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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Murder of Foreigners and An- archy in Japan. Abyssinian Movements in Na- pier’s Rear. Progress of the Southern Elections. ABYSSINIA. ‘SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. General Napler’s Advance Nearing the Front ‘of Theodorus’ Camp—A Native Chief Breaks Faith With the English—He Operates in the Rear and Secks to Cut Of Napler’s Sup- im QUEEN’s HoTEL, Lonvon, April 23, 1868. ‘The special correspondent of the HERALD attached to the British army expedition in Abyssinia forwards ‘telegrams dated with the advance brigade under Major General Napier—the place is not named—on “the 24 of April. -He reports that the troops would move next day along the bank of the Bashilo river still*nearer in ‘front of King Theodorus’ camp. ie native chief ruling in the mountainous and dificult districts of Wojjerat through which the army has passed had broken the peace arrange- ment, or treaty, which he concluded with General ‘Napler when advancing. This chief, who is now in the rear of the English ‘army, refuses to permit the transit of army supplies from the base at Annesley Bay through his territory ; in fact, seeks to cut off the communication of the General with the shore. Aeneral Napier has resolved to punish him for his violation of faith on his return after dealing with Theodorus, “Abyssinian war news has been received in the city ‘to-day from other sources, but the advices are not so Aate as the last despatch of General Napier, dated at ‘Abdicom on the 1st instant, the contents of which ‘Were transmitted to the HERALD by cable telegram last Tuesday evening. (Mr. Pearce passed through the Wojjerat country during his journey from Antalo to Lake Ashangi in the year 1807, and also on his return to Antalo, In his diary he says:—“September 28, 1607, having crossed the narrow and mountainous district of Wojjerat, 1 arrived in cight hours at an exteusive and uncultivated plain inhabited by tribes of negroes called Doba, which are interspersed through all the regious of Africa.’) PRUSSIA. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Plan of Au Army Reduction With France. BERLIN, April 23, 1868, Rumors are very prevalent on the Bourse here to- day to the effect that the governments of France, Prussia und Austria have agreed to reduce the French, North German and Austrian armies by the granting of furloughs on an extensive scale in both countries. SPAIN. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Death of Narvaez, Duke of Valencia. Maprip, April 23, 1868, Genera! Narvaez, Duke of Valencia and Prime Min- ister of Spain, died in this city at eight o'clock this Morning, in che sixty-eighth year of his age. ENGLAND. Darcy McGee’s Memory—The Budget— Revenue Returns ai Expenditures—Cost of the Abyssinian War. Lonpow, April 23—Midnight. In the House of Lords to-night the Duke of Buck- ingham and the Earl of Carnarvon eulogized the late Mr. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, of Canada, who was struck down by the hand of an assassin. In the House of Commons Mr. Ward Hunt, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, submitted the annual budget. The revenue for the last fiscal year, which had been estimated at £70,000,000, yielded a total of £69,600,000, failing about one-third of a million below the estimate made by the government. The real in- crease of the revenue amounted to nearly £900,000, The expenditures of the last year, estimated at about £71,350,000, fall £50,000 short of that amount. The surplus of receipts over expenditures, during the coming fiwal year, is estimated by the Minister at £920,000, The cost of the Abyssinian war is estimated at £5,000,0 0, Of this amount a balance of £3,000,000 is to be met during the ensuing year, as follows:—First, by the addition of two pence to the rate of the in- come tax, which will realize nearly £2,000,000; sec- ond, by the issue of exchequer bills to the amount of £1,000,000; and third, by the application of the esti- mated surplus of £920,000. Thus the Minister esti- mates that he will have 700,000 or 800,000 pounds sterling more than he needs to meet the expense of the war. Mr. Gladstone made some brief remarks on the estimates submitted by the Ministry. He said he preferred the imposition of an income tax to any addition to the burdens on trade. He thought the cost of the Abyssinian war was underestimated. He censured the government for its increasing expendl- tures, which every effort should be made to reduce, Mr. Thomas Baring, member for Huntingdon, ‘urged an increase of the customs «tuties, Sir Stafford Northcote explained that the reduced estimate of the expenses of the Abyssinian war ‘was based upon and fully justified by the great re- duction in the transportation service. Mr. Ward Hunt defended the budget from the criticiams of Mr. Gladstone. The House which adopted the estimates last year was responsible for them. The outlays on forts and for the navy, which had been neglected by the liberals when in power, were necessary and could not be avoided. The sur- plus of other years was reduced this year by finan- Clal distreas, bad crops, and @ depressed state of trade—catives entirely beyond the control of the gov- ernment. He asked for the renewal of the actual ‘duty on tea, and moved that the Committee of the Whole report to the House on this sub ject on the 4th of May next. | The motion was agreed to. The House then adjourned. The Church Rates Abolition Bill. In the House of Lords the bili for the abolition of ‘Church rates, which passed the House of Commons before the Haster holidays, came up for conside- ration. * Lord Derby, who was able to be present, spoke against the