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FROM WASHINGTON. 
Conf{r««Ki<iiial> 
Tin; Fund loir BiU has been the chief subject 
before the Senate, that body devotinir tv large 
portion of last week to its oonsidcration. Many 
Senators made speeches lor and against it. The 
fifth section making coupons payable in several 
cities abroad, was struck off in evening session. 
Senator Cameron gave notice of stti amendment 
providing that the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall redeem till the fractional currency by the 
1st of July next in specie. Next u> the Funding 
BiU the bill for admitting Georgia lias occupied 
most attention. Much debate baa been had 
upon It. It. is strongly opposed by Democratic 
Senators. The Semite has passed billsappointing 
managers for the National Asylum of Dis¬ 
abled Volunteers; authorizing The Secretary of 
"War to take charge of the Gettysburg and 
Antictum National Cemeteriesj also, Die House 
bill to authorize the Secretary of War to 
place at. the disposal of the Soldiers’ Monument 
Association of Rock island, Illinois, twelve 
pieces or condemned ordnance. 
In the House the most, important measure 
has been lho Army Bill reported by General 
Logan from the Military Committee. General 
Logan made the leading speech, in which lie 
showed that the bill reduced the number of 
army officers about thirty-three per cent., and 
effected a saving of nearly $3,000,000. He stated 
that as the unity now stood it was so burdened 
with officers that, there was ono for every ten 
enlisted men. The bill was voted upon by 
sections, and finally passed. A proposition to 
transfer the Indian Bureau to tlm War Depart¬ 
ment was lost. A resolution lias been adopted 
declaring that such tariff for revenue upon for¬ 
eign imports is required as will aff ord incidental 
protection to domestic manufacture, and will 
impose t he least burden upon and best promote 
tiioindustrial interests. A bill providing terri¬ 
torial government l’or the Indians has been in¬ 
troduced. 
Miacellaneous. 
The expenditures of the Government during 
the month of February 1 wore ns follows:—Civil, 
miscellaneous, and foreign Intercourse, $5,412,- 
441.51: War Department, $3,802,757.05 : Navy De¬ 
partment, $1,570,063.18; Pensions, f5,2«M)U0.00; 
Indians, $203,327.50. Total, $hi,298,480.10. This 
sum added to the decreases as shown by the debt 
statement make, tho decrease over $11,300,000 
for the month of February. 
The following arc the receipts from customs, 
as taken from the Treasury books: I'Yom June 
30, 1808. to March 1, 1809, $117,804,013.55: from 
June 30,1809, to March 1, 1870, $124,310,657.72. 
Treasurer Spinner received three hundred and 
twenty-'our package* of old greenbacks mid 
currency ouo day last week—u largo amount of 
it mutilated—amounting in all to over $200,000, 
for which he issues the new scries of greenbacks 
and currency to the various cities from which 
tho old money is received. 
Ho many bunks have of lute discontinued •••- 
national depositories, that the United Htates 
Treasurer now holds securities of such bunks 
to the amount of only $18,000,000. 
The Treasurer received during tho week end¬ 
ing tho 5th inst. fractional currency to tho 
amount of $ 531 , 000 . Of tins, $144,582 was Bent 
out to Assistant Treasurers and Nat ional Banks. 
In the same space of time there was redeemed 
and destroyed $677,000 of like curieney. 
Government detect Ives are looking alter a 
revenue officer who has defaulted to t lie t une 
of $o6,0Q0. His name is not gi veil. 
Secretary Bout well lius reported against the 
utility of the mint in Now Orleans. 
The President hits signed Hie Disability bill. 
It is officially known here that the French 
Government Is willing to withdraw tho mono¬ 
poly ol twenty yews giv en to the French Cable 
Company, and give to Americans the same pri¬ 
vilege to lay Atlantic cables; in other words, 
perfect equality in tho premises. 
Tlie President has accepted au invitation to 
attend a mass meeting on Woodstock Common} 
Connecticut, on the 4th of July next, in honor of 
the day and to celebrate the ratification of the 
Fifteenth Amendment. 
