Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-22
PROVINCIAL NEWS,
FROM MONTGOMERY.

FROM MONTGOMERY.
/ MONTGOMERY, January ia meet
! ing Of leading citizens Of Alabama has
! been in session here for two days. After
calm and patient deliberation the fol
/ lowing resolutions were unanimously
/ adopted:
/ Resolved, That we recommend to the
/ people Of Alabama who are opposed to
the Constitution proposed by the Con-
vention lately in session at Montgomery
to abstain from voting at all at the cleo
/ ton TO be held on the 4th and 9TH OF
! February, either upon the question OF
ratification or rejection OF that Constitu-
ton, or for candid stes for offices under it.
Resolved, That we also recommend TO
the opponents OF said proposed Constitu-
ton, that they form and maintain effect
i've political organizations among them
selves in every portion OF the State until
they are delivered from the perils which
are impending.
The 3Osh day Of January was recon-
mended to the people OF the state as
/ day Of fasting and prayer to Almighty
! God TO deliver the people of Alabama
/ from the horrors Of negro doBliBion.
An address was also adopted setting
! forth TO the people Of Alabama, aud the
/ world, the reasons prompting the white
! peaple Of Alabama to abstain from the
polls.
FROM ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, January 16 in the Con-
I vention, the report Of the Committee on
Militia, made this morning, is very short.
| 1t authorizes the formation OF volunteer
! com psnies Of cavalry, artillery and in
/ f2utTy, and makes sii male persons pc
! tween the ages Of eighteen and forty five,
! not exempt by law, liable to militia duty,
! and saws the whole matter shall be sub
/ igct 10 tho paramount authority Of Con-
/ gress over it.
After a debate consuming the entire
| davis session, the Convention adopted the
I following sc g section OF the new Constl-
tuition: tThere shall be no imprison-
/ ment for debt"
A general order was issued this morn
inc directing military officers to CO.
oygrate with the civil authorities to re-
ure,s and punish crime, but 70 take cog
nizanCe themselves Of cases where iS is
believed there viii otherwise Le failure
of impartial justice. Writs OF habeas
corpus are 10 be Obeyed 80 far as 10 pro-
duce the body and make q respectful re-
turn. but custody is not to be surrendered.
A Convention Of Southern railroads,
held here yesterday, issued circular to-
day, proposing that whenever twenty
roads shall agree to transport immigrants
st one cent per mile and two cents per
ton per mile for baggage over ole hundred
and fifty pounds, immigrants settling on
the line of any road 20 be transported,
with effects, free by that road.
No funds were found in the State
Treasury by the army officer detailed as
Treasurer.
FROM RALEIGH.
RALEIGH, January I6.-But little of
interest occurred to day in the COnven-
ton.
The Sentinel had designated the races
in the Convention by negro and white.
This exasperated both races among the
Radicals, and the following resolution
vas adopted oy 81 to 10.
ResOiU6d, That no reporter tor any
npwsDaUsr shall hereafter be allowed
upon this floor, who, IN his IePorts, shaif
treat the Convention or any Of its mem
hrs with disrespect, but that they shall,
i'm case of nffense in this respect, be eX-
Guided from the floor of the hall and
and from the galleries by the President.
several Conservative members pro-
posEd TO enter protest as follows:
As this resolution il q step towards
restricting the liberties Of the press and
ke+ping information from the people, we
protest agaiHs. lis passage.
This was not allowed to be spread on
the journals.
FROlI RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, January ls.-In Conven-
ton to-day the bill Of rights was under
discussion, and seven sections were
n6nptad, ineluding one declaring Vir-
ginia q co equal member Of the General
Government, and entitled to all bene
Cts aud subject to all burdens as other
States.
The Judiciary Committee reported ad- /
verse,y TO settling debts prior to 1853 at
TWENTY-FIVE cents on the dollar.
Gen Grant is expected here Tuesday
Ia attend a meeting Of the trustees Of the /
Peabody Educational Fund.
Rotert Stevens, coIGred, of Charleston,
:. c. has entered suit against the Rich
mond and fredericksburg Railroad Com
pany fer requiring his wife TO ride in q
second class ear when she had first
class ticket. he lsys damages at $500.
The Enquirer will publish on Monday
the challenge sent by Col. White, Re-
nublican member Of the State Conven-
lion, to Gen. Butler, when he was in the
CITY last week. 1t demands TeparatiOn
for being ordered out Of Gen. Buffers
deDErtment during the war. The affair
is stiIl tending. Col. White Is one of the
Republicans who refused to hear Gen.
Butler speak.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, January IS. The Con-
yentiou is 1t q dead lock. After discus
sing for four days the question Of an elec-
tive or appointive Judiciary, vote vas
finally forced, and would have resulted
in favor Of tue former system had not
one Of the minority, oeiDg backed by the
REQUISITE number, demanded the attend
auce Of every absent member TO vote
upon this important question. The de-
maEd had TO be complied with, greatly |
to the chagriu Of the majority who be-
lieved their success certain.
The Sergeant at. Arms was tmmedi- /
aie'y dispatched INQUEST Of the sbseutees, |
two or three Of whom have already re /
turned TO their homes in the interior,
while others are sick, and one is reported 1
dead. Ii was decided 10 transact no busl- |
ness until the issue is settled. The Con- |
vention, after waiting for Sn hour in the /
hall, adjourned until Mondsy. 1t is |
probable that the minority viii De obliged I
to offer a compromise.
Gen. Hancock has officially informed /
both the Convention and the State Au- |
ditor that the State officers must collect |
the tax imposed by that body, he prom |
isinE military aid only in case of resist |
ance to the process. It is not his prov
inee, he Gays, to interfere in the matter
in any other way. He has also unOffi- |
cialy informed Judge Cooley that the |
proposed ordinance staying executions Is |
foreign to the Conventions Jurisdiction, |
and would, if passed, be without validity. |
THE BATTLE AT TRINIDAD, NEW |
NEXICg.
Full and Interesting Details--Tho TaEn 1
saIIi Besieged and the Fighting
GsOing ON.
PUEBLO, January s. 1868. |
Coach just arrived from the south,