The New York Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1865, Page 8

8 THE SOUTH. “WHY DAVIS’ CABINET WAS DISSOLVED ©Oorruption Among the Cabi- net Officers. ‘ Oficial Exposure of Some of Mr. Seddon’s Swindles. The Truth Coming Out Regarding Hood’s Losses in the Tennessee Campaign. “Two Mississippi Regiments Reach Co- rinth with Eighty-four Left of Thirteen Hundred Men. CAPTURE OF A REBEL NAVAL PARTY NEGROES VOLUNTEERING AT RICHMOND, &e., &o., &. *Whe Corraptian of the Rebel War De- rtment, AM EXPOSITION OF THE PRACTICES OF MR. SEDDON. In the rebel House of Representatives, on the 14th Jnat., a report from a committee appointed for the pur- pose of making inquiries into Mr, Foote’s assertion that Geddon had charged the rebel government as high as erty dollars per bushel for wheat, states that the com- mittee found Mr. Foote’s statement true, and showed that ‘We rebel Secretary of War had sold to his government feur hundred and thirty bushels at forty dollars per ~Dushel. On the heels of this official exposition the Rich- mond Fzaminer of the 15th bas the following exposition ef some of Seddon's practices in granting @etails and exemptions:— The public is looking for some Ii rom the present administration of the War Department; end ally for a more honest and severe rule with geference to exemptions and details than that formerly practiced. General Breckinridge has the confidence of all men in his high sense of duty, bis discretion in public e@airs and hisactivity of execution; and the public will ‘be disappointed if there is nota revision of the exemp- fions and details in the old administration of the War ‘Office, and an overhauling of the effete protection papers on which hundreds of men who are properly liable to —_— duty are travelling through and around Rich. mond. It is notorious—for it is shown by the records of the -@arolling office in Richmond—that there are a num. Der of persons in this city holding old details a ro: teettons’’ from Mr. Seddon which ure utterly wort! ape far as there is any legal virtue, or even any decent pretence in them. It would be well if some pages of ‘these records could be officially advertised, so as to ex- Bidit to the people the various inventions heretofore @oaght out to save “prominent citizens” from Camp Lee, -and to invite public inquiry into the matter. Notorious pe tgcerma have been exempted in Richmond in connec- with designated public zervice that has no existence. ,Muctioncers, who have made their millions in dirty bu have been sent to Camp Lee apd have come out of it with an absolute protec- thon from Mr. Seddon in their breeches pocket; and {t isan actuat fact that there are men in brokers’ @bops in Kichmond who have got exempuon “to furnish ter for the navy,” (what mavy ?) as well as presidents of fMaval companies, who do not have so much as a canoe @toat, and have been plucked from Camp Lee ag brands from the burning. We trust there will be @ general re- ‘vision of these cases; aud if so, we do nos doubt that many frauds will be made apparent. “ It has been «: ted on the part of several well known patriotic citizens of Richmond that if imridge will give to any of their aumber the task of over! the various persons in this city improper! protected by exemption and detail papers, they ‘will — to rocruit from these skulkers a brigade for ‘epring campaign The Dissolution of Davis’ Cabin: WHY CONGRESS REQUESTED THE RESIGNA’ SEDDON AND OTHERS. GARD OF THR VIRGINIA CONGRESFIONAL DELRGATION TO THR PUBLIC. Iie with profound regrvt that the members of the dele- yn in Congress from the State of Virginia Oud them- eelves,obliged to make a public statement respecting their ings on @ late occasion. But the reflections upon conduct, conveyed in @ correspondence between his Excellency the President and the Hon. James A. Seddoa, Inte Secretary of War, and the publication of that corres pendence, reader the siuoment ager At the beginaing of the present year the eonfederacy pecan rer fe Spal tm extraor danger in eensequence of serious misfortunes, The éprard the Srised ty 0 belay tral car enlgtrbones needed reforms HH meeting of the delegation was beld about the middle of January, in which certaia public attire, pocullarly eSecting safety of jinle, were consi . inthe See ea ey ym of views, it waz Beeolved that the opi of the delegation respecting a of the Cabinet should be made known to the President as the advice of frieuds. A member (the peaker of the House) was deputed tc eemmunicate the advice in the most friendly, respectful and confidential manner to the Presidont, with suitable ! of the motives and views of the delegation. ‘was authorized to communicate also with any of the heads of departments, but otherwise the ings ‘were to be regarded as conddential The communica- Gen was Lappy bf made to the President, in person ‘and by letter, and be received it, as we supposed, in the game spirit of eprermy candor and friendship which hhad prompted the action of the delegation. ‘The advice thus tendered by the was thata reconstruction of the Cabinet was demanded by : [gpk mae Ay the administration, The decision of matter President, with ee constitutionally rested, the Presiiens had previously invited this dele- to congult with him we received with satisfaction advice respecting legiviative business, and we had no Peason Lo uj that whenever we should deem it our @aty to offer him counsel respecting important affairs in the Executive Department our advice would be resented « ‘we had intended to embarrass