The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 27, 1866, Page 1

EE a Number 10.461, The Latest News| By Telegraph to the NW. ¥. Sun, Dum QO WASHISGDIG DSPSTcans Proceedings of Congress Yesterday, Prov. Governor's Resolution, DEBATE IN THE SENATE. The Freedmen's ~ Barean. Refusal of the Senate to Reconsider. NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, Question to be Decided on Tuesday. THE WAR IN. MEXICO. Action of the Colambian Congress FRANCE STRONGLY CONDEMNED. Reperts via, San Francisco, JUAREZ AGAIN AT CHIHUAHUA, Durango Besieged by the Liberals LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. Terrible Snow Storm in England. COMMUNICATION CUT OFF. The Fenian Excitement. Additional Arrests of Fenians. Progress of the Spanish Ee- Wasiinaron, Jan. 26 The Acting focretary of State has communicated, f response to s resolution of the House, papers Pelative toadenonstration of the Congress of the Btates of Colombia, in honor of President Juarez, of Mexico, it em! )races correspondence between the Beeretary of State and M. Komero, with enclosures ef the decree paseot by the Colombian Congress, a letter from President Mauvo Murillo to President % and bisrepic. lt characterizes severely the the consummation of ich “it Leckme necoraucy for three great powers of Europe—Engiand air and Frauce—to coalesce,” Qnd suggests the’, “in imitation of Pontius te, the firet two have warhed (heir hands of it, without the certainty of having washed them very clean, throwing upon the third the consejucnves of the treache:vus crime of these three power The Senate in Executive session to-day confirmed, among others, tho following nominatio . Towle, District of Columbia, to be Cons to jantes ; Horace ©. Gilson, of Idaho, to be Secretary of Idabo; Johu Pratt, of Massachuecits, to be Mare kal tor the Territory of New Mexico; Alexander Camuings, of Penusyivania, to be Governor of the Territory of Colorado, vice Join Evans, resigned ; Thomes Francis Meaguer, of New York, to be nec tary of tho lerritory of ” tien, Johu Tn Blough, of the Lisirict of Columbia, to be Chief Justice of the Termtory of New Mexico; John Mee |) w be purveyor of Custeins, for St. Lonis, vice K. J. Howard, removed; Henry K, Sendersou, to be Cotlector for the bth District of liinois; K Sine, to be Assessor for (be Lith Drixtr pols; the following postruasters: E @ Madison, W Jolu ‘epely, at Koc end George W Forres, at Lewimbarg, Ia. A pumber of RKeprerentatives havo prepared @peeches on reconstruction and kindred subjects ‘There is great anxiety to deliver them. An oppor tunity for this purpose will be offered to-morrow, ihe dey having been expressly set apart for epecch making, with the understanding that no business is to be transacted. To-day three respectably dressei women were @etected at the Executive Mansion, clipping pieces from the curtains of the East Room os souvenirs. They were arrested nud taken Ww the police station house, Buch thefts have been of such irequeut eccur- rence that an officer is coustautly ia attendance (o restrain such larcenics, Yesterday Senawr Sumuer rece!ved a dispatch from Denver City, giving the substance of a special mes- wage by Goverucr Cumuiings to the Legislature, now fm reasion, Io it the Governor pointe out the fact that while tho Logiale of tho Territory, at tte firet sersion in i561, passed a law esteblishing the qualification of voters, no cistinciion was made ou @ccount of color or race; but ‘he see on of 1964 a law depriving the binck man of these privi- we which Le had enjo) ed Accompanying the euge ie & etition ef ih. culored citizens agalust their d which the Governor rernarks ti ible—aud if it were t for the record it would be incredible —shat suca @ ure could have been adopted ateuch atime, It borice, that this is the only caso uy wheo the pubsc sentiment feurtul struggle.” Lhe Gov- * th re ure, sHest aitention to the Wwect, and tor the humor ot tue leriitory be invites groiaps acuion thereon, He also calla attention to the tsabiliiies of colored men in regard to the education of their children, who are protabited trou entering She public schools, aitbougl the pare: re texed lor their support. The Governor miso calle attention to ir industry whiu (ho colored people as @ Clase ex- {bit, and “ihe woalth which they possess, ail