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for the offices of State Engineer and Secretary of State; and what amount of fee was paid for the job of printing twice over, or pretend- Ing to print twice over, the State Engineer's report of 1869. These inquiries completed perhaps Weed, Parsons & Co. will have the Aecency to retire frow the business of public printers, as the exposure of their practices, has compelled their friend Terwilliger to retire from the Clerkship of the Senate. pears ll tft ALL For Grayt.—The Maine delegation to the Philadelphia Convention are avowedly for Grant, That is the case with most of the delegations thus far chosen. Sznator Coox, of Suffolk, is a democrat. ‘He will do something towards redeeming the character of his party if he votes, as Senator Morphy, of Queens, will vote—for the repeal of the Erie Classification act. Szvator Jarvis Lorp will do well to pause and reflect before he makes up his mind to vote with the Erie Ring on Senator O'’Brien’s repeal bill. The necessities of the Canal Ring may yet require all bis attention, Sznator CHAtFIELp, of Tioga, is reported to be pledged to vote against the repeal of the Erie Classification act. He is evidently not ambitious as a politician, however enterprising he may be as a business man. Sznator Lowery, of Oneida, cannot afford to betray his constituency by voting with the Erie Ring. We count on his support of Sena- tor O'Brien's bill to repeal the Classification act. Sznator Lewis, of Buffalo, was a member of the last Senate, and ‘‘still lives,” despite his vote on the Erie Classification bill. Let him now vote to repeal that unjust law, and to restore to the stockholders of the Erie cor- poration the right to say who shall bold and manage their property. Sznator MoGowan, of Herkimer, will be expected as a matter of course to vote for the repeal of the laws that enable the Gould-Lane combination to hold on to power in defiance of the stockholders of the railroad they mis- manage. The arguments must be very solid indeed to induce a Herkimer county Senator to vote with the Erie Ring. Senator Mappen is a man of strict per- sonal integrity, and-is honestly in favor of the Ring management of the Erie Railroad. For that reason he ought not to have been made Chairman of the Senate Railroad Committee. But of course he will vote against the repeal of the Classification act, and so we concede him to the Ring, We oy —— >'Smxator Jonneon, of Seneca, is one of the ast few seeds of democracy left in the State Senate. He is an honest man; but will he bring forth the good fruit of reform in his vote on the democratic principle of giving a majo- rity of the stockholders of the Erie Railroad their rights, or the bad fruit of subservience to a corrupt ring and an impudent lobby? Sxnator Dioxrnson, of Franklin, represents reform constituency who sent him to Albany fn place of A. X. Parker. He will prove faithless to the men who elected him if he fails to vote in favor of Senator O’Brien’s bill to restore their legal rights to the stockholders of the Erie Railroad, and to overthrow the corrupt legislation of the last Senate in the service of the Ring. Sxnator Foster, of Oswego, is a railroad director and a member of the Railroad Com- mittee. It is said at Albany that no anti- railroad ring bill can receive the support of any member of the committee. It is, how- ever, a dangerous experiment for a railroad director to vote to strip railroad stockholders of their rights and to leave then! bound in the hands of an unscrupulous combination. Senator Isaao V. Baker, Jr, of Wash- ington county, is a railroad employé, and he should be careful how he casts @ Vote that robs the stockholders of a railroad corporation of their legal rights and confirms the grasp of & lawless ring upon their property. A Sen- ator’s duty is not properly discharged if he should enter into combinations for self-interest or self-protection and vote at the bidding of the lobby without regard to the merits of a question. Senators Perry, BENEDICT, WEISMANN AND TIEMANN were elected as reformers in Kings county and New York. Will they ven- ture to part company with the vigorous cham- pion of genuine reform, Senator James O'Brien, in his bold attempt to overthrow the Erie Ring? The issue among the reformers was made against the two Rings—Erie and Tammany. Will tte gentlemen we have named betray the cause that elected them to office? Ir Is Rumorep THAT SENATOR Ames, of Essex, who was in the early part of the ses- sion strong in his determination to overthrow the power corruptly gained and corruptly re- tained by the Erie Ring, against the clear rights of the stockholders of the corporation, has recently shown