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of the session. It has been the gene- 4 impression that the streets of the city have in a wretched condition during the greater ‘partof, the winter but the Committee are in- i by Mayor Hoffman that no comole'iiig o* z meet ber een recetved by th authori- ties, and the commission att ae grey has audited and paid under the impression that iy rote bal ac never in a more ‘cleanly ana “ex- weptionable condition. It appears, how ever, that the Mayor did once in- form the contractor that the streets were not ‘decently passable ;” but that was evidently a mere jocular remark, and was probably so Wegarded by the contractor, who informed the Mayor that he had done as much as he could to keep the streets clean. On all other points ‘the testimony of the Mayor is gratifyingly non- jcommtittal. He would not say whether the ‘present contractor is a good one or not; he amust refer to the Corporation Counsel as to ‘how to proceed to annul the present contract ; fhe belived some people were satisfied and thers dissatisfied with the condition of Broad- ‘way; something, in his opinion, ought to be ‘done, but what that something may be he pro- i himself unable to decide, This first Way's labor ought to be enough to satisfy the Benatorial Committee that the best thing they jean do. is to leave the people of New York alone. Any reform they may undertake to ' in the affairs of the city will only lead m bad to worse. The result of the last lection proves that the people of New York love to be taxed and plundered on the grandest peale, and they should be allowed to indulge heir inclinations without outside interference. { The Failures in Our New Navy. } The Navy Department has recently made ublic the official reports of certain ‘test trials f the frigates Piscataqua apd Guerriere, two fa class of nine vessels which are to make a be of the American navy of the future. ‘Admiral Rowan reports that the Piscataqua, \S‘under favorable circumstances, with the wind fresh and about abeam, under her courses, topgallant sails and topmast studding sails, { _ twelve knots, the propeller making ‘thirty revolutions per minute under low ‘pteam.” Twelve knots an hour under full sail with a fresh breeze and thirty revolu- tions of the propeller are not a satisfac- ‘tory result from a ship which has cost quite as gmuch money as a large and more effective @rigate, like the Wabash, carrying twice as {many guns, quartering her crew with comfort ‘and carrying supplies for a long cruise. ‘Under the same circumstances the frigate ‘Colorado or Wabash would run off as many knots, and yet neither can make more than even knots under steam alone. The Piscata- qua has not been tried under steam alone, but the Guerriere, according to Admiral Davis, attained the speed of eleven knots while going gut of Rio Janeiro, while she made thirteen knots under steam and sail. The ships seem to sail tolerably well, but their steaming quali- fies are far from being what we have a right to expect, considering their im- mense cost and the sacrifices that were made in everything that relates to the efficiency of the vessels and the comfort of the crew, merely to secure speed. We have sacri- ficed almost everything for speed and we have failed to obtain it. The ships are not equal to the old fashioned auxiliary steam frigates of the French or English navy. In fact, they fall no far short of the high standard which the de- signers sought to attain in speed, battery power and general effectiveness, that we are fustified in placing them with the other failures ‘which the present administration has put afloat. {Mhe light draught monitors, the Wampanoag and now the Piscataqua classes of vessels, are pain- ful evidence of the fact that we are on the ‘wrong tack in building our navy. We have spent enough money to have created an efficient navy, but the results of trials recently show that we have lavished our money in vain. How long is this lamentable policy to prevail ? ‘We fear so long as the navy is in the hands of the present constructors and engine designers. ‘They cannot or will not return to principles in the construction of men-of-war which experi- ence has shown to be sound, and the only cor- rection we have is to adopt the proposed board of naval survey and take a new departure, with the lights of experience and common sense ‘to guide us in the future. We have had costly ‘wanderings from accepted rules and principles Jong enough; let us now return again to safe ‘and familiar paths, and all will be well with the navy. Danger of Fire in Theatres. At the pecformance of the ‘Grand Duchess” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday night the immense audience, which occupied every seat in the house, was thrown into mo- mentary but dangerous confusion by an alarm of fire, Presence of mind and prompt action onthe part of the manager and some of the audience prevented a panic and a rush which would have undoubtedly proved fatal. A sat- Asfactory explanation of the cause of the alarm was given, and the opera went off without any further interruption, This occurrence, how- ever frifling in itself, should serve as a warning do the public and direct the attention of the ‘Legislature to the highly dangerous condition of the greater number of our theatres. There are in New York and Brooklyn about twenty- five places of amusement, and, with