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New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEw-oELEAHs

NEW-OGLEANs Dec. An extensive coil"-
grafton occurred here this morning The Nancics Thea
ter John IIawkins'- storcIoom. hicrs cofce-house
and Liners stable were ed The hrr originated m
the proucrtv room ~ the theaer An adjoining building
was damaged The loss il sz5oNo; INSURANCE slH0N in
local companies j. D. Nicholson. hrrnaI formerly of
New York was killed and another man j. missing StN-
craI persons were injured two ut them serOGsly. Tie
season had but recently C"inutuc under The man
agpment Of Mr. Lewis Baker. i large company II thus
thrown out Of employ The Varieties 1hedtcr vas.
We believe the property Uf cnrorailuH For several
seasons Mr. W. H. Floyd managed II. lts position was
In the front rank. The Oss IL great, and WI i heaN
on the poor player.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

TIE FERRIS OF BALLOONlNG-IhL fELN'H
RAISING MONEY FOR WAR PUEPO>Ls-MlLI-
TARY EXECUTIONS IN PARIS.
LONDON. Thursday, Dec. l, 1870
4 balloon, probably from Paris, was seen late last
evening over the English Channel. 1t seemed 10 he
trying to make a landing of the Scilly lslands
violent east wind prevailed at the time and It was
carried out 10 sea II was uuqucstonahly lest in the
Atlantic
4 credit for 3j.ooO,00O francs has been opened to
settle actual contracts for armament and credit
Of 100000 francs for ulterOr purchases In addi-
tion 10 these credit for 100000 francs has been
opened for the purchase Of grain in Algeria. The
expectation Of cereals from Algeria elsewhere than
to France has been prohibited.
The Paris Aoatep chronicles six military eXecu-
tiOns in Its last number
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
.,rcrn EscArE OF GEN. DUCRoT WITH ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN.

,11FGTp EscAPE OF GEN. DUCRoT WITH ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN
TOURS. Thursday, Dec. !, ls7o
1,is announced that Gen. Ducrot, with lOooVo
.,, made great sortie from Paris, yesterday ana
..s.,od tbe River Name. The movement was com
,l.,.,v successful Details Of the action are mo-
mentarily expected.
crpvAN AccoUNr-THE FRENCH EVERY
WHERE REFUSED
VERSAILLES, Thursday, Dec l. 1870
lively fire was maintained all laS n'sh' from
,bc forts around Paris, and this morning the sarii,
.on made sorties at various points on the Seine and
Mane.
The Prus.ian positions were attacked at II IN the
,rorr;nc and a sanguinary battle took place IN
Which the Wnrtemburg troops were mainly engaged
s,,,orted by portions of the Twelfth, Second, and
Seventh Corps.
The fighting ended with night The enemy were
everywhere repulsed.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
TELEGRAPHIC NCTr ;

90. Rear Admiral s p Lee visited Gen. Barry AZ
Fertres, Monroe yesteHiny.
- The street ear drivers in New-orfahs are VII
strike bot other have been empoyed IN h'f P"ee'
The Hon. Geo II. Chapman Of lndlanapolis u, ,is nhs
been appointed Of the Louyis. AlhAp' AM -t
Railroad =,
The importations at New-Orcans for Noveih.
her Amounted To- 2uO6ii and the duty collected Sc
largest 1861 q. y,
The Grand Lodge Of Masons of the Hlite ol
Alabama viii hold m annual Montgomery hei Ntt' '"
nencng OF Monday. ,
The French man-of-war Talisman has L,,uiIen Ir ,s
q, Havana short coal II l. supposed that she 1i,sn
.so, In , 10 intercept German steamer from Sero'S
Ioseph Dion Of New-YOrk now IN han ran,
i H. - challenge A. r. Rudopht, the holder ~ 't
enc 10 nIsv see games Of billiards In sAn ffAhf" 'i F' w
game =, =. A.. U.r Uepartmcnt
- ,i st ai hereafter charged against every tAtle ~
,bsl lose by caessBes dispose Of Hr'ehIo'hht NV
Sharpe or Remington pattern , IL /,
The Supreme Court Of Illinois has inst decldssl
. - + no pouer child In reform school unb ~ ~"
been convicted Of crime Ihs ecl,loh VIII ''
children from the Illinois reform "H'"'A - -. 90,
The annual session of the Grand National , oun !,
ell 81 tinio ..gu. Of VIII be held Dee H. AZ We '
~. S'nsi Tnion Club Chestnutst, PhAdephh "u'.
viii preside and dele gsSes IRON al cuo'' ' " ~
erpected TO be resent =, u.uoo
Judce SAWYER of the San Francisco iohce
CONT - I that Mercantile LbAfI lotf' s't 49,, "a
. a. - e,pr The pens dealing n hii"r' h''., ~ ~,
n of the law iottsnes IN OIL psfs ." Wv % "
,.isLisb sgrn9ics IN San ffabfaen
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
THL YISHEEY QCESTIc"

