The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1865, Page 6

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ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. ‘ Advertisements for the Werx.y Heratp must be handed in before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its cir- culation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, morchanta, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- serted in the Warx.y Huratp will thus be seen bya large portion of the active and energetic people of the United Btates. TRIAL OF WIRZ. Onthe 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 already been given; but still the court wished to be as generous im the matter as possible consistent with its duty. A deliberation with closed doors thereupon took place, after which it was annouuced that a docision would be given when the counsel should produce a list of the names and residences of the desired witnesses, and astatement 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- (eases 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 emtire 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 the 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 adinits that the Fenians ere dafly in creasing and gathering strength and numbers. ° Stray travellers have at various times come agoss two or three hundred men drilling together, and bave been warnod 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 significanco 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 overwhelming disaster to themselves and to Treland. In England serious apprehensions have been excited. The London Morming Post, rogarded as a min- dsterial organ, strongly calts for government tnterposi- Uon before the movement bas gone too far. Considerable significance attaches to English move- ‘ments in China. It would seem as if the British govern- ment were repeating in that country their East Indian Poticy Of commercial intervention, war and annexation. in view of the alleged 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 gasoous abuse from the tory London Herald, and a characteristic testimonial to Sanders’ character from Mackay, lately Now York cor- respondent of the London 7¥mes.* THE NEWS. A large delegation of representative gentlemen from the various Iately 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 respect, The President received” them most cordially, and ad- ‘Greased 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 @ disposition to ogain becoms 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- ‘mont would be promptly an@ cheerfully rendered, and the hoped to see them soon again fully enjoying their old ‘position th the United States, He said there was no dis. position on the part of the government to deal harshiy ‘with the South, and that, although he dreaded disinte- Gration, he was strongly opposed to consolidation of pow. ‘Or in Washington. Last evening Secretary Seward bad a reception, when, fn addition to the npmerous other visitors, the principal portion of the Souther detogation 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 fr: os that with which they were greeted at © © Exeew fen. wion, Tho tone of the remarks of was similar to that of thoss made by the Presiden 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 iasued fhis proclamation ordering on election for delegates to a convention to be held on the 10th of October prox. ponainy NEW YORK YapAl the President from amnesty have applied for special pardon, with his (the Govera- or’s) recommendation, the judges of clectien may in ‘most cases presume that such pardon has been though, owing to want of mail facilities, it. may not been revelved by the applicant up to the time of the elec- reasonable rapidity. Mississippi has already held her convention, and on the 2d of Ootober will hold a general @leotion for representatives in Congress and State officers, ‘The State Convention of Alabama met yesterday, and Texas . At hae @ period Late very interesting news from Mexico is furnished tn our Vera Cruz correspondence to the lst inst., brought to this port yesterday by the steamship Liberty, from Ha- vana, The imperialists were in a state of intense excite- ment and joy over the official announcement by Marshal Bazaine of two imperial triumphs. It seems that the rumor which we have so often previously had of the flight of Juares and the taking of his capital, *ihe city of Obihuahua, by Maximilian’s troops, has at last proved true, They entered it on the 165th of August. The other imperial victory was the oooupa- 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 Btate election took place in Maine yesterday. It passed off very quietly, and the vote was numerically much leas than that of last year. Though very few re- turns have yet been received, it is thought that the ma- jority for the republican candidates will be about fifteen thousand, Mr. Cony being re-elected Governor. John C. Breckinridge, late rebel Secretary of War, ar- rived in Quebec yesterday from Liverpool. The Board of Councilmen was to have held a session yesterday ; but there was not a quorum present when the roll was called, whereupon the President deciared the Board adjourned till Thursday next. ‘The first ocean yacht race that ever took place in thie country was carried into effect yesterday by Messrs. G. A. Osgood and J. G. Bennett, Jr., owners of the yachts Fleetwing and Henrietta, both of which vossels 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 hor rival by Captain Richard Brown, whose name is con- nected with the Mioits achieved by the yacht America 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 Tepairs, 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 