indications of a change of views. Could he hope to justify a vote for the condemned Ring to the constituencies of Warren, Essex and Clinton, or expect to avert the unpleasant construction that would be placed upon his sudden conversion? “Sznator Cartes H. Apams, republican reformer, represents the Thirteenth district and resides at Cohoes. He is a mill owner anda man of wealth. His constituents have frequently suffered from the mismanagement of railroad directors, and he is familiar with the rights of the stockholders of a Corpora- tion. Will he vote to retain the Classification act, passed py bribery and corruption, and thus prevent the stockholders of the Erie Rail- way from obtaining possession and control of their own property ? . Tae Japanese Empassy, in its detention at Great Salt Lake in consequence of the snow blockade of the Pacific Railroad, will have learned something of our Mormon institutions, and that over a great portion of the United States it snows, blows and freezes in winter, until the country for a thousand’ miJes across it is one continuous snow drift forty feet deep, with all the Indians and mountain miners under it, waiting to be thawed out by the sun or to be washed out by the floods of spring. A year or two hence, no doubt, these facts will be added to the school geographies of Javan, Our Sea-coast and Harbor Defences—What They Are and What They Require To Be. Apropos of the great question now pending between the United States and Great Britain, and the natural tendency such discuasion has upon the statistic-loving portion of the com- munity, in reference to our ability to meet any possible contingency arising from diplomatic quarreis, we present to-day an interesting re- port of the fortifications and sea-line defences of the country, their condition, capabilities for resistance and present necessary construc- tions and repairs. At any other time than this General Humphrey's report would attract little attention outside the War Department and the Corps of Engineers, and his recom- mendations would have been laid aside, as many others have been previously, until a suitable moment should arrive to present his estimates and appeals for appropriations to Congress, and then only to have the former cut down fifty per cent by a system of getting rid of them in a summary manner, rather than through a desire to comply with the neces- sities of the situation. The latter are deferred, asarule, toa more convenient season. But the public cannot afford to longer neglect matters of such vast importance. Neither can Congress forever carry out a cheeseparing policy without incurring great risk to the country. As the present report shows, our coast and harbor defences are incomplete and scanty in their appointments, and not one in ten can be pointed to as being capable of effectual re- sistance to a well-organized opposing force. Especially can this be said of the fortifications surrounding New York. When Secretary Belknap, General Humphreys and the mem- bers of the Board of Engineers visited these forts and defensive works last fall, ‘‘Why isn’t the work done,” was almost a stereotyped phrase, and frequently uttered by General Sherman, who accompanied them. At Hell Gate General Newton had but one answer. -He would have been further advanced with the work of removing the rock to clear the pas- sages there, but he had not the appropriations, At Willett’s Point, the chief school for training our engineers in the manufacture and use of torpedoes and the science of measuring river currents as necessary auxiliary knowledge, not half the means required for the proper carrying out of the experiments had been allotted to General Abbott, and the station consequently did not produce the results the country was led to believe it should. Again, the new forts commanding the Nar- rows at the entrance to New York harbor are in almost the same helpless condition now as they have been for the past four years; and it is a rare thing to find, on a visit to the place, any more than a score of men at work on the new building commenced several years since. The same may be said of the new work on the Fort Hamilton side. A row of fifteen- inch guns exposed to the. mouth of the harbor, and one or two massive but useless twenty-inch guns, from which the men could be driven by a war vessel coming in with the greatest ease, compose the safeguards on that side. That marvellous piece of gunnery ingenuity represented by a gun and steam apparatus to work it, facing towards Sandy Hook, would be a splendid target for a good naval gunner a few miles distant, and the portion left standing after a few blows from three-hundred-pound shot would be small indeed. The depressing