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NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY. JUNE 1), 1867—TRIPLE SHEET ' of Peru, and try to secure harmony between our views SEWARD'S DIPLOMACY, | “iisurvist/prameue’ “= A canapitie te ee Sweat He Studies a Grand Continental Alliance, ALVARO COVARRUBIAS, ocroper 1, 1866, BETWEEN POR FORKIGN AFFAIRS OF CHILE AND THE CHARGES D’AFFAIRES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. Senor Thomson, d’Affaires of her Britannic Majesty, see, at the invitation of Sefior Flory, Charge & Affaires of France, that both had received orders from their respective governments to tender anew their offices to Chile and her allies for the of arriving at @ sati and honorable conclusion of ‘the war which they actually wage with Spain. For this object he stated that their governments had already addressed both the iment of Spain, as well as those of Royeicr and a that, in the opinion of his government, the present circumstances were oppor- tune for the government of Chile to accept their good offices, as the spanish vessels were away from the coast of Chile, and at the moment there were in Chile repre- sentatives from all the allied republics. Pern Handles Him Gently---Chile Snubs Him Roughly. Clarendon and Napoleon Still Ahead The Minister for Foreign Affairs, before giving his in the Game. answer, questioned ihe representatives, of vanes and Ogland as to the way ir vernment wo Ree ae ae ee thelr good offices’ ih favor Of peace, ‘Then replied that for the present their governments wished simply to know if Chile and her allies would accept those Offices, If they were accepted each one of the belliger- ents could afterwards draw up the formuia of its claims, ‘and the governments of France and England, taking the demands of all into consideration, would point out the bases of settlement that they might deem mutually satisfactory, honorable and worth accepting, Those bases would be submitted to the consideration of the belligerents, who would be at full liberty to accept or ‘The following official correspondence will throw some light en the efforts at mediation made recently by the United States, England and France in the war between Bpaim and the allied republics of South America:— + Wasuinarox, Oct. 8, 1866. @enor J. N. Banrancuza, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Lima, Peru:— On the evening of the 6th inst. I had a long conversa - Wen with the Secretary of State on our troubies with Bpain. We exchanged ideas freely, as both of us took the ground of complete frankness in treating on the sub- eet, Our interview was free from all official character, and we were thug enabled to express our ideas without any reserve, His Excellency thinks that the time bas come to end ® war which, from the turn it has taken, will be very Prejudicial to the allied republics, as it imposes on them enormous sacrifices in endeavoring to touch Spain ina spot where the blow will be felt by her. He deems it imaportant that those republics should regain a solid peace under the auspices of governments that are Proving their own ability to consolidate their institu- tions and promote the development of tho great ele- menis of prosperity which they possess, He thinks, also, that Spain is now anxious to take advan tage of the means offered to bring to an end this struggle, from which she has lost all hope of ever deriving any benefit whatever. Under these circumstances Mr. Seward was @mxious that we should seek some way of reaching a + satisfactory solution of these questions, 1 mformed his Excellency that I was not ignorant of the difficulties that attended a continuation of the war ‘wnder its present aspect, but that we were still increas- ug our means and elements of aggression, and that we expec ted soon to be able to carry the war into ground here it would be felt by our enemy ; that, on the other 4, ths war, by arousing the patriotism of our people, ‘uniting all parties and elevating the sentiment of the nation’s dignity, had really done us a grest service at home, while at the came time our alliance with the other Fepublics of the Pacific and the closer intimacy of our velations with them, as well as the unity of ideas that eprang up under the influence of the alliance, were vined to ace regults of the most important kind. = “Woreover, that in the present state of public opinion in South America, the allied goveruments of the Pacific could make no peace that would not be highly honor- able, and that would not in some way secure the realiza- tion of a continental solidarity that should put an end forever to ail European interventions in America, Mr. Seward replied that for some time he had been studying how to render of practical use in given cases ‘that theory of a grand continental alliance—up to the Present time impracticable in its absolute form—and that he believed it possible now to give it a partial ap- plication so.as to secure @ settlement of the pending yons, The plan which he proposed was that the ident of the United States should address notes, reject them. * The Minister for Foreign Affairs announced that he ‘would submit the matter to the consideration of his gov- ernment, and would give his answer on the day follow ing, but that he could not retrain trom giving notice at once that, in his opinion, the obstacles to a pacific settle- ment with Spain had increased, notwithstanding the fact alluded to by their Exceliencies that the Spanish naval forces had sailed from the Pacific and that the allied republics were fully represented in Chile, On this point he explained the weighty reasons he had for put- Ung no trast in the promises of Spain, and referred to the conduct which she had observed, not only with Chile, but also with 1 nited States, France and Eng- land, as also the reasons why Chile would never consent to jet a precedent be established by allowing the bom- bardment of Valparaiso to be passed over. Chilo, said toe Minister, is a country entirely open, and requires that for its due security ag well as for the protection of its commerce with the rest of the world, and for the satet of Spanish America, that said precedent be dove et w 1 representatives of France and England objected ich arguments could be brought forward when the Ume came to draw up their claim. The Mini-ter agreed that the proper opportunity would be the moment pointed out by the French and English representatives, and confined his present reply to the offer of an answer ‘on the foliowing day. The French and English representatives then stated that during the negotiation begun