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To yews Agenln 3c per DAILY COUUIER, WED.MSDAT MOUSI.XU, SEPT. It, ISM head ot the room was a fine picture of the Olid III IDE MT. His Arrival aiifl ReceDtioa The Welcome of the Falls City to her Distinguished Guests. Over Twenty-Five Thousand People Present at the Ovation. Reception Speeches by Hon.

James Guthrie. Replies of the President and Speeches of Sec'y Seward and Others. GHAND BANQUET AT THE 'LOUISVILLE HOTEL SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE OCCASION. THE DEPVKTURE Yesterday was a proud day for oar city a day never to be forgotten. The chief magistrate of tbc republic, the hope of the people, President Johnson, visited ns, and waa accorded a reception well fitted to bo distinguished a patriot.

Ever ready to accord a hearty welcome to all distinguished men of the nation, our noble city fairly outdid itself yesterday in the right royal welcome extended to him and his suit. It was a welcome that may be graven in bright characters upon our record; and, while it proves the public spiritedncss of our citizens, it shows the country that Louisville good old Democratic Lonlsville can give honor to whom honor is receive the executive and the national heroes with that wann-hcartcd hospitality which is characteristic orour State. He has received an ovation of which he may well feel proud, and carry hack with him, among his most pleasant recollections, the brilliant testimonial which the proud city of the falls accorded in this his first official visit to IL Wc venture to say tbat nowhere on his tour has so elegant, orderly and enthusiastic an assemblage greeted his appearance. His excellency felt and knew that he was among devoted friends and firm BUpportcrs, and expressed himself accordingly. PREPARATIONS.

An an early hour in the morning the streets were alive with people; such bustling to and fro was neverseen in our city before. Teams were being rigged out, platforms for views being built, carriages obtained, and the whole city seemed at work on THE DECORATIONS. Our streets and avenues along which the procession was to pass were most heanti. fully decorated. Main street, from First down to Eight or Ninth, was brilliant with flags and beautiful decorations.

All the principal business houses, banks, and hotels were literally cohered with them. Flags were floating across thestreet Flags were everywhere. The city was in her holiday uniform and 6howed herself In her happiest style. The day was one of the most beautiful of the season, and the sun seemed to shine out exprcas-ly for the occasion. Among the most noticeable of these decorations we will mention the United States, National, and Louisville Hotels, and the Willard, where the speakers stand was built.

Wcbmboff on Main street, and Can fc La Roche's gas works, on the corner of Fifth and Green streets. The inscriptions on these decorations were such as these: "Johnson and the Constitution," "The Union of Thirty-six States," "Our President The Country's Hope," "Union is Strength," "Not One Star Must. Fall From Our Banner," "No East, no West, no North, no South but One Country, One Nation;" and the old motto of our State, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall." The court-house was also beautifully decorated, flags fluttering from every window. TUB PEOPLE. As we mentioned before, the people commenced pouring in towards the center of the city at a very early hour of the morning, and by 12 o'clock the court-house yard; every avenue around the building, and i the adjacent streets were filled with the eager, excited crowd.

The court-house were covered with ladies, who, deck out in their gay attire, presented a bril-tlhpt spectacle. The arrangements for ing the restraining influences which existed previous to the late war, what guarantee have we against a repetition of tbe bloody experiment in politics, now that the entire South is more intensely section-alized than ever? by the fearful array of power which surrounds them, abandoned by the President, and impovrifh-cd by the ruthless ruin which has so long oppressed them, how can the Union men of the Sonth hope, unaided, to maintain tbeir ground. The remedy which Is proposed in the President's policy will oulyincrease oursuf-ferings and open the way for perpetuating the tyranny, of onr oppressors. The admission of the representatives of these treasonable conventions into Congress carries with it the admission of their vote in the electoral college. They will, on many vital questions of legislation, hold the balance of power in Congress, and they will also bold the balance or power in presidential elections.

The effect of their vote in Congress, it is true, can be netralized by keeping iu the halls of the national legislature a solid body of men with whom it will be impossible for the agents of treason to affiliate. But the same check can not be applied in the electoral college. The hope of wielding the united Southern vote in the next presidential election has already corrupted the fountains of national justice at tbe capitol. An open and shameless coalition has been formed which needs only for its consummation the success of the President's policy. Into that coalition have been already drawn, by one influence cr another, men'heretoforc "identified with the dearest affections of the American people.

Thus the work of political corruption will go on, the South compact defiant and sectionalized, with its autl-rcpuhlican institutions resting on negro serfdom as the corner-stone, the North torn by faction, and distracted by the ambition of aspiring politicians anfl contending parties. This conflict ot sections will progress transferred from the battleflelds'to'the halls of national legislation. The spirit of disunion will seek to gain by the ballot what it failed to achieve by the sword. The second open armed attempt at separation will be simply a question of time aud favorable opportunity. There is but oneway to destroy this principle of sectionalism in the Suth.

It is by overturning the corner-stone upon which it rests. This work cannot be left to the voluntary act of the disunion class, because their aristocratic, anti-American instincts will find their natural gratification in the secondary form of slavery. If the question of emancipation liad been left to the voluntary action of these States, does any one suppose they would have adopted the" constitutional amendment? Would their chosen representatives have votod in Comrress for tbe civil rights hill? Can wc look" to a landed oligarchy for measures of liberation for the people? Fellow-country men. if is our dutv to tell you that nothing eau be expected from the uisuuion element in me interest oi iree-dom, right or Union. We are driven to make this declaration after having exhaust ed every means to induce these desperate men to do justice.

We are forced to this conclusion by that blind and indolent spirit which has abused the magnanimity of the nation and returned all our deeds and words of chantv and formveness with in gratitude and persecution. The time has come wuen the slates oi the aoutu must governed by those who love the Union and glory in lis lame, or by (hose who hate it There can be no middle around. Our cue' inies and not permit us to 03 cupv middle ground if we desired to do so. They claim to rule. They claim to rule over us oy virtue oi tueir treason, mey claim to degrade, debase and proscribe us because of our patriotism.

Acting in conjunction with the noble and cencrous spirit of christian charity under which the North was willing to receive back those who had wronged us, tbe Union men of the South met their neighbors, friends and kindred, willing to forgive and forget the post We declare that all our efforts as well as those of the government have been met with hypocrisy or ingratitude. In making this final appeal to the country, wc declare that the disunion leaders ot the South arc again the deliberate, wanton aggressors. They offer as a pretext fur our persecution, that tbe representatives of the American people in Congress have proposed, ina spirit of injustice aud proscription, to atliict the South with mere partisan legislation. Speaking here to-day, in the name of the loyalists of theSouthwcaftirm that Congress, iu order to avoid discord and conflict, has actually abstaiucd from doing much which it ought to have done and possesses the power to do. We affirm that the loyalists of the South look to Comrress with affectionate gratitude and confidence as fhe onlv means to save us from persecution, exile, and death itself, aim we also declare that there can be no security for us or our children there can be no safety tor the country against the fell spirit of slavery now organized in the form of serfdom, unless the government, by national authority and appropriate legislation, enforced by national authority, shall couferon every citizen in the States we represent the American birthright of impartial suffrage and equality belore the law.

This is the one all-sufficient remedy. This Is our great need and pressing necessity. This is the only policy which will destroy sectionalism by bringing into effective power a preponderating force on the side of lojntty. Jt wilt lead" to an enduring pacification because based on the eternal principles of justice. It is a policy which will finally regenerate the South ft self, because it will introduce and establish there a divine principle of moral jxtliticx, which, under God's blessing, will, in elevating humanity, absorb anil purify the unchristian hate and selfish passions of men.

It will bless those who gave as well as those who receive. It will be the crowniug act of glory to our free republic, aud when done will "be received, as was received the act of emancipation, with joy and pruiso throughout the world, as the final realization.of the promises of the declaration of American independence. u. (J. uarmoctu, ot Louisiana, Lhairman.

C. G. Ba.ti.oR, of Georgia, D. H. Bingham, of Alabama, A.

W. Touroee, of North Carolina, K. 0. SiPNEf, of Mississippi, James H. Bell, of Texas, Jon- Hauxhurst, of Virginia, Committee.

General Warmouth, having concluded the rcadiiiir ot the address, said: Mr. Presi dent, I am instructed by the committee, in consideration ofthe tact that this is a report coming from the non-reconstructed States, expressing our condition aud our needs, that this convention will consent to allow the delegates from the non-rccoiiptnieted Suites only to consider and act upon the report I therefore, in their name, move that the consideration and action upon this report take place only on the part ofthe delegations from the non -reconstructed States. Tiie oucstion then bcinjr on the adoption of ttie report of the committee froui the non -reconstructed States, Judge Saffold, of Alabama, moved that the roll be called and the vote taken bv vcas and navs. Agreed to. The vote being taken, The chairman (Hon.

E. M. Pease, of Tex as, In the chair) announced the result, as to I lows: Yeas CG, navs S. So the report was adopted. The names of the delegates voting "no" were as follows: Messrs.

Bate, Botts and Gilmer, of Virginia; Hunter, Saffold and Cramer, of Alabama: Hev. Hone Biiu. North Caiolina: John W. Price, Florida. C.

E. Moss, of Missouri, read the fol lowing: e. the undersigned, delegates from the beautiful valley region of Middle Tennessee, whose soil is dotted over with the graves of tbc martyrs of freedom graves that look into our very windows a region crowded with defenceless black men, hundreds of whom have borne honorable part in defense of American nationality and liberty coming as delegates from this region. "more thaii a thousand miles away, and in view of their constituency, we can not either be silent or subsenhe to a uan-way expression of opinion. The dumb eloquence of these honored graves and the defenseless condition of white and black loyalists there plead in trumpet tones in favor of negro suffrage.

Wc theretorc desire to concur in the report ofthe non-recoustrnctcd States in this respect, and to add our testimony to theirs in an appeal to the christian heart of the country in favor of what, in our opinion, alone will bring true peace to the South and assist lo establish the government of man. Si-med bv a. U. Mercer, of Tennessee: Samuel of Tennessee; James EL Gregory, of Teuncssee; John Rubm, of Tennessee; C. E.

Moss, of Missouri. The undersigned, majority of the dcle-gafes from North Carolina, concur in the address ofthe committeeou the non-reconstructed States, except the concluding pad-sage, ubich urges a policy different trora that put forth in the address and resolu- i inns of flie KnnMirn lovali.sts' f-onventinn. Sinned bv Daniel R. Goodloe. A.

H. Jones, Hartiuan K. Furness, J. W. Wynne, and Hope Bain.

On motion of Mr. J. E. Bryant, of Georgia, tbc following was adopte'd: 1 Resolved. That a committee of one from each ofthe unreco us tract ed States be appointed to lay before Codtcsb, at its next session, the report of the committee made this morning, con- mining the exposition of our ideas.

