The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-14
THE Ws.


the IL use why Jefferson Davis, Mr. Clay
= and Others were l<apJ ali confluence &.
iue House Committee on fg9e,..en YES
. tefday authorized tie chairman 10 report q
bIli continuing the Bureau and .nIargiu@ it;
2 powers, in accordance with Gen. Howard :
recommendation. Tie bill authorizes the
President to set apart IN the States OF Flor
Ida, Mississippi and kaHsas-tlfidrl tie,
homestead act--tiEee million acres of Gov
erulaeLt ;aud, TO bo allOJtei ia parcels of
forty acres each 10 freedmen. This Di3I
/, gTees 20 give freedmen the Ti1bt 70 Dur-
chas9 the land at its valuation.
.,eanje.-Ar.' Wilson, of Massachusetts in
troaaccd a bill fixing peace establis slncnt
"I tie arinE.g 1t Prayioes Ior seven regi-
ngaRts OF artillery, feuof 5cavalry ana siEfy
oI infantry. Eacn branch Is pre-, ,,J4tioned :
| llAhJaI Ci black tfcc.e;, 0ticered by whites
me butmakes tbc nItEimum of the army
93,eoV. There VIII be one Liautenant Cen
erai, tive Major Generals and ten Bngadier
Generals
/ IAe President III replying to the Senate
resolution 2Rtlng Why Jefferson Davis was
nor brought ~ trial. transmits the Secretary
J or - ar did the Attorney Generals repouse
| 70 nm. ne Secretary Of War Substantial
| iEdeclares that The prasideuf was advised IN
| the law officers Of the Government that Mr.
! DAVIS Shot,lc be tried in Virginia and that
| the thlct Justice declines to hold court in
| tlat State tor an indefinite period that bfr
|
! United states troops; that be has been in
dIctcd by the Grand jury Of the District Of
| Columbia, and Is charged with melting the
| assassination of President Lincoln, aud the
murder OF Union prisoners by starvation.
and other barbarous Treatment
Another dispatch says The Presidents
! message enclosed a letter from Attorney
General Speed, who states that no circuit
court has been held in the late reheIIious
districts since the termination OF h0sfiIities |
ana hoias the opinion that late insurgents
awaiting tri&i should be tTiad only before
ciYh courts when they are fully ana actually |
restored, and mas thought it proper TO advise
the President not to cause criminal prOcee-
GIngS to be instituted against Mr. Davis or |
"ay othcr inSurgent III State OF district i'm |
"hich the} were net actually present during |
the prosecution Of hOstilities
Nj. howe, of Wisconsin, offered a resolu-
ton declaring that the socceding States had |
forfeited their rights. He made a speech la
nyIng the lndestIucibility OF State govern
eLinGcHts He sad the President had no
iiSnt 10 restore the rebel States that his
tiutles were onIy executive
Ihe COMMITTEES on Freedmen's Affairs ara
inlTsuctcd 10 inquire into the truth OF the
5'Iies.st iL5HstIcc oi South Carolina planters
towards freedmen.
: Dill has been introduced 10 punish coun
letters with death.
he Committee on the District of Colam-
bla nave rejected the bill granting unGuaI |
fled suffrage, but viii report a bill perInit-
ll1S negroes 10 vote who have resided in
" as1ihStoh SIX months and can read and
write
Secretary Stanton is TO be called TO ac
;ount Tor paying the Southern ProviSisionaI
toNclnorS, III defiance OF the law OF Con | .
5teSS against such an act.
NEW YORK, Jan. I0-A WASHINGTON dis !
'atch says Gen. Grants bill to increase the
eSlllar army Is i'll the hands ofthe chairman !
II tfe Military Committee, and adopted 1t | :
' Ill increase the regular army to over fifty !
thousand men.
The Fenian general court martial has rem a
eFeG verdict against the Senate The sen '
ehce mas yet 80 be pronounced BY O'Maho-
ey. HE report OF tie Finance Committee
5% there are but $4,000 in the Treasury. 5
ne receipts to January were Sl47 ,000. I'll
cen. Howard has received a prOposili0n 10 {
nlpioy coiorcd troops on the completion of o.
ne f'tl"@F "hich connects Little Rock with
le mississippi, the men to be paid ntry
7htS per tsy and extra pay in land ou the n
ne OF the road. The proposition IS favor et
oily endorsed by Gems. Reynolds and Shcr- il;
.@ .@H, ana has been referred. to the Secretary Al
War.
BALTIMORE, ND Jan. 1Q.--Tho Legisi;l-
ue 9het to-day: Coy. Swami, elected a OF
aar ago under the new Constitution, fonI, hC
Is seat. itu
" q .dINGToN, Jan. In the Senate to- e
~ oltI was passed authorizing. &acfe- hc
ny "a ti'e Treasury 70 appoint -2ss.slf.t a
9sess0Ek. hi
4 Aresolation offered yesterday by 8Ir Howe. an
Wisconsin, fOT disappointment of proyis Ito
nal Governors IN the Southern States. was ed
ken np and discussed at some length. III. s0l
'li!i>on, OF Maryland, spoke in opposition ne
Mr. I!oN15 views 81
The army appropriation bill was made the
der OF the day for Thursday next.
olilHLnous papers relating TO Confederate | III,
i;. ; l ,Ion TO Mexico, and tie plans OF Mau- ch
and GWin, were presented.
y letter Iroln Nj. Powers showing the I'M
rstanding between traitors in Mexico and 4
5uEsents ali thc United States w~s }sToduc- In
rai
The House resumed It's consideration of VA
9 bill extending the right OF sui rage to
eroeS IN the District OF Columbia
VI. Rogers, of,New jersey, spoke against | ed
NEW YORK, Jan. II.--At a meeting OF the a |;
orge Washington circle of Fenians. reso- the
ioils were passed sympatA.zing wili Gen s9A
eSieE, al the uucaAIed for has 5hTtess Of
Secretary o. War, disluisSing Sweeney I
II lie army, which they s,s was doAe ut lett
instlgation of Sir. Fredrlc.1 Bruce mai
nc Sehetat oIuer mastering out certain wv
GERS, has produced CONSERVATION among 5
aeCapitaUed. Tho
/ tire
lego has sent communication to Sneak
loh2S rec Nesting the House not to be-
ltseHagalnst the President s reconstruc- o,,r
policy. ";'lI ':I
ne runor Of an impending Cabinet re- ,as ,r,S,
n ~'-' 4" p" ~ i'''' Z Soiile lo''no- regi
ho praaila,,+ :, -,,-;. . /. seen
sloT> ,,s,,sl 4-.1 Nio'ls 20 NIIo" "hetIef the
don rlip iii,.'.e,l'e IIi.t: return lFoln cep5
Il straWs is believed TO indicate a com a5ti
breeze. - -
&c Worlds special says q bill viii he Of koo.
Ill Congress-, at an early day, tor the y.
Instruction OF the Supreme Court reduc- nia .
.ie number otappeals and Increasing the s.
Der OF circuits and Circuit Judges. I.
lotheT counterfeit ten dollar greenback
nade Its apptaranca 1t is much heav :. !
4 appearance than the genuine soa,n
Jan. li.--Governor Swam's I,,an
age to the Maryland Legislature al- nIinf
Is OF Presldent Joinson's reconstruction 80,
j. but opposes negro suffrage and recon- Sat
Is migration to some more conceniai To- fo,s =
! Where his destructive characteristics ned .