The New York Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1867, Page 3

WASHINGTON Progress of Reconstruction in the Southern States. Debate in the Senate on’the Supple- mentary Bill. The Feeian Delegation Before the Committee om Foreign Affairs, ae ae ae ‘Wassuxorom, March 14, 1867. Reconstruction tm Virginta-The Feeling in Other Soathern States, Maformation from Richmond received ia this city to- Bigh! represenis ‘hat General tchofekl’s order assuming command of Virgaia as Military “Governor gives entire swetacuon. Tt was road \a the House of Dolegates and refarre?, afver conmacrabile devate, to the Committe: on Fedora! Reistions ihe Senate was actively employed W& & police! disenau®a on (be Wilson bill. Senators Ould, Mcitee, Tromt, Mercer, Robinson and Kewe hove returned to Richmond from Washington, bevimg © & reposted, Parially accomplished the pass- age of the Wileon bint ty the United States Sevate, which wee the otyect of ther mason, Fel cai movements are ia progress all over the State of Virgins Lanemberg, Mecklenburg, Fredericksburg , Weliawebeme sed other counties have by a popu- et vowe called & State Conventian under the Sherman ~~ A gentioman from Georgia informs me that the poopie there were ready vo accept tbe Lerins of the Sher- man bill under the properitian of ex Governor Brown. 3 am im receipt of toformation from Northy Carolina, Bouth Carolina, Georgia, Miseissipp:, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Arkenans and Texas, as well as Virginia, that the wegro vote will undoubiedly be on the rebel side ender this bill, and alto, ! believe, in Delaware, Mary. land, Kentucky and Mimoor, where the rebel element i strouger than in any of the States, Iuvestigation Inte the Aftaire of the Treasury Dy partment. The reso vtion of Mr. Henderson, of Mirsouri, provid. ing for the appointment of 4 commitee of three mem- bere of (he “enate to exemine tpto the management of the Print.og Boreas of the freaeury Department, which was adopted by the Senate yesterday, and those of Mr. Covode in th House to-day, have their origin in Suppore dpe caggerated reports of over mmucs of currency end bonds which bave been rile in New York and this eity for the last two days These reports are promounced to be Without foundation in fact at the Treasury Depart ment, at least so far a0 (hey intimate that there is a mueb lever volume owt than tbe goverament bas been paid for or than i reported in the official documents 1t te alleged (bat the duplication of the numbers on the donde and on the coupont bas arisen from the carel es andiing of tho mactines whil they were printing the Bumbere on these beod: aud that where one number fe dupl.cated there is auctber omitied altorether, and these crrors in numbering are attribu'ed to the young ‘Was appoivted by tue Secretary of the Treasury some six Weeks ego have pot been abe to discover anything more @orions then the errors in nombering. On the other end, it is reported that « boy from the Printing Bareau had testified before one of the commitiees that he bed earisted the foreman in burning « large quenuty of paper which was used in printing some of the currency: that there is & large quantity of dupiicate coupons om hand which have been redeemed by the Treasury, and that Some seventy thousand dollars in fractional currency hes been issued which was not regularly paid for. Covode is evidently deeply impressed with the ‘that there has been very large over issues, and port coming from Paris that some two hundred dollars of the Sve-twenties of 1862 bed been to be forgeries was suppused to have the same ‘these large over imues, He stated that he bad seen a bos, ome six or cight inches in height, width and length, _ whieh was filled with these duplicate coupons, and that Sf bis resol..tiom bad been saopted he would have bad a a Be ere pry yb es Ipneend b 1 also a earneet @Bout the mater. A theory also exists that the entire je instigated by Mr. Clark bimseif, the sdoption of certain the | H s &F < ! if I i i | : i : : i i ; 1 j it fe E z any new business. Most of the mombers are te get away, and restiessly await the passage Supplemeotary Reconstruction bill, now being dered in the Sepaie, The Trumbull bill, reported yesterday, will probably pass with ameodments affecting ome of the minor devails of the bill, but not ite general features. It is thought that debate on the bill wili prov. @bly consame two days, and that it will them be sent to the House for its action on Monday next. It is regarded a safe to predict the day of adjournment to be one of the coming week, The chairman of the Judiciary Com- ‘mittee of the House stated that there would probably te ‘mo report made by thet committee that would be of great public interest, and the known opinion of that geatiewan @tiative to the present impolicy of doing anything in the ‘Qmpeachment matter, it is understood, will conirol the ‘ection of members in that important business. Phe Fenian Del: u Before the Commiltee on Foreign Affaire. G@enoral Gleeson returned to New York this evening ‘Mesara. B. Baker and J. W. Meagber still remain. They ‘eppeared before the House Committee on Foreign As ‘fairs this morning at eleven o'clock, and gave a detailed history of the tyranny exercised by England in Ireland, and stated that universal discontent permeated aii ‘@lames, Hence the present revolution, whieb, notwith- @tanding the cable despatches, they say is being pushed forvard vigorously. They