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New-York tribune., 1867-02-08

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Northern soldiers who will settle in the
South. Mr. Stevens has declared his pur-
pose, "God willing and he living" to press
such measure as this upon Congress, and
Gen. Banks in debate declared himself in
favor of such distribution of Southern farms
among Northern soldiers as the only effectual
mode of reconstructing Southern society. 1t
may safely be assumed that the whole body
of Radicals in Congress will go for such q
measure; and it is confidently expected that
the rejection by the South OF the new terms
now proposed will create fresh feeling of
resentment which will give it popularity and
strength throughout the North. The meas
ure itself has elements of attraction for many
classes, and is expected to secure the support
Of the soldiers in body.
1t may be supposed that the Supreme
Court will present final barrier against the
ultimate success of such project. But it
must be rem embered that four members of
that Court out of nine would now, beyond
all doubt, indorse such measure; and that,
of the .fce who would oppose it, one if not
two will probably never again sit on the
bench in consequence of extreme age and i'll
ness. A law was passed. moreover, at the
last session, which declares that in case of
the death of Supreme Court Judge, the va
cancy shall not be filed until the whole num-
Der of Judges shall have been reduced by
death or otherwise to Secen. The chances
are, therefore, that within the next year the
Supreme Courr of the United States will be
rs thoroughly in the hands of the Radicals
as Congress is.
Senator Johnson's misgivings, therefore,
would seem to have Il very substantial loun-
dation in the probabilities of the future"
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Congress-.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
In the House, a resolution was passed
rather condemnatary of Mr.. Wentworth s
charges of corruption of members involving
the honor of the House, and ordering his
committee to report to morrow.
A resolution that the House concur in Sec
rotary McCulloch's views of contraction of
the currency, and an early resumption of
specie payments, encountered loud objections
from all sides.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the tax bill. Advertisements were
put on the free list. The bond required OF
Inspectors of distilleries is five thousand dol
lars. An amendment was adopted taxing
all qualities of cigars five dollars per thou
sand. The amendment abolishing the cot
ton tax was rejected by vote of 65 to 95.
In the Senate, bill consolidating and
providing for the payment of the National
debt was ordered to be printed
Mr.. Patterson announced his intention to
disregard the joint resolution of the Tennes
see Legislature, requesting his resignation.
A half million of dollars was appropriated
for improvements IN the Mississippi river al
Des Moines.
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Legislature Of North-Carolina
HOUSE OF COMMONS
MONnAv Fol 90
EVENING SESSION.

