Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-05-01
News of the Day.

Inc faoSSS OF the supreme Court
whose opinions are adverse to the constitu.
tlonality of the test-oath, are Messss. Clifford.
Wayne. Nelson, and Grier, with one doubtful
There is great complaint from the South be-
cause the court adjourned Without rendering
an official decision.
MIR. Robert sdayo's estate. known 80
Powhatan, on James River, near Richmond
and where, according to dubious tradition
lohn Smiths life was saved by the fair
Pocahontas, is said to have been sold tn
Colonel North, of Massachusetts,, for S26 600.
-Gen. Meade telegraphs to Gen. Grant
that the Fenian demonstration on the Cana
dian frontier has been effectually broken IN
by the seizure of vessel loaded with arms
ammunition, and uniforms intended for the
Feniau army,
The French Minister, it is said, had
an interview with Mr.. Seward, Secretary of
state, on Saturday, and presented the formal
adhesion of the French Government to the
american principle of non intervention
The Emperor US has been stated. engages tn
Withdraw his troops from Mexico in three
attachments.
=, Ibe National Intelligencer says that
the best and ,ablest lawyers in the country,
IN and out of COngress many Re.
Publlcans-acknowledg the unconstitution.
aiity OF what is called the "civil rights bill /"
ana other radical and ultra legislative acts
passed by the present Congress.
THE largest distilIery on the continent
was opened ON Thursday at Louisville. under
the name OF the Kentucky Bourbon Company.
1t Is owned by New York, Boston and Lou,s.
vile capitalists, and has capacity for distillne
over million gallons of whiskey per wear
Desloe grinding an extensive quantity of
wheat
:" Forty eight negro prisoners, confined
IN the jail at Washington, charged with petit
iarcenles, have been set at liberty on condi-
Iion OF their consenting to go South under
charge OF an officer of the Freedmen's Bureau.
They have departed for Louisiana.
- Major Hambrick, Provost Judge in
alexandria, lie threatens, under the Civil rights
onl, to sue writ of hdbeas corpus, returna-
bic before Judge Underwood, for the persons
VI Two negro women now confined in the
worAhouse, by order of the Mayor, and when
they are released to sue Mayor Latham for
damages for false Imprisonment
The Philadelphia Age says: "The
naolcais are sowing the seeds of the fruit
thnt VIII be fatal to their party. They are
making precedents that in good time viii he
used against them, and giving partizan in
ventor."
Gen. Grant, who has been snend;n,.
some days in Richmond, is understood 70
have said that the people of the Soutb will
ultimately receive their rights, and that Pres;-
1eot Johnsons general policy will prevail.
Dut That meanwhile we must practise patience
-GovernOr jenkins, of GEORGIA has
issued a proclamation defining the effect Of
the Presidents peace proclamation in that
state. lie says sit does not remove martial
law, or operate In any way on the Freedman's
bureau In the exercise Of its legitimate iuris-
diction."
THE Washington CORRESPONDENT Of the
New York Times states that Attorney Gon1
eral Speed has the consideration IF tho
matter Of the trial of Mr. Davis now before
HIM. On the arrival of Chief Justice Chase
winch will be some time this week, it will be
determined whether or not Mr.. Davis shall
be tired In the State of Virginia. "The
attorney General has also consulted with
Judge Underwood in regard to the trials of
ex-Generals Lee, Wise, and sixtv others
indicted for treason in" the United States
District Court, held last summer at NorfoIE
1t is proposed to try Henry A Wise first
and 1T is thought that his will be the onlv
case disposed of this season."
In note to Senator Nesmith. Gen.
Grant says:--"l am opposed to multiplvinp
bureaus and [ think there is no necessit4
tor aProvost marshal general. In fact, if
we had to organize the army anew. I wonId
not have rs many bureaus as we now have
In my opinion the country would be Just, as
well and much more economically served if
the coast surveying duties were added to the
Engineers Bureau, and the Quartermaster's
Subsistence, and Pay departments were
merged into one l would not recommend
cnanSe now however, but would not make
any increase CT bureaus"
"A special despatch to the New York
C0mnaeTcldL AdVertiScr reports that The
President has formally requested Chief
Justice Chase to try jeff. Davis for treason
at the May term Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, and that Mr. Chase de-
ci'nes' unless Congress, by special legislation,
shall restore the power the court.