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NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1867,—TRIRLE SHEBT. QU rétaro—Castillo, Marquez, Miramon, Mejia, Mendez, ‘and the exponent of their ideas, Maximiliam, The letter M makes much music in this military masquerade of Mexico. the most friendly seatiments per- : Majesty, whos beneficent intentions mined to follow in case these men are captured, Reported ccancah of reread and whom fe 1 “ing to #8 in Mie frat think their only hope for life is to cut their way ‘aoe Occupation of San Potosi pee er 8 peeve soneatohie. en | the liberal lines and escape from the country, ap- Se eee tht'n | Pear to be quite well aware of this fact thempaelves, and by the Imperialists. will doubtless make desperate efforts at resistance or case he (Santa Anna) 9 ,ould proceed in this outererien should ‘,rovide for his reception at ‘era endeavor to open negotiations with this party for con- ARENT aun ante ve the Riot of the imperial ay ditional surrender. The liberal go cond ‘the outlines of this extra- | ever, them terms but the umconditional ones Galvez Compels Diaz to Abandon the Th wus seoelves. oh the capital es ‘early | aivecdsovobes of iu my previous lotec, mse Maximilian has adopted is of course un- | Its not thought by the government thas the impe known, but romor bas it that he considers the offer as | rialists can hold out more than eight days They may having been made too late; bat that, nevertheless, it we shall 800, emise-ane= should not be Tm) in this city, Cicioian'ta » eight procteageans fh now give yoo tn full, although it 18 somewhas old in however iruch they may despise ta Anna, consider that at this ‘crisis no acquisition of strength, however aon, eae date, Itappears in the official journal of this city, La Siege of Puebla. THE FIERALS ABANDON TAMPICO. be that the moral effect of &n, &. &e. and no imconsiderable ' ‘worth secur. | Sombra de Zaragoza, and is valuable principally from the : ro ee i. Faget Mh Siena pad ies remarks which accompany it, and which I am)quite cer- ‘nowD man, wl ‘The steamer Alabama, Capiam Deaken, from Vera | been a total kere of on ts and a habitual | ‘mare from the pen of Lerdo de Tejada, the able Sec- breesh of faith wherever his own private interests could | retary of Foreign Affairs of the Juarez government, —— ane unr fe wig ais veteran | From these remarks, which I translate in part, the might, there: even under happier circumstances i than now attend the imperial cailee result ‘as unforta. | United States may shape their policy :— nately for tbe eupire as the iatal horse did for the Tro- Jans of old. Crag on the 22d, via Havana on the 29th inet, arrived ‘as this port yesterday. ‘We are indebted to purser Austen for bis wonted and prompt attention to our despatches and dies, SPECIAL CORRESPONDERCE OF THE HERALO. Havana, March 29, 1867. ‘The Havana offices have again been deprived of their Yeguiar files of newspapers, both from Vera Cruz and vhe Capital. All they have received are papers and cor- reapondence of back dates, which have evidently been @ztained at the. Vera Cruz Post Office, aa they could have ‘come by previous steamers, ‘The news obtained from passengers 18 to the follow- ing effect— “Vera‘Cruz is besieged by the liberals, who made |it- Ue progress for want of heavy artillery. The town is defended by sixteen hundred imperialists and fifty.six pieces of artillery. The rebels threatening Vera Cruz are thirty-six hundred men, waiting the arrival of six heavy pieces ¢f ordnance to compel the town to surren- ae. " Maximilian had ten thousand men in Querétaro, but Jacks money and provisions, and is deprived o! all kind of resources, and continues besieged by Escobedo and Corona, who reckon on a force of twenty to iwenty-lve ‘thousand men. ‘The press is completely muzzted, so that the smail ‘wheet which is published there is little better than wrapping paper. The walls of Vera Cruz area sem)-Sebastopol; they are all strongly fortified. In obedience to superior ordersthe city of Vera Cruz, and municipality was formally deciared to be iv a state ef siege on the 16th instant, according to the following decree of General Perez Gomez, the brigade and military commandant-— ‘The following items are from Imperialist sources, which seldom lack us:— ‘The command of a}! the liberal forces in the Mexican ‘valley has been assumed, it is said, by General Velez, ‘not excepting those which were under the orders of Riva Palacio. Acourier of the English-packet was