The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-11-01

\ " 1Sllll-t0l correspondent states tl2- J.
Il i now p Jsiiively known in thar cry that F.
the trial OF JET. Davis has heea decided
upon. and the arrangements nearly COM '
pleted- The trial VIII be for -le crime az
treason, aud VIII take place either IL
Washington or Richmond aud before he
United States Supreme Court. The coln-
SCI Tor the Government have been selected
by the Attorney General. AMI The friends Of
NJ. Davis have selected and retained cOCa-
SCI for him. Now that the N.rZ trial !
completed. i IS supposed TIA, OF Davis vii
follow.
The Pope has again pronounced an
ALLEGATION bich IS making some stir in
Europe. THIS time lie warns Tie fllhIuA
against Free Masons. reminding them that
several OF his predecessors have prescribed
and repr eved that sect. en-rance into
which they declared should entail e4com-
municati0n which the Pope alone could re-
move. Tie Pope den0unces the Free
Mas0us IS ins.iEatOrs OF revolutions, and
calls on the several governments o. sup
press them. The Sic.s OF Paris calculates
there are 10 Europe more than . GOO 000.
Catholic Free Masons. The Pope con-
demus all other societies or q similar secret
character.
General Grant has been presented With
novel cir from the ladies' social circle OF
Eureka. Humboldt county, California. !,
is silk beadSpread, one side OF which is
composed Of red and white stripes o. six,
while tie other s blue silk ground. upon
which are neatly wrought III the natural
c0l0rs thrty-siX miniature fags-ole for
each state. with tie name Of each embrod-
f.f .F..f "a.
In the centre IS the coat Of arms. and mot
10. EDlr.jus lnuDl, with the following in
scriptiOn embroidered in yellow silk: To
Lieutenant General Grant. [. :. \. from
the Ladies' Social Circle OF Eureda, Hum
bO.dt, California" The article brought
$500 ~ q sanitary cOm.ssi0n fair IN Cal.i0r-
Ma.
On Friday morning last, General Grant,
dressed in citizens clothes entered the
war department, uncOnsciOusly putting his
cigar, and considerable merrimeut was eX-
cited, among those who recognised him. bv
young Lieutenant politely tapping him on
the shoulder, in bisstll Ignorance of who
he was addressing. and informing him that
smoking was forbidden IN the building I'll
5aAy Express, 9TH.
The question OF negro suffrage vii be
voted upon at the next election in Wiscon-
sin, for the third time in the history Of that
state The Constitution requires that
the amendment shall be approved by ma
iority OF all he votes cast. therefore not
20 vote upon the question counts against IL.
in lsf9 there We're 5,265 votes IN favor or
equal suffrage out OF 81, 759; and in 1851
there We're 074 out OF Is, 9S9 The total
vote this year, on Governor VIII probably
not be less than 40 600.
A letter from Edward Spangler 20 friend
in Baltimore is published and in il he pro-
claims his innocence. As 10 his relation
with Booth. be says: He asked me 10
see 10 his horses. which did; he said that
be would make NE q handsome present
which he did-Sir gears on tie IsllmR a
Dry IOrtUgas. l never enjoyed his conf
denca or his favor, except occasionally
when We met at restaurant he would ask
me to have something TO drink.
MISSISSIPPI.
The y Y. Trs5ltns'S Jackson. MIS-. cor
respondent says: Gov. Sharkeys frs order
10 his militia Is that they search the houses
Of all freedmen for arms and ammunition.
The search has commenced, and any negro
who has shot gun is obliged 10 give il up.
The same correspondent says: Scarce a
day passes that DO not hear Of some negro
being murdered by a white man. and as
Southern men themselves " III acknowledge
without shadow OF prOvocatOn: but /
have Yet 10 hear Of Il single instance of d
negro numbering white man
HANGNAN FoOTE.
Yesterday morning the L. s Court at
New York before Judge Nelson, Hon D. s
Dickinson, United States District Attorney.
moved the court that Henry : FOOte. ex-
member OF the deiunct Confederate Con-
gress, be stepped 10 the bar as a counsellor
Of the Supreme Court a the United states
the motion was granted and Mr.. Foo,c.
stepped up 10 the clerks desk 10 take The
oath. The first OATH 10 support Tie Con
sttutiOn of the United States and the State
of New York, be took without winc.ag. '.it
the oath of allegiance was too stiil for um.
and after listening attentively 10 It's strin
gent requirements, Mr.. FOOte declared That
bis connection with the late rebel govern
ment rendered il Impossible he should sub
scribe 10 such on oath. and he left the court
room unswOru.
Capt. Piltil, formerly OF the 18th Veteran
Reserve Corps, will probably be tried du-
ring the coming week on charges Of cruel
ties and frauds, alleged TO have been per
petrated by HIM during his long command
OF the Jail at Alexandra. \ court martial
IS now being formed for the trial, and Col
John Mansfield Is named as the President
The candidates for Governor in North
Carolina are Gov. Holden, the present pat
riotic Provisional Governor, and Jonathan
Worth. who, though strong Union man
is supported by the secession element
Lewis Haynes private secretary 10 Gov
Holden, IS the Union candidate for Congress
in the Randolph District.
OF IN IS whaling vessels in the Attic feet.
nearly al American, the Shenandoah has
destroyed 49,
wAsuINGTON NEWS.
With the return Of Secretary Seward all
the members OF the cabinet are in Washing
ton. and were in Council yesterday with
the President.
Lieut., Gen. Grant paid an Official visit to
the Washington Navy Yard Yesterday after
noon. He was received with the usual
hOnOrs, and enthusiastically cheered by
the assembled workmen.
Il is understood that the President has
directed that all pardOns under the amnesty
pr0clamatiOns, which are not called for at
the Department OF state within one week
after they are signed, shall De sent TO their
States.
The funding ofthe $50, 600, 900 compound
interest notes will cease to-day, as indica-
tons are that the bonds 10 that amount
will to-day 5e taken up.
A correspondent OF The Hartford Times
says that Colchester, the Juggling medium.
vas detected By him at q circle IN Hartford
10 feat Of juggelry whore q number Sit
ting in the dark. with joined hands, were
touched by spirit hands" on their faces.
when one seized the hand" with his teeth
and discovered that il was talow candle
which Colchester had blown out when the
circle was arranged
The Money Order Office, established No
veneer l. 1854, had issued al the close or
he fiscal year, ending June 30 1855. over
4 600 money orders, amounting 10 e 800
l22 50. The amount OF tees received was
81. 4S4 90, Of which sum postmasters re-