The Sun (New York) Newspaper, March 23, 1866, Page 1

HE Number The Latest News ——— 0. FROM WASHINGTON. THE COTTON FRAUDS, Many of the Avents Relieved, THE MILITARY CONFIRMATIONS. Rewards for Faithful Service, | Report ia Favor of Mr. Stockton. THE CURRENCY LIKENESS QUESTION, Discussion ia the [louse, FROM THE OIL REGIONS. Destruciive Contlagration. FR | Oil A RIVER OF BURNING LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. Further Arrrests---Stephens Not Canght. THE NEW WAR CLOUD. Threatening Attitude of Prussia, & Coes WCe. &e. W asittn 8, Mare! Tt ie @ notices set that the thre our hans Gred confirmations, by the Senate.o Second Lieuen- Qnte in the Regular Ar: were excluats com- posed of men from various States who had rerved during the lato war in all branches of tho itary service Mcers of volunteers-.soire of them as Colonels, Lientenant Coloneis, Majors, Captains and Bon-commilasioned «Mivers, and a fow of therm as pri- vaies, Tho Treasury Department ts ali! apniving itretfto the suppression of frauds in the collection of cotton tm the Southern States, Meur of the agenta have been relieved, and there are to be uo seizures or deten- tions cf cotton or other properiy as captured or aban- doned, uulese by special diiections in each ease from the several agents, or direct from the Treasury De- pariment. It ie known here that rebel government eotton has been removed, and that of private parties secretiy subssituted, thus perpetrating a double fraud on this Government. and on iancevnt ladivid- uals. The Postmaster General has ordered en extension ef the routo from San Antonio to Fort Clara.through E) Paso, making the entire distance 700 miles—the service once s weck aud back, Officers and soldiers ef the army in Texas are thus place? in clore postal @ommunication with their friends at the military posts in New Mexico, Califoruia, and on the front er, besides, the accommodation w furnished with retu- larity and certainty to the people geuerally of that far-off iand. The President to-day transmitted to the Houre of Representatives, in compliance with a resolution eeking for information ou the general condition of Mexico, an immense balk of docaments from the year 1564 to the present tite, Much of it has heretofore been published, and the remainder pre- tents but few or no pointe of public interest, The Speaker jaid before the Houre a report of the operations of the National Academy of Sciences @uring the past yonr, trom which it appears (hat the Committees on Weights and Measures are in favor of adopting a decimal sysiem; and that, in their cpin- fon, the metrical system of weights and measures, though not without detects, is, ai! ihings consideied, the best in use, The President has approved of the awards of the Military Commission who were sppointed to dis tribute the rewards for the arrest of B and the conspireto.s, They amount io nearly ® quarter of @ million of dollars, and nothing now remains bat for the ecretary of War to announce and pay ent the money, so far as it isin bie hance, The Committee of the House of presentatives on Elections, have reported in the matter of the @sputed sont now occupled by Mr. Brooks, of New York city, that William E. Dodge ia the rightiul elaimant. Senator Foote is dangerously ill, having been con- fined to his bed for four weeks. The Committee on Ways and Means have this week bad eoveral mectings ow the Loan Bill, but as yet have come te no de‘ermination on the subject. Without any certain data oo the subject, the report generally prevailed among Members of Congress to- y thatthe President will veto the Civil Rights’ Bil. Major-General Thomas has, in accordance with the request of the late Committee on the Conduct of tho War, prepared a narrative of all the oporations of the Army of the Cumberland, This will fluish the his- tory of the war under the auspices of thas committee. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Minth Session. BENATE. Washington, March 22.