The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1869, Page 7

MARCH 12, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. ; NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, pornrennerie TRUER APHIC NEWS THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. NEW. YORK. CHANGES IN THE CABINET. | sverat speecnes in support of what ne rari wt | By ct ha tae eopeincnina cae ou tho P ~ ~— @ movement essen! to @ successful prosecu’ e : ey Groadway and Canal street a - ron Expected Interference of the Usited Statos| Large Fire in Troy—Loas Over $75,000. ‘We give below biographical sketches of the gen- | the war. After the rebellion had amapog ec sesame’ ing dom Pp gem pa with the Coolie Trade=Marine Items. ‘Troy, March 11, 1862. | temen who have been soancies in | “85 one of the earliest advocal ian» neta } re: carve FROM SAN FRanctaco, March 11, 186, | This morning about seven o'clock a fire broke out propel gone iteerscea | frage. Ara mesting of the Kmanarpation Teague, | Petors ihe car hadi Fee oie cae ae Te ae Advices from the Sandwich Islands to February | in Cannon place, tn this city, destroying the two | President Grant's Cabinet caused by tho withdrawal | noid in Roston in 1805, he made & specclt of which | came around the cive at an unustial ‘me 20th have been received, Honolulu papers, in dis- | upver stories and greatly damaging the remainder | Of Alexander T. Stowart and £. B. Waahburue, a8 | the following ts an abatract:— 1 sn alg 5 iatay Pg py ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD CUBAN REVOLUTION. Defeat of the Insurgents at Macaca. THE Suspicious Steamers Off the Coast. DEPARTURE OF THE PERUVIAN MONITORS Haytien Rebels in a War Steamer at J: amaica, "TERRIFIC SNOW STORM IN UANADA AVALANCHE AT POINT LEVI. CUBA. «A Formidable Expedition Landed by the In- aurg on the Cuban @ Peruse Vian Volunteer Sco: verable Nows for the Spaniarde=The Campaign Being Actively Prosecated Everywhere—Po- Utical Prisopers About to Leave for Fer- mando Po—Newspapers te Publish Govern- ment Reports Only. Havana, March 11, 1869. It appears that gn expedition from the United Brates, Nassau or Inagua has landed on the Cuban ‘coast. The captain of a Spanish vessel, which ar- ved here to-day, reports that on Sunday last while jt Of Punta Mulas he saw a feet consisting of one Ridewheel steamer, bark rigged, and three other teamers, schooner rigged, steaming northeast. Shoruy afterwards ‘he passed a sidewheel s#teamer, bark rigged, which was anchored two Ymiles from Guindbo Keys. The report has been in ‘Circulation for some time past in Cuban circles that expedition was under way to these shores, bring- g cannon, arms, ammunition and recruits for the surgents, * The Peruvian monitors and their convoys by this (time have undoubtedly arrived at St. Thomas. ‘The Spanish war steamer which has been watching them followed them until they had passed the Cuban Coast and returned to this harbor to-day. Acommittee of the conservative citizens of Ma- ‘tanzas have been organizing bands of volunteers, ‘Who are sent out daily in all directions to scour the country. Other towns seem disposed to follow the example of Matanzas. : The news from the jurisdiction of Cienfnegos ta favorabie to the government. The Governor of Sagua la Grande, having recetved remforcements from Villa Clara, has marched with all his available forces against the insurgents who have for aome time past made thelr headquarters on the San José plantation. In the Eastern Department the government troops vare very active. Columns have leit Santiago and Bayamo to attack the main force of the 1usurgents at Mayart. In the Central Department the government fs strengthening the garrisons. A battalion, 260 strong, jaa arrived at Colonia de St, Domingo, The vessels which are to convey the political pris- Dners to Fernando Po will sail on Sunday next. Whey will be accompanied by the Spanish man-of- war Torqua. Among Ure prisoners to be transported are Sefior Castello, the bank president; Sefior Empil, & planter, and Sehor Regnelme, a nercnant, all well known men tn high standing in the community. The government censor has notified the Havana Journals that they will hereafter be permitted to pub- ish ouly the oficial accounts of engagements, giving asa reason that other statements tend to misiead the (public mind. : Affair at Macaca—Spasish Troops Es Route for Mayari. , On the 7th inst. the troops attacked the insurgents patreuched at Macaca, a smali town in the Eastern Department, deriving ite name from the Macaca Fiver, and succeeded in dislodging and routing them with a loss of nine killed. {Intelligence trom Santiago de Cuba to the 6th has ‘been received here. General Velosca’s column, re- gently stationed at Bayamo, has gone to Mayari, for he purpose of driving the insurgents under General Cespedes from that town. Financial and Commercial Markets. : Havana, March 11, 1869. The sugar market is buoyant; sales bave been jade on a basis of0 a9 reals, per arrobe, for No. Dutch standard. Exchange on London, 10% 8 @14 per cent premium; on Paris, 1 @ 5 per cent dis- -eount; on United States, sixty days’ sight, in gold, a1 per cent discount; short sight, 1 «2 per cent Seeman; days