The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1866, Page 7

dl 2s —REBEIPCOTTON BoNDs. Latest Project of the British Ttders to Get Their Money Back. Their Proposition » United States. wee -Jobn Ball Anxious to Relieve the South of the Taint of Repudiation, to the Admirable Specimen of English Neutrality. Wr. Seward’s Sarcastic Letter Declining to “Consider the English Claims, &, &, de, ‘Wasurnaron, May 1, 1866, ‘Tho President sent a message to the House to-day, in ereaponse to a resolution of the 26th of April requesting taformation relative to the rebel debt known as the “‘cot- ton loun,’ transmitting a report from the Secretary of “State, to whom it was referred, as Collows:— MR. SEWARD TO MR, M’CULLOCH, ‘ 'ARTMENT OF StaTx, WASHINGTON, April —, 1866, The Hon, Hues McCuncocn, Secretary of the ‘Treasury :— Sm—By direction of the President I have examined certain papera which you have submitted to me relating fo the Jate rebel loan, and which are as follows:-— First-——A communication, which is addressed to the President, and which bears the date of London, the 10th of March? 4 ned by order of Sir Provo Malls Khight (D. 6. Morgan, xecrctary Francis Phil. . Weston, W. M. Morgan and T. Harvey. Second—A communication of the same date addressed to “His Excellency James L. Orr, Governor of the State of South Carolina,” and signed ‘by the same parties in the same form. Third—A communication bearing the same dato, signed by the same parties, and addressed to the Hon. High McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, ‘outth and Fikth—Two letters from George McHenry, under dite of April 10, 1866, addressed to the Hon’ iam MeCulloch, United States Socrotary of the Treasury. George MeHenry, in his first letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, develops for the consideration of this gov- ernment a plan, which he says he has proposed to the aforementioned committee, and which they have ac- cepted. This plan ts that the United Slates government shali furnish to that committee a copy of tho contract whi © say's was made between Erianger and Company, of Paris, aud the late rebel conspiracy at Richmond, together with the particulars of the settlement of the same, Which contract and investment McHenry assumes are to be found among the documents of that traitorous goasptracy which have come into the possession of this government, When tho ers indicated shall have Deen delivered over to the mittee of rebel bondhold- ers ia London, then the committee promise that the out- standing rebel cotton loan bonds shall be delivered up to agents of the United States for cancellation, %, The aforementioned bondholders shall waive any it or claim they may have under the jaws of ngland, or.any funds that are in the hands of the for see, agonts of the last traitorous conspiracy at Rich- a % The said bondholders shall guarantee, that either they or their friends will subscribe forthsvith to a new ‘1 (0 be created by the cotton and tobacco states (what rlicalar States are ‘meant is not more distinctly ex- jain od) Cor £5,000,000, at 50 per centum, payable in on, the money to be used soiely in redeveloping the tasouroes of these Stats. 4 Inthe event of the creditof the Southern States boing restored through the influence of the lastfnamed >peration a second loan of £5,000,000 is to be taken at 60 ant centum within three months after the placing of the rat loan upon the market. 5. In the event of such second loan being successful, dthen a loam for £10,000,000 is to be taken at 70 per cent- pm, alter a like interval of time, ee MoHenry argues in support of this scheme as hi re £20,000 000, nt an. Fhe mterest being payable nds would, of course, remain in and rot jerul securities fyiud tliere are, retnened to Wall'street, * © # ea) My, pluo—Mr. McHenry says—it Out, would, no jovbh, at once elevate the credit of the several sou! dates, and at the same time remove any excuse the Cou Federaie agents may have for not renilering thelr aecov.nte ond withholding funds from the representative of the United ‘States. vd According to Mr, McHenry the bondholders they purchased their Fonds from Mosers. end Company undertm: tations, they (the. bond. boldors) have a chance of recovering something from that house if C4 obtain copies of the con! with particulars of ent. Then, Mr. McHenry adda;— It as quite clear that unless these cotton bonds are put * ‘manner it wil ve, Impossibie to ma mithernisecurities, State, railroad or Thetpublis cretitof the Boutd groree, xo long as the pul o' outbern Sonteayed, Bi Jat not extend her system of private business fo ‘tates. A similar state of affairs existe just ‘S0w in regard to Spain, I speak from experience, aa I have been endsavuring for several mouths past to throw capital Into the Southern States, In ordér to encourage the culture of cotion, While I have found ev ition manifested by my friends in Lancashire to acqu ny suggestion, | havo also found that ord repudiation to. be a stumbil Pp »: fn the way. diMcuity removed, all wili we we + Mr. McHenry closes his first letter to the Secretary of the Treasury with the assurance that his arrangements @re such (hat if the public credit of the South be restor- ed, he will be able to borrow for the various Southern aeailroads on fair terms as much money in Europe as