The Internal Revenue Bureau is just now de¬ 
voting unusual care and consideration tothoox- 
ainination of all the accounts of collectors of 
revenue, and much looseness has been discov¬ 
ered. The qualifications of new appointees of 
the Revenue Bureau, especially collet tins and as¬ 
sessor*, are being l boroughly scanned and looked 
into. AH extravagances in revenue officers 
throughout the country are to be stopped. 
On tho full inst. the President paid a visit to 
the Government Printing-Office. The oflicojwas 
gaily decorated in honor of the visit. 
Capt.O. F. Hull is now here endeavoring to 
obtain such an appropriation as will enable him 
to set out on another Arctic exploring expedi¬ 
tion. 1 le Intends to fit out a steam propeller of 
120 tons, and a topsail schooner of 125 tons. Ho 
has delivered a lecture at Lincoln Hall to a dense 
audience, including the President and Vice- 
President, the Chief Jusrtce, and other officials. 
Mr. Golloday’S resignation as a member of the 
House being refused by the Governor of his 
State, and accepted by the speaker, there was a 
novel condition of things presented. Mj 1 . Cl olio- 
day was a member still, and he was not. Gover¬ 
nor Stevenson said be must meet the cadet 
investigation; the speaker pronounced him out 
of the house and unable to meet it, Mr. Noah 
Davis submitted a resolution instructing the 
Judieary Committee to enquire into this whole 
matter Of the resignation of members, report 
for action. John Covode has been pronounced 
free from all suspicion of improper motives in 
his cadet appointments. 
J. J. Paul, Minister to the United Stales from 
Venezuela, died suddenly last, week at tho Eh- 
bitt House, lie had been lately appointed Min¬ 
ister to this country, arrived in New Vork on 
the 25th of last month, and came to Washington 
on the morning of his decease with his confi¬ 
dential Secretary. Mr. A. Hernandez. 
General Quosadn, late Commander-iu-Chief of 
the Cuban army, lias been in tho city during tho 
past week, and has had an interview with the 
President, 
The National Association of School Stipe u- 
ten dents held a session in Washing ton on the 2d 
inst. During- (he day the delegates, by appoint¬ 
ment, called on President Grant, to thank him 
lor the assertion In his last message that he de¬ 
sired to see the youth of tho country. Irrespec¬ 
tive of race or color, educated. The President 
responded Unit ho thought the success of repub¬ 
lican institutions depended on the eduoat ion aud 
intelligence of the people. It was stated that 
during the last five years the Freed men’s Bureau 
has expended about $ 3 , 506 , 000 , and a like sum 
has been expended by Northern benevolent in¬ 
stitutions, for the education of freednien, be¬ 
sides what they had contributed themselves. 
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LEGISLATIVE. ‘ 
Among the most prominent bills introduced 
into the New York Assembly is ono defining the 
rights of married men, and equalizing the rights 
ol husband and wife. It provides that the hus¬ 
band of a woman, if lie has had children by her 
in wedlock, shall, after her decease, be entitled 
to an estate for life in till the real estate of which 
she may be possessed or which she may be enti¬ 
tled to, that the property ol a married man Khali 
j not be liable for tho payment ol the debts Of Ids 
wife, contracted by her before marriage, or con¬ 
tracted by her without his consent after mar¬ 
riage, except such as may be necessary for 
the support of herself and her children by her 
husband: that any married man, possessed of 
real estate as Ids separate property, may sell 
such property and enter into any contract with 
respect to it in Lho siuno manner us if lie were 
unmarried, and that (lu- wile of any married 
man, at the t ime.of Ids death, shall only be enti¬ 
tled to dower In the real estate Which her hus¬ 
band shall own or be entitled to at the time of 
! ids decease. A bill introduced by Mr. Fields for 
punishing the carrying and using of pistols, has 
been approved in Committee of the Whole, and 
ordered to a third reading. Tho Ways aud 
Means Committee of the House have agreed to 
report in favor of appropriating to tho Oswego 
and Now York Midland Railroad $1,090,000 now, 
and when eighty miles moreol t lieru.nl :u-dcom¬ 
pleted tho sum of $500,000. Also to the White¬ 
hall and Plutt-sbwrg Rail road $ii<>o,<KK), when that 
road Is completed. A now charter for Now 
York City, mid one for Albany, are before tlm 
Honate. Both propose radical changes in muni¬ 
cipal government, and are awaking intense In¬ 
terest.. Tho Governor lias signed the bill abol¬ 
ishing the Canal Hoard. 