sight, In ourrency, 2539 @ 414 ‘per cent discount. ENG! LAND. "The Weekly Statcment of the Bank of Eag- land. Lowpon, March 11, 1869, ‘The regular weekly statement of the Bank of Eng land shows that the bullion in vault has increased £40,000 since last week. Reduction of Army Estimates. Lonpoy, March 11, 1869. \ Ia the House of Commons this evening Mr. Card- ell, Secretary of War, made a statement in regard the army estimates, showing @ reduction of 1,000,000 in the total amount as compared with last goat. He said that the government proposed to Partially accomplish-this saving by reducing the ‘Forces in the colonies, except at military stations, IRELAND. Subscriptions Started to Relleve the Released Fenians. Destin, March 11, 1869, The Amnesty Committee of this city has started a subscription to raise funds for the benofit of the Fenian convicts who are discharged from imprison- by the government. JAMAICA. Artival of « Haytien ‘Rebol Kingston. Havana, March 11, 1860, Advices from Jamaica to the 4th inst. have been feceived, ‘The steamer Mount Vernon, Captain Porter, had rived at Kingston from St. Marks. She had on hoard Faubert and other Haytien revolutiontsta, and ras been thoroughly fitted ont for tne revel President Domingues. She will be used against tne forces of Presilent Sainave, Steamer at OHIO. The Colambas and ‘Xenia ‘and Little Miamt Railroads, Cincinnati, Match 11, 1869. ‘The lease by the Columbus and Xenia Railroad to the Little Mtamt road was ratitied to-day. It guaran- tees to the stockholders of the Columbus and Xenia oad dtvidends of seven per cent annually, and eight per cent upon the condition that tho entire manago- Ment of the road and the earnings in oxcons of eight ‘per cout he surrendered to the Little iqwil road. cussing the Coolie trade, say it is authorized by an act of the Legislature of June last. The Board of Immigration had despatched a vessel to the Polyne- Talands foro Of natives, The missionary pe ie were probfbited from sending letters and sma by the vessel, which created a great deal of m een ‘The movement failed to meet the appro- bation of the United States Minister, and it was expected that the government of the United Siates would interfere and peereat the forced importation Of natives of the neigh! and The commercial news is unimpo! we United States steamer Onapnes was at Hono- The whaleshtp Elizabeth Swift, from New Bedford, had arried at Helo. DOMINION OF CANADA. Great Fall of Snow in Canada—Trains Block- aded—The Snow Kight Feet Deep on tho Track—Fatal Accideute—The American Cone oul Gicneralship. Monrreat, March 11, 1869. Tnere was a heavy snow storm and raging wind here yesterday. No trains have gone out or come in for the past two days. Four trains from New York are blocked up by the snow at St. Johns, but luckily the passengers are well supplied with provisions and fuel. Two gentlemen succeeded in getting through by means of sleighs and arrived here yesterday. The Eastern trains are about thirty miles away and there is no possibility of their extraction before Saturday next. The ice roads on the river are im- . Some men tried to cross yesterday, but to abandon their tee [one teams, PHL pay 2 trom Three Rivers, dated are eight feet of level snow on the treck for a stretch of twenty-four miles, Trains over the Arthabossta branch of the raliway have been dis- continued untt! 4) Advices from Quebec report a terrific snow sterm there. Three men, wio had tried to travel throt ‘on foot, eof emanate ari pear the a date of to-day a telegram from Point Levi ites that an avalanche of snow fell from the clits there ‘on a honse containing fifteen persons, turee of whom were crushed to death. The others escaped. It 3 understood that a memorial ts to be presented by the American residents of this city to the Unitea States government expressing satisfaction at Gene- ral Averill’s conduct, and praying he be continued Awerican Oonsul General for Canada. Fearful Storm at Quebec—Dwelliug House Destroyed—Death of Ensign Whitaker. QuesKc, March 11, 1869, During the terrific snow storm of yesterday a wooden house at Point Levi was blown to pieces, and the people within, comprising a family of three, were buried in the snow, The bodies have not yet been recovered, Ensign Whittaker, of the Fifty-third regiment, who Was shot a few daya ago by a boy named Chalouer } for seducing a — hia last mght. THE PLAINS. The Navajo Indians Becoming Troublcsome— Railroad Company Organized iv Salt Lako Clty. Sr. Louis, March 11, 1869, A St. George (Utah) dispatch says:—A large body of Navajo Indians are on the south side of the Colo- rado river. They are said to be aided vy white rene- gades. They are weil supplied with arma and am- munition and have whipped several small bands in South Colorado and now threaten Southera Utah. A company has been organized which Foam oom an immediate survey for the loc: oe of a branch road from Salt Lake to Ogden, to form a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad. The following persons were elected officers:—Brigham Young, sident; William Jennings, Vice President Joseph A. Young, General Superintendent, and J. W. Fof, Qhief En- gineer. VIRGINIA. Dissatisfaction with the Republican