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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-04-01

Barring the sel6shness of the old man
prayer
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-08
W,su1ycTnS Nov G 1890

WASHINGTON, May G, 1868.
Stock in impeachment is still subject to
the same fluctuations which have prevailed
throughout the trial, the closing of Bing-
HAMS argument to-day not having produced
any effect by which any idea of the ulti-
mate result can be formed further than has
been already canvnssed. The partisan APP
plause in the galleries which followed the
close of the partisan peroration has of
course no weight in deluding the minds of
any as to the verdict. When that will be
heard it is difficult to say. The indications
hardly point to it within the present week,
and many say it will not be given until after
the Chicago Convention. 1t depends mainly
on the time which will be consumed in the
jury discussion to which reporters will not
be admitted. Almost every point of the case,
every decision of the Senate, has been seized
upon from which to draw differences
rs to the result and, after all, it is univer-
sally conceded tonight that there is abso-
lutely nothing which is positive; and con-
sequently the suspense is becoming more
and more anxious. The usual bets and
rumors have been circulated to-day, and
the friends of the President have lost none
Of their courage, although their anxiety,
like that of the advocates of conviction, is
of the most intense character. Some assert
their belief that twenty votes will be
recorded in support Of acquittal, and stoutly
maintain that that opinion is founded upon
the fact that there certainly are enough sena-
tors who will construe the law and evidence
offered in the trial as opposed to conviction.
The only strength which the Radicals have
gathered in their opinions favoring convic-
ton since yesterday was from statements
which have been in circulation to-day to
the effect that certain senators whose infu-
ence in favor of acquittal has been very
much feared by them have made no sign
of their views upon the situation whatever.
Each party seeks for hope in every circum-
stance that transpires, and yet speculation
is rs busy now, and anxiety rs feverish, us ut
any time since the case was opened.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
s About the Impeachment Trial.
Special telegram to the Dispatch.