the President or the heads of departments by an appearance of constraint we q@night have invited membersof other delegations, known € concur with us in opinion respecting the Cabinet, to @nite with usin astion. We preferred to avoid such au payee men even at the hazard of renderiug our advice influential and of subjecting ourselves to mixcon- @ruction, It cam searcely be to state that the members @f (bis delegation did not assume for themselves, or for the Huse of Representatives, or for Congress, a power @o compel the resignation of heads of departments by eny expression of opinion. They had reasyp to expect ‘SLat some movement would be made in Col which might bring on acollision between the Legislative and Exec tive departments, or constrain the Executive to gmake concessions. We desired to prevent such a move: mont when we advised the President to conform the com. tion of his Cabinet to the prevailing sentiment in and the country, We confidently hoped thet @uch a change would, by its effeets upon Congress as well @ the Exeoutive Department, make the action of the government at ecritical period more eilicient for the public safety. ‘The delegation, in advising the President, did not dis- eriminate among’ the heads of departmenta, whatever ‘Wore our individual judgments of particular oilicers. This ours: appeared to be the best suited to all the cire a ‘and especially to the state of public sent Bot required by a sound political principle. We te regard the Cabinet asa body of counselior® held re- ble, as ® whole, to public opinion for the general eourse of the entire administration, besides having each & separate responsibility as head of bis own department. Whatever may be the theory of ovr government, it had mot occurred to us before ablication of the corres- foe now under consideration that, practically, a y #0 eminent in our political «ystem ‘could, through dependence on the pleasure of the | nt, become vo Snsigniticant that a change of tue beads of departments ‘not alter the administrative policy of the govern ment in any degree. It could not be prosumed that a of wiatesmen in our country, filling thove high would contribute no independeot advice, intor. mation or influence to the policy of the administration, ‘or that they would long continue to huld office either in complete subserviency to a single mind or in deflance of the general sense of their countrymen. Of course we were aware that the President has powor to damiss ‘them—a power fit to be exercised for the public welfare m ® great crsis—and that to him belongs @ controlling ma and the chief honor aa well as the respons ity of the administration, We did mot design either ‘te abate the constitytional authority of the Presideutial @fiice oF to take from our country the guiding tofuence ,O President in whom we greatly coufide and whom we @ firinly supported. It is obvious that the general advice suggested by this @elegation to the President—based on ao general ny alleging no favlt and arraigning 0 indi dual—mere advice to be adopted, applied or rejected By the Prosident—mght have been substantially acoopted without excluding every particular head of a Geparimens (rom & vow aitangement. We expected and dowired that ab one @xowption would be made, It would pot have proper (or thie delegation to indi- Msie Wo ibe |'resident, when they volunteered counsel the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1865. dotails of such arrangement; and, least of all; would it have been proper for us, a8 a delegation, to single out a Secretary from our own State for partial action, highly as we eweemed the Virginian then in office, and as muc! ‘as we daxired our State to be represented im the Cabinet. the of oar eur dis. ef the resigned the of If we have ‘unintentionally wounded that nesnenenenee resull In @ letter accepting his declines to @ the Spe, Decemns, Re Peano of a power oF right in the legislative department of the gereronentser part or branch of | @ continuance in offs of those ‘principal officers in each of the executive departments,’ whose choice the constitution has vested in the Chief Magistrate,” ko. pp: Lipid necaenion, from a ernment. ’? The Fublie can now judge how far the discussion of such topics was relevant to our action, and how justly publication of such @ corres| nce, {t, responds to the ings Bie trendly counsel of Congress, ‘and purposes of this delegation. That advice ofa Seleenies. or‘the more authentic should be rej io @ man- sner, with such claims and at auch a time, is @ circum- stance which we deplore for the sake.of the country, and, let us add, for the sake of the President. It will not provoke us to a.resentful controversy. It cannot abate ‘eur devotion to the public cause. It does not alter our iples of action, But since, y the publication of bably with their consent) been plaeed before the Rint or public opinion et issue with the Virginia dele- gation upon the question whether they should have re- mained or been retained in office notwithstanding the condition of our ‘and ali the indications ef public —— this does.not recoil from that issue. = by the country to which we are respon- and to which high executive officers ought te acknowledge their responsibility. Whatever else ensues may our countey be saved. By order of the dele; Feanvagy 11, 1865. Rebel Version of Mr. Lincoln's Account of the Peace Conference, THEY ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE IT THAT MR. BLAIR WAS AN AUTHORIZED COMMISSIONER. [From the Richmond Sentinel, Feb. 