The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-01-23

morning, covered the whole matter, and
it lies over under the rules. The
Chair sustained the point
Special Correspondence the Baltimore
Gazette. .-H..>y
The MeCardIo Case In the Supreme Court
The stanton nMuddle-Gra1t's Disreputa-
bic Course-He Damages Wade's Pros
oects-NO Personal Intercourse Between
Grant and the President-The Bill!
| Making Grant Dictator In the South
he Prefers Negro Domination, &C., L., l..
WASHINGTON, January II, 1868.
The case erparte MeCardle came ur
before the Supreme Court this mornlns
on a motion to advance it upon the
docket, so that it might be determined
in a reasonable time Mr.. McCardle
was the editor of newspaper in Miss
issippi-was arrested by the military
authority on charge of printing s'sedi-
tious" matter, and sentenced to impris-
! onment and fine by "Military Com
mission" "A writ Of habeas corpus, i
sued by the United States Circuit
Court, was responded to by the "Com-
mander''-and through that means the
cause has reached the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Trumbull and Judge Hughes
appeared contessedly on the part OF the
Secretary Of Uar-a pregnant proof
into wnuoo lt.,.d .L~ G>-n-nraant ha :
pressed Judge Black { who, with Judge
.Sharkey, of Mississippi, appeared for
the petitioner) made powerful speech,
in which he conclusively showed that
this was cause which the Court could
not legally defer Ofcourse, the de.
cision of the point raised has not yet
been made. 1t is thought, however
that it will favor an early trial of the
cause, which involves the validity ol
the Reconstruction acts.
Iperceive | many erroneous state
ments and surmises respecting the
Stanton muddle. In reality the only
feature of Importance is the ridiculous
position in which it has placed Gen
coal Grant He now stands convicted
of disreputable tergiversation, but he
evidently fails to comprehend his true
attitude. In sober truth, he is, intel
lectually, q rery ateok man! Had he
performed his repeated promises to the
President, and devolved upon him the
responsibility of preventing Stanton
from taking possession Of tie Var De-
partment, or of allowing him to do So
he would have placed Mr.. johnson in
a position from which he could not
have retreated, and either enabled the
Radicals to carry out their threat ol
mpeachment, or bereft him Of the last
remnant Of popular respect. He chose
rather to forfeit his word at the behest
Of the clique who have him in charge
and whose sole object was to head Of
Old Wade. The upshot of the Who'll,
matter now is, that the President will
not admit Stanton in'o his persona
presence, but the Department will re
cognize his official acts.
| learn that these facts and circum
stances have very much embarrassed
Grant. He seems to feel, although
unmindful Of the question, so far as i
involves his personal honor, that hs
has done deed not warranted by ever
an act of this infamous Congress
to use an epithet of Hon. Fernando
| Wood, and that he has by no mean!
thus cemented his party. He now
goes the length of playing second fiddle
to the "bottled- d-up" Ben. Butler
You will see in some Of the papers thai
he is reported as now opposed to the
bill before the House comforting upon
him dictatorial powers at the South
The truth is that he merely expressed
to his man Friday, Washburne, hi;
preference.tor Buffers amendment con,
.ferring oil power there npon the negro
Conventions. This is intended as ar
offset to his deception to Wade, by
which that functionary swears he has
chiseled him out Of the only chance he
ever had of oustiug johnson now, and
getting the inner track for the nex1
term.
nr. Brooks tells the Radicals what tht
Democrats will DO.