—Mr. Samner introduced a resolution instructing the Committee on Finance to tnquire into the expediency of so amending the In- ternal Kevenue act as to permit disabled soldiers of the Union army to peddle without paying the license now required by law, Tho revolution was adopted. Mr. Harris called ap the bill abolishing the South- ern Judiela! District of the State of California and the Westein Judicial Dtatrict of Louisiana, and mak- ing of the State of Louisiana end of the stare of Cali- Mornia, reeneciively, oue Judicial Mietrict, Tae Dill was parsed, he Mr. Brown called up the bill to authorize the con- struction of a bridge across the mississippi at di, Louis, which was passed. Mr. Trumbull called up the case of John P. Stock- ton, Senator elect from New Jersey, against whose election certain members of the New Jersey Legisla- ture protest. The report of the Judiciary Committee wes read. It states that the only question invoived im the decision @f the case is wheth lection by a | | | Koow that, of the Committee that repo — fare in joint meeting assembled, fn Fule acontod by thet joing meeting itself, is valid. *, * pro eetante f tthet it ie not, and they ceny rT. “tockion's right t0 o sent, becauee, as they say, he not spreinted be a majoiity of the votes of the erat meeting of the Losisiatare, The Committee feo ommend tor adoption the following resolution : Keovet, That Joba P, stockton was daly elected a8 aoe itied i? bie eear LP ges from the Stave ew Jersey for ihe ve: i day of horn teas. rm of alx years from the 4th Mr, Anthony, ia the chair, stated that the question was apou the adopiiou of the resolution reported by the Committee. Mr. Clark called for the reading of the protest Aesinet the election of Mr, Stockton, signed by etant oF the Senators @aod thirty of he members of Avrembly New Jersey Legislature. The Do oleat wae read ‘ Mr. Clark moved to amend the resolution of the Commuceo by inserting te word “not before Su¥," sod also betore the word “eutitied,” eas to make itread that “Joha ?, Stockson wae pot duly viectod, and is not enel led to his seat, etc.” Mr. Cia. Kk them proceeded to give bis seasons for tis smuondment arguing thas Mr e-ec.fa by « plurality vote of forty ag ios him, [be question apou ease turned was whesher tnat riebt to set aside all precedent, and armance of a < elected. He dec ared ibat,ia the abecocecu: a lew ca the culject, itrequired « Mejorivtoricet. Hedid nod that i: was com- peieniior the Legislature to easy that @ pluraity Micbte nt for the joint convention toro determine, They cid not ask the Log elatare aw declaring that @ plurality milehis ele Ptill they tot in jolat con- yi ohems aud then determined Ib by ay teot 41 to Mr, Steckton td that, by the Constitution of the State of Now Je the Conven lon was the Ler aeture, gue Was ev Ge lor the ver, pur- pore of making i.e ow sues, w the plurauty mulc iu bie case, be stated that it was adopied by Mw con votes, in th hope of clecting a Kepubile re Chew, Tt wae ao pled because nue Lenocrale foil caucus to Domibae Lin, aud cent Lumber of these woud yok, to secure Lis ¢.couon by @ Ke Brockton t of the Judiciry close it, bubis LOW od @ little & sag trom tue Cx ot iaw, Ho wae gleu to ted iu bis out of sev mbers were bie polisical Oppoueu hie prvcee do with be acgumen* tO show t the Julns conveution of (he two dioues nthe New Jccecy Lad leg maive su hie m f ice to show that t ileeu “ Seweior, in ds ede ted o © Kepubs clube bie peruse Lpov time, ib hb » OF the men be.s of tue Legiala © Was bocessary Wo secure the ciecuen of @ OF, OUS Al wae JOU Tm pesaY 8 iv eect under sO abu boo Ley lea ule teecibded 6 oad adopi- al eae @ ejory of aula wee . sue rule @ ale was rO Wee DO Question reieun we lo Kune ou, ee wihseh wou situ. rete u favor of the rey of the s@ veddiy of, ar. © ocktou's A eiaieu, to the course of bis se. kK wae cue voly rember ol the e sho dise@clted ticmws the views #pvsi ol he wtaittec,~Adjouswed, HOUSe Or KREYRLSENTATIVES, The louse proceeded, as tue Lusiness of the morn- ing hour, to the consideration of the joint resoiution reported yesverday from the Cowmittes on Agricul- ur, toamecd sue Agricultura! College bill of July , 1862, wud atier a discussion extending all through the morn.og bour, the joint resolotion was recom- mit ed to the Committee on Agriculture, The Senate amendmeuts to the joint resolation, authorizing the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to pince Lurlke and vessels at the disposal of the Com. mire oners of Quarantine, or other proper authori- ties, @ ports of whe United states, which was to lint the existence of the law to one year, Was coucure red in lhe senae bill to encourage telegraphic comma nication between