After three night’s sessions and debate in the 
Missouri Legislature on the proposition to sub¬ 
mit to the people u Constitutional amendment 
extending suffrage to women, tho whole matter 
was indefinitely post potted by a vote of 63 to 37. 
Governor Austin lias sent to tho Minnesota 
Legislature lii.s veto Of tho Woman HutTrago Bill 
fur the reason that It was to be submitted to the 
women Of the HI it to, who tire net ieg.il voters, 
and that public sentiment has not called for it. 
Tho Committee on State Affairs of the Wiscon¬ 
sin Legislature have reported against the re¬ 
moval of the capital from Madison to Milwau¬ 
kee, for the reason that tho people do not de¬ 
mand it. 
In the Pennsylvania Lcgiislti! u rc Gil Is have 
been introduced to prevent the burial of human 
bodies within iliree days after death, except in 
eases of contagious disease or of accident, to 
prevent tho keeping of females in convents or 
mimicries against their will, aud for fhecrcction 
of a monument, in memory or Peiinsylrfttila so! ■ 
1 diers aud sailors who fell in the late war. 
The bill allowing women to practice law in 
Iowa has passed the House, and now goes to the 
Governor. 
Tho Louisiana Legislature convened in extra 
session on the 7th inst. It has passed a bill post¬ 
poning the city election in New Orleans until 
November. 
'lho Virginia Legislature has passed the Home¬ 
stead Exemption Bill, exempting $2,000 In prop¬ 
erty from execution. Also the bill requiring of¬ 
fice holders to take an oath to support, tku State 
and Federal Constitutions. 
By the passage by tho Missouri Legislature of 
the bill establishing a Bureau of Insurance, for¬ 
eign corporations will be required to deposit 
$100,000 of securities. 
The steamer Smidt, whose arrival from Bre¬ 
men has some time been anxiously looked fori 
reached tho port of New York on the 11th inst. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
The Southern Central Railroad has bcc-n com¬ 
pleted, giving Auburn connection with the 
Pennsylvania coal-mines, via . Owogo. The last 
rail was laid on tho 5th mst., and the event was 
celebrated in Auburn by the firing of one hun¬ 
dred guns, amid gx-cat demonstrations of joy. 
The suit of James Fisk, Jv„ against t lie Albany 
and Susquehanna Railroad Company, and others, 
iuwhieh the plaintiff charges that Ramsay and 
Other directors of (lie Susquehanna Railroad ni 
order to control the election last September, is- 
J sued at a low price twenty-four hundred shares 
of forfeited stock of the Company, and ninety- 
four hundred shares of unsubscribed stock on 
ten per cent, payments, came up in the Supreme 
Court, before Judge Cardozo, Just week. Tho 
argumout was heard at.d the decision of the 
Court reserved. 
At the Rochester charter elcotion on tlie8t.li 
inst., John Lutes, Democrat, was elected Muydr 
by 450 majority; Robinson, Democrat, Justice 
by about the same majority. The Common 
Council stands—Kopublicans ]0, Democrats 12. 
The Republicans elect 11 Supervisors and the 
Democrats 3. The Board of Supervisors stands 
21 Republicans and 12 Democrats. The Demo¬ 
crats elect one School Commissioner and the Re¬ 
publicans six, making the Board of Education 
largely Republican. 
A new post-office has been established at Hem¬ 
lock, Cattaraugus Co., to be known as East Sala¬ 
manca. 
