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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
AVaeiliinglon. 
t Congress.—March 19.—The Senate passed a 
bill to continue the Educational and Collection 
Departments of tne Freed men'8 Bureau. Sen¬ 
ator Fenton introduced a bill to encourage the 
building- of ocean steamships in the United 
States, and to provide for the transmission of 
the American mails to Europe in such vessels. 
At the close of the morning hour the Tonure-of- 
Oilioe Bill was discussed until 4.10 V. M., when 
the Senate went into Executive Session. 
The House, in Committee of the Whole, dis¬ 
cussed the Indian Appropriation Bill in u very 
animutod debate In which Mr. Lawrence of 
Ohio, attacked the Senate and Hocused it of 
squandering the people’s money. For this lie 
was called to order and cautioned by the Chair, 
At four o’clock the Committee rose arid report¬ 
ed the bill to the House, which was passed. A 
resolution was reported by the Committee on 
Foreign Adairs, which Instructed it to inquire 
into the oirouinstances attending the imprison¬ 
ment of Messrs. Bliss and Waterman, of Para¬ 
guay. The House then adjourned until Monday 
the 22nd. 
March tit). A memorial was presented to the 
Senate relative to the dangerous condition of 
the light-house at Atlantic City, N. J. Among 
the minor bills introduced were those to reduce 
the ocean postage and to improve the naviga¬ 
tion of the Delaware. The Tenuro-of-Offloo Bill 
was discussed all the afternoon, but the vote 
upon it was staved off. The pressure which the 
office-seekers have brought to bear upon Sena¬ 
tors willi regard to this bill is said to be tremen¬ 
dous. 
March 22.—In the Senate, the Committee on 
Public Lands reported h bill granting the right 
of way to the -Midland Pacific Itailroad; ivhfch 
was passed. The Senate then elected .John B. 
French, of North Carolina, John M. Morris, of 
South Carolina, Executive Clerks, and Vlmar 
M. Ciapp, of Buffalo, Congressional Printer. A 
bill was passed authorising the Secret a rj of the 
Interior to erect u tireproof building for the use 
of that Department. On resolution, the consid¬ 
eration of the Tonure-of-Office Bill was post¬ 
poned one day. At two o’clock the Senate ad¬ 
journed. 
In the House, over one hundred bills were in¬ 
troduced, the most important being to provide 
against undue expansions and contractions of 
the currency and a gradual resumption of spe¬ 
cie payments; to provide for a ‘uniform system 
of naturalization; to repeal the act in reference 
to the certification of checks by national banks 
and to alter computation of foreign money for 
Government purposes; to remove obstructions 
from tiie East River, New York Harbor; to di¬ 
vide the State of'Lexus; to provide an uniform 
rate of naturalization. A Joint resolution was 
introduced, and adopted by a strict, party vote, 
providing that in contested election eases where 
one Of the claimants cannot bike the test oat li, 
the Committee shall so report to the House for 
action. Bills were passed abolishing the posi¬ 
tion of Chief of StaO to the General of the 
Army, ami to prevent the assignment of any ns 
tired officer to active service. A resolution was 
adopted calling for information reiativo to 
buildings and supplies in the War and Navy De¬ 
partment*. Some debate ensued on n proposi¬ 
tion to extend the session, an the ground iii.il 
the business is becoming excessive. Mr. Law¬ 
rence again attacked the Senate in his remarks, 
and was called to yrdcr. The resolution was 
finally adopted. A resolution to secure the 
rights of American citizens in the Coast fisher¬ 
ies was adopted. 
March 23. — On motion of Senator Sumner, 
Mr. Anthony of Rhode Island, was unanimously 
elected President pro tom. In Die absence of Vice- 
President Colfax, and t he Secretary was directed 
to inform President Grant and the House of 
Representatives at the election. On taking the 
chair,Senator Anthony Said; 
Senators:—I thank you for this distinguished 
mark of your eontideueo and favor. I will en¬ 
deavor to t tie best of my abiiJi y to discharge tbe 
duties which you Impose upon urn, duties which 
would be quite too difficult, for my undertaking 
did I not know how they will bo lightened by t he 
traditional forbearance, courtesy and dignity of 
the august body over whoso deliberations it is 
your pleasure that 1 temporarily preside. 
