The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1866, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10772. NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Republican Congressional States, it would seem that it would be the natura) course for them to bring the negroos from that locality and secure employment for them in New England, they have so much love for them, instead of sending more South, where thoy canaot be protected in their Fights, If It is impossible to protect the freedmen im the South, why are they sending class from here into the very locality. wi their rights are endangered? There is a great of humbug and claptrap about the howl in reference to sentiment, He has issued cards for a reception to news- Paper correspondents on Monday evening. There are many hungry young men of this class about the reporters’ galleries and the lobbies who will attend, get primed with Forney’s whiskey and anti-Presidential notions simul- taneously, and the country press will show it in the course of a week or two. A HEAVY WEEK’S WORK. tho freedinan, ‘There iu a large sizod. Afrean in the Caucus. Tho disbursements at the Treasury Department last | fence, aud the veto of the President will force biti out eee AN week amounted to upwards of thirty millions of dollars, | at no distant day, where the public can see the mock philanthropy which just now seems to reign here. The fact of the matter is it begins already to look as those behind that bureau were trying to re- slavery; instead of having the slaves owned by indl- viduals, to make the government the slave owner, and the Freedinen’s Bureau the machine to enforce its title. SEWARD'S SPEECH. The public here have been greatly relieved on reading & full report of Secretary Seward’s speech at the Comes Institute. ‘Through an accident on the railroad the York morning papers, which arrive here at six P. Mf, did not reach Washington until near midnight. In the meantime a pretended brief synopsis of the speech had been sent on and published bere, which indicated that Seward had made a wishy-washy ‘speech, without Point, and not even sustaining Provident Johnson, It was generally conceded, tLeretore, that the despatches which had been sent to him not to commit himself bad had their effect, and general manifestations of regret and disappointment were the result, But on the reception of the papers this morning and perusal of the speec! entirely different phase has been placed on the wi affair, The specch, instead of being a non-comt one, is looked upon’ as a very strong and positive one. His labelling the Reconstruction Committee the “Obstrue- ton’ Committe is a capital bit, It is, however, proba ble that both Fessenden and Stevens will agsail’Lim on that point, 3. W. FORNEY, D.D. The President has commenced conferring degrees, and it must be acknowledged that his titles are more appro- ee than some of those conferred by the col ‘orney has now D.D. added t his name, which ft is doubtful if any college in the land would have given him. Senator Nye, of Nevada, who, by the way, is something of a waz, proposes to make it a title more sig. nificant. He has notified some of the Senators that intends to offer a resolution expelling Forney from the Senate, on the ground that the Senate chamber is no place tor dead ducks. NAVY BULLETIN. THE UNITED STATES REVENUE CUTTER KANKAKER, Captain Slicer, at Fortress Monroe, has received orders to report to Philadelphia. THE SIDEWHEEL STRAMER 8. 0. PIERCE, Captain Bennett, for some two years past in the govern- ment employ, was discharged on the 22d instant at For- tress Monroe and loft for New York. 3 THE NAVAL ACADEMY. The Committee of the Senate and House of Re ita tives appointed to visit (he Naval Academy at Annapolis made their visit ou Saturday, ia @ special train provided by W. P. Smith, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The entire body of students at the Academy were drawn up in line to receive the committee, who were escorted by Ad- miral Porter and his through the various depart- ments. The students went through the varied exercises of their discipline, — perfect familiarity with the tactics of their military aud naval education. Every va. riety of manuvre capable of being performed on land was given with an exactness and uniformity which elicited from the committee the strongest encomiims. Subsequently the committee witnessed the skill of the oung cannoncers in target practice. Admiral Porter This is the largest outlay that has occurred in any one week since the close of the rebellion. THE SPOTTED FEVER IN WASHINGTON. A contagious disease, known as the spotted fever, has lately broken out in one of the asylums of this city, and is creating quite a panic in the neighborhood ad- jacent, Washington people are especially nervous just now in anticipation of a visitation of the Asiatic cholera; the appearance of this new epidemic therefore cause! very general apprehension. ITS OBJECT AND RESULTS. THE RADICALS CLAIM A TRIUMPH. Appointment of a Congressional Cam- paign Committee. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasnixatox, Feb, 24, 1866, ‘THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The Congressional caucus held in the House of Rep- resentatives last evening proves to have been a singular affair. Having been called on the evening after the Pre- sident’s remarkable speech, and at the very time when the pasgions of the radicals were fully aroused, it was generally anticipated that there would be « spicy ime— that such men as Stevens would indulge in bitter in- vVectives against the President, and burl abuse upon his head, There was, it is true, a great deal of acrimony exhibited; yet the result in one light is again on the part of the conservatives, while in another point it isa success of the radicals. There is in reality much that indicates a desire to imitate the equestrian feat of tho late Republican Convention of Connecticut in trying to ride two horses at the same time. That they were not ready to declare an open war against Andrew Johnson at this particular juncture, and at the time when the ex- citement is at the highest, is of itself a wholesome sign and important. For if they cannot deelare war now they certainly cannot hereafter; for the longer they study and think over the situation the more the moderate men of the party will be inclined to go with Johnson. } The caucus was called for the purpose of appointing a committee to raise a campaign fund, and expend it in circulating documents—in other words, a Congressional campaign committee, to spread their ideas before the peo- ple in the shape of pamphlets, &c.’ No doubt the origi- nators had in view the ex payle statements before the Reconstruction Committee im regard to the South to be used as an entering wedge against President Johnson. Some of the extreme men, however, wanted to go fur- ther than this, and issue an address to the people, taking bold ground against the President, both in his veto and speech. General Schenck, of Ohio, in consultation with this class, offered a resolution for that purpose, and en- deavored to press it to = passage; but the proposi- Preedme: Bureau Agents Engaging in a Traffic in Negroes. ~ Woegroes in the District Picked Up by Them and Ran Of to Mississippi. A NEW SYSTEM OF SLAVERY. EFFECT OF SEWARD’S SPEECH. ko. ae. &e. ‘Wasninatoy, Feb. 25, 1866. JOINT RESOLUTION EXCLUDING SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVES. ‘The resolution excluding members elect from South- own States until such time as the radicals permit Congrees ‘f exercise its leniency will occupy the Senate to-mor- Yow, and will undoubtedly be brought to a vote before adjournment. Senator Sherman’s speech is anticipated ‘wih much interest [by both parties his earnest and @oquent protest against a forced consideration of the mabject, as was attempted by Wade and Fessenden the morning after the President's speech, having caused an ‘uncertainty as to tho position the Senator will take, His amertion that the resolution was merely a ‘political de- aration,” involving nothing but an implied stricture ‘epon the President, would lead to the beliof that he will ‘@ppose its passage. RADICALS DODGING THE QUESTION—A NEW PLAN OF | tion was immediately attacked by Representatives | handsomely entertained his guests at lin residence, and : ACTION TO BE ADOPTED. Delano, of Ohio; Deming, of Connecticut; fonator | afterwards they Te bis meveliee Gernatineagh len ja Many Congressmen are finding it convenient just now Wilson, of Maseasachusetts, and others in the pi serch scien ad mdokacni fo. be sbeest from eho bells of leghintion. They are | sane strain, Dering this’ disgussion, pro and | The tip er eee, SRLAMER LANCASTER. © e Lancast the 25th inst., for Valparaiso. THE VETO. A Cheering Voice from the People of lowa. Wanmrxatox, Feb, 25, 1866, President Johnson has received the following tele- gram: — disposed to wait until the question of difference between ‘the President and Congress is settled before they give the Weight of their presence to either side, Telegrams are daily wecelved by members announcing sickness or death in ‘Aber familics, or furnishing other good cause for applica- tion to the House for leave of absence, A preliminary meeting of the faithful was held at Thad Stevens’ rooms Meat night, and the defection was found to be great. Bingham, Schenck, Grinnell, Broomall and a few others who sit in the neighborhood of Thad in the House were ‘ef course present, but there was a docided falling off in ‘he numbers of the rank and file. A formal caucus will Probably be held to-morrow evening, when @ new pro- gramme for a campaign against the President and recon- mruction will be agreed upon. The rock upon which the ‘ast radical split took place was the admission of repre- sentatives from Tennessee. Radicals who favor this will De excluded from the caucus to-morrow night. Srorens) aad bis men, who have been quiet for a couple of da: are subdued, not suppressed. - THE JACOBINS DESTONDENT—UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE THEIR SOLE HO! During the last two or three days several of Wade's and Sumner’s ablest coadjutors in the Senate have con- fessed toa belief that Mr. Johoson will win a certain wietory over radical onsleughis. Though somewhat given to despondency, these gentlemen averred that their sole hope now was to insure universal suffrage. Benator Wilson's speech in caucuson Friday night, ad- vocating the admission of the Tennesses delegation, ‘would indicate that he participated in the Christian resig- mation of his party and coincided in ita prognost ications of defeat. SECRETARY HARLAN’S RESIGNATION. It is now known that Secretary Harlan has poritively signified his intention of resigning #8 soon as he shall have cosnumimated some measures pertaining to the In- erior Department which have originated under his ad- con, a great deal was said against this Reconstraction Committeo; that all the questions relating to the South- ern States had been referred to that committee, and Jt had not as yet opened ite mouth upon the subject. Wil- son, among others, thought that the country had great reason to complain of all this, and that, before they issued any address, Congress ought to do something, and, in his opinion, their votes would be more acceptable to their constituents than