . deserve their respect, these papers
arc truly admirable. They are the we'll
weighed words Of the majority of
the people Of South Carolina. We
believe that had the men who formed this
Colored Charleston Convention eat IN the
white reconstruction convention, the work of
the 1attcr would hare been fur better done,
and constitution would have been adopte1
which would have done justice to all, and
under which the State Of South Carolina
would have been promptly readmitted. Nay
more, Judging from the Christian moderation,
real maenanimity and ability shown By the
proceedings Of the eolored convention it is
safe to Eny that, II instead Of all the blacks
being excluded from the work Of reconstruc-
tton, II had been submitted to the blacks
only and the whites had been universally
disfianchiscc. the colored men Of
South Carolina would have framed
wiser constitution, more just
and equitable system of laws and
would have filed The Offices Of the State with
far more credit to themselves than hare the
white rebel Clique who have thus Tar run tile
reconstruction machine in the State. The
colorcd ncn OF the State would never have
had the barba1ic meanness to enact that no
white mnn should ever own or hire or lease
u single foot Of the soil Of the State, that
black men should thereafter be known As
masters and white men MS servants, that no
whitc man should leave his masters premises
without pnss, or should work at any trade
without a permit, OF should bear atmsi that
no white man should vote, etc. etc. OF such
mcanncss only Southern whites are capable.
A candid comparison OF the proceedings OF
the colorcd Convention SLOWS thai, It either
were to be excluded from The suffrage. the IN
1efesl- OF the etete anu o. ine hatlon
, 1865-12-02

mR. m.CULLoC1T,s POLICY.

There seems to bc no certainty that Secrc-
tarv McCnlloch will recommend au increase
In the issue Of the National Banks. Some Of
the New York journals 1atly deny that he
will countcnancc the issue Of a single dollar
beyond the three hundred millions already
authorized by The Banking Act; whiic other
journalists and correspondents state that he
will inyor au increase OF The banking capi-
tul 10 the extent Of s10o, ,oo0, 900, only on the
cxprss condition that It is based on Five
Twenty bonds, purchased with legal tender
notes. To he Withdrawn from circulation and
rcplaced by $4,000 600 Of National Bank
Notes.
IF the latter report Is correct, VIC caano.
see much %contraction'' In the policy. True
. there will bc ST. OK, go less currency In cir.
culation than formerly; but Our taxes will
have to be increased 10 the extent OF St, ,00o, :
600 per annum In gold, which seems to be
rather an expensive mode of reducing tho
volume Of currency 10 the extent Of $i0,-
coo000.
II we nre 10 1lave On Inflated currency, by
I'll means let It be In srcenbacls, which cost
the people nothing, and which they would
rather have tlsn any kind Of bank paper. Il
IL is necessary to par hunk capitalists fur.
tIcs bounty OF &, ,0o1 900 in gold annually,
then let II be paid III direct manner but Dr.
not al the same time food the country Will
apaper currency, inferior In character to tha
which wc now have
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Inc,eaee... 9T17
Ia Philadelphia tbo best paper Is discounted *
e@3 PET cent per aunurn.
The report Of eazutngs rom the once or ha
Michigan Southern Railroad Company Hom tne u.
Of March last, the beginning OF Tue epea. ~ uses'
year, to the close Of The third week Ii No'e"oes'
Is:
March to Nov Is, 1855 : ~ a.
March to Nov. 81, 1soa.. ,1o1pSo
, 1865-12-02


this one little difference; In England, all
trustees and executors must sell everything
and nut the money into cGRsols-" The SUBJ
icct Of our conversation was American re-
eonrccs md American reputation; and the
rich old Crusus was lamcnting that Amer1-
remuuerative. lie continued somewhat as
follows: son one occasion this odd circum-
stance arose An old gentleman died, leav.
ing 2QO. .000 pounds invested In American se-
cn11tfes producing II, 600 pounds per annum !;
and Ills viii directed that 1000 pounds per
annum should be paid to his children, and the
capital with the accumulatfous should revert
TO his grandchildren on the death Of their
parents. As no special bequest had been
made Of the different bonds and stocks by
nnmc, the executors had no alternative but
to sell the American bouds and in
vest the, proceeds in consols, which
This Was not the ouly misfortune, for tho
old gentleman had been in the habit of allow
ing bis nine children 91, 900 u year each for the
support of their families, so that bis death
| Put them In q verse position than they were
| In before. But now mark the result! The
bp,k Of 1hn properly Tas Ma, inyestsa in ssarss
| grief shortly afferward, md In bonds Of tue
States Of Mississippi, Indiana and Michigan
| SO that Il, the executors had not complied
| strictly with our English law, but allowed
| themselves to be swayed By the wishes Of the
| legatcea, more than half the property would
| hare been held personally liable to make II
good. The 100000 are now snngly invested
in cpnsols. and Will remain there until the last
| Of the nine children is dead, when they will
be divided amongst the grandchildren and,
| in the meantime, come what will, they cannot
army and navy will guard the deposit and
| the law courfs protect It : and. therefore our
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SOUTHERN LDYALIgTS,