they may need. ir. McHenry, in his second letter to the Secretary of the bong won yg tome us that a committee of bond- holders hi to him (Mr. Mé@Henry) some printed mat- ter to present to the Secretary, which he (Mr. McHenry) Shy uegstation of fe aicipais in the finds, upon examination, contains an —- of the English counsel of the rebel bondholders§ that the United States government is responsible for those bonds. Mr. McHenry states that he does not wish to enter upon that point, and therefore he retains the prnted matter, He seeks to proparo the way for gaining the conddence of ‘the United States goverument by declaring that he has ‘a0 interest whatever -in these bonds; that ho advised the bondholders to abandon all claim apon the United Stat and upon any property of the lste Confederacy, fail back upon wt & C who reecived the money for the bouds. He declares that the bondholders had no dealings with the Con- federate authorities; that the transaction was conducted called Mesers, Schrodes & Co., who , and not as agente tor the Confederate governme: that Erlanger & Oo. in a letter to the bondholders, of date November 12, state that thoy do not feel at liberty t6 give the boldholders the inspection of the contract, which is a doovment, they say, of the Confederate government will themselves. He adds:— ‘There ig « umor prevalent that at the date of that letter Misers Krlanger & Oo. aid owe the Confederete govern- ‘erable sum of money, but that they settled with ute of tho Confederacy by paring iim douds of the cotton Joan, which they purchased at about 4x pence, aud whith be afterwards gold at about the same wate, He proceeds to state further that the manner in which tLe ex agents have acted bas in no way tended to etromg hea or tlevate Southern credit, ‘Tho representations wich are made by the English Committee of holder: of rebel cotton bonds fa the ed which MeHenry submits in their behalf, may be fly ‘Tho applicants inform the President that his patriotic inform the jen! and statestnanlike policy towards the Southern States (of the Union) has excited admiration in England. They especially cal his attention to the manner in which this administration ts iltustrated by the feet that they who havo beea deeply injured Lave nevertheless favored him with thelrcorrespondence, and that in this correspon. dence they congratulate hits upon his noble efforts to restore the Union of the States, and thoy urge him to “persevere lm every manacr”’ in order to accomplish SS eo writer say it a large financial inter- ot 1a Enginnd, bat without telling a¥ewhen or where they so represent foterest. In genoral cetes MOM EEA erhager Rtn, of Firm with tho jeenrs. or 4 ie ty Ba Jately conkderated: Without ¢.pain.ng or dwelling upon the injories, mis’oriuaes and losses, to which they 80 allude, abey ay they are content to leave the settlement of the c.aiuys of their aemenes, gla | ore bondhoid- ers, to (he magnanimity of the United States, taving thas voluntarity submitted themselves to the joe of the United States: y proceed to a new and distinct sabject, ‘Our Senn" the; = em d in to areist the Southern Mtates with capital, for the pu of redevelop: jag the resources of there 8, and thus promoting she prosperity of all the ited States." They next present to the President's notice ad sour embarrassment whieb they encounter in yield- ing to the deaire they have thus expressed. This diff sculty is stated in the following words: ite which you have her risk Unless we wo fay their oral industry ted Tor earrying into etect ne a the unfortunate * thorerore that that they feol ranted in doing what they pro- pose; Doras ty believe that when their present glaims ageinst the States (meaning, as is Bup- tho assumed claims of the bondholders of the rebel Cotton loan) are surrendered, whon tho taint of repudiation ing, a8 We Suppose, the failure of those rebel bonds to be recognized and. acknowledged by any competent national or political power) is cleared away, the os edit of the Southern States (meaning, as is under- stood, thy? States lately involved in robellion) in Europe, will be restored, and that of the federal States (meaning, as wo undersianu, tho crodit of the United States) will be augmented, is “+ Next by way of showing wd {ho unféasonableness of disallowing their project, the committee state that if nothing shal! be done, that is, if they dg not carry out thes new enterprise, do not surrender the aforesaid claims and clearaway the aforosaid taint of repudiation from the aforesaid Southern Siates in Qurope, then the United States, the Southern States and the projectors of the new enterprise must all continue to be sufferors by the existing state of affairs, The Committee thon again revert to the munificence of their offer, and under scom. tng apprehension that it may bring ‘this soundness of judgment in question, they proceed to remove this diftl- culty by declaring that they look at this matter in @ purely business light. The intereste they represent are |: ly concerned in the bonds of the sev- eral States, North and South, as well as those issued by the United States government. They doclare that they Purchased the now Tepuflaled cotton bonds (of the rebels) solely si Peo crags speculation, in r to obtain cotton ‘pence per pound, just aa they purchased