A CANADIAN VIEW Oh TIE eETJI(I-NC No II
CONCESSIONS TO hNHLICtNs.
TORONTO. Ont. Dec. 1.-Hf Giobt of this
morning in reference to TrF NIv-YoKK TEmrNrs p rc-
marks urging the immediate and peaceful settlement a.
the fishery question. says: We TO- CLuaCa have the
impression that there s. vcry little a. settle. We already
have granted very reasonable concessions hut We car
not allow American fishermen to stth our bsh Atnoli-
fishermen cannot plead ignorance "l "hi Ieeuaus.
the season. warned them al the c2ISt-H'r ol ihs
regulations ana of e consequence That v'".d 'usuc u
from England choose tu Infringe uUUi olr d"Wd,
we cannot, that account. fet about uhhc.'dE ""'
treaties or patching M new ones
THE RESCUE AND RECarTI RI CT TUE SCHOONER
CLARA =. FRIEND-THE reGs0NLks ~ COURT,
Bo>TON. Dec. 1.-The following is special
dispatch to The BostoH Adr,rt 'fr:
CHARIoTrETOwS. T. L l.. NV .n-I,' ,ar 5 a. John
Howe J. ward Moar. John " 70. lr Nu.L.'. MtiariEy
were suo~rd of in Court a. Tlt. WL tFt Others
who esc.cd when the vc~s,3 Wa 'r'apurou. rescued
the clara rrrua iron, he Marshal, of th, Admiralty
Court IT midnight oi the 1;L The tEic men oh guard
- the time made nC RESISTANCE, ht L'lutH 10 ltl Ih
that out side Of tire harhur they got INTO me h'di ana
came back having been pr"u>cda present D. lh'5 N"d
leave The boat ,ar 20 ihc wharf The vessel then wui
10 Port Hood for supplies ana u gong through lh 'ul'
Of courc. met tie P"Ner ANA was redhr Inc chaif,S
against the prisoners m ne iocg our were 81 assam
rot, ara the rescue az NSS'I l"' c"IG' o I'' "'
Ia e Withdrawn and the evidence 90 assault ana rescue
wa. very weak. The which they tried {" make
ag;inst the men for stealing cargo hehaut tdlrd VT.
+ balmtr Oueeu's Counsel and VIM u, L-rd. denounced
tie attempt 10 suhdiEide Tie tftlst ~ iEifsh ana
oppressive against Strangers All tle i"lurN were com
mtcd until the January Torn Oi ih' supreme 'ouiL h'
were discharged on hl! Wlh Wa al ""' -IN'' u" y ~, W.,
owner in 5000 for himself ana two FtIt 'ics in fN
each. and the men IN 800 Otach ana suicll's {" >I'l l
bungliug of the Crown oii err wa 10 taN'I ~ INC
accused Though not approving tht act, ucrH! al
wished that the vessel would et Oh. NJ flmho fpr'kr
in very complimentary eins oi the hiL'ee' g W cal"
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS CABLE DISPATCHES
-... The steamer Peruvian, for Liverpool. ha