The Cherry Valley, Sharon and Albany Ruil- 
road is completed. A dispatch from Cherry Val¬ 
ley, dated March 5th, declared the last rail laid, 
the locomotive at the station, flags flying, bells 
ringing,cannon roaring and the people jubilant. 
The rear building of the New York State Ine¬ 
briate Asylum, at Ilitigluinilon, was entirely de¬ 
stroyed by lire on the night of tlie 11 it inst. The 
burned portion included the dining-room, the 
laundry, fifteen or twenty patients'rooms, the 
gymnasium, &o. The loss is estimated at $75,005; 
insured for $25,000. The main building is still 
standing, and the putientsare provided for. Tho 
trustees of tho Asylum have offered a reward of 
$1,00} for the arrest and conviction ol'tlie incen¬ 
diary. 
Sherburne has organized a Ilorso Thief Detec¬ 
tive Society. 
Two accidents occurred on the Erie Railroad 
on the 10th inst., near Vcllsburg. By the first 
two freight cars were thrown from the track, 
and one man killed. The second wasoecasioned 
by an express train running into those ears left 
on the track, and two young ladles from Iowa 
wore seriously injured. 
Tho New Berlin branch of Ihe Midland Rail¬ 
road is laid nearly to White Store, and the people 
along the line arc alive with enthusiasm at the 
prospect of its early completion. 
A passenger car belonging to tho Harlem 
Railroad was set on fire at Williatnsbridgc, West¬ 
chester Co., on the 7U> Inst., and entirely de¬ 
stroyed. 
Tho trial of Daniel McFarland for the murder 
of Richardson, was postponed from last week to 
the first Monday in April. 
The trial of ex-Judge William Fullerton, for 
alleged blackmail and extortion, was begun in 
the United States Circuit Court of New York 
City last week, before Judge Woodruff. 
Mr. Durant, of Pacific Railway notoriety, asks 
the people of St. Lawrence county to raise, by 
bonding the towns, or otherwise, five hundred 
thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a 
railroad from Ogdensburg to the Adirondack 
Iron Works. 
Eleven prominent druggists of Brooklyn have 
been served with processes from the United 
States Court, under an indictment for a viola¬ 
tion of the internal revenue Jaws, by falling to 
affix stamps to bottles of imported perfumery. 
A fine of ti fly dollars attache* to each offence. 
Afire near Otlsville on the night of tho 8th 
inst., destroyed James Taylor’s two factories and 
duelling. Loss, $,10,000. Forty operatives were 
deprived of employment. 
The Hackensack branch of the Erie Railway 
has been opened to Hillsdale, twenty-one miles 
from Jersey City. 
Daniel C. Burdick, convicted of the murder of 
It. It. Baxter, (colored,) in Glean last September, 
and sentenced to be bunged, has been granted 
slay of proceedings. Argument for new trial 
will be heard May next. 
IIoii. Win. II. Seward has had a public recep¬ 
tion at the City Hull, New York, by tlie Ahlor- 
| men and Assistant Aldermen, ami has been pre¬ 
sented with the freedom of tiie city by the Com- 
I mon Council, 
J Tlie Board of Supervisors of Cattaraugus 
county will stand this year eight Republicans, 
seven Democrats and one Independent. 
The extensive tanning establishment at Chase’s 
Mills, St. Lawrence county, owned by George 
Graves & Hon. Rutland, Vt., was destroyed by 
lire on t he 4th inst. 
II. N. Curtiss and John MoConville have been 
appointed Loan Commissioners of Monroo 
county. 
Tho Buff alo Board of Trade has decided that 
there are not just grounds for expelling David 
3. Bennett therefrom. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
TnEffrst panel of lady grand jurors over as- | 
scmbleJ was sworn in at Lanunie Cit y, Wyoming j 
Territory, on the 7tli inst. The judiciary sus¬ 
tained tlioir right to serve, and none asked to bo I 
excused. Chief .Justice Dowc delivered an able 
charge. 