claimed, in behaif of two gatliions of the Irish race in America, the aid and eym- pathy of Congrees during the prevent struggle Ireland's @ympathy with our revolutionary fathers and her sacri- ‘fives in the receat war wore contwasted with Bugiand’s eyatematized perfidy towards tbe!United Staten, and were ‘urged as the reasons why Congress should iend ald and aympathy to the Irish republic. General Banks, ac Chaeirwan of the committee, promised the most favur- able consideration ef the subject, and the committee ‘withdrew, apparently weil pleased with the interview, 11 ie understood that General Banks will report a strong resolution of sympathy on Monday next. Senator Nye, ‘with whow the deputation bad a lengthened interview thie evening, will call up his resolution of sympathy to morsow, Omce Seekers. ‘The rch of office seekers increases with the rul\i- tude of Senatorial rejections of Presidential nominations ‘The oid scones of 1961 are re-enacted, The White House Ye thronged, the ante rooms of the Secretaries ang the corridors of the Capitol are filled with petitiovers for Bowinstion or confirmation, and the lobby agents and office brokers are reaping » rich harvest of present and Prorpective feer, A gonernl sweeping out is threatened ef the subordinates of the doorkeoper of the Bouw, consisting of a Jarge number of assistant oorkeepers, mcerengers, superintendents of document and folding rooms, faiders and laborers, The concern of the present Jncumbents is consequently great, and their efforte for sot@ution corresponding! y 0. The District Mayoralty Elect on. Pethions are in cirowation praying Congre =. change: the time for helding the election for Mayor a Wasbto; ‘ton, £0 as to allow that o@feer to be chosen at the m aipal election to be held next June. The Philadelphia Collectorship. A delegation of prominent merchants from the city of ‘Philadelphia arrived bere lest night, having been sent ‘bere by thd business men of that city to urge the ap ointment of Colonel Thomas to the office of Collector ‘of the Port, They cafled upon the President to-day and Fepresonted that thelr business intoresta were suffering le NEW YORK HER Decause of the abserice of apy officer authorized to act in that capacity, but obtained no definite result, Bens. tor Buckalew and °x-Serator Cowan called upon Secre- tary MeCu loch for the same purpose, and with the same result, i Indian Affairs. An interview took place to-day between the ¢°!9.0\. of the Santee Sioux Indians of Vekota and Mr. |. ¥ Bogy, who is stil! acting as Commissioner of Inc +0 faire, The object of the conference was to decide a reservation for thispartly civilized band of the So. = tribe, By a treaty made with these Indiana somo‘years ago they were located on a reservation at Crew Creek, but growing dissatisfied with this land, because, as they allege, no crops could be raised upon it, they removed without authority to Neobrara, on the Missouri river, at the northeastern portion of Nebraska. Much of the land there is owned and occupied by the whiter, who Object to the presence of the Indians, Now itis intended either to confirm the Indians in possession of the land at Neobrara, or establish them og a reservation with which they will be cont 1. The Case of dir. Arny, Late Secretary of New Mexico. The Attorney General has decided that Mr. Arny, late Secretary of New Mexico, who after the expiration of his term of office contintied to act not only as Secretary, but as Governor of that Territory, was not qualified to do so, ‘a8 bis term of office was imited to four years, and had this not been the fact, his inability to act in either of these positions was made complete by the appointment of Mr. Este. Mr. Arny bas been informed of this de- cision, Con@emations and Rejections by the Senate. ‘The Senate in executive eession to-day confirmed the following nominations :— Henry Barnard, of Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Education, G. H. Heap, of Pennsy!vani to be Consul at Tunis, Vice Amos Perry, resigned, Ohio, to be Consul at Batavia, z Benjamin Le Fevre, of java, Postmasters—Thomas J. Ruger, Janesville, Wis. ; Fred, &. Lovell, Kenosha, Wis. ; Syivester B. Allis Cold Spring, N. Y.; Joseph G, Palen, Hudson, N. Y.; Elbert A. iam Chattanooga, Tenn, Wiliam Polleys, Waverly, Collectors of, Internal Reyenue—Franklin Travts, Seventh district of Tennessee; Joseph Ramsey Fourth district of Tennesseo; Poter A. Wilkineon, Third dis. trict of Tenneesce; Robert. Lite, Third’ district of inois, Assessors of Internal Revenue—James H. Hart, Fourth of Onio; Daniel E. Nevin, Twenty-third’ district syivania, ‘The following nominations were rejected :— Portmasters—Isaac H. Hildebrand, Huntingdon, Pa. ; J, H, Reovs, Nowburg, N, ¥.; Jeremiah Ackles, Geno: Glass, Cari seo, It. ; Charles E linsville, T1l.; A. W. Raw- ley, Suaquehanna Depot, Pa.; H. M. Wead, Peoria, I1l.; Charles Case, Waokegan, Tll.; George J. Senslem, Clarks: Tenn. ; J. J. Lash, Kendallvitie, Ind, 5; Officer—L. P. Ashmead, Philadelphia, United States Marshals—George H. Gordon, district of Massachusetts; Norman 8. Andrews, Eastern district of Michigan; James Henry, Western district of Michigan. United Bintes Attorney—George W. Maguire, Eastern district of Missouri. Collectors of Internal Revenve—William P, Moora, Third district of Missourl; William ©. Webb, Stxth dis. trict of Tennessee; Edward T. Ward, Fifth district of mes W. Black, Sixth district of Missouri. Assessors