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Wash Ington. 
Jan. 11.—Senator Chitndler presented the joint 
resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, urg¬ 
ing tlie passage of the Copper Tariff bill now 
' pending in the Senate. 
Senator Cannes* presented the petition of Pro- 
lessors In the Mining Schools on the Pacific 
Blope, and of others, praying for the appoint¬ 
ment of a commission to visit the mines of Eu¬ 
rope and report upon their mode of treating the 
ores of the precious metals. 
Among a number of ot her memorials, was one 
irorn the ‘‘Christian Brothers,” praying that 
the preamble to the Constitution may he so 
amended as to acknowledge Almighty God as 
the source of all authority and power in civil 
government, and the Lord Jkscb Christ as the 
ruler of mankind, and His revealed will as the 
supreme authority. 
A bill was introduced, proposing to retire on 
full pay, at their own request, all Judges of 
United States Courts, on their attaining the ago 
of seventy years; and where they do not solicit 
to be retired, providing for the appointment of 
associate Judges younger in years and ublo to do 
the work. 
The House passed a bill repealing the Tenure 
of Office act, by a vote of one hundred and nine¬ 
teen to forty-seven. 
Messrs. Ela and Wnsbhume made another in¬ 
effectual attempt to have the charges against 
Wells, Fargo & Co. investigated, and the pay¬ 
ment of nearly £.'100,000 Withheld until the inves¬ 
tigation should bo com plotted. 
In November, 1867, Judge Fislier of tins Crimi¬ 
nal Court debarred Joseph 11. Bradley, Hr., from 
practice In that Court for contempt. The Su¬ 
preme Court, of the District or Columbia after¬ 
wards affirmed Judge Fisher's action. To-day, 
however, the United Stales Supreme Court re¬ 
versed all this and issued a mandamus restoring 
Mr. Bradley to his office aa attorney. 
Jan. IS. In the Korutto, Messrs, lticc of Ar¬ 
kansas, ami Abbott Of North Carolina, were an¬ 
nounced as the t wo additional members of the 
Ductile Hail road Committee. 
The House bill repealing the Tenure of Office 
net was referred to the Committee on Re- 
treuebmont. 
Senator ( orbet.t of Oregon, from the Commit¬ 
tee on on (udian Affairs, reported the House bill 
ter the relief of Helen and lleloise Ltncohi, and 
lor the withholding of money from tribes of In¬ 
dians holding American captives, with amend¬ 
ments which provide that tho income from the 
sum of $5,tXK) for each of the two named children 
be reserved from money due the Kiowa Indians, 
and this shall bo used for their education and 
support, and the principal shall bo paid them on 
attaining their majority. 
Senator Sumner, from the Committee on For¬ 
eign Relations, reported favorably the resolu- j 
tion to provide for the bringing home the re- j 
mains of Minister Coggswell, who died in Equa- 
dor. Tin? resolution was adopted. , 
In the Huimo, immediately after tho reading . 
of the journal, Gen. Butler obtained the floor, 
and having introduced a new and peculiar finan¬ 
cial Ull, made a very able speech of an hour and ’ 
a half upon it. 
Jan. hi.—Senator Buckniew introduced a bill 
to modify the system of representation in Con- * 
grc“s. Tho principles Involved In it are so im- > 
portaut that we give the bill, ns it Is very brief: 1 
Hr it enact ill. Ac., That in elections fur the choice * 
of rcprewnnlatlves to the OnngreMft of the United 
Stivi (»<, wJuniover inort* than Fgij)*i*tu*t)£fitiv6 i.s to « 
ht‘ rlioHon from tlic- Stuta. nach uloctur of *ucli State 1 
(July rjurvUflOd a#ll(lJl hr (‘/iIIMimI to u mini bur of vot( k K 
to tin- Humber of repreBoiiuttivoM to be cbo#mi 
troin the Stuto, urn! may /rive all mucIi votea to oil© 1 
nn idulait*, or may dlstributi* ihoin naually or urm- h 
quiuly nmotiK tlio floater mini bur of oandiautn*. and 
tho • iimiUbitna lu votu upon the return bliall 
bn dcclurod elected. g 
On motion of Senator B. Die bill was referred J 
to a select committee to be appointed by the <- 
President pro tern.,, who is one of the committee. 1 » 
Senator Sumner moved to take up the bill re- j " 
ported by him yesterday'to provide for there- j 
moval of (lie remains of Minister Coggswell, and I J 
gi\ ing some relief to his family. The blU was J '1 
passed. | t» 
The Important House bill was passed which I 
permits express and steamboat companies to tl 
transfer from State to United States Courts suits U 
brought against them for goods lost, or oonflea- « 
ted by tho rebels, while in transit at tho out¬ 
break of the rebellion. N 
The House resolut ion granting (house of the a* 
Rotunda of the Capitol for the inauguration ball UI 
v as lost. This will probably cause tho ball to be 
given up, as no other building cun be found in in 
Washington large enough for the purpose. to 
In I he House, a resolution was adopted, calling 
upon the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a Ot 
statement of the expenses of conducting tho to 
Mint at Cmwn City, Nevada. bti 
J a is, 14.—Lucretiu Mott and seventy-live others or 
appeared before the Senate as petitioners for lj u 
Female Suffrage, at 
Commodore Meade’s petition Tor restoration t® 
ftctlvo service in the Navy was rejected on reo- 
omineudation of the Naval Committee. . 