General Sheridan has written to General Sher¬ 
man In regard to, tho Pioguu massacre. Ik 6wy« 
that in the Um "Mahf, years right hundred per¬ 
sons have been murdered within the limits of 
his present, command, many being fearfully tor¬ 
tured and mutilated, and some women being 
ravished fifty or moro times, and further de¬ 
clares that Vincent Collyerls In the interest of 
old Indian agents, and say* the problem to bo 
solved is “who shall bo killed, whites or In¬ 
dians Collyer put* in a denial. 
The male citizens of Zanesville, Ohio, have pe¬ 
titioned that women may be invested with all 
the rights of citizenship, and also with all its 
duties, namely, that they be liable to military, 
jury and road duty; liability for their own and 
their husbands' debts; and that if a woman re¬ 
fuse or neglect to provide l’or the support of her 
husband tuid family, a divorce shall be granted, 
awarding alimony to the husband. 
Hard times in California are creating a bitter 
feeling against, the Chinese, and evil conse¬ 
quences arc feared, lu San Francisco a riot may 
be precipitated at. any moment. 
The business id the Denver Land Offices dur¬ 
ing the month of February was as follows: 
Warrant entries, 489 acres; Agricultural College 
scrip. 5,613acres: homestead, 2,307 acres; home¬ 
stead (final proof,) 630 acres: cash entries, 10,593 
i acres; total, 19,632acres. 
War has begun in Winnipeg in earnest., accord¬ 
ing loft letter dated Pembina, Feb. 21. Thcforcc 
under Major Ban I ton mid Dr. Schultz occupied 
lower Slone Fort, and then encamped near Fort 
Garry. Riel collected five hundred men and at¬ 
tacked lhem. Baitlton, finding that but little 
assistance was to be expected from the settlers, 
surrendered, with fifty-seven of his meu, who 
were marched to Fort Gurry, while Die others, 
under Schultz, retreated to the Stone Fort. On 
the 10th UiL*l dispatched one hundred armed men 
to attack Schultz. Win Gauley, one of Schultz’s 
scouts, was captured and shot. Later reports 
say Hutt Soliultz had left the Stone Fort, and was 
making his escape in the direction of the Rainy 
Lukes. 
A1 Ripley. Ohio, on tho 7th inst., a deranged 
young man named Pope amused himself by 
firing on a church-goer with a rifle, and then, 
intrenched in a log house, he fired on the con¬ 
stable’s posse who attempted his arrest. Sev¬ 
eral persons were wounded before he gave him¬ 
self up. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
Toe State Election in New Hampshire, on 
Tuesday of last week, resulted in the triumph of 
Governor Stcarnes over the three opposition 
candidates by about 1,200 majority. Tho Repub¬ 
licans will have about fifty majority in the 
House. The vote for Senators elects six Repub¬ 
licans, four Democrats, and out Labor-re to rmer, 
and there is one vacancy. 
Certain women of Hyde Park, Mass., to the 
number of sixty, put a separate ticket, in tho 
field at the town election on tho 7th inst., and 
voted. They went in a body to the polling 
place, and, to the disgrace of the male ruffians in 
attendance, were soundly hissed. Their votes 
were not counted. 
A ship canal through the narrow neck of land 
separating Buzzard's Bay from Gape Cod, Mass., 
is about to bo commenced. This improvement 
will shorten the passage of vessels between New 
York and Boston several hours, and enable their 
navigators to avoid the open aud often stormy 
sea encountered in the voyage around Capo 
Cod. 
It is reported that twenty-five gentlemen of 
Baugor, Maine, will furnish tho sum of $100,000 
requisite to secure the removal of tlie State 
government to that city. 
Three actors were severely burned at the 
Opera House, Springfield, on tlie evening of the 
7th inst., during the fire scene in the sensational 
play of “ Lost at Sea.” 
Mrs. Charles W. Bryant of Boston, was killed 
recently by falling down stairs. 
Nashua, X. II., was visited by a $60,000 fire on 
the 6th inst. 
