The Sun (New York) Newspaper, March 29, 1866, Page 1

TALE SUN. Number 10.51 NEW The Secretary of the Treseury, tn # communication to the House of Representatives, calle attention to the condition of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, in which the United States Government is « laree Mockholder, owning two-fifths of the entire interest in the work. The canal, be says, connects the waters of the Albemarle Sound with F/irabeth River, and the Cherapeake aod leiaware bi 4, aud is an impor- tant m of inland communication between thoe points, both for private cemmercial and for Gove men’ purposes, During the wer the work was m termiy da ed, and, aithongh net im use, it Te{uiree immediate repairs, to preserve its extet- ener, The sum of $20.00 seems required in order to carry on efficientiy ‘he news the Company, and ite officers have asked assistance of the Gov- ere ment in reising that amount, Mr. Romero has received official news from’ El: Paso up to the Sd inst, The report of the evacuation of Chihuabne by the French is fully confirmed President Juarez and his Cabinet were expecied to retarn to Chibushue about the 90th instant, It le also tated thet official news was received to-day cou drmmiag ihe Republican victory at Parras, e Latest News ly Telegraph to the N, ¥. Sun, ee ‘ROM WASHINGTON. EATH OF SENATOR FOOT. onsequent Adjeirament of the Senate, CTION ON THE VETO POSTPONED, he President ~ Speaks Again. EMARKS TO A JERSEY COMMITTEE He Will Stand Firm, HE CASE OF DETECTIVE BAKER. Complimentary Sen ‘OLITICS IN DEATH OF SENATOR FOOT. le Last Mements. Washington, March 28.—Senator Foot died thie Morning, at o'clock. It ie related that before tak- ‘ng leave, thie morning, of all in the room —including bie wife, brother and nephew, and Dr, Baxter, of Vermoui—the dying man expressed a desire to take # last look at the Capitol,and requested to be raised in his bed that he might do se. His wishes were at ones complied with, and just as they had raised him fo that hiseyes rested ow the building, he expired, His remains will be comveved to the Benate Cham- ber to-morrow, and funeral services beld at 1 o'clock P.M, Both Houses of Congress will adjourn to attend the funeral, The friends of the deceased will leave the city for Vermont with the body tomorrow aft noon. Eulogies will be pronounced in both Houses of Congress at « future day. The exercises at the Capital to-morrow will be simply of « reli¢ious char acter, Afier the desth of Senator Feot had been announced at the Executive Mansien, the l’resident and several Members of the Cabinet visited Mrs. Foot and tendered their condolence upon the affliet- ing event, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Minth Season. SENATE, Washington, Mareh t8.—Afver the reading of the Journal, Mr, Sumner rose and sald : Mr. President, a great boreavemen’ has fallen apon the Senate. Mr. Foot, a Beaator of Vermont, one of our most honored associates and the oldest among u in continuous service, died this morning at eight o'- clock, He has pissed from thie scene of duty and of bevor, Im the prerence of such a sorrow i. seems betier thet public Losluées should be suspended in thie chamber for to-day, Accordingly. I shall make a mowion, which I believe will have the sympathetic concurrence of the Senate. I make it in the al- sence of the surviving Benator from Vermont. who ts now necessarily eng im attendance npon the family of tue deceas dafter consultation with him. I move that the & now ajjoura, The motion wes carried and the Senate adjourned antil to-morrow, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. Wilson, of Lowa, from the Judiciary Commit- tee, reported back @ bill to provide fur the settiement of the accounts of certam public officers. It provides thet the monies raised in the I nited Atates for the support of refueees and free imen, and received by any officer of the United Stetes army shal! be charaed. against euch oflicer on the books of the Treasury Department, and accounted for by him fn like mauner, as it such monies had been drawn trom the Treasury of the | nited States, Mr. Wilson expleined that the bill was necessary in order to authorize the Third Auditor of the Treasury to settle the acoonnte of the eflicers of the Freedmen's Bureau for the fande received by them other ‘hap by ronriation from the Treasury. All funde received by officers of the Bureau trom “ona- tions were revorted by thera to the Treasury Depart- men‘, and charged on the books of that Department ecainet them, but there