The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1865, Page 4

BROADWAY THEATSE, Broadway.—Lovis XI. PEs aa == 2PXTES GARDEN, Broadway.—Bvsarsooy's Farex>— ‘AREOLA ae, Seat er eADADEMY OF MUSIC, Fouriconth eicoot.— Hannan, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Stna- 1, ves, &¢.—Eu Nino Eppie—Dopeine ANCING, BURLESQ! vos 4 Wire. AMERICAN THEATRE. No. 444 Broadwag.—Eruiorian Mineraxisy— Pantomans, SuRLEsQUES, &¢.—8a- wan’s Youna J. BLITZ NEW HALL, 720 Bi —PaLaoe or Iniv- mou—IwreaLupe—LEagreD Cant ,. RYS—VENTRILOQUISM, AC. VANNUCHI’S MUSEUM, 600 Broadway.—Movine W. Frovaxrs or Passient Lixcoun, Jurr. ‘Dave, a” sidan NEW YORE MUSEUM ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.o Open from 10 A. M. till 10 P. M. 2 New York, Tuesday, September 12, 1865. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. ‘ Advertisements for the Weex.y Heratp must de handed tn before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its cir- culation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- serted in the Warx.y Hexaup will thus be seen bys large portion of the active and energetic people of the United States. TRIAL OF WIRZ. On the opening of the Wirz court martial yesterday counsel for the prisoner asked that time, facilities and means should be granted by the government for the pro- duction of a number of additional witnesses for the defence now in distant parts of the South. The Judge Advocate replied that every facility in this respect that had been requested by the accused at the commence- mont of the trial, and even more, had alrendy been given; but still the court wished to be as generous in the matter as possible consistent with its duty. A deliberation with closed doors thereupon took place, after which it was annouuced that a decision would be given when the counsel should produce a list of the names and residences of the desired witnesses, anda statement of what is proposed to be proven by them. The prisoner’s counsel also made remarks in- volving the integrity of some of the prosecution's wit- nesses, suggesting that improper influences had been brought to bear upon them, and stated that some of those summoned in Wirz’s behalf had been induced to testify against him. Timo was given to prove the asser- tions. These proceedings occupied a considerable por- tion of the day’s session, after which General Wilson was placed on the stand, and testified that he did not in- struct the officers whom he sent to arrest Wirz to prom- ise him that he should have the immunities of a paroled Prisoner of war, but only that his life should be secure on his way to his place of imprisonment. The General also gave evidence in regard to affairs at the prison pen and the horrible condition of over two hundred prisoners who wore still there when he arrived. A few other wit- (geases were also examined. EUROPE. ‘Three European steamers—the City of New York, from Queenstown on August 31; the Teutonia, from Hamburg on August 27, and the Bremen, from Southampton on August 80—arrived at this port yesterday. ‘The details of news brought by these vessels possess considerable interest. The rapid development of the Fenian organization, in spite of the avowed opposttion of the Catholic church and the hostility of the omtire Irish press, is one of the most singular features of the news. Evi- dence of the extended ramifications of the brotherhood in Ireland was cropping up in every direction. Noc- turnal drilling in the mountains and tho marching of whole companies in the dusk of the evening have ceased to excite surprise. At Sligo, in the west of Ireland, a Fenian member of the militia had been arrested, and from other sources we learn that Fenianism prevails to a largo extent among that organization. In the South the Cork Constitution admits that the Fenians ere daily in- creasing and gathering strength and numbers. ° Stray ‘travellers have at various times come aggoss two or three hundred men drilling together, and bave been warned to pursue their way and keep dark as to what they had seen. The Cork Examimer, a Catholic paper, edited by Mr. McGuire, M. P., does not attempt to deny the sign ficanco of the movement now progressing, but urges that no support can be expected from either America or France, and that consequently the efforts of the Fenians can only result in oyerwhelming disaster to themselves and to Troland. In England serious apprehensions have been excited. The London Morming Post, rogarded as a min- dsterial organ, strongly calls for government interposi- tion before the movement has gone too far. Considerable significance attaches to English move. mente in China. It would seem as if the British govern- ment were repeating in that country their East Indian Policy of commercial intervention, war and annexation. in view of the alloged capture of Pekin by a section of the Chinese rebels some of the most influential British papers are already discussing the necessity of active English intervention in that quarter. ‘Tho alloged attompt to kidnap George N. Sanders in Montreal had drawn forth some gascous abuse from the tory London Herald, and characteristic testimonial to Sandors’ character from Mackay, lately Now York cor- respondent of the London Z¥mes.