badly treated en his appearance at Rincopada, and compelled to return to Jalapa by order of Milan, He bad no alternativebut to Corrs, TO THE TROOPS OF Hi® COMMAND :— ‘There is no doubt that Santa Anna could rally around ee a rece ah od Res the pan ma oh s party in Mexico, An} minent man | country is y a savage enemy from, whose a ee violence, rapiue and their ferocious instincts the inkab- itants flee en mast, This enemy has the pational treacherous hands might have proved a thorn in the side | territory to the Yaukees, for they traffic in the oonor of of Junrez, But Santa Anna has been associated with the | families im ‘the independence of bistory of Mexico for near haif a century, Hehas béen | Their principal, corsphei, such as repeatedly at the head of Mexican affairs a3 President, | late the capitulations which are ratified. under Generalissiino and Dictator. He has fought in more than | the guaranty of honor, conscience and public opin~ iifty. pitched battles, and although contempuble | iow. The troops of General Chacon have just becn made in- character, personally carries with him a | victims ip Ralinen of a. perndy Soalceannenibes cain qual- certain prestige as the uncompromising opponent | ified. Juarez and his little Cabinot shoot hundreds of of the American invasion in 1846-7, and the | our comrades and assassinate in Tenetates one of your constant. defender ot Mexican independence. ‘o- | generals, who, from the single fact of bis beine wound. gether with mach humbug on‘these subjects theyem- | ed, would bave heon respected even by tho. Carib tribes. brace certain points which can always be made useful | The barbarism of these heartless mep, who call them- ina turbulent country hke this, As one of the ancient | Selves upholders of liberty—a ‘barbarism which has school of “ Mexican patriots,” Santa Apna is a powar wouniled .my, tenderest. and most. natural -foclings— ‘capable of worrying. any party against whom he turns, | causes the contest which we susiain for honor and s0- and Is certainly worth propitiating. . It is from this point | ciety to degencrate into a merciless war. which carries of view that this correspondence assames importance; | our State troubles to an extremity highly deplorable, and if the ancient Goneral is observed to.be particularly: | Be it s0, since thus they have determined. * | active jn New. York. you may. infer that he means.em- | - Soldiers, our enemy has thrown down a gauntlet which pire. The prospects are, however, that no umber of | means fight to the death; let us do our cowardly enemy Santa Annas can save the imperial fabric, which has had | even the honor of takiog it up; but at the same time not only the liberals sapping its foundations but bas en- | keep in car the last and distant echoes of the voice of countered positive hostility im the Frenck themselves | our unfortunate General Osolto, who exclaimed in 185+, from the moment Napoleon decided to abandon the in- | ‘Woe to the vanquished!” tervention, Long live the Emperor! Iam informed that several well knowe generals and | Army! civil authorities have been in secret correspondence with Santa Anna, and that the late Archbishop of Mexico, who lately passed through hero en route for Havana, was one of its most ardent adherents and constant correspond- ents; and that mdependent of what aid he might bring from the United =tates, Ne oan depend upon several thou- sand men along the coast of Tamaulipas and Vera Craz, and that nearly the whole Huasteca is well disposed vo- wards him, the repablic cannot be regarded as the end of political turmoi! and violence in Mexico. ‘The HxRaLb's. predic. tion last winter of a perpetual condition of Kilkenny cats until only one solitary Mexican remained, who, from the ‘of Orizaba would survey with curious satisfaction bis “pacified? country, is not so improbable as might be imagined; and Sante Anna, with bis,wealth, ambition and historical prestige, might cut as wide @ swarth as any of bis competitors. ing himself’ Long live the Mexican MIGUEL MIRAMON General-in-Chief of the First. Army Hravqvanrens iN QuEReTaRo, Feb. 22, 1867, The following are extracts from the significant re- marks believed to come from the souree above men- tioned :— For the honor of Mexico and for the glorious satisfac- tion of the repablican government we should place on we call upon all joarnalists whom our productions may reach to repeat it for the dignity of the nation), that neither the supreme authorities of the republic nor the liberal chiefs, nor