15.) arith ine late uogatations recta s deoper discredit spon the late reflects a iscredit upon him than the report of our own ‘comma oaloners. It con- foases that the interview which he took so muok pains to invite he afterwards took pains to obstruct andto render.abartive; as if Yankee perfidy, worse than Punic faith, must be displayed on this.as upon every other pos- sible oceasion. That the meeting was held at all is due only to accident and General Grant. When our commissioners arrived op- ite to the hostile lines Gencral Grant was away. yneral Ord, commanding the Army of she James, un- willing to assume the responsibility of receiving the gen- tlemen, referred the matter to Washi: . Thence & messenger was promptly deg) to General Ord’s headquarters, with instructions that amounted #0 an exclusion of the Confederate deputies, They were required to yield) everything in issue as a preliminary to @ conference for a settlement, History furaishes a0 Parallel ® such a proceeding. Meantime General Grant returned to his headquarters before Mr. Lincoln's mesenger arrived there; and, act- ing on bis own responsibility, he at once received the Cenfederates, and notified his superiors in Washington. Mr. Lincoln now modified bis instructions for holding our commissioners at bay on the picket lines, so far as to direct their detention at Grant's headquarters until the messenger should arrive with the test that was to repel them. This messenger—a Majer Eckert—seems to have performed the part assigned him with fidelity and sue- cess. He arrived at Grant’s headquarters at fur P. M., ‘nd that same evening notified Mr. Lincoln that he had puta period to the progress of the Confederates, their answer being “not satisfactory.” ‘ At this second critical period General Grant comes again tothe resoue. Just one hour after Major Eckert had telegraphed to Mr. Lincoln that he had arrested tho Confederato embassy, General Grant, at half-pastten P. M,, telographed to Mr. Lincoln “confidentially, but not officially, 0 become a matter of record.’ Mr. Lincoln has not treated the message either as confidential or un- oficial. He has both told it and placed it on the record, aud we have thus learned its contents. He stated to Mr. Lincoln the favorable prepossessions he had derived from conversation with two of the commissioners, the fears be had ¢hat their repulse without an interview would “have a bad énfluence,” and his desire that Mr. Lincoln should himself hold @ conference with them. ‘This instantly changed Mr. Lincoln’s in, and he set out immedigtely for Fortress Monroe, ther he expected to find the commissioners in the tracta- ble mood which General Grant screen: or whether he, too, had been brought to fear the “ influence” of are- fusal to receive them atall, we need not stop to conjecture. It ia sufficient to know whenhe received them he demanded terms that he knew to be utterly inadmineable, and which were intended to be 90; terms which no peo- ple, worthy of being assoctated with by persons who re- spect themselves, ever did oF ever could accept. It is acurious inquiry whether Mr. Lincoln, when he despatched Mr. Blair to the Confederate capital, intended the réle which he has since pl . We nearcely suppose he did. The explanation of his deeply perfidious and dishonorable conduct is probably to be found in the party necessities that press upon him. We Frade the quib- ble, the bad enter prevarication, the ‘kia denial, with which be attempts to disconnect himself with Mr. Blair's mission bere. Such nonsense will impose on no one. Let the mext man who wishes to “go South and return” apply for a “pass” te Mr. Lincoln, and see whether be will be gratified, as he tells us Mr. Blair wae, without any intimation of his object, or of what he pro- 1d to ‘gay or do.”’ Mr, Blair was as much an agent ere as Messrs. ens, Hunter and Campbell were our eae ee, e whole of them, but yet agents the whole of them. The news of what was transpi had, meanwhtle, given great dissatisfaction to that portion of Mr. Lin- coln’s party which is hostile to him, and which numbers ‘a very large majority in the United States Senate, be- sides being extremely formidable in the House. ‘These “radicals,” go-called, of which Sumner and Wade arc MAS 8, BOCOCK, Chairman. types, were horrified at the thought of Ret, Their ne Inca are yet unappeased. ey love to sik in their safe Pignd bid blood flow. Hence an assault was pre; upon Mr. Lincoln in con- nection with this Blair peace negotiation fsom which he from ls frst purpage and bence tat about repelling, the from pul bet ut repelling Conference witich He hed invited, and of coveliiating the ‘wrath of his Congress by fresh indignities to the Confede- rates, It mattered not that he was enacting a deed than which no other could ba more disgraceful to the head of e@onation, Actsou was being bayed by his owm hounds, and he _ red to appease them by opening up a fresh roapect 3 ™ Mr. Lincoln has been successfui only in part. He has stirred the depths of Confederate resentments by the in- sult which be has offered us; but he bas given but indif- ferent satisfaction to his irate Senators, 0 OX which they demanded of him they received in silence. Im the House some applause was heard from his partisans; but his housebold adversaries give him no credit and proffer him no truce, General Lee's Last se aT the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 15.) We tolone al good citizens, wherever it is in Sheir power, to before deserters and absentees