AMERICA.

Southland Times, Issue 753, 22 November 1867, Page 2

AMERICA.

Nbw York, Sept. 24. Further correspondence respecting the Alabama claims was published here on the 22nd May. Lord Stanley, in a despatch to Mr Seward, consents to arbitration, prorided distinct tribunals are established — one t« decide on the responsibility of the British Government as regards the depredations committed by the Confederate cruisers, the other to adjudicate upon general claims on both sides. To this Mr Seward, in a despatch dated August 12, objects as unnecessary, claiming, if there were two tribunals, both should be clothed with the same powers. The Fenian Congress at Cleveland adjourned yesterday. The union with Stephens' party was perfected, and Roberts waß re-elected President. Fever is raging at Key West in Florida, and its ravages at New Orleans are unabated. The Secretary of the Navy and the acting Attorney- General have issued circulars to the officials in their departments, forwarding Mr Johnson's amnesty proclamation, with orders to conform to its requirements. General Canby has issued an order requiring all returned rebels in his district who voluntarily enrolled themselves after the war to render up their paroles. General Sickles has arrived in New York, and General Sheridan at Leavenworth Mr Ben. Wade, in a recent speech at Cleveland, declared his belief that Mr Johnson would attempt to enforce his policy at the point of the bayonet, and he advocated impeachment. A large and enthusiastic conservative meeting was held at Baltimore. .Resolutions were adopted endorsing President Johnson's policy. Cholera has appeared on Governor's Island, in New York Harbor. Gold, 143£. Exchange on London, 109 J. Five-twenty United States bonds, 114 ; Illinois, 121* ; Erie, 62f. It is reported that President Johnson has determined to recommend that the closing of registration in the South be deferred until the Ist of October, and that the elections be held on the first Monday of November. General Schofield has postponed the' order for the elections in Virginia, in consequence of the receipt of a despatch from Washington. j Secretary Browning has transmitted President I Johnson's civil supremacy proclamation to his subordinates. The Brownlow militia, while searching for concealed arms in Jackson, Tenessee, killed a white citizen ; when a riot ensued. Trouble is apprehended at the approaching election for the State Convention in Maryland, in consequence of the determination of negroes to vote. It is expected that the national troops will be required to preserve the peace. The New York Herald says it is rumoured in Washington that President Johnson intends to prorogue the present Congress , %s «& uaoonitittttionaA body.

A writ of habeat corpus has been granted in Legrange, Tenessee, under President Johnson's civil supremacy proclamation. ' General Sheridan has assumed the command at Leavenworth. . It is reported that a third of the cotton crop in Georgia and South Carolina has been destroyed by rains. Six hundred deaths from fever hay» taken place in New Orleans. The navy guard at Pensacola has been alosed on account of the fever.