V' 
ence relative to design of Gen. Harney to in¬ 
vade British territory on the Pacific Coast in 
1859, has hcen asked for by Lord Milton. Mr. 
Monscll, Under-Colonial Secretary, promised 
that the Government would produce all the 
documents on the subject that could he safely 
made public. This is evidently a counter move 
to the Alabama claims. 
Though little is known of the action of tho 
Ecumenical Council in secret session, the im¬ 
pression prevails in London that the Schema dc 
Fide has becii voted upon and adopted. 
The Italian Minister of War has ordered the 
dismissal, on perpetual furlough, of St,too men. 
The village of Eras, near Chi re, Switzerland, 
has been almost, entirely destroyed by fire. 
Seventeen houses and thirteen farm buildings 
were burned down and forty families rendered 
homeless. 
The affairs of the ox-Queen Isabella and her 
husband have been arranged by compromise. 
Both have signed a document consenting to 
a separation. 
The outgoing (from Liverpool) trans-atlantic 
steamers have been ordered to take a southerly 
course, to avoid icebergs. An unusual number 
of them are reported by arrivals here. 
Dispatches from Bombay, received in London, 
report a terrible conflagration in the town of 
Oomptah, near Nugpoor, Bengal. Two hundred 
houses and 2,500 bales of cotton had been de¬ 
stroyed, entailing an immense loss. 
Another conspiracy against the Empire is 
bothering tho Parisian police. Orders havebeen 
issued for t he arrest of twenty persons. 
Mr. Motley, the American Minister in London, 
and the historian ol the Dutch Republic, cele- 
brated the visit of the Dut ch Queen to England 
on the 28th ult., by a grand banquet. 
A steamer service between Liverpool and 
PrincO Edward's Island is organizing in London. 
The first steamer of the new line will leave on 
the 5th of April. 
jured. They were regularly officered, and car¬ 
ried a red standard. 
Owing to the sudden rise in the Missouri River, 
the embankment at the lower lock of tho canal 
at Keokuk, Iowa, gave way on the 28th ult., and 
the entire Government works at that point woro 
flooded, causing great damage. Work has been 
suspended until tho river Tails. 
Preparations for a mass meeting on the sub¬ 
ject of t he Bible in the public schools arc iu pro¬ 
gress in Cincinnati. 
Tho Democratic Convention of Oregon has 
nominated L. F. Glover of Marion county for 
Governor, and J. II, Slater of Baker county for 
Congress. Tim election will take place June 6. 
Lido advices from Montana corroborate the 
previous reports or the great extent and im¬ 
mense richness of tho new gold placer discov¬ 
eries on Cedar Creek proper and its tributaries, 
and it Is asserted that these are the greatest sur¬ 
face gold diggings ever discovered. 
by the Erie Railway Company. The case stands 
adjourned to the 28th inst. 
John Gcisler of Greenhush was drowned on 
the 28th ult. while attempting to cross the river 
on the ice at Albany. Soveral others had nar¬ 
row escapes. 
Tho destruction to farm-houses and other 
property at different points in the interior of 
the State by tho recent gale is reported as un¬ 
paralleled In any previous equinoctial storm. 
Two families in Canandaigua, lately, were 
poisoned by cheese purchased at a grocery in 
the village. 
A dwelling house in Holbrook was lately de¬ 
stroyed by fire eausod by tho explosion of a 
kerosene lamp. 
Ex-Collector Bailey has written a letter to Gen. 
Pleasanton acknowledging the deficiency in his 
accounts, but claiming that the money was used 
exclusively in tho detection of frauds on the 
revenues of the Government. 
The town collector of Napoli, lately absconded, 
it is said with $2,500 of the town's money. 
On the 33d ult.. Manning Vandcrpeydcn, a 
wealthy farmer, living near Troy, was murdered 
in Ills barn. His son-in-law, 15. A. Alexander, 
reported that the murderer attacked him after 
killing Vauderpeyden, hitting him with an iron 
pump-handle, breaking liis arm. Suspicions 
were aroused that Mr. Alexander himself did the 
deed, and on the 20th ult,, after writing a com¬ 
plete confession, he blew his brains out with a 
shot-gun. His confession states that he medi¬ 
tated the murder for a year. 
The ent ire business portion of the village of 
Knowlesvllle, Orleans county, was destroyed by 
fire on t he night of the 25th n’t. 
Thirteen members of the Orlcaus County 
Pioneer 7 # Association have died since the last 
annual meeting of tho organizat ion in June, 1889. 
