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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
The administration has taken the initiative 
towards settling our undetermined commercial 
relations with Canada and reviving the Roclp- 
rocy Treaty with that Dominion. Tiio matter 
has already received the careful attention of the 
State and Treasury departments. 
General Sherman, Commissioner Parker, Gen¬ 
erals Giles A. Smith. Terrell, Hunter, Morgan I.. 
Smith and others left Washington on the 15th 
inst. for Louisville, to attend the reunion of the 
Society of the Army of the Tennessee, 
Secretary Boutwoll has ordered t he re!ease of 
tlie French ship Mulubar, seized some time ago 
at San Francisco, lor violations of the Revenue 
law. She Is to pay t hree limes the value of the 
goods landed, and $1,000 costs of suit. 
Secretary Robeson telegraphed on the 12th to 
Admiral Radford, commanding 1 tho European 
licet, to detail a shlp-of-war for itio purpose of 
bringing the remains of the late Mr. Pcubody to 
this country. 
The following telegram sent from Washington 
to San Francisco on tho 12th inst. by the Russian 
Minister is another indication of the friendly 
feeling Russia maintains toward tho United 
States: 
Martin Klinko/jttrom, Hussion Consul, San Francisco, 
Cal.: 
Pre.sidi-nt Grant having designated the 18th of this 
month us a Thankagiving Hay. 1 instruct you t have 
n thanksgiving service celebrated on that day in the 
Russian Chapel, inviting all Russian Mitjjecto to 
unito their prayers with those of tile American 
people. IvATAKAzy. 
Tho funeral of' the late Robert .t. Walker tonic 
place at Washington on the 12th. The services 
were conducted by Rev. M. Chew, of St . Alban's 
Church. Mrs. Grant and Col. Dent represented 
the President's family, and Secretaries Fish, 
Cox and Robeson were also present. The body 
was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery. George¬ 
town, In the midst of a severe snow storm. 
Tho total receipts from revenue during the 
last quarter wore $109,(542,070; of this $52,508,021 
were from customs, $17,020,352 from internal 
revenue, $2,803,1116 from lax on llm circulation, 
&c., of national banks and $127,843 from repay¬ 
ment of interest by tho Pacitto Railway Compa¬ 
nies. 
The counterfeit revenue stumps for sixty 
pound packages of tobacco are said by revenue 
officials to be the best counterfeits ever executed. 
There were only about one thousand sheets of 
them issued, and five hundred of these, as well 
as the plates and dies, have been capt ured. 
Commander Queen of the Tuscarora, sends to 
the Navy Department a report confirming olfi- 
CiaiJy the reported seizure and sinking of tho 
steamer Lillian at Nassau. Flu: lies completely 
wrecked across a reef. 
Tho question of removing the capital will 
probably be brought up in a contested election 
case early in tho comingseaaton of Congress, A 
member elect from Alexandria, Vu„ will have 
his admission opposed on the ground that Con¬ 
gress could not cede Alexandria to the State of 
Virginia after tho limits of the District for the 
location of the capital had been fixed; and that, 
therefore, Alexandria is a part of the District, 
and the District must always contain the capital. 
In accordance with a resolution of tho Louis¬ 
ville Convention, ex-Presldent Fillmore has ap¬ 
pointed Blanton Duncan of Kentucky and Robt, 
T. Sanders of Tennessee delegates to attend tho 
Russian Exposition in 1870. Other delegates win 
be appointed by President Grant. It is expected 
that the United States will be largely represented 
at this exposition, and a hundred thousand 
specimens of American products are called for, 
in order to show the vast moss and diversity of 
our manufactures amiagriculture. Articlos.for 
exhibition can bo sent to 30M Broadway, New 
York, or to cither of Lho commissioners at Lou¬ 
isville, Ky. 
New York. 
Goa t ernor Hoffman has appointed George 
W. Chapman of Saratoga to bo Canal Commis¬ 
sioner in place of the Into Oliver Bascom. 
