The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 21, 1866, Page 1

Mieco cen! ¢ juraber 10,588. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL - 21, 1866. ‘Thirty-Third '¥ ear: Latest News ———_ however was not of sufficient force to cause any in- ty; The Tamar then started with the Fu tow, but had scarcely reached the other side of the day when another explosion occurred, and the eourts for rach acts, The pending question was the amendment ot Mr, Edmunds that the provis! of the act shall not apply fo este committed in States at on ee on lines Goring day, and ato jo° meelves up i ort. town, Bever Bumbered more than a few hundred souls, bas General Intelligence. ‘ nn- resented in Congress the rebellion, and_ins] but about one hundred in it » and these are of & Mail ta the Ne sue ae | elegraph tothe N. ¥. Sun, ee ale versal Sone kee immanienely ew? of wiich the pebess corpus © not suspended. class too poor and miserable toot away. se Hos hea. J emok @ on now amendment . At fret the couse of ihe exp oslon was wrent in | “Beveral amentmenta were then offered, debated |. Th¢ United States gunboat Saranse was tying im] A xBato man in Indianapolis, 15 years old, hee myetery. A boiler explosion was known to have | and after which the harbor on the 6th—officers and mam all weil. received license to marry & negro girl 15 years ible, as there was no steam “7 ree in boiler. Gnopowder seemed to be the most plausible, but there was known to be only « few pounds oa board. At inst it was discovered that ad a Mr. Hendricks moved to amend the followi clause of the first section: “But no such order sh be a defence es guilt, or action, for any eet done, or omitted to * done. afer the passage of thisgect, by adding the w “ner for any ony Cane wit Malice, cruelty, or unnessary sev; ” Adopted. Yous, 18; nays, 16, Mr, Gaulebury demanded the yeas and mays on the Passage of the bill, The bill passed. Yeas, 90; nays, 4—Messrs, Bockslew, Guibrie, Liendricks and Sauls bary. The Senate then adjourned to meet on Monday, | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Ward, from the Committee om Claims, re- ported « bill giving te Ishmael Day, of Baltimore. County, Maryland, an annuity of four handred and twenty one dollars and fifty cents, as & recoguition of his heroism in defending the national flag from Gilmore's rebel raiders, on the 19th of July, 1864 and for his loss ef property on that cocasion. According to the report which was read, Mr. Day is rrible Catastrophe. FYLOSION OF GLYCERINE AT ASPINWALL. /FTY MEN KILLED. oss About $1,000,000, EART RENDING SCENES. UR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. ited States Treasury Receipts. imense Inerease this Year. The officers appear to be mach amused at the situa: tom at papules, aod comm iiserate the French who, eeeprie \Reoir inability te dispense with their cus- air Se Seren neta lave hamillated MEW: YORK ¢STATE LEGISLATURE A Ma. Witeon, of Merilen, Verinont, fel! into « Pg boiling sap, last week, and was scalded to Ture are now lees than 900 soldiers in Virginie outskle of Fortress Monroe, and next to none te Washington. Tunes hundred babies in Indiana have been Bamed after the Hon. Bebuyler Coxfax, by their admiring parents, Two mammoth oxen presented te the Southern Relief Fair at Baltimore, after being reffied for a+ 85 a chance, realized $4,925 Tus caly daughter of Senator Nye wae married on Thursday evening, in Weahington, to Johan BR Waller, s Now York merchant, Ir te eaid that in Manchester, England, amd fe fuburbs, there are now over 60,000 ob: whe receive no instruction whatevor, Tas Troy (N. Y.) Timms asserte that over e thousand nuisances were Med to the Board of ng pu ae abi Liverpool to California. T' Sppeare that explo five substanes had been shipped under « false lading, under the head of “merchandise.” Not « word of explosive material ie mentioned, and the cases, T3 in number, were sw wad between decks, and among the other cargo. The total toss of property by this explosion is eeti- mated at one million dollars, NITRO-GLYCERINE IN NEW YORK. The trequent explosions of this dangerous material whieh have lately occurred, hes created considerable alarm to persons having goods in public storehouses, And also to those living in the vicinity of these ware- houses, which no doubt contain considerable of this explosive substance, The readers ef the Bun will Aunary, Arar 9% Unanimous consent, Pieting the aseesament roll ia New York till the Sah of June, The bill was passed, Bitus Passny—The New York County Tax Levy Asascies To prevent the unlawful taking of oysters from oyster beds........To amend the law for the Tecistry of voters........ To amend the charter of the New York Pier and Warehouse Company........ ‘The report of the Conference Commities on the General upply bill was agreed to, and the Dill passed........ © regulate the keeping of crude pe im, earth or rock oR eoesees For the wadening of Union streei, A communication was recetved from the Assembly to the effect that the House concurred in the pensie amendments to the New York County Tax Levy, srye7t to striking out $1 for the Hariem ridge. Mr, Foleer +5 4 om all the Ben. | “Meelth in that city during the past week. instance kehdiaten aati remember that an explosion cecurred in Greenwich | & Pairiarchal patriot, 74 years of are, and when two] aie's ginendments. Motion earried. A conference | Tam Princess of Wales is sitting for » fall length FAULTING ON. Y, DISTILLERIES, | ‘ttt,’ tis itr, © few months ago, from mitro | sional fiag over his dwell me, he shot one of them “ae ai tC. Merphy the Committes of | Portrait in oll, but as she 196 little thin, » profes- ' elycorine, and ft is important therefore that the | dead end put the other ve fight. ‘The consequence | ine Whole was disshatged from ihe farther esasiaer- | “ot Model sits for the arme and neck. 16 Government Swindled Out of $500,000. SONGRESS YESTERDAY. Tene should be made acquainted with the nature of his dangerous expiosive agent. Giyoerine, as most @ know, is simply « constitute of oil, which is @atirely harmless 5 iwe!f, betng extensively need for tollet pur In 18547 & German stadent disco- vored that et apres glee subjected to a peculiar treatment with nitric acid, becomes an explosive many times more powerful than fer wder, The discovery was not given « practical application, how- ever, anti! ashort time ago, when M. Nable, a twed- eh engineer, adapted the new explosive to biasting Parposes. Bince them it has come into extensive nse im Europe, and within the last year i has found ite way, in comsiderabie quantities, to this country, It ig @ slogular substance, U ne ng A cireum- eras by ths anlieston ot Apr" praca sot eg even cation . Ip use exploded by another chemical Invention, introduced sith opto es Gein it ombrooy ont rn a on Charity bill was concurred in, items of 65,000 to the Uirle’ Orphan Asyium of 1 000 to St. Mary's Catholic School, New York, and to the Rookester Asylum were stricken out, The bill appropriating $150,000 to aniform, equip @nd arm the Natioual G: was passed. The President appointed Messars, Soamiems, Godard and | homas Marphy a Select Committee to investi G40 the proceeding of the hanigrant Commissioners, rebels. Mr. Delano, Chairman of the Committee, explain- 4 the question. He said the rule im the Committee was to reject all claims for damages, the result of the ravages of war, Ishmael Day was « lover to the amount of seven or eight thousand dollars, but the Commitiee felt it could de nothing to compensate him for that loss, Still, the circumstances were so aliar, the act so noble, that the Couumitsce agreed submis to she Hiouse t # question of iving te the eid man, for the few remaining years o' the last oe wate Be tg ’ 2S ® om . ir Guadred Gollate 7 yeartwes too much, the House might reduce it. uestion was thee taken on the of the bill, resulted as follows: Yous, 106; nays, 3—so the bill wastpassed Ov 22 lots of kerosene oll lately tested, at Provi- dence, R. I, only five were safe for iliuminsting purposes, The rest were se explosive as gun. powder, A 00-oPKRATIVS grocery store hes just bees opened in Springfield, Masa, by trades and work- ingmen, who subseribed abeut $8,000 toward the ssage of the Habeas Corpus Bill. W YORK STATE LEGISLATURE. ‘inal Adjournment. Bisnor Sov. the patriarch of Wesleyan Meth odiarm in America, is said to be rapidly declining. He is 86 years of age, and has been more than half ® century im the ministry. A Oat load of freedmen—men, women and ehfl- dren—arrived at Providence, R.1., om Sunday, “akin Atvestr aired ie "how otis on 7.8 mov mg resolution, Resolved, That