N.
The following bills passed second =. ,
third reading: "hd
Bill to incorporate the Durham ipdrst,.,
association. ''ilal
Bill in relation to standard WEIGHTS
measures. "iiu
Bill to amend section 20, chapter "a -
vised code re-
Bill to change the mode of appoirtir
auctioneers. '''''nS
Bill to aid the Williamson and Ta,h,.,
Railroad Company. 0'o
Bill to change the location of the Conn.,
site of Haywood County.
Bill to enable the City of Wllminotor
provide Tor the payment of its debt. ~
Bill to amend an act in relation to noo,o.
and persons of color, or miXetl blood o6 5' IS
compel the return of executions issued " 10 20
justices of the peace. =!
The following were laid on the table.
Bill to be entitled "the mechanics t.,
law" '''n
Bill to repeal an ordinance of the Copro.
ton, prohibiting the sale of spirituons II
quors at Company Shops. IL
Bill to extend the jurisdiction of iustico,
of the peace. '''''S
Bill to change the tenure of the Office of
sheriff VI
An engrossed bill to authorize the Conn,
troller to employ a clerk was rejected r.
second reading. At
The House then adjourned.
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Furnishing is for the Courts; the graciou:
act Of forglving is for the Crown. Black
stone, 401 Pardon and amnesty are MOI
precisely the same. A pardon is granted to
one who is certainly guilty, sometimes be
fore, but usually after conviction, and the
Court takes no notice of it, unless PLEADED
or in some way claimed by the person par
doned and it is usually granted by the
Crown or by the Executive. But amnesty is
to those who may be guilty, and is usually
granted by the Parliament or the Lcgisla-
ture and to whole classes, and before con-
viction. Amnesty is the abolition or forget
fulness Of the offcnse; pardon is its forgive
ness. The act under consideration is both.
1t is most bcncicently intended, as it is well
calculated to lul strife to sleep.
Tt embraces all who may be supposed to
have committed crimes or injuries by reason
of their connection witt the late war, Whcth-
or they were of the Federal or Confederate
forces and whether they have been conYic-
ted or not.
The propriety of embracing those OF both
armies is apparent from the facts of this case.
Those who were engaged in the fight were
ncimhh0rs, and must meet each other, and
live together either in forgctfulnuss and for
givcncss of the past, or in hatred and strife.
able that those of the opposing sections,
who are not now neighbors, will, in many
instances, become so by removals, and the
duties of a common government will often
throw them together.
If there were doubts whether the act en-
braces these defendants, Ivy reason of any
technical defect in their enlistment in to ser
vice. We should still be inclined to give them
its benefits, as acts of grace are to be liber
ally construed in favor Of the subjects, it he
ing the highest respect to the government to
suppose that its most amiable prcrogativc is
not sparingly exercised. And it will tend
much to induce repose to the public mind,
that liabilities for war crimes, and redress
for war injuries are not to be thought of,
and need not be discussed, either in private
or public.
Ordinarily, q pardon must be pleaded at
the trial, or claimed after conviction, and
failure to do so is waiver of its benefits
But general act of amnesty and pardon,
must he taken notice OF by the Courts, like |
any other public law. 1t cannot even be
waived by the persons embraced
This opinion must be certified to the |
Court below, to the end that the defendants !
may he discharged upon the payment OF
,OStS.
We perceive 40 error in the record. !
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Senator Wilson stated in the Senate on
| the 25th, that it is not true that Gen Grant
is,epposed to the pending reconstruction
measure. This is just what We have believ-
ed all along. We felt sure that Gen. Grant
was with Congress. Thus has another prop
ON which maleontents were leaning knock
Led away. The worldwide fame of Gen.
Grant, and all his sympathies. are insepara-
bly, identified Kith the nation. and he is,
therefore, for any measure that will restore
/ and preserve the nstion,
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The PRESIDENT AND THE REcoNsTRUC-
TON BuL-The Washington correspondent
Of the New York Tins says:
THE Military Government Reconstruct
ton Bill was delivered to the Presidents at
4:20 P. NJ. on the 21st inst, Just eight DAYS.
nineteen hours and forty minutes prior TO the
hour fixed for the expiration of the Thirty
niRth Congress and TIE birth of the Fortieth.
There is good ground for stating that the
President will send his veto message upon
this bill to Congress upon Wednesday next,
and fee! confident the features Of the veto
will be substantially as I indicated in dis
patch few days ago. No one here expects
tie President to ''pocket the bill" nor APP
prove it under protest. as has been advised
hy some. 1t is conceded by all parties now
that If the President confines himself 10
good-tempeced, dignified objection to such
parts Of the bill as he especially takes cx-
ceptiOn to, points out such features. IF any.
as he could possibly favor in another shape,
and concludes by standardization or assurance
that, should the bill be passed by Congress
over the veto, its provisions shall be faithful
ly executed so far as the President has any
duties to perform under the act, the message
will be productive Of the very best feeling
toward him and will be almost or quite as
satisfactory to the Conservative Republicans.
and possibly the Radicals, as his unqualified
approval of the measure"
The National LsteUigencer assure, the
country that the President will veto the bill
i'll time to allow Congress to pass it by two
thirds over the veto before it adjourns and
that when the bill becomes law the Presi-
dent will execute it faithfully. With the
President o5eyiag Congress, and Gen Grant
nth Congress, we do not see much prospect
of q firht
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The Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Feb IS.
Cotton dull and declining. Middling up
lands 13gd, decline I'd since opening of the
sales this morning. Sales 5000 bales.
New YORK, Feb. 26.
Cotton, sales 1900 bales at 31a314, clos
ing at 81. Flour firm, S,S5a2,2O for Yves
tern. Corn advanced. Pork heavy at 90
Rice firm. Whisky quiet Naval stores
firm.
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SENATE.