1mportans PrcoecAtne1-DeclaFn Of
HtGhts and WFonEeConGre4x Meuno.
riultzea and the Legislature Pe1K.
, 1865-12-02

SosehcadA In Art5nnans try to brcnk up
The Civil Governmcnt-Sf.uifl
Despatch from the Prcsident-Ten
Thousand Sufferers.
, 1865-12-02
JouN c. pEs VEnyEY, Secretary.
CuAnIEHTQY. s. C.. Nov. "a, 1863.

an requested to name the authors Of the
memorial, address to the Legislature Of South
olina, md tho bill Of Rights and Wrongs, as
follows They are all colored men: Jonathan
C. Gibbs-Memorial to Congress Of the United
States; F. J.. Cardoza-Leeislature Of South
Carollna; E. J. Adams-Rights aud Wrongs !;
R. e. Csiu-Adaress to the People Of South
Carolina,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06
NEW PAPER IS PErERsBUsG.
WASHINGTON, April 5.

w AsHlNGIOHi dpIli O'
The first uumber of a newspaper, about
II by 20 inches, and printed on one side
only, has been started in Petersburg. It is
called Grants Petersburg Progress, and its
motto is-Eternal Vigilance is the Price of
Liberty. Mondays issue hss the follow
ing items:
The following are thensmes of the COM
positors, sc, employed in editing, setting
up type and working off the first Union
paper published in Petersburg, Va, since
the commencement of the rebellion:
Major R. E. Eden, 37th Wisconsin Vol
unteers, editor Captain Charles McCreery,
9th Michigan Veteran Volunteers, assis-
tsnt editor; Chaplain D. Heagle, lst Mich
igsn Shsrpsho ooters, editor; j. w. Griffith.
I'd brigade, lst division (band), foreman.
Compositions Lieutenant Robert
Farrell, lst Michigan Shsrpshooters 7.
Nearlatt, ID brigade 1st division, (bsnd) /;
J. Bsnty, I'd brigade, 1st division, bsnd) (;
Sergeant Oliver Greenfield, sIh Michigan
Corporal John Teasdale, S7th Wisconsin
Volunteers; Private W. Il. d. Stuart, lst
Michigan Shsrpshooters; Private s. +
Bostwick, 1st Michigan Sharpshoote-s
Privste S. DAlrymple, o5th Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
PERsoNAL.-Among the distinguished
citizens we saw on the street this morning,
were Brigadier General Pryor, Confeder-
ate paroled prisoner, and w. 7. Joynes,
Judge of the Circuit Court of this DIS
trict.
Flour soTd In Petersburg Uu Saturday
last, at the moderate price Of $l10O per
barrel; sugar and bacon were equally
resonsble, q double saw-buck Confederate
bluebsck being the cost of pound oi
each.
All the bridges about Petersburg, some
) or in number, were destroyed by the
rebels last night on their departure.
The lst Michigan Sharpshooters have
the credit Of being the first to occupy the
city, and Of floating their flag from the
dome of the Petersburg Court House, Othel
flags, belonging TO different regiments
were not long behind-hand in getting post
ed on the tops Of all the public building
IN the city.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06
Yesterday Evenings EditlOn.
FR0M NORTH CAROLINA.

NEW 1OAk1 Apfn }.
Advices from N0Wbern, March 3lsty
state that Gen. Sherman returned there the
day before. He left for Goldsboro at once.
While riding in the carriage with General
Palmer the horses took fright and ran
away, but the General entirely escaped IN
jury.
The rebels are supposed to be quietly 10
Gated for the time being between Smith
fed and Raleigh.
The HsraLfs NeWbern correspondent
saws: Gen. Sherman on his return there
said there wss no such thing as peace with
the rebels by negotiation, that the issue
must be fought out. He added, however
that he expected after some mcEemarching
to muster out of service at the expiration
of four months, one Of the brsyest ano
best armies that ever trod the earth.
Both Raleigh and Weldon are beng Tor.
titled by the rebels, but they are IN doub'
which place Sherman will attack.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06

