The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-25
SUFFRAGE AND AMNESTY THE
BASIS.
Arrival of French Transports
NEW YORK.
Foreign NeWs-Plan for the Adjust
ment of the Difficulties between
the North and SOuth-Suffrag
and Amnesty the Basis.

New YORK, Jan. 24.-The Herald's
Berlin correspondent gives the out
line of plan just proposed in Ger
many, for the partition of the Turk
ish Empire, and the obliteration of
the Porte Government, which if car
ried out simultaneously, and in the
interests of the Christian subjects Of
the Sultan, and by Russia and Aus
tria, would be likely to effect the OBJ
ject without 5loodshed.
Russia takes to herself the credit of
being the only sincere friend of the
oppressed people of the Turkish pro-
vinces, and the entire subject was can
vassed with serious attention, both by
the statesmen and people of that EN-
pire. Russia watches the progress of
the Austrian agitation in Poland with
much anxiety, and is likely to antici-
pate the Harpsburg movement by a
bold counter stroke.
The weekly returns of immigration
shows that ], 1852 immigrants landed
here last week, making total since
January 1st of Ia, 300.
The Worlds Washington special
says the Senate Judiciary Committee
agreed to-day to report in favor of the
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the same person from holding more
than one term of the Presidential
office. deb .aaT 3t9
The TTin,es's special says that since
last November leading politicians in
the North and in the South-Repub-
licans, Democrats, and ex-rebels
alike - have been at work on
plan whereby the differences be-
tween the North and South, be-
tween the executive and legislative
branches of the Government, would
be satisfactorily adjusted. Suffrage
and amnesty form the basis of the
proposition For instance: if South
Carolina will adopt the Massachusetts
suffrage franchise, the President is to
issue a proclamation of amnesty to all
who approve of it. The people of
South Carolina, blacks as well as
whites, can elect loyal Representa-
tives to Congress, and Congress can
determine on their admission. The
Administration is seriously consider
ing this proposition.
The 1fibune's Washington special
says the Judiciary Committee have
changed Senator Wade's amendment
to the Constitution, making the Pres
ident ineligible for second term, and
will report it so as to provide that no
President or Vice President shall be
eligible for reelection to either of
these offices.
Ashley is busily engaged in accum-
ulatIng evidence for his impeachment
of the President.
A new draft on the Treasury has
been organized in a scheme to con-
struct railroad through Texas and
Mexico to the Pacific, with enormous
grants of land and issue of Govern
ment bonds.
Thereeare in the District of Column
bia, Alexandra and Fairfax County,
Virginia, and five counties in Mary
land, one hundred and twenty-six
freedmen's day and night schools,
with G, 039 scholars.
Maj. Gen. Thomas has arrived In
Washington, to give an account of af-
fairSih his department. Gen. Sheri-
dan is expected soon.
Anfengine with twenty employees on
board was thrown from the track of
thu. Long Island Railroad, near Va
nici9 yesterday. One Jas. McLaugh-
lin was instantly killed, and another,
the engineer, was horribly, and per-
haps fatally mangled.
The German immigrant society has
just issued its annual report, from
which it appears, that of the 233,717
emigrants arriving at this port dur
ing the year 1866, 1884 were Ger
mans, most of whom left for the
Western States.
New YORK, Jan. 24-The steamer
Eagle brings Havanna dates of the
18th, stating that financial panic has
come over all the banks. But one has
resumed payment.
The Mexican news is unimportant.