or pearly ail of which will be transierred to other dia tricts if such invidious distinctions are continued, He concludes as tollows: * Justice to the living and retiiude to (bose who died, thas the maton might ve, lorbid that the stete of things agaist which those petitioners provest, sould louger prevail.” To-night, @ large number of cliizens of Iowa, @ogetber with other friends of Secretary Harlan, fepaired to his residence and complimented him with @ serenade, William Duane Wilson, Esq, mformod the Secretary that this was done in view of hie distinguished eorvices asa citizen of lowa while officially engaged in Washington, and his recent election to the Sevete. Mr, Harlan made an eloyuont speech The records of the Treasury Department show that from March, 1563, up to August, 1565, abandoned and captured cotton, valued at $5,744,000 was seized by the government in the Valley of the Miesicaippl. Of this amount #5,500,000 have been paid into the department; the remainder having been transferred to the original owners, of cotton, which to thas emonnt bad been improperly scized, Por the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, the mint end branch mints of the United Biases coined @3y,- 817,243 64 in gold, eilver ar § copper. Tr City Councils, of Louteville, have passed weeolutions offering the Biate of Kentucky $800,- 900 ‘or the erection of pubiic buildings, in case ee Combet a mameved wo Lowrie, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty Ninth Session, Senate. ston, Jan, %.—Mr, Poland, of Vt.. eubmit- which was adented: Washin ted the foliowing resolution Resolved, That the Committe on Finance be directed to inquire as to the expediency of prov tine by law, that (he directors of bauks organized under the authority of the laws of the Untted Sta‘ea, aball give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties ag such directors ana report by bill or other- wire. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, introduced a memorial from the citizens of Colorado, now in New Ye asking that Colorado be admitted ava State ander ite prosent Constitution ; which was ordered to lle on the table, Mr, Lane, of Ind., introduced a reesintion which wae ngreed to, Instructing the Committee on Pen sions to inquire into aud report upen the expediency of providing by law for the bay weot of pensions to the widows of enlisted men employed as art: ficers Mr. Morgan, of N. Y., called up the House HH] the extension of the time jor the withdrawal of for consumption trom pabile storehouses, which wes passed, Mr. Gn called ap the bill to make an allowance of arnonth's par to naval officers, for laggage lost or wrecked in the service, which was parsed, Mr. Howe, of Wis. called up the resolution offored by him on the 10th inet, for the appointment of Bro- visiona! Governments in the Southern States. Mr. Mowe replied to the areuments of Messrs Doollttic and Jolveon agains the resolution. Le thought {t time for the Senate to etop talking to the country, and reason together as to what wan best to te done for the nation. Keplring to the argument of Mr. Jotinvon that the United States could not make war agaiust a Btate, he eaid that while the poople of & Ktate maintain obedience to the law, they vere not amenable to the war powers of the Giowerninent; but when a state arrayed iteeit seninas the trovern- ment, it was amenable (o those powers, Mr. Johnson, said Mr. llowe, had armued thas the appointment of District Judges in the Bouth was # recognition of the State Governments of the South, He did not think it wae necessarily 00, He might have voted for the the confirmation of thece Ja@roe but an act of Con- gress could (erminate their judicial existence he plying to the speech of Mr, Loolitile, Mr. Howe denied that Mr. Doo.ittle was authorized to say that his (Llowe's) reroiution was opposed to the Linco d Johnson plan of reconetruction. ‘The tirat propo- jon in the revolution was that the functions of the es lately in rebeliion had |wen suepenced, . k literally from the tesrage of the Miesident, ‘The second was that the tine had nos come tor their recoustruction as states, The shird proportion was cate were unsuited jo the ihis, too, be had taton from 16 fov rth proposition threo, aud aeeriod thet military gorera people of the