The Portland daily press., 1868-12-22

~ANN OT LIN SCEhhnE IOCh1.
WAsHtNGroN, D &C. 81. Tn upreme Court
WI adjourn og the Oath IT December TO the
4eI day of January.
CONGRESSIONAL.
A resolution Lffeced by Senator Morrill,. Of
une, Saturday, asking info mari n Of the
Executive a. to wh9ihfr apy in ltruc ion have
Oeen given or proceedings iusI ito ted 10 pre-.
vent p'yms mt to ,ird & Co., builders f the
Aiabdina, OF the pIoceeuS OF The 81. al er Wrrp
When built by them fIr he conf derate gov
ernment and now in the hiUds Of The Assist
ant Treasurer at New York, il based ou the
assumption that an attempt Is now beiug made
oy he agents IF L ird s. Co. 10 have 'he pro.
c euS OF the saia u ,uul over to Ihem on The
glou IDS fnat The vessel was Captured under
Tue preteuce OF belug blockade runner,
though at the time ot capture she had ouly
Just quilted port in the West indies, aud had
done nothing TO iodcate that she intended
running the blockade. She was built for a con-
federate privateer by Laird & Co.; but If it can
be satisfactorily explained that a different firm
were the builders and owners, and that her oh.
lects were other than piratical, this government
through the proper channel ih such cases will
know better how to dispose of the proceeds in
the hands Of the Assistant Treasurer Other.
wise 1t is contended the money should be held
for the benefit of owners Of vessels destroyed
bv the Alabama.
sERious AccIDENT-sEvERAL PERSONS MUIR
ED.
The new hospital belonging to Howard Uni
versity gave way this afternoon. The work.
men, about fifteen in number, ope-third white
and the others black, who were at the time en-
gagged In rootng the structure fell, with the
masonry, to the ground, distance of 30 feet.
tally.
REMOVAL OF LIGHT VESSELS.
All the light vessels in the service of the
Lighthouse Board have been removed from
their location on the Northern coast to local..
Ties where thew will hQ udo,an
urlft Ice. The can and new buoys have also
been removed from like precaution, and their
places temporarily supplied with spars.
PaoTEcTIoN OF VESSELS TRADING WITH HAYT1.
The following letter which arose on cues.
ton OF much interest at the present time, has
oeen OBTAINED from the Department Of Stale:
Departnent Of State, Washington D. G., Dec,
II, lS6S.,Gentlemen: Your telegraphic note
OF yesterday was received. You submit the
following inquiry: "Will the United States
government protect American vessels bound
TO ports in Hayti held by the rebels there from
seizure or detention by the Haytien Govern
-1nentY 1t is my duty to inform you that the
United States are at peace with the Republic
Of Hayti The Government of the United
States will protect no United States vessel
which shall attempt to carry on trade in Hay-
ten ports in violation OF any existing blockade,
or any lawful decree of the government of the
Haytien Republic, which has been duly recoe-
nizAd by the United States. Ali persons trad
.hS IL uuC SSuloudry pUrlS IN aayGl VIII
be liable TO be dealt with according to the pro.
cesses and principles OF International law.
am, gentlemen,
Your cbedient Rervent,
WILLIAM h. SEWARD I
To Messrs. Wal. S Brow & Co., New York.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS OF THE Ku KLpx
A member of Congress to-day received from
a military cficer in the South photographs of
two members of the Ku Klux Klan. He ex-
plains that The band from which they were
taken was $50 sttorg, AID is the same as tbat
which seized Huntsville, Ala, suri ounded the
Court House. mu dered the Judge and somo
Others, &c. The men captured were not more
than Is years old. The uniform worn by the
band j. serge black gowo, with slit for rid
with >knli nnd cross bones aud heart pierc.
ed with dagger, with the words Ku Klux-
Klan ON the boroer.