The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-27
WAsH1NGToN, Dec. 25.-The City


favor, of the revocation. of the city
charter and the substitution of gov,
ernment by a Board of Commissioners
to be appointed by Congress. The
resolution to that effect, introduced
some days since in the Bosrd of AL.
dermen by Mr.. Magruder, will pass
both branches Of the City Council.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-The
constitutionality of the Civil Rights
Bill Law will soon be tested, in case
before the Supreme Court, which has
been made up in Maryland.
WASHINGTON, December 25.-The
President, yesterday, in conversation
with a friend, expressed his unabated
confidence in the final triumph of his
restoration policy. He also took oc-
casion to condemn the project agitated
in Congress for the overthrow of the
present State Governments, South,
and declared that it would release
those State Governments from the
payments of their State debts, and
impose them upon the United States.
The Secretary of State, to-day, in
troduced to the President Mons
Bertheny, the new French Minister,
who was accompanied by Marquis De
Montholon, the retiring ambassador.
Mr.. Bertheny said: Mr.. President,
have the honor to place in your hands
letters which accredits me as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of His Majesty, Emperor
of France. In confding to me the
mission to represent him near you,
my Sovereign specially charged me
to make known to you the value
he attaches to the relations of
friendship which exist between
France and the United States,
and to maintain these relations and
to draw them more close, if pos
sible, in view of the developments of
interests common to the two countries.
Such will be the constant aim of my
effort. / have a firm hope to attain
it, as am. in advance assured that
the Government and people of the
United States share in those senti-
ments, of which / bring to this place,
the sincere expression. aa
The President replied:
affection towards the French nation
is among the earliest. the most pro-
found, and the most enduring senti-
ments of the people of the United
States. We constantly try to believe
that no interest of either can ever re-
quire alienation between them, while
the intimate commercial intercourse
tends to bind them together as you
have justly observed, and they have
at the same time common aim in the
advancement of civilization and hu-
manity throughout the world. In ex-
pressing these feelings, | am only re-
peating what has been uniformly said
by the United States since they be-
come sovereign. We have had much
reason to be pleased with the conduct
of your predecessor, Marquis De
Montholon, and be assured, Monsieur,
that no consideration of courtesy will
be withheld which will tend to make
the performance of your duties agree
able and pleasant. -.
A Senator elect from Virginia, just
returned from Richmond, asserts that
the Legislature is prepared to adopt
Congress will give assurance that it is
the ultimatum, and that Senators and
Representatives will thereon be ad-
mitted without delay. 3 -
Warrants for the pardon of the fol-
lowing persons, under the tenth and
thirteenth exceptions, were issued by
order of the President: w. B. Reed
and Booker Reed, of Kentucky; Rich
ard s. Wallace, nephew of the mayor
of Washington; g. w. Arnolds, of
Louisiana; p. M. Cox, of Arkansas;
and Abraham Hersch, of Virginia.
He also, on the recommendation of
the Attorney General, pardoned
Michael Conner, who was convicted
of robbing while in the Northern Dis
trict of Ohio and sentenced to five
years Imprisonment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-On account
of the absence of Justice Grier, who
is to deliver the opinion on the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court in the test
cases, it was not delivered this morn
ing. The Court adjourned on Friday
until Thursday of next week. His
opinion may not be expected till Mon
day of next week. ga
No decision has yet been given on
the application for a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of DIR. Mudd. It
is stated that Chief Justice Chase
doubts the jurisdiction of the Court.
If it is not speedily decided by the
Court, the action of the Executive
will be invoked to order the release of
all persons condemned by Military
Commissions, who, it is claimed, come
within the terms of the recent decis-
ion of the Supreme Court in the con-
spiracy case. f.n.,,
It is rumored that John Minor
Bolts and Alexander Riyes have pre-
pared bill for the Reorganization of
Virginia upon the North Carolina
plan. n s.I orsig4
FORT LARAMIE.