Gen. Gil lent, commanding tho Fourth Military 1 | 
District, was examined by tho Reconstruction 
Committee to-day, regarding affairs in Missis- <lt , 
sippi. He gave a lull account of his administrn- > 
tion, and stated that tho Sheriffs and other local 
officers did all they could to defeat tho liecon- 
struotlon acts of Congress. 
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Jan. 15.—Senator Stewart, from the Judiciary 
Committee Introduced a Constitutional Amend¬ 
ment providing that the right to vote and hold n 
office, shall not he denied or abridged by the fl)l 
C'died States on account of race, color or pro- v< “ 
vious condition of servitude. du 
Tlie House virtually kf 1 led for this session l lie JS11 
bill for a ship canal around Niagara Falls. f ' n 
The President sent to the Senate to-day three ' l#el 
treaties with Great Britain—tho first one con- !" n; 
eorning the rights of naturalized citizens, the 
second with regard to the San Juan boundary “° a 
difficulty, and the third concerning the Alabama * u: 
claims. <«nt 
New York. ^'j! 
The Legislature re-assembled on the 13th inst. was 
1 he senatorial contest absorbed all other inter- ash 
ests, and little was done besides the introduction wei 
ol Dills. I nthe Assembly a message was received D 
from the Governor transmitting tho annual re- Hni 
ports of the Captain of tho Port of New York, boh 
the Metropolitan Fire Department or New York ovc 
< !ty, and the Capital Police Board of Albany, Tl 
Troy and vicinity. 3 ’ fo ‘! 
ii.n r ftl ° lltl1 ’. in the Assembly, a message from all i 
the Covernor transmitted the report of (lie Com- com 
missioners charged with the construction of the enot 
quarant ine hospital on the West Bank, New York 
harbor. The Speaker presented the annual re- 
•* port of the Bunking Superintendent, and the 
report of the Superintendent of the Onondaga 
-: Salt Springs. 
On the JOth a hill to enable the managers of the 
. . Oswego Normal and Training School to purchase 
lira u l’I ,firatUB W,LS parsed in tho Assembly by unani- 
ur ^* rnous consent. 
The Republican Senatorial caucus was held on 
., Saturday evening, the lflth. On the first formal 
cifle * rj **°^ Fenton received fifty-two, and Morgan 
, ’ forty. The vote was then made unanimous. 
^ Among the first to offer their congratulations to 
J . u * Mr. Fenton wan Senator Morgan, accompanied 
by n few of his friends. 
The Demoeratio candidate in the Senatorial 
, ‘ n ' > election is Henry C. Murphy. 
Tlie track of the Lebanon Springs Railroad, 
connecting Chatham Four Corners with Ben- 
* uiugton, Yt., has just been completed, and trains 
' 1 will soon be run through from New York to 
j ’ Montreal by this route. 
1 10 A correspondent of the Troy Times claims 
that the first velocipedes soon in the United 
OI J States were made in thatcity forty-six years ago, 
° ar,<1 were used about the streets some two years 
and then fell into disuse. 