anything else. He alluded to Tennessee, and gave it a8 his opinion that the Represen- tatives from that State should have been admitted long ago. That State was different from any of the others. It had @ loyal State government under Mr. Lincoln's ad- munistration, and remained eo during the war. There was a sympathy for the State among the people, and he believed it to be their duty to admit as soon as possible the loyal Representatives from that State. The same views were expressed by several others, and even Gene. ral Banks counselled a conciliatory course. These gen- tomen were responded to by extreme radicals; but the manif: stations on the part of those present showed that the majority were against any extreme course. General Schenok, seeing that bis resolution for am addreas stood no chance for passing, withdrew it and left the cau- cus, stating to a member who sat noar bim that he had another engagement, which he must keep. [Thad Stevens, af a matter of course, bad his say, in his usual sarcastic vein; but his romarks exhibited less venom than on former occasions, This may have been all from policy, and, like some of the others, peing de. sirous of accomplishing tie object of the caucus, he took that course to prevent defeat. Even Schenck's resolution is claimed to-day to haV@-Béen a mere dodge, presented as such, to blind the eyes of the conservatives and induce them t@ accept a compromise by the appointment of a campaign committee. While one of the speakers was dwelling upon the mode that Congress had goaded the President on to his present position, and showing how the present state of affairs could have been avoided, Kaoxex, lows, Feb. 24, 1866. An immense mass meeting was heid here to.dsy ‘There was groat enthusiasm. One hundred guns were fired. Your veto mmeanage and administration > dorsed unanimously. THOMAS W. CLAG: it im St. Louls, rhe. Sr. Louw, Feb, 25, 1866. A large mooting, mainly organized and addressed by the leaders of the old Claybank party, assembled at the Court House last night to endorse President .Johnson. The following ts the substance of the resolutions, which wore unanimously passed :—-That the momage of Presi- dent Johnson vetoing the Freedmen's Burean bill will challenge the cordial and unqualified approval and lasting fratitude of the American people ; that the system which the Freedmen’s Bureau bill proposed to establish in the Southern Statos is radically repugnant to the principles of republican liberty; that it would pauporize the no- groes, burden the while race with their maintenance and perpetunte the subordination of civil to military power; that the total disfranchisement of eleven States of the Union by a combination of members of Congress is A usurpation unprecedented in ite magnitude and bein- ousnesg, and is calculgted to fiilthe public mind with alarm and apprehens!ol and keep alive the passions and prejudices kindled by the war, and thus make chronic disloyalty on the one hand and tyranny on the other, that all legislation by the prosent Congress solely affect ing the eloven States which are donted representation is tnvalid; that the action of the General Assembly in son ou Popular Endorsem inistration. some one sung out in a sotto voice, “if one | demuing the veto message and declaring for ue} a 5 y man hod heen’ out ef this body we should | frage t* a Krome misrepresentation of the public seu OUR FINANCIAL POLICY—THE FLOATING DEBT. BH] not have got into. this predicamone” “This was | tment of Mimourl, that the maintenance of the fore- A growing difference of opinion on the financial policy | a direct thrust at stove! ole responsi. | KOInK principles in émntial to the prevervation Of the are it i e government; and we pledse ourselves to oS operat y pn rece Me! rstolt orient agtinermmt la Nery ge > ve a ail oie coos the citizens, of whatever former political party, who will the issue is drifting, and that all will soow be foreed to choose between the alternative—accept, President Joha- son or Thaddeus stevens ax their I There will soon be no medium ground upon whicirthey can When that comes, as come it must unless Congreds chabges its course, who can doubt its result? There can be nom « taking the side on which the great mass of the American people will be found in that issue, THE APPCINTMENT OF 4 COMMOTTIR, There was at one time such a strong manifestation in the caucus in favor of admitting the Representatives from Tennessee that many of those present advised passing » resolution to instruct (he Reconstruction Committee to re. port in favor of their adimssion at an early day; but upon Rirther diec uation and on@ultation between afew of the most promivent it wax thought best not to press t point, for the reason that some of their friends felt that its adoption would be equivalent to an admission that they had yielded to the President, would oppose a reso tution, and defeat \t on that ground. They concluded that it was best to fet the committee act upon the manifest feeling of the caucus rather than force them into an: such position. That policy was therefore abandoned, and, under the good feeling which just then existed, the motion to appoint the campaiyn committee of ene trom each State was offered and passed with little or no oppo- sition. This result the radicals are now claiming as@ trtomph, and that this i« all that they desired. The o'ber side seem to be in a measure willing to acknow! edge that it was a radical triumph, but are inclined The feet that McCulloch and Comptroller Clarke. The following facts and opinions are substantially those of the Comp- troller, and are likely to affect legislation:—By the act of June 30, 1864, legal tender United