South, the message of the I'rosident followed logically trom the f Provisiwoual Ge South, Sot tor bie resola Fe sent, but Le uuless the Congress of the United state. he wanted it to fall through, THE FREEDMEN'® BURFAU, Mr. Howe wae interrupted by Mr, Connesa, who rose t© movo @ reconsideration of the vote on the bill to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Dareau He had learned thatthe bill had been seni to the Houre, and he moved that the Secretary of the Senate be reques'ed to withdraw it from that body The question in sending (v tho Louse to recall the Dill was put to the Senate, aud decided in the nega- tive: Yr ~Mesare Backalew, Conners, Davis, loster, Guth Hendricks, Johnson, Mcbougall, Nesmith, Novton, Riddle, Saulabury, Spracue, Stockton, Van Wink.e, Willey, Vv ms, oad Wright 15, Nave—Meare. Brown, Chandie:, Clare, Crarin, Dixon, Dootittie, Gries, Larrea, Howard. Howe, Kirkwood, Lane tof Kanear), Morean, Nye. Poweror, Sherinan, Stewart, bumuer, irumoull, Wade, Wile son, and Yates—2z, Mr. Howe resumed the floor, c. Stewart inquired of Mr. Howe for what leneth of time be would hold the southern States ua Lert ores Mr. Howe replied that he would keep them ine territorial condition until @ Congress composed of loyal men chose to adiait them into the | aloa, After some further procesdings, the Senate ed- journed to Monday, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr, Farquhar, of Indiana, presented the petition of one thousand citizens of the Uulied Sates, for the equalization of bounties to the soldiersof the Ke- public who served in suppression of tho robellion, and for an increase or pension to the disabled :ol- diers, their widows and orphans; and al Congress of the sentiment of the Repubi of contiveation of rebel lands end their the soldiers. On motion of Mr, Pike, of Mai on Waye oud Mean the expediency of r provides that no drawbacks shall allow exported foto any foreign State immediately joloing the United States, At the suggcetion of Mr. Stevens, of Pennsyivants, it was agroed that the “previous question” should be moved on the Constitutional Representation Ament- ment, on Monday, and the vote taken om Tuesday, The House them resumed the consideration of this sulject. Mr. Harding, of Kentucky, opposed the amendment t ite object was to convert all the negroes , in order that they might support the Republican ticket. Mr. McKee, of Ky, enid that he did not desire to seo the day when @ traitor could ask to come back and have the same rights as those who upheld onr banner in the field, The pendiog amendinent did not go es far va he desired. He would like one saying that no man who had raised his hand againel the flag should ever participate in our legisintion, It did not spooar to his mind that the southern people were in ncondiiion to Le represented in laree nui. bers, He favored the amendment reported by the Committee on Reconstruction, because he thought it was tue beat we could obtain, Mr. ( ernsked whether he would not admit Mr, Maynard aod the other loya! Rep: esentatives irom Tennessee, Mr, McKee sald he did not want to separate Fast ‘Tennessee from the State; and in return, aeked hie colleague whotber he would vote to adiais the repre. seniatives from South Carolina, Mi, Grider replied he would vote to admis the representatives of thoee Bates which had beca recognize! under the plan suggested by the Prea- dent, provided they presented credentials showing that they were regularly elected. If so, iad no authority to exclude them, If they were unworthy members,—If, as Lis colleague sald, they were rebels end traitors—when they got lato this ball (he Louse could operaie on thet, Mr, Mckee, in conclusion, remarked that the ntlemen on the Democratic side acted as if thoy were afraid to trust the peopic with an amendment to the Constitution, He, however, believed that the public liberties were sate in bands, and thas they would take care of them, Mr, herr, of Ind, replied to the remarkeof Mr, Kelly, delivered on a pr as di and denied that Congress bad the rieht d power to gointo any State and there regulate suffrage so as to secure the right to vote to every citizen of (he age oO: twenty. one yearewho had lived in any Stace of the Union, He opposed the adoption of aay Constitutional amonament; thiswas not the time, nor