amount has been appropriated also for a survey 
of the proposed canal at Sault Ste. Marie. The 
survey of the contemplated canal at BayVerte 
is still incomplete. The delay was mainly caused 
by the inhabitants in the vicinity, who at night 
removed flags and poles erected in the daytime 
by the engineers, giving as their reason for do¬ 
ing so, that the poles and flags frightened away 
the wild geese. 
The contention existing between Nova Scotia 
and the Dominion Government is becoming 
more grave. At the late session of the Nova 
Scotia Legislat ure a law was passed disfranchis¬ 
ing all Dominion officials: upon which the Do¬ 
minion Parliament immediately passed a bill re¬ 
storing to them their civil rights. There will be 
intense excitement at the next election. 
The Hon. S. L. Tilley, the present Canadian 
Minister of Customs, is to be Governor of British 
Columbia. 
personal. 
Louis Napoleon is reported ill at Chiselhurst, 
confined to bis room. His hair is said to have 
grown white since the surrender of Sedan, and 
he ascribes the change to his confinement at 
Wilhelmshohe. 
The Princess Clotiide, eldest daughter of Vic¬ 
tor Emanuel, and wife of Prince Napoleon, is 
said to be an exceedingly kind-hearted and win¬ 
ning woman, and seems to ho esteemed and 
liked by everybody but her husband. A Geneva 
correspondent ascribes their disharmonies to the 
difference in their tastes and ages. Ho is in his 
49th year, while she is only 28. 
Guioche, the brigand of Arezzo, Italy, was 
shot recently by (he King's Carbineers. He was, 
it is said, the terror hut also the boast of the 
neighborhood: and, no less from admiration 
than from fear, he whs always sure, as long as 
he could elude the bloodhounds of the Jaw, of a 
supper and a sweetheart. Justioo was nvor and 
over again suspended by the dread of his anger; 
and tempting posts, usually so coveted In Itally, 
were refused by one official alter another in de¬ 
ference to his mandates. The mode of liis capture 
was in keeping with the remainder of his event¬ 
ful history. Three of his pursuers took refuge 
one evening with a poorand aged couple, and 
I heir suspicions wero at once aroused by seeing 
before them the promise of a more sumptuous 
repast than was warranted by the peasants' con¬ 
dition. Tbo supper was preparing for Guicche, 
and the fact Was extorted from the temporizing 
pair. The Carbineers lay in wait, for the solitary 
bravo, who soon came along singing a rispetto, 
or love song, and they dispatched him before lie 
lmd time to do more titan bite off one of their 
fingers. 
Germany. 
Tht: German papers declare tbat.it is absolute¬ 
ly necessary fur Germany to obtain possession 
of Heligoland, the small island in the North Sea, 
now belonging lo England. It is argued that if 
Germany owned the island she might reduce 
her naval force by one-half. 
It ussfa. 
Advices from St. Petersburg state that his 
Tmporu-' Mgjegiy, the Czar of Russia, lias an¬ 
nounced his intention o*' making an extended 
tour in the East litis spring. He will visit Con¬ 
stantinople and Athens. The tout will also in¬ 
clude the Holy Laud and a royal visit to .Terusa- 
lem. 
Turkey. 
Omer Pasha, Commander-in -Chief of the 
Turkish army, is dead. 
carrying through. But Saturday, April 15, on a 
preliminary vote relative to the disposal of one 
of these bills, Orange S. VYinnns of Chautauqua 
Co., who was elected a Republican, hud acted as 
one, and signed the ngreement. above referred 
to, rose in his seat and said: 
It Is well known, the circumstances under which 
we have been laboring tor the past tour or five days. 
It is also well known that a resolution was passed In 
a caucus of tnv parly, itt which l was not present, and 
which 1 signed not knowing what 1 signed,a.n«1 after¬ 
ward made, public without my know ledge or consent, 
and circulated throughout the length mid breadth of 
this State. 1 for one acknowledge mid concede that 
the Democrats on theflour of this House have a con¬ 
stitutional and legal majority, and until this outrage 
is redressed, 1 propose to stand here in my place and 
vote with the Democracy of this State everyday and 
upon every question. 