A man calling himself John Crawford was ar¬ 
rested in New York on the 11th inst.. by tho 
Sheriff of Ohatauqun county, who declared him 
to be Luke Eagan, the burglar, who robbed a 
store in that county some time ago, and for 
whom a reward of $1,000 was offered. Superin¬ 
tendent, Kennedy ordered the Sheriff to hurry 
away with him for fear of a habeas corpus, which 
t he Sheriff did, and now several detectives allege 
that the prisoner was not Luke Eagan at all. 
Dr. Beadle of Philadelphia, u former pupil of 
tho late Professor Dewey, has bestowed a $500 
Dewey prize on the Rochester I 'diversity. 
The skeletons of two children were found in 
the flue of a tenement house in East Twenty- 
eighth street, New York City, on i tie 12th inst- 
No one living in the house seemed to know any¬ 
thing about them except to have remarked 
sometime ago a very disagreeable smell which 
they were unable to locate. Tho mutter is 
another mystery. 
In New York City on tho Kith, Judge Dowling, 
in the case of a stage-driver who was charged 
Avitli refusing to give tho right change to a 
passenger, suspended judgment, enjoining the 
driver to tell all the other drivers that if they 
come before hint for anything of the kind he will 
6cnd them to the penitentiary for six months. 
On the evening of the 11th inst. a meeting was 
held at the Cooper Institute, in Now York, to 
welcome ltov. Father McMahon, wlio was cap¬ 
tured by tho British troops while administering 
religious consolation to the wounded and dying 
soldiers of the Fenian army in the raid on 
Canada, and who was not long ago released from 
his Canadian prison. Mayor Hall presided, and 
addresses were made by Father McMahon, Rich¬ 
ard O’Gorman, Horace Greeley, and William E. 
Robinson. 
On the 12th insl. the Trustees of the Now York 
College met and agreed upon the sum of $125,000 
as a proper estimate of expenditure for the sup¬ 
port of tiio college for 1870. The estimate was 
properly avouched, and transmitted to tho 
Board of Supervisors to be inserted in the next 
Tax Levy. 
Some of the prisoners confined in rickety old 
Jail of Queens county have been opening u way 
to liberty through the walls. They were de¬ 
tected before they effected their escape. 
Benjamin Sheldon, the ticket agent of the 
Central Railway at Tonawanda, was killed on 
the 13th while attempting to get on the ears at 
Buffalo. 
Thomas Halllgan was struck by the Now York 
Express train coming East on the Central Rail¬ 
road on the 13th, while he was crossing the track 
at the 1 lion depot, and instantly killed. He was 
watching the Western bound train when struck 
by the express. Ifis body was thrown some dis¬ 
tance into a ditch. 
Considerable excitement exists at Center Mo¬ 
riches at the sudden disappearance or a young 
lady, Emma Van Winkle, a resident of that vil¬ 
lage, from her home on the 12 th, since when no 
tidings of her have been received. As she left 
her clothing and other effect* behind, It is feared 
that she has committed suicide or been foully 
dealt with. 
The remains of Major-General John E. Wool 
were Interred at Troy on the 13th. Tho funeral 
pageant was an imposing one, the procession oc¬ 
cupying half an hour in passing a given point. 
Among those present were Governor Hoffman 
and staff and General* Meade. McDowell. Hunt, 
Arnold, Hagner and others. Business In the city 
was suspended, and Hie occasion was made one 
of deep solemnity. The General wu* buried at 
Oak wood Cemetery. 
The decision in the Barbour-Shakcr habeas 
corpus ease, begun at Hudson in July last, was 
rendered on the 13th, and the child is given into 
tho custody oi its mother, Mrs. Barbour of New 
Dorp, Kin ten Island. 
The Erie Railway Company has instituted a 
*ui t in the Supreme Court, Special Term, before 
Judge Barnard, against Commodore Vanderbilt, 
for I he purpose of recovering $-5,000,000 damages, 
which the Company allege they have sustained 
by reason of certain fraudulent transactions on 
the part of the Commodore. 
New Slmupsliire. 
Vde Democratic State Convention meets at 
Concord on tho 5th of January. 
