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WASHINGTON The Coming Trial of the President. Both Houses Preparing -for the Event. Passage in the Senate of Another Indian Treaty Bill. Discussion in the Mouse on the Pacific Railroad Tariff. WASHINGTON, March 20, 1868, ® Why Jeff Davis’ Trial is Postponed. “An official announcement, it is sald, will be made in a few days, stating the reasons for the postpone- ment of the trial of Jefferson Davis until the 4th of May next. The reason for the further postponement 1s that but twenty days, the length of time between the 14th of April, the day set for the commence- ment of the trial, and the 4th of May, the day on which the new term of court begins, would not be sufficient time to try the case. Bids for the Purchase of Monitors. Bids for the purchase of twelve monitors were opened to-day, at noon, at the Navy Department. The bids were for the monitors Mahopac, Casco, Chimo and Saugus, now at the navy yard here, and the monitors Manhattan, Manayunk, Winnebago, Catawba, Oncota, Chickasax, Kickapoo and Tippe- canoe, now at New Orleans. Fifteen bids were re- ceived, ranging from eight thousand to seven hundred thonsand dollars. The government reserves the pri- vilege of rejecting all of the bids, if they should be deemed too low. General Hancock in Washington—His Opinion of the Situation in Louisiana. General Hancock arrived here this evening, after some delay on his journey from New Orleans, owing to an accident on the road. Your correspondent found him at his room in the Metropolitan Hotel quietly pufling a cigar, and in conversation with the renowned raider, General Gordon Granger. He seemed in the very plenitude of health and spirits, ‘and in no wise affected by the relinquishment of ‘duty as commander of the Fifth District. He ex- pressed an utter ignorance of the motive of the President in requesting his presence in Washington, ‘but believed it to be simply a desire on the part of the Executive to learn verbally a more amplified version of the state of affairs in New Orleans, and especially the matter relating to the removal of the City Council. The General, who is remarkablv can- did and outspoken, states that he actcd in the affair of removing the members of the City Council solely With the object of restoring confidence to the com- munity, among which a great deal of distrust had arisen, and the effect of which was to depreciate the city notes to an extent that threatened serious con- Sequences. He told the Street Commissioner whom ‘he appointed in New Orleans to go about his work, with the advice to make no distinction on account of color among the employ¢s under him, but to treat all alike and keep himself aloof from all political influence, no matter from What quarter. In the matter of the removal of seven colored men from the City Council, the General thinks that if these seven had been white there would ‘have been no commotion at all, and he feit equally disposed to remove either white or colored at the time. The colored, however, predominated, and of course he had to make a larger draught upon them. In reference to the statement telegraphed to Northern Papers, that he and Je! Davis were cheered by the New Orleans fire companies, he states the Whole despatch was an unmitigated fabrication, got up to influence the New Hampshire election. The Generai is of opinion that the people of Louisiana are as law abiding and as well disposed towards the Union and the consfitution as.the people of any other State, and if carpet-baggers from the North would only stay at home there would be a quiet and unobstructed process of reconstruction. Cabinet Meeting. ‘The regular Cabinet mecting was held this morning, at which Adjutant General Thomas was present. ‘The State Departnicat was represented by Assistant Secretary Frederick Seward, the Secretary not yet having returned to this city. Ue is expected to- morrow. The President With His Connscl. ~ After the adjournment of the Cabinet mecting Messrs. Stanbery, Evarts and others of the President's counsellors Were present and had a consultation with him. State Dinner. The seventh State dinner will be given at the Ex- ecutive Mansion this evening. The International Copyright Question. It appears that the joint Committee on the ‘Library did not, as heretofore stated, hoid a mect- ang yesterday ,to consider the international copy- ‘right question. The statement, however, that there ‘Was an informal understanding that the committee Would not take definite action on the subject at present came from one of its members in response ‘to a personal inguiry. ; Relief for the Destitute. General Howard, and General Michler, the Com- missioner of Public Buildings, have made the ne- cessary arrangements for disbursing the $15,000 appropriated by Congress for the purpose of giving ‘work to those men in Washington who are idie and have families dependent upon them for sup- wort. General Howard has appointed Major ‘Vandenburg to select from the applicants those ‘Persons whose ccirctimstances are such as agree with the requirements of the resolu- tion, and furnish them with an order on Gen- eral Michler for two weeks’ work on the streets of the city. Two hundred men are employed for two ‘weeks at a compensation of $1 per day. At the end of the two weeks they are to be discharged and another two hundred are employed for two weeks, ‘Thus Congress seeks to palliate the misery and desti- tution which they created by withholding the neces- sary appropriations to carry on the work of the gov- ernment, thereby causing the discharge of hundreds of clerks and laborers, It is estimated that the number of idle and destitute men, with families de- pendent upon them, white and black, in this city is about three thousand. Of this number two hundred ‘are to be employed for two weeks, after which they must remain unemployed for the remainder of the spring. Radical Speakers En Route for Connecticut. A number of radical members of Congress and prominent stump speakers ore preparing to leave for the campaign in Connecticut. Messrs, McCarthy, of New York; Gorham, of California, and General Vickers, of New Jersey, leave this evening, ‘The Georgia Bill Before the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court to-day, in case No. 11 (origi- nal), “State of Georgia vs. General Grant, the Secre- tary of War and others,” on motion of Mr. J. S. Black process was ordered to issue in this cause, ‘The motion for a preliminary injunction is held under advisement. ‘ Nominations by the President. Major Burnside, of Hlinots, a soldier during the date war from Hon. E. B. Washburne's district, was to-day nominated to the Senate for Second Auditor of the Treasury in place of B. B. French. Major Burnside is a near relative of General A. BE. Burn- side, Governor of Bhode Island. The President also , Sent to the Senate the following nominations: Waiter E. Onrlan, Assessor Internal Revenue, Tenth district, Mlinois, Homer G. Planis, United States Attorney for the Southern Distriet of Florida, Jobn G. Watts, Chief Justice, of the Territory of New Mexico. Pension Agent at Portland, M. C, Bianchard, Maine. W. W. Datly, Receiver of Public Money at New Orieans. E. i. Smith, Collector of Internal Revenue First Dien ot penne Darolina. i ohn K. Drobeil, Assessor Internal Revenue Second District of West Virginia” - * NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. ea Lieutenant Commanders Stanton and B. B. Taylor to be Comm anders, P Peter A. Callan, Assistant Surgeon. Captai’s Augustus L. Case to be Commodore. Comrander H. B. Caldwell to be Captain. Commander Henry K. Davenport to be Captain. Nomination Confirmed, "che Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed ‘Munroe A. Blanchard t» be pension agent at Port- land, Me. Army and Naval Intelligence. Special Order No, 24, issued by the Secretary of War, relieves Brevet Brigadier General Justin Dim- ick, Colonel United States Army, retired from duty as Governor of the Soldiers’ Home in this District. The order takes effect from the Ist of April next. Lieutenant Commander Francis 0. Davenport has been detached from the Michigan and ordered to the Tuscarora. Lieutenant Commanders John J. Read and Frederick Rogers have been ordered to the Michigan. ‘ Supreme Court Cases Argued. The following cases were argued in the Supreme Conrt.:— No, 358, Providence Rubber Company vs. Charles Goodyear, executor, &c, Motion argued. No. 73. Watt & Co. vs. Kirkland—motion argued, No, 8. Original ex parte the Milwaukee and Minne- sota Railway Company—petition for a mandamus— argued. io. 10. Original ex parte De Groot—petition for a mandamus—case rd. No. 9.