Nomi- neee—An Independent Ticket Nominated— Franklin Stearns and Other Respectable Radicals Among the Boltere—An Address to the People. RioaMonD, March 11, 1869. The nominations made yesterday in the Peters- burg Convention give great dissatisfaction among not only the opponents of the Wells faction, but among the friends of his nomination. The Clements party, having failed in securing the nomination of their favorite, managed to have the negro Harris nominated for Lieutenant Governor in order to weaken the ticket and tn the end to insure its with- drawal. The Weils party here discovered this too late and are ratner disgusted by the result, The consequencés are aiready peginning to show themselves. As early as this morning a call was issued by the dissatisfied, among whom are Franklin Stearns and George Rye, the State Treasurer, for a convention to assembie in this city on the 16th of next month. This was subse- juently withdrawn, and this afternoon a simple ad- jress Was substituted, recommending as the inde- ree nominees:—For Governor, G. C. Walker, of 101 folk; for Lieutenant Governor, John F, Lewis, of a os for Attorney General, J. U. Tay- lor, tgomery county. This i now i BR for signatures, and alt a number of yminent Names have been signed. = address Ae to Hd on ng ery of Eaagoet jay were roperly secui at they are ni calculated to secure wnton in the republican ranks, interests off U Governor, is @ Northern man, who has settled here and invested $200,000 in internal and other improve- fa taylor ‘and Lewin are native Vine jang of standing and respectability im their re- spective communities. MARYLAND. Decision ot the Baltimore Board of Trade— Cash Sales of Merchandise. Bartimons, March 11, 1869. The Board of Trade of this city at the last monthly meeting ratified the action of the National Board in reference to ‘‘cash sales of merchandise” by adopt- gem the ee preamble and pawns event inthis 5 cai rom veto tin thirty dnye’ eredie ve cash sales of Be it “That cash tales tmean cash on aemand, and not five or more days’ credit, which to be obtained must be tracted for, and tbat ree arctles ve the cocloncy Bhavey ot — : LOUISIANA. Steambeat Sunk in Red River=Sales of Cotten for Gold—The Louisiana Sugar jerest. - New On.eans, March 11, 1969, The steamboat Cuba No. 2 sunk tn the Red river, between Jefferson and Shreveport, on the 9th inst, with 680 bales of cotton on board. The boat is a total loss; @ portion of the cargo was saved, No lives weré lost. A meoting of the parties interested ta called at the Chamber of Commerce for to-morrow night vo take bos necessary steps to commence the sale of cotton gold. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce to we was submitted @ memorial and ition to from the Philadelphia sugar refiners, ask- ingen tncrease of duties on sugar, reported that the present Sonaition ¢ of the sugar refining interest does not seem require Congressional aid; that the PE Piantt interest of the South pros. unaer the present tariff to render Raditional duty unnecessary; that the feneral sonti- ment of the people is unfavorable to eS Se: erefore they cannot petition Cot for higher le of sugar. O report of the in the form of a resolution. committee was EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonvon Mowry Manker.—Lonvon, Maroh t— 4:30 P. M.—-Consola closed at 03 for woney Bnd 98 % for the account; United States five-twenty bonds closed ‘at 82%; stocks closed firm, Brie, 25%; Minots, 97) Pints aaa March 11.—The Rourse is firm ; rentes T0f. 920, EAPOOL, COTTON La ett a ty March 30 P e cotion market closed dull at 12d. uplands and 124d. a 12%). for middling je ales of the hhave been 7,000 bales. nT.—-HAVRR, Match 11.—The for cotton on the spot Lrvearoot, Breapsrery = MarKet.—-Liverroor, March 11,—Breadstuits are unchanged. LiverPoot Propuck MARKET. —LIV8RPOOL, March 1l—Kvening.—Turpenting, Sia, 6. per owt. Livexroon — PRovision ge Liverroot, yarn tm py ing.—tacon, 60%. 6d. per owt, for mberiand cu Lonpon, March 1i— lox PRODUCE MARKET. 208. for No. the ‘and Datch standard oa Moat, Calcutta linseed, Sun. of the bullding. The occupants of the building were Moore & Nims, booksellers; Clegg & Neher, whole- ale millinery goods; Flagg & Frear, dry goods; C. H. Billings, lace goods; C. H. Wholesale mil- lnery goods, and A. W. Scribner, job printer. The fine room, which was on the fourth floor. The total loss 1s estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000 on the building and stock, The fire was extinguished at -past ten A. M. Loa on. Sand building $20,000; insured in the Hartford, oa Roward an d Phenix Companies, of Hartford, f & Nims are insured for & Frear are insured for Billings 1s Insurea for Soribner te insured for $11,000; 000; 000; Clog & Neher are insured for $16,500; loss $15,000. C. Rising is insured for $19,000; loss $6,000, Montagne is insured for $8,500; loss $5,000. W. Blias is insured for $1,000; loss $1,500, The com- panies which are the chief losers are the Liverpoot and London, Manhattan, Lorillard, Phenix, Home, Germania, Atlantic, Putnam aud Fulton, Hog Cholera in the Yards at Buffalo—Dis- eased Steck En Route for New York. BurrA.o, March 11, 1889. The inspector of the East Buffalo