Another ease of mysterious disappearance 
from Poughkeepsie is reported. This makes 
four within a little over a month. 
The trustees of the State Hospital for treating 
nervous diseases, reeentlv incorporated, ha VO 
elected AV. H. Appleton, President; Thurlow 
Weed, Vice-President: H.C. Fahnestock, Treas¬ 
urer, and Roswell D. Hatch, Secretary, 
1869, were $11,500,000; this month they will ex¬ 
ceed that amount $1,000,000. 
One hundred and twelve men have been dis¬ 
charged from the Washington navy yard. 
The Navy Department has ordered several 
ships to be prepared lor sea, at once, In order to 
reinforce the Asiatic squadron, as some difficul¬ 
ties are expected in that quarter. 
.1 udge Bradley has been waited upon by a dele- 
gat ion tendering their congratulations upon his 
appointment to the Supreme Bench, and pre¬ 
senting resolutions of the Now Jersey Society of 
AVashington. 
The bill, allowing District Judge AVatrous of 
Texas to resign, and allowing his salary, owing 
to physical infirmity, and providing for the ap¬ 
pointment of another judge in ids place, having 
passed both Houses, is before tho President for 
his signature. 
FROM WASHINGTON, 
Congressional. 
The most signal act of Congress has been the 
admission of Texas. Both houses passed the 
1 )1U by a party vote. The Senate sent it to the 
House of Representatives, which put it into the 
hands of the Reeoii*tnn.tlcm Committee for*a 
day, and then took final action upon it. The act 
was forwarded at once to the Executive Mansion, 
and in Ices than two hours a messenger appeared 
with the President's message, announcing tho 
desired proclamation. Mr. Wood arose and-de¬ 
nied, emphatically, that New York had ratified 
the amendment. Mr. Niblaclc also pronounced 
the representation that Indiana had ratified the 
amendment to be a fraud. The message was 
laid on the tabic for future consideration. 
Texas'admission was fully consummated on 
the 31 .hI. ult., when Senators Flanigan and Ham¬ 
ilton were admitted in the Senate, and the four 
Representatives from the State in the House. 
Objection was made by Jtutier to Mr. Courier 
(Dorn.) ostensibly because he was cruel to sol¬ 
diers during the war, and denounced certain 
nets of Congress in his campaign speeches; but 
the objection was overruled, and all the mem¬ 
bers took the oath. 
General Ames’ case has not been decided in 
the BenutC, as yet, but will have been, doubtless, 
ere this roaches our readers. 11 is expected that 
he will ho admitted by a party vote. 
Among the most important bills introduced in 
tho Senate are one by Senator Ross to incorpo¬ 
rate the Indian Territory, Gulf and Pacific Rail¬ 
road Company, and to enable the suntO to con¬ 
struct certain railroads aud branches, so as to 
give transit, through that Territory on equal 
terms to railroads reaching its borders; one by 
Mr. Cole, to provide tor a semi-monthly steam- 
sliip service between Bun Francisco and ports in 
Japan and China; and one fixing upon tho Tues¬ 
day alter the first Monday In November as the 
day when Representatives and Delegates to Con¬ 
gress shall bo elected throughout, the country. 
One reported from tho Committee on Public 
Buildings aud Grounds, aud passed to a second 
reading, authorizes the Secretary of the Treas¬ 
ury to cause to lie constructed at Albany, N. Y., 
suitable buildings, fire-proof, for t he accommo¬ 
dation of a Custom House, Post-Office, United 
States Circuit and District Court.-, and Internal 
Revenue offices, mid for this purpose appropri¬ 
ates, out of any money in the Treasury not oth¬ 
erwise appropriated, t he sum of $300,000. A joint 
resolution introduced by Mr.Sherman appropri¬ 
ates $100,000 to the Hall expedition in search of 
the North Pole. The bill fixing point of junc¬ 
tion of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads 
has been passed. 
The San Domingo Treaty has consumed much 
time In the Senate, in executive session, but 
without decisive action. The President has scut 
a special message a enouncing thirty days' exten¬ 
sion of the t ime for the ratification of tho treaty. 
Among the confirmations by the Senate is that 
of Dr. Samuel Bard of Georgia, to be Governor 
of Idaho, the commission of Governor Ballard, 
tho present incumbent, expiring on iholOth of 
April; Allen It. Rutherford, to he Third Audi¬ 
tor ot the Treasury; James A\ r , Mason of Arkan¬ 
sas, to be Minister Resident Consul General to 
Liberia; and John Hay of Illinois, to be Secre¬ 
tary of Legation al Madrid. 