pill, The Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London opposed the bill, but approved of its passage (0 a second reading. The speakers ail concurred in the opin@n that the present tendency of politics was towards the dis- establishment of the Church, A Motion Was made to refer the Hill to a gplegt | the Way te Liverpool NEW YORK "HERALD, . FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. committee, but, after along debate, thie motion was withdrawn and the bill was read @ second time. ‘The House then adjourned. Suit city last evening to consider the question of the Irish Church, Mr. John Bright, M. P., was called to the chalr and made a speech of unusual eloquence. Many other distinguished men addressed the meeting. Resolutions favoring the disendowment of all re- gious sects were adopted with enthusiasm. ——_ The Fenian Murder Trials—Close of the Prose- cution. Lonpon, April 23—Evening. At the trial of the Clerkenwell Fenians to-day the examination of the witnesses for the crown was con- tinued, John Davis testified that on the 13th of December he saw a man lighting the fuse attached to the cask under the prison wall, but was unable to identify the person. Warder Cape, of the Clerkenwell House of Deten- tion, was sworn, and said he found among some clean linen belonging to Burke, while a prisoner there, a small package containing a green colored mineral, which he gave to the keeper. Inspector Thompson again took the stand. Me testified that he arrested Burke on the 20th of No- vember; on searching him he found in one of his pockets a small vial of liquid, which he gave to Dr. Olding, but subsequenty returned it to Burke. Dr. Olding was then called to the witness box. He testified that he examined the liquid in the vial given him by Inspector Thompson, and found it to be chloride of gold; this chemical fluid, when used as “dnvisible ink” on ordinary writing paper, could be brought out by the application of copperas; the writing would then be perfectly plain; he swore that the mineral found among Burke's linen was copperas. The police officers who arrested Burke and Casey gave the iculars of their arrest, and the prison officials Rotided as to their conduct while in legal custody. AMr. Morris and Jane Keppel both swore that they had seen Barret and Burke at Mullaney’s house previous to Burke's arrest. After some additional but unimportant testimony the case for the Crown was closed. The jury will probably acquit the female prisoner, Ann Justice, on recommendation of the court. con- In the afternoon Mr. Sleigh, counsel for W. mond, opened the case for the defence, At the clusion of his speech the court adjourned. It is believed that the trial of Ann Justice will pro- ceed on other counts. The Bank Return. Lonpon, April 23—Evening. The regular weekly statement of the condition of the Bank of England is published this evening over the signatures of its oMfcers. The specie on hand is less by £184,000 than last week, IRELAND. The Prince and Princess of Wales at a Grand Ball, Dusuin, April 23, 1868, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales attended a grand ball given in their honor last night at the Exhibition Palace. ‘The building was magnificently decorated, and the floor and galleries were crowded with one of the most brilliant assemblages ever gathered together in this elty. General Anarchy—Murder of French Sailors from a War Vessel—Foreign Flags Hauled Down. Lonpon, April 23, 1868. Later despatches from Japan have been received here by way of Shanghae. The country was in a state of anarchy. The natives of Osaca had captured and cruelly butchered @ boat's crew of the French corvette Dupliex, and had compelled all the foreign agents with the exception of the English to haul down their flags. CANADA. The McGee Murder Trial—The Important Witness for the Prosecution—He Testifies to Having Scen Whalen Fire the Fatal Shot. Orrawa, Canada, April 23, 1868, Jean Baptiste La Croix, who says he saw the shot fired that killed D’Arcy McGee, has been subjected to a searching examination as to the facts, and his tes- timony remains unshaken in all the particulars, He has seen Whalen in jail and identifies him. LaCroix is an ignorant Frenchman, although he telis a straightforward and connecied story, At the time of the occurrence he concealed himself in a doorway, fearing that Whalen might discover him and shoot him. Since that thne he has been afraid to speak about the matter for fear of getting into trouble. VIRGINIA. Gevernor Pierpoint Prefers Charges Against General Schofield. RICHMOND, April 23, 1868, Ex-Governor Pierpoint yesterday preferred charges to General Grant against General Schofield, charging him with a aside the laws of Virginia and of Congress, for the purpose of enabling ex-Confed- erates who could not take the oath to occupy valua- ble offices in the State; and, further, that Schofield’s appointments have tended to discourage the Union cause in Virginia, MISSISSIPPI. The ConventionRemoval of Political Dis- abilities from Radical Candidates. JACKSON, April 23, 1868, The Convention passed the bill on general pro- visions on its third reading to-day, and it goes to the Committee on Arrangement. An ordinance was adopted removing the political disabilities of J. L. Morris and J. L. Wottoi ndi- dates on the radical State ticket, and E. A. Peyton, a radicai member of the Convention, EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonpon MONEY MARKET.—-LONDON, April 23—5 P, M.—Consols close at 9335 a 9334 for both money and account. American securities close at the following prices:—United States five-twenty bonds, 70 a 70%; & et Erie Railway shares, 46%; Mlinois ntrals, 93%. FRANKFORT BOURSE.—LONDON, April 23—5 P. M.