from the army the iast appeal that General Lee will ever make to them to return to their duty and resume un- der the fing. . It will be seen that a full and free pardon is now offered to all who will come back within the spe- cified time, but that thenceforth no pardons will be granted either to those who refuse the present offer or to those who are hereafter guilty of desertion. We are sure that General Lee must deeply deplore the necessity of such a determination. No man has a kinder and more benevolent heart; no official, civil or military, has ‘a more honest an@ profound sympathy with the private joldier, He feels their sufferings as his own; and they are wellaware of the fact. Indeed, his tenderness to those under his command has been regarded by some as the only defect in his military character. For our part we honor him for it; but when such a man feels the ue- cessity of proclaiming that, if the present offer of execu- tive clemency is not regarded, there will be Bo more pardon® hereafter, we feel aseared that he means all that ¢ says, and that he will be as inflexible in the execution of bis duty as he is humane and merciful im secking to avoid the terrible necessity. We therefore earnestly entreat all the class whom he addresses to avail themselves of this last offer of pardon, and to return to the standards which they once illus- trated by thetr valor, and to the comrades who are ready to weleome them once more to their side, The most dis- contented must now see that Lincoln is only aiming at subjugation and ruin of their native land; at the elevation of the negro to an equality with them- selves, and compelling them to fight longer and more dread! al ware against #rance and England than thoy will ever be called upon to fight under the Confederate fag. No one pretends to deny or to doubt, mo Yankeo hert- tates to avow, that as soon as the United States succed in putting down “the rebellion” they will drive Franco from Mexico and England from Canada, The troops for that purpose will be drawn from the conquered South; and unless the deserters expect to pass their lives in succesatul escape from military duty they will be fore into the front of this battle, Their only hope as individu. als {# that of their country—in a triumphant resistance to Northern despotiem. ‘There ta no safety for any man except in the path of duty. We invoke the deserters and absentees to listen to their beloved commander, and hasten to retrieve their own honor and the flag of their country. Letthem come back at once, and, with the blessing of God, our independency is secured. Will Peace Follow the subjugation of the Rebels! AN RFFORT TO DISPRL A FANCIED DELUSION OF THE NORTHEAN MIND, {From the Richmond Dispatch, Fob. 15.] Perhaps no idea has had more influence in keeping the convervatives of the North up to the war than the notion that the Interests of the North are vitally involved in the suppression of the rebellion, and that internal peace and ky, wih follow the re-establishment of the old gov- ernine Ii there ever was @ time when tho firet of these propo- sitions was trie, that ime has gone by forever, Have not these conservative classes always contended that slave labor was estential to the enitivation of those South- ern staples upon which Northern commerce and magu- res depended? Have they uot over and over again red to the examples of Jamaica, <t. Domingo and other West India Islands, as evidences of the ruin whieh ve emancipation brings upon the agricuitural and in- dustrial interests of a try? Slavery is now aboliehed by their own gov nt throughout, the United Statea and we would lik Northern conservatives to tell us why the results ha meanure, if it could be carried oot, would be dilferent in the so ten from the Weat India tel pot wilfully blind, that w! , before the late abolition | terday mgroes employed at various = : already o field agains he Fonkens. fee an anxiety to volunteer; and at one of the employed there agreed to enlist ‘for the war,” an atrived in Virgil throw th Equally illusory, it seems to us, is the conceit that in- ternal stability and quiet will follow the overthrow of Southern independence. There ts no reliable foundation for concord and security in any country except liberty and justice. Where a people ber or conceive themselves to be, deprived of both, they will never give up the hope of reclaiming them till they cease to exist. Here the ex- termination theory comes in as an infallible panacea for the recovery of quiet and order, But even if it were peaotlenble, it could not.reach the.causes of sectional agi- ion, which must be looked for, not in the ae but im the class and sectional legislation of the North. ifthe Bouth should Papen worth having under the new order of Bones must cease to be New England if to burthen the new pro] re with just as it did the old, and the sat Up argument and then hy the sword, Just a2 206 en en 10 Bw South s done. But there are case of dinceganian oS in the very constitution of a democracy which always have and always will render it the most unstable of £ e-rments. To universal sui we inay trace, s op derable the evils we are now suffering, and : ha must be its power for mischief when it is extended, foreign mercenaries of the ted ‘the millions of sud- denly emancipated If these last are emancipated, without the rights of citizenship, will they be likely to remain quiet and content? It ought to be Temembered that they will then be accustomed to the uee of arms, and their numbers be no