The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
WASHING ToN.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
An Election Ordered in Mississippi
for November 30.
The DisiranehiSement and Test Oath Clauses
10 be Voted On Separately.

Argument Before CnIef JustIce
Chase on the Xerger
Habeas Corpus Case.
The Jurisdiction of the Chief
Justice Questioned.
WASHINGTON, July IA, 1859.
Proclamation by the President Ordering
Election in Mississippi.
The following was promulgated to-day by the Pre-
sident of the United States OF Americas
PROCLAMATION
In pursuance OF the provisions OF the act OF Con-
Rress approved April 10, 1859, hereby designate
Tuesday, the 30th day Of November 1869, as the
time for submitting the constitution adopted on the
18th day OF May, 1865 by the convention which met
In Jackson Mississippi to the voters Of said State
registered at the date OF such submission viz, No
vember 80, 1869; and submit to separate vote that
part OF section three OF article OF said c0nsti
tuition, which is in the following words:-
That am not ID, Of the provisions Of the
and Fortieih Congress, and thai admit the political and
siS equality Of al! mem 40 help me God provided that
dsfranchised in the sid Reconstruction of the
of this State shall therein then OATH
and 30 much only refers to the said acts
him to be registered.
And ! further submit to a separate vote section
nve OF the same article OF said constitution, which
Is In the following words:-
shall be eligible Office of profit trust civil
or %a bs as s state who as , Of the
nance OF secession or who as delegate to any conven-
who gave voluntary aid
s Sa in hostility to the s United
tons Of any Office civil or military under authority
Within the United States hostile or ni%oai thereto,
:acsP, =. who aided by voting
assembling Of this conyenon and shall continuously and
iure may such disability provided tina. nothing in
this section except voting for signing the
private soldier tue late socaed Confederate States army
And further suomit to separate vote section
i've OF article seven OF the said constitution, which
ID in the following Words
The credit OF the State shall pledged
ssS % tho
association. .
And I further submit to a separate vote the part
OF the oath OF ONCE prescribed In section twentysx
of article twelve of the said constitution which is in
the following wOrds:-
"That have never member of any convention voted
member State essiatHre Voted the ca for
oath Also By ali Se
1Se u e 1s na by ali other State officers
l direct the vote to be taken upon each of the
above cited provisions alone, and upon the other
portions or the said constitution in the following
Manner
Each voter favoring the ratification OF the consti-
tuition, excluding the provisions above quoted, as
adopted by the convention OF May 49, $685. Shall ex-
tlOn.u
Each voter favoring the rejection OF the con.titu
ClOn, excluding the provisions above quoted snail
express his Judgment by voting, against the con-
Each voter Will be allowed to cast separate ballot
for or against either both OF the provisions above
quoted IT Is understood that sections t. g. 8, T. 8,
g. 10, H. H. IL ana IA Of article thirteen under the
head OF Ordinance" are considered as forming no
part Of the said constitution.
In testimony whereof 1 have nereuntO set my hand
and caused the seal Of the United States to be
aflxed.
Done at the city OF Washington this thirteenth day
OF July, In the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty nine, and OF the indie
penaen;s GEO, OF the United States Of America the
BY the Observation-Disclosures FISH, Secretary of
state.
Registration In Mississippi.
Major wanord. Of Mississippi, is here in behalf OF
the conservative republicans Of that State He
visited General Sherman this morning and received
from him additional assurances that the registration
military officers who conducted the registration and
election in Virginia Will be ordered to Mississippi for
the same duty.
American Prisoners in Havnnn.
The following letter was seEt by an American
citizen, who is now in confinement In Havana, to
the Secretary Of State:-
NATIONAL PRISON, HAVANA, May %, 1859.
TO the Honorable Mr.. HAMILTON FISH. Secretary Of
State Of the United States Of America
hope you will excuse the liberty take in ad-
dressing you, as claim protection as citizen OF
swore allegiance to the United States IN tie city Of
New York, at the City Hail. in September, 1867.
have been a trader between here and America In
such goods as are commonly sold here, which to the
best OF my belief Is termed commission business. l
arrived here near the close OF last year. and taken
prisoner on the 18th Of January 1862 In the town OF
GuahabacOa, at which time my evidences of citizen
ship were taken from me- They also TOOK from me my
BROOKLYN After taking ali my papers they threw
me into dark, narrow cell, with the two men
April. and did not know but they were going to
take me next, as was in the same CELL
Whi ,e,d in the cell guarda civl,e came in
would shoot me down like q dog. They gave
me three trials. First they tried me us
rebel and sentenced me to the chain.gang for ten
charge had not been proven, they sent me back
to the cell Second they tried me on account OF be-
ing Freemas0n and then sent me back to the cell.
Third, they tried me as ioaer, and they are keep
ing me here as such.
informing them Of my situation They told my
friends That they were attending to my case. have
been 100 odd days IN prison, and out OF that five
days in close confinement Each time that they
took me to the court house they had me handcuned.
They charge me here seventy-nve cents per day for
room enough to put my bed in to Sleep and also
ira for my board.
feel you win sympathlze with me in my present
trouble and If there is any favor you can possibly
show Inc 1t Will be the greatest blessing you
fer upon me IN procuring my release remain,
your most handle servant
THEODORE CABIAS.
German Mails for Japan to be Forwarded
Over the Pacific Railroad.
The Postal Department Of the North German Con-
federation has addressed q communication TO our
own Post 0filce Department, dated Berlin, June 20,
stating substance that 1t is its intention to have
all It's mail matters to and from the Pacific coast
China and Japan, carried by way of the United
States, over the Pacific Railroad, and making in
quircs the subject OF such arrangement No
reply has yet been made but there Is no doubt that
the response viii be satisfactory to the German
Postal Department. The time Of transmission to
and from japan will be shortened ten days over the
present system, but there Will be very little, II any,