* THE NEWS. A large delegation of representative gentlemen from the various lately rebellious States, now in the national capital on business connected with the re-establishment ‘ef civil government in their respective Commonwoalths, called on President Johnson yesterday in a body, for the purpose of paying their respecte, The President received’ them most cordially, and ad- ‘Groased them at some length. He alluded to the oppo- site course which he and they had taken at the com- moncoment of the rebellion, but was glad to see that the Southern people, after having submitted their contest with the government to the arbitrament of the sword and lost, now frankly admitted their defeat, and were manifesting a disposition to ogain become good citizens of the United States, He assured them that every pos- sible facility which he and the other governmental officers could give in the work of restoring to them civil govern- ‘ment would be promptly an@ cheerfully rendered, and the hoped to see them soon again fully enjoying their old {position ih the United States, He said there was no dis- position on the part of the government to deal harshly with the South, and that, although he dreaded disinte- Gration, he was strongly opposed toconsolidation of pow- or in Washington. Last evening Secretary Seward had a reception, when, fn addition to the numerous other visitors, the principal portion of the Southem dotegation which called upon the President during the day was prese.'. They wore received by Mr, Seward and other mc: \ ers of the Cabi- net in @ manner equally as affable 1 fran as that with which they wore greeted at © + Execv *ten- wion, The tone of the remarks of 0 Secretar . was similar to that of those made by the President, and, whilo stating that the government's policy was to restore and Improve the South, not to injure it, he remarked that at the same time sure work must be made of pre- eorving the of the nation. Provit Governor Marvin, of Florida, bas issued his proclamation ordering en election for delegates to a convention to be held on the 10th of October pr ee EE re ‘m4 Poaus; on, rumor which we have so often previously had of the flight of Juarez and the taking of his capital, othe olty of Obihuahua, by Maximilian’s troops, bas at last proved true, They entered it on the 16th of August. The other imperial victory was the oocupa- tion of the town of Hermosillo, a place of less than nine thousand inhabitants, which the republicans had pre- viously evacuated. These affairs, though of no great importance, were being made much of in celebrations and illaminations by the imperialists, and a special steamer had been despatched from Vera Crus for France to convey the intelligence of them. ‘The Bate election took place in Maine yesterday. It passed off very quietly, and the vote was numerically much less than that of last year. Though very few re- turns have yet been reosived, it is thought that the ma- jority for the republican candidates will be about fifteen thousand, Mr. Cony being re-elected Governor. John ©. Breckinridge, late rebel Secretary of War, ar- rived in Quebec yesterday from Liverpool. The Board of Councilmen was to have held a seasion yesterday ; but there was not a quorum present when the roll was called, whereupon the President declared the Board adjourned till Thureday next. ‘The first ocean yacht race that ever took place in thie country was carried into effect yesterday by Messrs. G. A. Oagood and J. G. Bennett, Jr., owners of the yachts Fleetwing and Henrietta, both of which vessels set sail in the morning from the lightship off Sandy Hook. The starting signal was given at eighteen minutes to eight o'clock, when the yachts got under way and were soon out of sight. The distance to be gone over—from the Hook to Cape May and back—amounts to two hundred and twelve nautical miles, and it is expected that the trip will require some twenty-four hours for its perform- ance. The Fleetwing was sailed by Captain Harris, and her rival by Captain Richard Brown, whose name is con- nected with the effloits achieved by the yacht Amorica during her visit to England. A large number of spectators yesterday assembled at the foot of Delancey street to witness the contest be- tween the steamers Algonquin and Winooski, so long anticipated and talked about; but it did not commence, and the opinion entertained by many is that it never will. The Winooski was fully manned, supplied and prepared to begin the contest; but the Algonquin was not, some portions of her machinery being in the course of repairs, and so those who had assembled at the place were compelled to go away disappointed. John Thomas was yesterday brought up for final exami nation before United States Commissioner Stilwell on a charge of having, in the month of December last, passed two one hundred dollar counterfeit bills on the proprie- tors of the saloon 165 Chatham street. Thomas having succeeded, on two stparate occasions, aa alleged, in passing the bills ia quostion, kept aloot from tho saioon; but some three months afterwards was identified in William street and given into the custody of the police. His first examination on the charge took piace in June last, and was then, and on different other subsequent occasions, postponed at his request. Yesterday he brought up three winesses to swear to an alibi; but they having failed_to prove one to the Commissioner's satis- faction, the accused was committed for trial. An examination took place yesterday before United States Commissioner Osborn of the charges against Cap. tain Anderson, of the American ship Villafranca, alluded to in Sunday's Herat, of crucl treatment of emigrant passengers while on a recent voyage from London to this port. Anumber of the passengers made sworn stato ments, and the Commissioner thereupon issued his war- rant for the arrest of the accused. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Felippo Echberry, an Italian, was convicted of burglariously en- tering the jewelry store of Mr. George W. Chace, in the Bowery. He was caught in the store, and attempted to take the life of the officer by using a large dirk knife. Judge Russel sent him to the State Prison for five years? A man who gave his name as William Burton delivered himself up to the authorities, to be punished for defraud- ing the government of six hundred dollars bounty money. Tho City Judge sent him to United States District Attor- ney Dickinson. It is believed that Burton is deranged. Yesterday was the time set down for the further in- vestigation in the Tombs Police Court of the charges of fraud in connection with the Mooseland Gold Mining Company, of Nova Scotia, wherein E. S. Barrett made allegations against Charles J, Anthony of swindling him out of a considerable sum of money by false representa- tions im regard to the property. However, on account of the non-appearance of the complainant or his counsel at the time to which the case was adjourned, the complaint was dismissed and the bond cancolled. Surrogate Tucker commenced the September term of his court yesterday. In January last there were forty cases on the calendar, which number has now been reduced to twenty. Testimony in the case of the will of Mary C. Dakin was taken yesterday, and the decision reserved. By the industry of the Surrogate the business of the court has now been brought within reasonable bounds. The examination into the alleged frauds in the Brook- lyn Navy Yard was conciuded before Commissioner New- ton yesterday, and a decision in the case will be rendered on next Monday. The Board of Fire Commissioners held thoir regular meeting yesterday. At this meeting threo additional metropolitan companies were organized and full appoint- ments made. One hundred unattached firemen living in the Third and Fourth districts applied for organization under the paid system. ‘Two more contracts for house alterations were confirmed—one in Clinton stroet, coating $12 50, the othor in Marion streot, costing $16 50. Forty houses are now undergoing necessary changes for horses, &¢. An elaborate system of metropoli tan uniforms was proscribed for the officers and mombers, one of the principal fanovations being the substitution of a blue for@red fire shirt, Measures to introduce the fire telegraph instead of the presont alarm bell plan of alarms are being matured. Various removals, transfers and promotions of employes were made. Some appointments were also made. There are six thousand applications for various positions on file in the office of the Board. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Tammany de- mocracy of the Twenty-first ward was held last night at Jackson Hall, in Third avenue, to ratify the action of t] recent Democratic State Convention and the ticket wh: it nominated. Speeches were made by Messrs. Lawrence Kiernan, Henry R. Clinton and others, and resolutions endorsing the State platform, the ticket and President Johnson's reconstruction policy were unanimously adopted, A coroner's inquest was held yesterday over the re- mains of John Fillo, who died at the New York Hos- pital from the effects of burns received on the occasion of the late fire in the reworks store 16 John street, The jury's verdict gave as the cause spontaneous com- bustion of certain pyrotechnic articles, consured Mosers. Edge & Co. for carelessness in the manufacture of the same, and recommended that the Common Council should pass a more stringent ordinance in rogard to the storage of flreworks. fome fifteen hundred pupils of the German schools in this city celebrated, at Jones’ Wood yosterday, under the auspices of their principals and teachers, a grand schoo! festival in imitation of the juvenile sports that are customary in Switzerland and Southern Germany. There wore eight schools represented, The juveniles were en- gaged in n series of exercisesand sports. Several choruses were rendered, among others the ‘Star Spangled Banner,” and the pupils of the Turn school wore en- gaged in a series of gymnastic exhibitions, which formed the most attractive part of the festivities. A yerolution was adopted in the Brooklyn Board of Aliermen, yesterday afternoon, directing the Board of Health to inquire into the alleged misconduct of the Health Officer at Quarantine in permitting infected ves- sels to come to the city to discharge their cargoes, in vio- lation of law, a. A negro, named Horare Alock, who on nA | upon her, after which he entered the house @nd robbed it of all portable articles of vaiue he could find, and then succeeded in making his eecape before an alarm could be given, He bas not, up to the present time, been arrested. The taking of the census of Jersey City has just been completed, and gives as the present population 37,861, being an increase of 8,106 since 1860, when the total number of inhabitants was 29,256. According to the City Inspector's report, there were 576 deaths in the city during the peat week—being ania /| 208; external causes, &c., 36° There were 407 natives of the United States, 95 of Ireland, 48 of Germany, 10 of England, 11 of Scotland, and the balance of various for: ‘eign countries. ‘The sock market was firm yosterday, with the excep- tion of Erie. Gold was steady, and closed et 14430 i was continued buoyancy and activity in the merchandise markets yesterday,and the business trans- } acted was at very full prices, save ina