The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-29
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
,rs. p.esut piots in Memphis.

Major General Howard has received from
Major Gilbraith, who was detailed TO lnFes
ti.yate the causes and results OF the MefnPnls
Crcnnessee) riots, partial report on lie SUD
iect 1t appears from the report 't,'' .n'I' ~
General Stoneman his officers ana men, cN-
ortnd themselves fully in order to suppress
tio r;ot and apDrchend the rioters. Major
G:I,r;tb etatcs that the civil authorities
have not taken the slightest notice OF these
+nrriIIe riots and seem to regard them as
simply skirmish between the police and the
n,.rroes. 1t was certainly very one-sided
skirr,ish, as from the testimony, no resis-
lance was made by the negroes after the first
MONT. The citizens have been advised to hold
Il meeting and denounce the conduct Of the
mob. but still they either neglect or refuse
to do So The papers of Memphis arc at the
root of the whole matter. They have melted
riot and murder for months. and this Is only
a legitimate result of their iniiammatory and
incrntiarv articles and these poor whites,
between whom and the negroes u feud has
ALWAYS existed. have been but their tools y
Washington Chronicle.
New Bridge over James River Completed.
RICHMOND, May, 25.-The long bridge
across the James river, on the line of the
Richmond and Petersburg railroad, erected
in place of the bridge destroyed by fire in
April of last year, Was completed to-day.
Pardons.
Applicants for pardon are not so numerous
as they were but a few months since, although
the less importunate, especially those
who apply personally. Pardons were gran
ted to-day to only thirteen persons of the
classes included in the first and thirteenth
clauses of the amnesty proclamation. VIM.
Lander, n. c.; John Thatcher, Texas; r. @.
NunelIv, KY; Charles T. Jones, Va; r. A.
Mathews, Ga; and eight persons in Arkansas.
The Assassination Conspiracy.
The House Judiciary Committee, for the
last three days. have been hearing more tes-
timony in reference to Davis and Clay's cont
plcitv with the assassination. AS to their
guilt there is no doubt upon the mind of the
leading members of the committee, and all
statements to the contrary are untounded.
Proposed Reunion of Presbyterian Assemblies.
ST. LOUIS May 2G.-The subject of the re-
union of the Old and New School Churches
WAS reported upon in the Old School Assem-
bly, to-day. The plan suggested is for the
appointment of committee of nine ministers
and six elders to meet a similar committee of
the New School Assembly, who after consul
tation. ifthey deem reunion desirable or prac-
t:cable, are to report measures for its accom-
plishments to the next General Assembly,
4 motion by DR.. Van Dyke, that Confer
ence Assembly be invited to join in the I'M
ion, was laid on the table. The report of the
committee was adopted by a large majority.
4 series of patriotic resolutions on the state
of the country were passed by the New
School Assembly to-day.
The Old School Assembly will take an ex-
cursion to Pilot knop tomorrow.
Internal ReYenue.
The Receipts from internal revenue to-day
were 5000 3S0,93. The total receipts for tbs
week ending to-day amount to So, 100, 6S2, SO.
The Caueus Yesterday.
The Republican Senators held a caucus of
some hours yesterday in which the question
of reconstruction and the time for adj
iournment OF Congress were discussed.
The sentiment of the caucus unani-
mously against the third section of the re-
construction measures, at least voice was
raised in its behalf.
Various substitutes for the third section
were discussed; but the proposition most
favored was one excluding from holding Fed
eral office those who deserted the United
States Congress and army and navy to take
plrt in the rebellion; also, the members of
:uc Confederate Congress, the Confederate
Cabinet Confederate diplomatic agents, Con
tedcrate military officers of the rank of
Major General and Brigader General, and
c nfederate naval officers of the higher
grade, &c.
1t was claimed that the reconstruction
measures, modified in some such manner,
could ne passed III Tue OGIlale by Tue req uiS-
lite two-thirds vote, and something to spare.
Concerning an adjournment the current
feeling seemed to be in favor OF remaining in
session until the middle of July, unless the
leading business of Congress is sooner dis
posed Of Washington STIR.
The TIial of JEFF. Davis.
The paragraph going the rounds of the
newspapers under the authority Of it is sta
ted setting forth that a new Indictment
against Jefferson Davis has been drawn up
in the ATTORNEY Generals Office since Mr..
Speeds return to Washington, and that
Judge Underwoods Indictment will be with
drawn and the new one substituted, we have
the best authority for saying is incorrect
Although some change may be made in the
Indictment presented by the grand jury of
Norfolk, there is no reason to believe that
another will be substituted.
1t has been stated that the trial of JEFF.
Davis will commence on the 1st of June at
Richmond. We are satifed that it will not !
be commenced for at least four months after
the first of June. So much for rumorS-
Washington Star.
The Civil Rights Bill.
The Alexandria Gazette of Wednesday |
evening says that in the Circuit Court yes
tercay wednesday, when the case of the |
Commonwealth VS.. Roe, white man charg- |
ell with felony, was being tried, w. Will
1OuGnDy, COMMUNICATES AItOTiicy, asked
that he might be permitted to introduce ne
groe witnesses to testify in the case, claiming
the right to do so under the provisions of
the civil right bill. The Judge declined per-
mission, on the ground that this was State |
court and that he was acting under the laws
of the State, which forbade that negroe |
should testify in case against white man,
except when the case arises out of an injury |
done, attempted, or threatened, to the person,
or rights of a colored person or Indian, or
when the offence was committed by white |
person in conjunction with colored person
or Indian" The Judge stated his determin-
alton to execute the laws of his State until
ordered to do otherwise.
Freedmen Leaving Texas.
General Sprague, Assistant Commissioner
of the Frecdmens Bureau in Arkansas, for |
wards to the Commissioner, under date of
18th inst, communication from Capt |
Abel, a superintendent of the Bureau in that |
State, which says that freedmen are coming
in almost daily from Texas, in a destitute |
condition, and report that anarchy and des-