At the special election on the 21, one hundred 
and twelve towns gave 8,(553 votes for the Con¬ 
stabulary act, and 8,557 against it. Notonc-tbird 
of tho full vote was east, 
Vermont. 
The newly elected Judges of tho Supremo 
Court of this State are John Pierpontof Vergen- 
nes, James BarrCD of Woodstock, Asnliel Peek 
Of Montpelier, William C. Wilson of St. Albans. 
Benjamin H. Steele of Derby Line, and Hoyt II, 
Wheeler of Jamaica. These arc the old incum¬ 
bents, except Mr. Wheeler, who takes the place 
of John Prout of Rutland, who •declined a re- 
election. 
Connecticut. 
Chas. Barrett, a lad of fourteen years, was 
arrested on Friday night, the 12th inst., while in 
the act of throwing stones at a train entering 
New Haven. This malicious practice has re¬ 
sulted in severe injury to several passengers at 
New Haven and Hartford,within two or thr«o 
weeks, and a reward of $100 has been offered by 
Superintendent Reed. 
New Jersey. 
A hostler named Joseph Burke, whohas been 
employed In the family of Peter Van Wagoner, 
In Manchester, ran off on Friday, the 12th inst., 
with his master's horse und carriage, $300 in 
money, and one of the servant girls. The fugi¬ 
tives are believed to be in New York, 
Peunayl lauia. 
The rc-union of tlie Old and New Schools of 
the Presbyterian Church was fully consummated 
at the meeting of the Assemblies in Pittsburgh 
on the 14th inst. Great satisfaction at this result 
is manifested by the Presbyterians everywhere, 
and the Church has resolved, as a tlmnk offering, 
to raise $5,000,000 for missionary purposes. The 
Orst meeting of tho United Assembly will bo 
held in. Philadelphia on the third Thursday of 
May, 1870. Tho following cablegram was sent 
under tho Atlantic: 
To the Rev. Dr. liiichnnan, Glasgow . 
The two great Presbyterian Churches ir, America, 
this day united, greet, tho Presbyterian Churches of 
Groat Britain and Ireland, and pray that they also 
may be one. Grouch: H. Stuart, 
.innx it a r.ii, 
W. Hi. UOIKiE. 
A class of thirty-nine young ladies attended 
the lectures of the Pennsylvania Hospital in 
Philadelphia,on tho 13tb, with themalestudents. 
Soveral severe cases were examined, an:* a man's 
foot was partially amputated, but the lady 
students bore the ordeal with complete firmness, 
while tho male students concluded to refrain 
from tho outrageous conduct they were guilty 
of a tow days previous. 
On the 1 Uli, Governor Geary was waited on at 
Harrisburg by a number of the friends of Dr 
Paul Schoeppc, now under sentence of death for 
tho murder of Miss Stein coke at. Carlisle, in or¬ 
der to induce him to exorcise Executive clem¬ 
ency in the case. The Governor reserved his 
decision and passed over tho papers to Attorney- 
General Browslcr, who has already rendered an 
opinion adverse tn tho prisoner. 
A ootton factory in Spruce street, near Schuyl¬ 
kill, Philadelphia, was burned on Hie night of 
tile 15th. Tho loss is estimated at $80,000. 
Georgia. 
Robert Toombs’ stables in Washington, were 
burnt by an incendiary fire on the 7th inst. His 
loss includes four valuable horses, among which 
wo* u handsome gray mare, Alice Grey, highly 
prized by him. 
A Georgia paper says that lands in that State 
have ndvanoed, on an average, not much short of 
300 per cent, in the last i wo years. 
A Georgia financier, who declined two years 
ago to buy a plantation of 2,500 acres offered at 
$5 per acre, is now reckoning up his losses, the 
plantation having just been sold at $17 an acre. 
Florida. 
Governor Reed lias offered rewards to the 
amount of $-50,000 for the arrest and conviction 
of lawless men who have recently murdered sev¬ 
eral unoffending and peaceful citizens of Jack- 
son county, and he appeals to the good citizens 
of tho county to assist the officers of the law in 
every manner possible, to bring to justice these 
destroyers of the peace and prosperity of the 
county and State, and thus save the necessity of 
a resort to more extreme measures. 