—Original ex parte, Joseph H. Bradley— Petition for & maudamus to compel the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to reinst Mr. Bradley as a member of the bar of that court. Mo- ton argued and decision reserved, No, 148.—The People of the State of New York ex. rel. Green vs. The Commissioners of the City and County of New York.—Writ of Error, discussed per stipulation of counsel. Le 110.—Hanger vs, Abbotts.—Argument con- clus . No, 113.—Clark & Co, vs. United States.—Argued. No. 114.—United States vs, Allaire.—Appeal dis- missed for want of jurisdiction, No. 116.—Clark vs. United States.—Argument com- menced, WASHINGTON GOSSIP. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Impeachment of the President—How Washing- ton Feels About It—Chances For and Against a Verdict—The Theory of the Talking Politi- cians. ‘WASHINGTON, March 18, 1868. What woulda Washington be without its gossip, and what would the gossip be worth just now without impeachment? It forms the quintessence, the super excellent salt of conversational topics, available alike to the high and the ‘lowly, the looker-on in ‘Vienna and the busy actor on its boards, The habtiues of the drawing room and the patrons of the beer saloon, the loungers at the hotel and the hangers-on at the White House all turn to this de- lightfully exciting theme of thought and varied speculation to beguile time and refresh their ex- hausted ideas. And even the poor African, the neg- lected son of Ham, rises to the level of the occssion and talks of ‘‘de 'peachment ob de Pursident” with all the comprehensiveness of his capacious mind. Every circle of society is permeated and satu- rated with the subject. It forms with the ladies an agreeable change from the monotonous review of the fashions, and Kindles an exhilarating kind of speculation as to the future Aspasia who will hold her levees at the White House. But no visible excitement accompanies the preva- lent discussion of the subject, no heated remarks, no offensive allusions; all is calm, yet free and anxious controversy. The great point on which every one is sure to put a question is the removal of the President. “Will they convict him ?” asks every- | body of his neighbor—asks democrat of? radical, and uncertain radical of equally uncertain demo- crat. Discussions, of course, ensue a8 a sequence of the query, old-fashioned democrats go back to the framers of the constitution and work their way up through a mass of citations and arguments to prove that every President had the right of removal and exercised it without fear or restraint, ct cetera and 80 forth. New-fashioned radicals, the offspring of the tremendous revolution in the spirit of the Ameri- can form of government, talk of the Executive as “an obstruction,” a something lying bodily across the track of the car of progress which all the pressure of steam in the boilers of the radical locomotive will not force the wheels to surmount. So the cnginepr ch- reap ht ae and remove the irritating impea men’ ‘To the one he is a vile, provoking obstruction, to the other a constitutional lighthouse, sending forth the beacon rays that warn of the rocks and shoals and quicksands that environ the ship of State. But neither radicai nor democrat come to logger- heads ih disenssing the probable fate of Andrew Jotn- son. The political atmosphere of Washington is pro- ey, izid. The excitements that agitate the other jane of the country when they return on the tide to ‘he source from whence they were originally flashed break upon cold and indifferent ears, and what is looked upon as anarchy and revolution three hundred miles away resolves itself here into a quiet, judicial proceeding of which everybody may talk, but over which none grow hysterical, and from which few predict any sanguinary results. An impeachment trial is, of course, a novelty—an era in the civil history of any government, and it is difficult to restrain a natural impulse of curiosity to witness its appearance and progress. Perhaps this curiosity, more or less mingled with a vague impres- sion that something like a revolution may grow out of it, creates that ganeral interest in impeachment which has been alluded to in a former part of this letter. But what do the politicians here say? the far away reader might inquire. Well, to be candid, the oliticians are apt to be as unreliable at this particular juncture as any other class of people. The pre- science may be very much at fault of tnose who antic- ipate all manner of evils from the removal of the Xecutive, and, again, those who predict a peaceable solntion of the difficulty may find themselves equally deceived. Sut the more iiumediate use of the poli- ticians now is to know if any of them can tell uscan the Senate find the President guiity, and if so, will they do so? The day the summons was issued and the day upon which it was returned several little points arose, as, for instance, the vote on the decision of the Chief Justice that the rules adopted by the Senate to regulate the trial could not apply until the Senate became a court by the swearing in of its members; and again the other littie instance on the last day, wheu it was proposed to go oft with the trial forthwith, and the vote stood almost even on the question, serve to show, by the character of the names in opposition when each Cee was voted upon, the certain bias of some radigal members in favor of impeachment and the conservative feeling of others against tt. Now, argue the politicians here who are striving to get at some tangible prophecy of how this great aifair is going to end, when Cameron, Chandier Conkling, Sumner, Howard, Wilson and the other nineteen whose names are recorded as voting for the trial to proceed at once before the President had hardly time to see all his counsel their minds were made up as to the verdict they should render, and that verdict is to be one of guilty. Is there enough in this to base a conclusion upon, and if there be, and that I assume, those names recorded in opposi- tion—Edmunds, Fessenden, Grimes, Henderson, Howe, Frelinghuysen and twenty others, includin; all the democrats—are as adverse on the question 0! guilty as on the other questions, why then the Presi- lent will be acquitted by a majority of votes. How clear is the logic of such a theory! The sixteen radical names put down as immediate trial of the President represent, it is to be presumed. sixteen calm, unprejudiced minds, willing to listen patiently to the arguments on both sides, to weigh well the testimony that may be offered, and