arrived.
THE Suez Canal is to pass into English
hands at least under English control The Duke
Of Sutherland will probably be Chairman Of the Com
pany.
THE delegation from the Spanish Cortes
will arrive in Florence on Sunday, when the vote Of the
COTtes and the acceptance O the Duke Of Aosta will be
officially submitted TO King Victor Emanuel
Three hundred and thirty of the Depu-
ties the italian Parliament have been reflected one
hundred and seyonty-twO of the Deputies are
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The following subscriptions have been made
TO the German Patriotic Fund Nec York Stdd Ztitgs
Guard, $s2 Bloomngdale Gardeners Horse Troop sl76
A public letter has been directed by the Cen
tral Sanitary Commission at Berlin to the Germans 81
this country dated Nov h and expressing the warnest
thanks and blessings for the patriotic subscriptions sent
10 the Committee from this country amounting at that
date TO about 1894 500 gold The letter also states that
the subscriptions are distributed among the wounded
and sick soldiers and the widows and orphans Of fallen
German soldiers according to the instructions Of the
l.iN
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
BABy.FARMING IN NEw.HAMusHIRE.

CONCORD, Dec. IA Coroner's jury charge
DE Harvey g. Mcintyre James NJ. Otis, and woman
unknown with feonousy contributing 10 the death 0f
an infant farmed out 10 BOARD $40 having been palu m
advance for it, board
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
4 BOLD BURGLARY-ONE or THE THIEVES CAP
TCRED

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA house occupied 10y
Patrick aud Mary Mccullough on Front-st. below the
NavyYard was broken into at O'Clock this morning, by
four men in masks. The occupants wore gagged tled
down in the bed, and Patrick stabbed IN variunt
placts The thieves secured 800 f0ma bureau IN the
room and departed leaving the McCuOughs still bound
several arrests made this morning ana William
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
THE BROKEN CABLES.
MEDIATE REPAIRS TO BE MADE.

lINEDIATE REPAIRs TO BE MADF'
HEARTS CONTENT, y. +. Thursday. Dec. ], 1870
4 steamer will be dispatched from this point inn
mediately. in search Of the steamer Robert Lowe,
now engaged in repairing the cables. The latter
steamer was sent out 10 repair the Atlantic Gable Of
1866 and the steamer which is to follow will carry
the information that the Cable of 1865 has suddenly
ceased working, and ascertain if the interruption
was not caused by the Loves graphing the wrong
cable
THK MEDITERRANEAN CABLE BROKEN.
LoNboN Thursday. Dec. !, 1870.
The Falmouth Eng.l Gibraltar and Malta cable
II broken somewhere between Lisbon and Gibraltar.
Aessages for India aud the East forwarded
overland 10 the Mediterranean coast and thence per
cable 10 Malta, 10 Egypt, down the Red Sea, and
scross the Indian Ocean.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
POsT-OFFICE DEPARTNiNr. [
WAsVTNGTON, ID. C., Nov. -. I-.r {

married. which nave already appeared:
PosrOFFICE DgPARrWINr.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Nov. -, I-so
SIR The ordinary revenues OF this Department iot
tbe fiscal year ended June 3O 1870 were Sl92o o. and
the expendimres OF all kinds, <2299s,35 g.. For the
wear ended June 90 1869, the ordinary revenue were
s1s3H5lo r. and the expenditures, S2369s,lH 81. To
increase OF revenue for the year 1870 over the year l
was sli?77O9 49, OF 77s per cent, and the incr'tT o."
expenditures sOO7Oe 49, or 132 per cent, showing ''t
increase in revenue Of S,I27,o03 So The iDrr'-e 10
revenue for the year 1870 the year 1868 waf So
GIG S. 35 per cent and the increase OF eXpenditur "r
1870 over 1863 was 81 s2 9s 557 per cent J"r -
crease In revenue for 1870 compared with i}f "a7
less than the increase for 1862 compared "ih ~ ny
Se2ilg9 90; and the increase in expeudure- for lso
compared with 1862 less than the h'rea'e IoF Eo'
compared with ls6s by $Gf6,s32 72
IT, in addition to the ordinary revenues, IN" i'i"rt
ment be credited with 10000 appropIai'd i"f H'e
matter and the amounts drawn and expended FOR sns-
dies steamship lines, it will appear that the deficiency
provided out Of the general Treasury for the year loO
S2s14l6 9s as against S39O2S7 45 for the year 1890
The accompanying report OF the Auditor iri' ~'s
forth the details of the financial operation. o hc De-
partment.
The estimated expenditure for the year endiug .,
June 30 1872, e4,f O6'3
The revenues estimated at 10 per cent
increase over last year........---.- -S20,161,5 80
Standing appropriations for tree
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

