The New York herald., 1866-09-27

from Secretary Seward on Tuesday rendering her the
uss OF the steamer Vanderbilt 10 convey her home She
has accepted the oner.
Thomas Fitzgerald Michael Canty, John Doran ana
three others before Justice Barnard OF the supreme
Court Of weschester county yesterday, Tor the murder
OF Miss Ellen Hicks the I'd day OF August ast Ihey
pleaded not guilty and said they were not reaoy TOT
trial this term They did not wish counsel assigned
as their friends were endeayorng TO obtain counsel for
them.
The Southern Mlscegens met with great success in
their debut at Indianapolis and gave more interesting
exhibition than they have succeeded in doing elsewhere
Brownlow was SICK and II devoved upon Hamilton and
Hunncut to explain the merits OF the menagerie. Hun
particularly interesting in his remarks ad
versng his newspaper and the other Richmond papers
gratuitousy He favored another war; and thought the
rebels should be DISTINGUISHED nearly sixteen thousand
years
John ~ Davey has been appointed Collector OF the
Port of Genesee in place Of w. II. Grlnnell removed.
Warsaw Kentucky, where the mail agent was seized
recently by the sheriff. for hanging two guerras during
the war; has been gaTisoned by company of soldiers,
by order OF General Davis commanding the Department
| OF Kentucky
The stock market strong yesterday and prices ad-
| yanced. Gold strong and closed at 145is.
The markets were steady under fair demand for
merchandise yesterday, and, considering the rainy
weather. fair business done both IN foreign and
I domestic merchandise Sugar was UNCHANGED. Conee
| steady. Cotton was In improved demand and
nrmer On Change -four advanced l0c. zoe. per bbl,
wheat &c. SC, Corn was active and lc a 20. sigher
Oats also advanced lc., with fair demand. Porn was
hrmer and more active. Beef steady, while ard
| was duh and heavy. Whiskey was quiet but hrn.
fiss~.- ""changed
The Constitutional Amendment Last Ch"He.
| for the south.
While The republican leaders and takers are
going round the country, like Cornwall miners,
with tallow candles in their caps, endeavorlng
= light upon the crisis through which the
- p"'.e we. have entirely eciipsed
'icin ny 'ne caicinm iiiun- we have intro
duced IN the shape Of the Constitutional amend
mcnt. II IS now very clear that il has been the
policy of Thad Stevens and his Jacobln fol
lowers to keep this important amendment ou
of sight as much as possible. 1t has been rarely
discussed in any Of their connoiis, or at any
rate at those which have reached The ear
and eye OF the public. They do not via
desire that the minds Of the people shal be-
come familiar win its business and lis .melo-
rating tendencies Above all, they do not want
The South to accept il; for they kpow if it does
their power vii be lost and thei rod of terror
broken. Stevens is not satisfied with the
amendment; leilher is Wade, Sumner, Banks,
Butler nor Boltwell. Neither j. Kelley, of Penn
| sylvania, no Greeley, of tho Tribune nor any
others Of tls bitter radical stamp. What these
men want . for the South 10 reject or TO spurn
the amcnment, and thus compel The question
Of restortion to go over to the next Congress,
| which, hey feel confident, and not without
onwill be more inimical to the South than
the pesent one.
Wat then, is the plain policy Of the South!
| Cesly it is to accept, without hesitancy or
| dety, the proposed amendment. They GER
tally cannot expect to do any better with the |
! pssent Congress, and they must not hope or |
| expect for greater clemency from the next |
" all the signs Of the times the Fortieth Con-
gress will be composed in part Of fierce and |
revolutionary body Of men, In all the Eastern |
States, where the radicals have majorities, the |
question upon nominations for Congress is not
who IS The most moderate or conservative, but |
who is the most radical. The latter is nvari- |
ably the nominee. Ii is for this reason that |
such men as Banks, Butler and Boutwell-all
formerly Massachusetts democrats--are so ex-
,reme and violent in their anti-Southcrn views
In this they but echo the sentiments of the
people they represent aud not to obey that
sentiment they know is 10 allow themselves to
be politically shelved for the remainder OF |
their lives. They are bent upon success, and
the motto OF one oc these men is, "Success is a
duty
Now, then, is the critical moment for the |
South. The proposed constitutional amend.
ment should be promptly accepted by them |
The present Congress cannot refuse to ae
knowledge the act and TO restore them TO fra
ternol relationship in the Union. II is in
measure pledged to do this, and it has already
partially fulfilled its pledge by admitting Ten
nessee. From the next Congress the South
will have much TO apprehend. There Is
great danger that the aims OF the radicals TO
disranchise the whites, to confscate and ap-
portion their property and to give universal
and unrestricted suffrage 10 the blacks, will
then be accomplished. The Legislature Of
every Southern State should therefore be i'm
mediately called together and the proposed
constitutional amendment adopted Once in
Congress, they will hold the balance of power
in the House and have their propor;ionate
weight in the Senate. They will never have
a better chance for being restored to position
In The Union than is now offered them. We
again say, let them accept IT,
President Johnson should issue proclama-
ton calling upon the Governors OF the several
Southern States to convene their Legislatures
before next December, and recommend them
TO adopt the proposed amendment. This done,
new and effulgent light will be shed over
the whole Union, from the brillancy or which