five-twenty stocks of the waited States when! id was at 200, under the cenviction that when peace should be both would turn out to be protitabl Having mado frank xplanations, icone recur to the of the embarrassment first men- tioned, declaring thor 6 with emphasis as follows:-- ‘We bave now to add that in rting hope in he courao of few Jente's Fe, Le, i coenae of » fow years s ia he nde up, be ‘Wwe cannot again run tbe viak of 70: The Committee then felicitate themselves (with how much reason must be imper‘ectly known to us) upon the great sum of their resources and the superior wisdom and eagacity and patriotism of their agent, McHenry. They say:— ‘We deem it alike fortunate for the States that we alone, in this metropoits, can restord to the South (meaning the !ataly rebel population in the United States) her Baancial condition in this: commun 4 a England). We feel greatly obliged to Mr, McHenry for his suggestions im refereuen to these matters. His views are eminently patriotic (whether {a an American, oF a British; or n rebel sonse is left obsaute), ai me tim Ir. MeHen: peared grappled with the dl Imeuites presented'en beth tides of. ine tlantic, and as far as we (meaning the holders of the rebel Colton loan) are concerned, he has smoothed the way for return of credit. i compere Fetes OF ore entirely appreve of the plans From the letter which was addreseed by the committee to the secretary of the Treasury, we learn the Interesting fact, that the so-called cotton bonds were to authorize the holders to claim from tho rebels who Issued them pay. ment in cotton, and at six peace per pound, six months aftera treaty of peace between the United States and these rebels should bo signed, and that the bonds se held by the spplicants represont a claim on this basis of ,000,000, We learn aiso the further fact, that the bondholders regard the Secretary of the Treasaty as one of theablest financiers of the present day, and as ® man of business who knows the full value of credit, From the letter in which the committee addressed his Excellency Governor Orr, we learn the further fact, that the aforesaid bondholders have used every effort to ob- tain from Erlanger & Co., and other contractors of the lato rebels, some account of their stewardship, but that all their efforts have been in vain. ‘This letter gives us a furthor evidence of the sctupu- lous impartiality of the holders of the rebel bonds, They declare that they are holders also of federal and Northern State securities, which they purchasedyt the same time with their purchase of the rebel bonds, and which they purchased upon the good faith of the government by which they were issued, and so they declare themselves free to say, a3 faras they are concerned, there was no litical feeling whatever in that transaction. ey on~ force their a ion upon the gei ation of hi peer @ Governor by e: to him thoir be- lief that the piorthern securities (that 1s, bonds whieh have heret ‘States of the United States) will be as valueless as ihe Southern rebel bonds unless means are resorted to by which the Southern States, as component parts of the United States, are not only restored to the Union, but also reinstated in their material prosperity. With the end, therefore, of preventing the approhont- od decline and failure of the stocks of the Northora States, the rebel bondholders propose to throw additional Inoney into the Southern States, Passing from the narrow ground which they have thes up, to a broador one, the committee of rebel bondholders next commend their poet to the Govern- or by stating that ae are nol ashamed to own that the prosperity of the British Empire, as well aa the pros- pertty of the United’ States, would be enhanced by the ceva of the staple productions of the Southern tes, The Committee conclude their letter with lene} is wnb knows to possess, George Me! jo now himself as agent for Mee raeal bondholders, is uot all ir un- known to this ment. Tn he published in London & volume entitled “The Cotton + its Bear~ ing Upon the ity of Great Briain and the Com- tion with the dyetenrot Negro ti ; wi , State,” Tho volume bore @ motto extracted from the treasonable writings of Jefferson Davis, and was inseribed to William H. Gregory, d Parliament, hostile to Tne Uilted Staten In tho dedicas | men are mg ced himself ag an Amoricau rebel en a upeake concerning the rebelilon as fol- “Daring the last twenty-eight weary mouths, weary enough to all Confederate Americans in F) Ihave been more and more convinced that the rain of calamities which bave occurred within that time might have been averted but rape om op the of the British Ministry and members of jament to the motion whic! tated on March 4, 1801, Wd notice of your intention to gy ine towed in favor recog. nition of the Southern Confederacy, then composed of the seven cotton Stater."” Tam of the opinion that neither the nature of these several communications, nor the matters discussed therein, nor the form in which they are thereia treated, nor the character of their authors, nor that of their agent, is such a8 to deserve consideration on ‘the part of 10 be, 5 si "WILLIAM H. SEWARD. THE FENIANS. Movements of General Meade. Eastrour, Me., May 1, 1366, Goneral Meade has just returned from St. Andrews, N. B., where he met General Doyle, of the British