Alabama. 
On the 16th the Legislature ratified the Fif¬ 
teenth Amendment to the National Constitu¬ 
tion. The vote in the Senate was—yeas twenty- 
four, nays none; in the House—yeas sixty-nine, 
nays sixteen. 
Tennessee. 
The Legislative Conference Committee, have 
agreed on the compromise lixingseventy-live as 
the number of delegates to the Constitutional 
Convention. The election will be held Decem¬ 
ber 10th, aud the Convention will meet January 
10th. 1870. 
On the 16th the House of Representatives re¬ 
fused to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment by 
fifty-seven to t welve. The Senate will be equal¬ 
ly unanimous. 
Kentucky. 
Thf, boiler in Henderson & Long’s plaining 
mill at Covington, exploded on tlie 11th lost., 
completely demolishing tbebiiilding und killing 
one man and wounding fifteen Others. 
The heirs of John Campbell, who, in 17tvJ, was 
the owner of the hind now covered by the bvisi- 
ncsB portion of tho City of Louisville, f.ro about 
to institute a suit to recover possession. The 
property is valued at $30,000,000. 
Oil lo. 
The State Railroad Commtsioner intends to 
bring a new suit against tho Atlantic and Great 
Western Railroad every ten days for $10,000 un¬ 
til the anuual report of the company is sent in. 
J. C. Ruel, cashier of the SecondNationaJ Bunk 
of Cleveland, com mi tied suicide on the 14th inst. 
in a fit of depression over his losses in the late 
panic. The directors of the bank, in reply lo the 
report that he was a defaulter, state that all ttio 
bank's obligations will be promptly root. 
On the 8th inst. tho Catholic priest at. Bclle- 
fontalne, was shot in his own house by a man 
named John Powers. The shot went into the 
priest's head and killed him Instantly. No cause 
1* assigned for the outrage. Powers gave him 
self up. 
Colonel William Smith, Superintendent of sev¬ 
eral railroads, died in Daytou on t he 16th inst. 
Illinois. 
Gov. Palmer has appointed >? .alt by colored 
citizen of Chicago a Notary Pubfl . 
The Wigwam in Chicago, in which was held 
the Republican Presidential Convention, was de¬ 
stroyed by fire on Saturday night the 13th inst. 
The lire is believed to have been tho work of an 
incendiary. 
The Stock Board In Chicago completed its or¬ 
ganization on tlie 131 h, by the election of Mr. C. 
Ii. Goodyear, President, and other officers. The 
Board begins with a membership of seventy 
oankers, brokers and real astute dealer*. 
Wisconsin. 
During the performances on Monday nigiil 
tho 13tli inst., at the Gaiety Theater, Milwau¬ 
kee, the scenery was sot on fire by a kerosene 
lamp, which was shattered by the rapier of one 
of the actors In a fencing scene. The flamer, 
spread so rapidly that before the audience could 
escape tlie whole interior was In flames, ami 
any were compelled to jump from the windows 
of the second story, The bodies of two persons 
have been discovered in the ruins, and it is sup¬ 
posed that, others are still under the debris. Fif¬ 
teen or twenty persons were badly injured. 
Kaunas. 
From the report of land companies out West, 
it seems that European colonization tho Plains 
is becoming quite extensive. Twelve hundred 
English families have founded a village in this 
State, which they call Wakefield, aud have ostab- 
II <bed there a school for the reception of orphan 
boys from tho reform schools of London. Largo 
nurnoers of omigrlsits from other countries arc 
also settling there. 
Iu the case of ev-Mayor Anthony of Leaven¬ 
worth, Kansas, claiming $20,000 damages of Gen¬ 
eral Ewing lor arrest during the war, while 
Ewing was oommaiyder of the district, (lie jury 
returned a verdict for' the defendant on the J.'Uh 
instant. 
California. 
On Sunday morning, the TJtb inst., n collision 
occurred on the Western Pacific Railroad, near 
San Leandro, between the Eastern bound train 
and AIrncda Ferry train, by which a number of 
passenger cars were demolished aud driven into 
each other, and eleven passengers killed and 
some twenty wounded. The collision occurred 
during a thick fog, and white tho trains wore 
going at the rate of twenty miles an hour. The 
disaster east a gloom over the city of San Fran¬ 
cisco, os the announcement of it. was read from 
the pulpits of the churches. 
Nevada. 
A memorial, signed by the State officials and 
other citizens of Nevada, is to be presented to 
Congress at its next session, asking for Govern- 
mentaid in the construction of the Sutro tunnel. 
Quantrel, the leader of the Lawrence massacre, 
of w hom detective officers Jun e for some lime 
been in pursuit, enlisted in tDo army at San 
Francisco, Cal., and was soul, to Fort Scott, In 
this State, frmn which post, tie, with three others, 
deserted before the order for his arrest reached 
there, taking with them the best animals in the 
camp. 
Tlic Indiana. 
Three Sioux Indians wore recently lound 
suspended from trees in tho vicinity of Fort. 
McPherson, their bodies riddled with bullets. 
On one of the Indians was found a letter signed 
“Your sister, Carrie Warner,’’ dated “Morris, 
N. J„ May 8,1869,” supposed to have been writ¬ 
ten to a member of Burk’s surveying party, 
which is believed to liavo massacred by the 
savages. 
Several Cheyenne chiefs are endeavoring to 
stir up tboir tribes to another war against the 
whites in the spring. The Arapahoe Indians, 
who are living peaceably on their reservation 
near Fort. Bill, oppose the schemes of the Chey- 
euno warriors. 
Great Storms. 
A GREAT snow and rain storm passed over the 
States east of the Mississippi on tholtiihand 17th. 
At Mobile, on the 16tb, the damage done by 
the gale was considerable. The roof nl'the main 
building of tbe Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight 
depot was blown off. Several negroes wore bad¬ 
ly hurt and one white man killed. 
A St. Louis dispatch of the 17th lust, says the 
weather turned cold last night und froze sharply. 
The mercury now stands at 3i . Tho storm pros¬ 
trated the telegraph lines in nearly all direc¬ 
tions. 
A Louisville telegram of tho 17th says that the 
gale was general throughout. Kentucky. All Hie 
telegraph lines south of that point were pros¬ 
trated. Thirteen barges and two bouts,‘laden 
with 175,000 bushels of coal, were torn from their 
moorings above Jeffersonville, Did., and dashed 
against each other and the shore and completely 
submerged. The greater part of tho coal was 
owned iu Pittsburgh and valued at $75,000, and 
was not insured. 
From Chicago we learn that a fierce storm pre¬ 
vailed, with but "little interruption, l’or l’oriy 
hours, and apparently extended throughout the 
Northwest.. 
At Norfolk, on the morning of the 17th, a 
heavy gale from the northwest swept over the 
city. Many marine disasters along tho coast were 
apprehended. A well dressed man, name un¬ 
known, fell, or was blown by tbe gale, from the 
Baltimore boat that morning, off Sewall's Point, 
and was drowned. 
At Cincinnati comparatively little damage avos 
i done by tho wind storm. The direction of the 
j wind made the boat* bug the shore on tho Ohio 
;ide. Two steamers avoto torn loose on the Ken¬ 
tucky shore and driven from below the bridge 
and lodged on Licking bar, above tho bridge. 
Tiie gale passed over Luke Ontario on tbe 17th 
and 18tli and quite a number of vessels Avero 
driven ashore mid some lives Avere lost. One 
schooner froze in und had to to be rescued by 
a steamer. 
On the Harlem Railroad a train was blown 
from the track at Boston Corners, N. Y., and 
one boy killed outright and several persons in¬ 
jured. 
In New York City there Avas a heavy' rain¬ 
storm, but as yet Ave hear of uo disasters on the 
coast. 
In New Jersey the storm was quite severe. At 
Bergen City a canal boat, loosened by the vio- 
lonce of the storm on Tuesday night from her 
moorings at Comrnunipuw. was dashed against 
some neighboring rocks and sunk. One of two 
men, avIio were asleep upon tho boat at the time, 
Avere drowned. The other was rescued, but few 
hopes are entertained of saviug his life. 
Dominion of Canada, 
A miniature, but so far successful rebellion, 
has broken out. In the Red River country. Tho 
French and lialf-brccds do riot seem to relish 
their transfer to the government of the Do¬ 
minion. Governor McDougall lues been driven 
out of the country, and has taken refuge in 
United States territory. The rebels avUI prob¬ 
ably be able to bold their own through the ivin- 
tor, and It Is probable that there will be some 
bloodshed before tbe rebellion Is put. down. 
Tho latest advices represent Governor Me- 
Dougall encamped in Dakota, where he will 
await the operations of a party at. Fort Garry, 
said to bo favorable to him. The insurgents 
have established a Provisional Government, 
similar to the Territorial Governments iu Hie 
United States, Avith a Legislature which has 
passed a homestead act and voted a fund for 
school purposes. The Governor, it is rumored, 
will send to Canada for troops to put. down the 
opposition to "him, and will u-sk permission of tho 
United States Government to move his forces 
through our Northwestern States. 
Three young Americans, named respectively 
Clay, Morgan and Madison, all from Boston, 
Muss., were arrested at Montreal, on tho 131 h, on 
suspicion of being implicated In the late $200,000 
express robbery on tho Central Railway. Fif¬ 
teen thousand dollars avcic found in Clay’s pos¬ 
session, and $2,UOO in that of each of tho other 
two. 
Advices from NoAvfoundland Indicate that, tho 
recent elections in that Island have resulted ad¬ 
versely to the advocates of tho confederation of 
that Province with the Dominion of Canada. 
A Kingston, Ontario, dispatch says that Father 
McMahon’s allegations of 111 treatment Avhile a 
prisoner there, provoke indignation und expres¬ 
sions of regret that bo has been released. 
-- 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Itrltaiu. 
TnE onsequles of George Peabody were ob¬ 
served on Friday afternoon, the 12th inst. The 
funeral procession formed at Mr. Peabody’s late 
residence and consisted of a hearse und live 
mourning coaches. 'The Queen was represented 
by General Grey, lier private secretary. Among 
the mourners Avere also Mr. Motley, tho Ameri¬ 
can Minister; Benjamin Moran, Secretary of Le¬ 
gation; and Freeman H. Morse, American Consul 
ut London. Following the procession wore the 
carriages of the Queen, tho Prince of Vales. Sir 
Curtis Lumpaon, the Lord Mayorand Aldermen 
of London, the High Sheriffs of London and of 
the counties of Middlesex and .Surrey, the Duch¬ 
ess of Somerset, the Marquis of Townsend, Lady 
Franklin, Mi?« BurdettCoutts, and many others. 
The funeral cortege passed slowly through the 
streets, Avhieh Avere lined Avitb silent crowds of 
spectators, io Westminister Abbey. 
The venerable st ructure Avas completely filled 
Avith people, avIio had been admitted by tickets, 
and were all dressed in mourning. The choir 
was bung Avith black, und Hie sombre aspect of 
tho interior avos only reliovcil by the richly-dec¬ 
orated robes of the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs. 
Standing near the seerarturn, as tho body was 
brodght in, wore Mr. Gladstone, Lord Clarendon, 
the Doan of St. Paul's, ltcv. Thomas Binney, n 
dissenting minister, Dr. George Edward Day and 
Mr. John Bright. 
As soon us the ceremony within the church 
Avas over the procession formed again, and ad¬ 
vanced to a spot near the Avestcru entrance, 
Avhero a temporary grave had beeu prepared 
and an excavation throe feet deep nad been 
made, tho sides of Avhieh Avere lined wjili black 
drapery, "in this the body avqs placed, to remain 
until tbe fleet is ready to bear it to America. 