the United States aud the Island tf Cubs and ower Weet India I sand the bahe- jaa, wae taken trom the &y bie and twee, andatior discussion t ea relerred to the Commitiee ou Commerce, cho Swwaker preseated s message from the Presi- dentiuco pliaace with a@resolut’ nof the 11th of Dex FV lust, request ng basorts! rou OD the presevut, oaliton ot afaire in the Repuotic of exeico tranemiiting areportfrom the pecretary of Biate, snd the pay by which itwas accoupanied, The were coucained ia two large Liown paper bil atier pace Mr paoying docuc ents be printed Com raittee on soreign Affe Links moved that the measege and the accom- referied w the Agreed to. # bill 1a reference to the M.. Lawience sniroduce: qualitica:, f jucore in certain caros, which was read twice and reiered to the Judieary Committee, The Dil provides that i cases of trial for treason or olues bigh erlines or misdemeanors sgainet the United states, the having entertained or expressed an opinion eball not be a disqualification. The Houre then took up the Senate's amendments to the Deficiency bil’, and proceeded to their consid- eration. The teath amendment of the Senate being under consideration, wo insert es follone; For the pay ot ihe United ptaves Comuiasions, and for we pay of the Valted States Surveyor, auu tor incidental ex- ed (othe $ artioe loud, 10 Maren, ised, and fo tiou of the final elart ehow ui the common liberty of tahing in therr jimite, jit-een bandied collar, or eo much the.6o! as may + be Lecesaary Mr. Kooks ssid thet he looked to the future with ereataesd io relation to coutiicws Letwoen our own fleueruweo and (Le fishermen ot Nova scotis. New asnock aud Prince tdwara's le Lue best d liy tumbler one mackerel, wore r tc hore, ‘The fishermen j:oim Maine ani das tea would pullup their fening boats witha the Marine Lesgue trom which citizens of other coan'iies aie exciuded by the law of N hd would ela the right of fieling there, © ot the most perilous character haa he:etofore ar from that cuss, sud we were once Ou the very ee ofa war wi.u Great Britain on thataceount, There rumors pow siloat, having, probably, good fativu, that a@ fishing bout was beang prepared on lanwic coast, armed with (ue best o eruinance and Wauaged vy the braves: and bo.dest of web, ConLet with the Fenian ofaan.zauon, wu within or r toe probibited grounc hie thought it the daty of she Hlouse and of the Govern- nieut to take DOwece Of such tumors, ANU by au armed po.ce on those \e1s preserve tho country yor the peru of war witu @ fuie@ wu counwy Spalding, of Olio, agia that be baa heard some yuo, and be had noviecd thet & genie. n Maine (Sir, Pike) bau ieet week, tried to resolusion imetructing she hecietary of the Navy WO eend sume ton-cluus ia (oat direction to protect ous dshermuend, 1b bhey are cpposed im the pursuit o: their business, He deuied tnat any teary coud deprive (hem uf their rigut fel in any part ot the Auantic cous, aud af war shoud come, les it come, The amendment was concurred In, The twenty ninth amendment of the Senato being ubder considersuou (0 sirike eut (he following pro vio Fiovided, That hereafter no portrait or likeness of any living pérsom shaul be engraved or placed upon auy OF Lhe Dongs, securities, nows or postal currency of the L oited Srates. Mr. Thayer, ot Penneylvanis, said that he hoped the fovsee woud nou concur. she fires euiver dower ot be United prates thay wae struct, bad on it the face of Low ¢1@atess uviog Aimerican—Geueral Wash- jnogh 4 wud when thar fact beca anown Gecessl Weablugiou, he imme ly ordered ibe die to be destroyed, Wuoever now bul & vilver dollar with the Lead of wen, Wastington upon st, hudin bis manismatio colection 4 coin of too serest Value, ‘Lhe modesty which seemeu to eve Oicueulebes the pubiic men and pubiic oliicers ol thas Gay Gid net, he legrosied to say, seem to characterize some ot the public men and pubic offi- uv the present day, If be (ook up now the psper ieprerev tative Of OUF EMALes$ sliver com Le jouua un iL not ue efigies oO; General W sslingson, but of tue pupelinteuaeut of Pabsc Printing, bax, We aouburae, Lil,-Not of pubile printing, Mr. Thayer—I Les parcon, of curreucy printing. A Mem ber—W hat is the name? Mer. Tuayer—1 uced not name him. He ia well uld known. [tind i prtated on both sides lea, not be known. There are Many reasons why this neartiee