Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-19
NEWS SUMMARY.

' IN by the washington Ietter-wrlters generally,
says .''' .t
The Supreme Court having adjourned, trials by
court martial having been abandoned, and there
being no present probability of convicting Davis
before civil court, the President it is freely
: mored, has about concluded to order his release
;, on parole Mr. Stephens is reported to have ex-
pressed the conviction that he would be released x
= and as Mr. S. has just held long interview with
the PRESIDENT, it is not unlikely but what he is
foreshadowing the event. ~ 'i't'''iii iiis.Ii'9o
E In this connection will say that most inapor-
tant argument, covering eighty printed pages has
been received by the President from London in
which are set forth the reasons why Davis cannot
be convicted in any court of the crime of treason
! The ground gone over dates from the foundation
} OF the Government-includes the ''Rights of the
States as then understood--the action of New
) York, Pennsylvania, Virginia Massachusetts,, and
the States in accepting the Constitution and the
opinions of Washington, Fisher Ames Hamilton,
Webster, Ellsworth, Rufus King, Davie, Spencer,
Madison, Jay, Randolph Franklin, Tench Cox.
James Wilson and Chief Justice Mexican, of Penn
The purport of the opinions of these honored
dead, as showing the sovereignty of the States,
and which the barrister who sends to the Presi
dent the argument 81 yes in detail, may be sum-
moned up in the remark of Wilson in the Penn
I Convention of 'S7.
II "Upon the existence of the State Governments
depends the existence of the Federal plan. The
supreme, absolute and uncomfortable power in
the people before they make a Constitution, and
remains in them after it is made. Ny
position is, that the absolute sovereignty neveg
goes FROM the people, .r-fr
! INSPECTION OF THE BATTLE FIE1Ds.-By direc-
ton Of the Quartermaster General, Brevet Major
James Gleason, Quartermaster u. S. A. will start
| III day or two to make tour of inspection of
all the battlefeds of Virgins, for the purpose of
ascertaining as far as possible, the number and
/ location Of all the Union dead that have been
buried on the fields. It is the intention of the
Government, we have stated, to have all these
remains brought to the Arlington Cemetery for
lnberment, where monument will be erected to
their memory.
! The TIDE TURNING.-Almost without exception
the local elections just past in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota show large gains
for the Democracy There will be, we predict,
before this year ends, the most radical change in
the relative proportions of American parties ever
cOnsummated in any similar period of our history.
Mark the prophecy
| Brig Gen. Rucker, late of the Confederate army,
arranged in the United States Circuit Court,
at Memphis, on the 9Th inst, on charge of trea-
son, and held in SO 900 bail to answer at the next
term of court ..-r-.
The funeral which bore the remains of Mr..
Lincoln to Springfield, Illinois, and which cost
the Government nearly twenty thousand dollars,
is to be sold on the 10th inst
The Legislature of California on the 10th of
February last, passed resolutions almost unani-
mously calling the United States Government
to interfere and overthrow by fore of the
pire Of Maximilian in Mexico.
VEToES. S.-The number of vetoes issued since the
formation of the Government is as follows
BY George Washington.
BY James Madison
BY James Monroe.
BY Andrew Jackson.
By John Tyler.
BY James K. Polk.
~ James Buchanan .. .
By Andrew Johnson.
REIMBURSEMENT OF PENNsYLvAN1A.-WA WASHING
TON, April l0.-Ihe Senate has passed bill giving
Pennsy lvania $500, 600 to repay her for the ex-
penses incurred in repelling the rebel invasion.
FROM Observation-Disclosures, KY, Monday
April 9-Cnder orders from General Thomas that
all colored troops in Kentucky be disbanded, the
Twelfth Heavy Artillery and the One Hundred
and Nineteenth Colored Infantry have been mus
tered out of service.
Colonel Henry Rowland, of the Quartermaster's
Department, thrown from buggy this after
noon, breaking his collar-bone and arm. r.
The Manhattan Club of New York proposes to
give James Brooks public dinner next Monday.
Mr.. Stockton and D. ". Voorhees, are expected toll
be present ~ /
= A present FROM GENERAL LEES DAUGHTER
Among the latest donations to the Southern Re- |
lief Fair at Baltimore is beautifully embroidered
cushion, valued at thirty dollars, presented by
daughter of General Lee.
CRoPs IN GEoRGIA.-Persons from North Geor- |
ga represent the farming interests in that section
prospering finely Fields are being inclosed, |
broken up and planted and the few freedmen
there are working we'll The wheat crop looks |
promising Men of all conditions and every de-
gree of intelligence have gone to York. Every
thing presents a cheerful aspect and in very |
short time it is believed that Cherokee Georgia |
will become the land of plenty as formerly.
Railway communication between Charleston |
and Augusta, Ga, is open for the first time
since the close of the r... .-.,..... .. , l.
Rumor at Fortress Monroe whispers that JEFF.
Davis is to be removed to Richmond on a writ of |
habeas corpus. Fears are entertained that he
cannot live through the coming summer if not re-
leased, as his health is growing worse. /
Col Sprague, in command of the East Florian /
District has issued stringent quarantine regula- I
tions. A station is established on Tiger Island in
st. Marys Sound, Fernandina. A ten days I
quarantine is ordered for vessels from infected |
ports.
As General Banks has ne fer submitted a report |
of the battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia, and the
siege of Port Hudson, the Secretary of War has
called upon him for said reports, which the Gene
raj is at present engaged in preparing
, It is said that movement will be made to expel
Mr. Salisbury from the Senate, for alleged dis
loyal sentiments in his speech on Friday last.
Coal u FRANcE-The production of coal in
France has greatly increased during the past ten
years. The proddct in 1864 was IL 00O, 900 met
rical quintals; in 1865, 113,0O0,0OO.
FRENCH RA1LwAYs-A new circular railway to /
connect the various lines approaching Paris at a
distance of thirty forty leagues from their point
OF arrival, is rapidly advancing
General Thomas Francis Meagher, Acting Gov
ernOr of Montana, has recanted his Radical opin-
ions, and come out for President Johnson.
ASTOUNDING FRAUDS ON THE GOvERNMENT-AR-
REST Some OF THE HEPARTIEs.-NAsHyIIIlET Tenn,