was there any reason forit. Lhe advantage would inure only to the Repanioen party should they succeed in obtaining ibe negro vote, Mr, Wright (of N.Y.) sald he represented a Con- servative constituency, who were not prepared to sanction univerwal suffrage, He appreheuded quat if the Democractic Union party were in power in half the States the leaders would not be so anxions to press the resolution to a vote as now they were, in order that it might be presented for ratification w the Legislatures now in seenion, Tnsiead of huviug @ speedy, effectual and perfect restoration of the Lnion moa were here engaged in preventing the recou- siruction which patriots so much desired. While giving bis views against negre suffrage, ho said if adopted citizens are obliged to undergo probation, how muoh greater necese.ty wasthere tor (he Legro to be oducated, whose bodies had been emancipsted, but whose minds were still in bondage, The House adjourned antil to-morrow, . the Committee NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE Senate. Albany, Jan. 26.—Mr, Thomas Murphy presented he petition of the ohio and assisions eureiline NEW YORK, | American Pxpioring } ln Grand street, Now officers appolnted by the Governor to enroll the militia, for payment of thetr claime, Miva KRerorren Favonanty.—Requiring the fling and exhibiting of afidavite and complainte in cimimal cares.....\uthorising the Avia Yachs to appolut Trustees, {peoxporstiog the 1 Moin Gompany ‘ortho {roamen in the put of New Lore, TORE i e courme emigration of is borers Acthoriging the administratio ofLeereof Savines Banks To_ incorpo York Fimigration Company To ine: enue and d Dish the legislative ¢ of the Since by importny a tax apon the paseage acts io incorporate the \mencan Museum La in raont \uihorizing the Now York Floating Dry Doct Company to tncrease their espivat stock ...Makineg more etringent the set reinive to trau's 10 gaecsstueats for loeal improvements in New Yor foamend the Registry Law, by authors jug the Metre poliian Police Commiedouers to appoint inspectors Aud cauvaesers tor Brooklyn Bitia Paw Kxempting the property of the Beanmen's Aid ety fom taxation The bill THIALIVe tO Cot to by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonaty of the clty of New York was amended, by providing that in care of @ vacancy in the office of Kecorder, the Mayor it act, aud, a¢ amenued, the bill was ordered to a tuard reading. Adjourued until Monday ev euing, Assembly. Notions, — To incorporate the National Savings Banks, Also for the relief of tho Sackett strect Brooklyn, Railroad Company Relative to cer- tain pablic offices in the City of New York, and to create a Board of control therein. For a railroad York City .. To authorize an exteusion of sallroad tracks through Grand, Sullivan anc other etreete in New York City, aad to ineulate the fare thereon To repoal the act of 1955, relative to Court of Special Sesacus of Peace in New York, Mitta Lnraopucep,—For the relief of the Brooklyn Qud Kockeawoy Beach Kalirvad Oonpany to fix the salary of the Brooklyn City Judge at tive thousand dollars per anoutn For a railroad ia U4th street, Siatu avenue, and other streets in New York City For the retief ofthe Wilt burgh and Platt uel Kailroad Company lotr poraw the National locemuity Company ; also to incorporate be National imge Hauk ot New York.... ° Torulate the deposiie of money belonxing to New York City and County To amend (ue charter ot the Medical Colloge; aleo to tucorporae the Hiooslyu Forty Railroad Co jo imeo: porate the Pioduce Warehoure Co Lo luco:porste the N. 1. German bio Lo iucorporate the N, ¥. Mutual -bore ‘piled broaa- Way gua © toud, porate the N. Y. Up-town boise rvey of the je on de #% AND Ke the tale Liment of w comm iiiee d with the New dors nied. 1) conv need that the charges COrre@ck, Bud ab Was the duty of tis beuse Wo eecu. 6 nin eapoeure, Adjourteu. Mexico, Reports vin California: fan Fran Jan. 25.