The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-09

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LIyE1po1, July s-2P. M.-Colton easier. Bread
stufs unchanged. Bacon i2s. Tailow SIS; 9th
ers unchanged.
Washington News.
WAsHIHuroS, July Tho Committee of Nino
on Reconstruction Il tyo prepared u bill. II plnccu
tho State Government In complete subjcction to
tho military commanders, whose plcyious acts
are validated. 1t makes Tho Boards OF Registrars,
judges OF tho qualifications for registration; for
bids tb> removal OF commanders without tho nd
ytcc or consent Of the Senate, sent ouco OF court
martial. 1t forDids tho civil courts, whether Fed
eral or Slate, from interfering with commander
or MS agents acting under ms authority, OF from
entertaining crilnil,7 or civil proceedings ag ,st
them for any a':ts done under lava to which this is
supplementary
IN applicant for tho Mexican mission
WAsnINoToN, July 81 the House lnrGe num-
Der OF Bills wcro introduced aud referred Without
TINT no person who lad given aid and comfort 10
the rebellion should bo allowed To swear in; but
dsloyalty oil constituents, Or ilcsality Of elections,
should not provent members iroin holding Ger
titicate and swearing in. Tho report was laid Oh
tho table aud printed.
The resolutions calay for tho proceedings Of
tho Cabinet OIL reconstruction wcrp passed by Il
vote Of 103 to 20.
Mr.. Butler moved lint Special Committee of
DO appointed To investigate tho assassination, and
that tho Committee proniso tho protection OF thj
hentcnced, and WHO may giyo valuable evidence
The rules were suspended and tho resolution
passed.
Mr.. Stevens, from tho Committee of nino, in
troduced tho following Dill
e. desfIea I Is Paih e. ne tIas RgyS M
tent and meaning Of tho Act of the 2d of March,
1867, entitled nm Act to provide for the more
efficient government of the retcl Statcs, and of
s9e Act &suPplnmentarr & thorcto, passed on tho 2hl
March, 1867, that tho government then existing in
the rebel States Of Virginia. North Carolina South
GaroliIa, Care T,,,.s Georgia Msssspg. Alabama. Louis
and void, and TINT hereafter snid governmental il
continued, were to bo subject in all respects to
the military commanders OF thor respective dis
triets, and to tho authority Of Congross.
SECTION 2. That tho said Acts.to which this is q
supplement shall bo construed To authorize tho
officer assigned to tho command of any Military
Diatrlct under said Acts, whenever ho shall doom
1t necessary for tho due performance of Ills dulcs
nndor Hsid Acts, TO remove or suspend from Office
any municipal or State officer or person cxcrci sing
authority under or by virtue of nuy socallo State
government existing in his tllalrict, md tho said
ot1cer assigned to command rs aforesaid IL hereby
OF the officer or persons removed If he shall locnl
proper to do 30, and Whenever ho may decm it
necessary as aforesaid to prohibit, suspend set
aside any Act or proceeding Of any such State, or
municipal State or Governments, or any Act or
thing dono under or by yrtu. o. its authority and
oil Aete heretofore done by any such officer III &c.
=, SECTION 8. That tho Boards of Registration of
the several military districts established by tho
Aos 70 which this is supplementary, shall admit
70 registration only such persons as thcy deem o-
htied to bo Registered rs aforesaid. They shall
not regard the taking of tho oath prescribed in tho
right Of tho pereon taking it to bo registered but
Pr!T'a Jdo,d, and may receive such evidence under
oath as they may deem proper, either from tho
either OF tho membors of tho said Boards is hereby
authorized to administer oaths or aIfirmations and
examine witnesses touching the right OF amy per-
may strike from the list Of voters tho nanlo of any
ono already registered who, in their Judgment, inn
properly took the oath prescribed in tho Acts to
ntOrr
no. entitled by said acts to bo Registered. Tho
record Of evidence shall not bo required by
but parole evidence shall DO sufficient to establish,
the hic! OF such participation, said boards Of
registration shall not DO bound or governed in
t their action by any opinion of any officer of tho
SECTION 4. Tint no civil Court of tho United
States, or OF any State shall hnvc Jurisdiction OF
any such District Commander, or any officer or
person ncting by his authority, for or account
Of thcdischargc Of the dutics imposed upon him by
this act o. tho nets to which it ia supplementary.
SECTION 6. That no district commander shall
be relieved from the command assigned to him
pnder the aforesaid acts, unless tho Senato shall
mayo boon frst advised or consented thercto or
uuless by sentenco OF court martial, he shall bo
cashiered or dismissed from tho army.
bEorIoNG G. That tho time for tho completion
OF the registration OF persons properly qualified to
yote may bo extended by ordcrs OF The said several
district onmnIdcrs to any day prior to the first
MIR: Stevens accepted the following as en- addi-
tional section
Any, person who shall attempt to prevent tho
execution OF this act shall DO guilty of mis-
demcanor, mud on conviction will DO linblo to a
hne OF five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for
one year.
The right of any pcrson to b, registered as n
legal voter shall in respect bo changed or nf-
footed by the President. pardon for participation
In the rebellion. Alr. Stevens moved tho previous
O'Clock. Adjourned.
In tile Senate, Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary
Committee, introduced n bill on reconstruction.
formation regarding tho Indian hostilltios and
Tao sohate, by vote of thirty-six to i've. rofus-
Sheridan, slckles. Schoield mud Pope.
noss M Snao Sm9s snEIgnt IL wSaa be to
not sufficiently informed OF the merits Of tho cases
TO DO able to jIdSe,,formcrIy tho thanks of
sions, il was considered q groat compliment
to any one to receive them, but If this kind OF pre-
cedont was TO bo established, they would bo ton
doring thanks to tho Goyornors Of our territories
and OF our now Russian possessions.
Several other Intellectual efforts woro mado to i'll
troduco general legislation but failed, when tho
Tho allowing is tho sixth soeti,n of tho
Bill reported by tho. Senate Judiciary Com
init the Tna oa s ssa and %
Act is, among otbor thngH, that no person who
has boon member OF tho Legislature OF any State,
or who has hold any executive judicial office in
any State, whether he has taken an oath to sup
port tho Constitution of tho United States or not,
and VII, has afterwards engaged in ingurrection or
rebellion against tho Unied Sia,6s, or given aid
comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to
be .egIstered or to voto, and the words cxccutiyo
or jud'oioi officer in my Stato' in said oath men-
toned Hhnll bo construed to include oil civil
officers created by law for tho admin tation Of
tho several laws OF tho States.
In the Snrratt trial tho dofcnco commenced nnd
three witnesses wero examined, including an
actor named Less, ard theatrical costumcr
named Carlan-that Hess, who was to sing, asked
the time. whom Carlan replied, "ton minutes past
ten.' Hess exclaimed, 'ten minutes past ten I'll
bo wanted soon." Witnesses know Booth vol; lie
was not IN front OF the theatre; mono Of them saw
Surratt thcre. Tho brothers For,l testified that
Rhodes, rom tho pos tion Of tho doors and passa-
geH could not have seen Snrratt in tho Presidents
box on tho day Of tho assassination.
General Thos. Francis Meagher was drowned
ut Fort Benton on tho 1st instant.
EI-Goy. King OF Now York IL dead
The ean Antonio Express Of Texas il selected
TO publish the laws.
The storeship Reief has arrived OF Baltimore
From Richmond.
RICHMOND, July B.-A meeting Of citzens was
held at Louisa Court House, at which RESOLUTIONS