Tbe chair appointed as tbe committee the following gentlemen: Messrs. J. E. Brvant J. Hamilton, Texas; N.

W. Daniels, Lousiana; i-eorgc xueaer, vir-1 iriuia: J. W. Babe. Arkansas: A.

Griffin, Alabama, Dr. R. 0- Sidney, Mississippi; Captain O. a. Hart, rionaa.

On motion, it was then ordered that the convention would now adjourn sine die, with prayer. Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Philadelphia, then came forward and offered a fervent prayer, after which, the question being put on'tbe motion for final adjournment; the chair decided it carried, and adjourned the conven tion without delay. The following is a complete list of fhe officers and mcmhers of the convention: President Hon.

James Speed, Kent ueky. Vice-President E. M. Pease, Texas; Anthony Fernandez, Louisiana; Joseph W. Field, Mississippi; D.

H. Bingham, Alabama; Col. O. B. Hart, Florida; Gov.

W. G. Brownlow, Tennessee; Joseph H- Glover, Kentucky; George P. Strong, Missouri; H. C.

Cole, Georgia; Rev. Hope Eain, Xorth Carolina; Hon. John Minor Botts, Virginia; Gov. A. J.

Boreman, West ir-giuia, Gen. Joseph Gerhardt, District of Columbia; Hon. T. A. J.

Creswell; Maryland; A. A. C. Rogers, Arkansas; 1 homos B. Conrsey, Delaware.

SecretariesCol. Weston Flint Missouri; Dr r. rtrimnpr. Virginia: John F. Ensor, Maryland; Henry W.

Davis, Missis-ctaDinnt. firti fhnrT fiP.1. Kentucky: C. G. Bayior.

Georgia; J. W. i Sorth Philadelphia convention (not the Southern Union-disunion convention). He said he would recommend tho declarations they laid down it was the second declaration of independence, and history will so fccord it In coming here, ha proceeded, I-bringyou the flag of our country, bearing thirty-six, not twenty-five stars. I come with tho constitution, and place it in your hands, with the charge that you must preserve and defend iu I have come to you with that flag; we must repair the rents In it and let it flutter out to the breeze of heaven with not a star gone.

The time has come when parties and party strife should cease. The time has come when men North, South, East aud West, should lift themselves above party and stand up for the constitution above all other considerations. He then enjoined tbcm to stand firm to the constitution, and stand by their country, and peace would bless tbc land. He then spoke ot the terrible conflict through which the conntry had just passed, and then spoke of the political strife through which she was still passing. He then concluded his speech by hoping that the day was not far distant when, a united country again, we would have peace on earth and good will towards all men.

During his speech the greatest enthusiasm pervaded the swelling audience, and he was frequently encouraged by cheers and rounds ol applause. jib. sewabd's speech. After the President retired calls were made for "Seward" "Seward," which ran. through the crowd and became so loud and urgent that it became incumbent on Mr.

W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, to accede to their requests. He was received with cheering. He first thanked the audience for their kind reception, and stated that this was his first appearance before a Kentucky audience, hut he was nevertheless free in mind, in.

heart, and in utterance, to express his general sentiments to and before the people of Louisville. He would not hold a different language here in thc slightest degree from what he would hold or had held in other cities and States of the Union. One reflection had particularly sug gested itself to htm dhring his tourthrough Maryland, and what was generally called the Keystone State, and the great State of New York, and Michigan, and through a part of Illinois to St. Louis in the State of Missouri, aud again through the southern part of Illinois and Indiana to the city of Louisville. He had found that while In the Northern States there was a great difference on the subject ot the restoration of the Union, iu the State of Kentucky aud be might with equal propriety say in all the Southern Stales there was an entire unanimity of opinion in favor of a union of the States.

The South is sound and sincere lu its lojalty to the Union. The reason of this was obvious, and founded on simple prin ciples of human nature. The Ideas on which this war had been undertaken were over turned in the South fifty years belorc their practical execution. The battle had been fought aud the South bad lost, and naturally the reaction was greater, for their suf fering had been greater, and the patty tbat suffe.ed the most in the effort to break up the Union, was evidently now the best satisfied with the necessity of accepting the result of the contest At the conclusion of the war President Johnson summoned three persons to consult with him as to the condition on which the Southern States could be readmitted to the Union. He (Seward) was one of these parties, and he advised that when the flag of secession and slavery wis hauled down from its staff the Union shonid be restored in full iutegrity.

He drew attention to the beautiful repre sentation of the States and territories by the thirty-nine lovely little girls, and said tbat the pleasure of witnessing such a spec tacle had not been offered him for five years not since the outbreak of the late bloody war. He then reverted to the termination of the war, which, he said, terminated suddenly "on our hands." Then, ho said, was ttic time for restoration. It was indispensable, and it required hut moment's contemplation to see that delay was dangerous. Aud now that it had even gone so far, it was not yet too late. Why leave out the representatives of eleven States? Restore them at once.

He was then about to withdraw when a voice in the crowd cried, "Tell us something about Mexico." "Yes," be replied, "I will tell you something about Mexico. Some of you are clamoring for more States, and talk about Mexico. You had better take care of the States that vou've cot, and then I'll talk to 1 you about Mexico." This drew out loud cheers, and Mr. Seward retired. TUB ARMY AND NAVT.

'Rousseau then introduced Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Farragut, Gen, Steedmcn, Gen. Custer and Gen. Crook. As each gentleman wa introduced, be was received with cheers. A shout was then raised for Gen.

Rousseau, I which grew in volume until nearly every Voice in the crowd was raised for tbc gallant soldier. The general was finally compelled to come forward, and excuse himself, which he did, by ttaf- ing that since leaving Washington with the President and party, be had made it a rule i not to speak at any of the points on the route. This Bccmed only to increase the demands of the crowd, and the general had to pass back into the hotel to join the party then on their way to the carriages. The party on getting into their carriages moved off down Fifth street, folic wed by the pro- cession, which had reformed to accompany them. A PRATER FOR PARDON.

As the President was passing to the stairs In the Willard after the speaking, tbc thirty-nine little maidens scattered their flowers nndcr hie. feet as he passed, and when he-passed to the end of their line, having stopped occasionally to kiss one of their sweet, innocent faces, one of them handed qim tbc following beautiful petition praying for the elcaac from prison of Jefferson Davis, which the President very kindly received, promising to read it at his first leisure moment and give it bis consideration To His Excellency Andrew Johnson, Presi dent oj we VMicti states oj America Honored Sir: The undersigned, little girls of tbc city of Louisville and of the State of Kentucky, taught by our mothers to venerate you as me nation neaa ana the people's friend, moved by sympathy for one who once stood your peer iu th? councils of the nation, do most respectfully present this prayer in bis behalf and In behalf of an anguished mother and grief-stricken little ones That von release from prison, on parole. or otherwise, as may seem best to yon, Jefferson Davis, late President of the "so- callcd Confederate States of America." If our chief magistrate shall find it consistent with his sense of duty to the nation to grant our prayer, millions of little ones shall rise up to can mm uicssea. LOUISVILLE, BCpu It, THE CROWD Which bad gathered around the Court-house and on the adjacent streets, to hear the speaking, was by far the largest ever con- grcgated in our city before over 25,000 persons being aspemblcu. Of these thrirc were more than 6,000 ladies such a turnout of the fair sex never having been known before.

THE BANQUET AT THE LOUISVILLE. Proceeding from the Willard along Jeffer son to Fifth, down Fifth to Malu, and thence down Main, the party stopped at the Louisville Hotel, where the grand reception banquet was to take blace, and the procession paascd on down the street in review. The fire engines, in charge of the gal lant chief, A. Y. being the feature of the procession, as gaily decorated and festooned, and manned by the firemen in their bright red uniform jackets, they were drawn along the street by their gaily caparisoned horses.

The military also presented a splendid appearance, and the societies on foot and the base ball clubs all looked well. When the procession had passed, the banquet was announced, by the President and minister Romero arm-in-arm, the guests passed into ihe spacious dining room, mag nificently decorated for the occasion, and took their Beats at the groaning tables. Tbc (lining-hall was arranged with taste and beauty, and was bung with various In scriptions, such as "Tbc Union ought not, can not, and must not remain divided Seward." "I propose to move upon your works at once Grant" "Admiral Farragut, America's gratest' naval officer." H. Koutseaa, Kentucky's gallant ThrlM weioomo home." At the Nathaniel B. Smithers, Dover; Thomas B.

Coursey, Frcdericka; Hon. Jacob Moore, Georgetown; and Benjamin Burton, Mills-boro. Florida Hon. P. Fraser, Jacksonville; Calvin L.

Robinson, Jacksonville; John W. Price, Jacksonville; Col. O. B. Hair, Jacksonville; nnd Cornelius Curtis, Key West District of Columbia Riley A.

Shinn, Ste- Sben Prentiss, Wm. S. McPhcrson, Richard organ, D. C. Forney, W.

Drew, John R. Elvaus, R. J. Meigs, J. Dexter, S.

P. Rmwn C. W. Murray. Dr.

Wm. Bovd. Samuel Harris, Jefferson Fowler, Wm. H. Simpson, Justice F.

A. Boswell, August Pnnlnln Mat Pnhnlipim ftpnoral Joseph Gerhardt Dr. Joseph Scholl, Michael Briel, A. Bruehl, Wm. Barchardt, Justice N.

H. Miller, General Wm. Kryzan-owski. Dr. E.

V. Wright, D. M. Kelsey, wasningion. THE ELECTIONEEiiIU UUMXli The committee.

aDDOinted "to visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, following the route taken by President Johnson on his visit to Chicago," have made partial arrangements for receptions at various cities aud towns. The committee consists ofthe tollowing named gentlemen Jsouis'uma Hon. T. J. Durant Hon.

J. R. G. Pitkin, Rev. J.

P. Newman. Tennessee Gov. W. G.

Brownlow, Hon. Horace Maynard, Hon. S. M. Amell, Hon.

A. J. Fletcher, Hon. T. S.

Fowler, CoL Wm. B. Stokes. Texas Gov. A.

J. Hamilton, Hon. J. H. Bell.

Flryinio Hon. John Minor Botts, Judge John C. Underbill, Hon. Lysander Hill, Rev. J.

W. Hunulcutt West Virginia pou. A. J. Campbell, Governor Boreman, Hon.

H. G. Pole, uon. C. (i.

Bavlor. Alabama Hon. Albert Griffin, Hon, M. J. Saffold, Hon.

D. H. Bingham. Kentucky Hon. James Speed, Rev.

R. J. Breckinridge, Hon. H. Stockbridge.

Jfhsisxippi Hon. R. O. Sidney. Arkansas Gen.