longer contempti- ble from hago of military affairs. they are en- dowed with the right of suffrage, what a boundless feld for Frapay sy the lowest and vilest type. It will be puting fm the hands of men. We ad- dress these reflections only to that class of Northern men which has really believed the interest of American’society involved in Northern success. The trugh is, when the federal government drew the sword at the beginning of this war it introduced an era of internal convulsions which have now no hope even of alleviation except in Southern inde 3 Goid in the Richmond Market. (From the Richmond Examiner, Feb, 14.) ‘The brokers’ combination in Richmond ts still working on the gold market, and baving things its own way. In ee atl February 1, gold sold one for twenty-five. In Mobile on the same day it sold one for twenty-four. Why is it that a dozen men in Richmond are allowed to @ the price of gold in this city one for sixty? The thing on its face is. fiction and a fraud, and an outrage; and it {a high time for lav. and for public opinion to ack upon this matter. @old and Plum Puddings Equally Scarce in the South. without knowledge by moving that the soldiers be regaled for a mouth or $wo on plum puddings. It has been proposed in vayious quarters to pay them in whicb is not a whit more delusive and impossible. While dealing in fancies why not be liberal? How the Rebel Mississippi Regiments Got Out of Tennessee. {From the Sclma (Ala.) Mississippian, Jan. 29.) ‘The Thirty-ninth Mississippi regiment, when it reached Corinth, numbered fifteen, rank and file. This regiment numbered over seven hundred mea, when it leit Florence for Nashville, thus losing almost all, either in killed, wounded or Many of the men could not travel on the retreat in consequence of being barefooted and unable to travel, and therefore were tured. “Ine Thirty-seventh Mississippi regiment suffered al- most asséverely asthe Thirty-ninth. The Thirty-seventh left Florence numbering over siz hundred men, and arrived at Corinth with sizly-three men and siz officers, ‘Thus have two regiments regi- been destroyed, and ments, too, consisting of the ower Of Minsisal ppt. What havoc of human life! Prisoners Awaiting Traneportation from 2 the Ric mo 1 Examines, Feb. 14.) ‘We learn that one : ou sud and fifty of our prisoners have been brought uu.cr the Yankee fing of truce to ‘Aiken's Landing, and are awaiting transportation thence to Richmond, which could not be effected yesterday on account of the ice im the river. Captare of a Rebel Naval . {From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 16.] ‘We learn that a naval party, consisting officers and one hundred men, under*the command of Lieutenant (Tacony) were recently captured b; the Yankees near Smithfold, Isle of Wight county, was Assistant Engineer Toml! of Among the part; the James river eet, who was married the night before We do not deem it prudent to give any inf object of their expedition, and think we are suflciently explicit when we aay that they ee Yank ant 4 revado now, no doubt, ina Yankee joing anytbii tian blessing iBett tuck. ‘ ix @heo Richmond Negroes Arming. BE ica the Richmond Examiner, Feb. 16. ‘The bill to put a number of negroes in the mili ser. to be used in such employments as the Commander. in-Chief may determine, will be taken up in the House of ves this morning. interest has been manifested in this measure since it was known yes- that quite miliary fever had broken out among hospitals here, and that they wolunteer mics to take the Several hundred of them have pitals yesterday fifty-two out of seventy-four oes or- anized themselves into a military company in view of now pending. Personal Matters. the Richmond Sentinel, Feb. 15.) ‘enable, of eeeeLr ins ues by tapers vi jo his escape a rn ‘e up - federate States Navy, hay home protovee to the rank of admiral for meritorious service. Also that Lieutenant J. Taylor Wood, Confederate States Navy, hag been pro- moted to the rank of captain for the like honorable reason. ‘The Charlotte Democrat learns thet the office of Com- missary General was tendered to Colonel Wiiliam John. ston, of that place, and declined. The Hon. Thomas Bennett, ex-Governer of South Carolina, died on the 80th ultima, :at Anderson Court \ a the Richmond Whig, Feb. Bet General W. P. Wofford is on his way to Ni @ with orders from the War Department to take comm: of that department, for the purpose of breaking up all unauthorized military organizations, arresting bush- whackers aad a returning the latter to the army, conscribing and organizing such force ag may be neces- rt cdeument are tree orders, and restore civil and military law in that section. Am Ill Omen for Richmend. ARBIVAL OF GENEWAL BRAGG IN THE @ITY— ‘@OODBY, RICHMOND.” {From the Richmond Enquirer, Feb. 15.) General Braxton Bragg is at present in this city. ‘From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 1 General xton Bi is in Richmond, He has vacated the rooms in the Patton House, on Ninth hereto- fore occupied as headquarters, which will in future be occupied by Geacral 8. Cooper, Adjutant General. General Gideon Pillew GENERAL ORDE! 0. 6. ApsuTaNt AND Ixarecron Ghemnaie Orrics, Ricumonn, Va, Feb, —, 1865. Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow is constituted @om- missary General of Prisoners, and will enter at once upon his duties, as designated in paragraphs 1, 2 and 8, Gene- ral Orders No, 84, 1864. By order, 8. COOPER, Adjutant aud Inspector General Officiaia—HI. L. Cusy, Acting Adjutant General. Freedom of the Rebel Press. THR ANTI-ADMINISTRATION PAPERS THREATENED, From the Richmond Sentinel (Davis’ o1 ), Feb. 14.) ot those members of Congress and those citizens, who refuse to put any unusual restrictions on the of bad men to commit injury im these unusual times, become moral bail for their behavior? Let those who give the password and the run of the camp te the Chronicles and Standards and J’rogresses of the day see to & that they behave themeeives, ‘© confes® ourselves amazed at the fatal weakness or inconsiderateness which revails where energy and Vigor are required to save the ife of the State, All our lately received exchanges ak out with one heart and one voice of the Fortres Monroe negotiation and the duties it has disclosed to us. All, except the Raleigh Progress and the Raleigh Standard, which are still hanging out the while flig for eurvender. The Augusta Chronicle will doubtless aiso take the eame ground. A Sad Story. TO THE EDITOR OF THE KiChMOND DISPATCH. ‘Your paper is such ® friend to tho soldiers that I am sure you will publish a few words in bebaif of their Major wives, Lama soldier's wife, with five little children and an orphan rister to support. My husband has been a prisoner for nearly a year, and I have never received money or help of any kind from the government, the county of Henrico, in which 1 live, or the city of Rich- mond, [have an old father-in-law, who has four fami- Ties, besides thosfamilies of two sons in the army, to aid, He cannot do all this, though he gives us all be bas. I write this to # ggest that the government open a store, at whieli we may buy food, cotton and shoes at govern: ment prices, We look to italone. ‘The rich do not aid ua 1 have parted with my jewelry and part of my clothing and furniture, and my clildron often go to bed hungry. I trust that the government will open some way to us by which we can obtain tho necessaries of Nife. A SOLDIER'S WIFE. The Rebel Associates x [Prom the Selma (Ala) M Yesterday, after paying the Prees Association one hun- dred and fifty dollars fur reports for the month of Jamu- ary alono, and one hundred dollars tolls besides paying ross an Oppressive issippian, Jan, 20.) evel ive cents—our rata share for paper w| which to write the reports fand readers know we have not had at ow whe THE LAZARUS HOMICIDE. Conclusion of the Trial of Bernard Friery for the Killing of Harry Lazarus. OPENING OF THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE. ‘The Killing Admitted, but Temporary tion, Pleaded in Extenua- tion of the Crime. THE RECORDER’S CHARGE. Verdict of Guilty of Murder in the First Degree, ae, Court ef General Sessions. Before Recorder Hoffman. FIFTH Day. ‘The tria e. Bernard Friery for the alleged murder of Harry Lazarus was continued yesterday in this court, ‘which was densely crowded. After the jurors answered to their names ex-Judge Stuart, the associate counsel for the defence, proceeded to epen the case for the prisoner. He said that Friery's counsel would admit that the accused killed Lazarus by stabbing him in the neck, but they would take issue with the prosecution, in denying that it was premeditated murder, Tney would prove that there was no unkind feeling existing between Lazarus and Friery, ana that the prisoner had for several days been grossly intoxicated. The counsel criticized the conduct of the prosecution in not putting ‘California Jack,’ who brought mre into Lazarus’ place on the morning of the killing, on the witness stand. The people also failed to call Clark and McDonald, who were with Friery, and saw everything that Friery did and said at the time of the occurrence. Counsel read the statute defining murder, and said that, although he did not contend that drunkenness palliated crime, he did affirm that it was a reason to be presented to the jury to show that the mind was not ina fit condition to delibe- rately conceive the purpose to murder in the first de- gree. The counsel said that the prisoner stated to them that he had an indefinite recollection of the scene, and that wasall that he could remember about it. The crime the prisoner committed was either manslaughter in the fourth degree or murder in the second degree, Friery, when he perpetrated the act, was temporarily insane from gross intoxication, which the counsel claimed re- duced the crime from murder in tho first degree. Counsel read from “Paley’s Moral Philosophy” in urging that intoxieation was in | measure an excuse for an offence, and discussed at great length judicial decisions going to establish his theory, At the conclusion of his arguinent the court took a recess for half an hour. AFTER RECESS—TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE. Dr. Robinson was called, and stated that when he ex- amined the neck of the deceased he found only one wound, but the neck was in such a condition from blood ‘and clots that it had the appearance of two wounds; the persons who were there were under the impression that. there were two wounds, but on cleaning the blood from the neck there was only one wound. is witness was called to correct the testimony of Dr. Putnam, who was examination of tho neck of the de- ceased, to suppose that there were two wounds.) ‘Mathew Donohue was sworn and examined. He testt- fied that he had known Bernard Friery for ten years, and was with him several days between Christmas and New ‘Yearg day; he was with him up to three o'clock on Tues. day morning, just previous to the murder; they visited peep Colbert's, corner