4 statement prepared by the United STATES treasurer
Ger his private information shows that me Government
ba pad of the bonded debt alone from March H. 1862 to
Nay H. ls7o ia principal interest and premium SS2,9i2
7s7 equal to $3IS5 per day The total premium paid
has been l74aO and the interest s205i6 on the pur
cha,e of $50 United States bonds since the nth
Of March, 1862 on which day the Secretary IT the Treas
mr., made hi- first purchase for the Sinking Fund
The total of the estimates for the ending June 60
,s-i Mas g, 5lG31. The amount appropriated for the
Irar ending June 90 is5l, s2'20 % The total ~ the
estimates for the wear ending June 30, 1,72 prepared
y secretary Boutwell,, To he submitted 10 Congress are
$3.50 212.}s The estimates are exclusive 0t All uieN
last Ia 00OOO and which are rendered unayaabe hy
the fh section uf the Act OF July Il, 1870 Had these
hnurrs remained available the present estimate, would
urohahly have been between forty and hty millions be-
low the present figures. -,
The Treasury Department prints io copies OF the
public Ch,bt statement IN German and 1000 IN EnSsI
Prominent bankers aud brokers' at home aud abroad are
regularly supplied with copies of the debt statement
The ~tateuenas hcIeooreb been trlcglaphed 10 Europe
bu the present interruption Of the Atlantic cables has
temporarily interirrcd with the arrangement
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ., 1870
LOCAL WAR NEWS.

people who were talking to him, Oh, now Bismarck
capul" tan up with Bismarck). Oh, human naturei
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

servtc. The Surgeon was as much surprised az grsu
"a AZ this reco9niiion of his daring act Of PATRIOTISM
Gen Butler will arrive here with his iamy on '''"'"'
VI
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Tho alarm in Dntchess County in relation 10
a. aa,,t @ disease ia increasing Morgan Emigh oi me
IT, or agrange reports nine Of his herd anecied VIII
loss VI appetite aud l0chJaw ana nt'H ""o
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
OUR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl

WHAT RUSSIA EXPECTED OF THE uNilEp
STATES IN CASE OF WAR ON 7. BLA'A
|
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Total. ....-...-...-. ..-.-. ..-.... .-'s-...-
OF the deficiency appropriated for the year
1869. there was uncNpended at the close OF
thar year the sum of........ .-.-.-.-......-..
Deficiency appropriated for the year l6'O..... .
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
WASHINGTON.

SENATOR SHERMAN ON THE APPROACHING SIS
SION OF CoSGRESs-TIs VIEWS on REVENUE
REFORM--CHIEF-JUsTICE CHAsE-THE sENA-
TORIAL CANVASS IN ARKANsAs-THE MONEY
ram TO sOLDIErs AND THEIR HEIRS.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL REPORT OF POSTMASTER CENTRAL
CRESWEII.

The following is the report Of Postmaster
General Creswell, only those portions being
married. which have already appeared:
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Leaving a deficiency of.....................
The foregoing estimates do not include the
special appropriations in the nature Of suh.'...
For mail steamship service between s.n
Francisco, Japan, and China. ..............-.
For like service between the United STATES
For like service between San Francisco ana
Sandwich Islands. .............-.-.....-.....
, 1870-03-18

the undersigned having taken over
all - took of Provisions of the
late MfSJuIiana Bills al having
removed them to my new Store at
the corner of Company and Kings
Cross Street, [ am prepared to sup
ply all the old Customers upon the
same accommodating terms as she has
hitherto done, and | hereby invite
them to give me a call.
Bassiu, Marcb 18th 1870.
CHART rs JOHNSON.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-17
100000
The English Fleet.