cattle yards re- Ports that 600 head of bogs arrived here on Sunday last from Illinois; that 200 were sold of the lot ana on Monday sent East, Afterwards it, was ascer- tained that forty of the balance died from cholera, and tn all about 100 have died. On Tuesday the re- mating 300 were shipped East on the Erte road. We understand that authorities bere would not allow the hogs to be slaughtered in this city, as the owner desired, uniess they were afterw: con- signed to the bone yard, is ta the first case of hog cholera in this city for two years. MUNICIPAL osesatl Board of accu This Board met yesterday afte@toon, pursuant to call, with the president, Alderman Coman, in the chair, After the usual preliminary business nad been dis- posed of a large number of papers, resolutions and reports were handed in, the titles read and the papers laid over or appropriately referred. A preamble and resolutions were introduced and adopted tn which were recounted the arrest and de- tention of John Warren and Augustine E. Costello by the English authorities in Ireland, and authorizing the appointment of a joint committee of three members of each Board to wait upon them on their arrival in this cht} and tender to them the nospitalities o the city, The committee appointed on behalf ot Board of Aldermen comprises Aldermen ogee Onddy and Coulter. A resolution was adopted directing the Croton Aqueduct Department to take charge of and maintain We Croton mains leading to and on Blackwell's and Randall's Islands and i the institutions under the direction of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, Several communteations in regard to the contro- versy between the Typographical Unton and the city printers were handed in and read and referred to the Committee on Printing. A report from the Com- mittee on Printing was then handed in and read: ‘The report was quite lengtly, and went futly into the merits of the case. After describing the evil effects of strikes tu general and those of the well-known shipcarpenters’ strike in particular, alluaing to and severely censu! the attempts made by the printers to intimidate the Common Council by resolutions adopted by the Trades Uniona, and asserting that while their sympathies were with the a any are to tnterfere with the con- tract for the ting with Messrs. Jones & Co., which was of long standing and always faithiuily curried out, wouid be a violation of the faith of the Corporation, and that inasmuch as Messré. Jones & Co. nad by wreo their Boje “gt 9 to pay the fuil prices for the Corporation work they couid not tnter- Tere in the private business of that firm. The report ‘wound up by requesting Jones & Co. to pay the prices asked by the printers. Resolutions were adopted directing the paving of Wad, 124d, 125th and 1290h sureets with Fisk concrete pavement. Appropriations of $1,000 each were made for the portratts of ex-Mayors Gunther apd Coman. A special committee was appointea to oa with tne Croton Aqueduct Department in regard claim of William A. cummings tor extra crnamatien: tion for the er of Canal street from Broudwi to West street. ie committee was appointed oH motion of Aidermap White, and comprises Aldermen White, Miller and Moore. Donations to assessments were made as fol- lows: -To AU ints church, in Scammel ee pers; Fifty-third street Baptist church, $63) rd street Methodist, Epiicopal churth, $308; 3t, de church, $200; Madison street Baptist church, Alter adopting @ resolution directing the public offices to close on Saturdays at three o'clock the Hoard adjourned to Mouday next at two o'clock MAYOR'S OFFICE. Mayor Hail is Made an Honorary Member of the Mercantile Library. Quite a commotion was created in the Mayor's office yesterday afternoon by the entrance of a num- ber of distinguished looking young men, one of whom bore an immaculate white scroll, fastened with blue ribbon bows, and who requested an inter- view with the Mayor on most urgent vusiness, Marshal Tooker, recognizing in the scroll bearer a Personal friend, asked what it was all about, assur- ing the young man that if it wasa remonstrance against the removal of obstructions on Broadway which be carried he might as well so no further, as the Mayor was determined to rid Broad’ of those nuisances which had been so muc' complained of. The scroli bearer satisfied the Mar- shal in a slight whisper that the intentions of the page Were quite different from what the Mar- shal intimated. The latter gentleman, therefore, wheeled around his high chair, dropped his feet on the floor, aad, stroking nis patriarchal beard in most artistic style, walked into the Mayor's private office. In @ moment or two he retu: ‘and invited the gentiemen to walk in. As soon as Sony eae in the presence of the Chief Magistrate of the city the Marshal introduced the scroll bearer as Mr. M. Palmer, from the Mercantil Mr. Palmer then, addressing the Mayor, said:— Mr, Hati—' Board of Direction of the Mercantile Lit Association nas deputed us mem- to — you of your election as an honot ber of the tion, and to present you with this certieate of member The Board, m mat ter, we are pleased to say, has only complied with hes of the entire association. The position thus