of Howard and Crosby streets; the McClellan Shades, and his own house, in all of which places they drank; Friery drank several times at each place every day and was “‘pretty tight,” “half »” and on one occasion “beastly drunk ;’’ on the jon ious to the killi Friery 4! thirty drinks; witness called on that night about midnight; he wasin bed, and the witness, with two others, ‘went to his room, and they all had five or six drinks to- er; the witness semained up stairs until Friery went wn, which was about three o’clock; some one came up stairs and brought Friery down; witness did not go down stairs then, but he did @fteen minutes afterwards, and saw California Jack, Mc! id, Clark and the barkceper in Friery’s barroom; the Witness did not go into Lazarus’ place, and did not see Friery till two weeks after. The witness was put through a and searching examination by Mr. in reference to the drinking ex- itions he ith the prisoner. He swore that ery and he drank about forty times tach; the witness took cigars sometimes, which he enumerated as a “drink,” and did not generally take “hard drinks;” Frie- ry always paid for them and spent a good deal of money, bat he could not tell how much. Thomas Hale, keeper of a saloon next to — testi- fied that he saw the prisoner tn thereon Monday after- noon, the 24 of January; he was very drunk and much under the influence of liquor; the prisoner dran! four or five times; he had been drinking for a number of and he was kind of wild; knew Friery for two years. examined—I saw Harry on Monday night, about ten o'clock, standing on his own stoop. John Moran, a boy an at No. 16 Houston street, testified that he was acting for the barkeeper on the day before the killing of Lazarus; Friery was in the barroom in the afternoon and drank about ten times with others; he was drunk; he stayed about an hour, and during that time he ordered about eight dollars worth of drinks. Captain James D. Hawes, sworn, and examined by ex- Judge Stuart, testified as follows:— Captain Hawes, do you know Friery? A. Yee, sir. Were you in his place, No. 14 Houston street, on New Year's day—the Previous to the killing? A. was Sunday? @ The killing was on Monday night—were you there on Monday afternoon? A. Yes, sir; 1 was there on Sun- , and was there Monday too. ee ate, any time during that after. noon or evening? A. Yes, sir. @ What time—about what hour did yousee bimt A. On the second day of Jan sir? A. 1 saw him in the Ey and two o'clock; and think it ‘was between six and seven in the evening. Mery he. Where did .on both occasions? A. In the morning I was going Houston street and T saw bim at 16 street. Q. That is Stewart's place?’ A. Ido not Know who it ts kept by. @ What did you see of him on that occasion? A. He was drunk. Q You again saw him between six and seven—where? A. At his own place. @ In what condition was he and what did you eee of him? A. He was lying on the table beastly drunk. @ In his own barroom beastly drunk? A. noe Q State what there were of his being tly drank; how did he look, and what was there you noticed about him? A. I came into the house with a friend of mine; we were out making some calls; he lay on his table; he had a diamond pin in his bosom; I tok it out and put it in my own bosom; he was lying on the broad of his back, and froth was coming out of his mouth. @ Did he speak or recognize any ene? A. No, sir; ho did not know anything about me having the ‘pin at all, Q How long did you remain there? A. I rr not over five or six minutes; I might have remained longor— I could not say positively—and left. Did you see him at all after that? A. No, sir. Panay —, Fans oy petty a Saturday or Lew may vious in his house? A. not sa) ively; | it have been in and out. deeeveds Were you there on the occasion when you saw any- thing of this character; a drunken man in his place, from whom he took a knife? A. On the night previous, on Sunday night, the lst of January, I was passing the door, with some friends, and bg 4 went in with mo; there came a gentleman across the street and asked Friery to go across the street and fetch a man across that was drunk; Friery says to me, “Will you go over?” I told bim ‘Yea;”” ‘me and my this man ou! wase dirk end went over to fetch and in fetching him down the steps there nife fell out of his pocket, in a sheath; ife ap and put it in his mop an to his place and laid him on some @ Bo you know what his name was? A. Philip Brady ; be is in Savannah now. Q Did you soe that knife after that occasion? A. I do not recollect of seeing it afterwards. Q Just describe knife again tothe jury. A. It was a knife with « blade about ight or ten inches lo with a red sheath; it was a very heavy knife; I seen ft and looked at it that night; I saw it was avery bad weapon; Ido not think it had two edges; I think it had a back to it. ne ‘An open fixed blade? A, It was one of those sheath ven. Q. You were not in there during the evening of Mon- day night? A. Yes air, that was tho time, between six and seven. neue mean after that time were you in, Captain? A. jo sir. ‘The witness, on his, cross-examination, said that he hac been in the United States detective business in Missouri, Connsel for the prisoner stated that a witness named Smith, Friery'# barkeepor, was summoned, but failing to appear, they were compelled to close the case without the benefit of his testimony, The District Attorney and the counsel for the prisoner then submitted a series of legal propositions relative to the crime of murder; after