—Advices from Mexico to the Oth fust. sate that the Léberal General Carona remained undisturbed, He does not autack, Kaowing that he could not hold the place if he took it. Mach dietross exieted tu the country, and famine prices tor food prevailed. In Chihuahua all wee weil, The Liberal Government was cgain established at the city of Chibuahua, and need fear no further molestation from the French. Durango was atillin the bance of the French and traitors; but Liberal foreos were encireling the city in considerable numbers, and « fight was expected soon, From Europe. Two Days’ Later News, The steamship Java, from Queensiown, the 14th of January, has arrived, A violent snow storm prevailed in London and ite vicinity on the 11th, The telegraph wires were prostrated in all directions, aud telegraphic commu nication between London and the provinces had bean entirely surpeuded for two daye—a most unueual occurrence, Railway traffic was also ma- terially deranged, Telegrapbing atill continued suspended on the morning thet the Java left Liv- erpoo!, Out of nine wires from London to the Continent, only one continued in working order, ‘The London Times, in an editorial on the alave trade, says there is reasou to believe that at this moment the slave trade ou the African coast is prac- tically extinct—not so much because Spain has at leugth declared her readiness to fulfill ber long neglected obligations, Lut because it has ceased to be profitable, The man Southey, alias Forwood, who murdered three children in London, and aiterwacde killed bis wife and daughter, at Margate, had been executed at Maidstone. THE FENIANS, The Fenian trials were atill progressiag in Dublin, In the case of Lyrne, the warden at tne Richmond Prison, charged with aiding tho escape of Btephens, the jury, after some hours’ deliberation, could not agree upon a verdict and were discharged, Byrne was retained in custody, ho official Dzrusnix WaARZAWHKI says that Ble phous had passed through Parison his way to Gene- va, where he invends conferring with M, liersen and tho members of his luternational Revolutionary Club, The French police would not allow him to tarry at Paris On the night of the 11th the police of Dublin er- rested seven mon ina house in North Anne eb. Four of the prisoners were engaged in casting large rifle bullets in the kitchen of the house, In the pocket of one man they found proclamation calling ou the Irish people to be ready for lusurrection. Iu the case of O'Kocfo, the jury, after o short absence, brought in a verdict of “Ciullty,” with « recommendation to mercy, The prisoner addressed the Court for an hour, commenting severely ou the entire proceedings to which he had been subjected, and the manner in which the trial was conducted, He was sentenced to teu years’ penal sorvitude, Cornelins O' Mahony, accountant in the Iaisu Peo PL office, was then put oo hie trial, The Dublin Feerman says: On Thureday evening, the 4th tnst., Warner, the Cork beuian informes, wae teen safe home by the police to his lodeings at Nichmond-road, Ballybough Bridge, Atier dinocs, feviing saat the evening hung heavil and requiring something to drink he proceeces tu & pablc Mouse in the nelgh- Lorhood, where Lo coudueuced vaking about tue Fenians and Feniauisu: w @aumber ot persous who bad assembled iu the pace, Svme warm words, it is euld, eosued, when Warner produced a@ revolver, which he flourished, 1 jandlord succeeded in Bilas all the disputants out of the bouse, and when arher reachou te road, 16 8 8tated be was Kuocked dowa, severely teaten, and one of his eyes pearly knocked out, Iv conse juence of the injuries which he reecived be Was uuably w attend at the commis. sion court, The same paper gives an account of the capture of pikes, etc,, by the police, in Dublin on the 19th inst. Between nine ani ten o'clock in the morn- jug. the poiuce entered a Louse in Blackhail Kow, which had teen formerly used as o buccher’s shop. ‘They ‘ound the place converted into & Workshop, furnished with beaches, wools, &c., ond ou the tor were strewn 36 pikes and pike- heads; 60 of toee weapous were mounted ou ash poles ten feet long, aud the rest were |, ing in a cor. Ler, ready to be mounted, There were ¢Y poles with- out heads, Adthe pike-heads bore the appearance of being treau irom the hammer, aud it is su, ‘oat thelr manuiecture is being rapidly proceed with, from day to day, in resign oa ofthe aie Touro © low essa, de, were om tae NUARY UN. 27, 1866. heaps. While the pollee were prosecut- sJoreph Bown, a barber, entered the cashed hie busivess there, he re- Me io@-ave cinan, When asked yi. te to perform that winot them with him, to curtod The