States notes can be converted into compound interest moter. By the act of March, 1866, certificates of indebtedness, compound interest notes, five per cent le- gal tender notes and seven-thirty Treasury notes can be converted into five-twenty bonds. The four, five and six per cent temporary loan has increased nearly one- half withio the last ten months, and the whole amount of the increase isnow on band and the government is paying interest without having any use for the money. The amount of money in gold and currency held by the Assistant Treasurer in New York on the 20th inst, was $13,046,488. The amount held by Acsistant Treasurers in Philadelphia, Boston and other places, together with the amount on deposit in national bank*, must be at @ast ‘Afty millions more, making over one hundred and filty million dollars now on hand. = The temporary loan, there. fore, should be paid off from money now in the United States Treasury. If authority should be given to iseue bonds to pay the temporary loan it would be equivalent to increasing the debt to the extent atleast of the in- crease of the depos ts within the last ten months. It will be seen that there is ample provision without fur- ‘thor legislation for furnishing every dollar of the floating dobt, and no necessity whatever exists for any loan for ‘that or any other purpose, All can be done by simply exchanging one authority for another. Authority might be given for the conversion of seven thirty notes before maturity. That, however, is not essential or hardly ad Visable, as there ismo doubt that the holders of the seven-thirty notes will be willing to convert them into five twenty bonds if the credit of the government is us tained. If authority is given to put bonds upon tho market to an almost unlimited ‘amount, and to sell at any price, it is very certain that the price of government securities cannot be maintained. With such unlimited powers a loan of fifty millions dollars even could not be negotiated without king the price of all bonds below par, as the public would not know how soon another Afty, one hundred or ‘one thousand millions might be put upon the market It would be suicidal for government to make a foreign loan. If bonds are sold abroad the price would be based upon the present currency rate of foreign exchange; ‘consequently, the government would receive about sixty @otiars in gold for which it would have to pay one hun red dollars of principal, together with the interest Somi-annually in gold and the heavy rate of exchang: Commissions, &., and in addition, if the government Should sell its bonds abroad to an extent to affect the Price of gold, say twenty per cent, it would lessen to Just that extent the net proceeds of the bonds, and in Stead of sixty dollars the goternment would? realize but forty dollars for each one hundred dollars of bonds, The ifference in the standard of our own and foreign gold Phould also be taken into consideration, one hundred pounds in weight of British gold coin being worth some- tniag more than one hundred pounds of our gold com ‘This’ i# under the operation of General Jackson's Go’ Dill reducing the standard of our coin. “DD.” FORNEY'S ATRUOGLES, Forney, Who was recently dubbed D. D. by one of the highest ‘itorary authorities in the country, i jurt Bow engaged vigerously in the manufacture of public that we cordially atives in Congress, M1, for their able and earnestly and honestly labor for (ho endorse thy course of our represe Jon Hogan and Thomas E. N manly support of President Jotiason. jana Ccmvention. Ivptaxarotis, Feb, 24, 1866, In the Democratic County Convention held he day, resolutions fully endorsing President Jo! Feconstruction policy and his veto of the Freedmen's Bureau b.!l were passed. Endorsement by an New Ontnane, Feb. 26, 1866 The President's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill gives general satisfaction. An Angry Growl from the Legisiatare wa. Wasasotowr, Feb. 26, 1806. Representatives Wilson and Price have received a tele gram from Governor Stone, of Lowa, saying the Legislature of that State, by an overwhelming majority, hax passed & joint resolution approving the course of their Kepre sentatives and Senators in sustaining the Froedmon's Bureau bill, and repudiating the President's veto, Ret te let them carry it too far. ail the extreme men favored it i an dence that such is the true interpretation, and that this committee is really a big thing in dixguise. Before Congress adjourns an effort will be made to give them the authority to issue an address and circulate it in addi. tion to their numerous documenta. This will be one of the mediums to carry on their war against the present Executive. THE PRERDMEN'S RCREAC AND THR SLAVE TRADE, Facts have come to light in the last day or two which show still greater reasons than any which the President hi vem wh has acted wisely in vetoing the men's bill, It is alleged that some of the agents of the present bureau are engaged in buying and welling nt ; that while Ld claiming that they have not power to protect freedmen in the South, this clause is only a dodge to io thelr hands suf clent power to make the biack# slaves again, and to bind the government to ita enforcement. The mode of carrying on this new siavo trade is as follows — Certain professors and pretended philanthropists from Massachusetts have been down to Mirsiseippi and por- chased plantations. They then send back here and offer & certain amount per head for negroos to work them. The agents of the bureau send out men among the ne- , eiving @ fixed price per head for each and every man that is brought In; the plea used to the ne; i# that tho Freedmen's Bureau