a select Committee-of three be ap- Toe Var bite Raion, "tab tae artes of the Croton Board, te asce end reper 'ie the Nable, But ful rience bas proven . Benase the most advantageous ew from the Bouth, an of the Freedmen's Bu- ORTAI 'T BILLS } Wat cates even control ef the meauiacca:er, tonne fiowee then, on mation of Me. Stevens, vent routes for @ rallvay, ot ‘aways, sulted to the rapia Fort having secured places for thems 0s servants 8 PASSED. ions, render altro-giyeetine liable to explode ef it- lower portion of the city of New York, ving in @ chair, to consider the bill 115,000 he dodeltesiee te ‘he vablie ‘prinfiag, @£6h000 for Paper, and woo binding, The Committee maou ute reported the bili w the House, which The House then proceeded to the considsration of the bill to reorganize and establish the Army of the United States, the pending question being on Mr. Thayer's amendment to the 13th section relative to the Adjutant General's Department. Mr. Bohenck moved te amend the section by add- self atany moment, and therefore make it highly Gangerous, Ot course so destructive — a Ought not to be tolerated in any place where lite is endangered | it. Three pendred pounds of nitroglycerine arrived in this city from Hamburg abvute week ago, At the time the authorities did not know the dangerous nature of the jarticle, and tt was placed in & public store. lus Cengorons properties having become Known, Fire Marshal ex, under an order f, the Mayor, has commenced an investigation of all the warehouses to see if they contain amy nitro Some tailors in the West Fad of London reveally struck for wages, and the “bossess" immediately “locked out'’ about 1,500 hands, They will be maintained, howevwrr, by the Association as long e¢ the strike continues, Tux alarming discovery has been made oz eue learned physicians thet] German co joie fro.a eating beetroot, drew view the greatest practicable benefit and saiew to the public, and the east joss and injury to the pro perty on oF adjacent to said route, of routes. The cencurcent resolution, requesting eur Sens- tore Ana Kepieeentaiives in Congress ve vote for a uniform beanty ef $:100 10 homerabhy discharged sol- ders and sailors from this State, was adopted. The bill authorizing the railread track irom Clia- tom street, and the laying of « track im Kesex street, New York, was passed The County Lax Levy bill was @nally passed, ty and Miscellaneous News, E CHOLERA AT QUARANTINE: FORTY--SEVEN DEATHS. 0 Present Danger to this City. ttion of the Board of Health. ETROPOLITAN BOARD OF EXCISE. License Rates Established. 250 FOR A RUM LICENSE. $100 for Ale and Beer. &e., &e., &e. TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE. cplosions of Nitre-Glycerine at Aspiawall —Sixty three Persens Killed, Wounded nd Viesung—A British Steamer Blown to Pieces—liorrible Scenes—CGireat Destruc- tien of Property, Ktc., kte. The steamship Arizona arrived at this port yoster- y morning, from Aspinwall, bringing news of « arful disaster at that port, caused by the explosion nitroglycerine, on board the British steamer sropean, and which resulted in the total destruc- m of the steamer, the freight depot of the Panama silroad Company, and fifty persons are supposed to we beon killed—twenty-siz bodies having been re- wered when the Arizona left Aspinwall. Only a w days ago, an account was published in the Bum of the logical inference that ii is ae dangerous te eat raw beetroot as raw pork glycerine, and he bas discovered s erable | img to tt the following provise: vdiysscigd tengo A vonsrma factory, to feopare 000 lobsters per tity already, which be bas removed the » : The bill incorporating the Harlem River Savings | day, is to be started at Sulli . The Gch- cuy limits, ‘In future no nitse glycerine will be ad- That nothing in this section shalt be com | Bank md Me ermen only get two cents and a half for the lob- sters, @ thas the business of preparing them for market must be telerably lucrative. Tam last bill for slave labor agamat the Unite® States bas been audited in the Depare ment. It was for the work of severe! be longing © ® Chariestonien, in repairing Moultre in the early pert of 1561, A maTou type-sticking rece came off between two composliors a few days ago ot lows City. Kenny o/ the lowa City Panes and O. B, of the Council