The New York Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1867, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, JAMES GORDON BEN VETT. FDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OB N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AN: e Volume XXXII...... Now York, Sunday, March 24, 1867, ‘The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- day ovoning, March 23. Turkey “emphatically” refuses tho proposal of the great Powers for the cession of Candia to Greece, The military consolidation of New Germany under the controt of Prussia alarms Napoleon, and has created @ “bitter feeling’? against Prussia in France, Wurtemburg has concluded a treaty with Prussia, offen- sive and defensive, King William to command the united armies ia impof war. The King of Belgium refuses to acoopt Napoleon's project of an anti-Prussian con- foaeration, Console closed.at 91 for money in London. Unitea States Aive-twenties were at 743¢ in London, 78 in Frank- fort and 84% im Paria, The Liverpool cotton market closed quiet, with mid- dling uplands at 133 & 13%{ pence, Breadsiui quiet ‘aod provisions inactive, By the steamship Australasian at this port yesterday, we received our special correspondence in detail of our cable despatches to the 10th of March. From Dublin aad Queenstown we are specially informed of the Fenian war situation inthe field to the latest mo- mont, as well as of the naval and military position of England on the southern coast of Ireland and miand. ‘Toe latost despatches from the South of Ireland are also given, with the fuil text of the official prociamation of the Irish republic, It ts generally conceded that the insurrectionary movement has ended, but at the same timo it ts claimed that it was im force, and would have been very formidable had the men who were “oui” had courageous leaders acting promptly and unitedly in the carrying out of a well deflaed plan. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, the bills ordering a registea tion of children in the District; providing for the ap- Pointment of election commissioners in tue District; making appropriations for deficiencies in the anpropria- tion for the contingent expenses of the Sena'e for the current year; relative to the collection of money due colored volunteers; and granting the privilege of laying a cable to Europa, by way of the Bermudas and Azores istands, (o tho American Telegraph Company of New York, were passed. A resolution, introduced by Mr, ‘Wilsoa, prohibiting any denial of the elective franchise to citizens of the United States by reason of color, in agcordance with the provisions of the con- stitational amendment, was ordered to be printed. ‘The testimony transmitted frow the House relative to the implication of two Senators in the Custom House treagactious was read. Mr. Doolittle was permitted, on ‘motion, to reply to the charges ; a motion toreturo the Papers to the House without further action was rejected, and after considerable debate the testimony was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Presidént’s veto of the Supplomentary Reconstruction bill was read and the bill was passed over bis objections by 40 yeas to 7 nays. Mr, Johnson, of Maryland, voted in the affirmative ‘The resolution to adjourn on Tuesday until the first Moa- day 10 Docember was adopted, after short debate, by 29 yeas to 16 nays, and the Semate adjourned until Mon- day. Ja the Houre a bill to increase the force of the Patent Ofice was introduced under @ suspension of the rules and pamed. The Senate amendment: to the resolutions aliowing works of art for presentation to be imported free, and relative to the Bouliguy claims, were concurred 4a. The Senate bills relative to the acknowledg~ment of deeds in the District, and supplementary to the act to reimburse West Virginia for war expenses, were passed. The veto of the Supplementary Recon- struction bil having been read the Dill was passed over the Prosident’s objections by a vote of 114 against 25, The proposition to adjouro until December came up, and elicited a long discussion, Mr. Butler, @peaking on the subject, said that an adjournment for so long & time would be equal to saying that the recon- struetion of our empire is safe in President Johnson's bands. Congress would be acting like a general in battle who, having started a critical movement, per- wenally abandons the field. Messrs, Blaine, Boutwell, Garfield apd others took part in the debate, and the pire. vious question on the resolution was seconded; but the House adjourned before voting on it. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Sonate yesterday bills prohibiting the publica- tion of obscene advertisemogts of patent medicines; amouding the act for the registration of voters in New York and Brooklyn, and to provide support for sick and disabled soldiers were roporje |. Bills discontinuine a portion of Hamilton square; and permitting accused parties to become competent witnesses in criminal prose- ‘cutions were passed. In the Assembly the bill to increase the fare on the New York Central Railroad was reported. Bills to im- Prove Ctinton street, in Brookiya; relative to the Ni- agora Frontier Police district, and others of an unim- portant character, were passed. The report of the con- ference committee on the Constitutional Convention bill ‘was reovived and laid on the table. As reported the bill does not admit negro