self, while the laws will protect all classes. The 
measure is warmly applauded by the liberal aud 
progressive party. 
Ques&dA being deposed, Geu. Jordan remains 
Coininander-in-Chicf ad interim of the Cuban 
revolutionists. 
The schooner Herald, from Nassau, recently 
landed a party of thirty-stx {filibusters ut Gibara, 
under the command of Gen. Golonuria. They 
were attacked by Hie volunteers, who killed 
seven and captured four of the expedition. 
Port-au-Prince correspondence says that the 
Haytien Chambers will assemble shortly, and a 
President will be elected at the commencement 
of next month. Meanwhile, the annihilation of 
Sal nave’s partisans continues unabated. The 
Tribune Jacmel correspondent writes that over 
sixty of the partisans ol' Salnavo have been 
brought from the interior and shot. Over one 
hundred arc in prison a waiting trial. General 
Vil Hu bin, Salimve's right-hand man at Port- 
au-Prince, was shot on the public square utter 
having been promenaded through the si reels on 
a donkey, exposed to the vilest insults from the 
populace. Executions take place on Hit* whole¬ 
sale, and some time will elapse before Hie thirst 
for blood and revenge will be satisfied. 
Tlic question of the annexation of St. Do¬ 
mingo to the United States is about to be sub¬ 
mitted to a popular vote. The feeling on the 
island is said to be strongly in favor of the 
project. All is quiet at Sam ana, and the revo¬ 
lutionary movement is virtually ended. 
The Mexican Minister ol Public Works has 
sent a letter to the Ootigre-vs of Mexico, trans¬ 
mitting the original project for concessions for 
a ship cannl through the Isthmus of Tehaunte- 
poc. The bill will conic up Tor dual action in 
April next. 
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perfect Whixoer of winch wo have knowledge is 
the tiMVKHSAi,. We du our readers areal service 
when we recommend such a machine to their notice. 
—New York Sun. _ 
thus allowing every member an opportunity to 
gain recognition of liis abilities in that special 
department. 
The dwelling house of Joseph Green In South 
Chichester. N. H„ was destroyed by lire on tbe 
night of the SOth ult. Mr. Green and two sons 
escaped, but Mrs. Green was burned to death. 
The flannel mill of Austin & Taylor, North 
Salem. N. II., was burned on the 19th ult. Loss 
$ 100 , 000 . 
A Woman's Suffrage Convention was held iu 
Rutland, Vt.., lust week. 
The most destructive freshet ever know on the 
Kennebec River occurred on the SOth ult. Five 
large bridges were carried away: houses were 
undermined; and immense damage was done all 
along tbe valley. Augusta Buffered severely; 
and the Portland and Kennebec Railroad was 
Injured to the extant ol $100,000- 
sued. Several citizens were knocked down ana 
badly injured. The mob obtaining possession ot 
the ballot boxes, the polls were ut t hree o’clock 
declared closed. 
The Bankers' and Brokers' Telegraph office In 
New York has been eloBcdby the sheriff. The 
office of Hie Franklin line Is in trouble, and is 
conducted by a Receiver. 
A company of ex-Con federates arrived at New 
York last week by steamer from Brazil, whither 
they went at the close of the war to settle. Ar- 
tor suffering terrible privations, they were 
shipped home by the imperial government. 
The desperado Jack Reynolds, who murdered 
William Townsend recently, was tried in New 
York city Just, week, convicted of murder in 
the first degree, and sentenced to be hung on 
the Bth of April next. 
A man named Anthony Kelly, while shoveling 
snow on the Central Railroad at Iairport, one 
day last week, was killed by a locomotive. 
LEGISLATIVE 
The most important action in the NewYork 
Legislature has been touching the Canal System. 
