The Sun (New York) Newspaper, May 2, 1866, Page 1

Number 10.54:2.' Cabinet Meeting. Reconstruction Report Considered. UNANIMOUS VERDICT AGAINST IT, I semarks of the President, ; Congress and Constitutional Amendments Denounced, THE REBEL COTTON LOAN, British Holders Want Their Money. HOW THEY PROPOSE TO GET IT. ' = > CONGRESS YESTERDAY. aretha rear eee IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED. Help Asked for Starving Southerners HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CHILI. Bombardment of Valparaiso by the Spanish Squadron. $20,000,000 Of Property De- streyed. INTERESTING LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. &e.. &e. Woasninaton Mavi It ie understood that in the Cabines meeting, to- day, the President tnvited an expression of opinion, from the heads of departments, respecting the propo aitious reported on Monday inst by the Congressional Commitwe on Reconstruct on. An interesting and Animated discussion is said to have ensued, in which —If the rumor be true—See ry Seward declared himeelfin very decided and emphatic terms, againat the plan of the Committees and in favor of the imme- diate admission of loyal representatives from the lately rebellious States, Secretary McCulloch warns positive as the Secretary of State in his opposition to the plan recommended by the Committee, and ex- pressed himecif as strong in favor of an immediate consuu:mation of the President's restoration policy, by the adiniesion into Congress of loyal wea from the Southern States, Secretary Stanton was equally de- cided in bis opposition to the Committee's proposi tion; he was tor adhering to the policy which had Oo agreed upon and conal tly pursued by the &c., Acdmitvstration, and he was gratified that the President — had brought the subject to t consideration of the Cabinet. See e Ww une ly against the Como iitvee’s scheme, and w eet in bis support oi the President's policy comprehending the inant edmiseion into Congress of loyal Kepresentatives from jhe States lately in rebellion, Secretary Har lap Was rather reticent and expressed no opinion, Poste saste:-General Dennison wae in favor of carry ing 0. at the restoration policy of the President, but ress s¢ some doubts as to the precise time at which ioyal Atwpresentatives from sue Southern States should oe admitted weeats in Congress. Attorney Genera! Speed was not present at the meeting, be ing «ms vistt to hishome in Kentucky. ‘The Pres. dent wa s earoest in bis opposition to the report of the Comauls tee, and deciarea himselfagainet all condi- tloos precedent to the edmission of loyal Represe atatives from (tue Southera States in the simape of trom or by the pase rived o tts equal suffrage in the Beuate, and that matom aud Kepresentatives ought to be a! titted into the respective Houses, appoir daw and we Coustituiion, He was tore rigi ence (othe Coustituson asit lv, and remar having sustained ourselves uader it, during a terri bie rebaiiivn, he thought the Government could be restored wituoul @ :esort to amendments. He re marked, |v geuers! terms, that il (ue organic law is to be chawaged at ali, it suould be at o tine when all the Staves and ali (he peopie can participate in the mierasion, The President sent a message to the House to-day, in respomse to a resolution of the 26th of April, re- questing information relative to the rebel debt, Known a8 the cotton loan, transmitting a report frem the Secretary of State, to whom was referred for ex- awination various propositions from Lritish holders of the rebe! cotton loan, for an adjustment to the satisfaction of the |, 8. Government. The bond- holders are represented by Mr. Mcileury, and the propositions wade are to the effect that if this Gov- ernment will deliver to the committee of rebel bond. Bolders a copy of the contract made bewween Er- langes & Company of Paris and she consiratore at Kichmond, together wit the particulars of the re. Mement of the sane, aud which dooumeuts they as sume are Low im the possession of this Wovernment, the committee will place she outstanding rebel cotton joan bonds in the bande of the lL. 5. agents tor can- collation. If these conditions are complied with the Bondholders guaranty that they ead thelr frieuds will subscribe to a new for the South of $25,400, Ou, to be used in cultivating the Cotton and Tobacco tates ; that they