Senator Sherman introduced a bill to aut hor¬ 
ize the prepayment of I ho in to rest on the public 
debt, and on explanation the bill was immedi¬ 
ately passed. (This bill Is explained In the pro¬ 
ceedings of the House.) On motion of Senator 
Edmunds, the bill for the repeal of Dm Tenure*, 
of-Office Act was referred to the J udiclary Com¬ 
mittee. A resolution was agreed to directing Dm 
Judiciary Committee to inquire into Die expedi¬ 
ency of providing for the regular conveyance 
of malls to Alaska via Oregon. The Judiciary 
System Bill then came up, after the morning 
hour had expired, as unfinished business. Thu 
moasure received considerable debate, aud was 
carried in nearly the original form In which it 
passed the Fortieth Congress, «nd which was 
given in the rural ol March 0, in the Senate 
proceedings of Feb. 23. 
After some unimportant business, the House 
took up the business on the Speaker's table, and 
disposed of it as follows: 
A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury 
suggesting that ho should be authorized to an¬ 
ticipate the payment of interest on the public 
debt for a period not exceeding six months, on a 
rebate of interest at the rate ol' six per cent, per 
annum. Referred 
The Senate amendments to the joint resolu¬ 
tion to supply omissions in the enrollment of 
certain appropriation bills of the last session 
were concurred In. 
Representative Dawes of Massachusetts, in 
oonueetion with it, stated on behalf of Mr. Wil¬ 
son of Pennsylvania, Die member of the Com¬ 
mittee upon Enrolled Bills who had charge of 
that particular bill at the last session. Dial he 
bad only received that bill at 11:30 o'clock on the 
4th of March ; that it would take two hours to 
read the bill, and that wiDi all the haste and dili¬ 
gence which he could use in getting the bill 
signed by the President, he had only reached the 
Executive Mansion at threw minutes before 12. 
lie had done his duty fully, and there should be 
no imputation on him. 
The Senate jointreaoiution relati ve to Consular 
fees was passed, after an explanation by Mr. 
Banks. 
The Senate joint resolution authorizing Com¬ 
mander W. A. Kirkland of the United States 
Navy, to accept a gold medal from the Emperor 
of France, was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs. 
The Senate joint resolution authorizing Com¬ 
mander Charles H. Baldwin of the United States 
Navy to accept a gold medal from the King of 
the Netherlands, was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs. 
The Senate Joint resolution authorizing Lieu¬ 
tenant Commander Arthur Yates, Surgeon Al¬ 
bert L. Gihon, Passed Assistant Burgeon Charles 
11. White and Assistant Surgeon Jerome H. 
Kidder of the United States Navy to accept 
decorat ions from the King Of Portugal, in recog¬ 
nition of humane services, was referred to the 
Commit lee on Foreign Affairs. 
The Senate joint resolution relative to light¬ 
houses on the coast of Oregon was passed, after 
an explanation by Mr. Dawes, 
The next business on the Speaker'a table was 
as follows: 
The Senate resolution rescinding the concur¬ 
rent resolution of lust session for the creation of 
a Committee on the Reorganization of the Civil 
Service. Non-concurred in. 
On motion of Mr. Dimes, a Committee of Con¬ 
ference was asked. 
The Senate bill to remove the charge of deser¬ 
tion from certain soldiers of the Second North 
Carolina Mounted Infantry was passed, after an 
explanation by Mr. Stokes of Tennesse. 
Representative Ward presented the memorial 
and resolution of prominent citizens of Ken¬ 
tucky, in public meeting, against removing 
political disabilities in that State, and asking for 
a law to enforce Article Fourteen of the Con¬ 
stitution. 
