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Congress.— .Tan. 20. — On the opening of the 
Senate a statue of Gen. Nathaniel Greene (a 
sketch of whom we gave in the. last volume of 
the Rural,) was formally presented to Congress 
by Senator Anthony, In the name of the State of 
Rhode Island, mid he took occasion to address 
the Senate on the lifo and elm ranter of the old 
hero. Senators Sumner, Sawyer and Morrill fol¬ 
lowed Senator Anthony. Concurrent resolutions 
were adopted accepting the statue and thanking 
the Governor and the people of the State for 
tho valuable gi ft. Several new bills were intro¬ 
duced, among them one incorporating a Tele 
graph Postal Company with pecular duties and 
powers. The Virginia Bill was taken up and a 
long debate ensued, but* without final action 
upon It the Senate, at 0:35 P. M-, adjourned. 
In the House a petition was presented, signed 
by 22,000 citizens ot Utah, praying for admission 
as a State. A bill offered by Mr. Bingham, pro¬ 
vides for making It a penal offence for any per¬ 
son to propose to repeal tho action of a State 
Legislature In ratifying any proposed con titu- 
tlonal amendment. Among the rcsolut ions was 
one declaring the absence- of constitutional au¬ 
thority in making t reaties which involve the ab¬ 
sorption ol' foreign territory, without the con¬ 
sent of the-House. The League Island Navy 
Vnrd Bill was taken up and discussed during the 
morning hour ; Mr. Scofield spoke at length In 
reply to tho speech of Mr. Dawes, made on the 
18th, upon this subject. In Committee of tho 
Whole the Weal. Point Academy Bill was con¬ 
sidered. An amendment for adding two Sena¬ 
tors and three Representatives to the Board of 
Visitors was added to, and the bill was then 
reported to the House nml there passed. A reso¬ 
lution reported from the Printing Committee In 
regard to printing n large number of the reports 
of the Special Commissioner of Revenue, led to 
a long dJfecuasfon on the subject ol' tariff versus 
free trade, In which a general interchange of 
vimvs took place. Tho House refused to table 
the resolution by a vote of 51 to 128, and under 
the previous question it was adopted without a 
division. At 4:30 P. M. the House adjourned. 
.Ian. 21. In the Senate u memorial was pre¬ 
sented signed by 1,400 army officers, tusking for 
increased pay. The presentation of several 
petitions for the abolition of t he franking privi- 
lego led to quite a discussion on the subject, in 
which the action of t he Postmaster-General in 
forwarding petit ions and blanks free of charge 
through the malls was severely criticised. Bills 
wore introduced by (Senator Patterson to abolish 
tho Freed men's Bureau and to provide for a 
Bureau of Education ; and by Senator Pomeroy 
proposing a Sixteenth Amendment, to the Con¬ 
stitution providing Tor universal suffrage. Tito 
discussion of the Virginia Bill was ended and 
the vote taken. Senator Drake’s amendment 
wns adopted, by a vote of 31 t o 28. It affixes 
fundamental conditions to the admission of the 
State, and prohibits any change or amendment 
to the State Constitution to deprive citizens o£ 
tho right of franchise who nvo now entitled to 
vote, except as a punishment for crime. A fur¬ 
ther amendment by Senator Drake imposing 
further conditions that tho State should never 
deprive any citizen, on account of race, color or 
previous condition of servitude, from holding 
office was adopted yens 30, nays 23. Another 
amendment by Senator Wilson in regard to 
school rights was adopted by a vote of 31 to 20. 
Tho preamble of the House bill was then 
changed by a substitute setting forth that Vir¬ 
ginia bad adopted a Constitution republican In 
form, and that the Legislat ure elected under It 
had ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth 
Amendments In good faith as a condition pre¬ 
cedent to representation. This substitute was i 
adopted by a vote of 39 to 20. The bill, as 
amended, wns then passed to a third reading by 
a voteof yeas 17. nays 10. -The Senate adjourned 
until Monday the2411). 
In the House, but little new business was re¬ 
ceived, and the day was passed In discussion. 