suffrage, and the delegates are to ‘be elected by Senatorial districts. Bills were reported to extend Madison avenue; to close Hamilton square; to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn Tunnel Com- pany; to legalize the acts of the New York Common Council, and for other purposes, afer which the As- eombly adjourned, MISCELLANEOUS. Our totter from Brazil relative to the war in Paraguay in duted Rio Janeiro, Feb. 24, There was nothivg of m- terast traaspiring beyond occasional bombardments of Curupaity and preket firing along the line, Reinforee- ments continued to leave Rio Janeiro, The steamer Marquis do Caxias exploded at Corrientes while loaded | with Argontine troops on their way to Mendoza, forty of whom were killed and eighty injured, Another steamer with Oriental troops on board also exploded, some of the troops being killed, and an Argentine war steamer was fan down, The Mendoza rebellion was reported neariy quelled, The intervention of the United States through Minister Washburne was taiked of, but not generally ex- pected, A conspiracy to murder the members of the government in Buenos Ayres had been discovered and the conspirators, among whom was a Paraguayan pricet, bad been seizea. The Spanish equadron had sasied wuthward to meet the Chile-Peravian ficet. The cable doapaich pubiished in the Hrmatp yesterday, it will be jomembered, reported that the fleets had met and the allies wore in retreat, Individuals im Brazil were fol- lowing the example of the Emperor in freeing those of their alavos who were willing to enlist. Our St. Domingo correspondence, dated Marcb 11, says the republic was quiet, ths Baez party having been com- plotely crushed. A Now York vessel had arrived with apparatus for working the Guano Islands of Alto Velo, ‘and ap American had received the privilege of working ‘the petroleum wells near Azua. Congress had reassem- Died, and the President’s message alluded to tbe pro- Posed treaty with the United States roiative to the Bay of Samand. A strong party opposes its provisions, The Fronch government had offered « loan of tea million france to the repubtic, but the terms being exorbitant, it would probabiy not be accepted. Gold was abundant, and tho health of the island was good, The Louisiana Logisiature has repealed the act calling for @ Constitutional convention. A bill for the inspec- tion aod taxation of brothels and an appropriation of $200,000 for the improvement of Red river, have been passed in the Senate. It # reported that General Schofield intends to revise the list of Justices of the Peace in his ot, Alexander H. Stephens, it is eaid, counsels the South to do vothing but wait. Ala mooting in Augusta, Georgia, last night to nom! nate a Candidate for Mayor, @ resolution was adopted allowing colored citizens to register and vote, A disastrous fire occurred yesterday morning on Broadway, between Bleecker and Amity tireets, py which the Winter Garden theatre was totally destroyed aod the Southern Hotel and other property greatly @amaged. Tho loss is estimated by some as bigh asa qiarter of a million, on which there is only # partial in. Ni&w YURK HERALD, SUNDAY,. MARCH 24, 1867. jog but failed to throw muoh tight on tho origin of the coutlagration, On Friday last an individual calling himself James = Commings was arrested and confined in Ludlow street Jal! om a charge of having, while occupying the position of commissary tn the rebel army, appropriated property to the vaiue of $600,000 and converted it to his own use. with participating in the riot om St. Patrick's Day. The Jude committed Wall to await the Tesalt of the officers’ injuries. Rvan was batied in the sum of $2,000 and McLaughlin in the sum of $1,000, arrested yesterday. ‘The cental syatem has been abandoned by the Cleve- land Board of Trade, A stage coach fell over an embankment in Kentucky, on Friday, killing one person and seriously injuring sev- eral othera, Pe ig stock market was dull yesterday. Gold closed at The markets wore generally quiet but steady yestor- day, and, as usual on Saturday, comparatively little business was consummated, The buoyancy heretofore noticed on "Change continued, and breadstuffs were de- cidedly higher, flour being ten to fifteen cents higher, with sales of choice at a still greater advance. Corn was firmer and genoratly hold above the market. Provisions were generaily dull and heavy. Cotton was dull and lower. Groceries were without decided change. f Revision—The Bill Before the Legislature. The bill to provide for the election of dele- gates to the State Constitutional Convention, still hangs fire in the Legislature. It was introduced at an early day of the session, and was regarded as certain to be one of the earliest measures perfected and sent to the Governor for his signature, no opposition being antici- pated to it, except on the part of the demo- cratic minority. It soon became evident, however, that some evil influences were at work to delay and embarrass its passage. The Assembly, after a warm dehate, called forth by the opposition ot certain members to the very fair and satisiactory provision recommended by Governor Fenton, for the election of thirty- two delegates at large, who should be chosen equally by the two great political divisions in the State, passed the bill in a very accepiable shape, and it went to the Senate for the action of that body. The Senate disapproved of the Assembly