the excep- tion of about six of the principal establish- ments, the means of egress for the audience are so limited that a very small proportion would make their escape in the event of fire, ‘Few of them have broad entrances, spacious passageways and the necessary stairways, and ‘the greater number have only one means of en- france and exit, The doors should also be shung in such a manner that they can be in- tantly taken off and removed when a real alarm of fire is given. No camp chair should ‘be permitted to encumber the aisles or passage- ‘ways, and a force of men should be kept in readiness during a performance to direct the audience in their exit. The experience of fires ‘in theatres shows one alarming fact—that in al- most every caso the roof has fallen within twenty minutes after the breaking out of the fire. How few of our theatres possess means of exit 46 allow the entire audience to escape within “ that space of time! This is a very serious question, and it should be thoroughly investi- gated by the Legislature. Thousands of peo- ple go night after night to the theatres and sit there unconactous of the danger in which they the precautions ia their power to prevent the occurrence of such disaster ; but it is impos- sible to foresee what the negligence of an em- | bigh'y combustible builtin” [2s maln ques- | tion for the public is to know that thev can ; jea¥e @ burning theatre before the root fails in, | | he semi-monthly, evidently ; and that is a question of extreme doubt at present in most of the theatres, eempemeerenor serrate. ART NOTES. eee The 'arge number of artists who belong to the Century Club always tnsures the success of the Art Exhibition, which ts a main attraction of 1‘ regular monthly meetings. Last Saturday evening ‘his ex- hibition was even more interesting than usv1al. Sculpture was represented by Launt Thompson atu’ E. J, Kuntze; by the former in a bust which is at once a portrait and a type of American beauty; by the latter in “ Puck on the War Path,” and medafion Portraits of Vaux the architect and Cranch the painter. At his studio, by-the-by, Kuntze is engaged upon “Merlin and Vivien,” a subject derived from Tennyson's “Idyls of the King,” that rich artistic storehouse. Painting was represented in new works by H. F. Gray, Thomas Hicks, L, Lang, J. G. Brown, G. H. Hall, J. W. Ehninger, J. L. Fitch, T. Le Clear, J. La Farge, E. L. Henry, W. H. Beard, W. J. Hays, S. R. Gifford, R. Swain Gifford, 8. Colman, J. F. Cropsey, C. P. Cranch, W. Bradford, A. C. Howland, J, McEntée, W. Whittredge, J, F. Kensett, Winslow Homer and Homer D. Martin. Some of these pic- tures will probably figure in the approaching annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design. There will be a sale this evening at Leeds’ Art Gal- leries, on Broadway, of the large collection of land- scapes by Mr. Charles A. Sommer, which has been on exhibition during the past week. A few land- scapes by Mrs. Sommer are included in the collec- tion, Mr. Sommer is peculiarly happy in the choice of his subjects, and his “Morning at the Catskill Clove,” “Cascade in the Adirondack Mountains," and many of his other pictures show how faithfully he has studied the peculiarities of American scenery. Sales, it seems, are to be the order of the day, after all the dulness in the picture trade during the past winter. Two of greater importance than have been announced for a long time will be those of pictures recently collected in Europe by Mr. J. P. Beaumont— whose artistic experience of more than thirty years has guided him in his choice— and by Mr. Knoedler. The collection of Mr. Knoedler, or the Goupil collection, will embrace pictures by Dubuffe, Meissonnier, E. Frére, Plassan, Beranger, Robie, the famous flower painter; Koeck-Koeck, Vautier, Achenbach, Comte Calix, De Johnge, Merle, Toulmouche, Fichel and other favorite foreign artists. These pictures will be on exhibition from the 13th to the 18th inst.— the day of sale. On the 18th inst. there will be a sale of works by American painters. The fine, large col- lection of Mr. Beaumont, which will be exhibited on the 2ist inst., probably at Leeds’ Art Gallery, em- braces works by eminent American, English, French, German and Belgian artists. ‘ The names of Church and Bierstadt figure on the catalogue, as well as those of Isabey, Guillemin, Fauvelet, Bouguereau, Lasalle, Robie, Andreas Achenbach, Willems, Verboeckhoven, Cobbett, Ziem, Diaz, Otto Erdman, Carl Becker, &c. Several of these works, as, for instance, Carl Becker's “Carnival of Venice,” are esteemed as the master- pieces of their respective artists. Mr. Avery’s fine collection of works of art at his gallery, on the corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue, has received since it was opened, a few weeks ago, a number of additions. Among these we note new works by Lambron, Bakalowicz, Lafou, Moulinet and Kraus; a Swiss landscape by Oalame, with the animals painted by Verboeckhoven; “A Lady Examining Pompeian Vases,’ a charming spe- cimen of Hamon; “The Cider Press,” by Seignac, the largest and finest of this artist’s productions; Bak- kerkoff's “Old Women Indulging in Tea and Scan- dal,” very droll, like all his old women; Brillonin’s “Disgusted Hunter,” amusing as well as capitally well painted; a grotesque conceit by Zamacois, one of the most promising of the new French school of artists of