by their present offer they believed no act of hostility should take place. The Minister for Foreign Affairs rejected this idea, and main- tained, on the contrary, that the belligeronts remained at perfect liberty to continue hostilities by whatever means they deemed proper, when there was no express stipulation tor an armistice or suspension of hostilities, in testimony whereof the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile and the Chargés d’Affaires of France and Eng- land have signed and sealed with their respective seals the present protocol. Done in triplicate at Santiago on the 1st day of Oovober, 1866, ALVARO COVARRUBIAS, EDMOND FLORY, W. TAYLOUR THOMSON, THE TURF, Stallion Trot on the Fashion Course. We seldom have a finer trot to report than one which took place yesterday afternoon, on the Fashion Course, between the stallions McClellan and Vanderbilt, mile heats, to wagons, for a stake of $2,000. Four heats were trotted, McClellan winning the first, second and fourth, the third being declared a dead hoat by the judges. Their decision caused considerable dissatisfaction, it be- ing argued by those most interested that Vanderbilt @rawn up in identical terms, to the allies as well as to | shouid have bad the third heat on account of having Bpain, setting forth the importance of bringing the war | trotted it out without a break, merry MgClellan to an end. and inviting them to send plenipotentiaries to | broke so near to the score that ho passed Washington. These latter, when assembled inacon- | it on a canter and barely reached it in gress under the unbiassed presidency of the Department | advance of his adversary; which he could scarcely of State, could enter into negotiations with each | have done by trotting. It would not have altered the ether for peace. Aa to the subject of claims or any | result of the contest, however, if the heat had been ether matter on which they could come to no agree- | given to Vanderbilt, as McClellan won the next and de- ment—not even through the good offices of the | ciding heat, McUleilan was the favorite in the pool sell- United States—the President of the Union might | ing before the race commenced at nearly two to one, choose an arbitrator who should decide there- | and after a beat or two had been trotted the odds were en. Should the idea be accepted, an armistice | much greater, 1t was late in the day before the horses might be signed ferviving the recognition of the nations | made their appearance on the track, and considerable it, as well as their territorial integrity. And | further delay took place in the starting, which was at moulds republics of the Pacific agree to this method of arranging their difficulties, he (Seward) would extend a similar invitation to Brazil, with her allies, and to Paraguay, #0 as to bring their war to an end also. The Seci of State entered into some considera- tions as to the importance and excellence of this plan, ‘and sot forth the advantages of thus making the ques- tion a continental one, aad of bringing it toa solution at = and not in Europe, He ended by stating that, although he had not mentioned bis idea to anybody, because he wished previously to havea talk wih me, he had some reasons for believit last effected by giving one quite an advantage over the other in the I ‘ith the exception of the third heat, in which he trotted beautifully throughout, Vanderbilt acted unsteadily, and may be said to have lost the race more through it than from any deficiency of speed. The weather was unexceptionablo and the track in prime condition for fast work, as is shown by the time in which the race was trotted, four beter wagon heats being rarely re The details of the race in all its material points is as follows:— Firs Heat.—Atver much delay in scoring, both horses McClelian on the outside certai ible continge! ula acer eo! solenr’ tae word ‘then given and tney went und 0 contingences, w. eject ry was ven I most Dot voles from your Excellency that I received | away at a rattling gait. The relative a <4 ‘the plan very favorably myself, and so I stated to Mr. | were not cl ‘when they reached the quarter pole, Dut after they had passed that point and while going down the backstretoh Vanderbilt footed so rapidly that he was soon on a level with McClellan, and passed the half mile pole side and side with him. They continued in this way down the Flushing end, where the pace being too hot for Mac he broke up and Vanderbilt led & length by the three quarter pole. Tusning into the homestretch a spirited struggle ensued for the during which Vanderbilt broke so badly while on & gain- ing lead that he could not be rallied before he reached the score, and McClellan came in a winner in 2:30%. ‘Second’ Heat.—After some preliminary scoring both horses got a pretty equal send off, but almost imme- diately after leaving the stand, and as they approached the first turn, Vanderbilt became unsteady, and making one of his characteristic breaks, went into what may be termed a run, which continued a long distance, but during which he did not appear to either gain or lose a great deal, McClellan trotied steadily after the word was given, and at the quarter showed about two lengths in front. This distance he still further increased at the hall-mile pole, which he passed with a lead on Vanderbilt of some three lengths. Vanderbilt had now recovered his gait, and trotted very fast down the Flush- ing end, but was unable to overtake Mae, who at the three-quarter pole still maintained about the same lead, A vigorous effort was now made by Vanderoilt for the beat, but he was too far behind for success, and ouly succeeded in decreasing the distance between them somewhat, while Mac, pursuing ® steady Teached the score a winner by about two lengths in 2:31 34, Third Heat.—They off op very equal terms and at a telling pace, bat before they reached the turn MoClel- lan broke into a rau, which was continued for some dis- tance, They passed the quarter pole simultaneously, and went along the backsiretch rapidly together until near the haif-inile pole, where, in consequence of an- other slight break by McCieilan, Vanderbilt showed a length in front, Along the Flushing end, and until alter passing (he three-quarter pole and eetering upon the howestretch, he maintained this advantage, and footed rapidiy homeward, hard pressed by Mac, how- ever, who broke into a ran when near the stand, and reached the score at the same moment. The judges, amid great disatisfaction, declared it to be a dead heat, Vanderbilt's friends insisting that he bad won 1 fairly, Time, 2:31). Fourth Lieat.