— itches from Frankfort quote the market for Unit tates five-twenty bonds strong. Sales were made at 75% for the old issue, Paris Bourse.—LONDON, April 23—5 P, M.—Des- yo from Paris quote the Bourse quiet. Rentes, Liverroot, Corton MARKET.—LiveRPoor, April 23—6 P. M.—The market closed buoyant, with a still further advance established in prices of American descriptions, The sales have been fully pee bales, including the usually large proportion of American. ‘There has been an active speculative demand, and rices of cotton to arrive have materially advanced, Fie OMAN ex aaa; mictiing jands, to arr uplands, in 5 up! to arrive, py el VRE — —The cotton market closed active and firmer, a sharp Vg turn in prices. Tres ordinaire, on the spot, 161 francs per cwt. There has been a large business doing in cotton to arrive, and the last sales were made at 148 francs for tres ordinaire. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, \pril 23—5 P, M.—The market >! dull, Corn since last report, 388, 9d. Ay quarter for new Barley, oa bushel. Oata, 4s. 24. per bushel. tos Ibs, Flour, Sts. por vol. {oF 7 POOL PROVISIONS MARKET—LIvERPoo April 23—6 P, M.—The market He generaliy niet an steady. Lard, however, is still ive and advancing; oe were made bt 653, Pond for American. ill at 1228, 64. cwt. for extra prime mess. iyonteit ee peien teat © ne. on abe. per cwt. for Cumberland cut, Liverroot. Propuck MARKKT—LiveRpoot, April 22—5 P. M.—Rosin, 78. per cwt. for common Nath Carolina and 12s. for medium. Turpentine, 928. per cwl. Tallow, 468. 6d. per cwt. ined petroleum, 1s, 8d. Lg 8 pt Spirits petroleum 9d. gation. LONDON MARKETS.—LONDON, April 23—Evening.— Sugar = at 268, 6d. per cwt. for No. 12, Dutch Linseed oil, £56 per ton. Linseed cakes, £10 158, per ton for feeding. PETROLEUM MARKET.-ANTWERP, April 23.—Petro- jieum closed dali ‘4 all at 42%¢f. per bDi. for standard white. EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS, QUEENSTOWN, April 23.—The steamship Helvetia, Captain ae of the National line, which left New ork on the 11th tnst., arrived at this port today om .MEXICO. ‘SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Governer Ancena Suspends the Amnesty De- cree in Favor of a Free Election—Arrest of Voreiguore—Alatorre to Leave. | Havana, April 23, 1868. We have advices from Sisal to the 16th inst. Gov- ernor Ancona arrived at that port in the steamer Tabasco when the elections commenced. He sus- pended, as his first act, the dictatorial clauses of the amnesty as inconsistent with a free election. Nine foreigners had been imprisoned for complicity in late disturbances, Another revolution was immi- nent, General Alatorre was to leave the peninsula. ST. DOMINGO. SPECIAL, TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Imprisonments and ExilesmA Jew Banker Makes a Loan to Government—The United States Rumored to be Security—Anti-Baez eral Havana, April 23, 1868, General Baez was expected at the capitalon the 26th inst. Eighty imprisonments and innumerable exiles have been made. ‘The sale of Samand will fall of accomplishment. ‘The Jew Banker Jesurum, of Curagoa, has loaned to Baez’ government $600,000, guaranteed by the United States [?]. Colonel Fabens has been commis- sioned to go to Washington for that purpose. An anti-Baez revolution has broken out in the north under the lead of Generals Luperon and Pa- lanco. ST. THOMAS. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. A Spanish Steam Gunboat in Pursuit of an American Vessel Bound to Peru. Havana, April 23, 1868, ‘The American ship Alice Ball has satled for Peru. The Spanish steam gunboat has started in pursuit. The island is healthy and the political crisis is complete. The United States steamer Gettysburg was reported off the port. NORTH CAROLINA. Close of the Polle—Slight Indications of the Result—The Conservatives Confident. RALgieH, April 23, 1868. The polls were closed at six o'clock this evening. About 2,250 ballots were polled in this city, approxi- mating very nearly to the whole number of regis- tered voters. The count will require over twenty- four hours, there being over 100,000 names to count. Wake county is reported to have gone for the con- stitution by 500 majority. The following are reported majorities against the constitution:—In Mecklenburg, 500; in Cleveland, 1,000; Gaston, no figures; Rowan, a large majority; Nash, 300. There are no rumors as to the figures in other counties, Both parties claim a majority; but the conserva- tives are very confident of defeating the constitution and Governor Holden. The radicals here claim Forsythe, and Chatham counties by large majorities. servatives also claim Chatham, Partial returns from Cumberland indicate a de- cisive conservative majority. They are ahead at Fayetteville, and one precinct on Cape Fear river ives them 2 majority of 75, being a gain of 106 over last election. LATER. ‘The radical majority in this city is 862, being 135 over the registered vote. ‘The negrovs are very disorderly to-night, shouting, firing pistols on the streets and otherwise disturbing the peace. Both parties are confident as to the general result, and there has been considerable betting to-day. ‘Wayne county, oflicial, gives 213 majority for the constitution. Guilford, as far as heard from, 106 majority against the constitution. Davis gives 175 and Rowan 300 majority against the constitut © Soa WILMINGTON, April 23, 1868. ‘The election returns are not yet in sufficiently to indicate the general result, Halifax oe is estl- mated to give a radical majority of 1,000; tho regis- tered airs majority in that county is about 2,000, ‘The fo! a ee against the constitution large Goel Nie i, 300 majority by; Nasi mi Duplen, 500; Sampson, 400; Meck rg, 600; Rowan, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston und Union heavy majori- ties, and