work- y ® man named Tracy, eta the ed to his howe, but ho was t at home Thee arrested) hie wile Under the bed they found 16 pounds weicht of shee for Masing Cane A | biunderbues and a et were nieve found in the house, [tis etaced that Tracy Les in the em ployment of ono of the Je ¢ Fe ner not yet tried, Thep +. itis reid, howe i ins formation of exim © piko making eid act very . on, and thie ie not tobe wondered at w is known chat in @ populous nelenber hood Like hail Row, pike beads in vert numbers have been supplied with statiy for mouth without b covered, The coppor requiied for (t cape ia quite new, and je in rolls of bace in which the pikeheads brow Kow from the forges as they we riebOl staffs, show that (he ta active operation, a material was not w aud Tracy wero brought bef tras fa tho cour Bail was reiusedsan Ditterly about her mck baby, who, she « Only nine monthe old. and had uo one tot ol it, FRANCE, The Paris correspondent of the London Times ayes The Mexican diMiculty was before the last Council of Mibisiers atthe Tuileries, All, of nearly all, the Ministers were for the speedy recall of the French troops, The Emperor, it 1s said, does not thiuk the niow ent yet come to do so en.ely, at least, not until the bkmperor of Austria shall have completed he contingent necevsary tor the foreign legion to koep lus browuer on the throne, PPAIN. PUOGREBA OF THE LNSURRFOTION The following are tho latest telegraine in regard to the insurrection fn Spain :—— Madrid, Jan. 10, Fvening,General Concha, who has beeu replaced by Marshal Serrano, arrived bere yester Sou excitement prevaiied this eventn, Ot the luerto de) Sol, shouts being raed by « crowd of students; but every precaution was taken to prevent a serious disturbance of order, A prociama- ton was posted on the public buildings, stating that tho gove: oment # ould act with great vigor lo main: tain Granyuility Barcelona, Jan. 10.—The troops which had pre- served order hero ow the Tih and 8th inet. were po lonver sufficient on the totiowing day, and the Captein General, with fresh troops, took command of the garrieon, Lhe crowds assoumblod ia the streets, threw stouce @t the soldiers, aud were thoreupon tummoned throe times to disperse, but the discurb- euces continuing, orders were given to fire on the people, ‘The eveuing passed off quiesiy, the troope vivoaacking ia the pubic square, Lbis morning the town Js quiet, Bayonne Jan, 11.—Lettore recetved bere from Barcelona, (he Yih inet, confirm the statement thaton the previous day whe troops bad fired upon the people, aod that three persons were killed aad five wounded, Advices from Madrid state thas great irritation prevails im that city o account of the Government only al ng Hows derived trom minis terial sources to tri ereby incrousing Whe gen ral fooling of une Madrid, Jan, WK mm the Oh of thy .—(n receiving a depu- of Deput be portion of the to see the representa nation olering her their, uppo.t and the testimony of the ny # loynity. Lhe latest official d's- “etches suuoUnce iat Geveral Prim's carriage and sMgHee Lad tallen late the bande of the royal troops, jie is still staced Wo be in the mountains of Toledo, luanoouvering to reach the Po;tuguese frontier, Cotumus bave been seut to cut off bis rewroat by way of Eatremado, The rumor current here that General Concha was wounded is officially denied, After he arrived at Madsiad be bad au inierview wilh Marshal O'Donnell, At elevou oe oek last night an alarm, which lasted a short ime, was given, but quiet now fe conpewiy ertablisued, Some auxiety continues toprevail, The authorities of Saragossa aud Barce- lous Lolegrapled to the Goverumenton the tenth that perfect ordes prevaiiod, The Loudon Times Madrid correspondent, in his letter of the Tih fuvt., says: The Government, as you are awa: begmoing of tue dirty carziog, and osber pla ereat consolation » had from the @sclosed a the clabe, of reudezvous tu Madrid, ed @ decree dissolving aud political aseociations, ‘They broke a au! Denocratic Commisveos om, arreatod soveral of members, bous # Saragossa wud Barceiona, Madrid, Jan, Ms. Mb oficial tatelli- euce #eys rim je retreating precipitarely towards ortugas by Puente dei Arzobispo, Lhe principal moun\ain paseos are heid by the Moyal troops, ibe dispersion of Lhe Inaurgente is comple ‘Trauqallity prevails throughout (he couutry, Lhe Government have demanued the authority Of the Benale to ar. reign Gen, Prim, ‘ihe disturbances which took place AL Daragvess on tho (th ist. were caused by certain micssuies of the authorities, Those m asures haying Leon recalled, uo lursuer (roubles Lave occurred, Commercial. Liverpool Jan. 13, Evening.