—The get of was a very good one for both horses, who went away so very fast that McCielian broke as they approached the turn, while Vanderbilt footed steadily slong sad passed the quarter about a length in front. le maintained this a for a couple of hundred yards along the when be too made such a decisive break as to lose all hope of Seward. In my judgment such an arrangement would satisfy the phen fea of our honor and of the nation’s @igniiy, as well as the aspirations of all South America, From the moment tbat Spain binds herself to defend ner case in a co! of American plenipotentiaries, and on American soil, from the moment that she accepts the arbitration chosen by the President of the United 8, her moral defeat will be assured ; and it may be said that, ber iniience and prestigo in America being forever at an ‘end, the Joss of her control over the colonies which she now holds cannot be Reve He for many years, Such ap assemblage of plenipotevtiaries may perhaps promote the adoption of certain general ep that may serve as clear aud precise bases on which to rest an American cede of international law, and in this way we might at- taso a partial reunion of the whole continent, in regard to its relation with Europe as well as in our relations with each other, Moreover, in the disturdod state of eortain American countries, owing to their complications with European Powers, it would be no exagceration to expect that the elect of such an American congress at Washington would be highly favorable to those countries, asthe Congress of Paris had been for Italy. Asi no authority from the supreme government to ex- pross its ideas on the subject, I agreed with the Secre- tary of State that 1 should lay the matter before the supreme government for its consideration, and aleo thove of its allies, For the purpose of avoiding atl mis- understanding, I must inform you that I have given his Excellency a copy of that portion of this despatch which @etails his project of pacification, and that I have re- teived his approbation of the language in whicu I have a Brcell obedient remain your E: jency’s jent servant, * : F. L. BARREDA. Saxtiago, Nov. 16, 1866, Bon Marcia, Martivez, Minister Plenipotentiary of Chile in Pera; — 1 pave before me your confidential note, No. 236, dated the 4th inst, which informs me of a conference which r Excellency had on the evening previous with the Thiet ‘istrate of the Peruvian government on tho wabject of the method recently proposed by Mr. Seward to the Peruvian Minister at Washington, having for e@bject to bring our war with Spain to an end Senor Pardo, by from his government, has called my ‘@tiention to the same subject, and I will here lay before i the substance and the grounds of the answer which ve him. in the first place, we do not think the case has been yee for & wo it the offer of the United States; for even if the idea “7 Seward had been approved by his government, still no formal tion has a0 yet been to the allies. But even supposing such @ proposition to have been made, we should have | winning the heat. Mae then went by him rapidly, and to remove two obstacles before accepting it. The first a the half mile pole was three lengths ahead.” This consists in the ee me Seer we have already fa- | distance he increased on the Flushing end, when Van- of the Anglo-French mediation. Although it | derbilt broke again, 80 that at the three-q and Sadonde impossible to find a way to get rid of ul it is necessary that we be freed fromm thie counsetanted before accepting the proposition of the United States. ‘The second obstacle appears more serious, It would be in poss bie us to begin any new nego- | ni eat, race tiations with Spain that would be practica- | Tho following is the summary :— Ble without having the assurance Fastion Covasn— Taormina. —Moaday, June 10—Matoh three in five, for tain reparation for the bombardment of Valparaiso. | for $2,000, mile heats, best ‘We so stated to the atives of France and Eng- F Bea eahe o's 1 Yand when treating for an’ Freach mediation. | D. Phifer entered b. a Vi o2 ‘J fanderbilt. 2 2 jon is an mevitable term of the settlement Time—2:30% —2:31 4—2:3134—2:30%. MORALS IN WESTERN NEW YORK. An Elopement in Seneca County. ‘From the Seneca Falle rete ford is an honest, industrious tinsmith, re- ‘That rey for us, ase witheut it the outrage committed by Spain would be sanctioned, and the most pre- eedent for Spanish America established. Hence we can- mot consent to strike out the requirement of such a on, which is indispensable before a representa- tive of Chile can take his seat in the international con- | john gress in which the Washington Cabinet proposes to settle | siding at tae Kingdom, midway between this village and the nt strife by peaceable means. Waterion. The cares and responsibilities of life hung en the two obstacles which I have just pointed out lightiy upon Jobo’s shoulders, and and ines Dave been removed, wo would not object io second the | 4nq a loved wife were the bis By views Peru on this subject; but in doing ‘and ‘a virtuous life Joha @o it would be in obedience to desire | Bebford fad aocumatlated eoonge in business we have of siting in Lng i A A Gov- | and give employment to others. At the height of his fg wed “ procul horse wagon wherewith Saence "with ‘which we should be suspired a Pag ws my ~ by the favorable disposition of the United Staies t Pes sama _ Placed one Lafayette Dillabaugh towards Sapford go On the other band, wh America. smooth current of his domestic af- trip Mr. Seward’s idea of ite vague and uncertain sur- ra flowed on with no ripple to disturb = round); end look at it in Hy mmoehes is enay acid waters. Dil peddied successfully, and te seo the international Congress at Washington | John sanford’s tinware y an bandred fold, Mrs, ‘would lead to no solution, and that in the end the basis | Jonn Sanford was elated with the flow of greenbacks of peace would have to be settled by the arbitrator who | trom the hands of the fascinating young Dillabaugh. Hor Would have to be pamed after fruitless discussions. | words of encouragement and ten found a Well, then, we will never consent to submit to the de- a of a8 arbi the epee Se ee A 4 H t iii eesatll i i «tlement, as informaliy sbinet. Your Excellency wil upport them in the interviews: bit oF muah ibe | from the regular and ol fashioned monarehical system ; “and,” he added, “if men would enjoy the blessings of republican government they must govern themselves by reagon, by mutual counsel and consultation, by a sense and feeling of general interest, and by the