army, to consult on Fenian affhirs. It iv reported that the troops here have orders to be ready to march at @ mo- ment’s notice, Their destination is unknown, The Fenians in jada. DETRCTIVES AT WORK HUNTING UP MORK FVI- DENCE—COLONEL WHEKLER AND THR NEWSPA- PRR CORWESPONDENTS--KCMORS OF MORE AR- RESTS TO BE MADE, ETC. Tonowto, C. W., May 1, 1806, Detectives are here working energetically to get further evidence against Fenian prisoners. They have dug over Sheedy’s entire garden in search of a missing box, the contents of which are believed to be very important. Colonel Wheeler was here last week in séarch of the correspondents who charged him with being a detective. He exhibited a caso of dveliing ptetols in « barroom, and threatened to kill the correspondents in thelr tracks if they will not retenct, Ho ciaims to be a cousin of the Confederate cavalry General Wheeler. Rumors are rife of more-arreste Being likely W take place in a few days, Amusements. » THY MATINERS TO-DAY. pony he 1 im tates ‘yo ry, Sixteenth, The matinees arranged for this afternoon are attror- | Seventeenth, Fortf-fourth, ‘second, Fifty: ry tive, At Wood's theatre, Broadway, the Worrell Sisters | Ninety- One Hu will perform ina grand matinee, to commence at half- past one o'clock. The Elves, or Statue Bride, will be played, Mmo. Strelinger aleo appeare. George ty's matinee will’be given, at the asual hour, at the new Fifth “Avenue Opera House, engsging the entire com- | Organisation ef pany, with Mr. Lewis Myers, the new attraction. The farce of the Black Statue will conclude the perform. General Hawley, Governor ance. Tony Pastor will have the Fairy Guardian, or the | ted Patriot of Poland, played at & matines at hie Opera House, in the Bowery, opening a! two e'clock. The new songs and new dances wil! aleo be given. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA BOUEH, A new bill for the present week was inaugu! Monday evening bofore a crowded house, and, judging from the frequent encores and burets of applause witich wv niet Our apprenensions on point, They — us, ip this regard, thus superlatively polite are on the after wishing ono another at the great enemy of all man. kind, while n from whom ts othe chi their relations with the other follow may be. the information from what is facctiously called the fromt is ee yp 9 od paige Pome it iy _ can reaily tell whether tho Brazilian feet Sr peepee ie Ae oo hg we gta rientes for the Paso le Pairia yet. While some persons affirm that this very mighty feat bax heen accomplikhed, others are as certain that it ls not likely to be done this side of the Greek Calends, said to be a deverter, which is totally different from any provions statement, ‘throwing considerable doubt as to ‘Phe garrison, he gays, consists of only one thousand men, sixty pieces of artillery, five of whieh are 6%-pounders, eleven 32’ and the rest from 24 t 12. river from the centre of Hui fessed to know, there were noot ther stated that the Paragueyans have ten st“amers; that there is no battery at Tres Paraguay ri Lope. 7 orn | men da piri; did of * Pike" bad losing from to 160 & 3 Uhat whi presents an | £068 ts ‘nd that fw 5 very email quantity : irene the river is seven leagues. ie sean dit hn a 226 aterm Dae Maan MARS SRT TE island Mesa, aboutsmid-river; they act as scouts and ree Sort eversthi a THE PLATE WAR, Arrival of the South America from Rio Janeiro, Passage of the Parana by the Brazilians. ee ianhnnnhnanns Ramored Attack on Fort ¥ Humaita. The Paraguayan Army Diminished by Sickness. a” &, The steamship South America, Captain Tinklepaugh, from Rio Janeiro on the 3d of April, arrived at this port atalate hour last night. The purser will accept our thanks forthe prompt delivery of our despatches and Rewspaper fica —_— (Our Ric Janciro Correspondenee, Rio Jannmo, April 3, 1860, ‘POR PLATE War. Really 20 little has been dono in this matter sinen my last writing, and what information has been received here on the subject is so apochryphal, that it is hardly worth while sending a letter on the subject, Of what interest ia it to the North American or the European reader to be informed of councils of war between tho allied commanders, resulting im nothing, and such childish platitudes as Admiral Tamandare writing Geu- eral Mitro that, though he is not worth much on land, yet ho thinks he i#s manon tho water; and the Genoral assuring sald Admiral that ho (the Gen- eral) considered tho Admiral a man, both on land and water? Of course, the gallant bat rather tardy Admiral is a man, and not an colt woman in breeches. Onty famcy such & correspondence taking Place between Farragut and Grant! It reminds one of the absurd politeness of the days of Saxe, when tho men ee, of each army—English and Fronch—having deliberately shaven and shorn and eaten their breakfast, would stand face to face in battle array, when a contest would oceur, in the politest language of each rival commander, asto who should fire first, each general iusisting on receiving the first fire. For my part, if I was commanding general on either side I would take my enemy at bis word and fire first, without standing to bandy complements while my men were swearing awfully at the delay, which, I verily believe, gave Sterne his idea of “our army swearing ter. ribly in Flanders." But