Spanish birth; “The Musician,” by Esco- sura, a pupil of Meissonier; ‘Travelling in Russia," by the Russian artist Severtchkow, wonderfully faith- ful to winter scenery and national characteristics in those northern latitudes; and several excellent and unusually large water color drawings. ‘An Italian, Girl,” by Tourny, for example; and others by Lokhorst, Camino and Tony Johannot, with sketch in pencil on wood, by Doré. We understand that Mr. Avery intends, as the accumulations of his Parisian trip disappear, to replace them by the works of American artists and thus resume his original fleld of operations. His present collection will remain without material change throughout the month of March. . The very successful fall and winter exhibition of the National Academy of Design will close to-mor- row (Wednesday). At Goupil’s, Shattuck’s oe of “The White Hills in October” continues to be a great attraction. Washington’s “Interior of Grace Church” is also much admired, with its skilful reproduction of archi- tectural effects and the solemnity of a baptism re- lieved by happy and pretty faces, gay dresses and “storied windows richly dight.”” Washington should give us “A Fashionable Wedding at Grace Church” as a pendant to this picture. Both pictures,.if chro- molithographed, would be popularized widely be- yond the circle’ of wealthy worshippers in one of the most picturesque churches in New York. Frank Buchser, at his studio at Lyric Hall, No, 723 Sixth avenue, where he ts “at home” to visitors every Saturday afternoon, is busily painting portraits of several notable Americans. One of these portraits represents a distinguished poet in just such a leafy retreat as he+ias himself depicted in verse. Amon, the pictures which are due to the bold, free pencil o1 Mr. Buchser are “Sunset on the Plains,” “A Noon in Virginia,” “A Trout Creek in Western Virginia,” “Blacklegs on the Potomac,’ and one which he has nearly completed, as a reminiscence of his traveis in Africa, “Crossing the Desert.” As soon as the favor- ite horses of our Vanderbilts and Bonners and Jeromes shed their long hair Mr, Buchser should set himself to immortalizing some of the equine celebri- ties in which even pedestrians in the Park take almost as much pride as thelr owners; for horse portraiture is a special accompilsiment of this most ‘versatile artist. Mr. Mercier and Mr. Hen as well as Mr. Buchser, intend to cnitivate particularly this comparatively new fleld for our American artis They will find aa fine es here as anywhere else in the world, and it will not be the fauit of Pietro, Bruzzesi and other ac- complished masters and professors of horsemanship if our dandies and our belles do_ not Jearn to ride 80 well as to be equally good models for the artist. Private letters have been received from Mr. Chureh, Who Is at present travelling in Syria, in com- pany with Mr. Gérome, the famous French artist. A superb album, containing photographic copies of all the great pictures of Gérome, 1s one of the latest and most valuable importations of Mr. Knoedler, It is said that the rich collection of pictures, statues, Greek, Roman and Egyptian vases, arms of the sixteenth century, &c., belonging to Prince Napo- leon, is to be sold at auction sometime this month at the Hotel Dronot. & ‘al paintings by Gérome, Meissonier’s “Napoleon I. in 1814," Morean’s “sphinx,” “A Portrait of Ingres,” ie himsesf, the splendid’ Breton, “The End of the Day,’ David's curious “Death of Marat” and other treasures of art will thus come under the hammer and be scattered among art lovers throughout the world. The Teachers’ Society of the Cooper Union School of Design was organized last week, and will, if meet- ing with proper support, become permanent. Dr. William Kimmer was elected president. The other officers were appointed from among the most pro- ficient and experienced pupils of the school. The soclety 1s composed only of those pupils whom Dr. Rimmer can recommend as being qualified to teach, The members will receive in addition to the reguiar lecture and instruction a course of spectal lectures and particular attention from Dr. Rimmer, who will te, every means in his power try to advance the in- térests of the society and render those composing it competent to ba instruction. The object of the society is to institute a more ad- vantageous system for Lae my | employment in teaching the ‘various branches of art, and letting those in want of teachers know where they may ob- = competent and reliable ones at the shortest notice, Dr. Rimmer’s method of teaching the study of the human figure anatomically is undoubtedly the only true one, and will he means of this society become better known, and by ita influence do away with copying—the now almost universal short cut to picture making. OBITUARY. Trenry Willes. Judge Willies, of the Supreme Court for the Seveuth district, died at his residence, in Penn Yan, on Friday last, He was elected to the bench in June, 1847, after the adoption of the third constitution and the elective aystem. Ie drew for the term of six years and has een re-clected twice since then. He has been — the bench of the Supreme Court for more than twenty years, except when sitting In the Court of Appeal. His reputation asa jurist was high. He was capable, honest and well versed in the sclence of law, and his Dey were soind and thoughtml, He was held the highost esteom 