Biud Nowranmit, each setting four thee. sand ems solid bourgesis in two hours. The speed te un) recedented. Tae Chicago, I|)., Power says the rumor thet twe Fenian iron clade were concealed in the beek yard ed, It adds that two wooden are now om the Lake flying the ‘green flag of Enn.” They have no armament however, Tus journeyman house painters of W. D. C,, have been on # strike since Mo nat tow @8 60 per day, failing to receive which beve organired 7B porarsered ge neatly pose parece capead urpose of procuring work on their own e Binney, thus defeating the “ bosses," Ine Conneciens _ ® subscri ee Was recently started @ support Yo end Jad fires before the minister for his subscrip- tion, as # member of the parish. He subsori ed twenty dollars; mo ofher one subsenbed as much. His pay that year was less than four buedred do)- jars, including his own subscription. Previded, strued to vacate the commission of any officer now commissioned as Assistant Adjutant but te cbenge the title to Adjutant im the case of those who es Lieutenant-Colonel or Major, without affecting in any way their relasive positions or the time from which they take euch rank. Mr. Bchenck's amendment Be gered to. A vote was then taken on Mr. yor's sabetitute Ree 18th section. and resuited as follows: Yeas, ; mays, 38. Bo the gabotivate wae ad . ‘The thirteenth section as amended reads as mitted to the public stores. NITRO-@LYORRINE IN COURT. The nitro-giycerine which caused the disaster at San Francisco, was shipped from this city in an ille- gal manner, and criminal proceedings were yester- commenced against the offender, Otto Bareten- finder, in the U. 8. Commisedeoner’s Office, ander the U. B. setute requiring all e.cplosive tale to be securely pac and distincly marked, ©, B, Mid- dle! the tallyman im tue freight aepartment of Weils, Fargo & Co.—whose daty it is to take an ac- count of ‘all freigut thas arri\ os—testified that « few days before the sailing of the New York (a vessel carrying passengers as wo!l se Seige, © box was brought to the company's ope, marked W. H- Mills, les Es porch “Fas moans so ‘ th: with freight and re; ten days at the witnesses testified to secing cxS Fargo & Os.’ and distinctly remembered thab it wee mot mar! * nitre-glycerine,"’ nor “qzplectve. M.S. W. 4f- tent. to the box having sent, ang to aving received « telegraph mewmage irom the ny at San Francisco that she expiosmon had been directly to the box, The tu:tuer bearimg of the case was adjourned til this morning. ~ Was passed. Mr. Lent reported the New York Tex levy from the Commitiee of Conference, repert wee ay te and the bill passed. ‘ne Vig Cham periain’s nem fo fixed at $10,000, the Gontrageney the Olty Iaspecior’s ment at $6,000. The bill Sb.W) to the German tchoeil, 66,0W to duveniio (Guar diam Bocio 7, and $3,000 to the Women’s Hes: ital, Mr. Uniid's v4.0 of 825,04 i stricken wut. .he- Dill imerenees the pay ul the Metropolitan Fire De partment, $1 20,00, The clamse as stage routes is stricken out, and ail that fenewmg <5 power of the Street Cleaning Board. A clause been meerted providing (hat there shall be chesem at the next election, five comuciimeu from ech senate district, the term of office ior councilmen to be ene year. FINAL ADJOURNMENT, A eoneurrent resolution baving been adopted te adjourn, eine die, at 1045 P.M. the Geverner hav- ing stated that be hed ao further communication to make to the Senate, the Lieutenams Governor, after ® brief and eloquent address, declared the Senate adjourned, without dey. Ausembly. The Governes returned to the AevemDiy the bill to facilitate the construction ef the Whitehall aad Plattsburg Railroad ; and the bill te provide for the completion of the Albany end Susquehanna Rail road, with a message that be bed withheld bis ap: proval trow the same, While approving the sought to be accomplished by the passage of the bi.is, he argues (hat tae neavy burden of taxation alread pressive on the peepie is too great to admit of owen appropriations at this time. she tiouse concurred in the Senate amen mt to > - | From Washington. Wasuingron, Aratt 1, The Treasury receipts for the fiscal year om<ring June 18, 1865, amoantod, inclusive of loans, to $429,- 567,196. ‘The receipts of the Treasury for the first three-quarters of the present year were iearly $80. 