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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
Feh. 1.—Senator Henderson, from the Com* 
mittee on Indian Affair*, reported u bill totrans- 
l'er the Indian Bureau to the War Department, 
and recommended its indefinite postponement, 
which kills the project, for this Congress. 
Senator Ramsey presented the resolutions of 
the Minnesota Lcglslature in favor of Ooiign *hh 
granting' aid to tin, Northern Pacific Railroad; 
and asking an appropriation of $loo,ouo to pre- 
sci ve the l alls of .St. Anthony, and thus preserve 
navigation above. 
Senator Pomeroy presented the resolutions of 
the Kansas Legislature against tho ratification of 
the Osage Indian Treaty, and asking protection 
for the settlors on Oic.-rokei* lun<lfi f an(l in favor 
of paying the Kansas volunteers. 
Senator Warren presented resolutions of the 
Alabama Legislature favoring the improvement 
of the Tennessee River. 
A resolut ion was passed authorizing the Hecre- 
tary of tho Interior to rent a building for the 
storage of the patent models, (which have been 
accumulating to a troublesome extent,) and to 
destroy models for patents not granted. 
The .Secretary of the Interior was called upon 
to furnish the Senate with the report of Mr 
williams, II Pacific it. It. director. 
A communication from the Secretary of the 
Interior says Unit Viiinie Ream inis completed 
her plaster east of President Lincoln, which is 
really like the original, ami asks for the prom¬ 
ised appropriation of $5,000. 
in t he House tho bill for the annexation of St. 
Domingo was effect ually disposed of by being 
tabled. 
A joint resolution was adopted authorizing 
the Select Committee on the New Vork Election 
Frauds to employ an additional clerical foreo. 
By unanimous consent u hill wns reported 
l rom the Committee on Claims to pay to Walter 
D. Piowdon, ta colored scout and spy in South 
1 arolina under Gen. Hunter,) the sum of if1,000, 
his name not being on the rolls as (in enlisted 
man. After explanation by Mr. Bingham tho 
bill was passed. 
A resolution was Introduced in Hie House of 
Representatives on the 1st Inst, giving ihe hell's 
of President Lincoln $75,000, the throe years 
salary they would have received the benefit of 
had lie not been murdered. 
On the Id the House. Committee on Roads and 
Omuls decided to report unanimously in favor 
oi the proposed bridge across the East River 
between New York and Brooklyn. 
The Senate concurrent resolution for tho ap¬ 
pointment of n. Joint committee on tile expedi¬ 
ency ol' re-organizing tile civil service of the 
several department? ol' tho Government, was 
adopted. 
The Senate bill, appropriating $30,000 for tho 
relief of the poor of tho District of Colombia, 
was passed. 
Generals Porter and Babcock of Gen. Grant’s 
sttdL have returned from their tour of inspec¬ 
tion through the Southern States. They visited 
every military post in the country 'through 
winch they traveled, and will make un extended 
written report to Gen. Grant, They represent 
.Voi l h Carolina as in the besi condition, and next, 
to that State is Alabama, The worst state of 
affairs exists In Georgia, and some legislation by 
Congress to secure tho rights of the loyal people 
in that Slate will lie recommended. They say 
the negroes were in the right during the Oge- 
cliee troubles, and they should be protected. Not¬ 
withstanding the militia troubles in Arkansas 
tlie State is in a flourishing condition. 
Pen. 3.—An amendment was made by the 
Senate to the Consular and Diplomatic Appro¬ 
priation bill which requires the Judges and Ar¬ 
bitrator* (under the treaty with Groat Britain 
lur i he suppression of the slave trade) to reside 
in the di d riels to which they are appointed. 
In Hie House the Dill fora bridge across the 
Lust River between .New York City and Brooklyn 
was passed. 
The message of the President, enclosing cor¬ 
respondence relative to the imprisonment of 
Fenians in Great Britain was pretty sharply dis¬ 
cussed and then referred to tlio Committee on 
Foroign Affairs. 
