The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-29

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the names Of the thirty,seyen persons
indicted for treason in the Unitedp
States District Court sitting at Norfolk,
Wa. y @,s ;,
Montgomery d. Corse, late Major
General in the rebel army; Richard
Snowden Andrews, Henry B. Taylor
Charles James Faulkner, late u. S. 4
Minister to France William NJ. Nc.
Weigh, of Alexandra; Richard S. Ewell,
and Jubal A. Early, late Lieut.. Gener.
ais IN the rebel army; VIM. S. Winder,.
son of the late Gen. Winder; Robert
Ould, Commissioners Of Exchange of
Prisoners Geo. Booker, Cornelius
Boyle, Washington secessionist.; W..
H. Payne and Thomas P. Turner,
James A. Seddon, late rebel Secretary
of war; William Burton Richards, jr.,
Wade Hampton, late Lieut.. General
rebel cavalry forces Richard FL. Dula.
ny, Of Alexandra VIM. e. Taylor,
John De Bree,, James Longstreet, late
Lieut.. General rebel army Robert E.
Lee, late General.in- Chief rebel army =
Oscar E. Baxter William Malone, late
Major General rebel army; Williams
Smith, late rebel Governor of VirginiaF;,~
Eppa Hunton, late member of rebel
Congress from Virginia Roger A.
Pryor, late high private in the rebel
army Daniel r. Bridgeford, Chas. K.
Mallory, George w. 9. Lee, son of
Gen. Lee Samuel Cooper, late Adiu-
tant and Inspector General of the rebel
army and formerly Lieutenant Colonel
United States Army; William Henry,
Fitzhugh Lee son Of Gen. Lee; Henry
A. Wise, Ex-Governor Of Virginia and
late Brigadier General rebel army Ben
jamin Huger, George w. Alexander,
Richard III. Booker, Fitzhugh Lee, ne.
phew Of Gen. Lee and late Major Gene.
raj in the rebel army; Thomas s. Bo
cock, late Speaker of the rebel House Of
Representatives and formerly member (
of the. United States Congress.
STEPHENS ExPLANAToRY.--A Alexan.
der n. Stephens, in his lengthy argu. 4,
'ment on the reasons and causes which
induced him tojoin the rebel Confedera-
cy, says that he, always believed in the
right ofsecession, but never in the poll
cy. He was educated to believe in the
right of secession from whence. sprang 4
his convictions, and he was strengthen
ed III those convictions by the last an,
nual message Of President Buchanan ,g
and the opinion of Attorney General,
Black. He was also confirmed in his
views by the cable and honest efforts of
the New York Tib,a,e," He claims
that he exerted all his faculties to their
utmost to prevent secession and that he
accepted the Vice Presidency of the
Contederacy only because it was tender.
ed unanimously, and for the purpose Of
preserving, as far as lay in his power. <
those great principles Of freedom which
lie at the foundation of American con-
stltutional liberty. He desired to make 4
the Constitution of the Confederacy as
near as possible like that of the United !.
States and in this he claims he sue
ceeded. All the points in regard to I
freedom and the safeguards Of liberty
were his work. '' q,
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On the Sd inst. the Government
steamer Tristram Shandy, from Fortress,
Monroe having on board James al.
Seddon, late rebel Secretary Of War \
Judge Campbell, foru,ery rebel Assis. q
tant Secretary of War and one of the
Hampton Roads Peace Commissioners;
and &. NJ. T. Hunter late one Of the re-,
bel Senators from Virginia, arrived at
Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, to which.
stronghold these men were committed to- !,
await their trial for treason. i5 ggg}ly
t.a,..r New York Herald, l2h.a
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a detachment of the 9th Ohio troops
arrived here on Sunday afternoon, and,
no little stir was exhibited by the colors.
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