Lane equa with a registered negfo major- ity of about 1,600, will vote for the constitution by a reduced majority. Brunswick county is doubtful. It is reported that the vote of one precinct is about 300 against and 100 for the constitution. NEWBERN, April 23, 1968, The polls closed at six P.M. The total vote in Newbern and James City shows a republican majority of 1,750, In Broad Creek precinct nine blacks and ninety-four whites voted. Bay River the second day gave 87 majority. Carterer county has gone con- servative. Jones and Lenoir are doubtful. Kvery- thing passed off quietly. it is impossible to hear fully from the back counties for several days. GEORGIA. Close of the Election—The Conservatives in High Spirite—The Result Considered Doubt- fal—Riot in Augusta—Nobody Seriously Hurt. Savannau, April 23, 1868, ‘The conservatives are gaining to-day and are buoy- ant and enthusiastic, The election passed off quietly. The polls closed at six P.M. The majority of the city vote is considered to be conservative and of the county vote radical. The result is doubtful. The city vote to-day numbered 1,404, and the county vote 274. Total for the city and county for the four days, 7,464, Randolph ‘The con- ; Columbus, 350; Conumnus, April 23, 1868, The election has closed in good order. The total vote is 2,834. Over 200 white votes were excluded. ‘The democrats are in high spirits. Macon, April 23, 1868, Four thousana four hundred and ninety-nine votes were cast in this county. The result ia doubtful; the democrats ciaiin 200 majority. Houston county is claimed to be democratic by # small majority. Sumter is estimated to give a radical majority of 500, Twiggs has gone radical. Monroe gives 100 democratic majority. Pike, 300 democratic majority. The democrats have carried Lee by a siuall mejorty, Baker by 250 majority, Mitchell by 500 majority and Wiicox by 300 majority, Wilkinson gives a radical majority. ATLANTA, April 25, 1968, The election has passed off orderty throughout. Gordon and the democratic county ticket are ahead in Fulton county, The votes will not be counted until to-morrow. Avausra, April 23, 1868. The polis have closed. The vote to-day numbered 817, and the total for four days, 6,257. Bullock’s ma- jority for Governor is fully 1,000. The election close in arow between the whites and blacks, in which sev- eral were wounded, but not seriously. The excitement ‘was intense. Subsequently a negro knocked @ white lady down in the street, injuring ber severely. This added to the excitement, and fears are entertained of a general riot. Several shots were fired ata freed- man, but he escaped with a slight fesh wound. After the arrest of the negro the mili mej charged through the streets, dispersing the crowd. After quiet was restored it was ascertained that the n who aa- saulted the lady was suffering under a ilt of tempo- ons gp Vhen this became known quiet was red, LOUISIANA. The Election Returne—The Constitution Hatie fied and the Radical State Ticket Elected— The Democrats Successful in New Orleans. New ORLEANS, April 23, 1468, Complete returns show the majority in this parish against the constitution to be 208, One democratic and one republican Congressman are elected. Con- way, democrat, is chosen Mayor, with democratic majorities mm both branches of the City Council. tiention nearly 8,660 sheed ia'tweaty.thro parahon” a n near’ -tWO parishes. The Crescent concedes the ratifleation of the con- stitution and the consequent election of the radical State ticket by 7,000 to 10,000 majority, The Republican claims a majority of 25,000, “THE PLAINS. Work on the Pacific Rallroad=Dale Creck Bridge Completod. OMAHA, April 22, 1868, The Dale creek bridge, four miles west of the enm- mit and one hundred and twenty-five feot high, and the most important upon the line, was conzpleted yesterday, and twenty additional miles of track are laid, making 560 miles. The work is being pushed forward more rapidly than ever, Telegrams from Laramie state that no Indians had arrived there, and the indications are that the coun- cil will be deferred ten days longer. Generals Rousseau and bradley have arrived hee from Roctiand, Orecou, en route for Washington. incomplete returns:--Wilson, a INDIAN OUTRAGES. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Late news from Cheyenne, that on the night of the 8th instant the Sioux Indians ran off all the stock at the Big Springs station, on the Union Pacific Railroad. On the following night they awopt off all the stock at Ogallala, a station just east of Big Springs. During the forenoon of the 10th & party of redskins came boldly into Sidney, # military post and railroad station, and ran off a number of cattle. On the same day the same party cleaned out Louis’ Bane, et Laramie Crossing, seven miles east of Sidney. @ night previous they stole all the stock at Julesburg. On the 1ith another party paid Bie ete ang carried away seven horses. on 12th of this month they encountered two travellers who had been put off the Union Pacific Railroad cars near Antel th of whom they killed and searped. P° Stattom, both o THE PRESS TELEGRAM. Indian Outrago Near Fort McPherson—Four Mew Killed and Twe Wounded. Cuicago, April 23, 1868. A telegram from Fort McPherson says that a party of Indians, supposed to be a part of “Spotted Tail’s"” band or Cheyennes, made a dash upon a company of men cutting wood yesterday, killing four and wound- who Were brought in. The killed are James Brown, Gus Hall, George Kline and Joseph Vert. Hoffman was scaiped and badly wounded by an arrow. A boy named Tanney, aged fourteen, Was dangerously wounded. MISSOURI. Extensive Fire in St. Louis—Loss Estimated nt One Million Dollars. Sr. Louis, April 23, 1868, At half-past three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the