any portion of the population what- ever of the country have contracted the sightest obliga- tion or compromise with the government or the people of the Unitéd States; so that at the conclusion of the French intervention and, with it, of the force of tho so- By what I can learn | called empire, the Mexican nation preserves the intog- here from a resident of Jalepa, where Santa Auna’s | rity of its territory and owes to the United States mo estates are ai¢uated, it is more than le that ‘the | other debt than that of gratitude for the sympathy ly. eighbor' they could not refuse for their own interest. old cbi will make some kind of a move during the app! summer in favor of the empire, in case it should Moreover, nothi has been obtained from them except iman and imate way; not a single pi to sustain itself; or in the event of the legtth musket or car:ridge that has'net been purchased with xcoasive final downfall of Maximilian, then in his own bebalf, under the deliet that he isdestined once more 'to-direct the destinies of Mexico, surrender the correspondence of which ne was the re more or leas dificulty, and at, pertaps, ¢: ‘Prices, | Progress of tke Wardn the Intertor—Mux and | + © © This affords us an rtunity to make'in the bearer. The selzuro is attributed tothe newote was'| “Kis Army Seill at Quoretare-The ‘Troops | name of thegoverament this important dec that laration, Clamerous 4or Pay—Escobede Fortifying in | n0 obligation, either great or small, has beea contracted Groce of GuerotereCaneun ceteiaisordiin | ‘he’ repubitc. of ‘Mexigo ‘with that of te ‘United Him-and ‘te i sk City and’ Puebla sill Besieged—The'Liberals Held Part Pacbla—Pregress uf ‘the Siege | Joaquim ‘Miramon, to whom Miramon refers in his supposed to carry with him being adverse to the Jvareziste, and probably including that of Exscobvedo’s The fow details obtained about the latter were that he had taken up a position in Celaya, where -he was at- tacked by the forces of Mejia and completely -routed. ‘This, it appoare, enabdled the imperialists ‘to reoccupy ‘San Duis Potosi. {It will be. observed-by the reader that our “Vera Cruz Jetter of the Zist ult. makes no mention of the-éefeat of Excobede, although i reports that Mejia had- attacked + and Forced back Corona, who was endeavoriag to form a jonction with Eecobeda. Ag our Havana correspon- dent received Vera Orez intelligence ef only one day later the news should be received with eaation.—Ep. Henao} ‘The city of Tampico is said to have been .abandoned by the liberals, sho received peremptory orders to march immediately for the interior aad entrust the keeping of the tewn-to the police force. Don José M. Mate; who styles himself “Governor and chief of the forces of State,” has imposed another reunded—War Vessels and Weinforcements for the "huperialiste, dc. above one hundred, after the late combat at San Jacinto, Vena Cxvs, March 21, 1867. | the defensive remarks ren thus:— as we area besieged’ people amd even ‘begin to be in doubt about our daily bread. - Notwithstanding all thie, 1 may ttate- more than.a rumor that Maximilian is still tion. His army is stated to be clamorous for pay, and vigorous efforts have been mate to obtain it for them. Escobedo is reperted wo be collecting ns troops about te joimhim, was attacked by General Mejia, who went out from Querétaro for that purpose, and compelled him ‘to disvontinue his march. Mexico city-was invested by liberal troops, as also Puebla, Porfirld Diaz came down forced. loan tothe extent of $300,000, promising the | 4 sew nt ‘May not rermarks be turned to account mm ys ago ‘from Mbxice to Puebla to superintend ‘of ehe'Vers Oruiz Custom House in guarantee, | the sioge, The liberals had arrived within two blocks of | fnnt'abtme livers! sides and If they ve + of one per cent on all property and four per cent the Plaza, which was still neld’by the imperialists. The | cause them to be treated as the liberals for- ‘Caner Gave former sin old many ofthe foreon the ouaine | gevernaponed lethen,t me, outs, ousted force of five thousand to have ‘arrived with © | of inocity, as woll as a great .portion-of the city itself. | orthe ation of ee chy abd fr ‘suburban Village not finding en sttack convél. foam imonded, bed falien It was stated that the imperial forces had offered te pe, who-erail * peek a tator ante wale ‘that ef his forces to the | capitalate; but upon such conditions as the liberals could Le aa ay phabltes taate not accept. It was believed that the fimal and absolute | point the royal filrbusters, whose acta theou with his: forces in Orizaba, and ‘ez, had arrived letters from the latter cit Wma enero R02 ato | surrender would immediately 'be forced, although many a oe would soon ‘ween the capitai | of the people who have compromised "themselves with Jalapa Railroad can barely be recogu,. French train came throu railway since tho iat as8 | itch.” ¢ foreign countries without permission “of the govern- valtorg gt Sepa xe for better security. inves —~ ‘VERA CRUZ. meot, or = any ys ee ep owed veg 4 sum! vernment ¢ in Vera Croz ‘ war, or who ma’ sabj of august have boon taducea’ to voluntost, wating been duly | gfe siexe is fairly under way. Libera! forces under | 1563, referring to the above; and that of 20th Novem- organized into a company chosen their officers. The “menevidez have collectedén great numbers outside | ber, 1866, about the military duty of Mexican soldiers. authorities ba ‘onthe omaaion, and a good | f "¥°*-. 514 completely surround, it from the north- | Under date of 8a letter from Escobedo dea! of enthusiasm prevailed. orn to the so... fc ‘a that General Carvajal, with six hundred men, had a ‘Trevino is said to bave pronounced for Ortega, having | plainly to be sett COM From the housetops they aro | rived, and would be stationed to cover the Cuesta China or to- #0Ch.ithout a glass, and,as they have | near the city of ps ie5 | morrow I expect thousand men.” Qnerstaro; also that ~“to-night the eraval of Generel Canto, wi ” Light skir- shown no caunon, are iy f 1 week Weere on Heved to be awaiting thelr ar. — during the day ”~., their bur light varms and | firing: but with what result 1: borue’y, and musketry | misbing is the most we have ‘everything eee. ; “Id be difficult to know. ‘The onepely In charcoal and other commodities of oe feos was anane Ped ite is not allowed, ee en y the city authorities | Toe buildings of the Imperial, Mexican ‘Rail waco is attack: ot eae mientie oe le m0 fear forces seek Senfad: thems mast vender it-necessary for ea ve narunane sepaeatcey ahem. et tne autonomy of ihe Siate, "Corona Will tq acknow. | iNDPlY the clty were taken posseesion off two aya tince ledge toe pease of Gener Bervesieat tary supptied Uy the teow anda, The nee wale Cortina was at last dates in Beinoss. The foros which | "31/2 Supplied Oy th m-andoll, The new water works! Jef Matamoros ined the treops Nuevoteon, | have also ‘the only healthy water, waar Naranjo, wo teh were we boon ‘and -ite supply suspended. sree trons ientarsores and ouster made against ee oe ‘the old Laguna water, Cortina, bus the iesue teas Bot pot KOE. a other abominable diseases. pee teeny and the few remaining Peo or would diet it thoy could vasttze the ‘@hinness of SPECIAL consgsPonpence # TE HERALO. ele sows, Verotablen, end, ia wqunner of -Santa Aun Agale oa the War Pashto perce eee ‘Writeste | His Adhesion 4 buta few te the Impertal Propend Reception | ™P,- at: Vern Crus. Military Hevers_tie vp- weights pites for the | ef Gereraticstme— Several We” Known Generali ané Civil Autheritior 9 Correspondence wih Him, > &e., He Vans Cavs, March 19, 1997, for News <om the interior is almost entirely eut eff, xye | {ramen ronda stevens Vers Gras: and the capstal peng. Je, Tes gun. -ecospatian by the lideral foress, principally under ya larger - varie Diaz, who is closely besieging Puebla with five pt EO ae Paynes ee ee pe ep Ry ea es q away ‘aecendant, shat bat tor the imperial troops stationed in coridrig ibe Stpyead ber, re fou aa @hacity, andsthe fact that the castle of San Juan do does not ‘& speedy termization of the ‘Wiloa is gameoned by chem, Vera Cruz might at aay Ni ge ete ‘time declare against the fast waning empire. Tne castle, | Frech army, who in.paint of ‘qualities and de- of a Lady. Cr a however, commands the city. nation ste worth @ emall army the native troops. ’, , A., New York—The ‘ag wa Hor eome ties remors ave pyar And San Jeanie Oiloas nine the Acetsta Elica, | yeoUshien, G. H., Londes—Winter Twilight, The Reo- Menta Anna, to the effect ieftain, under and English Barracanta. The Fhlegiton (Frenct) the guise of assumed masterly inactivity, has been quiet- 2 (English) lie at Sacrificios, , raittilear, J. WW., New York—Geneasee Flats, A Swiss nizing a movement against the republic, intending <—meet Charch, ¥. F,, New York—Niagara, Reiny Season.i ceall Simla the apparent dissensions among the Aces, a Tactice—Max tobe | the Tropka a! ” Hberals:te create a diversion in Bis own favor, eapecially | (ign Anmtene dierent