Recent returns describe the English
fleet as consisting of 4O3 steamers afioat
and 81 building, and 20 sailing vessels
afloat total, 466. This does not include
the Cerberus, built for the colony OF
Victoria, which England has recently,
in anticipation of trouble, discovered as
not "safe." 1t will, therefore, be re-
tanned for home service.
The iron-clad fleet consisted, accord
ing to the return quoted, of 81 ships and
floating batteries. There were build
ing at the time that return was issued.
OF these the Audacious was ii guns,
3,774 tons, and 800 horse power; the
Invincible, twin ship of the Auda-
cious; the Hercules, of II guns, 1926
tons, and 200 horse power; the Re
pulse, of II guns, 1874 tons, and SOC
horse power the Monarch, of 6 guns,
800 tons, and 1 100 horse power; the
Captain, of 6 guns, 4,272 tons, and SOC
horse power. The Monarch, it will be
remembered, brought the remains OF
Mr.. Peabody to Portland, and the Cap
tain was the Inflated ship commanded
by Captain Burgoyne, which recently
sank off Cape Finisterre.
Not to speak Of these recent additions,
England had, in 1868, a fleet of 80 ar
mor-plated vessels, completed and fit
for sea. OF these, 10 are ships of the
line, divided into three classes. In the
first are the Warrior, Black Prince, the
Achilles and Bellerophon. These are
all iron-built and of great speed, but of
locked outside of England. AS i'm
provements upon them, the Minotaur,
Northumberland and Agincourt were
designed. The Minotaurs, as they are
usually called, are built on the same
principle, with the swan breasted beak
projecting under water. The stem of
this portion, which would have to re-
sist the first blow of the shock, is Il gil
gantic forging, as is also the stem frame.
Every part of the vessel is of iron, even
to the spar-(leck, though the plating
here, which is of about three-quartcrs
of an inch thick, is covered with wood.
In the second class of vessels, drawing
less water but possessing less speed, are
the Royal Oak, the Prince Consort, the
Ocean, the Caledonia, the Royal Alfred,
the Lord Clyde and the Lord Warden.
The first threeof these are line-of-battle
ships converted the last two arc new
ships, built of wooden frames. In the
third class are the Hector, Valiant,
Defense and Resistance, four of the
earliest brltlSn lTOl-cIaCS, anu tilc Leal-
Gus. These are lighter and slower than
the second class. Then follows Il class
of smaller iron-clads, corvettes or gun
boats, including the Favorite, the En-
terprise, the Research, the Pallas, the
Viper, the Vixen and the Water Witch.
These are succeeded by class consist
ing of vessels distinctly characterized
by the. Admiralty as valuable for
&C coast defense" only. In this category
are placed the Royal Sovereign, and
also the steam rams the Scorpion and
the Wivern, built for the Confederate
States and purchased by the British
navy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-17

Members of Congress have begun to
figure on Il new apportionmcnt on the
basis of the new census, now nearly
completed. So many States are avclse
to losing Representatives that it is high
ly probable the number of Representa-
tives in the House will be increased to
two hundred and seventy-tivc. Reap
portionment under that figure, it is
claimed, will make even such States as
Ohio lose portion of their weight in
the Electoral College and in the Nation
al Assembly, while New York and
Pennsylvania would experience heavy
decrease. Taking the population of the
country at thirty-nine millions, and it
is found that, two hundred and seventy
five as quotient, the only States that
would lose Representatives would be
Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine. These figures seem
to be those pretty generally agreed
upon us to the number to constitute the
next Congress.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-17
The Royal Family Of the United States.