gun carriage, which is really the only valuable, novel and life-saving piece of machinery in our ordnance, has been neglected so that the first complete experiments have not been per- fected. These are but a few of the deficien- cies we could clearly point out, Sooner or later the whole subject must be taken up by the government, and then a more fitting opportunity will be granted , for its discussion. Suffice it now to say, that in the entire report presented by the Chief En- gineer to the War Department we see he draws attention to similar points, urging the necessity of concentrated force upon the un- finished and damaged forts, and, as plainly as he can consistently with his office, states that our lines of coast and harbor defences border- ing on the Atlantic and the Mexican Gulf, on the Pacific coast and the great lakes are en- tirely unreliable in case of a war with a naval Power of any prominence. The six specific recommendations he makes with a view to put the harbors ina proper state of defence are especially worth the attention of the gov- ernment. It is absolutely necessary, if we are to maintain our security, that the work should be done, and done, too, with all possible despatch, Goop News—The news that Spotted Tail and his band are all right, and well supplied with provender by the government. After the romantic entertainment given by the old chief and his daughter, ‘‘the Belle of the Prairies,” with his band of braves, to the Grand Duke, General Sheridan and company, we want no harm to befall Spotted Tail or his prairie belle or his band. They are ‘good Indians,” and they know how to stick to a treaty, THE NEBRASKA DEADLOCK. One Acting Governor Locks Up the Legislative Chambers, and the Other, Accompanied by Members of the Houso of Representatives, Breaks In and Holds Possession—How Public Basiness is Transacted. OMAHA, Feb. 15, 1872, A portion of the State Legislature met at the capitol to-day, under the call of Acting Governor Haskell, during the absence of Acting Governor James. The doors of the Senate and Repre- sentative Chambers were found to be locked, and @ request was sent to Acting Gov- ernor James or the keys, which were refused, whereupon the members burst open the doors and took possession. A quorum of the Senate is said to be at the capitol, but a suficient number Of Senators absent themselves to prevent the trans- action of business. There is no quorum of the House, but the Sergeant-atArms has been de- spatched alter the absantees, THE FISHERMEN ON THE LAKES, The Rights They Do Not Have Under the ‘Treaty Washington—Meeting To Be Held at Detroit to Take the Matter into Consideration. BurFAto, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1872. Asecret call has been issued for a meeting of the leading fish dealers and fishermen on the great lakes at Detroit, Tuesday, March 26, to take into consideration what action 1s necessary to protect themselves under the Washington Treaty, which injures their right to fisn or to cure their fish on soil, ‘The Treaty of Washington concedes re rights to the fishermen of New England, and also grants them the right to Posing free of duty in the British Provinces tackle and salt, but de nies the fishermen on the lakes this privilere. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. French Opinion of the American Bill of Damages. Paris Apprehensive of an Anglo-Ameri- can War Rupture. MINISTER ADAMS’ MOVEMENTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Feb, 16—A..M. It 1s reported here on good autnority that the United States will not waive their claims on Eng- land for indirect damages, but may be inauced to moderate them. FRENCH FEARS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR, The Journal des Débats, commenting on the con- troversy over the Alabama claims, declares that England and America are both wrong, and fears that a protracted misunderstanding may lead to rupture of relations between the two countries, ‘MR, ADAMS’ MOVEMENTS. A Paris report, said to be founded on good author- ity, says that Hon. Charles Francis Adams, the American member of the Geneva Tribunal will re- turn to Europe in May. ENGLAND. Project of Municipal Management of City Rail roads—Flow of Specie Outward. TELEGRANS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD LONDON, Feb. 18, 1782. The Corporation of Liverpool proposes to buy the tramway pow In operation or butiding in that city. FLOW OF SPECIE FROM THE BANK. The amount of specie in the Bank of England nas decreased £302,000 since the last report, The Ballot Bill Passed the Second Rend- ing=Aristocratic Cavil at a Cabinet Com. mission. London, Feb. 16, 1872, In the House of Commons to-night the Ballot bill passed its second reading by a vote of 109 against 51. The House of Lords engaged in a long and bitter debate on a motion made by the Marquis of Salis- bury to censure the government for Sir Robert Col- lier’s appointment. ‘The motion was rejected by a very close vote, ‘viz., 89 to 87. FRANCE. Parliamentary Aspiration for Legitimate Mon- archy—Count de Chambord’s Position— Bonapartist Agencies Among the Suburban Radicals—The Mis- , Sion to Washington. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Feb. 16, 1872. Some Delegates of the Right in the , Assembly are going to Antwerp to submit to the Ccfint de Cham- bord their programme of action with regard to monarchy in France and endeavor to obtain nis sanction thereto, but there is little hope of success, It 18 a foregone conclusion that the Count will re- fuse to make any concessions. BONAPARTISM AND RADICALISM, The adherents of the ex-Emperor Napoleon are actively engaged among the workingmen of the ar- rondissements of Belleville and Vilette, endeavoring to create a feeling in favor of his return to the throne of France. THE FOREIGN M SSIONS. Itis now rumored that M. Berthemy will be the French Minister to Washington, and M. de la Ron- ciere Minister of the republic to Rome, Orleanist Diversion from Its Support in Pare Hament—Legislative Child’s Play on Serious Remembrances—A Quasi Censure of Napo- leonism. PaRis, Feb, 15, 1872, All hopes of a fusion of the Orleanists and Legiti- mists aré abandoned. ‘The Assembly to-day debated with much feeling a proposal to head all tax papers with the words, “Occasionep by the war of 1870, The Left moved toadd to these words, “declarea by Mapoleon;” and the Right moved asa further addition, “and continued by the government of September.” The amendment of the Left was adopted, and the proposal passed the Assembly. SPAIN. The Armistice with the South American Repub- lics Promulgated. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YCRK HERALS. ‘ MaDkiD, Feb. 15, 1872, The Offictal Gazette publishes the text of the ar- mistice between Spain and the South American re- publics, agreed to at Washington. THE JAMAICA AND PORTO RICO CABLE, Telegraphic Communication Between the Two “Islands Complete. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Feb. 15, 1872, A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, dated yes- terday, says:—The cable to Porto Rico is now all right and the tests are perfect, There were two breaks, one near Porto Rico, caused by the drifting in a hurricane of the ship which was laying the cable, and the other near Jamaica, caused by a wieck, Telegraphic communication with Porto Rico is now complete, CAPTURE OF CUBAN ‘INSURGENTS, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Havana, Feb, 15, 1872, The Spanish forces, in an engagement with Gene- ral Villamil’s and General Agramonte’s forces, cap- tured Agramonte’s adjutant and Dr. Lauces. SERIOUS RAILROAD AOCIDENT. A Train on the Albany and Susquebaona Railroad Thrown trom the Track—Several Persons Injured. ALBANY, Feb, 15, 1872, A train on the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad ‘was thrown from the track at the Central bridge today. The engine ran across the bridge, having broken the coupling. The baggage car and first coach struck the side of the bridge and fell through. The second coach and the drawing room car re- mained on the track, None of the pas sengers were .serlously hurt, but the mati and express agents, baggageman and newsboy were injured. ll of the passengers injurea were aole to walk about. Trains are ranning as usual, the passengers being transferred around the wreck. Men and material are on the ground, and the bridge will be rebuilt immediately, ‘rhe names of the Injured are as follows:—George Welch, of oan: exprees agents E eomey, bag- ageman, 0! + Frai jartwell, news- ek ‘of Bast Worcester. r DEMOORATIO STATE COMMITTEE, ConcorD, N. H., Feb, 15, 1872, A meeting of the Democratic State Committee 19 being held here this evening, presided over by William Barns, of Lancaster, dis- cusssing the campaign. They claim that reports from different parts of the State are of the most encouraging character, and all the speakers talk confidently of victory in the approach- im ey jany prominent men of the party, inciuding Gov~ eruor Weaton and Lewis W. Ulark are present, ROM E. A Vatican Consistory Called for the Nomina- tion of Bishops. . The Question of New Cardinals and Vacant Seee— German Interests in the Church. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Roms, Feb. 15, 1872. His Holiness the Pope has called a Consistory to assemble in the Vatican on the 19th instans for the nomination of Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, A Papal Encyclical on the subject of public educa- tion will, 11s said, be presented to the assembled fathers, and tbe Archiepiscopal See of Baltimore, in the United States of America, with other Sees now vacant in different countries of the world, filled by @ Pontifical proclamation of the incum- bents. The Question of New Cardinals and Distribu- tion of the Scarlet Hats. A grand prevailing question, or “order of the day,” for Church converse in and around the Vat- can is the united une of the coming appointment of new Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops, and the possible demise, from one moment to the other, of the present Pontiff, Pius the Ninth, The Sacred College, with a very few exceptions, is composed of Italians. The sudden death of the Pope would leave the Church completely 11 their hands, In order to prevent this several European governing Powers have, during the last six months, been insisting at the Vatican that new Cardinals should be appointed, and it is even rumored that m the Consistory to be held on the 19th instant the Pope will appoint fif- ven, among witom there will be two or three Ger- maus, two Hungarians, one Polish, one Portuguese and perhaps one American, Two German prelates are to be elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Church, Besides His Holiness Pope Pius 1X., the Sacred College at the present time consists of five Cardinal Bishops, thirty-six Cardinal Priests and seven Car- dinat Deacons, The oldest member of the College in point of years 18 the vardinal Archbishop of Toledo, who was born in the yedr 1781. There are no less than twenty vacancies in the list of Car- dinals, ninety-four memvers of the College having died during the present Pontificate, forty-one of Whom were presented with thew hats by Pius IX, FOREIGN MISSIONS. There are primatial and parochial vacancies also. existing among the clergy. serving as Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and Vicars Apostolic in Eu- rope, Asia, Africa, North and South America and vuceanica, including: Australia and New Zealand, UTAH AFFAIRS. Mass Meeting of the People of Salt Lake City—Elegant Entertainments to Members of the Japanese Embassy—Their Invitation to Cincinnati. Sart Laks City, Feb. 15, 1872. At the mass meeting of the liberals held last night to petition Congress for a registration act and the abolition of woman suffrage, as exercised here, @ committee was appointed to pre- pare @ memorial. Able speeches were mado’ and an earnest determination was ex- pressed to fight to the bitter end the abuses of the elective franchse as practised here by the Church authorities, Never were people more in earnest than the liberals of utah are now to maintain their right, Even the Mormon press does not contradict the charge that aliens aad children voted at the late election. The miners tn all the principal districts are holding meetings and preparing petitions to Congress to sustain the federal judiciary and correct the Mor- mon violation of law. An elegant entertainmt®-was given to-day tothe Japanese Ambassadors, Ito and General Yamada, at Camp Douglas, which highly delignted them. The news received to-night that an Eastern train Will be here to-morrow or Saturday creates much rejoicing. General Connor repudiates his election as mem- ber to the State Convention. The Japanese Embassy and Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Uhio, Feb, 15, 1872. Richard Smith, chairman of the committee to in- vite the Japanese Embassy to visit this city, re- ceived the following from the Embassy at Salt Lake City:— Many thanks from the Embassy. They will answer your invitation from Washiugton. ‘The answer will depend upon the time at their disposal. Very respectiuliy, C. E, Dz LONG, THE BLOCKADZD RAILROAD, Arrival of a Through Train at Cheyenne from Ogden—The Pos ors Explanation to Congress Concerning the Mail Service. OmanA, Feb, 13, 1872. A through train from Ogden, the western ter- minus of the Union Pacific Railroad, reached Cheyenne this evening, and will arrive here to- morrow. The road is clear from Omaha to Laramie. The weather 1s beiter. Tue Snow-Bound Mails—The Postmaster Gen- eral’s Explanation, WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 1872. In response to @ resolution offered by Mr. Uas- serly and adopted by the Senate yesterday, calling for information regarding the detention of the Call- fornia mails on the Pacific Rallroads, the Post- master General sent 4 communication to the Senate to-day, in whicn he stated that no formal contracts exist for the transportation of mails on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Ratiroaas, the service being paid for by the Department