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Ww WASHINGTON. CONTINUED FROM THIED PAGE, formed him that Surratt or Watson had been ar- oan his order, but while on the to Rome aard of six men, The ox saa regret ai’ the escape, All the orders of the Re eet for the arrest are enclosed with this correspondence. ‘King and Captain Fox, Lisbon, November 17, telegraphed to Minister v6 direct Admiral Golds: Dorough to sead one of his ships to Civita Vecchia, Minister Marsh to Secretary Se: 18, says he had seen the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ‘asked him if he thought the Italian ‘would surrender Surratt to the United States if the aocused was found om Italian territory. The Minister thought the accused would be sarrendered on d and proof, bat probably only under sti) ‘On our part ‘that the punishment of death should not be inflicted. Surratt, under the name ef Watson, was, after his escape from the guard, hunted for in Naples, bat he had gone thence to Ale: ‘ia. eendr' i. On the 24 of Decemer Consul General Hale communi- cared the fact that he had obeyed instructions, and ar- rested Surratt, Secretary Seward the next day telegraphs him his course is approved,and informs him thai measures have een taken to bring Surratt home, Admiral Golds- ‘borough having been thus instructed. ATCHIQON AND PIKE'S PEAK RAILROAD. ‘On motion of Mr, Loan, (rep.) of Mo., the Secretary of ‘the Interior wes directed to furnish information in refer- sence wo the) ‘of money by the United States to the Atchison@nd.Pike’s Peak Railroad Company for the -construction“f a branch of tie Union Pacilic ‘from St, Joseph to Atchison, & ©) GARB OF INDIANS LN yor namie Mr. Brows introduced a bili to provide for ne the Iudians in Northern Califoraia. q ‘Committee on Indian Affaire. a ENT OF THK MILITARY LAW. On motion of Mr. Axcona, dem.) ef Pa., the Military *@ommitttee was instructed to inquire into the expedi- % ‘of amending section four of the uct of July 28, to increase the military peace establishmeat of the ‘United States, so as to permit appointments of persona ‘who have served five years or more in the army, and were ‘dhatinguished for capacity and good conduct in the field. WeuS AND COSTS OF MARSHA'S AND ATPORNEYS OF UNITED STATES COURTS, Mr, Coox, (rep.) of Ky., from the Judiciary Commit- ‘tee, reported an act to amend the act of February 25, 1863, regulating fees and costs of clerks, marshals and attorneys of United States Cirevit and District Courts, “Ordered to be printed and recommitted. THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD, Mr. Dover introduced a bill to amend the charter of tho Washington and Georgeiown Railroad Company, Read twice and referred to District Committee. CONSIDERATION OF THK PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL MESSAGE, The House went into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union (Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, in the ebair) on the President's annual message. Mr. Brave spoke at some length in regard to the con- @ivon of the country. He maintained that the Jate elec- tions had decided Uiat the disloyal ctates should not be admitted to the privilege of Congressional representa- tion on any less stringent conditions than the adoption of the constitutional amendment. But the elections had not decided that Cungressional representation should be eccorded to those States as an immediate consequence of he amendment. The amendment would have beon a delinite basis of adjustinen: if tho Bouth had prompt'y accepted it as such; but ‘he. South having practically, if not finally, Fejected it, Congress is no’ loncer bound by any promise or implication made on the subject, and, evon if the amendment should be made the definitive ad- gestment, the Southern staies could not be admitted to Fepresentation until the terms of the amendment should de complied with. The connection in the basis of repre- sentation should be made at once and not postponed ‘wntil after the Congress of 1870. If the Southern States ‘were readmitted to the floor on the basis ot the apportion- ment of 1860 the late slave States would have eighty- five members of the House while the free States would hhave one hundred and fifty-six. But apportion tue members on the basis of the constitutional amendment and the slave States wouid have but fifty-eight while the free states wouid have one hundred and elghty-turee—a Felative gain of fifiy-iour to the free States. A corres- Poading ‘change would be made in tne Electoral College— North legitimately guining forty-four members on fne basis of the amendmen It would be necessary, ‘therefore, to have # special consus and a new apportion: ‘ment before the Southern States could be rightfully re- nied. It was in this view Ubat, at the last s-ssion, bad gubmitted a bil! provid.ng for a spec.al enamera- Won of the inhabitants of the Unied staves. But the @ountry now demanded free su‘frage in addition to. the eoustitutional amendment. Withvut free suffrage the Joyal element ot the >outh would be in the,power of the @isloyal and would be persecuted accordingly. The con- Stitatroua: amendment ix adr‘ rabic aud essential, but is defective in that it leaves the reve: element in pomention ‘of the local governments free to persecute yal men of all complexions, and to deprive them of all | “inet. need in civil affairs; provided that they will selves accept a curtasled representation in Congress os the {pera The danger is, they would accept the Pome order that they might visit the loyalists with ir Vengeance, just as certain religious denominations fe England under the Stuarts favored measures of prose which bore with some hardships on them- Selven, 1D order that they might visit rival and hated wecretaries with spite more severely and cruciily, Bat give the ballot to the negro, and thus aided, the loyal ‘Whites could form a combination that would be self-pro- fective, and there is no protection you can extend to @ ‘no effective and conclusive as the power to protect imself; and in assuring protection to the loyal citizen | bee og permanency to the government, so that the wal of suffrage is not merely the discharge of a | aoeyy obligation towards the enfranchised, but is the ‘+ farsighted provision against social disorder, is the gurest guaranty for peace, prosperity and public justice. Mr. Werrworta obtained the floor, but not being ready bo proceed he moved that the committee rise, 6 committe arose, and the House adjourned at five Minutes past three o'clock. CANADA. ts SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Phe Fenians at Sweetsbu: ‘They Plead Not Guailty—A Special Piea Denying the Juris. of the Court Entered. New Re- ‘Sprecity Treaty Asked for—Another Raid 2xpected—Departure of Lord Monk. &c. Swesrsaura, Dec. 10, 1366, The court opened at ten A. M., Judge Johnson presid- jog. The court room was crowded by a Jarge mumber of Americans, who arrived yesterday from St. Albans to witness the trials. The prisoners were arraigned and leaded not guilty. Their counsel, B. Develin, fileda ‘tal plea in case, in which be denied the juris- io of the court to try the prisoners, ir. Ramsay, Queen's Counsel, for the Crown, asked For an adjournment of the court until to-morrow at ten A M in order that he might beable to answer the £3 = offered by the counsel for the defence and a re. After some remarks by the counsel both sides, the court adjourned until to-morrow. It iw the intention of the counsel for the defence to ‘occupy the attention of the court during the day to- Morrow, in arguing his right in offering a special piea in each case. A commission is to be sent by the Canedian govern + Sent to Washington during the week, with inatructiona to try and arrange @ new reciprocity with the United Biates government. bi inadian government {s in receipt of information #reat activity exists among the Fenians under Rob. ‘ts, and that it is theft intention to make anothor raid on Canada, in order to prevent funds being sent hens Dp ng to dle Oi inet Meeting—-Depa Gene ire of the Governor Mowrerar, Dec. 10, 1866. The Cabinet had o lengthy sitting on Saturday and auch business was done, though nothing definite bas + yet transpired. At three o'clock P. M. Lord Monck drove to the sta- on, where imber of influentul aud wealthy citizens ‘were in attendance to bid him good by. There was no pone of bonor or other pretentious display. Two bours ‘the oath of office was administered te General ichael by Justice yg ee Witnessed by Judges jondelet and Bagley, Judge Mondelet remarked that 3 - vd has miler po Of ervice would be a ina peaceful one, at we had heard the las of whe Fenians, : A number of French Canadian families hw from the West. They were sufferers by the and wert to Chicago under great diffculties, none of them being able to speak English. Failing to lind work there they were compelled to return, Thirty or forty other families are to follow, The weather is clear and cold, returned aebec fire, Startling Fenian Ramore. Orrawa, Dec. 10, 1866. Wild anc.absord reports are in circulation here in re 1d & thoarrival of Femana It t# reported that the Te-idence ef Mr, McDougall, Provisional Socretary, was allempted te be entered by persons supposed to be sol- ations, CHE IW VIRGINIA, Riemwoxn, Dec. 10, 1866, weer Wooldridge, a nogro, conviewd of a rape upon @ ¥ bite woman, was hung near Petersbarg, on Friéay. fir, Wavweon, arrested for kill negro in Rock- ‘Dridge county, nes been belied fe the eam of $20,000 to Court, ‘ar beCore a United Si 0, AN osenped bargiar, policemnan who «i hegre the other day, hae been called to an account belore te \Freedmen's Bureay EWS FROM IDAHO, Sax Francisco, Deo, 10, 1866. ‘The Idsho Ter: itorial Leg: <uy B ber 3. @pisiature assembled at Boise entire property of the Coamoa Silver Mining Com- pany, liver Clty, Mahe, was attached, December’ 4 for Tdano papore are filled with accounts of murders and robberies by the Indians, wno wwem to have their oon INDIA RUBBER CASE, 'celiminary injunetions wore today’ pre By Toles ow} hay 7 ine [Pate ean upon dentists from the = pseu, IMPORTANT DESY/ATCHES. ar aneers Arrival of Minister Cempbell and General Sherman at Vera Cruz. Cee AFFAIRS ON THE RIO GRANDE. General Sedgwick Relieved of His Command. ORTEGA RELEASED FROM ARRE Correspondence Between Generals Grant and Sheridan and Secretary Stanton. ‘ &e, Xe. &e. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE HERALD. General Sheridan at Brownsville—Release ef Ortegn—Movements of the Liberals on the Rie Grande, &c. or Pe ‘Biowxsvii, Texas, Dec. 6, 1866. General Sheridan arrived here at an early hour this morning, and will return to-morrow. He very much disappreves.of the action by General Sedgwick in his Tecent occupation of Matamoros, and will relieve him of bis command, It is not known who his successor will be. This afternoon General Sheridan had @ protracted in- terview with General Escobedo, when the question of Ortega’s arrest was discussed, Escobedo declared him- self incapable of resisting any machination of his, andas the result the following was sent over the wires to Bra- 208 this evening to the commanding officer:— Bragos Santiago, Texas, Dec. 6, 1866. oe will at once release _ arrest na egs Ortega now at your post. yy command 0 ner ‘Major Genoral PH, SHERIDAN. J. Swaren Crosry, Aid-de-Camp. Transportation to New Orleans was tendered General Ortega and bis party, but he will not accept it. Everything remains quiet upon the surface in Mata- moros, There is, however, an under current which im- dicates trouble. Tho question of the Governorship is not yet decided. Escobedo promises that an election by the people shali take place, as the State is now free from invasion. A military Governor will be appointed in the meantime. A municipal election will be held ina fow days. It is stated on good authority that General Escobede thas ordered Cortina te Chihuahua for trial, owing to his outrages upon the ranches throughout the State, and that Canales has been ordered to proceed to Monterey at once, with a view to joining the force now operating in the vicinity of San Luis, A portion of his troops left Matamoros this evening. Cortina will not obey his order, nor is it thought that Canales will go Deyond the limits of the state. ‘Those well acquainted with Mexican men and manners confidently predict new troubles, which will again close the roads and put an end to business operations, General Canales, senior, will retarn to his home at San Fernando at once. He declares that his elforts to secure peace have been futile. Should the anticipated troubles arise Canales or Cor- tina, or both, will probably pronounce for Ortega. The partisans of this aspirant are scotched, not killed, and trouble may be auticipated from him yet upon this frontier. The feeling among the soldiers and lower classes in Matamoros 1 very bitter against Americans since the occupation, The impression among them is that the American troops were compelled to evacuate, owing to the combination between Canales and