NEW YORK, April b.
A Herald correspondent gives an &C
count of the condition of Richmond when
General Weitzel entered the city. Ne
proes hocked about him, thanking the
Lord that the Yankees had come. He
found a bridge burning, and sent negroes
for fire engine, which they brought, and
he set them to work to put out the fire, and
finally turned his superintendency over to
q white man. Most Of the railroad pro-
perty had been destroyed, and large guam
titles OF tobacco burned. Immense
amounts of commizssry stores were piled
in storehouses in the heart of the city, and
If fred, would have destroyed the city.
Our shells fred into the city had done
but very little damage. Here and there
chimney was ruined, and s. hole punctured
in house. By six o'clock the town was
awake, troops were pouring in from all
directions, cheering, singing, &c. Citizens
showed themselves IN such large numbers
that it seemed as if but very few mad left
They all appeared hungry, provisions hav-
ing been boarded for the army. Business
looked thrifty, and the stores had consid,
cradle stocks Of goods.
General Lee was in Petersburg up to
Sunday night. He acknowledged his ina
bility to hold Virginia any longer, anC
seemed very much depressed.
The funeral of General Hill took plsct
lust before the evacuation. He was burieC
in the city cemetery the same day he fell
The funeral was attended by Lee and othe
off .prs
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06
FROu PANAMA.

NEW YORK, April 3.
Panama papers to the 2lst ult, are re-
oeiyed. On the evening of the 18th, the
long looked for revolution took place, and
the government was quietly overturned
The president abandoned his place, and
took refuge in the U. S. Consulate and es-
csped at midnight on board U. 5. steamer
St. Marys. -Four or five soldiers were
killed.
The Star says it was the most peaceable
and harmless cspsizing Of a government
we ever heard of. Senior Colunzs, revolu-
ZIONIST, was duly installed as President
On Friday last an armed force was des-
matched 10 Aspinwsll 10 establish pro
yisionsl government there. A small police
force opposed them on their arrival, and
three of the latter we're killed.
The Department was then handed over
70 the new Government. Forces have
been sent to other places with similar OBJ
jects In vi5w.
Bloodshed is expected in Panama, but
everything is quiet.
A swindler from Paris named Beaure-
gard, q relative of the rebel General OF
that name, has passed through Panama
on the way to San Francisco, hunted by
detectives.
The city of Carmen, near Csrthagena, hai
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $3,OoO,OoO.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06
FROM HAVANA.

NEW YORK, April 8.
The steamer Columbia brings Havana
dates of the Ist.
Late sdvices from Vera Cruz confirm
the report of disaster TO the commsndsnt OF
Vera Cruz It appears that, with $50 Aus
trians, Egyptos and MartiDecas, he went 10
the neighborhood of Alisrdo and burned
and pillsged. On his return he was set
upon by 400 liberals, himself killed and loo
of his followers also killed or wounded.
The rayages this man has committed IN
Mexico will brand his name with infamY.
The AusErians are becoming dissatisfied
with the service in Mexico, and deserting
daily. Others are dying rapidly with
fever.
The French have abandoned the expedi-
tion to Minititlan and other places on the
coast, and seem 10 be going home. A large
number left in a steamer, on the 10th ult.r
and others in transports.
II is said that Mons. Oviedo, of diamond
wedding fame, is dangerously i'll OF small
pox, of which several cases have occurr ed
| in Havana.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-06

oath. The inhabitants now number about
10000, half of them of African descent. 1t
is not true that JEFF. Davis sold his furDi-
sure before leaving. 1t is all in his house
where am now writing. he left Rich
moDd at P. n, on the Danville railroad.
All the members of Congress escaped.
Hunter has gone home, Carson Smith went
with the army, Judge Campbell remains
here.
Gen. Weilzel took here 1000 prisoners
tssides tie wounded. These number 5000
in nine hospitals. captured cannon to
thu number of at least 300 pieces. Give
thousand muskets have been found in one
los.
Thirty locomotives and 300 cars were
found here. The Petersburg railroad
was totally destroyed, the Danville road
partially so; that connecting with Peters
burg can easily be nSde. All the rebel
vessels are destroyed except an unfinished
ram, which has her machinery in her. The
Tredegar works are unhs1med, and the
machinery is here to-day under General
Weitzeps orders.
Libbey prison and Castle Thunder have
also escaped fire, and are filed with rebel
prisoners of war.
Most of the editors have fed, especially
JUhu n1rtcner. me wing appeared yes
terdsy as Union paper, with the name
of the former proprietor at its head. The
theatre opens here tonight. Gen Weitzel
describes the reception of the President
yesterday IS enthusiastic in the extreme.
(Signed.) G. a. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of War.
ToFFIcAL
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsHReToS, April 5. !
To Major- General Di1: -
A telegram Just received from Richmond
states that General Weitzel captured in
Richmond 1000 well prisoners and 5000
wounded. He found 500 pieces of artillery
and 5000 stand of arms.
The President went TO Richmond yes
terdsy and returned to City Point to-day.
The Surgeon General reports that Mr..
Seward, who was thrown from bis carriage
this morning, is doing well. His arm was
broken and his face much bruised. The
csse presents no alarming symptoms
[Signed,] E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.