A. A. C. Rodgers. Missouri Gov.

Thos. C. Fletcher, Hon. Geo. P.

Strong, Col. John S. Cavendar, Hon. Madison' Miller, W. L.

Pope, Colonel Chas. Moss, Hon. C. H. Branscomb, Col.

Weston Flint Xorti Gtrol ina Hon. Daniel Goodloe, Hope Uain. Maryland Hon. A. J.

Cress well, Hon. Hugh S. Bond, Hon. John L. Thomas, Hon.

J. J. Stewart. Delatcare Hon. Nathaniel B.

Smlthers. In diana Col. C. B. Earte, Hon." P.

Fraser: District of Columbia Gch. Joseph Gerhart An attempt was made to have Frederick Douglass added to the list ot names, but the proposition met with violent opposition, and the president decided tbat as Mr. Douglass was not a delegate to the convention be could not be appointed. This committee will visit New York speedily, where they expect a warm reception from their brother Radicals. From here the committee will proceed, by detaciiments, through the West, a portion visiting Boston and other places in Massachusetts.

They will spread over Western New York, Ohio, Michigan Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, coming together at certain large cities, where it is desirable to appear In full strength. Albany Buffalo and Chicago arc designated as tho particular places of rendezvous, it being deemed necessary to treat these cities to a full flocd of Radical enlightenment STATE KEVS. Convicted of Some time last fall, an East Tenuesscean, name unknown, was brutally murdered about hall a mile from Falmouth, Kentucky, and his body robbed of about $150, the proceeds of a sale of a horse which tbe murdered man had made in the village tbe evening before. Two men named Plnmmer and Barnes, who bad previously borne a very bad character, were suspected of the crime and subsequently arrested. The trial of the parties took place In tbc criminal court nt Falmouth, last week, resulting In a verdict on Saturday of guilty.

Monster Vise. Mr. Wm. Ncwdigatc, of the Fox Springs neighborhood, has on his place a pumpkin vine, one branch of which measured lullv twentv-seven fiot and bears fifteen young pumpkins; the other branch measures over tfftecu feet, and has teu s-mall pumpkins growing upon it Who can beat that? Fleming Coubtv High Rents. The property owners in this city arc impressed with the idea that they are doing a very poor business If thev get less than 25 per cent of the value of the property for one year's rent.

The price asked by some of these greedy landlords tor an ordinary business house, is about equal to the net aunual profits of the business to be conducted. IMavsville Bulletin. You arc lucky neonle if vou can iret off with 25 per cent It takes at least per cent here to satisfy property owners, and men who work for a fivimr have to scratch around powerful to keep themselves and families from starvation. Pad ucah Herald. The above Is the complaint of all our exchanges, from the interior of Kentucky.

Here In Louisville 2,500 houses have been built this season, and rents have not fallen. The following Items arc from the Smith- land Times: Gen. Buell had the measure of meeting Gen. Don Carlos Buell, after a silence of nearly four years, when we used to meet the general in Louisville. Wc went down on tne Kasbvlllc, and bad a loug and pleasant interview with the old hero, and stiunch Democrat He has nur- chascd on iron furnace at Paradise, and was here endeavoring to buy some barges of Sam, Green.

The general is all right for our party and the Philadelphia convention. We like Buell, and always did. The Mineral Interests of LrvTNovrav County. There is, perhaps, no county in uic (jommonwcaim oi KeutucKy, presents greater mineral advantages than docs the county of Livingston. The hills and valleys are teemingwith the rarest specimens of ore, brought to the surface of the ground by some of nature1 sjconvulsions, or by excavations made in the earth bv human agency.

Almost daily wc are shown speci mens oi ocauiimi coior ana ncn vaiue, found by some plain old farmer, who knows nothing of the intrinsic worth of what he holds his hand. Only a'day or two ago a sample of an unknowu metal was found, and upon analyzation at Paducah, it was pronounced first-rate copper. noHiiiBLE Mubdeb. An awful murder occurred at Dycushurgh, in Ljon county, on Saturday night, the particulars of which are related to us. Wm.

Dougherty and Clabe Waddington liad a serious difficulty iu Baker's saloon, when a fight occurred. Dougherty drew a large dirk knife and stabbed Wart din gt on in the Bide and abdomen, and thea cut his neck half in two. Wod-dington lived ten or fifteen minutes and expired. He was about S3 ycajs old, and leaves a wife and a small family, who are greatly distressed. Dougherty was a young man, lately irom mc reuerai army, anu succeeded in making his escape, and to the present writing we have not heard of his arrest ELOPEMENT FROM DOWAGIAC.

A Son Buns Away "With His Stepmotner and $800 Greenbacks. From the Caasopolls (Mich.) Democrat Mr. Sessaman, who has been eni-nrred in the business of brewing lager beer lor his thirsty customers in Dowagiac, has been experiencing a great deal of domestic infelicity for some time past; the female whom he had taken for better or worse being his secoud wile, and, strange to say, the disturber of his pcaca and happiness, being his own son, about 1H or 19 yers of age, by his first wife. 51atters had been progressing very unsatisfactorily to the senior for ouite a rjcriod of time; indeed he had several times detected bis unworthy son and nn faithful enousc in flagrante dclictn, but had not thought it of tuiucicuu luxuriance to urnivc any ecuuua disturbance about it Monday afternoon last uowevertue matter culminated in me eiop of the son and wife, carrying with tbemSSOO in greenbacks, which the father had recently received as a payment on his brewery establishment which he had sold. This was tbe feather that broke the canjcPsr back, he could endure the ingatitudc of his boy, the unfaithfulness of his wedded wife, but the additional loss of his greenbacks drove him nearly frantic.

Upon his discovery of this triple loss of wife, son andgreenpacks he started in hot haste in pursuit of an officer to bring back his erring one, and last but not least bis missing greenbacks, officer Taylor was procured, and it was ascertained that the guilty couple had taken the afternoon train for the west, checking their baggage for Michigan City. found tbe pair at Michigan City, and succeeded in securing tbc greater part ofthe money with which tbey had absconded, with which he returned, leavteg the amorous pair to continue their travel! unmolested. rf Postoffice clerks occasionally get off a funny thing. A clerk In our postoffice beard a tap at the window of the ladies, department, when who should he find there but a man by the name of Drake. "Mr.

Drake," said the clerk, "will you please to go to the other side; this department is for the ducks." Remedy foe the Sting of a following is a Prussian recipe: "Beat an onion on a hard body to extract tbe juice, to which add a pinch of salt Apply tho mixture to tbe sting, and the pain and inflammation will A merchant having sent, in obedience to an order, Ally barrels of flour to a grocer in the provinces, recently received another order, which be thinks has malica in it "Send down fifty pigs to eat up tbat flour." gT Dr. Johnson's definition ofa note of admiration made on tbe moment, is very neat "I see I ecc I know not what: I see a dash above a dot. Presenting to my contemplation A perfect point of admiration!" Liquid Blacking. Boil one ounce each of powdered galls, starch and copperas, aud two ounces ot white castlle soap with two quarts ot water, then i train ana mix with tone ounces of fine iTOirWackrud six oimcei of molMMfc r. -f laborers shall be' required, during the first ten days of the month of January in each year, to make contracts for the ensuing year, and in cose of such laborer shall be arrested by tire civil authorities and hired out, and however much the laborer mav be diBsatUfird be dare not leave, under the penalty ot apprehension and of being forced to labor upon Ihe public works without compensation, until ho will consent to return to h'i3 employer.

It is punished with fine and imprisonment to entice or persuade away, feed, harbor or secrete any such laborer. Iu this way compelled to contract within a limit of ten days, punished by legal enslavement for tiuuutug ismipic contract, ana prevenicu from obtaining shelier. food or employment by the severest penalties, be is made a serf In the name of freedom, and suffers: all of the evils of the institution of shivery, without recpiviiH' tlmr mhn thn from a sense of his own interest won Id give to the bondsman. By the act of some of our legislatures it is made a trespass for any man to enter upon the plantation of another without the consent ofthe owner or agent, and punishable with fine and ininrisonnifint. Tho object of this law is evidently lo prevent la- uorcrs irom leaving ine plantations upon which they are compelled to eniraire.

It is also made lawful for the employer to fine and punish his employe for failing to labor to suit the employer, or disobey any orders. The interpretation of laws and decisions by the courts have been characterized by the same unwholesome and intolerant spirit The laws passed iu the days of lavery lor Its protection are enforced with the same exactness to-day as teh years ago. Citizens have been arrested on tne chanre of having told negroes that they were right fully entitled to vote, thrown into prison, retained tor months, tried by a judge without a jury, refused time to send for witnesses or counsel, convicted and seuteuced to punishment in the penitentiary. There is no redress of anv crievonces or atrocities perpetrated upon Union men or deserters from the rebel armies during the wat. It Is even unnecessary to plead spe cial orders from a Confederate oflicer, for it is said that all citizens belonged by law to the milif ia, and as both the State and Confederate trovernment bad repeatedly order ed the militia to apprehend deserters at any time or place, it is held that the acts passed to screen Confederate officers and soldiers from the consequences of acts committed In obedience to orders, covers all acta committed asaiust deserters orconscripts in the attempt of apprehension.

as against, union men, uw is strict Iv construed bv the courts: the slightest infraction of a conscript in flying to our lines, or by a deserter starving in ins cave, is sure to meet with speedy judicial retribution. Did a man resist a conscript officer to the death it is murder. Did a con script officer arrest women and chiltlren and keep them lorty hours a tierce storm without food, and subjected to the grossest indignities and violence, producing the death of some and periling the lives of otucrs, "it is done in obedience 10 military authority," and the rebel goes unpunished. In short, in all actions whose cause occurred durinir the war there is pleutv of law against the Union man, hut none for hiin. iu causes occurring ai tnc present umu uic fierce hatred or tiie men who were right while disunionists were wronir, is sufficient to prevent them passing the tripplc guard with which treason has surrounded her temples of injustice, viz: disloyal magistrates, disloyal irrand iuiies and disloyal petit juries, to say nothing of the disloyal agen cies oi government.

Union men arc ostracised aud proscribed socially in most parts of the South. Sol-dcii'J ofthe Union unnies are compelled, iu many piaaea, to uiscaru tne niue which tney have worn with honor, in order to protect themselves from insult and violence. Min- I iters of the Jgospel nrc silenced and excommunicated from the churches on account ot their ancestral and steadfast loyal ty to the republic, uiaioyai men nave military associations, which are known in Virginia as Ihe legion of houor, and iu South Carolina and Louisiana us relict so cieties, all of them composed of Confederate souiiers, anil prcsiaeu over ana CJniioiieu by their former leaders and chieftains, and used for the purpose of fostering the animus of resistance to our government and keeping alive the hope of Southern independence. Their object is to nionopoliza all places of trust and power, preserve the exclusiveness of the South, and, at the proper time, when some hoped-for feud may divide the people of the North, it will again throw its sword in the scale, and achieve her long-cherished disunion purpose. uoyai men are taunted auu threatened in irivsitc, and denonnced in public assem blages.

