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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
Congress.—April 2.—In the House, a Joint 
resolution was adopted which authorized tho 
purchase or lease of buildings in New York for 
tho use of the Staff Department of the Army. A 
bill was passed allowing the Northern Pacific 
Itailroad Company to extend a branch line to 
Pugefs Sound. 
April 3.—Senator Sumner introduced a bill 
to repeal the net to prevent the importation of 
certain persons into certain States, which lie 
said was the last law relative to slavery on the 
statute hooks; and he hoped that there would 
be no opposition to it? immediate consideration. 
Senator Davis of Kentucky, however, objected, 
and it was laid on the table. A Joint resolution 
relative to n clearer definition of Hie Light 
Hour Law was adopted. The bill extending the 
time for the construction of a railroad from St. 
Croix Lake to 1 lay field, on Lake Superior, was 
taken up and passed by n vote of twenty-five to 
fourteen. The adjournment question again 
came up, and tin amendment to the House roso- 
lulion changing the day for final adjournment 
to Saturday, the tilth iust. was agreed to and the 
resolution was adopted. 
The nomination of General Longstreot to be 
Surveyor of the port of New Orleans was again 
hotly discussed in executive session, but was 
finally confirmed by a vote of twent y-five to ten. 
Tn the House, the resolution rescinding tho 
orders for the prlntingof Treasury accounts was 
agreed to. The Miscellaneous Deficiency Hill, 
whioh appropriates $2JW3,051, was considered in 
Committee of the Whole. In the debate that 
ensued, it was stated that the hydrostatic presses 
heretofore used in the Treasury printing office 
were to bo abandoned, and Hie work istobedone 
on rollers, in some building outside of the Treas¬ 
ury Department; that there were 1,(kki more 
employes in Washington than the law allowed. 
Anil (hat $2,000,000 Of the appropriation was to 
supply an omission through oversight in tho ap¬ 
propriation of last session for the collection of 
tho Internal revenue. The bill was finally re¬ 
ported to the House and passed. The Senate 
amendment, to the resolution for ti final adjourn¬ 
ment, living Saturday, the luth Inst.., as tho day, 
was concurred in. A bill was introduced to pro- 
vidc for taking the Ninth Census. 
April 5.—In the House, under the Monday 
Call of States, bills wore introduced to reduce 
the number of army officers and lo preserve the 
right of free discussion in the unreconstructed 
States. A resolution directing tho Judiciary 
Committee to continue the investigation into 
tho charges against Judge Bustood of Alabama, 
was adopted. The Senate bill providing for the 
adjnstmenl of claims between tho United States 
and Mexico was passed. A Joint resolution au¬ 
thorizing an election in Virginia was introduced 
and n "odto the Deconstruct ion Committee. 
An evening session was held, devoted entirely 
t o debate. 
April 0. — Senator Cragln, from tho Special 
Committee, made a report in regard to the mode 
of appointments and iho rates of compensation 
of t lie employes of the Senate, recommend tug 
retrenchment chiefly bythe non-employment of 
extra officers and assistants, and suggesting that 
Senators should aid in the work by refraining 
from urging the Sergeant-at-Arras to employ 
their friends when he hud no need of their ser- 
vieos. The report shows that the official expen¬ 
ses of the Senators per capita are about three 
times as much as those of the mem bora of the 
House. The subject of cheap ocean postage re¬ 
ceived some attention in consequence of the 
presentation of a report from the Tost mast ei- 
Getienil, presented by Senator Ramsey. Senator 
Sumner uJIudod to recent efforts made in Eng¬ 
land to obtain an ocean penny postage, and said 
if we could have an ocean ibroo-eent postage we 
should confer an imraeaae boon on the popula¬ 
tions on both sides of the Atlantic. Bills wore 
introduced looking toagenerul reorganizat ion of 
the clerical forces In the departments. The nf- 
fair.s of the Union Pacific Railroad and the 
Credit. Moblller wore brought under discussion, 
when the Joint resolution to protect tho in forests 
of the United States in said railroad came up. 
Senator Stewart averred that the law had pro- 
vided that the stock of the Union Pacific Ball- 
road should be open to all Hie world forsubscrip- 
but certain parties had defeated Hint 
provision by first subscribing a little, and then 
closing the books, then organizing the Credit; 
Moblller, and with the enormous dividends real¬ 
ized from it buying up the stock and putting tt 
out of the reach of everybody else. Senator 
Davis oifered an amendment directing the At¬ 
torney -Generat to investigate whether tho 
franchises of ;ho companies have not been for¬ 
feited, and to take legal proceedings accordingly, 
which was agreed to. 
Ill ibo House the bill providing for the taking 
of the Ninth Census of tho United States In 1870 , 
waa considered by sections. > A motion to post¬ 
pone It until December was lost by a vote of six¬ 
ty-five to eighty-eight. the Democrats, generally, 
favoring its immediate beginning. An amend¬ 
ment providing for a table of divorces was 
agreed to. and another striking out all after the 
fifth seel ion, and providing Tor a session of a 
special committee during theraocss to prepare a 
complete bill, was also accepted. The bill as thus 
amended was passed. The Committee on Con¬ 
tested Elections reported that Leonard Myers is 
entitled to sit for the Third Congressional Dis¬ 
trict of Pennsylvania; and that John MoCraine 
from the Fifth Congressional District of Louisi¬ 
ana, is not-eligible to a seat in the House. The 
bill of the New Mexican Legislature Imposing a 
capitation tax on oxen, &o„ was repealed. Jtc-p- 
rescntative Dawes called attention to the new 
Indian trealiessent down from the Senate. He 
said i hey embodied extravagant ideas, and warn¬ 
ed the House that its action on this subject 
would trammel the Government for thirty 
years. He also called attention to the loose 
method which the Senate had i lopted in voting 
on this important matter. R< , iresentativc Clark 
said he did not believe there re re half as man v 
Indians in the country as wore borne on the rolls 
el - the Indian Bureau. The House finally appro¬ 
priated t wo millions to enable the President to 
maintain peace among the Indians. 
April 7.—In i . ■ Senate,Wednesday,tlieChap- 
lain prayed for tho success of the Cuban insur¬ 
gents. The bill to carry into effect the treaty 
with Russia relative to trade marks, was report¬ 
ed from the Judiciary Committee, and Seuator 
Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Re¬ 
lations reported a bill to punish violations of Its 
provisions. Senator Wilson gave notice that he 
would offer a resolution authorizing the Presi¬ 
dent to appoint a commission to devise means 
for building a ship canal across the Isthmus of 
Darien. Senator Morrill, from the Committee 
on Public Buildings, reported a joint resolution 
for the selection of a site for a new building for 
the Department of State. Senator Wilson gave 
notice in reference to the appointment of a com* 
mission to examine into t he subject of the Darien 
Canal. The Message of the President urging ac¬ 
tion In reference to the early submission of the 
Si ifo Constitutions of Virginia and Mississippi 
to the people of those States, was read. 
In the House there was sonic discussion rela¬ 
tive to the clause In tin Indian Appropriation 
Bill, placing #1,000,000 at the disposal of the 
President ror tho purpose of maintaining peace 
among tho Indians; but on a division the ohmsc 
was carried by ninety-eight against thirty-three, 
the Democrats generally voting in the minority. 
Gen. Butler reporlcd u bill to enforce the Four¬ 
teenth Amendment of the Constitution, and to 
restore the State of Georgia io n Republican 
fonu of Government, Tho debate on this im¬ 
portant subject, which was very lively and 
spirited, was Interrupted by the introduction 
of various resolutions an.! bills from Commit* 
»ee-, Among these was n bill appropriating 
W, (100,000 to the improvement of rivers, which 
was passed. Representative Dawes, from the 
Judiciary Comm ill vc, reported a bill to establish 
a uniform system of naturalization, which was 
commit tod. The message of t lie President, urging 
net ion in reference to Virginia and Mississippi 
was read, but nothing was done in the case, and 
at 5:10 the House adjourned. 
Sew York. 
A DINNER waa given on tho night of Friday, 
the 2d hist., at Dolmonico's to Prof. A. G. Comp¬ 
ton of tho College of the City of New York, in 
commemoration of his elevation to the chair of 
Mixed Mathematics In that institution. Messrs. 
Lamtmorc and liuese. President and Clerk of t he 
Board of Educat ion, were present, together with 
Professor R. Ogden Doromus, James W. Gerard 
and others. About, eighty guests at tended. 
Morton and Thompson, two express robbers, 
with two other prisoners, escaped on the night 
of April 4th from the White Plains Jail. No 
trace of them can be found. 
An interesting lecture on the principles of free 
trade, and advocating a return to free trade 
Policy in the United States, was delivered in the 
largo hall of the Cooper institute. Now York 
City, Saturday evening, the 3d Inst., by Prof. 
A. L. Perry of Williams College. The chair was 
occupied by DavidDudley Field, Esq., and (hero 
was a large attendance. 
Four boys, the eldest, seventeen years of age, 
were arrested at U tica the first week in April for 
robbing freight cars on the Central Railroad. 
They have been in the habit for a year or more 
of concealing themselves on i he trains, and then 
breaking into cars while they were in motion, 
and robbing them of valuable goods. It. Is 
thought that since they first commenced they 
have plundered the trains of upward of $100,000 
wurth of goods, a large portion of which tbey 
subscquently destroyed as they did not, know 
how to dispose of them. They nil plead guilty, 
and implicated a man named William Ferry ns 
the instigator of the robberies. 
A thief was shot dead by a spring gun at Sara¬ 
toga on Monday, the 5th inst. 
On Tuesday, the 0th inst., Judge Blatchford, 
in the U. S. Circuit Court, now in session in Now 
York City, denied the application of the Union 
Pacific Railroad for an order staying the pro¬ 
ceedings in tho Supreme Court of this State, in 
the case of James Fisk, Jr., plaintiff, and the 
Company defendant, on the ground that the ease 
was already before tho U. 8. Courts, and there¬ 
fore all proceedings taken by State Courts since 
last August wore null and void. Judge Barnard 
of the New York Supreme Court, however, de¬ 
clines to regard this decision, and a conflict of 
jurisdiction seems likely to occur. 
An accident happened at Flushing, L. I„ at 
about sundown on t he 1st lost.' Workmen were 
repairing the largo fire engine cistern, near tho 
Catholic Church, and Some children commenced 
jumping a moss the opening, when the edge or 
the arch gave way, and six of the children were 
crushed to death instantly by the failing debris. 
Charles Morriok, who attempted to kill Mary 
Monk of Cold Spring, on Friday, the 2d inst.. lias 
surrendered himself to tho Sheriff of Putnam 
county, and is now m jail, it appears ha had re¬ 
quested her company on several occasions for 
some time past, aud had been refused. When he 
was refused ou Friday night, he seized her by tho 
hair of t lie head and threw her down, presented 
a pistol at her breast, and pulled tho trigger, 
ITm cap not exploding, he reeoekod the weapon 
and pulled again, and again il failed to explode. 
Ho was in the net of attempting to fire the 
v capon a third time, when his brother dashed 
the pistol aside. Ho bad written a letter to the 
lady, telling her that if she refused his company 
again he would murder her. The pistol was 
loaded with ball and cartridge. 
iriUMsacltnsotts. 
Rev. Frederick D. Huntington, D. D.. was, 
on Thursday, the 6th inst., consecrated Bishop 
of Western New York in Emmanuel Church, 
Boston, in the presence of a large audience and 
amid very Impressive services. Rev. B. B. 
Smith, D. D„ Bishop of Kentucky, was the con- 
srerator, assisted by many other Bishops of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church. 
A freight train was thrown off tho line on the 
Boston and Albany Railroad on Tuesday, the (3th 
inst., near the town of Russell, and six freight 
cars, with all their contents, utterly destroyed, 
A brakoman, whoso name is not given, was seri¬ 
ously injured. 
At a meeting of the assignees of McKay & 
Aldus, looomotive engine builders of Boston, 
who recently failed, it was voted to offer the 
works for sale, limiting the price at $2,50,000, 
sealed proposals for the same to be sent to the 
assignees, Tf not sold, the works are to be 
broken up. There are three other locomotive 
works in bankruptcy offered upon similar 
terms, one In Jersey City, limit $150,000, one in 
Philadelphia. $200,000, and one iu Lancaster 
Penn, $200,000. 
Wendell Phillips on Tuesday, the oth inst., 
addressed the Massachusetts Legislative Com¬ 
mittee appointed to investigate the subject of 
hours of labor. He said the fact that the annual 
enroings of the laboring classes amount to nearly 
two thousand millions of dollars claimed for 
that class a greater attention than they were 
receiving at the hands of legislative "bodies. 
The tendency of the rich to have their children 
educated apart from common schools caused 
the growth of class feelings, and made the rich 
indifferent to the subject of public schools. 
The old Bromtield House In Boston, being 
about to bo demolished, a farewell dinner was 
given within it on Wednesday evening, the 7th 
_inst., complimentary to and in commemora- 
t ion of its pleasant associations. Among the old 
patrons present and participating in the festivi¬ 
ties were ex-President, Franklin Fierce, Rev. 
Drs. Hague and 8towe, George S. Hillard, Pdcg 
5V. Chandler, Mayor SburtJeff, Marshall P. Wil¬ 
der and other well known citizens of the Hub. 
It was a very enjoyable affair. 
Ithode Inland. 
Tue annual Stale election took place on Wed¬ 
nesday, the 7th inst., and the complete returns 
give Padelford, the Republican candidate for 
G ovornor, 7,271 vote#, and Pierce, t he Democratic 
candidate, 3,300 votes; Republican majority, 
3,87i>. Tite State Senate will be composed of twen¬ 
ty-six Republicans and seven Democrats; the 
House of Representatives of sixty Republicans 
and twelve Democrats. 
William Bagley, a seaman on the revenue- 
cutter Crawford, lying in Newport harbor, fell 
from aloft on tho 3d inst., and was instantly 
killed. J 
Tlie steam propeller Harvest, from Providence 
bound to Now York with freight, took fire at 
noon on the 2d inst., off Point Judith, and be¬ 
came a total loss. The officers and crew wore 
t aken off by the pilot-boat Charm, and the wreck 
was towed ashore at Point Judith. Tho vessel is 
believed to belong t o Hartford, Ct. 
Connecticut. 
Tue annual State election occurred on Mon¬ 
day, the 6th Inst. Marshall Jewell. Republican, 
is elected Governor over James E. English by a 
vote of 4.5,50(5 to45,081 — a majority of 425. Eng¬ 
lish’s majority over Jewel! last year was 1,746. 
The vote for Congressmen was as follows:—First 
District—Strong, Hep., 11,848; Dixon, Deni, 10,- 
784; Republican majority 784. Second District— 
Kellogg, lie;)., 13,120; Babcock, Dem., 12,840; Ito- 
publican majority 280. Third District (Stark¬ 
weather, Rep., 9,023: Con v. -e, Dem., (3,887; Re¬ 
publican majority 2,130. Fourth District.—Tho 
returns are not complete; but Barnura, Dem., 
is elected over Beardsley, Rep.,by about 780 ma¬ 
jority. In New Haven Fitch, tho Citizen’s can¬ 
didate, is elected Mayor by 85 majority over Gul- 
laghrr, tin* regular Democratic nominee 
An accident occurred on the 3d inst. to the ex¬ 
press train, from Boston for New York, on the 
New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad, 
near Windsor Locks. Three cars were thrown 
from the track by n sprung rail, or some unex¬ 
plained cause, and fourteen passengers injured, 
none fatally. 
Now Jersey. 
Christopher Dighl, aged seventy, residing 
at Camden, on Wednesday night, the 31st ult., 
stabbed his son John in the abdomen, inflicting 
a wound which will probably prove fatal. A 
family quarrel was the occasion ol’ the affray. 
The trial of the negro, Sam Sutton, for the 
murder of another negro, Caesar Zubrlskie, nt 
Saddle River, on the night of the 5tli or July, 
18(37, was resumed on the 7th inst., at Hacken¬ 
sack, before Judge Bodle. Tho evldenoc elic¬ 
ited thus far, seems to show conclusively that 
Sutton stabbed Ztibriskic without, any provo¬ 
cation. 
A fatal n 1 tro-glyeoriuo explosion took place 
on the 7th inst., at Bergen, caused by a heated 
iron being placed in contact, with a quantity of 
that substance at the bottom of a water barrel. 
One man, Nathaniel Guard, was thowu twenty 
feet into t he air, through the roof of a black¬ 
smith's shop. He was killed instantly and his 
body was horribly mutilated. Another man was 
severely injured. 
A streak of lightning entered St. Mary’s 
Church, Jersey City, on Lbc afternoon of the 7ih 
lust., broke some window glass, and uprooted a 
considerable quantity of earth in the basement. 
The shock was terrific. 
A young man named J. W. Thomas, of Bergen 
City, was found on the morning of the 8th inst., 
lying insensible at the rear of his residence, near 
Bergen square. His head was resting on the 
doorstep, his face mangled, and his head beaten 
i n a terrible manner. He had been garroted and 
robbed by some person unknown. He is badly, 
but probably not fatally injured. 
Pennsylvania. 
Pennsylvania having ratified the Fifteenth 
Amendment, there arc now eleven 8tat.es which 
have enrolled themselves in favor of the meas¬ 
ure—Nevada, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, 
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Maine, South 
Carolina, Arkansas, Pennsylvania. Delaware 
and Georgia have rejected it. 
One of tho largest robberies ever committed 
in this country took pluce in Philadelphia on 
Sunday, the 1th Inst. The safe of the Safety 
Fund Building was broken open, and upward of 
$1,000,000 in available fundswore stoh-u. 
Orrue and Brooks, the Brodhead murderers, 
escaped from the Stroudsburg prison on Satur¬ 
day morning, the 3d inst. Ormc was recaptured, 
but Brooks is still at large. A reward of $1,000 
is offered for his capture. 
The State Senate of Pennsylvania has passed 
the bill to establish a *• Board of Trusts,” to ad¬ 
minister all the charitable devises ami trusts 
vested in the city of Philadelphia, including the 
Girard Estate, the College, the Boudinol legacy, 
Wells’ Hospital, &e. 
A woman named Weber wasrfatally injured by 
n freight train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington 
and Baltimore Railroad ou the 7th inst,, at Har¬ 
ris's Bridge. She died a few hours afterward. 
On Sunday, the 4tli inst., two little children of 
Mr, Martin, residing at Evonsburg, were engaged 
at play In a room by themselves, One of t he 
boys, aged nine year*, got. on a chair, from which 
the younger, a lad of five years, ordered him off. 
Refusing to get down, the second little fellow 
struck his brother an upward blow in the abdo¬ 
men with aaharp knife, inflicting a wound from 
which he died within two hours. 
George S. Twitch el l, Jr., who was to be hung 
on the 7th inst. for the murder of his mother-in- 
law, Mrs. Hill, was found dead in his bed at four 
o’clock that morning, having committed suicide 
by taking Prussic acid or cyanide ol’ potassium. 
Maryland. 
Charles Snowden Fairfax, a descendant of 
Lord Fairfax, died in Baltimore on Monday, the 
5th Inst. He was formerly Speaker of the Cali¬ 
fornia House of Representatives. 
The imports of sugar and molasses for the 
month of March were probably the largest ever 
entered at the Baltimore Custom-house within 
the period of ono month. 
A shooting affray occurred on the 5th in a 
passenger ear at the Baltimore depot, in Wash¬ 
ington E. D. Etchison, formerly commercial 
agent at Matamoras, was seated in t he car with a 
lady, when Colonel W. R. Lount entered with u 
friend and asked Etcbison why he had been 
threatening to take hfs life, and requested him 
to step outside. The three men started to leave, 
when Etcbison draw a pistol, and was only pro¬ 
ven t ed from shooting Loun t by tho latter striking 
up his arm. Tho bullet passed through Etehi- 
son’8 left hand. There were a number of ladies 
in the car, who were very much frightened at 
the occurrence. All the parties were arrested. 