The bill abolishiug the Canal Contracting Board 
and the contracting system of repairs, and the 
bill to abolish the offico of Auditor of the Canal 
Department, have undergone long and careful 
attention by t he Senate, and have been ordered 
tun third reading, which is about equivalent to 
a passage. A large number ot petitions for the 
repeal of the law appropriating money to sectar¬ 
ian schools have been presented. Governor 
Hoffman's first veto is that of a trilling bill 
authorizing the District-At torney of Washington 
county to appoint an assistant. A bill creating 
the village of Rome a city has been passed. A 
bill has been lutrodueod In the Assembly prov id- 
ing $10,000 for ventilating and warming the 
present Capitol, and prohibiting further work 
upon the now Capitol until especial authority be 
granted by the Legislature. A bill abolishing 
the Court of Special Sessions in Now York City 
has been ordered to a third reading. 
Ou the 33d ult., the Pennsylvania Legislature 
passed upon over three hundred private bills, 
Including a number of divorces. The House 
alone severed the nuptial ties of live couples, so 
Tar as its action in the matter could go. 
Both Houses of the Louisiana Legislature 
have adjourned for sixty days. 
The Legislature of Texas has ratified the Tlilr- 
teont h, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 
So Ocn, Reynolds reports. 
<j,,V. Bullock of Georgia, recommends an 
adjournment of t.lie Legislature until the tState 
shall bo re-admitted to Hie Union. 
FROM WASHINGTON, 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
FROM THE WEST, 
A N OTHER. C!HrthqimKC SHOCK WB8 IClt in PWl 
Francisco on the 17th ult. It was quite severe, 
and a general panic ensued, all the Inhabitants 
rushing into the streets; but no material damage 
resulted. 
Intelligence from Winnipeg is to the effect 
t,hat Governor M.Tavish and other prominent 
officers or the Hudson Bay Company had been 
imprisoned by ltieilc, the leader of the revolt, 
for endeavoring to tamper with members of the 
Provisional Government in order to defeat the 
Bill of Rights. 
Details ol Colonel Buber'sattaekon the village 
of the I’iegansin Montana, on the 23d or Jan¬ 
uary, make It a general massacre, 
and seventy-throe were LI"-.*, 
whom wore w 
that is, men between 
'Pen wore from 3' 
One hundred 
killed, only fifteen of 
1ml might be called fighting men, 
i tbe ages of 13 and 37 years. 
7 to 60 years, and eight addi¬ 
tional were over 60—In all, fifty-three. I hero 
were ninety women killed, and fifty children 
under 13 years ol age, many of them in their 
parents’ arms. 
A riot occurred at Salt Lake City lately be¬ 
tween the police and a party of soldlorefrom 
Camp Douglass. The police finally capt ured Hie 
soldiers and locked thorn up. 
The burn and dairy stables ol It. f avail a, lout 
miles north ol Ciuelniutli, have been loudly de¬ 
stroyed by tire, with one hundred and twenty 
cows, fourteen mules, three horses, mid thirteen 
calves, besides a large quantity of bay, grain, 
and other properly. The dairy was one ol the 
largest in the country. Loss $ 5 ( 1 , 000 ; only $10,- 
000 insurance. 
Late Arizona advices report that troops umlor 
Colonel Barnard surprised the Indians near 
Apache Pass, and killed fifteen, and wounded 
two of them. Numerous outrages are reported. 
The savages attacked Doctor Wakefield and 
Solomon Warner near Crittenden; the former 
was killed, and the latter mortally wounded. 
The Apaches in tlto vicinity of Prescott have 
aga in commenced depredations. 
It is rumored that an organization exists In 
San Francisco for tbo purpose of exterminating 
the Chinese on or before St. Pul rick s Day. Bru¬ 
tal assaults on tbe Mongolians arc of daily oc¬ 
currence. 