Messrs. Munson & Co., contractors, have at¬ 
tached the Hartford and Erie Railroad for 
$1,500,000 for work done. 
The Republican State Convention of Rhode 
Island met in Providence on the 10th inst., and 
re-nominated Seth Padelford for Governor, 
Pardon W. Stevens for Lieutenant-Governor, 
John it, Bartlett for Secretary of State, Willard 
Sayles for Attorney-General and Samuel A. 
Parker for Genera! Treasurer. 
The Home for Aged Men, Just opened in Bos¬ 
ton, covers 40,000 square feet between Worces¬ 
ter and Springfield streets. The estate was pur¬ 
chased of the city for $50,000, and paid for by 
private subscription. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
An organized band of Ku-Klux appeared re¬ 
cently In Charleston, Kanawha county. West 
Virginia, the lately-selected capital, of the State, 
and in broad daylight opened the jail and re¬ 
leased the prisoners. The jailers were threat¬ 
ened with death if they gave any alarm. The 
organization is said to be extensive, and tbeeivil 
ftiithoritii-sure powerless. 
B. F. Whittomore has announced himself as a 
candidate for re-election In his district in South 
Carolina. The negroes, who are greatly in the 
majority, think of nominating one of their num¬ 
ber. Dewecse's successor will also, it is believed, 
be a negro. 
Three negroes were dangerously injured one 
day lately, In Wilmington, N. C., by the explo¬ 
sion of a thirty-pound Parrot shell in a foundry 
yard. 
Tho British man-of-war Monarch has sailed 
from Annapolis for Portsmout h, England. 
A Calhoun county negro committed suicide 
a few days ago by drinking a pint of strong lye. 
lie was mi bail charged with manslaughter in 
killing another negro, some time since,at White 
Plains. 
Montgomery Blair will la? a candidate for Con¬ 
gress in the Fifth District of Maryland at the 
next election. 
In some portions of Virginia difficulty is ex¬ 
perienced in obtaining jurors, as none but those 
entitled to vote and bold office are eligible to sit 
on such. 
The Richmond <Vn.) Whiy says: The great 
burden whiclt is pressing upon t lie men of Vir¬ 
ginia, which is furrowing their faces with lines 
of care and whitening their heads with the frosts 
of premature age, is poverty. The question 
which is uppermost, in their minds is how they 
shall feed and clothe their families and educate 
their children. 
A now steamship line between New York and 
Virginia 1 b to be started by a company of Vir¬ 
ginians, who have already obtained a charter 
for that purpose. 
Gen. Alcorn was inaugurated Governor of 
Mississippi on the 10th inst. In his inaugural 
address he guaranteed that the laws shall be en¬ 
forced for tbe protection of all classes so long as 
he Is Governor, without the aid of the military 
if possible, with it if necessary. 
An investigation into the Oneida disaster was 
in progress at Yokohama at last advices. Minis¬ 
ter De Long acting for the Americans. It is 
stated that the Oneida wxts not run through, 
and that the Bombay backed after striking her, 
and then proceeded directly on her course. 
Capt. Eyre, commanding the latter, is accused 
of criminal negligence in the matter, and Minis¬ 
ter De Long has announced u determination to 
prosecute him personally, even on the charge of 
murder, if the evidence prove sufficient. 
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DISASTERS. 
The steamship Eagle, bound from New York 
to Havana, ran ashore on Body’ Island, off the 
coast of Virginia, on the 7th inst., and is a total 
wreck. All her passengers and crew were saved. 
Tito Norwegian bark Norge. Captain Eilsen. 
which left Havana for Copenhagen on the 25th 
ult. with 4.090 boxes of sugar, was burned at sea 
on the 3d inst. Her crew were rescued. 
Tlie ship West burn, from Foochow, bound for 
London, with 700*000 pounds of tea, has been to¬ 
tally lost near tho Passage Islands. 
There are no tidings yet of tho steamer City 
of Boston. The telegram reporting her arrival 
at Liverpool was a canard. 