acqui- escence of the minonty in the will of the majority, properiy, expressed, and, above all, the miktary must be ept, according to the language of our bill of Tights, iD strict subordination to the civil authority.” Whenever this lesson is not both learned and practised there can RECONSTRUCTION. The Power of Military Commanders in the South—The President’s Veto on the Return he Reconstruction Bill to Congress. ‘The following are the points of the President's veto of the Reconstruction bill in relation to military domi- Not seem to have the slightest bearing the recon- struction question. They are wholly ‘sindoabocted with it, The most important among them were actions of the Governor anterior even to the passage by Con; of the reconstruction law, Governor Wells hitasett in? his letter to the general, attributes his removal exclusively to personal malice entertained towards him by Genezal Sheri Be this as it may, the exercise of the power that has been assumed by Goneral Sheridan in this case is a fearful sudject for tbe contempla- nation in the South :— be no pabticnl ppmrengl Tt is absurd, Fepostangus, bn wo jal People of the qinited States, Ib is a bill places the people of the ten States therein | 1 18 a scot satire on constitutional ty, for | death nth rty and the establishment of a Bey a ty a ooh miliary rulers, and | forms Of government to be prescribed by military lead. | Military despotism more terrible and more dangerous the preamble undertakes to give the reason upon which | ¢f8 and the right of suffrage to be exercised at te point | than history hes ever before recorded. if such as- tig Justided. Zé declares that there exists in those Sta‘es | %& the sword. fumptions of power by ‘a military officer are to be no legal governments and no adequate protection for I confidently believe that a time will come when these | for amomeut tolerated’ by the government, civil gov- life or property, and asserts the necessity of enforcing | States will Cccupy their true positions in the | ernment everywuere, North and South, is placed at the peace and good’ order within their limits, * * * * | Union. The barriers which now seem so obstinate must | mercy of the caprices or bad passions of a single indi- yield to the force of an enlightened and just public ‘Opinion, and, sooner or later, unconstitutional and op- ressive legislation will be eflaced from our statute ks, When this shall have been consummated I pray God that the errors of the past be for, and that once more we shall be a happy, waited and prosperous people, and that at last, after the bitter and eventful experience through which the nation has passed, we shall all come to know that our only safety is in the rvation of our federal constitution; and im accord. ing to every American citizen and to every State the rights which that conshtution secures, ANDREW JOHNSON. The Sheridan-Wells Controyersy-A Spicy Letter from Governor Wells. GOVERNOR WELLS TO PRESIDENT JONN2ON, Srare ov Louisiana, Exscutive Ditauraent, New Oruxans, June 4, 1867, } {Telegram } To his Excollency Axpkew Jounsox, President of the United States :— In adyauce of communication by mail I respectfully and earnestly protest against tho act of General Sheri- dan in removing me from office as a usurpation of power on bis part, and to gratify a feeling of personal malice toward me, because I dared to appeal from his unau- thorized and arbitrary exercise of power in appointing a Levee Board, J. MADISON WELLS, Governor of Louisiana, THE SAME TO THE SAME, By mail.) Srate or Lovisiana, Execorive Der: All these conditions must be fulfilled before the people of me these States can be relieved from the bondage of military domination ; but when they are fulfilled then ay the and penaities of the bill are to cease, no matter whether there be peace and order or not, and without any reference to the security of life property, The excuse given for the bill in the pre- amble is admitted by the Dill itself not to be real. The mi rule which it establishes is plainly to be used not for any purpose of order or for the prevention of crime, but solely as 8 means of coercing the people into the adoption of principles and measures to which it is Known that they are 0} and upon which they have an undeniable right to exercise their own judgment. Tsubmit to Congress whether this measure is not, in ita whole character, scope and object, without precedent and without authority—in palpable conflict with the plainest provisions of the constitution, and utterly de- structive to those great principles of liberty and human- ity for which our ancestors on both sides of the Atlantic ‘shed so much blood and expended so much treasure. ‘The ten States named in the bill are divided into five districts. For each district an officer of the army not below the rank of brigadier general is to be appointexi to rule over the people, and he is to be supported with an efficient military for to enable him to perform his duties and enforce his authority, Those daties and that authority, as detined by the third section of the Dill, are to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and vio- and to punish or cause to be punished all disturb- the public peace or criminals. The power thus given to the commanding officer over all the people of each district is that of an absolute monarcli—his mere will is to tale the all law, The law of the States is now the only rule applicable to the subjecis placed under his control, and that is completely dispiaced by the clause which declares all interierence of the State au- thority to be nuil and void, He alone is permitted to de- termine what are the rights of persim and. property, and he may protect them in such way as in his di:cretion may sem Itplaces at his free disposal all the lands a is ia his district, and he may distribute them, without let or himdrance, to whom he pleases. Being bound by no State law, and there being no other law to regulate the subject, he may make a criminal code of his own, and he can make it as bloody ag any recorded in history, or he can reserve the privilege of acting upon the impulse of his private passions in each cage that arises, Ho is bound by no rules of evidence; there is, indeed, no provision by which he is authorized or required to take evidence at all, Everything is a ‘crime which he chooses to call go, and all persous are condemned whom he pronounces to be guilty. He is not bound to make any report or keep any record of his proceedings. He may arrest his victims wherever he finds them, without warrant, accusation or proof of probable case. If he