The New York herald., 1866-09-16

present In the city were awaiting them ~ COMMITTEES
OF reception. The President rode immediately TO tho
City Hall where he and the accompanying party we're
formally received by Mayor wallack The procession
to the capital was ono Of tho most orif
liant displays ever witnessed In that city. The
arrival at Washington was delayed An nour
and half, but although the crowd In waiting became
impatient Il suffered no dlminuton This delay, how
ever was suRccu to bring the darkness on before the
party reached Washington and thus destroyed In some
degree tho eff ct OF the demonstration Az the
White House tho President reviewed the column as Il
PASSED and In answer TO repeated cheers ne made
an address or thanks for tho welcome AMI In the main
hall hs briefly addressed the Veterans OF 1872 Secre
tary Seward still suffering from his attack OF Illness
arrived in the afternoon. Strong hopes are now enter
tanned OF bis speedy recovery. The whole number Of
killed in the join accident now reported AZ four
and the wounded at ono hundred and ffty
Our special Fashions correspondent in Paris, writing
on the al of August furnishes important information
As to the approaching revival OF the old style OF ladies'
costume Of that capital the prevailing mode. Tho
cut and finish patronIzed by Madame de Pompsdour,
Madame du Barry, Nnon dc pEnoos and other celebr-
ties likely 10 be repeated The latest fashionable
dresses At Biarritx and In the city described
During the past week the deaths by cholera In st.
Louis numbered 272 Two Of cholera reported
In Norfolk on Thursday.
correspondent 10 Hayti, dating at Cape Hsyton, on
the 22d Of August reports that General Sanave after
his capture by General Calra confined at Port au
Prince and would be Immediately executed by order Of
President Gefrard Salnave born at Cape Haytcn,
E about thirty.hve years Of age and regarded as very
humane man. He has many adherents and 1t Is con.
sdered that his death will not impede the revolutionary
movement In any degree. The object he had In view
and whoh party seeks attain is the deposition
OF Gefrard who has assumed dicatorial powers from
Office and the election OF President BY universal
suffrage.
Cleveland Is ALREADY nllng up with delegates 70 the
Soldiers aud Sailors Convention which meets there to-
1t is supposed there will be five thousand del
egatos the Convention The General COMMITTEES OF Ar
rangemens present making up their final pro
gramme. large pavilion In the park Is nearly CON-
plet Is intended for the OF tho Convention.
The indications that General Ssedman will be the
permanent president
convention or soldiers and sailors opposed 70 the
Presidents policy In Pittsburg September 25
Arrangements being made for grand display and
the boys in blue are organizing for tho occasion
" The Ohio river steamboat Alena May exploded
boiler GallipoIis, Ohio, yesterday morning, by
which three persons killed and twelve wounded
young man named Frank Rounds had dliculty
with Adoph Proger merchant by whom he was en-
poyed, In Boston, yesterday, In which the latter was
shot twice. The difficulty was in relation TO young
lady The wounds are serious. but not dangerous
Rounds arrested
shoddy factory in Northboro, Mass, destroyed
by Ore yesterday A man named shumway perished In
the flames, and another named Walker was injured by
Jumping from window OF the building
The trottng horse India Rubber valued at ten thou
sand dollars was fatally poisoned at tho Riverside
Park In Brighton, Mass, on Friday night He was TO
have trotted during day against Fearless and Fanny
Allen but Withdrawn account OF his sickness.
Parsou Brosnlow and his committee Of Southern
Unionsts arrived at Albany yesterday afternoon and in
speeches . respectable audience In front Of the
Delavan House
A. Il Ward, democrss. elected In the sixth Ken
tucky Congressional district yesterday to M the unex
pired term Of Green Clay Smith.
The Constitutional Amendment Now Before
the Country.
For the information OF our readers at this
important crisis in our poll cal affairs we re-
publish this morning the text Of the constitu-
tional amendment adopted at the late session
Of Congress. and now before the country
.--~.Ii-o 49, n.---s A-s Of --sino-sion ny u,rce-
fourths Of the Legislatures Of the States COM
posing the Union, in reference to the recon-
struction and restoration Of the lately rebellious
States.
Believing from the results Of the late
Vermont and Maine elections, and from all
the signs Of the times, that this amend
ment will be sustained by all the Northern
States in the elections yet to come, we
hold that the true policy for the admins
tration and the Southern States directly con-
cerned is to move for the speediest possible
ratification of said amendment, In order that
with the reassembling Of the present Congress
in December the excluded States may present
claim for admission which cannot be resisted
by either House-the claim which secured at
once the admission Of the members from Ten
nessee. The rupture between Congress and
the President on this question OF restoration
was unwise, and has proved unfortunate to the
administration. The quarrel between these two
departments Of the government has been mis-
chievous, and can result in nothing but mis-
chief so long A. II may be persisted in. The
bandying about between the President and
Congress Of charges Of usurpation, dsspotism
and despotic exercise Of power will only make
the matter worse the longer this worse than
useless conflict is continued. Under the ex-
traordinary war powers given to the President
for the purpose OF suppressing the rebellion
he had, in the absence Of Congress, an almost
unlimited margin Of discretion in the reor-
ganization Of the States rescued from the re-
bellion. But with the resssembling Of Congress
this business constitutionally reverted from
the Executive to Congress, the law-making de-
parmcnt Of the government Upon this point
there should have been NO controversy, either
as to the discretionary powers assumed by the
President In the absence Of Congress, or as 70
the right Of Congress when In session to lsgis-
late upon Southern reconstruction. Nor can
We comprehend now what sacrifice OF principle
or consistency the President viii make in sup