The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-22
THELATEsT.

| ton Ot Texans called mt the White
| House to-day. Among them was Cen.
Clark, elected to Congress from the
Third District. They congratulated
the President on What they claimed as
IL practical Radical victory in Texas.
and expressed n hope that the day is
near for the readnisSion of the State
| int the Union. The President said he
of all the late Confederate States into
the Union at as early day as posi-
bic.
Prominent military officials have re-
ceivcd assurances from Radical sources,
that disorder and disregard of human
life is widespread in Texas. and that it
is questionable .at present. whether adj
mission would be advantageous to her
interests, inaSmnch as in that event it
would be accompanied by the with
lrawal of the troops.
Mungen, of Ohio, made big speech
i'll the House to-day in favor of rcpr-
diation, which created quite IL stir
among the Eastern Democrats.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-The New
York Sun says: "Thc Spaniarils are
enlisting men here to serve against
Cuba. We learn that legal evidence
of the fact has been offered to the law
officers of the United States in this
city, and they decline to receive it, or
in any way act upon it."
Gen. kirkham has been ordered to
the Military Division of the South, as
Chief Quartcrmaster, in place of Gen
! TYLER, who has been ordered to Mis-
souri,.
Senator Carpenter made mastery
speech in the Senate to-day against
the policy of releasing the Spanish
gnnhoats in New York. He claimed
that the neutrality laws do not permit
foreign nations to fit ont naval or Mill
tary expeditions against nations with
which the United States are at peace.
His speech was Cuban all over, and
received close attention.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l6, 1860. Sen
ATE-Thurman introduced a resolution
requesting the Attorney General to in
form the Senate immediately if any ar
rangemcnt to which he, OF the part of
the United States. is Il party, exists by
which Yerger, now under arrest, and
held by tile military authorities of the
United States, will he discharged, or
turned over to the civil authorities OF
/ Mississippi. or otherwise disposed of,
in case Congress, by legislation shonld
take away or restrict the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Conrt to hear ana de-
termipe the proceedings before the
said conrt for the discharge of Ycrger
on writ of habeas corpus, and also il
any arrangement exists Whereby the
hearing OF said proceedings or of any
application for the issue of q writ OF
habeas corpns therein has been delay
ed, and that he furnish the Senate Will,
copies Of all the arraL gemcnts entered
into between him rs Attorney General
and the counsel of Yerger. in relation
to the said case under the release
: Objections being made the resolution
went over.
A sliar;, contest occurred over Nor
toms amendment that Georgia's admis.
sion he preceded Ivy the fourteenth an(
tiftceth amendments. Carpenter op
posed the amendment. Thurman made
IL strong impression on the Senate il
opposition.
/ Trunlbull's Judiciary biz was post
/. ponea by Il vote OF 81 to S4.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Presi
dent to day rendered the Attorney
Generalship to Judge Strong, Of Penn
sylvania, which he accepted.
Stanton's nomination for the SUI
preme bench will probably be sent il
on Monday. The President was re
luctant to make this nomination, bu
} all the Radicals in Congress united il
demanding that the faithful Stanton
should disappointed.
The Senate has been in session fol
eleven hours discussing the Georgi,
bill, without coming to vote, ant
: the prospect is that it viii sit all night
The Radicals are determined to force
!, first vote before adjonrning.
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