very few excep- tional cases. . Foreign goods wore -held firm. Groceries were moderately active and firmer. Cotton was higher, Petroleum was buoyant and firm. On ‘Change flour and grain were heavy and lower, Provisions were stoady. Lard and tallow wore active and highor. Whiskey was rather firmer. Thaddeus ns re Recon- struction. Sweeping Confiseation or Repudiation. The speech of the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, which we publish to-day, is a most important one, as it may be accepted as an authoritative exposition of the Southern recon- struction policy of the abolition Jacobin Club. As chairman of the House Committee of Ways and Means of the late Congress, as a leader in all the confiscation acts and other pains and penalties against rebels passed by that and the preceding Congress, and as the recognized osacle of the Pennsylvania radicals, Thaddeus Stevens, it may be fairly assumed, has in this speech declared the programme of the impla- cable revolutionary abolition school to which he belongs. ‘ The Jacobin programme, from first to Laat, is one of unqualified hostility to the Southern policy of President Johnson. He proposes the restoration of rebel property as tast and as far as possible; Stevens proposes William the Con- queror’s “ Domesday Book ” of confiscation, or the alternative of repudiation and universal bankruptcy. The President is treating the late insurgent States as States that have never been out of the Union; Stevens accepts them “in the position in which they placed themselves—as severed from the Union, an independent gov- ernment de facto, an alien enemy, to be dealt with according to the laws of war.” Upon any other basis, he contends, Jeff. Davis cannot be convicted of treason, and that “ the same diffi- culties will exist in attempting forfeitures, which can only follow conviction in States protected by the constitution; and then, it is said, only for the life of the malefactor.” In short, ac- cording to Stevens, the rebel States must be treated to the fullest extent of the powers of the conqueror as subjugated alien enemies; for that otherwise in the work of reconstruction we are only planting the seeds of another rebellion. His programme, therefore, is that of Senator Sumner—to hold said States “in a territorial condition until they are fit to form State consti- tutions, republican in fact, not in form only, and ask admission into the Union as new States.” He does not touch on the question of negro suffrage. He is dealing with the subject in a broader view. Congress may prescribo the qualifications of voters ina Territory, but no- where else; but “the President,” he maintains, “has not even this or any other power to med- dle in the subject, except by advice of Congress.” But here Mr. Stevens forgets the almost unlim- ited discretionary war powers conferred upon the President by Congress for the suppression of the rebellion, and that the powers thus con- ferred have not been recalled, but are still in force. All this, however, goes for nothing with this Jacobin reconstructor, who insists upon treating our late rebellious Southern brethren assubjugated alien enemies. He accordingly proposes the forfeiture of the estates of the leading rebels, to the extent of 394,000,000 acres, the distribution of 40,000,000 acres of these lands to the emancipated blacks, and the devotion of the remainder, 354,000,000 acres, to the redemption of the national dobt. This debt, he maintains, will be over four thousand millions of dollars, when it is all funded, and then we shall have to raise an- nually, by taxation, $470,000,000 to meet the interest and current expenses, a burden which he holds the people cannot bear. Like Wen- dell Phillips, therefore, Thaddeus Stevens pre- sents his plan of reconstruction, or tho alterna- tive of repudiation, financial chaos and univer- sal anarchy. The new platform of Thaddeus Stevens and his Jacobin associate leaders and their fol- lowers, in his own words, is this:—“The broad platform of reconstructing the government out of the conquered ferritory of the South, con- verted into new and free States, and admitted into the Union by the sovereign power of Con- gress, with another plank—the property of the rebels should pay our national debt and indemnify treedmen and loyal sufferers, and that under no circumstances will we permit the national debt to be repudiated or tho interest sealed below the contract rates, or any part of the rebel debt to be assumed by the nation.’ ” Still, if this national war debt cannot be redeemed without the sweeping Southern con- fiscations proposed they must be adopted, according to Stevens, or repudiation must fol- low, with all its fearful consequences. Will Congress adopt this Jacobin pro- gramme? Will either house attempt it against the numerous manifestations from all parties in the loyal States in favor of the restoration policy of President Johnsont We should think such an attempt out of the question if experience had not taught us that the threats of these abolition Jacobins are invariably fol- lowed up by action. We may look, therefore, for a violent and persistent effort on the part of the radicals in the coming Congress to upset the‘conservative restoration policy of ‘the Pre- sident, and to enforce the revolutionary Jaco- bin policy of Stevens, Sumner, Chase, Wendell Phillips and their followers. Hence the duty devolving upon the people of the loyal States in the approaching elections of manifest- ing their approval of President Johnson's course and their condemnation of this abolition Jacobin programme, in a voice which cannot be misinterpreted. Tar Navy Derartwent Bacgnvo Montaomany n.