will in three months from the firet loan, subscribe to another loan of the same asinount and eo ou every three months, to the exiens of 3100,00,W0, ‘The Bondholders tuen eotforth the ad vanteges (hat will accrue to the Government if the propor reed bo; that it will remove (he “stigina vf repudiation” which at present would prevent the States from obtaining a joan in Eugland, Relative to the abeve propositions, Mr. Seward oaye: “Lam of the opinion that neither the natare of these several communications, nor the matters dis cussed therein, por the form in which they are therein treated, mor the character of their authors, nor that of their agents, ls such a to deserve consid- eration ou the part of the Government ot the | uited Bates, It appears from the recordsin the War Depart. ment, that with the excepsion of the President's proclamation, none bus verbal ordere were given for the capture of Jefferson Davis, Major General Wil- eon says that Lieut. Colonels Harnadon and Pritch- ard are entitied to great credit for the veal and ac- tivity with which they conducted the pursuit, and that it is but siaple justice tothese worthy officers to rewark that they were ignorant of the reward at the time of the capture, Col, Pritchard asys that it wes so dark that be could not Ciptingales the uni- tormes, In the course of bis narrative he seye: “Op my resarn to the camp I was accosted by Davis from among the Vapor pe who asked if I was the officer dn command, end upon my answering him that | was eno asking him whatl was to call him, be repli ed t 1 might call him whator whoever | pleased, when! replied tobim that! would call him avis, and upon a mowent’s hesitation he said phat was bis mame, Theu he suddenly drew himself up with true royal dignity and exclaimed, "i suppose fo consider it bravery to charges train of desenceless wowen aud children, bat it is theft aud vendalisw," Nothing is said in the varrative about bis being dis suised, Tae Oswego (N. Y.) canal ie in good navigabie quad uud, and tee bowls ace pemsiug feel, that - CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty Rinth Session, SENATE Waasntnetos, May 1, 1866.—A commnnication from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the evidence upon which the awards for the appre- henson of Jefferson Davie were distributed, was re ferred to the Committee on Military Affaire Mr. Tramball presented the petition of one hun- dred and forty-six citizens of Stanmton, Va., repre touting that the troope have been withdrawn from that place; that the Union men are being pervecaited by rebels, and praying for the return of the troope for the protection ef loyal men. The petition w referred to the Committee on Military Affaire Mr. Johneon read a letter frem (en. Wade Hamp ton, contradicting the charge of (jen, Sherman that he (Hampten) ordered the burning of Columbia, 8. ©., and asking the appointment of s Special Com- inities to investigate the subject. Mr. Johneon moved its reference to the Committee on Military Affairs, but eulbseqorntiy withdrew ihe etter at the suggestion of several peuators, who seid Senate to receive The special order, which was the Post Office Ap- propriation bill, was then taken up. The pending question was upon the amendment of Mr. Tiumt ult that po perron exercising of perforn ing the duties ef any office which by law is reqnired to be filled and with the advice and consent of \he Benste, slall before confirmation by the Senate re ceive any salary or compensat on for bis services un less be be comimissioned by the President to fill up a vacancy, which bee during the recess of the Senaio, end since ite last adjournment happened, by ceath resigoation or expiration of the ‘erm. the cause end case of removal to next session, Mr. Henderson took the floor in conclusion of a *peech bewun yesterday, contending for the Conetitu tioual rieht of Congrew to adovt the abeve amend ment, In conclusion he ssid he knew very we'l that the amendment wouid t lived toast if offi wo be given out tewards tor political purposes, the practi would end in the disruption of the Govern He believed the policy of ihe President was t calculated to biast the bones of Union men ip thie country, He did pot believe the President latended to revive the old rebel party, but that was the iuey itable tendency of bie poicy, Lt the Mresideat at- tempted to carry