was no law suthoriz- ing the settlement of their accounts for funds received in that way. The bill was considered and ce, WISCONSIN, ecision by the Supreme Conrt. JEGROES ENTITLED TO VOTE, ity and Miscelianeous News. AD ACCIDENT IN 14th 8T, eath of Oddie, the Artist. THE HEALTH COMMISSION. nother Interesting Session, | TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN, leath of a “Confidence” Victim, &e., &e, &e. Wasursorton, Merch 2 The Secretary of the Navy, in @ letter to Mr rimes, Chairman of she ate Naval Committee, ngeoste ‘he initiation of legisiation to ameliorate be condition of seamen ;—that their condition tn he merehant cervice is more deplorabie than that of ny portion of our couutrymen, and sddressos itseif o the considerate, the humane and the patriotic, for eformation. but admits thet measures for their elief do not lesitimately belong to the Navy De- artment. Hoe says thatthe mansof wars-man has ourage, endurance, patience, will and obedience, fn remarkable degree, and that bis defects are attrib- table to the neglect of the Government, which holds at to the enlisted man eo few inducements to excite is ambition, and leaves him without education, eligions instruction, expectation of promotion, or id or for support of a wife or children, and con~ ns him in his iastdere tothe hespital or navel sylum. He recommends the establishment of a ome tor their declining years, or an aliowance of qtired pay, after twenty yeire in the service o secure something of the inieiligence, trustworthi- eas aud sobriety of those who volunteeied for the rer, Lie would bave esiablished school-shipe at the rincipal seaports, where suey may be ht the udimente of an English edv ation, andt uties ef ,eailor, Ot these about sixty should, year, rausierred to tho Naval Acadeuiy , ‘hoee next in profeiency can become warrant offic rs, and the bird grade can be made petty officers; the emaind- ry ors. This will open to apprentices the highest ponors in the > Feivice, ra invites better class 4 boys to en) et. He maintains ‘he great superiority if thisover the precept sys'om uader which only mé-tifth are succersiui and tue rest leave che service iter putting the Government to much expense, He wxplajns the fauure of the law of 1547 from its com- nitting the Gove. ninen: to the anomaly of educating ove ior (ue Davai service without nf Mary Oc pro- niseof promotion, Under it a iew of the brighiest were selected as midshipmen ; bat meeting the pre- to ‘ices incident to radical changes in any profession, hey droppe out of bhi avy 1m disgrace, and the ition came down that is was inpossibie to make sn officer of asmlor. But some of them afterwards attained distinction in the merchant service ana pshere made an.honorable :ecord as officers of voiun- eers during the war, The secretary exp/enses the relief that this prejudice is passing away and thar the legisiauien proposed will elevate @ class upva hom we musi greatly depend for our prosperity aud wolimie. To day, F. P. Stamton, of counsel for Lafayette ©, Baker, stated in the Criminal Court that Baker was present to .ece.ve svutence iu the case of the false imprisonment of Mre, Cobb, Known as « pardon broker, he having been convicted in Januery. Judge Fishe., in passing sentence, addressed Mr, Baker as follows : You were indicted by the Grand I r. Keliey, of Ponn., offered the resolution of amnaies in renerd tot de of Canada, which bad Leen objected to ye ay. No obsection being made, the resolution wae considered and aiupted, Mr. Morril’, trom the Comnithe of Waye and Means, reported @ bill to amend the Intermal Reve- nue actof Jene 8, 1864. and the act thereof, approved March 3, 1865. He waa the pu pore of the Commitee o Means to report a bill extensively modifying the income tax, and in order thatit may take effect this esr, it was dostred that the levying and col- ion of such tax shall be postponed yi owe Srenine, ‘This applied aleo to the ann tax in relation to Schedule ‘A. He, therefore, asked that this bill be considered now, in order that the Committee might have time to report such @ bill as would meet the approval of the tiouse, aes they would do atas early a period as practicable The re betue be objection the bill received its sev- era: readings and was parsed. It enacts that ali proceedings touching the levy and collection of the annual tax provided in schedule A of section 1\4 of tho Act to Piovide Interual Kev- enue, &c,, approved Jane 30, 1864, and the act amen‘atory hereof, approved March 3, i605, end ail roceedings for the