can now provide them With employment. Thus the negroes are collected, an4 the parties engaged at it get their price per head. The Freedmen's Burean then take them and ship them off to Misai sippi at the expense of the government, and then turn them over to the Massachusetts professors, who Place them at work under as overmer. A large umber have already been picked up (n this vieinity #4 sent off in this way. The trade is becoming quite profi able to the parties engaged. The President bas been ready compelled to protest against it to prevent this mode from becoming the regular and accepted system This i Rothing more nor less than a traffic in negroes, and itis sad that some of advocates for enlarged = of the bureau fear that the scome reations when they come to seo how they ha been duped, and that it is authority of the evi. Expressions of the California Polltictans. Bax Francis, Feb, 25, 1866. ‘The democrats in a meeting last night endorsed Presi dent Johnson's position. They bave called a mass mect ing for Tuesday next. The Union State Central Committee Wo day adopted resolutions, saying they do not yet perceive an irrepara- ble breach between the President and Congress, and wnti! wuch breach conclusively appears they will continge to hope that the fruits of the triumph of the Union armies Will not be lont, that it ts the duty of all Union men to avoid entanglement with the Vallandighams, Seymours and copperhead sympathizers; that when such mea en doree the policy of the President, they do not under stand the policy or are endeavoring to seduce the Pres! dent from hia allegiance to the constitution; that the abolition of slavery was the result of rebellion, and it was wicked, senseless and cowardly to withdraw prove tion from four millions of freedmen and permit them to be reduced to slavery again, that we believe President Jotinson will remain true to the constitution and his pledges, Maryland Polltice—The Campaign Open- ing. Bauroonn, Feb. 24, 1806. The friends of President Johnson's policy have called A meeting for to morrow night, and the opponents of that policy have also called a mane ineeting for Thutuiay night of all who voted for Abraham Lincoln favor of suppressing the rebellion by foree, who pow support the loyal men of the nation and their repr sen tatives in Congress, to provide much terme of admiaion for the rebellious States aa will secure the paymést of the national and the repudiation of the rebel deta, the effectual abolition of slavery, &e., as the call in sub mance reada A Gue: enrich the Massachusetts pro- The query rises here, if it is impossible for the present bureau to protect the righta of the blacks in the Southern and States, why are they picking them them Into those states? Wy‘ them can im to be Released. i Lownie, Fey. 28, 106 It ia reported that Tom Henry, the guerilla, senthoced New Hampelire penitentiary. wii be re the suggestive, they claim, they are unable under th secure the persens! riebta of the disc! resent law to u the cotton NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1866. MEXICO, INTERESTING FROM THE RIO GRANDE. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL SHERIDAN, The Fight Between the Liberal Gene- tals Canales and Cortina. Murders and Robberies Near Brownsville--- Lawless State of the Rio Grande, Reported Liberal Reverses in the Vicinity of Monterey. Imperial Reinforcements En Route to the City. Mysterious Firing Across the Rio Grande from the Mexican Side. &e. &o. Our Brazos Correspon Saxniaco, Toxas, Feb. 12, 1866. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF GENERALS MIIKIIDAN AND COMSTOCK. General Sheridan arrived here yesterday morning from New Orleans on the steamer Alabama He immediately started for White's Ranche by « special train for the pur- pose of consulting with Goneral Wright. Atter remain- tng about three hours at the lat headquarters, closely closeted with General Wright during the whole time, General Sheridan returned to Brazos, and imme. diately left for New Orleans on the steamship Crescent, The exact nature of the interview is not as yet publicly known, but there is no doubt but that the late troubles on the Rio Grande, culminating in the capture of Bag- dad, were the canse of tho General's hasty visit b General Comstock, of General Grant's staf, arrived here the day previous on the steamer Crescent on official business, and proceeded at once to Brownsville. He re- turned yesterday, and leaves for New Orleans on the same eteamer with General Sheridan. The Matamoros Ranchero of the 10th inst. has the fol lowing :— rong reasons to believe that the distin- ished commander of the federal forces on the Rio rande—of the Department of Texas, in fact—is din- posed to hold in check the outlaws who have for three parts of a year held undisputed sway on that side of the river. Added to a mind of more than ordinary power, he has a personal charactor to keep him above the ceas pool into which too many before him fell. The vicums to assassination falling thick and fast around admonish him of the work of hix predecessors, and into how dirty antate of affairs he hax ome, perhaps unconsciously, mbrotied. The road before the Genvral, however, broad enough for him to travel without danger of mar. ring bis epaulets, He has spoken thus far like of pose; but let him do the bem be can, it will be The'wort of locking the stable alter the berse has 2 stolen. And the same journal sys on the 8th inst, ;—We men. Honed yesterday that General Sheridan refused to allow 8 boat to leave New Orleans with emigrants for Moxico conversed with several persons who easel at the time she was stopped. Bo reason for not allowing the ‘and only said