emeket— Miramon’s Grover Now xork—bandecape, jeninet the Liberal Government— New York—Mount Jefferson, N. H. along the gulf cou, Gradually these reports havetaken | 7 Late Shooting of Imperial Prison Dix, C. Pate fa.diferent shape and it is now cortaln that Santa Anna | 3} same Rale Applicable to Americans In | Elliott CL. Hen Vom none Toots A Symbol. Je again contemplating @ re-appearance on the war path, (Liberal Army, &c. i 8. New York—Mansfield Mountain, Vt ; Dut by 9 curiously tortuous approach. Within three San Loe Potosi, March 12,1667, | Home in the ; months letters were despatched ‘by certain parties in hh tion from the liberal army front of Quorétaro bmg a New New York to Maximitian’s minister at Mexico with the is Of p Btif inst. At What date the liberal fines wore | of ‘Val dra ex fnformation thet Santa Anna would, ander certain cit cumstances, be willing te give bis moral and materia! aid 4o the empire, and that some indications from the proper authority were required to chow that his accession wou id be acceptable. The facts ware made known to Marshal Ragaine, whoat-first gave it no attention, as the intor- mation was net considered reliable, while the assistance of the ex-dickator was regarded ae of no importance. Max- imilign, however, ecometo have authorized some officer of nis Rourehold to ascertain the facts, and to find out ‘whether any refiauce could be placed upon what bad been reparted. ‘A memoer of the imperial household passed through New York Jaat winter, and In an interview with Santa ‘Anna learned that he was prepared to furnish material ald to the imperial cause wader certain conditions, and she interview reantted in his sending an autograph letter to Masiimilien, This letter was im Minietar of Foreign Relations been directed to the p... ie 140 some of his intimate friends. ‘around the city, cutting off all ingress and the place. To { last Iinformed-you that Fecobedo had written to théresident that he had determined to take the city bah © tatty Or Oth jast. it now appears that after ; es Ga ae Ge ae are exhausted we may expect to eons, hearht the whole imperial cag aa wecsaedoeas Casskill. 18 pyr sarees rele mado ong ung t wou government individually. They have ad- vised) liberal commander ot to waste the lives of his min an attack where the fortunes of war may provelverse, aad the jineral cause be thrown back many)nths; that game fs sure, and that it is but the wiof afew to starvo the imperialists into a rr oran open feild fight, where the superiority of th@publican army can but crown the cause with suceedThur the matter stands; and from the tenor of ENoRAY a 3 American Bank Nete ‘Company, Now York— Engraving uu and Dano, Kacobe despatabiee vo the War Department thie with | and Prin the Emperor, with & | now bp new line of tactics. ‘Marshall, W, ., Newarby WN, J.—Rngrapings remmee Dieseee Y conanion of the coun. Sf Roadie es ATS cote oni Wann! of Lin. fall ‘ ‘meane of ional New sy, sd Seeking wet semper We on a Baipio, Hy Nap Yoru Longiring of ieee oud Hin Moxionn Jenderp ase now paged op ie One thing is-certain. The establishment of | record here, in a determined and solemn manner (and ; , [my aS 9 chase of the CUIBA. ‘SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE WERALB. Movements of the French Fleet-A Sham Fight— party will afterwards make a tour to the United and visit Saratoga. Asplendid sham fight took place yesterday oon ao wicks ot ino Principe Castle, to ied Gguoral jee and other distinguished visitors w 3 vited by the yy Goveral een The Prensa A long Mader on : thi cine mune American gold g rae vey by the mecting of merchants, will create a much greater revolution in money matters and fmancial affairs than the above question, and it seems to fear that a second Wall street will then be made of Havana We learn from Remedios that a judge of the of Guarabaya, named Don Joaquin R. Casanova, had been killed from motives of vengeance. He received no less than four shots, A new variety of coffee tree has been produced in Sam- tiago de Cuba, which renders two crops every year. A new machine for making paper cigarettes for the “Honradez” manufactory will be exhibited at the. Pang Fair, which luces three hundred cigarettes per minate, or eighteen thousand per hour, WEST INDIES, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. ‘The Revolution in Hayti-Commercial Matters in Porte Rico—Executions in St. Dominge, pons Haves, March 29, 1867, By the artival of the ‘steamship Barcelona, from St. ‘Thomae, I'am enabled