Gen. Butler made several unsuccessful attempts 
to obtain the floor and reply to tho recent 
speech of Mr. Dawes on ret renchment. Mr. Ela 
of New Hampshire addressed the House In favor 
of a reduction of the tariff on all manufacturing 
materials; and Mr. Coburn of I ndiutm, and other 
members, on the currency question. 
Jan. 22.—lr the House the day was devoted to 
a general discussion on the stale ot the Union in 
Committee of the Whole. About fifty members 
were present. Mr. Stokes opened the debate 
with a speech on Tennessee polities and tho 
standing of Gov. Sen ter. lie was followed by 
Mr. Moore or Illinois, in favor of the removal of 
the Capitol Westward. Mr. Kerr spoke at length, 
arraigning the Republican party for a malad¬ 
ministration of public affairs. Gen. Logan ad¬ 
dressed the Committee on the Capitol removal, 
and Mr. Beck mnden speech strongly advocating 
economy In public expenditures and. a reduction 
of the tax on the producing Interest of the coun¬ 
try. The latter discussed at length the currency 
and financial questions, nml attacked the Na¬ 
tional banking system, terming it a “swindle." 
Mr. Washburn of Wisconsin followed In reply to 
Messrs. Moore anti Logan, speaking against the 
removal of tho Capitol. At 4:30 F. M. the Com¬ 
mittee rose and tho House adjourned. 
Jan. 24. In the Senate the credentials of 
Lott M. Morrill of Maine, elected l’or the 
late Senator Fessenden’s unexplred term, were 
presented. A number of petitions were pre¬ 
sented ; among thorn Senator Fenton presented 
a memorial of the citizens of Western New 
York, in relation to certain manufacturing in¬ 
terests, embracing Che productions of saw mills, 
&c., in Western New York and along the North¬ 
ern border, praying Congress to remove the 
present duty of twenty per cent, upon t imber 
brought in from Canada, which enters Into 
t hese productions; and that t lie tux now resting 
on this class coming from the Dominion shall be 
removed. Sonn lor Conkllng presented Otic from 
the Buffalo Board of Trade against tho cent in- ’ 
uanco or renewal of the income tax. A resolu¬ 
tion granting n pension to Mrs. Lincoln, intro¬ 
duced by Senator Wilson of Massachuset ts was 
referred to the Finance Committee. Senator 
Sherman’s bill to provide a national currency of 
k coin and notes, and to equalize the distribution 
> and circulation of notes, was discussed at length 
by Senators Sherman, Davis, Howe and Sumner. 
In the House a number of petitions were pre- 
_ sen tod for the abolition of the franking privi¬ 
lege, and for a reduction of the tax on ship¬ 
building. Mr. Mungen presented a petition, 
signed by one hundred and fifty-four citizens of 
Worcoster, Mass., for a repudiation Of the na¬ 
tional debt. Among the bills Introduced wore 
the following:—To fix the compensation of let¬ 
ter carriers in cities at $1,200; to increase the 
salary of the Minister to Chinn; to increase the 
number of United States Supremo Court Judges; 
for bounty to colored soldiers; to regulate the 
mode of detcrmlng the ratification of Constitu¬ 
tional Amendments; to regulate pensions on a 
gold basis; to provide for the health and safety 
of coal miners; to authorize the people of New 
Mexico to form a Constitution and Slate Gov¬ 
ernment preparatory to admission into the Un¬ 
ion; and to extend the money-order system to 
branch Post-0 Aloes in large cities. Mr. Wash- 
bunic’s Postal Telegraph Bill was referred to a 
Select Committee. A long debate was engaged 
in, principally between Mcftsrx. Brooks of Now 
York, and Butler of Massachusetts,on the Geor¬ 
gia question. Tho Senate Virginia Bill was also 
discussed, Goti. Butler makingaspeech, in which 
he referred to tho course of Messrs. Bingham 
and Farnsworth, who replied, and the bill was 
finally agreed to by a vote of 130 to 57. At live 
i*. M. tho House adjourned. 
Jan. 25. -The Senate spent the day in debating 
tho Currency Bill, the House Mill relative to the 
collodion of the income tax this year, and some 
ot her general business. 