of Interval Revenue—James V. Kelso, Sec- ond district of Indiana; Jobo H. Thomas, Seventh dis- trict of Obi>. Cruise of the De Soto. The Navy Department bas received despatches from Commodore Charles H. Boggs, commanding : United States steamer De Soto, dated Point a Letre, Gaudaloupe, February %, announcing his arrival at that place on that day, bavipg railed from Laguayra on the 28th of Janu. ary, after visiting Barbadoes and Martinique. The United States stenmer Unadilla was at Barbadoes repairing. Commodore Boggs found at Martinique on the Sth of February the French fleet destined for Vera Cruz, con fisting of three iron-clads and eight large transports, each capable of carrying twelve hundred men. Six trandports bad sailed before bis arrival, The others were Working day and night taking in coal, stores, &c., and #ix aniled while the De Soto wasthore, The iron-clads and remaining transporte, Commodore Boggs writes, ‘would sail on the 9b of Febroary, ‘The Public Lands, The Commissioner of the General Land Office has just received the returns of a survey embracing 105,000 acres in the valley of the Umatilla river, a tributary of the Columbia river, situated tm Umattila county, Oregon; algo returns of survey of the base line extension through the ranges forty-one to forty-seven east. The eastern termipation of the bese line thus established is within about twelve miles ef Soake river, the east boundary of ‘the State. This line passes through the beautiful valley of Walla Walla, beginning at the east side of range forty- two, Thie valley is about mz miles wide and forty miles long. Numerous streams of clear cold water ran through , Bimaber i abundant on the streams and on the sides of the on the A large part of this val- Jey fe well adapted to agriculture and stock raising. The foregoing earveye adjoin the Umatilla Indian reservation on the north, and embrace several settlements. The Slave Trade in Cuba. The United States Consul General at Havana has in- formed the State Department tbat the Spanish authori- ties are vigilant and ective all over the island to discover and thwart any slave expedition, and that there has deen and still isa chain of might sentinels throughout the coast of Cuba, guarding all points where a landing ‘could take place, and that the impression is general that on account of such vigilance and actirity no slave expe- dition could have been fitted out The Consul says he vill ment, came in ballast (rum Fernando Po without Afri. cana or any cargo. Cape Spartel Light House. The President has teeued a proclamation declaring the ee ae nS Oe ean aoe officers ; of festaniiary, and (or ie iat of claivos for Indicn TLaxTIC Mr. Ramey, ) of bet ree ise Company of New York to Ley | and ‘a cable on the to copnect the French coust. Also bill to certain bridges acrom the Mtssouri weeELt pig sy Betwrey rew 5 A 3 with the Com- to an amount 20, ine ronan tk rin ot ead Ease he cars mrae treet Nerued ome, greater amount than per cent of the value of each Teepectively. The of the for the service rendered if nut to exceed ia whote fillrt i ii fi i i ! ii i E a i i i 5} f E i ; ft FH if i pu H F i | | Es Pacific Railroad Company to extend their road westward through the Terrory of New Meaco oad Aracba fo te dine of aod With the comast of Chat State through the same (0 the Pacific Oteap, the said te be entitled to all the of lands, loan of bonds, &e., ae are granted to the Trion Toferred to the Comm'tior Preife Railroed Com; ve Pacifle Paulrost h the reat of Marthe to the - A mies preme Court, and for other Referred to the Committee on the D strict of Cicmoun POT OFFICE CONTRACT CANCELERD. Mr, Witte, (rep.) of Oregon, introduced & joint ree Intion to cancel a Post Office contract for carrying the mails from Portiand, Oregon, to Lincoln, California, now in the hands of bia colleague, Mr. Corbett. He exp!ained, 1p offering the resolution, that Mr, Corbett took the eng. tract hefore he was elected to the Senate, and desired a it eee act of Congress pronthir ing senators m ‘rom holding contracts uader ie §¥éeromen' Panes, THE BOULIGNY RRLRF BMI. Mr, Witt1ams moved to take up the bill of the House to suspend the law of the laat session for the relief of the hairs of John E. Bouligny. It was taken up and referred to the Committee on Private Land Clagns. EXTENSION OF THR CAPITOL GROUNDS. ’ Mr, Prssexogy, from the Committee on Public Build. ‘ngs and Grout reported @ bill to provide im part for th, Peay os ca \ Seoteot (cape 2 appropriates ,000, to be used for the purpose of ing and fiii up the grounds, Passed. a PENSIONS, Mr, Van Wisxxe, (rep.) of W. V., introduced a reso lution instructing the committee on pensions to inquire into the expediency of putting pensions granted by spe. cial acts of Congress on the same footing with those granted under general laws. Adopted, THE BANKRUPT LAW, Mr, Nor@ox, (rep.) of Minn., introduced a resolution to print 5,000 copies of the Rankrupt vill, which was re ferred to the Committee on Printing. THE SUPPLEMPNTARY RECONSTRUCTION ILL, Mr. Truwpvwt, (rep.) of Ti, called up the Supple. mentary Reconstruction bill, and it was taken op and read at length. The reading havine been concluded, Mr. Drake, (rep.) of Mo, asked if the substitute recommended by the Judicfary Committee was open to amendment. The Cram said {t was. Mr. Drag said he had several amendments to offer. Tho first was to insert mm the third section a provision that at the election provided