The House has devoted a large portion Of its 
sessions to discussing the Tariff Bill. Among 
the bills introduced are the following:—To pay 
pensions in gold; to re-organize the navy; to 
bridge the Mississippi River at St. Louis, utid to 
prevent tho collection of taxes levied on passen¬ 
gers by State authority. Of the resolutions of¬ 
fered there is one that the Billie be used in the 
public school*, and another to tax the interest of 
Government bonds ten per cent., both of which 
went over under the rules. 
The Territorial Committee of the House has 
decided to report an Enabling Act to allow Now 
Mexico to frame ft State Government and apply 
for admission into the Union. 
Gen. Logan intends introducing, in a few days, 
a bill incorporating the Irish National Coloniza¬ 
tion Association. I Is managers comprise load¬ 
ing, wealthy and Influential Irishmen in every 
city of the Union. The principal object, of the 
bill is to remove the surplus Irish from the over¬ 
crowded cities of the East, and place them on 
farms, as well as'provide moans of transporta¬ 
tion for the poorer classes who are daily arriv¬ 
ing from Europe. 
Tho Banking and Currency Committee have 
deckled not to report, the bill increasing the cur¬ 
rency $50,000,000, as ordered by ihe House, until 
after the Funding Bill is disposed of. 
Mi see Hail eons. 
A Proclamation decdaring the Fifteenth 
Amendment duly ratified, and henceforth part 
of the Supreme Law of the Lund, was promul¬ 
gated by the Secretary of State on the 30th ult. 
The Amendment reads as follows: 
Article 15, Section 1. The rights of citizens 
of the United Stale* to vote shall not bo denied 
or abridged by tho United States, or by any 
State, on account of race, color or previous 
condition of eon Rude. 
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to 
enforce this art icle by appropriate legislation. 
The proclamation say s ratification bus been 
enacted by the Legislatures of the following 
States;—North Carolina, West Virginia, Massa¬ 
chusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana, Michi¬ 
gan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, 
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New 
York, New Hampshire, Nevada, A'ermonti Vir¬ 
ginia, Alabama. Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, 
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Ne¬ 
braska aud Texas—in all twenty-nine States. A 
message announcing the promulgation of' such 
proclamation was sent to Congress, by the Pres¬ 
ident, on the same day. 
The Secretary Of the Treasury has directed the 
Assistant Treasurer at Now York to soil two 
millions of gold and purchase two millions of 
bonds, on account of the sinking fund, in the 
month of April, and in addition thereto to pur¬ 
chase tw r o millions or bonds for the special fund, 
making ill all a sale of t wo millions of gold and 
a purchase of four millions of bonds lor the 
month. 
A statement from tho Navy Department 
shows that the number of monitors in the pos¬ 
session of the Department isSea-going, 11; 
harbor and river, 9; of the class of the Passaic, 
8 ; light draft, 20; river iron-dads, (iu the AVest,) 
3; total, 51. 
The Internal Revenue receipts for March, 
LEGISLATIVE. 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
Another conflict based on the New 1’ ork City 
Government, has been had in the New York As¬ 
sembly. Mr. Frear reported a charter for the 
city of New York, baaed upon the original in¬ 
strument introduced by him, but materially' 
amended, the provisions relative to excise 
stricken out, and incorporated iu another bill. 
This bill earac up as a special order, and the 
fight over it was most exciting, resulting, finally, 
iu carrying the Wit to n third reading, and in its 
passage toy a vote of 118 to 5. The bill granting 
State aid to tho Midland Railroad In the sum of 
$1,500,000, and that granting $10,000 per mile to 
the Adirondack Railroad, have been ordered to 
a third reading In the Assembly. Tho Brooklyn 
Police Bill has also passed that body. The Ar¬ 
cade Railway BH1 has been reported from tho 
Senate Committee on Railroads. A hill reported 
in the Assembly to amend the Usury law by pro¬ 
viding the rale of interest shall continue at, 7 
per cent. lor the first year, mid at any amount, 
not to exceed 10 per cent., that may be agreed 
upon for an additional your. It led to a warm 
discussion, but was ordered to a third reading. 
The Legislature of North Carolina adjourned 
nine die Oil the 28th ult., at, Raleigh. The con¬ 
servative members have published an address. 
In which they deny that AUutuuuco county is in 
a state of insurrection, as proclaimed by Gov. 
Holden. 