levy, return and collection of the fecome tax approved by said act be postponed for the spaceof two months, Provided, slope, remedies and poualties in act hall remain {np tuli force and effecs in all respects, except so tar es the sam changed as to time by the postpoue- ment alorosals, The House proceeded, es the regular order of busi ness, to the consideration of the Bankrupt Law, on which the House yesterday ordered the main ail the provi- jueet for the rounty of Washington, in Novem ber ast, Vy question, Fed ghey At re gee au 5p tt gc Mr. Jenckos argued that tho bill was not only for bter class but was supported alro she of the creditor clase of the he resolution io favor of ite the benefi' of the « by ninewen-iwent country, es showed by © adopted by the Chambe.sof Commerce of x York, Hosion, Buffalo, anu other cies. He heid that it was (bho duty of Congress under the Con- stitution to euch @ ineasure, and thas ite enact ment would be ® great aud lasting beneiit te the coupiry, Mr, Jenckes yielded the last four minutes of his time to Mr, Rogers. Mr, Kogere said that it wasawell known fact that prior to the difficulises of the last five yoars the party which he r presented persis Otay frig ere Lhe passase of a bankruptiaw, he bimseif hau Leen opposed to it—but Le jelt vow @ reepousibility grester thau party considerations rested upon bim, and thas it wae for che benefit of the whole country thatt ere should be some ayetem adopted which would ielieve thse who had failed ip business owing io events wash they could not control. In the city of New York aud in other commercial cities nen of the bes, business talent hed been prevented trow going ipio rount forthe tase imprisoument of Mre, Lacy L. Cobb, and detaining her ynder arrest for some five hours, aud un‘ilshe bed paid you the sum of two bundred douilare for her euiargement ; and these-ond count, for the simpie false imprisonme:t, To thiein- dictment you pienced © not guiity,” and pub your prit wpoa a jury of your country, who, upoo @ iair and partial trial, decided, by their verdict, that you were guilty, as charged in the second count of the indictment, and not guilty as charged in the firstcouut. lue Judge said turihe:, that the «ffect of the conviction, as he uuderstood it, wasthache (Col, Maker) was technicaily guilty of the offence of risonmeut, but he (the Judge) was satisti the ect was commitied | thiough az¢a.ous @n or to secertaln OF rho eeriain COrmups practi were (ransacted "he case presouis iteet in the aspect os one where @ govern- roent officer had been ied by lis zeal to go a hair's | breaus too far, a commit aD act, Which though mot justified b @t iu a moral poiny of view cid much to mitigate the punisument, Lae Court thea senieuced the General to pay one doliar | f. " rr business 0b pount of the wanto! @ gune.ei Laue. UValiee rates worernment ad the costa Of the pro ruptcy jaw. uad exuuined bli shosoughiy, ‘ . aud was tree to say thas he Lelieveu bo bankrupt blu Genera! Baker immediately cempiied with the sen- fence, paying the tne aud coris, (ue iattes, it ie Une derstood, amounting to about thirty-six dollars, Det riet Atworney Carrington eniered a nolle prose. Que in the other inaicunent ageiugt Baer for the falee nuprisopment oF dosepa Kt. Cobb, and the shree HDGicbw “Lis Sc: 4At OPOar ior laiee Un plisobiwent and rubbery of Juseph & and Lucy Cub! Tho United Siates Supreme Cours Les sustained the Government in all the cares of violation of the blockade which bave owe befure it ior decision, wae ever dri Wh io (we country 60 {US Bou justin ibe prov 1 bo all sections of the country ae this cae, Lecause it @xicnded ite beneli's to the peopl» of the soutuery Siates eewell ae lothe pe o the Northecb Biates. Lie would pot Le doing wouinea duty if be did not, veiwithemuding tue which in tunes e@ by hud Leen estumed by GeUvCrasic puity, Cast Die Vole a be¥u, OF LUC Lida we, The vote was then taken on the passage of the bili and resulted as follows: Yeas, 6¥; nays, 75; #0 the These cusce were io charge of Atioruey General | bill was rejected. Bpeed, Arsstant Atiorney (rveral Ashtou, and | Mr. Washburn, of Tl., mov | to reconsider the Titlan J. Coffey, Eeq., of Philadelphia, Their final | vote by waseh the bil wee rejected sud b) iay the Adjudication secures the Goveruogns and thes | mo ion t recopsiier on the ta! &, Lhe yeas aud captors pot les than t¥o millions of dollave, A | us)s were then iekea ou the iai.er motion aud ie- number of other c wee remain to Le decided, :uclua suited—yeas, 69; pays, 65. fo