bill, and amended it in several ways. | They struck out the provision for the election of the thirty-two delegates at large; required the election of one hundred and twenty-eight dele- gates by Senate districts, instead of Assembly districts; extended the right of voting for dele- gates to negroes, and inserted a clause dis- qualifying persons who had taken part in the rebellion. The Assembly refused to concur in these amendments; a committee of conference was appointed, and a report made restoring tue provision for delegates at large and retain- ing the other features of the Senate bill. This report the Assembly retused to confirm,and the result is the reference of the matters in dispute between the two houses to a new com- | mi tee of conerence. The people are getiing disgusted and indig- nant at the conduct of the Legislature over this important measure. Wha: is the meaning of it? The constitution requires the Legislature | at its present session to provide by law for the election of delegates to the Convention. ‘heir neglect to do so would be a viola‘ion of their oath of office and a neglect | of aplain constitutional duty. The delay is indecent and improper, and the whole course of the republican majority is calculated to throw suspicion and discredit over the work of the Convention. It is easy io understand the opposition of the copperheads to the bill. They voted ugainst the Convention, and when | the large republican majority in the State had decided thatit should be held they sought to raise a constitutional quibble against the sul- ficiency of the affirmative yote. Their leaders and organs have denounced the Convention | from first to last, and the republicans, who are ! placing obstacles in the way of the bill, are | playing directly into the bands of the copper | heads. The people have decided that a Convention of Revision shall be held, and every day fur- nishes fresh evidence of the urgent necessity | of a thorough reform in the fundamental law | of the State. The residents of this city, who are suffering under the worst evils of the clec- tive judiciary, as well as from the want of a responsible and efficient municipal govern- ment, are above all others interested in the subject. It is rumored that the objection of some of our legislators to the Convention is based upon the apprehension that the powers ot the Legislature over railroad and other remunerative jobs will be materially abridged in the revised constitution, and that there will no longer e any opportunity for enterprising members to retire on fortunes after a single session at Albany. The singular course of some of the representatives at the Stute capital, both in the Senate and Assembly, seems to give color to this rumor. We advise the republican majority, who ar? wholly responsible in this matter, to pass the bill without any further delay. They are only risking their own supremacy in the State by their injudicious and disgraceful conduct. The better part of the electors, who sincerely desire a thorough reform in our State consti- tution, will hesitate to send as delegates the members of a party who have displayed such an objectionable spirit in relation to the Con- vention. The Cenventio: The Case of Jef Davin. The resolution of Mr. Wilson, in the Senate on Friday, calling for the immediate trial or release of Jeff Davis, and declaring that his longer confinement is not in accordance with the demands of justice, the spirit of the laws and the requirements of the constitution, is a, measure that should have been introduced long ago. We have always contended ‘or the release of Davis on his own recognizance. He can do no possible harm if set at large, while sarance, The Gre is supposed to have originated under | to detain him in prison is only to make him a the stage floor of the theatre. The wardrobe of Edwin Booth, valued at $40,000, was completely destroyed, as also were those of all the other actors. The testimony of Mr. Staart, tho lessee, and Mr. Leffingwell, one of the took actors, wan taken by Fire Marshal Baker last oven- hero and a martyr. We hope, therefore, that the joint resolution will pass both houses and Temove the case of Jeff Davis out of sight forever, Another Landmark Goue. The destruction of the Winter Girden by fire aweeps away another of tho establishments which served to mark tho progress of our city. Tt was associated with the recoll»ctions— pleasant and indifferent—of most of the prezent generation of theatre goers, In some respects its erasure from the list of our places of amuse. ments will be a loss, ia others it will bo a posi- tive gain. In ite original construction it was a failure, and it was not improved by the altera- tions effected in it under the direction of Mr. Bourcicault. As regards its acoustic proper- ties and means of egress in case of accident, there was certainly no worse built theatre in the metropolis, In this country the excellencies of a build- ing of this kind are but too often a matter of chance. In European cities a supervisory power is usually exercised by the government over the construction of places of amuse- ment, and so far as the convenience and safety are extremely strict, In Paris the Emperor takes 9 special interest in all such matters, and the new opera house will serve as.a monu- ment to bis taste and regard for the public in- terests, It is true that his will is law ia every- thing that concerns the