The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-22
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WASHINGTON, July 14.-The military officers
who conducted the registration and election IN.
Virginia, will be ordered to Mississippi for the
same duty A proclamation ordering the Missis-.
sippi election the fourth Tuesday in November is.
signed by the President, 1t submits to separate
vote the disfrauchsement clause, the lneliglbility
clause, and restriction Of the State from lending
money to corporations or becoming stockholders.
irf corporations. Il also submits to separate
vote, part of the oath of Office as follows: Thss
have never, as member of any Convention, voii
ted for or signed any ordinance 81 SECESSION that
have never, as q member of any State Legsle.
ture, voted for the call of any Convention THAI
passed any such ordinance" 1t is understood.
that sections four to fifteen inclusive of Article
thirteen under the head Of ordinance, are consid-
cred as forming no part of said Constitution
WASHINGTON, July 15.-The President and fam
lily, the Postmaster-General and wife, and ex-Sec-
retary Borie left this evening in the Tallapoosa
for Long Island,
William C. vernonwich has been appointed col.
lector of revenue for Mississippi, vice Willis, sus-
pended. IN,
The President to-day issued approximation de-
signaling the 50th of November for the vote on
the constitution adopted by the Austin, Texas,
convention on the 18th june No exceptionsf
clauses ete 70 be voted on. The votes to be f5r
anu against the constitution 5Oiely.
The District Attorney and the Marshal of New
York have been severally instructed at any and all
hazards to enforce the neutrality laws and break
up expeditions against Cube: .Tkey are enapow-
cred 10 csll Oh the army and naval forces, and
carry out the law to prevent hostile expeditions.
General Mcdowell and the admiral in charge Of
the New York navy yard has been directed to re-
spond to any call made in pursuance Of the above
instructions.
Michael Vidal, of Louisiana, has been appointed
commissioner on the part of the United States for
the adjustment of claims with Peru. &,
Regarding the Yerger case, among jurists there
is but one opinion as to the law. Yerger, though
he may be guilty of crime and punishment, is not
tried by competent tribunal. The military com.
mission now trying his case has no more jurisdicSz
diction than the police court in London Judge
Chase will probably so decide if the case be pre-
sented before him in such form rs to give him
opportunity to 60 over the whole ground.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-The argument Of the
Yerser case for procuring a removal from the Mil
itary Commission, and bringing it before the Su-
nreme Court, was concluded to-day. The impor-
tant questions involved in this petition for Hdbeus
Corpus, has induced the Attorney General to enter
into q written stipulation with the petitioners
counsel to put the question in such form as may
be considered and determined by the O. 8. Su-
preme Court by next October. The present appli-
cation to Chief Justice is to remain suspended.
The President authorizes the Attorney General to
saw that no sentence of Military Commission,
further than that necessary for the safe custody OF
the prisoner, will be executed until the final de-
termination of the Court. This meets the ap-
proval of Chase.
Present indications point to another heavy re-
duction of the public debt during the month Gus
toms and internal revenue receipts are very favor
able
The Executive Mansion, owing to the absence Of
the President, is entirely deserted by officials OF
all grades of Importance.
Richard D. Dehart, Of Indiana, has been ap-
pointed Cousul to Santiago de Cuba.
The Postofice Department has adylces from
New Mexico concerning. depredations by the
Pache Indians, who had captured several mails
lately and killed and wounded anumber of officials
on the routes.
Dispatches from Rodney Station, on the Union
Pacific Railroad, report an accident by which two
were killed and two wounded.
HARRISBURG, Pa, July 14.-In the Democratic
State Convention, the Committee on Resolutions
made report. The resolutions declared against
the exercise of doubtful constitutional power, and
that Pennsylvania would never give up self-gov-
ernment. That the ratification of the fifteenth
Amendment should 60 before the people: that the
negro should not have the ballot that the finances
need reform: that laboring reforms should be en-
couraged; that the whole reconstruction policy
tends to destroy Republican Government and es-
tablish tyranny that our soldiers should not be
forgotten; that Our sympathies should be given
to nations struggling for liberty; and that our
system of taxation is burdensome, and should be
done away with.
The report was unanimously accepted. Han
cocks name was received with vociferous ap-
plause. A letter from Gen. Hancock, dated May
8lst, positively prohibiting the use of his name,
was read Several declared their determination
to vote for him in spite of it. On the first ballot
Asa Packer received ffty-eight, General W. s:
Hancock twenty-five, Geo. W. Cass, forty-eight,
General Vim: McChandless FIVE votes. On the
second ballot Packer received sixty-eight, 0ass
forty seven, and Hancock nineteen votes Packer
was declared the nominee.