extensive wholesale drug store of Mesars. Blair, Curd & Co., 217 North Main street, which was entirely destroyed, together with Grimsley & Co.'s clothing store; C. Speck, dealer in fancy goods; Jess L. Arnot, hats and caps; Clark Bros, & Co., bank; J. E. Crawford, Toman store; Currs & Co., boots; J. E.Sealle and Farren Champlin, tailors; 0. G, Gouter & Co., Price Current oifice; and K. P. Stud- ley & Co., job printers, The losses and insurance as far as ascertained are:—Langsdorf & Roseustein, to- tal | loss—stock valued at $150,000, insured. for $135,000; R. P. Studley & Oo., stock estimated about $85,000, insured $60,000; L. &C. Speck & Co., stock $150,000; total loss on Olark Bros. 8 buildh $20,000, insured; Grimsley & Co.'s stock was estimated at $40,000, which is totally destroyed, insurance $45,000; Degreck & Co.'s loss on stock Is $100,000, nearly covered by insurance; Blow, Curd & » and Jess Arnot have lost everything, but neither loss nor insurance is yet asvertained; ©. Ud. Gouter & Co, have lost about $70,000, insured for $20,000; Kramer & Loth, damaged by water to the extent of $10,000 or $15,000, insured. “Blow, Curd & Co.'s store was completely destroyed, explosive chémicals demolishing the walls, Grimsley & Co.'s and Degreck & Co.'s buildings also blown down. The total loss of the fire is estimated at 1,000,000, ‘This 1s the most extensive and disastrous re since the burning of the Lindell Motel. . Additional Particulars. Sr. Lovis, April 23, 1868, ‘The following addittonal particulars have been as- certained in regard to the fire this morning:— The bullding occupied by Speck & Co. was valued at $20,000; insured for $5,000. Speck & Co. had the following additjonal insurance:—Security, of New York, $10,000; North American and International, of New York, Maryland, of Baltimore, Nortit American, of Hartford, $5,000 each; and Sina, of Hartford, $10,000—making # total of $100,000, Blow, Curd & Co.'s stock was worth $125,000, on which the following tained:—Boatmen’s, cinnati, $5,000 eac: change, Excelsior, Firemen’s, Security , 4 , North American, Hartford and State Fire, of Cleveland, $5,000 each, and North British, $10,000. ‘The building was owned by Mrs. Charies and Mrs. Lebomgevis, and was valued at $35,000; insured in the Lamar, of New York, Hartford and &tna, of Hartford, aud Queen's, of Liverpool and London, for $5,000 each, The building occupied by Loudorf & Rosenstein was owned by Mrs. Hewett, aud is believed to be in- sured in the East, where the owner resides. DeGreck & eeu Seeaipea any far us ascertained, follows :—Liverpool don, $20,000; Attna, Walon "Gidoto: Corn xchange, Baitie’ and Wash: m of New York, $6,000 cach; St. Louis Mutual, Jefferson Mutual, Floating Dock, Marine and Phoenix, all of St. Touts, $5 ood each, ‘The butiding is a total loss, and was owned by Mrs, Chambers aud is gup- posed to be insured. * * John C. Sealer, talior, stock worth $20,000, most of whiet-was saved. Warren Champlin, tatior, stock worth 212,000, mainly removed; insured in the St. Louts and state Mutual for $8,000, J. E. Crawford, stock $5,000, damaged by water: insured in the Washington, of New York, for $3,000; Security, of New York, for $2,009, Jesse Arnots, stock valued at $60,000; insured for about $35,000, but the offices not yet known. Besides these there were eight or ten other smaller losses, aggregating $26,000 or $40,000, The total loss cannot be far from $1,000,000, and the insurance about $700,000. The origin of the tire is unknown. TENNESSEE. pares Ust of insurances 1s ob- i erchauts’, of Cin- Large Fire in Pulaski—Fourteen Houses Dee stroyed=Loss $100,000. NASHVILLE, April 23, 1868. At two o’ciock this morning a fire broke out on the east side of the public square at Pulaski, Tenn., which consumed fourteen business houses. The loss is estimated at $100,000; insured to about half that amount, The houses destroyed were among the most valuable in the place. Six of them were occupied as dry goods stores, with fine stocks, most of which were saved, ‘The fire was the work of an incendiary. AMUSEMENTS. Evrorean Circus.—The same great and growing popularity that characterized the performances of the European Circus company at the Paris Expo- sition Is already apparent In our city, The immense aimpttheatre was last evening filed to its utmost capacity, and the varied per- formances, the different and daring feats of eques- trlanism, tie exhibition of trained horses, the acro- batre exploits, the performance on the trapeze, the fresh and piquant wit of the clowns and fine show of wild antmals furaished an evening of splendid enter- tainment, Such an extensive, talented and versatile corps of performers has scarcely been seen in this country. Mrs. KEMBLE'S READINGS.—The two last of Mrs. Fanny Kemble’s readings for the present series will take place this evening and at the matinee to-mor- v. next series will commence on Monday sale of tickets will open to-day at Steinway row. and the flail. WEWS ITEMS. On Wednesday aftern the Boston express freight train, bound Bast at full speed, ran inte a land slide that had fallen on the track, The loco- motive expioded, making a had wreck. The engineer, named George Wright, was killed, A member of the Ka Klux Klan was killed in Hur- ricane Bottom, Mississippi, afew nights since by party of negroes whom they were attempting to frighten, His body was carried off the next morning. Charles Kreimer, who killed Shaughnessy during oe Ca Ag ee the ae and Irish in Clinton, jass., last Sunday evening, was examined yester- day and acquitted, ™ y ‘The coal oil distillery of Merritt, Poultney & Co., in Baltimore, was burned yesterday. The loss - mated at $20,000, 7 4 “et A fire at Carey, Ohio, on Wednesday night de- stroyed @ block