Bowed down and crushed by the foul spirit of a prevailing and clamorous disloyal population, many oi" our people are selling their estates for whatever they can get to procure money to enable them to leave and come JMurtii. uunng the con-tiiiuaucs of the war rebels feared wonld be meted out to them for Ihe wrongs done to Union men, should they fail in their objects. This fear was a protection, especially during 1SG3 and 1SG4. our prosccntors are the viceregenta of the national power at the South. The Union man is discarded and abused.

He has to look forward to a life of continual persecution for himself and serfdom lor his chil dren. The free North offers the only refuge. Without protection for the present and future there is do hope but in exile. une oi the strongest eviuenecs ot the intolerance of the disunionists is I.Ucly given in the action of the civil authorities of the city of New Orleans towards a convention composed of gentlemen of known lojalty. On the 30ih of last, in pursuance of'n proclamation oi ituius rowen, one ot the judges of the Supreme Court of Louisi ana, the conventiou which framed the organic law under which the civil government of Louisana assumed to act, and which adjourned subject to the call of its president, met at me capuai oi tnc state, iu tne city oi New Orleans.

From the time of the irov- ernor's request lor the convention to reassemble, the press of the city, owned and controlled by ex-generals aud'colonels and other oincers oi tne reuei army, and uy those in sympathy with them, attacked with the irreatt-st violence, the convention as a body, and the members as individuals, descending to the most violent and abusive language for the purpose of influencing the minds ofthe returned rebel soldiery and their adherents against the convention und is mem here. Public meetings were held in the city, nt which the most violent and incendiary speeches were made against the assembling ot the convention, ine mayor oi the city, by means of his police, put in circulation the report of his determination to suppress that body if it should attempt to meet in the city oi uneans. iuc jnuge oi ine Criminal Cburt made a charge to the grand jury, in which he and indorsed the policy ot Andrew ana instructed -them to find bills of indictment against those gentlemen who should re-spoud to the call of the president of the convention, and the governor of the State. Having thus inflamed the public minu against the convention by every means in his power, aud invoked the aid ofa corrupt judge and a disloyal grand jury, the fore man oi wmcn was un cx-cuiuuim oi inu rebel arm v. the mayor ofthe city addressed a letter to Major General A.

Baird, commanding the department of Louisiana, in wmeii nc used tne lonowing language: "It is my intention to disperse this unlawful assembly if found within the corporate limits of the city, provided they meet without the sanction of the military authorities." thus claiming the authority ai mayor of the city to pass upon the legality ol convention which had made the gov ernment under which he held his office, and whose constitution he had sworn to support, and claiming fhe right nnd asserting bis determination to disperse it in case it 1 should be found withiu thocorporate limits of tne city. It would be supposed, after flic able and mmly reply of Gencr.il Baird to this letter, i that the determination officially expressed I wold not have been iurthcr contemplated. I That officer, after having informed the may-1 or that the convention had not asked lor anv such authority or sanction, said: "When nsked if I intended to furnish the convention with a military iruard I have replied: "No; the mayor of the city, with his police, wili amply protect its sitting. If these persons assemble, as you say is intended, it will be, I presume, in virtue of tbc universally-conceded right of all loyal citizens of the United State?" to meet peaceably, and discuss freely questions concerning their civil governments; aright which Is not restricted hy the fact that the movement proposed might terminate in a change of existing institutions. "If the assemblage in question has the legal right to remodel the State government it should be protected In so doing.

If it has not, then its labors must be looked upon simply as a harmless pleasantry to which no ouc onght to object As to your conception of the duty Imposed by your oath of office, 1 regret to differ with "you entirely. 1 cannot understand how ihe mavor of a city can undertake to decide so important and delicate a question as the legal authority upon which a convention claiming to "represent the people of an entire State bases Us action." Yonr committee arc informed that this reply of Gen. Baird was the cause ofa personal interview between the lieutenant governor and the general, at which it was agreed that whatever warrant ot arrest might be issued should be submitted to him before any attempt was made to have it executed; and that, upon the indorsement of the general's objections, the matter should be referred to the Frcsideut ofthe United States for his action. This fact being known, produced a feeling of security on the part of the members of the convention. On the morniug of the 30th of July appeared a proclamation, requesting the iwo-ple to remain away irom the convention, that peace and order might be preserved; it was believed at the time that this was issued with the sincere desire to preserve the peace; bnt the sequel will show that it was only a mantle to cover the real design.

At twelve o'clock the night before, the police were withdrawn from their beats, and assembled at their respective station-houses, and besides the weapons usually used by policemen, each waa given a "large-sized navy revolver. Thus armed they were held at tnc station-houses to await orders. In addition to these measures, others had been taken by Hany T. Ilays, sheriffof the parish of Orleans and an cx-general of the rebel army, pardoned by the President to enable him to assume that office. He had re-organized a portion of his old ongaae as deputy shiriffs, and they were ordered to be in readintsg on that occasion.

They vL-om doublv armed win. revolvers, and prepared to act with all the efficiency of milUarv discipline. 'Pmm early In the moruiugtue streets of New Orleans were unusually crowded. The Union men were assembling in the conTcntion hall, and many were in the street in front of toe Louisville was all and young, were carried awly by the excitement of the occasion, and crowded every available point ol view along the route. The procession was an ovation throughout a triumphal march through our city.

THE PBESIDENT rode In an open carriage drawn by a team of four noble horses, and was followed by his staff and suit, also in open carriages drawn by fo ur horses each. lie rode with his bead uncovered and was kept continually bowing in response to tbc courtesies of the ladies, and the cheers of greeting given him all along the route. Wc can not pass through the description without noticing an incident or two that transpired on the route. At one point a rough burly-looking fellow in his shirt sleeves rushed out of the crowd, and running up to the President, seized him by the band and shouted, "God save you Andy Johnson I fought founyenrs, and was shot three times to keep the rebel States in the Union, and now traitors up North want to say that they're out yet. But President keep your ground the soldiers are with yon?" At this the people cheered lustily.

Another incident transpired at the corner of Third and Broadway, where a beautiful little girl, named Mollie Figg, presented ihe President with a magnificent boqnet, ask ing him to receive it In token of the feeling of Kentucky's fair daughters towards him. A BEAUTIFUL EMBLEM. One of the features of the procession was the car containing thirty-six beautiful little girla representing tbc thirty-six States, and three more representing the all of whom were dressed in spotless white with wreaths of flowers upon their heads, and each one bearing a beautiful boquct Their names and the names of the States they represented arc as follows: Kentucky, Miss Allie Bella Wiggiuton; Kansas, Miss Larkie Mcllvain; Alabama, Miss Mollle Figg; Illinois, Miss Nannie Hamilton; Massachusetts, Mias Mary Granger; Minnesota, Miss Lizzie Heath; Wisconsin, Miss Nannie Heath; Maine, Miss Alice Armstrong; Ohio, Miss Mollle Wool folk; Maryland, Miss Clara Stone; Iowa, Miss Florence Stone; Georgia, Miss Sallic Dent; Michigan, Miss Julia Watts; Mississippi, Miss Lydla Wiggin-ton; Connecticut, Miss Sallic Dan forth; Rhode Island, Miss Carrie WoolfolU Pennsylvania, Miss Eva Ferguson; Vermont, Miss Ida Granger; North Carolina, Miss Anna Rehan; South Carolina, Miss Lizzie Haldcman; New Jersey, Miss Ella Ferguson; Virginia, Miss Minnie Winston; California, Miss Mary Looncy; Indiana, Miss SaliieSntcliffc; Oregon, Miss Dora Loouey; Western Virginia, Miss Lizzie Armstrong; Delaware, Miss Bettie Baxter; Texas, Miss Mollie Dickinson; Missouri, Miss Lizzie Bell; Louisiana, Miss Minnie Caldwell; Tcnnessoe, Miss Kate Dent; Nebraska, Miss Emily Boyle; Arkansas, Miss Emma Ket-tig: New York, Miss Zeiina Dunkcrson; Florida, Miss Kaie Figg; New Hampshire, Miss Fanny Dickson. Territories, Miss Lizzie Brady, Miss Lizzie Hamilton, and MiES Virginia Gerhart THE SPEAKING. Shortly after 4 o'clock the procession reached the court-house, where a grand 6tand bad been erected in Iront of the Wil-lard Hotel.

This stand was4eauti fully decorated with festoons of flowers and evergreens, and was covered with a red, white and blue streamer some sixty feet inleugth. The- stand was spanned with a beautiful arch on which was inscribed, in huge lettering, Hall to the Chief," and other appropriate emblems. As the carriages moved up one after another, and tbeir occupants dismounted and passed into the Willard Hotel the cheering became loud and continuous. The crowd pressed forward anxiously in tbeir eagerness to get a climpse of the visitors, and it was by the greatest exertions on the part of the police that the crowd could be kept back. "There he is" that's Andy" "that'B Farragut" "three cheers for Rousseau" "see, that's Cnstar" "yonder's Steedman" and a huu- dred other exclamations in loud or suppressed tones flllcd'thc air.

The presiden-1 tial party having passed Into the hotel, now debouched on the platform, in full view of the eager thousands, and the murmuring of the swaying crowd gave way to a prolonged cheer. As soon as this subsided somewhat, Hon. James Guthrie addressed tbc President in a brief but neat address of welcome. MB, GDTHBIE'S SPEECH. He welcomed the President to the city of Louisville on behalf of the citizens who had extended to him (tbc President) a cordial invitation, knowing that he was the friend of constitutional Union and the friend of the people.

He said they knew him as the tried lriend of the country and as the only man that could carry the homestead bill. The people felt him as their friend, and honored him as such. The difficulty between him and Congress, he said, addressing the. President, grew out of your intercut In the welfare of the people and your opposition to all unconstitutional acts. Tbc day will come when I trust the whole people of our country will honor you as you deserve, for your defense of the constitutional liberties of the people.

His address was loudly cheered. At its termination the President was introduced, and for several minutes the cheering was deafening. As soon as it subsided the President stepped forward and spoke as follows THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH-. He commenced by returning thanks in veiy feeling termB for the flattering reception that he had received at the hands of the people of the city of Louisville and Kentucky. He referred in complimentary terms to the distinguished gentleman, Senator Guthrie, who had acted as their representative on this occasion, and to the other distinguished rcprcscntative3 of the State who were present.