shanid be disvontmued ieiea am emtrace on NEW YOR K, FRIDAY, public taste. and fs am fneonrenience in many re specta, ihe arithmetic mekers @fli be cbliced soon to do away © ith the old tables of Federal currency, and to enbetitace @ new one minning ihus Two Ciarks make one Washineton wo Washiugtwus aod ove Clark make one Fessen- o Two Fessendens make one #pinner, ove Chine, heer) te provieo.and that the Conference Commitee would hold on vo it. Mr. Gargeld hoped the smendment would not pre- vail, There wae hardly @ description of paper money fesued by the (cverument during the war that did not have the face ether of some secretary, public officer or ovher distinguished person, and (hat scomed to him eminentivy proper as a@ sort of record of the events and peisons of the timer, He was not will hat the suegestion of the gentieman frem yivania (ft hould go ont ae the conse of it oe 4 80: of censire on the of she Treasury hitherto, Aconvermtion bere took place besween Mr. (iar. field, of Obie, aud Mr, Brooks, of New York, io rege d to the private character of Mr. Giark, Mr. G. defending that gentiewan, while Mr. B. denounced bh a og unfit for bis position ia the Treasury Depart- wen Mr, Ingersoll, of Iilinols, thoucht it wae not worth while making & fuss about the mat if the man's reputation did not t loner t hue chr ae pees Mr. Randall, of Pennevivania, engcosted that the subject of the proviso waa now before the Ox lttee on Banking aud Curreucy, which would mase the proper aispsition of The House, by a very decided majority refueed to concur with the Fenate in striking out the prov so, All amendments of the Senate were dispose: of, and « conference committee ou the disagreeing roles of the two Houses asked for. On motion of Mr. Tevlor, of New York, the Com. miiteson Invalid Pensions was directed to in t ya bled teer Mervicoe oA in Rett d f heowweky, sented a ren ation, polmtment by the Secre:ary ot War, veneral, of a ec foto the expedieury ot placing t uf the Vor meane of preven ing web reiored to the Coumittee ou Forulgu Affaire. Aujou. ned, GREAT FIRE IN THE OLL REGIONS, Immense Losses. Fetrovum Centre, Pa. March 22. The grentest fire ever koown ip Ulidorado, excepting that of the Maple “bade, two years ago, has vearly exhausted iteelf, loaving @ horrid and fearful amount of ruins. Tho couflagration b a Well, where two men were engaged in couiking a new tank con- taluing oil te the amount of two hundred barrels Ove of the staves wre forced out at ihe bottom, which created @ vacuum, through which the oll too ont, end running down the Run, it communicated with an engine house, and tlere caught from the fire im the furnace From this point 16 rapidly spread t) the ofl tauks of the Ocean O1l Company, Philadelphia, the Arctic Well and No, 20, Patterson and Dickey, and No, 19; thence down the run tothe differeat welis, five io number, Leionging to the Brec..a and Myers avd Breedin and Leuneut Leares, wLich were soon on= veloped in ei | howe mass of paren de With oo early it rolled onward ating with every ry oF ect before which carted the burning mass into Benacheff an, catching in ite three reineries, some thirty or nore buildings, and severai weis ilu progress of drilling. In lees than fifteen moinutet irom the breaking out of the fire, itwa empiyiue iteelt inte Ol Creek, at the mouth of Oil Kun, thus p erentin: to the eye a terrible mountain of black sumoke an means of ch down the r thing com it, It soon ne thle te@arfai’ nm. flames comm ible, eweepug found @ char flame, nearly a mile in longih. The demage te ew inated et 815000, Patterwon and Dickey, with the Ocean Oli Cowpany, are the heaviest losers, [women reported burne! sesiousiy, two fatal'y, we one Mckenzie has just died at tho MeUlintock Ouse. Storm at the VW est. Cincinnati, March 22.