In the House but little business wns done. 
Among the petitions was one from Belfast, Me., 
protesting against American registers for for¬ 
eign-built ships and praying for a reduction of 
tax on the shipping interests. A bill granting a 
pension to the widow of the late General Mower 
was Introduced, but, after some debate, was 
withdrawn. A long debate occurred on tin? re¬ 
port made in April Inst declaring A. S. Wallace, 
of tho Fourth District of (South Carolina—whose 
election was contested— entitled to his seat. The 
report was finally re-committed. 
Jan. 28.—The session of tho Senate was again 
almost, entirely consumed with the discussion 
on tho Currency Bill. Senator Buckingham in¬ 
troduced a bill supplementary to the Currency 
Act of 1804, to authorize free banking under 
that ad. The credentials of Janie.-. H. Howell 
of Iowa, elected to fill the vacancy occasioned 
by tho resignation of Senator (’.rimes, were pre¬ 
sented. and the new Senator took Hie oath of 
office. Among the petitions was one from 3,2(Kl 
citizens of New York, praying for woman's suf¬ 
frage, and one from Thomas A. Hendricks, 
and others of Indiana, lor an increase of the sal¬ 
ary of Judges of the United States Courts. 
in the House, General Butler, early in the 
session, got the floor and made a long speech in 
reply to that of Mr. Dawes on retrenchment, to 
which the latter briefly replied. General But¬ 
ler declared that the figures given by Mr. 
Dawes were not correct, and that economy was 
pract iced in all the departments. Another de¬ 
bate occurred on the bill transferring the Navy 
Yard at Philadelphia to Longue Island, and the 
bill was finally tabled. Several petition*, a num¬ 
ber lor the abolition of t he franking privilege, 
were presented, and also several resolutions of 
inquiry, Mr. Jones of Kentucky, offered a res¬ 
olution looking towards repudiation, but the 
House refused to adult it. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
President Grant signed t he bill for t he ad¬ 
mission of Virginia on tho afternoon of t he 25th. 
On the 26th the House Postal Committee dis¬ 
cussed at great length the proposition of Mr. 
Hill of New Jersey, to abolish tho franking 
privilege. The Committee unanimously agreed 
to report a bill prohibiting the passage through 
the mails of any matter without prepayment 
thereon, the law to take effect on nnd after the 
1st of July next. This uot, only abolishes the 
franking privilege, but will prohibit papers cir¬ 
culating free throughout the mails In the coun¬ 
ties where they are printed, which under the 
prosent law is allowed. 
The President has appointed Lieut.-Gov. Cura- 
back of Indiana, United States Minister to Por¬ 
tugal, in the place of Bhellabarger, resigned; 
and E. S. Nadal of New Jersey, Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of Legation at London, vice Gen. Badcau, 
who resigned some time since, and is now on 
duty in Washington. 
The Department of State has received from 
Hie United States Consul at Amoy, China, copies 
of an important order from the Foreign Board 
at. Pekin, to tho Commissioners of Customs at 
treaty ports, in regard to the lawful emigration 
ot Chinese to the Pacific coast. The opinion is 
expressed that. Ifong Kong will be the only port 
from which it will be profitable in the future to 
ship coolies. 
The recognition of the leaders of the Bed River 
insurrection by the Hudson's Bay Company as 
the only legitimate Government in Rupert’s 
Land, has, It la said, excited some comment in 
Washington. It is announced that a bill will be 
passed at the next session or the Dominion Par¬ 
liament to construct n Canada Pacific Railway, 
sons to change Hie desire for annexation now 
gaining ground among tho Red River people; 
and it is thought the Home Government will 
guarantee dividends on t he stock. 
Prince Arthur attended church at Washing¬ 
ton on Sunday, the 23d ult., at tho Church of the 
Epiphany. Ho was attended by his suite and 
tho members of the British Ministry, and occu¬ 
pied the pew of tho English Minister, who, with 
his wife, was also present. On Tuesday, tho 25th 
ult., the Prince visited (he Treasury Depart¬ 
ment at Washington and made a tour of inspec¬ 
tion through the building. In the afternoon he 
attended the reception of Mrs. Grant at the 
Executive Mansion. 