ornamentation of the capital, and that he pulls down and builds up without any one caring to question his motives. Here we have no Emperor to aid us in getting rid of nuisances or in beautifying our city ; but we bave a potentate as arbilrary, although not quite so regular in hts action, who does something in both these regards. If it were not for “the Fire King” our metropolis would make but little architec- tural progress. He rids us of eyesores in the shape of ugly buildings, and purifies our at- mosphere by the destruction of nesta of infec- tion. There is not a quarter of the city, in fact, which may not bc said to owe its improve- ment to his interference. There was, until within the last year or two, no class of buildings which more needed recon- struction than our theatres, With but one or two exceptions they were buili in a manner that led people to conclude that the object which the architects ha:i in view was tooffer all possible obstructions to sight and sound, and to endanger, as far as it was practicable, the safety of audiences. The old Academy of Music was a notable example of the ingenuity exer- cised to render a place that should be attrac- tive unsightly and dissgroeable. A rickety, cheerless, barn-like construction, it caused more deaths by chills and destroyed more voices by straining than any building of its kind that bas, perhaps, ever been erected. Its destruction wasa blessing; fox the edifice which has replaced it is devoid of the mos: serious ot these objections, though, so far as its cirous- like interior and_ poverty stricken decora- tions are conceraed, it might be improved. Another great benefit was the removal of the: exhibition of stuffed monkeys, the beating of tomtoms and the tooting of horus from the balconies used to frighten the horses and be- wilder the passengers. In its place tas arisen a building of whose architectural merits and improvement to Broxdway we prefer leaving others to spenk, Certainly the conflagrations which made way tor these improvements are in no sense to be regretted; for the city might have waited long enough before the »Legialu- ture wonld lave in any way contributed to them. Z As to the construction of theatres within the enceinte of hotels, it is not for us to say how far the practice 1s to be deprecated. There is, however, in the injury done to the Southern Hotel by the Gre at the Winter Garden, and in the occurrence of several similar accidents at Niblo’s, sufficient to justify us in insisting upon precautions being adopted to prevent the ex- tension of fire to the crowded establishments in their neighborhood. In Paris, for instance, no theatre is allowed to give performances without a sufficient force of pompiers (firemen) being in attendance. They are paid by the managers and are on duty night and day. As @ consequence fires of a serious character but rarely take place in them, the first alarm bringing prompt assistance for their suppres- sion. The same precaution should be rigidly enforced here, and, furthermore, means should be provided of flooding the stage from tanks placed on the roof and easily accessible. If these simple safeguards were adopted we would guarantee full immunity from the acci- dents which are proving so disastrous to our theatres and other places of amusement. Wanted—A Hangman. For five thousand years ‘or thereabouts, ever since the Mosaic law laid down the doc- trine of an eye for aneye and a tooth for a tooth, it has beea found necessary for the pro- tection of human life in civilized communities to exact the death penalty for murder. The divine edict, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed,” has stern justice and not cruel vindictiveness for its foundation. Notwithstanding the morbid sympathy of modern sentimentalists with all great crimi- nals, the experience of centuries proves that the man who has murder in his heart is nine times out of ten a coward by nature, and can be restrained trom indulgence in his evil pas- sions only by the dread of the gallows. Here and there experiments have been made in the abolishment of capital punishment, end statis- tics are sometimes quoted extending over a few years to show that human life is a8 secure without as with the protection of the execu- tioner’s cord; but these are nothing beside the experience of all ages and all countries, and no man with a sound mind and a brain free from crotchets can be persuaded that his life will be rendered more secure from the raffian and the assassin by the abolishment of hang- ing for murder than that his purse will be bet- ter protected from the pickpocket by the abol- ishment of imprisonment for theft. In the execution of (he extreme sentence of the law, however, all unnecessary cruelty and revolting scenes should be carefully avoided. The act of retributive justice should be ewiftly, scientifically and humanely done. Unfortunately in the United States this bas not been the case, and our public executions have been abhorrent to humanity and a scandal to the nation. In other civilized communities this evil is avoided, either by the employment of an experienced bangman or the substitution of other means of death for the gallows, such as the guillotine in France and the garrote in Spain. A short time ago we had three execu- tions on a single day—one at Elmira, one at Charleston, and one in this city. Subsequently a murderer was hanged at Wilkesbarre, Penn- sylvania, and ."2 Friday last another suffered. death at Troy. In ll. these eases the criminals died of suffocation. Their neeks were not broken, and the scenes at their execations were of the most ebaracter. One man, we are told, lived for twenty minutes, drawing himself up every few seconds in his struggle against death. Another bounded up and down at the end of his cord, and then breathed for a quarter of an hour afterwards. At the Wilkesbarre banging the people of the adjacent country made it a gala day, coming out in holiday attire, crowding about the neigh- borhood of the jaif and climbing trees in order to get a sight at the show. These unnecessary cruelties and disgraceful acenes should be abolished altogether. What we need is an official hangman, an American Calcraft, who will put into execution the ex- treme sentence of the law in a scientific and humane manner. The work should no longer be intrusted to inexperienced bunglers, nor should executions be made the occasions of public show. They should be conducted with decency and with as much privacy as is con- sistent with the proper carrying out of the law. Such scenes as have recently been witnessed are demoralizing in their effect, and only serve to furnish fantastical philanthropists with op- portunities to display their morbid sympathy with wife murderers, cutthroats and. assassins, Still Another Veto. We submit, for the edification of our read- ers this morning, President Johnson’s veto message against ghe Supplementary Southern Reconstruction bill, providing the ways, tneans and machinery for carrying out the programme of Congress as laid down in the general law of March 2, This veto is the old story against the exercise by Congress and its reconstruction agents of despotic powers, regardless of the wishes and rights of the people concerned. The House answered the Executive, however, very promptly by a vote of one hundred and fourteen for the bili to twenty-five against it, and the Senate responded to the question, “Shall the bill become a law notwithstanding the President’s objections?” by a vote of forty yeas to seven nays; and as it is nowa law of the land, it must as such be obeyed and erforced. All that need be said in reply to Mr. Johnson’s constitutional objec- tions is, that while the authority in this busi- ness clearly belongs to Congress, he has him- self, in the couise of the last two years, exer- cised all these powers, and more, too, and without any authority whatever. Mr. Johnson, in fact, as he haa been described, is only half a Bourbon—he learns nothing, but he forgets many things. It he would remember mort he would say leas about the exercise of despotic powers, Mexice—The Last of French intervention. Marshal Bazaine and the last of the French troops in Mexico left Vera Cruz for France on the 12th inst. All that. remains of French in- tervention now is Maximilian and his few adherents. This is an ignoble termination to agrand programme. The Napoleonic ideas, which included the supremacy of the Latin race, the balance of power on this continent, the great scheme to develop the commercial and mineral resources of Mexico and establish a stable government there on the ruins of republicanism, have fizzled out with the last French, soldier that embarked at Vera Cruz. This Franco-Mexican fiasco may also prove | the setilement of the question of European intervention on the American continent. WEST INDIES. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. =. Dominao Crrv, March 11, 1867. The news from this republic is most satisfactory. Peace continues to prevail Ybrougnout the country, and there is no doubt it will iast, the party of Ex-President Baez being completely crushed. — Gold is more abundant, aa large quantities are intro- duced for the purchase of tobacco, of which product there is an immense crop. A vessel arrived from New York taden with mutes, carts, wooden houses, &ec, for the purpose of worktug the guano taland of Alto Velo. The exportation of this manure will greatly increase the income of the treasury. Concessions have been granted to a mining company for the working of a copper mine recently discovered, and a privilege has been granted to an American for the working of the petroleam wells near the town of Azua. Congress aesembled on the 2d inst., and President Cabral delivered a long message, wherein he makes allu- sion to the treaty recently celebrated with the United te neighboring republic of Hayti. estions will be debated in this Con- gross. I presume the lease of the Bay of Samand to the United States will be strongly discussed, as toere isa y that pretend that such a lease would encroach on the national ind*pend.nce. An agent from the Marquis de Aguas Vivas arrived here recently from France, offering the ment a joan of ten million fraues, but as the terms ace reported high tt is rumored that the goverament will not acoopt ye offer. ‘The health of the island is good. AMUSEMENTS. Theatre Francais. The comic muse still holds sway over the cosy Four- teenth street house and its habitués, and the French rép-r- toire of sparkling comedics and joyous vaudevities is so extensive that there is no prospect of any interruption in the theatrical season, Last evening one. of the most amusing burlesques of the Palais Royal theatre, Le Sup- plice d'un Homme, with a farce, L'Amour d'un Chapelier, constituted the mme, and on that head it need only be remarked