TUESDAY, Foo. &C.
Sundry bills and resolutions were. eopsd-
cred and disposed of.
A bin to provide tor the payment of the
public debt OF the State and for other mr.,
poses was taken up and discussed.
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RECONSTRUCTION UNDER THE \ EW
LAw.-The New York Pos: learns that
rs soon as the military reconstruction
bill becomes law, citizens Of North
Carolina and Arkansas will begin the
work REORGANIZATION under it. They
are now making preparation for this i'm
rortant work, SO as to secure proper
concert Of action in the different parts
Of the States; and though they expect
to meet at first with some opposition
from the flctiously disposed, they de-
pend upon the United States to protect
them in exercising full and free discus
sion before the people, and in holding
the elections prescribed by the act.
The Post also learns from South CARROLL
ma that Mr.. Orr has received such treat
mcnt from the extremists for his recent
moderate counscls that his friends are
outraged and offended. and talk of cut
ting loose from men WHO, they begin to
see, are too thick headed to accept any
thing but ruin. There are signs in dif
f~rcnt southern States which show that,
with the Presidents consent the plan
passed by Congress would be at once
adopted all over the South but even if
Mr.. johnson vetoes the bill, the citi-
zens OF North Carolina and Arkansas
will, by their perfected movement, hold
him to the responsibility Of carrying
out the provisions Of the act, which he
cannot retuse-BuAint0re -.luaerictln.
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State governments are valid, and according
to the Constitution, then all the attempts to
alter our suffrage, and to dictate qualifica-
tons for State Office, will be pronounced
void. We must bring to judicial test also
the right of Congress to pass martial law,
and to subordinate the civil to the military
in these States, in time of profound peace,
publicly proclaimed
! This is all that we can do; but this it is
our duty to do, and the Legislature should
make suitable provision. We must be calm
and patient, but we owe it to ourselves. and
to our children, and we owe it to the cause
OF Constitutional liberty, to exhaust every
civil resource to which we can appeal, against
the enormous injustice contrived against u.s.
If the Supreme Court shall decide unpropit-
| iously-if it shall rule that Southern citi-
zen has no rights which Congress is under
any obligation to respcct-then we will in
deed have heard the knell of Southern hope
and American liberty.
CoLoRED SUFFRAGE IN TENNEssEE.-The
Nashville Press and Times thus announces
the passage of the franchise bill by the Sen
ate Of Tennessee:
:" The franchise bill passed its third read
ing yesterday afternoon in the Senate, and
the colored suffrage amendment, without
qualification of property or education. is
now an article of our State Constitution
This gratifying victory was won by the de-
cisive vote of "A to 7. 1t has placed Ten
nessee, after two years struggle, kept up
without an hours intermission, in the van of
the army of freedom. The bill had its faults,
we believed, which We would gladly have
seen removed, but its passage enfranchi,ed
some $4,000 loyal voters, and that was
enough to conceal all its defects, when we re-
fleet that its defeat would have doomed the
State to the bloody rule Of Andy Johnson's
partisans.
The REIMBURSEMENT of near fifty thousand
loyal freedmen is deed of no ordinary
magnitude and lustre. When We look back
upon the midnight blackness and terror of
1851, under secession Democratic rule and
compare it to the almost cloudess sunrise of
Rcpublicanism in 1867, the advance seems
beyond all the ordinary rules of political
progress, and brings back the days of mira
cles when the Almighty visibly interposed
in behalf Of bis people, and the earth ac-
knowledged the presence and inspiration of
the descending Deity. It was a grand, a
glorious days work. It has clothed tic
present State Government with imperisha-
bic splendor. In behalf of the loyal white
voters of the State, Of the vast host of en-
franchised eolored voters, who yesterday put
Oh the shining garments of citizenship, we
say with overlooking hearts, All hail, the
Tennessee Senate y
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.ORTH.CAROLINA,l