A bill was passed, after considerable discus¬ 
sion, which extends the time for the revision, 
consolidating and oodlfylngof the United States 
Laws to t hree years. 
March 24.—Senator Trumbull, from the Ju¬ 
diciary Committee, reported the bUJ providing 
for the repeal of tho Tonure-of-Office Act, with 
an amendment in t ho nature of a substitute. It 
gives the President power to remove Cabinet 
and other civ ii officers during the session of the 
Senate without giving reasons, provided the 
Senate fill the vacancies; mid, during Die recess 
td the Senate, Die President may suspend and 
appoint to office until the end of the next ses¬ 
sion. Within thirty days after the commence¬ 
ment of the session lie shall report these suspen¬ 
sion* <o Die Senate, and if that body shall by a 
direct affirmative vote refuse to concur, then 
Die suspended officer shall be reinstated. If tho 
mutter be simply passed over, the officer shall 
not be reinstated. Senator Bayard moved to Jay 
it on the tabic, but the mot ion was, after some 
debate, rejected—yeas twenty-two, nays twenty- 
four, Further discussion ensued, which was 
generally participated in. The bill was then 
passed, and the Senate adjourned. 
In the House, Mr. Paine introduced a bill to 
enforce the provisions of the Reconstruction 
laws, which subject to tine and imprisonment 
officers of the Government who fail to remove 
from office persons who an-disqualified by Die 
Reconstruction Jaws. Mr, BuUer, from the 
Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill 
for the organization of a Provisional Govern¬ 
ment for Dio State of Mississippi. It authorizes 
tlie President, to reconvene Die late Constitu¬ 
tional Convention, and empowers that body to 
appoint a Governor, The Convention la to 
adopt and submit to the people a new Constitu¬ 
tion, and the ordinances ho adopted shall be in 
force unt il disapproved by Congress. The Pro¬ 
visional Governor is mil hoi ized to remove Stale 
Officers nml appoint theli successors. Mr, Bock 
moved to amend, vesting Dm power to appoint 
a Governor iu the President Instead of the Con¬ 
vention. lie made a lengt hy speech In favor of 
his proposition. Mr. Wood commenced a speech 
in opposition to tho blP, but yielded to a motion 
to adjourn. 
March 25.— Senator Sumner presented the 
petition of Clara Barton, who wishes to hold 
in trust, for the benefit of the rrcedmen of 
Washington, tho funds arising from the sale 
of the refuse material of the War Department, 
Tlie petition was referred to the Committee on 
t he District of Columbia. 
Senator Rice introduced a bill to enforce the 
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, and to restore to 
the State of Georgia Die Republican lorm of 
Government elected under its now Constitu¬ 
tion. it was laid on tho table and ordered to be 
printed. 
Senator Patterson Introduced a bill to provide 
for retrenchment aud greater efficiency in the 
diplomatic and consula r system. It was referred 
to Die Committee on Foreign Relations. 
On motion of the same Senator the Senate 
concurred in Die amendments made by the 
House to the bill to incorporate the National 
Junction Railway Company. 
Senator Sprague submitted a preamble to tho 
bill for loaning Die public money. The bill pro¬ 
vides for a Council of Finance, whose duty it 
shall be to loan daily, on proper security, the 
money of the United States in excess of a bal¬ 
ance of Bovonty-five millions In coin. 
q'he Senate then discussed Senator Wilson’s 
amendment to Senator Sherman’s Financial Bill. 
Senator Wilson calls for an issue of $50,000,000 in 
circulating notes, preference to be given to 
banking associations not adequately supplied 
with banking facilities, and that the Secretary 
of the Treasury be authorized to cancel notes ill 
excess of a stipulated sum. Senator Sherman 
explained in detail the provisions of his bill. 