Special telegram to the Dispatch. E
WASHINGTON, May There is less ex-
.citement tonight upon impeachment than
was noticeable last night. Bets are not SO
freely offered for .acquittal or conviction.
The status of senators, after the session OF
this afternoon, does not appear TO be diff
ferent from that which was indicated In
these dispatches last night.
In secret session there was protracted
debate upon the order of procedure for
next Monday and Tuesday, and especially
as to the form Of question to be put to each
senator, and the answer thereto, at the sug-
gestion of Chief Justice Chase.
The Senate meets at 10 o'clock Monday
to deliberate upon the questions which are
to be prepared by the Chief Justice.
The lobby or carpet-baggers continue
their pressure, and have been in anxious
waiting around the doors of the Senate to-
day. They report to senators that unless
johnson is removed, Grant will decline the
nomination for President. What influence
this intimidation has had upon doubtful
senators is not observable.
1t is reported that Secretary Seward is
negotiating for the purchase of Iceland and
Greenland WALLACE.
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, May Only Trumbull
of the doubtful senators, voted against the
publication of the speeches made in retire
ment. The vote was 20 to 2S.
The South Carolina committee with the
protest against the Constitution will appear
before the Reconstruction Committee
The circumstances and personal represen,
tations regarding the situation attract the
attention of conservative Republicans.
The complete city registration is: Whites
l0,254 blacks, 6,737.
General Gillem has made report tt
General Grant stating that incomplete ia
bles show a majority of over 200 for rati
fication in Arkansas. If his orders hae
been complied with, the result would have
been unquestionable, but there are IN Pu
laski and Jefferson counties 1900 votes
which cannot be ascertained to be for o.
against the Constitution. Where theS'
Irregularities occur, each party charges tn
other with fraud.
The revenue receipts to-day were s44s,
600.
There was heavy storm here this after
noon
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Congressional.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Honse.-A def
cheney of $1,000 in the appropriation for
the administration of the reconstruction
acts in the Third Military District was re-
ported.
A Joint resolution ordering the President
to send ships-of-war to the Gulfof st. Law
renee to protect our fishing interests, and to
demand PREPARATION for certain injuries,
came up. In the debate on it, Mr.. Pike
said: g Who is afraid of war? The reso-
luton asks nothing but that your laws shall
be enforced"
An amendment, to send vessels to the
coast of Ireland to take care of American
interests there, was rejected.
During the debate, Pike, who though
some one had called him q coward, made
some inaudible remark, for which he was
called to order by the Speaker.
The tariff question was introduced in the
wide discussion, and Pike said he wanted
free trade for ship-building material.
Ellridge wanted to know, if free trade
was good for New England ship-builders
why it was not good for the western laborer
After long discussion, somewhat ocular
in its character, but showing considerable
sectional acrimony, the resolution was
passed-92 to 80.
Mr.. Robinson offered q resolution ex-
punging the impeachment resolution from
the Journal of the House.
Tire Speaker decided it not privileged
question.
Mr.. Robinson said he would bring it up
again. 1t was q mere question of time, as
the resolution would be ultimately ex-
plunged.
Mr.. Stevens introduced bill for the-ad-
mission of Arkansas which was ordered
to be printed.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Stevens's bill is as follows:
Whereas the people Of Arkansas,
in pursuance of the provisions Of an
act entitled 'an act to provide for the
more efficient government Of the rebel
States passed March 2, 1867, and the acts
supplementary thereto, have framed and
adopted n Constitution of State govern
ment which is republican III form, and
the Legislature of said State has duly rati-
fed the amendment to the Constitution OF
the United States proposed by the Thirty
ninth Congress and known as article four
teen; therefore
" Be 1t enacted, That the State of Ar
kansas is entitled and admitted to reprcsen
tation in Congress as one of the States Of
the Union upon the following fundamental
conditions-viz., That the Constitution OF
Arkansas shall never be so amended OF
changed rs to deprive any citizen, or class
Of citizens, of the right to- vote who are en-
titled to vote by the Constitution herein
recognized, except as punishment for such
crimes as are now felonies at common law
whereof the party shall have been duly
| convicted"
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VIRGINIA IN HER DEGRADATIoN.-The
Baltimore SIN, makes the following refer
ence to the condition of things in Virginia :
"The spectacle which now, three years
after the close of the war, is being exhibited
in Virginia, of the removal of long-tried
and faithful officers because they cannot
take the iron-clad oath, and the appoint
ment in their stead ofcomparative strangers,
is certainly not calculated to facilitate the
reconstruction sentiment or to render eff
cient the administration Of the govern
ment. 1t is understood that General Scho-
field is not acting of his own promptings IN
this matter, but has his policy marked out for
him Mt Washington. He has himself en-
phatically expressed to the late Reconstruc-
ton Convention his conviction OF the practl-
cal impossibility of administering the go
vernment of Virginia with the provision OF
the iron-clad oath of Office in it, and he must
see daily illustrations Of it in the wholesale
work which the official guillotine is now
making. The last conspicuous removal is
that of the venerable Joseph Mayo, brother
in-law Of the late General Scott, who has
been Mayor of Richmond for the last fifteen
years, and now, without regard to the sentl-
ment and desires of those whom he served,
is put out of office in mere accord with the
party policy of those not only outside OF
that community, but outside Of the State.
Truly the lot of Virginia seems hard one,
subjected to taxation without representa-
ton, excluded from every branch of the
Federal service, and its people now expell-
ed from public employment in their own
State, and aliens and Adventures put in
their stead"
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PETERSBURG LETTER.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
Serere Storm - Houses Unroofed and
Chinneys and Trees Bloom Doma-
Fre-Rep0rted DEATH by Lightning.
PETERSBURG. MAY Z, 1868

PETERSBURG, huy !, i"oo'
A gust of unusual violence swept over
the city this afternoon about o'clock, rip
ping up awnings and smashing sign-boards
in considerable numbers. The large iron
front building, from its great height, isSbe-
lieved to have suffered more than any other.
The tin covering was detached from the
roof by the force of the wind, and blown
across the street, striking Odd Fellows Hall,
but fortunately doing no injury to man or
beast. This was at the beginning of the
storm, and the house was thoroughly
drenched by the heavy fall of rain that fol
lowed. Mr.. Leonard's house, on Bank
street, was also unroofed, and the chimney
blown down. On Lombard street, where
the wind had full sweep, nearly every tree
was Frustrated. Doubtless much other
damage was done in different parts OF the
city, but there has not been time to gather
the particulars. 1t is reported that black
man, returning from fishing, was killed on
the railroad a little below town by the
lightning.
1t is feared that the storm may have been
quite destructive in the country adjacent.
As the cloud was approaching, it wore that
peculiar green appearance indicative OF hail.
Apparently, the body of sit passed down on
thu. north side of the Appomattox.
Immediately after the rain ceased, the
bells rung an alarm Of fire, which was dis
covered to be at the California store, on
Sycamore etreet but it was subdued be-
fore it made any serious Roadway. ).
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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
letter from Montgomery County