that the women and 0, but that the man could not FIGHT BETWEEN THE FOMCAS OF CORTINA AND CANALBA, A ght took place a day or two ago about twenty milow above Matamoros, onthe Mexican side, between the forces of the liberal chiefs Cortina and 6 result ing, itis feared, in a lowe of several killed and wounded on both sides. Cortina was defeated, The fall particulars of the aifray have not yet reached here. Rumors, how ever, are plenty. I say that the fight wok place on the Mexican side, ar the forces of these partisan lew have heretofurs cromed and recroased the Rio Grande alarin in) ran well now being ly rid the Texas wide Of these pests, so ason the mado to effect that Americane can travel on their own soil without the danger of having thelr throats cut by their Mexican friends The military authoritios at Brownsville have er to arrest the guilty partice and bring them to justice, but have never prohibited t ¢ Liberals from visiting thie side whenever they thought proper todo so With the consent of the military, the citizens have determined to clear them out of the coun doue all in their po zing th 8 body for this purpose, under the leader John 8. Ford, formeriy rebel Commins ‘ it fn to travel part of the ¢ an incident oF h have occurred in (his weighborbood during the days — aniel Windsor, a private of Company C, Fourth sin cavalry, and Herman Burmistier, Eaq’, of the well known firm of Droeya, Oeiling & Co., of Matamoros, leit Brownaville for Firazos Santiago: the former wit! dewpatches from General Weitzel to General Clarke in relation to the action of the Bagdad military commission, the latter a witness before that com men were Loth waylaid, lassoed, murde Windsor despateles were Burmistier was evidently and, it may b rewains of both the poor by a scout gamed Miller, sent out for that parpose Windsor, the bearer of despatches, waa found banging by the neck from a tree near the road, and not more than seven miles from Brownsville, The villains who mur: dered Lim had str pped the body of all the clothing with the exception of the shirt Mr urmistier's body was found about two miles fur. theron It had been also bung upon a tree aad stripped of e ough decomposition bad fallen to ornible specta- jere mounted discovered Ms Both Windsor they left Brow: In a previous let officers were attac! three United Ftates ben only three miles from Brownsville, Captain Morey, who was shot through the lungs is stil alive. ¢ Cook in recovering. No further clue towards the discovery of the murderers has been found Lieatenant Lorenty, of the One Handred and Sixteenth United States colored troops, waa w few nights since in Brownaville, He ‘with his life, alter being eseorted half town. Before the robbers left bim, off bis shoulder straps. ARREST OF COUNTRRYEITER® While Millor, the seout, was searching for Windsor and Burmistier be surprised » gang of counterfeiters in the ohaparral, some six oF eight miles from Brownavili« Two of the party wore arrested. Their names are Thow Jones and Charles H. Warrington; at jonst thowe are the names they gave. Tools, dies, chemicals, « forge, be! lows, &e., and eae | one hundred pounds of composi. on for the manufacture of the spurious con were ized by Miller and bie party, together with «can con taining nearly a quart of chiorof rm, and & parcel of arsenic. Jones and Warrington, together with the cou terfeiting tools, Me, were turned over to the Provost Marshal at Brownsville, MORE FIRING ACROSS THE RIO ORAND®, On the night of the 10th inst. there was quite « ively fire of munketry across the Rio Grande, opposite Browns Tt inated ten or fifteen minutes 1 have not rd that any persons were injured. The cause has pot 1 beeu ascertained MEKICAN RETRACTRMOWTERET SOT waO0, TO. The Rio Grande Comrier states, on ite French side, that a traveller had arrived from Monterey, of rather froim the camp of Kacobedo, who states that Monterey had pot been taken by Kacotedo, as previously reported his bands hovered about the city | who went in or came out, uplens when Quirogs’s ry drives them off | houterey bas no Freveh troops, and only five hundred owever, they cut TAKEN RY BAD troope. The city ie nearly deserted b nts, wh Saltillo, where | jae a French force, shand omer ft tue French troops was owing to ao the part of the Metican commanders. The people wired their retaro. ments which merchanve Proporitions have been made to Maximilian for th construction of an intervceaule railroad sctom the wih mos of Tebuantepec nice with provinue sta plished as the return of Ranebero, Feb 11} w portant news (rom Mouterey of the lat, via Mier and Roma, of the un ore fifteen hundred imperial troops at Parras ndred native aad three hundred of the foreign A large imperial force wae mowing on Monterey free Ben Lae Voto The bb tely erey omy, under Garcia Pe ted at Faswoe Banter ha Grawde by Wut | | we | | wight @ side and foreign volintoers op the other, Fernandez escaped with @ few of bis men to (he mountains. On the 26th ult. an enga ement took place five leagues this side of Monterey bewween our forees and the enemy, resulting in the rout of the latter, who left forty dead behind. Geronimo Trevino was fortifying the passes in the Se ralvo mountains, twenty leagues from bier, to impede the progress of the imperial forces approaching that Pedro Mendez had an engagemolit about the 30: ult. with the imperialists at Tallayuca. Mendex was killed, togother with a large number of #ubordinates. TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Proceedings from the 7th to the 13th inst.