the motwn wo ing that ofihe Peserhoff, wvolving eoven buudied | recon ider was Bos laid up whe tab o, thousand doliare, ite vpinen of tue Obie Justice, Mr. Beaman, ef Michigan, muveu to postpone the with regard wo the Bei nude aod the Sicphen tiers, | further cousideration of the iseiion tur Que week, affirms the valigity of the Caplure of vease The motion to postpone wes agreed Lo lend, on their way to the Mr. Kaymond, Of N. Y., presented the petition of for the insurgents, Ip David ritzgerald for® righ. to renew lus peeus tor ing these prize cases, the Supreme Court bas the Salamancer Bale, which was referred to the Com- ¥ ritieD vessels the Fosse, ole dri mittee on Parents, ritied ware, lord Browell applad to American . vourels captured abd edjudiceted 1m the British Prige | Tbe unfinished business of the morning hour of Court. yesterday came BP it being tho bili reported frewm YORK, THURSDAY, €s 8 rubetitnte for the bill aud th }o them by treaty, and where they cannot be pan ished, a would secure all that. table, aud that motion was agreed to, maya, 45 which was adopted, instructing the Comm! Pubic Lands w ioquire amending the Homestead who have been permanentiy disabled in (he servic and to the widows and other loyal representatives o: deceased soldiers, who have located lands under said act, the title te lauds 60 located by them, without the delay of occupancy requ ied by raid ect. tions of the pay of naval office which were rejerred te the Commitiee on Naval speedy restoration of the | nion, m v! every loyal man and every we couutry. guueral day Lefore you with «seri the subject just mentic: domanue thet strict lives eheult a veeirous th) Committee on Indian Affairs, to subject Indian lands, and alloted lauds in Kansas, to the laws there- of, P Mr. Ingervoll, of Tilinois, made a epesch in onposi- to the bill, taking ‘ation would be te indians ont of th Mr. Steven, of Penney © ground that ite tical d be committed by an Indian or he shall be arrested where thin the State, and tried wherever the erime i to have been committed.” Mr.8 srened to be offered for this who were not represented here was that they went inte other parte of Kaneas, committed crimes the us remarked that pe only excuse which w against the peopie fell baek inv thelr own terrivwry, seeared thas were the only object his amenudinent Mr. Koss, cf Illinois, moved to lay the bill on the Yous, 69; Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, offered @ resolution, to the exped.enor of so was 0 give wo soldiers The bill authorising the /ostuasver General to ferent stampe and stamped envelopes ior sale, which been postponed tli thie day, was recomitied to the Moat Oillee Committee. Mr, Davis, of New York, presented joint resola- ow York Legisiature iu reiation to the fairs, ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL #PERCH A New Joreey Delegation the Kecipients. Washington, Merch 98.—A committee of goutie~ men (rom the Btate of New Jersey called upon the President to-day, for the purpess of presenting « rories of resolutions passed at a .ecent mass meeting beid in the county of Hudson, The committee consisted of General Wright, representative from the bib district; Mon, Mr Rogers, Mayor Cleveland, ot Jersey City; Mayor Van Riper, of Hudson City; Mayor Ogden, of Hoboken; T. W. Maires, Eaq; Col. Roberteon, and others. Gen. Wright addressed the President sa follows: Mr. President— You must be aware that the atten- tion eof the whole country at thie time ts directed revenge you, 6 eu! The course of every eminent man is veervation and criticlem, so fares | the announcement of your poliey in segard lately in rebellion and copsequent the favor of his 1 am bere w-day os the of the opinjon of my disirict upon the subject of the veto of the F reecmen's Boreau bill. | come to Meeting ‘ of the eld ip Hudeon, thous distinction vf party, after @ reselutiens were ananimou.ly od, Accordingly I now have the bouor of pre- fen.iog them, aud with your permission | will read them, diesolved, That the gratitude of this meeting ts tendered to the President, for the w.9¢ ste,comen- like aud just vow of the Freedmeu's Bureau Lisl ite o'v dy Phas we believe the. the pubile wen! ouce be drawn bewween the trieude of \uimediate resio. eon on the base of President Johueon's ian, 04 ¢xp.ecsed io ap voto uw seage of February ivi, aad the advocaies of the povicy of the Radical majority In Congress, dvesoived, That we pledge to Andrew Jounson, o) the Stace of icunessee, erosions the (uated cle vur undivided support