Escobedo, Caravajal bas been heard from, He denies that he is a partisan of Ortega, In the event of an election for Governor of Tamauiipas ha will doubtless be a candidate. He is popular throughout the State, with the exception of Matamoros, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Arrival of General Sherman and Minister Campbell at Vera Be Vena Cxvz, Dec. 4, Via Moutuz, Ala., Dec. 10, 1866, ‘The Sherman-Campvell expedition has fizzled out for the present. The Susquevanna arrived here on Thurs- day, anchoring at a point three miles trom the city. Neither Sherman, Campbell nor any member of the ex- pedition landed or held any communication with the shore, except through the medium of the United States “Consul, Mr. Lane. Tho French authorities were cour- teous in the extreme, offering General Sherman and suite an escort to convey them safely to Mexico city, where Marshal Bagaine and General Castelneau now are, Thie and all similar offers were declined, and in the dark- ness of Monday night the Susquehanna stole away, few know whither, The whole expedition was based upon the theory that before the Susquehanna reached Mexico Maximilian and the French would have gone, and that direct commani- tion could be opened with the Juarez government, This supposition proving groundless, the Susquehanna has tailed for some other port where Juarez can be found. She will probably uext be heard of either at Tampico or Matamoros, unless she proceed to Havana or New Orleans for further instructions She would have gone to Tampico before making Vera Craz but that a heavy norther prevented. Contemporancoasly with the arrival of General Sherman and Minister Campbell at Vera Craz, the foliow - ing proclamation was issued ;— Et Paerecro Screnion Porstico pet Bureac, VeRs Cruz, Dec. 1, 1860, } Viva ef Emperio! viva el EB dor!’ Vera Crus One of the greatest events for the good Mexicans has happoned to give renewed tife to the nation. Hig Majesty the Emperor, who has made #0 many sacrifices for the well being and happiness of our dear country, has given the final proof of bis consideration for our welfare while agitated by those natural sentiments which struggled in bis breast. In consequence of the affliction of his august and nobie spouse, our lovely sovereign, it was for @ moment believed that Le would tempo- rarily quit the country to dedicate his whole time to the rendering of those attentions, which the delicate state of health of his worthy consort ren- dered necessary. The Emperor has sacriticed all for us, bas put aside his duties asa man for those which con- cern bis house asa ruler, and in the momentous crisis now overhanging the country declares solemaly his in- tention of continuing lo the front, even to the extent of shedding the last drop of his blood in the defence of the nation. Citizens of Vora Craz, wo congratulate you. Let us give thanks to Provideace for having saved the integrity of oar country, and from tho inmost recesses of our hearts let us hail the day of resurrection of our nationality, which was op the eve of being destroyed. What the exact beariag of this strange manifesto may be, it ia hard to detormine. It boars no signature sum. cient to guarantee tts authenticity, yet it has been in cireutation four daye without any attempt at contra/tic- tion, and in the best informed quarters it is confldently asverted that Maximilian will leave Orizaba on Friday hext to resume the reins of government in the city of Mexico, It is cortain that he has thrown himself into the hands of Miramon, Marquez and the reactionary or church party, They have promised him ton millions of dollars. Whether they use him, or he them, is yet to be made manifest, The former is much the more probabie, Meanwhile the Emperor's baggage is atill being sbipped for Austria, The French are rapidly coucen- trating their troops proparatory to leaving. Every one here expocts war with the Uuited States, and trade is at 4 complete stand still, Interview Between Minister Campbell, Gen« e Sherman and General Sheridan at Brazos Santingo- Brazos Saxrtaco, Deo. 7, 1864, ‘The United States frigate Susquehanna arrived off Rio G@mnde bar from Vera Cruz, via Tampico, Friday noon, with Goneral Sherman and Minister Campbell and suite, Generale Sherman and Sheridan ana Mr. Camp- bell bad an interview of @ few hours at Rraxos, afer which Goneral Sheridan and staff took their departure fot Now Orleana. General Sherman and Mr. Campbell ‘will leave to-morrow for Matamoros, en rows for Mon. terey. General Brown, United States volunteers, ha: been assigned to command the sub-district of the Rio Grande, and General Sedgwick has been ordered under arrest. The Rio Grande Papers Detonding the Action of Nedawick ia Occupying Mutamores—ic- ra of General Sheridan to New Urloxn New Orinans, Deo. 16, 1466. The Brownsville Ranchero, speaking of the orcurs'icn Of Mataqorce, seys |" Canaigy’ avons would harg t 7 i . sacked the American and other foreign stores, on the night of the ocoupation, had not that step been taken,’ ‘The Ranchero ts an impartial witness, — ‘The Rio Grande papers write in defence of the occu- pation of Matamoros by the United States forces under Sedgwick, and say the action was for the best interests of all concerned. The El Puchlo, of Matamoros, has a letter from Toluca, dated the 12th of November, which avers that the French have evacuated San Luis Potosi, and Mejia re- mained with less than » thousand men. The liberal army was encamped for nine or ten leagues around San Luis, A money train was expected from that city, ‘There were symptoms that a new forced loan would be made at Matamoros Genoral Sheridan returned from the Rio Grande to-day, OmMcial Correspondence in Relation te the Occupation of Matamoros by General Sedg- wick and the Arrest of Ortega by General Sherid: Wastrxctox, Dec. 10, 1866, The President of the United States to-day sent a mes- sage to the House of Representatives, with the following enclosed :-— Wasninotox, Dec, 8, 1866, Hon. E. M Stayton, Secretary of War:— Sir—I have the honor to return herewith @ resolution of the House of Representatives asking to be informed whether any portion of Mexican territory has been occu- pied by troops of the United States, and, if so, by what authority and for what purposes—which resolution was referred to me for report. In compliance therewith I would respectfully state that no official intormation of the occupation of any por- tion of Mexican territory has been received at these headquarters, and no authority has