A band of regularly organized counterfeiters 
In Pulaski, Wayne, aud other adjoining counties 
MONEY MARKET, 
NEW YohK. Poh. 25,1870- 
The money market Is quiet aud steady, at 4 to 6 
per cent, on call. Gold yesterday went lower than 
at any time before since 1802, touching MX: and to¬ 
day it stands about 117. Government. 5-20's are 
quoted in London at no— within about one per cent, 
of par in gold. Bonds are heavy and lower here. 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
Much excitement bus been manifest In the 
Corps Legislate of late. M. Jules Favre moved 
his interpellation or the Ministry on their do¬ 
mestic policy, uml supported Ids motion with a 
vigorous speoch. He severely denounced the 
arrest of Roebefort and the attempt to mislead 
the public mind by pretending tbe existence of 
a conspiracy, and demanded a dissolution of tbe 
Cliambers. A speech by M. Olllvier on behalf of 
Miss Nellie Raymond, of 8t. Louis, has been 
elected Engrossing Clerk of Hie Missouri Senate. 
The lower Housoof the Alabama Legislature 
lias passed tin} Senate bill repealing all railroad 
appropriation act* passed during the Iasi session 
levying a speeial tax. 
In the Virginia Legislature the House bill 
allowing twelve per cell t. interest in case* of 
special contract, as provided iu tbo Constitution, 
bits passed Iho Semite, and is now a law. Gov. 
Walker scut a message to the Legislature, on t he 
23d ult., reciimmemling the passage of a law t hat, 
any person elected nr appointed t« office shall, 
besides taking the oath provided in tlto Stale 
Cpiistitutfiou, also make oath that lie js not dis¬ 
qualified by the Constitution of the United 
Suites. The report of Hie House Judiciary Com¬ 
mittee declaring a second ruUfieatiou «f the 
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments unnec¬ 
essary, has been adopted. A communication lias 
boon received from Senator Johnson, at Wash¬ 
ington, that Virginia's share ol Iho public lands 
granted for agricultural colleges, amounting to 
three hundred Thousand acres, is now subject 
to the order of the State authorities. 
The Nebraska Legislature lias ratified the 
Fifteenth Amendment with but five dissenting 
votes. 
The Legislative Council of British Columbia 
was opened ou the 16th ult., b.\ commission, Hu 
Governor, Musgrave, being loo ill to be present 
in person. In the address the Governor announc¬ 
ed himself in favor of confederation with Canada, 
and stated that it was the policy of the Imperial 
Government. By the terms of the conledera- 
tion Canada assumes the commercial debt of 
British Columbia. The population is rated at 
| 1:10,000. The debt is less than that of any other 
Province. _ __ 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
New Yoiik Fob.25. 1870. 
The receipts of the principal kinds of lirnduceslnco 
oar lost iMtibrnco l«,«5, bnie* rotten, flour. 
44 ST4 htiwliiilB whnlt, ^\T4T il #i . **onu <!u. outs, 
X6i.4lbJ 111 • . in;i 11. CM .-d o. b;i r 1♦'J*. H..7. S) h*and UU-'U 
*,,rn imni, 2.021 bid*, pork. ■*«,*»Pkt’H. b'jer.A.ia' pkgs. 
out meats. W?.0tlerp.'A lard. WJi kck* laid.’WiPkgs* 
Latter. .3.480 hx-. cheese, 4.,tV.o cairn.4.001 dresn.d 
liM«r. I '■'■>' this. wlmky. 1.811 baton wool, 1,030 hales 
hop*. 175 hlid*. tobacco, 1,M» boxen and rased , }o., bv'~9 
pijih. beans, 2.210 buys non mil*, 615 pkgs. ilrird fruits. 
Derawn tbo stock i« not lurtrc. and wit h some 
lltllc inquiry from shippers price.-, have ruled higher 
liBin the dnso. When tiio fall In cola bring:* prices 
down V Hlmnt the old phut. Southern, tu lots, sold 
at 10c, closing ut 3Se. 
.. -_| h offered ut low figures; and sells 
We quote the range lSfeWl*ic. 
An act I cn movement In mar- 
iiicipiilly from exporters, who 
round lots hero and In the 
rialifwere toiv, but they close about 
odiums arc plenty and neglected; 
. 1 -. • stock than 
runuilu pens sre selling 
blnckeyed 
Ministry would respect his will. A vote of 330 
for and IS against the Ministry was the result. 