gives them a trial before he ia- fiicts the punishment he gives it of his grace and mercy, not because he is commanded so to do. To a casual reader of the bill it might seem thut some kind of trial was secured by it to persons accused of crime; but such is not the case. The officer may allow local civil tribunals to try offenders, but of course this does not require that he shall do so, If any State or federal court juines to exercise ite legal jurisdiction by the trial of a malefactor without his special permission he can break it up and punish the judges and jurors as being themselves malefuctors, He can save nis triends from justice and despoil his enemies contrary to justice. It ig also provided that he shall have power to organize military commissions or tribunals; but this power he is not commanded to exercise. It is merely permissive, and is to be used only when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, ven if the sen- ‘sence of a commission were made a prerequisite to the punishment of a party it would be scarcely the slightest check upon the officer, who has authority to organize it ‘as ho pleases, preacribe its mode of proceeding, appoint its members from among his own subordinates, and re- vise all his decisions. Instead of mitigating the harsh- ness of his single rule such tribunal would be aaa much more probably, to divide the responsibility of making it more cruel and unjust. Several provisions vidual, and the liber ci a, eg ‘ty of the citizen ig already utterly The letter of Governor Wells to General Sheridan con- tains a very significant imputation iu regard to. sence of General Sheridan from New Orleans at the time of the July riots. It bas always appeared singular that the commanding general should make it convenient to leave the city upon the eve of a riot that was even then apprehended. This matter is certainly worthy of inves- tigation, (From the Springfield Republican, June 10.) Genera} Sheridan bas put the removal of Wells through with his usual boldness and in apparent defiance of posi- tive orders from Secretary Stanton. ‘The report that Secretary Stanton and General Grant had censured Sheridan for removing Governor Wells, however, has been contradicted in a despatch from General Grant bim- self-to Sheridan, The whole matter will come before the President and Cabinet at once, and although the action of General Sheridan may be condemned in some Po ie ta) he is not likely to be removed nor his action reversed. {From the Boston Post, June 10.) Governor Wells and other officials whom General Sheridan has unceremoniously disposed of, are not men in whom any respectable class hag any confidence; but that fact does not justify such extreme measures as the commanding officer there has chosen to adopt. {From the New Orleans Times, June 6.) A very pretty quarrel! as it stands is that which bas arisen between the commanding general of the Fifth military district and Mr. J. Madison Wells, whom he r cently removed from the office of Governor of Loui: ana. Up to the present time it bas proved an inexbau: tile theme for discussion and speculation among our citizens, and the source of no little amusement; for while it is trae that the intereata of the community generally must suffer from any cause which tends to ag gravate and perpetuate existing political dissensions, in- dividually there are few who regard this dispute other- wise than aga neat little intellectual “‘et-to,”” in which they, as spectators, have but little personal concern. ors of TMNT, New Onixans, June 4, 1867, To his Excellency Axpxew Jonson, President of the United states:— Sin—The enclosed order from General Sheridan re- moving me from office is respectfully submitted for your consideration as to the question of bis power to do 80, As to the reasons assigned by him for taking this stop—vin, that I have impeded bim in the execution of the law of Congress, I enter a respectiul but emphatic denial to the accusation, Iam prepared to establish the truth of this assertion, It is evidently a mere pretext on the part of the General to give the color of cause for an act which origiuated in personal malice toward me, because I dared to defend myself from his reonal attacka Had the General stated that was an ‘impediment’ in the way to the gratitication of his inordinate ambition to make himself a great man, he would have como much nearer the truth than he did. His abuse of me personally I do not condescend to no- tice, His eminent skill in that line is well known to this commanity. That he should so far degrade the otlice he hoids as to make his official orders the vehicle of his malice may surprise you, but not me, who know his reckless its, It tg mot my purpose, however, in this communication to make your Excellency a parey to the personal quar- rel of General sheridan and myself. 1t is foreign to the question at issue, which is simply if military command- ers, under the law of Congress, have the right to re- move civil officers under the provisional governments of the States established thereby, or, in other words, if they possess any power beyond those delegated in said act, and definitely expressed. Knowing that this question, touching the general pores of the military commanders thereunder, particu- ly growing out of the frequeut exercise of the removing pone. by General Sheridan, is now under consideration yy the Attorney Genera!, I respectfully submit the case of my removal, in connection therewith, as another in- stanco of the illegal exercise of power by General sheri- dan, Believing the importance of the question involved will call forth an early decision, I have the honor to be your obedient servant, J, MADISON WELLS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, GOVERNOR WFLLS TO GENERAL SHRRIDAN, Stare or LovisiaNa, Execotive Department, New Or.gans, June 4, 1867. To Major General P. H. SueRipax, commanding Fifth Milttary district:— GunzeAt—I had the honor to receive at the hands of one of your orderlies tis morning, at baif-past three , Governor Wells Without an Organ in New Orleans. It isa rather curious fact that the only paper which Published Governor Wells’ response to General Sheridan, on the 5th stant, was the New Orleans Picayune, and it appeared there as an advertisement, in small type, headed “A Card,” and marked “one time, inside, paid.” No editorial comment. The Republican (anti- Sheridan) publisbes it on the 6th, without comment, The Bee (conservative) does the same, The Bulletin (conservative) don’t seem to have known anything about it, Tho Tribune (colored radical) is equally dark. Tue