—Com position of the Convention— Resolution Abandoning the Doctrine of the Right of Scccsston Introduced, &. ‘The Constitutional Convention for the reconstruction of Texas met at Austin, the State capital, ou the 7th inst. Sixty three members presented their credentials and were admitted to seats, Among them wore ox-Governor Henry G. Runnells, representing Bowie county; ¢x-Gov ernor J, P, Henderson, representing Harris county; and Judge J. A. Paschal, and the rebel Brigadior Generals J W. Whitfleld, of Forrest's cavalry, and formerly a border rufflan in Kansas, and J. N, Waul, who served aud sur rendered with Lee, ‘The Convention was organized on the Sth by the elec tion of J. W, Throckmorton, a new and unknown man to us, a8 President, On the Oth Judge Paschal introduced a resolution re- quiring the members to take the constitutional oath, which was amended, after several houm’ discussion, 8 as to require them to take the amnesty oath prescribed by the President's proclamation, On the 13th inst, Governor Hamilton sent in his mes nage. It calls attention to the absolute requirements of the genoral government touching the doctrine of abso- Jute State sovereignty, the abolition of slavery, the rights of the blacks to tostify in courts of Justice and to be protected in person and property, and the repudiation of the Confederate war debt, Judge A. H. Lattimer introduced the following :-— The people of Texas, in convention assembied, ordain and declare the so-called ordinance of secession, adopted by the so-called convention of the State of Texas at the city of Austin, February 1, 1861, and all of the acts aud proceedings of said so-called convention, shall be and the same are declared wo have been bull and void and of no effect whatever from the date of their adoption, and they do hereby further declare that neither the State of Texas nor any other State of the federn! Union has the right in the constitution of the United States to secede or withdraw from the Umou, A motion, by Judge Frazier, to lay the resolution on the table was lost by 45 to 38. A substitute, by Judge Hancock, declaring the action Tevolutionary and therefore void, and the secemion ordivance, were all referred. Another resolution enforcing the binding effect of all the laws passed since the date of the convention, not in conflict with the constitution of the United States, some action on education, and a proposal to increase the num bor of Supreme Court judges, completed the proceedings. DISASTERS TO RIVER STEAMERS, Byers. Cincrmmaty Feb, 26, 1866 The steamer Nannie Byers waa worth $30,000, and insured for $16,000. The boat and @argo were a total Joma, Aa the books and papers were tpt saved it in not kpown how many passengers were on board at the time of the collision. It is supposed that the whole number Of lives lost will not exceed twenty. Reported Explosion of the #teamer & phen Decatur—Steamer Kats Senk— Ratsing ef the Madison and Gtimore. cannct tah ios A rumor prevails here cannot Wo-might, that the steamer Stephen blew up abuve Mem phis, The little steamer Kate sunk yerterday morning rix miles above Leavenworth, Ind. She will be raised. No lives were lost. The steamers Madinon and J. R. Gilmore have bees raised and leave for Cincinnati to-morrow for repair. KXPLOBION OF THE DECATUR /ISCREDITED. Mrmr Feb. 24, 1866. plosion of the camer Decatur is The rumor of the e: not credited here. News from Te Gay Emigration to Texas continues. A wharf, cotton press aud warehouse company, with one million dollars capital, has been formed, paying four hundred thousand dollars is gold for lots A cotton factory has been established at Houston, and Another is organizing by capitalists here. It is proposed to dig @ ten feet canal from Buffalo Bayou to Galveston im, Feb. 18, 1806, Bey igfall escaped from Texas three works rinee The Methodist Church Nort offers to take the negro chorenes of Texas reedmen's Cotton ts dull 9 on New York ran par to one per cent discount. Dry goods are imnpro News from New New Once. ieee Captain W. PF Turner, of Hucksport, Me, commanding the steamer Mianet, running bence to Mobile, was drowned in a storm. The Southern Pacific Railway meeting commenced t day. Tho track i already laid from Marshall, twenty eight in low toward Shreveport The steamer Margaretta leaves Mobile March 1, with | emigrants for Pare, Brazil, », Veo 28, 1808 Gelaton, indicted f a cletk in the Ad jatant General's office, hax excaped from the equaty | jail The steamer Lincola haw arrived bere from Baltimore Hon. Fietcher M. Haight, late Judes of the United States District Court, died bere on Friday He formeriy resided in Rochester, N.Y. Ship Charies Luling, ¥ York Mining shares yesterday were stronger Ophir, $415, Imperal, $129, Choter I Hale & Nororom, §1,095, Yellow Jae tenders, T2ige bid, TH Ke 4 Jagan, eailed to day for New Ravage Ice Gorge at Albany—The New Bridge ‘Test Auaany, Feb 1, 1806 The ice in the river began to move ebout midnight ast Right It moved a few miles below the cliy aud wae there stopped. At rit o'cioek this morning \t stood sul opponite the city and a At abet nine o'clock it started again, and at Opporite the city aud above ae fares Troy was The new bridge was subjected to at eevere s teat ae it can ever be put to, and stond it perfentiy An immense ford f the part ten “ of solid lon, a foot thick, and extending from one mde of the river to the other, came down with « rapid current ts foros pon the channel pier, the 4 pier * enat of (he guard pier all at onee, with the eigh tnoving one of them. The feld of ice was broken & pieces or growed to powder sgninst the pisrs . o time the oe Was paaming two trains of cm t rider carrying over comforiably yr nd from New ¥ anibie for them Wi erome the river in « o# tale no dam at the bridge ‘ ore of the bride: . Aly, indicating