4a man and are placed, Of course the managers take all | @ citizen FROM : “— ""aRUD, [ALL PARTS OF THE we-- DISRAELI'S REFORMS FOR IRELAND. DESPATCHES FROM ABYSSINIA. The Trial of the Conspirators Against Juarez in Progress in Mexico City. Civil War Threatening in Sinaloa. ABYSSINIA. ; SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO: THE HERALD. Xeyort from the Eng! Frout—No Advance— King Theodorus More Tolerant and Friendly, - . QUEEN'S Hore, LONDON, March 9, 1868. The War Ofice Department has just received ad- ditionat despatches: from the Commander-in-Chief of the army in Abyssinia, which Sir Stafford Northcote will furnish to the journals of this city for publica- tion to-morrow morning. General Napier’s telegrams are no -tater tn date than the advices received a few days since from the special correspondent of the HERALD attached to the expedition, and which were duly forwarded to you by the cable. The military situation at the English front re- mained unchanged. It is said that King Theodore treats the captives more leniently, and that he begins to regard them in a more friendly spirit. Mr. Rassam, the captive oficial of the Queen, in- deed says that he thinks the King detains him merely until the English troops arrive at or near the royal headquarters, aud that he will then ve set free, THE PRESS TELEGSM. Non-Relinble English Writers. LONDON, March 9, 1868, The London Post says much of the news from Abyssinia sent through the telegraph by special correspondents has proved untrue, and all reports from such sources should be regarded with distrust, ITALY. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Admiral Farragut in Naples—A Naval Ban- quet. NaPies, March 9, 1868, Admiral Provana, of the royal Italian navy, has ¢x- tended a most cordial and friendly reception to Ad- miral Farragut, The Italian Admiral will entertain the American commander at a grand banquet, at which the chief officers of the army and navy serving tn this part of the kingdom, with the municipal officers and judicia authorities of Naples, will be present. MEXICO. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Warlike Aspect in Sinnloa—Minister Vallarta— Railroad to Tuxpan—The Mexican Press and the Herald—Arrest of Ochoa—The Expule ston of Dangerous Foreigners Advacated. Mexico Crry, Feb. 29, Via HAVANA, March 8, 1868, The news from Sinaloa was very warlike. The rival claimants were about to settle their dispute by battle. Sefor Ignacio Vallarta, the new Minister of Gober- nacion, had arrived at the capital from Guadalajara, Sefior Vallarta is a native of Jalisco, about thirty- seven years of age, and a man of great scholarly at- fainments, He ts one the ablest lawyers in Mexico. In 1856, when he was the youngest deputy in the Mexican Congress, he made one of the most remarkable speeches ever delivered in that body. It was characterized by its intense hostility to the Church, Sefior Vallarta is a man of the stamp of General Porfirio Diaz. He accompanied President Juarez in his flight to Passo del Norte, Congress refuses General Sanchez Ochoa permis- sion to take his seat, He was again arrested on the 20th and imprisoned. A railroad company to connect the capital with Tuxphan is said to have beon formed in New York with a capital of $25,000,000. They are to com mence work forthwith. No railroad bills have been passed recently, and nothing new las taken place with reference to the Mexico and Vera Cruz Railway since the vote by which the concession was suspended, It is generally hoped that Congress will finally conde- scend to allow its completion, as this is inrpera- tivé for the trade of the country. The press are busy with the opinions of American journals on Mexico, espectally those of the HERaLp, Sefor Romero finds many diMculties in his new position of Treasurer, Mr. Tift has been satisfied and has gone to New York. Ten of the Legion of Honor have gone to Cali- fornia. Puebla wants General Mendez for Governor. The immigration of other races is advocated. Mr. Anson Bangs at the capital was injured by the fall of his horse. General Porfirio Diaz has been the recipient of a great ovation at Oajaca. It is probable that the foreigners who had a hand in the late conspiracy to assassinate President Jus will be expelled, General Jimenez is marching on Acapulco to deal ‘@ last blow at the Alvarists, Banditti are extending their operations despite the energy of the authorities to put them down. Governor Rubi ts struggling to hold hia ground tn Sinaloa. THE PRESS TELEGRAM. Trial of the Would-be Assassins—The Sinaloa Revolt to be Put Down—Quiet in the Re- ublic. Ls HAVANA, March 8, 1808, ‘The mail steamer has arrived from Vera Cruz. ‘The trials of the persons alleged to have been en- gaged in the late conspiracy to overthrow the Juarez government are progressing. The plan of the Mext- cans was to assassinate the mombers of the Judrez Cabinet, overcome the regiment stationed at the palace, rob the Treasury and indulge in scenes of rapine and murder. ops have been despatched to quell the revolu- tion at Mazatlan, ‘The affairs of Messrs, Corliss & Co. agents for the Mexican loan, have t settled by Mr. Tift, He is @ steamer, and will sail for New next. Everything ts quiet in the Mexican republic. CUBA. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Arrival from Vera Cruz—Specto for Europe— Stormy Weather in the Gulf—Cuban Plan- tations on Fire—Lersundi at Trinidad— ‘Threatened Seizure of an American Ship by h War Vi i Spanish War Vessels svaxa, Mat h 0, 1868 ‘The British mati steamer Danube, Captain ,West, irrived here to-day from Vera Oras with dates from that port to the od inst, and from he New York satisfactorily assenger on the York on Tuesday the capital to February 29, She reports having expenditures, aa estimated by M. Mague, the Minis- had very tempestuous weather on her trip. ‘The Danube brings $200,000 in specie for Europe. ‘The plantations in the jurisdictton of Bema are on fire—Portillas, Rotondo and Encanto. Genera! Leraundi is at Trinidad, the recipient of great ovations. . ‘The Siglo stilt eo" The Sigto still 7 emmies to appear. rakes sk pajchwvar Africa, at Ot TA ciuns, wilt seize tho Amétiéan ship Alice Ball, even tf her papers show her to 42 head for New York. ""e DRESS aoe TELEGRAM, Freights—Sugar Market—Exctange Quotas tions. HAVANA, March 0, 1868, Freights to Northern ports—$1 75 per box, $9 50 per hhd. of sugar; $5 50 @ $5 874 per hhd. of mo- lasses, To Southern ports—$1 8755 per box of sugar, $7 50 per hhd..of sugar, $4 60 per hhd. of molasses. Sugar, 754 a 75; reals per arroba for Nos. 10 to 12 aad 834 a 9% for Nos, 15 to 20, Molasses, 5 reals per keg for muscovado and 7 for clayed. Bacon, 134c. per lb. Hams, 18c, per Ib. for salted and 2c. for sugar cured. Lard, 16c.a 17c. per lb. for tierces, and 173¢c. @ 18c. for Northern in 26 Ib. tins. Exchange on London, 814 a 83 per cent premium. Exchange on New York, long sig) ht, in currency, 32 per cent discount; short sight, per cent discount, ENGLAND. Disracli’s Reforms for Ireland-Sweeping Plan of Change—Ministerial Appointment. Lonpon, Marctr9, 1863. The London Post, in an editorial on the subject of Irish reform, says the plan wiftch will be pursued by the new government under Mr. Disraeli in regard to Ireland is a3 follows:— First—The consideration of the Church question will be put off until the commission on the’ Irish Church Establishment already appointed shall have made their report. Second—Another commission will be appointed to inquire into thg relations of tandlord and tenant in ir charter will be granted for a new Roman Catholic university. & Fourth—The Irish railways are to be subsidized by the government. Baron Gifford has been appointed! Vice Chancellor of England. Police Counivance With Crime and Murder— An American Dificulty. Lonpon, March 9, 1868. In the House of Commons this evening, tn reply to an inquiry from Mr. J, Harvey Lewis, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Home Secretary, stated that the po- lice had been previously informed of the plot for blowing up one of the walls of the Clerkenwell Prison, and effecting the release of the Fenian prisoners. Their informer, who was within the prison, was to give them notice when the con- spirators approached to light the fuse by throwing a white ball over the wall, whereupon the police were to seize the guilty parties. On-the night before the explosion a cask of powder was seen in the street, but as no attempt was made to blow up the wall that night the preconcerted signal was not given, the powder was allowed to remain and no arrests were made, The police supposed that the execution of the plot was postponed to the following evening, and were off their guard when the explosion took place unexpectedly during the day. Lord Stanley informed the House that an exhaust- ive investigation had been ordered in the case of the vessel Lizzie Line, seized in the Chesapeake. Fentans from Ireland for Trial, Lonpon, March 9, 1868. The Fenians who were recently on trial at Sligo, ond who were subsequently taken to Dublin, were brought to this city and imprisoned to-day, Their trial will take place at an early day. The Alabama Claims Debate. Lonpon, March 9, 1863, In the House of Commons Mr. Shaw Lefevre's speech on the Alabama. claims continued thus:—Mr. Adams, writing to Mr. Seward, July 12, 1866, speak- ing of his first interview with Lord Stanley, says:— “His lordship, welcoming me, remarked that he pre- sumed his sentiments toward the United States had been long well known to me. He had always fa- vored the cultivation of friendly relations with us, and it- had been a cause of regret that they should have been at all endangered during the late struggle by ill considered speeches made in Par- liament, (Hear and a laugh.) The apology thus given was certainly needed on behalf of some of the noble lord’s colleagues, and he could only wish, looking back at the four years of the war, tifat the noble lord had even occasionally used his great in- fluence by speaking out his own views to remedy the harm caused by such mischievous speeches, The Amorican claims, which had been dor- mant for more than ayear, were again re- newed in August, 1366, This time the question of recognition, instead of being treated asa collateral and apparently unimportant matter, now became the main subject of complaint, Mr. Seward's letter, on reopening the discussion, was mainly occupied with it, and he treated the question of the maintenance of our neutrality as one of a really subordinate nature. He said, August 27, 1866, without descending on this oceason so far as to insist, as we always have insisted, that there was a deficiency of energy in the maintenance of neutrality, you may remind Lord Stanley that, in the view which