Zimes is the onty New Orleans paper of the 6th at hand that mentions the brochure editorially at all, Letter from General Longstreet. (From the New Orleans Republican, June 5,] New Ontzans, La, June 3, 1867, J. M.G. Parker, Esq. :— My Dear Sin—Your esteomed favor of the 15th ult, was duly received. I was much pleased to have the oppor- tunity to hear Senator Wilson, and was bly sur- prised to meet such fairness and frankness in a politician whom I have been taught to believe uncomprom! opposed to the white people of the South, 1 have maturely considered your suggestion to ‘wisely unite in efforts to restore Louisiana to her former po- sition in the Union, through the party now in power.” My letter of the 6th of April, to which you refer, clearly indicates a desire for practical reconstruction and reconciliation. Practical men can surely distin- ‘ish between practical reconstruction and recon- uction as an abstract question, I will endeavor, bowever, with renewed energy to meet your wishes in the matter. The serious difficulty that I apprehend is the want of that wisdom which is noces- sary for the great work. I shall be happy to work in dictated by the humanity of Congress have been in- | O'clock, at my residence in Jefferson, ® written | any harness that promises relief to our 4 people sorted in the ‘ill, apparently to restrain the power of oa porting to be ‘Special Orders No. ane teemea to the nation, It matters not whether I bear the mantle of Mr. Davis or the mantle of Mr. Sum- the commanding officer; Dut it seems to methat they ‘no avail for that purpose. “re fourth, section first, that trials shall not which you mulgate that you have removed me from the office of Governor of Louisiana, For the delicate consideration you displayed in de- | Por eit temara mont Te ne SOY Of ‘peace and toward men. Ls order at that hour I ecessarily delayed ; bat I think I nave shown that | lvering your order at early hour I owe you many ‘shall eet out bs sonia tion that T hold to the power is given to pusish without inal and if'so thus | thanks, aa Tsappose you meant that I should enjoy one | ye'yeitevigent, vic she highs of ha old to provision is practically inoperative. Second, cruel or | 800d night's sleep before my decapitation. _It may ap- As by ‘5 man laws ‘unusual punishments are not to be inflicted; but who 1s ungracious in = fe. Re ges Lancy greet principles that political parties prior to decide what i¢ cruel and what unusual? ' The words | but, strange to say, the effect of your order did not Cab to the war were Tees tical pe Bare eteet tr entng Wyong ne oa | Het oa a iy ier wae Mes We gent rae anna, Can it be expected that military officers will understan snorhiog containing s of your tel 4 ‘had to compromue, hen com; ise was railti or follow a rule expressed in language so pure! pertai in the least degree to their pro- | to the Secretary of War, I on ry saad Met Poc'tien ‘each cificer may define erusly | My merciful sentence, ‘as, knowing your ideas of the | DOD on senate we according to his own temper, and if uot usual he will | unlimited CE pt oem 1 might have boen con- | Thich of the claims wi teat) ie aes? Sere dae canes lcreseriane From Yon of constitutionat “law, hain, and the er almost insupportable forms of torture invented for mili punishment, will be within the range of choice. tne sentence of a not to be executed without being approved by the commander, if it affects life or liberty, asen- | [i i i tence of death must be approved by the it. This quirements of law. applies to cases in which have been atrial and sen- The Military bill and amendments tence. ‘We should them typiorso mili upom them as starting real th, future political issues as they that the ed may depen Like other Southern men of t is plain thatthe authority with the democratic party, here oificer amounts to absolute posed to the republican party. despo! there is nothing tangibie about bill provides that it be delegated to as many sut were staked upon the war to appoint; for it deciares that he nothing to take hold of except prejudice, which se to be punished.” Such a power be worl Into good for any one, by any monarch in England for that I shouid seek some standpoint from which good wt ee ey rec TT I sopppeiote-the-peinetplen of 0 who speak the guage have 18 su ciples of the democratic Pevptada, te reduces, ihe whole population of the ten pong ashlee tpn, Neg amsenn BG wwiproniinent features Opnase the entranchiemeat of States—all persons, of every color, sex and condition, | cer and recommending my the colored man, and deny the right to legisiste upon conscious of having deserved yor ‘suffrage, ns, and ~*~ stranger — thetr limits—to the most ab- except 1@ States individually, t Togradia . No madter ever had @ con- jig slaves ug this bill gives to the lored persons, It severe strictures, confess I was surp! and pained when I read them in int, the more so as you were not im the city on the of the riot, you having found it convenient to be off to Texas several before—I will not say in anticipa- tion of a riot, nor will I use the word “skuik.”” damaging accusations « long while in but finally exercised the right belonging to the are as well entitied to this kind of confi. | silence, worse, a fixture among us, It therefore, that dence as any other class of mon; but the of tue | bumblest individual, of defending myself publicly | thoes’ who cry loudest” MO ee OR world has been written in vain if it does not teach us inst your charges. from. Bt be cneate ‘0 | things as @ public those whose that unrestrained authority can never bo safely trusted | 80 honorable Senator inois, but cou jan- guage devoid of scurrility and personallties. I spoke of your military services in the highest praise. At that time I did not suppose for # moment that any hostility on your part would result from that ibiication. In had dismissed the transaction im human hands. It is almost sure to be more or leas abused under any circumstances, and it has always re- sulted in gross tyranny, where tho rulers who exercise \t are strangers to their subjects and come among them 9 ae” 4 Nong upon us; and if it be proved to be # mistake they should as the representatives of a distant power, more remove it by the remedy under republican principies of zz wally when the power that sends them | from my mind, and when you received your appoint- uniform laws upon suffrage, fe vuuinendiy. Governments closely eae ben tee of tia’ datrichyTealed on yous | if every man in the country will meet the crisis with that here proposed have been fairly af hed sgn - r r iation of our condition, and come fairly responsibilities, on to-morrow the sun will & bappy people, our flelds will again begin to yiela increase, our railroads and rivers wil! teem with abandant commerce, our towns and cities will Tesound with the tumult of trade, and we shall be invig- rated by *, dlessings reitgroe me God. I am, sir, Very respectfully, your most ol servant, JAMES LONG2TREET. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Judge Miller, of Hudson, is stopping at the Hoffman House. Hongary and Voiland, and t peopie roused the sympathis was tried in Irel a ou my co-operation in carrying out the law of weds You received m; 3 and I Oey endured by those y visit iy, folly ex; harmon! between the entire world. It there would be tents of Pine iblic. ~The massacres, at Oluer eirocities which they committed show what the of the ablest men in the most civilized society unrestrained law. i : i : meaking d'taught'them that rulers could not be relied on ine Darts of naman, See ee to concede those rights which they were not leaally | P Feet ed hes LB, Beolh of Novos MS Ree ae anild dad paternal away; bas | sbIp of shat letter. Not evi. | Bradley Martin, of” Albasy, sre’ mopping at the Fifh the Tindaese ‘of an irresponsible deputy never yicids ences of an unfnendly spirit on your ‘said noth- | Avenue Hotel, what the law does not extort from him. Between such | ing, and it was only w! lity my Professor Laurent Clere, of Hartford, Conn., is stop- a master and the le sal ‘to his domination jp aporay S mre bea te netbertr — ping at the Everett House. there , He pypishes them if La ey | J. M. Forbes, of and J. P. Millidge, of New rent sutnerity, and it tuey vomit wo it be ihe law of Congrose to (io, that I referred the question } orieans, aro stopping at the Brevoort noon they his hates them for their servility. A. W. Kelsey, of California, is stopping at the St, Ju- Nan Hotel. Veto of the Supplementary Bill—The Presi- 4 fornia; . dent's View of the Pewer of Commanders as Captain Jeff Maury, of Cal!fornia; A, L. Kerr, of St. Loum; John B. Campbell, of Nashville, and Judge Ni Embraced in that Law. than Davis, of Salt City, are stopping at the M When | contemplase the millions of our fellow citizens Nitan Hotel. of the South, with no alternative left but to impose upon Brigadier General 0, Cross, of tho United States Army ; ‘(themselves this fearful and untried ex ont of com. A. Browning, of Camden; Geo, M. Grier, of Goshen, and py hee et ad yefranchisement Senator Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, are stopping at ad d, a x ee Hindman, of Arkansas, mak’ rigor of martial General T. C. Hin Ar ia Vy Cn gow beers forte, and pour out the vials of your in a stream im that State favorable to roconstwotion andes me their condition of abuse and scurrilit) pts bth a RK Military ae nie General, for your 2 of People can be reduce Gay of rotuiaion. "My eaucation bes’ boon sacty art | acitealerue, ie'toe'sttte'oe te tte ine ® aboat a separation Clent in that polite branch of lveratare, and 1 ain willing | Judge J. D. Walker hias rosigned tho office of Solicitor Union there was an obligation fo,leave the Held to vou aa without am equal. J cannot | General of the State of Arkansas, W. W. Wil- citizen to Grime United Bates army hee vo pley ihe pan offs oie. | shite, of Little Rock, has been appointed his successor jeaiag the tower ny gier” in sounding in person bis own honesty, it may | PY ‘he Governor. joa im well excite a curiosity im the ene 5 ‘to surmise Jobo 1, Helm, democratic candidate for Governor of for the ‘the cause therefor, As to your charge one Kentocky. was in Louisville on professional business on ten, After @ long eaient hes tabtieaanvasieion Sue the 6th inst. - government General, ‘are free from the same accusation. Out o John M. Washington, lately appot if New. pookee of the a Levée’ Bard compered of Sve unemsbern, ene ef your vero, North Caroli an declined vo taxe’ tuo oath of pert creer Ga oeateess of Ceasteseaacat suse | ees Precrhe o7 Gover seine citizen of the United States, but claimed the protection Governor Patton, of Alabama bas gone over to the of the Britiah flag on the arrival of Commodore Farragut | "*dical party of hie State, and his flost, anda third was a blockade Tauner, whe ‘Wm. G. Swan, formerly member of Congrese from ‘was arrested and tried by ® military commission, TThere | Tennessee to the Confederate government, i# practising iea trite maxim, General, in this connection, which it | law in Memphis. Suen wee General J. B, Hood, late of the rebel army, is on a Dation was saved, visit to Lexington, Kentucky. ie se free Hon. Schuyler Colfax made a speech at Lansing, | any ere Michigan, on the 6th inst, 2 bev Hon. Minister to Pru Instead tioen thea, we leaving Now orn: for Kazope on Wednessey, will leave on Saturday, 15th inst., on board the Hamburg steamer | apart Goneral N, B, Forrest, of Tennessee, is in New magnanimity Orleans, baat Genera) Burton, commanding at Fortress Monroe I yet believe @uring Je® Davis’ imprisonment, is on bis way to inaugurated, Nonet shee pees ee et + THE MORRISANIA DAUG CLERK CASE. the war all ; An Englishman named re Non deer re repose Yooterday's seve of the Renin, was arrested on ‘would have Morning at the instigation of Mr. H. P. Monaghan, at or Morrisania, for the alleged theft of « quantity of valua- ere naerly fancy articles f the drug store of the }, all of pine waicn tere dlevovered in hie ‘ -‘time of & widowed heretofore borne ap exgeliont chars 5 ——————_. - MUNICIPAL AFFAIRs, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Leases df City Property—The Prosecution of Sureties, &e. 4 The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Alderman Shannon presiding, , Alderman Norton moved that the Comptroller be re~ quested to furmsh the Board with a list of all leases of city real estate made since 1862, who they were made with, the reasons, if any, why they were not submitted to the Common Council for their sanction, the time for which the leases were made, and the rate as which they were made, The resolution was adopted. . The Comptroller's regular monthiy communication was received and ordered to be printed, A communication from the Corporation Counsel in- formed the Board that, in auswer to @ resolution and im- quiry in Merch, 1866, he commenced an action on behalf of the cocporation against W. R. and Charles Deviia, sureties of Dr, Bradiord, late Public Administrator, to recover $10,000, the amount of their bonds. Tae de- fendants’ demurrer has been overruled by the Court, aod an appeal is now pending to review the order for Judgment in