The Senate resolution was concurred in which 
declares vacant the offices held by disqualified 
persons in the Sout hern States. 
Fnn.The Senate took up tho Consular and 
Diplomatic Appropriation liill, and passed it, 
after tin amendment direefing Ihe President, of 
Hie United States to communicate with the 
British Government and ascertain if there arc 
any object inns to doing away with the courts 
aud the officers thereof provided for in Hie 
treaty for t ho suppression oT the slave trade. 
The House passed a joint resolution request¬ 
ing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold 
certain sums ol money claimed by Dempsey & 
O'Toole on a stationery contract. 
Messrs. Scannell and Johnson, the two wit¬ 
nesses who refused to testify before tho commit¬ 
tee investigating the New York election frauds, 
were brought to mo bar or tho House by the 
Sorgeant-aI-A rms nnd professed their willing¬ 
ness to testify. They will lie retained in custody 
until they give their evidence, 
Tho bill for a railroad bridge ovor the mouth 
of tho Connecticut River was passed. 
FfiB. 4.—A lung debate took place in tho Sen¬ 
ate upon the House suffrage amendment to the 
Constitution. 
At. the evening sassion several private bills 
were passed. 
Feu. 5.— The Senate passed a bill authorizing 
the President to employ a military force when¬ 
ever necessary to protect alleged criminals de¬ 
livered up to tlie authorities of this country by 
foreign Governments. 
In the House a bill was reported from the Ju¬ 
diciary Committee for the relief of Admiral 
l’arragut and the officers and men of his licet 
vvho passed Forts Philip and Jackson under Are. 
1 lie bill entitles them to prize money tlie same 
as they would have been entitled to had the 
courts of Louisiana been Open at the l ime, Gen. 
Butler explained that Farrago t’s fleet captured 
many river steamers, which were immediately 
turned ovor to the Quartermaster's Depart¬ 
ment, whereby the sailors were deprived of t heir 
lawful prize money. The bill was then passed. 
Feb. (l,—In the House a resolution wns adopt¬ 
ed calling upon the Secretary of the Treasure lo 
Inform the House if ail moneysarising from the 
sale of captured and abandoned property had 
been turned over to the Treasury. 
The Committee on Military Affairs reported 
an amendment contemplating the reduction of 
of the army by 10,000 men. 
Now York. 
The story that Gov. Fenton laid pardoned 
Kotehum, tho forger, is unfounded, lie Is still 
at King .Sing, In spite of the immense influence 
which has boon brought to bear in his behalf. 
Two New York City distilleries were seized by 
the Revenue officer- 1 on Hie I t inst., upon suspi¬ 
cion that frauds upon tins Government were be¬ 
ing perpetrated in them. 
A Troy, N. Y. f dispel eh or the 1st Inst, says 
that at u rock blasting on tlie Lebanon Springs 
Railroad, In the town of South Petersburg, 
Rensselaer county, on Saturday morning, three 
men, named John Con inn's afttl E. R. Webster of 
Syracuse, and William Clayton, were killed, and 
five others were injured by the premature ex¬ 
plosion of nltm-glycerino, Ol the Injured John 
O'NoMleannot possibly survive. Thu killed were 
horribly mutilated, their limbs being blown off 
and t.lieir bodies rendered almost unrecognizable. 
Do the 1st inst., in tlie Senate, the annual re¬ 
port of the Trustees of tlie Aster Library was 
presented by the Lieutenant-Governor. 
In Hie Assembly the Speaker presented a com¬ 
munication from the Metropolitan Police Board 
of New York City, selling forth that in their 
opinion the exigencies of m,. ,, u |,|j 0 service 
don't require the pay ol' patrolmen to be in- 
ereaeod and that as muuycupit.d men can lie ob¬ 
tained ut the present rates of compensation as 
if it were one hundred and twenty dollars per 
month, that there m e now two hundred suitable 
nu n desirous of being appointed. There are 
3,.'571 policemen in the district. 
Dn the 2d the Senate passed the bills to incor¬ 
porate the Yorkville Savings Bank, and to en¬ 
able the Syracuse Board of Education to trans¬ 
fer certain finals lo the school funds. 
