The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-03
LATEST NEWS.
Proceedings of Congress.

Fessenden, from the Reconstruction Commit
tee, reported the bills and joint resolutions
already published, and stated in so doing,
that it had been the intention of the com
mittee to accompany these bills and this
Joint resolution with lengthy written re-
| port but such had been its situation that
this report had not yet been completed He
hoped to be able to present it to the Senate
! before long.
The Bills and Joint Resolution were or
| dered to be printed. ..-.E.
! Mr.. Howe, from the Library Committee
reported joint resolution for the purchase
of the Library OF Hon. James L. Pettigrew,
Of South Carolina, for the law Library of
| Congress .-.0..
a bill was passed authorizing the bridg-
ing Of the Mississippi at Quincy, Ill.
| HoUsE.-AIr. Stevens, from the Recon-
struction Committee, reported the Joint
Resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution, which, under a suspension of
| the rules, was made the special order for
| Tuesday week
The bill for the admission of the Southern
States was also reported, and made the spe-
cial order for Wednesday week.
| The bill declaring certain persons inelli-
gible to office, was made the special order
for Thursday week
The House passed the bill making appro-
| priations for river and harbor improvements
extraordinary Robbery.
WHEELING, W. VA, April 29-About one
O'Clock this Sunday morning six burglars
entered the residence of the cashier of the
National Bank of Cadiz Ohio, buclled and
gagged the cashier and compelled his wife
to deliver up the keys of the bank and safe.
Proceeding thence to the bank, they eff
| tected an entrance without much opposition
and robbed the safe of $780, 900 in United
States bonds and $4,000 in deposits.
| After locking the Waterman in the safe
they made good their escape in 4 hand-car,
cutting the telegraph wires in two places
| The robbers abandoned the hand Lear at a
| station near Alexandria station. ten miles
west of Steubenville, and took to the woods.
The surrounding country has been arous-
ed, and large force is in pursuit.
The president Of the bank has offered n
reward of 100000 for the apprehension Of
the robbers and the recovery of the securi-
ties; $1,000 for the former and $15,G for
the latter.
Conviction for Treason. 10 Fourteen
years in the Penitentary.
In the Circuit Court of Jefferson county.
Tennessee, last week, Dewitt G. Williams,
late Confederate soldier, was tried before
Judge J. P. Swami for treason against the
State of Tennessee, in cnlisting in the Con
federate army. and under the charge of the
Judge the jury found the accused guilty, and
fixed his punishment at fourteen years con-
tinement i'll the penitentiary. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court of the State
and the defendant bailed for his appearance
in September, as follows:
The first count charged the defendant with
leVylng war against the State Of Tennessee
The second count charged the defendant
with having enlisted in the army of the So
called Southern Confederacy, for the purpose
Of carrying on said war against the State
The third count charges that war was
wronGfully levied against the United States :
and to overthrow the government thereof,
and of the State of Tennessee.
The principal points given in charge by .
the court are substantially as follows:
1st The defendant, by the same act may
he guilty of treason against both the United
States and the State Of Tennessee. and may
he punished by both governments for TIL
same act.
2d. The court and jury can take Judicial
notice Of the public history Of the country
and it being one Of the objects of the late
war to change the relation OF Tennessee tC
the federal Union, it was war against the
State, as well as the United States.
3D.. The pardon OF the President. in such
eases, purgcs the offenSa against the United
States. but does not affect the ofcnse against
the State.
4th. The fact that the rebellion assumed
the dimensions and recognized character of
IL civil and public war docs not prevent the
citizens Of Tennessee who entered the service
Of the Confederate States. after that time,
from being punished as traitors hy the State
Courts OF Tennessee.
9TH. The Act of Assembly, passed and the
:ird day Of May, 1861, repeating so much of
thc TrcaSnD Act made Otfenscs against the
United States, punishable treason against
the State, is utterly null and void, having
been passed by the legislators whom the
court iudicially knows to have been engaged
III reasonable purposes.
9th. The decision and opinions of the Su-
preInc Court OF the United States in the Ca
Stss OF the Amy Warwick and Others, an6. ];
Mrs. AleNander'S cotton and others, are IL
whatever in trials for treason. !
18th. Although the laws of nations protct t =
beligcrents during the existence of war froI u .
the prosecution in the civil courts for tire; :
son, yet, after the war is over. and peace clt =
ciared, the soldiers who participated in tn .
rebellion or war, may be punished rs traito,
thereof j
8th. In trials for felony, the jury areiudges
d both the law and the facts, but only
Judges of the law propounded to them by
the court.
ECregn Debt Of the Confederate States---A Prop
0sitiGn fpe,n tie s0ndiGIders---EiepIy of Seere-
taFy Seward.
W-isIIISGroN, April 3O.-The Secretary of
State, by direction of the President, examin-
I'd certain papers submitted to him relating
% the late Confederate Loan. Among them
S IL communication dated London March
10, 1866, and signed by order of Sir Provo
Wallis, X. G. D., Z. Morgan Secretary Fran
lis Phillips, G. and NJ. J. Weston, w. W.
Morgan and J. NJ. Howey. The plan which
hey propose is that the United States GOV
'rnment shall forward to that committee a
;opy ofthc contract which they say was made
between Erlanger & Co., of Paris, and the
ate Confederate government at Richmond,
ogethcr with the particulars of the settle
ncnt of the same
The committee promise that the outstand-
ng Confederate cotton loan bonds shall be
delivered up to agents of The United States
or cancellation, the bondholders to guaran-
&c that either they or their friends will sub
cribe forthwith to a new loan to be created
y the cotton and tobacco States, for