The Albany and 8ns<iuchanna Railroad was 
1 <>l formally opened on the 12th inst. Two largo 
' 1,0 excursion trains lofl Albany in the morning and 
reached Blnghampton in the afternoon. Thu 
uro first contained private citizens, and the second, 
n<> which left an hour later, had on board the State, 
city and county officials, members of the Lngig- 
Jatureand of the Press. There were some three 
Q8t hundred invited guests. When the trains 
iy * reached Binghamton they were formally ro- 
, s * eoJvod by the Citizen’s Committee and escorted 
to Firemens Hall, where a grand banquet, was 
"prepared. Judgu Bui com presided. A speech of 
" rl welcome was made by Hon. Goo.Bartlett, Chair- 
,u * man of tho Citizens’Committee, and responded 
‘ r - to by Mr. Ramsey, president, of the railroad, 
iy - Who gave a brief history of the road. Col. Snow, 
r<> *| r th( ' Governor’s staff, spoke for Goa . Hoffman, 
ng Epooches were also made by Ex-Hpcukcr Little¬ 
john und others. 
it* iTlHine. 
( n * Tub lee and lumber trade of this winter will 
110 be nearly double that, of a year ago. 
Maine’s debt is HU,053,500. The treasury ro- 
c y c<‘ivod last year $1,110,091, and paid out $ 1 , 142 ,- 
T,,, • sinking fund of *840,(W0 exceeds the 
war debt It avus created to extinguish by $t<i,(KKi. 
t- The Bangor Female Orphan Asylum has 
changed its name to the Bangor Children's 
" Home, und Is now open to destitute children of 
n- both sexes. 
<J - New Hampshire. 
K! Mrs. H, s. Moputon of Manchester has been 
n awarded $ill(i damages against that city for in- 
J u, i “S caused by fulling on the ice on a defect- 
Ho sidewalk. 
1,1 Vermont, < 
In the toAvn of Wells lives a man wh<) married 
at the age of seventeen. His first child avus a 1 
daughter, who married at thirtcon, and iioav at 
thirty-one the man is a grandfather. 
A man In Wcybrldge Iasi, fall buried some 1 
Government bonds in ashes for safe keeping, 
h 'J’hi.s bloaohed them very nearly into waste 1 
paiK.tr, but, (he Treasury Department has roeog- ' 
oizctl them and refunded their value. 1 
Ma*«uc]i limed*. ( 
i Somk gcnoroiLs but unknown person gave tho t 
. town of Peabody a fine, clear-toned LielJ, weigh- ( 
. iug 2,500 pounds and costing $ 1 , 500 , as a Noav 
Y ear’s present. The letter or presentation avus t 
j signed Iguotus (Unknown.) j 
t Good hay is sold at Docket at seven dollars a | 
u> p- t 
The little to avi i of Conway has twenty-throo ii 
; persons oVor eighty years old, and one lady who t 
la one hundred and one. H , 
| ’I he Stale Agrioultural < Allege at Amherst be— i 
gins its next term on the 2«th inst., ami tho iioav p 
I Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Goestnann, aa-IU tl 
. j then take charge ol fils department and begin a n 
. j series of lectures upon heat, electricity and a 
. | magnetism. 
. j Hiram Harrison of Westfield, one of the foun- 
I | dors of tho whip trade, died on the lffili inst. 
. jj Two years ago he Imilt a fine puhlie library P, 
1 Will oil he presented tti the town. 
| Goa . Chitlin avus presented on the evening of 
the ittJi inst., by his business associates and h 
friends Jn the shoe and leather trade, Avitli a P 
solid silver tea sol costing $2,BOO. 
Gloucester lias forty aossoIs engaged in the 11 
Newfoundland herring fishery. Tlie herrings 111 
are packed in snoAV in t he holds of tho vessels, 11 
und mainly go to Noav York. U 1 
Sperm and whale oil are iioav in groat demand at 
J in the New Bedford market, the latter selling 
lor mamilueturc at oik* dollar a gallon. 
“ incendiary ” of Newbarjqiort burnt an- in 
other small building on the 11th. It is said t hat m 
four churches and numberless small buildings iq 
huA-o fallen by his band during tho past fifteen Ft 
or t wenty years. Every tiro of the long series 
has been set by the same apparatus and prob¬ 
ably by the same hand. 