The Assembly passed the bill providing f or 
raising money to improve highways in the town 
of Kllieott. 
A resolution was passed appointing a commit, 
tee of seven to Investigate the over-issue of 
stock by the Hudson River, Erie, Coni rui, and 
Buffalo and Erie Railroads. The committee are 
also to investigate whether, under the provisions 
or tile lawgiving the Canal Commissioner* su¬ 
pervisory power over railroads in certain eases, 
those roads which have violated their charters 
should not be placed in charge of the Canal 
Commissioners, '[’he Committee is to report in 
t hlrty days. 
Dn the -Id the Senate passed bills in corpora ting 
the German Liederkranz ol New York; to au¬ 
thorize he town of Perry, Wyoming Co., to aid 
in tlie construction of a rid Iron d; to incorporate 
tlie Long Island Safe Deposit Co.; conferring 
additional power* upon the University of the 
Cily of New York; and others of minor impor¬ 
tance. 
Tho Senate mi the 4th elected Senator Charles 
J. Folger to net as President whenover the Lieut. 
Governor may lie absent. 
The President presented the report of tho 
State Institution for the Blind, which shows 
that the expenditures of the Institution for isos 
were $.'18,07)1. 
The report of the DoVoaux College for Orphan 
( iiildron was also presented by President Folger. 
Tiffs institution received from all sources during 
IMS, iti.and expended $- 1 ,.'fit. 07 , 
On the fib Jay Gould, of the Erio Railway, 
appeared before the Railroad Committee of the 
Legislature to explain ( lie manner in which that 
road had increased its capital stock, lie claimed 
that it. was done In a perfectly legal manner un¬ 
der the general railroad law of tlio State, Ho 
also gave the committee a pretty full .statemeul 
of his views of railway management, (in the 
course of which ho said that the Erie ought to 
have a hundred new locomotives and 2,000 ears 
every year,) and pointed oui l ho danger of allow¬ 
ing Commodore Vanderbilt to obtain possession 
of tlie Erie Road. 
ITfulno. 
The House of Representatives, after an ani¬ 
mated discussion, on the 4th Inst., refused, by a 
majority of four, to pass an act allowing parties 
to ti.\ any rate oI interest they might agree upon 
as a legal rate. 
Tlie State constabulary has brought such pres- 
suroto bear upon Hie proprietors of tlie now 
Falmouth Mouse, at Portland, that they have 
filially closed Its bar, and made public announce¬ 
ment of the tael. 
At Bethel all ihe rum-sellers in town have 
stopped business at ihe request of a committee 
appointed at a recent large mass meeting. 
New Hampshire. 
The Now Hampshire Republicans worked hard 
the last week of January organizing their party. 
Clubs were formed in all but twenty-five towns 
in the State. 
’I he New Hampshire Slate election, occurring 
in March, is tlio first, one held this year. Both 
Patt ies are working like beavers. 
iTluKsueli ii setts. 
Henry A. Soittjdkr of Dorchester, 1ms been 
appointed by Governor Ciaflin and confirmed 
by the Executive Council to till one ol the two 
vncuncios in the Superior Court, 
Connecticut. 
T he Republican State Conv ention met at New 
Haven on the 23d inst. and nominated the fol¬ 
lowing Suite ticket.: For Governor, Marshall 
Jewell; for IJOutenanl-Governor, Francis Way- 
land; Secretary of State, Hiram Appleman. 
Treasurer, Daniel I*. Nichols; Comptroller, J. 
W. Manning. Resolutions were adopted express- 
ing confidence in General Grant, repudiating re¬ 
pudiation.ami demanding the strictest economy 
in the government of tlie country. 
On Hie night of Jan. 31 the upper Kolmnza 
dam, which supplies Danbury, Ct„ with water, 
gave way, Jetting down such a flood of water as 
to carry mvay the lower darn also. The water 
thus let loose swept all before it. Due house was 
svvept away, and the ooeiipante a Mr. A. Clarke, 
wife and child, were drowned. Thus far live 
bodies have been recovered, Iml it is supposed 
that some fifteen persons hav e lost their liv os. 