for in the preceding sec- tions the registered voters of each State shall vote on the question of holding a State convention, and forming aconstitutidn. Those in faver of the convention shall have written or printed on their ballote, -‘‘for a conven- tion; those opposed. sha’l have “ against a conven- tion,” written or printed on their ballots. The persons appointed to Superintent the election shal! make returns of the votes for and against. The commanding general, to whom the *ame shal! be returned, shal! ascertain the total vote; and if a majority of the whole number of those in any State shall have voted for such a conven- tion, it shall be held; if a majority shall have voted aainst the convention, no such convention shall be held. Mr. Drake said he did no? like the provision of the bilt as reported on the subject. He did not think the indi- viduals elected as members of the convention should have it in their power to make an official expression of what they choose to deciare to be the wishes of the peo- ple, but that the people themselves should, by their votes, directly declare their wishes on that subject. Mr. TRumBUr, said the Judiciary Committee bad con- sidered a proposition ‘similar to that now introduced by Mr. Drake. but they had considered that it was best now in the bill. Frauds were effectually guarded against by the provision that the constitution muat be ratified by a majority of the registered voters. fe hoped the bill would be passed a2 it came from the Juiciarr Committee. If many amendments were adopted it would be incongruous. Mr. Draxe replied to Mr. Trombot!, arcning the ne- cessity for guarding the Sonthern people against the pos- sibility of betrayal into the adoption of a constitntion aga nst their wishes. The very men who bad misled these people during the last six years were now ready to mislead them again. Mr. Freivcnvvaen, (rep.) of N. J., believed there was snfficient security in the provision requiring the consent of a majority of the registered voters to the formation of a constitution. Mr. Howarn, (rep.) of Mich., hoped Mr. Drake’s amendment would be adopted as a neceseary protection to getting a full expression of the popular voice. The bil recently passed holds out a proposition, by accepting which the Southern States may be rehabilitated’and res- tored to their rights. He thought it proper to bring the knowledge of these terms to the whole people o? the South, and he knew of no better way of doing this than by submitting to them the question whether they were willing to comply with them. Mr. Fresexpey liked the proposition in this bill which required a registration af the voters and secured the free exercise of the right of voters to all who were entitied to it; but he did not think it onght to be made the duty of a commanding officer to call a convention, That ought to be left to the people. The President was d nounced for thrasting upon the people of the South con, stitutions to which they had not given their accent. He did not think that men who had called this usurpation in the President should favor the eompulsory formation of constitutions now. His mode wonld be to get the regis- tration first, and put it into the hands of the provisional governors. When the ager governors expressed a desire to call a convention then the commanding general should do what is requtred of him to assemble it. Ho thought it very essential that there should be n» forcing of the people into the formation of a constitution. He would wish them neither to bo forced into the Union again nor kept out of it forcibly. The Union y bed ‘agreed upon terms on which they could come back, and it ought to be left entirely to them to act of their own accord. Mr, Morton, (rep.) of Ind, was opporéd to.an>mitt! ine eon od peavwatian or no convention to the rete Stas beginning. If two-thirds of the lawtul votere of a convention let th 18 quite enongh for them to have @ voice in the ratification of the constitutivn after it is ir. ramD contended for the right of Congresr, at such time the rebel states, He was notin such a hurry to com- plete this work as toadmita State without aclear and fair expression of the will of the majority of its citizens, A minority government could not exist ip this country, and if any State contained a majority opposed to retu: ‘ing to the Uni he was for keeping it out till dooms: or until ite repented in dirt and ashes of their orimen. ‘ Mr. Srewarr. (rep.) of Nevada, snpported the bill as it came from the Judiciary Committee, believing it to meet all requirements, and to need no amendments. Mr. Jonxson, (dem.) of Md., did not believe the sov- ernment coald subsist long with ten States ont of the Union, It was the duty of Congress to hastea the work of reconati on this account. Mr. Drake's amendment was disagreed to by the fol- voFnn— Menarg, Ca handler. Drake, Ferry, Pessen. Mennrs. Cam sandler. Drake, x . don Fowler Hariaa, Howart Howe, Moran. Marri of Me., Morrill of Vt.. Patterson of N. H1., Sumner, Thayer, Tirton sud Wade 17. ose Boevetts Cragin, Dovin, Dison,’ Done, Fellas. Bins Grimen Henderson, “Hendricks, Johnson, Morton, P and in such tanner as it saw fit, to yee i | rimes, Henderson, terson R Sherman, Sprague, Ste beh. Vau Winkler Wiltare nnd Yates Mr, Deane moved to amend the fourth section by ding following provieo:— Fe det, ‘30 auch eonetiiution shall be considered ua wi ide no, the State for which it ja framed to such represen- for