—An official in the Navy Department is before the commencement of the war, to pro- vision the garrison in Fort Sumter. bas evidently been made for the express purpose of badking up the speech of Montgomery Blair in his assault upon Seward and other members of the Cabinet, and with » view to help him in the fight which he has taken upon himself against his old associates. Better let all such matters come out in their natural way, accom- panied with all the facts, pro and con, instead of dragging out ex parte statements for particu- lar purposes. If Mr. Fox desires to contribute facts to the history of the last four years he can, without doubt, furnish some valuable informa- tion, which will not only be important, but highly interesting. Let him give an account of the inside workings of the Navy Depart- ment—how much it has cost the country by stealings, and how many persons have made themselves millionaires through the fat jobs and contracts, with the names of the parties, and he will then be contributing facts worth knowing. Ho should add to the list the names of all Gideon Welles’ relatives, as well as his own, who have had fat jobs. We know that one of Mr. Welles’ relatives had the benefit of two anda half per cont commission for some time; but the public desire to know how many more there are of the same kind who have not been. smoked out. Come, Mr. Fox, now your hand is in, let us bave a chapter on those facts. The Military Power of the President. When a nation strips for battle law is one of the garments that it casts aside; and hence the powers given to the President specially for the prosecution of the late war made his will superior to law, enabled him to act from that will, and constituted him the judge of the ne- cessity for such action. He was practically made a dictator. It is a recognized fact, a great deal older than the language in which we expreas it, that desperate diseases require des- perate remedies. An attempt on the life of a nation, made in defiance of all law, could not of course be controlled in the ordinary course of law ; and law was set aside. Law is made for the protection and welfare of the citizen ; and the welfare of any citizen, or of any-class of citizens, is of course secondary to the exist- ence of the State. And this consideration jus- tified in every man’s mind the power given to the President even to the suspension of the habeas corpus—a power that imperilled the civil rights of every one for the sake of the civil rights of all. The suspension of the habeas corpus was the promise and agreement of every man that he would not let the assertion of bis individual rights, even of his right to personal liberty, stand in the way of the government in ita offorts to save the country. This made the President a dictator in simple fact, and no one objected to it, or snarled at it, but the copper- heads and aiders and abettors of the enemy. All this is agreeable to what has happened many times before in the history of republics.- Though it may seem paradoxical, it is true that republics are at times required to exercise a more positively despotic power than is ever seen ina monarchy; and the fact that they can exercise it and then return to the moderation of their natural form of government is the grand- est teat of the perfect operation of the republi- can system. In @ monarchy the centralized power that is ita greatest vice—that oppresses the people—is always sufficient, without extra- ordinary means, to crush revolt. It seldom needs to set aside law, though this is partly be- cause it has not accorded laws that insure popu- lar rights, But republics have always resorted to despotic power in times of danger, and per- haps always must. Rome, in her early days, bestowed dictatorial power on several occa- sions, and memorably in the case of Cincinna- tus. The English commonwealth would have perished in miserable discords if Cromwell had not seized the dictatorial power, and the French revolution would have been remembered only asa series of marvellous brutalities if the ap- pointment of a dictator in the First Consul had not “saved it.” But the difficulty in the major- ity of such cases has been that the people did not know how to return to the tormer condi- tion. They did not know how to restore the original operations of the government when the dictator had accomplished what he was ap- pointed for, and.hence, in too many cases, the dictator bas ruined the country he was elevated to save. But this is a point in whigh we have an ad- vantage over former governments—an advan- tage that we owe to the great progress of physi- cal acience—to the press—the telegraph—steam communication—the world of modern inven- tions—and the consequent enlightenment and general intelligence of the people. We know how to return to the original natural order of our government, and have practically done so in most matters. But the laws by which we made the President dictator are still in force. The habeas corpus is still suspended, and if the President chooses to see a military necessity anywhere no one can dispute his power. It is singular that there should be a party in our midat in favor of keeping this up, and indis- posed to let the “military necessity” die out. It is singular that there should be a party which opposes the President in his evident desire to relinquish his dictatorial powers—that opposes the return to the natural order. And it is sin- gular that this party should be the very one that has made the most noise about freedom— meaning nigger freedom. This party advocates the retention of the military necessity only for the Southern States, so that they can control those States, But this is absurd. There are no rebels now, and the law for one part of the country is the law for the other, and thus we see the great party of nigger freedom—these frionds of humanity—these progressive fellows— clamoring, intriguing, fighting and snarling to keep down our republican safeguards, and to retain the dictatorship with which the country invested the President for a special purpose. Tar Fare or Anti-Joungon Resowvtions.