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, No'einO''
Term, 1866.
Anderson OVERLY, Admir-. Original a ai,d On
VS.. Incht MA
Mary c. Griffin. Land; Court
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF the ' 1Uod
that the defendant in this cause resides Des mo.
the limits of this State: II is Therefore, VI he
ton, ordered by the Court, that adyertLseIsihni
made for six weeks, successfully, in me hai' the
Standard, notifying the said defendant u Gs an.
filing of this attachment, and that unief7 s the
first Monday in February next, and ans" t uI
plead to the same, Judgment by default lia MON. W."
be rendered against her, and lands levlca the
condemned and ordered to be scld to sallsi'
plaintiffs debt. said
Witness, Augustine Lands, Clerk OF our ours ss IN
Court, at Office, in Oxford, the first Aoh0''
November, 1866. c,.rt
Dec. 25, 1866. .5S-n0"
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Legislation of this kind has not been nm
frequent, when occasions of great strife
have made it proper 1t is generajlv an.
piled to whole classes for the purpose of re-
storing tranquility in the State II is the
gracious act of the Government towards its
erring subjects. 1t is the most amicable pre-
rogative of the Government. Law cannot
be founded on principles of compassion to
guilt. The rugged task of condemning and
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TUESDAY, Feb 26.
The House was called to order at 10 O'clock
A. NJ
Mr.. Waugh, from the committee on prep
nsitions and grievances, reported back fayer-
ably, a resolution in favor OF blind soldiers
Mr.. Lutteroh, from the committee on in
ternai improvements, reported back favor
ably, bill to amend the charter OF tic r E.
q. r. r. Co.
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BILLS.

Mr. Logan introduced bill in favor of
Sheritls and tax collectors Referred 10 the
finance committee
By Mr.. Morehead, bill to incorporate
the Cranberry Mining manufacturing Com
pany.
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We publish to-day an admirable address
by Mr.. James H. Harris to the colored people
of this State. The advice he gives is season.
able and appropriate, and will no doubt be
received in the spirit in which it is offered.
The colored people will soon be called to the
exercise of the high privilege of voting and
we are satisfied, from our knowledge of their
character, that this privilege will be so used
as to promote the best interests of the State
and nation.
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New York, Feb. 26
Gold $i3S4. Cotton quiet. Middlng up
lands 31a311.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26
Cotton very dull and depressed. Quota
tions barely maintained. Sales tr11inS'-
Middling uplands 1873.
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Tri-attteklv Staudard.
The Reconstruction Act.
RALEIGH. N. &.

The New York Tribune makes the follow
ing observation on this measure:
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ITEMS

One day last week a portion of the bust
ness house of John Caldwell, at Vincennes.
fell with q terrible crash. Nobody hurt.
A proposition has been made by Smith
King & Co., of New York, to construct a,
railroad from Charlottesville to I~ndianao-
oils. This company propose at enee to
begin work on, and construct ten miles Of
the road, the Railroad Company VIII then
construct ten miles, and SO on, alterna' ely,
till the road is completed.
Rev. J. c. Near, of Jacksonville, a Uni
versalist minister, was instantly killed at
Louisville on the 5th inst. In
with some ladies and gentlemen, he went
over on an excursion from Jacksonville
to the Water Works, and while examining
h machinery, was struck on the head
by a describing beam which resulted in
his death instantly.
Col. c. NJ. Allen, and other notables of.
V~incennes, spent a part OF last week on a
fishing excursion at the Rap DIS on the
Wabash. The Times says their "commis-
sary was well supplied with everything
necessary for the occasion, including one
loaf of bread"
On the Fourth a most diabo1ical murder
was committed in New Albany, the par
ticulars of which we get from the New AL
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KENTUCKY ITEMS.