Virginia. 
Gen. a. 8. We mi assumed command of the 
First Military District, on Friday, the 2d inst., 
and forthwith issued an order re-instating Gov 
Wells in office. 
Tlie colored jtcoplo of Richmond on Saturday, 
the 3d inst,, celebrated 1 lie evacuation of that 
city, by The rebels, with a street parade. 
Gen. Webb on the 5th inst. appointed Col. Gar¬ 
rick Mallory Secretary of State of Virginia, and 
Major A. Porter Second Auditor. 
For a longtime it has been impossible to col- 
loot the taxes levied l»y the Btateagainst the ovs- 
termen who infest the waters of Virginia. The 
amount uncollected amounts to thousands of 
dollars. Whenever the civil officers attempt, to 
collect the tax Hie oystormen show fight and 
drive them off. Gen. Webb has determined to 
enforce the law, and lias sent a party to Tangier 
Island for the purpose of making a collection, 
should the oystermen resist tho civil officers. 
NortA Carolina* 
An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassin¬ 
ate Mr. Josiah Turner, Jr., editorof the Raleigh 
Sentinel, as ho sat writing at a' ’ le on Tuesday, 
the Oth inst., at midnight. 
ficorgia. 
A jiertructi VB fire occurred tlie first week in 
April at Hawkins villa. Tho cotton house of Mr. 
C. C. f’Jurke was destroyed. Loss $4,000. 
Ono negro killed another iu Crawford county 
the first week In April because lie would not go 
to church. 
A Mr. Thomas Thaxton of Washington, Wilkes 
county was shot aud instantly killed, recentlv, 
by unknown persons in ambush, while riding 
home in his carriage from 1 he Court House. 
Alabama. 
The Court House at Dayton, Dale countv, was 
burned on Tuesday night, the 30th ult. Ail tin; 
county records were destroyed, uot a paper of 
any kind tx'ing sat ed. The lire is supposed to 
ha ve been the work of an incendiary. 
The frosts have been doing some injury to the 
crops in Alabama. Labor is said to be scarce in 
the State. 
Louisiana. 
It is reported that the seed sugar cano in por¬ 
tions of this State has been injured to the 
extent of twenty per cent, by recent heavy 
rains. 
Judgment has been rendered in tho United 
8ta1.es Circuit Court of New Orleans in i’uvor of 
tlie Government against Ernest Maurice Bou- 
ligny for the sum of $159,655. and against Henry 
Judson and L. J. Maillot for $75,000. 
Tennessee, 
Ex-President Johnson had a public recep¬ 
tion at Knoxville on Saturday, the 3d inst., and 
made a speech of over two hours' duration. Ho 
arrived at Nashville ou the 7th. There was a 
procession through the streets of the city, and 
on arriving ftt the St. Cloud Hotel, Mr, Johnson 
made » speech, declaring that lie was in favor ol' 
removing politfool disabilities from every per¬ 
son in Tennessee. 
A. J. Walt, a well-known citizen, and before 
the war « prosperous merchant of Memphis 
struck with au ax and killed his room-mate aud 
bedfellow, II. N. Gibson, on Tuesday morning, 
the OHi inst. He then leaped from the third 
Story of his own building, the Bradlev Block, a 
room of which ho occupied. He died almost 
instantly. For some time past his mind has 
been impaired. 
Kentucky. 
The Republicans of Kentucky will hold a 
Convention in Lexington on the 27th of May, to 
nominate a candidate for Treasurer of the State. 
Ohio. 
The resolution to reject the proposed amend¬ 
ment to the Constitution of the United State® 
was adopted by the Ohio House of Representa¬ 
tives on the 2d inst. 
Navigation on Lake Erie is now open. The 
steamer It. N. Price arrived at Cleveland from 
Detroit Wednesday morning, the 7th iust. 
Tho Summit Street Hotel, Toledo, was destroy¬ 
ed by fire ou the night of the Uth iust. 