—It has been s noticeable peculiarity of all the State conventions thus far that whenever any young man came along with a lot of antiJohn- son resolutions all the older politicians would unite to hustle him out and squelch his silly rhetoric, This was particularly the oase with Signor Mantilini Marbleu, the chief cook of Belmont and Barlow's Bohemian club. He went up to the democratic caucus on the State Con- vention platform with his hat full of anti-John- son resolutions, all of which he intended to have inserted in the party creed. But Mr. John B. Haskin elbowed him out of the room and threw his correspondence into the waste basket, so that the documents were afterwards discovered in another department of the Delevan House, for which, if they were not designed, thoy were, FEBALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, "1860: Visit to the White House of Latge Delogation trom the Sou Cordial Reception and Address to Them by the President, Gratification at the Frank Conduct of Leading Rebels. Every Possible Assistance to Speedy Reor- ganization Will be Given. No Bitterness Towards the South Enter- Disintegration and Consolidation. The Southerners at Mr. Seward’s Reception. Interesting and Amicable Inter- view With the Secretary and Other Cabinet Officers. &e. &. &o. a : Wasarncrow, Sept. 11, 1866. A large number of Southern men at present in Wash+ ington on business connected with the re-establishment of civil government in their respective States, called on the President this morning by appointment, and had a long and agreeable interview. They first assembled in the East room of the White House, and organized by calling Mr. Phillips, of Alabama, to the chair. Judge Lockrane stated their object to be to call upon the President before their departure, as an act of cour- tesy, and to express to him their unqualified confidence in the justice and magnanimity of the government in the matter of reconstruction On motion, Messrs. Blias, of Alabama; McFarland, of Virginia; Whit», of Texas; Cannon, of South Carolina; Bass, of Arkansas; Wilkins, of Mississippi; Lockrane, of Georgia, and Baker, of Florida, were designated to indi vidually present to the President such persons as were present from their respective States. MR. M'FARLAND’S SPEECH. The delegation was admitted soon after eleven o'clock, and preegnted to the President as follows by Mr. McFar- land, of Virginia: — Mr. Prearpeyt—The gentlemen accompanying me, and whom I have the honor of introducing to you, constitute a number of the most respectable citizens of nine of the Southern States, They come, sir, for the purpose of manifesting the sincere respect and regard they enter: tain for you, and to express their sincere determination to co-operate with you in whatever shall tend to promote the interests and welfare of our common country, and to say that they areas earnest now and faithful to their allegiauce to tho United States and to the constitution of the Union as in the past, and that they haye great con. dence in your wisdom to heal the wounds that have been made, and in your disposition to exercise all the loniency which can be commended by a sound and judi- cious policy. That they are assured, in doing this, of your desire and intention to sustain and maintain Southern rights in the union of tho United States PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S REPLY. The Prosidont was surprised at the imposing appear- ance of the delegation, and was evidently much affected in reply. Every gesture and utterance was full of sub- dued eloquence, The reply waa as follows: — GavTLemen—I can only say, in reply to the remarks of vour chairman, that f am highly gratified to receive the assurances he bas given me. They are more than [could have expected under the circumstances, I must say I was unprepared to receive so numerous a delegation on this occasion ; it was unexpected; I had nofifea it was to be so largo or represent so many States. When I ex pressed as I did my willingness to see at any time so many of you as chose todo me the honor to. call upon me, and stated that I should be gratified at receiving any manifestations of regard you might think properto make, T was totally unprepared for anything equal to the pre sent demonstration T am free to say it excites in my mind feelings and emotions that language is totally inade- quate to express. When I look back upon my past actions and recall a period scarcely more than four short yeara ago, when I stood battling for principles witch many of you opposed and thonght were wrong, [ was battling for the same principles that actuate me to. day, and which princtples 1 thank my God you have come forward on this occasion to manifest a disposition to support. say now, as Chave said on many formor occasions, that I entertain no personal