Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-04-13


He had better make way for an honest man
IL you don't believe it, try it!
THE RECONSTRUCTION ACT-The following is
synopsis of the provisions of the Reconstruc-
ton Act. If the people of the South complain
of the franchise being given indiscriminately to
the negro they have only themselves to blame in
their stubborn refusal to adopt the constitutional
amendments The Act..consistS of preamble and
seven resolutions. The preamble declares that
whereas no legal State Governments or adequate
protection for life or property exist in the rebel
States, therefore it is necessary that peace and
good order shall be enforced until loyal repub-
lcan Governments shall be legally established.
The first section creates five military districts,
as in the original second section of the Stevens
bill. The President shall assign to each district
a Brgadier General, with an adequate military
force. The second section makes it the duty of
such officer to protect all persons in their rights,
suppress insurrection, disorder and violence,
and to punish disturbers of the peace. He may
allow local civil tribunals or Commissioners to
try and punish offenders, but all interference by
any so-called State authority is declared null and
void. Section four requires trial without delay,
and provides that cruel or unusual punish
ment shall be inflicted, and that no sentence af-
fecting life liberty shall be executed until ap
proved by the District Commander. Section five
(the Blaine amendment, so caled) provides that
when the people have framed Constitution
which has been ratified by the popular vote,
without regard to race or color except disfran-
chised by rebellion, and when the Constitution
shall be approved by Congress and the Legisla-
ture elected under it shall have ratified the con-
stitutional amendment, and when said amend
ment shall have been declared part of the
Constitution of the United States, then the
said State shall be entitled to representation by
members who can take the test oath. Section
six is DOolittle's amendment, requiring sentence
of death to be approved by the President before
execution. The seventh section the Shellaber-
ger amendment) provides that until the people
of the rebel States be admitted to representation
in Congress, the present State Governments to
be deemed provisional, subject to the paramount
authority of the United States to abolish modify
control or superccdc. At all elections under the
same only those shall vote who are entitled
under the provisions of the fifth section No
person shall be eligible to office who would be
disqualified under the third section of the pend
ing constitutional amendment. Each of the act
ing Governors in the South have the right to
issue q proclamation calling Constitutional
Convention, under the provisions of this Act
And whether such Conventions be called or not
no election can be held hereafter in the South
without impartial suffrage. This is secured by
the Shellaberger amendment.
\ WIyDrALL.-Thc San Francisco Times tells
that young man named Gordon, in the en-
ploy of l.. B. Benchlcy x Co., lately received a
telegram from the East announcing the death Of
q rich uncle, who had bcqueathcd to him $50, 900
in cash. and requesting him to return to the
States bv the next steamer to enter on his new
possessions. Since the receipt of this telegram,
Mr.. Gordon has received about fifty letters from
his friends. filled with mingled expressions of
coincidence and congratulation, and expressing
deep interest in his future welfare Some letters
were received from parties requesting him to call
at their homes before his departure, who had
never sought his acquaintance until his virtues
were relieved lya background of $50, ,O00.-
Macns. OF course smile upon him with increas-
ing tenderness since he has been the recipient of
such n liberal hcnucs:. The Dispatch was dated
April lst.'
+ 4 FrHSv Sro!n.-in incident in the history
of the rebel Congress, suppressed at the time,
has lately come 20 light. \ short time before the
fall Of Richmond while the rebel Congress was
lecIlr concerned about the cruelty and barbara
" Of the North. u woman of that city walked
into the House of Representatives, and attacked
three members viii! cowlidc, castigating them
rlerci,essll. it last the Speaker caught the vi
raso in lis arms and held her there until she
went into Mysteries. She said her intention was
to chastisc the entire body because of its abuse
OF the North The House passed n resolution to
keel thc Iitiltr stcrct anu tnc Rlcnn0nd pa
pcrs never mentioned it.
Tni-E-Wc clip the following extract from
the o-ation delivered hy Judge S. B. Axtell at
the fenian celebration in San Francisco -"
throw this ont as q test to all of you ; he who
will not acknowledge or recognize the rights OF
other to frce'lom-who will demand it for Irish
men. ilt not for negroes or Cinnamon, is not a
true Ia1t' he alone who accorGs to every human
being the rights lie claims himself and accords
them Independently Of any personal interest he
may have in the matter, is a true man, and wor-
thy to he followed
THE Auburn Stars and Stripes saysa road over
seer in Placer county made out the following Diii
and presented it to the Board of Supervisors
To days labor Of hand s. per lc co
To L. days at 81 per day, saperintendins s'd nAn
/ Total, --''-''''
The paper does not state whether the bill was
allowed or not. . --l--------
w.s IT HIS NosE ?-The Sacramento record
of q late date says
T IT, xon,o men. Giles and DeIu, had pounding biting
=, ,;,o scrape Yesterday evening" the latter nearly