State, coun! that at 1 the electors shail rote by eloced ballet, voting shall never be change! without the was advocating hia amendment he Si Ooretona, (ap. ef N. Y., who inquired :—Svy they should adopt constitutions in which they Na or Re ap map eyes = ma admitted, on the next occasion of revisin, stitution they shoald strike out that and prov! sul viva voce voting, what was Mr. eee ae ras heeraenesmng ts We cook AT wt i i ional, to. hnpoae ‘aay’ eich goveion one Ture fate al such rmatterd wore loft to the States by the email for im the constitationa, He believed it Ilene ei af grt es Mr Hevneneor, (rep) of Mo, spoke against. the amendmen. Br. Boctstaw, (dem | of Pa, thonghy the advantages “ss by Ly Bere ever. The only re- Aw opportaniiy f pie to deceive dthere. It was isle to attempt to male ‘the emplopé mdepertems of hie em; er by this Ht Would ator’ eo protection. He objected to the actempt te thes macoer to establish immutavie pria- Opie ih conetinuious. tie Deleved it was policy to SomAULOKe (0 period cal revisions and Oppor- reform. He hoped to see the day when be registered aed kept for examination. {rep} of Oregon, did not believe the af Mr, Drake would accomplish the pur- which 4 was wtended He spoke briefly Mt RERCUTIVE SRA ON, conclemon of Mr. Corvett’s remarks the the conw-deration of Mr, Drake's amend- ipte Executive Session, and goon after ad- . bs i i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmnoros, March 14, 1867, PROPOSED UNVERTICATION INTO THE arFaiks OF THE TRRAE ORY DSranrweNT. Mr. Covonm, (rep.) of Pa, asked leave to offer a reco- lution reciting that charges of irregularities in the Trea- sury Department had been made through the press and im the House, and that euch statements are calculated to cause great uneasiness in the country, aud providing for the appointment of a select committee of five to in- veatigate all such charges, avd to report to the House the present outstandin, wermment indebtedness, as payee oe by currency, Goede, compound interest Hotes other promises to pay, the deficiencies exhibited books and accounts, the amounis of over issues, 1, Whether coupons or duplicated bonds have been: presented, and, if 60, what amount of anch has been Tedeemed, and to inquire into al! other hove guna ke, Mr. Cnanum, (dem.) of N. Y., objected, as the last ome ‘Was too inuefinite and opened up too wide a field uiry. Mr. Covope gave notice that he’would move on Mon- day to suspend the rales 69 as to Offer the resolution. ELRCHION OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS —THE EIGHT aE be 2 HOUR SYSTEM, Mr. Jvniay, (rep.) of Ind., tutroduced a bill to fix the time for the elcet.on of Representatives and Delegates in Congress; and a bil! to constitute eight hours a day’s work for all mechanics aud laborers employed by or on bebalf of the goverament, Referred wo the Judiciary Committees, ‘i Mr. Hoimes, (rep.) of Tad, desired to have the latter bill put on iw’ passage now, but Mr. Srevens, (rep.) of Pa, objecied, PRIVILEGES TO SAILORS, Mr. Woon, (dem) of N, Y. ented the petition of Mayor Hofman and citizens w York, asking the ex+ tension of tio same privileges to sailors honorably dis- charged as are now extended by law to soltiers, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICK APFATRE, The Sreamer presented the reply of the Congressional Printer to the inquiry contained ma resolution of the Hous®, March 11, respecting the purchase of printing paper. COLORADO DELPCATE, Mr. Scorirtn, (rep.) of f’a., offered a resolution in- structing the Corumitice on Elections to report whether Mr. Hunt or, Mr, Chiilleott, claiming as delegates from Cotorade, is prima facie entitled to the seat, Mr. Raxpais, (dem.) of Pa, moved that when the House adjourn today it adjourn to meet on Monday. The motion was negailyed. ihe House then, at twenty minutes past twelve o'c!ock, adjourned, THE FLOODS. The Ohio River Still Rising. Caycisnan, Mareh 14, 1867. ‘The flood here continues to increase, The gas lamps along the levee are out of sight, aod the first story of the houses are completely submerged. Front and Water atreots are partially inundated, The river will rise two or three feet more, The weather to-day bas heen colder than was éver before known at this season in Cincinnati. At six A. M. ‘the mercury was.only twelve dogrees above zero, Great Suffering Along the Tennessee River— The Mavor of Chattanooga Seizing Food— Twenty-five Dead Bodies Seen Floating Down the River—Loss $1,000.000. Crvorsxart, Maroh 14, 1967. A special despatch from Nashville says:—Tho reports of suffering at Chattanooga and other places along the Tennessee river are appalling. At Chattanooga on the 11th the wator was from twelve to twenty feet deop; many houses toppling over and others floating away. The Mayor with a posse of citizens and soldiers was for- aging amorg the loaded cars for food. The agent of the Toad protested bat the Mayor sald the people were starv- ing. Twenty-five dead bodies were seen floating down the river at Bridgeport, Ala., on the 12th, ‘The loss of property is estimated at a million of dollars. General Catlin, at Nashville, was making efforts to send rations through to Chattanooga, The Fleed {n the Arknasas River—Twenty- sevon Lives Lost at Hele &e. Camo, Il, March 14, 1867. The officers of the steamer Rockford, just from Arkan- eas river, report the couniry overflowed, with great loss of property and saffering among the inhabitants, ‘Twenty-seven