that the excellent acting of MM. Ed- gard, Chol, Jui and Doeligne, and Mmes. Daire and Deligne gave due effect to every witticism and proper juancy to int, The growing yilarity of h pieces and French players is abundantly proven by the constantly increasing audiences, New York Theatre. In the comparatively short but brilliant engagement played by Lady Don, and which was brought to a close last night, she has won to her already long list of ad- mirers a numerous retinue of friends. The pieces se- lected for the night's performance were the burlesques of Kenilworth and the Colleen Bawn. Her Earl of Leicester, in the former piece, was played in ber lady- ship's usually ‘apirit; but the Myles of the later a little for acting, and was only by the fair comedienne’s exquisite Sogiog of the ballads ‘Molly Asthore” and the ‘Last of Sommer.” Mark Smith’s Elizabeth and Eily O'Connor were immense ja ‘make up” and acting, and, indeed, the whole company succeeded admirably in the ol ters allotted to them, and the plaudits of a crowded and fashionable house generally rewarded their cfforts, Stadt Theatre. Mr. Dawison played Mephistophiles in Goothe’s Faust at the Stadt theatre last night. We have spoken of his im of this character at length before in the Henano, It was Cally equal to his previous efforts, WOMINATING CONVENTION IN AUGUSTA, 6A, Resolutions Adopted Allowing Negroes to Vote at the Next Election, Aveovera, Ga., March 23, 1867. A public meeting was held to-night to nominate a caa- didate for the Mayoralty. A resolution was adopted that colored citizens be allowed to register their names and ‘vote at the election in April. enencemnneelalesiiinctnnieadis LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. New Ontaans, March 28, 1967, ‘The House nas concurred with the Senate repealing the act for a constitutional convention. The Senate bas passed a bill for the inspection and taxation of brothels. ‘An appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars has been passed for the improvement of te navigation of the Red river. ——s EUROPE. Turkey Rejects the Candiau Cession Plan. Napoleon Alarmed at the Conswlida~ tion of Germany. Belgium Refuses toConfederate with France. Special Details of the Fenian War and Situa- tion of the “den in the Gap.” &e, BY THE CABLE TO MARCH 23. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Turkey ta Emphatic Refusal to the Great Powers. Viexxa, March 23, 1867. Assent to the proposition of the Great Powers of Europe relative to the cession of the Island of Candia to the Grecian government has been emphatically re- Fused by the Sublime Porte of Turkey. GERMANY. The New Allied Military Treaty—Biter Feel- ing Against Prussia in France. Brrus, March 23, 1867. ‘The recent conclusion of a treaty between the king- doma of Pruasia and Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Baden, whereby Prussia is to have command of the armies of the latter two countries in times of war, has engendered a bitter fooling in France, It is believed that the effort of the Emperor Napoleon to form acon foderation of France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland against Prussia is traceable to this cause. de. ke. Prussian Censolidation Extending. Beruy, March 23, 1867. King William of Prussia has just succeeded in effect- ing an offensive and defensive treaty with the kingdom of Wiirtemburg. It is understood that one of the features of the treaty ts (as in the treaties with Baden and Bavaria) that in times of war Prussia isto com- mand the consolidated armies of both Countries. THE BONAPARTE COALITION. Belgium Refuses Napoleon’s Confederation Project. * Brossers, March 23, 1867: It is officially anvounced that King Leopold of Belgium will mot enter into the proposed confederation with France, Holland and Swi'zerland. ~ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The Londo Money Market. Loxpox, March 23—Noon, Console are at 91 for money. er 4 Lrverroot, March 23—2 P. Mt, Bespatches received: from London show that the markets for American securities is quiet and steady, and quotations are unchanged. Loxpon, March 23—Evening. Consols closed at 91 for money. United States tive-twonty bonds. Illinols Central shares. Erie Railway shares. The Cont! Fraxxvort, March 23—Evening. United States five-twenty bonds closed this evening at 78 for the issue of 1862. Panis, March 23—Evening. ‘The closing tate for United States bonds here this evening was 84%. ? Tho Liverpeo! Cotten Market. Livarroot, March 23—Noon. The cotton market is dull at 13i¢d. for middling up- Jands and 13%¢d. for middling Orleans, Sales to-day 7,000 bales, 4 Lrrmeroot, March 23—Evening. The cotton market closes quiet, at 13/4. a 1354. for middling uplands. The sales to-day foot up 8,000 bales. Liverpool Breadstaffs Market. Liverroot, March 23—Noon. There is no particular change to report in the bread- stuffs market. Oats are quoted at 3s. 3d. LiverrooL, March 23—2P. M. The breadstuffs market here is dull, and corn has de- clined 3d. and is now quoted at 41s por quarter for mixed Westera. Lrverroot, March 23—Evening. The breadstuffs market closes quiet. Corn is quoted at dls, Liverpool Provisions Market. Liverroot, March 23—Noon. The provisions market ts generally unchanged, East- ern prime moss pork is selling at 77s. 6d. for 200 pounds, Liverpoon, March 23—Evening. The provisions market closes inactive, Pork firm. Lard, 508, 6a. Liverpool Produce Market. Livenroot, March 23—Neon. Linseed oil is quoted at £39 per ton. Iron, 51s, 6d, for = March 23—Evening. Spirits turpentine are quoted at 37. 