New York, 
In the State Senate on the 20th ult. tho annual 
report of the Prison Association was received 
and ordered printed. Senator Murphy reported 
tho bill to revise the 6latut.es of tho State. The 
bill chartering the Lenox Library of New York 
City was passed, The bill to repeal the New 
York City Excise Law was considered in Com¬ 
mittee of the Whole, and progress reported. 
Senator Creamer gave notice of a bill to repeal 
the act creating the Metropolitan Police Dis¬ 
trict. and providing for the election of three 
Police Commissioners in New York, 
I n the Assembly n series of resolutions in favor 
of Cuba were also reported, but on motion of 
Mr. Mitchell they were recommitted. Among 
the bills Introduced were the following: To 
repeal the act exempting ministers from taxa¬ 
tion; for the election of a Commissioner and 
the establishment of a police force in Brooklyn; 
to repeal the act to prevent cruelty to animals 
in New l T ork; to regulate the brokerage busi- 
[ ness, and to locate a new State Prison and re¬ 
move the one at Sing Sing. A resolution to pay 
in gold the State debt, incurred prior to 1862, was 
I referred. The Senate bill incorporating tho Len¬ 
ox Library was passed. 
On t he 21st ult., in the State Senate, of the bills 
passed was one amending the charter of New 
York City, and another performing the same 
favor for the New York City Mission and Tract 
Society. 
in the Assembly, among the bills introduced 
were t lie followingProviding for the payment 
of wages to railroad employes within a specified 
t ime, and to Hnprovo the water front of New 
York City. A resolution of inquiry as to what 
legislation was necessary to prevent, encroach¬ 
ments of New York Harbor by the New Jersey 
Railway Company, was carried. The subject of 
protection and free trade canto upon the ma¬ 
jority and minority reports of the Select Com¬ 
mittee on the resolutions for the removal or re¬ 
duction of duties on tea, coffee, sugar. Iron, coal 
and salt, and the subject of the tariff was made 
Hie special order for Tuesday evening, the 28th 
ult. 
No business of importance was transacted by 
the Assembly on tho 22d ult., and the Senate was 
not in session. 
Tn tho Senate, on tho 25th ult., tho most im¬ 
portant bills passed were:—To amend Hie act for 
tho government of New York, and to extend Hie 
the General Manufacturing Law. A resolution 
was adopted instructing the Committee on 
Municipal Affairs to learn by what authority 
the present concrete pavement in Fifth Avenue, 
New York City, was laid, and to report the legis¬ 
lation necessary to remove the obstruction. 
in the Assembly, the bill amending the Act 
concerning the Bait Springs was reported. It 
abolishes the office of Superintendent of Balt 
Springs, and provides for the appointment of a 
Commissioner and Deputy. The Corporation 
Attorney of New York was directed to give an 
account of fines collected during the hist six 
months and (heir disposition. Tho Assembly 
held an evening session for Hie purpose of dis¬ 
cussing the reports on the Tariff, submitted on 
Hie 21*1 ult., and resulted in the adoption, by n 
vole of 61 to 59. of the majority report, exempt¬ 
ing tea, coffee, sugar, salt, coal and iron front 
duty. 
On the 86th ult., in tho Assembly, a favorable 
report on tho pneumatic tunnel work under 
Broadway, New York City, was made. A bill 
was reported protecting life and limbs in me¬ 
chanical, raining and engineering operations. 
The bill amending the General Manufacturing 
Act was passed. Resolution* were offered call¬ 
ing for the number of clerks in the Senate de¬ 
partments and instructing Representatives to 
obtain the immediate passage of a modified tariff. 
A little son ol’Abner Beach of Liberty Falls, 
Ulster county, got hold of a bottle of laudanum 
the other day, and drank tho cou touts, In conse¬ 
quence of which he died the next day. 