155 Chatham street. Thomas having succeeded, on two stparate occasions, ag alleged, in passing the bills ia question, kept aloot from tho saicon; 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 place in June last, and was then, and on different other subsequent occasions, postponed at his request. Yesterday he brought up three wivnesses to swear to an alibi; but they having falled 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 Feltppe 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 derangod. Yesterday was the time set down for the further in vestization in the Tombs Police Court of the charges of fraud in connection with the Mooseland Gold Mining Company, of Nova Scotia, wherein E. 8. Barrett made allegations against Charles J, Anthony of swindling him out of a considerable sum of money by false representa- tions in 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 tho decision reservod. 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 concluded 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 moeting 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 street, coating $12 650, the othor in Marion street, costing $16 50. Forty houses are now undergoing necessary changes for horses, &c. An elaborate system of motropoli tan uniforms was prescribed for the officers and mombers, one of the princfpal fmnovations being the substitution of a blue fora red fire shirt, Measures to introduce the fire telegraph instead of the present 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 whi it nominated. Speeches wore 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 roceived on the occasion of the late fire in the fireworks store 16 John street. ‘The jury's verdict gave as the cause spontaneous com- bustion of certain pyrotechnic articles, consured Mesers. Edge & Co. for carelessness in the manufacture of the same, and recommended that the Common Council should pass a more stringent ordinance in regard to the storage of fireworks. 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 were eight schools represented, The juveniles wore en- gaged inn series of exercises'and sports. Several choruses were rendered, among others the ‘Star Spangled Banner,” and the pupils of the Turn school were on- gaged in a series of gymnastic exhibitions, which formed the most attrastive part of the festivities. A resolution was adopted in the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen, yesterday afternoon, directing the Board of Health to inquire into the alleged misconduct of the Health Officer at Quarantine in permitting infected ves- nels to come to the city to discharge their cargoes, in vio- lation of law, Me A negro, named Horare Aleck, who was confined fy some time since at a farm house peer Hempatead, made his oscape a few days ago, when he proceeded to the house he hed previously robbed, amd finding the lpdy of the house alone in the garden, committed an outrage 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 eacape before an alarm could be given. He has not, up to the present time, been arrested. ‘The taking of the consus of Jersey City has just been completed, and gives as the present population 37,361, being an increase of 8,106 since 1860, when the total number of inhabitants was 20,256. According to the City Inspector's report, there were 576 deaths in the olty during the past week—being anin /| crease of 44 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 8 less than occurred during the corre- sponding week last year. The recapitulatiog table following result:—Aocute diseascs, 386; chronic 208; external causes, &c., 86: Thore were 407 natives of the United States, 95 of Ireland, 48 of Germany, 10 of England, 11 of Scotland, and the balance of various fors eign countries. ‘The stock market was firm yosterday, with the excep- tion of Erie. Gold was steady, and closed at 1443, a 1K. There was continued buoyancy and activity in the merchandise markets yesterday, and the business trans- ected was at very full prices, save in a very few excep- tional cases. . Foreign goods were -hold 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 wore steady. Lard and tallow were active and higher. Whiskey was rather firmer. ‘Thaddeus Stevens on ry Recon- struction—A Sweeping Confiscation or Repadiation. 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 paing and penalties against rebels passed by that and the preceding Congress. and as the recognized oxacle of the Pennsyivania radicals, Thaddeus Stevens, it may be fairly assumed, has in this speech declared the programme ot 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 prescribe the qualifications of voters in a 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 Jacobian 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 debt. 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 the 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 anothor 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 scaled 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 oon- 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 throats 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 te 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. Tur Navy Derartwent Backtvo Montoomary Biarr.—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 backing up the speech of Montgomery Blair in his assault upon Seward and other members of the Cabinet, and with a 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, acoom- 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 lest 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 mowing. 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 and a half per cent 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 have a chapter on those facta. 