There are charges of corruption and bribery 
and the amount received by Mr. Win nqs for his 
defection from the Republican side of Assem¬ 
bly is variously surmised to be from £50,000 lo 
$100,000. 
Sunday, April 16, Frederick Cetll, an Italian 
painter of New York city, and his wife were in¬ 
sulted and attacked by a party of roughs, and 
was struck over the head with a revolver by one 
of them, when be drew u sheath knife and stab¬ 
bed Otari os Moore dangerously in the throat; 
Peter Hasset in the left breast, the knife pene¬ 
trating the lung; James Bowman in the arm. 
and Patrick Finn six times in back and throat. 
One or two of these will probably die. 
A deposit of genuine black diamonds, such as 
are used in drilling rocks, has been discovered in 
Mount Hope Township, Orange County. 
Maty G. Sheffer, Bister of the Rev. Dr. Van 
Ingcn of Rochester, N. Y., died suddenly in tlie 
streets of Poughkeepsie, on Saturday, April 15, 
of heart disease. 
April SO. the Assembly passed a hill for sepa¬ 
rate ballots and separate boxes for Representa¬ 
tives in Congress, State Senators and Assembly- 
men. 
Mr. Winans has published a letter in which he 
accuses his denouncers of corrupt intent and 
proclaims himself incorruptible. 
The announcement is made that the Czar of 
Russia Isto Visit thiscountry the present season, 
and will arrive in New York about July 1. 
New Hampshire, 
The death of Mr. Thrasher, Democratic Sena¬ 
tor elect to the New Hampshire Legislature, 
leaves a tie in the Senate, there being five Dem¬ 
ocrats and live Republicans. 
Mary Brock way recently celebrated her 104th 
birthday in East Washington, by splitting and 
carrying into the house half a cord ol wood. 
The Rev. Amos W. Burnham, DD., for forty- 
five years pastured the Congregational Church 
in Rindge, died a few days since at Keene, in the 
seventy-first year ot his age. lie was graduated 
at Dartmouth in the class of 1815. 
ITIa ssac Ii u sett*. 
An Anti-Income Tax Association has been 
formed in Boston, to test the constitutionality of 
the law. 
New Jersey. 
W.w. K. McDonald, the State Comptroller of 
New Jersey for six years, died of pneumonia, at 
Ids residence in Newark, April 14, after a week's 
illness. He was a native of Virginia, a graduate 
of Pri nceton Coi 1 ' *' 1 ' u.m had held several offices 
of trust and honor itq New Jersey. 
Penns) 1 vawla. 
Pittsburg, April Id. The suit of Jeunio Mc- 
Bride against J. C. Wagner, an oil merchant at 
Franklin. Pa., for breach of promise, was decid¬ 
ed yesterday in favor of the plaintiff, who got a 
verdict of $3,800. 
Ohio. 
The first exhibition of the Cleveland Horti¬ 
cultural Society was opened April 19. The dis¬ 
play of plants and flowers is large, and includes 
many rare specimens. This exhibition is said to 
be the finest ever held in Northern Ohio. 
IiiinolN. 
Capt. Samuel Noah, who died recently at 
Mount Pulaski, III., in his 93d year, was, before 
his decease, the oldest living graduate of the 
West Point Academy. 
On Friday, April 14, Valentine Bertbeney and 
John Loifert of Peoria, III., went on a gunning 
excursion near that city, since which time noth¬ 
ing has been heard from them. A cap belonging 
to one of them has boon found, and also an oar, 
loading to the conviction that both have been 
drowned. 
Wisconsin. 
Gov. FAiRcniLD, ill making up the “State 
Board of Charities and Reform," has appointed 
Mrs. Mary E. Lyndc of Milwaukee, one of the 
members. This is the first time in the history of 
the Slate that a woman has been made thus con¬ 
spicuous by au executive appointment. 
The house of Mathias Karle, at Germantown, 
was burned on Friday. April 14, and Mr. Karle 
and his wife perished in the flames. 
Missouri. 
Terry L. Hart, a well known citizen of Lou¬ 
isiana, Pike County, shot and killed Wm. Dang- 
sioti, a somewhat noted character, on Saturday, 
April 15, for alleged criminal connection with 
Hurt's wife. Hurt, was arrested and gave bail. 