to furnish the following items of news from the West Indian islands :— wayn, Tamm informed by passengers on board of the steamer Béreclona that the revolution which had taken place was of the most bloody kind. The loss on the part of the revolutionists was very heavy and the streets of Port-an-Prince were literally covered with the dead. This Is the fifth attempt to put down Geffrard’s govern- ment and at last succeeded so far as Geffrard is con- cerned. PORTO RICO. By the arrival of the Spanish steamer Barcelona from | St. Thomas, we have the following items of news:—The dates are to the 15th’ef March. The price of sugar at Mayaguez market had not changed and sales were made to cover the demanti for exportation. The Ponce market was dull. At St. John’s there had been some trangac- tions. A tot of 100 hhds, was sold at 4c. and another of 100 bhda, also at 430. ‘The Spanish men-of-war, screw frigate Gerona, fifty guns, and steamer Francisco de Asis, sixteen guns, were off St. Johns on the 12tb fust.. and were bound for La- the heaviest kind in use. The frigate Carmen was daily expected; but I am informed thet this vessel's time being up she is going home. ST. DOMMNGD. ‘The dates are to the 16th inet. by oh: with the negotiations 'to to be concluded with Hayti, has sailed for Jacmel the 16th ultimo Pedro Guillemo, Jose Mota wad SecundinoBelen Frgatemrecvarente Spe i Ko pF rng the garrison, composed of four hun and cavalry. ST. DOMINGO, Imeurrection at St. ‘Deminge-Attack the Palace—A 'Freneh Version. ‘Steamer Idaho Indegnitely Postpened, &o. the war, have, after maturedeliberation part of the, department, been restored to the rank they would have held had. they served faithfully. They are to receive all the advnotages which accrue in the way of position, pay’ and promotion, and thia, too, over officers who have served all their lives eans reprocke and can hardly forget ‘een overlooked. All the promotions which then took ously withd tlemen, pe Cs ale THE STEAMSHIP Line T/ CHINA. Mattinnger the Colorado andthe Brig Jennto for Hong Expected Race Between Them, &e. guayra, The Gerona has on beard some Parrott guns of ‘be schooner-of-war Capotillo, with the committee Causing Great ‘Dissatisfaction—Movements of Admiral Farragut—Affairs at the Breok- ‘lym Navy Yard—Sale of the Uaited States THE STATE CAPITAL. SPECIAL ‘THE WERALD. Atpayr, April 4, 1867. THE AVENUE C RAILROAD Dil! was reached im the Assembly this moroing, where |t ‘was promptly ordered toa third reading. Many of your readers who are interested concerning this road may like to know the details of its route, which is laid down in the bill as follows:—Commencing on avenue C at the northern extremity of the same, thence through and along avenue C to Third street, tenes th along Third street to Great Jones, ae ee ae = Jong Hireot, thence Tate ce Bireet to Amity strect, thence BR Amity street to Sixth avenue, thence through and along *1ii avenue to Carmine street, thence ‘and along Carmine street to Clarkson street, Sbrough and along Clarkson street to Washington thence through and Washington street to street, thence through street theme through and along Greenwich street to Barrow sti thence through and renee ee ‘West ban street, upon fest Fourth West Washington “ay theace through and along West Washington place to Macdongal streot, thence through and along M: street to Waverley thence through and way, thence through, upon and across Broadway to Astor placr; thence through and along Astor place to St. Mark’s place (or Fighth street), thence through and along St, Mark's place (or Eighth atreet) to First avenue, thence through and along’ First avenue to Seventh street, thence through and along Seventh street to ave. Bue C, thence through avenue C to Tentlestreet, thence through and along Tenth street to the Kast river. BRIDGING THE BART RIVER, The t for a bridge over the East river, between on the Brooklyn side and Chatham or Frank- lin square on the New York side, was also bronght up in the assembly to-day, where the bill was amended +0 as ive the completion of the structure to public use by the first of June, 1870, when it was ordered to a third reading. Dill passed the ate this morning. THE PNEUMATIC DESPATCH. The bill incorporating the company to work a pneumat- je despaten between New York and the ci' ier of Brooklyn and Jersey City, and between various points in the city of New York, was passed by the Senate, and {s now be- fore the Assembly. The Senate also passed the bill providing a Board