The Senate then wont Into Executive Session, 
and an adjournment followed soon pfter, the 
following nominations having been confirmed: 
J. 0. Bancroft. Davis to he Assistant Secretary 
of State, and James H. Casey to be Collector ol' 
Customs at Now Orleans- 
In the House, Representative Fox presented a 
series of resolutions from the New York Produce 
Exchange in relation to changes in the Bankrupt 
Law. Mr. Poland, from the Committee on Re¬ 
trenchment, reported a jdint resolution in re¬ 
gard to Die payment of clams of steamers de¬ 
stroyed during the war. It gave rise to consider¬ 
able discussion, but was finally passed. General 
Butler introduced a bill to enforce the Four¬ 
teenth Amendment in Georgia. Referred to the 
Committee on Reconstruction. The House then 
took up the bill to provide for the organization 
of a Provisional Government for Mississippi, and 
Fernando Wood of Now York, addressed the 
House in opposition to its passage. At 3.15 
o i llicit the bill wag laid aside, and, on motion of 
General Butler, the Tennre-of-Oifice bill was 
called up. A hot iliscusslou followed, iu which 
Butler, Logan, Washburne, Dickey, Farnsworth 
and Bingham, participated. The bill was finally 
referred to the Judiciary' Committe—yeas nine¬ 
ty-five, nays seventy-nine. General Butler 
claimed that the Senate amendments in effect 
constituted a new Tone re-of-Office Bill, which 
was worse than tho original law. 
MAncn 26.-In Executive Session this after¬ 
noon tlie Senate confirmed the following im¬ 
portant appointments: 
Reader W. Clark, of Ohio, to be Third Auditor 
of the Treasury. 
Giles A. Smith to bo Second Assistant Post¬ 
master-General. 
Co Hector* of Customs— Moses H. Grinnell, of 
tlie Port of New York; Pendleton G. Wat- 
mough, for Cuyahoga, Ohio; E. A. Palfrey, for 
Salem and Beverly, Maes.; J. A. Wilson, for Pu¬ 
get Sound; T. J. llal won, for Gloucester, Mass.; 
William Kapus, for Alaska. 
8urveyc/r of Customs.—Alonzo B. Cornell, for 
the Port of New York. 
Navnl Ojfitor.— E. A. Merritt, for the District of 
New York. 
New York. 
On Sunday morning, the 21st ult., a mass of 
rock and earth, weighing several t housand tons, 
fell from the hill in the rear of the new brewery 
of Ebling Bros, in Morrisania, crushing in the 
rear of the brewery and doing damage to the 
amount, of $5,000. 
About $1,500,000 has been remitted from Cuba 
to a private banker in New York City, the inter¬ 
est on which is to bo devoted to the sick and 
wounded of the patriot army. 
A (tie oceurred on the night of the IRlli ult. In 
Greenwich, causing a loss of $12,000. 
Daniel McGuire was tried on the 20th ult., in 
Buffalo, forl.be murder of John Ford, and was 
found guilty of manslaughter in the third de¬ 
gree. He received a sentence of four years’ 
imprisonment. The case assumed considerable 
prominence in consequence of the prisoner's 
associations. 
Dr. Charles Bennescboit, who was found guilty 
on tho Kali ult., at Buffalo, of manslaughter iu 
the fourth degree, in having caused the death of 
Caroline Somers, in Lancaster, in November 
last,by malpractice, was on Saturday sentenced 
t o Auburn Prison for the period of one year and 
one month. 
it is -aid tlie Trustees of Union College lately 
offered the Presidency of that institution to 
Genera! George B. McClellan. 
A break occurred on the 25th ult. iu the Dela¬ 
ware and Hudson Canal at Tort Ben. The aque¬ 
duct was carried away, and tlie opening of tho 
canal vvill be delayed several days. 
Maine, 
Gbneral Samuel Fessenden died in Port¬ 
land on Saturday, March 20, at the age of about 
eighly-tive years, lie was, in his active day, 
eminent as a lawyer, citizen. Mason and politi¬ 
cian. He has been Grand Master of Die Masonic 
Fraternity in Maine, lie* leaves a large family 
of descendants, many ol' whom are distinguished 
in the public service, Senator Fessenden being 
the eldest. 