—Covton--The sales to-day were T,4% bales, including 4,000 to speculators and export Phe market is easier and quotations tuantained, ibe Brescetuffe warket is th nore luqaity, ‘The Proviaon warket is soad 13.American Btocks--U, 8. Five ties 00; Erle shares 67a 01s; Liinow Contral 7, ex-dividead, Price of eousols uot received, » Loudon Discount market wae easier ior abort periods, the winimum Bank ot Ey ing at S percent, ‘The weekly of boglend show @ tucker Lucresse oi 415 364 ster. Log iu the bu lien, ing LORIE over the Weather Kepert \ esterday, Halifax, 9 A. M—Wind B. E., fresh, heavy snow storm, 28 degrees above, Portland, ¥ A. M.—Witnd N,, fresh, snowing; 17 aogrere above, Uf € velo 9 A, M.—Wind N,, fresh, sapowing; 9 de- Tees hove 5 ringMeld, 9 A, M.—Wind N,, cloudy; 26 degrees above. New York, 9 A. M.—Wind N. W., ght, overcast, 80 devrees nuove, Phiiaaelplia, 9 A, M.—Wind N, cleudy; 83 de- grees above. Washingion, 9 A, M.—Wind N, W., cloudy; 85 Gegiece above, Nows items, By Teleyraph to the New York Sun.) Tur smal! pox ts spreading among the negroes in the interior of Louisiana, Gus, J, 8, Sravarxsom has been mustered ont, and the District of Atlanta, Ga., abolished, Rev. Dz, 8, W.8, Dairron, a prominent clergy- man of New Haven, Coun, died suddenly, yeuier- day. A canon three-masted steamer is ashore near Nauset Light, Mass. No particulars received up to 2 o'clock this morning. Tum United States steamer De Soto arrived at Havana on the 20:b inst, with Hon, Wm, H. Beward and family on board, Banarmaton Kexa, proprietor of the celebrated Rosewel! Cotton Mills, at Ailanta, Ga, was yester- day kicked to dea.h by « borse, Berry, Knight, Crab and Lisaugh, all under 20 yoars of ege, the four murderers of Mis, Heffer- man, Were hanged at Nashville, Town, yesterday, Tus United Staies sloop-of-war Ticonderogs ar- rived at Lisbon, December 24th ult, ‘The rumors of disaster to her are quieted by letters received yesterday at Philadelpbia from those on board of her. Tus fall report of Col, Bulkley, Engincer in Chief of the Russian Telegraph Expedition, bas been received, It is very satisfactory to all con- cerned in the great enterprise of unising the two ooutlaense by Velacraph, | lected Without 0; position, Thirty-Third Year. ——S=—=—e Acovwnts from the parishes of Louisiana con- tinue to come In to the effect that the planters find the greatest difficulty in contracting for labor with the freedmen, notwithstanding thas the highess wages ere offered them to go to work, Tue sevorest tornado that was ever experienced ' fm that neighborhood cecurred at Goveva, Nevada, on the 18th inst, Tlouses were unroofed, and nearly every shed end outhouse in the place levolod to the ground, Much damage has been cone to the interior of the State of California by floods ft Faracson Bram, the newly appointed toember of the Canadian Government, has been Tle made a rpecch ying that intelligence bad been re- volved frou Washington, that the probibition in rovar! to the catile trade wasto be removed {ta mediately, In the Kentucky Legislature, on Thursday, the Benate pawe! rew lutions postponing the election of United States Senrtor, and extending the prea ent seasion, The House paaréd the resolution Fejecting the amendmeat to the Federal Constitu- tion, and declaring the action already taken by the Legislature as final, Ma. Evwamp L. Burtis's mansion, fn Liewollyn Park, North Orange, N, J wea burned to the ground Thursday afternoon, together with the furniture and clothing of the family. The house took fre from @ ‘gasoline’ in the cellar, which « colored man was replenishing with naphths, burr~ ing him @o severely that he te not expected to live. The lona i about twenty thousand dollars. Ture wae e large Fenian meeting at St Jamnee Hall, Buffalo, Inst evening. “Hon. A, M. Clapp, Gen, Bweeney, Col. Roberta Wm. Brenna: ab J.W. Murphy were the speakers. A.M. Clapp presided. Gen, Sweenoy plodged bimaelt, if « ips ported, that before