tho worst of the matter is that, in this Plate waf, the rival commanders, who ore same side, flesb, whatever Ine fact fa, ting the eommon enemy in ance OF escape, oily Cor. I quote the following story of a Paraguayan soldier, is being a genuine deserter. He says he deserted from Humaita, where he had served for the lart ten years, oundors. All thy walry had Tod down to Paso la Patria. There a ttery of eighteen 32-pounders at Cumpaity, two leagues below Humaita, and three chaing etretehed wcrves the ita, Ae far as he pri er obetructions, He ray and no other om the aay river; and Barrios command 20,00) ” know the number da Patria to Huruaite is eo bad, through a swamp and tive leagues in <4 ‘to Pasea do Patria.” from bg that — 2 be Ae uite happy at rospect of an imme brash with the anny, whom they entitle the Russians of Southern America. How wil! Ursa Mi Q compliment? ‘Their imactivity ha been such “a loug one that In most of the letters received here from the fleet complaint und discouragemont were thelr “ine following is the translation of a letier that bas been recently publiehed in one of the papers of this ov “Brexoe Avues, Maret 17, 1866, prese has jast arriv ag irgent ¥: the ‘Gonseal nite gi — Paz. most important is the passage of the Parana, On the 12th the Brazilian fleet was to weigh anchor, and the crossing of the army to take place from the 14th to the 16th. In this operation our forges will be pro- tected by a division of six or seven veee#ls and one fron- clad. Tu the meantime the main neage a force the pass of Humaita, previously destroying the Faregeagen ‘Vessels it may meet there, and wik ascond the river to Astumcion, As soon ns the army has crowed, tho flotilia will penetrate into the Parana, going up as for aa the point where Baron Porto Alegre is pascny 3 to ford thet river, in order to afford hint the necessary help. “+All those items are beget ee ae al i “A passenger just arrived states that al cal t horses that fea'teon at thelr winter pasture bad already arrived at the encampment. “A ramor wae current in Bueno Ayres (in consequence probably of the above letter) thas all the au ed arta nat have crowed to-day, supporied by the fort, wi musynow be attacking ‘Humate. Ff all that ie said be trae, in two or throe days the most important news may be expected. Providence will certainly favor the holy canuse of liberty.” All thie ts simply bosh. It is - “An ches ORDERED MUSTERED OCT. The following Jist of volunteer organizations whieh have been or be mustered out of eervice not ine eluded Su previous ciroulara:— —Infantry, Thirteenth Companies H, L, M, Second, th. n@ Hundred and Trrenty-eighth. , lor of Thirteenth. ‘avalry, Brackett’s battelion Iry, remainder of First aft , One Hundred and One Handred sud er ty New Joreey —Tnfant ¥ fou: Obio—In/antry, Forty-cighth and Fifty wath i Wirconsin—Infentry, Forty-eight! pietod and Com- Fema: nd Seventy-« Fi -olgbth, inh ndred and Third, Ove Huudred and Eleventh One Hundred nud Nineteenth. Third, Fifth, 2th; Twelfth heavy. Nore. —The Eighty second United Statog colored Chris | still remains in service, the order for its muster ost baying been revoked, State Government of Connecticut. New Huver, May 1, 1866, left Hartford sity limits by the Governor the city amid ree o'cloek tral the Jobn R. Buck, of Hartford,’ for Clerk. “rye repens, ec the Hevge nominates Dovid Gall Speaker; John New: for Cet and James V, Tainter, of ‘Ameistant cheater, for STeeted the entire performance, the programme bas met ‘The democratic cascus of the Rouse nominated Charles with the entire satisfaction and approval ef the eritical De oan abituas of this favorite piace of amusement, Tony Pas- tor’s inimitable witticisme, especially in the Advertise | pow, hits on the times ing of the Green,” ment Extracrdinary, where #4) are made in his allusions to the were weil received by the Fenians and their sympathizers as the Ate! who were of the audience. The corps de ballt made ry iby for Clerk, ‘The |i ration of the Governor takes place to-mor- ‘and will be accompanied by en iipporing military end civic parade, _—_—_—_—_—_—_ of mary C. Bal horns Ra apr fjeom and Pike's their appearance in the Sicilian Vespers, composed by BE 16 CHARGED WITH IXTENDING TO DECAMP WITH E much rapidity of motton and precision and with fect. Miss Augusta Walby, the graceful danseu Be hvsaligance Sus deservedly (he recipient of om by the audience, and fo Aen dd of tar of the ballet at that og cluded with a new drama, entitled Tho Fairy ; or, The Patriot of Poland, in whith the greater of the talent of the house appeared, and Were ceived. The sornic effect was gl like, and the Indies of the ballet displayed their usual ok agility. ieee Hl Em 2 The Erie Conal, Atnasy, May 1, 1806, Lattow's culvert, about a mile weet of Albion, began to leak bedly on Monday. drawn off between Medina cana) will be delavea ebout ve The water bas been about all | i Navigation om uve | at & Mons. Szollorsy, for the firet ume on Monday night. The TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BONDS OF intricate Sgures of thia Wallet were gone through with THAT COMPANY, Barron, May 1, 1868. On Wednesday leet Deputy if Dearborn at rested on & Writ of me exent ©, Wheeler, $s "Sa, Sa seks “stn ran prt ae o was the foilo cirournatances:—Mr. Wheeler Pres. dent