under orders issued quarterly, as about half the railroad service of the country is paid for, the compauies declining to execute formal contracts, In all such cases, however, the Department re- gards the companies as subject to the usual contract stipulations. Tne Union and Central Pacific Raul- road companies are paid for their services at the rate of $275 per mile per anuum, one-half of which amount Is retained to be applied to the payment of the government subsidy bonds. The Postmaster General further states there is nothing in the usual contract stipulations which can be construed to obligate railroad companies in circumstances like those eXisting in the present case, to provide tor the transportation of mails by any other meaus than their own trains, or any other route than their own road. On the goth ultimo Messrs. Giimey and Saulsvury offered to transport tne letter mail from Cheyenne to Rawlins, across the snow belt, for sixty days, for $60,000; ‘but this offer was declined by the Department on the 31st ult., in view of the considerable expense involved and under the expectation that the ob- struction of the route would not much longer continue, assurances having been given that the railroad companies were employing a very |i force and using every means to extricate their trains, and the Department being impressed wiih the belief, moreover, that private contractors could not be relied upon to overcome the obstacles which the railroad companies found jt So hard to surmount. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. “ad Dickey” is underlined at the Union Square Theatre. rl La Petite Benson, a dramatic mite, is creating a sensation at the Comique. Mr. and Mrs. Bandmanp, Charlotte Cushman and J. W. Wallack are the stars in St. Louls this week. Theodore Thomas and his unrivalled orchestra Will be the attraction in New Orleans next week. ‘The Hutchinson Family ES @ concert to-night at the Fourth Reformed Presbyterian church, on Forty-e.ghtn street. ‘The Philharmonte Society announce a public re- hearsal tais aiternoon at the Academy, but, ag usual, do not specily the works. Mrs, Zelda Seguin, the favorite contralto of the Parepa-Rosa troupe, takes @ benefit at the Academy this evening, appearing in ‘Martna.”? ‘The sale of seats for the Fabbri season of German opera at the Grand Opera House 2ommences to-day. “Ivanhoe” 1s the opera set down for Monday. Sothern will introduce the irresistible Ditndreary, you know, on Monday, to both houses of Congress assembled at the National Theatre, Washington, The subscription jor the Parepa-Rosa-Wachtel- Santley season of Italian opera at the Academy at Easter has already reached a high figure. More than ball the box EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, Feb. 15-5 P. M.— Console sig for money 1d 994 for the account. American secur! ) live-twentie! y + 1860) : " ; ten-forties, 88igyex coupon,” isc psn ‘ Ht * pga thomas Feb, 15—Five-twen- Nes 0! Yew Panis Hoowse.—Panis, Feb. 15.—Bourse closed nares Sn . 15.—Bourse closed firm. IVERPOOL COTTON ARKET.—LIVERPOO! P, M.—Cotton closed dull, Middling uplands, ian ti middling Urleans, 1Ljgd. Sales 10,000) bales, including 3,000 pH d Cog ot [-% CS gt ead of cotton at sea nearly aue from New na at ear! due trom Sayan nab or Charleston at sate 4 sold. a NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1872——TRIPLE SHEET. THE WAR IN MBXICO. Chaotic State of Affairs and Desperate Condition of Juarez. ASSASSINATION OF FELIX DIAZ The Greater Part of Puebla and Vera Croz in the Hands of the Insurgents. Thirty Thousand Revolutionists im Arms. The Capture of Zacatecas by the Rebels Confirmed. JUAREZ’S APPEAL TO PRESIDENT GRANT. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO : HAVANA, Feb, 15, 1872, The: steamer City of Merda arrived to-day from Vera Cruz, She brings the following important ad- vices from Mexico:— CIty OF MEXICO, Feb. 8, 1872. General Julio Garcia, at the head of 500 men, pro. nounced in Colima, and the revolution is spreading in that State, A revolutionary movement ts on foot in Guadala- jara. The Legislature refused to grant Governor Villarte dictatorial powers, The Governor never- theless assumed them, and has imprisoned several influential politicians, General Corona, accompanted by an escort of 100 men, has disappeared. It is supposed he has left the country. The government has gained advantages in the State of Guerrero. The largest half of the State of Puebla and of Vera vruz is in the hands of the rev- olutionists, Dominguez, the revolutionary leader, is in the State of Vera Cruz. Mendez is Com- mander-in-Chief and nas nis headquarters in the Sierra ruebla. Oaxaca is in the hands of the government, but