The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-11-27

The points made in tie summing up OF the haloli1y
ranort AGAINST the President not borne out W e
tt;,ony First AZ to the President having usurped
the movers Of Congress in organizing governments ~
the Southern States 1t will be found In zen usant
testimony that the programme which was lohoseu ~
/ Mr. Johnson had been laid down by ar. Lincoln. ~
also onnears in Gen. Grants testimony that ne was
resant by invitation at Cabinet councils II when
1 the reorganization of the Southern states was aio
cnssed and that while he assented to the plan
nv the Administration, he didn't otter any saSestoi
of bis own, but silent listener lhe oilis
art he took was in restraining the Presidents afuor
r. have prominent rebels like Lee brought to cohoish
punishment AS to the pardon Of prominent reoes,
It appears that many OF the most prominent o. tueil
we're pardoned the recommendation OF ofai1,
Speed Stanton, &c. AS to the Ptraoh!nS Vi eo
hundred deserters from " esten Virginia Regiment
which the report alleges done in order that they
mipht vote for a Democratic member OF congress- ~
apnears from the evidence that they were ohs .eonl
caly deserters that they were not pardohed III SUM-
weeks after the election and that the
# to the Secretary of War, who himself Sranleu H.
! The Committee inquired into the possession oy the
President of certain Tennessee Bonas, OIL 'he s"ppo
ton that his possession of them might have
with bis release Of property OF southern bonr
panes but it appeared that MIR. Johnson hau oee''
nossessor of those bonds for the last twelve years.
Tn reference to the trial of Jefferson Davis, Attorney
General Speed the counsel TOR the GorernheI, S'ou'
ders all the responsibility of not trying nm, the iFo"
ed cause being that Chief Justice Chase would not
preside and that Attorney General Speed would not
consent under any circumstances, to have the tflai
conducted before Judge Underwood r.
There was an attempt on the part OF Lafayette u
Baker to get up story about an imaginary ieteer to
Johnson as Governor, to JEFF. DAVIS, onerhS 10 1u'n
over the State to him, but the Committee could nave
had no trouble in decidx what degree OF credit was
to be given to it. The tale fell stubborn: ihefe
no ALLEGATION against the President OF his having per
As)1ln n
aonay given grounds OF offence to ASh'eE' o' ollo'
who nresented the articles of impeachment, ana VINO
acknowledges that he has given to the COMMITTEE all
valid evidence in his possession
NEW ORLEANS, November 25.-Convention met this
evening at one o'clock, eighty fTe members present.
! Indoa + G. Taliaferro was elected permanent fre>l-
denf On the third ballot VIM Ygers, colored, elected
permanent Secretary, aud negro elected Sergeant-at-
| Arms.
In taking the chair, Judge Taliaferro made brief
and sensible address, dwelling entirely upon the
dntv of the contention III forming new constitution
Princess SaIn Salm arrived to-day ny the French
steamer Sonora from Vera Cruz accompanied by Eu-
gene de Gyra.
RICHMOND, November 25.-The United States Court
was not opened at all to-day did the Judge as
sume his seat Upon the train arriving without Judge
Chase at half past one O'clock the Marshal adjourned
the court till tomorrow at eleven o'clock. Judge IN
derwood received telegram from Chase SAVING he
would certainly be present here tomorrow" MT: Ia
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annear in the court house. but will be there tomorro"
morning Among the witnesses summoned by the
Government, arrived to-day, is Gen. H. b. Lee yer.
Custiss Lee and Fitz Hugh Lee also here. Gen.
Horace Porter of Grants staff who is also witness
arrived to-day and exGov. Letchcr and Gen Francis
IT, Smith, of Lexington Upon the announcement OF
adjournment of the court to-day, the crowd, consist
ing chiefly of blacks, quietly disappeared.
Judge Underwood to-day decided, upon the prayer
of Gen lmboden that the mandamus to compel Gen.
! oeo1I or,,,fth tn vote
December.
Tie yenre out of which the Davis jury is to be Sc
lected, is third colored men.
MONTGOMERY November 25.-In the Reconstruction
Convention Il memorial offered TO Congress OF the
United States praying that the present reconstruct
ton law be altered amended as to require only
majority of the voters voting on the question to de-
termne for against the adoption OF the new constr
tuition. Several members stated that they desired the
law amended that the opposition could not de-
feat the constitution by staying away from the polls,
and pressed the immediat&adoption OF the memorial
1t deberaed, and finally tabled and ordered to be
printed
Ordinances were introduced and referred to establish
Board OF Emigration for this State and to provide tor
Bureau of Industry and statistics
The Radical majority decided not to present the
adoption of the amendment requiring common carriers
to make distinction account of color between
persons travelling in this State and refused to bring up
the question this morning. This action was induced
by the fear of ending it the adoption of other meas
ures and because the object in view had already been
obtained in part at least blythe adoption Of some kind
of bill of rights which declares that persons possesses
equal civil and political rights and public privileges.
An article was referred by the committee on educa-
tion providing for the establishment throughout State
in each township school district, one schools
at which all children of the State between the ages of
IS and 30 years may attend free of charge. 4 motion
amend by providing separate schools for white and
and colored children was tabled-yeas s.; nays 81.
On final vote the section adopted-yeas, 81; nays
So.
The real cause why the Radical majority did not
press the amendment requiring common carriers to
make no distinction to travellers on account Of color
that there danger of breaking up the coneen-
ton several members threatening withdraw if it
adopted 1t is highly probable that the proposition to
organise provisional civil State Government in place
of the present State Government will be quashed in
committee.
NEW ORLEANS, November 26.-The Convention sue
ceeded in organizing to-day. The officers stand
white Secretary; Sargeant-atarms and doorkeeper
colored. Committee of thirteen, of which ". S.
Mcmillan is Chairman, was appointed to draft rules
and regulations, pending which the rules and regula
tons Of the House of Representatives of the United
States adopted The New Orleans Tribune was
elected printer, the Republican failing by one vote
No other business transacted.
The Ouachita River packet Idahoe blew up at the
wharf to-day. Six wounded-two MORALLY. Up
per works of the boat wrecked
FARMING IN MlNNEsoTA.-A friend of ours Mr.
Fl s McfIalium of Jefferson in th;c Ctato