conferred entities you, uring 5 your life, to the free use of the library, which we are eietical enongh to say, and which we feel justit cae saying ts the and most successful eA ot in America. We are directed to say, fu this act of the Board of Direction is not mtend = mere Ss to the a ‘bate now Chief Magistrate t as a ror nition of your ginivent spo set public servant, ip you have bave uniformly Manifested towards institutions suc as ours is, of the dinti ition ALL, accepting tye certificate, replied as mx Ge THR CommiTrRE-I pare been for show, bseri more but the Mercanyle bid not only cy, scholars, who Peat thee than in the Dresent; of bast lores but sheaves kee) inf wacuat eect rature, Its roll of members displays names of men who ha‘ ways aia and ‘ornamental Iite- poten I and book reading age, adorned and usefully trodden e round in the 4 To "therefore and at the close of the ceremonies he assured Mayor fal that he was “so giad” that be was — a the performance, MYSTEROUS AFFAIR AT THE SUN OFF ct—SWGULARLY ‘SUDDEN DEATH. ‘To Tux Eorron or Tae Hen. ‘The public should no longer be kept in ignorance about a strange and melancholy occurrence which took piace a few weeks ago in the above estabish- ment tn spite of ali delicacy for individuals or cou- sideration for their Immediate interests, Now, sit, it t# well ny I toa few persons ‘that the usual routine = Occasion of @ suspicious tissolu- tion was ‘with in tha instance about to be bamed, sudden and startli — of the Sun's friendamp for Bi ma thea As an itiastration of the bey of Ife the ctroumstance ts ‘i mi weeks ago tt waa y ely ad Fl OF of promise, Tanaation proceeded irom i mont and imposing, but gee what effect even tee dapatas ‘of calumitios m have upon @ nature. An Cag eg ad wh was very dear, Was lost, and from that instant the poor thing broke its Little heart, gradually it declined, + bye capered, after giving utterance to a feevie A determination on the part of the snbcriver to leave no underhand mancuyros, ag far aa he is oon- OLRM MARKET, —ANrweee, March Li.—Pe | ceraed, daeaposed tadyoos nar? coro uate eh trolvum quiet a 07 Wf. for siaadacd Wawe ON BRUUGp also of the new Secretary of War. Hamilton Fish, of New York, Secretary of State. After all a citizen of New York has been placed at the head of President Grant’s Cabinet. If Mr. Fish should hold the office to which he haa been ap- pointed during the entire term of the present ad- ministration New York will have had the honor of controlling, to no small extent, the foreign policy of the republic for a period of twelve successive years. Ex-President Van Buren was the firat New Yorker appointed to the office of Secretary of State. He held the position under President Jackson from March, 1829, undl 1831, when he resigned. The next’ was Hon. William L. Marcy, who held the office throughout the adminiatration of Mr. Pierce, and the third was William H. Seward, who served from March, 1861, until March 4, of the present year, he being the only man that has remained at the head of the State Department for eight years. CAREER OF THE NEW SRCRRTARY. Mr. Hamilton Fish is a gon of the late Colonel Nicholas Fish, and was born in this city during the year 1809, and 14 now about sixty years of age. From the maternal side he ts descended from Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor of New Amiter- dam. It will thus be seen that Mr. Fish descends from a distinguished family and comes of the good old Knickerbocker stock. His education was obtained at old Columbia College, where he gradua- ted with distinction. After leaving college he studied law, and in 1830 was admitted to the bar, but did not practice his profeasion for any length of time, tue management of a very large family estate monopolizing the greater part of his time and atten- tion. Being a man of wealth, he had no occasion to work for @ livelihood, ao, after @ brief period, he abandoned the law altogether, and has never since resumed tt. B18 POLITICAL SRRVICRS. “In 1837 the new Secretary frat appeared as a poli- tictan, being then elected by the whig party a mem- ber of the State Legislature, and as such gained much reputation and popularity among his consti- tuency, to whom he had been previously known only as a rich, respectable man. His success as @ local legislator influenced the whigs of this city to nominate him in 1842 for representative in Con- gress from the Sixth district, which was then comprised of the Eleventh, Twelfth, Fifteeuth, Six- teenth and Seventeenth wards of New York. Although the district had given Van Buren a majority of nearly 1,000 in 1840, Mr. Fish, after an exciting contest, was elected, the vote standing Fish (whig), 5,904; McKean (democrat), 6,699. In 1844, after serving with distinction im Congress, hia claims to a re-election wore ignored and Mr. Wiliam W. Campbell, the native American or Kuow Nothing candidate, received the whig vote, excepting some 486, which ‘ere cast for Mr. Fish, who ran as an inde- pendent candidate. His political career had not ended, however. In 1846 he was nominated for the office of Lieutenant Governor, but was defeated, running heavily behind nis ticket, aithough Mr. Young, the whig nominee for Governor, was