The New York herald., 1867-02-09
POLITICAL INTRLLIGENCE.

- a. rmRN HOMESTEAD BnI--The New Orean
rns. the object Of this law has been defeated
Tor.sn. ~ 'oyAl settlers secured BY it having besl
driven on by sfsa.' ''ey's gang Of rebels.
c..,.o,<.-v.. -. :, -ooss-Ths New Orleans rribun
..v. csr.,,, Ru,,sr DIS to for libel every ourna
which 1. thu late day = the stale calumnies Of th
war about his stealing sDconA me ln0uns suggest
that the libelieu had better turn Snen attention =
semmss. about whose stealing Of Shronoins srs there
no doubt
WANT FoREIox InnGRASn-Ths Montgomery (AIAl
Asi anxious to have the State LEGISLATURE
foreign immigration. The best way and only way to "a
that ID TO accept the result OF the war and
tho State on the basis Of human rights
THs VIRGINIA LEGIsLAruRx-Ths Richmond Va)
Enquirer beseechss tho Legislature Of Virginia to do
someshng before II adjourns il must on the ID Of
March. II accuses the members Of vacillaon umidity
and want q energy in providing for the domestic and
political a0Atn Of the state The management Of the
State canals and the State debt ars the principal SUBJECTS
for solicitude
LoUsrANA.-TAe New Orleans rebel press generally
'fave the idea Of convention for amending the State
Constitution They look upon reconstruction inden
nitsy postponed, and think they may well 90 ahead
on Tie hypohesis ihas the present ats Of Louisiana
win b eventually accepted.
SRHAroa SwAnx-A petition hes been signed By many
OF the Union men OF Maryland requesting the Senate
mot 70 recsivs Ex-Governor Swami - Senator.
THs CArnxL or IILMoR There is somc talk Of 70.
moving the capital from Springfield Ill Decatur has
made high bid for IL Tho Cairo Democrat does NOT
vote for Decatur but for any place In preference to
Springfield which, II says will never outlive the dis
grace that incurred when the President the Cabinet
General Grant and other officials visited It,
RDM PLANS In TxNNEssEk Tho Nashville Union dis.
tincty declares that the passage Of the Militia bill and
Negro Suffrage bill IN Tennessee will mean war. The
rebels Of that State to resist by force tho attempt
TO exclude them from political power. The Nashville
rss says there is conspiracy in Cannon Warren and
White counties to assassnate prominent Union men, on
whose heads prices are set folows:-Colonei w. B.
Stokes S. 000 Colonel Blackburn and Colonel Pleasure
each $4,000; Captain Hathaway and Captain vanatta,
each 1000 and for the killing Of vanata rebel
citizen Of Dekab county has offered 1000 extra re-
ward There are plenty of cutthroats in the State will.
ing to undertake this bloody work.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN TENNESSEE Nashville linton
says Of the proposed franchise law admitting negroes to
tho ballot box that sit s certainly Of the most
ble propositions considered by American legs
lature" The Union fears this will prove long step in
that downward path which has lost all other republics
the safeguards OF regulated liberty" 1t "a desperate
expedient, born Of q revolutionary spirit" DC.
WHAT REBELS SAY OF LOYAL SOLDIERS. The Memphis
appeal ranks among the "petty tyrants," military
satraps" &C., 'that Southern renegade, General
Thomas" 'This doughty military man." says the
Appeal. "may have the brute part Of soldier, hut he
lacks those refined sentiments which make hero
HIS Infamous order orbiddng any display the burial Of
the late General Hanson, and his testimony before the
Congressional Committee, give him, though he may
have stolen spoons and robbed banks the right to be
placed the left hand OF Beast Butler, with Grifn
Sheridan and Stanton the right forming
Of characters whose notoriety will be admired
and last long . that Of the aspiring youth who fired
The Ephesian dome" 49,. ~, *