we have taken of the subject, the misconduct of the rs Was a direct-and legitimate part of belli- against which we have protested; and that the failure of her Majesty’s government to prevent and counteract the aggressions of British subjects y traceable to the same unfortunate noble lord, in a despatch to Sir F months afterwards, answere: met his argument strongly and deni ility for it, at the same time he ort arbitration upon the other questions had hitherto been in dispute, — Lord ley, writing to Sir KF. Bruce, on the other hand they are fully alive tothe incon- venience which arises from the existence of ted claims of this character between two po' and friendly governments. They would be glad to settle this question, if they could do go consistently with justice and national respect. With this view they Will not be disinclined to adopt the principie of arbitration, provided that a fitting arbitrator can be found, and that an agreement can be come to as to the points to which an arbifration shall apply. Mr. Seward accepted the proposal, Writ+ ing to Mr. Adams on the Lith of January, 1867, he said:—“If her Majesty's government, for reasons satisfactory to them, should prefer the remedy of arbitration, the United States would expect to refer the whole controversy, first as it is found in the correspondence which has taken place between the two governments, with such fur- ther evidence and argument as either side may de- ire, without imposing restrictions, conditions or imitation upon the umpire, and without waiving any principle or argument on either side, Lord Stanley, writing to Sir F. Bruce on the 1 of March, 1867, said, to such an extensive and unlimited reference Her Majesty's government cannot consent, for this reason, among others, that it would admit and indeed compel the submission to the arbitration of the very question which Lhave al- ready said they cannot agree to submit. The real mat- ter fi Issue between the two governments, when kept apart from collateral considerations, Is whether in the matters connected with the ves- sela ont of whose depredations the claims of American citizens have arisen the course pursued by the British government and by those who acted under its authority was such as would involve a moral responsibility on the part of the British government to make good either in whole or in part the losses of American citizens, The answer made by Mr. Seward to this despatch was unfortunately not given in full in the papers before the House, but it was printed at length in America, There was only a reference to it in the Idtter written by the noble lord to Sir F, Brace, 1t was dated the 12th of August, 1867. (At this point the transmission and reception of the report by the cable ceased.} IRELAND. “Seditions” Fenians Set Free—An Obduraie Orange Martyr. DUBLIN, March 9, 1868. Mesers. Fitzzerald, Doheny and Macarthy, arrested for seditious conduct, have been discharged from custody. ~ Mr. WV. Johnaon, the Orange Secretary, refuses to accept the offer of retease from his sentence of im- prisonment on the terms proposed by the Lord Lieuws tenant. wi Siseaieeteieaabemadaciane FRANCE. The Press Law Bill Passed—The Budget Exhibit, Paris, March 9—Evening. In the Corps Legisiatif to-day the debate on the pill for the regulation of the public press closed, and the bill, as from time to time amended, was passed with remarkable unanimity, the vote standing 242 affirmative to 1 negative, The Ministerial budget for the onsuing Oscal year ending in 1869 was laid before the Corps Legisiatl! to- day, The following are tho totals of receluts aud . ter of Finance:— os eine Receipts from ordinary sources...... Receipts from oxtraordinary wources . —— Total estimated receipts. . + 1,792,000,000 _—_—_———_ * 7 CALIFORNIA. ‘The British Ship Viseata Ashore Outside San Francisco Hurbor—Avalanche uear Six Chinamen Killed p~\4 Seven otives Injured. + ie 4 a 4 tears, 000, 000 | 3 Bepsnaiturgs extenordiss 1077000,00" gett BAW PEANOYSOO, Magen 8 sae : ~ Phe British tron ship Viseata, boesd u ss ‘we (cane os, gn —— with a full cargo of wheat, valued * ad ie z mts sssicens 1810000,000 | PINOT iat might Just OM" 6 gus ee wie OT ME | aft me argo was prea ee TURKEY, portion v. Houta ip the sated aad iis Tse Change of Cabinet and a Ministerial Crisis, Lonpon, March 9, 1868, There has been @ general change in the Turkish Cabinet, All the ministers bave resigned except the Grand Vizier, Mehmed Emir-All Pasha, and othere have been appointed to succeed them. CHINA. The Burlingame Misston—An Engtiss Secre- tary. = Lonpon, March 9, 1868. Mr. J. McLeary Brown left the British Legation im vessel has become ..... Possinie £2 Move her. Sho tus ... ~rant has just | A snow sildé Of nye Gr “1X miles in ea. Psd ccurred near the town of A MOUNtAIN Bras. * Sentral Pacific Rallroad. Six o.namen are ontue: "*¥e been killed. Seven locomow!e &2 known to iw = * Sy the catastrophe, gines were buriea ._ “4 INDIANA. . Double Murder Near Anderson—Twe Boys Killed in a Scufflle with a Desperados INDIANAPOLIS, March 9, 1868, A horrible double murder was. committed near Anderson, Ind., Saturday afternoon, The murderer, George Stotler, went to the house of an old man named Eisnagle and requested the ‘1oan of ade no Water as China and was accredited to act as Secretary Of Le | g porse to attend a foneral. Bemg refused, gation to Mr. Burlingame, oo bis