of seven buildings aud damaged Sion houses adjoining. The loss is estimated at 5 The Ohio Female College, at Collewe Hill, six miles from Cincinnati, caught fire yesterday Reem and the main building was totaily destroyed. The con- tents of the bufiding, including twenty-eight perso: were saved, together with the wardrobes of the mates, one of the outer buildings was injured. Loss $100,000; insured for $50,000, principai~ in Cin- cinnati offices, Hubba, Patrick & Co.’s wharfboat at Evansville, Ind., containing 1,050 sacks of corn, 200 sacks of wheat, 20 barreis of whiekey and some miscellaneous freight, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. One handred and sixteen bales of hay on the wharf were also destroyed. The total loss is not stated. The boat Was insured for $8,000, The pronelier Boscovel, of Evans’ line, arrived at Bammlqwarty Saray morning from Chicago, being the Hirst propeller of the season from that place. CONVICTS ESCAPED FROM PRISON. Twelve convicts escaped from Clinton prison on Wednesday. They were at work in the iron mune, six hundred feet under ground. They disarmed the keeper and him and then started for the moutiof the mine. There they encountered a gaara, but witt the gun in their possession they disposed 0} him, and jamping over the stockade fed for the woods. ‘The prison was closed aa soon as the alarm was given, and all hands started in pursuit of the fugitives. Seven were captured on Wednesday and two more yesterday afternoon, Among those still at large 1s George K. Gordon, convicted. fn Albany for the murder of Owen Thompson, the drover, and sen- tenced to prison for life. It is confidently expected that all will be captured, aa the ground was covered wen 40 that te fugitives could be easily Oe Wasnineron, April 23, 1868. Sabsoriptions to the Lincoln Monument Fund. General Spinner, who is Treasurer of the Lincoln Monument Assoctation, has recently received several substantial donations to the proposed erection of a national monument in this city, including $200 day before yesterday from the First National Bank of ‘Tl- tusville, and $100 from Placerville, California. He is kept quite busy during the time not required for oMiciat labor in signing his name to the handsomely engraved receipts, which are sent to each party sub- scribing to the enterprise. . Trouble with the Indians. OMcial and other accounts which have been recently received in this city from the Indian coun- try have had the effect of strengthening the belief of parties here well informed with regard to Indian matters in the Northwest that there will be a re- newal of dimculties in that section during the spring and summer months. General Sherman, who has left Washington with the intention of proceeding directly to the Indian country, will doubtless report immediately to the government authorities the exact Prospect of peace with the various tribes in the locatity, The Elgee Cotton Case. The moncy resulting from the sale of the Elgec cotton, which has been in suit in the Supreme Court, over which that court has dicided it has no jurisdic- tion, has been ordered by the Secretary of the Trea- sury to be paid into the Treasury, ‘This cotton was captured on the Mississippi during the latter part of the war as rebel property, but the parties claiming to be its owners protesting against it suit in the nature of a replevin was instituted, and at the com- mencement of the suit an arrangement was made be- tween the government and the parties claiming to be its owners to sell the cotton and invest the proceeds in United State sstocks, to abide the result of the suit. ‘The interest on the bonds resulting from the sale amounts to $58,000 in gold, which, together with tne principal, the Secretary has ordered to be deposited in the Treasury, it is understood that the parties claiming to own the despoiled cotton intend applying to the Court of Claims for relief. The Retirement of Paymaster Bridge. Sho fact that Paymaster Horatio Bridge, Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, has been ‘placed on the retired list, does not retire that official from the position of Chief of the Bureau, which is held, as are all other bureaus of the department, through appointment of the Presi- dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Quarterly Reports of the National Banks. The abstract of the quarterly reports of the na- tional banking associations shows the aggregate amount of resources to be $1,495,438,007; the loans and discounts, including overdrafts, are $627,670,000; the specie about fifteen millions and a third; legal tender notes, nearly 84,000,000; compound interest notes, $39,000,000, and three per cent certificates $24,255,000. The Mabilities show:—National bank notes outstanding, $295,000,000; State bank notes outstanding, $3,000,000, and individual deposits nearly $529,000,000, Marine General Court Martial. Amarine general court martial, of which Major David M. Cohen, United States Marine Corps, ts President, and First Lieutenant Henry C, Cochrane, United States Marine Corps, is Judge Advocate, has been assembled at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The mem- ordered to report are Lieutenants W. B. Reimey, ‘altmarsh, L. R. Hammersley and F. A. Mul- Janey, United States Marine Corps, all of the Norfolk station. General Schofield’s Movements. General Schofield did not leave this city for Rich- mond last night, as was expected, circumstances arising which detained him, ‘The South Carolina Election. ‘The following telegram was received this morning at-General Grant’s headquarters:— CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 22, 1868, ‘The returns up to this hour (ten o’ciock) give 56,768 votes for the constitution and 20,050 against it. The majority for