The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-26
VOLUME l.---NUMBER As.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 16

W AouINdIoN, APill 1o.
Among the testimony reported to-day
from the Committee on Reconstruction
was that of Alexander II. Stephens He
said that he had conversed freely with the
prominent men Of Georgia, and met with
a great many prominent and Influential
men at Milledgeville, not connected with
the Legislature He gave it as his deci-
ded opinion, from conversations and cor
respondence, that an overwhelming ma
iority of the people of Georgia are ex-
ceedingly anxious for the restoration OF
the Government, and for the State to.take
her former position in the Union, to have
Senators and Representatives admittedto
Congress and enjoy the rights and dis
charge the obligations of'a State under
the Constitution of the United States as
amended. He believes the sentiment of
the people of Georgia in the exercise of
the right of Secession, was resorted to
from desire to render their liberties and
institutions secure, and the belief on their
part that this was absolutely necessary
for that object. He further believes that,
their opinion now is that the surest if not
the only hope for their liberties, is the
restoration of the Government of the
United States and of the Government un-
der it. He believes the people are sufi-
GENTLY satisfied with the experiment new:
er to resort to that mode of redress again
by force; whatever their abstract views
on the subject, they have come to the con-
cluson that it is better to appeal to the,
forum of reason and justice, to the hall OF.
legislation and the courts, for the preser.
vaton of the principles Of Constitutional
liberty, than the arena of the army. The
idea of Sccessionis totally abandoned.
WASHINGTON, April II.
The House, to-day, was engaged in the
consideration of the bill to increase the
regular army The section retaining ten
regiments veteran reserves was passed.
The pending amendment makes no dis
elimination among officers on account Of
color.
WASHINGTON, April 1S. :
The War Department has issued orders
reducing the force of colored troops in
Georgia to one regiment, Alabama two,
Mississippi four, Florida one, and South
Carolina one. s.s.s -
The Attorney-G General having recon-
mended that the bonds captured by Gene
raj Sheridan, at Shreveport, which bonds
were deposited by the New Orleans
banks with the State Auditor of Louisi-
ana. be returned to the Auditor, the Sec
retary of the Treasury has tclegraphed
to Governor Wells that he will cause the
bonds which may be identified as belong
ing to the banks to be delivered to the.
State Auditor or any duly authorized
agent at Washington, or will send tho
same to the State Auditor, on receiving
advices from the Governor, at the risk OF
the State. The bonds amount to $1,000 s
000
WASHINGTON, April 10.
The colored population, probably to tho
amount of l5,00O to-day, celebrated tho
anniversary of emancipation in the Dis.
lrict of Columbia by procession and
speeches. They called on the President,
who made brief address, in which he de-
clared himself tho better friend of the
blacks than those pretended friends, who
never perilled life or property in behalf OF
freedom, but ensconcedthemselves in safe
places. He spoke of the important duties
they had to perform, and counselled them
that they must show by their conduct
that they were worthy of their freedom.
The proceedings of Congress today
were uninteresting. The army peace cs- :,
tablishment bill was still under discus
sion.