The British imin-uf-Avar Monarch has been ap¬ 
pointed l'or tins service, and will be accompa¬ 
nied by n French war vessel and by one of our 
own, which. Secretary Robeson has ordered de¬ 
tached from the Mediterranean Squadron for 
the purpose. Tho fleet will sail from Spithead 
on Friday, the 26th inst. 
The Brazilian, a new vessel, constructed ex¬ 
pressly for the Suez ('anal traffic, sailed on the 
15ib from Liverpool for Port Said. She draws 
tAventy feet, of av liter. Other A-essels of similar 
construction are building in English ship-yards. 
Tho London Times on the !7tn considered the 
effect the Suez Canal ayIII have on British inter¬ 
ests. 11 said:—•“ W e are a ware that In Paris and 
Florence, and. even in St. Petersburg, there is 
great exultation at the notion that by the open¬ 
ing of the canal trade may bo turned into new 
channels and a heavy IiIoav be dealt to the nation 
which made the best of the old ones. Wc will 
not allOAV ourselves to be discomposed by these 
illiberal prognostics. It was not tbe English who 
first sailed around Africa, or made settlements 
in India. No better favor is needed at Port Said 
than tbe free competition which availed us so 
Avell at the Cape of Good Hope.” 
A Fenian demonstration was made at Water¬ 
ford, Ireland, on the night, of the 17th. There 
Avas a torchlight procession, in which nearly 
5,000 men took part. The bands played Fenian 
airs. The streets wore crowded Avith spectators. 
An extra police force was on hand, but did not 
interfere Avith the proceedings, and there was no 
disturbance. 
France. 
On the 17th inst., the Emperor gave a recep¬ 
tion at OoinpeiguO. lie Avas cordial iu liis man¬ 
ner toward Mr. Wash homo, the American Min¬ 
ister, and paid him constant, attention, Avlilchis 
much commented on in political circles. 
M. Armand Barbes, an eminent radical poli¬ 
tician, who has been an exile for many years, 
has returned to France, and, it is reported, is 
now in Paris. 
A London dispatch says that the appointment 
of Emile Ollivicr to a position in the French 
Cabinet, before long, is spoken of again as 
probable. 
A meeting between t he Czar and the Emperor 
of tho French some time this winter, according 
to a dispatch from General Floury, the French 
Ambassador to Russia, has been agreed upon. 
The Emperor, on Sunday, tho 14th, rcvicAved 
tho troops encamped at Compiegnc. Recently 
many electoral meetings have been held at Paris, 
but without disturbance or any arrests being 
made. 
The Bishop of Orleans declares that he Avill 
abide by the decisions of the Ecumenical Coun¬ 
cil, AvhatoA'cr they may be. The letter of tho 
Archbishop of Paris, issued November 7th, op¬ 
posing the adoption of Papal infalliblty by the 
Council without discussion, Is reported to have 
been instigated by Napoleon. 
Baron Vcrtlier, Hie new Prussian Minister to 
France, was received by the Einperor at Com- 
piegue on the ltUb, when expressions of a mu¬ 
tual desire for the maintenance of tho present 
amicable relations were indulged in. The Em¬ 
peror spoke particularly of the development of 
a good understanding between Prussia and tho 
German Confederation on the one side aud 
Franco cm the other. 
Lcdru Rollin, in a communication to tlio 
Parisian papers, Avithdraws from the candidacy 
for the French Chambers, assigning ns a reason 
Hint be does not Avisli to create division In tho 
Liberal party. 
M. Rochefort is about, to establish a new jour¬ 
nal in Paris, to bo called La Marseillaise. 
Formidable military preparations wore mado 
in Paris in anticipation of disturbances at tho 
elect iOfis which wore to bike place on Sunday, 
the 21st. inst. 
The manifesto of tho opposition members of 
1 he Corns LcgfsJatif has been published, and is 
signed by twenty-eight Deputies. They say that 
the demand by the people of the right to govern 
themselves means an Inevitable transformation, 
the necessity of which is each day proved to bo 
more Imperative. The opposition intend to 
uso peaceful means to that end, unless au at¬ 
tempt is made to silence them by force. Tho 
manifesto indicates tho reforms which thB oppo¬ 
sition wiil insist upon. They pronounce against 
the preliminary oath prescribed for members of 
tho Corps and far tbe abolition ol' the Military 
Law, the country to be armed merely for sell- 
defense. 
