The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-12-09
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He# A1fkf 10Y. ZS.-fhe President bag inst
Issued M oalsr releasing from Fort Pulaski, Fea
don. rebel f~ssefetary Of War and Judge Magrath,
0f seuii, GafoliDa.
A recruiting Office for the Haytien army has
been q tablisitcd ia Broadway. The pay offered
l. eighty dollars per month.
An impression prevails TINT Grnnt will visit
New Ofieaua for the purpoge Of mestiag sheridan
and epnsllting relative "a affairs on the Hia
arHtads. IL + believed there will not ~ ans
OF nsive demonstration by EheriJun's troops now
On that line.
Tie Times special snys. Tho report Tint John
Mitchell was p~ar1oned Il untrue. lie Didn't ap
ply for pardon bat took the oath of allegiance.
But two hr three Representatives. Of States re-
Gently in rebellion have arrived. Ii Ii understood
nous will attempt to Interfere with the 0%rgauiza-
ton Of the House. They await the action of the
Clerk aud the dominant party.
Tie forthcoming Report Of the fsersiafy Of
War shows That siuee tiis lat ~ last MAY the army
has been reduced from / 800, a9e 10 ia, 900 men.
II will be reduced 10 10000 by next May.
The Gompteailerts Report argues for n retrae.
tiau of currency.
den. siekles has been appointed to com mind
The Departfuent ri South Carolina. This Is viewed
as . mark Of the Presidents dbpleasure with thai
State.
Congressional.
The re election Of Colfax for SPEAKER and Me
iherson for Clerk Of the House seems 70 be gem
orally conceded.
4 special says Hersehel V. johnson thinks the
Southern members will mol be admitted.
Letters say that GOV. Marvin Is elected u. +.
Senator from Florida.
Washington. NOV. 30.~-It Il said that the oath
question will be tested by Stuart of Virginia. who
will mnke application for his scat without taking
the oath.
Il Is rnmnred that the New York delegation win
attempt The Organization of the House by depos-
ing MePiersan aa Clerk.
There will be seven contested seais-frorn the
Sti District, New York, 10th aud 2lst Pa, 1871,
Ohio, 7th Indiana, It'll Missouri and 9TH Miehi-
gan. Tho credentials Of members are very slow
in arriving. 1t Is doubtful il the Clerk will be
able to make up the roll in time from che ereden-
tials reeeiyed.
Tho Chronicle says MePherson, Clerk Of the
Honse, has decided 10 keep on the names Of yir-
ginia aud Teuuesaes Isembors from the official
roll.
The friends Of The President, however, insist
that Maynard and Colstokes, members elect from
Fonnessse, must be admitted at the organization
IT The House. They viii probably be admitted.
Emerson Etheriige claims that but few Con
IEresssnen elected from that State have received A
majority of legal votes.
a special dispatch TO the New York Times Of
Dee. Ist. says that up to { O'Clock last evening
only thirty-ive members Of Congress had reported
themselves.
a special dispatch to the Herald says that the
New iofk delegation is in Washington % press
Henry J. Raymond for fhe Chairmansbip Of the
Ways and Means Committee. in place Of ThaIdens
Stevens.
Washington. Dec. $50 far about seyenty-6ye
Numbers If the House Of Representative have ar
rived. The caucus Of Republicans Is called for
io-inorruw night tn select candidates for the
speakership aud other Offices.
New Orleans. Nov. 29.-Gen. Cregan's eourss
10 Aississippi Is generally denounced. lie Is said
10 be infasing the negroes with incendiary senti.
meats.
Gov Wells urges the Legislature to stand Of
fall by the Presidents rceonstructiun policy.
New York, Nov. 2s.-The North Carolina Leg
~isiature have elected a Union Speaker. Governor
Holden IL improving. President johnson Ia.
written to Holden, promising the Government to
sustain his acts ~ Provisional Governor. Thi,
letter IL viewed ns against the admission Of South.
eFa member Tho President has greatly changed
his views towards the Spash lately. He is pro
yoEed that North Carolina defeated Holden fol
Governor, and will continue him as Provisional
Governor.
Gen. Gregory, Chief on the Bureau Of Freedmen
Of Texas. is reported by Texans a. having made 4
speech lately u the negroes. wherein he con
deiancd the Presidents reconstruction policy.
Grenada. fMisal Nov. pa collision occurred
here last night, between a party Of State Iniliiia
searching for arms among the Freedmen, ana q
aIers. severai Of the militia we're wounded and
ono severely. A large number Of rauskets, pow
der, &e- we're found and taken from the negroes.
Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 29.-The two Houses o
tHE AAfL XXI NGEAEs4AI Al-
elected Honston and Parsons L.. S. Senators.
Cairo, Nov. 30.-The Guerrilla, Quantrel, wa.
here to-day, en- route for Washington, seeking f0
pardon from tho Government.
Governor sharkcy passed through to-day fa
Washington.
returns from the Southern counties insure tn,
election Of Gilpin and Chivington to Congress.
Halifax, Nov. 30-Late adyiccs from St. Thom
as have been received. The U. S. steamer Tus
carpra arrived there on the 18th and sailed on thl
2Dth. Tho Vanderbilt, Powhattan and iren-clad
Monadnock arrived on the 10th and sailed on III,
18th. They would next reach Cayenne. The dcei
j. bound for the Pacific.
Washington. Nov. 29.-An order has been issues
removing all colored troops to posts on the iron
tier.
Robert Toombs has escaped from the Tostagal
and sailed for Europe.
It IS asserted that Gen. Butler has prepared
statement showing how Davis can be tried by
military tribunal.
A prominent question before the next Congress
will bethe increase Of the regular army.
Grant Is understood TO be in favor of mastering
volunteers into the regular service ami such eddi
tions to the service as viii make the nomina
strength ofthe regular army about $4,000.
The report i revived that the civil trial of JET
Davis is at hard.
New York. Dec. L-Rio Janeiro dates of tn,
18th November, states that Paraguay has receives
another defeat at Narrangatos, ten miles abov'
faguaneIecora. Another slight engagement &C
Cured ON the goth of September, near LuisiaIess
in which the paraguayans burned some thirt,
villages on their march.
1t was expected at Rio the war win soon b
over. The victory Of the allied forces over Tia
Paraguayans are deemed decisive.
1t is expected there will be a large immigration
from the United States. Several gentlemen iron
Louisiana were in Brazil.
Boston. Dec. Ia convention Of the colore,
people of New England, is in session here, for tn
purpose Of having the Constitution of the Unite'
States so altered as to fix an equal qualification o.
yeters, and to look to other matters concerning III
eolored man and his status in the land.
Washington, Dec. Judge Wright, of Indi
ana, is here as Delegate from Louisiana. II
maintains that by rebellion the Southern State
have relapsed into a territorial condition. This
the basis on which he viii present himself to Con
gross as y Delegate.
DATES TO DECEMBER S.