Eleven lives have been lost by tlie disaster at 
Danbury, or which only live bodies have been 
recovered. Tho others, it. is supposed, have 
lodged under cakes of ice (which was twenty- 
two inches thick) and the timber, &e„ which 
were swept down stream a great distance. The 
damage to property is very large, at least $]60,- 
IXK). Throe dams and five bridges were swept 
away. The village would now be helpless in case 
of Are. 
New Jersey. 
1 iie New Jersey House ol’ Representatives 
has passed the bill to ratify the contract between 
the Morris and Essex and Delaware and Laeka. 
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one nay. 
The Grand Jury of Hudson County has found 
bills against three Justices of the Peace for mal¬ 
feasance in office and various other offences. 
Pennsylvania. 
Jon.v McVky, James Brown and Michael Mc¬ 
Namara, who were convicted in Philadelphia of 
distilling whisky illicitly, and sentenced on the 
..stli ol Novemtier to tines and imprisonment, 
nav e been pardoned by the President. 
A Harrisburg, Pa., dispatch of the 1st inst. 
says that, tlie Governor has issued a warrant for 
the execution on the Stith of February or Wil¬ 
liam Brooks and Charles Ormo, sentenced to bo 
hung at Stroudsburg. Monroe county, for the 
murder of Theodore Rrodhead. 
The morning dailies of Feb. 1 reported tlie 
death of Hon. Thomas B. Florence. The gentle¬ 
man, though in bad health. Is still alive. 
Georgia. 
Lv the Legislature on the 6th inst, the Ho ise 
| refused lo reconsider the resolution refeivii a 
[ Hie question of negro eligibility to the Supren , 
Court. Memberiispeaking |» opposition to a re¬ 
consideration or the action of tlie House said 
tlie question ol' negro eligibility belongs, imper¬ 
atively, to the House, and that It would degrade 
itself by referring the question to another brunch 
of tlie Government after the House had solemn 
•' w 'D)ed the question that the Judgment of this 
House was final and eoneltisive; that the Hou o 
laid already decided that negroes are not eligible 
to seats on this floor, and the decision mu* 
stand and cannot tie referred to the courts. 
Alabama, 
Smo.Nfi HiU College, situated on Spring mil 
six miles from Mobile, was entirely destroyed I v 
ire on Hie night of the 4th inst. The stmlems 
barely escaped will, their lives, losing (ben¬ 
ch, I,os and valuables. The library, furniture 
Injured. 1 he loss ,s $100,000; insurance $35,(X». 
Louisiana. 
Two colored men. named Donati. have brought 
suit against tho authorities of the Parish of St 
Landry, La., for $15,110(1 damagos, claimed in con¬ 
sequence of the destruction of their paper, the 
St. Landry Progress, ami other property, by an 
alleged armed mob in September, I,Sits, mid in 
consequence of their being compelled to leave 
t heir home in Opelousas, in St. Landry. 
Tenneuftcc. 
William Noe, steward on the steamer Onld- 
weli. wns shot through the head and instant Iv 
killed on Uio 2d i»8t. by Arthur* Cartwright* 
waiter on the same boat. The difficulty grew 
oui °I their admiration l'or a chambermaid. 
Cartwright escaped at Memphis, and has not 
yet been captured. 
Oliio. 
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Pan- 
llandie Road, held in Steubenville, Ohio, on the 
1st inst., the lease of the Columbus, Chicago and 
Indiana Central Railway to the Pan-Handle Road 
was unanimously approved. The old Hoard of 
Directors were rc-electcd for the ensuing year. 
Illinois. 
On tho 5th inst. Governor Palmer vetoed the 
bill recently passed. by tlio Legislature to regu¬ 
late tin- rimes on the railroads in Illinois. 