—\lhe storm of Tuesday night was very cevere and damaging to property iu the neliehberheod of Connersvilie, Ind. Kevoral bu idings were blown down, and one of the ples of the brige of the Cincinnati & Indianapolis Janction Railroad was destroyed. A freicht train ran into the chasm, and the engineer and fireman were severely injured. The storm was folt at Indianapolis, Louls- ville, Evansville, and other paris West. At Hiyde Park end Evanston, Il), there were bail stones « immense size, breaking glase and destroying the contenta of greenhouses, NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE. Senaic. Albany, March 99. Mr, Voleer presented a pe- tition from Hugh B, Wilson, claiming an taterest in the Underground Kallroad grant in New York Mr. ©, G, Cormell presented a remonstrance ngainss tag ernotion ot an engine howe io urine Slip, 1LL8 Kerowrep.Providing jor the care and education of idle and trurntcuildreoin Brooklyn, jor the consideration of the senste Toy vice for the payment of certain exveueve inenrred by the Commissioners of Quarentip A communication wae tro!ler of New York, cover A eth oment of the amount of judpmenta obssived agalust the city curios the past iiscal year; twtal amount $129,- Ub9 76. Binte Ixrnont onn.—To ainend the act vewe ago and dramage in New York Croton Aqueduct Commissiouere addtional power in the meatier ot making contracts under the Iaw of 1865 To authorize the Pacific Mail Steamehip Company to iperease she recepital aiock to $10.10, (00,.......To ipeorporste ft) Drew ‘iheo ogieal & minary of the Methodist Fyis Chnreb > Relative to the Nursery d Cliloe’ Hospital in New York. It pr esthar ti yelail pay poreonum foreach child supported therein, »6U, 4 under two years of age; $75, 1 over two agi under tem years of ego, and DivG Uf cver ton yeareol Be, EVENING #EBOIO%, A communieation waa received from the Suaperin- tendent or the Banking Department, eetting forth that the fund now in hie hands jor redemption ot bills of insolvent safety 10 fuiouuisto eds. 45,17; thatence this has been secumulating four incorporated banks have twiod, viz.: Lewis County, Bank, Yates County t Bank, and Bank of Orleans; thas under ot the gu- preme Court, oi March b he la reyuired to pay to the receiver of the Ya uot Uaok @ sui aufli- cient to discharge its hieh would abeocb more than the iunutin his beuds, Me therefore asks for addivonal leyvisiation, Mitts Apvancep vo Tarp Reaving.--Incorpo- rating she Workinugmen's | uouot New York, Conside@s able eevaie was Lad upon the bill author. from the Comp- izing Witiem Beard aud ofhers 'O consuuct piers, bulkheads aud basin in trout of thelr leads ia the Twellth Ward of Lrookiyu, peudivg which the Awembly. The Niagara Frontier Police bill was considered In Committee of the Waole, sud wade the special order for o-morrow morning ‘The New Capitol bist was thon teken up, Mr. Cochrane moved ww j« further con- sideration until Monday eveulux. « debate, the inotion was nmerided eo ay to niak® the bitl ‘he ape- cial order tur Fridsy cyeuing, which was acopted— 92 to 8 votes, EI.Ls Paserp.—To extend the (erm of the offices of Jussice aud Clerk of the EB elith Judicial deuick of the city Of Now York (o Dec uated diel, Looy, To authorize Henry Scivy.ns, an allen, Lod res, estate...... 10 enable the irusece of tue Deamen’ und and Ketreay to burrow moury, EVENING BEAION, Tho specisi order was the pro rath troight bill, which was con by the House ia Committees of the Whole, ‘Vbie bill compels ai the rallroada in (he plate to carry wey {rea u. ab o ace OF Prices gra- cuated by the p.ices charmed tor through feighs, with s\owances for short distances OVer pro faba through rates, Lhe bili was ordered to @ thud road- ing, by avoteofiztw¥, Aujcu ned, Tax betrothal of the Princess Pecmar, of Den- mark, and the new hereditary Granda Duke of Rus- Gia, Will take place in the montis of April, ou ibe tin A.e af Bia (Nol at! a MARCH 23, 186. Saat ac Le SSS From Europe. Two Days Later News. The Ansiralasan, from Queeasiown on the 11th, arrived here yesterday, The Uuited Sistes war steamer Canandateua eft Kingstown, on the Gih of March, for the north of Lreland, TREAT PRITAIN Bir John Grer hoa a motion ja the Moure of Com. mone for consideration on tho h Match, in which it ia deciared that the Church establishment tn tre land is a grievous wrong to the peop's of that coun. try, aod shat ius continued mainiensnee preven them from having coudidence in the jurtice or in the wiedom of the Imperial Parliament, The Irish police coutinned to carry into offeet.with ereat vigor, the extraordinary powers given by the suspension of the /labeaa Corpuaact, An lioportant arrest had been ma t Strabane, in the perron of Mr. Underwood, a barrister, well known In connec- tion with the Lriah nal movement, It was rumored that Arept dl been harbored at the ho of Mr. Underwood since hie escape, Another runorine