AMERICA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 8, Issue 713, 30 December 1865, Page 3

AMERICA.

14th October. — President Johnson ha 3 recased on -parole Mi\J>tephens>, Mr. Trenholt, and other Confederate notabilities. He also i received a deputation, appiinted by the South . Carolina Convention, to ask pardon for Mr, ■ Davis. From his reply it is expected Davis will • shortly bo liberated. „ i Martialiaw Ims been aboh'shed in#entucky. f The R^ublicans have carried the State • elections in Pennsvlvaififef 1 Ohio, Indiana, and t lowla. *

ST^p^sidjiit jJphns^nV policy towards the South i i^ilfs^^*OTgciiiatory and humane.. ■ 1 fe^^ifti^Pous jtneetihgsv hajß^J been* held by and ] ■•v|^^[r§|^l;e<lu^ty.:-- .'■' -/-c V. -■■'■■■■ *.. " fvJ^^e^^Wngton Grd^rnme^t at the earnest j ■fir'^(fiiisj^p^lthe Southern Convention have re- 1 miiitary; from the South, and the ; ''-^^ujih^rn/garnspn^ai^eafly'all disbanded, '''■d,^ ■^'tChe American FeAns are much discon-' L^certed at the secure 'oitheir arms and treasure ;by,E^and./ '■„,, ■ ./.,.: •* •■- . m^ IJfureej^e^pal seiners nave been ordered^ to iHaiyaniah to Teßeiye ;th|j^m Stonewlll from the S^^hj^lfe^l and take her to %s> !!^^ittorney-Ge^fel of Can^a confidentty .j^.'preai(^--t^e"" f tiltimatrai^es|^6f%e Canadian ; ;;<3|p^dera^i sch^^^ -/ ' .■* ;; me Amfelln ctln^^^mpensa%n against thesE^^h (jOYernqM^Por damages sus^ned bee|j^fused^>y* * Btolj^i^flV- The Ai^^can envoy propped '$* aSj^^^°V r bitratioiPiQLd tl^ Earl Rgsiell ' th^the'British G%vernmedt K^IPl thelgiia^dians of their own honour. Tie flpFress is onv^ie side of Earl^tussell. TKe worfcof, reconstruction betweejr Nortii and South progresses har:mjmiously. I# is : s^^th^th&^tates^ceni l^^ rebellion are - prepared ' toiTesume ' 'full relawbns s with tb% federal* Governnl^i^in the approaching Conpissiottal Sessioni > :, , f -^The official debt was /u|!&ounced on tEe 30th September to be ;^9,ooo,|j^. ' News from the Hwjtic regions state that three of Frajfi|in*s party still surv%e. : • * Great 1 and unusual emigjHipn from Canada k the Northern States is tpmg place, causing %;Much speculation, : 0 The coloured regiments are to be shortly ,fa The ship^l^ifeat' from New Orleans, was llfoandoned atlsea, with a cargo of cotton worth a quarter million dollars. A great fire occurred at the petroleum wells Pennsylvania. . The money market in New York was easy ; but great dissatisfaction is expressed with the enormous tariff on <c^ton goods and <^^r manu- \ factured producej)y the republican majority^ Congress. The Rev. Henry Beecher has published a discourag disavowing his belief in a material hell or^piess punishment, and stating his belief in pur^tory. ||* «■