CHRIsTIANsBURG, May 5, 1868.
On Yesterday one of the largest meetings
ever held in the county, composed OF Con-
seryatiyes, Radicals, carpet-baggers, and
freedmen, was addressed by Hon. w. Il.
Staples, Colonel H. A. Edmondson, and
Colonel c. A. Ronald. The address of Mr..
Staples in opposition to the Constitution is
generally thought to have been the best Ell
fort ever made by that gentleman before a
Montgomery audience. The speeches OF
Colonies Edmondson and Ronald were also
well calculated to do good. They were con-
ciliatory in tone and temper to those OF our
natiye-born citizens who have been seduced
into the Radical ranks. They made touch
ing and earnest appeals to such to let by
cones be by-gones, but to rally oil together
once more to save our old mother, Virginia,
from the degradation and misery that Will
no brought upon her if handed over to Radi-
cal rule. Colonel Edmondson's appeals to
the former love and friendship existing be-
tween the white and black races-of their
faithfulness during the War-of the kind
ness even now shown by the whites to the
blacks-had good effect upon the few CO.
lored men present. They, however, han
died some Of the Yankee would-be candi-
dates present with gloves off. The house
became too hot for them, and they fed.
After the addresses were over, the meet
ing resolved that although the election was
for tile present postponed, yet it was the
sense Of the meeting that it was best to
have the proper men in the field, and there
fore delegates were appointed to the sena-
torial Convention at Floyd Courthouse on
the 18th instant, and to the Congressional
Convention at Wytheyille on the 18th IN
slant. u.
Wefeel sure good was done our cause BY
the addresses on Monday. MAX Ak B
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Domestic Markets.

New YORK, May 7.-Noon.-Stocks ac-
tive and strong. Money easy at per cent.
Sterling, ll01s. Gold, l395a. United
States bonds-Old, 1899; new, 1Os. Vir-
ginia 6's, 5014. Tennessee 6's-Ex-cou-
pons, 81 new, 6611. Flour unchanged.
Wheat shade easier. Corn, 2@3c. better.
Pork lower; new mess, $500. Lard quiet
at lS34@20c. Cotton dull and shade
lower ut 32c. for uplands. Freights steady.
Turpentine favors buyers at 63@64c. Rosin
irregular ut $3.50 for strained common.
Erening.-Cotton dull and lower sales
of 900 bales at &c., closing with no buy.
ers at over 81 &c. Flour unchanged. Wheat
lc. lower, but active. Corn 2@3c. better
mixed western, Sl.2l@Sl.22. Pork-New
s2s.75. Lard dull at 19@l9Ac. Groceries
quiet and firm. Turpentine, 63@65c
Rosin, s3.3O@s7. Freights firm. Gold
strong at 1925. Sterling firmer ut llO1s@
1lO4. 5-2O's, '62, coupons, l0SL@lOS8
BALTIMORE, May Cotton heavy and
nominally quoted at &c. Flour steady and
unchanged. Wheat fra +; Maryland, 1911
@S3.l5. Corn firm; white, sl.l5@$1.17
yellow, sl.25. Oats active at $4,000
Rye dull at s2.05. Provisions steady ant
unchanged.
BALTIMORE, May 7.-Virginia 6's, Janu
airy and July, inscribed, 443d bid, 4;
asked do, coupons, 81 bid; do, new, 81
bid
CHARLESTON, May Cotton dull and
nominal. Sales, 80 bales; for the week
1900 bales. Receipts, 1854 bales; for the
week, 1910 bales. Exports, 1892 bales.
MOBILE, May Cotton closed dull and
unsettled !; sales, $50 bales middling
20Ic.; receipts since Friday, 965 bales
against 2,2sG same time last week {; exports
10l bales.
NEW ORLEANS, May Cotton dull and
unsettled; middlings, 3OI@3lc.; sales
300 bales; receipts, Al bales. Sugar
quiet Cuba grocery grades, 11I@l21ac
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INDIAN HOsTILITIEs on THE PLAINS
WHITE SETTLERS MAssA
OF GENERAL SHERMAN.-Omaha, Neb., May
5.-We have news from the Plains here to
the lst instant, which informs us that the
Indians are continuing their depredations,
and are numbering every white person they
can catch. On the 29th ultimo three men
were shot at Sidney, and four were killed
at Plum creek, OH the Pacific railroad, by
Sioux Indians. Only one of the men shot
at Sidney was killed. He was a section
master on the railroad, and fifteen arrows
were found in his body. The other two,
named Cahoon and Edmundson, were con-
ductors on the road. They were fishing ut
the time the attack was made upon them,
about half a mile distant, and within sight
of the railroad depot. Mr.. Cahoon was
scalped. Both were badly wounded, and
will probably die from the effects of their
injuries.
The men killed at Plum creek were eli
section men on the railroad, and were re-
pairing the road when the savages came
upon them.
All the ranchmen and woodchoppers are
fleeing for safety to the North Platte.
General Sherman passed upon the train
on the 10th ultimo, and viewed the foul
dead bodies at Plum creek.
All the trains on the Union Pacific rail
road lay up when night overtakes them
and pay no regard to schedule time.
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A MAN BITTEN TO DEATH BY AN ENRAGED
HORsE.-On the 18th ultimo MIR. William