resentments, en- mities or animosities to any living soul south of Mason ‘and Dixon's line, however much he may have differed from mo in principle.. The stand I then took I claim to have been the only true one. I remember how I stood pleading with my Southern brethren when thoy stood with their hats in their hands ready to turn their backs upon the United States; how I implored them to stand with me there and maintain our rights and fight our bat- tles undor the laws and constitution of the United States. I think now, as I thought then, and endeavored to induce ‘them to believe, that our true position was undor the law and under the constitution of the Union with the inspitution of slavery in it; but if that principle made an issue that rendered a disintegration possible—if that made an issue which should prevent us ffm transmitting to our children a country as ‘bo- queathed to us by our fathors—I had nothing olse to do but stand by the government, be the consequences what they might; I said then, what you all know, that I was for the institutions of the country as guaranteed by the constitution, but above all things I was for the Union of the Statoa, I remomber the taunts, the jeers, the scowls with which was treated. I remember the circle that stood around me, and remember tho threats and intimida- tions that were freely uttered by the men who opposed moe, and whom I wanted to befriend and guide by the light that led me; but feeling conscious tn my own in- togrity, and that I was right, [ heeded not what they might say or do to me, and was inspired and encouraged to do my duty regardless of Gught else, and have lived to see the realisation of my predictions and the fatal error of those whom I vainly essayod to save from the resulta [ could not but foresee. dentlemon, we have passed through this rebel- lion. I say we, for it was we who are responsible for it. Yos, the South made the issue, and I know the nature of the Southern people woll enough to know that when they have become convinced of aa error they frankly aoknowledgo' it, in manly, open, direct manner; and now, in the performance of that duty, or, indeed, in any act they undertake to perform, they do it heartily and frankly; and now that they come to me I understand them aa saying that:—“We made the issue. We set up the union of the States against the institution of slavery; wo selected as arbitrator the God of battles; the arbi- trament was the sword. The issue was fairly and honor- ably met. Both the questions prosented have been set- tled against us, and we are prepared to socopt the iso.’ I find on all sides this spirit of candor and honor prevailing It all:—The issue was ours, and the judgment haa been given against us; and the decision having been made against us, we feel bound in honor to abide by the arbitrament. In doing this we are doing ourselves no dishonor, and should not feel humiliated or degraded, but rather that wo are ennobling ourselves by our ection; and wo should fool that the government has thedled os Magnanimously, and moet the government upon the is said by | expresses her to ee ¢ Goation in good fll Whit tit dit Wo alin has been arrested and #ubdued, and am bavor fp me Consciousness of a duty well performed, I want you, but the people of the world to know that while dreaded and feared that the government may be perpetual, and principles of the government founded as they are right and justice, may be banded down without spot blemish to our posterity. As I have before remarked to you, Tam gratified to se@ so many of you hore to-day, Tt manifests a spirit I am pleased to observe. I know i has beon said of mo that my asperities are sharp, that £ had vindicitive feelings to gratify, and that I should not fall to avail myself of the opportunities that would pre- gem themselves to gratify such "despicable Gentlemen, if my acts will not speak for me and for themecives then any professions I might now make would be equally useless. But, myself, ag I think I do, 1 know eTeaks people, and I love them and will do all in my powor Testore them to that gtate of happiness and prosperity which they enjoyed before the madness of misguided men in whom they had reposed their confidence led them asitaf lo their own undoing. If there is anything that can be done on my part, on correct principles, on the principles of the constitution, to promote these ends, bo assured it shall be dong. Let me assure you, also, that there is no disposition on the part of the gow= ernment to deal harshly with the Southern people, ‘There may be speeches published from various quarters that may breathe a different spirit. Do not let thom “trouble or excite you, but believe that it is, aa it is, the great object of the government to make the union of these United States more complete and perfect than ever, and ( maintain it on constitutional principles, if pos sible, more firmly than it has ever before been. Them why cannot we all come up tothe work in a proper spirit? In other words, lot us look to the constitution. The issue has been made and decided; then, as wise men—as mon who see right and are determined te follow it as fathers and brothers, and as men who love their country in this hour of trial and suffering—why cannot we come up and help to settle the ques- tions ef the hour and adjust them according te the principles of honor and of justice? The institution of slavery is gone. The former status of the negro had to be shanged, and we, as wise mon, must recognize ao patent a fact and adapt ourselves to circumstances as