favor éf the city upon the demurrer, The paper was placed on file. pas ‘oard them adjourned «il Vhursday next affour BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. The Dry Dock Railroad Company Again~ Public Baths—Propesed Regatta by the €| Fathers—Report of the Committee on Rail roads Prohibitiug the Running of Steam Cars on the Eleventh Avi —Veto of the Mayor Relative to the Sale of Ferry Frane chises, &e. The Board mot yesterday, the President, Mr. Brinke man, presiding. | A resolution was offered directing the Street Commise sioner to cause the Battery, Dry Dock and East Broad- way Railroad Company to move the cars blockading Grand street between Cherry street and the East river. Tt was laid over, PUBLIC BATHE, Mr. HartMay offered a preamble and resolution rela~ tive to the sanitary advantages to the poorer classes of the establishment of public baths in the thickly popu- Javed portions of the city, and referring the matter @ special committee to inquire into the propriety of estab. lishing them. The resolution of inquiry was adopted, PROPOSED REGATTA, A resolution was introduced, and iaid over, that a com, mittee of five members from each Board be appointed for the pury of getting up @ regatta on the Fourth of July, and that $1,000 be appropriated for prizes, to bo distributed as the committee might think best, ‘ PROHIBITING STRAM CARS ON ELEVENTH AVENUE, Mr. Henny Murray, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, presented his report on the subject of prohib- iting the use of steam by the Hudson River Railroad Company on the Eleventh avenue, The subjoined reso- tution was appended to the report:— Resolved, That the Counsel to the Corporation be, and he is hereby, requested and directed to take such action as is requisite and necessary to compel the Hudson River Kail. road Company (9 fully comply with the conditions and stipu- lations contained in, the resolutions adopied by the Hoard of Aldermen, November 22, 1868, by the Board of Council men, December 2, 1858, an aprrored Wy the Mayor, Decem- ber 15, 1868, in relation to the removal of the high rail in Chambers street and Broadway up to Fifty-third street and laying in its stead the groove rail, the running of amall care on their traci the cessation of the use of steam below Pifty-thi .., And that the Counsel to the Copperation Mr, Murray, in an earnest speech, urged the imme- diate adoption of the resolution, affirming that not oniy ‘was property depreciated on the Eleventh avenue, but the lives of men, women and children were endangered. He alluded to the serious accident which bdefel Mr, Creiger, a member of the and in conclusion alluded to a statement which Mr, Horace F. Clarke is said to have made in Albany, te the effect that the iver Railroad ‘Company had paid “‘blood money” to the New York Common Council, If any sums were paid to any of the members of the Boards in refere of the city ordinances by the Hudson River Railroad Company, by running steam cars on the Eleventh avegue, he called upon Mr, Clark to furnish their names. (Mr. Murray stated to our reporter that in the heat of debate ted to mention the significant fact, that while the committee were in seasion be procured a namber of volumes from the lil containing city or- but, to the use of ion, which gave rise to a | debate, in the course of which the soue ween for ins alleged lethargic ve uy rc ary enforce resolutions passed by the Commom Mr, Furxx moved as an amendment the tm of a fine of $300 roma Co ze ‘the Hudson River Rail Com- y adi which would accrue from the adoption of plan, which was referred to the com: , wing that matter in charge. "8 VETO RELATIVE TO FERRY PRANCTOSRHS, * The following veto was received from bis Houor the- Mayor:— Mayor's Orrice, New Yorn, June 10, 1867, To tar Hoxomasie tHe Boa oF COUNCILMEN:—= GexTLEXxN—I return without approval a resolution ‘ed by your honorable body June , and coneurred im the Board of Aldermen the same day, repealing a Which was approved by the Mayor February 3 1804, ir to sell. at og lo a which authorized the Comptoller to action, ferry franchises, wharves, pliers and sips, and also all proved rea! Late belonging to the city at that time unoecus pied and yielding no revenue. ny . ‘The partioular real estate referred to has, T think, been all sold. ‘There are no ferry franchises now for sale, nor ia any faction aale of wharves and piers, ot of Leases of them, con templated t. The byect of wi tony asin f the Sink! " Ly sa tn tas Inlasioners of the Sinking Fund, who re pt pony PE a | of Contmerce, “Whatever power the Comptrolr sess in relation to them is derived frem the charter from the Commissioners of the Slaking Pund, and not. from the Fevolution of 1864, While therefore 1 do not wg pealit resolution of Siked te withhold my approval, beomcee I can uneling ta give my asvent to any action of the Common Council pian Shether effebuively oF not, aims to deprive. the Comperd Of power in relation to public H property, which he has never shown any dis) ition to abuse, and which the public ine terests demand be should continue to exercise from time to time. JOHN T, HOFFMAN, Mayor. ‘The Board adjourned to meet this day (Tuceday) at tweive o'clock. HEAVY ROBBERY IN A BONDED WAREHOUSE, Some time between Sunday night and yesterday morning the United States bonded warehouse which ex« tends along Nos. 303, 396 and 307 Greenwich street, wag entered by burglars, who, undetected by the police, carried off a case of black silk belonging to A. T. Stew- art & Co., and which is valued at $4,000. A cago of velvet valued at the same amount was also taken. When the robbery was discovered yesterday mornii Sh arm tr hk che on ana twas strown with various articlon which the thieves did 108 consider worthy of their serious attention after = i g%= a i +4 j A i i : Ls i 3 i 5E iG . : i Bas 233] Hy i iat before commencing their animals deing found in Boach street yesterday This is one Of the boldest of ea of house robberies that has happened during months, and it would seem if greater ie not maintained by the ou thieves biding themselves Py day in the commit depredations by nicht, and the more careful eye about them in HG tel i ii dings, the burglars will hereafter consider United Sates Werenouees' the only frattful nuts worth cracking, INTERNAL REVENUE. Rather Too Officious. Several barrels of whiskey were seized a few days ago on the premises of one of the flourishing liquor mer chants mn Broadway. It afterwards appeared thas thie party bad bought them at full price, as free whiskey, for the purpose of lation seized them, w: t any apparent i