out the advice given bia by M Davie, of Kentucky, and certain Democratic newe papers of the West, it.would imevitably lead to war, and the result would be the same as of that between King Che and the Fnelieh Parliament, The real controver on the rights of the treed negroes, the F ontending that they bad nor contending had, Af th uld persist io policy, be wou in reetra oing lis power in reported io the Beuate at ite as he understood the policy of that of bis predecesror, Mr Jobneon pai the President, it w Lincoln, Mut that nothing to ae w tion before the Senate. It ought to ascer was covetitutionaliy righe in the mater, aud etaud by it. Hecoutended thatthe proposed amemducat struck a vital blow atthe prerogatives of (ue lies dent, aod was elready uo stitutiousl Mr. Clark, from the Comuitvee of Conference, oa the disagree!ug votes of the biil, 1a relaviom to the Jlabeas Corpus. made « report, which was agreed to, ibe bill goes to the maidens. The cousideration of the A newed. Mr, Vesseuden objected to the lest clause of Mr, Trumbul nendment, requiriog yropriation bill was re- ceed Dg eesn.or was, without tbs Vending the consideration of this subject, the Se ate Went into Executive Sessou, aod uy Biter eu journed, HOUSE OF REPI INTATIVES, Mr. Boutwell sent to the Clerk's desk an amend ment which he proposed to offer to one of the bills reported yesterday by the Committee ou Reconstruc tion, and which was ordered to be printed. It pro- vides that whenever the proposed constitutional amendment sball have become part of the Constitu tion, end Teunessee or Arkansas shall heave ratified the same, and shall have modified ite constitution aod laws ip coniormity therewith, and elall have established an equal and just system of suffrage ior aii mae citizens withia ite jurisdiction who are uot leas than twenuly-one years of age, the Seastors and ntatives from suc tate, if found duly elec, after having taken the re be adinitted into Congre wi that potbing in the section contained ynetrued as to require the disfranchise- ment of auy loyal person who is outitied to vote, Mr. Bingham alsosent op « substitute which Le proposed to offer for the bil), and which was also or dered to be printed It provides that whenever any Stat surrection eliall have ratified in ¢ ably the abov have modified its co therewith, the senators and Kepresentatives from such State, if round duly elected and qualified, may, alter having taken tbe oaths of office required by law, be admitted into Congress as euch, Mr. Eliot offered a resolution, which was adopted, reciting that an alarminy condition of destitution is reported as existing ainoug the white popniasion and fivedwen, extending to absolute want of food, in various portious of the South, especially in Arkansas, Alabama and South Carolina, and that without Gov eruwant aid thousands must perish by starvation be fore raising snosther crop, anu directing th plect Commistee on Freedineu to ivquire into th pe dieney of recommending on ropriation of one bundred thousand doliam for the immediate reiief by vations of tood of the costitute, elving the preter: ence tu such relief to thos whose persoual property ud supplies of food have been destroyed by the ray esol war, to be expended under the disection of the Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau, with leave wo report at any tue, ‘The House then proceeded, as the regular business in order, (o the consideration of the bill reported on the 1ith of April, from the Committee on Com merece, to amend the actof July 4th, 1504, to en- courage emigration, end the acto; Mareh Jd, 1665, to reguisve she carriage of passengers in steamsbips and other vessels. Mr. Chandlor required explanation as to the fourteenth section relerring to she duty of Naval bu geons aud subsequently moved w strike out section. Mr. Donnelly opposed the amendment, and slowed that the vital part ot the bill was con section proposed to be stricken out, coun owed it to humanity to protect the emigrants trom disease fxcing from overctowding; andi: it did nob prowct them, it must expect to have pestilence brouxbt to our aliores, He relerred to the over. crowding of vosselsin which cholera broke out, aud which are pow in the harbors of New York aud Halifax, Ubreatening the satety of the whole country, The amendment wae rejected, Atter some further discussion the