to allow themselves to be guided solely by the light of strict justice unde. the constitution, te the counsel for the President can influence eight of these minds the removal of the President is defeated; but should they fail and that the two-thirds vote is carried, then I suppose it will be said there was a jelding in the end to the overwhelming pressure ol party ne- cessity. But after all the politicians are unable to calculate upon how tle trial will terminate. Num- bers, of course, with their wonted self-assuranc are ready to tell the name of oor Senator who wil vote pro and con, but the day of reckoning, what- ever day of the present year that may be, will no Coubt falsify the statements of many as to’ the pre- sent dls ition of some Senators. Looking over the whole field three important considerations suggest themselves as making the pivotal point upon which the majority of the court may turn to a verdict of galtty. First, @ mass of radical opinion represented in the republican party at the North and West, and forming the real motive power of th; party, clamor for the removal of the President, ond —U = Pores hee acquitted A gives himan which might prove a dangerous element of political capital in the fall elections. Thi he be removed Hen Wade will fill his place and the process «f recon- struction will be simplified, the Southern States will be hauled in—head or tall foremost—without delay, and everything will work so smoothly in securing the lasting interests of the radical party that hunu a nature can hardly resist the temptation to try tLe experiment of removal. If these three consider i+ tions prevail the trial will be a speedy and decisive one, but hardly such as will command much respect a8 a precedent for future gencrations, Inst the The Radicnl Programme of Usurpation=Wil- son’s Attack on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States The Democrats Caught Napping—The su- preme Court and the McCardle Case=Opinion of One of the Justices, WASHINGTON, March 19, 1968, Every new turn in the progress of the iegisiation of the radicals in Congress develops more openly the purpose of that party to centre in themselves all the functions of government, Having alrenly done everything which discretion would dictate, they have now inaugurated a@ new programme in which the arta of fraud and corruption have become a leading feature. With the Executive in a fair way of being crushed beneath the hand of power arrayed against it by one of the co-ordinate branches of the government, the judiciary, which is the last resort against the inva- lidity of laws unconstitutional and opposed to the lnberties of the people has, under the guise of revenue, been rendered powerless to take within its sphere of action the adjudication of cases in which, by the constitution, the Supreme Court of the United States has appellate jurisdiction. The additional section added by Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, to a revenue bill introduced by Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, not satisfied with being peoepoceiyn inte attack upon the powers of the Supreme Court, but has been also made re- active. It declares “that so much of the act, ap- proved February 5, 1867, entitled an act to amend an act to establish the judicial courts of the United States, approved September 24, 1789, as authorizes an ay m the judgment of the Circult Court to the Supreme Court of the United States, or the exer- cise of any such jurisdiction by said Supreme Court on ba egee which have or may here- after taken, be and the same is hereby re- led.?? ma from so respectable a source as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee the sec- ion was smi led through without eliciting any ugg marked attention from either side of the House, The democrats are the mgst exercised at the adoption of the measure, from thi of claiming to be arrayed as the constitutional ty in opposing the excep- tionable legislation of the radicals, and which conse- quently demands a vigilant lookout for every attempt to enact measures at variance with the constitution and liberties of the people. But this time they were canghtin a most stupid manner, and they admit it. Mr. Boyer, of Pennsyl- vania, discov the full force of what had been: done after it was all over and called the attention of his side of the House to the fact. Schenck then ad- mitted that he had misrepresented the case, and made other characteristic observations in- dicative of his shallowness and lack of dis- cretion, This i of the proceedings the radi- cals do not like, and Schenck has become the victim of a sound scolding for characterizing the late dodge as he did a deliberate and premeditated swin- die. The exposure made by the democrats has set the small fry of the radical faction to thinking, and they also give vent to a diversity of opines, but long habit of coming up to the mark under the lash of Old Thad uently manifests itself under the dictation of would be radical leaders, The principal actors in this gross violation of in- dependence of the judiciary arm of the government have been threatening for several days to make an explanation and vindicate the measure from the as- persion and condemnation which it has elicited from every reasoning mind in the country. But it would appear from their consummate reticence that they have no intention of saying any more about the mat- ter, but to keep it as quiet as ible. The demo- crats accept the situation with the observation that “there is no use in pe the measure now, ag it is a thing accomplished and beyond control.”” It_is evident to every one that the whole object of Mr. Wilson’s section is to anticipate any adverse de- cisions affecting the constitutionality of the Recon- struction laws of Congress. As it appears the radi- cals, cognizant of the glaring inconsistancy of the Congressional policy of restoration, fear to submit the question to the test of judicial adjudication, so they sweep the docket clean of all cases not only now before the court, but likely to arise in the future, A prominent justice of the Supreme bench, when asked, several days since, in relation to the McCardle case, in which the argument has been finished, replied, “I don’t Know that the court will have any decision to make, as Congress has taken the matter out of the hands of the court.’? The radical game of usurping all the departments of government seems to be the result of a conviction of @ hard fight in the approaching Presidential elec- tion, The radicals have at least made one giant stride in the direction of success if the suppres- sion of the ous power qualified to controvert thelr legislation is to be deemed sufiicient to ac- complish that end. The judiciary cf the government may henceforth be looked upon as_a powerless instl- tution of the old constitution. With impeachment successfully carried through will come the final tri- umph of the radicals in their organization for the political campaign. Then it remains to be seen whe- ther sie peon je will support all that has thus been done to deprive them of their liberties and to sub- vert the government which had been reared by the wisdom, patience and patriotism of the fathers of the republic, THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 20, 1868, PETITIONS, ETC. The Cialr laid before the Senate a, memorial ask- ing appropriations for repairing the levees on the Mississippi river. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, ; Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., ‘presented petitions of colored men in various parts of Delaware asking to be secured in their rights. He asked that they be referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. MorGAY, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a petition in favor of an international copyright law, signed by the Professors of the Columbia College Law School and others, Referred to the joint Committee on the Library. THE PETITION FROM DELAWARE. Mr. SatsBury, (dem.) of Del., said that the peti- tions presented yesterday from the town In which he lives (Georgetown) and from Milton were all in one handwriting; not one of them was signed by the men purporting to have signed them. It was strange that those who lived among them had never heard any- thing of the enormities alleged to be practised upon them. Some person had got a list of their names and attached them to the petition, He objected to the reference. Mr. SUMNER said he had received the petitions by mail, in the usual manner of receiving petitions, and, being respectful in their character, he had presented them in the line of his duty, as was his habit. He had understood from other sources that colored citi- zens were despoiled of their rights under the Civil Rights bill. They have not the great right given them, under the constitution, of sui » He read the proceedings of a meeting held in Wilmington, De}j., of the same import as the petition, and he reminded them that the colored people of Delaware had been deprived of the opportunity to learn to read and write. Mr. SAULSBURY asked what right was denied tothe colored people of Delaware more than the Indian? Senators should cast out the beam from their own eye before they attempt to pluck the mote out of the eyes of others. No class of people anywhere was protected in their rights more than these. He moved that the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire into the authority of {the petition. Agreed to, PREPARATIONS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. Mr. Epwarps, (rep.) of Vt., moved to take up the bill regulating the presentation of bilis to the Presi- dent and the return of the same. Mr. DRAKE, (rep.) of Mo., desired to havea new rule in the matter of impeachment taken up and disposed of before Monday next. He read it as follows:— When the Senate is sitting w ment the presiding olficer be dent," and all papers submitted by either their nature should be addressed in terms shall be addressed oth @ tribunal to it asthe Senate. Mr. DRAKE referred to the fact that Caring the last session of the Senate, sitting on the trial of impeach- ment, counsel for the President ey Sarre no siding officer as “Mr. Chief Justice,” While the Man- agers addressed him as “ President.” They had also had the extraordinary spectacle of a paper signed by the President entering his appearance ad- dressed to the Chief Justice. Mr. JouNSON, (dem.) of Md., suggested that there ‘was a question before the Senate. Mr. DRAKE said he was giving the reason why that bill should not be taken up. He held it to be the duty of the Senate to maintain its character as a Senate and the character of the presiding officer when sitting on the trial of impeachment. Mr. HENDERSON, (rep.) of ‘Mo., urged that his bill relative to a treaty with the Navajoe Indians be taken up, saying unless Bro is done soon the Indians now assembied to meet the Peace Commissioners would disperse and resume the war. He hoped the bill would be passed immediately, The motion of Mr. Edmunds was lost. Mr. Drake then offered his rule, as given above. Several objections were made on the democratic side, and it went over. $ FILING OF RECORDS OF RAILROADS. Mr. Howanb, (rep.) of Mich., from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, introduced a bill to regulate the filing of records of railroad companies. Laid over. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY CALLED UPON FOR INFORMATION, Mr, WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, offered a resolu- tion inquiring of the Secretary of the Treasury how many clerks or employés have been removed since January, 1867; the form of letters or circulars ad- a to the heads of bureaus, &c., for that pur- pose; how many have been appointed since, by whom; how many heretofore removed have been re- appointed; from what States and 2 whose recom- mendation. It went over under objections by Mr. Buckalew. » DRAWBACKS ON MATERIAL USED IN SHIPBUILDING. Mr. Fi NT (rep.) of Me., introduced @ bill to allow drawbacks on articles used in the constructton -of vessels, which is as follows: Be itenacted, That on and after the paseage of thie act i in amount there hall. be allowed and paid a drawback eu to the import duty on ail lumber, hemp (M upan all iron not advanced in manufactu n and. boite which shail be wrought up into the construction of Figutng of oxtiipment of sailing vessels oftheUnited States of @ burden not icss than one hundred tons, and of ocean steamers d Lone, oF used In re- ntnented’ tn conformity of Decem! y Tess five per centum on the amount of such drawback, which shall be retained cor the use of the United States under auch regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Referred to Committee ou merce, Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) Of Mich., rose to a personal explanation in regard to an error that he had been led into, he said, by the Senators from Maine the other day, during debate on the proposition to allow a drawdack on articles used in shipbuilding, He had supposed, from thetr remarks, that the shipyards of Mathe were as deserted as the sireets of Nineveh — a condition of things that had almost caused the Sena- tors from Nevada (Mr. Nye) and indiana (Mr, kg to shed tears. He thgn read statistics is support of his assertion, that during the last two years there had been more ships built in Maine than during any two years previous, He concluded by hoping that the Senators who had wept so pi ly over the shipbuilding interests of Maine would dry their 18, teal Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Maine, supposed the upon which the Senator had diiteret from the tor from Maine was his assertion that Mich! built more ships than Maine, But Maine built the ships that carry commerce around the world, about which Michigan wird iow. an pine. on never oi not those flatboats (laughter)—rafthoats, nav with contrabands. (Laughter.) * THE NAVAJO INDIANS, Mr. Henderson's bill was then taken up, author- izing the Peace Commission to conclude a treaty with the Navajo Indians now on the Bosque Rotondo, and ap “ee afer shale OnE ‘i . rr rep. |. opposed the appropria- tion of $150,000 contemplated By the bill, 7 le yin the Navajo tribe were the most highly civilized of all American Indians, and that when they were captured they were engaged in the manufac- ture of blankets, &c., of a superior quality. The are now held as prisoners, and should not be constl- tuted a treaty maki wer, but should be kept where they are. He ridiculed the idea of holding a solemn secret session to make a treaty with captives. There were seven thousand of them, and he asked how far $150,000 would go towards removing and subsisting them? Millions would eventually be called for to feed them after this needless change. He said that General Carlton and our army had in a moment of valor captured and brought in the women and chil- dren of the Navajo tribe, leaving the warriors on their native heath, Mr. HENDERSON said they had been turned over to the Interior Department, and were not now held as prisoners of war. He therefore moved that the words “held and t their will’? be stricken out. In answer to Mr. Howard he