The steamer Beckton, Captain Dryden, which 
left New York on tlie 3d of February for Glas¬ 
gow. has not since been beard of. 
Three fires occurred In Philadelphia on the 
night of tbe 4th inst. A lumber dealer’s estab¬ 
lishment in Boston was burned tlie same night; 
loss $00,000. 
Newark, N. J., was visited by a fearful confla¬ 
gration on the 4th inst. A large amount of 
property was destroyed, and the loss will fall 
little short, of $2lK),000. 
The Eagle Print Works, on West Twenty-fifth 
street, New York city, were burned on the 10th 
inst. Loss $200,000. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Another change in the command of the Cuban 
forces has taken place. General Jordan having 
resigned, Bembctta has been made Commauder- 
In-Chief. The second carnival celebration took 
place at Havana on the 8th inst. The concourse 
of people and carriages was unprecedented. It 
is estimated that fully 50,000 people wore in ihe 
procession. Not the slightest, disturbance oc¬ 
curred. Captain-General Do itodas has isssufd 
a proclamation in relation to tho murder of 
Isaac Grcenwald and the execution of Zamora. 
He says that at the time of the assassination 
Grei nwald was under the protection of tho 
Spanish flag: that the assassin outraged tlie luw 
and disgraced his flag, aud has been justly exe¬ 
cuted fur the crime. 
The Venezuelan revolutionists are fast multi¬ 
plying, and the Monagas Government is con¬ 
sidered in a critical condition. Governor Mona¬ 
gas with one thousand soldiers lias gone to Coro 
to fight General Blaneo. Tlie disturbances now 
extend throughout the entire Republic. 
I Mexican advices to the 22d say that General 
I Vega had entered Siuola.and issued a proclama¬ 
tion ignoring Juarez as President of the Ropub. 
lie. General Parva issued a pronunciamento 
during the absence of the troops from Mazatlan. 
but tbe revolutionists were repulsed and forced 
to retreat to Presidio. Bands of gimrrillas in¬ 
discriminately mb and murder in the interior. 
In t he Dominion Parliament on the 8th inst., 
a bill to incorporate the Detroit River Transit 
Company was introduced. It is in the interest 
of the Great Western Railroad and Michigau 
Central Railroad Company. The capital stock 
of the company is $3,000,000. The company is 
to be organized as soon as $1,000,000 are sub¬ 
scribed, and ten per cent, thereof paid up. The 
company wiU have power to build eltbera bridge 
over the Detroit River, or to construct a tunnei. 
It issbiteil that Sir John Young. Governnr-Geue- 
ora|, will proceed in person to Red Hirer, imme¬ 
diately after the close of the present session of 
Parliament. 
New revolutionary movements are doveloptug 
in Mexico. A public meeting has been held in 
Tepic, which declared in favor of the indepen¬ 
dence of tlie Northwestern States, ineludingChi¬ 
huahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, Lower Cali- 
f rnia, and a portion of Jalisco, it, is claimed 
that tlie people of all the States named, and the 
Governors of Sonora, Chihuahua and Lower 
California favor independence. The Governors 
of Sinaloa and Durango adhere to President 
J uarez. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Irish Land Bill has been discussed at 
length in the House of Commons, but without 
reaching any conclusion. Mr. Gladstone opened 
the debate, and stated timt measures for the pro¬ 
tection of Ireland would follow’ the Land Bill. 
There is considerable opposition lo ( lie bill, and 
material amendments are demanded by many 
Irish members. 
By invitation, Charles Dickens lias had an in¬ 
terview witli the Queen. It is thought lie will 
be knighted. 
The French officials have as yet produced no 
evidence of the existence of a plot against tho 
State and the life of the Emperor. 