Nebraska. 
The State Lunatic Asylum at Lincoln was 
burned April 17. Two Inmates aie supposed to 
have perished in the ruins, one of whom was 
chained in his cell. Loss, $150,000; insurance, 
$ 100 , 000 . 
Several days ago Daniel G. Hadden was found 
dead ata house of prostitution, in Omaha. From 
the evidence before the coroner’s jury it ap¬ 
peared that he bad committed suicide, and such 
was the verdict; but on April 17 Flora Clinton, 
an inmate of the house, acknowledged that she 
shot Hadden, and claims that she did it at his 
request. She lind attempted suicide since, but 
had failed. It is believed that she has unjuslly 
charged herself with the crime, that she may 
die by the law. 
North Carolina, 
George Apple-white, one of the most notori¬ 
ous outlaws of Robeson Comity, was killed by a 
party of citizens on Sunday, April 16. 
South Carolina. 
A Washington dispatch dated April 16, says: 
“Letters from Columbia, S. C., report another 
Ku-Kltix outrage on the morning of the 7th 
inst., in Belair, Lancaster Co., in that State. 
Twenty masked men, boldly announcing them¬ 
selves to he Kn-Klnx, entered the town, and 
going to the house of Mr. Law-son H. Long, a 
march ant, they dragged him out, and having 
inflicted about 170 severe blows, ordered him to 
leave the State w ithin fifteen days, on penalty 
of death. They then went to the house of Isaac 
Cowles, a quiet, inoffensive colored mechanic, 
burst down his door, dragged him out, and in 
his own yard, riddled him with bullets. One 
ball, that passed through his head, w-as sufficient 
to cause instant death. These men were ac¬ 
cused of no offense except that of being Repub¬ 
licans. Other citizens iu the same county have 
been threatened.’’ 
Texas. 
A Committee of the Texas Legislature has 
reported in favor of dividing that State into 
three parts, 60 as to form two new States—one 
to be called “East Texas," the other “West 
Texas.” 
choice of 16 Republicans and six Democrats as 
members of the Legislature. 
Washington. 
CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL BANKS. 
April 18. The following items nppear in the 
abstract of the condition of all National Banks 
in the United States, exclusive of one each in 
Texas, Oregon, New Mexico and California, 
from which reports have not been received, 
showing their condition at the close of business 
March 18: 
RESOURCES. 
Loans and Discounts.$767,074,340 
United States Bonds. 389,576.500 
Hue from other Banks, &c. 124JJ8S.325 
Specie. 25,466,400 
I.ciral Tender Notes. K8.719.529 
Cleiiring-ilmise Certificates. 26,599,009 
Three per cents. 19,200,000 
LIABILITIES. 
Capital.$443,057,700 
Profits. 140,613.000 
Hunk Notes outstanding. 303,4)6,053 
Individual Deposits. 560,597,720 
United Slates Deposits. . )0,732,892 
Resources and Liabilities. 1,624,371,845 
WEEKLY CURRENCY STATEMENT. 
The receipts of fractional currency for the 
week ending April 15, amount to $873,500. 
Shipments. 
Notes. $869,342 
Fractional Currency. 445,142 
Treasurer Spinner holds In trust as seeu- 
nfy for ■circulating notes. 355.662,5"0 
And tor public deposits... 15,927,600 
National Bank circulation at this date. 313,773,841 
National Gold Bank notes In circulation... 440,000 
Internal Revenuo receipts to-day........... 290.619 
Total for month. 5,314,624 
Grand Total.... 116,657.86) 
A dispatcli dated April 18, soys:—“The coil- 
vietion in daily becoming stronger here that a 
change is contemplated in the Treasury Depart¬ 
ment, though there is inuoh doubt it it is made 
immediately, as uo successor to Mr. Bout well is 
known to have been selected. The dispatch 
from Vienna, to-day, announcing that Mr. Jay 
lias been transferred to Constantinople, is 
thought, by some, to reveal a part of tlie pro¬ 
gramme of the Administration in regard to this 
matter, as it was reported quite recently, in cer¬ 
tain circles here, that Mr. Uoutwell was to be 
made Minister to Austria when he left the Treas¬ 
ury Department. The report that Senator Mor¬ 
ion is to succeed Mr. Bontwcll is, however, 
without the slightest foundation, that gentle¬ 
man having not only denied it to-day, but hav¬ 
ing recently assured a friend that he will accept 
uo appointment from the Government. 