The Governor of California bas vetoed the bill 
giving aid for the construction of the San Joa¬ 
quin Valley and Southern Pacific Railroad. 
A bill providing for a public park in Roches¬ 
ter has been introduced in the New York Legis¬ 
lature. 
Tho Iowa Senate has refused to abolish capital 
punishment, by a vote Of 17 to 27. 
Rhode Islaud has at trust abolished imprison¬ 
ment, for debt.. The vote iu the House was 56 
yeas to two nays. 
In the legislature of British Columbia a mo¬ 
tion was carried that Canada purchase Alaska 
and the State of Maine. 
The Missouri State Legislature adjourned sine 
die on the 26th ult. 
The argument, in the injunction case of Cahoon 
against. Ellison, (the rival Mayors.) closed in the 
United States Circuit Court at Richmond on the 
30th ult., Ex-Gov. AVise making the closing 
speech for Cahoon. He claimed that the Court 
has jurisdiction, because Cahoon, nsa provisional 
appointee, is a United States officer, and is not to 
go out of office until the regular election by the 
people. Ellison's counsel claimed that the ad¬ 
mission of the State terminated the powers of 
all provisional officers in tho State. Judge Under¬ 
wood granted an injunction next day, restrain¬ 
ing Ellison from acting as Mayor. Ho also 
refused an appeal on theground that the injunc¬ 
tion wastemporary.it being to continue only till 
the next term. Ellison's counsel gave notice of 
their iutcntlon to disobey the order of tho Court 
in order to cause the arrest of Ellison, and then 
bring his ease before the Supreme Court on a 
writ of habeas corpus. The Judge in ids decision 
declared Ihe enabling act passed by Hie Legisla¬ 
ture unconstitutional, which decision affects 
nearly all tho ofliocrtt of the Btate. The injunc¬ 
tion was issued to Mayor Ellison and tho City 
Council and police, but they wont on with the 
city affairs as usual. Mayor Cahoon issued a 
proclamation saying that his police force will ho 
promptly re-organized, and requesting the per¬ 
sons appointed by Mayor ElliBon to retire to 
their homes peacefully, in order that no further 
breach of Die peace may occur. 
Ficrre Soule, formerly United States Senator, 
an eloquent and influential Democratic politi¬ 
cian, and an agent of the Confederacy in Europe 
during the war, died in New Orleans on the 28th 
ult., aged sixty-nine. 
The Comanche Indians have lately made a raid 
in Western Texas. Over forty families have 
been massacred. It is reported, also, that several 
houses have been burned and several hundred 
horses captured. 
The Democratic Conservative State Central 
Committee of Maryland met. at Annapolis, on 
1 he 29th ult., and resolved that the Registration 
Law of the State should be so altered as to con¬ 
form to tho provisions of the Fifteenth Amend¬ 
ment, and enable all persons who will then bo 
entitled to register under the laws of the State 
to register and avail themselves of the privilege 
of the elective franchise. 
Gov. AVarmouih lias appointed Henry C. Dib¬ 
ble Judge of the Eighth District. Court of New 
Orleans, created by the last Legislature. It* Ju¬ 
risdiction is concurrent, ill civil matters, and ex¬ 
clusive iu issue of writs of mandamus aud in¬ 
junctions covering contests for office. 
The steamboat Jefferson, front Red River, 
with eight, hundred and thirty-four hides of cot¬ 
ton, was burned on the 27th ult., at the mouth of 
the Black River. The boat, and cargo are a total 
loss. No lives wore lost. 
Agricultural.— The New York Weekly Tri¬ 
bune is a great Farmer's Paper, as all do know 
who read it. Its Agricultural Department, 
valuable always, containing as it does Full Re¬ 
ports of The American Instiiute Farmers' Club, 
and articles written for its columns by the most 
eminent Agriculturists of America, has been 
enriched by other attractive features in a Ilm ti- 
cullural DepartmenU which will comprise Man¬ 
agement of Small Forms, Fruit and Vegetable 
Culture, and bow to make them pay. Also, a 
Veterinary Department, for which Prof. J ames 
Law, Veterinary' Surgeon in Cornell Univer¬ 
sity, has been engaged to answer questions 
concerning diseases of Cut tie. Horses, Blioepand 
other domestic animals, and prescribe remedies 
through the columns of The Weekly Tribune. 
See advertisement In another column. 
FROM NEW ENGLAND, 
Suspicious movements have of late attracted 
attention in the vicinity of St. Albans, Vt., arid 
it is suspected that another Fenian expedition is 
in preparation. 