Some capitalists have in contemplation the 
building of a railroad from Hell Gate ferry, 
Astoria, to Flushing,and opening Flushing Ave¬ 
nue bet ween the two places. The plan is to run 
dummies on the track and occupy about thirty 
minutes in making 1 lie trip. 
A Company has been formed and bill drawn 
up to be presented to Hie Legislature, providing 
for the constructipp/M a bridge across the river 
from tho foot of Congress street, Troy, to Gene¬ 
see street. West Troy. Tho capital sleek of the 
company is $850,000. 
The sentence of Hiram Powers, who murdered 
a man named Shaw in Lewis county some time 
ago, and who was recently sentenced to be hung 
tin the 4th Inst., has boon commuted for life. 
He was accordingly sent to Auburn Prison on 
the 20th ult. 
The dry-house attached to the wadding-mill 
of Platt & Smith, near Chatham, this State, was 
destroyed by lire on t he 22d ult. There was a 
large quantity of cotton in the building, all of 
which was consumed. Loss 810,000; insured. 
James P. Williams, James R. Lor* and Peter 
Williams have been arrested at Poughkeepsie, 
charged with being the persons who attacked 
the house of Robert Thorn, the Duchess county 
farm, who has since died from injuries received 
on the occasion. < 
The Hudson River has opened for the fourth 
time; and on tho 36lh ult. Hie steamer Connec¬ 
ticut, of tne Troy line, opened navigation for 
the season of 1870. 
The barns, together with their contents, be¬ 
longing to the poor-house of Columbia county, 
at Ghent, wore burned on tho 23th ult. Loss, 
$10,000. Insurance partial. 
Tlxe vordtet of the Jury in tho ease of Warren 
Fellows, charged with the murder of Swiuton, 
at Port Jervis, was murder tn tho second degree, 
and the prisoner was sentenced to State Prison 
for twenty years. 
The Kline Iron Works. Oakley, Clapp & Co., 
proprietors, located at Ilorsehcuds, six miles 
from Elmira, was destroyed by fire on Hie 20t.h 
ult. Loss, $30,000; insurance, $18,000. 
Sufficient evidence has been, it is said, secured 
to warrant the holding of the lad Theodore 
Nicklos, on the charge of murdering Dr. An¬ 
drew Mead of Allegany, a* circumstances are 
very strong against him. Ho was seen in the 
store of the murdered man on the night of the 
murder, aud subsequently disposed of a watch 
! which belonged to Dr. Mead. Other facts also 
point to him ns the perpetrator of the atrocious 
deed. 
The report is untrue that the body of Robert 
Harper of Albany, who mysteriously disap¬ 
peared last week, had been found in the canal at 
that eity. He was still missing at last accounts. 
Prince Arthur of England, arrived in New 
York City on the 21sl ult. In the afternoon he 
took a ride to Central Park, and in the evening 
visited a prominent theater. On the 22d ho loft 
the city for Washington. 
An accident occurred on the Long Island Rail¬ 
road on tho 23d ult., which came near resulting 
in a serious loss of life. As It was two persons 
were injured and 150 badly frightened. 
On the 24th nit. three prominent Wall street 
banket* paid $1,000 each into the Registry in the 
United States Circuit Court, the money repre¬ 
senting the penalties which were imposed on 
them for violating the Revenue law. 
On the 25th ult. two men, named Louis P. 
Wetmore and Ezra P. Farrington were held 
to bail in $5,000 each, cm a charge of making 
false returns on bonded whisky while acting as 
gaugers in the Thirty-second Revenue District. 
In New York the sate of the Erie Railway 
Company was blown open by burglars on Sun¬ 
day evening, the 23d ult., aud robbed of over 
$75. No clue has been obtained to the perpetra¬ 
tors of the deed. 
Francis P. Mills, the engineer charged with 
having attempted the murder of his wife, Cath¬ 
arine Mills, at Gowiuius, on the 16th ult., was, 
on the 26th ult., taken before Justice Delmar, 
and, after the examination of a number of wit¬ 
nesses, was oommltted to await t he action of the 
Grand Jury. His wife, who refused to testify 
against him, was committed for contempt of 
Court. 
Maine. 