Lil was passed, Mr. Kelly offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Whereas, It is reported by citizens of Alabama, iu formal memorial to the (wo Houser ot Con many ot the people of she mountain distri Siete are su 1uod, apa that copsiae died of actual starvation tely in in bh that feriug from #autol adequate suppiles of @ bumbers of them have thereiv. ident requested to in- or officers ut ihe Lureau uf Kelugees andjF reedmen to inquire into the condition 14 district# aud any other districts of the insur- gus States in which said sufferiug way Le seid to exist, aud to relieve the peopie thereof and provide them with corn and other seed for piautiny acrcp sufficient for an suuual supply of eael family requi: ing such relist, Mr, Schenck, from the Committee om Military Affairs, reported back the Seuate joint resolution passed by that body on the 27th of February, expres: sive of the gratitude of the naticn to the officers, so! dies and seamen of the United states, by whose valor the rebellion has beeu crushed, ‘The juin rose lution was passed, The House thea went into Committes of the ‘Woole on the Srate of the Uniou, Mr, Douneily lo the chair, ou the special ordes, which was the bill making appropriations for the uses of the Bureau of Keiugeos, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands jor the NEW YORK, fecal year, commencing January lat, 180, Lhe ue balls of thw LiL were \aleciayued yeaiasiay, Atte: a! tended, WEDNESDAY, MAY short time the Committes rose and reported the bill t the louse without yndipent Mr. Niblack inquired how the titles to the school houses were to be taken, Mr. Eliot replied that they were to be taken in the name of the United States. Mr. Nibiack inquired whether thie was to be a per Manentor at mporary affair, Mr. Bliot reslied that it must necesrarily be tem porary, The schoolhoures here‘otore tised for eo or ed ebildren hed teen halidings taken deserted echoolbouses and buildin mado available assuch, These! retuinet to the owners had come wh one hontred and twenty-f ronsand children, k, would be turne! out of three school the governm . Steven fered an am apyropriatio echool hour The amentment was agreed to, and ihe bill was pared by 79 vene to 41 nares, The Speaker annonneed that he hed appointed Messrs, Aheliabaieer, Windom, Boyer, Cook and Waruer, the Special Committee of Investication ordered yesterday ou the management of the Pro vost Marshal's Bureau, Mr, Darling then offered a pieambie and resolution ip sabstance as follows: The orear that reverts are freely ciren lated that fread peenherments have heen made in New York city and elaewhore, for the purpoe of defranding rectnita, who were frequently imprisoned by United Btates officers. and the tty of eaid retrulte divided up among raid officers, and that other large eure were also demanded and received. to secure the release of the reciuit; and in order that these eharves shonkd be speedily jovesti« and ascertaine!, the resolition aske that a Committee of five be sppolniad to inves charges, with power toeend for persone aud pape and report the results of the Investigation to th House as noon as practicable. The House then resamed the consideration of the DEL to incerporate the Niagara Ship Canal Com- pany J, M. Humphrey oppored the pasasge of arreuing thet although « company of a Niaga. sh al woe inex end three tena quently pasved the Stare of could never present merit enougl iste to invest movey in It, even to organize @ com peny Mr. Allison spoke iu elvocacy peop eof the Western stat Catinfied with the measure alone, hut would « end of Congress apmopristions to cularge the rreat Datural communications flowior into the Cull of Mexico, which ie the vatural outlet for the products of the Weet. whether for shipment abroad or to New York, or to the New Poginnd States The previous qaeetic as secon led, and the main question orlered, « Mr. Vent sho reported the bill, made the cl favor, of tha bill, The sid. would not be the Constitu'loa ys, Althouch ae Beate, the », Was Commerce od State He erween thes wed canal would be ali in e which it would vror between « great number of dir felt, therefore, uo diiliculty in overcoming scruples about internal improvements, The measure ouly proposed to loan @ week's receipis of the Govern ment (0 4 great chject, Mr. Kaymond congratulated Limee!f on the fact