Alatorre’s army 1s required in that State to keep the peace, The body of ex-Governor Felix Diaz was brought to Pachutla on the 23d ultimo, It was stated that he was killed in an engagement, but it is generally believed that he was treacherously surprised and assassinated. Reports from different sources indt- cate that he was assassinated, but the federal com- mander insists that he was killed in an engage- ment, President Juarez is gradually increasing his dic- tatorsnip. Although the Governors protest against the proclamation of a state of siege, the States of Oaxa- ca, San Luis and Hidalgo are under military rule altogether. The States of Nuevo Leon, Durango, Zacatecas and Sinaloa have revolutionary govern- ments, Governor Cosla, at the head of 800 men, evacuated Zacatecas on hearing 01 the defeat of the fed@rals. A division under Donata Guerra is marching to attack Aguas Calientes. Porfirto Diaz bas arrived at Zacatecas and re- sumed command of the revolutionists, The revolution in Tlascala and Oasaca is growing more formidable, but the government is confident that it can sustain itself, and believes It has greater resources than the revolutionists; hut its resources will ropidiy diminish if the large cities continue to fall into the nands of the revolutionists, It is reported that President Juarez applied to President Grant for assistance, and that Presidcnt Grant replied that he would support President Juarez as a last alternative, President Juarez intends to proclaim martial law in the State of Guanajuato, A tand sacked rasoancho, near Cordoba, on the 3d Inst, and afterwards stopped the trains on the Vera Cruz Railroad. General Zepeda defeated the revo- lutionists on the 2d inst. at San Felipe. The bulk of the federal forces is concentrated at Guanajuato and in the capital. Two revolutionary vessels captured a German bark carrying a battalion of federals, near Mazat- lan, the federals having forctbly seized the vessel. LATER. The revolutionists have captured Aguas Valientes, Inaristas say President Grant must now act promptly if he intends to help Juarez. The number of revo- lutionists tm the field is estimated at thirty thou- sand, the largest ever in arms. The government ts, nevertheless, holding out. A plan 1s proposed for Juarez to retire (resign), and permit Mejia, his Minister of War, to assume the Presidency. General Sanchez Ochoa has fallen back from Aguas Calientes to Lagos. A large force of revolu- Uonists 1s marching on Guadalajara. Consternation prevails here, THE LiEDERKRANZ BALL And there were dresses splendid, but fantastical ; Masks of all times and nations, Turks and Jews, And harlequins and clowns with feats CE ae penonld Greeks, Romans, Yankee Doodles and Hindoos. And not only these but a thousand other enticing features, especially a menagerie imported for the occasion from the hall in Fourth street, Ate leven o’clock last night the curtain rose in the Academy of Music; masks of al kinds, all sizes and all ages rose also by the hundred in the boxes, on the floor and away up in the family circle, where the rival or- chestras of Bernstein and Dietz blazed out deflance at each other. It was the signal for the opening of the Liederkranz bal masque of 1872, Before the rise of the curtam there were impromptu polkas, waltzes, galops and quadrilles by the score, and the time, therefore, did not seem to bang Igavily on the souls of the merry Liederkranzers. The procession was short, ers and full of variety. First came in half a dozen Yankees of the traditional stage type, who seemed at a loss in the beginning how to dispose of them- selves. Alter them ambled a cortége of Russtan bears, with a huge snowball in tow, out of which emerged a perfect likeness of the Grand Duke Alexis. This proved to be Prince Carnival, anda Tight merry potentate he was. He was quickly surrounded by bayaderes and bewitching represen- tatives of La Folie and conducted to his throne, over peice blazed in gas jets the name of the society. ‘The the animal kingdom, from Zimmerman’s snake down to Humpty bese aH elephant passed in review before His Imperial Highness. The ant- mals were well behaved and humored; in fact, a@ happy family. The lion and the lamb, the stork aud the domestic rooster, the elephant and the sav- age hare, all ambled along in amity. ‘There were quadrupeds such as Liunwus himself could not classify, birds in every variety, even to the ‘quar. tering and fast driving’ species, and after midnight they were served on toast, and monkeys of the most proved mischievous kind, Over this happy ly of the brute creation smiled benignantly the tender-hearted Don Quixote De he = The motto on their banners was the cheering ‘‘Freut euch des