0,000 mere than these for the entire previous year. Ihe estimated receipts for tho remmining as ‘es: Sxori0n 14,And be it further enacted, That t eball be four Inspectors General of the Army, with the rank, pay and emolumests of Colonels of Cay- alry, and four Assistant inspector Generals, with the ra: pay and emoluments of Majors ef Cavalry. ouse proceeded to the consideration of the Oifteenth sec relating tothe Bureau of Military Justice, ted by # vote of yeas 34, nays 76, The Re; u members voting for it were: An- ders er, Donvelly, Hale, Hubbell of Ohio, Mereer, Spaulaing, Francis, Thomas, Warner and Windom, 4 All the Democrats present voted for it. It was re-| the New York County Lewy, with the ex: nof| lisur. Louis Amnaas, V.B.C., entered s gun fearful explosion that occurred at San Francisco, | quarier will, it is believed, be suffictent to baring up garded by some members as affecting to acme extent | the item of $186,410 for the Hariem Bridge, shop in Washington, D. C., om Thureday, and ssk- b: the revenue for the year ending June 80th, mext, to | the trial of Jefferson Davis, Lhe section as A Covamittee of Conference on tae above item wes | ed to see e pistol. The boy in charge hanced him om the effect of nitroglycerine, by which several | ¢).1 4, wu, or nearly $171,50,00v more tham those | reads : appoinus by the Hpeaker, as follows: Mesers, Cream: | one loaded, and warned him that is was 60. Ble yes and much valuable property was destroyed. Is | of the year previous. 60.15. And be it farther enacted,that the Burean | er, Wilbur, tiiscox, Eidridge and Post, {mnmediesely @ muzsic te his mouth and pow followed by another explosion, far more ter- The number of defaulting distilleries in New oft Military Justice shall hereafter consist of one The Governor's veto of the Susqui aah Bail placed sh: piling the trigger feil dead. No reason ie ed for the sulcide, He leaves a wit to gan. A Carose>, Tll,, Peper asserts that « tobsces im thes ony, employing from twenty-five to hands, have saopted the eight bour system. experience is that as much work is turned eight hours a used to be in ten, ond as their experience, they pay the workmen wages under the new as they paid under system. Judge Advocate General with rank, pay and emolu- ments of & brigadier-genoral, and one Assistant Judge Advocate Genera! with rank, pay aad emoia- mente of colonel of cavalry ; and the sala J . Acveumin Genesee shail sgeatye. reve and have re- corded, proceedings courte-martial, cearts ot inquiry and mili commissions, and shall per- form suck other du as bave herewfore been per- formed by the Judge-Advocate Greneral of the Army. And of the Judge-Advocates mow iu office, there may be retained s number not exceeding ten, to be selected by the secre: of War, who shall periorm their dutses under the direction ef the Judge-Aave-~ ble in character and herrible in detall. The Pen- na Bram awy Henatp contains « full account of o diasster. It saya Earopean arrived at imwall on the morn Gy the 7d instant, and ont afternoon of the me day came s'ongaide the Railroad Company's hart, generally used by this ling, and commenced lechergia her carge. Nearly, if not all the local eight ad been delivered, when about 7 o'clock on me morming of the Sd, 8 \ersific explosien occurred D which tore away the Esper part of the nip, and blew several large p.aves off the . The road bill was sustained by « vote of 61 to 62. ‘Dbe vete of the Whiteua:l aad Platisburgh Kail- road bill was sustaiued Ly a vote of 44 w 70. BVENING GEBGION, Bits Passep,—To incorporate the New York State Navigation Co........To create the Metropolitan Fire Department Kelief Fund, ‘The reports of the Couierence Committees on Code Amendments and the New York City Tax Levy wore adopted. FINAL ADJOURNMENT, York recently seized and held by the Internal Reve- nue Bureau, is tweaty-two, and the ameunt they cheated the Government of is estimated at beilf « million dollars, of which sum at least $200,000 for fines and taxes will be recovered. med got in different paris of the country continue t dis- covered. It appears from the report of the Commissioners who made the awards forthe capture of Booth and i E He . | cate General until otherwise provided by law, or The usual committees were appointed to walt on Waerame on scoount of the greet