Two days later there was a tempestuous debate 
on the proposition from the Government to 
abandon wholly the system of nominating and 
supporting official candidates for the Chambers. 
The opposition to the project came entirely 
front the side which ordinarily supports the 
Govern men I, and a motion to uphold Hie sys¬ 
tem of official candidates was made from that 
side, which prevailed by ft huge majority. The 
liberal side voted to sustain the proposition of 
the Ministry. The result is regarded as a vote or 
want of confidence In the Ministers. 
The preliminary' examinations of the persons 
arrested during the recent troubles iu I’arishave 
been ended. One hundred and eight were un¬ 
conditionally discharged, a hundred and t wenty- 
five were held to appear before t he Court, and 
a hundred and fifty were kept under arrest for 
conspiring against the State and the life of the 
Emperor. 
By the order or the Court, Pierre Napoleon 
Bonaparte is to be tried first for homicide on the 
person of Victor Koir; second, for attempted 
homicide on the person of Fouvielle. This or¬ 
der places the Prince under article 301 of the 
penal code, tbe punishment being death. The 
Court can lessen the sentence by two degrees. 
Gustave Flourens, the leader ol tbe late abor¬ 
tive insurrection in Paris, has been sentenced to 
three years’ imprisonment for aiding soldiers to 
desert. He is yet at huge. 
The name of RochcToft is withdrawn from La 
Marseillaise. Dr. Danderville is announced as 
Broom Corn 
slowly. V 
Bonn** nml I’m*. 
rowfals. the Inquiry pi 
have been buying up 
country: price* 
a* last week. >-- . . ■ 
most holders, however, prefer to store 
accept any lurtnei decline, r-'j— 1 " ;" 
In lots at $IJW, St.ii, Barrels: houtheni JP-v—P— 
„ ill |,ring trom (lock ft.2) per l wo bushel bug. 
BeSns-Kidney. V bush.. l*ea. PHmn 
*».'.«>*2,U0; medtnin. fiiitut picked, H.Mb> Ido: good 
to prime, ft.,’Atrt 1.00: common to fair, *L; l.(U: mar¬ 
row*. pi line. f2 ,2.8a: luiH'1 picked, ‘J.ii; coiid to 
prime $1.90,..2,00; eomtuOti to inlr, fl_ 2 .KAl.ib; Lima, 
1 Lib: free. ')• 
s).20l«d-2V; green. marrow ( at, $1.75<3Z, black- 
eye, Southern. 2 bush, bug, $4<gii.». 
Butter. The prune grades have been moved off 
at more satisfactory prices. Tbe opinion I'fovntle to 
M.int. extent tlmt bottom ha* been touched on these 
qualities.,owing to the light, fetoc{<' 1 ,u ‘ few 
niirs holders have held stock off the market, unless 
their prices were paid. Mctlltim and low crudes con- 
11 mi ml IM suffer, with the stork piling In here much 
beyond Hie want* ot the trade, at Hie moment. 
Male nod PeUlisvl Viitihi, pnllr-, tine, 4(Kll a., do.,.fair 
to good, H't'wXkv. Pennsylvania, tubs. JoSSJcd b , * t, * ! i 
tlrkiiis, liner, JR'o3c ; medium tc. good,/Jlialf 
tubs, bue, aWGl'o.-. medium to good, fancy 
Bbicctluna, 42«-H<v. Welsh, tubs, fall imitle. ay.j3ic., 
do primt* .hiii ieK, rlo., fair to good dairies. 