He then drew a graphic outline of his own I political career, showing throughout his devotion to tbc constitution and Uulon. He said that the war had been fought, rebellion suppressed, and tbc Slates that claimed to be out ol the Union beaten back. It was now the duty of the government to restore to them their rights as States. He said he had always been opposed to a division of the States, and, in Ibis, beliered with Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. He said he had fought for the Union always, against disunion, and when the rebellion broke out, was opposed to the disunion of the States and now that the rebellion is ended, is opposed to disunion stllL He taid that when the rebellion was suppressed, the Slates In which the rebellion had beer, should have been allowed to have at once sent loyal representatives to the Congress of the United States.

But this was not done, he said, and here at last wc find Congress, after the army of the Union had fought down the doctrine that the States of the South were out of the Union, upholding that doctrine bv a two-thirds majority. He said he always would oppose disunion. clung to the great motto of onr forefathers in the revolution, "no taxation without representation." He said tbat although he took sides in favor of the maintenance of the Union, and opposed disunion, yet with all his devotion to the common country, he was no lets op posed to the consolidation of tbc powers ol the government. If the present Congress were allowed to continue their course they would finally succeed in establishing a despotism, concentration in one department ot the government, and eventually a monarchy. He said that notwltstanding his cuorts for the public good, be knew that he had been slandered, but he did not mind that.

No enemy to the Union, whether he comes from the South or North, can meet his ap probation. He said this was the cause of these Blander. Because he had exerciEcd the veto power on tbc frccdmcn's bureau bill, and other unconstitutional measures. he was called a traitor, lie said tnat lie cared nothing for tbat The President, in exercising the veto power, was tbc people's "Tribune," and was empowered to wlthold nndne acts of legislation until tho people could take action on them. He Mid when he came into ontoe.

he took an oath to defend the Union and the constitution, and tucrc lie now 6 tan ds, and there he will stand Invincible on the battlements af the constitution. Noth ing, he continued, can drive me from my purpose. Speaking of the constitutional amendments, he said tbat whenever the constitution is amended, which is to affect the whole people, the whole people shonid have permission to vote upon it He is therefore' In favor of the constitution as it is until alt the people are, represented la Congress, Ht then snake of the Mercer, Tennessee; Judge M. J. Saffold, Alabama: J.

N. Boyd, West Virginia; Jesse Peter A. Fennerty, Arkansas; E. Hiestand, Louisiana; John W. trice, Florida; D.

B. Brown, District of Columbia. Sergeant-at-Anns Captain Wm. Hcydt, Tennessee. Chaplain Rev.

John P. Newman, D. Louis ianx Texas Gov. A. J.

Hamilton, Austin; Hon. E. M. Pease, Anstiu; Judge G. W.

Paschal, Austin: L. Sherwood, Galveston; Gail Borden, C. B. Sabin, Houston; Judge J. H.

Bell, Austin; Col. J. Stance, Galveston- Gen. E. J.

Davis, Corpus Christ J. McLane, Cornus Christi; Judge C. Caldwell, Nunasato; CoL A. P. Wiltey, Hunts-ville; Col.

G. W. Paschol, Austin; Capt A. J. Bennett, Austin: Judge D.

C. Baldwin, Houston; J. R. S. VauVIeet, San Antonio.

-Louisiana. Thos. J. Durant, Philadelphia; W. It Crane, William C.

Head, A. Jarvis, New Orleans; Hon. H. C-Warmoth, R. F.

Daunoy, Barnard Soulie, Ant. Fernandez, N. W. Daniels, Hon. William R.

Fish, Rev. P. Newman, John Touro, Hon. E. Hiestand, P.

B. Ran dolph, Hon. Charles Smith, Box 591, P. O.j T. W.

Conway, New York; John -ucair, o. u. jsrower. Tennessee. Governor William G.

Brown low, Nashville: Hon. J. S. Fowler, Nash ville; Hon. Horace Knoxvillc; Hon.

S. M. Arnold, Columbia; Hon. A. J.

rietcacr, Aaiiivitie; uen. V. iirown-low, Nashville; Gen. Horace H. Thomas, iashviue; uon.

j. u. tnerson, Columbia; Hon. P. P.

C. Nelson, Jonesboro; Hon. James MuU'ms, Shelbvville; Gen. William J. Smith, Memphis: Hon.

William L. Waters, Watertown. Wilson count Hon. W. W.

Duggan. SevierviMe: Hon Chas. In- manyi Fair Garden, Sevier county; Hon. Wm. Hunter, Memphis; Hon.

J. J. Noah. Columbia; John ltubm, Nashville; Gen. Juo.

Eaton, Memphis; R. L. Hall, Knosville; Geo. F. Brown, Nashville; Rev.

J. A. Hydcn, Athens; Rev. J. Huntington.

Nashville; Rev. Herman Roeum, Washington; Maj. S. Hambright, Charleston; Maj. S.

B. Brown, Nashville; Maj. Wm. A. Lord, Nashville; Col.

M. T. Ryder, Memphis; Maj. Jas. Tagg, Memphis; Col.

S. B. Beaumont, Memphis; W. Paramore, Nashville; uol. j.

J. Roach, Carrol couniv; Hon. A. W. Hawkins, Ashland Citv.

Dick son county; D. W. Peabody, Nashville; Mai. W. II.

H. Avers. Nashville: Coh W. C. Garrett Columbia; Hon.

Wm.Bosson, Mur- treesboro; Hon. John Norman. Huntim ton, Carrol county; Hon. F. S.

Richards, iiuu. if ui. nines, ciarKsviiie; Hon. Ja. A.

Doughty, Clinton; Hon. J. E. McNair, Gibson county; Hon. R.

K. butler, laylorsviiie, Johnson coun ty; Uon. N. A. Patterson, Kingston; Hon.

S. C. Mercer, Nashville; Capt Geo. E. Gri-sliam, Jonesboro; E.

N. Parnhatn, Knox ville; P. J. Aiken, Daudridge; U. M.

Aiken, rwioxviiic; uapt, t-. -j. tfemiug, itirirees boro; James Gregory, Columbia; Dr. D. A.

Davidson, Capt. David Nelson. Cleveland; Caot Wm. C. Bunts, Nashville: nn.

Win. Mills, Nashville; Hon. John M. Palmer, Nashville: Hon. Barbour Lewis, Memphis; T.

A. Harris, Mount Pleasant, Jiaury county; li. A. itatu, Athens; V. H.

Fiuley, Mary ville, Blount comity; N. Derby, Sas'mlle; C. W. Eamcs, Millwood, Washington count T. W.

MeKinlev. Gallatin: James Gettys, Athens; W. T. Waters, Wa-tertown, Wilson county; Capt. Wm.

Hcydt, Nahville: L. J. Noah, Columbia; Jessee tanora, ccviervnie, scvicr county; a. j. Sharp, Chattanoogo; Capt.

Temple Clark, Nashville; Capt. Win. H. Barr, ivashville; J. S.

Johnson, Memphis; Hon. Wm. B. Stokes, Liberty, DeKalb county; D. F.

Harrison, Loudon; T. Hawcs, Knoxvillc; Captain uuver, uoiuinuia; coi. i. Joues, jvasu-ville: J. F.

Pearl. Nashville. Yirtinia. Joshua Puscv, Waterford, Lewis uougii, wiuenord; j. r.

ualdwin, Brentsvllle; Edward Roberts, Alexandria; tu. j. accouuk; l. Brown, in- Chester; Jonathan Roberts, Alexandria; S. M.

Garwood, Alexandria; John B. Troth, Accotink: Joseph Williams. Fredcricksbursr: Capt. Wm. H.

Snowden, Alexandria; Peter couse, rreuerieiisuurg- j. urownlev, I'onsiuouin; j. iiuus, rvonoiK; i. Clements, Portsmouth; Thomis Brown, Portsmouth; T. W.

Robinson. Winchester: George Kye, Woodstock; Fred. Gross, Win- H. Whitehurst, Norfolk; A. L.

Hill, Norfolk; Dr. J. II. Mitchell, Norfolk; D. W.

Peabody, Norfolk; Alexander 51. ltiehino'nd, William K. Jones, Norfolk; J. D. Ostrom, Norfolk; John Underwood, Oc-eoquan; B.

Wardell, Richmond; T. Dudley, Richmond; George Tucker, Alcxandiia, L. Hill, Alexandria; G. F. Watson, Alexandria; Isaiah Brady, Hern-don, Fairfax county; T.

J. Peacock, Prospect ill, Fairfax county; N. E. Janncv, Hillsboro; J. W.

Huunlcutt Richmond; Dr. Thomas M. Bond, Waterford; Samuel L. Steer, Waterford; John B. Diitton, Waterford; John Ilawxhurst, Alcxanandria; William R.

Smith, Back Creek; Hugh Holmes, Hamilton; John W. Beamer, Ber-ry ville; Judge John C. Underwood, Alexandria; J. M. Stewart, Alexandria; Hon.

J. M. Botis, Brandy Station; G. K. Gilmer, G.

P. S. Hunnicutt, Richmond; J. H. Painter, Lewis McKiuzie, Alexandria; John Pollock, Winchester; Wm.

Andrews, Winchester; A. M. Crane, Winchester; Asa M. Bond, Waterford; T. B.

Munson, Falls Church; W. N. Berkcly, Alexandria; Daniel W. Lewis, Alexandria; John W. Gregg, Oecoquan: George Ives, Falls Church; J.

B. a Brown, eorge-town, D. C. L. Watrous, Winchester; 0.

H. Holmes, Hamilton; H. A. Pierce, Norfolf. West Virginia Governor H.

J. Boreman, Thos. Hornbrook, Wheeling; A. W. Campbell, Wheeling; Capt- S.

F. Shaw, Parkcrs-buvg; J. L. Freeman, New Cumberland; L. S.

Dclaplain, Wheeling; J. N. Boyd, Fairmount: Frank Patterson, Martinsburg-A. Dolly, New Creek; James Cu'rskadon, New. Creek; Bcnj.

Stanton, Martinsburg; John H. Atkinson, New Cumberland; E. M. Fitzgerald, Point Pleasant; Col. J.

S. Witeher, Guvaudottc; D. Polscy, Point Pleasant; J. M. Phelps, Point Pleasant; U.

C. M. Wliortcr, Spencer; Gen. R. S.

North-cott, Clarksburg; Colonel A. Wernin-ger, Clarksburg; General N. Goff, Clarksburg, G. K. Wheat, Wheeling; Col.

W. T. Kcnsency, Parkersburg; Col. J. E.

Schley, Shepherdstown; D. D. T. Farns worth, Bnckhanuou; J. Nelson Wis-ner, Martinsburg; Capt T.