elected by @ majority of 11,572. In 1847, however, he had better luck, being elected Lieutenant Governor by 30,000 majority. In 1343 he was the nominee of the whig party for Governor, and the same split in the democratic party which gave the electoral vote of the State to President Taylor elected him. In 1851 he was elected a Senator in Congress, serving uatil 1857, when his term expir Since then he has held no office, having, in fact, retired from po- litical Life about that time. HIS VIEWS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Soon after the forta: m. of the republican party Mr. Fisk allied himself to it as a voter, and through- out the rebellion alded the government In a private capacity in asserting tne integrity of the Union. During the contest between ex-President Johnson and Congress he sympathized with the latter, but took no public part against the President. Although dectdediy republiean in politica ne ts very moder- ate and even-minded in his views, and not at all ltable to be led away by partisan feelings. Mr. Fish ia a gentleman of fine abilities and strict in- tegrity of character. He is exceedingly mild, uroane aud polished in his manners, possesses a fine figure and is gifted with powers of persuasion in a high de- gree. He has travelled considerably in Europe and other parts of the world, and has carefully studied the political ideas of foreign nations, which last qualification wil! aid bim to no small extent in per- forming the delicate cuties of his new office. George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, Secree tary of the Treasury. Mr. Boutwell was spoken of for the position he now holds some time befor® the Cabinet was an- nounced, and the absence of his name from the list of ministers and the appointment of a free trader to the head of the Treasury Department was regarded a8 an indication of President Grant’s distaste for the principles of a protective tariff. HIS KARLY LIFE AND CAREER. ‘The new Secretary was born in Brookline, Mass., on the 28th of January, 1818, and is now in the fifty- second year of his age. His relatives being persous of moderate means he was debarred the advantages of a collegiate education, his studies being confined to such instraction as could be obtained at a public school. Even these educational opportunities were limited by the necessities of his situation, for while yet a boy he was obliged to aid in the support of his tamily by laboring on a farm. Subsequently he abandoned agricultural pursuits for the purpose of engaging in @ mercantile business, and for twenty years was a trader in the town of Groton, first as an @pprentice, next as a clerk afterwards as pro- prietor. During this period of time the studious habits of Mr. Boutwell enabied him to overcome the deficiencies of his education. Ail the leisure time he possesaad was spentin mental labor, until he finally went through as thorough « course of study as any graduate of Yale. Although he bad passed through many of the best years of his life when, after care- fully studying the profession of the law, he was called to the bar, his suocess as a lawyer was flatter. Ing, if not brilitanc, from the start. He entirely abandoned commerce and devoted hinself with such assiduity to'the law that ina few years he won no obscure position at the bar of Massachusetts, HIS LOCAL CAREER AS A POLITICIAN. We frat find Mr. Boutwell ta public political life during the year 1642, when he was elected a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Legislature, and served for seven successive years, at the end of which he re- turned to privace tife, but was recatied again fu 1861, to serve af Governor of the State, to which high omice he elected. This position he held two terms, and in 1868 was ® member of the State Con- atitutional Convention. In addition to these offices we would state that Mr. Boutwell was a Bank Com- missioner for two years, Secretary of the Board of Education eleven years and « member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College for six years. In all of these local positions Mr. Boutwell gave satis. faction to the people at large and made quite a reputation for ability and energy. NATIONAL RECORD, ‘The rst time that the new Secretary appeared in a public capacity outside of Massachusets was as a member of the celebrated Peace Congress, held in 1861, and which fatied to arrest the revolutién of the South. In July of the following year he was ap- potuted Commissioner of Interaal Revenue, serving until March, 1863, when he resigned his office to take a seat in the lower house of Congress, to which he had been elected a Representative during the month of November of the previous year. In 1864 he was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Messrs. Lincoin and Johnson, and at the election following wan re-elected to the Thirty- ninth Congress. He has since then been twice re- elected and is now @ member of the Forty-first Congress. Appearing firet in the national councils doring a war of great magnitude, ho was afforded nut opportunities of displaying such abilities as he . The Kmancipatioa Prociamation of Mr. Lincoln, and, in fact, every war measure of the administration met with