Late on the evening of the 25th ult. the Brit¬ 
ish war steamers Monarch and Plymouth, with 
the remains of George Peabody, arrived off 
Portland in a storm of wind and sleet, and 
rather unexpectedly. Tho report tlmt the fleet 
had been seen off Montauk Point reached Port¬ 
land that morning, but was generally discred¬ 
ited by the naval authoril i<s, and even the pilots 
did not think it. worth while to go out and look 
for them. Montauk wns very far out of tho 
route the vessels were expected to take, and not 
even in tho route of the vessel which spoke 
them. 
In consequence of this rather inoportnno ar¬ 
rival, tho arrangements for the first, reception 
nil miscarried. The fleet was to have waited 
outside Hit daylight. If it came by night, and to 
have been signalized Co nil the eity, long before 
it hove in sight, by the ringing of bolls and 
firing of cannon. The monitors, which had 
been anchored with banked fires, were to steam 
up and meet the ships outside the Capes, and the 
guns of Forts Preble and Scammel were to 
boom their welcome. 
No part of this could be done; and the peo¬ 
ple of the beautiful “ Forest City” were greatly 
surprised the next morning upon finding the 
fleet hail arrived. 
Captain Commcrcll, of the Monarch, was in- 
trueted by the British Government to have the 
remains lie in state upon that vessel for two 
days after tho fleet should arrive; and, conse¬ 
quently, they were not to bo landed until Satur¬ 
day, I he 29th ult. 
The United States Government W08 represent¬ 
ed by the monitors Mintitonomoh and Terror, 
ami by Admiral Farragut and a full staff of 
officers. 
Massac It u ko| t«. 
The Common Council of Boston, on the 20th 
nil,, refused to appoint a Committee and to ex¬ 
tend tho hospitalities of the city to Prince 
Arthur. 
Tho Town Hall In Webster was burned on Sat¬ 
urday night, the 22d ult.; loss $9,000. Insurance 
$5,000. 
At the Boston Theater, during the evening re¬ 
ligious services on Sunday, the aid ult., an alarm 
of tire was raised by the friends of a pickpocket 
who had Just been detected at work and arrested. 
A panic followed the cry for a moment, bat It 
wns soon over, ami no Serious results followed. 
Mrs. Archer, wifoof John Archer of Now York 
eity. threw herself from an attic window of her 
moUier’s house, in Boston, on tho 24th ult., in a 
fit of delirium, caused by sickness, and was in¬ 
stantly killed. 
Christopher C. Lnngdell has been elected Dane 
Professor of Law in Harvard University, tosuc- 
eeed Prof. Tlioophilns Parsons, resigned. 
A tire in Somerville, on the 25th ult., destroyed 
one of the buildings belonging to the Metallic 
Compression Casting Company. The total loss 
amounts to $25,000. 
Hliodfl Island. 
Stiffs B. Pitcher, a prominent citizen of this 
State committed suicide at Providence, on Fri¬ 
day night the 21st ult., by shooting himself. 
Family afflictions, and the failure of a firm for 
which he had endorsed largely, arc supposed to 
have unsettled his mind, and led to the com¬ 
mission of tho rash act. 
George AY. Hawkins, a clerk in Ihe office of 
the Adams Express Company at Providence, was 
arrested on the 22d ult. in that city, charged with 
embezzling the funds of the Company to the 
amount or $2,500. lie confessed having taken 
tho money, and also stated that $2,100 of the 
funds would be found at his resldonco. Search 
was accordingly made, and this sum recovered. 
f’ctinMylvanla. 
The trial of Bohner nnd Van Bordenhurg for 
the murder of the Pcightal family, at Hunting- 
ton, has resulted in a verdict of guilty of mur¬ 
der In the first degree. They were both sentenced 
to be hung. 
Alderman Edward Lynch, of Pittsburgh.Penn., 
lias been sentenced to ten months impris¬ 
onment in the AVorkhouse for misdemeanors 
In office. 
Maryland, 
\\ illiam s. Rockwell, a prominent citizen 
ol Georgia, at one time United States Judge of 
that State, the LieutenanLGmnd Commander of 
Masons lor tho Southern Jurisdiction of the 
l lilted States and Past Grand Master of Georgia, 
died on the 23d ult. h. Hartford county. 