lives had been jost at Helena by the Baten damag?d by running into the s mg ‘of the river at Red Fork, lost part of her cargo. A ere also lost. RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Nowination of a State Ticket—Lyman Pile! for Govern: and Gideou H. Durfee for Lieatenaut Provipexce, March 14, 1867. The Democratic State Convention for the nomination | of candidates for Governor and other State officers as- | | ¢ity at eleven o'clock this forenoon, The convention | was called to order by Gideon Bradford, of Cranston, of sembled iu the armory of the Marine Artillery in tnis the Democratic State Central Committee, and Captain George H. Bilss, of East Providence, and Nathan T. Very, of Woonsocket, were chosen temporary secre- taries, Ninety delegates were present, nine places not being represented. Mr. Henry Butler, of Warwick, was chosen President, and the temporary secretaries were choren permanent ones, After a discussion as to the policy of reporting any resolutions, in which one gentleman thought they had passed too many forthe good of the party, a committee ‘on that subject was appointed and retired, and they sub- sequently reported the following, which were unani- mously adopted: — . ‘ That ent innovations upon our laws are peraiciodg ab wotaien to sontece the minds of Se per le and festrey that reverence for legal authority which essential to the perpetuity of the State and of the safety of the citizen. Resolved, That we regord the judiciary asthe shield of the people the unwise or arbitary acts of popular or metal Passion, and that any attempt to wenken or override the authority of our courte or to detract inf therr digntty imperils the very existence of the wed, That after an exhausting war our whole energy should beturned to the development of ail our Internal resources and to the increase of our commeroe ; adjusted HERE GIG i ft i i ! i i i : it : e 5 and Wm. M. , Jn, and Ebenezer Wells, Regents of the Up! were adopted the dec! the enfraachise- ment of the disfranchisement of whites by os arbi- and 5 WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE, Maptton, Wit., March 14, 1667. ‘The bin Miesien! ‘passed ton to bridge the ppl at Winona has ALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. | THE STATE CAPITAL. Agreement of the Conference Committee om @ | raiors those names in the Vanden! Constitutional Convention Bill. Election te be Held on the Foarth Tuesday in April. Passage of the Cross-Town Railroad Bill. The Broadway Surface Railroad Bill Ad- vanced to a Third Reading. &e, &e. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. ‘Atwayy, March 14, 1807, JHB CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, ‘The Conference Committee of the Assembly and Senate on the bill providing for a conveption to revise the State constitution have agreed. They will report in favor of holding an election on the fourth Tuesday in April, four delegates to he chosen from each Senate dis- trict and thirty-two at large—colored men to vote, de- serters and rebels excluded—the conyentiop to meet in Albany on the first’Tuesday in June. Mr. Weed is the only democrat on the Committee who dissents from the report. RAILROAD PROJRCTS FOR NEW YORK Cry. The proceedings in the Legislature to-night were quite important. In the Assembly the Christopher Street Railroad bill was finally, passad by a vote of ninety-tour to five, It now only awaits the Governor's signature, The Wharves and Piers Obstruction bill was advanced to a third reading, and process was reported on the Quaran- tine bill. < In the’ Senate Jake Sharp's bill for & eurtnes ratiroad in Broadway and Lexington avenue progressed to a third reading. The Thompson Underground bill fora railroad under Broadway, Third and Eighth avenues and the East and North rivers, was then taken up. On motion the corporations of the two rivai underground Toads were added, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS, Tho appointment of Colonel Emmons Clark to fill the ¥acancy in the Board of Fire Commissioners created by the resignation of Martin B. Brown, was made, it is said, in obedionce to a very general demand for the bet- ter regulation of the duties devolving upon those fanc- tionaries, Colonel Clark, and a military man and dis- ciplinarian, wiil givo to the Fire Depaftment order and system, and rolieve it from the charges of confusion, slowness and genoral incapacity, At least report has it that the Governor has made the appointment with this view. The resicnation of Mr. Brown has also created some surprise; but there is little reason to doubt that he has his position in the Fire Commission Board to vacated accept the appointment of Tax Cowmissioner, in the place of the late Amor J. Wiliamson. « Another vacancy in this Board is to occur shortly by, reason of the expiration of the incumbont’s term. It waa at first supposed that Colonel Clatk’s appointment was to fill this prospective vacancy. Candidates end friends of candidates for the position are here in force; but as no ind.cative executive session of the Senate has been held to-day it is fair 10 preeume that the selection hag not yet been officially made, whatever may be Gov- ernor Fenton's private views as to the individual, THE THRRE TIER RAILROAD BILL was reported favorably by the Committee of the Whole jn the Assembly to-day, and without amendments, It was ordered toa third reading, with but one Soming vote, and is therefore likely to be the