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Rhode Island. t() 
The Providence National Bank exultingly n< 
states that since its organization in the last ecu’- tli 
tury its dividends liuve aA'eraged eight, per cent. < 
per annum, and that it has noA*or skipped a diA i- vii 
dend. Nf 
The Coventry Company of Anthony Village bu 
propose to erect next spring a mill for the man- he 
ufaetim* of prints, Avhieh is to be larger than 
any iu the State. 
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Connecticut. 
Tite report of the December work of 1 he Hurt- 11, 
ford 8leam Boiler and Inspection Co. is dooidodly tin 
startling. Its inspectors examined three hun- kn 
dred and forty-one boilers externally, seventy 
Internally, and tested thlrty-l'our by hydraulic 
pressure. In these, one hundred and sixty-eight y 
"fteleets were discovered, thirty-two being frci 
.*< -urces of special danger. The faults Averc frae- ' n “ 
Mies, blisters, corrosions, safety A'ttlves OA’cr- 
loaded, guages out of order, and even a lack of il * K 
iguagea and safety valves. Three were crocked tofc 
•entirely around the shell, one was biis(ejvd so wh 
fiuat, after cutting away the blister, tho inspoc- las * 
lv>r pushed h is finger through t he shell; another T 
nvas corroded through from accumulation of ,Ul 
wishes, oomhined Avith a small leak. All these arr 
were in actual use. sen 
During 1808 ilie /Etna Life Insurance Co. of y 
Hartford paid to families of deceas' d policy ern 
holders, $750,000; in dividends to policyholders, ^ 
OA '-T $500,0(10, and il.s income avus over $0,000,000. 
The/Efua Live Stock Insurance Co. of Hart¬ 
ford has decided to close its business, as nearly Ji 
all its losses are found to proceed from frauds cast 
committed by policy holders. No rate high of S 
enough to cover the moral hazard of this class of tun 
jrk insurance can be found, and the experiment is 
re- at an end. 
the Pennsylvania. 
•ffd On the morning of the 12th inst. an accident 
occurred on tho Pan Handle Jbdlroad, at Cork’s 
Run, some threo miles south of Pittsburgh, The 
heavy rains of tlie previous day had washed out 
ni- tlie earth from under the track and left hun¬ 
dreds of ties without any foundation. All tho 
on tars except the rear sleeping cur went over in 
ml safety, but this was thrown from the track und 
an down an embankment tome sixty feet in height, 
I k i I li tig three of its seven occupants and seriously 
’o injuring the rest. The car then took fire, and 
was extinguished with much difficulty. 
Early on Thursday morning, the 14th inst., the 
lk ” beautiful and costly marble block on Chestnut 
street, Philadelphia, known as the Burd block, 
I, l > Avas destroyed by lire. It was considered the 
n ' finest and most substantial marble block in the 
country, nml tlie loss is nearly a million dollars. 
tu An art gallery containing valuable paintings, 
statues, bronzes, &c., wav upon the second floor. 
The famous Continental Hotel was in jeopardy 
several times, and there was considerable excibo- 
°‘ "lent among the guests, some five hundred in 
re number, but by the coolness displayed by t.lic 
proprietor and his clerks, it was calmed, and not 
|s a guest left the house. One of the stores do¬ 
ff’ strayed Avius the great jewelry ostablisluncnt of 
II fill dwell & Co., containing a stock A’alued at 
$350,000. 
On the Hth inst.. both Houses of the Logislo- 
L ‘> ture nominated candidates foe United States 
Senator. Tho Republicans nominated John 
,0 Fciitt, and th<; Democrats Charles R. Buckalew, 
the present Senator. 
() New Jenej', 
ls Tub Legislature met at Trenton on the 12th, 
,f a "d 'VBS organized by the election of IT. S, Little 
•- °* Monmouth as President of the Senate; and 
,j Levi A bbott of Warren as Speaker of i he Assem- 
|, hly. Both of these genl lemei) are Democrats, 
r. Gov. Ward Sent In his last annual message, in 
i, which ho says that the financial condition of the 
» Stale is good, and that the School law passed 
during Die first year of his administration has 
more than answered all the expectations of its 
j framers. 
The number of children between tivo and 
. eighteen years of ago in the State is 240,370, and 
. attendance of these children at school has 
, not been so large as It Would have been had tho 
schools been free. 
b T1 »e school tax for 1808 ivas $1,140,142, and the 
^ appropriations wa re $1,313,368, and the Governor 
f recommends the disl ribUtdon of the school fund 
be made only to those townships and districts 
which furnish free education to all children Avho 
t seek it. 