Virginia. 
News of the final passage of the bill admitting 
this Stub* was received in Richmond after dark 
on the 2ith nit. There appeared to be a general 
feeling of relit f, but none of the demonstrations 
of joy Hint followed tho passage of Mr. Bing¬ 
ham's unconditional bill in Hie IIouso tho week 
before. The City Council, upon receipt of the 
intelligence, passed a resolution hailing with de¬ 
light Virginia's return to the Union, and re¬ 
questing General Canhy to fire 100 guns in honor 
of the event. Accordingly the salute was fired 
at noon on the following day. The cannon used 
were the sumo which were used in saluting the 
United States flag when the troops occupied the 
city in 1865. Tho officer commanding was a na¬ 
tive of Richmond. 
During the firing about 5,000 persons were 
present, two-thirds of whom were colored. Na¬ 
tional flags were raised on the Custom-House 
and the Capitol. Gov. AValker spoke a few min¬ 
utes, congratulating the people on the admission 
of Virginia, and predicting a glorious future for 
the State. A colored Conservative and a num¬ 
ber of colored Republicans made political 
speeches, the burden of the latter being that if 
the State did not follow the spirit of the Recon¬ 
struction Acts, she would be put back as a Ter¬ 
ritory. Tho colored people subsequently organ¬ 
ized a political meeting, which continued until 
night, when they adjourned with cheers for the 
admission of Virginia, 
On the 2THi ult. General Oanby issued an order 
directing that all military commissions acting 
under the Reconstruction Acts be dissolved; 
that all citizen prisoners be turned over to the 
State Courts; that all citizen prisoners undergo¬ 
ing sentence of military commission shall serve 
out such sentence unless released by a United 
States Court, and that all civil officers appointed 
under the Provisional Government shall vacate 
their offices when their successors are elected or 
appointed under the new Constitution. Gov. 
t'alker has issued a proclamation convening 
the Legislature on Tuesday, the 8th inst. John 
L. Mayro, Jr., of Fredericksburg, bas been ap¬ 
pointed Lieutenant-Governor by Gov. AValkor, 
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the election of 
Lieutenant-Governor Lewis to the United States 
Senate. 
South Carolina. 
IN a disturbance which occurred on the night 
of Hie 18th ult., at Graham’s Turnout, on tho 
Northwestern Railroad, between a number of 
the men attached to Reynold’s menagerie, which 
was exhibiting at that place, and some of the 
citizens. O. T. Daryau was shot nnd instantly 
killed by one of the men, named Chavors. The 
cause of the difficulty is not known, it is said, 
and the murderer is yet at large. 
Georgia. 
Both Houses of the Legislature convened at 
noon on the25th ult., and shortly adjourned un- 
t i I the next day, pending the review by General 
Terry of the report of the Military Board, and 
the testimony accompanying the same. 
At noon, on the 36tb ult., the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives organized and elected R. B.McWorter, 
Republican, Speaker, over J. E. Bryant, Conser¬ 
vative. by twenty-four majority. Three mem¬ 
bers. Messrs. Donaldson, Mutm, and Taliaferro, 
were declared ineligible by tho Military Commis¬ 
sion. The seat, of 18 members were declared 
vacant, on account of refusal nnd failure to 
take the oath required by tho laws of the United 
States. 
0)i the 26t.h Tilt., General Terry, Commander of 
the District of Georgia, sent tho following des¬ 
patch to Washington: “ The House was organ¬ 
ized to-day by the election of Mr. McWhorter, 
Republican candidate, as Speaker. Three persons 
were excluded ns ineligible. Eleven of those 
whose eases were inquired into wore pronounc¬ 
ed eligible. Sixteen who had refuted to take 
the oath wore declared to have become ineligible 
by their refusal, nml one whose ease was sent to 
tho Board, having failed to appear, aud being 
abseut from Ihe eity, was forbidden to take part 
in (he organization. After a careful examina- 
.ho Art ol | >e« mber i decided that 
Hie fourth section would not permit tne to seat 
tho candidate having tho next highest numbers 
of votes in place of the persons found to be in¬ 
eligible. 