rd to Stephen bat he bad @ teow daya em to Prane ut thls etate rene was generally discredited and believed to be a ruse The earch tor him continued acuve. the Sih, nice men, aho had on!» Amerie At Cork, on ust returned fron were arrested in a public house; and @ 1, OD the exe day, @ party of eight me i, jncluding a Cap’, O'dultivan. lave in Two of the Town Commissioner named O'Sullivan and O'briscolle cated Malo had also Leen art In the House of Commons, Maren 8th, on @ motion for the second reading of the Parliamentary Oathe bill, Mr, Disracil ssid no doubt the present eath cou- tained some things that were objectionsbile, but he took exception to the oath as proposed by the Goverte meat, which was simply @ boid declaration of alle- glance, ‘The oath ough? to be of a dy uestic charac and extend to royalty, Ho wae desirous of @ uniform oath, but gave notic. that be should tmove ah gidendme to) «the. form proposed, which would reeoguivo the supremacy of the Queen, and ackuowledge sleginuce to her ead ber suce cessor, Mr, Bright enid it Oath tieant by arms on on mew bere who had trom \t. Bir G. Grey anid the the amendment of M “detend” in the impose au ating. hitherto exempt the word it would born vernment would consider iherues, aod leo the point ie. erred te Mr. Bri Mr, Newdecse charsciorized the bill as an ineatons atieunt to weaken the inciple established on the Keiwrmaion, aud moved thas the bib be read a nd the thes day @ix jienths Alter some turiler remarks the second reading wae } @tmiausity of Lvo—iive only voting for (he that the ecvion of Mr, Dieraeli in this was delormine! upou at meeting of the the Marquis of Salisbury'r on oprosentod aa wining iG foreim decree ehall ~ recognised im ily courte of jaw, Alay shat the gath of mili gia ‘ extend to she bere of the thivne, thus Ousuring @ Provestent succession, The Times raye of the meeting: We have reason to beliove that at the meeting of matier couservatives tel theta laid Der yi p opowe that no I's lor otver the coaservative party hell at she bose of the Mar jule of Salielury, {C wae resolved that no opposition ebou.d be offered to the Intioauction of the Meloma iil on Monday exit Lith instant, bus thes during the interval between ite in recoud Leading bien tired tor ater base conelt couree should be € orby would jae | Buber eppustunii. OF ticebibe his supporers In the bivwee of (omniome, March ¥, Mir. Watkins whol if auy exper hed Leen made with re peating rifle, euch ae those used in (he urmy of the La Bt and if any intention existed of 1G obiusler weapous jor the iret sb aru lortera Mom ptates oilicers bir jag Lhe re 4 Ar, Gisustone Baia 4 as a anbject of great lia- portance, and elould rece ve full cousiaeration at the manda of the goverurment, THE ATLANTIO TELPGRAPT, ‘The annual meeting of the sharehvuiders of the At lantic Lelegraph Company wae tv id to London on the $4 of March, ‘The Directors’ report exp the steps taken for carrying oat the enterprize by means of the newly formed Anglo-American | oe y, octing aa the agenia Of the Atisutie tculers of whlen have been aly H Cusiias moved ihe arin Si r susion — Phat the arrangements made by vee Veonic commune with it) Gar, god Bel OXPiade~ thon of tho contract cxocuted between (he Asiantic Leiegraphic Como.ny & tio Anglo Ajmeriwan i ele- graph Companys, ace approved by thle exiraocdinary genera: meetins of the susreholdere.” Atler some Giscussion the rerolution war Unaniaonsy wmiopled Ik wos hail (he capuel of the n@w com. pany bac y tom oppliea tor, and (here wae Lo doubt 16 would ai) be speedily taken up, Lhe Los raph Coverruct.oo and MaAoleuel fy ny 46 wow makiug over ony bi sbical) of cebie per week, ani C.« pecwwa to ready to leave Suecre the imet week iw duee, Captanu Audersoa, Mr Cauning, and ail connected with che new expodition, exp nea uadie miviehod confidence tn lays he new ceive, and in KOLA Lp gad Com pletiue the portion oF Uae one Mid saat euuuae dhe ehocca ol We hew copay eeore Quvleu at 4 prewauin, lois lor completing ei America during the pict MisCsLILANDOUE PF The epcech of Pree:.cnt Johneon, at the meeting ing in Wash ngion on ihe Yd of Febru tiracted much in England, aod met with vey eonersi approbation ibe London Times warmiy applauds it, and save it would not have beeo une eet | va} | | asvertod trom the pulpit that the rine worthy of the ¢reat