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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-05-22
Passed November 10. 1865.

AZ ACT Aiusndstory 20 An Act Amendatorv &c An Act
estahl'h Metropolitan Police District, and 60 provide
0' 'he government thereof passed May "a, ls56.
SECTIoE /. Be 4 ellacted by he General Asse,ublv
81 The State Of Tennessee That All zines and forfeit
ures collected at the Police Court or from yrsoners
committed 10 the wcrkhouss shall be y,sid -. 81
the Financial Commissioner ofthe Metrt,rol;ta yo;s
trict and shall be used 10 defray the axpensos i-
Cured by the Board, within the city OF Nsnnhis -
ward paying the salaries OF said police.
SKC. 2. Be Il further enacted, That the Commits
sonsrs Of the Metropolitan Police the Judge OF the
County Court Of Shelby County, and the Mayor OF
the City Of Memphis convened as a Board OF esti-
mate, on or before the rEt day Of January Of each
year, shall make up financial esti mate of .he SUM
required 20 defay the expenses Of the Metropolitan
Police during tbs current year, other then provideS
for in the preceding section. They shall certify 4
The Board Of Aldermen Of the City Of Memphis th,
Ium required 10 pay the salaries provided for il
this Act, for 50 much of the metropolitan polio
force as shall be employed within the said city, bu
the tAme shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollar
per month. And they shall certify 70 the COUNTY
Court Of Shelby County the sum required TO defral
Al sxpenses Of the force employed outside Of the
ssl1y oi Memphis; but the same shRll not exceed
I've thousand dollars per month. II the Board o.
coloernsn Of the City Of Memphis or the County
S0aH OF Shelby County, shall object By resolution,
sleh estimate, certified 70 them respectively, OF
S.ss9 portion thereof and notify, OF cause 70 bs
ths Board Of estimate, Il rhAll be the duty
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21
WASHINGTON.
The. Surratt Trial COntinaed-Re.
quest for Recall of Witnesses
Refusal Of Judge Fisher.

~H = u &
WASHINGTON, June 20.-The Sur
ratt case has been resumed. The
counsel for the defense submitted a
motion asking DO recall lseyeral Wit
nesses for cross-examinatiou. The
counsel for the prosecution, made no
objection, but did not want to be
required to recall them, as probably
they had gone home Judge Fish
er said he knew of no rule that
allowed the witnesses to be recalled
in the manner proposed.
WASHINGTON, June 20.--In the
trial of Surratt to-day, the defense
submitted a motion asking that the
witnesses Hobard, Blinn, and Dye be
recalled for cross-examination, on
points which have come to the know
ledge of the defense. Since other ex-
amlnations have closed, the defense
had received information which would
enable them to show that in April
1865, when facts fresh in his memory,
Hobard stated that the parties to
whom he referred in his testimony as
having got on his train at Basser juno
ton, got on that train on Frida y
2lst of April, and not on Tuesday
April 18th, as to believe the defenes
proposed to prove. He made q
statement before April I'D contra
dictory with that made yesterday, ex.
cept as to the date. When the mer
came to the depot at Burlington, they
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

city. The opposition thought that
the deteatsof General Hays would be
the defeat of the Hamilton County
riug.swhich theyyerroneously claimed
hadL broughtl hsm, out against General
Cowap. y u = .4,71..5 5-i5 .e ,.s,.,.1 .,,se..5,
Galloway was then put forward for
Lieuteaant Governor, and his friends
succeeded He has not yetsaccepted
the nomination. but has the subject
under .adxise ment2 . AS11
The incumbents in Office were re-
nominated fareothef positions, as fol-
lows:
Auditor of State-James Ell. Cod
man, of Marion.
Treasurer Of State-Sidney S: War
ner, of Lorain.
Attorney General William I'll.
Comptroller of the Treasury MO
ses K. Bradley, of Fulton.
Supreme Judge-John Welch.
Member Of. the Board of Public
Works-Philip Hiersing, of Auglaize.
The platform is "a clear AID concise
statement Of the principles Of the Re-
publican party. The portions endors-
ing manhood suffrage and the admin
istration OF General Sheridan elected
warm applauseswlleI lEasf6H lazl
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21
RICHMOND.
Well known Citizens Arranged on
charge Of Perjury i'm Having Taken
the Registration Oath.

RICHMOND, Va. June 2O-Mark
Downery and Thos. p. White. two
we'll known citizens were arraigned be-
fore u. S., Commissioners this morning
charged with perjury in having taken
Registration oath yesterday. The u. 5.
District Attorney said in the first case
the prosecution would be on the
ground that the State Constitution
adopted by Convention at Alexandria
disfranchised all persons who aided
the rebellion in April, 1864. This Con-
stitution is not set aside by the recon-
struction bill. About nine tenths of
the whites in the State will be disfran-
chised If the District Attorneys
grounds is supported. The casesswere
continued until tomorrow There is
great interest manifested by all classes
Of citizens in the cases.
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COLUMBUS, o.
Union State Nomination
OF General Hays for Governor.

COLUMBUS. O., June 19.-The
Union State Convention assembled
this forenoon, every county, with the
exception of Holmes, being repre-.
sented.
In the morning a temporary organ
ization was effected, and In the after
noon, General Hays, of Cincinnati,
was nominated Tor Governor upon the
first ballot, after the friends of the
opposing candidates had made a
strong effort to defeat him by coneen-
trating upon Samuel Galloway, of this
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

New York, June 20.-The Her
aids San Louis special says that Max
imilian's > trial was to have been re-
sumed to- morrow, but his counsel not
having arrived from the Capitol, the
case will again postponed.
General Miramon's relations, who
are IN this city, have secured a:coun-
sci in his behalf The probabilities
grow greater that the trial win be
postponed on one pretext and an
other till after the fall of Mexico
City and Vera Cruz, and till after the
arrival of the American Minister.
Meanwhile, to allay the popular ex-
element, and to satisfy the. army,
which has grown sclamorous for Max
imilian's blood, circumstantial ac-
counts are being constantly circu-
lated. Bogus proclamations, pur-
porting to be signed by him, are issued
here in the very seat of Government,
and passed off as genuine, and every
device is resorted to in order to bring
the fallen Emperor into contempt.
The growing insubordlnatlon OF the
military schieftainss to the. central
, Government causes uneasiness here.
Deserters, forming into bands of rob-
bers, render the roads around San
Luis Potosi very unsafe. UP to the
date of June 3rd, the siege s-of the
capital still progressed. Gen. Diaz
was aiming at reducing the capital in
the same manner as Queretaro had
been taken. Nearly all Of Escobedo's :
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NEW YOR N.

A Batch Of New York Herald Specials
About Affairs in MexicO-Trial ef
Maximllian POstpOned-Fall of q
NWailin Philadelphia-Fiye Persons
Killed and Eighteen Wounded
Santa Anna taptnred by the Lib
eralS--ie Is Sentenced to be
Hanged-Order1l of the President
Restricting Military .0fficers i'm the
South from all Action Declared IL
legal by AttOrney-General STAN
berry-Passage Of the Eight -Four
Law by the Connecticut State
Senate.
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fdlfo EUROPE. -
,.s.,e.sf-.r rso.l - -. SIS sa .E4 ita
BY the Atlantic Telegraph

tes..9 GREECE tetne4n.ae.-.a.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, june 13.-A col
-lective letter signed by France, Aus
tria, Prussia and Italy, was presented
to the Cabinet of the Porte on Satur-
day last, on the question of affairs and
the conduct of the war in Crete. The
signing powers urge upon the Sultan
the propriety of an Immediate suspen-
sion of hostilities in Gambia, and a
government inquiry into the grievan-
ces of the Christians, the inquiry to
be conducted by a commission ap-
pointed by the great powers of Eu
rope and the Govern ment of the
Porte. - s,.s-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

Fred. Douglas Lecture-C0mmence.
ment Exercises OF the Northwest
ern Christian NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of School Examiners-Gc.
Especial TO the Journal }

lSptcidi 10 bHf1 JOpthets4
INDIANAPOLIS, June 20.-FTsd.
Douglass will lecture at the Opera
Hall, in this city. 4 on Friday and
Saturday evenings, the 2lst and 22d
inst, for the benefit of the New Afri-
can M. OEI Ohurehs 3Subject-The
Assassination, and its Lessons.
Commencement exercises at the n.
w. c., University, Will occur to-mor-
row. The Masters Grafton was deliv-
cred tonight by w. Ell. Wiley, A. NJ,
of Terre Haute.
Judge Hines has rendered decis-
ion in the famous and complicated
Kurtz VS.. Kurtz divorce case. He
grants the application of the husband
for divorce, and decides against the
wife's claim for alimony.
Prof Hoss, Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction>gives notice of meet
ings Of School Examiners, as follows
At Columbus, July 10; at Fort
Wayne, July 26; at Richmond, Au-
gust 2; at Terre Haute, August s.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21
MT. VERNON.
The John d. Perry Aground.
Especial to the Journal.l

Mourn VERNON, June 20--The
steamer j. d. Perry, coming down
tlast night, came inside the Island, and
when swinging around, grounded on
the bar in front of the wharf, aud is
still there, and may not get off until
the river rises t1ks
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

PHILADELPHIA, June 20.-Thre
has been thirteen deaths from injuries
received at the American Theatre
last evening, about thirty persons were
wounded. -ls9.s 49,. .,i .., 80
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MISCELLA.NEOU
Election of Railroad OfIicers. !.

MILwAUKEE, June 2o.-The an
'nual election of the Milwaukee and
Prairie Du. Chen Railroad resulted in
the choice of the following Board of
Directors: Alex. Mitchell, Walter S.
Gurnee, Russell Sage, Fred. p. James,
n. A. .Cowdrey, III. G. Stimson, Joseph
Rudd, S. S. Merrill, Hans Croker.
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He is q Sentenced to ls be Hanged.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

Maximi ian's Tri Trial u Postponed.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21

SANTA ANNA CAPTURED BY
bn...sa The LIBERALS - 2"
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Fall of q Wall In Philadelphia
FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND
EIGHTEEN WOUNDED.

Foreign Intelligence.
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WHITE GRANITE WARE.

Our assortment of Bohemian Glass and
Silver-Plated Ware is one of the finest ever
selected for the trade of this city; and we
have the advantage of our senior partner
residing In the city of New York and al
all times on hand selecting the latest styles
and patterns of ware, gf4I W ~
oc8 d3m -.
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PROGRESS OF sURRATTS TRIAL.
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T EL e CIR A 2 H.

For Commercial ind Riuer Dispatches see
+F.norT fTYtff41fdds1gea1rI Ali u
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.ahIT 'siru-Tfas OF afia
A Batch. of the New York Herald's
Specials about Mexican Affairs.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
stevens, Health.

Since THADDEUs STEVENS got rid of the
venomous bile that had accumulated on his
stomacfltowsrd the. South, through his re-
cent confiscation speech, his health has i'm
proved amazingly. In regard to it tn e
Washington correspondents of the Baltimore
Sun says:
"It is generally remarked that Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens now appears to have
much better health than Immediately pre-
ceding his late pitiless contiscation speech.
Then he was physically SO exhausted that
his speech had to be read by another, but
having relieved himself of the venom of
his heart,his energies seem to have become
reinvigorated after the temporary but in
convenient martyrdom which he endured
for the coantry's sake on that occasion.
Since then he has been regularly in his seat
in the House, not even the very bad weather
of yesterday and to-day deterring him. He
appears, too, to be remarkably brisk and
spry for an elderly person, especially when
he can find anopportunity to refer to the
South, in a, bitter word. and to vote and
use his influence among members to keep
bread from the mouths of the starving peo-
pie of that section. He has been especially
active upon this subject, butin spite of his
efforts the House passed the bill by very
decisive majority -.-.I
-l If the country could throw up, through
the ballot-box, the Republican party, its
business energies would too "become rein
vigorated.n The effort should be made.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
Whnt Docs If naean

No little curiosity has been excited by
the fact that parties in this city are maxi
ing industrious search for nickel pennies of
1858, paying eagerly from fifteen to thirty
per cent. premium for them. We presume
there is scarce a grocery, market stall or
fruit stand in the city that has not been
visited by these collectors of the coin in
que stion. Another curious tact-h been
elipited by the demand Tor these pennies,
and that is that the search for them in a
quiet way must have been in progress for
years, as it turns out that they have been
almost wholly Withdrawn from circulation.
If any one having quantity of pennies OF
different dates and issues on hand doubLs
this fact, let him hunt among the lot for the
penny of '58, and he will find them nearly as
scarce as hens teeth. As the coin is of too
recent date to be in demand as relics fol
collections, the accepted theory is that, by
some accident at the time of their coinage
these pennies contain large per centage o.
gold. which fact has been discovered by the
parties engaged in the search. The penny
in question will be remembered as bearing
on one face the representation of a non
descript broken-backed bird, supposed tt
represent the American eagle.-IF ash, Star
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
The Toroato ChIoroform Case.

The Toronto (Canada) Globe furnishes
some interesting details of the death of
Gould, who met his tate from the inhalation
of chloroform in that city. 1t says:
1t seems that while the chlorOform was
being dminlstered-Which was certainly
done with great care-the patient was
seized with an apopleptic or epileptic con-
vulsion, and became livid in the face but
after a few seconds this passed over, when
it was at once observed that his pulse was
becoming very feeble and his breathing
slow. Neither the heart or the lungs ceased
z suddenly to act, and several of the medical
the heart had entirely stopped, but certain
ly after pulsatiOn at the wrist could no
: longer be felt. 1t would appear, therefore,
from the nature of the convulsions, and
post n1ortefe appearances, that the cause of
the death was not in the heart, nor in the
lungs, nor in both together, but in the con-
gealed state of the brain caused by the con-
vulson taking place while the patient v-as
coming under the influence OF the chloro-
form.
The public mind should be disabused of
the erroneous idea that physicians have
usually found in cases of death from chloro-
form disease either of the heart or lungs,
as such is not the view held by eminent
men here and elsewhere; indeed the cause
of death in many of the cases remains, in
spite of medical erudition, profound mys-
terry.
This man, while living, appeared to be
in excellent health, with good pulse, but
for weeks past he was terribly alarmed in
reference to the approaching operation ;
and this exhaustion, mental depression, or
shock, doubtless had a great deal to do
with the fatal result.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
Oaice.seekers swarmfne.

The testimony is concurrent, that never
before in the history of the Government
did Washington so overrun with office
seekers as now. Washington City presents
lapushing, scrambling and pulling for office,
that is amusing to the disinterested look
er on. Men who last fall contracted q
bronchial affection in denouncing the Pres
ident as an apostate, and in inridiculing those
who accepted appointments from him as
''bread and butter" patriots, are as obse-
quious to the President as would be a
French dancing master in soliciting pupils
We do not choose to look at the inconsist-
ent and humiliating feature this presents.
So far as that is concerned, it is complete.
1t is an evidence that there is widespread
andEdeep depressionin all kinds of business
Were this not the case Washington would
not now overrun as it does with office-seek-
-ers. As Missouri Bonds and Tennessee
Bonds are kept down through bungling
legislation, SO through criminal and bung-
ling Congressional legislation, the business
of the country lies PROSTATE. H -
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
Government Organs in the souIh.

The following is list of the newspapers
indicated by the clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, under the seventh section OF
I%he sundry civil appropriation bill, approyd
4arch 2, ioI the publication of the laws and
treaties of the United States and for official
advertising;, .ts, i,, .-5t.,,.l il-esf ..,f -,
Hrginia-New Nation, at Richmond
and Virginia State Journal, at Alexandria
North Cdrolind-The Raleigh Standard and
Henderson Pioneer. Georyia-The, Sayan-
nah Republican and the Augusta Loyal
Georgian. AlabamG-The Mobile Nation
alist and the Huntsville Advocate. Arkansas
Tho Fort Smith New Era. Teods-The
Austin Intelligeneer. .,f
Papers in the other Southern States are
yet to be designated. The, NeU York Ec-
press remarks: - .:..sts..s n.. -,.
One of the favored Journals, the Neu
Nation. is violent Rauical concern; so is
the Virginia State Journal, published at
Alexandria. The Loyal Georgian is the or
gan of the negroes in Middle Georgia. The
Mobile Nationalist is also the mouthpiece Of
the same class. The HuntSUiue Advocate is
en- rapport with the Radical leaders. And sc
on through the whole list. rssas.n fereft
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
NorriaIn Tren.on.

The probabilities are that JEFF. DAVIS
will be released from confinement and
suffered to go at large by giving his word
of honor that he will be forthcoming
whenever he shall be called for. Radical
pressure is brought to bear for his release,
and it will triumph. There will be no
trial tor treason by reason of the late war.
The Military Reconstruction bills, with
lSrEvENs' Confiscation bill and Confiseation
speech, assume that there was no Rebel
Zion, and having been no Rebellion there
are no traitors to punish. President JOHN
son has been acting on the theory that the
lISouthern States did not accomplish seces-
Iision, and that ,if1asmuch as they did not
accomplish it, to all irtents and purposes
Jas States they are in the Union, and in con-
Isideration thereof entitled to all the rights,
privileges land immunities that of right
Ipertain to mature Statehood. With him
1.-THE Republican party took issue, and
Through an appeal to passion, to
Ihatred and , to vengeance, they hold
the sTpOWer to- dos swfIatsoever they
please for the time being. Long ago
SgEHEes tpok the position, that the South
ern States, through their ordinances of Sc
cession, did go out of the Union, and by the
] adoption Of the Montgomery Constitution,
they constituted themselves an inde-
peBdent GoVefnmeht.a This view did mot
find much favor when he first broached it
Some there rWere who applauded it. be-
lieving that it would help the insurrection-
ary States to clemency. STEVENS, how.
eyerI had another object in view. Nc
thought of -clemency or tenderness in
| f1ueneed him. Y He knew that to- claim (ol
Iconcede that the War had been successful
in defeating secession and keeping those
States lin the Union, would defeat him ir
1 wreaking vengeance on those people. Only
a few persons, at most, would be put
on trial for treason. That would moi
suffice him. He, therefore, set up the
claim, and, has, ever since maintained
| it, that the insurrectionary States
were an independent Government that
waged war against the Federal Govern
ment; that the Federal Government came
OF conqueror, and by reason of conquest
can do just what it pleases with the people
in those States, and that nothing in the
Constitution can be brought to interfere
with such disposition. Hence the cutting
up Of those ten States into five Military
Districts, to be held and ruled as conquer
red territory; hence the effort to compel
| the people therein to accept anything we
may choose to inf1ict upon them confisca-
tion,s the enfranchisement of the Blacks
and the disfranchisemen of certain Whites
in short, to make a political tender to
the present dominant party in the North.
To put JEFF. DAVIS on trial for treason
would knock all the life out of the theory
the Radicals are now operating on in re-
gard to the South. We shall, therefore,
expect to see SELF. DAVIS set at liberty be-
| fore long. 2 f-A
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-26
Murder Yesterday--A Drunken
Mans Throat Cat.

At about O'clock yesterday afternoon,
the drinking saloon of Ferdinand Facher,
at I19 East Front street, near Ludlow, was
the scene of an affray that resulted in mur-
der. A man named John Comfy, boiler
maker by trade, had entered the saloon
while under the influence of liquor, and
taken there several drinks with acquaint-
ances. He was very noisy in insisting on
having people drink with him, and finally
entered into a dispute with one Henry
Mackay, as to some trif1ing affair. The
saloon-keeper had several times quieted
him, and had just reached him with view
to do so again. in the case of his dispute
with Mackay, when the latter, in response
to his (Conly's) boast that he could whip
him, and his demonstration in pulling off
his coat, drew a white-handled dirk with a
six7inch blade, and struck him in the right
side of the neck, both stabbing and cutting.
severing the jugularvein. Comfy staggered d
out through the front door to the sidewalk,
where he tell, and died in a few minutes.
Mackay ran out through the back door,
taking his dirk with him, and escaping
across the river to Newport, by the ferry
boat No. effort was made to arrest him on
the spot, or to Immediately pursue him, as
those who witnessed the affair did not see
fit to run any risk Of being murdered by
him.
Z 1t was reported last night that Mackay,
who Is a labofing man, living in Newport,
stole horse and barouche, near the ferry
landing, in that city, and thus made his
escape into thepcountry, in the direction of
Alexandria. Conly7s body was taken to
the Hammond Street Station, last evening,
where an inquest was held by Coroner En-.
inert, and continued until 3 o'clock this af-
ternoon.-CfgctnraGti Commercial, March %.