A convention of fanners was held in Lowell, 
Mass., last week, under the auspices ol' Die. Milk 
Producers'Association of New Hampshire and 
Massachusetts. 
New Bedford, Mass., was lately the scene of a 
sad 1 rngedy. Elizabeth B. Ohopnmu, a lady forty 
years of age, shot Mr. Theodore L. Parker, a 
grocer, aged twenty-one years, who was board, 
ing In the same house. Tho parties ross from 
the ton table together and went into the hull, 
when Mrs. Parker killed the young man and 
then shot herself through the body. Bhe was 
living at last accounts. 
Tbo mills of the Hampden Paper Company, at 
llulyoke. Mass., were burned on tho 27th ult. 
The loss is $260,000; Insured fof $200,000. One 
hundred and fifty hands are thrown out of 
work. The Company will rebuild at once. 
The MiqgK^.tetu Society for the Prevention 
of Cruelty toJAninmls held its annual meeting 
in Boston hud. week. 
The debt of tho city ol' Portland, Me., is larger 
than that of the Stale of New Hampshire. 
The action of ihe State Constabulary In seizing 
$75,000 worth of ale in the Suffolk Brewery, and 
$3,000 worth of liquors from Thomas Digits, the 
Delmonieo of Boston, has occasioned a panic 
among the liquor dealers In Dial city. 
The Connecticut. Republican State Committee, 
iu order to avoid misapprehensions, issued a 
statement that it was too Jate for the negroes to 
comply with the provisions of tlic Registry law 
eo as to vote at the election on Monday. 
A boiler connected with Rice's paper mill at 
Newtown, Lowa Falls, Mass., exploded recently, 
demolishing the building. Fortunately' tho peo¬ 
ple had not commenced work, and nobody was 
hurt. 
Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, has appoint¬ 
ed Friday, the 15th day of April, as a fast day. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
New York. April l, 1870. 
The receipts of the* principal kiwis of produce 
Since our Inst have been us follows:--10.885 tulles cot¬ 
ton, 65,825 bbls. hour, 1,500 bbl*. rom weal. 7,750 bugs 
do., 105,036bushels wheut. 40,426 do. corn, 55,587 bush, 
ont h, 120,388 (1o. hurley, 7,115 do. henna. 2.091 Phis. pork, 
3.1 H pkir*. cut meats, 3,909 pice*. beer, l.'itfi lard, 590 
kegs do., 6,445 pkg«. butter,6,312 bxs. cheese, 7,498 bids, 
eggs, 550 hints. tobacco, MV* boxes and eases do., 1,403 
bug a pea ti at», 1,613 bale* hops, 008 pkg». dried fruits. 
Ilentix a ml Pens. The market has been heavily 
supplied with beans lately, and price* are weak. One 
lot of 1,300 bushels Horn Cot Horn la helped greatly to 
depress the market. 
Bonn* — Kidney, p bii-li.. $2.40.1.2.50 ‘. pea. prime 
fcl.‘Aka2.00; medium, hand picked. *1.711'.'1.7a; good 
to prime. $1.6U(w1.70; common to fair, ft/’ 1.40; mar¬ 
rows, hand picked. f2.4i.W2.50; good to prinu',$2.25'32.40; 
common to lair. S1.55632.U): Limit. $60.6.50, Peas— 
Canada, bond, $l<-> 1.05; I roe. in bl-l*., ybl.Vu 1.2D; green, 
fl.Mbil.75; marrowfat ft,tel*. 1.75; bluett-eye, South¬ 
ern. 2 bushel bug, $4<& 1.25. 
Beeswax.—The stock Is moderate, hut there is 
very little call, and prices are not firm. AVe quote at 
38®39c. 
Broom Corn— 1$ carter. Mixed to choice hurl 
rauaea at Kk-lOc. Broom* are also easier : common, 
f2.50fa3.5Q a dot: good to extra, $10-0 P doz. 
U ill ter.-There tins been a good trade for city 
use. with tho market more in the buyer’s favor. 
There inis been a disposition to closeout, on the best 
terms, as the arrivals of new admonishes holders 
that to avoid being caught with a surplus of old at 
ihe close of the seasou, Hits la the best policy. Tho 
light, arrivals, however, strengthen the impression 
I bat there I* not much back in tho country to edme 
forward. New is selling at easier prices, say 36Ci37o. 
