The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-08-19
ALL THE NEWS.

Our boys In grey are coming,
TO seek their rights~once mo,e.
ALL THE NEWS
ATLANTA, August 10.-The Senate re-
ceiyed message from the Governor, &C.
knowledging the receipt and acceptance OF
the resignation OF A. Alpeorid Bradley, the
negro Senator from tic First District, and
the issue of writs of election to fill the va
Cancy Bradley was entitled to the floor
today to finish his defence, but resigned
before the case was resumed. The Presi-
dent decided that as Bradley had resigned
there was no necessity for further action
in his case. An appeal was taken a4..l the
balance of the day was consumed discuss
ing Bradley's eligibility. The Republicans
declared that General Order No 80 settled
the eligibility question, and hence Brad
lev had the right to resign.
Nunnally (Democrat) claimed that no
mower could deprive the Senate of the
right to decide upon the eligibility of its
members, and denied the right of the Gov
ernor to accept the resignation; that, ac-
cording to the laws and the Constitution,
Bradley was ineligible and could not re-
sign. He read General Meade's order, ex
piessiy stating that the matter of eHgibiii-
ty was vested entirely with the Senate.
Higbee (Repnblican) raised the point of
order that, as the Senate had already act
ed on the matter of eligibility, they could
not now be discussed.
Eunnally denied such action. and claim
cd that the point taken by Higbec was
out of order, because an appeal had al
ready been taken from the decision of the
Chair. The Chair insisted on the point
The yeas and nays were called, and the
point lost.
Hinton {Democrat) followed in an able
address in support of the appeal, and cited
the case of Shields in Congress when his
right to a seat was discussed Shields was
a foreigner and rendered his resignation.
AID that great expounder of the COrstitu-
ton, Daniel Webster, argued that Shields,
not being eligible, had no right to resign
and the Senate agreed with him.
Campbell, n negro, had the floor at the
hour for adjournment and refused to give
way to a motion to adjourn until he
learned chat he had 4 right to the floor to-
morrow.
CoLuNBus, S. c., August 1O-The new
Attorney General this morning brought be-
fore the Associate Justice. Colonel Will
lard /, writ of ono warranto against Coro-
ner Walker, of Richmond District, hold
ing Office under the Provisional Govern
ment.
Walkers counsel in his plea denied the
. Jurisdiction of the Associate Justice and
the Attorney General, and the legality of
the election of Johnson, the Republican
Coroner.
The plea was overruled and the case
continued The negroes are much excited.
Nothing definite done in the Legsla-
tnre. The body has been in session over
thirty days and passed five bills.
BosToN, August 10.-Butler was severe
ly bruised to-day by fall from n carriage.
Rev. Joseph G. Loveioy, a we'll known
Democratic orator, assaulted Geo. Fisher,
editor of the Cambridge Chronicle, for of
fensiye paragraphs which appeared in that
paper about Lovejoy's speech. Fisher
made no resistance. and after receiving
three or four blows fed.
New YORK. August 10.--Tno dispatch in
this mornings Tribune says: Gov. Smith,
of Alabama, will probably veto the bill
empowering the Legislature to elect Presi-
Dental electors. ..i.
WASHINGTON, Aug l2.-Thaddeus Ste
yens is dead.
The remains of Stevens viii lie in state
in the rotunda of the Capitol tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Aug. I3.-Steyens is guard
cd by. the Butler Zouayes, negroes, uni
formed and armed.
groes The exhibition attracts very little
attention. No unusual decorations of
drapery in the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, Aug.-14 Stevens re-
mains, with three passenger car loads of
escort left for Lancaster at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The Secretary of the Interior has deci-
ded favorably to McGarsahan and adj
versely to the New Idria Quicksilver Com
pany.
This is a hard blow on Senators Sewart,
Conness and Nye, who had been active III
the New Idria interest.
The local land officers of California have
been instructed to hold the McGarsahan
lands out of the market until the further
action of Congress
LONDON, Aug. 14.-All the journals CON-
ment on Stevens death. The Times, after
recounting Stevens prominent connection
with the recent impeachment project, and
his views relative to the payment of the
500 bonds, concludes:
''The death of Thaddeus Stevens is not
now a public loss. His impeachment poll
cs was of incalculable injury to his politi-
cal party, and the financial dishonesty
which he encouraged dies with him. He
was a fanatieal bitter and self-willed man,
but not mean or deceitftil. He is the last
vi tuc IcduiIS aHnSTlctuS WHO uau tue
courage to rise above partisanship.
The Morning Telegraph has the follow
ing: "Stevens was neither good, wise, nor
generous, but in his time did signal SER
vice, and with all his faults he merits the
famous phrase: "That was a man."
The daily Evening News concludes:
The death of Stevens leaves no important
place untitled, either in the lead of his
party or in the councils of the nation"
GENERAL LRE.-"A Veteran" writes to
the New York World, in reference to the
assertion that some one had portrait of
General Lee in his house; as follows:
v have served my country well from
! me 10Th day of April, 1861, (the day of
Presldent Iincnln's call for 1h lnQ men