in the ¢ ma. Wo secure to ali the States imme een no iu Comgiess and | ceur tull sights ander the Constitution as Miatesin the Luion, Mr. Wright continued: The manifest efforts at cont 04 receutiy exhibited, which have been eo bappily irustraied by your promps end maniy action, will, l (ust, be the iast ever made tm this duection, Your self-denial, when teucerec thirny millions of money Sadtwo miliiens of wen to an- ewer purposes ower than those Kuown tu phe Cou. siltation, Wil @ves make you ® pure aud patriot, The President replied : Ido not khuow, geutiomen, thet I can make any reply tothe compliaé.tary Manner in whieh you have addressed U6, anu to tLe seuiiments aud prin- ciples 064 lorth im your resolutions, than bo reter you to wy pubuc acts, You uiust take them as my repiy, oreny speech that ]lunughtmaso, | toust, how thavk you most terveutly the encourage ‘ you have given we, For wes © occupysug « position now th eels Cueouragement isom those who are loainteinug (he iret aud original princi- pies of the Government. My line of policy is, 1 think, nomistakeble, and I he divanced wo far iu lite w make etrograde m it, | can make sud | hope you i find that the @ you Lave given we bes not been l can say bo wore, bUt kheaue you, gen- At the conclusion of the President's rply, the members of the deputation shook bands with him and retired, WISCONSIN POLITICS, The Negrees clared by the Supreme Court te Have the Kights of Suffrage. Madiaun, Wis, March 28.—The Supreme Court of Wisconsia, to-day decided that the vote of 1849, giving the negroes of that Btate the right of suffrage ie constitutional, and that they had the right vow, NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE, Sevate. Albany. March 28,—Mr. Thomas Marphy presented & petition from citizens of the 19th Ward, that the German American School Society be permitted to participate in the distribution of school money, Bitte Rerowray,—Amending the charter of the American Tract Hociety....[necorporating the Wo- men's College of lbysicians aud Surgyons.... Fixing the salary of clerks in the Justices’ Courts of Brook- lyn.... Amending the act iélaive to veesels rin caloric engines....lo improve the Gowanus Cana! Brookiyu....For the cousideration of the Senate pill amending che charter of Krooxiyu....For proveaent of brooklya Heivbte. . Fixing the ary of Jussices of she b'yace in Brqoklyo.... Lacorporating the Co-operators’ Founders’ Assoulation of Troy... Authorizing the e:ectivuof @ public market in tie 18th Ward of New York, Bitte Intaopucen.—Extending the fire limits of Brookiyu........ fochange the name of the Hydro- renated Fuel Company ’ of streets lying weat vi Kieveuth aven Au- thorizing the ci y of Buffalo to Lorrow money to spital ewok of the Washington and ....10 amend the Kailroad act ea to the use of brakes. Bins Passen— Incorporating the Young Men's Christian Association of New York..... DCOrpoe raving the Drew Theological Seminary of the Mutho- dist Episcopal Churcb.... \mending the Charter of the Mendelesoin Benevolent Seciety........Au- of 1559, which r on the Lith Ward, iro: Phe billto re and slips im New York gud LrovklyB, wee again taken up, Mr. Low moved aeubstitute, which provider \that ail regularly es:eblisieu tran port lines may leay %, BOL @xCeO.inE Fb bo -five in mot ten yeas aod use then for we clusive use 0 io as LLey 1@4uiT@ abu lease foe their pevessary bus..ers, Guu ley rect sheds and temporary etructures jor ine: cCheudiee 14 (rapeit, uoder /egulations of the Colusssiooess of Land vile, Avopted and substitute reported complete. Mi, Pearson gioved to iay she euleiiuce on the tabie, which wes carried ihe bill mending the exe!se law for New York was iaken up aud awended, b) conferring upon the Metropolitan Board of Health etc.uslve power to grant dicenees, Process was reporied Mir. Low reposied tavoratiy the Staten Islead Shore Bill, EVENING (BABION. Bits ADVANCED TO Turup Keaninc—To Ineor- porporate the New Yok tourd oi Fie Underwriters sooeeeetO OMORd the insurance department act -Kelative te the Jews’ klospitel of New York.... Lo regu.ave the sale of intexicating \iquois in the Me\ropoliten Melee Dutrict, (1b eden Wg Board of MARCH 29, 1866. Health Courmissioners of Exeuse)........ Relative to serverace and draiusge in New York, (It gives Seowee | power te the Croton Aqueduct Commis sionere). Reronts—By Mr leat, the New York City tax levy, whieh was made (he special order for Dueeday evening, Adjourned, Amembly. ‘The bill to incorporate the Underground Railway Company wes considered in Committee of the Whole and discussed at length. No material amendments wore made to the Dill as printed, It was ordered tos third reading, Afierwards the ralos were suspended, and the bill pat upon its third reading and passed as follows: Ayes—Moesre, Aldrich, Ally, An‘rews, Baker, Bar ker, Barkley, Berryman, Biddlecom; Fills, Hodine, Boyd, Brandreth, Brown, Hraneon, Burditt, Canfield, Calking, Chamberlain, Cochrane,Cougdon, Crawford, Creamer, Cur Deming, Donoho, Downing, Eid- ridge, Faulkner, Fay chen noel Ferris, i'rear, Glea- on, J.G. Graham, H ingles Hepburn, Hiscock, Haskins, Homporey, B ° Huntington, Jowett, Kimball, Kniskera, Langner, Levinrer, Lowls, Lice tlejohn, Lockwood, McCall, MoCloskey, jowan, McVey, Mi ugh, Morse, Nickerson, Oakey, Palm- er, Patrick, Penny, Pitts, Pomeroy, Ranney, AL. Reynolds, M. Reynolds, G. ©, Rice, Behutt, Beobsch- @r, Belden, Shaw, Sherman, Smith, 8. 8. Selita Bar- der, Speaxer, Stephan, Stiles, A. G. Stewart, 8. 0. Brewars, Thorn, 1 Tt Tracy, Turje.ot, Tuthill, Udall, Vandenbarg, Veo Yokeavarr. Veader, W aish, Weemer, W eller, White, Wilbur, A. J. Wood, D. P, Wood, and Worth-.96, Naye--Mosera, Anderson, Raldwin, Frost, Good- reidler,Lyona, rich, G. Grahem, L. D. Aoating! Maurice, Post, Rogers, Bievenson, Tucker, The House then went into GCommittes of the Whole on the Annual Supply Bill, Bome time was *pent in ite consideration, hen progress was re- ported, Adjourned, Metrepelitas Abattetr Company, The bill introduced ¥ Senater Lent, names as Corporators Joseph B. Hoyt, BR. ©. Cornell, Alex. Haniey, J. P. Patterson, Thos, F. De Voe, Jacob L. Reed, Charles Laughlin, George H. Cheese, Peover Cooper, Iranc Evans, and John B, Dutcher, 4 entiemen may bave s:ected within the Metropo- {tan District an Abattoir, for conducting thereat the business of slaughtering and dressi: cattle need jor human food, The Capital Biock to be 9500, 000 divided into shares of $100 each, Mews Items, Dy Teleyreph ts Us New York Bumy A euanr shock of an earthquake was recently experienced at Helens, Montana, A Larue Soest of vessels remain in the harbor at Fortress Monroe, detained by the weather. Tus frigate Vacxtonia ts betng rapidly fitted out at Norfolk, Vu., aa & practice ab!p for the Annapolis Naval 8 how. A ano ses? of mounted volunteers are golug from Sa» “ancisco to the reecus of the citizens at Fort Benton, who are threatened by savages, Tre extensive cualr factory of Heller & H * man, at Bt, Lou'y, Mo., wae burned yester!.,. Loss $49,000 ; insurance €10,000. Tus Delegates to the Oregon Union State Con vention from Portiand have been instructed to urge the nomination of William Soulkey for Congt ces, ‘ Buascurrtion books to the new railroad between Nowark, N.J., and New York were opened yes. torday, aud encugh was subscribed to eifect an orgeniz: won. Tas Sanitary Board of Norfolk, Va. and the military suthorities are taking active measures to prevent the approach of the cholera next summer. The prison laborers are to be employed in cleaning the streets. A sxono tn Paris, Kentucky, who bad outraged ® white child ten years old, and afterwards mur- dered her, was last evening taken by the citizens from the jailaud hung. Lis body was still eus- pended when the dispatch was received. Tas Feuian excitenent {mn Philadelphia con- tinues, Another series of meetings ere being held, new circles formed, and the Stephens and 0' Ms. bony policy receiving weneral endorsement. 6Bub- scr'ptions to bonds continue, Tan schooner Lizaie Lawson, from New York for Charlestou with @ cargo of tron and hay, struck on Chincoteague Shoals, on Sunday morn- ing and went to pieces, A seaman naroed Owen Casey, of New York, was drowned, Carvin Parveen has been ordered by Gen. Terry to refund and turn over the money collected by bim from the freedmen of the Fortress Monroe District to an officer authorized to receive thosame. Pepper has been pertciited to returao to Norfolk, bus is probibited from visiting the Penineule or engaging in any colonization scheme. Tax ec) oners Julie Whitford and Col, Satter- lee, which were sunk during the war in the James River, have recently been raised and towed to Norfolk, where they are to be refitted. During the operations on the James River aix or seven ves- sels were sunk near Dutch Gap to obstruct the River. Tax fifth billiard match for the billiard cham- pionship of Connecticut was deciled on Tuesday night st Hartford, before the most brilliant audi- ence ever assembled to witness « similar contest, teing largely composed of ladies, Gershour B, Hubbell, an amateur, who has held the position of champion since its inception in 1864, defeated for the eecone time Ralph Benjamin, of Bridgeport, by « score of 1,004 to 609, Average runs: Hub- bell, 11; Benjamin, 65;. Time of game, three hours endthree quarters, Highest runs: Hubbell, 151 and 141; Berjamin, 65 snd 42. General Intelligence, (By Mail te the New York fun) Tre lato rebel Major Gen, J. E. B. Stuart ts to have» sonument at Richmond. Tan Troy Timms devies the reported purchase of # foundry by the moulders of that city, Bweer potatoes are now selling in the Lynch- burg, V#., market at one dolar a peck. ‘Tas peintersof Albany sre on astrke for an increase of wages from $2 60 'o 3 per day, Tus'toval Indians of the Six Natious have offered six bundred warriors to the Canadian Government to fight the Fr nians, Taos bi!! preventing minors from being present in billiar! saloons bas psased boih bran. hes of the Peansylvania Legis ature, A SINGLE trapsportaticn comnany in St, Louls bas made engagements for 8,000,000 pounds of | freight to Montana Territory b Mayoraliy muddle" has beoa fixed p by the Presideut, avi the machinery of the municipal government is bow in runuoing order, A werton belonging toe circus in Richmond, Va., last Thursday stuck a veedi¢ in @ little boy's eye who was peeping in, lepriving him of aiyhs | and causing iuseuse suffer ug A Philadelphia writer seys that Mr, J. Cooke's new touse “will contelu fifty bed chambers, chapel, a gymnasium, # library, and al) the acces sories Wo the valatiel howe of » Christion bankes” Thirty-Third Year. = eee oy A Lanr of Janesville, Wis., who wae one of the Most active members of the Boldiers’ Aid Boctety, en, aaked how she l\ked Premdent Johsson's lof February hy replied % eoreping ins poten 1, wily, *L felt Nike TAEne wars eiuash-up at the ratlroed de Painesville, Obic, on Welnesday morning, pal f by @ horse jumping out of » car, Three of the fretht cars were thrown from the track and on Up together with the bores valued at Two scientific gentlemen of Prague recently ana: lyned a green dress, and discovered no less than two ounces af areente in it. Ih follows, theretors, that preen dresses, which are now becoming * ai! the rage,” are absolutely poisonous, Ix Executive session on Wednesday, the Ne York Senate made the following confirmations To be Managers of the State Lunatic Asylum, Christopher Morgan, of Auburn; Howard Towns- end, of A\bauy, and Hiram Deaio, of Utes. An elderly lady, telling her age, remarked that she was born on the 231 of April. Her hnabend, who was present, observed, “I always thourbt you were born on th t of Aprilf’ “People well might shiek #0,'* replied the lady, “in the choice I made of # husband, Two litte children, @ boy and girl, belonging to Tleury Bishop, « romdent of Choage, Te white pleving with photographs, recently, were “eon to them in their mouths. By sucking powom from the cards they were so injured thet the boy diet, and the giri's life is dospairod of. Tan great sangerbund—German musical festival —for Now England, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia, will take place this year at Provi- deuce, KR. 1, June 2% —2s8ih, The orchestra will comprise the best New York and Boston talent, ead the nurnber of singers will be legion. Bra Wm, Gore Ousley, the distinguished diplomatist, aad formerly Minister at Waahi1gton, isdesd, He waa 67 years of age, Bir William wae marnet to an American lady, at Washin ‘ton, in 1829, She wasthe deughter of Gov. Van Ness, o! Vermont, and sister of Mrs, Judge Roosevelt, of N.Y. city Tus New Orleans @raa demoribes @ ball given te that city by the milliners and modistes, during which the dress of one of the dancers caught fire, abe Bram ndds; “Some idea of her style of dan. cing may be gathered, when it te further sts, -% that the dress caught from one of the chandeliors overhead,” Paswerivanta 's the only State, thus far, which has actually assume! the care of the children of ber dead soldiera. Two thousend of these orphan children are now quartered, and are vi education at the expense of the State, at the pom mere abous 4150 per annum, exclusive of ing, A pasraTtou to the Chicago Trazs gtates thet an order received at 8, Louis, Mo., takes away War Departmont advertising from all papers tn thes city that refuse to sustain the President, The papers to whom the order applies are the Missourt ol Evanisea Naws, Wesihche Poor, and BuziT, Tas hospital records just footed up show the neere crt rll bape gy Union soicdiers to