Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-07-18
washington News. " /, :.

WASHINGTON, July l2--Seeretary Denni-
son has resigned. He writes the President
that the call for the Philadelphia Convention
is antagonistic to>the policy Of. the party that
nominated and elected Lincoln, anG over the
Convention of which he presided; and ne,
therefore, thdraws from the Cabinet. Rn-:
1nors are lifted that other designations are
to follor
Its, nored that Speed, the Attorney
General, has rendered his resignation, and
that Harkn will do the ssme.
.It,is alleged that there is ssfraudulent issde
of stock of the Washington and Alexandra
Railroad to the amount of 100000. It was
used in connection with the deiunct Mer.
chants National Bank, and one New York
firm advanced 100000 on said stocks.
Grant has. issued a proclamation directing,
all department, district and post commanders
in the States lately in rebellion, to arrest. all
persons who have been or may hereafter be
charged with the commission Of crimes and
offences against the officers, agents, citizens
and inhabitants of the United States, lrres-
pectiye of color, in cases where the civil au-
thorities have failed or NEGLECTED oraare una
BILE to arrest and bring such parties to trial,
and to detain them in military confinement.
until such time as proper judicial tribunal
may be ready and willing to try thern.'''
New YORK, July l2.-Three cases cholera
in the last twenty.four hours, but none fatal.
Three in Brooklyn-two fatal.
Roberts, the Fenian President, was indie
ed,sbYthe grand. jury, for violation. of the
neutrality laws.
The Mozart Hall Democracy endorse the
Philadelphia Convention, and will send dele
gates.
Pending the discussion of the Tariff Bill
in the House, an amendment. highly impor-
tant to the South was adopted. The amend
ment suspends so much of the Direct Tax i'm
posed by the Act of 1861 as now remains un.
collected, said suspension ia last till Janua-
~, 1868. 49,. 20,
The prospects for the passage OF the new
Tariff Bill are considered doubtful in the
House, and the same in the Senate.
It is stated By General Grants friends that
he'will not in my event be Presidential can.
didate in 1868, and he substantially agrees
with the President on the subject of Southern
representation.
Gen. Grant has ordered squad Of cavalry
sent to Loudon County, Va, 1t is alleged that
there have been outrages ON freedmen, and
civil law has failed to punish the guilty or
protect the blacks.
Two gentlemen from Missouri called on the
President yesterday, and informed him Of
deepclaid schemes on the part of the radicals
to carry the Missouri election by force of arms
# necessary. Secret leagues were organized,
the militia armed, and arms shipped to .yari-
Gus portions of the State by Gov. Fletcher for
the purpose of influencing the election, The
President assured the gentlemen that, as it
was his duty to protect all Citizens in the en-
ioyment of their rights, it would only be ne
ccssary, in case OF such outrages, for the citi-
zens to apply to him.
WAsHINGrov, July 14.-The Senate has
been engaged in no businessof general inter
est. The House had up the report on the
Rousseau -Grinnell case bat without coming
to vote adjourned. The nomination OF Alex.
". Randall as Postmaster General was sent
to the Senate. There are seventy-one mil
lions in the Treasury vaults. The President
has accepted Dennison's resignation.
Quite a contest is understood to have arisen
over the conflict of opiuion between Stanton
and the President, relative to the construc
ton of what is. known as the Peace Procla-
nation. Stauton claims that the writ of Fla
Jeas Corpus is still suspended in South Caro-
lima, and that civilians held under sentence
by General Sckles' court.martial shou!d'not
be turned over to the civil authorities.
The notorious John S. Mosby, who was
during the war the terror Of the country
hereabouts, is now sojourner in this city
and quietly walking about the Capital, the
observed of the curious. Mosby is quiet,
tame looking individual. and has not the
slightest appearance of bugaboo, or one
who would try to frighten anybody.