been given, either by the Major General commanding the Department of the Gulf or myself, for any movement of troops into said territory. Attention is respectfully invited to the com- munication of Major General Sheridan, dated November 27, enclosing a letter of General Sedgwick, commanding the sub-district of the Rio Grande, which was forwarded to the Secretary of War for his information December 5, 1866; also to the enclosed copy of his letter of Novem- ber 30, and copies of telegrams bearing upon this sub- ject. GENERAL SHERIDAN TO GENRRAL GRANT. New Orteans, La, 10 A. M., Nov. 14, 1866, General U. 3, Grayt:— Colonel Gillespie, of my staff, has just returned from Brownsville. Ortega was arrested at Brazos Santiago for ‘an attempted violation of the neutrality laws. My letter to General Sedgwick and the arrest were opportune, as Canales in Matamoros, and Negrete and his adherents in Brownsville, were just awaiting his arrival to assert bis claims by an appeal to arms. He has no adherents in Mexico excepting French and English merchants who heretofore supported Maximilian. ‘There is no trouble in all Northern Mexico, except in Matamoros and Tampico, and these merchants are at the bottom of it, My letter and the arrest of Ortega will settle every- thing on the Rio Grande lino, and I think within a few days they, Ortega & Company, can go without violating neutrality. I hope the government will support me in this simple and just method of restoring to our border and trade and commerce to our pe: There will be a trade through Brownsville and Brazos Santiago with Northern Mexico, of $12,000,000 yearly, as soon as these Mexican troubies subside. P. H. utnintias Major General Commanding. G. K. Lex, A. New Orteans, Nov. 27, 1866. General U. 8. Grant, Commanding Army I am just In receipt of news ftom Brownsville and fear that General Sedgwick, commanding the sub-district of the Rio Grande, will for some unaccountable and unjusti- flablo reason demand of Canales the surrender of the town of Matamoros on the plea of preventing the pillage of houses of Americans, &c. The situation there ts this:—General Kscobedo is in front of the city with about 3,500 men, and Canales offered to surrender if the liberal government would pay the merchants who have been supporting him 1 his illegal and infamous acts, This lo would not agree to, I very much fear that these merchants have some way gotten around Sedgwick, who is, I fear, not strong man, and have ipted him to this action which he contemplates, Ihave heretofore notified you that these very merchants were at the bottom of all the trouble over there. There is perfect between Sedgwick and General and no jons are made to the Escobedo, ol contemplated act of General Sedgwick. Should Genorai Sedgwick act as I have some reason to Stee ‘once disapprove of the acyion and reélieve him from his command, I havo telegraphed to General sedgwick dis- approving his contemplated act, or any action he may have taken in view of it. P. H. SHERIDAN, Major General Commanding. SUCRKTARY STANTON TO GENBRAL SAATRIDAN. Wasuinator, Nov. 30, 1866. Major General P. H. Saxrman:— Your telegram of the 2ist inst, to General Grant in relation to the contemplated action of General S:dgwick in crossing the Rio Grande, has bean submitted to the Presideut, and your action in relation to General Sedg- wick is approved, and General Sedgwick’s proposed action is disapproved. If he should have crossed the Rio Grande you will relieve him and place him under arrest, to await the further orders of the President con- cerning bim, EDWIN M. STANION, Secratary of War. GENERAL SHERIDAN TO GENERAL GRANT, Heanqvarters Derat NT OF THE GULF, New Onzeans, LA, Nov. 30, 1868, General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies United States, ee D.C. pr ‘ae 'y DEAR GRNERAL—The report: in the newspapers that General Sedgwick had crossed the Rio Grande ia premature He cortainly had not crossed, or demanded the surrender of the town, on the 23d instant. 1 he has not made the blunder. There is no doubt in my mind but that General Sedgwick has had some influence brought to bear upon him. Sedgwick went over to Mata- moros and took breakiast with the merchants on the morning he wrote the letter which I enclose to — There is something wrong about this transaction. bedo was about to take the place by assault, and was able to do it, when Sedgwick apparently ad his course to prevent itand save the merchants, whole affair, suould it take place, will not compheate things, and my dfsapproval of it must have reached Brownsville yesterday, 20th inst, P. H. SHERIDAN, Major General U. 8 A. New Orieass, La, Dec. 1, 1966, General Graxt:— I have an opportunity to go over to the Rio Grande this evening, and by going I think I can settle the Or- tega affair, also the Sedgwick trouble, if any has oc- curred, and put things on a good footing, but I would like to have your approval of iny absence. Afiairs are ina good condition bere, and General For- syth communicates to me from the [exas frontier no Tndiau troubles. H. SHERIDAN, Major General, TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT CAIRO, ILL. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. A Mother Frightfally Children with an Axe Own Throat, lates her Tw od them Cate her Cuwcaco, Dee. 10, 1866. A torrible tragedy occurred at Cairo yesterday, which has created great excitement in that locality. A Mrs. Theresa Lieborman, wife of a brower, about half-past nine in the morning, undoubtedly in a ftof insanity, attacked her two children, a boy of nine years of age, anda girl of seven, with an axe, chasing them about the room end mutilating them terribly about the head and neck, The wretched woman then seized a knife and cut her throat, neirly severing her head from her body. When found she was iying dead apon a bday and the children weltoring in their blood upon the floor. The girl will probably recover, but the con- dition of the boy is doubiful. The husband of tho de- coased testified that he and others were at work in the brewery near by, when, at bhalf-past nine o'clock, he beard joud wad pitifal cries from the childres disre- garded them at first, but as they continued he left bis work to asceriain the cause of them; on entering the door of his house he saw the children covered with blood, crying, and his wife sitting on a sofa gasping her jast, with her throat cut and blood spirting from tho wound, He gathered the litte boy in his and, to the inquiry, “What is the matter?’ recoived the reply that * Mamma had tried to kill them with an axe.” He and deceased had been married twelve year, Sho was thirty-eight years old, vever drank, was not violent in temper and they had lived a peaceable and ab Ife, She had never been subject to menial derang ment, but complained a stort time before the oovurre of fooling heavy headed. They had lived ia Garo two inonths, having come to that place from Cape Girardea , Missuurt. The United States Sen « stock Broker—Det Patapevema, Dec. 10, 1968, Simon Cameron arrived at the Girard House = this evening, and there was considerable activity visible among his friends, a number of whom called upon him. Tho ball may be ead to have fairly opened. The know- ing ones affirm that there will be no election this session uniess the democrats and couservatives assist, which is not probable. Fics se Srtee te ths Soc eaten to-day over rm Ristori ily to witness her debit in Modea, The speculators ip ba < by ba jadge water, of District Court, e to-day ‘A’ ventilator in the reof of the court fell just as he leaned forward to speak to @ tipetafl. If be had been in his uaval posttion he must have been fatally Injured. The ventilator weighed forty pounds. offer 8 fore Vay Pusey & eh ee Ta ortasasta Sa Poon 14} ; mouth “TURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1806.TRIPLE’ SHEER Twe More Deaths Resulting from the Exple- siou—Corenere’ Inquests, &c. Norroix, Va, Dec. 10, 1866, ‘Two more deaths have eccurred from the explosion on the steamer Thomas Kelso, making five in all, thus far. ‘The names of the unfortunate deceased, both of whom were firemen, are William Harman Botts and William Holt. The former died last evening and the latter this morning, at the St, Vincent Hospital, Both belonged to Baltimore and leave families, Of the el; iS pesnens ee crmaining under treatment at the h W. Nixon, a passenger, belonging to Edent . ©., and Samuel McKenna, a fire- man, of Itimore, it is said, possibly recover. All the others are dolng well es Engineer Reeder, who is at a private h« and whose Injuries were at first thought to be fatal, nounced out of danger. ‘An inquest will be held to-morrow by the Coroner of this city on the bodies of Botts and Holt, ‘The Ports- er has already held an inquest on the three killed at the time of the explosion. A singular and possibly significant fact is that in the inquost already concluded the testimony of only one witness was taken—that of Jobn Blizzard, an oiler of the s¢oamer’s machinery. He pronounced the explosion accidental and the deaths as epee from scalding; and, of course, there being no conflict of statement and opinion, which might have been the case if other witnesses been call @ verdict was rendered in accordance with his single evidence. It remains to be seen whether the same easy and expeditious style off) inquiry will be adopted by the Norfolk Coroner. ‘here being no Bay line steamer for Baltimore to- night, owing to the interruption in their running by the disaster to the Thomas Kelso, Postmaster Wing has or- dered the Northern maiis'to be taken temporarily by the Norfolk and Annamessex line of steamers belonging to the new Air line route to New York. ‘The steamer General from Boston, coming up Elizabeth river this morning ran on to Lambert's Point and grounded. By the assistance of three tugs she was got off and enabled to leave this afternoon for Baltimore, The steamer Thomas A. Morgan is to tow the Thomas Kelso to Baltimore for repaira, THE FERRYBOAT IDAHO DISASTER. The Investigation Yesterday. An investigation inte the circumstances connected with the burning of the Williamsburg ferryboat Idaho, as she was leaving her slip for New York on the evening of the 26th ult., was held yesterday at 300 Mulberry . street. Dr. Dalton conducted the examination on the part of the Board of Health. Mr. D. B. Eaton appeared as counsel for the Board, and Mr, Huntley acted forthe ferry company. The first witness examined was Mr. George W. Eaton, who resides at 22 Montgomery street, New York. Ho testifie@ithat be was going from New York to Williams- burg, on the evening of the fire, ona Division avenue boat, and which was about entering the slip as the Idaho was coming out; his attentlon was directed tothe fire by the people on the bridge looking at it; the boat was not put back towards the slip; the flames spread very rapidly; be could see the pilot in the pilot house; the Minnesota after that went along- side of the Idano, and one or two persons jumped into the water betore there was any actual necessity for their doing 80; there was only one small boat and this ferry boat went out to assist them; he saw a lifeboat thrown over- board from the hurricane deck; he thoucht there was recklessness on the part of the managers of the boat in not putting her back to the slip, or making an effort to run her ashore, but there was no effort made to do 80; could not say whether there was any assistance ren from the burning boat to those that jumped into the water, or whether they had any life preservers on, nor could he teil whether the ferry boat that came to the rescue belonged to the same company as the Idaho; one of tho lust things that was done was to let down the boat from the hurricane deck into the water, but he could not teli whether it was done before or after the ‘rsons jumped into the water; the pilot was one of the jast persons that left his post; there were twenty to thirty persons on board; when he saw the fire first it seemed to be in a caboose near the smoke stack; saw no person on the boat take any measures to put out the fire; it was between the hurricane and ma‘n deck, but he could not say whether it had thep attracted the at- tention of the o on board, In reply to Mr. Huntley the witness said he did bg know if the boat was run against the dock whetaer the Lacey) sah geom mt bap) Nel de not; he thought there would have been no difficulty tn running into the slip at the time; be knew there were life preservers on board, all ferryboats carried them. Mr. Rufus K. McHarg, the next witness, testified he was in the habit of crossing the ferry for the last six years; the Idaho was one of the company’s best boats, ‘and was about two years old; be was told her engines were out of another steamer, but her hull was now; these boats seemed to be as well managed as be 4 boats, Dut not as well as the boatg of the old Brooklyn line; in the mornings and ings he had seen these boate tull of people; there were general complaints made against the ferry, but they were made against