his hearty support, When the enlistment of negroes tn the Union army was first resolved upom he waa amoug the swt Wo eucournge tae policy, making | vy His mind, he said, was clear on one point+what- ever else is done, we are to secure the elective fran- chise to the negro. The question is not whether black men are to vote, bute whether white mep are to vole in those States. (Applanse.) He should de- mand that not one of those eleven States should take its piace in the nation until there bas been secured in the State constitution that the nt with the whites, shall enjoy the elective franchise, (ire syeienee and three hearty cheers “for those wo He said that he had the fullest faith that the of this couutry will rise to a full compretension of pa great question, and will call for no restoration of these States except on the foundation of justice, He wanted the two districts known as the States of Piorida and South Carolina reor by the next Congress a3 Territories, and the colored in- bpd od there—not in any way compelled to lo #o—and build up States of their own, from which they might in a few years send viack representatives “a conclusion Governor Boutwell said that all we should ask from the administration is that it should not comunit itself against negro suffrage. If Presi- deat Johnson will walt the progresa of events, the development of public opinion, he will see in a few months that the people wr will accept reconstruction on No other basis, At the time this speech was made the masses were by no means prepared for auch a@ policy as negro suffrage, and the views held by Mr. Boutwell were denounced by many fepublicans who afterwards joined in the war against President Johnson and demanded the carrying out of the recon- struction laws to the very letter. The speaker was merely in advance of his political aillfes. How soon after they stood upon his platform is matter of hiatory now. MR. BOUTWELLS VIEWS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. It ts almost unnecessary to state that Mr. Boutwell is @ pronounced radical tn his politica: views. It ts asserted that the interposition of Prest- dent Grant atone prevented his reporting a bill to deprive Georgia of her representation tn Congress because of her legisiative action in declaring ne- groes ineligible to office. On the tariff question ne is Known as favoring protection to American mannfac- turers and is probably one of the ablest opponents of free trade in office life. “Personally Mr, Bontwell ts a very pleasant, affable gentleman. As speaker he is ready, Muent and plausible, and his speeches generally leave a strong impression upon the minds of his hearers. It 4s said by those who profess to know him well that as a par- tisan politician he carries his views almost into the social circle; but this we cannot give as s fact, it being merely the assertion of newspaper correspond- ents, who may not be favorably disposed towards him. Except as a Bank Commissioner we are not aware of Mr. Boutwell’s financtal experience. John A, Rawlins, of IMiineis, Secretary of War. The appointment of General Rawlins to the ofce of Secretary of War has been looked upon as a settled intention on the part of the President for some time past, go that the sending tn of his name to the Senate on yesterday for that position did not surprise any person. *HIB RARLY CAREER. General Joun A. Rawlins was born inJo Daviess county, Ilinow, on the 13th of February, 1831. By the paternal side he is descended from a family of Virginians that moved to Kentucky aad subsequently removed to Missouri, where his father married. The subject of this sketch received a common school and academic education, and until nearly twenty-three years of age lived ona farm and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In November, 1453, he en- tered the law office of J. P. Stevens, of Galena, where he made the acquaintance of President Grant. In October, 1954, he was admitted to the bar, and, opening an office, commenced the practice of his profession, in which, although he did not make a fortane, he may be said to have been tolerably auc- cessful, In June, 1856, he married Miss Emily Smith, of Goshen, New York, with whom he lived most bap- pily for a couple of months over five years, when she died, having borne him three children. She is said to have been a most estimable lady. In December, 1863, be married the second time, to Miss Mary E. Hurlburt, of Danbury, Connecticut. POLITICAL CAREER OF THB SECRETARY, Although General Rawlins heid no public oMces’ prior to the war he was known in Galena as an active, influential and abie democratic politician. He was nominated in 1860 for the office of demo- cratic Elector on ‘the Dougias ticket for the Firat Congressional! district of Illinois, and made a strong canvass against Judge Allen C. Fuller, of Belvidere, the Circuit Judge, and afterwards Adjutant General of Iilmow, Soon after the Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter « large public meeting was held at Galena by the republicans and war democrats, at which President, then Mr. Grant, presided and Gene- ral Rawlins spoke. The action of Grant caused no surprise, as he was then unknown, and his views ‘one