the constitution 14 36,708. ‘Tis majority will not be materially if at all diminished. Reports from North Carolina indicate that the election is progressing quietly. ED. R. 8. CANBY, Major General Commanding. Dr. A. G. Mackay, Collector of the port of Charles- ton and one of the prospective Senators from South Carolina under the new constitution, will arrive herb on Monday in charge of the engrosséd copy of the constitution. He intends to walt to see if Ben Wade Is to be installed at the White House before procecd- ing with the document to the Executive. The Presidents Visitors. ‘The President has been quite busy té-day listening to his visitors. Generals Hancock and Thomas, Sec- retary Seward and Montgomery Blair were in con- ference with the President this morning. Reduction of Pay of Absentee Army Officers. A Washington despatch to the Zvening Telegram says the following is the substance of a circular re- cently issued from the Paymaster General's office to correct any erroneous interpretations that may exist to insure uniformity of practice under the acis of March 1863, section 31, and June 30, 1864, in respect to the reduction of the pay of officers when absent with leave. The period of any one year during which an absence of thirty days is exempt without reduction of pay is regarded as extending from June 40 to June 20 of the following year, the law dating from June 20, 1864. This interpretation has the concurrence of the Comptroller of the Treasury. The above cited acts are regarded as superseding the act of August 3, 1861, section 20, in all cases except those of officers withdrawn from duty awaiting orders or absent with leave ou account of sickness or wounds, for a period exceeding six months. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Agony Coming to au End=Pecrturbation Among the Officcholders—Dificulty of Con viction on the EvidenceBen Wade and the Vice Presidency—Seuator Patterson Looking for Lodginge—The “Carpet Bagaers” in Washington, ne E.¢. WASHINGTON, April 22, 1868, A few days hence and the agony of impeachment will be over, the curtain will have fallea on the solemn fai nd the world will be the wiser as to whether Andrew Johnson, Chief Magistrate of this great nation, has violated his high trust and laid sacrilegious hands on the constitution of his country, Of course asthe solemn moment draws nigh when the votes of Ofty-four grave and elevated judges are to be recorded for or against the issue being tried, excitement deepens into intense anxiety and men’s thoughts assume @ character of profound uneasiness. Especially is this the case here, in Washington, where a great hive of officeholders, actual and prospective, draw the inspiration of Ife or the cruei fate of dissolution from the fortunes of an adminis- tration. Here where personalj interests are affected to such an extent that @ change of government gives @ new complexion to the popu- lation of the city there is much perturbation feit as to the result of the trial If Ben Wade goes in we may anticipate a lively state of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and a great exodus to other parts, counteracted by as great an influx from abroad, especially from the State of Ohio, Every day seems to make the radicals grow stronger in the belief that impeachment will be a triumph. They were very willing to admit some time ago that ten or eleven Senators were doubtful, but now they assert that seven of these have had their vertebra brought to the proper vertical rigidity and but three or four, who can avail nothing, are in # state of indecision. Of course we may ex- pect an overfowing house and a period of tremendous interest when some day next week on the final question whether the im hment is sus- tained the yeas and nays shall taken on each article of im meni itely. This will be the separa’ great climact point in the drama—the one too which is now absorbing all kinds of speculation. According to the twenty-second rule, if impeach- ment iL not, a of the articles presented, be sustained by the votes of two-thirds of the mem- bers present a judgment of on shall be en- tered; but if the person accused in such articles of im hment shall be convicted upon any of sald articles by the votes of two-thirds of the members present, the Senate shall proceed to pronounce judge ment and a certified copy of such judgment shall be deposited in the offive of the Secretary of State, it will thus be seen that each article is to be voted on separately, so that tf one mesh in the net of indictment wre Tg ay Mead victim another may, and the purpose of the framers will be as fully an- swered. ‘The aim of the first nine articles ts to prove a Of tae Qivil Tenure act aut an anlawful con. spiracy between the President and Faye pes penee of the War Office and law with criminal intent. The vote on one of articles wil! be the same as on all ee and if the Senate are are sul alike, by the er which proves nothing that is charged, en the President will be acquitted. ‘The tenth art , rel lating to General Emory, will be hurried over quickly, as it has been sufficiently well explode@ by the tes for the defence to make it ridicu- lous. The eleventh and last article, charging the Prealdent with indecency of expression, cannot be construed into a high crime and misdemeanor and no im offence. It comes, therefore, this—that the impeachers will have mo cause for Tejolcing if the Senate is true to its sacred and con- stitutional duty. None but the oftice seekers here can be found brazen enough to uphold the evidence against the President as either point or strength whatever, and none but the Same class can shut their eyes to the accumulation of proofs which go to slow the utter falsity of the chargo of conspiracy, of criminal intent to vi