II. Brister, Grafton; Judge E. B. Hall, Martinsburg; Hon. W.

T. Willey, Morgantown; G. W. Norton, Wheeling; Gen. H.

W. Enochs, Ccrcso; Judge NT Harrison, Greenbrier C. IL; Maj. II. Slack, Charleston; Judge Win.

L. Hind-man. M. P. Amiss.

Parkersbunr: J. E. Warton, Parkersbunr; G. H. Boon, Parkers-burg; S.

D. Karnes'! Parkersburg; Henry uess, raruerbuurg; on-puenson, Parkersburg; W. B. Caswell, Parkersburg; R. Kinard, Duncan; E.

Meldall, Lubcck; W. A. Cooper, Bcllville, L. Slevablt Lubcck; S. Ncwberger, Parkersburg; S.

Stern, Parkersburg; Maj. Wm. B. Ziun, Reads-viile; Col. S.

M. Patterson, Walker. Georgia G. V. Ashbum, Henry G.

Cole, James L. Donning, Win. Markham, J. J. G.

Smith, J. C. Brvant, N. P. Hurler, C.

G. Baylor, N. S. C. C.

Richardson. Alabama Capt. D. H. Bingham, Athens; Hon.

51. J. Saffold, Montgomery; Albert Gnlfin, Mobile; J. J. Hinds, Decatur; Rev.

J. Silsby, Montgomery; Jones, Mobile; F. S. Cramer, MouUier. KentuckyRon.

James Speed, Louisville; Dr. Thos. W. Colescott, Louisville; Wm Vanpelt, Lexington; H. E.

Wilson, Covington; Major Hugh W. Adams, Lexington; Jos. LL Glover, Glasgow; Wm. Threlkcld, Visalia; Colonel Joseph A. Nunes, Louisville; Colonel Chas.

A. Gill, Louisville; H. T. Martin, Louisville; Rev. L.

L. Piukerton, Lexington; R. C. Gwuth- nicy, Louisville; il. VK Jiawes, Louisville; Rev.

Robt J. Breckinridge, D. Danville. Mississippi Dr. R.

O. Sidney; J. W. Field. Columbus: Henry McMillan, Fay ette; G.

Adams, Vieksburg. Cjov. i noma c. iciciicr, Jefferson Citv; Gen. Samuel P.

Simpson, Jefferson City; Gen. Madison 5Iiller, St Louis; Col. Charles E. Moss, St Louis; Col. Weston Flint, St Louis; Col.

John 51. Fall, St. Louis; Col. Frederick T. Leder-benrer.

St. Louis: MoT. W. S. Pope.

St. Louis; John Reed, St. Louis; Col. John S. cavendcr, su l.ouis; coi.

j. i. nay-wood, Hannibal; Col. John H. Hammond, St Charles; Horatio D.

Wood, St. Louis; James E. Johnston, St Louis; A. E. Holcombe, St Loais; C.

H. Over-beck, St. Louis; Nicholas Guerdan; J. P. Camp.

St. Louis; Hon. Isaac T. Wise, Hon. C.

C. Simmons, St Louis; Hon. Geo. P. Strong, St.

Louis; Wm. Arthur, Cape Girardeau; Henry lluhn, Franklin; A.Fiuley, Hon. Charles H. Brans-comb, St. Louis; 5L W.

Wood, Haunibal; H. M. Thompson; George Partrdge, St Louis; non. Samuel Knox, St Louis; A. B.

Ciark. Henry S. Lasar, St Louis; Geo. D. Hall, St.

Louis. Arkan General C. A. Rodgers; P. A.

Fennerty; J. W. Babe, Green Point, New York. Wf( Carolina. Captain A.

W. Tonrcee. Greensboro; Rev. Hope Bain, Goldsboro; J. W.

Wvnu, Mackay's Ferry, Washington county; II. K. Furniss, Plymouth; Hon. Daniel R. Goodloe, Warrenton; Hon.

A. H. Jones, Henderson ville. Maryland Hon. John A.

J. Elkton; Hon. Francis Thomas, Cumberland; Hon. John L. Thomas, Baltimore; E.

G. Goldsborough. Frederick City; Gen. ucnnis'-m, uauimore, uaries c. rui-J Salisbury; George W.

Sands, Ellicott's Mills; Samuel 51. Evans, Baltimore; Alfred Mace, ditto; Hon, Jacob Tome, Port De- positj nenry n. xoroeai, Linton; Joseph E. cer, Keuderzville, Kent county: John K. Thompson.

Centreville: Cnnltiin Jnlin Frazer, Washington, D. Curtis Davis, Dinton, Carolina county; Ezckiel CowgiU, ivjsion; uamei r. urem, cuurcu crees; Cadmus Dashiell, Dorchester county; Wm. H. W.

Farrow, Snow Hill; John A. Hopper, Havre-de-Grace; George M. 5fcConias, Clayton, Harford county; H. Lcfevre. Jar- sontown; David K.

Lusby, Baltimore; L. M. Havcrstick, Towsontown; F. C- Smith, Baltimore: Jas. D.

Lowry, John Mc- Graigle, William p. Kim Die, xien ti.t. Jerusalem Mills. Hartford Sain T. Hatsh, Baltimore; Wm.

P. Eaton; Thos. C. James, Col. E.

F. M. Faehtz, A. C. Greene, Cumberland; J.

Frank Seers, Peter Negley, Hagarstown; Eiius Davis, Boonsboro; Lieut Col. Geo. W. F. Vernon, Frederick; Frederick Schley, Upton Buhnuau, Col.

William A. McKillip, Westminster; Nicholas D. Norris, Kcnncdyville, Kent Jno. M. Holland, Catonsvillc; J.

Siack, Calverton MIUs; Powcl Griscom, Ellengowan; Capt. R. S. Smith, Warren; Wm. 3.

Albert, Baltimore; Joel Hopkins, J. H. Sellman, Annapolis; Shelby Clark, Capt Wm. F. Crane, D.

W. L. W. Sebrook, Aunapo-it. Ddaxar Hon.

John A. Allderdlce, New Gajue Jobs AQUOB, Wilmington; nop. building. At the corner of Dryades street and Canal were stationed a large number of young men in citizen uress, recognized as lucinucrs oi me reuei military organizations, evidently waitinir for thesinaT of at tack, and whose subsequent conduct proves conclusively that they too were armed and siauonea there ior a bloody purpose. At 12 o'clock the convention met.

and after a short session adjourned for one hour, to give time for the absent members to appear. Your committee are informed that it was the intention ot the members of the convention to record the names of those who might be present during the day, and then to adjourn until a day subsequent to the elections to fill the vacancies, which were already ordered by the governor of the State. Near 1 o'clock tbc bells of the city tolled a signal, and the police, joined by hundreds of returned rebel soldiers in citizen's dress, attacked without anv provocation, the people collected "in front ot the capitol. They, being mostly unarmed, were forced to retreat Met by another body of police and citizens, tbey were compelled to submit to unheard-of aud unparalleled butcher'. The street in front of the capitol being thus cleared, an attack was made upon the hall, where the conventiou bad assembled.

The members and audience were found seated, iu accordance with the request of Rev. Mr. Horton, Dr. A. P.

Dostic and others. Without any attempt at arrzst without one word of provocation the assailants opened upon them a terrific volley. Driven buck upon the wall, with no means of escape, and with dead and wounded men all around them, their oilers of surrender answered by pistol shots, the besieged, in their desperation, seized the chairs ot the hall and drove their assailants (who had hy this time emptied their revolvers) from the room. These attacks were repeated uutil every man had been either killed or wounded, or had effected his escape. Whilst this was going ou the streets of thecitv.

forseveratsouares around the building, were a scene of carnage; and whoever waa 6cen with a dusky skin, or of well-known loyalty, by any of the city officials or their supporters (the Union-bating mob), was either killed or wouuded. Every bearer of a flag of truce from the hall of the convention was met wounds and death. Many of the victims, after being wounded, were subjected to the most brutal lacerations and indignities. It is a fact worthy of notice that this mob was not an ordinary one. It was not composed of the dregs of the populace, but of men who claimed to he and are regarded as the most respectable citizens of New Orleans.

Men of high standing in the community were there; Fonie dressed as policemen, and some as firemen; while others, without any attempt at disguise, were opeu-ly using their influence to excite the masses to still irrcater fury. The instauces of brutality chaiaeterizinir this revolting massacre, are too many and too horrible to recite in a document of this Kind: but this history of the age, in no land civilized or uncivilized, will narrate a talc of more merciless, unprovoked and unnecessary bloodshed. It was the expressed intention of Gcucral Baird to have the United States troops In c.ose proximity to the capitol, iu order that the public peace might he preserved. This intention bad been communicated by him to the lieutenant governor, who, without and iu contempt of the governor of the State, assumed to confer with the general on the course to be pursued. This official, when informed of tho General1 design, took occasion to tell him that the convention would meet at 0 o'clock in the evening, kr owing well that the hour fixed upon was 12 m.

Thus deceived, Gen. Baird was surprised to learn, when the reports of the massacre were carried to him, that the convention bad met at lJJ o'clock and had adjourned. All the circumstances connected with tbii tragic event the expressed intention ot the mayor to disperse the convention unless it met with the sanction of the military authorities, the withdrawal of tbc police from their beats in the city twelve hours before that appointed for assembling ofthe convention, the arming of them with revolvers, the signal given at one o'clock, nnd the prompt arrival of all the police of the city, including the six or seven hundred special policemen sworn in for the occasion, the presence of the mayor during the tumult, the deception practiced hy the lieutenant irovcrnor to keep troops out of the city all clearly prove that the bloody tragedy was, as General Sheridan states, a "premeditated massacre." And from the brutal manner in which four huudrcd Union men were killed and wounded; from the fact that not one single policeman or par-ticipaut iu the murderous affair has been arrested; from the fact that the same men whose bauds arc yet red with the blood ol the patriot soldiers of the republic, and crimsoned anew in that of tiie martyrs of tbc 80th of Jnly, are still retained in office and power in that city it is clear that there isnosecurity for the lives, the liberty or the property of loyal citizens. is a part of the history of this massacre that indictments were found by the grand jury ofthe parish, composed of ex-rebel soldiers and their sympathizers, against the survivors of the convention, for having disturbed the peace of the community; and that to-day many of them are under heavy bonds to appearand answer the chanre. Nor did this seem to satisfy the judge of the criminal court, for tho crand jury was brought before him the following uay and instructed to nnd bins ot indictment against tbc members of the convention and spectators, charging them with murder giving the principle in law, and applying it to this case, that whoever is en- Saged in an unlawful proceeding from which eatli ensues to a human being, is guilty of murder; aud alleging that as the convention had no right lb meet, and the police had killed many men on the day of its meeting, the survivors were therefore guilty of murder.

