Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-25
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Ernm Washington.

From Washington.
We gather rom our exchanges the follow
irg news items from Washington
The extraordinary decision of Jadge I'm
derwonl, referred TO in my dispatch of last
night, has occasioncd considerable excitement
in oliciat circles The decisihn'is bdSad upon
d wiIliiuf perser>ion Of. the 2 President peac;
proclamation. There-i is no ambiguity about
tirr bis'rlm"nt. .'5.' -
ThePfcsheat intends by it to restore tie
h4beus corpus yins ALI the States mentioned in
the proclamation, and chat intention ispiainy J
express d. The Presidents understood TO be
greatly displeaSd at Undcrwood'S action in
The matter, and it is said that he will soon
take such action in relation to the status Of
the citizens Of the Southern States US will no
longer leave the matter in doubt. In eonvcr
sa.ion to-day, the President expressed sur.
prise that ary one could take such q mistaken
view of the proclamation as Judge Under
wood had done, and declared not only that
uart:a'hw was ab l>hed all over the Stuth,
and the haJsns corpus act restored, bu. alsu
that henceforth, under the late decision f
the Supreme Court, there are no offenses
whatever that can be tried before military
tribunals; S--
Iris quite probable that Judge Underwood
will have to revise his own decision. In re-
gard to the case of j, ,Harson. Davis would
MT excite false hopes in the minds Of his
friends but am satisfied, fro,u what bave
learned to-day, that the President will very
SION order his release on parole, or even, per
hal,s, his unconditional release. He will not
be brought to trial. > -. -. -, -, q
There, is not a particle Of evidence against
him that conld convict him, and the commit
tee will so report.
The report has been; repeated from time to
time for the past three months, that the
President is on the eve of issuing general
amnesty proclamation. There is nothing to
warrant such rumors; nor, SO far as can be-
ascertained, has the subject been brought 10
the attention Of the Cabinet. The policy Of
such measure has not been agitated in ofii
cial circles; and whatever has been said in
newspapers on the subject, is mere conjecture
Section one of the last reconstruction plan
provides that on and after the lth of July,
1866, there shall be no discrimination in the
United States on account of color; but that
all male citizens of the age Of tweniy y.one
years shall be legal voters at all elections,
Federal and State.
Section two provides that, for the period Of
ten years from the 4th of July next, repre-
sentation.;n Congress and electoral votes for
President and Pice President, shall be appor-
toned according to thenumber of legal voters
in the respective States. and after that period
by population, as at present.
Section three declares that there shall be
NO discrimination Of civil rights from and af-
ter the passage of this MISUNDERSTANDING,
in effect, the constitutionality of the civil
rights BILL.
Section four provides that no obligations or
liabilities incurred in aid of the rebellion, or
compensation for slaves emancipated by mill.
tary authority shall be paid BY the United
States or any State.
TO the foregoing is attached an enabling
act, which provides that when any one of the
States late in insmrection shall have ratified
the foregoing amendments, and changed their
constitutions and laws to correspond there
with, they shall be allowed to participate in
legislation, and their representatives be al
lowed to take their seats in Congress, with
out-any other terms or provisions. g
While the leading radicals in Congress have
not committed themselves to this project, it's
favorably regarded and is receiving serious
thought.
The House Judiciary Committee are still
engaged in Investigating and sitting the evil
dence' duplicating Mr.. Davis intthe assassina-
tionlp plot. The point which the committee
areldriving atis to make ont case which
will lwarrant them in recommending Davis to
be tried by military commission They cx
pect.tol be able to do this. There is "evi-
dence" from unheard-of persons, alleged also
to be- in the plot at one time, which the friends
OF military commission Claim Involves Davis
insthe assassination plot.
About the most refreshingly icy thing of
tins, 1nuggy weather was the prop; sal of MIR.
Stevens, in the House, to- day, for that body
to take stock in the Washington Morainy
Chronicle. The House couldn'texactly stand
the dose, and, in this instance, at least, failed
to-"folloW my leader" = .''.
The colored population, to the number Of
probably fifteen thousand, on the 10Th, ,cele.
brated emanciaation In the District of Co
lumbia, by procession and speeches. They
called on the President, who made brief
address, in which he said he was a better
friend 9of the blacks than their preterded
friends, who never periled life or property in
behalf of freedom, but who ensconced them
selves in places Of safety. lie spike of the
important duties they have to perform, and
counselled them that they must show By their
conduct that they are worthy of freedom. -
The Supreme Court OF the. United States
having decided the Indiana military cominis-
sion, tsrlthe trialipf civilians; to- be ihegal,
and-the persons CONVICTED BY it havipg,inr
consequence been discharged, there is mo-
doubt that steps will soon he taken to pro,
cure the release of DR.. lIudd, Arnold,
OLaughli1 aud Spangler, convicted of con-
spiracy against the life of President Lincoln.
Tue friends OF the parties claim the benefit
of that decision, and will take action ac-
cosdingly. 5as 80 .
The Washington correspondent of the Bal.
tinore Sun says it is given out that plan
for the reconstruction Of the )uthern States
has at length been agreed upon by the Com
mittee of Fifteen, which meets the approval
of al the reconsuuctionsts that.it Will be
presented in both Houses in the early part Of
this week, and that two-thirds vote Of both
is confidently expected. h : -,
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The USSIf7,ERslTY-J. Wood Davidson, ,-tRe
contributing editor Of the Yorkville Enquirer,
speaks thus despondingly Of the South Caro-:
lima University:
iiThis Institution langlishea and the best
friends, aud warmest advocates of the change
caunot feelthat the,experim ment has met with,
such success as.was expected fcomit. aWheth..
er.or not the success would have been better
had the institution remained College, We