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New YORK, Nav l8.-At the convention
| of loyal men held in Alexandria, Virginia
| yesterday, various resolutions were offered
| and referred 10 q committee of i've. These
| resolutions set forth that the rebellion was
a wicked and causelsss one, and that some
discrimination should be made between
those who supported the Government and
those who opposed it, recommending that al
who voluntarily bore arms in aid of the re
bellion should be excluded from the exer-
else of the elective franchise, but if it is de-
| cided 10 restore all the late rebels to the
rights Of suffrage, no distinction should
be made in permitting citizens to vote
| irrespective Of color; express conf
dence in the sagaclty and patriotism
of a majority Of the present Congress
and that they viii cheerfully acquesce in
whatever measures they may adopt for the
| reconstruction of the late rebellOus States.
| Thanking those of both Houses of Congress
who secured the final passage Of the Civil
Rights bill, according a hearty approval OF
! President JOhnsOn's policy while he was
| Governor Of Tennessee and since his cleo
| ton to the Chief Magistrscy, for declaring
that the loyal men alone shall govern the
! State, and then cites passage from his
| speech at Nashville in 1864 as their creed
| where the views of the President were ably
enumerated, prOclaiming that the loyal men
/ of Virginia under the tyranny Of pardOued
rebels and ungrateful for the kindness Of
| the President, and that the disqualification
| of rebels either TO vote or hold office is alb
| solutely essential to the safe and comfort
| able residence Of loyal men, proposing re-
! pudiation Of the act of Legislature which
| lately met in Richmond, and asks for the
meeting Of the Constitutional Convention TO
originate with truly loyal men.
NEW YORK, May 1S.-The special dis
! patches to the morning press contain the fol-
| lowing items:
The bill introduced by Mr.. Stewart in the
| Senate, on Monday, which provides for the
removal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
| from the Interior to the War Department,
| is proposed as 8 means of breaking up al
| legged abuses of the Bureau, placing the
control of Indian affairs in the Department
where immediate and efficient action Of the
military may be had when the exigency de-
mands it.
A Convention of the Presidents and Su-
perintendeuts of the Southern railroads is
| being held at Richmond, the object being
! to secure uniform schedules of terms and
rates of fare. $40 miles are represented.
Colonel MARYLAND, special supervising
| agent of the Postofice Department, has re-
/ turned from his recent visit to the Missis-
| sippi Valley, having succeeded in correct
| ing the abuses in the mail service and ad-
! justed the difficulties among mail contractors
| in the route from Cairo to New Orleans.
! The State of Virginia ISSUED yesterday
$4,000 in coupon bonds to pay the interest Of
| her State debt. This is the first issue under
the act of the last Legislature.
J. II. Anderson, moved from the Office Of
! store keeper of the Richmond .Penitentiary
by the last Legislature for his CnsOn sentl-
mepts, has been appointed by the Presi,
dent, and was yesterday confirmed by tho
Senate as Collector of Internal Revenue
for the District of Virginia,
Such of the Minnesota Sioux Indians a:
were not driven off by our operat tons il
| 1865, or kept in close confinement, were
located on the Missouri river, about l ,OOC
miles above the present capital of Dakota
| Territory. Five hundred, however, were
imprisoned at Davenport, Iowa, until re-
/ Gently, when, by order OF the Secretary Of
the Interior, they were released from con-
fnement and taken to one of the north
western points of Nebraska, on the borders
of Dakota, and colOnized on the Missouri
river, at point considerably this side OF
Fort Randall. An order was also made for
the transfer Of the Sioux, who had been per-
manently located on the river above. To this
lower settlement the citizens of Dakota
are particularly indignant at this location
Of the hostile Indians, and predict all
I IF or,fra 0fr IN, b., g.,
ture. The affair seems to have been envel-
oped in great secrecy, The intention of the
Government TO locate them at this point
was first known here from the com plant OF
the citizens Of the counties interested. The
turning loose of 60 large a body of lawles:
| savage5 who are believed to deserve the
penalty Of confinement for life, is received
with great alarm by the people of the from
tier, and they especially object to their be-
ing placed so far to the rear of many Of the
weak and widely separated white settle
ments. The affair will probably be inves-
ugated, and some Congressional action so.
lcited.
The Committee appointed to examine int
the affairs Of the Merchants National Bank
are of the opinion that the institution viii
be able to pay about three per cent. on the
amount of ITS liabilities.
The Senate will take up the Pension bill
Friday, as the special order, and the FL
nance bill of Senator Sherman will have Il
| 90 over for a week, as the constitutions
amendments will come up on Monday mex
as the special order, and will occupy per
haps a week. The Consular and Diplo
; matte and West Point appropriation bill
were finished to-day in the Senate, anC
now returns to the House; but there are N
material amendments that will be objected
70, except the creation of another Assl5tan
, Secretary Of State To DO termed n SecOnC
Assistant. 1t is understood that Chief Clerl
Hunter viii be designated if the bill bs
} comes a law. The House is still working
/ industrously on the tax bill, which vii
probably not be completed before the las
, Of next week. Tomorrow the tobacco in
terest will be pretty thoroughly ventilated
NEW lORE, May ls.-GoId opened at 1897
and closed at l2g5sa3O.
Cotton quiet ana firm at 95a36c.
? The Tribune, OF this morning, insist
| that Mr., Thomas Brown, formerly of Ohio
has been appointed by Collector Smythe a
his private Secretary.
Mr.. Stephens is expected to start on hi
tour through the Sta.es on Monday next.
The Herald has a statement that Genera
Sweeney has said recently that he was sat
7 Isted that Stephens was nothing more o
less than British spy, and that he was al
{ lowed to escape from prison by British su
thorities, for the sole purpose of visiting
/, this country in their interest.
The House Committee yesterday had u
) the Mexican question in their discussion
The Monroe doctrine was adhered to a
- guaranteeing the fifty millions. The com
mlttee thought best to sell to Mexico, wa
material or ships, or even to take her bond
r II payment rather than a guarantee OF be
/ Indebtedness. But the House probably
sell or credit, while they surely could no
be brought to agree to guarantee her bond
. or Indebtedness in any way.
The report Of Generals Steadmau an,
Fullerton on the operations Of the Freed
mems Bureau in South Carolina, excep
the coast portion, has been forwarded to tho
President. The same complaints that wer,
! made against the operation in North Caro-
lima and Virginia, are made concerning tbs
affairs Of South Carolina. A promIDen
= official states that General Howard vii
, shortly be relieved as Commissioner o
|, Freedmen's Affairs, and some other Officer
detailed in his place, for his defense of the
! North Carolina officers Of his Bureau.
Providence, r. J., May IS.-InformatioI
has been received here Of the death Of the
Right Rev. George Burgess, D. D., Bishop
OF Maine, while returning from the West
| Indies, whittier he had been for his health
| lie was a native Of ehis State.
CAIRO, May lS.-Ths steamer Memphis
was sunk at Island No 20, Miss, on Wed,
nesdsy night, the 18th inst. She is a tOtal
loss. Insured for s3l 900.
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