all ferries; the Sereer Oat, ferries were better managed than this was. ‘fo Mr. Huntley—He bad never seen life preservers on board; would be rised to learn there was a large number of them there; one of the boats on board looked like a lifeboat; did not know anything in the construc: tion of the Idaho which could have led to this disaster, and thought her management was as good as that of any other ferryboat; thought an anchor would be useful on @ ferryboat in case a fog; he had a great objection to make to some of the boats ‘on account of their bad ventilation, which made it offe n- sive to go into the cabins; he would also complam in regard to the life preservers; they should put up a si to direct people where to flad them; the leakago of the Toots of the cabins was also objectionable, Mr. Thos. H. White, ono of the lors of the Board, was next examined :—By inquiries made of those in charge of the boat he had ascertained that the crew cupsisted of five persons—the pilot, engineer, fireman and two deck hands; he had seen 530 passengers on board one of these ferry boats at a time; his first object on going on board was to look for life preservers; he went up to the hurricane deck, going ap a narrow stairs winch only allowed oue person at a time to pass; the pilot pomted to two boxes, and said they contained seventy life proservers each ; he, however. thought they would only hold about fifty egch; he also discovered there were four large life preservers tied to the stan- cbiog of the Wurrresns.deck and capable of supporting ten pervons each, and two small ones on the lower deck near the wheei-house; there was also ope metallic life boat and another similar in shape, turned up side down with ro attached so that they could be easily thrown Into the water and would, on an emer- gency, carry twenty persona, each, comfortably ; the life preservers were, however, not very avcessible; he asked the pitot if there was any persons whose duty it was to throw tuem overboard if required, and was aoswered it was his duty to do 80; he thought there ought to be two men at the wheel as, in case of an accident, the pilot conid pot leave his post, Mr. TC, Paikner was ined, but his evidence was nuimportant, as all he of the fire was derived from the newspapers, Cbristian Wavenfue, of 89 Grand street, Brooklyn, who on board the Idaho at the time of the fire, was then amined. He was the evening paper when he saw the fire burst out near the life preserver, which was the first thing that was barned; on these ferry boats the life preservers were biryin high that nobody could get at them unless he bad a jer; then sung oat “fire,’’ and a tady came out and asked him, for God's sake, to save her children; they then jumped outside the railing and remained there until taken off by the Minnesota; there was no fright at rst, and if the pilot iy turned back Into the slip again all would have been right; but when they drifted up the river of course they got acared ; there was no person to give the passengers any idea where the life preservers were; there was a deck hand there with a piece of hose in one hand and the other in his pocket searching for his knife to cut the fastenings it was tied with, but when the fire came near ho di ped the hose and went away; if there had been life Preservers there would have been no scare; but had caught the pilot they would have thrown him into the fire; the gers said if he rum his boat back into the slip he would lose his place; the Minnesota then came along, and if she only came right they would all be saved without any difficulty; they had left the slip about from two handred to three hundred yards when be discovered the fire; none of the crew discovered it until he sung out; he did not see the pilot at all; the boat was stopped and was drift. ing with the tide; none of the crew did anything to put down the smal! bout or to assist the parsengers; the wind was blowing up the river and biew te smoke from the fire towards them; the fireman came to them and sald, “the boilers are sate, you need bet be afraid; if this accident occurred at six o'clock, not one single passenger would have been saved; even if the hose was properly fixed the {ire could not have been put dot; no attempt was made to cast anchor, for the pilot lost hie senses; the boat was headed down the river, bot drifting up: if an ancaor had been viropped they would have headed the saine way; the il Teeling against the pilot was because be did not rua the buat back into the dock, Richard 8, Stiliweti, pilot of the Idaho, was then ex- amined on SS ean the ferry company. He was a pilot in charge for three or four years; his daty was to remain at the wheel the whole time; there were printed rales aud regulations for the guidance of the crew; on bearing the ery of fire he at once made an effort to get bis boat back into her slip; he then went to see where the fire was, and when he saw {t was a small biaze ho threw a bucket of water on it and i IBLE DISASTER FIRE IN A TENEMENT HOUSE. NINE PERSONS SUFFOCATED. Three Families Found Dead in Their Rooms. &c. A fire involving terrible loss of life occurred last night. Four adults and five children were suffocated in their respective rooms in the tenement house premises Noa, 215 and 21534 Division street, ORIGIN OF THE FIRE ‘The fire originated in the cellar of the four story dwel- ling place, which was tenanted by three families, The first floor is divided into two stores, one occupied by M. Deegan, as a lamp and kerosene oll shop, the other rented as @ milk store by Patrick Kelley. These places were numbered respectively 215 and 21534, the basement of No, 215 being occupied as & dwelling by James E. McLiaughlin, and the basement of No, 21534, being in- habited by Mr. Deegan, who kept on the premises a small quantity of kerosene oil and a number of empty barrels, The cellar underthe basement is fitted ap with wooden sheds for the use of the tenante, That the fire originated in this cellar there is but Mttle doubt, it being understood from the statement of Assistant Fire harshal H. 0. Baker that the leakage of oil from ‘the barrels had penetrated the flooring and trickled into the cellar, and the gas rising from the fluid had probably been ignited by the flame of # lamp which bad been car- ried into the cellar by one of the tenants, while from the lower portions of the edifice the smoke ascended to the upper part of the building and “filled the rooms whose occupants lay wrapped in slumber. ’ "TUR FIRST ALARM ‘was sounded at