We quote; 
State and Pennsylvania, pall*, HiicA'k;-. toe.; do., fair 
to good, 30tj|33o.: Pennsylvania, tubs, Skf'iijc,; State, 
llrkins, flue, 82>f»S4(j.; medium to good, isooiuc.: half 
tubs, line, 3fia3fie,; medium to good, 28-..SU0.: fancy 
selections. 411" tic.; Welsh, tubs, lull made, 3lk5.33c.; 
do., prime da trios.28-,t,3Qe.; (Jo., (air to good dairies, 
22{.y2oo.; Western and Canada, 186..22c. 
Cheese.— There has been more movement for 
shipment, induced by lower prices. Holders arc 
working off Supplies on about the best terms offered ; 
15c. is ub extreme twice for fancy. The local trade 
has fallen off; ordinal v factory tins sold at 13c. 
Fuctory,Slate, extra, b R>.. 15k(.tl5\c.; good to line, 
likewise.; common, He.; Farm Hairy, choice, 
l5«tl3Ho.; good to tine, ISnylle.; common to fair, 
KkirtSqc.: English Dairy, good to prime, 150.16c.; 
poor. Ho. 15c.; Pineapple. State, 23>g2ic.; do., Con¬ 
necticut, 24(^25. 
Colton— Is a little more in the buyers’favor, al¬ 
though prices show no decided change. The offer¬ 
ings are more liberal. AVe quote; 
New QrJedns aud 
thdand, Ac. Mobile. Tex&*. 
Ordinary. lW@— 18Sf@- 19 taiotf 
Hood Ordinary... 20H@- 20V@- 21 @21R 
Low Middling.. . 21k®— 32 22X@22JX 
Middling. 22k®- 23 ®- 23J-4(223X 
Good Middling.., 24)5®— 24\'@— 25 i'«25X 
Dried Fruits. — Apples are hard to sell, and 
prices have declined. Peaches are Arm, though sell¬ 
ing less freely. 
Apples, State,9(5f)Ka.j Western. 7>i®8o.; Southern, 
good lu lino,Gj.tfcTc.; do. si wed, tkalOkc.; state, sliced, 
Ua,—u. Peaches, peeled, ordinary Virginia, l2e-.16c.; 
Eastern shore. 21rt22c ; Georgia, 18®l9c.: unpeeled 
quoi tors,SfeiS. 1 .'].,halves, lOrt lCfkC. Cherries, pitted, 20 
@2le,; pits in, 76kSt:. Blackberries, 12<ail2j-$0. Plums, 
25(436c. Raspberries,23",20c. Whortleberries, 12@14c. 
Eggs.—The market is easier, with the arrivals in- 
arousing. AVe quote:—New Jersey.'28c.; State. 27® 
28c.: Western aud Southern, 27c. Egg oats, 45<a,50o. 
per bushel. 
Fresh Frn its.— Apples sell less freely, and prices 
are not to well in uutulucd. Hut-h-mso rtraw- 
berries bring about tlneo dollars per quart. We 
quote Greenings, ?5k5.50; Red fruit,, £4.50(45; Rus¬ 
sets, Golden and Roxbury, f4.50.i'jl.75: common lots, 
S3.50-.s4. Cranberries, ? crate. r?<2iT.50 fibl. $18@21. 
Nuts. Pecan, V- n,., 11 v M2'->c.: peanuts, Norfolk, new, 
P bush.. 32.25®8: peanuts, AViimitu»oo. >r bush., $1.40 
(§,2; hickory nuts. P hush.. SbU>®E2o. 
Flimr.— There ha* been more trade in the low 
NEW YORK STATE, 
A fearful gale, accompanied with a heavy 
rain etorm, prevailed in New York City and 
vicinity on the 27th ult., doing much damage. 
Tho most serious result was the destruction of a 
largo five-Htory building in Forty-sixth street, 
near Eleventh avenue, and t he death of nearly 
auentire family named Donnelly. The building 
was in process of completion, and was insecure. 
As the walls fell they crushed a small tenement, 
adjoining, in which tbc unfortunate family lived. 
Donnelly, his wife, and throe of their four chil¬ 
dren, were instantly killed. 
Tho Democratic politicians of the metropolis 
have been indulging in unusual demonstrations 
of late. Moving cause—the government of the 
city. Recent legislative action hcdpcdtbe mat¬ 
ter on. Tho Tumtnany General Committee was 
to hold a meeting in Tammany Hall, on the 
evening of ihe28tb ult., to take counsel togeth¬ 
er, lint a portion of the Committee closed the 
Hall upon the remainder, and put a strong force 
of policemen to guard it. The members shut 
out held a meeting in Irving Hall, at which st ir¬ 
ring speeches were made by several gentlemen. 
Great excitement prevailed. 
Utica had u municipal Imbroglio last week, the 
Common Council getting at loggerheads. Eight 
aldermen were held In durance at, the Mansion 
i louse through one night, by the police. Cause 
aud results were insignificant. 
Several of tbecitizens of the towns of Great 
Valley, Carroiton and Salamanca, in Cattaraugus 
county, recently held a meeting to devise means 
to get a title to the lauds in tho said towns which 
belong to the Seneca tribe of Iudians. 
An immense mass meeting of intelligent and 
enthusiastic citizens mils held in Cooper Insii- 
tute, Now York City, on the evening of the 30th 
ult., in favor of free, non-sectarian public 
schools, and against appropriating the public 
money to churehoa or church schools. The 
speakers included tlio foremost champions of 
Protestantism, and strong resolutions passed. 
At a meeting of stockholders and others in¬ 
terested in the Midland Railroad in Oswego, on 
the 28th nit,, resolutions were passed earnestly 
calling on the Legislature to aid that, enterprise. 
The President, of the load lias made arrange¬ 
ments with the Susquehanna Road to carry 160,- 
000 tons of coal per annum, and it is stated that 
a large quantity has already arrived at Sidney 
Plains, to which place the Midland is now com¬ 
pleted. 
A Hoboken ferryboat sunk a small tug in New 
York harbor lust week. One man was drowned. 
A train was thrown from the track on the 
Erie Railroad, near AA r cllsburg, in Chemung 
county, and sixteen persons were severely in¬ 
jured, one of whom has since died. 
Lorenzo Murphy of Albany has been found 
guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree for 
kicking another so that he died of the effects of 
the injury. 
in tho ease of Ramsay against The Erie Rail¬ 
way, Judge Parker 1ms just filed his decision 
denying Hie motion lately argued before him at 
Oswego, where Fisk and Gould asked to per¬ 
petually enjoin tilt* plaintiffs proceedings; and 
also denying the motion to set aside the order 
procured by the plaintiff for the examination of 
A. S. Divot). 
An Indian named Horatio Jones was arrested 
on the 30th ult., at A r ersailies, Cattaraugus Co., 
by Deputy United States Marshal 'Poles for sell¬ 
ing liquor to the Indians on the reservation. 
Judge Barnard has denied tho motion of the 
counsel of Cornelius Vanderbilt for a dismissal 
of the $5,000,000 suit brought- against his client 
MISCELLANEOUS- 
Four men were killed ata coal mine in Schuyl¬ 
kill county, Pa., on the 29th ult., by the break¬ 
ing of the rope while they were descending the 
shaft. 
The Dominicans have voted in tho proportion 
of thirty to one in favor of annexation to the 
United States. The Kingston Journal tof Ja¬ 
maica) and other AVest India papers favor the 
scheme, declaring that the United States will 
civilize, tranquillize and enrich the island. 
Lopez, of Paraguay, Is still flying, and the Bra¬ 
zilians are still in pursuit. Tills Brazilian news 
via Lisbon is getting to be monotonous. 
The treaty of commerce and navigatlou be¬ 
tween Russia and the Hawaiian Islands was 
published March 6, and notification also given 
that its provisions would be regarded as a part 
of the public law of the kingdom. His Hawaiian 
Majesty had issued a proclamation convening 
t he Legislature ou the 30th of April, forthe pur¬ 
pose of transacting public business. 
Captain-General Do Rodas has issued, at Puer¬ 
to Principe, a proclamation to the Insurgents of 
the Central District, calling upon them to sub¬ 
mit to tho Spanish arras at once, and thus save 
their lives. He offers amnesty to all who sur¬ 
render, except the leaders of the so-called Cuban 
Government. Another item of Cuban news is 
that two battles have beeu fought in the Las 
Tunas district, both of which have resulted in 
the defeat of t lie Spaniards. It was thought that 
General Jordan commanded iu the last light, al¬ 
though it is asserted that he has resigned the 
command of the insurgent army, and has al¬ 
ready left the island, aud is at La bos Key Light¬ 
house. 
The Vineland AVeekly says that Mrs. Parker is 
uow manufacturing 3,000 straw hats per week 
for Philadelphia Arms. She has iu her employ 
four hundred women, aud has work enough for 
two hundred more. 