The manifesto concludes as follows:—“Tlio 
elective principle Is tho only ono which will 
stand throughout nil revolutions, and must not 
only lie the base of tho Institutions of the coun¬ 
try, but kept clear frmn monarchical compro¬ 
mises and tbe violence of demagogues.” 
It is said that after the meeting and organiza¬ 
tion of the Legislative body on tb«29th in.it. tho 
Emperor will proceed to select a Cabinet, choos¬ 
ing tor office and banding the different port¬ 
folios of State, to men who can command a 
majority of votes in the Chamber on tbe most 
important questions. 
Monsignor Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, has 
published a /otter addressed to the clergy of liis 
diocese, deprecating the idea that the present is 
a favoraolo opportunity for claiming tho infali- 
bility of the Pope. Ho blames such journals as 
L'Univcrs and La Oboillta CattoUca for their in¬ 
considerable haste in discussing so delicate a 
question in anticipation of the deliberations of 
the Council. 
Sue*. 
The programme for tbe opening of the canal 
was as follows 
The first gathering took place at Port Said on 
the 10th lust. On the 17th there was to bo a 
grand ball at Ismailia. On tlie 18tli there was to 
be a great gathering of tribes atlsnuiiliu, and a 
grand entertainment will be given, one feature 
of which will be the evolutions on horseback by 
Arabs. 
On t he 19th the grand procession was to start 
for Suez, when tho canal will be foriaerally 
opened. On the 80th tbp feature of the pro¬ 
ceedings was to be Hie erection of a monument 
to Wiighorn, wbo first propounded tho idea of 
establishing tho route to India via tbe Isthmus 
of Suez. This gracoful ncknowlogmout of tho 
services of an Englishman will show that no ill 
will is borne tu England, although she has not 
rendered any assistance to M. do Lesseps. 
On the IT Hi the religious services were cele¬ 
brated. Tlie solemn blessing of tbe canal was 
given by Pure Bauer, tlio Almoner of the Em¬ 
press Eugenie. He preached a sermon, In which 
he congratulated the world on tho success of 
Ibis grand enterprise, and thanked the Khedive, 
who, lie said, twd immortalized liis name and 
reign by hia eo-operution in oue of the greatest 
undertakings of modern times. He dwelt in 
terms ol’ lively gratification on the liberty of 
worship which had been granted to Christians; 
thanked tho Empress for the sympathy she had 
shown, and M. de Lesseps for tho exertions ho 
lmd mado to bring the work to completion. 
Tho same morning the Aiglc, with the Empress 
on board, passed through the canal us far as Is¬ 
mailia. 
Dispatches from Ismailia tonooa of the 18th, 
state that thirty-four vessels had reached that 
point and more were expected. Four steamers 
have, also a rrived from Suez, at the Southern end 
of tlio canal. The festivi’. lies'were stilt going on 
with great magnificence and enthusiasm. An 
immense crowd of visitors were present from all 
parisof the world. Tbenumber of guests who 
hud been sDecially invited by the Khedive will 
exceed 3,000 Europeans and 25 000 Orientals. The 
expenditure of money I* unlimited. 
The entire fleet were to start for Suez on tho 
19th lust. 
Spain. 
The Government, it is said, ha ye received a 
dispatch from Florence, iti which it is stated 
Hint the Italiau Cabinet, favor the project of 
making the Duke of Genoa King of Spain. 
The Bishop of Havana has been arrested at 
Cadiz. 
Senior Orense, the Republican Deputy, lately 
arrested at Madrid, has been unconditionally 
released, and has gone to France. It is reported 
that the Government intends to release ail the 
political prisoners now under arrest. 
In the Cortes, on the 13th inst., Colonial Minis¬ 
ter Becerra, in reply to a Deputy from J’orto 
Rico- who ask ml how Hie Gov'ernment proposed 
to treat the island, said that" the treatment of 