New Hampshire. 
The Kearsarge Mills, of Portsmouth, have 
been compelled to suspend operations tempo¬ 
rarily, oil account of the explosion of a boiler 
on the morning of the Mb ult. The fireman, 
named Culahan, was very badly scalded about, 
the face and bauds, and is seriously injured. 
Vermont. 
It is said that Governor Page of Vermont, is 
now in Washington urging the passage of an 
act authorizing the construction of u bridge 
over Lake Champlain at Tieouderoga, with some 
probability of succeeding. 
Mas* :uli usetts. 
Henry* L. Dawes, Representative for the 
lentil Congressional District, bus received from 
Governor Glulliii the tender of the vacant seat 
upon tile Bench of the Supreme Judicial Court, 
made vacant by the acceptance by Judge Hoar 
of t ho Attorney-Geuendship iu President Grant’s 
Cabinet. 
The bill for tho consolidation of tho New York 
and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and 
Springfield Road, failed to receive a third read¬ 
ing in the Massachusetts House of Representa- 
1 i vos, on Friday, March 19. 
The Common Council of Boston has voted the 
sum or $T,2i9,.124 to pay t-ho current- expenses of 
the oily ami county for the next flnannial year. 
The Directors of Die James Steam MiUs held a 
meeting at Ncwbuiyport on March is. The 
Committee chosen to audit Die late Treasurer’s 
books made a report Dial, tho books bud been 
carefully examined, und they showed a deficien¬ 
cy of $25,867.01. 
Tlie pardon granted by President Johnson to 
James D. Martin, late Cashier of the Boston 
Hide and Leather Bank, and subsequently re¬ 
called, has been restored to Martin through the 
hands of the United states Marshal ol' that Dis¬ 
trict. 
Tho Baptist Church at Melt men was destroyed 
by fire mi Sunday, March 20 . The lire was dis¬ 
covered while the congregation was being dis¬ 
missed, and all escaped Without any accident 
occurring. 
The Executive Committee of the subscribers 
to the fund of tlie National Peace Jubilee Asso¬ 
ciation Of Boston have decided to erect their 
building on St. James Park, west of Berkeley 
street, und not upon Die Common, as first pro¬ 
posed. This step was taken voluntarily, and for 
the purpose of restoring harmony. 
A sleighing party, consisting of a Mrs. Coffee 
of St i 1 j River and her two daughters, were run 
over by n train of ears near Groton Junction, 
on the 25th ult. The daughters were instantly 
killed and tho mother severely injured, 
A young man named Pine shot a Miss Howard 
in Boston on the 25th ult., inflicting a wound 
supposed to be mortal, and immediately blew 
out his brains. Rejected love is supposed to 
have been the cause. Both were respectably 
connected. 
lSllodc Island. 
The Rhode Island Legislature, on Wednesday 
the 14th ult., postponed ilie consideration of the 
Fifteenth Amendment to tho Constitution of 
the United States until the May session. 
The Democratic State Convention met at 
Providence Wednesday, the 24th ult, and nomi¬ 
nated Lyman pierce, of Providence, for Gov¬ 
ernor. 
Connecticut. 
Fair Haven enjoys the honor of having sent 
the first lot of oysters ever received in Chicago. 
They were sent out in the winter of 1836, and 
brought sixteen dollars specie, in kegs of two 
gallons each. 
The proprietors of a “show ” which recently 
visited New Britain adopted a cheap and novel 
manner of getting at the public. Boys were 
supplied with handbills and posted at the doors 
of the Catholic church, and as the devout wor¬ 
shippers passed out bearing their palms, they 
could not refuse the profusely illustrated bBls 
which were thrust in their faces, inviting them 
to come to the Hibernlcon. 
New Jersey. 