sum:ber of / the vessel was unloading, and which | others that they made their awards upon the princi L ahe Beore! of Was decides that their ser. aa some 4 feet long, was literally tors vo pieces: | ple of distributing prise money im the mavy, 0 far | vives tay’ be dispensed with * | the Governor and Benate to inform them that the | deed bodies found in the lake or becouse of the he superstructure was completely demolished to rithin « bundred ieet of the freight house, end hard- y ® plapk iemaiued in the entire peagte the struc ure that was not wrenched from its fasteniogs, Im- nediately in tront of where the vosee omer wes ut through the wharf, piles, planking, ete isap earing. The ship and wnarf both caught fire, and latter was saved from entire destruction oniy by be exertions of several citizens, who got the fire ngine to work, aud aiter s few hours extinguished he flames, regardiess oi she risk they incurred trom nother explosion of the burning ship. The Panama Kailroad Cor's freight depot was left a ile ot 1uins, the entire structure being, as it were, ited from the giound several feet. Bearcely a wiilding in the place escaped without damage, Man; omes are rendered untenable, and scarcely a whole rindow of giass remains in the city, The destruction { glass-ware, mirrors, amd crocké:y ware is wonder- ul, At the time the explosion occurred there were } number of vessels lying near the pivepess. but 0 ex anit was applicable; as thet afforded the best rule that could adopted. ‘luey say the parties who made the arrest ot Booth ana Harold were s aetach- ment of the 16th New York cavalry, consisting of Lieut. KE. P, Doherty, commanding, and twe ser- geants, seven corporais and seventeen privates, ac- companied by & J. Cauger anu L. B. Baker, two empoyees in the decective service of Col, L. U- Ba- wer, Provost Marshal, &c., the officer who originally directed the expedition, though not Sereenally ac companying it. It is understood that the Secretary of the Treasary has under consideration the subject of issuing pro- posals for a new five per cent, lean, The President bes approved the bill authorising him to transfer a gunboat to the government of the Republic of Liberia, which isto pay for the vessel ; also, the joint resolution protesting against pardons ‘Tae House passed to the consideration of the 16th section relating to the Quariermaster's Dopartment, bust pending the consideration ef the section, a move ment was made wowards adjourning, Mr. Harding, (1),) from the Commities ow Militia, reported back, with amendments, the House bill to educate the militia, Ordered to be printed and re- eommitted. Mr, Taylor presented « petition ‘from the City of New York citizens setting forth the injustice o: the present Constitutional represeatation in the United States Benate, etc, etc. Some further business of no particular importance Was trausacied ana the House adjourned, Hlouse wes ready to adjourn. A resolution of thanks to all the officers of the House was adopted. Ata quarter to eleven o'clock the Speaker announced that the hour of adjournment had arrived, and fm « few appropriate remarks declared the Assembly ad- journed sine die. Mews Items, By Telegraph to the Now York fan) Girt, joxs Sow exbittting o general hegire of » le just mow ex ing & A Pd One evidenos of thie te found ia Pen thet e single suctionesr establishment turaiture of nineteen hundred families te seil. Mai reports from Utab state thet the ‘' Sein! are taking every measure possible to drive out the been assassinated within = dey or two to the 9th inst. while the editor of the Vaeverra, with ail other Gentiles, have been notified to quit the country, or tare worse. Placards ere posted up im Balt Lake City notifying al) Geutiles w leave im- mediately. Tar fret y te reach the summit of Mansfield, Vermont, this year went up om Th rE + THE FENIANS. Ges. Meade on Guard, Toronto, Arnit 20,.