mission for the Chinese government, with the full consent of the British Ambassador at Pekin, who endorsed his cre- dentials, NORTH CAROLINA. The Convention on the School Question— Validity of the President's Signature. Ra.eiag, March 9, 1868, The Reconstruction Convention to-day passed the article on education through its third reading, open- ing the doors of the university and the public schools without distinction of color to all, and compelling | mot intoxicated at the time of the the attendance of all children for sixteen months spon the publie schools when unable to be educated otherwise, An ordinance also passed its third reading tncor- porating the Northwestern Ratlroad Company, and authorizing it to build a railroad from High Point to the Virginia line via Salem, Mount Airy, &c. A committee was appointed to investigate the va- lidity of the constitution and ordinances signed by President Cowles, he being not a registered voter. SOUTH CAROLINA.. The Convention—An Ordinance to Prevent he swore vengeance nat the family, but went away. tome Aci’ darfug te even! he returned and commevced abnaing the family, was ordered to leave the house, Whiolt he refused to do. Mr. Eisnagle’s sons, aged respectively sixteom ‘and nine! undertook to eject him from. ne poe. when a scuffle ensued, during which Ce ® pocket knife and stabbed Wiliam four pene- trating the heart and killing him instantly. | He them caught Isaac and threw him on a bed and stabbed inthe heart, causing instant death, He next wentinto snother room, where the old igen _ a bed, and attem: si im, struck him with @ plece of wood aut broke the knife. He then left the house and fled to ney Gatarietaaty etagenenedaccr Be tag ouler @ desperate Cc! — if muraer, but had been drinking. — FRESHETS IN THE WEST. Rise la the Missouri and Kaw Rivore. Sr. Louis, March’'9, 1868. The late rainsyhave swollen the streams in Nortt Missouri, 80 that many bridges have been washed away. Considerable other damage was done. The Missouri river has risen three feet at St. Josept, in- dicating heavy rains along that stream morthwm rd. Heavy rains also have fallen in Kansas, and the Ka Ww and other rivers in that State are'mueh swollea 1. ‘There is no doubt that navigation will be general ¥ Backeliding Among the Radicals—Report of | ‘med to Northern ports in afew days. the Franchise Connmittee—Colored Nominees in the Field. CHARLESTON, March 9, 1868, The Convention to-dny adopted an ordinance com- pelling all who voted for the constitution to support the regular nominees of the party. The Convention refused to adopt the report of the Committee on Franchise, which provides that after 1875 every person coming of age shall be compelled to read and write. They agreed, however, that no pero now disqualified shall hold office and that ‘he Legislature shall not remove disability, A number of negroes have been nominated for office. There is much excitement tn the Convention over the candidates of both colors. GEORGIA The Convention—A New Qualification for Voters—General Grant and Foster Blodgett tho Nominees of the Convention—Compromise Proposed among the Conservatives. ATLANTA, March 9, 1968, The Convention to-day adopted, by a vote of 78 to 46, @ resolution requiring voters on the question of ratification to swear that they have attempted to dis- suade any one from voting on that subject. General Grant and Foster Blodgett were nomi- nated for President and Vice President of the United States, LU An anti-Builock convention will be held to-night. There is a Leas pp on the part of the moderate republicans and democrats to compromise on a con- servative man for Governor. The Radical Nominating Convention—Foster Blodgett Nobody. . Avausta, Ga., March 9, 1868, A despatch from Atlanta says the nominating Convention unanimously nominated General U. 8. Grant for President, but no person for Vice Preal- dent. Eighteen delegates were appointed to the Chicago Convention, Resolutions were unanimously tapas endorsing the action of Congress in impeach- ing President Johnson. MISSISSIPPI. General Gillem to Issue an Order for the En- forcement of the Convention Tax Ordi- nance—The Education Question. JACKSON, March 9, 1868, The Convention to-day adopted a resolution in- structing the secretary to inquire by telegraph of of General Gillem when the order enforcing the payment of the tax to meet the expenses of the Con- vention will be promulgated, An official reply says the order will be issued to-morrow. The report of the Committee on Public Education waa taken up and six sections were adopted. To the fifth section, which provides that a school shall be maintained in each school district at least four months in each year, amendments to compel attend- ance, to provide separate schools for whites and blacks, and to say “schools shall be maintained,’ instead of “a school,” were LOUISIANA. The Convention Elects a Bonrd of Registers and Adjourns Sine Die. New OnLRans, March 9, 1368, The Convention to-day elected a Board of Registers and then adjourned subject to the cali of a quorum of ita members, having been in session eighty-one days. An effort wag made to reconsider the resolution adopted Saturday, discontinuing the pay alter that day, bat it fail TENNESSEE. The Election—Four Colored 3 lected tn Memphis—Arrest of an Editor for Coatempt of Court, M 1118, Mareh 9, 1368, Among the officers elected on Saturday were