The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-03
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THE LATEST NEWS
WASHINGTON, March There Is the
highest authority for stating that Secretary
Stanton fully approves of the Presidents
action and that the entire Cabinet are units
in regard thereto.
NEW YORK. March 1.-The Commercials
Washington special says that the officers OF
the iron and steel association held pro-
tracted interview, urging increased protec-
tive duties.
The Heralds Fortress Monroe coTespon-
dent says jeff Davis health continues good.
At times he converses freely and agreeably
upon all kinds Of subjects
Gen Howard says the operations of the
employment office to secure places for I'M
employed freedmen is the only ground for
| the HeTald's announcement of the reopen
/ ing of the slave trade by the freedmen's bu-
reau.
LOUISVILLE. March 1.-One-armed Berry
whose execution was fixed for tomorrow,
has obtained respite for fourteen days.
FOREIGN.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The steamer Eagle,
+ from Havana on the oath, has arrived with
/ City of Mexico dates to the 18th, and Vera
| Cruz 18th.
/ The Juarists are reported defeated in Mi
choachan many killed, and 900 captured;
the remainder were dispersed. Pedro Mar
tinez was defeated on attacking two squad
rons ofthe EmpeTor's regiments on their way
to SalrillO.
Six hundred insurgents were defeated in
Sonora.
/ Eleven hundred deaths from cholera are
reported at Guadaloupe prior to January l.
/ Cholera is feared at Havana.
/ sort Of cattle disease has appeared at
/ Sierra Morena. Large numbers of oxen died
| within twenty-four hours.
/ Three escaped cOnviCts from Iortugas were
/ picked up in a small boat at sea and carried
! to Key West.
/ Upwards of one hundred arrests were
made in Dublin on the 18th ult., principally
| strangers. More arrests are expected.
! 1t is reported that the Emperor of Austria
| expressed a willingness to furnish Maxi
milan any troops he may require, II they
/ We're Incorporated into the Mexican army,
and their expenses paid.
! The diplomatic relations between Russia
and the papal court have entirely ceased.
/ The haste on the repeal of the habeas cor
/ pms act in Ireland was owing to the reported
! departure of Fenian privateers from America.
The Army and Navy Gazette, received by
the steamship Asia, says the troops i'll Ire
| land are being distributed among the smaller
towns. This has given greater feeling of
| security.
The London Times says the object of the
Irish government is doubtless to secure some
of the emissares of American Fenianism,
now numerous in Ireland. and working with
| disastrous effect on the people.
The Daily News believes the governme
has acceded to the proposition Ofthe Roman
Catholic hierarchy in Ireland and hence
forth the Seuate of the Queens University
of Ireland will consist tOfhalfPr0testant of and
half Catholic members.
| The newly born child of the Queen of
| Spain died on the 18th ult.
In the House of Commons, leave to sus-
! pend the habeas corpus act in Ireland was
| given by a vote Of 364 to 6. The House of
! Lords passed it without opposition.
/ S - -
The Revived Examiner.
| On returning to Richmond and finding
what had been said in relation to his
promises of good conduct in the future,
Pollard, of the Examiner, published a
card in which he said:
"As l am not unwilling that the pub
lie should know what pledges l have
really given to the authorities at Wash
ington, append a copy of the letter
which | addressed to President johnson
and upon which his action was based
"WAsHINGToN, Feb. II, 1866
ITO the President;
IF the publication of the Richmond
Examiner is permitted to be resumed, /
promise that it shall support the Union
the Constitution and the laws, and the
policy of your Administration.
Il have the honor to be,
"Your obedient servant,
II. RIvEs POLLARD"
This is the sum total of the pledge.
given by me. | made the promis in gOoC
faith, of my own free will ard accord
and shall faithfully and honorably keeE
it. l knew nothing of Gen. Grants or
der for the release of the office until
read it in the papers. l saw that office
but once, when he refused emphatically
to revoke the order for the seizure of tn,
Office. Ii was evident that l had moth
ing to hope from him, for he said to m,
expressly that, if he had the authority
he would, that day, suppress the New
York News, the Cincinnati Enquirer anc
the Chicago Times, adding, that the Cop
perhead papers of the North, as he desig
mated them, were doing quite as mucl
harm as the papers in the South. De
irving no satisfaction from him, | wa
forced to appeal to the President"
In an editorial Pollard said:
Nothing was asked of us inconsisten
with our selfrespect, or with our convic
tions of the duty of a journalist at this
juncture. We shall publish nothing in
consistent with public order, and We de
fly any one to show when We have eve
done so. We stated that we intended t
support the Constitution and the laws
we simply reproduced the positions al
ready taken in the Examiner. We sup
port the Constitution-the old one hand
ed down by Washington and Madison
as it now stands"
korponay, the Hungarian, well known
: in former years as the introducer of tn,
POlka into America died in Philadelnhi.