that the ie he elt, and it hae « “ wiged wat Cnniewn T aoe ely hght. The early train f og jammed over the Hudeon river ridge dirert for Crneimnall, ead the midnight trains to rom ale 1) baa grown very cold dace morning ok wah the thermometer ean fourtees degrees above rere amd falling Mobile Cot Of Whe week, 16.000 vane PRICE FOUR CENTS. ——s NEWS FROM PERU. The Peruvian Government Determined Not to Kubmit to the Tyranny of Spatma. The South Am Munt be Respeet of Fina Gane ™M In of Exch sondon—A Trip Across the Peruvian An ulek- silver Mines, &., &e. OUK LIMA CORKESFON Lima, Vera, Jan 28, 1808. Mr. Pacheco, tho Secretary of Foreign Attairs, circular jetter announcing to the foreign Ko ip his Amen ty tho declaration of war and its causes, after recomnting all the grievances to which this goverament had been subjected by Spain since the occupation © the Chincha Islands, states that the Spanish goveromont, not content with having extorted from Peru #o.o¢ throe millions of hard dollars, now demands, by way of indewnitication for claims based upon colonial pretensions, & larger amount of tr asure than even the proverbial wealth of Peru could satiafyyand, over and above that, the whole expenses of the war, of rather of the famous explortag expodition. or those reasons the Peruvian government ty compelled to conquer from Spain au honorable peace rather than submit to the exorbitant and aggressive deomaudy of the Spanish government, a# this would yoly lead to @ renewal more vexatious claims and arbitrary pro- Spain must be taught to respect tue South American republics, THE TREATY RETWKEN ( AND PRRO—BANQUET GIVEN IY THE CUILEAN MINEVTAM AT Lita. Tho Chilean Minister residing here celebrated the ratt fication of the treaty with a splendid banquet, The dip matic agents of all the American republics were prevent, but, though lnvited, not one of the Kuropoan orp: diplo matique wax in attendance. Some very ably and witty speeches were made in response to the various toaata, In reply to the wast “The United State: joneral Hovey remarked ;—"Europe has its own aud particular Institutions, ite own Intersta and its own occupations, America never interferes with th m. Oight not that to bea lemon to European governinents w mind their own business, and not to meddle with the affairs of a cout: nent thousands of miles distant from thor shored The late events between Peru and Chile will yn be repeated if a European Pow ratiompts to interfere by force of arms in the affairs of American watons 1 would e advise them tw leave A: 4 to the Aweri PRRUVIAN FINANCES AND TAXATION By a dictatorial decree under date of the 26th inst « capital tax o from eight to twelve dollars aanually is to be lovied upon all male inhabitants from tue age of twenty one to niKt The Hecretary of tho Treasury has reduced the budget for the ensuing year from twenty-eight millions of dol- Jara, Inclusive of the interest of the eleven millions, not including amount he int busily at work, bot I a ment the treasury is quite bankrupt resources the said in to the for eo merchanta of thie y over four million dollars bills on Loadou, those bills re accopied by Mr. Barreda, the Veruvian ‘Min ater at London, aud he supposed be could meet them by negotiat ing a uew loan, the loan could not be obta ned, aud the b ls were returned protested. The present governinent le absolutely without Moane w meet the protested drafty, but offers bonds, with interest, which are refused by the hoiders, alleging that those drafla were purcuased to meet their yean credita Dp 2 reeinmatene have been innlituted by te ministers jug the fi t t lived sary int VOvERS ent The Chilean papers publish the instructions gi the Spanish government to Admiral Vareja, £ board of the Aured faone ovetanes left to the aieorccion of the Admiral, ized to bombard Valparaino, giv g the foreign eonsule the customary information to enable their countrymen protet their \nteresta, The schooner Vievora, from Lota, r ports having spoken the Peruy au (rigates Apu rimac aud Amazon, in company wih the Chilaa brig Mapu, two degroes to the south of Valparainy, steering wath. The steam sloopsof-war Union aud Americ o sailed fran Arca on the worning of the Zlat just, to Join the frigates, whieb nm jusiness of all kinds 4 but the most necessary A A he exceedingly dallhere No ticles of food are ealnble, y high rates The time the payrnent of pen nificers serving woder { soal sarvalion, oro | in order asylum lualf pay, aud the many fa compelled see with their (rieuds n the interior The United States sloop of-war Wateree aailet on the 24th ov & southern cruise. A decree bas just been published proliti! ng Apanarde from commanding vew of the reput Hefore ‘hia ant ng vee tole were owned and commanded by Spaniel captains Additional batieres, with very heavy order yc ives ' peed from Guayaquil to he . THE PRROVIAN aS 0mm amp to thy easter etope veliea, tw two 1 * « ° . . . , “ toe © correspon ‘ © yppomit wid ows watts 4 * pot , cin, tte and win * ” ¢ abye . naley y bhot we (* you @ y he cornterrepied twew 1 cararenk Oe the eterual eaow At Maton, the ascent to yee The pase ie This leet ascent niaih directly in fr 4 Ove hundred feet an | rome hed Live bop ateo was bitter cold, though tere war Bo & The 4 comet of table land, f oth erertomsl comes [te f above the “ ’ have Bo emcaped | Leen porery \easees aod y of t wrely fa ep doyth of the em the t the Charlee TIL, i the lowest workin the name of Rah Joan Nepornacen « | $46 entent fhe mine is Bot Known, af many of the ge hoket op © lorie od Wwadng ehate are tnd some even wallet op mill ing pile have baee explored prise the @ { Waancaveie he aor Vorty one eas uee of Woee ac ciem