The Legislature of New Jersey recommitted 
the Jersey City Consolidation Bill Wednesday, 
the 24th ult., and passed the bill to change the 
mode of managing the State Prisons. This act 
empowers the Governor, Chancellor, Chief Jus¬ 
tice and Attorney General to appoint a Conoral 
Supervisor of Prisons. The Governor sent In 
the Fifteenth Amendment, to tho Constitution, 
with a message giving Ills reasons why it should 
not be ratified by tho Legislature. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Pennsylvania Senate has at last passed 
the bill to allow parties iu interest to testify in 
all civil suits. 
The Philadelphia Supreme Court has refused 
the application for a writ of error In tho case of 
Twin hell, tho convicted murderer. This finally 
disposes of the case. 
A convention of all the counties mining an¬ 
thracite coal in Pennsylvania, represented by 
three delegates from each county, was held at 
Hazleton March 17, for the purpose of exchang¬ 
ing views relative Co coal mining. After general 
debate, a Committee was appointed to ascertain 
how soffit all the mines would be in readiness to 
suspend operations for tlie summer. When this 
Committee reports, the President of the Con¬ 
vention is to direct the suspension. 
One of those my stertous affairs that startle the 
community for a time occurred on Thursday, 
tho 25!h oil.., in Philadelphia. The janitor of 
Girard Hull was found dead in his room, with 
his hands and feet tied. A pistol bullet bad 
penetrated his brain and the weapon lay by his 
side. The affair is being investigated, but every 
step seems shrouded in mystery. 
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on the 
25th ult., affirmed the sentence of Wm. Brooks 
and Charles Crane, who were convicted at 
Stroudsburg for the murder of Theodore Broad- 
head. 
Maryland. 
Michael Kehoe, who has boon on trial jn Bal¬ 
timore for tlie murder of Joseph Gordon, was 
on the 25th acquitted on the ground that tho 
killing was done in self-defence. Gordon was 
a desperado, and Kehoe a respectable young 
man. 
Three men of the crew of tlie ship Taber, 
which sailed from Baltimore to Yokohama, who 
mutinied when the ship was off Annapolis Roads, 
were brought to Baltimore on the 19th ult,, and 
are now in prison. Two of them are badly 
wounded by' being shot by tho mate when in re¬ 
volt. 
At Frederick, a few days since, a colored man 
named George Thurman was on trial for the 
murder of ail unknown white man, whom be 
had killed wliJlc engaged to pilot him over tho 
mountain. After the Judge had charged tho 
jury, an insane man arose in the crowded room 
and solemnly proclaimed the innoaeuee of the 
accused, and threatened. If he was found guilty', 
that the town should be destroyed. He was re¬ 
moved from tho Court, and the Jury retired. 
They shortly returned with a verdict of guilty, 
aud Thurman was sentenced to death. 
A swindler went into an extensive jewelry os- 
tablisliuient in Baltimore a few days ago, pre¬ 
tending to have several bugs of gold dust or til¬ 
ings. lie exhibited a genuine bug tin a sample, 
and the Jewelur bought all by it, paying $2,700. 
Thu remaining bugs proved spurious. The swin¬ 
dler escaped. 
William A. Dietrich, salesman at Wollsville, 
Penn., who was arrested for violating tlie act re¬ 
lating to non-resident traders, was arraigned in 
Baltimore on the 23d nil., and was held in the 
sum of eight hundred dollars to await the act ion 
of the Grand Jury. 
Hon. William T. Hamilton has recovered from 
his recent severe illness, and took his seut in tlie 
United States Senate on the 26th ult. 
Virginia. 
Samuel Miller of Lynchburg, who Is dan¬ 
gerously ill, bus given in bis will $100,000 to the 
University of Virginia. 
Georgia, 
Henrietta Gray, tho negress who, a few 
days since, murdered a lit Do white girl near 
Macon in order to obtain three dollars and 
twenty cents, lias been captured, after a three 
days’ chase. Two little boys, brothers of the 
murdered girl, led Die officers iu pursuit. 
LouiMlanu. 