that be and the genticman trom Vennaylvania (Mr Steve should vote fogethe u thie bill work was part of agrandecheme of work on which Congress tues some day or other enter to facilitave communieation between the erain preaueing and etain consuming port of the country Mr lelano oe amount whieb the bill would ury. 4 that it proposed to lend the to the ar ntof @6. propriated ots hia to the bill on the table The vove was taken, aud resulted: Yeas 2, nays 55, oo the House reiused to lay the billion the table, The question recurring on the passage of the bill ag amen'ed, Mr. Delano called for the yess and nays The House :efured to order them, and the bill was passod without a division. Mr, Rice, of Mara, introduced a joint resolution, to carry into immediate effect the bill to provide for the better organization of the pay department of the y. which was considered and paseod. It author or i) pation of such vu duty abroad, ae requir by law; is bo take place on and who © provided that ‘het their resurn to the United Sta The House at 6 o'clock P. M. adjourned FIRES, Concunsatt, May 1 The eteamer Gibbons wee burned at Herschinan's Lake, between Augusta and Savanoeh, on Friday, with 600 bales of cotton, Ves eel aud cargo @ total loss, Putraprivuta, May 1.-The extensive saw and planing mill of John ID), Jonesjon Tweaty-firet, above Chestnat street, wasdestroyed by fire this morning, together with @ heavy stock of lumber, ete. ‘The Joss is not ascertained Taoy, N.Y. May 1.—A fire occurred in Laosing burg last wight, between State and ¢ below Market stree!, destroying the ancient Hotel, Piere Laas $12,000, montly work of an ineendiary Thoso.p, C, WA 30.—On Sunday afternoon a fire broke outin the tailor shop of James Miller, and raged until thirty-three shops and houses not « large numer of outbuildings were deatroved. Near ly the whole of Front and Claremont streets the two eeie in the place, are in ashes 4 : ‘The principal eaffe: ulo, A, er and W.B, Houdershot Forty to fifty families are rendered houscless, { Thorold, the sceur of the above conflagration, is a nourishing own of eighteen hundred inhabitants, Tt as eituated in Welland county, C. W., and the Welland Cana! passes through the town, forming a considerabie element in its prosperity.) Bostrom, May 1A fire this afternoon in South Boston, on Boston Wharf, destroyed two one-story buildings leased by the Government for storing bonded goods, Among the property destroyed was 4,00 or 5.00 bhde of sugar, and 100 hhds molasers, Messre, Atkins & Co. Nash & Spalding, and Burgess & sons are amnong the principle ownere, The \ose is estimated at @200,000, mostly ineured Judge acarpenter shop, an! some barnes, &e jueured. The fire was the (ien, Meade and the Fenians Fasrroat, Me, Mav l.-Gen, Meade has just re turned from St. Andrews, N, B, where he met Gen, Doyle, of the British anny, to consult op Fenian af faire. It is reported that the troops here have orders to be ready to march at @ moment's potice, Their de*tination is unknown Arrest of Ileory ©, Wheeler Boston, May 1,—-On Wednesday last, Deputy Bheriff Dearborn arrested on a writ of ne exeat, Henry C, Wheeler, of York City, on board the sleamer Asis, just aes asabout saliing from this port, under the following circumstances Mr, Whecler is Preeident of the Brunewiek and Florida Railroad, and is also connected with the pro- ject of the Aictison ke Railroad Com- pany, in C claim that W ub to ¢ the writ wee lesued by } Court, before which tribunal bonds to the amount ol ¢2 enee, he was commitiod to je will be broughs betore the sup Court ataueadly day, on a writot Aaveas coryua, aud bis ball will be reduced to eusbie him to obtain the same, It_ia probabie he beld at Buffel, ? superintendents and A Meetisa day, of rail treighs agents, to make @ summer time-tuble from New York to 61, Jov'e The meeting was fwly at * 2, 1866. Probet Sentenced to be Hang PaiLapetenia, May 1 Anvoine Probst was this Morting sen’ enced to be hune for the marder of Mr. Deering, He received hie sentence without any Visible emotion, an! ma’e noremarks, The day for bis execution wi. be tixed by the Governor of the State, There has not been any verceptible ange in tho Tle maintains fiuation es bo Yn Monday, » be repeated the ame tnanner as ne that he hed killed tem bere of the faroily woo he wae visited by the ame of that eentle- doomed men