of Brunswick and Florida Halirend, and is also with the project of the Atetison and Pike's Peak }, Ja whone favor the writ was lesued, and who claim Wheeler has with- eld and secreied bonds to the of $200,000, and Se ee coe a fe Lag wee wuld by Supreme Judicial which tribunal ‘waa taken, and in de‘salt of bonds to the amount of $800,000 for bi he was committed to jail It i" | be brought before the Supreme Coart E te i =e Ey s= ir § .3 3 morat clas thotr mi ‘This ca ble druggtate, syetom.. Hi ro qeantition ‘ta be drank in thelr place of bufiness nor in t f therer LARGE MURTING AT THR METROPOL Me dee that as age to have takew THE LIQUOR QUESTION. The Licenses Grantéd Yestorday, ce. When tha Commissioners of the Board of Health a4- journed yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, thoy im, mediately wpnt in session as a Board of Excise, There was a full Boara in attendance, at which Mr. Sohulte ‘presided, Several communications were read, which wore ordered to be placed on filo; among others a pett tion signed by a committee appointed by a delegation of Uquor dealers requesting “a modification in Certain casos of the regulations proposed for the granting of licenses ‘and the rates therefor.’’ It is as follows: — M4 The retail dealers ti t! to be oke of pecullar arash. “Mfiitugny of dens thote business hag been one of almost a lifetime, and the compul- different branches, whl ; only roruly in int shamiatinnnt ot n able to furnish to ths rer ‘and at lower They. bel cont all requirements of the fhe presery of the’ peace, “quiet ond at . Epes rate as your hens bod: allowed to fix, and the average condition in life ot your tloners wot to being just therein, rs of the law be sofiened in their first applica tion, we hive reason to believe that all good citizens will ‘toroply with the provisions, and that a spirit of evall between those to whom it applies aud L. HAHN, atatnxsox.t Committee, ‘ JOHN J. H. AHRENS, Mr. Bogworte spoke in favor of creating another grade of jyense, at the rate of thirty dollars, for apothe- caries, supposed that one of the objects of this law was to Support all good people and not to sacrifice the tyterdstsf those Who have carried on their business with perftet propriety; and he did not sen wby an apothecary, who hay never allowed any strong drinks to be drank’ in bis premises, license at, the lowest rate, olagy, wh men in shoald not have @ Then there was another by resolution of the Boar', were excluded— @ grocery imsiness who have been of good ter through all their life, They were a thoir vtorés, but who Keay and soll it tn small quantities for fauwilf use and for special purposes. If spirituous Uquors eobld be sold why should theae men be pat in a = iy they must give up their business entirely ir. B, also spoke in favor of granting lieonres at a re- duced raté to mon who keep restaurants and email places, where they dispose of stnait quantties of ule and beer. There wero men of this class who had their places of business ¢iowed at seven o'clock in the evening, aud why should mot the business be kept in the hands of men who havé carried it on in a proper manger? Mr. Actow remarked that drug stores had been golling thousands of gallons of alcobol, aud groceries had done more darhage than any other Class in the city. The gro- cery business was only used as a cloak to carry on the liqhor traitic. He had watéhed them for years. Thore was something wrong in thie gin bosiness, and, as we were to'have an inebriate asylum, those who inake drankards would haye to help pay for It. Dr, Cxaxnt said, In reference to drug stores, that he hat’ beoh informed that ainoteon-twentieths of them fol Uraprs wt their counters gon of = water npc in tho drag @tore, whero they ako sold the glass, aud many a espectable family had been ruined at the soda punebes, hot in winter and cold in summer. was tietd by one of the most renpeotae into a pernicious le ld Pount out drug stores in Brooklyn rear e-store was stocked with liquors; opposed to giving licenses to the drug ‘Toe Pamsmert said that Mr. Acton was right inthe storen, meatier, and the Board could not help it if injustice wold be done to certata classes. ‘The (allowing rerolution on this snbject was offered by Mr. Bosworth, which, however, was lost:— Kesolved, That apothecaries who hava neygr sold in amo!l ju which it i carrind or allowed spirituo ve drank on thelr presales, and who represent « prowiaa they wiil not hereafter allow {¢ to done, if of good mora! character, may Rave a Loeuse oy pay iug thirty dollars resolution in reference to licenses for put to a vote, which shared the The retail | evap ‘was tli ‘ate as the resoitition in reference to apothecaries: — ‘Phat retail grocers of good moral ch: a bar on tap ser, who where their 4 in mma wy Gla that toey il not ve a license by’ paying to retailers of ale mors] character who here- geomuse #2 8 condtuon to them a Heenae that heroafier on thelr premised to be suid oF given away au; wine OF wpiritions ‘bat will keep and sell only al vad may hat oy therefor the sum voted down by the majority of the board :— ry v0 ms nik ts apply to the grocars ease tye ON a at on Randred and forty cight fret clase levees each, and forty-eight of the second class at $100 ore granted. T e New ¥. ‘hk Liqnor Dealers’ Society, AN LOOMS - REPORT OF & COMMITTEE. ht the New York Liquor Dealers’ Boviety held met at ite headquarters, at (he Metropolitan Rooms, in Hester street, for the purpose of discussing further which it might be dcemed necessary to take for of ts members ui the operations of Jaquet and Exewe law. The large hall was aaa there being some two thoneind ie mind persons iu attendance. Tho rest dent e association, Mr. Joi A William, Qo0u the chair, while Mr. Jobn Merchant was oflelaling aa secretary. A number of prominent Liquor deales ane present, and addresses on the snhject were delivered by the Mosers. Horatio Reed, Hatin, Voge and others, At the hove [seney committer ho o ed to on the Excise Commissioners it that Board to recede fre rei this clare from the be of ‘Neeuse for the jo of liquors. ites made m report. It was reprosented thal Je wa@ couriderod very wnjart toa branéh of bust. by law and custom, that it should be trite! Pia eg der jg the refuaat on the part of the Board of Kaine to grant t that class of persons license for the #ale of liquoe, Then the necemity ant On, to modify the License fee, #0 a8 to meet the poptiary condition and ¢atent of trade of the appli cant Meense, wod discumed. The intoution of the a ‘plain, and a scale of prices ranging from $30" 40,9260. should be alopted by’ the Board Rxeise, The committee had applied to tho Be reference to thesé two considerations—ibat tb desler ehould not be compelled to pay ae large ae ® license as hotel keepers and large dealers Hope weg Oxpressed that the law would be administered aan and liberal spirit, and that no person of good more. er, and who keeps a ple plave of as = Be toys to the requirements - wore y y oft to Sheers honestly its provinons, the society it prepared to seek legal protection and redress wo o injustice should be sought to members of the association were ad With the ascertained views of the Board ot , to goon as usual with their business until echerwise of iy ye beat at the meeting, which ad- Joutbed ato ate hour. Political News. kerma RewovaL —The Cincinnat! Gaeale chronicles ther temoval of James P. Lane, Eeq., editor of the La- fayeite (Ind.) Journal, and aradical (rom the post office of that city. Tee Temrenasce Quasrios im Potrm —Great pfforts aré/ belmg made by the radical temperance men in the varjous counties in the State of Wisconsin to make the temperamee question @ political igsue in the next fall leven, ‘ta-Theta-Pei Fraternit ha Crrcssati, wy, 1966, Convention of the Beta-Theta-Psi Fra ia in thin iy. “ome Why chapters ae Pprected ‘Aévertisomente for the Wargty Hanaty must be handed sp dotore tem O'clock every Wednesday evening. ite eir. vulation among the enterprising mechavice, farmers, merchamte, manufacturers ead gentlemen throughout he ‘Qoustry ie inereasing very repidiy. Advertisements in- Peseta wep pop ot Es the active and energetic people of the Cuited MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Persia, Captain Low, will ievre (bis port on to-day for Liverpost. ‘The maile for Karope will close at baif-paxt twotre ocloee ths morning ‘Ton New Yorn Manato—Bdition for Rorops—will ba mady «6 eleven o clock In the morwing Gingle comes im wrappers, testy for Eling we euke Board of Exetse—A Poti- tion of Liquor Deulers—A Lower Class of License Called for—Kefusal of the Board—No License for Apothecarios— tiara! ub never allowed liquor to be drank in | ore, | down. NEW YORK. HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 1883.—TRIPLR” SHEET: KENTUCKY DEMOCRA' Repentant and Unrepentant Rebels in Conneil in Louisville, DISCORDANT ELEMENTS AMONG THEM. They Demand the Abolition of the Freed- men’s Barean and Withdrawal of Uaked States Troops. &, hb, a. Loowvrize, May 1, 1966. The self-stylod democracy of old Kentucky, composed Of repentant rebels, rebels non-repontant, rebela who fought for Jeff. Davis, and rebels who didn’t, men in favor of the old Union and mon againat it, mon in favor of Andy Jobnson and men of no particular political stripe, assembled hore in convention at eleven o'clock this moruing, in the east room of the court house, The Attendance was very full, but great noise and confusion Prevailed, spectators and delegates mixing together in- discriminately, talking in loud voice going on con- tinually, and wearing of hats quite the order of the day. Ex-Governor Wickhffe, Postmaster Gonoral under Jackson, apparently an octogenarian, was chosen tom- porary chairman, and J. W, Tate and H. H. Grettio were appointed secretaries. Governor Wickli™ made no speech, and tho committees on permanent organiza- tion and resolutions were immediately selocted, and -retired to discharge their duties, The counties were then galled, and out of one hundred and thirtoen these were some thirty unrepresented. Mr. J. Pircnex offered the following resolution, under. stood to be the production of Governor Wickliffe: — Resolved, That 4 committee of one trom each Congres. sional district be appointed to roport to the Convention An appropriate address to the President of the United States upon the true conditions and relations of the free aegroes, the white citizens and inhabitants of this State; aleo req ng that the Freedmen's Bur illegally established in this State, be abotixh id military of the United States withdrawn from Kentucky: i ‘This produced symptoms