3d. Common rosin, 98. 6d. Calcutta linseed, 668, Cloverseed, 55s, Iron, 51s, 64. for Scotch pig. « MARIE INTELLIGENCE. y Quxexstows, March 23—Noon. Tho steamship Manhattan, from New York March 9, touched here early this morning, en route to Liverpool. BY STEAMSHIP TO MARCH 10. The Cunard steamship Australasian, which lett Liver- pool at oleven A. M. on the 9th and Queenstown on the 10th of March, arrived at this port yesterday morning, after having been detained off Sandy Hook for thirty-six hours by the storm, The Australasian brings details of our cable despatches to her day of sailing. ‘The subscriptions to the mew Austrian bonds are very numerous in Paris, Telegrams received from the other cities of France where the bonde are issued announce ‘an equally large demand for them. , ‘The Paris Patrie gives a denial to rumors that a con- contration of Russian troops has taken place in the di- rection of the Turkish frontier. ‘The Minister for Foreign Affairs in Madrid has ad- dressed a eireularto the Spanish representatives abrood complaining of the catummious attacks of foreign jour- pals upon Spanish institutions, The Minister says that Spain is too goble to reply such attacks, and will not give importance to their authors by prosecuting them before the courts of law. Rassia has declined to adhere to an international mon- etary treaty The Austrian government has declared that it will take the subject into consideration. ‘The Eimperor of Austria has sanctioned the proposal for a second naval expedition to the East for scientific purposes, It is stated by the New Free Press of Vienna that a telegraphic convention has been concluded between Austria and Italy, and that the ratifications have almady been exchanged between the two countries, The North American Confederation bill wae rad a third time and passed in the British House of Commons on the Sth inst. THE FENIAN WAR. SPBCIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Thirty Thousand Men in Arms—Positied of the Insurgents ped je Moustains—Visit jo a ¥ at Glance at Doss, March 9, 167. The Fenian insurgents have now been four dajs in open rebellion. The whole force of the govern has been exerted to crush them, but has not pet in doing 00, Oa the contrary, tue flame of insurrection bas spread with great rapidity. Th is estimated that altogether some thirty thousand men are up throughout the proviaces of Leinster and the large towns—Dublig, Cork, Limerick, Water. ford and Tipporary—have sent out thousands of adhe- g competent leaders they have stood Gre with coolness and bravery. Inthe county Dublin, according to thetr own report, a dozen constabulary not only put to fight some hua- dred Fenians, but captured fifty-six and held them prie- oners till réinforced by military. At the sight of an office: with two men, a company of fifty Feniane fod with wildest haste, casting away their arms and leaving a ‘wagon load of ammunition om the roadside. In contrast to this.is the fact that on the Iine of march from Tallaght Hills to the mountains five police stations were captared and three parties of police made prisoners. In the South the encounters have been very severe, and although the Fenians in all cases were at a diead- vantage they succeeded very frequently in capturing the place assailed. ‘The Fenian ‘ranks are supplied altogether from the lower and middle classes. None of the upper or wealthy middle classes are among them. Men of position and property still keep aloof. Among the latter mght be found many who have as bitter feelings of hatred towards the “powers that be’’ as the avowed Fenians, "bat they do not approve of the means by Which the latter seek to remedy the evils they admit do exist. Fenianism has been long regarded by the upper classes a8 a noxious weed struggling for a develop- ment, which would poison the whole social system of the country. A feeling of surprise is now felt that such is not the result, No victims have been torn from thee families or murdored in cold blood. No outrages com- mitted on unprotected households; none of the evil re- sults which were predicted to follow the first rising have yet appeared. The general conduct of the Fenians since their uprising has done much to promote a reaction ia their favor among many who loudly denounced them before. The use made by the leaders of their power over the rank and file demonstrates an earnestness of purpose for which they did not get credit, Beyond the fact that they are generally Irish-Americans, little is known of the leaders. The men were kept in ignorance til all met at the place of rendesvous. After the despatch of my test communication de- cided to af once avail myself of permission to pass the oatposta, obtained with difficulty from the authorities, and started immediately for a more leisurely inspection and the Fenlan ferces. Tne selection of ht ae suit, and 0¢ Woalkuowtedye et the. part of til or- ganizers of the movement. The village (as will be seen from my sketch) is situated at the junction of several roads from Dublio, by which the Fenian forces were able to reach the rendezvous almost unobserved, It also is the central point of a plain at the foot of the range of mountains which separates the counties of Dublin and Wicklow, and commands various