way or the other made but little difference. The case was different with Rawlins, however. He was widely Known as & democrat, and in his speeches had bitterly denounced the republicans. His decla- ration in favor of coercive measures was all the more surprising from the fact that at the time the great leader of his wing of the democratic party, Senator Douglas, had not yet made known his in- vended action. HIS MILITARY RECORD, In August, 1861, at the special requést of then Brigadier General U. S. Grant, he received the ap- pointment of Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of captain, and was assigned to that officer. At this time Mr. Rawiins waa spoken of as the Major of the famous Forty-fifth [linols Volunteers, other- wise known as the Lead Mine regiment; and the first intimation he had of his new appointment was through the newspapers, and immediately after through an order from Generai Grant as- signing him to duty. The order was dated Sep- tember 4, 1861; but suffering a recent family be- reavement im the loss of his wife, Captain Rawtins did not join General Grant, then at Cairo, until five days after. From that time up to the-pre- sent he has been continually at the. side of General Grant, and accompanied him ta all his campaigns, the landmarks of which are the battles of Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, - Corinth, Iuka, the Tallahachie expedition to Oxford, Mississippi, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champton’s Hill, Big Biack, the crowning victory of Vicksburg, Chat- tanooga, the Wilderness, North Anna, Pamunkey, Tolopatomoy, Col Harbor and the front of Peters- burg and Richmond. At Culpepper Court House, Va., General Grant prpsented Generali Rawlins with a sash, with the following note :— ‘This s%h—worn ae me in ali my batties and cam- paugne from and including the battle of Belmont to Including the capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1663— i [regen oF E. a rere John A. wins, my ci , in evidence of my appre- ctation of him as an oficer and friend. U. 8. GRANT, Lieutenant General. In the line of promotion Captain Rawlins was made major February 16, 1862, lieutenant colonel November 1, 1862, and brigadier general of volun. ers August 11, 1863, He was first appointed chief of staff to General Grant in November, 1962, and has held that posttion, etther by full rank or acting, ever since. The spectal enactment of Congress creating the office of chief of staff to Lieutenant General Grant ‘| confers upon General Rawlins, who bas been ap- pointed to the position, the status of a brigadier gen- eral of the regular army. On March 3, 1866, General Rawlins was confirmed by the United States Senate as brevet major general of volunteers, to date from February 24, 1863, WIS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY. From the fact that General Rawlings has the repo. tation of being most thorough and practical ad- Jutant general armyit is probable that he wili make an excellent Secretary of War. His expe- rience aa chief of staf has certainty been great, and he must now thoroughly understand all ghe work- ings and rout ra the War Department, TECRLESMESS OF CAN ONVER. ‘The numerous reports of accidents made to the Central Office show that a large proportion of thet are caused by car drivers running down and #aim- ing citizens, Many of the companies unforstinately omploy a ciass of drivers who have ne fegard for — life, and they will not hesitate to run down ine th Py they can reach That int of arrival A case in powmt on the corner street wad Broad. war ~ wren. vatuuter Stor six o'cluck last Rroaitway waa Crowded, a8 tanal, —_ > * you sons o! ‘democracy is J wil wards democratic party ory white Tan's party; tast ernor longs elevation of the negro Fp gt on for by thas means alo! imendment w the mixtu. the passengers were taken from tbe water. Several oae badly, otiver et ac. of being knocked down, aimed 01 male attendant, seeing ihe threw her upon the track, who as he sed remarked: “it Ol ahe thus: gentleman seeing the ladies safe, Jooked ——, or 1 will kell soup" continued its course up Canal street. upon this is annqnemeary. THE CONSTITUTIONAL _ANENDEIERT, pehacd ; March LL, 1969, The House passed the fifteenth amendment to the The members who opposed its constitution to-day by @ vote of ayes 74, nays 69, adoption argued that the amendment destroyed rights exercised by the States since the foundation of the government; that it was an admission by the peopie, North and South, that they have no power to determine the right of suffrage; that it is a concession by Congreas that its reconstruction measures are unconstitu- tional; that tt invests Congress with the right to {m- pose suffrage on all men in the States, Loromg can power be CoLumsta, mages A The General Assembly Mot South passed the joint resolution constitation bap bg Roth branches of the M: Deviate polors Bae the badge pea ae ine suffrage gy but because: oss the: that Gov- class who desire the 1969. has fiftecntis the of the United States. ide., March 31, so, nae coe @ resolution adopting the of amendment to the constitution of tue United States. 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