of Commissioners of Public Onarities and Corrections for boa ae Brooklyn, similar to the institution in New ‘ork, TAR NIAGARA SHIP CANAL Aupany, April 4—11 P, 4 AN ACI POR THE SALE OF TRE PUBLIC MARKETS IN NEW YorK. Senator Thomas Murphy introduced a bill to-night to anthorize the sale of ali the public markets in, the city of New York, The preamble sets forth that, in the judg- ment of the people of the State of New York, the present public market system of the city of New York is incom- Todious and expensive, andthe public wccommodation would be greatly increased, and the anual taxes of that ‘city lessened, and tts funded debt reduced, if all such public markets were sold and the proceeds thereof ap. plied to the payment-of the city debt, and the business the said city. James Brown, Benjamin W. Bonmey and Isaac Sher- Fund; the new Board tobe known as the Commts- Brookly . Birkett, Wm. H. Boughton, Oliver Cotter, \¥m. ‘Mughes, Wim ’S. Irwin, Wen. La: monby, Jebo Phillipa, Dominick 1. Roche, Ludwig &. Seal, David Teese and Nathan Bur- ‘eatchester ins, Joseph.H. @. Wa. Barker, John B. Tomp- ki Biptue, Win. Lecktond and hdotsinne K. Couzens. ‘Rockland County—James 8. Haring, of and Horatio. P rall, ef Nyack. eens Cent ALvany, ‘April 4, 1867. RILLS-REPORTED, Amendreg the charter of Dunkirk. Incorporating the village of Warwick. ‘Amending the-charter of the village of ‘Waterloo. Amending the charters of the villagesof Oveida aad Pratisbure. For the improvement of Rosendale aven ronkers, Tho town of Jamaica School bill reid of Charities and Corrections Mr. HO. Monrny moved to strike out pty out the enacting Mr. O'DoxneLL moved to lay the bill on the table. To facilitate the constraction of the New York and Northern Railroad. I¢ authorizes the bonds the consent of the State for the construc - “Batecie. to leans made ihe Third Avenue Sa ty i Bank ot Now York. me ing the of the New York State Conven- tion of Uni iste, Amending the charter of the Syracuse Savings Snstitu- tion. I¢ limite individual Saat to 910,000 doponits tn and loans by tne tho village charter of Hornellsvitie. To change the route of Central avenue, Westchester county. Incorporating the Brooklyn Sold! Rome. Ky Song loss of fife on reload by re- quiring the use of aprons between the platforms of cars — trains, ol me bg neg chen ie MD matic om. r) = the highway commie Kings to borrow Daliding for Dumary $2,000 for erecting Peqe oonlinee foe three years the present rater of pilot- eK thor! man to act with the Commissioners of the City Sinking sionera for Sellingthe Public Markets in the City of biy—¥ Joba ane Sect tert a Ly 3 milig upon the total valuation of the property in the Progress was reported on the bill, when the Senaie took # recess. Evening Session. HILL ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Amending the charter of the Susquebanna Bridge Company, Amending the charters of the villages of Rewnen, lion, Oneida and Waterloo. ~ School bill, the Deaconess Institution of the Evan- gelical Latheran church. For the relief of the officers of Grace eburch, Har- lem. General appropriation. bill, Tulhoritiog Parry fospital, New York, to convey Certain lands, Amending the charter of the Blind Mechanics’ Arso- ciation. Incorporating the Sing Sing Dry Dook Company. BF the better regulation of pawnbrokere—a general Authorizing certain towns in the counties of Oneida, Madison and Chenango to issue railroad bonds. Appropriating Bh, GY ! completion of the o Ins dal State Institution for the Blin tanh Yorks thoes 5 wanties of Kin Exempting the counties Kite ean trae the operations Cs dint by ¥ _ State tie a wears: it Now York to reconsider their action in refunding certain taxes to bauks and in- tating of the Aa zing Supervisors in surance companies, Amending the port of New York Pllotage law by abro- gating the rules requiring the same pilot that brings in @ vessel to pilot hér out, Mr. Ezka Corweut iiftroduced a bilt providing that oat person connected with any telogianh company who i wilfully divulge the contents of any private communica~ ton intrusted to bim for transmission, or shall neglect or wilfully refuse to transmit tho samo, may, on convic- tion, be imprisoned in the county jail for a term nou more than three months or pay a fine of five hundred dollars, Any person conniving with an operator to ob- tain. knowledge of the conients.ot 7 despatch may punished by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprison - ment for three months. Mr. K. ConsmuL introtticed ® bill't