first of the rail measures that will be passed. ‘The Senate haviny made ite railroad bill a special order for this evening there is every probability of early legislation on all the railroad projects now beiore both houses, THE SOLOIKR MESSENGER COMPANY ILI, which was to grant such a gold mine of privileges to its incorporators, bad the conferring clause stricken out and, 80 amended, passed. ‘THK NEW STATE CAI FITOL. This topic occupied the time of the Assembly this the company to have the right to dump ~e re he a Pp the snow in the ll Was Foported c@mplote The Metropolitan Railroad vill y Mr. Low moved to amend way route below Fourteonth surest. Mr. H.C. Monruy moved to add ts ihe tet of one urg and Whitlock Un- waa next taken up. striking ous the Broad- derground Railroad bilis which Metropolitan bitl Carried by a vo Mr, H.C Merry moved to amend by requiring the stoek to be equally distributed omong the corporaiwr Carried, Mr, T. Menemy moved to require the completion one route to 100th street within tive years, und each the streets within ten years. Oarried. Mr. Anpkews moved to provide that the company shall be responsible for all damages done private prop- erty In the construction of the road. Carried ‘The bill was finally ordered w a third reading by a vote of 20 to 6. Oa the call of yeas and nays the Broadway Surface Dill was orgered to @ third reading by the following yote:— nett, Chambers, Collins, C. 0. maaed. Humphrey. 7 Murphy. Nicks, Par- A jeasions, Stanford, Sutuerland, Wil- Nays—Messrs. 4 wa, Campbell, Crowly, Gibson, Kline, La Bau, Lent, Low, H. phy, W ood—H. Assembly, ALANY, March 14, 1867, ‘The bill giving $250,000 state aid to the construction of the Whitehall and Piattsburg Railroad wag ordered to a third reading. ale The bill to authorize the Metropolitgn Transit Company to construct and operate certain raffroad tracks in the Gity of New York was ordered to a third reading, a8 was © the biM makmg @n appropriation of $250,000 dz the erection of a new pitol, A recess was then taken unt ing. Evening Sesstou. MILS ADVANCED TO 4 THIRD WRAMNO. To change the county seat aud county buildings of Schuvier comnty from Havana to Hawkioe, ee ‘amend the act relative to au agyium for insane con- ots. To-authorize the construction of a cross-town railroad, To incorporate the Buflaio Park Company. To authorize the Commissioners of the Central Park to gonstruct a sone stairway at the intersection of Fifth avenue and Eighty-sixth sireet, To refund to the Coruell University the amount paid by Ezra Cornell 10 the Genesoe Coilege. To remove the obstructions from tie plert aud wharves in the port of New York, To incorporate the Odd Fellows’ Mall Association of Buffaio. THE CROSS-ToO" RAILROAD BILE PARED, Mr, Travis mored that the Crosstown Railroad bill now have ite «tird reading, Tt was agreed to, and the bill was passed hy a vole of 4 to 6. The Assembly then adjourned. THE FENIANS. Crowds still continue to gather round the Fenian heel quarters in Chatham street, where businew © precret® ing in a manner satisfactory to even the mont sevien® sympathizers, The cause is, beyond dowbt, 7. great progress in this country, now that the “otow" haw at last been struck at home, and that the promiae® fe often made to the people are about being pat in prac- tice, As already announced, many of the circles bith orto adhering to the Roberts interest, unwilling to stand quictly idie while their countrymen were fighting tora common cause, have tendered their services and sup- rtin men and money to aid the insurgents in Ire- find." Acquisitions ef tins land ere day announced, offiiais were extremly weil and yesterday the pleased at receiving ¢uly appointed delegations for the purpose of amalgamation, trom New Bruns- wick, Newburg and Albany, who state that the members of their several circles have fully determined, by all means and at all iazards, to support the “men tlie gap.”” An American gentleman (Colonel Burnett), distinguished soldier in the late war, has offered his ser- vices, with those of several other ollicers of distimotion, to continue the fight in Ireland, The contribution of arms {a going on ‘briskly,’ and one merchant in thia city has already proposed to furnish @ large amount and to take half the purchase money in bonds, Individuals are also sending in their share of the supplies, and & noticeable feature in connection therewith is that of the aring contributed almost all are of the most approved pauern, and the best. that can be bad from tue first wapufactories in the country. Money is coming ip plen- Ufaly from al! parts; one order ing from i ou ashingion, for celobration of St. the banking house of Riggs & Co., $300, In regard to the pro; i Patrick’s Day, it igatated at headquarters that two of the Father Mathew socioties—Nos, 2 aud 4—have already announced their intention to been 9 the parade on next Monday and traneer the expeud{ture that would other- wise take piace into the Fenian Treasury. Giher socie- ties are expected to act in a similar manner, and official recognition of their action is expected to be published in atewdaya, The Fenians express grave doubts as to the truth of "the juforination conveyed by cable yesterday that the rebels wore Lp ere of in the Wicklow Mountains, They say tha’ of gach intensity oocur- in the mildest portion of Ireland is a novelty totally unknown to even the “oldest inhabitant” of the ‘‘sod,”” morning, but nothing very new or novel was