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 progecution 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 express 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 luw 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 evory 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 test of the perfect operation of the republi- can system. In a monarchy the centralized power that is its 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.bence, in too many cases, the dictator has 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 midst in favor of keeping this up, and indis- posed to lot 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 friends of humanity —these progressive fellows— clamoring, intriguing, fighting and snarling to keep down our republican and to retain the dictatorship with which the country invested the President for special purpose. Tar Fare or Antt-Jonwson Resowotions.—It has been # noticeable peculiarity of all the State conventions thus far that whenever any young man came along with « lot of antiJohn- son resolutions all the older politicians would unite to hustle him out and squelch his silly rhetoric. This was particularly the case with Signor Mantilini Marbleu, the chief cook of Belmont and Barlow's Bohemisa 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, they were, D, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER }2, "1860 ee? . $ Mit 5e the Hn ¢ 8 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- tertained by the Government. President Johnson Equally Opposed to Disintegration and Consolidation. The Southerners at Mr. Seward’s Reception. Interesting and Amicabie Inter- view With the Secretary and Other Cabinet Officers. &e, &e. &o. at Wasarnctow, 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 Statos, 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. Bliss, of Alabama; McFarland, of Virginia; Whit», of Texas; Cannon, of South Carolina; Bass, of Arkansas; Wiliins, 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 -preegnied to tue President as follows by Mr. McFar- land, of Virginia: — Mr. Préarpext—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, air, 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 are as earnest now and faithful to their allegiance to the United States and to the constitution of the Union as in the past, and that they have great conf- dence in your wisdom to heal the wounds that havo been made, and in your disposition to’ exercise all the leniency 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 gosture and utterance was full of sub- dued eloquence, The reply was as follows; — Gxvtixmex—tI can only say, in reply to the remarks of vour chairman, that f am highly gratified to receive the assurances he has given me. They are more than [could have expected under the circumstances, I must say I was unprepared to receive 80 numerous a delegation on this occasion; it was unexpected; I had no'fitea 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 gratifled at receiving any manifestations of regard you might think properto make, T was totally unprepared for anything equal to the pre sent demonstration | am free to say it excites in my mind feelings and emotions that language is totally inade- quate to express. When f look back upon my past actions and recall a period scarcely more than four short years ago, when T stood battling for principles wich many of you opposed and thonght were wrong, [ was battling for the same principles that actuate me to day, and which princtples I thank my God you have come forward on this occasion to manifest a disposition to support. Tsay now, as Chaye saidon many former occasions, that I entertain no personal resentments, on- mities or animosities to any living soul south of Mason and Dixon's line, however much he may have differed from me in principle. The stand I then took I claim to have beon the only true one. I remember how I stood pleading with my Southern brethren when they 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 poattion was under the law and under the constitution of the Union with the insgitution 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 frSm transmitting to our children a country as ‘bo- queathed to us by our fathors—I had nothing else 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 Statos, I remember the taunts, the jeers, the scowls with which was treated. I remember the circlo that stood around me, and remember the threats and intimida- tions that wero freely uttered by the men who opposed mo, and whom I wanted to befriend and guide by the light that led me; but feeling conscious in 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 @ught else, and have lived to see the realisation of my predictions and the fatal error of those whom I vainly essayed to save from the results | could not but foresee, Hentlemon, 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 J know the nature of tho Southern people well enough to know that when they have become convinced of an error thoy frankly acknowledge’ it, iné manly, opem, 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 an saying that:—“‘We made the issue, We set up the union of the States against the institution of slavery; we 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 issue!’ I find on all sides this spirit of candor and honor prevailing. all:—The issue was ours, and the judgment has 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 rathor that wo are onnobling ourselves by our ection; and we should fool that the government has thedled os Magnanimously, and meet the government upon the terms it has so magnanimously proffered wa. So far as I Te ts sid dy | that the government may and principles of the government founded as they right and justice, may be handed down without spot or blemish to our posterity. As I have before remarked te would be equally useless. But a siya ea Fenn 1 dot koow tier te yu people, and 1 love them and will do all in my power 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 thom aatéay to their own undoing, If there ie anything that can be done on my part, on correct principles, ‘on the principles of the constitution, to promote these ends, be assured it shall be done. Let me assure you also, that there is no disposition on the part of the 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 ‘troublo or excite you, but believe that it is, ae it is, the great object of the government to make the union of these United States more complete and perfect than ever, and 3 maintain it on constitutional principles, if pos- sible, more firmly than it bas ever before been. Them why cannot we all come up tothe work in a proper spirit? In other words, let us look to the constitution. The issue has been made and decided; thon, as wise men—as men 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 sufforing—why cannot we come up and help to settle the ques- tions ef the hour and adjust them acoording 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 so. Yes, sir, wo are willing to doso.) I believe you are. I believe when your faith is pledged, when your consent has been , givon, as Ihave already said, I believe it will be main- tained in good faith, and every pledge or promise fully. carried out. (Cries—It will.) All I ask or desire of the South or the North, the East or the Wost, ts to be sus- tained in carrying out the principles of the constitution, Tt is not to be denied that we have been great suffercrs on both sides. Good men have fallen on both sides, amd much misery is’ being eudured as the necessary result of so gigantic a guntost. Why, then, cannot we come together, and around tho common altar of our country heal the 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 feel like some family that have had @ deep and desperate foud, the various members of which have come together and com- pared’ the evils and aufforingy they had inflicted upow 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, and returned to their ola habits of frateraal kina- ness, and become better friends than ever. Then 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 tban ever. The North cannot get nor the South from the North, the East from the West, nor the West from the Kast; and I say it ts 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, is to be perpetuated for All time, and that it cannot be de- stroyed except by the all-wise God who created it, Goa- tlemen, I repeat I sincerely thank you fer the reapeot manifested on this occasion; and for the expressions of approbation and confidence please faccept my alucere thauks pe MR. M’FARLAND’S REJOINDER. Mr. Presioant—On behalf of this dolegation [ reture you my sincere thanks for your kind, generous—aye, magnanimous—expyessions of kindly feeling towards the people of the South. The remarks of President Johnson wore frequently tn- terrupted by applause; and all seemed highly gratified by the interview. . ai Secretary Soward'’s Recent Reception. The toception at Mr. Seward’s passed off vory agree ably. It was the occasion for the interchange of many civilities and expressions of kindnoss. The several delegations were introduced by Hon: P. Phillips MR. SEWARD'S GRORGIA REMINIACENORS. ‘When the Goorgia dolegation was prosented Mr. Seward. alluded to the fact that he had resided in Georgia, and taught school thete in early life. Ho inquired if any.of his old pupils were present. Judge Bingham replied: that there were none present, but that he was himself # 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, and would be hospitably 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 ontortained sentiments: of great Kindness and respect for the people of Georgia, ATTORNBY GENERAL SPEED'S REMARKS ON BROOR- STRUCTION. This circumstance was soon afterwards mentioned’ im: the hearing of the Attorney General, and reference was tlao made to the fact that Mr. Trambull, of commenced the business of life in Georgia. The reply Mr, Soward to the invitation of Judge Bingham gave rise to some remarks in regara®o the foolings of the: people and the work of reconstruction or restoration, The Attorney General anid in substance that he rejoiced to-see” the ora of good feeling 90 rapidly roturning. Thatrthe: people of the South had fought for « great stake, and had fought gallantly, The issue had gone against them, and it wae necessary that they should accept the result; while all jast principles of fraternity pointed tho-gevern- ment to walk in the path of tagnanimity and'to.restore the Union fully at as carly a day as practicalite upon constitutional prinotples, only requiring that what had beon wom by the military shawld.not be yielded by the Civil servants of the people, REMARKS OF JUDOR BINGHAM. Judge Bingham sald the people of the South had placed the great issues that bad for so many years pro- duoed 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 ‘bose aa hopeloesty futile, and edevenfpartaking somewhat dishonor. this sutjeot Mr, Goward remarked that the poltey ct Re oeviemm to restore and improve, aot to ”, re or destroy. aes,” said ho, “the President has said to the large mass—those who were below the rank of colonél, and who wore pursuing the humblerjwalks of tifo:—‘You ahall 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 ad- ministration must mecessartlyfproceed more cautiously.’ '*