ptmiah by a fine of $300 and imprisonment not less than three months soy person opening any sealed letter or telegraphic: message not addressed to-him, Mr. C. G. Consent introduced a bill to Construct a raile road in Forty-second and other streets. Adjourned, Assembly. Avoat, April 4, 1867. ‘The Speaker presented the forty-ninth annual report of the Trustees of the Now York Stat" Library; aleo the anoual report of the American Institute, The Senate amendments to the bill regalating the saiaries of the Capitol police force wore non-concurred in, and a committee of confereyce was asked for. * BILLS PASSED, ‘To incorporate the Buffalo Gymoagium. To authorize the Common Council of Rochester to make local assessments to repair freshot damages. ‘To incorporate the Buffalo Gymnasium, To authorize the Common Connell of Rochester to make local asgesaments to repair troshet damages. In relation to the erection of public urinals in New York. BILLA ADVANCED TO THIRD READING. To authorize the construction of a railroad in avenue C and other streets in New York. To incorporate the Now York and Brooklyn Bridge Company for the construction of a bridge over the Bvt river. Recess, Evening Session. ‘The House resumed the consideration of the bit! pro- of keeping markets taken from the corporation of | viding for the enlargement of the locks on the Eric, 0s- Its provisions are tm brief as follows:— wego aud Cayuga @@pals; and it was ordered to the third reading. Adjourned. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Autrarp |‘ Ocrracr.—A butcher named William Childges was arrested by officer McLaughlio, of Justice Buckley's court, yesterday, on the complaint of a girt his in of the vast loeberge in the: and the extensive glaciers of that destate locality. He also gave an interesting descrip- tion of the natives of the country tn question, of their antecedents, langnage, customs and manners; and in connection therewith related many amosing incidents ing during bis exptorations im that remote region. Ir Eigen in bis description of the country, the cance upon hich he conclnled Fd mgs, &c., was asasled by a large sized ‘traced oat ithe points referred to, od alluding to the progress ity among the natives, @ lecturer was fre~ Chi quent appa |, and at the close of hie discourse a vote @ thanks was tendered to him, The audience- hen dispersed. Soectet Me eee ee, perforan duty in alt the other districts ui ithe lthoolty wes sate — ‘eottled. This order, it is alleged, he failed to -At the last meet- Eastern District Fire Department, the case of Engine Company No. 12, re ecntly suspended, was taken up. After @ short discus- tion. of the city of Brooklyn, was held atthe Atheawum, corner of Clinton and Atlantic pF Ry yey JOT AB Pe lies, “Raymond Jenkins, polle opened A o’cloek and closed at nine, Rervmicay Proary Evsctions.— Agreeadle to publia notice previously given by the Union Republican Com- mittee of Kings county, the primary meetings wore held last evening, under the auspices of the ward ansociations, and the delegates named were chosen to elect candidates. to the Constitutional Convention :—First ward—Assem- biy—C, Ward, Jobn Fowler, A, W. Brewer, L. Lewie and M, ©. Earle; Senatoriai—J. B. Smith, B, A. Stud. well, John Cashow, ©. P. Clark and W. Ryer. Secon@ ward—enatorial—James Handley, R Bustin, George Williams, Al der Southron and Al Tiara Wird-caneembiy—-Coonco. W. Parwoose Charlee 2. Lowrey, A. D. Wheelock, Sanderson and Peter . ; Senatorial— Ai aM Van Cott, A. B. _— J.J, Stadwent 1. Hon Reson, P. Ww. Voorhies, Caner AS e. Gow; Seostorial—-B. Baldwin, J 3. Youth, Rowe, J. Pray and George “Van a ward— Assembiy-John Naylor, John C. ‘Webb, Wm. 0. Brown, Charles Phillips; —C. Macar- dle, Z. W. Bateher, ‘Jom Bs George Rawards, Woodnead, W. M. Van Liew and J and George tae coun of taoes Oe, se en Sewn Ore ton, Fh Power, Woks Ber W. Bans tod o> i ‘the Westchester Hydranlic Company. Gascoyne. een teaae | wade Rail INDIAN OUTRAGES. tread. ‘Authorizing the Southside Railroad on Long Istimd to bee fifty ponede rait, ec Esa at tan SSNPS con Creating a Department of Charities and Correction in tne Baked Any stock bas been left by the savages 10 work ihe nae, shirteen locks on the ne Indians milled the rong nan re ann x 1 en! Erle Gana? wan of Byrecene, Farms in Idaho Stripped of Stock—A Stage Driver Killed. of March 2 ‘nat Tad'on oolages te ioe river valleya are nuimeroas, ty had and tie pooengera "Te suber vameat Fising the commen school tax at ¢ng nde cversgy | wore