they sur- round ws. (Voices—We are willing to do#o. Wes, str, wo are willing todo so.) I believe you are. I believe when your faith is pledged, when your consent has beem , given, as I have already said, I believe it will be main- tained in good faith, and every pledge or promise fully. carriod out. (Cries—It will.) All I ask or desire of the South or the North, the East or tho Wost, ts to be sus tained in carrying out the principles of the constitution, It is not to be denied that wo have beon great sufferers on both sides. Good men have fallen on both sides, am@ much misery is’ being eudurod as the necessary result of so gigantic a ountost. Why, then, cannot we come together, and around the common alter of our country heal tho wounds that have beon made? Deep wounds have been inflicted. Our country has been scarred all over, Then why cannot we approach each other upon principles which are right tm themselves and which will be productive of good to all? The day is not distant when wo shall fee) like some family that have had a deep and desperate foud, the various members of which have come together and com- pared’ the evils and. sufferings they had inflicted upom cach other. fhey bad seen the influence of their orror and its result, and, governed by a generous spirit of com- ciliation, they had become mutually forbearing and for- giving, amd returned to their ola habits of frateraal kina- ness, and become better friends than ever. Thon tet us consider that the feud which alienated us has been settled and adjusted to our mutual satisfaction, and that we come together to be bound by firmer bonds of love, respect and confidence than ever. The North cannot get along without the South, nor the Seuth from the North, the East from the West, nor the West from the Kast; and I say it is our duty te do ali that in our power lies to perpetuate and make stronger tho bonds.of our Union,-seeing that it is for the common good of all that we should be united. feed that this Union, though but the creation of a contury, ie tobe perpetuated for All time, and that it cannot be de stroyed except by the all-wise God who created it. Gea- tlemen, I repeat I sincerely thank you for the reapeot manifested on this occasion; and for the expressions of approbation and confidence please faccept my siucere thanks. ae MR. M'FARLAND'S REJOINDER. Mr. Prearant—On behalf of this dolegation I returm you my sincere thanks for your kind, gonerous—aye, maynanimous—expyeasions of kindly feeliug towards the people of the South. The remarks of President Johnson were frequently ta- terrupted by applause; aud all seemed highly gratiied by the interview. 3 CF Secretary Soward’s Recent Reception. The reception at Mr. Seward’s passed off very agree ably. It was the occasion for the interchange of many civilities and expressions of kindness. The several delegations were introduced by Hon P. Phillips MR. SEWARD'S GRORGIA REMINISCENORS. When the Goorgia delegation was proseated Mr. Seward. alluded to the fact that he bad resided in Georgi, and taught school thete in early life. Ho inquired if anyof his old pupils were present. Judge Bingham replied: that thete were none present, but that he was himself a natite of the county adjoining the one in which Mr. Seward had resided, and knew that local traditions there: preserved the memory of his former administration. “You would find it pleasant,” said the Judge, “to visit Georgia, aad would be bospitably received.’ Mr, Soward replied that wore he more capable of am dorgoing fatigue and less pressed with other engage ments, he would gladly go; for he ontertained sentiments: of great Kindness and respect for the people of Georgia, ATTORNBT GENERAL SPRED'S REMARES ON RBOON- STRUCTION. This circumstance was soon afterwards mentioned’ tm: the hearing of the Attorney General, and reference was falso made to the fact that Mr. Trambull, of Illinois, commenced the business of life in Georgia. The reply of Mr, Soward to the invitation of Judge Bingham gave rise to some remarks in regaramto the feelings of the people ‘and the work of reconstruction or restoration, The Attorney General anid in substance that be rejoiced to-see the ora of good feeling 90 rapidly roturning. Thetrthe people of the South had fought for a great stake, and had fought gallantly, The issue had gone against them, and it waa necessary that they should accept the result; while all just principles of fraternity pointed the-govern- ment to walk in the path of tagnanimity and’to.restore the Union fully at as carly a day as practicalite upom constitutional prinotples, only requifing that what had been wom)by the military shoiald.not be yielded by the Civil servants of the people, REMARKS OF JUDO BINGHAM. pd Judge Bingham sald the people of the South bat placed the great issues that had for so many years pro- duced discord upon the arbitrament of arms. ‘That arbt- trament bad gone against them, and further resistance was looked upon by the just minded, thinking men these ta hopoloenty futile, and adevenipartaking somewhat of ahOnOF ae neTERESTING COLLOGUY. Upon this subject Mr. Boward remarked that the potley of the government was to restore and improve, motto eee said he, “the President has said to the large maas—those who were below the rank of colonél, and who wore pursuing the humblorjwalls of tifo:—"You ball have present amnesty, With others, who occupied to be leaders in the rebellion, and whose situa- tions in life wore such as to give them influence, the jon must necessarilyfproceed more cautioualy.