of discord. Captain Graves, of Lebanon, moved to postp until after tbo organization. son, who served in the rebel said the its consideration 8. Jack- through solution was indiscreet, un. and mov to Iay it followed, and the was postponed until the noon, The Convention then adjourned at haif.past twelve o'clock until half-past two. After adjournment General Jackson was heard to exclaim, “Croat God Pilcher, why did you introduce such @ distracting reap lution 1)” APTERNOON SESSION. ‘The convention reassembled at half-past two o'clock, when the Committe on Permanent Organization report: the following permanent offivers eaident, Ex-Gover- nor David Merriwether ; Vice Presidents, Judge Flour. boy and eight others; secretaries, J. J. Tate and others Governor Menuwernra, on taking the ebair, con- gratulated the Convention-on being able to moet with- out being dispersed by a military tyrant, He urged the democrats to harmony and energy. They should nut sleep or rost until the were thoroughly organized, and should go te the polls propared, f neceswary, to minke 1 sacrifice Im the caung of heir cou try. The Convention than _proeeeded to put candi. daioa in wominution for tie Clerkship of the Court of Appeals. Among thore named for the honor wore A. V. Imvvall, Colonet J. Howard Sr “h, formerly of the Con federate army; Major Jack Thompson, alao of the Con- federate army; 8. W. Stone, W. P Bush, Captain M. 0. Goodwin, formerly of the Confederate army, and W. V Ireland. ' Alt the Confederate officers named declined tho honor in speeches rade before the Convent On the firetbailot Judge Alvin Duvall for Clerk of the Court of Apponia by a li An exciting interruption took piace at th General Whittaker, formerly of the Untted States army, asked the chairman the following question:—Is thts an Andy Johnson or « democrat ' a wis a democratic meoting. xe—Then I with to withdraw. If {t Jolson meeting it hax not my aympathy, ‘The Carvoax—You right to withdraw Cries of “Pat hin out? bere arose, whereat General Whittaker cried, “Shall these rebels pit me outt’’ Great excitement followed, but General Whittaker sub. ogee: withdrew quic' Commities ou tially ax follows: — Fm REOETOONN. by fn © strong ground in favow’ of the as ibe the of They rine the federal ‘ of its depart. oF any of Toent not expremiy FE st rg gntien d echag tives one deprivation of any State of its representation tn Con- gress in rdjcally wrong; that the radiout byt : are recreant to the constitution, and heir Jo docinda one seotin of thy country, mony among the States: that (he government has no right to try civilians by military commissions of drum: head court martial that the yeation of suf. frage belongs — exolusi to States, and that the aheng of negroes on an equalit = fee white ee hn giving them the priv!- of voting, is a most flagrant out ‘ainst the con- Diwitos, that the army ahould be poe ts oe near as Possible to a peace footing, and that equel and just tara tion should be enforced. The ninth aud sixtoeath resolutions read thus:—We feciare that althongh we do not believe that the federel government had apy constitutional rights to intermeddie with the domestic instil of our Slate, and while we protest pat their ection upon this subject, yet we aro “for ed by cireumatances over which we haye no control, to recognize the abolition of slavery a4 an accom act; but wo most earnestly assert that Kentucky las the right to regulate the political stati the negro. race within ber territory, and candor c us to pro- Claim that, while we shail protect thelr rights of person ond property, wo Geen it hoth insxpedient and unwise to permit them to exercise the righ(s of either s jaryman or voter, and we should regard any attempt on the part of Uo to intorfere with our rights in this reepect aé not only an infraction of the constitution, but also # rows and palpable invasion of the reserved rights of the ite, Wedeciare that President Andrew Johnron « entitled to the thanks of his countrymen for the veto of thowe iniquities aud unconstitutignal billa known as the Freedmen’s Bureas bill and the Civil Rights bili, and that in refasing to accept of the enormogs and al most unlimited. powers which the acts conferred upon him be displayed unsclfistiness not often exhibited by thoee ip power, and has inapired every patriot in the land with new hope and confidence. We sre fully aware that be caine jnto the Prosideutial office surrounded by a handed fold more diMec!ties that ever beset or eneum- 4 any of his prodecersors, and the democrats of ‘entucky pledge Lim a generous sud hearty support in his eflorts to restore the constitution and upioa of the Blates ‘The resolntions were unanimously adopted. One dele gate attempted to have a resolution passed endorsing the farnous Kentucky reaclutions of 1708; but was voted Bpreehea were sibaeqaeatly ‘made u, Judge Doval ood ex Governor Jobe im, after veh tbe Convention adjourned until seved o'clock tn the : ening Ta cone jon, Thave only to aff that the chief rpirits SW AIRMAN — uy futions neds reported, eubsten- of the Convention seemed to be Kx-lovernory Merri- wether and Wickliff, Mr W. N. Haldeman. of the Courieré Cogs TAmand Graves, of Lebanon, General Jackson, of Stonewall retationshtp, and Judge Duvall. 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