ItlUnUNippl. 
General A mes has been elected to the United 
States Semite for the short term; and General 
Alcorn for tho long term. Tho Legislature has 
adjourned 10 re-assoioblc on the admission of 
the State to the Union. 
Kentucky. 
George D. Prentice, tho long and well-known 
editor of t he Louisville .Journal, died at the res¬ 
idence of his son, nine miles from Louisville, on 
the 22d ult., after an illness of nearly two years. 
Ohio. 
The t wo thieves who robbed the Glen’s Falls 
(N. Y.) Bank some time since, and for whoso ar¬ 
rest a reward of $7,000 was offered, it is said, 
passed through Toledo on the 19th ult. tn charge 
of New York officers, who mndo the arrest at 
Omaha, Nob. 
Tho OtorbeJn University at Westerville was 
burned on the 25th ult. Loss, $35,000; Insured 
for $20,000. Tho Institution was under ihe aus¬ 
pices of the United Brotheren. 
Indiana. 
A. Goodwin, ox-City Treasurer of Terre 
Haute, Ind., committed suicide on the 22d ult., 
by shooting himself. Cause assigned, intemper¬ 
ance and pecuniary troubles. 
California. 
The total shipment of treasure from San 
Francisco for the year past is estimated at 
$41,000,000. 
The Chinese quarter in the town of San Jose, 
was destroped tiro on t he 15th uJt., and 1,000 of 
the inhabitants were rendered homeless. 
It is again asserted tn San Francisco that tho 
Central Pacific Railroad has purchased the Cali¬ 
fornia Pacific Road for $6,000,000. 
The Society of California Pioneers is about to 
erect a building for the use of the Association in 
San Francisco. 
The United Stales ship-of-wur Jamestown, 
seventy-seven days from the Fiji Islands, lias 
arrived at San Francisco, bringing the following 
intelligenceLarge numbers of English settlors 
from Aust ralia nnd New Zealand are constantly 
arriving to engage In the raising of Beil Island 
OOttofi, which,owing to the quality of the soil, 
is said to be most profitable. A petition lias 
been extensively signed by the Islanders and 
forwarded to Washington, asking the United 
States to assume the protectorate of the islands, 
one hundred and fifty-four in number, of which 
sixty- five are inhabited. About fifty Americans 
are now settled there. 
, Dominion of Canada. 
Caldwell, who was arrested at Toronto, Ont., 
the 21st ult., on a warrant sworn out by tho 
United States Consul at that place, was brought 
before the Police Magistrate on the 22d and 
remanded. 
Two more extradition cases are now before 
the Canadian Courts. J. O. Robinson, charged 
with arson In Massachusetts, was, on the 22<1 
ult., committed at Toronto, and the Sheriff of 
Niagara County is in that city waiting for 
papers from Ottawa for Hie extradition of Ira 
Gould, charged with forgery. 
A dispatch from Ottawa states that the Coun¬ 
cil refuses to allow tho Ontario Supply Bill, on 
the ground of its conflicting with certain pro¬ 
visions of the Union Act. In consequence an 
extra session of the Legislature will probably 
be called to amend the act. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. 
The Great Eastern, carrying the Indian cable, 
has been spoken in the South Atlantic Ocean. 
Sir George Francis Seymour, Admiral of tho 
fleet, and for a long time stationed in American 
waters, died in Loudon on Friday, the 21st ult., 
aged eighty-three years. 
John .Rose, late Canadian Finance Minister, 
and now of the banking house of Morton, Rose 
& Co. of London, lias been created by t ho Queen 
a Knight Commander of thoOrdorof St. Michael 
and St. George. 
Major George AV. AVhistler, an American en¬ 
gineer of note, died recently at Brighton. 
During the services at 8t. Joseph’s Chapel in 
Liverpool, on Sunday, the .23d ult., a false alarm 
of Are was raised. Immediately the usual panic 
and rush for the doors occurred, and when or- 