next May he would conquer ® certain territory upon which the Irish tag should be planted, and which shall be made the base of operations againes Eogland for the libera- tion of Ireland, Col, Roberts promised within 90 days to bh the green flag supported by the greatest army of Irishmen upon which the sun ever shone, Disvatonms from Cincinnati received yestorday, record numerous losses of life by murder and eccident In the West, On Friday last, a man named Green was shot and instanily killed at Granada, Miss, by some unknown person, Tho night following @ man named Tell was shot at the same place. A man named Buchanan murdered bia wife at Indiauspolis on Thuraday. Adifficulty between two prisoners in the Indianapolis jai! on Thureday night resulted in the fatal stabbing of one of the parties, A flat-boat, contaming two faroilios, while descending White River receutly, struck @ sag and sunk. Nine persons were lost. A boat containing Mr. Pratt and eight ne- groes, while crossing the Mississippi at F. Pickering, capsized, and Mr, Pratt and six negroes were drowned, A train was fired into at Maiden, Miss., on the Tth, and Mr, L, Hunting was severoly wounded, The next night the cars were again fired into at the same place, LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Srreer Mosic,—Of all the neisances and annoyances to which our citizens are subject, there is nothing worse than the supposed more reapect- able class of beggars known as itinerant orgen- grinders, burdygurdyists, and other street musi- clans who murder harmony. Bus the organgrind- ers are, perhaps, the most wide awake of ull, These lazy fellows are genorally accompanied by o neat looking woman, who, with a tambourine rune Into saloons and such places, an! by their froo conduct and language, succeed in making » prety good thing of it, Bome of these young women have been known to collect as much as five dollars in saloons and eatng houses in half as many bours, and many of the men, who only hire these women for the nonce, have retired to their own Jand with money enough to purchase a house and land jn their own country, Every day something new fo this way Is gotup. Ono day » man is secu playing » brass instrument with adrum sung to bis back, which communicates with bis toot by string, and thus beats time to his own music. Another is met with organ and Pandean pipes, drum, cymbals, &c, all played in some way by himself, while » third exbibits # lumbering wa- chine on wheels which pours forth # volume of noise sufficient to answer the purpose of a fog whistle, These various contrivances all play well until the novelty ceases, when their proprietors fall back to their origiaal obscurity, and the stock of the pretty tambourinist rises again, There is another class, consisting of viollas and harps, whu pick up # smert living in bar-rooms; but few of these know the tune they are playing. Asan instance, a few evenings ago e gentleman askot one of these bands for the French air, Parlunt pour le Syrie, “Yes yes," was the answer, and he immediately struck up ‘Hail Columbia |’ be- living, it is supposed, that @ nationel air could only be called for, Bo much did ono of these bunds annoy ® gentleman sitting in « house, « few even- ings ago, that he went to the door and offered them fifty cents to go, They took the money and went, but only to the next door, where they kept up the same tunes, to bis infiniie annoyance, “The organ-grinders are too lazy to work, y some, That may be true, Bust certainly if these men can make four or five dollars # day at yrind- ing an organ for » few hours, is can hardly be ex- pected that they will go to breaking stones for half the money, and work tem or twelve bourse at thas, Axornuen Bank Messexcen Roppgp—A Naw Gaua— Tunes Thovusawp Dotiass Bro.en ny « Bogus Powormam.’—~ Thomas Quinn, eo ployed as porter by the Greenwich Savings Bank, No, 73 Sixth Avenue, was ingeniously robbed of three thousand dollars yesterday morning, by « man dressed in @ police uniform. While Officer Siellges, of the 28th Precinct, wae in Carmine #, a man dremed in police uniform approached and told hiro that he had been detailed to arrests cous- terfeiter and would require the services of officer Bieliges, oa the man was e desperste character, Kentineed on the Last Page. on Thureda: