MOOR 
persons not entitled to the privileges of the floor 
ten minutes before the hour. Adopted. A num¬ 
ber of bills were introduced, among them one by 
Representative Dawes, to prohibit the secret 
sales or purchases of cold or bonds on account 
of the United Stales, which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means. Representa¬ 
tive Cle\ eland of New Jersey, offered a resolu¬ 
tion, which was adopted, reel tine the purpose of 
the American Institute to hold un International 
Exhibitiou of the Industry of All Nations, In 
New York in 1870,and askingGovermnent aid in 
such undcrta.ltInc- Gen. Butler, from the Com¬ 
mittee of Conference on the Tenure-of-Offiee 
Act, brought in the report of that Committee, 
which was adopted by one hundred and eiglit 
yeas to alxly-aeven nays. 'I’hc bill as it passed 
both Houses is as follows: 
That thaflrst ami second sections of thn act. enti * 
tied "An ni'i regulating Die tenure of certain eivfj 
offices,’’ pnHHed Maroll 2. 1807. be unrt the same arts 
hereby repealed, and in lieu of raid repealed sections 
tin- following are hereby enacted : 
SEC, 1. He it enacted, .V.o., 1'lint evet-v person hold¬ 
ing any civil office to which he bar been, or hereafter 
may he, appointed by and filth Die advice and cnri- 
•cntol the Somite, otid who rliuil have become duly 
qualified to act i herein, shall be entitled to hold such 
office during bbe term for which lie rJiall have iiccn 
nnpntnted, unless sooner removed by and with the 
advice and consent ot the Senate, or lie ihe appoint¬ 
ment, with the like r dvlceand consent, of a successor 
in bis place, excel,I as herein otherwise provided. 
:-i c. ?. Aud ne It further enacted, That during anv 
re. css it tbi- Senate the President js hereby empow’. 
cred In ills dlscietion to tni-pentl any civil officer 
appointed hy ii-ml with t he advice and consent of the 
Beiuit.e, except Judges of the rolled States Court*, 
until the end of the next suasion of tin- Senate, nnd 
to ilcdisrmUc some ffiiltalilu person, subject to lie re¬ 
moved lii Lit-- discretion or by the resignation of 
another, to perform the duties of such suspended 
the uffc of sixteen, and on attaining to his ma¬ 
jority, with his brothers, entered upon the 
business in which the firm subsequently made a 
world-wide reputation. The brothers set their 
own types and worked their own presses, in their 
earlier days; but in after years rheir increasing 
business forbade their giving attention to its 
details. In 1>44 Mr. Harper was made Mayor of 
this city, and in that position his remarkable 
business capacity was as conspicuous us in his 
private affairs. In October, 1853, the Harpers’ 
buddings nine in number, were burned to the 
ground, and Mr, Harper having been asked the 
next morning how much the firm intended to 
pay their creditors, replied, “One hundred cents 
on the dollar,” They paid dollar for dollar, and 
then erected the magnificent, fire-proof build¬ 
ings which they now occupy. Nobody dreamed 
of the vastness of their resources until, losing 
one million of dollars in one lire, they asked 
no aid, and Immediately erected a million 
dollar printing and publishing establishment. 
Mr. Harper was eminently a home loving man 
and used to leave hi- business about the middle 
of the afternoon and never allow ft to follow 
him to bis home, which he kept sacred from its 
intrusion. On Monday the book publishers of 
New York met and passed appropriate resolu- 
t ions. The funeral obsequies were held on Tues- 
dny, and were attended by both branches of the 
City Government, the book publishers of the 
efty «nd country; also by the leading merchants, 
bankers, authors and artists of New York, as 
well as by ntynerous prominent public men and 
clergymen. 
The Union Pacific Railroad has turned the 
tables upon James Fisk, Jr., and hits begun a 
suit against him in the U. 8. Circuit Court al New 
York City for alleged trespass. Risk is charged 
with “breaking and entering the elose of the 
Company, evicting the Company therefrom. 
Virginia. 
On Saturday, the 27th ult.. Gen. Stonoman is¬ 
sued an order removing Gov. Wells, and assum¬ 
ing the duties of the office himself, and at the 
same time removed the Mayor of Petersburg. 
Samuel Miller, of Campbell county, died re¬ 
cently at his farm near Lynchburg. His wealth 
was estimated at $3,000.(XJO. lie was the archi¬ 
tect of his own fortune, and an excellent busi¬ 
nessman. 
Several Gormans have located near Charlottes¬ 
ville, and are entering largely Into the cultiva¬ 
tion of grapes. They are practical men, and 
Speak in glowing terms of the adaptability of 
the soil and climate to grape growing. 
Tn the ease of Guv. Weils, Judge Bond and 
others, charged with purloining a letter from 
the mail, the United States Commissioner, on 
the 30tli ult,, discharged all the parties accused. 
Norili Carolina. 
Gov. Wm. W. HOi.ukn, on Thursday, the 25th 
ult., issued a requisition on the Public Treasurer 
for bonds to t he amount of {1,140.000 as a loan 
to (tie Northwestern North Carolina Railroad 
Company it having been certified to him by 
the President mid Chief Engineer that $150,000 
in solvent subscriptions had been made, and live 
per cent, of said amonnt paid to said company. 
Lou! Kinna. 
A man giving his name ns Charles Smith was 
recently arrested in New Orleans, having in his 
possession $4,000 in stolen Pacific Railroad bonds. 
He admitted thnl they were stolen from Albany, 
N. Y., and i? to be returned to New York State 
to account for them. 
nriKwiMKippi. 
Gen. Thomas G. Pout, elder brother of 
Bishop Leonidas Polk of Louisiana, who was 
also a Confederate General during the war, died 
at Holly Springs on the 15th ult. 
Tennessee. 
The State militia scattered throughout the 
State has been recalled to Nashville. This is 
caused by the general quiet, that seems to per¬ 
vade the State. 
.Memphis is no longer a military post. Troops 
formerly quartered in that city are ordered to 
Atlanta. 
Ohio. 
A heavy rain storm visited Delaware, on the 
With ult., flooding the streets, filling cellars and 
destroying property to the amount of several 
t housand dollars. The gas works were so much 
injured that the city was without iight in the 
evening. 
India na. 
Mrs. Ci.km, who was recently convicted at 
Indianapolis of murder, was on Monday, the 
29ih ult,, sentenced to imprisonment for life. 
Her brother, who was held as her accomplice, 
some time since confessed to having been impli¬ 
cated in the murder for which she is eon vlcted, 
Otto exonerated her. He afterward committed 
suicide in prison. 
Illinois. 
Only thirty miles remain to be built on the 
(’hictigo, Rook Island and Pacific Railroad, to 
complete the road to the Missouri River, where 
a connection with the Union Pacific Railroad 
will lie effected. 
Certain Protestant Episcopal inns in tho Dio¬ 
cese of Illinois have issued a protest against 
whai they believe to be the Romanizing tenden¬ 
cies of Bishop Wlittehouse and others of his 
school. A convention of all who sympathize 
with thus protest is (Killed to meet in Chicago in 
June next, for discussion and consultation. 
Miss Caroline A. Smith was arrested m Chi¬ 
cago recently, chnrged witli having set lire to 
her rooms, and was held to ball in (he sum of 
$1,000. 
A student at the Chicago University, named 
Ci. C. Carle ton, was robbed of $5,000 in 5-20 bonds 
on Sunday, the 38th nit., by his servant, a French 
Canadian named George Vincent, who escaped, 
Tn the Superior Court of Chicago, on the 1st 
Inst., a decision waa rendered against the Chi¬ 
cago Railroad Company for damages amounting 
to $5,000. The Court hold that if companies 
permit cars tube overloaded, passengers are not 
responsible lor damages resulting from standing 
on tho platforms, and that if a passenger leaves 
a seat he may not again claim it. 
lllrltigan. 
A dkn of counterfeiters was discovered in 
Detroit recently, und ihe proprietor, James 
Jones, alias Johnson, arrested, and a full set of 
engraver’s tooTs seized by the United States 
Marshal. 
Illitl nesola. 
As Patrick Hinds, accompanied by his wife 
and grand-daughter, twelve years of age, were 
fording Cascade Creek, near Rochester, a few 
days since, with a team of horses, by some means 
the wagon was upset, and Mrs. Hinds and the 
girl were drowned, together with the team, val¬ 
ued at four laindred dollars. Mr. Hinds suc¬ 
ceeded in gaining the shore, 
IQisRonri, 
Miss Rkdf.t.ta Bates of St. Louis, has been 
appointed a notary public by Gov. McClurg. 
Work i i the Missouri Bridge at St, Louis pro¬ 
gresses favorably. 
At about 8 o’clock Monday evening, the 20th 
ult., a fire broke out on tho steamer Ben John¬ 
son, lying at the foot of Washington avenue, St. 
Louis, atal in less than fifteen minutes the Henry 
Adkins, next above, aud the Carrie K. Kauntz 
and G. B. Allen below, were a mass of flames, 
and the entiro upper works destroyed. The 
Fanny Scott and two other boats adjoining the 
Allen were cast loose and floated down tho 
stream, and the former was afterwards towed 
across tho river by the Jennlo Lewis, where 
both grounded. While in this situation tho 
Armenia, which had taken fire from a mass 
of burning upper works that had floated from 
one of tho steamers first burned, drifted against 
them, igniting both, and all three were burned 
to tho water’s edge. The boats wore all loading 
for the mountains. 
Nebraska. 
Maj.-Gen. John M. ScnorrELD arrived at Fort 
Leavenworth on Wednesday, the 24th ult., and 
immediately issued an order assuming command 
of the Department, and announcing his staff. 
A dispatch from Omaha says there is no doubt 
that the Nava joes have taken possession of Die 
country south, between there and the Colorado. 
It is also reported that they are trying to form 
an alliance with the Pah Utes and other tribes, 
und intend to make a general raid on the set¬ 
tlement. 
Kansas. 
F. S. WrLSO.w living near Clyde, a few nights 
since hoard, as he supposed, some wolves howl¬ 
ing near his door. He seized his shot-gun, and, 
I going to the door, fired nt what he took to a 
wolf. Next morning he found that it was dogs 
that had disturbed him, and that he had shot and 
killed Miss Caroline Myers. It is supposed that 
she had become bewildered while looking for 
her cattle, and also hearing the dogs had ap¬ 
proached the house of Mr. Wilson only to be 
shot. Tho coroner's jury exonerated Mr. Wilson 
from all blame. 
Alaska. 
Gen, Jeff. C. Davis, in his offirial report, 
dated at his headquarters in San Francisco, re¬ 
specting the Indian “outrages” in Alaska, re 
cites that the Indians who were punished, and 
who were guilty of murdering traders, belong to 
a warlike tribe called Rake, or Kekeons. They 
have committed many murders and outrages, 
but have heretofore escaped punishment. Upon 
hearing of the recent murder of traders, Gen. 
Davis proceeded in the steamer Saginaw to the 
neighborhood of the tribe, nnd, finding their 
village deserted, ordered if to bo burned. The 
tribe was much frightened at the summary 
manner they were dealt with, and they have 
promised to surrender the murderers, whom the 
commanding General is determined to promptly 
execute. Gen. Davis docs not anticipate any 
serious trouble, a? he feels himself master of the 
situation. The Saginaw will be properly fitted 
out. and proceed again to the neighborhood of 
the Kakes. to further punish them if the mur¬ 
derers are not surrendered. 
Dominion of Canada. 
An entire family In Montreal, on Wednesday 
ihe 24th ult., wore attacked with trichinosis from 
eating ham. None of ihe patients show any 
signs of recovery. 
It Is reported that, the Welland Canal will not 
he opened this year before the 20th inst.. The 
authorities intend to clean out most. If not nil, 
I lie looks between St. Catharines and Thorold. 
and the weather at present- is not rnvorable to 
such work. 
The American Marine Insurance Companies 
doing business in Canada, without depositing se¬ 
curities with the Receiver-General, are to be 
preceded against by the Association of Lake 
Underwriters of Ontario, 
The Erie and Niagara Extension Railroad Com¬ 
pany and the Erie nnd Niagara Railroad Com¬ 
pany have given notice that they will make an 
application to the Dominion Parliament for 
powers authorizing the construction of a bridge 
over or a tunnel under the Niagara River, and 
wil' co-oncrote with any similar power existing 
within New York State nr credited by Congress, 
Henry Travers, ohaa Charles Allen, was ar¬ 
rested in Chatham, charged with the murder of 
Patrick Rooney In Springfield, III., in February, 
1863. 
Alexander Miller has recently recovered $3,000 
damages from the Great Western Railroad Com¬ 
pany for being put off a railway train. 
Nova Scotia. 
The New Glasgow Eastern Chronicle, the 
most outspoken annexation paper in the Prov¬ 
ince of Nova Scotia, thinks that there is morein 
tbo story of the Washington delegation than ap¬ 
pears on the surface. It intimates that Hon. 
Robert J. Walker is to receive their assistance 
in preparing documents in favor of annexation. 
DOMESTIC NEWS 
Washington, 
Congress.— March 26. -Senator Wilson intro¬ 
duced a bill providing that hereafter bounties 
be paid to soldiers or their heirs in person, nnd 
to no one else. Senator Chandler introduced a 
bill to incorporate the Washington Monument 
Union for Die purpose of erecting monuments 
to Washington and Lincoln. Among the incor¬ 
porators named are A. T. Stewart and Cornelius 
Vanderbilt. Senator Sumner called up the bill 
to carry into effect the Convention of July 4, 
1868, between the United States and Mexico: and 
it was passed. At 4:43 P. M.the Bennie adjourned 
un'll Monday, the 29th. 
In the House, Representative Banks, from the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs reported a joint 
resolution declaring tbo sympathy of tho United 
States with the people of Cuba in their efforts to 
establish a Republican form of Government. It 
was recommitted, and ordered to bo printed. 
Representative Cessna.from tho Committee of 
Elections on the eon tested flea l from the Twenty, 
first District of Pennsylvania, stated lhat John 
Covodehad tbeptima facte evidence- in his fa¬ 
vor, and gave. notice that lift would callup Die 
report for action next Tuesday. Mr. Paine sub¬ 
mitted a minority report. General Butler called 
up a motion tq reconsider the vote on thoTcn- 
urc-ol’-Office Bill which was referred to Die Ju¬ 
diciary Committee on Thursday. This gave ri-*e 
to a spirited discussion, in which Messrs. Farns¬ 
worth, Woodward, Logan, Wood, Garfield, Xi- 
blaek and Bingham participated. Mr. Butler 
'’nally moved tho previous question. Gat 
U , -"ontative Bingham then took tho floor, 
and in. . ~ speech ol an Hour’s length in fa vor 
of concurrence In I ho Senate amendment. After 
another sharp debate the vote was reconsidered, 
and tho House, refusing to concur with the Sen¬ 
ate amendment by a vole of yra9 seventy and 
nays ninety-nine, ihe bill went back to the Sen¬ 
ate as n repeal to the Tomiroof-Office Act. The 
House, at 5:301*. M„ adjourned until Monday. 
March 29. — The Vice-President submitted 
joint resolutions of the Pennsylvania and South 
Carolina Legislature ratifying Die Fifteenth 
Amendment to the Constit ution. Senator Sum¬ 
ner presented the petition of tho Society of 
Friends of Richmond, V;i„ asking for $50,001) for 
an asylum for colored orphans. Senator Sprague 
moved to refer to the Committee on Appropria¬ 
tions his bill to provide for loaning the public 
money. This was agreed to. Senator Sawyer 
introduced a bill prescribing an oath of office to 
the persons who participated in the late rebellion 
but who arc not disqualified by the Fourteenth 
Amendment. Referred to the Committee on 
tho Judiciary. A message was received from 
Die House announcing lta non-conourrenoo in 
Officer .suspended; ami it shall he Die. duty of tile 
President, within thirty days niter the coin unmet*, 
tiii-nt of over/ nesslon or Dm Be ms to, except fur any 
office which In hi* opinion ought not to tie filled, to 
nuniln.-ue persons to fill nil vae.ui -lm» in offices which 
exist prior to the mealing of the Semite, whether 
temporarily filled or not, and so in the plum of nil 
officers mi - nended: and If Die Senate during such 
M -vion shall refuse to advise nnd consent to an up. 
poinliuont. in l lie plane, of nnefi suspended officer, 
then, nnd not otherwise,the President shall nomi¬ 
nate another person us soon a- practicable lo said 
.session of the Senate for said office. 
Amtu, 1, —The Semite passed the bill authoriz¬ 
ing (lie Government to purchase certain lands 
from the Osage Indians. 
The House postponed (lie consideration of the 
eslublishiin-ui of ii Provisional Government for 
Mississippi until the December session. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tn:: Massachusetts delegation in both Houses 
have signed a paper requesting the President to 
retain Judge Russell as Collector of Customsln 
Boston. 
A Washington paper says that the Secretary (if 
State has received a copy of a recent decree n't 
(tic Portuguese Government, which declares Dml, 
the obligations of the freed men reserved by the 
previous decrees abolishing slavery ifl tho do¬ 
minions of that Kingdom aro to terminate on- 
1 ircly on and after the 29! h of April, 1878. 
The House Military Committee have agreed 
upon a bill extendingthe law Tor the payment 
of private soldiers at the rate of sixteen dollars 
per month until August 30, 1870. Tho present 
law will expire August 20, of the present year, 
and Die pay ol unlisted men will go back to 
eleven otto twelve dollars per month, tho rate 
bcl >re i he war, unless the bill is passed by Con¬ 
gress, 
Lieutenant Casey of tho Fourth Artillery, 
while drilling his company at Fori Washington 
on Wednesday, tiie 24th ult,, was shot through 
the head by a private soldier and killed. Tho 
soldier claims that the shoot ing was accidental, 
but as lie had been punished but a short Dine 
previous by t he Lieutenant's order, lie was nr- 
yt- dedand placed in irons till an investigation 
can bo made. 
About two years ago a young colored man was 
appointed to a clerkship in tho Treasury De¬ 
partment, the first appointment of the kind; 
and a lowdayssinoe Miss li 
ask for a Committee of Conference. Senator 
Grimes moved that tho Senate rc-oedo. Senator 
Davis road a constitut ional argumeutin e.iijipor 1 : 
of tho latter conclusion. Senator Trumbull 
spoke in support of tho motion. Senator How¬ 
ard was opposed to repeal, and Senator B-wnguo 
considered Die Act mischievous and wrung. A 
vote was taken on the repeal of tho Senate 
amendment, and wag lost—yen.*; twenty, naya 
thirty-seven. The motion to insist and ink a 
Co mini Deo of Conference was then agreed to. 
At 4:30 Die Senate went into Executive Session, 
and soon after adjourned. The- Conference 
Committee, subsequently announced, were 
Messrs. Trumbull, Edmunds and Grimes. 
In tho Housd, Representative Bingham offered 
a resolution, wi ieh was adopted, reciting that, 
on the 3d of Mat h, 1869, a few hours before the 
dissolution of the late administration, bonds to 
the amount of $2,190,000 wore, by order of Presi¬ 
dent Johnson, prepared for issue, and 1 ,400,000 
of them were issued to tl > Cent ral Pacific- Rail¬ 
road of California on count of the alleged 
construction of certa* sections of that railroad, 
and it is alleged U- : the bonds wore hastily, 
■wrongfully and Illegally approved by the Secre¬ 
tary of i he Interior. The resolution embraced u 
clause for an immediate investigation of the 
charges. 
March 30.—In the Senate, Senator Howard 
presented the mew .rial of tho Universal Peace 
Union, recow .ending kind and just treatment 
of the In .ins. Senator Anthony introduced a 
bill to authorize tho Postmaster.Gi-tieral to con¬ 
tract with certain parties fur Die transportation 
of the European malls. It \va-; referred to tho 
Committee oa Post Offices and Post Roads. 
Senator Sherman offered an amendment to the 
fourth seotiou of the Currency bill, which was 
agreed to. 
In the House, a message was received from 
the Senate announcing that a Committee of 
Conference had been appointed on tho Ten- 
ure-of-Office Bill. General Butter moved to 
agree to the request for a Committee of Con¬ 
ference. Gen. Sehenck moved that the House 
recede from its disagreement to the Senate 
amendments, which motion, tu- remarked, had 
precedence over every other motion. Fernando 
Wood moved that tho lions-- insist on its dis¬ 
agreement. The vote waa first taken on Mr. 
Schonck’s motion to recede. Tho vote was 
taken by yeas and nays, and resulted —yens 
r'xty, nays one hundred and six. Tho House 
then voted to insist on its disagreement, and 
agree to a Committee cl Conference. Tho 
whisky and tobacco bill was then passed without 
division. 
March 31.— The Vice-President laid before the 
Senate tho IIouso concurrent resolution to ad¬ 
journ on the 6th proximo. Senator Sumner 
moved to lay it on tho table. Lost. Senator 
Fessenden opposed an adjournment. Senators 
Howe, Thayer, Robertson, Anthony. Conk ling 
and Warner parties pa ted in the debate upon the 
question, and Senator Hamlin moved to amend 
the resolution so as to fix upon Saturday, April 
10, as tho day of adjournment, and Senator Rob¬ 
ertson suggested the 15th of tho same month. 
The-morning hour having expired, the Indian 
Appropriation Bill came up ns unfinished busi¬ 
ness. Several amendments wore offered, and 
the bill was laid aside, and Senator Trumbull, 
from the Committee of Conference on tho Ten- 
ure-of-Offico Bill, read the report of the Com¬ 
mittee, which was adopted by a vot of yeas 
forty-two, nay;- eight,. The Senate then wont 
into Executive Session, and soon after adjourned. 
In tho House, Representative Ferry reported 
lion. Cwlt-b.Cu-'Ulng have been employed as 
counsel on the part of tho railroad company. 
The diminutive vessel, Red, White and Blue, 
registered two and ono-fourl h tons, which made 
a trip to Europe last summer, under the com¬ 
mand of Captain Hudson, and crew of nne man 
and a ilog, ami astonished all the world by the 
daring feat, arrived safely at this port oil the 
27th from Havre, packed up in ihe hold ol’ the 
French steamer Europa. 
Fifteen separate suits have been commenced 
in Die United States District. Court against tho 
firm of Clarke, Dodge & Co., tho well-known 
New York bimke’- , under the lJOt.h section of 
tho internal Revenue act of Juno 8, 1864, for 
neglect, and refusal to make proper returns and 
payments on capital used for the past, fifteen 
months, the penalty being $200 per month. 
Large fires occurred on the 31st ult. in t ho 
towns of lVnfield and Henrietta, near Roches¬ 
ter. Grain barns and a hotel were burned. 
A man named Samuel S. Hicks, of Pleasant 
Valley, aged seventy-three, committed suicide 
on the 31st ult. 
The Association of the Army of the Potomac 
proposes to give a grand banquet at tho Acade¬ 
my of-Music in New York City on the Ct.h of 
July. President Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and 
Farragut will be present. 
New Clamp, ill re. 
Two ladles were elect cd members of the School 
Committee at West Concord on the 27th ult. 
Verm on I, 
Gov. J. G. Page denies that, he was in Wash¬ 
ington urging the passage of an act authorizing 
the construction of a bridge over Lake Cham¬ 
plain, at Ticondemga. 
The Court house at Bennington was destroyed 
by fire on Thursday night, the 25t.h ult, A largo 
port ion of the court records wore lost. Hon. A. 
B. Gardner lost a valuable law library and his 
papers. 
Rhode Island, 
Of one hundred and twenty-four cottages and 
villas offered to lot in Newport the coming sea¬ 
son, seventy-six have thus far been negotiated 
for at prices ranging from three hundred dol¬ 
lars to $4,000. The season This year promises to 
be a lively one in Newport. 
New Jersey. 
On Wednesday, March 81, Gov. T. F. Randolph 
vetoed the bill allowing the County of Passaic 
to issue bonds for tho benefit of the Montclair 
Railroad. 
Pennsylvania. 
The divers are at work on the wreck Qf tho 
New Ironsides at Philadelphia. The copper 
sheathing is now being removed. 
Tho Knights of Pythias, an Order of which 
Mr. Smith, the murdered janitor of Girard Hall, 
was a member, offer a reward of $1,000 for the 
detection of the murderer. Tho case is still in¬ 
volved In mystery. 
Jlaryland, 
Tn the Baltimore City Court, on Friday, the 
26th ult., a suit was instituted against the- Com¬ 
mercial and Fanners’ National Bank and the 
cashier, by Mr. Joseph E. Boyd, who claims 
$25,000 damages for arrest and imprisonment on 
the oharge of attempting to pass a forged check 
on the Uth of November last, A woman mimed 
Hannah Meyers confessed that she forged 
the signature of the firm in whose name the 
check was drawn, and the Grand Jury dismissed 
on the 15th of February the charge against Mr. 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Japan. 
Yokohama advices are to the 4th of March. 
The steamer Herman was wrecked Feb. 13, on 
an unknown reef outside the harbor of Yokoha¬ 
ma. Two hundred and seventy ilves were lost. 
The vessel is a total loss, and nothing whatever 
was saved. Mr. Chase, tho first officer, and 
White, ono of the crew, arc among the lost. 
The Herman was under a Japanese charter, and 
had four hundred passengers for a port near 
Hukodadi. 
The ship Zelartoy, from Middle-burgh for Ba¬ 
tavia, with coals, was burned at sea. The pas¬ 
sengers and crew were rescueff-by the Dutch ship 
Engel. 
The Mikado arrived at Kiolo on February 3d, 
anu was married there on the 9th. A difficulty 
subsequently occurred at Kiolo between the 
followers of Satsuma and Choisin. It is reported 
that several streets were set on fire, and the 
ilamea reached the palace of the Mikado, who 
fled to Osaka. 
The report of the assassination of the Gov¬ 
ernor of Osaka proves untrue. It originated in 
the fact- that an official of high rank had been 
murdered there. 
Tlie Japanese Admiral, Ennomatta, a support¬ 
er of the Tycoon, has taken possession of the en¬ 
tire Island of Yeast). He celebrated the event 
by firing a salute of a hundred and ono guns 
from the fleet and batteries ashore. He notified 
all the consuls of the formation of a Provisional 
Government, and of the appointment of the 
necessary permanent officers in the principal 
depart ruents. His forces are rapidly increasing, 
and it will be no cosy matter for the Mikado to 
subdue him and retako the island. Admiral En~ 
nomarta is strongly fortifying his position near 
Volcano Bay, intending fight unless the Mikado 
complies with the demands of i he exiled clans, 
that they be allowed to retain the Island of 
Yesso, and that the late Tycoon be sent to them 
as their ruler. 
The ram Stonewall left Yokohama March 3 for 
Yeddo. She will be transferred to the Japanese 
Government on her arrival at that port. 
China. 
Hong Kong advices to Feb. 19 are as follows: 
The arrangement between Minister Burlingame 
and Lord Clarendon, that hereafter ail negotia¬ 
tions are to bo conducted with the Central Gov¬ 
ernment, instead of the local authorities, and 
that before active war is inaugurated all dis¬ 
putes are to be referred to the Home Govern¬ 
ment, gives great satisfaction to the Hong Kong 
journals, (English,) which cite tho Swaton affair 
as sufficient commentary on the first part stipu¬ 
lation. 
The British gunboat Algerine has returned to 
Hong Kong from an unsuccessful search for the 
French man-of-war Lemange. which left Saigou 
on the first, of November. The loss of the latter 
is now regarded as certain. 
A meeting of merchants had been held at Foo 
Cbow to settle the tea difficulDes, which resulted 
in the. issuing by the Viceroy, in concert with 
the trade committee, of a proclamation against 
the fraudulent conduct of the tea men in pack¬ 
ing cargoes. 
Catholic priests who have arrived from the 
North report the Mohammedan rebels in strong 
force on the road to Pekin, and predict the fall 
of the Celestial Empire within a year. 
Mining operations at Chee Foo had come to a 
stand-still. 
J. Kctcbam of Phila¬ 
delphia, received an appointment ton clerkship, 
tbo first instance of a colored woman being ap¬ 
pointed in any of the departments of tho Gov¬ 
ernment. 
Seventy females were discharged from the 
Treasury Department on Friday, the 2Cth ult. 
The. discharges were from various bureaus, and 
considerable sensation has been created incon¬ 
sequence. 
The Secretary of tho Navy has issued orders to 
[ fit out the iron-elads Galena and Seminole, now 
at tho Portsmouth Navy Yard, to proceed to re¬ 
inforce iho West India Squadron. Those war 
vessels arc of the first class, and it is thought 
their presence in Cuban waters will net as a re¬ 
st mini upon any lawless conduct toward Amor- 
can interests on the part of the Spanish au¬ 
thorities. 
Tho United States having been accepted as a 
mediator between Spain on the one side, and 
Chili, Peru ami Bolivia on 1.1 le other, to settle ex¬ 
isting difficulties between those Powers, a Corn- 
mi- ion will sit in Washington in Juno to arrange 
a basis of adjustment. 
On the morning of April 1 the House Commit¬ 
tee on Foreign Relations agreed to report tho 
following resolution with regard to the recog¬ 
nition of Cuba, (ft is substantially identical 
with that introduced In 1821 by Henry day, by 
which Die Independence of tho South American 
republics was recognized:) 
The people of the United States het-obv declare 
their sympathy will, the pooplenf the Island of Cuba, 
In their patriotic offi iris to secure their Independence 
nml tu establish n republican form of Government 
auarantoelng tin* personal liberty and the equal no- 
hta-ii! rights of all people, and Congress will give Its 
constitutional support, to the President of the United 
states w II... never he mny deem II expedient, to recog- 
i i/.e he independence and sovereignty ot such ro- 
publican government. 
A number of prominent gentlemen, in and out 
of Congress, believing that the flaytien mission 
is best filled by a colored man, are urging as a 
candidate for that position F.benczcr D. Bassett, 
Principal of the Colored High School in Phila¬ 
delphia. He is n man oF fine accomplishments, 
and an eminently classical scholar, and undoubt¬ 
edly would do credit to his race and country. 
On the 1st instant President Grant nominated 
John, Allison of Pennsylvania to be Register of 
Die Treasury, which position could not be held 
bv George A. Halsey ol' Now Jersey, as he is a 
manufacturer, and comes within the provisions 
of the act of 1789, which kept Mr. Stewart out. of 
the Cabinet. 
Now York. 
James Harper, senior member of the firm 
of Harper and Brothers, and Ex-Mayor of New 
York City, was thrown from hiscarriagoin Fifth 
Avenue, on Thursday evening. March 25, and 
died in consequence of the injuries then re¬ 
ceived on the Sunday following. Mr. Harper 
was born in Newtown. L. I., in/1795. Ho learned 
the art of printing in New York, beginning at 
i 
I 
■ 