the law and use force’ in the attempt. It is safe to Say that if the President be convicted no one in that h court who is instramental in removing bim will venture to lay his hand upon his heart and say law, evidence and conscience dictated him so to do. Ben Wade Is by no means in favor with the repub- lican party as their choice for Vice Prealdent on the ticket with General Grant; but Ben is keeping that nomination steadily in view, much to the a ist of five-sixths of his party. Col Wilson, Fenton and Curtin are the names whic! 80 far have received the most mention, and any one of them, it is thought, would be preferred to Wade. But the latter, in case President Jounson is removed, will secure such an enormous patronage that tt will be morally impossible to keep him out of the nomi- nation he desires at Chicago. Feeling the force of this reflection it is now said the radicals are about to rolong the impeachment trial until after the 20th of lay, and thereby prevent Ben from exercising any influence on the convention, This prolongation can be easily effected by extcnsion of the speeches, and by alengthy adjournment to consider their verdict by this meana extending the trial beyond the 20th y and frustrating the hopes of Old Ken, Of course this proceeds on the assumption that the President will be removed, Among the other stories set afloat within the past few davs by those who regard the removal of the President as a foregone conclusion is one to the effect that Mr, Johnson's son-in-law, Senator Patter- son, who resides at the White House, growing fearful of what he thought was the shadow of the coming event which is to bring a change in its occupancy, ry wet day this week in pursuit of it has so far failed to find one his dignity as a Senator and net Painful a contrast to the elegancies he se offering too has hitherto enjoyed in the Executive Mansion, The number of carpet bag invaders froin the sunny South at this moment in Washington is something strange and unprecedented, They have becn pour- ing in since the beginning of the tinpeachment trial, and like so many locusts have eaten their way through all the cheap hotels in Washington. Their company must be sorrowfully missed at the South, espec! by the simple and contiding darkies ou the plantations, They came here princtpatly to insure the conviction of the President, because if that end is not accomplished they are afraid their carpet bugs can scarcely be kept us full as before, From Alabama, from (Georgia, from Louisiana, from everywhere in the South, these peripatetic politicians, with eal align. looks and seedy suits, Swarm around the Capitol, buttonholing members and Senators and perscvere- ingly asseverating that all is gonc up in the South if Andrew Johnson is not removed. ‘They themselves will have to flee into the mountains and call apo the rocks to hide them from the face of tue rebels the President is not at once turned out. And as for the poor negroes, it makes their hearts bleed to think of what fate is in store for them, ‘The Ku Klux Klan will eat them up, and horrors on horror’s head will fast accumulate. A good many of these fellows expect to gormandize themselves on ofices when Wade is in, and they have just come at the nick of time like so many hungry wolves attractod by the scent of carrion. The carpet-bagger is a talker, though not much of a grammarian. He keeps the words “treason, Union loving loyalty, liberty and the r negro” convenienliy at bis fingers’ ends, and 13 ever ready for a stump speech, even to an audience of three or four persons. He looks @ hard case physically, as though he hag been abstinent in living through necessity in place of cholce; but in his looks he shows plaluly that he has something in his eye like the flesh pots of Egypt—the good things In the political pastures of ‘Souta, where his cotton bag will be turned into a cotton lantation. ba Washington don’t suit the bagmen for a lengthy stay it is too expensive and the niggers are some what sharper aud generally more enlightened them they are farther South. However, if Ben made Sumner, Butler and the rest of tiat lik come into jon of things here the carpet baggers wilt Prowse afterwards in clover. It appears by advices from Alabama that Governor Patton has cut loose from the radical party, and ine letter which he has addressed to General Meade states his opinion anaes, that the cause of the defeat of the constitution in Alabama was owing te its many obnoxious features and to the lamentable absence of those qualities which command respect and confidence in those men who were elected under ite About seven o'clock last evening the inhabitants of Eighty-fourth street, near First avenue, were ter- ribly alarmed by the shock of an explosion. From the statements made by the neighbors but little cam be gathered beyond the facts aboye alluded to, and the only person tn the house, a domestic named tha Ae r into that she can give ne “| ice or oe ge ie supposed, an appearance e' building’ ives confirmation to the supposition, that was engaged in lighting the and that some in the pipe had Drevional ‘iflea the room with the combustible vapor, which became ignited by some means, either a match or a candle. One thi tain, the building 1s very much shattered and fe badly injured. e caine of the disaster is to be investigated, when further particulars will doubtless be ascertained. = of DEATH OF AN ARMY SURGKON.—Dr. James H. Ber- rien, formerly Surgeon U.S. A., and late Medical Director for Texas, 0.8. A., upon Major General Magruder’s staff, di¢d at San Luis Potosi on the 25th ult., from the eifect of an overdose of chioroform which was administered on account of an aching tooth. Dr. B. was a son of Hon. J. 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