The New York Sun furnishes the fol-
lowing catalogue of the members of the
Grant family and connexions, now
pensioned on the Government with
their annual salaries and fees. Grant
seems to believe in the Bible doctrine
Gle that l,rorideM not for his ou', hotse
is acorse than on in,fdel."
1, ULYSSES Simpson G rant, President
Oh IT. Inc jesse 1 Root Grant. Presidents ia
III. Frederick Dent Grant, Presi-
dents son, Cadet at West Point ..---
". Orvil L. Grant, Presidents bro
Their, partner with the Collector of the
Port At chicaSo r. Dent Presidents ''
| father-in-law, Claimant Of Lands at
Carondelet, Mo.,-euchred by Wilson,
Commissioner Of the Land Ofice....:;
vi. Rev. M. J. Cramer, Presidents
| brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark. $500
VII. Abel Rathbone Corbin, Presi.
cold and real estate specuiations with
James Fsk. .Jr.. and Jay Gould ......... &C, 1000
VIII. Brevet Brig Con: F. i;;; 7; Dent,
a. the EKecntive Mansion. ........ 5000
TX. Judge Louis Dent, Presidents
Observation-Disclosures fa Prssdent Fees ,s estimated
at s4o 40 wear. 40, 600
az x S.o SeorgeW ". Dent, Presidents bro
thof-1n-laW, AppIShlseI VI SeaSeoAA'' '- onn
Francisco o,ooo
XII. John Dent Presidents brother
in-law, only Indian Trader for New
Mexico, under Indian Bureau; place oo
worth 800, 900 year. loo,ooo
XII. Alexander Sharpe, Presidents
brother-in-law, Marshal Ofthe District o
XIII. James +. Casey, Presidents
brOther-in-law, Collector of the Port OF
year 10000
XIV. James Longstreet, Presidents
bother-in-law's cousin, surveyor OF the o
Port of New Orleans. 3O,OOO
XIV. Silas Hudson, Presidents own
cousin, Minister to Guatemala............ $500
XVI. George X. Leet, Presidents
brother-in-law's cousin, public stores, a
New York; place worth $lOO, 900 q year, 100 ,OoO
XVII. Orlando H. Ross, Presidents
own cousin, clerk in the Third Audit
or,s Office. Washington SOC
XVIII. DIR. Addison Dent, Presl-
dents brother-in-law's third cousin,
clerk in the Registers Office, Treasury
Department., Washington. ........... ,6o'
XIX. J.F. Simpson, Presidentsown
cousin, I'd Lieut.. 25th Int. ............. ,5O'
XXI. Geo. B. Johnson, Presidents
mothers second cousin, Assessor OF
Internal Revenue, Third Dist, Ohio. 1o,oo'
XXI. Il. l.. Wymans, Presidents
nort' Ky............. $50,
500 M.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-17
General Amnesty.

The country had Il right to expect,
and many people who trust the Repub-
lican leaders very little upon the score
of justice or magnanimity, have been
inclined to believe, that the 41st Con-
gress would signalize the closing days
of it's existence by Il generous bestowal
of pardon and amnesty upon all persons
of holding office, and the exercise OF
other functions, either by the XIVth
Amendment or by the provisions of the
Test Oath.
Several great States have, through
the ballot-boN, proclaimed, unmistaka-
bly,, their condemnation of Federal
prescription, and in portions Of the
country the Republican party has in
corporated the removal of all disabilities
into it's platform. The sentiments of
the enlightened masses, no less than
the genius of republican government,
stamps the continued Acknowledgement
of the citizen as odious, unjust and I'M
American.
The bill prepared by Gen. Butler, as
Chairman of the Reconstruction Com
mittee, is not such amnesty as the
country expects or desires. The eX-
ceptions made in the bill might we'll
be termed the bill itself, and the relief
contemplated, the exceptions. If the
country is to be benefited by amnesty
at all, the men of brains, experience
and influence must be pardoned. This
class of citizens, only, are excluded by
Buffers bill.
The fate of general amnesty, hing
ing, as it does, upon deep-seated hatred
and jealousy of Southern intellect and
influence, and atfording to the party in
power the means of increasing its |
strength, will not be determined upon |
an equitable or far-sighted policy.
will be done in Difference to
the change in popular sentiment and to
keep up a show of consistency; but he
is over-sanguine who believes that Il
Republican Congress will cnfranchise
the leading men of the South, other
wise than upon Il pledge, expressed or
implied, from the subjects of relief, to
support the Republican party. Many
of the Republican members now adj
vocating amnesty would withdraw
their support at once, did they not
know that no such proposition as
general amnesty will be sanctioned
dent.