said he did not know why they were not allowed perfect dom by the authorities, He referred to his expéfience on the Indian Commission with General Sherman and others, and said the Commission had saved the vernment fifteen or eighteen millions, He had n firmly opposed, but was now a convert, to the doctrine of making treaties with Indians, and be- lieved they saved the country wars and enormous nditures. ‘The Navajoes were now located in an infamously unfit place, and if they were retained there he was instructed by the committee, of which he was chairman, to ask for an appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars for their support. They had heretofore cost seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually, but now they could be removed to their old homes, or elsewhere, where they could suport themselves. Besides this consid- eration, the Bosque Rotondo, where they are now kept, is a private land grant, and the government would doubtless have to pay about half a million of dollars to retain it for their occupation, He re- marked that he intended soon to call up his bill for the government and care of the Indians, when the Senator from California (Mr. Conness) and others would have full opportunity for the discussion of the general subject. After further discussion between Messrs. Conness and Henderson, Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., sup- ported the bill. He said the-Navajoes were a pastoral people, and should be restored either to New Mexico or some portion of the Indian Territory, where they could find subsistence. He did not consider $150,000 too much. Mr. WILLIAMS said the argument had been made every phd recently that these were a warlike people, and it would be unsafe to allow them to go back to New Mexico and thus entail additional expense in putting down another war. He predicted that such would be the result if they were returned to their own country. He did not agree with the advocate of the bill in his opinion of the reliability of these Indians. They were a treacherous race, and could ony. be kept quiet by the exhibition of power. The polley of the government should be to keep them on reservations. Mr. COLE, (rep.) of Cal., hoped the bill would pass, He described their condition as unfortunate and suffering in the country of the Comanches, who sougne to exterminate them, rr reas NYE, (rep.) of Nevada, said anybody who would id the history of the dificulties between these Indians afd the New Mexicans would conclude that General Cariton should rather have removed the New Mexicans. It was impossible to Keep them on permanent reservations in the face of the ad- vancing tide of the superior race. He de- scribed the misfortunes of the Indians of his own State, whose citizens he knew would not approve of what he said. They wanted to kill Indians, too, all of them. If the nation put on sackcloth and ashes for any sin it would be for its sins against the original owners of this soil, recognized as such by the govern- ment itself. He thought the crowning glory of the General who was the hero of a hundred battles was the sheathing of his sword and preventing the exter- mination of the Indians. Hé would rather trust the judgment of this wise and humane Commission than that of any bow or even of Congress. Money thus expended would not impoverish a nation, but enrich it. He hoped the bill would pass. Mr. BUCKALEW said not less than ten million dol- lars had been expended on this experiment, with seven or eight thousand Navajo Indians, on the part of an unauthorized and subordinate oficer of the army. He recited the occurrences of recent years in connection with them, and said it seemed ‘that no penaiven had been made after this immense outlay, but they were to appropriate more money, He be- lieved somebody was making money out of it. This commission needed no encomtums from him, and the best thing they could do would be to rely upon them for the disbursement of this money, Mr. FESSENDEN had reliable information that to keep the Indians on the present reservation would re- sult ina large saving of the annual expenditures. He was not willing to hear General Carlton con- demned, when Senators confessed they knew nothing of the circumstances, That officer had been strongly recommended by General Grant for a present major generalsiip. General Grant liad sent out an offic W inquire Into the allegations against General Cai ton, who had found that he was doing his duty man- fully, 1t was unjust to condemn the General without proof, Mr. Howarp asked if the Senator believed that the General removed the Indians in the line of his duty, Mr. FESSENDEN said that the War Department had made no coiplaint about the act. He had seen the General commanding and took the resonsibility of removing them. He was not court martialed, but sustained by the War Department. He (Mr. Fessen- den) desired investigation Into the matter and in- tended to have it at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Foster, late Senator, who had been there, had en- Urely exonerated U neral from these charges. Mr. Dooirr.e, (rep.) of Wis., who had oa member of the Commission with Senator Foster, detailed the circumstances of the war at Fort Deti- ance. Mr. Howarp, after taking the ground that the Navajoes had been unjustly dealt with, moved to strike out the discretionary powers given the Com- mission to 1 the Indians to such place asin its opinion was best calculated for their prosperity. thought they should be sent whence they came, where their fathers were buried, and that a suitable ard should be sent with them to protect them from fisute or aggression by the New Mexicans. They should not be sent toor kept in a sterile country where they could not support themselves in the pas- toral pursuits they had once followed. Mr. FESSENDEN asked where the Senator had ob- tained his information as to the sterility of their present location or tueir pastoral habits Mr. Howakp referred the Senator to the published documents, Mr. CoNNESS read from the Globe some testimony on the subject by military ofticers, giving a favorable view of the Bosque Rotondo, Mr. FESSENDEN asked if that was intended to show the sterility of the region? Mr, CONNESS referred the question to Mr. Hender- sob. Mr. HENDERSON said Kit Carson had informed him that such statements were false. Mr. Howarp in urged the Ue Lichew A of an amendment, and Messrs. Fowler and Frelinghuysen also advocated tt. Mr. ConbETT, (rep.) of Oregon, argued that they would be a less expense to the country on a reserva- tion. After further discussion Mr. DooniTTLe warned them that whether the Indians were sent toa reserva- tion or to their homes, the Senate must not deceive itself by supposing there would not ve considerable expense, ir. Howard’s amendment was lost, only seven voting in its favor. Mr. RAMSEY tnoved to add an amendment appro- priating $40,000 to the Sioux Indians of Devil's Lake, explaining their destitute condition, and that the ap- ropriation Was in accordauce with the treaty of jay, 1867, with those Indians, which had never been carried out, and it was recommended by the Interior Department, ir. HENDERSON suggested that the amendment be deferred until the Appropriation bill shall be intro- duced, which will probably be to-morro Mr. RAMSEY withdrew the amendment, and the bill was passed, BXECUTIVE SESSION. On motion of Mr. FRSSENDEN, at four o'clock the Senate went into executive session and svon after adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasiincton, March 20, 1868. THE CHOCTAW INDIANS, Mr. MUNGEN, ((lem.) of