The state of afia rs which led to this massacre is believed to be the legitimate result of the reconstruction policy of Andrew Johnson. For it is an indisputable fact that, upon the reception of General Baird's reply to Mayor Monroe, a delegation was sent to Washington to confer with the President of the United States, and that, immediately after the conference with that functionary, a dispatch was sent to New Orleans informing the mayor that he would be sustained by the President in his determination to suppress the convention. The President ignoring the provision of the constitution which authorizes the executive of the nation to suppress insurrection in a State only when called upon by the legislature ol said State, or, in case of its not being in session, by the executive of said State, ignoring the governor and all rules of official intercourse between the State aud national governments, sent a dispatch in which he used the following language to Andrew J. Ilerron, attorney general of Louisiaua, on the day of the massacre: "You will call on Gen. Sheridan, or whoever else may be in command, for sufficient lorce to sustain the civil authorities in suppressing all illegal ortinlawful assemblies." This place Gen.

Sheridan and the United States troops under the command of an attorney general ofa non-reconstructed State, whose greatest merit may be said to consist in the fact that he bad served four years as an olficer of high rank in tbc rebel army giving him the poner which thegovernoV himself could not exercise, and allowing hiin to say whether a convention of loyal citizens was unlawful, aud compelling Gen. Shertdau. to enforce, by the strong arm of the government, his interpretation. It might have been pleaded at first with some show of plausibility, in the President's defense, that he was mKmforined as to the real status of the convention, and the actual lacts of its bloody dispersion; but after weeks have elapsed, alter Gen. Sheridan's full report characterizing the so-called riot as a "premeditated massacre," alter the report of the military commission appointed by Gen.

Uairdto investigate theall'air, alter the exodus ol so macy well known Unionist of Louisiana on uccount ol the total want of government and protection, this plea can ho longer be urged: and when if is, moreover, remembered' that not a siucle arrest of the guilty parties has been made, aud that the same pardoned, perjured mayor, witli his murderous rebel police, has been permitted to continue the exercise ol the power he has so greatly abiif ed, can it be claimed, even by the most or the most charitable, that the President is not responsible for the bloodshed of that day? But why continue fhn recital of this horrible record. We have before us evidence from every portion of the South, proving the extent and increasing volume of the spirit of intolerance and persecution above set forth. This committee is in possession of information that Union men dare not attend this convention for fear of violence upon Oeir return. Gentlemen or this convention have, since in this city, received notices warning them not to return home Wc have omitted the relation of acts of ferocity and barbarism too horrible to re-; late, and the recital of which would scarcely I be credited by a humane civilized people. We submit to the impartial judgment of the American people, if these Slate govern- mentf, thus ruled by a disunion oligarchy, I and bj'ed on the political disfranchisement of thrtc millions of colored citizens, and' the social disfranchisement of the entire loyal white citizens, arc republican in form? Of doubtful legal existence, they are uu-! doubtcdly despotic, and despotic "in the id- terest of treasou, as wc ofthe South know but too well.

The review of the condition of the South belore the war, and of the events which transpired since, brings us to the consid-; cratioa of the confirmed, consolidated, intolerant aud defiant powers of disunion which now control every department ofthe non-reconstructed States. All of the restraining influences in favor of the Union as fxisting before the war have perished from the land, save the feeble tight kept alive by the loyalists. The armed efforts to overthrow the government having been treated solely as an unsuccessful but heroic act, the leaders of the rebellion stand justified in the eyes of their own people. This is the basis of their moral justification. They possess the lands of the South through the favoritism of 'the military despotism enthroned at Ilichmond during the war.

They absorbed by contracts and speculation the wealth of our section. Thpv lave been confirmed in the possession of wia lu-guiLcu weauu uy me paruoniug power of the executive. By the provisions of the national bank act requiring local residents for directors, they posses control of the financial power of these States. Thus with the lands, the rnttnn inhnA railroad wealth, and wicldiug the banking influence of tbe country, 'and speaking by "i uicfrwiucu: as me supporters of his dynasty and administration policy, they dominatewlth an" absolute power. If a conflict of arms for the gratification of sectional and party hatred could be, as have seen, precipitated uotwtthttaad- President, framed with thirty-six gilt stars, and above this a largo streamer stretched across the room, with the inscription upon it: "Andrew Johnson Platform The Constitution of the United Suites." The room was also beautifully festooned.

The had been spread for overthrec hundred pert sons, and was one of the most mogniucen ever cotten np in our city. The Presidential party and all who shared In the ccremonieB of the day, being hungry from their exercise, pitched into the viands with a hearty good will. After the more stable food had been disposed of, and the popping of corks and the musical jingle of the glasses announced that a crisis was ar riving, order was called and the following toast proposed by his Excellency Governor Bramlettc "The President of the United Statea-onr gnet; the people's friend; the Bupportcr and defender of the constitution and the CTnlon.1 This toast was drank to the bottom of the glass, and three times three cheers given. The President then arose and excused himself for not being abie, even had he the time to make a speech, as he bad spoken at least seven or eight times during the day. He then returned thanks for the honors and hospitalities shown to him and his party.

Secretary Seward then being called upon arose and gave the following toast: "The Navy Department: they wanted to send a fleet up the Misslssipi river, but found they couldn't do it by sending it up through the Portland canal, so bad to send it down again." This toast was drunk, and produced some merriment at Mr. Welles' expense, who, in answer to repeated calls, arose and returned the following toast: 'The anion of all, disunion ol none." This toast being drunk, the President prepared to take his departure. It being then about 7:20 o'clock. TUB DEPARTURE. The presidential party after the banquet, proceeded to the carriages and were whirled off to the magnificent steamer United States, which was in waiting at the wharf to take them to Cincinnati.

A committee of escort accompanied them from our city on the boat, as a number of gentlemen Land ladies. The boat left at about 1)4 clock, and the city bade farewell to our President Arrests'. Louisville waa a remarkably orderly city yea tenlay. One hundred and fifty thousand people welcomed the President, and the whole of the holiday, there wan not a single fight, accident or disturbance. Late last niht.

after eleven o'clock, when the President and his party were many miles away on the ruad to Cir. cinnati, a Tew arrests were made. Ur. A. R.

Johns waa arrested on a bcuch warrant. Miss M. Bishop was commuted lo jail, in default of bail tokcep'thc peace for 3 months. Jimmie Klrkcrand Pat Scanlan. for tossing brickbats playfully through a caT window, and desiring to fight the conductor, were lodged in Thomas.

No arrcat was recorded on the First-street station, and only one, at a late hoar, on the Clay-street; that wsb ol an individual who got drunk on matinee whisky, and from motives of pnblic spirit, and a he was a namesake of the hero of Scotland, there is such an odor of pairiotism about the whole affair that' wc suppress his name. Louisville Theater. Notwithstanding the excitement incident to the President's reception yesterday, "A new way to pay ulddeMa" was presented to a very fair house by Keller's admirable company. Mr. Dillon as "Sir Giles Overreach" Is perfectly at home, and the audience were delighted with his impersonation.

Wc were particularly pleased with his management of the last act. Mr. Dillon is taking a strong hotd on the sympathies of our play-goers, and we shall he sorry to sec him leave us. To-uiht the sterling tragedy of Macbeth is announced. Sir.

Dillon will give un euch a treat as we do not often have. Go and sec him There will also be a dance. Haxdsoxe Testimonial. On yesterday at noon the workmen of B. F.

Avery's Plow Fac tory presented to their foreman, Mr. Edward Wiard, a tpleudid gold hunting case lever watch. mad by Apple) on, Tracy Walt bam, and purchased or Mr. Wm. Kendrlck for 415.

On the watch was. the Inscription, "The workmen of B. F. Avery's factorty, to their foreman, Edward Wiard." Tho whole affair was In every way creditable and In good taste, the employes taking this delicate and surgcnivc way of testifying their appreciation of the worth of Mr. Wiard, who, as foreman, had always con ducted himself in Bach a manner as to command their esteem and regard.

Honor to Whom Honor is Due. Great credit is due Maj. Gen. Jeff. C.

Davis and his assistant marshals for the very able and satisfactory manner In which they performed the duties assumed them yesterday. Also to Capt. W. F. Harris, Capt W.

K. Jackson, Capt Pink Varble, H. H. Reynolds, and their assistants, for the efficiency they exhibited in arrauging the crossing of the river, and managing the carnages. A Nice Tea Party.

ffrownlow, the in. famous, of Tennessee, Hamilton, almost as base, of Texas, Hon. Jas. Speed, Rev. Dr.

R. J. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and other membeis of the recent fiee-nigger conven tion at Philadelphia, have started out ou a speaking tour through the States, going over the same ground as traveled by President Johnson. Wc presume they will, of course, visit Louisville and hold a mass meeting in Mr. Speed's office.

General Rousseau in Indiana. General Rousseau accompanied the Presi dent to Cincinnati last night We understand It Is his intention to return here immediately, and then take the stump in Indiana. He has received numerous invitations to speak in that State, and it is bi, desire and intention to accept of as many of them as it is in his power to do. General Rousseau. The very warm re ception given to General Rom-scon yesterday was highly complimentary to that gentleman, and must have been exceedingly grateful to his feelings.

When he appeared on the stand he was greeted with loud and long continued cheers, and fonnd it difficult to resist the earnest demands on him for a speech. the arrangements for the grand reception yesterday were as nearly perfect as it was possible for them to be. Our city authorities deserve great credit for tbeir admirable and liberal arrangcuicntB, and tbc perfection with which they were carried out. Indeed, all who bad anything to do with the matter performed their whole duty, and deserve great credit gallant Irishmen of Louisville did themselves Infinite credit yesterday. They turned out in very large numbers, and their society was an important feature in the grand procession.

They listened Intently to the speeches of the President and Mr. Seward, and wc observed they cheered lustily their patriotic expressions. JSf One of the most beautiful and interesting features of the procession and ceremonies yesterday, was the Sd young misses clad in pure white, each representing a State, with wreaths on their heads and with bPskctB of flowers in their hands with which they besprinkled the pathway ot the President CrT" Fortunately all the arrangements yesterday were so admirable that notwithstanding the tremendous crowds and the jam ot men, women and children, horses, carriages and vehicles of every description, no accident worthy of notice occurred. Wc heard of no damage to eitllcr life or limb. one could fail to observe the earnest, cordial, and hearty manner in which onr people entered into the proceedings yesterday.