THE WOMEN WANT TO VOTE. 
April 14.—This afternoon a number of ladies 
appeared at Hie City Hall, and handed to one of 
the registrars the following petition: 
“ Wo, the umlnridgnotl nlllr.ims of Washington, be¬ 
lieving it to bo our solemn duty and a part of the 
aliegiaoct! we owe to our Maker, to our country, and 
to our homes, to exercise the right of the elective 
franchise, hureby earnestly petition that oumanies 
be registered as qualified voters in our be very I dis¬ 
trict.*." 
The petition was signed by sixty-four women. 
The applicants were informed that the Board of 
Registrars were unanimous in the opinion that, 
under the law, none but males have the right to 
register. Thewomen then made application tit 
the registering places of their respective dis¬ 
tricts, but were again informed Hint they couid 
not be rj 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Congressional. 
NOMINATIONS. 
April 14, tbo President sent the following 
nominations to the Senate: 
Benjamin II. Cowan, of Oh)*, to be Assistant Sec¬ 
retary of the Interior; .lames II. Baker ot Minne¬ 
sota, to tie OonimlsBiouer of Pensions-, .lames Mc¬ 
Gregor, to lie Pension Agent ut Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Postmasters,~t'\ L. Bpitnhllng, Janesville, Mich.; 
Mr#. Sarah Hacklemnn. ftnuhville. iiid.j C. W. Kiy, 
Bryan. O; Daniel Porter. Somerville, N. J.; N. P. 
Sunderland, Burlington, Iowa. 
April 18.~ The President soot the following 
Dominations to thu Senate to-day: 
John W. Thompson to be member of the Council 
Legislative Assembly of the Dlutriet of Columbia, 
vice ft. If- Milter, declined. 
i Jon suit, N. N, Kdgoromb of Maine, at Capetown, 
Africa; K. I, Shephard, Ohio, at Tlen-Tsln. China; 
Edwin Lyon of l’enneylvnnin, ot Pa*no del Norte ; 
Allred N. Dockery, at Stettin; P. At. Nickerson, at 
Bat.-i via. 
Zltcharmh E. Thomas to lie United States Marshal 
for the Northwestern District of \ luhama. 
Jesse Taylor to he Collector of internal Revenue 
for the Sixth District of Tennessee. 
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., to be Supervising Inspector- 
Genera) (it Steamboats. 
John A. HeKtand. Naval Officer at Philadelphia. 
Benjamin II. Smith, Surveyor of Customs, at Glou¬ 
cester, Mas*. 
Benjamin F. .MrJmire, to fie First. Lieutenant tn 
the Revenue Marine Service. 
W. It. Henderson, to be Collector of internal Reve¬ 
nue for tliu Thirty-first District of New York. 
It. M. smith, Indian Agent, for Michigan. 
David Blakely, to bo Pension Agent at Chicago. 
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. 
April 15, the Senate confirmed the following 
nominations; 
Benjamin R. Cowan of Ohio, to be Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of the Interior. 
/D.'iMsorn nf Internal JJevcnne, — Townsend North, 
Sixth District Of Michigan ; George S. Smith, Eighth 
District, ot Virginia ; .fames '1'. Rapier. Second Dis¬ 
trict of Alabama; W. S. l.aidlow. Thirty-first Dis¬ 
trict of Now York; J. B. Strong, Twenty-fourth Dis¬ 
trict of New York ; W. T. Evans, Twenty-ninth Dis¬ 
trict of New York, 
criterion rtf Internal Keren ru.—15. K. Snead, First 
District of Virginia; W. B. McCreery, Sixth District 
of Michigan. 
George W. Much and Samuel H. Pook, to be Naval 
Constructors, to fill vacancies. Joseph M. Liver¬ 
more, to he Surveyor of Eastport. Maine, and the 
District of Piissamaqnoddy Bay. Isaac J. Dickson, 
to be Untied States Marshal for the District, of Ari¬ 
zona Territory. E. <% Cunningham, to he Surveyor- 
General for the District of Nebraska. D. It. Wag- 
st.niT, to lie Receiver ol Public Money at Butina, 
Kansas. 
Poshtuuttrs.—fi. D. Bingham, at Lansing, Mleh.; 
I). 8. Oilgcr, at, HUumoktn, Pa.; Rachael McKtbbon, 
at Middletown, Pii. ; N. li. Sunderland,nr. Burlington, 
Iowa : Daniel Porter, ut, Bonier*ett. N. .).: C. C. Web¬ 
ster, at Red Wing, Minn.; George II, Keith, at Min¬ 
neapolis, Mine,; F. It. Swift, ut Detroit, Mich.: W. 
F. riute, at Three Rivers. Mich.; G. W. Atkinson, 
ut Kanawha CourL House, W. Vu. 
April 17.—The Senate to-day confirmed the 
following nominations by the President.; 
Tn be Members of the l.cgir.latinr Assembly of flic 
District of Columbia (nr one Tear.— Geo. F. OultOk, 
John A. Gray, Daniel L. Eaton, Samuel Cross and A. 
K. Brown. Tn hr Members Jnr Turn Veers,- Adolphus 
I lull, Frederick Douglass, wm. Bttckney and Daniel 
Smith. 
James IF Balter of Minnesota, to be Commissioner 
of Pensions. 
Goo. W. Holt, to be Consul at Gnspe Basin. 
N. A. Elwlng tn be Consul at Stockholm. 
Collectors of Internal Ttcvitme. — J. W. Clift, First 
District, of Georgia; II. C. Manning, Fou rth teri a 
of Texas. _- ■ ~ ~ 
i at Pittsburgh,Pa.; 
ml 11 1 II III n •' kKDUrg. Miss. 
*«* / lr"7 rrnmolAous. Paymasters Wm. II. Williams 
and elms. K. Guild to be advanced ten numbers cacti 
in their grade. 
Postmasters,- Miss E, G. Colburn, at Franklin, N. 
Jl.; Alonzo Snow, Port Deposit, Maryland; W. C. 
Hnydcr, Fulton. Ill • CIius.Snttt.herd. Morris. Ill ; 15. 
R. Brown. Elmwood ; A. C. Paxton. Lock port, 111.; S. 
II. Hocniaknr, DeWltt, Iowa ; Henry It. Cowles, 
Washington, Iowa; James Davalsou, Monticello, 
Iowa; H. Ji. Robinson, Washington 4). II.. Ohio; R. 
B. MePhersott. ClYde, Ohio; E. G. Smith, Gabon, 
Ohio; C. W. Ely, Bryan. Ohio: Mrs. Surah Hackle- 
man, Ruidiviilc, Indiana; H. W, HstWll. Leroy, N. 
Y,; 0. L. Spalding,.tonesvilie, Mleh.; G. B. Cunning- 
liana, Ilaycs City. Kansas. 
April 19. —The Senate confirmed the following 
nominations: 
Thomas M. Bowen of Arkansas, to be Governor of 
Idaho Territory. 
C. P. Garla nd, United States Attorney for the West¬ 
ern District Of Texas. 
W. W, Edgecomb of Maine, to be Consul at Cape 
Town. 
K, T. Shepard of Ohio, Consul at Tien-Tsin. 
Jesse Taylor, Collector of internal Revenuefortbe 
Sixth District of Tennessee. 
Edwin Eells, Indian Agent for Washington Terri¬ 
tory. 
H W. Friekh. Collector of Internal Revenue. Third 
District Of Arkansas. 
F. McK. Dunn, Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise 
at New Orleans. 
Benjamin II. Smith, Surveyor of Customs for the 
District of Gloucester, Muss. 
David Blakely, Pension Agent at Chicago. 
John W. Thompson and Charles F. Peck, to be. 
members of the Council of Legislative Assembly of 
the District of Columbia lor two years. 
Tn be Cinmuts.— Pliny M. Nickerson of Massachu¬ 
setts, ut Batavia; Edwin Lyon "f Pennsylvania, at 
Passu del Norte ; Alfred F. Dockery of North Caro- 
France. 
April 15, the following dispatch was received 
from Versailles?:—"The fighting of tiie last two 
days has resulted in the triumph of the Com¬ 
munists. Their troops occupy Asnieros, Vi try, 
Mbulinsaquet, Villejulf. HatKeabtUycres, a part 
of Chatillon, and Neuilly. They have erected 
new batteries before the Porte Maillot. The 
Versailles army is now posted on this side of 
Clioisy le Roi, Chevilly and L’Hay. Marshal 
MacMuhon, who commands, announces Hint lie 
will remain on the defensive until his army is 
greatly reinforced. The ultimate triumph of 
I he Commune is notv regarded hero In Versailles 
as probable." 
April 16, dispatches state that Saturday night 
there were five assaults by the Government 
troops against A r auvres, resulting in a complete 
victory for the Communists, with a loss Of LOW 
Government soldiers killed. 
In Paris the sale of horse flesh has been re¬ 
sumed, and there are other indications of 
scarcity. 
The Germans at Creteil have been reinforced 
with 18,000 men, and are preparing to intervene. 
Rochefort demands t hat Marshal MacMuhon, 
Gens. Vilioy and Gftlllpel, Jules Favre and Jules 
Picard shall be brought into Paris chained by 
couples and taken round the point of I he Champs 
Elysees, where the relatives of the insurgent 
National Guards killed in action should do what 
they pleased with them. 
A Paris dispatch, April 19, says:—The Com¬ 
munist troops were badly defeated yesterday, 
and driven back of the Seine. 
There has been an incessant, fall of rain for 
days past. The markets are badly supplied. Bul¬ 
locks. before they are killed, sell lor a shilling 
per pound. 
The Commune decrees that all debts shall be 
paid within three years from the 15th of July, in 
twelve equal installments, and that the debtors 
alienating their assets shall be deemed guilty of 
fraudulent bankruptcy. 
The Paris troops are said to be greatly discour¬ 
aged by their sufferings and losses. 
TnE condition of pauis. 
A Paris correspondent, writing April 5 says: 
We live here under the reign of terror, and it 
appears, to read the placards with which the 
walls are covered, that the welfare oi France 
depends entirely upon the maintenance Of 7’-.c 
men in the Commune at the post they have 
usurped, it is strange and Incomprehensible 
that so many poor devils should lot themselves 
bo killed for n cause so unworthy of interest. I 
took loo much for granted at fiist the intelli¬ 
gence of the men who have seized upon the cap¬ 
ital of France. 1 did ihom the honor to think 
that they had In their beads some ideas, true or 
false, borrowed from the different Socialistic 
schools. I now see that this fs uoti the case. All 
they do is worthlessand unmeaning. They abuse 
Ihe Assembly, impeach men who are notin their 
power, seize on their property without being 
able tn derive uny benefit from it, issue decrees 
against clmi clies and congregations without be¬ 
ing able to strike at them efficaciously, break 
open a few coffers, plunder a few churches, 
Imprison a few Jesuits, Hie Archbishop of 
Paris, and the Cure of the Madeleine, mo¬ 
lest and annoy many people, not daring to 
cut off their heads, hut putting them to ran¬ 
som, and for all application of Socialistic ideas 
are satisfied with throwing open the registry of¬ 
fices to workmen out of work, and with prom¬ 
ising work which they have not got. to give. It 
would be difficult to Invent the said work, which 
fails everywhere. Rather ft would be easy to 
revive labor, but it would be by restoring Paris 
to herself and to France, from which they have 
violently separated her. But as they have struck 
at human life, at. property, at liberty', as they 
have suppressed men and newspapers, they are 
in a fair way to suppress also labor, and to con¬ 
demn the population of Paris to die of hunger. 
Canada. 
Ottawa, April 18. —The Governor-General 
prorogued the Fourth Session of the First Par¬ 
liament of the Dominion of Canada. “In rela¬ 
tion to Manitoba, the Governor-General cited, 
as signally marking the completion of the union 
of that province, the extension of the criminal, 
military and oilier statutes therein, the acts for 
the survey niul granting of lands, which were 
modeled on a system tested by experience, and 
which offer a free home to all, without distinc¬ 
tion, who desire to settle in the country. Dur¬ 
ing the recessHieGovernor-Genorul says be will 
take Steps to negot iate with the Indian tribes in 
Manitoba and the Norte west Terriiory, in order 
to urrnngo their titles to lands. The session just 
closed has witnessed the initial measures forth© 
admission of British Columbia into the Domin¬ 
ion. I will transmit the addresses passed by tbe 
Senate and House for submission toller Mujesty. 
I trust that next session will view as an accom¬ 
plished fact the union of all Her Majesty's con¬ 
tinental possessions in North America, and 
uherisb the hope that the result of the census 
will show a rapid advance in population and 
property. The fishery question is now under 
consideration by the High Commission, and 1 
am confident every effort is being made to se¬ 
cure a result, such ns will meet the reasonable 
expectations of the Canadians, and tend to the 
preservation, lasting unity, and good feeling 
between Great Britain and the United Slates." 
In the Canadian Senate, April 15, Mr. Ryan in¬ 
quired if the Joint High Commission should 
come to an arrangement on the San Juan boun- 
dary and fishery questions, whether Parliament 
would have full opportunity for expressing an 
opinion concerning such arrangement. Mr. 
Campbell replied that any measure relating to 
those subjects would first be submitted to Par¬ 
liament before a treaty was Bigned. 
A dispatch dated Ottawa, April 14, says:—The 
Canal policy of theGovernment, which loomed 
up so largely in tbe Governor’s speech, lias 
dwindled down to a grant of $000,000, to be ex¬ 
pended in thedeepeningof the St. Lawrenceand 
Welland Canals, and the improvement of some 
portions of the St. Lawrence River. A small 
allies, howcvbrrWLTtj 
WSbn and kept for record. A cosmopolitan pro¬ 
fessor of medicine said, in a short speech, that 
the debarring of her sex from the right, to regis¬ 
ter was adding a new proof that this is “a tyran¬ 
nical Government, sustained by force and not 
by justice.” One of the registers replied that, if 
the women felt themselves aggrieved, they must 
apply to the courts for their remedy. They 
thereupon withdrew, expressing themselves 
with much earnestness on heine deprived of 
their rights. A mong the petitioners for suffrage 
to the Board oi Registers to-day were Grace 
Greenwood, Mrs. E. D. E. N. South worth, Mary 
A. Dennisou, and several lady physicians. 
SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION. 
A Washington correspondent saysThere 
is a popular error current throughout the coun¬ 
try that the Southern Claims Commission, re¬ 
cently organized under authority ot Congress, 
and now in session in this city, has power to ad¬ 
judicate and pay the class of claims they were 
appointed to consider. The Commission has no 
authority whatever. Its dudes are merely to 
examine the evidence as presented by Claimants 
coming under the law of Congress, to hear tes¬ 
timony, and to present the facts to Congress, 
with such papers and reports as may seem neces¬ 
sary. Many lawyers, it is said, in order to Ob¬ 
tain possession of the oases, lead the claimants 
to suppose that they cun obtain their money 
from the Government, thus making promises 
which they cannot fulfill. Congress will be 
slow to net on the oases, and eacli one will de¬ 
pend altogether upon Us justness and the cer¬ 
tainty of the proofs." 
THE CENSUS. 
Gen. .Walker, Superintendent of the Census, 
reports that the enumeration is still incomplete, 
full returns nut having been received from the 
States of Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio 
and Texas. He says, however, that advices 
from the several Marshals yet In arrears, justify 
the expectation that complete returns from the 
entire country will be received by the first of 
next month. 
PERSONAL NEWS. 
April 17.-Chief-Justice Clmse presided on 
the bench of the Supreme Court to-day, for the 
first time in nearly a year. He sat with the 
Court for four hours, leaving once for a few 
minutes to rest. He looks much better than 
when lie left a year Ago, and although his health 
is yet feeble, be believes his strength will enable 
him to pofoitm his duties for the remainder of 
the present term. 