Ohio, presented @ memorial of the agents of the Choctaw Indians, asking that the eastern boundary line of the Choctaw Territory be run and established in accordance with the treaty stipulations already existing. THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL—THE HOUSE TO ATTEND IN A Boy. Mr. O'NBILL, (rep.) of Pa., presented resolutions of the Executive Committee of the National Union Club of Philadelphia, commending the course of the House of Representatives on the impeachment, and express- ing the hope that it will be tried by the Senate with- out unnecessary delay. . Mr. BoUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., from the impeach- ment managers, reported the following resolution:— Resolved, That on the days when the Senate shall set for the trial of the President on the articles of im- peachment exhibited by the House of Representa- tives the House, in the Committee of the Whole, will attend, with the Managers, at the bar of the Senate at the hour named for the commencement of the pro- ceedings. Mr. Woon, (dem.) of N, Y., asked whether the reso- lution was to be understood as meaning that the House should remain in the Senate chamber during the trial? Seer aie ena Mr. Bourwett said he did not understand there Was any compulsion, except what rested on each member by his own sense of propriety, Mr. Woop—There will be 88h aurtig the rip no session of the House i¢ SPEAKER—There will not be, lution, while the trial is pean, pxinaaliec ites Mr. JEXCKES, (rep.) of R. I, inquired whether it was tobe understood that the House should not transact bas 4 business Suring the days of the trial? r. BourweLt—Yes; during the hours of the trial my understanding is that the House does not ad- journ, but will return to the Chamber, Mr. JENCKES Suggested an amendinent to the reso- lution providing that on the days of the trial the House will meet at eleven o'clock, 30. as to have a mse WASKBURNE, (Fep,) Of Tl hope Mr, WasHBurRN! D.) of Ill, hoped that wi not be to. It would be utter iap aie ee the committees to get along with that business if the House were to meet at eleven o'clock, Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., said there was fot business enough matured in committees to justify that proceeding, THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL, Mr. BourwWELL declined to accept the amendment, It could be presented to the House itself. ‘The resolution was a; d tO, The SPEAKER appointed Messrs, Butler, Lawrence of Ohio, and Burr as the House conferrees on the Pen- sion Appropriation bill, the Senate conferrees being Senators Grimes, Edmunds and Hendricks, The point in debate is relative to the naval pension fund. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP ENTERPRISE. Mr. HILL, rep.) of N. J., introduced a bill to provide for an American line of naval and emigrant passen- er steamships between New York and one or more ypopean points, Referred to the Post Oitice Com- mit SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ BOUNTIES, Mr. WaSHBURN, (rep.) of Ind., from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill to equalize the boun- ties of soldiers, sailors and marines, The bill was ordered to be pated and recommitted, It provides a bounty of $8 33 per month for actual service, for the deduction of all bounties received from any source, and for the payment of the balance in scrip, bearing six per cent interest, which is to be recelva- ble only in payment for public lands, and not to be transferrible, THE NAVY. Mr. PIKE, (rep.) of Me., from the Committee “on Naval Affairs, reported a bill to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps. Ordered to be printed and recommitted. LANDS IN AID OF RAILROAD ENTERPRISES. Mr. DONNELLY, (rep.) of Minn., introduced a bill additional to an act giving lands to aid tn the con- struction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget’s Sound, on the Pacific coast, by the northern route, which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Pacific Railroad, DRAWBACK ON COPPER EXPORTED, Mr. Puetrs, (dem.) of Md., introduced a bill to allow a certain drawback on copper in pigs, bars or ingots exported from the United States, which was referred.to the Committee on Ways and Means. CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Hiasy, (rep.) of Cal., presented concurrent resolution of the California Legislature asking Con- cee place the First battalion of California in- fantry volunteers on the same footing as other volun- teer soldiers, which was referred to the Committee on Military Atfairs. RECORDS OF UNITED STATES COURTS. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Iowa, introduced a bill to provide a remedy for the loss or destruction of judg- ments, records or decrees appertaining to the pro- ceedings in the United States courts, which was re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee, PERSONAL EXPLANATION, Mr. INGERSOLL, (rep.) of Il, rising to a personal explanation, referred to a remark made by his col- league (Mr. Washburne) on the 2sth ult., insinuating that the object of an amendment offered by hii (Mr. Ingersoll) in reference to the Little Falls Bridge over the Potomac was that a big job might be opened up in building another bridge that would cost several millions. Mr. WASHBURNE—I did not say that that was the object of my colleague. Of course 1 did not mean him. 1 only, sald that was the intention. Mr. INGERSOLL—That is a very short explanation. I wish to enter my protest against the use of smooth- bore guns shooting at random, which some members are in the habit of using without regard to their effect on the personal character of otuers, It 1s not right, aud should not be indulged in, PETITION, Mr. PuEtrs presented a petition of manufacturers of n co of Baltimore in fayor of free iportation of sumac and goat skins, and of increased duty on imported morocco, bn Vonpaaeetas average premiuin in ‘old, Referred to the Committee of Ways and leans, PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS. The House pee as the morning hour business to reports of committees on ipevate business, the bill reported last Friday by Mr. Lawrence, of Pen- sylvania, from the Post Office Comimittee for the re- ef of Jonathan Jessup, Postinaster at York, Pa., being first taken up. The bill authorizes in the settie- ment of Mr. Jessup’s account an allowance of $1,307, the amount of a loss in stamps, &c., by a burglary and robbery. After discussion the bill was assed. i Mr. VAN Wyck asked leave to make a personal explanation in reference to the assertion made by Mr. Jenckes some days since as to his (Mr. Van Wyck’s) want of authority in making the report on w rege frauds from the Committee on Retrench- ment; but Mr. Washburne, of IIL, insisted on the ‘ular order of business. . ir. FERRY, (rep.) of Mich., from the Post Office Comunittee, reported back the Senate bill for the re- lef of William Shunk, Postmaster at Cardington, Ohio, with an amendment reducing the amount from $825 to $625. The amendment was agreed to and the bill passed. Mr. Ferry, from the same committee, reported a bill authorizing an additional allowance of $1,400 to James C, Sloo, late Postinaster at Cairo, Illinois, for services from July, 1864, to July, 1866. After some discussion the bill was passed. THE MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATION BILL. The morning hour having expired the House re- sumed the consideration of the amendments reported by the Committee of the Whole to the Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriation bill, the first question being