four colored persons, Less than four hundred whites voted the radix cket. It ts said that a number of defeated candidates will contest the election of their °) Pfoun Mt. mpbell, local editor of the Anatancha, was committed to jail to-day by Judge Hunter for contempt of the court. afayette and Hardeman counties have gone demo- cratic. The town of Bolivar gave ouly one vote for the republicans. The Election in Williamson and Murfreess boro—Murder at Waverley. NASHVILLE, March 9, 1868, The proposition to subscribe stock to the Nashville and Pacific Railroad was defeated at the Saturday election. It was carried in Wilson county. The radical ticket {s reported defeated, In Williamson and Murfreesboro the radical ticket, including three od Brith was a few days ago by an u The wheat crop of Middl be very dine, Shot and killed near Wayerley, known party. Tennessee promises to THE NEW DOMINION. A Mother Charged with Poisoning ber Faml- ly—American Invoices, TORONTO, March 9, 1868, A woman named Mannion, residing in Ann street in this city, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of poisoning her family, consisting of her husband and three children. One of the children ts dead and the others are not expected to recover, The discount on American invoices for the ensuing week ts twenty-eight per cent. Appointment for Nova Scotia—Revtval of Ship- ding in Quebec—A Government Bonus Proposed for Shipbuilders, OTTAWA, March 9, 1863, ‘The Oficial Gazette announces the appointment of Colonel Franklin a8 administrator of the government of Nova Scotia during the absence of Lieutenant Governor Doyle, The revenue of the Dominton for February ts 782,042, bec have measures under L of shipbuilding, with rovide employment for the laboring popu- t is Hg mr to grant a bonus of $6 per ton to Sel cane at experimegtally the goustruc- Lugn of composite slips. Moving of Ice at Toledo, Okto. TOLEDO, March 9, 1868. The tce tn the Maumee river, opposite this city, commenced moving at two o'clock this afternoon: There is ag yet no unusual flood, the channel having” opened below the bridge. It is‘not probable any.we~ rious damage will result, EUROPEAN MARKETS. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, March 0—- 5 P. M.—Consols close at 934% for money and the: account. American securities close at the following nited States five-twenty bonds, 71; Erie: , 505g; IMinois Central, 8954. —FRANKFORT, March M.—United States flve-twenty bonds close at the old issue. Liverroot Corron MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March ‘he cotton market closed firm, Some cely so active. The quotations ouine the day have been quite fluctuating. The following, hows ever, are the closing prices of American descri tions:—Middling uplands on the spot, 105¢d. a 10)¢d.5.. middling uplands afloat, 104;d.; middling Orleans, 1o%d. The sales have fallen off considerably from the estimate made at the opening, and have footed up only 20,000 bales. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOR, March 9—5 P. M.—The market is quiet and um changed. Corn is active and higher at 438, per quare ter for new mixed Western. Wheat, 163. per cental for California white and 14s. 3d. for No. 2 red West ern. Barley, 5s. 6d. per bushel. Oats, 49. per bushel. Peas, 463. per 604 pounds. Flour, 378. 6d. per bbls. for Western canal, . LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVER March 9—5 P. M.—The market is quiet and st fe ‘The provision market is dull and ieee Beei, 1148 er Dbl. for extra prime mess. Pork, 778. per pbl. for Jastern prime mess. Lard, 588. 6d. per cwt, Cheese, 54s. per cwt. for the best grades of American, fine, Bacon, 42s. per cwt. for Cumberland cut. LIVERPOOL — PRODUCE MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, March 9—5 P. M. ar firm, The market 0} dull and steady, Suyar, 26s. 6d. per cwt. for No, 12 Dutch standard. Rosin, 73. 6d. per cwt. for come mon North Carolina, and 11s, for medium. Turpemy tine, 348, 6d. per cwt. Tallow, 438. 6d. per cwt, Whale oil, £36 per ton. Sperm oil, $110 per Linseed oil, £36 10s. per ton. Refined petroleum, le, 2d. per gallon, Linseed cakes, £10 103. per ton fog thin oblong for feeding. PerROLEUM MARKET.—ANTWERP, March 9,—Pe- elena firmer at 43 francs per bbl. for standaré white, 9-5. BP ‘16% for seat EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. LiverrooL, March 9.—The Great Western Steam. ship Company's steamer Manhattan, Captain Wil- liams, which left New York February 26, arrived at this port this morning. SovurHamMpron, March 9.—The steamship De he land, Captain Wessels, of the North German Lloyd’s, which left New York on the 27th ult., arrived at this port at about nine o’clock last evoning. After the transfer of the English passengers and malls the Deutschland proceeded to Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, March 9.—The steamship Pal Captain Watson, of the Cunard line, which left New York on the 26th ult,, arrived at this port at a late hour last evening. Hair Dressing.—Burnett’s Cocoaing ¢ gloss and ia superior to French pomades and olfc washes. A Perfe imparts a oils of ale A.—Selling Of, Our Entire Stock Must be Sol before May 1 to make room for very tmportant alterat! and extension in our building. The cheapost, largest beat ready made Clothing for men and boys to’ be found this city. 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