founder of the Auocrican Kepube | . ‘Vhe Dairy Ne nad | @ that, aiuiough the tw pe eulal Bltacke ahd Wes UlOored e of t Cone hua ik ower @ sat | eetuer yourttiy of a peaker, iu | thers artic. (ue deity Niwe t CP UC e Mr. Uaucio.t'’s .A.e Ofaiiul, ou Baye tuat “e ser | tribute to the sud, wouclyy reticeui, peace-loving | Liacuww than duvegine,” Joho M, Mason, ex-rehel comrissioner 'n London, poblishes a lester in the Ti suppor of the bezear about to be held by tue ladies of Baltiinore in eld of thoes in from the ia weeuwe masy be « thie Ofation ib would be ailncuik Ww 3 in he pouthern states who aro eufforing DK WO LOC IVE Bol tos NUbediy CoUl Ue Cue Whe in th in Landon, March 9th, pl a relause from curt o teeore ere Gebk se ae ex eod ten thous a poubus ster i Dia sasluse to Gineppoimeat ip heer eutiow of ive Coles Wail bnew be Merebe CuVeruimeur 1K budding and runsing Mon-plates pe ve pels, the Wie Do Cepaaition (Oo bee ie eee 4 INR WROTO INOFdi YT LEO BULIC® \ he tebe binns { i Queen Vi eu her fret Court’ Maren v Mi. und bi us Wee poe Cut 1 tne premeused by bh Bbie, Avwaid, #16 ob Ane ot> aut pecretary Ol Legation, uu dis. sougolnry Katcliie, of New York, A Madrid dispatch anys that the Peruvian war shipe imsependeuce ana tluceear pro eeued direct tor the Pacitic, take part in the tpi vscbing BllLug 66 Lélweek ppait Bud Uluibaga beiu, A Viehie Gsepateu Of (he oth inet omy as Tt le etated that tlie Mus of £Oreigi Alias Lat Leek bution Viged Ww wary BK leat 1 the M@aicaa Gove ermment tor the 0D OF 644 Ave tid VOU. wer oui pelos Mexico, AUSTRIA AND PRiBSolA, The Austrian Da Viuewian woulles atl) attract Attention. Tie. fussau dipieter, Count Von Bis- wark, bas forwarded arepy to the recut address of some wembers of the Jiv.scin pobility, im which he says: "I aves the t aet ib arch, w ve ble wives auve Beapect lor the tietets aged (he Lous’s orelu Ore 0 Obtain Lae ¢ enioar aA and to eatiely the Clams of t Malnialued uuuer suy eirevmstances, in euch a Tanner, belo Perio be Bokotwiuetive unY of the Duchics aud puasuaty thels propery" The London [utes correspondent writes: “The reports relative to the state of the diplomatio pales 1 - Anmehma Amd ie s previously stated that I eonsider » He Prosvian mons 0 1486@ lifes Guroave 460 the suutiou, fa, which will be Phe ba imrupl atiebutes | "Thirty a rm: -Third Year+ - ——— i conficting that rome authentic information am ful ect can bardy fail to be acce! reacers. A short time azo Count Count Carol: t anderstand that he imt propose to Austria to (rapeter t Prussia her covern in Holstein. To this strange comment the Austrian minister coldly replied that the jel Government erence {n Ld oy Youn: Carolyis reply Cabicek Count. biemark uiviealleto make to Count Menedorff « % toe samo effect, He bas simply di ae By yous te deemed Tareas er to let the Austrian Mlatster for Por Aja know tat (he Prassian goverment |) roppsoriui @al aoon be changed intos 5 Austria,’ paye my informant, ‘wishes eveid mm sorties with [sure a, Dut her pat'ence is « od to make no fa: wher id overbearing . y. Shou urn im Holstein, Anstria will y preparations for de ence, nt ec ogve (he Schieewi¢-Holetein question a Kucpean character by © ber rights te the tere Ducovee to the Germaa Contederation.’” Ii ( thatthe Germans are casting @ longing! ey eon Helicolsodowhich they say originally belonged to Schloewie Holetein, fome atiempt is making to impress (he en Ji population with the edvanteges wiceh woud ace oo them wero them island treme formed jue ® Geman fortrees, with @ splendid nerdor, ine London Suspay Gazerre gives @ Austria has solicited the good off.ces of ino a © s@itlement of ihe bint wom | roudon re . oe between Viemna Aner any lertin are strained very tightly, Wut thas i is 6 long way from diplomacy to war. that the relatle Commercial. Alter a week of extreme depression, the funde closed on the Oth with @ partiel ratly, Mouey con Hues in cood demand at 7 per cous A wi carore.Tarioe “roe & Co, quote 5 the Contiven hi th ia Toe T a Tis, hy Consol, 86% 0 8T 4 London 10,.—E rent Five-twenties vi Ubnole Cootral, Tike Tiigx bn By a bby WetpOuly March 10,—Roening.-Cortos.—Salew to day, 2.002 ber, The marke! is booyant and @ trifle higher, Speculatocs and er porters, took 7,58a bales diddlog up ni, iva ved, Breedevude quiet, but stead Provisions fin GREAT FIRE CUNC INNATIL Destruction ef Pike’s Oncca House—-Lew 500,000. Cincinnati, March 22, 1 A, M.