-The Fenian prisoners at Tum tenke of Hurly & Co.'s “pipe line,'’ at Bhaffer, Peun., with 1,000 barreis of oil and sev eral freighted cars, were burned yesterday by teamatiers out of work, i pone the mountain for thres Cornwall bave been remanded ti! Wednesday next, day, the 12th. The road up Sears tay Seriecean Vico clipes ard e " ‘was Glled with snow, from three te five fees ion of th ‘eames Caribbean, The effect om board | DY fereen gereremene 3 a — = awaiting important evidence. A most complete de- | THe ship Neptune, from Bremen, with 38 pes- deep, and near the sux mit is was ten feet deep, jar power of she explosive oe aes immenes Upived Stave? siso, the Nitto relminree the ‘Stree | Sective system ie in operation, and further arrests | sengers, arrived at Baltimore yesterday. All on | More than half the rooms at the Mansfield House, on sees, hearly twelve inches. ‘deep, were euay- sf. Blespor sr menere expect fit the bots will be made anless the suspected parties succeed in | board were healthy, and the ship was not obliged wiieb will eqorenmmodete trom rent to i hua- mer ilk ib Saat her frei eres, be a teh to the Gioss from : dred people, ready been cea- ee hoeken. hud’ knees aud braces of the beaviest | Laited Siates iorces, 40 aid in suppressing the rebel- escaping. A special dispatc to stop at Quarantine son, and it will be o, this week, several earlier than usual. i lion, The sum of $6,716,000 is sppropriaied ior the purpose. The distribution of the rewards for the capture of Booth and his associates, occasions considerable biekering from parties who comsider that these re- ards disproportionate to their services, De Meetive Usker A qieatly dissppointed, his award be- ing only $5,700, while he claims thas be is entitled to $65,00). efforts are being made to induce Cen- gressionai revision iu the inuerest of the discontented imber wee torn liom their places, Ali her boats, sod im fact everything attached to her of @ fragiie na- jure, were rendered uscless, The most awiul part of the catastrophe is the eadiu! joss of l.feand the euffermg attending it, the number killed and missing 00 correct esti- mate can be given, but the number can safely be put down at fifty. ibere have been buried, up to she present Wme, ¥6 ; missing from the ehip, 19; missing trom the shore, 5; reriously wounded, in hospital, ot whom 6 wili probably die, 17; total, 65. sesides this number thee were mapy wounded carried yo their homes. Of the 41 men comprising the crew of he Eurvpean, ¥ bave been killed aod 1y are missing, fod Cieras CugageG OD the wharl—Mr. Swameon, of the W. I. ana’, steamship Co., and Mr. Caivo, or the Panama Kali.osd Cy.—weie both instantly «ils éu, and of 13 natives or Jamaicans employed oa the whart, and in the feighs house, none a:¢ supposed to BENALE. have been saved; besides it 1s beneved @ smell gang of patuve laborers who Lad gone an bears we aes 1 Wasnrsortow, Arnr 20.—Mr, Wilson called ap the ( Dave met the tate of e others, Tt " Fapase svensse dave before « correct estimate can be joint resolution providing that the President of the Shade of the lose. Many bodies were no doupt tarown United Btates be requested to precure three valua- Into the wa.c. and picked fp by Share WAL Onpere ble gold medals, with suitable devices, one to be pre sec eek by ‘ a . * 4 we out Yulee o: weot down witb the ili tated sented to Capt. Greenies, of the ehip bron Belle, aby, The sce.e in Aspinwai after the firs. exp.o- | o (slesgow We 4 0 Sed slaw, of t he bark K\bye or Siok’ caunos be descrived—1t was Darrowing su she | Boewn: and one te \ ap) ‘ssonal gratitude tor shes | taken on eithereide, Yel, oa tho inst eccounts. frm ; lic Tunes gave OD Bis Of desoiation | 8104/6 #4 beatin nab 6ratitude for their 2 m ¥ abe at extieme, Whilst i 1 eed lacerated bodice or | comduct im rescuing about five hundred Americans | that querter stated that the [mperial General Lobe- to ihe place, the mangle ‘et with im every direction | from the wreck of the steamship San Francisco, and | sas was marching « foree of {rom three to four thou- pisces of budies to ne oy we rain of he ter | that the cost of the same be paid out of any money | sand to the relief of Mazaijan, he may have come up lor & g1@as distance aroy an erinas 6 Gere in the Treasury uot otherwise priated, in time to turn the tide of battle. were beartreuding, au yon} Mr, Jonpeon, of Morr land 0 Se ea be detent The military situation at Acapulco remains the rietio usend dollars tribu ps sod 4 the officers end crews of the vessels named, | seme asit hasbeen forthe past year. The French ‘The amendment wee agreed to, and the resolution | troops have a garrison in the fort ands man.of.war ve j in the harbor, while the Libera! General