Tho Legislative Committee on State Prison 1 
Affairs recommend a thorough change in the ' 
management of the prison, which will take it 
out of the hands of political parties and remove ' 
from the Keeper’s hands the control of the J 
finances. ‘ 
Hon. John P. Stockton wgs nominated for 
United States Senator on the 13th by the unani¬ 
mous vote of the Democratic caucus, < 
A terrible holler explosion occurred at F.liza- • 
bethporton the morning of the 15th instant, by 
which two men were killed outright and three < 
others seriously injured. The boiler of George 1 
Wode’s brush-handle manufactory was bloivn 
out of the building some tivq hundred feet, and ' 
fell upon u tin and stove establishment, com- 1 
ph'inly demolishing i in A.t ot the Im tiding, 
killing one of the proprietor ami a barge cap- t 
tain for whom he avils doing some work. A ( the 
inquest, it was shown that tho safety a-uIvo had s 
been detached and sent to Ncav York for repairs; f 
that tho boiler, at the time of the explosion, Avas n 
in charge of Wodu's sou, a lad of thirteen, ami 4* 
Hint the pressure was eighty pounds to the d 
square inch; and the boy testified that ho some- C 
times rau it with a pressure of one hundred ti 
pounds. Lust August t tie inspector pronounced 
Hie boiler safe, but advised Wode to procure u 
iicav safety valve, but this lie refused to do, on 
account of the expense. 
Maryland. 
Grief Justice Scott of tho Baltimore Su¬ 
premo Bench, <>n tho 11th inst,, in the City ^ 
Court, gave a decision which, in effect^ affirms 
the constitut ionality of the Maryland laws which 
forbid auy person nut a permanent resident of > ! 
the Slate from selling goods, &c., without H , 
license. A direct]y contrary opinion was made ’ 
tin* other day in Ohio, and a test case is to he 
made up by the drummers, or ‘‘commercial 'A 
Iravolora, ' as they stylo thcmsclYCB, und carried 
up to the United States Supremo Court for final 
adjudication. 
Kentucky. fi ] 
On the 9th inst. a resolution avus introduced j" 
in 1-0 t he Legislature requesting Congress to re- .j. 
mow all political disabilities which iiavc fallen A. 
upon any citizen Of Kentucky by virtue ol' I ho 
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
Tennessee. 
The Governors of Ioavm, Missouri, Kentucky, ^ 
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are to ha.A'e a 
convention on the 21 tit of ltabruary at Chatta- . 
nooga to consider tnc best means of securing 
the imprarvtmient of the Tennessee ri ver. 
On the 121 h inst. Detective Bannore of Nash¬ 
ville wus taken from a train of ears on the q 
Nashville and Decatur Railroad by a masked 
band of twenty-lh’o Ku Klux, and has not been 
heard of since. ; . 
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North Carolina. , 
The steamship Gulf City, from Galveston for us 
New York, ran aground off Point Lookout Jan. mi 
II, und iu a few hours Avent to pieces. Only to 
three of the tAventy-fivc persons on board arc ( 
known to have been saved. n . 
is laAvfu] officer. Judge Pelham was elected to 
office at the same time Avith the Legislature and 
Governor whom his decision affects. 
[t Michigan. 
In the Marquette iron region 493,290 tons of 
° Iron were mined last year, or 23.970 tons 
more than in 1867. This product would have 
'* been greater but for the disastrous tire of June 
'■ last. The amount of pig iron produced in 1868 
' was 36.425 tons, and 30,911 in 1867. 
A church is to be built in Detroit for the ben- 
' "At of colored Catholics, of whom Detroit is 
said to contain ft good many. 
J he Masons of Michigan propose to erect in 
Detroit a grand leraplo to cost $,500,000, exclusive 
Of the ground, and to establish in connection 
with it a library and art gallery. 
’ WIsconHiii, 
• In Gov. Fairchild's message, sent to the Legis- 
lature on the 14th inst., lie gives the State debt 
, at $2,252,057. The receipts Just year Avere $982,870 
, !,n,J the disbursements $946,518. All the State 
ins ltutions are in a flourishing condition. 
Missouri. 
About the «th inst, Mr. Maynard, editor of 
the Glasgow Times, was shot and killed in that 
town by a Mr. Montague, of the same place. 