Tlie Imperial Government has granted permis- 
iii to lay a second cable from tlie shores of 
France to Algeria. 
in the Ecumenical Council the discussion on 
tho Catechism lias terminated. Seven Fathers 
delivered speeches, and motions of six others 
were printed and distributed. Tbe journals 
promulgate a papal decree, the purport of which 
is to hasten the discussions of the Council. It 
provides that public sessions shall tie held every 
ten days, and requires the Fathers to present in 
writing their observations to a competent com¬ 
mission. Last advices stated that Ihe Pope had 
required the Ecumenical Council to fix upon the 
definition of personal infallibility within a week 
Imprisonment of editors goes on m Paris 
Seven members of tlie editorial stuff of the Re- 
forme (newspaper) have been convicted of vio¬ 
lations of tlm press law, and have received sen¬ 
tences of from one to four months' imprison' 
merit, and the total amount ol tlie fines imposed 
is 10,009 francs. M. Iiaziro. ono of the writers 
for the M’lrxciU'iU', who, on seeing the Emperor 
one day, shouted “Vive la Itcpubliquc," lias 
been condemned to imprisonment for three 
mouth* and fined live hundred francs. 
Rochefort, has made so much fresh trouble 
with his diatribes written in prison and publish¬ 
ed in t lie MannUllnuu', that t he French nil thorities 
have shut him up entirely. He is not now per¬ 
mitted even to receive tho visits of ids friends, 
and is reported very ill. It is fcarod ho has the 
small-pox. 
Numerous foreign officers have offered their 
services to tho Viceroy of Egypt, but all have 
been declined. 
The workshops at the station of Bromberg, 
Prussia, have been destroyed by fire, incurring 
a loss of $400,000. 
The cold has lately been so intense ut Vittoria. 
in Spain, that several farmers were frozen to 
death on their return home from the market. 
The Turkish Government has abolished the 
collection of tolls from vessels passing through 
the Bosphorus. Merchantmen are no longer 
subjected to delay and visitation during tho 
passage. 
Tho Prince and Princess of Wales arc about to 
make a tour of Ireland, and great preparations 
are in progress in t lie north for their reception. 
Europe lifts laid a winter of unexpected sever- 
i t y. The theatre tit Dautzig has been closed on 
account of tlie cold. Snow and frost prevail in 
Italy, and great mortality in consequence there¬ 
of. The Baltic has beep crossed by skaters. 
The now postal treaty between Belgium and 
tlie United States, which reduces ocean postage 
to one-half of the present rates, lias been ratified 
by the former Government. 
A strong speculative interest in American 
seeuxitios is developing in London and on the 
Continent. 
it is now reckoned that an outlay of about 
£800,000 will render the Suez Canal navigable 
throughout for the heaviest class of meu-of- 
w«r. 
Ernest Renan has been restored to his pro¬ 
fessorship in the College of Franco. 
Spanish affairs are in tlie usual state of con¬ 
fusion. A ministerial crisis is impending. Prim 
has re-affirmed bis opposition to Montponsier, 
and his declaration that all tlie Ministry except 
Admiral Topete are anti-Montpeusicrists, has 
givon the latter such offence that it is resignation 
is tendered. The Unionists are furious against 
Prim, and enthusiastic iu favor ot Topete. 
Montpeusier has arrived in Madrid amid much 
popular rejoicing. The Duke of Vittoria is ex¬ 
pected at tho capital, and it is thought will be 
put forward as a candidate for roy alty’. 
Mr. J. McLeury Brown, who was secretary of 
the Chinese Embassy, has been appointed Am¬ 
bassador ad interim, ixx place of the late 51r. 
Burlingame. He is now in St. Petersburg. 
SWhcts. 
S? “jp 
MONEY MARKET. 
New York. March 11,1S70. 
The money market is easy at 4 to 5 per cent Gold 
went down steadily during tlie past week until it 
touched U0K. when u slight re-action took place. To 
day the market is excited, and gold is selling at 113)4- 
Specie payment has been resumed in numerous in¬ 
stances. 
Government bonds are dull and unsettled. U S. 
6s are ottered at 115; 5-20sof ’62 at 111M; do. ’C5atl09’{ 
do. '08 at HOW: and 1(M0s at 107. 
Southern State bonds are higher. Stocks arc dull 
and heavy. 