an amendment increasing the appropriation for the construction of a court house at Desmoines City, Iowa, from $15,000 to $89,000, The amendment was agreed to—yeas 67, nays 53. ‘On motion of Mr. WASHDURNR, the item was amended so as to make it read, “for the construction of a public butlding for a court house, post ofice and olfice of the United States at Desmoines, $89,000." The amendments increasing the items for the court house at Madison, Wis., from 25,000 to $50,000; at Springfield, Ill, from $15,000 to $25,000, and appro- riating $49,000 for post office and custom house at Cairo, Ill, were adopted. The amendment striking out the items of $100,000 and finishing the work of the Capitol and extension, and $5,000 for the new dome, were, on the appeal of Mr. WASUBURNE, disagreed to, and the items were restored. The amendments increasing the ithe arg for the survey of the public lands in the Territories were served : to in spite of Mr. Washburne’s efforts in op- sition. “ The See for the repairs and lighting of Pennsylvania avenue, Washington city, and for light- ing Four and a Half street across the Mall, Maryland avenue, and Sixth street, south, were stricken out, and the item for gas fitting, plumbing, &c., was re- duced from $20,000 to $5,000. The amendment appro- Pe J $15,000 for the national arsenal at Columbus, nto, Was rejected. This disposed of all the amendments, and the bill ‘was passed. SENATE BILLS DISPOSED OF. The Iouse proceeded ed ‘can a on the Speaker's table and disposed thereof as follows:— rrne Senate biil to exempt property in the District held or used for colored schools from local taxation, ‘The bill passed with an amendment in the nature of @ substitute. The Senate bill directing the entry of a credit of $3,636 to the account of Major A. L. Brewer, late Paymaster, who lost his life by the explosion of a steamer on the Mississfpp! river, and which sum stands charged as a balance against him, was next taken up. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, explaimed and advocated the bill, which was passed. ‘A number of other Senate bills were appropriately referred. fo repatrin; ' THE FREIGHT AND PASSAGE TARIFF ON THE PACIFIC RAILROADS. ‘The House joint resolution to regulate the tariff for freight and passengers on the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and their branches was then taken up. The bill constitutes the Secretary of War, Secre- tary of the Interior and Attorney General a Board of Commissioners to establish annualiy @ tart of freight and passengers on those railroads not ex- ceeding double the average rates on the roads be- tween the Atlantic and the Mississippi river north of St. Louis, Mr. WASHBURN, pep) of Wis., who had intro. duced the joint resolution, proceeded to explain and advocate it, Inthe course of his remarks he men- tioned the fact that the same subsidy as is provided in the Pacific Railroad bills had been pi to the Sioux City Railroad Company for building sixty-eight miles of road in Iowa, the terminus of which was twenty-four miles further from the Pacific than its starting point was. He also referred to another road butit in California, in the shape of a ram's horn, from Sacramento to San Jose, which obtained the subsidy of $16,000 a mile. He complained that the resources of the government were diverted jto those purely local enterprises. The first Pacific Railroad bill, he said, had made some pretentions to protect the rights of the public; but the second one, passed in 1 not done so, but had made the bonds of the govern. ment a second mortgage instead of a first, and had Law| a land Mog! tm soos President had chal le company a8 & sum ex. ied by him in Wai ‘ashing in a confident! ” Boisecure the passage of the bill In 1864 OY Mr. pert said this was the first time he had heard of such @ Mr. Washburn disclaimed any reflection on mem! but remarked that if record were ached there could not be found a member who had jot voted for that bill. Mr. Higsy—They were all for it except the mem- ber from Ilinois (Mr. Washburn), f Mr. WASHBURN declined to yield, and proceeded with his remarks. Notwithstanding the reprosenta- tons that had been mae as to the immense dificul- ties and cost of building the Pacific Railroad, he ventured t that it could be built at an averay of $80,000 a mile. He had computed that the ge ernment had paid an average of $70,000 a mile | sides the land grant. To show the easy grades, he read from the report of the engineer of the road, representing that of the 1,682 miles of row, 272 were on a dead level, 626 ranging from a dead level to 20 feet per mile, 3 3 ranging from 20 to 40 feet, 96 miles from. 40 to 60 feet. 91 miles from 60 to sO feet, 45 talies from 60 e 100 feet, and 37 miles from 100 110 feet. That was the tremendous I Kailrowl, about 3 the impassable mountains of which the pubite had heard so much, He was told that the mountains were almost imperceptible. From the base of the Rocky Mountains to the summit to be overcome was only 2,000 feet, and for that there was a dis- tance of between 31 and 32 miles, starting from the level plain of the Platte vailey. The Union Pacific Company in its own report mentioned the fact that the rates for freight and passengers were four times the average rates on the Eastern road being ten cents a mile for passengers and fifteen cents & mile per ton, in goid, for freight. He was informed that since the old means of transpor- tation of teams, &¢., were driven off by the: rail- road the people had actually to pay more for transportation thau before, At these rates it would cost $200 for a passe er and $5,000 for & car load of freight from Omaha City to San Francisco, The quarrel now going on between Vanderbilt and Drew made it apparent that where Congres had control of such matters it should retain it, ‘That war meant that there shail be but one man- agement of the roads between New York and the great West. He thought it very fortunate that no man could live over one hundred years, for otherwise he believed that Vanderbilt would own the world within the next fifty years, (Laughter) Mr. Pricg, (rep.) of Iowa, obtained the floor to re- py. to the argument of Mr. Washburn, of Michigan, ut yielded to a motion to journ, Mr, Woop offered an amendment to the bill in rela- tion to the rights of naturalized citizens abroad, Re- ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affuirs, The House sijourned at a quarter past four, with the understanding that the session vo-morrow {8 to be for general debate only. FLORIDA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Influx of Tourists and Invalids—Informas tion for Visitors—Fernandinn—Mrs. Yelvere ton—A New Steamship EuterpriseThe Line coln Conspirators. FERNANDINA, March 13, 1968, Here in Florida—the “Land of Flowers” and va- grant negroes—we are having a season of sunshine and pleasure. The weather is remarkably warm, with breezes just cool enough to brace up the invalid and make the tourist who has run away from the chilly,north winds think he or she is in paradise. All the steamers plying between Charleston, Savan- nah and Jacksonville come down loaded with @ pre- cious freight of tourists and invalids from all parts of the country, in search of health and pleasure along the rivers and lakes and tslands of lovely Florida, which just now, like the Fenians, is “a wearin’ of the green.’ 2 The New York millionnaire and his family are here, skipping about by ratl and steamer—the male porticn one day hunting deer, wild turkey and coon, the next imitating the immortal Izaak Waiton in pursuit of the finny habitucs of the rivers and lakes; the fe- male members of the party gathering flowers, riding and sailing. Some resort to the springs, where the waters are rich in healing properties and the alr is fragrant with ‘‘the perfume of a thousand fowers.'