Alvarez The act amendatory of an act ip relation tothe andes force which cceupies sl] the surround: taken up. rf ith \. bie bill trams indemelty to officers of the or. This egcarypan it a hpar > igh s tosis ¢ for acts comm itsed in sid of the supp 2 of the ber, but the maniiees to rebellion, apd exempts them irom Weoivil” ledger him, Ladeed Kiench ois eblivad Wo bees Eastport, Me., says that Gon, Meade announces a determination to Hne the const with 50,000 men, if ent Fenian mischief. A rian broke out in Genesee, N.Y, Friday eve- ning, in the store of 8. P. Bierges, and before the flames could be subdued the business portion of the village was destroyed. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Origin of fire accidental, Gov. Fuwrow has signed the bill amending the N. Y. Metropolitan Health bill, and largely in- creasing the power of the Commissioners, The Dill to increase the pay of the Meiropolitan Police is not yet signed, but» large number of members have urged ite espprovel. Police Commissioner Manierre isin Albany, looking after these several measures. A man named Martin Markman wee recently picked up at sea by s fisherman. Hoe was floating upon a plank, and bad been in the water several hours. Fle states that he belonged to the Elise Lund, from New York for Bremerhaven, loaded with tobacco, sugar, cheese and copper, amd thes 061A. M. of the 2d April, the vessel was run Into four miles off Portland by alecrew steamer. The Elice was struck on the port side, and went dewn immediately with al] on board, except himself, consisting of the master, his wife, fret and second mater, carpenter, three seamen and @ boy. The Steamer did not stop to render sasistance. works a ond, Vs, have - a * samber of thes ewployes recently, one LOCAL NEWS. wEW YORK AND THE VICINITE. Tue CHOLERA 4T QUARANTINE—DEATHS ur ro Last Evasing—Names oF tum BIOK auD Dsasap—Psosrzct Horarun, Eto, Ero.—In addition to the account ef this disease on board the steamer Virginia, new at the Lower Quarantine, published in yesterday's Bux, the following facts have trans pired, The utmost precautions are taken to prevent any communication with the steamer, except by the proper Health officers. The distance from the elty to where the Virginia is at anchor, is eighteen miles and the Health officers express the belief thet ne ease of cholera is likely te appoar in this city at least before the warm days of July. The disease fret broke out among the German emigrants, many of whom came from various cities of Germany where the disease was known te have Deen severe, but as before stated, they showed ne signe of having it amtil the eighth day out, and os they kept themselves very filthy especially these on the lower deck when it appeaned—is yes that the want of cleanliness superind o rginis, it ce ay to arrest the progress of the pest! ote “ Aa, into air sigh) evmngertanes: THE WAR IN MEXICO, Interesting and Important Reperts. Passengers who left Ban Francisco March 30th, etate that on their arrival at Acapuloo, April 6sh, they learned thata collision had occurred between the Liberal forces under Corona and the French troops occupying Mazatlan, It appears that Corona had for some time closely invested the place, but finally withdrew, when the French marched with the intention, it is presumed, of giving Corona battle if he could be over . 5 let them get well out of the city, whem he fell upon their rear and commenced a vigorons attack. Whey the steamer which brought the news to Asspalco ett Mezetian the fighting was still going on--she officer im com mand of the French troops having been killed while endeavoring to :aily hiemen,who were being severely worsted by the Liberals. It was thought the entire French force would be killed, as prisoners are not enator Fessenden's iliness has developed inte varioloid. CONGRESSIONAL PROCBEDINGS, Thirty-ninth Session. portals cruehed and bruised im whom life wes not not, wesreaily dresdiul, : bi being entertained that another explosion would occur it wae thought advisabie to tow tae burning veesel from the city, and the Roya: mail sveamer Tamar, Captain Mow, immediately gos up steam for that purpose. He hed scarcely nade fast 0 the wreck when au explosion cocyrred, ong: w be the magazine, whicn con ry 4 antiiy of powder for the phip’s pye | the explosion