- Tike’s Opera House tock fire from an explosion of gas at mide nicht, The whole building je in flames, Ademe* Expresa = CO ilee, Rickoy & Carrell, booke sellers, Peter & Brother's music etore, Wheeler 49 Wilson's Sewiog Machine Katablishment occupied portions of the balldlag. The structuse will be eae tirely destroyed, Lose about $900,000, . es Sews Items. Dy Telezraph te tha New Tork Qua. Tur Dacotab Mouse and the Washington Towa at St, Pauls, Minn., were destroyed by fre Wed- nesday night. Lone #7,000 or $5,000. ‘Yur office of the Halifax Som was destroyed by fro Wednesday nivht. Thie paper, and ite editor and proprictor, Mr. Ritchie, were cous.stemt friends of the United Staves throughout the wer of the rebellion, A vinr, suppored to have been the work of ap incendiery, broke out about two o'clock yesterday | roorning, at Astoria, L,I. in the house of Dr. & |W, Beots, occupied by the Goverumont, end ts was cutively destroyed. Turum wae o large and enthnsiastio Fenias meeting at Bavannal, ( last oight, the Pate Centre prosiding. Aucresson were made by Dane fe) Donoven, of Buaton, A large number @ names wac added wo the roll, Irish bands were taken freely. On Wednesda ening fire was discovered tw the ahap connected with the railroad repatr ehop tn 81. Johvabure, Vt. which consumed the ma- chine shop, pew carringe-shop, eng ne house, rail-chop, bWwo eng net, with all the mochinery, tools, stock, ete. The loss will reach #100,000. The buildings destroyed were the property of tha Passompeie Kaliroad, General latelligence. (By Mail te the New York Sun) Tae Pittafield, Mase, coal danlors not heaving yes heard of any reduction in the price of coal contimus to charge #16 a ton. Cart, Surrt, of Geormet , Cone., sccidentally dropped « coal ef fire inte a package of damp pow wthe other day, and leaning over to blow the 1 away, lost sue eightof both bis eyes by the explosion. A urivatistio clergyman in Exeter, Eng, hee rpest wee nent to rom od the people of fasting in Lent, an® that they will te compelled from famine to feat im Lent, 1867 G. ian and Eider Miles Grant sre ious diecugsions nightly im Sprmng- Il Moss, The fesuce denies tue authenticuy of eH ble, but argues the existence of disem' ot rrorie, A noce battle between whites and blacks ece currot oo Ricumoud, Va. on Tuesday. Btonee were ire a¢ion both sides, until the police ap- poares vl quelled the disturbance, It came of «yas chasing @ colored suldier, aleon «body of snugglers a soins white t A DRPOmN) Was oy Mase, on Sunday, The goods were ine , wocre We odicer# found ty enty-oight barrels of hur covered ap uncer the hay, and about pinety tho sade cars, in boxes about the size of « suger box, sud sateen denijohas of Nquor, Acoozp so toa London letter, Jobn Stuart Mi bas wives) Lh. we of Commors a lesson on man= vera. Hon ‘ sie without his bat, buteven sete thoexsupl of leaving it et the door—e pro~ 4 oach 19 slogular, Unpariiamentary and eute!, Jumbur, Ga, Exquiran of ie 16th, ree presenin the weatner during thy presems wou @ aia enough for May. Vierty o dus in the tecle am! no rain, Wish » coulunuance of euch scather even nb blow, it says will be tully developed belore sue end o/ the month, Is (be French Chamber there are 55 lawyers, 58 mayors, 82 olficers of rank, 15 .erchants, IT liter. Ory Wi0iy 12 bankers, 9 meyisti ates, OY physiciang, 4 cua eriaing, aod 2 equerrics to the Emperor, Kiabty.four only of the members are in the haps cs uddressing the Louse, and of these 18 only are goud speakers, Ges, Susvipas bas gone tothe Rio Grande te look after she oops & ere ere very disorde:le and likely to ed trouble with the French and Mexicanos, Geners's Phones ace and Bherman,, mins at Louls, will proceert. Horgsa tog he Army Board who were wa to the bus without tim, Tux family of M bury, Weascbester € Uriah Tompking, of Greene 4 of #ix persons, ‘he poison was im were poasiiu @ few the tow, bub how it got there is @® myetery, Gome of she farnuy Lave died, Lut others are heey torecover, Tie food Las been handed te e abem~ ist wo be analyzed, Aw officer, an orderly sergoant, and thirty-two solu.ors belouging to the Austrian forces, which. were sen lo jum Maximiian's army in Mexico, arrived in Polladelpbia on Tuesday aiterneos, Lave (Uemt tpeed em the Lest Pease.)