eince hia cour the anime seeming intifference t and ente ae heartily an n° firet en epoken tombout the muarde ry Of an Becomplicn, t chinthe had done previously, ceny Deering and ‘he the c urseofthe « Short Howell, and whe man was moutoncd, Prot end showed @ disir on to sar An Thie m © been owing to thet ecting and dil pot wantt The o heard from hims Was made on ndav. when, being War, lie anid th « d he seeme to read attentively such re- Ligious Lovks as are lett for his perveal, South America. Bembardment ef Valparatse by the *pan- inh | leet —Destract i Twenty Millioes of Property The steamer Limenia, at Panama, 2th inet, brince Intelligence of the hicheet importance from South Aiwerica, namely—the bombardment of the city of Valparaiso by the Spanish fleet, The Para Crrostoun eivea the following account: Weare cahamed to relate that this disrraceful on ummated in the f a large toree of Knelieh and All remonets agnines ’ " rOuree, unnvail Te iehut right e, however, thas the | States Minlater, ¢ Kilpatrick, in thor ough harmony with Commodore Roger all honor to them for it. we endy tor tthe carrying out ofthe bombardm nt of an undefended city, entall- ing the Ceatrnetion of eo much neutral property, pro vided they were backed up by the other powere in terested; but the Fugheh Commedore Deoman, In the are » of Inetructions, was afraid to coulesce with (he proposal that retleets eo much credit oa Lot Gea, Kilpatrick aod Commodore KRogets 1H HOMBARDMENT Tt ie wall that Mendes Nunez has recetved orders from derolate to the ut- mos rer, all Chillem end Peruvian towne on the coast, and that in pursuance of there « re it wae on the Yithof March, that he rent the Commandante of Vaiparaleo and noth fled to Foreien Kepresentaives that in four dayehe would bombard the cliy, ‘The four dave he allowed for the ve of tho rick, &e. On the Set, the norning the day o: the threatened bombardment, Sutle) aud Leander, with the Dew Meririd to destroy, bara and eight A.M, up position over nn wae placed oppo Station, the Villede Madrid from the Cuetom House, hore, to destroy dwelling eahip, Numancia, remain- signaling orders, Av 9 A.M, the Bian 4 the Custom House, to the ery of “Vive la Keine.” the others followed, each selecting some polnton which to pour ite share of destruction. For nearly three hours the tire wae kept up without ine terrolasion ; a! 1.40 A, M. a ehell from the Vencedo- ra set fire to the bathe adjoining the Hotei dela | ion, aud the flaumes rapic read 1m Chree streets, ut the Vencetora dd pot desiet ; her ahot cou- tinued to rain om that partol the town up to the last moment ef the bombardment with terribie aud fatel regularity. On the other side, the Custom House took fire at lid, but (here was no ceceaion of the firing frou the ahipe: indeed, the Spaniards knew only one consideration, vir, & Vaiparalso bad beoa alven upto then to wreek their ven eoult, At U5 0. M. the Num gual izod bo desist, aud the veaels of (he equaa According to ell the well-recognized laws, eave the Para Cuvosicts, end usages of civilized ooune trioe in the preacot day, the bombardment of a towa ip an exireme m ure,justifiable only ou the grownd ofthe place be strongly fortified, and @ conse quent menace to the invading forces. But Valparal as en unfortified town without ® mounted gun tooffer any resistance to a bombardment. Spain bad not the niagnaniwity to respect a defencelers city or the neutral property contained therein, bus te sued bor remorse orders to execu'e the ruthless and indiserive truction of both, io the exe cutiou of ord Spaniards faled to act up to their plede Nuvez in the tot my'e vessels Levan and publ neutrals tions of t and thor roperty of . Than the prociaimed wae to injure the Obil- v ® respect (he property of loreignere ae ethey could But the consum mation of the ba vue act. it is neetiem to say, damaged, not the Caliiens, but the iuotfeusive, tor- x0 resideuie, aud tbereiors was both « protitless end jibuman deed, For every #1,(0u worth of Chileon property destroyed, foreigners have lost >1,0).0KN, The proceeds, in many cases, of years of bard toil and perseveriug labor, at the expense too ot a projonged abeeuce trom them homes, their faw liles and their friends, While he bombardment was going on, the follows ing Awerleen and British vessels of war were tn the tatore of the scene : n-—Monitor