forty-five minutes past ten o’clock, but some minutes previous to the taps of bells the Fire De- partment were on the spot. The smoke was already extremely dense, and filled the hallway and corridor entries of the louse, effectually preventing egress to such of the tenants as had not been fortunate enough to make their escape. The families of Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Cash, who dwelt on the second floor, and those of Mr. Burns, on the third, and Mr. Valentine on the fifth floor, reached the sidewalk in safety, but the other occupants of the house were far Jess fortunate. Ladders were placed against the win- dows of the upper stories, and the firemen ascended in haste, hoping in this manner to rescue such of the wretched tenants as were known to have remained in their apartments, &e. &c. ‘THE ViCTINB of the fire were then discovered to be as follows:—On the third floor of the house No. 115 resided Daniel Phalin, bis wife, and Maggie, Neilie and Thomas, his three children, On the fourth floor of No, 1163 dwelt Mrs, Mary Schilling, a widowed female, and an only child, Ida, with her sister, Mrs, Euphemia Galpin, and her daughter. It was ascertained beyond a donbt that all these unfortunates were in the tenement house when the fire broke out, and the firemen, forcing open the windows, leaped into the rooms, and groping through the darkness and smoke sought to rescue the missing ones. One by one the members of the department reap- peared, each bearing in his.arms the inanimate form of a child, a woman or ® man, Nine persons wore then taken from the house, and carried to a drug store in the vicinity, where Police Surgeon Bliven and Drs. Snodgrass and Birdsall endeavored in vain to restore life to the pulscle-s clay. Only two of the un- fortunate beings showed ony signs of existence, but the Deating of their hearts, faintly perceptible a few seconds prion agar a carried into the strect, was soon ust TAR BODITS of the deceased tenants were removed to the Seventh precinct station house, whence Captain Jamieson de- patched a notice to the Coroner, wno will hold an in- quiry on the remains to-day. The names of the poor — who have met such an untimely fate are as fol- lows :— Daniel Phalin, his wife and three children, aged respect- ively ten, seven and two years, Maggie, Nellie and Thomas by name Phalin was native of Ireland, and thirty-two years of age. He was formerly an active member of the Volunteer Fire by honey and had a aes Foreman of Hook Ladder Company and her infant child, the Jatter %, Mrs. Euphemia Galpin and her daughter Ida, aged eleven years. ‘THE SCENE AT TAR STATION HOUSE was heartrending. In one of the the main building, dim! lay stiff upon a boarded platform the bod! ceased persons. All were habited in theii the poor little ones swaddied in long gowns, the male adulis with their ebirts half co ing their sbrivelled limbs, the females with bare hog nd scanty garments thrown uj their shoulders, The faces were not much discolored, and from the fact that death was of suffocation, the flames not having beyond the = first floor, no cernible on their The somewhat distended, and the half opened, looked out upon the living world with stony gaze. Pieces of black oilcloth and scraps of old calico en- circled their heads, and kept the lower jaw pressed against the upper‘one. The limbs were stiff, the bands slightly shrivoiled, the hair disheveled. There they lay, side by ride, old and young, male and female, all hawing laid down to rest but a few hours previous, having, doubt- lees, been partially awakened by the noise in tho street below, but having, after a brief struggle for hfe, re- lapsed into that slumber which knows no wakiog. THE LOSSES BY FIRE AND WATER are slight. Tho damage to the building will not exceed $500. Damaze to the stock of kerosene, lamps, &c. on the first floor, $300; such loss being covered by insurance for $700 in the State Insurance Company of Jersey City. J. E. McLaughlin also occupied one of the basements as & dwelling place; loss $200 by damage to property, which is inured for $400 in the Rutgers Insurance Com- ny. Patrick Kelly loses $100 by damage to stock 8 milk store; his loss is not covered by insurance. ANOTHER LESSON can be learned by the terribic results of this fire, The destruction of life again directa our atiention to the reckless disregard for the safety of tenants manifested are nadoqaate ‘to the protection of the occupant are inadequate to jon occupants of tenement houses, and it is —_ that the Fire Commissioners will give attention tq this matter, and bave such enactments made by the next legislature as will reculate not only tl keeping of all euch combustible articles as kerosere oi), but also see to the provision of proper means of egress by the window for all tenants ef rooms im large and crowded dweiling places. FIRES ELSEWHERE. Large Fire in Norfolk, Va. Norvoux, Deo, 10, 1866. An unusually large conflagration for this city occurred here on Satarday morning. Four buildings on Charch street, occupied jointly as stores and dwellings, and their contents, were destroyed, Only through tho almost #aperbuman efforts of the firemen the fire was prevented extending farther, Most of the losses are covered by insurance, Large Fire in Vienna, ©. W.-A Man Bui to Death. Vinwxa, ©. W., Deo. 10, 1966. A large fire on Sanday destroyed the post office, tele. graph office, the storos of Buffel & Co., Francis Jewell and Samuel Brasher, besides their warehouses An old and much respected remdent named Robort McKay was burned to death, burns were dis- Large Fire at Burlington, Vermont. Bertisoton, Deo. 9, 1866, The extensive dye house of the Burlington Woollen Company, at Winsouk!, was destroyed by fre this morn- ing. The fire was discovered about five o'clock A, M., aud the flames were only prevented from reaching the main build'ng through the efforts of the Ethan Ailen En- gine Company ot this city, and the use of four large force pumps in the milia The dye house contained a quanuty of wool, and tt fh fully insered the loss ts estimated at aixty thousand dollars. Some slight casu- Altos oovurred by the falling of the, dye house. mills, which are among the i in em, ed about eight hand hands, are necessarily obliged to suspend A ee a fora few weeks in order to repair their machinery. The origin of the fire is eup- to be accidental, Fire at Colambia, Tenn. N, perce st by kad patent paraffine vernish Cn on Main snd Convent pret 0 ext to the river front, was destroyed by this The sured in , Where the firm principally belong. THE CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Coxcorp, Dec, 10, 1866. ‘The railroad monopoly in this State is becoming de- cidedly unpopular. People acruple to pay twice as much freight on a tub of butter or a small package as on a bar- rel of potatoes, and about as much freight for potatoes as. a barrel is worth. Hence there isa general outery that the railroad system as conducted in this State ia a most trying and odious monopoly, fully as bad as that of the Camden and Amboy. Mr. Stearns, the leading railway man in the State, has entered the contest for Governor, and the free peseaysens ia already sony In OOTEten in his behalf, The people are aroused at this, aod the caucusses for delegates to the State Convention in ir ary promise to be of the most lively character, chester and Nashua are dead against Stearns, aud mapy of the smaller towns are also op) to him. ee natorial contest will no doubt lie Governor Smyth, the present incumbent, and General Walter The latter was a candidate for Congress, but he is sup- is chances to General pene to have arranged to give hi ‘tevens, of Nashua, in exchange for his interest in pro- man. chances are far the it is believed that he does not stand an; ever in the face of the fact, thet the farmers of the State are compelled to thirty-three per cent of the © value of their productions for freight over the lines of” railway that he controls, MASSACHUSETTS MUNIC;PAL ELECTIONS. Bostrox, Dec. 10, 1866, The city election in Boston has passed off quietly, Otis Norcross, the republican candidate, bas been elected: by about fifteen hundred majority, and his aldermanio ticket is also successful. The election of Mr. Norcross will result in a radical change in tho police department and in the detective circle, A colored map and a white man have an equal number of votes for the Com- mon Council in one of the negro wards, Democrats and Irishmen voted for the negro, while the republicans voted against him. The- republicans claim the full Board of Aldermen, thougn in a few instances the vote is very close, and may require - the official count. A large majority of the Councilmen and other city officers elect are republicana. In Worcester James B, Blake, republican, was re- elected without opposition. The Board of Aldermen. went republican by 885 majority. ‘Total vote cast, 1,722, which was very light. The Common Council are 18 ro- publicans to 6 citizens, In Lowell the republican ticket for city officers ts elected by about 800 majority. George F. Richardson tp the Mayor elect. Lynn has re-elected Rolland C. Usher Mavor over W. A. Brown by 63kmajority. Both gentlemen are re- publicans. In Roxbury Mayor Lewis was re-elected with litle opposition. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE. Nasnvinue, Dec, 10, 1866. Quite an excitement was produced in the Leg a to-day by a mes-age from the Governor announei! the State Treasurer, witnout any authority wha’ had loaned last June to the Teunessee National Baal Momphis over $600,000 in United States bonds, ‘The fact was not brought to light until yesterday. A joint commit'ee was despatched in bot baste to Memphia te endeavor to withdraw the money. A bill has passed Itq last rending extending a loan of over $2,000,000 to the railroads of the State. VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE, cuMonD, Dec, 10, 1866 The bill incorporating the Virginia Express Compan: passed the House o: Delegates to-day witvout an amend- ment, The bill grants the r ght of purchasing executive privileges upon all the Virginia railroads, Pickrockers ox 4 Twinn Avexve Car.—The police authorities recently awakened to a sense of the dangers that best the purses and watches of travellers by the different lines of city railroad, and accordingly com- menced a crusade against the pickpockets who coa- tinually invaded the cars, Having succeeded in banieh- ing these pests, and having thereby earned the thanks of the travelling public, they relapsed into their old in- action, and tho result is tha: again the platforms of the cars are as grea: a resort for thieves as heretofore. Last night toward ten o'clock a gentleman boarded the rear piatform of car No, 45, of the Third avenue line, on its way down town, Seeing five or six persons standing ° there while there were but a 1ew passengers within, he suspected that all was not right, and pradently his hand upon his wallet. He was immediately jostled ‘to and fro and his bat heen off bis bead. In bis eflore to reclaim it, the gentleman having removed iis hand from his wallet, the receptacle vanished in atrice. The thief immediately jumped off the car with his booty. As the gentleman was getting off to follow him, a cop- federate struck him, cutting bim on the cheek, faving in his hand, bowever, a good substantial cane, tr on hisassailant and used the weapon xo weil that he sent him in baste after hie gomrade, bearing several marks of the rencontre, ‘Tas Exectios or THnOpORE ALLEN FOR ALDERMAN —Tho result of the canvass fur Alderman in the Fifth Alder- manic District, as completed yesterday by the Board of Canvassers, resulting in the election of Theodore Allen, created no little excitement throughout the dis‘rict last evening. It was generally conceded by all that Eugene Ward, the republican candidate, was elected by nearly one hundred majority, but it seems that there was a dis- crepancy in the returns of two districts in the Rights ward, which when canvassed resulted favorably to Allen. A large delegation of the citizens of the district waized in a body on Mr. Allen last evening, and congratalated him on his success, Mr. Alien thanked them kindly, and stated that if permitted to take his seat in the Boa d+ he bad no doub his course would be satisfactory to the Peopie, and he would overcome the prejudice that was 80 bitterly manifested towards bim. The St. Cloud Ho- tel was illuminated daring the evening, In front of which ‘wag a transparency with the official vote of the canvass- ere (hereon. feceral other buildings in the Righth ward pod also illuminated in bovor of the success of Mr. Allen. Sate op Pews iy Rey. E H Cuarvy’s Cuercn.—The new church of Rev. E, H. Chapin, D. D., corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-fiith street, was thrown open last night for the sale of pews. ‘The sale commenced at half- past seven o'clock, @ large number of the wealthy resi dents of Fifth avenue and vicinity being present. 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