The Joint ca.ivaflfliqg committee have reported 
that at the last election, in Hits State a majority 
ot seven hundred andtwenty^ix votes in favor 
"f holding a Constitutional Convention were 
east, 
Jonat han Burr, a wealthy citizen and ex-banker 
ol < liieago, died on the 4th aged seventy-five 
years. 
T be shoemakers of Chicago are on a strike, 
which Whs caused by a firm requiring more work 
dime each day, for which the shoemakers de¬ 
manded and were refused $5 per day. Elfortis 
bring made lo establish a co-operative factory 
wit h a capital of $100,000 in ten dollar shares. 
Michigan. 
The college buildings at, Adrian, Mob., were 
partially destroyed by fin- Tuesday morning, the 
-d mst. Most of Hi© contents were saved. The 
loss ,m 1 1,e building was $20,1)00, on which there 
)s 0 Insurance. 
Iowa. 
A mA n named George Shaffer, living in Merwin 
County. Iowa, on tlie 30th nit. shotimd killed his 
wife, assaulted her mother, and then shot three 
I iincBut himself, but missing, cut liis throat with 
a butcher knife. He was found with hi 8 head 
lying upon his dead wile’s bosom, and his little 
elnld in Ids arms. He said that he had deter¬ 
mined upon killing his wife oven if he had to kill 
her whole family. 
Jllti neMoln. 
Fifteen inches of snow fell ut. St, Paul, Minn., 
on Tuesday, the 2d fust. 
Dn the 3d the International Hotel of St. Paul 
was dest royed by tire. Tho guests escaped, lint 
lost all their Clothing. Tho t otal loss is estimated 
at $100,000. The proprietors were making ar¬ 
rangements to enlarge (ho building in the spring. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great liritain. 
The following are the cablegrams from Lon¬ 
don of February 2: 
There is reason to believe that the Ministry in 
their forthcoming budget, will reduce the army 
and na vy estimates one million sterling each. 
A very heavy gale, accompanied by torrents 
of rain, prevailed through Great Britain yester¬ 
day. The small si reams In many places over¬ 
flowed their bauks, on using much damage to 
properly. Many marine disasters are already 
reported, but no loss of life lias occurred so far 
as known. 
J. Ashbury, Hie owner ol the British yacht 
Cambria, has received the note or Win. Douglass 
of New York, the owner of tho Sappho, written 
on tho 19th ult,, proposing an ocean yacht race 
between their respective vessels. Mr. Ashbury 
accepts the elmllonge and suggests the following 
as tlie route best adapted to fairly test the sea¬ 
going qualities of l ho yachtsFr<mi Cowes enst- 
wardly through Spithend, around Hie Isle u f 
Wight, (lienee wcstwaidly to and around tlie 
Kddystom- bight-house, thence southeasterly to 
Cherbourg, France; thence northerly to Cowes, 
Hie place of beginning, through the Solent. 
London dispatches of Thursday afternoon are 
as follows: 
The appeal recently made in the ease of Cos¬ 
tello, Hie American cit izen, convicted of com¬ 
plicity in Hie Fenian revolt, has been denied. 
Cablegrams of the 5th state that tlie prepara¬ 
tions tor the meeting of Parliament are nearly 
complete. In the House the Hon. Henry F. 
aou Air. aiunaeiia will second 
the address to the Queen. 
On Thursday night, the 4th inst., a large meet¬ 
ing was held in Loudon in favor of granting am¬ 
nesty to the Fenian prisoners. 
France. 
Paris dispatches of the 1st inst. state that 
Gen. Di.x, the American Minister, on Sunday, 
tho Hist ult., received Hon. Anson Burlingame 
and the Chinese Ambassadors, with t heir suite. 
i he Princess Mathilde gives a reception this 
week to the Chinese Embassy. 
In the Corps Legislate the opposition speakers 
demand the restoration of diplomatic relations 
with the Mexican Republic, on the ground that 
French interests suffer by their interruption. 
A ii stria. 
A Vienna teiegran, of the 1st int. states that 
tlie ReichM-uth (Austrian Parliamer.t)hasadopted 
a bill allowing trial by jury m all cases of vioia- 
tion oi the laws for the regulation of the press. 