Monadnock, carrying four 500- ; owbateu, Vusearora, 1! guna; Mobong: gun Frigate Leander, 60 guns; Butie), don, 6 guns, ana STAR says that from fifteen to twenty milous worth of property was destroyed, nearly all of which belonged to British, American, and other foreign merchants, All the comrgercial part of the stom houses, government buildiags, public tions, &e., were demolished, From Europe. Four Dayw Later News. The Conard steamship Scotia from Queenstowa the 2¥d of April hasarrived, Among her passengers is Mr, George Peabody. THE CLISI8 IN GERMANY, It is reported that at a council held on the 2th of April a‘ schonbrunn,the Emperor of Austria and Count Mensdorif, against the advice of some other ministers, resolved to withdraw Count Karoly!, the Austrian ambassador, from Berlin, and thie de- cision having been made known to M. De Werther, the Prussian amtassadorat Vienna, it was expected that he would take bis departure immediately The im 6 cause of the rupture Is eald to be that Count Meastorff, after receiving the Prossiau an swer of \he 15th, teleeraplod @ repetition of the Austrian demand on the} Tsh, and recelvod a fresh refaralon the 19th, A couacil wasthen held, and the opinion of the Emperor and hie minister being in favor of the bolder course. it was adop'ed, The withdrawal of the two envoys, says the London Times, la also to be followed military movement which the world will regard as made tn antierpation ofwar, Av order was w bed spaiched w the gene- ral officer commanding he Austrian troops in iol- stein. ordering bin to talk back through Homburg and Hanover, leaving ouly #iew companion in the q : Count Bismarck has atria as if wore at hicg and the consciousness of oO incresse Austrian on tloo at Austria bas percelved wh ° oforan intended attack, or with drav. ber ioe corps, la order to be herweif able to as flensive, the abs 4 meus of Huieterm, iit ually takes place, will be held tobe #4 acs lo wubicipation of war, aad will thinks to be p cause genera) elaru, ‘The Leodou GLoug of April 29, however, is aathor- ized to shale ba ROY bee te cs Thirty-Third Year. aed ceived no tnformati. ran ment published In She Trven Munsctelee tke tes, ture of diplomatic in‘erevorse between Austria and Prussia, Notwithstanding the t aapect affairs, the Timms does aot yor pe rod a inev: fae opinion i# tha: ef the continental Popular meetings, at which war was stromgly de nounced, continued to be held in various parts of Prussia. A telegram received from Vienna reports that Aas. tria, in reply to the Prussian note of the 1hth, hee submitted propositions for muinal disarmament. The broporals are as follows :—Acatria and Prassia shalt tech restore their milltare establishments to the satus quo which existed prior to the late defensive measures; that t h riibe the date of the toutoal disarmas cordially approved, At ‘sitting of the Federal Diet, the communice- tll, itis sad, be made, announcing that the question of disarmament is in @ fair way tle~ inent, The Vienna journals reassert that pacific ar rangements have beem made between the two conn- tries, The Austrian representative att rankfors Dies made deciarations of a peaceable ter Among this mass of contradictory rumore {t ts im Possible to find the exact truth; but the fact re. Maine that the oppesing powers are still engaged im strengtbeuing fortresses and arming large bodies of troops. NAVAL ARMAMENTS Lm ITALY, The Movimento of Genoa says: “We learn the tho Minister of Marine has just issued orders which indicate extraordinary activity, Admiral Perssoo bas been appointed Commander of the united squad- rous of evovution, and Vice Admiral nl bes been sppoluted second In command, The armaments of the navy are pushed on with great activity other orders issuot is one for hastening the me ITALIA of Naples reports that the naval & there bad received orders to prepa tot all the disposable versels of « in the arse re activ tn pio} the mauulaciure of w storia, rat vie ENGLAND. Iu the House of Commons, on the 19th ultimo, the debate upon the Reform Bill wae resamed. Lont Eleho, Mr, Beresford Hope and Mr. G. Hardy were the chief speakers against and Mr. Milner Giteam sod Mr. ughes in tavor of the measure, The de- bate was again coutinued om the 2 th—Sir 8, N ° cote, Mr Liorsman and ethers speaking in ition, and the Solicitor paerel 108 Sootiand aud Mr. Cue H