Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 36, 9 September 1865 — English Column. FOREIGN NEWS [ARTICLE]

English Column.

FOREIGN NEWS

Corr*kt Items.-—Nothing s trikes stranger at the South so promin* Q ,| v 85 \vonderful fecundity of the black ra w . p * ilies of ten and tweive are con:mo B . some of twice that mxmber are Gen. Banks delivet*d th« oratioa ew Fourth at the Union celebratton at leans, before a numerous and audience. It was the most eloquent ever madc in this Smte. He s»«Red tte justice, right, and necesBĪty of cooferriag elective francbise on the colored # the South. The celebration woand up at night with a magnificent Freedmaa 3 te«i. light procession. Henry VVard Beecher addie«ied a mwui. in Boston in behalf of universal suffrage a» 4 natural and inalienahle right. independent of any considerntion of prop«r:. or ability to read and write. All the various Soutbern deiei?atioiii h** as well as all the provisional officers thus &r appointed, are opposed to negro sufiTmg»j. Gen. Gordon Granger, commanding Texas, in a recently issued wder» gires people of that State diaUoct!y to u»fcr*nuu: that slavery hss ceased to ēxtst thcre, aad that this result inrolves the equalit)- of j*rsoual rigTits and rights of property b*rtw«* a negroea and their former masters.

Gen. Haieh» commanding tiie Disthc: of Chariestou, haring learne<l ihat sotne 0 { ihe planters in their contracts for labor wuh tt* Freedmen, hare infroduced causes lishing a systetn of peooage, ihe negro bound to work off any debt he tnay her«uVr incur to his emp!oyer» has issued order* a*claring all such contracts oull. fle aiso gi**, Botice that in these c«atracts no must be introduced imiraating that pbn>n design at soine future day» to cotue>t ti,e question of the emancipation of the net:ro.

Grierson's cavalry expedition \awly through parts of Akibama and never before vi«ted by hostile troops. 'I'&* v report the interior of these Stat?s to be in i most prosperous condition, aud rejK.rt m-:i--ing hun<lred of thousands bates of wnen. whieh the owners are anxtous to takc tc market, There will be hrge crops of cottca thi& year. Thousands of acres whieh had been p!anted in eom \vere ploughed up aad cotton substimted. The crops gtneraliv sre looScing very fine. True lovalty is scarce in Galreston. now while Union soldiers patrol the 9xrvtts and powcrful fleet is ancho»d off the e<ty. These nanrow-minded and people cling to the idea of Stnte independence. Tliey want to flv the ione j»tar fiujr ooee mon». subdividing their coutry into four Stattfs or more, and becotne a recognized power i.-i «h? wor!d. The wort of con£scatuag the prt»pertv of wealthy rebels has been inauguruted in Riohmond, mueh to the consternatii>n of th» peope of that city, by the seizure of the mous Tredegarlron VVorks by the Gorercment agents. A tneasure has heen decided upon in tfae Interior Department for putting mto spwdr operation the neccessary rnachinery tor tiw disposal o( the public lands in the States. The Registers and Hecorders hav« already been designated for the tvork m A> kansas. As soon as this is done for iht other States, these* oflicers wtH he nrderwi to repair immediutely to tbeir posts ami opea their officcs for the sale o/ l»nds at surh een* tral points as wili best raeet thc generai eorsvenience. Collector Draper has paia mto the Tr«sttrr 84,000.000 in gold—ihe proceeds ot rweot sales of cotton, sei»d as abandoned property It is estimated that fhere still remam in Te*as from 100.000 to 150,000 bales of oid crop cotton, while, owtng to varioos unfirorabie circumstances, it is thought that this vear s crop will not exceed 50,000 bales. lt « calculated that there are within the State. accumulated during the war. 5.000,000 pounds of wi>ol. The Paci/lc. CoLLARS BY THK MILK.—A mill >B Le«. Alass., manea three tuile* of paper eollan daily. tjntest Hewi. By the Arctic, whieh arrived on the Sta inst. we receive telegraph»c neors lrom York to the 14th, and frora Lrtttdon %o th« 4th of August. New York, July 22.—The Trr6*ne> Washingrton specia! de*patch says the M-vor and magistrates of Alesandrk. Va.. bold't declsre their detertnination to adbere to tbe old State laws, and say tha.t aooner n* cci*e the testimony ofa negro i» thetr eoana they will" resign their respective The Rcralds New Orle»ns cotfwpondtg« says the first distriet of Alabama is at pw** ent infested by a desperate hsndof guerrilU?. wh'o have so for defied ail eflorts of the aa* tional troops. with the aasistance of citi*eo?. to eapture them. Thev not only plund» r ihe rural distriets. but have on several o«a.*iot» entered Frankiin and other towns, robbed the stores. The Heratd*s apeeial WaahingtQo

the munieipal election at Fredericksburg wee t resulted in the entire success of one of thc most bitter and tyrannical seces»ionists. The e!ections in Virginia afford e ncouragement to hope for an early settlemer.t of the difficulties whieh the suppres,ion of an armed rebellion have left to be concil»at®d. Daring the progress, recently, in the Disinct Court at New Orleans, of proceedings for the confiscation of SlideH's estate, claims f or n early $1000,000 advanced him on a mortgage, were presented by a Paris banking j| o use. Judge Durrell decided that at the time the advances were made Slidell was a notorious enemy of the United States. His proporty therefore belonged under the confiscation laws *to the government, and the claims could not be allowed. Tbe Triburxs special Washington despatch says a private letter from Matamoras states that a large numbers of rebel officers and men; lately belonging to the commands of oick Taylor and Kirby Smith are joining the forces of Maximilian. This action seems to be induced by the high gold bounties offered bv the Itnperial Government. At 8 P. M. of 2d of August, the Atlantic telegTaphic \vire parted affer J2OO miles had been paid out. it was bouyed up in Lat. 51 ° 40' Long. 39 ° W. A eall has been extensively circulated for a National Convention, to devise means for securing voting priveleges lor colored people. Gen. Sheridan writes from TeXas: " There is no use to beat round the bush in this Mexiean matter. We should give a permanent Government to that Hepublic. Our work in crushing the rebellion will not be done till this takes plaee. The advent of Maximillian was a portion of the rebellion, and his fall sbould belong to its history."

The London Times says that some thousands of Southern Soldiers nre already in Alaximi!!ian's army, and that this will reiieve Napoieon of the necessity of sending reinforcements to Mexico. The firm of Ketchum and son hav« failed in New Yorlc City. Their frand3„ are estimated at five nulSions of dollars.