Indiana. 
Both parties in the Legislature held caucuses 
on Thursday morning, tho Stb inst. The Demo¬ 
crats claim that their course in tlie last session 
has been endorsed by the people. Re-elected 
members refuse to qualify unless the Repub¬ 
licans bind themselves not to bring forward 
the negro siiffrago question during the special 
session. The Republicans refuse to make any 
pledges, but intimate that the necessary legisla¬ 
tion would take precedence in tlie order of 
business. 
Up to the nth instant, Legislative matters re¬ 
mained unchanged. On that day tho House hold 
three sessions and the Senate one, without quo¬ 
rums. It was thought that the newly elected 
members would appear on the 10th and be quali¬ 
fied. Hon. A. P. Stanton, the Speaker of the 
last House, declined a re-election, and Mr. Bus- 
lark of Monroe couut 3 ', has been nominated by 
the Republicans. The Democrats held a caucus 
on the 9th, but their action has not been made 
public. 
Illinois. 
Ex-Secretary Browning and family have 
arrived in Chicago on the way to their homo at 
Quincy. 
The City Council of Chicago have been moving 
in the matter of a grand demonstration to be 
had on the opening of the Pacific Itailroad. It 
is proposed to invite the President of the United 
States, the Vice-President, tho Governors of 
California, Oregon, Nevada, tho Mayors of 
the leading cities on the Atlantic and"Pacific 
slopes, and other leading officials, to a grand 
celebration, the hospitalities of the city being 
tendered to all the guests on this occasion. 
On the 29tb ult., a freight train on tho Chicago 
and Northwestern Road, while ascending a 
grade, became stalled and tlie train was cut in 
two, the forward part proceeding to the next 
station, leaving two men in charge of tho re¬ 
mainder. While standing on the grade some of 
the breaks gave way, and the ears commenced 
running down hill. Before reaching the bottom 
they came in collision with an ascending freight 
train, resulting in throwing the engine into tho 
creek, and literally smashing up tcti freight cars 
and injuring twelve or fifteen others. The en¬ 
gineer reversed his engine, threw his fireman 
from the train, and jumped off himself, both 
escaping without injury. 
1 he citizens of Chicago arc tcit energetic in 
regard to the demonstration to be had in that 
t it.v on the opening of the Union Pacific Rail- 
oml. They held a meeting at the Tremont 
house on the evening of the 8th inst., and ar¬ 
ranged for tho organization of the Committee 
necessary to direct the proceedings. 
On the night of the 6th inst. two brothers, 
named Montgomery and Byron I-each, murdered 
a young man named Price, at a singing school in 
Liberty Township, Adams county. Tlie two 
Leaches weut to the Singing school and asked for 
the teacher. He refused to go to I he door, and 
Trice wenr, out and was instantly stabbed several 
times by both the Loaches. He died almost in¬ 
stantly. Tim murderers then fled. The tragedy 
is the result of a family feud. 
At seven o’clock on tho morning of the 8th 
inst. at Peoria, Ill., fire was discovered in tho 
roundhouse of the Chicago and Rock Island 
Railroad. Tlie building ami two locomotives 
were entirely destroyed. The loss is estimated 
at $50,000, and is Insured mostly in Chicago 
offices. 
On the 8th of May next, the stockholders of 
the Michigan Southern Railroad are to meet in 
Chicago and vote on the question of censolida- 
tion with the Lake .Shore Road, extending from 
ioledo to Eric. The directors of the two roads 
have voted unanimously in favor of thearrange- 
ment. It is believed that the Buffalo and Erie 
Railroad will enter into the same arrangement, 
the enltre length of tho combined roods would 
be fivo hundred mid thirty-nine miles, and, 
adding branches, about nine hundred miles • 
with a capital of $53,000,01X1. 
Michigan. 