Spain. 
Dispatches from Madrid, of Feb. 1, state that 
it is understood that, the first business of the 
< onatituent Cortes, soon to assemble, will be to 
tbiblisli a Directory to govern I lie country unt il 
. a sovereign is chosen. 
A deputation, composed of citizens in favor of 
republic and or freedom of religious worship, 
• aited upon the Ministers on the 31st ult. and 
•quested them to issue a decree declaring tlie 
bsolute separation of Church and State. An 
nimensG crowd gathered in the street in front 
of the ministerial palace and clamored for re¬ 
ligions liberty. Tlie Ministers replied that they 
ivould refer the whole subject to the Constituent. 
Oortos. 
Madrid dispatches of the 2d state that it. is 
probable Hint Marshal Prim, General Serrano 
and Setter Rivero will constitute the proposed 
Directory. All those opposed to the monarchy 
base their hopes on the permanence of the Direc¬ 
tory when once established. 
Reinforcements lo the number of 5,000 men 
sailed last week for Havana. 
Moii.sjgnor Franehe, the Papal Nuncio, depart- 
eil from Madrid on Sunday the fflst ult. on his 
tray to Rome; bill explanations having been 
* L.os boon induced to return, and was 
< v by the Governor of the city and 
conducted la his oltiv ail re idenee. 
The Cortas will probably make great, reduc¬ 
tions in the endowments of tho clergy and in 
tin- expenditures for the army, 
A Madrid dispatch of the :td says that five of 
Hie prisoners implicated in tho assassination of 
the Governor of Burgos have confessed their 
crime. 
The cablegrams from Madrid of the 4th state 
I liat bands ot Curl is ts have made their appear¬ 
ance in Catalonia. They came from the valley 
of Andorra mid seek to produce a rising against 
the Provisional Government. Troops have been 
sent out to disperse them. 
-Madrid advices of tho 5th state that Espurtero 
has refused to accept the seat in the Cortes, to 
which lie was recently elected. 
The Provisional Government will present to 
the Constituent Cortes the draff of a constitu¬ 
tion embracing a clause prohibiting slavery In 
all the Spanish possessions. It will lie left to the 
Cortes to decide as lo the method of freeing the 
slaves. 
A special cablegram to the Now York Tribune, 
dated at Madrid on the 5th, says:— As tlio time 
for Hie mooting or Hi.- Constituent Cortes the 
11th of February—is near ut hand, tlio Provi¬ 
sional Government are busy completing the draft 
ol' a new Constitution, which they will reoom- 
mend to the Cortes foradopi ion. Little Is as yet 
known of the articles of their draft, but the 
Abolitionists, who embrace men of all political 
parties, have ut. length succeeded in obtaining 
from the Government tins official assurance thal 
t.lieir draft will contain a clause prohibiting slav¬ 
ery In all tho Spanish possessions. The best 
method of freeing tho slaves is to be left alto¬ 
gether to the decision of the Cortes. As ii is 
known that the Liberal Unionists, the Progres¬ 
sists, and the Republicans are generally in favor 
of tho immediate abolition of slavery, and that 
even some of the Absolutists favor such a mea¬ 
sure, It. is expected that the Constituent Cortes 
will adopt this article of the new Constitution 
by an overwhelming majority. 
The press, rearing a civil war, urge the Gov¬ 
ernment to take active measures and the people 
to unite against the reactionary party. 
Greece. 
A London dispatch of Wednesday evening. 
Fell. H, says a telegram has Just, been received 
from Athens Conveying the unexpected intelli¬ 
gence that. tho Greek Ministers have refused to 
agree to the signing of the protocol of the Paris 
Conference, tuid that they have tendered their 
resignation to the King. 
A Lofldon telegram of the4th says that the 
latest dispatches from Athens announce the 
probable reception by Greece of the terms ol' tlie 
protocol of the Conference. 
London advice*of Hie5t.li state that the powers 
participating in the Purls Conference have 
grunted a brief space of t ime for Greece to do 
cido on their proposals. 
