benefits and blessings, Industrial and commercial, of 
tins great avenue of intercommunication 
I he new high nay thus opened to man will not onlv 
develop the rayiurec*. oxterirl the commerce, increase 
the power, exalt the dignity and porwUlate the nutty 
of our Tiepuhlic, but in its broader relations, as the 
segment of a world-embrawang circle, dlrectlv con¬ 
necting the tuitions of Kurope with those of Asia, 
will materially facilitate the enlightened and ad¬ 
vancing civilization of our age 
lly order of the Chamber. 
HA.MCKI. It. Itl'Odf.F.S, 
Wll.I.lA.M K. DODGE, 
GKOlUiK OEDVKE, 
A. A. LOW. 
Special Committee. 
Mayor Hall of Now York, also sent a dispatch 
of congratulation t o iho Mayor of Sun Francisco. 
The reply of tbo San Francisco Chamber of 
Commerce was not received in New York until 
the 12th. It Isas follows: 
, 8an Ekancihco, May II, Mffii. 
lo the (Vitimber n) Commerce ot the State of New 
Sew York; 
The Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco 
acknowledge the greeting ..i the Chamber of Com¬ 
merce "f the Stale of New Vork upon the aomple- 
llori of the great train-continental railway, unpieei- 
atlngii ' vast Importance to the cause of eommerco 
«nfl (Mvllizjiiion. Tbo Cbiutihor fi«3urtily finite# in 
thanks to Divine Providence fortius coicmmniatlon 
the grand enterprise, and reciprocates the con¬ 
gratulation. received. 
.1 a si ics Oris. President, / 
IlKJJMOND gibbons, /Committee. 
the vote Standing,Clarke, 3.G07; Doyle, 1,341, and 
A an 8lyck, 835. The Cily Council Is mainly 
Hepubllcan. The anti-Sprague men are jubilant 
at the result. 
Pennsylvania. 
< ),n the 131 h, at Ila rrisburg. Judge Pearson, sit- 
ting in the Court of Common Pleas, for the de- 
cision of Commonwealth cases, decided two suits 
general interest. The cases were against tho 
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 
Company, and t he Lackawanna and Bloomsburg 
loiilroad Company. Thoelaimof tho companies 
was that their bonds on which tax-was imposed 
were mostly held by readouts of New York and 
Other States, and that Pennsylvania could not 
tax the property of citizens of other States. Tho 
Court decided that if tho property was protected 
by Pennsylvania, it could bo made to pay its 
share of taxation. Judgment was rendered 
against the former company for $22,000, and 
M tscniiLAffuotfs. The Peruvian Minister 
Senor Garcia, willed at the White House on 
Friday, the 7th inst., and took leave of the Presi¬ 
dent in a farewell speech. Tho President, in 
reply, hoped tho friendly relations would con¬ 
tinue between IVry and this country. Secretary 
Fish accompanied the Minister. 
Colonel M. Fre.vro. now Minister from Peru to 
Bogota, succeeds Scnor Garcia as the represen¬ 
tative. from Peru to the United States. He is 
expected to arrive here on the With inst. .Senor 
Medina, Secretary of Legation, will lie Charge 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
where the ceremony of laying tho last rail of 
the Pacific Railroad was to take place. Califor¬ 
nia furnished a splendid tie of California laurel, 
which was mounted with sliver, and also a gold 
spike. The hummer was of silver, and was at¬ 
tached to the telegraph wires in such a manner 
that each blow signaled itself over tho country. 
The proceedings were us follows: 
1. Prayer by Kov. Dr. John Todd of Pittsfield 
Pi ts* ' llM * tln k*he favor of heaven upon the i nter- 
1. Laying of two rails, one opposite the other-one 
“if Railroad mid one for the 
t entrnl Paclfle Railroad. 
Presentation of “pike, to the two t’ompaiilcs— 
on the part of Ciillfornm by Dr. Darkness, on llio 
part of Nevada by Hon. K. A grille, and on the part 
of Arizona by Governor gufiord. 
t. Ke“lion»e hv e.v-Governor Stanford on the purl 
Of the Central Paulite Hailroiui. 
a. Response by GeneialG. M. Dodge on the part of 
the Union Pacific Knllmnd. 1 
«>. Driven: "t the Inst spikes l.y the two Companies ; 
telegrupli lobe utup-hed to tin* spike of Die Central 
I ucltlc Lompany. and the. lust blow to announce to 
t o world by telegraph the completion of the Pacific 
ualiroau. 
7. Teiogrem to the Pieiodent of the United States, 
i to tho AKBucjiutctl I'j’oss. 
A Washington dispatch git os the following 
interesting particulars of tho event: 
The completion of the Pacific Railroad has mo¬ 
nopolized public attention hero to-day to tho ex¬ 
clusion Of everything else. The feeling is one 
of hearty rejoicing at tho completion of this 
greni work. There were no public observances, 
hut the arrangements made by the telegraph 
company to announce the completion of tho 
road simultaneously with the driving of the last 
spike were perlV c !. At 2:20 o'clock this after¬ 
noon, Washington time, nil t he telegraph offices 
in tho country were notitlod by tho Omaha tele¬ 
graph office to bo ready to receive ilie signals 
corresponding to the blows of the hammer that, 
drove tho Inst spike to the lust roll that united 
New York and San Francisco with a band of 
iron. Accordingly Mr. Tinker, Manager of tho 
Western Union Telegraph Office in this cily, 
placed n magnetic bell-sounder jn the public 
o*-' : 'o ol that Company, corner Fourtoonth- 
tho State Prison. 
Senor Sat rnstegni, the Spanish Consul at New 
low on Saturday afternoon, the 8th inst., and 
gave him important information about Cuban 
movements in that city, requesting him to pre¬ 
vent the departure of a war expedition which Is 
now preparing. The Marshal has received in¬ 
structions from the Slate Department to uso 
every precaution toward preventing any war 
vessel from leaving New York. About two hun¬ 
dred Cubans departed on the Gorman steamer 
Bremen ou the 9th Inst., it is thought with mar¬ 
tial intentions. 
ft, is now stated on authority that the Atlanl ie 
Cable lolls to the general public, on and after 
the first of June, are to bo $1 per word for each 
and every word, including address, date and 
signal uro; but no message will be charged a less 
sum than $10. A roduolion of fifty per cent, 
from these rates on political and general news 
deposited with the United States Treasurer an 
amount sufficient to cover its entire circulation. 
The notes of that bank are therefore redeemed 
at the Treasury Department. 
D is reported that the Secretary of the Navy 
has issued an order to tbo effect that the com¬ 
mandants of navy yards shall respect oil orders 
issued by Admiral Porter the same as if issued 
by Iho Secrelitry himself. These orders are to 
be signed “A. E. Boric, Secretary of the Navy, 
per I). D. Porter, Admiral.” This order is issued 
lo enable Admiral Porter to act in tho absence 
of the Secretary of tin* Navy. 
Brevet Major-General Jas. C. Robinson, Colo¬ 
nel Forty-third Failed Statos infantry 
rung, and steum whistles blown. At night, the 
whole city was Illuminated. The procession was 
the largest, and most enthusiastic over witnessed 
in San Francisco. Tho people turned out eu 
■Hume. Business was generally suspended. Neat ly 
every citizen exhibited a hearty interest in the 
demonstration. Tho military and civil display 
was grand. In addition to the State military, all 
the available United States troops from the 
several forts there participated, while Iho civic 
societies turned out with l ull ranks. 
The principal buildings were draped with Iho 
banners of every nation, and the streets were 
thronged with an excited and Joyous people. 
Tho shipping was dressed in line stylo. 
A dispatch- since proved spurious—from the 
junction or the road, announcing tho driving of 
the last spike of 1 he Control Pacific road atone 
o'clock A. M., sent a thrill through the city. 
Congratulatory messages were transmitted to 
the Directors of the Central Pacific and Union 
Pacific roods by the California Pioneers. 
The last lie and the last, rail were laid at 11:15 
A. ,M., San Francisco lime. A telegraph wire, 
running from Hie City Hall under the streets of 
tin; city and out. to Fort Point, was attached to a 
fifteen-inch gun, and at the first stroke on the 
I r,r| •'<Tty-third I lilted Statos infantry, V. R. C„ 
having at his own request been ordered before 
an examining hoard, is found Incapacitated for 
active service, on account, or wounds received 
at the battle of Spot tsyl vanin Court House. 