Maynard published something, about Montague 
Avhieh the latter demanded should be immedi¬ 
ately retracted. Maynard refused and Mon¬ 
tague thereupon shot him. 
Texas, 
The recent murders at Clarksville, at the 
mouth of the Rio Grande, are said to have been 
perpetrated in the interest of the whisky ring. 
A desperado recently appeared in Montgomery 
and very soon made himself odious to thocill- 
zons by his quarrelsome disposition. One day, 
Aveok before lust, he rode his horn; into the store 
of Smith & Peal, and on being ordered out, drew 
Ids pistol, but before he could fire it AA-as fired 
upon with a double-barrel shot-gun byono of 
tlie proprietors. Badly wounded be ran into t he 
street, where he met a party who were seeking 
to arrest fiim for passing counterfeit, money. 
1 inning lu another direction, some one of the 
party fixed upon him and ho fell. Thereupon a 
Mr. Oliver and tAvo brothers MeGrew, Avho were 
in the habit of associating with tho desperado, 
ran to his assistance, with pistols drawn, when 
they Avere fired upon by the croAvd and all three 
killed. 
Colorado. 
A vein of superior coal, six feet thick, has 
been found on the line of the Den\-cr and Pacific 
Railroad. 
New Mexico. 
Representatives from four hundred Caman- 
che lodges have arrived at Fort Bascom and 
offered to surrender. They were notified that 
no surrender would be accepted except at Fori 
Cobb—the object being to have ail the tribes on 
the Plains within watching distance of General i 
Sheridan. , 
Alaska. 
Latic advices from Sitka state that a portion 
of the garrison buildings at tlie mouth of the j 
Btikccn river had been destroyed by fire. 
Capt. Kenney of the U. S. Army had commit¬ 
ted suicide by shooting himself through the 1 
heart. < 
Sitka Is nearly depopulated, some three hun- J 
drod persons having left in December for St, * 
Petersburg. £ 
Encouraging reports had been received from * 
the Queen Charlotte coal mines. 1 
News has been received at Washington that 1 
speculators are making quick fortunes in the s 
fur trade, and arcsweeping off the fur bearing 11 
animals. A vessel lately reached Honolulu with 1 
40,0(10 seal skins from St. Paul’s Island. The In- 1 
(bans are paid for those skins Avith cheap whisky. J 
Congress av i11 be called upon to regulate the fur l 
trade so that it shall not be destroyed. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Florida. 
At St. August ine oranges on the trees Avere 
frozen solid on Christmas day, the weather Vic¬ 
ing colder than any in that locality since 1865. 
At daylight the thermometer stood at twenty 
above zero, and ulturwards run down to seven¬ 
teen, — A'cry severe for a climate where even 
white frosts are unusual. At tho same period 
last year Florida ladies Avere wearing lawns. 
The committee sent by tho Alabama Legisla¬ 
ture to negotiate the transfer of West Florida 
nrriAT'd at Tallahassee on tho 14th inst., and pre¬ 
sented their credentials to Gov. Road. 
The party in favor of impeaching the Coa'- 
ernoy appears to be losing ground. 
A Northern negro, named Gambra, was elected 
Reading Clerk of the Senate on the 12th inst. 
Alabama. 
Judge Pet.ham of the Circuit Court, in a 
case coining before him from the Probate Court 
of Shelby Co., decided that the present Legisla¬ 
ture is an illegal body, and Gov. Smith an un- 
Groat Britain. 
The Prince of Wales Theater, at Glasgow, was 
destroyed by fire on the night of the 13th inst. 
No lives Avere lost. 
The Rank of Montreal, at St. Catherines, at as 
entered on the night of the lltli inst., the safe 
blown open and $50,(XK) stolen with Avhichtlie 
burglars escaped. 
W. (’. Pulaski,of Pulaski & Martin, merchants 
at Toronto, has run away to tho States Avith all 
the firm’s available funds. 
France. 
A London dispatch of the 14th inst. states 
(hat the Great Eastern has begun taking on 
hoard the submarine cable of the Franeo-Amer- 
ieini Telegraph Company. It is expected that 
shoAA'ill sail in June next to lay the cable from 
t he American coast. 
Spain. 