King George has returned to Athens and is en¬ 
gaged in I’oiTtiibga new Unbind. He finds great 
difficulty in completing the Ministry, owing to 
the hostility of the Greeks to tlie Conference; 
but it is announced IJial /aimis has consented 
to act as Premier and Dolijannis as Minister of 
Foreign Affairs, both of whom are favorable to 
the Conference, and that the other seats In the 
Cabinet have also been idled with ministers who 
will eoiiseni to sign The protocol. Great excite¬ 
ment prevails in Athens. M. Bulgur is, the retir¬ 
ing Prime Minister, is immensely popular, and 
extensive demonstrations of sympathy are made 
iu his favor by the cit izens. 
Turkey. 
A Paris telegram of the 1st inst inst says u 
dispatch from Constantinople asserts that Mr. 
Morris, the American Minister, instructed by 
Secretary Seward, lui-s offered to tlie Sublime 
Porte tlie mediation of the Government of the 
United States in tlie quarrel between Turkey 
and Greece. 
A London dispatch of the 2d state that dis¬ 
patches from tho Continent report that a bloody 
batt le had just taken place between the Turks 
and Montegrins near Niksehitza. 
[The place at which the battle is reported to 
have taken place is Nikisb or Niksiki, a village 
ol Montenegro, situated on Ihe boumiary line 
of Montenegro nnd Herzegovina. The Monte¬ 
negrins nearly all profess tho Greek faith.] 
Japan. 
Capt. Brown, U. S. Navy, who took the ram 
Stonewall to Japan, lias sent a telegram from 
San Francisco that he will now deliver her to the 
Mikado. When he arrived out he found a civil 
war raging, and both parties claimed the vessel • 
but Capt. B. refused to deliver her to either* 
I ho Mikado having been successful, and agree¬ 
ing to pay all expenses, is now to receive the 
vessel. 
Quebec. 
A dispatch has been received at Ottawa that 
Hie Judicial Committee of the English Privy 
Council has refused to consider the appeal of 
u htUe . n » the murderer of D’Arey McGee. On 
receiving the new* Whalen sent torn priest, and 
it, is supposod he will make a confession. 
Cuba. 
Havana cablegrams of the 3d inst. state that 
the city continues entirely tranquil, 
A Steamer arrived on the 2d from Spain, with 
a large number of troops on board. 
Havana dispatches ol' the 4th say that :—For 
several days a rumor has boon current that the 
revolutionary Generals Cespede* and Aguilera 
have surrendered to the Count Valmaseda, but 
Hie report proves untrue, as nows has been re¬ 
ceived from the Eastern Department. 
Tho journals of Havana have refrained tor 
tho past week from publishing uows from the 
seat of war, and it. appears as if I hero was a tacit 
understanding not to inform the people as to tlie 
condition ol' affairs. 
I lie Mario ol the 4th says that Gen. Augustin 
Arango, ol the revolutionary forces, has been 
assassinated by ii is companions. 
Havana advices of the 5th give the following 
interesting intelligence: 
Jose do Armas, tlie pcaoe commissioner to the 
insurgents, lias returned, liming been unsucess- 
ful. The Insurgents demand thnt.suffloicnl guar¬ 
antees be given them that. General Duke and 
the .Spanish Government will comply with tho 
promises made. 
Authentic ami thoroughly reliablo informa¬ 
tion from Puerto Principe deny the statement 
published In t he Diario Hint General Augustin 
Arango was assassinated liy order ol' Quesada. 
in view of their return to arms, and of the de¬ 
mands made by Hie insurgents, it is certain that, 
tlie war will continue. The fate of the island 
cun only be decided by arms, as the Government 
can not gram, tlio demands of the insurrec¬ 
tionists. 
Mexico. 
The following Mexican news comes via San 
Francisco, February 2, and is dated at Muzatlan 
January 20. 
An outbreak of the people occurred hero on 
January 11, which was quickly suppressed by 
Hie civil and military authorities. A serious 
difficulty Is liable to break oui again at any mo¬ 
ment. 