FROM THE WEST, 
Tub death of Gou. Thomas produced great 
emotion in California. In San Francisco the 
Department Headquarters were draped in 
mourning, and the flags on the shipping, fortifi¬ 
cations and principal buildings, were at half- 
nuist. The courts adjourned, and the Board of 
Supervisors held a special meeting, at which it 
was resolved that the members wear tho usual 
badge of mounting for thirty days. Tho funeral 
services were wholly unostentatious. Colonel 
Willard and an escort of ten men have been de¬ 
tailed to accompany the remains to Troy, N. Y. 
Thu command of the Department devolves on 
Colonel Hough. Generals Ord and AVhipple be¬ 
ing absent in Arizona. 
Hrevet-Col. Baker has forwarded to General 
Sheridan a report of the number and sex of tho 
Indians killed at the Piegan village, in which lie 
says that one hundred and seventy-three in all 
wore killed, of whom one hundred and twenty 
were able-bodied men and fifty-three women 
and children. He believes every effort was made 
to save non-combatants, and that the women 
and children were killed accidentally. 
The wife and three children of A. L. Bates were 
recently frozen to death during a storm in Blue 
Earth county, Iowa. Their house took lire and 
was burned, aud Mr. Bates went for assistance, 
but on returning be found his wife and children 
dead. Several oilier persons were frozen to 
death during the same storm. 
The United States Sub-Treasurer In San Fran¬ 
cisco recently received from AVashington $2,570,- 
000 in legal tender, $70,000 of wlfleh were in frac¬ 
tional currency. 
The Oregon Central Railroad Company has 
sold its property, franchises, &e., to the Oregon 
and California Railroad Company, Ben. Halliday 
President, 
Tho directors of the Pacific Railroad have 
elected Hudson E. Bridge as President, and re¬ 
elected Thomas MeKessack as General Superin¬ 
tendent. 
Messrs. Cox & Arnold, contractors, have ob¬ 
tained judgment in the District Court at San 
Francisco, against the Western Pacific Railroad 
Company and Charles McLaughlin, lor $195,000, 
with a lien upon Dio road, for work performed,. 
An army of one thousand strikers on the Gov¬ 
ernment works at Keokuk, Iowa, indulged in 
rioting last week, aud several persons were in¬ 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
Prince Pierre Bonaparte’s trial ended at 
Tours last week, resulting in his acquittal, the 
jury being out. only one hour. He was con¬ 
demned to pay 25,000 francs to the family of 
Victor Noil - , and also to pay the expenses of tho 
civil suit. The Emperor has ordered the Prince 
to leave France, and rumor says be is coming to 
tho United States. The London Times pro¬ 
nounces him “a creature not to be trusted with 
a deadly weapon, but to be keptiike amad man, 
under constant watch.” 
The Irish question is now before both Houses 
of Parliament. In the House of Lords tho bill 
to enforce the law in Ireland has passed to a 
second reading, several peel's speaking warmly 
in favor of it. In the Commons the Irish Land 
Bill has been fully discussed. The correspond¬ 
IMOllJi—-I'lCit? Uv? match mvi t; <- i auu m mo 
grades for u pert :il»t prices have been very steadily 
half!. Wo qi ote at $4, Cow UK) fur super fine Slate; 
34.fi.V4.8G for common extra do,; fl.85v- -.te forgoofl 
to clo doe d,».; 5.3" for la uoy do.: J4.5Qr-j.-4.ua for 
superfine Michigan. Indiana. Ohio, Iowq, Ac.; 
4.8(1 tor extra do., and t4JS5,;„7.45 for choice extra do., 
including shipping brands ofruiind hoop niiio atf-L-Q 
5 , and trade brands of do. :it l&JX*"(1; good to clioteo 
while ivhent extras ;u .<-.t5'i/,fi.I" I "iii-s at L --tt> 
for common to fair extras, and ?i-.liie<Afor good to 
choice. SO toller n, *6,60u'6 for extras, and fi.Uxil9.7a for 
good to choice. Rye ttnnr at S4.2Q.u5.2U tor lino and 
Mipeiiino. Corn ureal at $4.25for AS'estern and $5 lor 
Brandywine, 
Grain.— wheat—Increased order- from shippers 
on the market has started prices. The arrivals are 
fair and off ered freely at any improvement. We quote 
at the close:—l@i.08 for No. a spring; S 1 . 0 B@. 1.13 Jor 
2 spring; $1.17®1.19 for No. 1 spring: $1.2G«1.27 for 
winter red Western; $1.27®!.28forainber Michigan; 
?1.50@1.00 for white California; $L45feLte for white 