have « on battle-fields and inghospitals dur to war to suppress TN not tecleting t ose who died as their homes of lingering disease comuracted fu the service, Add the re’ willed, “ sue amount would more than double these ues, At ® newspaper office in Bydney, Anstralis, ise tablet informing vimtors, that the editor camnot be spoken to un raid for bis time, Persons desir ing an audience are invited to buy « ticket of ad~ mission at the door of the waiting room—one hour costing ten shillings; half an hour, six shiuilings > fifteen minures, three shillings, #0 on. Ware the daughter of the keeper of an olf curiosity ahop in Pars iwae displaying @ Mal dagger to ® purchaser, recently, the weapon from the scabbard and slightly grazed ber fooe The limb began to swell immediately, and had to be amputated to save her life, On testing the weapon, it wae found that the point had beer dipped in poison. Cartam HG, Morse, of the ship Syren, o Boston, {» « letter to his owners, says: “ Jug to the windward of the Priendiy Islands, (South Pacific Ocean), was experienced & severe shock @ an earthquake, which shook the ship from stem to stern, #0 much that it was almost impossible te stand ou.” The earthquake must have taken piag about the middle of November, 1865. A nanp of 100 gipsies with « regularly ap pointed queen, who was appointed two years agy to serve for seven years, are located on the divtd ing line between Eset Cambridge and Bomer ville Mass. They get their living by horse trading aud fortune te me They come from Canadas siz months " ¢ queen has « beauiiful chara for travelling, with apartments for her husbané and child as well as for herself, ‘lax Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) EaGim says the wate in the Hudson was so low at that point on Monday. ferry boat had to walt ior ** flood tide,” arge number of teams impatiently weited the same event, Such extreme low waser has no been Known for » number of years In couse mence of the high wind which prevailed oe i. ynday aed Tuesday, all trains om the Hudsor River lrowd were more or less behind time. Tun rebel Gen, Bradiey T. Johuson wasrestored in Baltimore on Tussday, on » warrent issued on an indictment for treason, found by the grand pefore jury in August lest, A motion was made Judge Giles for tho discharge of the soner, OD the ground that hie exem bim from civil prosecution, Judge Giles refused Wo enter tain the motion, and held Johnson to bai! Lo the sum of $10,000. Johnson left Maryland at the beginning of the rebellion to join Wwe rebels, and afierwards took part in the invasion of that State, as cominander of # rebel brigade, LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Tracgpy is Fourtsexta STREET—as Aurwr AcompentaLLy Kintap BY 4&4 Farup— Couonen's Lavestioation,—A shocking eatastrepbe occurred at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, at the corner of 14th street and 4th avenue, which resulted in the instant death of Mr, Wm. B, Oddie, a wed known landscape painter, It seems that Mr. Oddie entered the saloon known as the “Carlton House,’ and sat down to read & newspaper, when Mr, Jobo La Dew, an old iriend, came imto the barvroom and engaged a boy to black his beots, La Dew, who wae emewuat auder the !ofiuence of liquor, while hav- ing bis boots blacked, took « pistol from bis pocket, which be punted ward Mr. Oddie, remarking that he could puts Lallet through the hat of Od la Dew was asked to lower the pistol, but beore he could do #0, the barrel was accidentally disehargod, the ball passing through Mr, Oddie's hat into the brain, and wodging under the righteye. The wound ed man died aimost lustantly Mr, Dew, scoom- ponied by Henry W. Genet, secured a car lage and uae slalely wens to police Leadquarers, where he ave Diuaell ja charge of Bupe:uvendent Kennedy, he budy of Mr, Uudie was removed te & ry Pice.uc station-uousce. and Cowwer Gambe was nowulled to bod an nyuest, A jury having bee CIDPALDO led, Ue iMVosigStion Was reed ant ¥o'ci0Cm Ub ernoun, dar, Udale was 43 years exe, auc @ oa iveot New York, His studio 1th street, near University Pisce. Mr, La De mative of New York, sud about 30 years of age, Tus Passoven,—The Jewish ,Passover, on Feast of Unlesyeued Broad, commences te-meriow evening, aud will last eight days, during which time only unleavencd bread (Mazoth] will be eaten. The history of this institation will be found tm the 19th ebup. Kaodas, The first and last daysef the feast are kept to @ peculiarly solemme manner by the Jews. (Continued em the Leas Rqgv,. 4