On the 10th ult. Manuel Est, who shipped in 
New Orleans as a fireman on bourd the moni¬ 
tor Manco Capoc, was accidentally scalded 
to death on board that vessel on the passage 
from Pensacola to Key West. 
Ohio, 
Mr. Niemeih, Treasurer of the St. Paul’s Ger¬ 
man Evangelical Protestant Church in Cincin¬ 
nati, has been arrested in Detroit, he having ab¬ 
sconded with a large amount of the church 
funds. 
By E.e explosion of a still in Alexander Sco¬ 
field & Co.’s refinery, in Cleveland, on the 19th 
ult., Matthew Wilson, of that firm, was instantly 
killed, and John Cowan, a gas litter, probably 
fatally injured. The latter had entered the 
still, which was undergoing repairs, und struck 
a match to see Ids work. 
Two sleeping t ars on Die Pan Handle route 
were thrown from the track March 16th, and a 
number of persons injured, one so seriously that 
he was left at Steubenville, near which place the 
accident occurred. A broken rail was the occa¬ 
sion of the accident. 
On Tuesday night, March 10, a well dressed 
stranger, aged forty-five yours, arrived at the St. 
Charles Hotel, Toledo, where he registered him¬ 
self as Frederick Saunders, New York,” and 
said he intended going next day to Detroit, and 
was given a room. On the followiug morning 
lie complained of not feeling well, and hi* meals 
were taken to his room. Some time during the 
day lie went to a drug store and purchased chlo¬ 
roform and opium. On Friday morning the 
room door was found bolted ou the inside, and, 
on being forced, the occupant was found lying 
upon his bed in an Insensible condition, but 
still breathing slightly. The fumes of chloro¬ 
form were strong in tho room, but the opium 
had disappeared. Medical aid was immediately 
summoned, but death soon after ensued. Let¬ 
ters were found on bis person from H. W. Gard¬ 
ner, Treasurer of the Providence Steam Engine 
Company, recommending Frederick Saunders 
as having been engaged in the establishment for 
more than three years. It is supposed that he 
committed suicide. 
Indiana. 
The trustees of Asbury University, at a recent 
meeting, decided to contract immediately for a 
new college building to cost $100,000, the corner¬ 
stone of which is to be laid in June. It will 
contain a splendid chapel and two fine bocI- 
ety-rooms, to be named after the persons who 
will give $10,900 and $5,000respectively to their 
erection. 
Genera] Sol Meredith, whose death was re¬ 
cently reported, is still alive at his home in 
Indiana. 
The shooting of Mrs. Shaaff, near Fort Wayne, 
which was reported to have occurred accident¬ 
ally while she was cleaning her house, proves, 
on investigation, to have been the willful act of 
some person unkuown. The murderer must 
have shot her from outside tlie house. Although 
there were many articles of value on the premi¬ 
ses, nothing was disturbed. 
The Indiana Democratic members of the Leg¬ 
islature who resigned their seats, were all re¬ 
elected on the 24tli ult. 
Illinois. 
Thompson's foundry, at Rock Island, which 
was considered tho finest in Western Illinois, was 
destroyed by fire ori the 19 Dj ult. 
Gov. Palmer has signed the bill passed by the 
Illinois Legislature authorizing the ritate rail¬ 
road* to divide their Boards of Directors into 
three classes, with successive terms of office. 
One night recently a policeman in Chicago 
detected two students endeavoring to smuggle 
two dead bodies Into a medical college. He 
arrested the students and secured one of the 
bodies, which proved to be that of a young 
woman evidently but recently buried. The stu¬ 
dents wore held to answer lu three hundred dol¬ 
lars bail. Considerable excitement prevailed 
among the students and persons living near the 
college. 
Gov. Palmer has ordered an election to fill tho 
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of lion. 
E. B. Washburne as member o£ Congress. 
Michigan. 
Lathrop 8. Hodges, a member of the Detroit 
bar, was expelled on the 17th ult., on the charge 
of the introduction of what he knew to beadis- 
houest ami fraudulent defence in a case in tho 
Circuit. Court, in which he was counsel. 