which Mr, John Sedgwick” proceeded in an eloquent and yet unaffected strain to address the jury in bebalf of the prisoner at the bar, re- roarking that hé would arge the proposition, from the evidence, that, at the time of the Pomicide, the defend. ant did not intend to kT Lazarus, He drew a picture of the scene of the transaction and the a, and then proceeded to disc: the evidenoe, lat ing that the i H z | g i re i * aid F if i # ry 44 ii Baa Ee ite # i PEELE ) ‘excusable or justifiable homicide, according or circumstances of the case. Such killing, hter, or excusable or shall be murder in the a enemy pd design to effect the death of the person killed, or of any human being. Second— en an act Gangssous ter, in He i i Rodge! Evidence 1p mainiy for the pur- be of man. The celebrated case of the agai ‘was dwelt upon to sustain ition. regard to intoxication was admit Bie pean cet pone” teense, te er. Ip conclusion, e Recorder read ulowibg” propositions, submitted by counsel for the. ner, and with @ few slight modifications chaiges them to the jury:— baa m4 secopriol ae of mereee in fying jegree it is necessary for the progécution to show, affirm: atively, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the prisoner had an intent to kill the degreased. Second—That thie intent must be shown to have been action formed and determined before the act which caused the death was completed. ‘Third—That if such intent were not entirely formed and determined before the act which caused the death was completed, the prisoner cannot be convicted of murder in the first degree. Fourth—That the prosecution must affirmatively prove that the prison- er’s mind was in a condition to form this intent. Fifth— ‘That if the prisoner’s mind, from whatever cause, was incapable of forming this intent, he cannot be convicted of murder in the first degree. Sixth—That the condition of the prigoner’s mind is to be judged of from all the ctr- cumstances of the case. Seventh—That if the jury be- eve the mind of the prisoner, at the time of the homi- cide, was affected by intoxication, such intoxication is a circumstance in the case which the jury should consider in determining whether the prisoner had a perfected in- tent to take the life of the deceased. Eighth—That if the jury find that at such time the prisoner's mind was affected by intoxication, and if the fact of intoxication rasie any doubt in the minds of the jury as to what was the intent of the ner, or whether he had any intent, the ary should not convict of murder in the first degree. ‘Ninth—That the presumption of law that # man intends the natural and probable consequences of his own act is based upon the usual and ordinary condition of the mind of men, and should not be applied strictly to the case of @ man Whose mind is shown not to be in the usual and ordinary condition of the mind of men. Tenth—That this is but a presumption of law, and if the jury find from the facts of the case that, although the natural result of the act,of the prisoner was the loss of life, yet the prison did‘not intend or design that such should be the result of his act, then the jury should disregard the presump- tion. Eleventh—That in applying this presumption to this case the jury should consider the fact of intoxica- tion of Bron ggg oll if they believe such intoxication to have Twelfth—That if the jury Gnd that the risoner was intoxicated at the time or times he is sworn to bave used any expression, they.are bound to consider such intoxication in ascertaining the meaning and weight to be attributed to the-expression. Thirteenth—That as in the case of words ased by the er, 60 alse in con- sidering the acts of the er proven in this case, the jury should not the intoxication of the prisoner, aa believe he was intoxicated at the time of such The jury retired a few moments before eleven o'clock, and were onty absent a quarter of an hour, when they returned to the court room, amid the breathless and almost death-like stillness which pervaded the minds of the assembled audience. The Clerk asked the usual question, if they had agreed upon a verdict, to which the Foreman replied that the had. The prisoner was directed to rise, which he di yaerenpon the Clerk said:—How say you, gentlemen; do you find Bernard Friery guilty or not guilty? foreman—Guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner looked solemn while the verdict was being rendered, but afterwards exhibited ia his demeanor apparently the utmost indifference. The Recorder or- dered bim to be remanded. Thus terminated a case which has created as much excitement in the public mind, perbaps, as any criminal trial that has taken place in this city for many years; and when the convincing nature of the testimony 18 considered (against which the legal learning and the great ability of the distinguished counsel for the prisoner vainly contended), the result must satisfy the community, who, no doubt, now con- gratulate themeelves that human life will be considered more sacred by young New York than it has beer for. years past. e execution of this unfortunate criminal ‘will prove the most wholesome example to the lawless portion of this metropolis that could be adorded, and at a n life is considered so cheap. rors summoned last week, and who were rejected Friery Ft Ae cmc to attend next Mon- day, as the week will be oceupied by Assistant District Attorney Hutchings in disposing of cases ready for tial. Broeklyn City News. 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