passes leading te the interior of the mountainous district, From Saggart HH] on the west, the lofty summits Knockanaven, Slieve- bawnoge, Tibradden, Kitmashogue, Three Rook Moun- tain, and others, form a chain stretching to the sea at Bray. The only available roads to the intricate system of glens and valleys which they bound, being thosé from: Tallaght to Brittas, Tallaght to Kilakee and Dublio, through Glencullen and the defile of the Scalp—these routes all culminating in one point, situated in the beart of the mountains, Glencree or Lough Bray.” From thence, united in one, under the name of the Military Road, they traverse the wildest parts of the country, ‘and opening a direct communication with the county Wexford, famed as the ancient hotbed of disaffection, and the scene of the battles of Vinegar Hill and Gorey tn the year 1798, My route intowhat may now be called the Fenian district lay through the town of Rathfara- ham, thence by the main road passing Killakee House and past the Featherbed Mountain. I will not dwell om the precautions of the police and military to prevent the descent of the ‘ rebels’ into the Low Country, orthe reception by them of any aid or comfort from sympba- thizers in the city. Suffice that I succeeded in escaping or lulling their vigilance, and soon found myseif beyond their outposte, At that time there was not any attempt made by the British forces to penetrate the mountains; they contented themselves by drawing a strong cordon round the various passes, and leaving the Fenians to the mercy of the weather, which has turned most unusually severe. Snow, rain and biting east winds made encamp- ment on a mountain anything but agreeable, especiatly as these have not the caves and forests of the Kerry Reeks, which gave shelter to the tirst bodies who rose in arms. Severe indeed must it have been for those forced to bear all the rigors aod inclemency of the storm with- out sheiter, and only such an imperfect commissariat ag they improvised on the necessity of the moment. ‘Unpleasant asthe weather was, and putting out of mind the circumstances of the case, the drive along the undulating summit of the mountain was extremely pic- turesque. On the one side lofty peaks of Slievebawnoge reared themselves defiantly against the storm, ite rugged sides torn by torrents dashing from rock to rock into the black glen hundreds of feet below to swell the waters of the Dodder; om the other side of the path Tibradden, with bis cloven crown, bare, desolate and inhospitable, seemed to warn visitors away from his locality; while around and beneath bog, bog, black as ink, seemed to shadow forth gloomy prospects for the traveller. For miles all seemed deserted aud uninbabited. Cabins of peasantry there were none; life and living things seomed fled. At length a few hate, built in a. sheltered declivity of the mountain, spoke of human occupetion, My @ar driver, selected for his intimate kpowledge of the country, and whose Fenian proclivi- ties I more than strongly suspected, told me the cabin belonged to turf-cutters, but that we might expect them now to have some visitors, Such seemed to:be the case; about a dozen men were lousging round the door as we drove up, and regarded me with scrutinizing, and yet not altogether unwelcome glances as we entered what seemea to be the principe! cabin. The lady of the house, who usually vende alittle of the Irish cordial, yelept ‘mountain dew," seemed in an unusually brisk state, and in fact it needed uo ghost to-tell me this wae a Fenian outpost. The commander of the party, or at least the one who took the initiative, asked me a tew questions as to my business, and in the meantime the others fraternized with my car driver, After some conversation I was told Lwas at liberty to proceed, but should be accompanied by one of the party. O€ course I asquiesced, and there~ fore had the honor of accommodating one of the brother- hood on my car, As might be expected, he was very uncommanicative, bat appeared ix excellent spirits and sanguine, On reaching a part of the road where the giant form of Kippure mountain towers grandly above the calm but inky waters of Lough Bray, and where the road hangs, aa it were, between earth and heaven; abowe, the mountain; below, a steep and sheer descent into.the vale of Gloncree, there first Became visible the signs of a body of men, As wo bad driven along f had seon eroall parties of twos and threes, but bere @ fogular encampment seemed to have been formed. ‘The formation of the ground was such that no ides could be formed of tho umber of men in occupation, but there appeared a quantity, and ail I saw apparently in ood spirits, notwithstanding the severity of tse weather, I was detained by an outpost antil my escort spoke to the commander, who soon appeared. He wasn tan of about twenty-five years of age, talland of gon. tlemanly deportment, He wore an entire sult of @ark tweed, with a cap of green cloth and barp in front, ‘When informed of my errand he politely but firmly de- clined to allow any inspection of his position or force, etables and confiscating arms, ammunition and stores. ‘Int other cases they sustained defeat, and were forced to retiev, leaving numbers of wounded and dying to the mercy of the foe, ‘The mest extravagant reports are forwarded to the au- thorities by the police constabtes who have succeeded te ‘bod recommended my immediate returp, a plece of advice