A MAN BITTEN TO DEATH BY AN ENRAGED
HoRsE.-On the 25th ultimo Mr.. William
Garrett, of Grcenville, S. c., was riding a
fye-year-old stallion, in Laurens district,
and on attempting to remount him, jerked
the bride. This cnraged the horse, which
sprang at Mr.. Garrett and bit him severely
in the arm. A fight then began between
the man and the furious horse, which sue
ceeded in biting several pieces of flesh out
of the side of his rider. The struggle con-
tinued for some time, when the horse bit
off two Of Mr.. CARROTS fingers and threw
him down, stamping on his chest four or
FIVE times as he lay upon the ground. Mr..
Garrett then managed to twist the bride
and halter around a small tree, and then
crawlcd off short way. He was found by
neighbor who was passing, and carried to
the house of Mr.. J. H. Jones. Medical aid
was called in, but Mr.. Garrett died the
same night.
The horse remained for hours in an en-
ragged condition, and severe means were
obliged to be made use of before he could
be even approached.
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MANnoop sUrpnAaP cosyryr1oy.-;

MANHOOD sUFPRAGR5 CosvEgT1oY.-Bal-
timore, May ga convention OF those ia
.vorirg impartial and manhood suffrage. and
opposed to the action Of the Republican
State Convention of the 9th Of March, met
at the New Assembly rooms at noon. Sc
venteen counties were represented. The
delegates are colored.
Judge Bond was chosen president, with
four vice presidents, one Of whom was
colored. A full delegation to the Chicago
Convention was appointed, and an electoral
ticket for the State. An address was
adopted defending the action of the Conven-
ton, and attacking the Front-street Thea
tire Convention and the Republican State
Central Committee.
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A colored convict in the West Virginia
penitentiary was murdered by Maze /"
Baldwin, q white prisoner, on Friday after
noon last. The negro had borrowed twenty,
five cents of Baldwin, and on being asked
if he intended to return it, said that ne DID
when he. got the money. Baldwin re-
marked, "I'll fix you," and drawing a
knife, plunged it into the negro's breast
inficting wound which proved fatal IN
few minutes.
The disgraceful "debates which occa,
sionally occur in the House are strong argu'
ments in favor of speedy representation
of the southern States in that body-not by
carpet-baggers or negroes, but by men VINO VI
have some regard for the galleries ana tnt
public, as well as respect for the body 70
which they belong, and, above all, respect
for themselves. World.
!, The Queen Of England has created foul
new peers to sit in the House OF Loras
They rank as barons, and are named as iot'
lows Baron Kesteven, Baron OrmuthWalte
Baron Fitzwalter, and Baron O'Nelll.
A daughter of Mrs. Noakes, of Kappa
hammock county, was threatened with out
rage last week by o negro. The negro is II
Jail.
Miles O'Rielly has bought a tobacco farn
of seven hundred acres about sixty miie'
south of Richmond. - World.
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\ C0I.ORED CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS-.
1HE CARPET-BAGGEKS ATTEMPT TO
KEEP HIM BACK.

