The New York herald., 1868-06-18

ment against surrstt, charging him only with COM
plicity 70 take the lie Of President Lincoln.
Visitors @ The Rxecufive Mansion.
large number OF visitors were In attendance at
the Executive Mansion today including many ladies
and several individuals OF prominence. commit
tee OF the citizens Of Washington, including the
Mayor ad interim and several members OF the con-
servative wing Of the City Councils had an interview
with the President with reference to the bill which
has passed Congress relating to the municipal Of
fcers
Generals Rousseau and Hancock. and Senators
Henderson and Buckalew also had an interview with
Mr.. Johnson.
The Texas Reconstruction Convention Calling
Upon Congress for Assistance.
The following telegram was received last night
and read in both the House Of Representatives and
the Senate to-day
AUSTIN, Texas, June 10, 1868.
dent OF the Senate and Speaker Of the House Of
Representatives
am directed by the Texas Convention to forward
you the following resolutions adopted this day, duly
atested copies OF which viii be sent you by mail.
The immediate action OF Congress- Is earnestly re-
quested by the loyal people OF this State:-
Whereas lawessness crime exist alarming
sasn len in portions % Of this as = to do al
and for the suppression Of crime crime
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authorizing organization by body of military force
under the the military commandsr shersn
for the profession Of the lives and property Of the citizens
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awabidne citizens Of Texas VIII be compelled in the exer
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The Reconstruction Committee on the Pro-
posed Division Of Texas.
The Committee on Reconstruction had meeting
to-day ON the bill to divide Texas into three States.
They voted to postpone its consideration until the
first Of December by vote Of i've yeas to four nays,
but at the request Of Mr.. Boutwell, this vote was
reconsidered. and further action thereon deferred
till to-day two weeks.
Report in Relation 70 the Antietam Cemetery.
Representative washburne, of Indiana, made
report from the Committee on Military Affairs to-day
on the subject of the cemetery at Antietam. The
cemetery is not and never has been except in name
o national cemetery. The original purchase was
solely by the State Of Maryland burial place for
all who fell either side at the battle Of Anetam.
BY subsequent act of the Maryland Legislature 1t
was devoted In perpetuity as a national cemetery
for the purpose of the burial and final resting
place Of the remains Of the soldiers who fell at
the battle Of Antietam or other points north Of the
Potomac river during the invasion Of Lee in the
summer fall Of 1852, or who died in consequence
OF wounds received in said battle during the said
invasion. Under the original act subsequent legs
but separate and apart from those who had fallen in
defence Of our dag, fourteen States made donations
for the purpose Set forth and appointed trustees.
Whether the States 80 acting were deceived or not
the committee have no means Of knowing; but IL
they were deceived it must have been through mex
cusable negligence on the part Of the authorizes
full and explicit notice was contained in the charter
The committee say that last May committee Of the
Board was appointed to purchase and enclose addi-
the purpose OF nterrng the Confederate dead there
in In accordance with the law Of Maryland, and the
tions The committee do not deem 1t necessary to
discuss the question whether Maryland acted wisely
or not IN making provision dor the Confederate dead
donating that they were in error, as such discussion
comes too late to remedy the evil; and believing
OF their incorporation in such manner that 1t may
give as little offence as possible to those whose
peacefully IN e ey 81 ask that e
mitee be discharged from the further consideration
OF the subject.
Bill Reported to Pay the Reward for the
Capture Of JEFF Davis.
The bill reported from the House Committee OF
Gains to-day provides that the reward of
$1ooO9o orered for the capture of Jef-
ferson Davis by the President of the United States in
his proclamation May 2, 1865, shall be paid fol-
lows:-To James II. Wilson, Of Illinois, late Major
General OF volunteers, $4,000; to Benjamin ID.
Prtchard, OF Michigan, late Lieutenant Colonel of
the 4th Michigan cavalry, $3000 to Joseph A. o. Yeo
man. Of Iowa, late Captain OF the LIST Ohio cavalry,
$1,000. and to the following offcers non- commits
stoned officers and privates in proportion to the
monthly pay proper to which they were respectively
entitled in the grades which they held at the time of
said capture. Here follow the names of 144 officers
and men Of the Fourth Michigan cavalry that were
present on the morning of May 10; OF seventy-fve
onicers and enlisted men of the First wisconsin
cavalry, and OF twenty-seven others, being the de-
tachment accompanying Captain Yeoman, prnci-
pay Of Ohio. The bill provides that to the her-at-
law and legal representatives Of such soldiers named
herein as were killed in action at the capture or have
since deceased, the share, proportion or claim OF
such killed or deceased soldier shall be paid. The
OF 100000 appropriated to carry the act into
effect.
Report Of the Senate ON the Alleged Ill
Treatment of Negro Woman.
The Senate Committe on the District of Columbia
to-day made report on the resolution heretofore
referred TO them, instructing them to inquire into
the alleged facts Of Mrs. Kate Browns the coored
woman in charge Of the ladies' retiring room of the
senate forcble election from passenger car of the
Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company In
February last and also instructing them to inquire
into what further legislation is necessary to protect
the rights OF passengers The committee say that they
find the facts 10 be as heretofore stated-that Con-
gress has already provided in the charter that the
company shall not make any discrimination on ac-
count OF race color that Mrs. Brown has Instituted
suit against the company for damages and injuries
sustained, and that the policeman who elected her
service OF the company. The repeal Of the charter
the committee Soy, would innict great injury TO
travel, but II the result Of the legal proceedings
which Mrs. Brown has instituted shall not be salts
factory, the resolution be taken from the table
aud the charter OF the company be repealed or such
measures adopted shall at the same time be con-
sdered necessary to protect the rights OF passengers
upon that road and they, therefore, recommend that
the resolution for the present be laid upon the table,