The keepers of the Michigan State Prison, 
twenty-two in number, resigned their places on 
Monday morning, the 5th inst., because the Leg¬ 
islature would not raise their salaries. Tim con¬ 
tractor, immediately informed the Governor 
that they should hold tho State liable for $1 Otxi 
u day damages during the suspension of work 
The Michigan Legislature has passed a bill pro¬ 
viding t hut if any person shall hereafter willful I v 
instill, or willfully or indecently annoy any 
lemiile by any obscene or indecent word <>r 
! words, net or acts, such person shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof : hull be punished by imprisonment in 
the county Jail not more than six months, or bv 
a lino not exceeding $ioo. * 
Wisconsin. 
' A J OUNG lud - v named Burnham perished in 
the flames of a burning house at Barraboo on 
Monday ,the 5th inst. 
Kansas. 
Gen. J M BmionELD has assumed command 
of the District ol Missouri, with headquarters 
at Leavenworth, Kansas. 
A great lire occurred Wednesday the 7 th inst, 
at a place In Kansas on t he line of the Pacific 
Railroad, called the Knob Neater. The loss 
amounted to nearly $60,000, with, sonic in¬ 
surances, not quite covering half tho damage. 
Nevada. 
An awful calamity occurred in the Globe Hill 
mines on Wednesday, the 7th met. A lire broke 
°v. W J b f . YeU ° w J, jcket mine and Immediately 
extended to the Kentuck and Grown Point 
n l8 ® ot known how many persons were 
working m them at the time, but over thirty 
dead bodies were recovered during tln> after¬ 
noon and evening. Every effort was made bv 
those outside to extinguish the flumes and to 
sa re human lite. Virginia City was deserted, 
nearly every resident of that place being at the 
scene of disaster. 
s „h bC ^"_ Franci «*> ^ck and Exchange Board 
subscribed one thousand dollars and sent the 
money by telegraph to Gold Hill for the relief 
Vhf ^unifies suffering by the conflagration. 
This disaster is the most terrible that has ever 
occurred in the mining districts of the Pacific 
San S Frn 1 1 beie g<? ? eral s -' rm Path>' expressed in 
ban Francisco for the distressed. 
, A & ' ! . m Francisco telegram, dated midnight of 
he 8th nisi., says that up to 9 o'clock that even¬ 
ing twenty-eight bodies had been recevered. The 
fire was still burning on the eight hundred foot 
iovei ol tho 5 cllow Jacket mine. The drift was 
cleared that, morning and a strong stream of 
water was brought to bear on the flames nt about 
tha ‘ , ufter " oou - ^ was expected 
that the fire would be entirely subdued before 
morning. 
It is now stated that, at least forty men perished 
by this awful calamity. The bodies which have 
been recovered thus far present a horrible ap¬ 
pearance, and indicate the desperate efforts 
made to escape intense suffering 
A telegram or the oil. states that it is reported 
that the fire is stilt burning furiously in the 
mines at Gold Hill, having broken out afresh 
that morning in the drift of the Crown Point 
Company. It is thought it will be necessary to 
close the shafts in order to smother the flames. 
Ten bodies still remained in the mines, and it is 
impossible to remove them on account of the 
heat and smoke. 
California. 
The most severe earthquake shock since the 
great one of October last was experienced m 
San Francisco on Thursday the 1st inst. No 
serious damage lias yet been ascertained. Great 
alarm pervaded the community. 
Late advices from San Francisco state that new 
silver developments in the White Pine region 
have been reported, and people are rushing 
there in great numbers. 
Prince Edward’s Island. 
The late dispatch from the Colonial Office in 
London to Prince Edward's Island, cautioning 
the Government against reciprocity negotia¬ 
tions, and informing them that they must pay 
the salary of the Governor, created much dis¬ 
satisfaction. AU the papers denounce the pro¬ 
ceedings as unjust, and maintain that as the 
British Government had appropriated ai' the 
public lands of tho island, they should pay tlie 
Governor's salary. 
Nova Sicotia. 
A Halifax dispatch of the 5th states that 
most of the Nova Scotian harbors are open, and 
the shipping business has commenced. The first 
European freight vessel arrived at Halifax on 
that day. 
Tlie Newfoundland seal fisheries are doing 
well. Three steamers have arrived at St. John’s 
with a large force of fishermen. 