The Republicans of the Third Congress
s.oaal District seem to have had considera-
Die difficulty in determining which of their
number shall 20 to Congress. The cause of
The difficulty appears to have been partly
lint Doctor" Daniel Norton, colored
member Of the late Convention, having been
a4Ainated III several mass meetings, has IN
sisted upon his right 70 run, notwlthstand-
NJ the earnest solicitations of his white
eompeers, themselves anxious for the place,
and feeling confident that opposition to
Norton would he useless, rs he is known to
&c the most popular man in the district.
AoHons opponents have been Aver, OF
Nainc) Richmond; White, of New York;
Elizabeth City, and Pearce, of California
Aec0mac. Lately the contest has narrowed
DOWN between Pearce and Norton.
Three meetings of the Convention have
Teen held. The first was thinly attended /;
the second broke up with split impending;
The third was held in the hall Of the House
o. Delegates last night. At this last, u. b.
waite Was called to the chair, and IN the
as't steps towards bushes the Norton men
'Aoasht they discerned evidence that the
'o4Ncnton was packed" in the interests
rearce. The session, therefore, was very
SONNY.
Davis (negro), late doorkeeper Of the
sA!tawag Convention, made speech
,saAst Norton's claims to the nomination.
0ear as the interests of his race were 10
|'', he did not think the time had come
~ the negro to go to Congress, although he
I,"Ptd 10 God that he might 60 there some
a'y' white Republican would represent
,A' people lust as well. If Fred Douglass,
Lalgston, aud other colored men, refused to
syept office, those of this State should GER
"hly be willing to wait awhile.
Robert Norton (mulatto), brother OF the
Doctor" replied to Davis, denouncing
-1 as traitor TO his cIor-a wolf in
,,heeps clothing. He claimed that his
%o'her, if his skin was colored a little,
1 @oU!d make just as good a congressional
preventative, and deal better, than John
~o'rissey, of New York. The negro IL
,2;APctent now, said he, to 60 into legisia-
G's BODY to speak for his own people, and
w.; should be preferred, as q native var
,,4'An' TO the penniless carpet-baggers who
Supplying for every Office in the State.
e, n!ef this speech there was long dis
1 %Ss!On about the respective merits Of cam
s,H 1'es' and no prospect OF harmony appeared
,a, 'He nour at which our report closes. Nor
md : inends were exceedingly confident
I. .' urn in his support. II he fails to get
n ~. domination he win probably run as an
cxpehdent candidate; as, however the
~, TD'sA'lon may stand, his colored constitu-
, a'' are b well pleased with his course in
,S Se assembly Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
N'' may stand by him e,agaasse. y
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soUTgss,MERIcA-CvH. WAR, CHOLERA,
( YELLoSsSFEyER, AND OTHER EvlLs.-Ne'u
York, May 6.-The steamer Ocean Queen,
with S727 $40 in treasure, has arrived. The
United States steamer Saranac and the
guard ship Cyrowce were at Panama.
The Cabinet Ministers at Bogota have all
resigned, and new Cabinet is tobe formed.
Another revolution broke out in Bolivia,
but it was speedily quelled.
No news from Central America. The
Paraguayan war still continues, notwith-
standing the passage of Fort Humaita. The
slaughter in the recent engagements has
been terrible.
The cholera is diminishing. Twenty
seven thousand persons have died Of it in
Buenos Ayres. The Argentine journals
state that the Emperor of Brazil has deter
mined to abdicatc. The yellow fever is on
the increase at Callao and Lima. A man
named Peck, from San Francisco, was ar
rested at Panama, and held on suspicion of
selling spurious gold dust. As the dust has
been shipped, it will take fifty days to de-
eide the question. The United States Con-
sui has the matter in hand.
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LOCAL MATTERS

= i- =
MEETING AT THE AprToI.--.yobn Evo,ott
Esq, who is largely connected with the
railroad and financial interests n, Greet
Britain, has consented to address the people
u u hicnmond in the, hall Of the House Of
DeIegates at 8 o'clock this evening.
. !, Inc subjects he proposes to discuss are
;. Direct Trade with Europe" g Immigta-
non," and Cur Material Resources and
Internal Improvements" From New Or
leans to Richmond he has made himself
perfectly familiar with the people and the
country, and has won golden opinions
wherever he has spoken. We trust every
business man in Richmond will turn out to
hear him, especially as it is known that he
is taking an unusual interest in our resto-
ration to prosperity, and may be instru-
mental in giving us material help.
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EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.-haUerhW,
Mass, May 6.-Samuel Mills was hung to-
day for the murder of an old man named
Maxwell, at Franconia, New Hampshire
He evinced no outward emotion, and, after
prayer was offered, made speech to the
crowd, in which he acknowledged his guilt
and said he thought he had made his peace
with God. He further said that he had acted
like q man and he would die like man. The
sheriff then put the black cap over his
head and sprung the trap. After hanging
for thirty minutes, life was declared extinct,
and his body was cut down.