rhige io support of © was further Sdiourned to the 23d April, pected to lass some days longer, lo the House of Lords, om the 19th April, the went into Committee on the Parliamentary ‘Jl. An amendment was otiered by the Mare f Hath, which would ren it impossible for © the oath, but it negasived. waford made ® proviso in the oath securing the supremacy of the crown After some object! on the score that tho proviso would be cectionab e some Koman Catholics, Karl Russel assented, io @ spirit of compromise,to the insertion of the proviso, sud (he Dil passed through comunltiee, The week's return of the cattle plague shows a com tinued diminution im the number of cases, Stephens, the Fealau Head Centro, had been ene tertained at a banquet In Paris, at the reaideuce of the Marquis de Boiasy. Leiterefrom Madrid assert that apprebeusions ax~ iatod of fresh disturbances in Spain, Latest Commercial, Loxpon Money Manker.Under the more pa- cifle accounts from Germany, there had been a ae- cided improvementin the funds, The discount de- mand at the bank was moderate and the market was easy. The bank rate remaing at 6 per cent. ‘I'he sus~ veusionot Barued's Banking Company at Liverpool on the 19th, ereated considerable excitement iia financial circles, Fears were entertaiued of one of two large failures at Liverpool, ou account of the bank suspension, but it is uoderetood that the tem porary @ibarressmentol the tirms Im question bad been satistactorily surmounted, rOOL, APRIL 21.—Ootton—Sales today 16,- t yesterday's imp ovement, aud including ulators @ud exporters, Middiing Upiauds 4%. Provisions dull, © inactly nin 21 1sols 57. 037% tor Money, but rullied to (he above dures. Five Twenties, T04aTus. Stiaete Central shares, Sasu%, Erie shares, 61g ows Items, By Teleyraph te the Now York Sua.) Tr was avowlog at Buffalo, N. Y., leat even- ng Mu. Wa. W. Crappy died at Boston, on Monday, aged % years, He wee formerly « well known editor and printer in that city Tus 19th Annual Bession of the American Medi+ cal Association was heid in Baltimore yestecday. About 200 delegates were present. Av 10 o'clock last night a violent rain and hal, storm commenced at Washington, accompanied by vivid lightning and thunder. Tas inauguration of the Governor of Connectt> cut takes place to-day ia New Laven, aud will be eccompanied by an imposing wilitary und civic parade. Gov. Cumris has issued a genaral order for iho eeremoniee ty be observed on the return ot the standards of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Independent Square, Philade|plis, om the 41h uf Jaly. De. Gustave, late of New York City, who at. tempted to polson ® wan pawed McKinnon, af Toronto, ©. W., several wonths ago, wea tried on Monday, in that city, and seuteuced to 16 years! imprisonment in the Peuitentiary, Latraw’s culvert, on the Erie Canal, about a mile west of Albion, N, Y., began to leak badly on Monday, The water bat been all drawn otf between Modine an’ Tl ily, Navizetion op the canal will be delayed alous throe days, Tues was heavy shower of rain last evening at Baltimore, accompanied with vield Ugutning, About half-past nine there wasa violout storm of hail stones, very large, much of it the #iza of Licsory pute and even larver, breaking windows and dong much otber damage, Neasiy throe bundre! specimens of wrutng executed by soldiers who lave lows ther riyit hands, were on exhibition at Beaten Hell, Wash’ fagton, last night, in the prose, of a large co pavy. Major Gen, Banks, Speake: Cullax, Gens Foward and Gates, sod Gov. Fairchild of Wisoun ei, Were present and male patriot From Panama comes au accounts! uo eral victury in Mexico, A fight, tb is said, tovde place at Jawiltipec, Stateof Osjace, ia the latter part of February, betwoen to Imjerialiae and Legitioiats, under Piferis Diaz, iu which the let. ter were successful, driving the Imperialists belcre them, and capturiug 70 muskets, 6 canavus, aod 200 mules, besides « 2,000 to 8} coches r Lily bozea of ammunition, large amount of money Tug sloamer Washington Irving, recently seize by the United States Marsha! ou legal grounds mele ber escape from Norfolk, Va,onu Monday with the inteotiun of proceeding to New York, he wae pursued by the steamer Geneva, and when last seou wae pushing out to eea under full steam, with the Genevatwo miles behind ber. A vouey (Continaed @m the Last Peas.