In the whole line of his grand tour we doubt whether the President has had a more sincere and heartfelt reception than the one he met with in Louis ville. "Tbe largest assemblage of people, by all odds, ever seen In Louisville was tbat collected yesterday afternoon in front and around the court-house and in the streets before and above and below Willard's Hotel. For several squares there was oao densely packed mass of human beings. 5f The few Radical disuntonlits we have here were exceedingly venomous and bitter yesterday, hut they kept pretty close to their holes, they seemed to miss the preience of their leader, Hon, James Speed. The display yesterday was universally acknowledged to be the largest and finest err teen Ifi THE RADICAL CONVENTION, Address of the Blost Soixtlxern Loyalists.

THE SOX-RECONSTRDCTED STATES. Negro Suffrage Une quivocally Indorsed. Tiie Sew Orleans Fiasco Exhumed. Extractafromthe Fifth Bay's Proceedings, in which the Border State Hybrids were not Represented. Complete List of Officers and Philadelphia, Sept.

7. We omit the debate, the principal points of which wc published in Saturday's Courier. The Hon. John Minor Botts then as sumed the duties of president of the cou- vennon. Gen.

Warmouth. from the committee on the non-reconstructed States, then submitted the following, the different passage of which were trreeted with great applause. report or the committee on sos-recok- STUCTED STATES. The committee on thn non-rcrnnsl runted States have the honor to submit the following report oa the social and political status ofthe loyalists of such States, together with their needs and requirements Previous to the war for sectional disunion the patriotic traditions, the national pride, the individual interests, and the religious and educational influences of the South were identified and closely allied with the American Union. The patriotic instincts ofthe overwhelming majority ofthe Southern people, without rcsrard to condition of life, were in harmony with these elemeuU.

There were' social bonds extending from Maine to California, and ties of interest and consanguinity ramifying every fibre of the republic, and embracing every hearthstone in the land. These who meditated treason were forced by this patriotic sentiment to put on the livery of republicanism to serve monarchy in. The disunion plotters, lor instance, declared tbat they held to the dogma of State rights because its vindication was the only means by which to conserve American nationality They sought to check the fede ral instincts of the American nconlc bv de claiming against what they termed the anti-republican character of a strong, all-sufli-cient national government. Thirty years of ceaseless agitation nud political intrigne failed to dissever the bonds of a common country. Those who secretly worked tor Ihe overthrow of American institutions saw at last that the South must have new social, political, and military traditions that the name of Washington and tlic deeds orrJiinkcr Utllmnst be obliterated Bv blood before the final work of Southern independence could be achieved.

A pretext tor war was sougnt, aun tnc liult estates precipitated into revolution. In the early stages of that revolution the necessities of (be conspirator compelled them fokeep np the pretext ol patriotism, until the madness aud bloodshed born of actual civil fctrifeT should place the liberties, and property ot tnc soutuern people within their control. At the proper moment force was substituted for fraud: the long concealed and bloody purpose of sectional disunion, jxrse, openly declared, with human slavery as its corner-stone. The pride of men once committed to the cause, the thirst for military glory, or the new love of military adventure, the suddenly urauscd aud 'unthinking impulse of woman, the new sympathies, new resentments, new hones, and new traditions springing inevitably from a state of war, were coldly calculated upon and deliberately directed for th accomplishment of the traitor's purpose. After four years of bloody strife the firdt phase of the contest closed by the surrender of Lcc to Geu.

Grant. The termination of the bloody conflict fonnd the people of the South crushed to the earth by the twofold influences of military defeat and a long rcigo of military despotism, wielded bv the disunionUts with a selfishness and ferocity unparalleled in the uistory ot political ciimc. Freed by the Union arms from the tyrants, our unfortunate countrymen were oncu more as freemen face to face with the authors of their mucry. They had fccii every pledge made to them violated; cvety principle, or pretext oi principle, under foot They snw around them the desolation which had been wrought in the interests of ii selfish aristocracy, and they returned to their ruined homes and decimated families, leaving the authors of all their woes lo pay the penalties ot their crimes and receive, as they deserved, the execration of mankind. 8hould the peonlc of the South, under the influence and guidance of the loval men, return to the aucicnt traditions of their fathers, and reorganize loyal society in the interest of American nationality and republican liberty; or should they, under the guidance and influence ot the traitors hut lately ruled over them, be con firmed in the prejudices and traditions of disunion This was the inquiry which, at the close ofthe war, sprung spontaneously from tbc mind of every lover'of his country.

Upon its decision'depended the question whether the North or South bad fought in vain. When the armies of the united States compelled the surrender of the rebel and the insurgents returned to their homes, tne patnois oi uic aomu welcomed ineiu back in the spirit of forgivenesi and broth erly love. Their houses were thrown open to them, and in the hour of reunion they overlooked their great crime, and endcav-: ored toohcal the wounds of injnrcd pride and unsuccessful ambition. The first ques-' tion they asked themselves was this: "What will the government do with us?" It was the general anticipation among them, thut, i having revolted agaiusi the government, having fought for t'onr years to establish an independent government, that the United States, in justice to the hundreds of thon sands of noble patriot soldier who had died for their country. In justice to the loyal men of the outb, and in jus- ticc to its violated law, would impose such I nenaltic; on the leaders of the rebellion as would prevent tbcm from assuming to con- government of the insurrectionary States, i With the full knowledge of the issues which I they themselves had deliberately made, 1 compelling; me government to join issue with arms in its own defense, and having, after a long and bloody trial, been utterly defeated and overthrown, they were conscious of their own unworthincss to purti-: cipum me uri.

ui reconstruction, indeed, judged by the code under which they bad governed during the rebellion, they hail cause to tremble for fear of confiscation of property and banishment in rmstney were ontirmcd-and their fears intensified when, by the assassination of President Lincoln, Mr. Johnson, whose pledges to tbacountry "that treason should be made odious and traitors became the executive of the nation. Their Tears were relieved and their depression turned to the feelinr of exultation and triumph when the North Carolina proclamation developed the President's pohev. From tbat hour the question, "What will "the government do with us?" was no longor asked, but they at once hegan to deliberate what they would do with the government The anxious question of patriotism as to who should guide the work of loyal reconstruc tion was answered atso. ine question with them, uttered with whispering lips and beating hearts, was "What will the disun-ionists do with us?" The press of the South, owned and controlled by leaders of armies, "divisions, brigades and regiments of the rebel service, and by the immediate political adherents of Jeff.

Davis, with slcnificaut and startling unanimity supported the executive plan. The ruling idea and representative men of the loyal nation were attacked with renewed revolutionary violence; the American Congress deuouueed as rumps, acting without authority. The policy of the President, backed by hi great uatronaire and in creased power, assured them in the hope of being piacca in ansoiute power in tueir States and restored ultimately to their wonted influence in the national legislature. Those who had remained faithlnl in their allegiance were denounced as traitors and as unworthy the confidence or respect of the country; and those who did not in dorse tnc executive policy were persecuted in the name of the President with the added malice of unsuccessful revolution. The executive, legislative, and judicial officers of the States, filled with ex-rebcl officers of high position and rank, elevated in consideration of services rendered and sacrifices for tho Confederacy, burning under the effect of recent defeat, produced iu a great measure by the loyalists of the South, launched at them every shaft of persecution and intolerance.

Almost every Union man who, by appointment or otherwise, held offico or place, has been sum marily removed to give place to men who una aisunguisueu iuuiuen iu me confederate service, and so auxions and dp- rflrmi-iM -vpre thev in removimr evirc element of powe'r from Union tneuthat forms ol law in many cases were disregurd- ca. eiaieoincenj iu uumaiaua, iut insuince, unon the most flimsy pretense, were anner- ceded by illegal appointments and ejected liv tort-( without trial or the forms oi" law. ine legislatures vent men uuinauon on tbc colored people by the enactment of what are kindly termed labor laws, which as absolutely maintain slavery, with tbc exception oi buying and selling the people, as the previous enactments tor that tmr-poae. As an Instance, the laws passed by some of our legislatures provide tbat all pertoof engaged in agriculiurai punmiU kjhg care 01 the ladies were under tbc of Mr. B.

F. Karsner, who cer tainly deserves praise for his trouble, and the manner in which he discharged his task. A'C JEFFEKSOSVILLU. The President and suit having arrived at Teflersonville, and been received by the authorities there (an account ot which will be found on another page), it was announced at about half after two o'clock that they were ready to cross, and crafts of every kind were at once put into requisition to n'e used to witness the crossing. AH the steamboats In the harborweie Rally decorated, and the wharves, as farasthe eye could reach, were covered with eager spectators.

THE CBOSSIXO. Three of the Jefferson vlllc ferryboats, gaily decorated, were to receive and bring the Presidential party across. At about 3 o'clock the embarkation took- place, and I the three boats moved out proudly into the stream to the thrilling music of Beveral hands. THE LANDING. At about Z4 o'clock the landing took place.

As poon as the boats landed tbc crowd ot several thousand persons who were congregated on the wharf sent up on enthusiastic cheer, that not only drowned the signal whistles of the boats, but also the commands given to the 2d U. 8. infantry, which, drawn up in an imposing double line on the levee, wheeled into columns of company as soon as the party be- gan to disembark, and took pOBit at the head of THE PROCESSION. Tbc various societies, base-ball clubs, fire department, having been formed on Water street, ready to fall in and form the procession, prepared to move as soon as ordered, were thrown into marching order as soon as the carriages began to come off the boats. The nrocesBion then moved forward in the following order: nsic (Band 2d U.

S. Infantry.) Miiitiry Escort (2d U. S. Infantry,) In column orcomnany. President Johnson, And carringee containing his suit -Governor Itramlettc and Staff.

Mayor and General Council. Committed! and Delegates. -Italian ColbuI and Halt. United Sons ot Erin In BegaUa. Father Matthew's Temperance Society.

Fenians. MUSIC. Italian Ttencvolent Society, bearing the Italian colors, banner, Ac HD31C. Moulders' Union and other trade toclctlet la regalia, with banners, MUSIC. Various societies and carriages.

MUSIC. Young Men's Debating Society. Louisville, OTympIe, and other baseball dab, wagons beautifully decorated. German Benevolent Societies. Society La Franca I set with a beautiful banner.

Citizens on foot. Steam Fire Department, Composed or the tlx Arc and the book and ladder company, bcautlfally dec- orated with pa-lands of flowers, xusic. Cltixcns on horseback from various points. THE ROUTE. The route of the proceaBion was up First to Main, down Main to Third, out Third to Broadway, down Broadway to Nlntb, in Ninth to Jefferson, and up Jefferson to the.

Court-house. The house along U-e r00te were eTe-7 where prorated, ana1 ne, pavements were corered with an eager crowd, who sbonted varonaftt oho AdunBy'VeiAWWe- a. w..