- The Board of Directors of the VI. Z. & L.
Railroad, owing to pecuniary embarrass-
ments, have had several meetings recently
for the purpose of considering the proprie-
ty of consolidating their road with the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. a
meeting was held few days agoatClaris
vile for that purpose, and a committee
appointed, who are authorized IF possible,
to negotiate the desired arrangements.
The peopfeinc .rtain portions ofshelbyi
and Henry are agitating in favor
of a railroad from Shelbyyiilei via Emil
neafee and New Castle to connect with the
Louisville anddcovington Railroad. n Is
asserted that the Louisville and Lexington
Railroad Company favor this enterprise,
as they expect to be compelled to make a
cutoff from Eminence to the Covington
road in order to compete with the Ken
lucky Central for the Lexington and Gov
ington transportation.
The Owensboro Monitor says that no less
han 232 applications for doctors license
have been made at the Assessors office, in
that city, by the knights of the "pestle
and mortar" The chance Of dying in that
locality must be very small.
The editor of the Greensboro Monitor has
been permitted to pernse a letter just re-
ceived from Hon. John C. Breckenridge.
The letter was written from Paris, France
and states that he is tired of the EXPOSE
ton, and contemplated leaving for Swift
zerland. He will sail for Canada> in Sep
tember, with bis family. He sends his
best wishes TO all his friends.
The Professors Of Danvflie tConege have
resigned. The College has for some time
been languishing. A superstition that it was
under the control of Radical influence was
h cause. The Danville Gazette regrets
the necessity that compelled the Profess
sors to resign. What tolerant people those
Kentucky ebelsla are. = -~HrGs&tTEHEN
a little son of Mr.. Speed, of Louisville,
was accidentally shot in h arm on the.
evening of the Sd inst, at Memphis, Clark
County. Another boy was carelessly hand
ling a revolver, when il was discharged,
the ball lodging in the upper part of the.
arm. The wouRd was severe, but not on
sidered at all dangerous.
A thrilling and ludicrous accident &C.
Cured ia Louisville, on the 4th. A beau
tiful young lady in descending from one
of the uptown cars, by some ~mischance,
caught her %crinoline on the step of the
the car started of at a rapid rate, pulling
the young lady after it in no very graceful
style. Everybody yelled stop! hold
whoa! &C., and finally the driver did get
his team stopped inst as some gentleman
succeeded in lifting the blushing lady up
on the platform.
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trust that the spirit of kindness will pre-
va~il-especially because this contest Is not
made by the Southern people,"
We do not think Mr.. GREELEY will
gain either fortune or fame by thus
abusing men who saved this Govern
ment by hard fighting, when he was
willing to make a cowardly. submits
sion to traitors, thus recognizing their
bogus Government. The Grand Ar
my of the Republic, as we understand
the organization, is composed alone
of men who fought in the army and
against treason, and received an hon
orable discharge from service. 1t
lily becomes men like the proprietor
of the Trii6ane to abuse and misrep-
resent such men. The Grand Army
is not composed of office beggars
and politicians" and the Tribune
shamefully slandered that Body when
it made such an assertion. However,
since Mr.. GREELEY baiied JEFF. DA.
Wis his former friends are prepared to
look for many other strange freaks on
his part. / H
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b Surratt Trial.

The New York Herald suggests
that the evidence in the SURRATT
case is developing fresh points of in
terest.mBEvERLY TUcKER~and Gen.
RIpLEY4are brought in closer connec
ton with the prisoner than they will
probably like, and a boast of SUR
RATT'sis testified to that he got $780,
600 from the Confederate Secretary,
BENJAMIN. That is. perhaps,-why
the little Jew made up his mindcto go
to the English bar instead of.manfully
facing the music here. Colorado
JEwETT alse figures in the narrative
of SURRATT's voyage to Liverpool.
His sailing on the same vessel was.
of course, accidental; butthe state
ment of the fact is-suggestive of1dis-
comfort to that disinterested patriot
and diplomatist. We expect to have.
plenty more of these disclosuresbe-
fore the trial is over. Possibly they.
may disturb the tranquility of some of;
the New York politicians and journal
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On our second page we print this
morning a timely article, which we
copy from the New Albany CONNER
c,ot, entitled, The Legal Deluge."
The evil of which the Comnaercia,
speaks isa growing one, and canEonly
be remedied by. an Improvement IN
public sentiment. Man must hive by
his merits" seems to be adapted as the
life motto of too large a majority of
our young men. The consequence is,
that while there is great demand and
high wages for all kinds of mechan-
les, our cities are thronged with seedy
youths and forlorn looking men of
middle age, who have nothing to do.
We have been indulging the hope
that with the destruction of slavery,
labor would be elevated and made re-
spectacle in this country, and prove a
certain passport to honor and pre-
ferment. We think so still, though
the blessed contamination may be
postponed longer than we desire.