On the evening of the 19th ult. the house of L. 
Buthrlek, in Casco, was entirely '■onsumed by 
lire, und three little children, the eldest only 
seven years of ago, were burned to deuth. Tho 
family, with the exception of tho three chil¬ 
dren, were all absent attending church, and had 
locked the doors of the house on leaving. 
Iowa, 
The Davenport Gazette says that work upon 
the bridge over tho Mississippi at that point will 
bo begun in a few weeks und completed in July, 
1870. 
Hamilton township Is greatly excited over the 
death of Mrs. Uluckmoor, who apparently died 
on the 11th ult. The Dorty still retains its life¬ 
like appearance, and her husband thinks she 
may be in a trance. To add further mystery to 
Die affair, it Is said that the lady foretold that 
her death would occur before the 18th of March, 
und although in good health, made all arrange¬ 
ments for her decease. 
Missouri. 
The Ht. Louis City Council has granted to the 
Iron Mountain, North Missouri und Pucilie Kuil- 
road Companies the right to extend their tracks 
to the levee. As this will enable thorn to reach 
the elevator on the river bank, a greater impetus 
to tlie grain trade is anticipated. 
David Berlin, late a harbor-master of 8t. Louis, 
Mo., was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment 
on tho 25th ult, for embezzling city funds. 
Colonel Williams of the Kansas City Bulletin, 
and Major Wheclgan of the Times, went to a 
point near Wyandot, Kansas, on the 24th ult., to 
fight a duel, but the sheriff arrested both men, 
and thus put a stop to Die affair. The difficulty 
grew out. of strictures ou each other published 
In their respective paper*. 
Arkansas. 
A resolution was introduced recently in tho 
Arkansas Legislature, declaring tho new Speak¬ 
er of tho House a non-resident of the State, and 
disqualified. Tho matter was referred to a com¬ 
mittee. A resolution was also introduced de¬ 
claring F. fi. Wright, Clerk of the House, to be 
guilty of malfeasance in office, and declaring 
the position vacant. 
The Governor of Arkansas has announced the 
removal of martial law in Crittenden Co., and 
that consequently the entire State is free. 
Texas. 
A Temperance Convention, to be composed 
of two delegates from every temperance organ¬ 
ization or society in Texas, is to be held in Col- 
'urnbus on the flret Thursday In May, for the 
purpose of adopting some organization, to be 
recommended to all the friends of temperance 
in the State, and makiug such other suggestions 
us may be thought advisable. 
California. 
The United States steamer Shubrick, of the 
Lighthouse Department, which was wrecked on 
tho coast of Poiut Reyes, and again iauuched, 
through the surf, alter long and fatiguing labor, 
under the supervision of Engineer Winship, has 
been thoroughly repaired at Mare Island, San 
Francisco Harbor. 
Oregon. 
Advices via San Francisco briug rumors of 
earthquakes and eruptions—Mount* Hood, Jef¬ 
ferson and Three Brothers were smoking. 
Indian Territory. 
A Chicago paper says that. Major Alexander 
M. Crawford arrived in St. Louis on the 13th ult. 
from Fort Craig, New Mexico, and reported to 
General Nichols that Generai Ouster was oorraled 
by Santanta, Little Raven and Lone Wolf, be¬ 
tween Forts Cobb and Hu,vs; that his men were 
nearly dismounted, but he thought be would be 
able to fight his way through. 
Later advices from the Plains, via St. Louis, 
state that Genaral Nichols has received informa¬ 
tion that, on the Cth ult., General CuBter and 
command were all safe at the foot of the Washita 
Mountains. 
Dominion of Canada. 
The express train going west on the Great 
Western Railway ran off the track at. Beachviile. 
Ont., at 2 o’clock Saturday morning, March 20. 
The Pullman sleeping car was precipitated over 
an embankment twelve feet, making one com¬ 
plete revolution. No one was killed; but Jas. 
Lamont, of Chatham, had two ribs broken and 