A Madrid dispatch of the 12th says that 4,000 
soldiers lmvo A'Olunteered their services to aid 
in putting doAvn the Cuban insurrection. 
Dispatches of 13th state Spanish authorities 
uro receiving from ail parts of Spain proffers of 
men and money to recover Cuba from the revo¬ 
lutionists. 
From Madrid on the 14th we learn that the 
Government lias received a dispatch from Cap¬ 
tain General DuJceof Cuba asking for reinforce¬ 
ments. lie thinks lie cun suppress the Insurrec¬ 
tion Avith 4,000 additional troops. 
The Madrid journals urge the Government to 
uho all means to strengthen Gen. Bulco, and de¬ 
mand that 10,000 additional troops be scut him 
to render the possession or Cuba secure. 
On the night, of the 0th, by orders of Gen. 
Dulee. all the statues of Queen Isabella and 
other symbols of the late dynasty were removed 
from tho public buildings and squares of 
Havana, 
In his anxiously awaited proclamation Gen. 
Dulee says:—“To the citizen shall be returned 
ids rights, to man his dignity. From this day 
Cuba will be considered as a Province of Spain. 
Freedom of the Press, the right of meeting in 
Public and representation in the national Cortes 
— the three fundamental principles of true lib¬ 
erty — are granted you. ’ ’ 
Italy. 
Florence dispatches of the lltli and 13th insts. 
announce that the recent disturbances have 
been suppressed, ami the unpopular taxes are 
iioav being collected without difficulty. 
Paraguay. 
LISBON dispatches of the 15th inst. bring Para¬ 
guay news as late as Dec. 24. The allied army 
hud made a Adgorous assault on the Paraguayan 
stronghold at Viletta, and after a desperate bat¬ 
tle had carried it. Lopez’s army avus utterly 
to routed and destroyed. The allies captured 3,000 
and prisoners, but Lopez himself escaped. This im¬ 
portant victory opened the way to Asuncion, 
the Paraguayan capital, and the Brazilian iron- 
() f clads had gone up to the city, 
ons At tbc la - st accounts the allies held Asuncion 
jvo arl ^ Angostura. Many cannon and large sup¬ 
ine Plies of ammunition fell into their hands. The 
[868 lis-scs of the Paraguayans in killed and wound¬ 
ed were very heavy. 
en- Greece and Turkey. 
Is A London dispatch of the 12th inst. says that 
for some unexplained reason Rizos Rangabo, 
in Greek Ambassador at Paris, had been refused 
i ve participation in tbc deliberations of the Confer- 
on ence. Ho had appealed to hjs Government for 
instructions, after protesting against his exclu¬ 
sion. Tlie sessiou announced for Tuesday, the 
is- IRtfi wag postponed in consequence. 
•bt T,ie TlJ1 'kish Government, has sent Sadik Pasha 
,70 to Faria aa a special agent, to raise a loan for war 
lte purposes. 
Paris dispatches of the 13th report that tho 
Conference hold a brief session on the 12th. 
Rangabo avus not present. The action of the 
°| Greek Government in taking exception to the 
ia exclusion of its representative was condemned. 
3e ’ Evening dispatches stated that this exclusion 
ue threatened to break up the Conference, and tho 
respective plenipotentiaries applied to their 
n - governments for further Instructions. It Avas 
claimed that Russia condemned the attitude 
taken by Greco?, 
[ le A circular from the Sublime Porte avos pub- 
, n llHhod it. Vienna on the 13th. It says that tho 
Turkish Government does not expect the Paris 
ry Conference will arrive at any settlement, and 
I j. that the ultimatum sent to Greece was a doclara- 
y, ''on that tho internal affairs of the Ottoman 
re Empire must not. be interfered with, 
w The London and Paris press almost unani- 
, (1 mously condemn the attitude of Greece in insist- 
:il' * n g on representation in the Conference. 
ie A London dispatch of the 14th states that, it lias 
ig been agreed liuit tSie PoAvera represented in tho 
y. Conference on the Eastern Question shall not be 
ie hound, by reason of their participation in the 
a Conference, to en force its conclusions. 