The finding of the Board is approved, and he Is 
retired with the full rank of Major-General. 
The colored delegation from A Icxandria, head¬ 
ed by it. D. Kelley, called upon the President 
recently, and had an interview concerning ap¬ 
pointments at Dial, place, and to tell him some¬ 
thing about the feeling of the colored people on 
the subject of reconstruction. 
The Spanish Minister has repeatedly, within 
the last two months, reported to the Secretary 
of State Unit expeditions were fitting out In this 
country for Gillian service, but did not produce 
t he proofs. The Secretary, however, directed 
inquiries to be made North and South, when it 
was ascertained there were no facts upon which 
to found proceedings. The proper officers fiavo 
been Instructed to exercise due vigilance to 
prevent the violation of the neutrality laws, 
which the Government, has assured tho Spanish 
Minister will bo enforced. 
A. M. Clapp, the newly elected Congressional 
printer, lias issued an address to wlmm it may 
concern, stating that he has learned that a prac¬ 
tice has heretofore prevailed to a greater or loss 
extent in the Government printing office of 
making it a theater >r brokerage and usury by 
loaning money tv those employed therein at an 
interest varying from ten to twenty per cent. 
l» r month, and asrerLs his intention to prohibit 
whatever it may be, and that twenty per cent, 
will bo demanded. 
Serious accidents occurred on tho 13th instant 
in lhe collieries near South Wilkcsbarro and 
Hyde Park, by which nine minors were severely 
injured, and some, it is feared, fatally. 
.tla rylau d. 
The t rial of Martha J. CalrOes for tho homi¬ 
cide of Nicholas MeComas at Jarrertsville, Har¬ 
ford county, Md., on the 10th of April last., was 
concluded in the Harford Circuit Court on 
Saturday evening tho 8th inst. The jury, after 
an absence of five minutes, brought in a verdict 
of “ not guilty.” When the verdict of acquittal 
was announced tho large crowd gathered in and 
about tho court-room cheered heartily and soon 
after, the “ Belair Band,” arid n largo number of 
followers proceeded to serenade the lady. The 
public generally, It Is said, maintain tho verdict. 
Hcr friends in Belair are raising a purse for her, 
and, as many have already given liberally, it is 
thought that tho sum will be quite large. 
Virginia, 
Os Monday, the 10th inst 
Chief Justice Clmse 
rendered a decision in the Circuit Court at Rich¬ 
mond reversing Judge Underwood's decision, by 
which Judge Sheffey, of the State Court, was 
removed from office as ineligible, under tho 
Fourteenth Amendment, and a negro named 
Ctesar Griffin, sentenced by him to imprison¬ 
ment, wits released. Mr. She trey was appointed 
under tho Alexandria Government before the 
Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, and was 
a de facto officer; and even if he Is ineligible tho 
convenience of the Stale must be consulted and 
another interpretation of the Amendment, pre¬ 
ferred. Under this decision Caxsar Griffin was 
returned to the custody of the State authorities, 
and Jeter Phillips, who was sentenced to death 
, was also remanded. 
comparatively heavy, averaging about half a 
million per day. The receipts from customs 
also continue heavy, and the indications of a 
largo revenue from that, 'branch of the service 
for the present month are good. Tho coin bal¬ 
ance iu tho Treasury was quite $87,000,000, which 
is increased $20,000,000 by coin certificates. 
A large number of the employes in tho Gov¬ 
ernment printing office have been recently 
dismissed. A son of Fred. Douglass, the first 
colored compositor ever employed in the Gov¬ 
ernment printing office, was appointed and 
assigned a case on the 10t.li inst. 
All the master workmen at the Washington 
Navy Yard are to be removed, and candidates 
for succession to their places have boon before 
the oxarniriing committee. 
Mr. Fubens, the confident ial agent of the St. 