done in | and must only have existed in the frozen imagination of the matter. It waa decided not to remove Congress Hail, which i# on a portion of the site of the new Capitcl, until after the adjournment of the State Constitutional Convent EXGFE LAW. 1: The Committee on Internal Affairs met at four o'clock roposed . Stew. art, in cosning the discussion, referred to the fact that lal been this aftornoon to hear parties interested im the amendments to the Excise law. Mr. Orlando one of the feather bed guards so inhumanty removed {rom their comfortable quarters in Bt. James Park to pursue through those ‘‘orrid’’ mountains the still more “orrible Hirish.’” Fenian Meetings in Brooklyn. A public meeting, under the auspices of the Geraldine Circle of Fonian Brotherhood, was held last night at No, tion uaual for cent on what man | 1,002 Fulton avenue, Brooklyn, for the purpose of giv- te and ‘That the right to 1¢ entirety was eee ee eae wan begiunitr tovacitate the minds of the | $BE those who were desiroas of contributing to the cause wisest men in jusetts. He cited the inferences of | of Irish nationality an opportunity to do se, physicians as to the benetis of pone og The bem rbitrary law gave no reat Present ar! on to the man who was licensed whether the icant should receive @ license or not. It wos to amend this by allowing a license to every man of good moral cbaracter—a to be de- cided not by private whim, but by the voice of the com- munity—not bya police captain, bat hy the testimony of at least five neighboring freeholders, The Excise Board had not mate a scale of licences between $20 and $250, as the law contemplated. Tho spenker enun- ciated the total prohibition on Sunday and other features of the law — ones needed ers ape Pan would propose the closip; stores on Sunday until four o'clock in the ‘afwerncon, and on other days only between one and three o'clock A. M. le was followed by Messrs. George Bliss, James T. Brady and others, who respectively advocated or opponed the altera- tions in the law. REW YORK LEGISLATURE. ya 8 A ei ‘Aunaxy, March 14, 1867. Sundry petitions were presented for the extension of | ¢ponovan and P. the Metropolitan Excise law. BILLS REPORTED. Relative to the Hebrew Benevolent Society of New York, . Incorporating the Long Island Bible Society ; ordered to a third reading. Amending the charter of the State Lunatic Asylum. Against amending the charter of the National Safe Company. Agreed to. Amending the charter of tbe Rochester Water Works Company. Against creating the office of inspector of flour. to. i gains he Wit Lo roguata the location of hospitals, inst incorporating the Protectives of Rochester. the Boston alco- holic stimulants. It was the interest of the com- traffic under certain Mr. Jonn J. Quinn, the Centre of the circle, oceupied the chair. Mr. Dennis Kerrigan made a short address, in the under it. Tho Board that Mr. J Of Police Commissioners had arbitrary power to decide | soeree,0f which he’ aasared his hearers ‘ig tet F< ampere 3 with the boys who were now battling for country, and the work was progressing encour- agingly. he To to ap invitation several ne BO et wept as Mr. Conover pledged himself to give the circle $60, after which the meeting adjourned, ‘A meeting of the Liberty Circle of the Fenian Brother- hood was held last night at the corner of Flatbush end Fifth avenues, Brooklyn, aud was well attended. Afier a short appeal in betalf of those who were suffering in the cayge of Ireland a number of contributrons were made, When the meeting adjourned. , Fenian Meeting in Boston. Boatos, March 14, 1867. A laige and enthusiastic meeting of Fenians and tbe friends of Ireland was held in Faneuil Hail-this even- sng, fOr the purpose of expressing sympathy with and giving aswstance to their brethren who are at battling for the liberation of their pative laud, Ad- Ae Collins, ot Boston ; Jeremiah , W. Cronin, of New York, and J. E. Fitzgerald. Considerable enthusiagm was maui esied anda large sum was realized by contributious to the cause. dresses were made Fenian Meeting in Detroit. Drrnom, Mich., March 14, 1867. A Fenian masa meeting was bid in the City Hall to- night, Several hundred were present, and considers'.e ‘spirit was mani ’ THE SQUTHERN RELIEF COMMISSION. At a special meeting of .the Executive Committee of the Southera Famine Relief Commission, held yesterday morning at No. 61 7, the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted and ordered to be printed :-— : ‘ Famin 19a Pg ae mag, poe pte ge | aiog contributions ome Oe Tnoreasing the an: Baar ot feat” amandmens, bare brn ni eT ceme was taken uni oveuing NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA r or eae tren A Additional Particstare of the Lee of the! « fundry remvosirances were prevaied: egainat the 0 eetmcmcn, March 1,16 Bred ay Surface Raront i RTE Dye ay = Sgro) ‘The special order, the Broadway Surface Rafiroad bill, ems Benelela 10 wag then taken op la Commies eee susan aux cae on Derby Island, one of a crportin, anand o¢ aking the tau gran Phenix group, on December 11. One seaman ‘The motion was carried, but subsequently, the gig. The / of Mr, Saestons, the vote was and the | @towned while launching bogged Mr, Lert to fix the car Ii at $50 per an- | aster is to thee veroal aregoet nom, Lost. bls croup ialande yy, X.Y oa Mr, Twomas Monriy moved to amend by the The Brush comm monern ava company to keep Lace pry Mme Sm tee, -. bcs rey A, : h Sime ‘