27<428C.. Ohio, Kr -o rvc. fresh, 2Ve38c.: common 
other 
Western, iirkius. &e„ line. 2v/v2oc.: fair Jo good, 
306e22c.; Western rolls. 2t;.i,2?C.; Comm on butter. Lx* 
steamships between Now York aim tno ocamu- 
naviau port*, directs the Postnwstor-Gcneral to 
contract with the owners or the Ruger'a Ameri¬ 
can lino to Europe for tlidconvcyancoof United 
States mails hotwci d Now York and Copenhagen 
nnd other Scandinavian or German ports, touch¬ 
ing at Southampton or Quoenstowu or Hu vn*. To 
secure the construction or purchase of firat-clnss 
American steamships for thi* service, the 
United Btatc-s Government is to advance said 
parties $1,500,000, to be rc-pald out of compensa¬ 
tion fov the service. 
The House has consolidated the Senate bill for 
removing political disabilities with Its own, and 
passed it. thus Including about 2,100 names in 
tbe list, Ex-Governor Brown, of Tennessee, 
aud Hon. Humphrey Marshall are the most 
prominent. It is supposed that the Senate will 
concur. 
During Mr. Col fax's absence last week, Senator 
Anthony was made President, of the Senate pro 
t cm - ,, . i 
The Senate Joint Committee on Retrench¬ 
ment has reported a new civil-service bill. It 
provides for the appointment of a Board of nine 
Commissioners, and the examination of appli¬ 
cants fur office, and gives women an equal ehanco 
NEW YORK STATE, 
Syracuse last week. One hundred and sixty- 
three ministerial delegates aud eighty-three lay 
delegates were present. The Rev. Dr. Peck, of 
Albany, was made President. Resolutions in 
favor of prohibition were adopted unanimously. 
Patrick Behan, indietod for the murder of 
Thomas McGinnis at Mum ford, Monroe Co., was 
on the 17th ult. found guilty of murder in Ihc 
second degree and sentenced to imprisonment 
for life. . . 4 
The total receipts of the Rochester street rail¬ 
roads tor the last nine months of 1869, as taken 
front the assessor's books, were $36,303. The 
lightest month of the year was April, $2,773, and 
the heaviest, August, $5,316. 
John and Catharine Donlon, on trial in the 
Rochester Oyer aud Terminer, for killing Gatos 
at Honeoyc Falls, have been found guilty of 
murder in the second degree. , 
A Mrs. Cassidy of Brooklyn was recently killed 
by the administration of chloroform during Hie 
operation of suiting a broken arm. The first 
dose only made her boisterous; a second was 
given, which quieted her forever. All attempts 
to restore animation fulled. 
The Alumni of Williams’ College gave then- 
annual re-union dinner at St. James Hotel, N( u 
York city, on the evening ot the 23<1 ult. The 
address of thu occasion was delivered by William 
Cullen Bryant, Esq., who responded to the toast 
| “ Letters." Many prominent gentlemen, gradu¬ 
ates of the College, and others, were present. 
A serious riot occurred at the town election in 
North Oisolie, Chenango Co., a few days since. 
A strong party of Irish laborers employed on 
the Midland Railroad attempted to vote, and 
their right being questioned, a general row en- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND, 
The State Democrat ic Convention of Connecti¬ 
cut was held in New Haveu ou the 33d ult., Hon. 
William W. Eaton of Hartford, chairman. Ex- 
Gov. F.mrlish was nominated for Governor; 
Julius Hotchkiss, of Middletmvn, for Lieuleuaut- 
GoverQor; with Thomas M. Waller, of New 
London, as Secretary of State ; Seth .1. Logan for 
Comptroller, uml Charles M. of llartloid, 
for Treasurer. Resolutions were passed declar¬ 
ing the principles of the party: claiming that 
tbe Fifteenth Amendment is a radical change ol 
tbe Constitution ; declaring the Legal-leuderaet 
a violation of the lights ot the people; denounc¬ 
ing Hie extravagance of the Administration; and 
extending sympathy to the patriots ol Cuba. 
Radical changes are proposed in the Police 
Department of Boston, in effect substituting for 
the special detective system the selection by the 
Chief of Police of patrolmen for special duty, 
MISCELLANEOUS 