Domingo Government, recently had an inter¬ 
view with Soerelnry Fish. The subject of an¬ 
nexation will receive official consideration at an 
curly day. The parties Interested in the annex¬ 
ation movement furnish an extract ol a letter 
from Professor Gabb, who says lie 1ms prospected 
two hundred square miles of gold-bearing terri¬ 
tory surpassing in richness any known portion 
on Friday, the 14th inst 
In the United States Court, on the 13th, in tho 
proceedings against tho United States Marshal 
of the District or Virginia in 1861 lor moneys 
turned over to the Confederate Government, 
the defendant pleaded the United States statute 
of limitations, and the plea was admitted by 
Chief Justice Chase, who was presiding, and tho 
United States was non-suited. This is an im¬ 
port ant decision, the plea put forward being the 
same that will be made by all postmasters in the 
Southern States, who, on the breaking out of the 
war, made the same disposition of Government 
funds. 
Alabama. 
The Board of Trade of Mobile has suggested 
the policy of requiring gold in payment lor all 
cotton which shall be sold hereafter in the South, 
ami has appointed u committee to correspond 
with tho Boards of Trade in other Southern 
cities, in order lo obtain that co-operatkm and 
unity of action, which, for success, this policy 
may require. 
Ex-Governor Parsons took part in a Demo¬ 
cratic meeting in Talladega on the 3d inst., and 
introduced a resolution declaring that the inter¬ 
ests of the people ol' that district “imperatively 
demands that a real citizen of the State should 
bo chosen to represent them in Congress—one 
who is known to them and knows their condi¬ 
tion, and who will pledge himself to use liis best 
endeavors to secure the removal of the disabili¬ 
ties imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment.” 
Louisiana. 
The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce met 
on the J3th to receive the delegation of the St. 
Louis Grain Association uud commercial editors, 
to devise some action in bulk grain. The dele¬ 
gation was introduced by Harry Hays and re¬ 
ceived by President J. H. Oglesby with a very 
patriotic welcoming address. Mr. L. R. Shreyoek 
followed, and stated that St. Louis had succeed¬ 
ed in interest ing President Grant in the move¬ 
ment, and that the appointment of a St. Louis 
merchant, Henry T. Blow, to the Brazilian mis¬ 
sion, was in 1 urtheranoe of the efforts to reclaim 
the South American trade with the Mississippi 
Valley. He read a series of interesting statistics 
of this trade previous to tho war. 
The steamship Mexico, which had been lying 
at the wharf for several weeks, took fire at two 
o’clock on the morning of Thursday, the 13th 
inst., and burned till she sunk, at six o’clock. 
No cargo or any combustibles were known to be 
on board. The fire was undoubtedly the work 
of an incendiary. The fire inspector reports the 
vessel recently sold—it is rumored to the Cubans. 
There is no insurance. 
The crevasse at Valler’s plantation, below New 
Orleans has been abandoned as hopeless. The 
repairs of the negro soldiers and plantation 
hands washed away as fast as constructed. The 
opening was about eighty feet wide and eight 
feet in depth at last accounts and is increasing. 
Another crevasse occurred on the 9th only half 
a mile below the city limits of New Orleans, but 
a company of negro soldiers, who were promptly 
sent from the barracks, closed the gap aud 
all tho plans of the new Court-house were con¬ 
sumed. 
A proposition was laid before tho Legislative 
Committee on Railroads, on the 13th inst., for 
consolidation into one road of the Boston and 
Lowell, Nashua and Lowell. Nashua and Con¬ 
cord, Northern, Vermont Central, aud Ogdons- 
burg Railroads, covering the entire line between 
Boston and Ogdensburg, New York. It is pro¬ 
posed to merge all these corporations into one, 
to be called the Great Northern Railroad. The 
bill authorizes the purchase of all the above 
named roads, and limits the capital stock of the 
new corporation to the capital stock and amount 
of indebtedness of the several roads, with the 
railroad and steamboat lines now leased by them, 
which the corporation is also empowered to buy. 
Ithode Island. 
The Providence municipal election took place 
on the 12th insl. The candidates for Mayor 
were GeorgeL. Clarke, Republican; Thomas A. 
Doyle, Sprague Republican: and Nicholas Van 
Slyck, Democrat. On Tuesday evening Mr. 
Doyle published a letter withdrawing from the 
canvass; but about an hour before the polls 
closed his friends mado a rally aud put in 
about a thousand votes, hoping to throw the 
election, as the vote was light. The movement 
was a failure, however. George L. Clarke was 
elected Mayor by a majority of 1,418 overall; 
