AMERICA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2807, 25 July 1866, Page 6

AMERICA.

We have advices from New York to May 16. President Johnston sent to the Senate t the previous day hia veto upon the bill admitting Colorado as a State into the Union. The Senate adjourned without reading the veto message, the promulgation of which was consequently suppressed. The veto is reported to be based upon the grounds that the population of Colorado is not sufficient to justify or require the establishment^ of a State Government, that the admission of Colorado as a State is incompatible with the public interests, while eleven States entitled to vote in such matters are excluded from representation. The Washington correspondents of the Herald, Times, and World pronounce the adjournment of the Senate without reading the veto message as an expression of contempt and insult to the President. - • In the House of Representatives, Mr. Chandlur (Democrat) had offered a resolution declaring the President's course to be patriotic *nd constitutional in seeking to protect by his veto and power the rights of th« people against the wicked and revolutionary acts of malignant and mischievous men. The action of the President, he laid, merited the approval of the House, a»d deserved the support of »U loyal men. Mr. Chandler also 'moved that the Freedmen's Bureau, being unnecessary, should be abolished. The Home rejected the resolution by $£ against 22. votes, and afterwards passed a L resolution censuring Mr. Chandler for attempting a gross insult to the House. - The indictment against Mr. Davis specified thaton the 15th June, 1864, he conspired^ with others at Richmond to overthrow by force of arms the Government of the United States. It was reported that his trial would take place early in June, and that Chief Justice Chase had consented to preside, if President Johnson would proclaim the abrogation of martial law, so far as the jurisdiction of the District Court of Virginia is concerned. The health of Mr. Davis was rapidly failing. The President had ordered at special report of his physical condition to be made, and the rigour of his confinement to be immediately relaxed. Mr. Davis is said to have expressed great pleasure at the prospect of his speedy trial, and to have declared that he can make a successful defence. The cholera had disappeared in the Halifax quarantine, aud was rapidly abating in the New York quarantine. A Fenian mass meeting took place on May 15 at Jones Wood, but it wns not so large or enthusiastic as was anticipates The Senate faction took no p'ait in the proceedings, and neither Roberts nor Sweeney was present. Stephens delivered a long s t eech describing the origin and progress of Fenianism. He exhorted Irishmen to be united, |*nd they would be fighting British troops in Irelaud in the open field within the present year ; but if unity in America could not be obtained, the Itish at home would be dispirited, the organisation be broken up, and the Irish race exterminated in Ireland. He had sent invitations to Sweeney, Roberts, and others, but was sorry to say that only a few of them had been to see him. As his object was to effect the unity of the brotherhood, he thought it best that he alone should address them. O'Mahoaey, he added, had acted patriotically in resigning. Stephens also declared that, money was necessary, and must be obtained. O'Mahoney's regiment paraded in the grounds in violation of the order of General Sandf ord, commanding the State militia, who had prohibited the parade of any troops wearing the State uniform, or carrying the State arms, on the occasion. ~ Several circles *nd a number of prominent Fenians declare that they will still adhere to the Senate faction, which continues to occupy the premises in Broadway, and conduct business independently of Stephens. No funds ape .being raised by either faction, beyond occasional individual donations. The grand jury of the Federal Circuit Court, of Norfolk had indicted Mr. Jefferson Davis for treason, and it Was supposed the trial would commence at the sitting of the court at Richmond" in the first week in June. Apart of the grand level of the Mississippi , river had given lawayj flooding thirteen parishes of Southern Louisiana, and causing an immense destruction of property.' _ !-. The Fenians have at last summoned up courage to venture upon aggressive operations. On the night of the Ist of May a schooner called the ' Eriend'>"left .Eastport "ostensibly for Portland. The next morning she was seen flying the flag designed to represent; the projected Irish Republic. She was manned by Fenians. The ' Friend'" then attacked and captured the British schooner ' Wentworth.' As soon as .they had got. possession of her, the crew of the • Friend'transierred themselves to the ' Wentwortb,' and sank their own sliip. The Federal steamer 'Winooski'-wni ■ent in pursuit, and overhauled the ' Wentworth,' but, deceived by her name' and appearance, allowed her . to proceed, - After an unavailing search i for , the • Fviend,' A <the ' Winooski' returned to Eastport on $he 4fih.v>ltiB rumoured that the crew of the f WentwortH^Jmbsequently made, a descent uponthe island of Grand' Menan. Captain Grace, a prominent Fenianj declares that Mahoney caused the failure of the [Eastport expedition by countermanding ( tho the sailing of an iron vessel laden with arms, 1 ttvo v be landed for the use of Fenians in British territory near Eastport. Several " circles" are reported to be in favour of trying Stephens immediately upo!n -his arrival for complicity in Mahoneys malfeasance. The Fenians who still adhere to Mahoney will, 'it is stated, attempt nothing until the arrival of-Stephens. The accessions to the Roberts faction have been very much less than the "number of those who abandoned Mahoney. The so-called Senate is now in session at New York. The funds of both factions are reported to be nearly exhausted. For the'present all receipts are entirely suspended. /