? Amid the varying panoramic scenes of the St. Marys and the St. Johns rivers and the coast tslands—the yachting, hunting and dshing—the tourist and inva- lid find suMicient enjoyment and exercise, The climate is one of the most salubrious in the world, the gulf breezes are cool and invigorating, and the nights just cool enough to permit one to sleep soundly and keep the musquitoes at a touch- me-not distance, 1 All who travel for pleasure and select their own route are delighted—I might say intoxicated— with Florida, This is the point where they all centre.. After spanning aday or two at the comfortable hotels, for which Fernandina is noted, recuperated by the climate and strengthened by the wholesome larder, the tourist starts for the St. Johns river by elegant steamers constructed with a view to conifort and speed. Jacksonville is the next point of sojourn, Itis a beautiful town of about three thousand thhabitants, blessed with a fine climate, beautiful scenery, and cursed with miserable hotels and extortionate land- lords, who will charge a guest one dollar for the rivilege of walking from the boat or cars to their Rouses: if the guest ha# not cut his eye teeth. There are, however, many excellent private boarding’ houses, whose latch strings are always out to give the visitor at once a generous welcome and comforta~ ble accommodation. It is a neighborhood of game and fish, and rare sport can be enjoyed in pursult of either, At the present time Jacksonville is crowded, as are all the steamers plying upon the St. Johns, to Enter- prise, Glenco Springs, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's: lantation, and Pilatka, the landing where visitors Risembarie for the old Spanish town of St. Augustine, rich in reminiscences of Columbus and his time, A large number of ladies and gentlemen arrived: upon the steamer Little Nell, among whom is the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, who fs eollecting material for a. forthcoming book. The party were delayed here two days by fog iu the river, but nobody seemed to. regret it, for the time was well spent in riges along the beautiful beach of the “island city.” During. their sojourn in Fernandina its inhabitants were very hospitable. Horses and carriages were placed a their disposal, and a reception was given by an ex~ United tes Senator, where Northern belles and! Southern beauties met in social reunion. In the: hostess your correspondent met an accomplished) lady, who, before the war, was a Washington belle: and the daughter of a Governor of a border State, ‘This week has been an important one in the his. tory of Fernandina, I refer to the arrival of the steamship Flag, Captain Baxter, from Now York, as the pioneer vessel of a new line to connect: Mobile with New York via the Florida railroad, of which Mr. D. Yulee is the active head. ‘The Flag is: one of the finest and stanchest steamships afoat, nd is commanded by a gentleman who for many years has been in the employ of Marshall 0. Roberts” steamship line. She made the trip from New York to Fernandina in four days, turned over her freight to Mr. Yulee, who placed it at Cedar Keys, in the Gulf of Mexico, in five days from the time it left New York. The Flag will make semi-monthly trips to Fernandina, transfer her freight to the ratlroad, when it will be ran across the Florida peninsula and delivered to the steamer Mary, which will complete the connection with Mobile. ‘The importance of this undertaking cannot be too highly viewed. With fast ste: hips the company can successfully compete with the railway lines, between New York and Mobile. Indeed, my own impression is (and I have travelled over all the rail- Way routes between New Orleans and New York) that this ronte is the quickest. Were a line of fast steamers put on between Charlestou and Fernandina, and Cedar Keys and New Orleans, the through mais would reach the latter city fifteen hours earher than by the present all rail route. To accomplish this it Would be necessary to have fifteen knot vessels, An- other important undertaking woul@ be the establish- ment of a nger and mail line from Cedar Keys to Key West and Havana. At present all mail mat- ter from Florida for Key West and liavana must go round via Baltimore and New York. In the winter season, when 80 many passengers are bound to Havana and Key West, this route would be chosen in preference to the dangers of a sea voyage around Hatteras and the Florida reeis. On Thursday last a public dinner was given at the Virginia Hotel, by the city authorities, to the rail< way officials and Captain Baxter, in honor of the new enterprise. About seventy-live gentlemen par- ticipated. The chair was occupied by Mayor Brons son, and many speeches were made on the occasion, In speaking complimentary of this line I have no axe to grind, as I have invariably paid my fare on the railway and steamers of the company. I merely refer to the enterprise as one that is destined to be beneficial to the commerce of the country, ‘ete A few days ago I visited Fort Jeterson, Di , where the Lincoln conspirators are confined. L find the pleasure of meeting Dr. Mudd for the second time since his incarceration. The doctor is very reti- cent, but is very hopeful of pardon. Ali the officers of the post spetk in the highest terms of the exem~ jary conduct of Mudd, as weil as the other prisoners, hen the yellow fever broke out in the post last fail, | and Dr. Smi‘h fell a victim to the disease, Madd le! the carpenter's shop, and by his skill and beeen | atention saved the lives of many officers and men the it. He is universally esteemed by the officer: allof whom unite in testimony of his uniform courtes) and Le conduct, The doctor says but little, but he feels confident that the time will come when it! will appear that he was ouly connected with the as- sassination so far as setting the leg of Booth, whem called upon professionally. It does seem to me that in these latter days, when the chief conspirator, Jemt Davis, is permitted to roam at will over the country, cheered and feted by rebels, the government shouick take into consideration the tmportant services ren- dered by Mudd and pardon him, Such seems to be the sentiment animating ail the officers aud soldiers at the Tortugas. The Drew Camp SecureSpecials on Guard. Thursday night passed away and the roughs from New York did not put in an appearance, The specials who were sworn in, as stated in yesterday's HERALD, were kept on guard yesterday during tha day and night. Captain Randolph called out his company of the Rifle Corps and held them in readi- ness to meet any einergency, They paraded in front of Taylor's Hotel on Thursday night, The generak opinion, however, ts that no raid will be attempted. ‘The utmost caution was preserved yesterday in re~ rd to the admission of visitors, By the proviaioas. or the bill which passed both houses of the New Jersey Legisiature on Thursday the directors are atte. thorized to transact their business and hold meetings: on Jersey soil, so that the executive comritice are repared to hold out for along term. Several men er ature paid a visit to. the camp yes- seraay, sna a the dire of the support and protection of the laws of New ey, wud that if necessary new measures would be enacted for their yesterday afternoon fell through the hatelway at 198 » was employed, and was taken to residence,