*e Dispatches of the 17th state that tho Con for¬ 
ts eaco is on the point of closing its labors. It 
n recommends Greco* to accept, so much of the 
sc Turkish ultimatum as relates to Cretan affairs, 
and to refer the ease of the Erosls to the courts; 
and promises that Turkey will withdraw the last 
13 point ol her ultimatum. The Conference main- 
10 tainsthe policy of strict non-intervention. The 
latest advices from Athens show that active 
preparations for war are going on in ail parts of 
i_ Greece, and the banks have loaned the Govom- 
J mont $20,(XX),(XX) for war purposes. 
it Mexico. 
i A severe earthquake took place at Colima on 
n the morning of the 20th ult. It began with a 
11 gentle rocking of the earth, which gradually in¬ 
creased in violence until tho Avails of houses 
AA'ere cracked and everything breakable Avas de- 
n mollflhed. The vibration* Avere from northeast 
g to southwest, and lasted nearly forty seconds. 
The cathedral and other buildings were cranked 
_ from top to bottom. People were startled from 
9 their sleep and frantically rushed for (fie Plaza 
(a large open square 111 the center or all Spanish 
. American towns.) Several persons were killed 
by the falling walls of the National Hotel. In 
several places tho ground opened, trees wore up- 
i rooted, hill* tevoied, water courses changed and 
a general upheaval of tho earlU look place. At 
t th c city of Manzauuilla Hie cathedral, which had 
j stood shocks of earthquakes and si onus for over 
, a century, was riA on from top to bottom, even 
j tin* tiles on the roof being broken. .Some twenty 
persons AA'ere killed by the falling walls of the 
American Hotel, and three others were buried 
[ under a fulling warehouse. 
Calm. 
Gen. Duece, Hie ncAviy appointed Captain Gen¬ 
eral, arrived at Havana on the morning of the 
4th, and ai once assumed command. 
Ou the 5th Gen. Lerauudi sailed for Spain, but 
previous to embarking ho paid a visit to tho 
American Admiral Hoff, on board his flagship 
Contoocook. This is the first: known instance of 
a Captain General going on board a foreign 
man-of-war. 
Gen. Dulce at once gave Orders that the most 
ample latitude be allowed by the Government 
Censorship for the publication and forwarding 
of telegraphic news, 
Tlie U, S. steamer Gettysburg arrived at Ha- 
A'ana on the 4th, and was at once sent by Ad¬ 
miral Hoff to Nuevitas to protect the interests 
of the American residents. 
Havana dispatches state that Gen. Duloo’s 
proclamation Avas favorably received by the 
majority of the people, but is disliked by tlie 
extremists of both tlie Spanish and Cuban par¬ 
ties. 
A schooner lias reached Nassau al ter success¬ 
fully landing fifty recruits and 20,000 muskets 
for the Cuban insurgents. 
AtthcTaeon theater, in Havana, tlie revolu¬ 
tionary hymn of Spain was Sung on the evening* 
of the 9th and received with indescribable en¬ 
thusiasm. 
On the 18th ult, a fight between seven hundred 
insurgents and five hundred Spanish troops oc¬ 
curred at COBuaJidad Yeguas, iu which the latter 
were defeated with heavy loss. 
An Havana dispatch of the 11th states that a 
commission of influential citizens of that city, 
native Cubans and all prominent members of 
ihe Liberal party, had gone to Nuevitas, on 
their way to Iiayany), to meet the revolutionary 
leaders and attempt to arrange a compromise 
for the restoration of peace. 
A dispatch of the kith announces tlmt the com¬ 
mission, above named, is fully empowered to 
concede pardon and political rights and liberties 
ou the basis that the Island of Cuba shall con¬ 
tinue under the flag of Spain. 
The United Stales steamer Gettysburg, which 
hud been sent to Nuevitas to protect the l ights 
of American citizens, had returned to Havana. 
The revolutionists were closely pressing the 
siege of the town. The gu rrison hud turned one 
of the churches into a fortress, aud aided by the 
Spanish vessels in the harbor, were awaiting re¬ 
inforcements. A detachment scut by land to 
their relief had been defeated by the revolution- j 
tionists. The latter have no artillery, but have ’ * 
Spencer rifles, which they are using with effect. Q 
Crete. | 
London dispatches of tho 13th inst. confirm U 
the previously reported capture by the Turks of <L 
the members of the Cretan Provisional Govern- g 
mont. Four of the Cretan officials were killed L 
and the rest taken prisoners. The books and N 
documents of the Gov'ernment fell into the Jy 
hands of the Turks. Mb 