It is rumored that a revolutionary pronuncia- 
iniuntn has been issued In Durango. A military 
force lias boon sent there from Muzatlan. 
Gutierrez, formerly General of the Fourth di¬ 
vision, is slid to have become the chief of a band 
of robbers. The military are now in pursuit of 
him, with orders to shoot him wherever found. 
It is reported that he has fled to Guadalajara. 
Several eart hquake shocks were felt at Mazat- 
lan January 9 and 10, by which the inhabitants 
were frightened, but no damage done to prop¬ 
erty. 
'Hie following is dated City of Mexico, Jail. 26, 
and comes via Havana Feb. 4. 
Tlie army and civil employes have been paid 
up to i lie ist of January. 
The Mexican papers accuse President Johnson 
mid Minister Kosocransof hintliigatannexation 
in their public utterances. 
An Havana telegram of the 5th gives the fol¬ 
lowing news from the Mexican Capital: 
A difficulty occurred in tlie Mexican Congress 
on the 15th ult., caused by a misunderstanding 
of parliamentary rules. The Spanker left Hie 
cluur and retired from the chamber, lie was 
Joined by seventeen members, and the House 
was left wit bout a quorum. The affair was sub¬ 
sequently arranged, and the seceding members 
returned next day to l heir seats. 
Tlie bill granting to Julius Skelton a conces¬ 
sion for tlie construction of Hie railway between 
Ei Paso ami Hie city of Mexico, was passed. 
The Congress adjourned on the 2Jat of Jan. 
H is reported that General Canto, Hie alleged 
murderer of General Putoni, has escaped from 
prison and is now at large. 
Sen or Altimlmmi hus written a letter nlleet- 
iug Important. American interests in reply to 
some statement s made by Ex-Minister Campbell. 
The letter has fallen Into hands of an American 
citizen, and will be forwarded to New Vork. 
■Inyil. 
Havana telegrams of Jan. 31 state that the fol¬ 
lowing news has boon received from Port-au- 
Prince:- The Hayden steamer Ha I nave seized 
two French v essels in the harbor of St. Mare tor 
running the blockade. The French Admiral, 
hearing ol the affair, compelled the Government 
to surrender the vessels. He declared that the 
blockade of the Hayden ports was ineffective: 
Hint the occasional calling of a inun-uf-warat a 
port was not sufficient to establish a state of 
blockade: and that Hayti had no right to seize 
foreign vessels running into porta the blockade 
of which it. could not maintain. The report of 
the capture of Aux ttiyes by the toreos of gal- 
nave is not confirmed; but it is believed that: 
Aux Gayos, Jaemel, and Joreinie, and other 
towns on the southern coast will soon be obliged 
to surrender. The condition of aifaiiH in the 
district, of Hayti is unchanged. Business^is re¬ 
viving at Port-au-Prince. Tho United States 
steamer Ylpslc had sailed for Aspinwall, and tlie 
steamer Yanti© was expected at Port-au-Prince 
to talc© her place. 
Paraguay. 
A Paris dispatch of 4th states that a Brazilian 
force had gone to Assuneion to establish a Pro¬ 
visional Government. 
Cablegrams of the38th ult. give the following 
late intelligence from Paraguay: 
Tho town of Angostura, to which the Para¬ 
guayans ret rented after tho bat Heat Villota, was 
Boon afterwards captured by the allied forces, 
and Lopez fled with tlie remnants of ids army 
iuto the interior. Gen. McMahon, tho American 
Minister, still accompanied President Lopez. 
Admiral Davis, of tho American Navy, was 
still at Buenos Ayres with his fleet. 
St. Domingo. 
From Havana, on the the 5th Inst., we learn 
that the town of Seybo, in the Province of the 
East, has pronounced against Baez and is in open 
revolt. 
St. Thomas. 
A vessel which reached Havana on the 5th 
reports that the project for annexation to the 
United States was watched with the deepest in¬ 
terest by the people of St. Thomas. 