Lebens” (Life let us cherish). The masks on the floor alter the pro- cession were more numerous and varied than have ever been seen before at a bal masque in the ra House, The most renowned irving Place 0) and dignifiea every profession were content to bow down before the ne of folly, and beneath many @ quaint and out dish costume we recog. nized judicial magnates at whose frown petty criminais tremoie, nigntingale-voiced queen of the stage, nimble fingered pianists, bi leflesg lawyers, eminent physicians, grave inerchants ar ANCIENT CHIVALRY REVIVED, Ex-Speaker Carter and Chief of Police Badger in Mortal Combat. THE MEETING IN MISSISSIPPI. One Shot Each and the Seconds Interfere and Adjust the Quarrel, NARROWLY ESCAPE BEING ARRESTED NEw ORLEANS,- Feb: #5 1872. Considerable exettement was evinced among the chivairous members of this community this after- noon by the intelligence that\ex-Speak er Carter and General A. S. Badger, Chief of the City Police, had met in mortal combat, with a view settling their differences in reference to the recent troubles in the Legistature, After considerable hesitation on the past of the seconds it was arranged that they should meet at Bay St. Louis, in the State of Mississippl, and en- deavor to exterminate each other with rides flrea sixty feet apart, Accordingly Carter, his opponent and the seconds proceeded there to-day, and shortly after one o’olock went forth to a secluded. place to fight tne duel, The toss for the precedence was. won by the ex- Speaker, and he fired the first shot, but without effect. The Superintendent fired unmediately after- wards, but with a like result, Another round was called for, but the seconds, deeming the honor of the gentlemen sufficiently vindicated, interfered and prevented the exchange of the second shot, The quarrel between the parties was then made up and they shook hands, Tidinga of the intended fight had by some means reached Bay St. Louis, and immediately after this somewhat meek termination of the quarrel some officers appeared on the ground; but as they witnessed nothing the chivalrous kuights were permitted to retire with the doubtful honors gained. The due: between State Senator Campbell and Captain Scott is fixed for Saturday, Some well Known, but eccentric sport, here sug. gests that they make a public exhibition of the af- fair, and invite Alexis and his suite and. as. many citizens as. like to witness it, THE WEATHER, WAR DePARtMeNr, OFFICE OF THR CiIBl SIGNAL OrrtosR, WASHINGTON, D, U., Fed, 16—1 A. Ml Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The highest’ barometer, which was Wednesday Right centrat in Tennessee, is now apparently in South Carolina, The barometer has fallen decidedly over the Mississippi valley and has risen slowly over: the Middle and Eastern States, An area of low pressure has, apparently, developed rapidly in Texas and Kansas, and now extends, with rain, to the Mississippi valley. Cloudy weather is reported thence northwestward over tha uhio valley, the Middie States and. lower lakes. Ulear weather nns prevailed in the Soutm Atlantic States and inthe extreme Northwest. Lower ba- rometer, with rain, has been reportea from Oregon, Frobabitities, The barometer will probably fall on Friday very generally from the Rocky Mountains tothe Atlantia Coast, with cloudy weather: the. lowest pressure move northeastward over t 1e Onto valiey, with rain and fresh winds; northeasterly winds prevail on Lakes Erie and’ Michigan, and westerly winds, backing to east, in the Middle and Eastern States, Dangerous winds are not. anticipated for Friday A morning in the Atlantic and Gulf The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes tn t! ae temperature for the past twenty-four hours in.co m- parison with the corresponding day of last yc ar, ‘as indicatea by the thermometer af Hudout’s PI sar. ma HERALD Building, corner of Ann street and wn. 1872, 1871, 1st. ul 4 37 py at seen on 80% OHIO WOMAN'S CONVENTION. CoLumBus, Feb. 16 , 1872. The Ohio Woman's Suffrage Convention m etin the Opera House this afternoon. Only & sm: gli num ber of persons were in attendance. TheC: myention was called to order by Mrs. M. M. © ye, Mrs, Swisshelm made a short speech exprecs’ ing a hope that the Convention would put itself o record so decidedly against the freelove mover eng that it should never again be heart ot in Ohio , After the fooned of permanent Oificers the Cor ,yention ade journed. ‘ EXECUTION OF BUCKHO’ gr, WHITE PLAIns, N. Y., F Preparations Tor the execution of oe parioree Buckhout have been maue and he’ ql be hanged tomorrow. THE WEEKLY HE! tALD, The Cheapest and Best Ne’ wspaper in the Country. 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