The Earl de Grey and Ripon, it is said, has had 
the good fortune to find a relative of his family 
in the wife of Gen. Ricketts of Washington, and 
seems even more pleased with the discovery 
than does the lady herself. 
The President has nominated Frederick Doug¬ 
lass to be a member of the legislature of the 
District of Columbia. 
AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE. 
The President lias issued a proclamation con¬ 
vening an extra session of the Senate May 10. 
New York. 
The most exciting event of the past, week, po¬ 
litically, may be briefly stated thus: The resig¬ 
nation of Mr. Irving, who struck Mr. Weed,left 
the Democrats without a majority in the As¬ 
sembly and enabled the Republicans to block 
what was regarded as purely partisan legislation. 
The Republicans held a caucus at. which resolu¬ 
tions were adopted (each member agreeing by 
his signature to be bound by them) pledging eacli 
other to uniformly oppose the passage of certain 
bills which the Democrats were interested in 
Nearly Every Advertiser, who makes adver¬ 
tising pay, contracts through a responsible 
Agency, experience having taught them, to avail 
themselves of the services of those who have 
made the business a study. The Agency of Geo. 
P. Rowell & Co., Nu. 40 Park Row, Now York, is 
the most competent in the country, and many of 
the largest advertisers make all their contracts 
through them. 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
STAMMERING CURED 
by Bates' Appliances. For description, address 
SIMPSON & CO.. Box 5076. New York. 
0 mmerris*I, SWhcfs 
MONEY AND TRADE AETAIRS. 
New Yore, Saturday, April 22, 1S71. 
During the present week the Wall street markets 
as well as general trade, were quite as active as re¬ 
ported for the previous fortnight. The Jteavy busi¬ 
ness in Foreign Dry Goods, noticed some time past, 
is running late into the Spring, and since our last 
report a large fleet of European steamers lias added 
10 the stocks on sale eight or ten valuable cargoes of 
British and Continental Goods. The Importers, who 
for the greater part are the mere commission mer¬ 
chants for the original manufacturers on the other 
side, use the New York Auction rooms very exten¬ 
sively for disposing of the goods consigned to them, 
and it is remarked this Spring that tiie sales are al¬ 
most invariably well attended and the catalogues 
gone through with at satisfactory prices, The de¬ 
mand for General Foreign Merchandise and for 
Domestic Consumption Goods also continues active., 
while the exports of Domestic Produce from this port 
are less satisfactory than could be desired under the 
large Dade balances running against die country for 
our Spring importations. The consequence is that 
the shipment of Gold Coin and other Specie for the 
week has gone up to two and a half millions. The 
Secretary of the Treasury, to meet this demaud out of 
his liberal surplus on hand, sold on Thursday $ 4 , 000 ,- 
000 Gold, in place of his advertised sum of $ 2 , 000,000 
per week, which not only supplied tiie export demand 
but checked the tendency of speculation in the Street 
lo higher Gold, which had already run up from no}/ 
to iiiyj per cent. The movement was a surprise to 
the Gold Operators, who had bid for nearly $ 5 , 000,000 
in competition with each other, not expecting to be 
awarded more than $ 2 , 000 , 000 , as high as in^@m -A 
per cent. After the award of $ 4 , 000,000 the price fell 
to per cent. 
Government Stocks have advanced almost 1 per 
cent, and the market left off strong at 112 % per cent, 
for 5 . 20 s. of 1867, including interest since January 
and for 1862 s. 114 per cent, including Interest since 
November j. The long 6 per cents, of i 88 r are 117 , 
and the 10-405 per cents, iogJ< per cent The Treasury 
bought Oil Wednesday $ 3 , 000,000 of 5 . 20 s. at no}/© 
ncJ 4 and accrued interest, which price was alone 
equal to the open market. The Gold bearing 6 per 
cent. Bonds of the Central Pacific Road have gone up 
to par, and the Union Pacifies to 89 per cent. The 
Union Currency Land Grants have advanced from 
75 to 79 }4 pur cent. The old established Mortgage 
Bonds oi ihe Western Roads are also on tiie advance 
