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FROM WASHINGTON. 
Conere*t*lonnl. 
The new Army Bill, designed as a substitute 
for the House bill, after elaborate debate has 
passed the Senate, so amended as to reduce the 
array to 00,000 men instead of 25,000, to leave the 
salaries of loading officers untouched, and to 
prohibit an Officer on the active or retired lists 
from bolding a civil oince. In considering Ap¬ 
propriations t he Senate lias granted $500,000 to¬ 
wards the erection of a new building l'or the 
State Department, to cost $0,000,000. and $.,00,000 
mop 1 for the enlargement of the Capital 
Grounds. This action is considered to settle for 
some time the question of removingtheCapital. 
The Senate bus spent considerable time on tho 
question of adjournment, but without any defi¬ 
nite result. 
in the Honan the Tariff Dill has boon the stock 
business, varied by sundry minor bills. In one 
of the evening sessions Mr. Oovodo took tho 
floor and declared that “ the House is disgusted 
and tho country Is disgusted with the Tariff Hill. 
We have begun at l he wrong end. We should 
have gone to work and reduced the internal 
revenue taxes.” Nevertheless, a proposition to 
abandon it wn* rejected, and it progresses slow¬ 
ly. There has been another struggle over the 
Northern Pacific Railroad Bill, resulting in a de¬ 
feat of t in; land-jobbers for a time. As a motion 
t<, order the bill to a thiref reading wils lost, 
numerous amendments followed, and these with 
the hill were finally referred to the Committee 
on Iho Pacific Railroad. 
The Senate has passed the hill furnishing arti¬ 
ficial limbs to disabled soldiers. 
The House has appropriated $500,000 to supply 
the deficiencies in the appropriation for the 
compensation and mileage of members and dele¬ 
gates for thq year ending June 30,1870. 
On the 10th inst,, Mr. Davis, Representative 
from the Third Kentucky District, was sworn 
mio office, and took his scat, vice Golladay, re¬ 
signed. 
Under consideration of the Appropriation 
Bill, In the Senate, Mr. Anthony has made a 
strong speech against the further publication of 
Hie laws In the newspapers. He said the appro¬ 
priation for that purpose was a waste of money, 
as all the laws the people were interested in 
were published In the leading Journals immedi¬ 
ately after their passage. Ho gave notice of an 
amendment to abolish the Blue Book issued by 
the government for grat uitous circulation. 
ITllM'cllaneouN. 
A postal convention, establishing and regu¬ 
lating tho exchange of correspondence between 
the United States and Hawaiian Islands, bus been 
concluded and will be carried into operation on 
the 1st of July, next. It provides for ». regular 
exchange of correspondence between the two 
countries by means of the United States mail 
steamers plying between. San Francisco and 
Honolulu, as well as by occasional steamers and 
sailing vessels plying between Honolulu and San 
Francisco, Portland (Oregon,) or Dm ports on 
Puget's Sound, comprising letters, neswpapers 
and printed matter of every kind originating in 
cither country and addressed tnand deliverable 
In tho other country. San Francisco. New York, 
Boston, Portland, Oregon, Teekalet, Olympia 
and Port Townsed, Washington Territory, are 
the offices 61‘exchange on the side of the United 
Stales, and Honolulu and Hilo the Hawaiian 
offices of exchange. 
An effort will shortly be made In Congress to 
have a separate building erected as a bureau of 
engraving and printing. The few rooms in the 
Treasury building proper now devoted to the 
uses of that bureau have been found to be in¬ 
adequate for tho purpose, and their place is 
wanted for other uses. 
The Grand Encampment of the Grand Array 
of the Republic was in session in Washington 
last. week. Gen. Logan, Commander-In-Chief, 
made an address. 
Among the most notable of the recent nomi¬ 
nations by the President arc those of ex-Gov. 
Wollft of Virginia as United States District-At¬ 
torney for the District of Virginia; George A. 
Batebelder lor Secretary of Dakotah Territory; 
Lewis C. Rockwell, Attorney for Colorado; Wm. 
H. West of Ohio, Consul for Rio Janeiro. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
Tite McFarland Trial enmo to an end on Tues¬ 
day of last week. Mr. Graham's summing up 
for the defense occupied the Saturday and Mon¬ 
day pervious; District-At torney Garvin summed 
up for the prosecution ou Tuesday morning; 
tho Recorder's charge followed; and the ease 
was then finally given to the Jury. After an 
hour and a half's deliberation a verdict ot ac¬ 
quittal was returned, and was received with 
great cheering by the crowd which thronged the 
court-room. Mrs. Richardson lias published a 
long account, over her affidavit, of her married 
11 to. tn which she represents Mr. McFarland as a 
dangerous mau, with whom conjugal compan¬ 
ionship was unbearable. 
Sing Sing prison Avas the scene of a terrible 
murder ou the 11th in; t. A convict named Hine 
brained a fellow prisoner named Green with an 
iron bolt. An old grudge was the cause. 
Fire destroyed two large moulding mills in 
Brooklyn a lew days since. Loss, $200,000. 
Richard Parker, recently a weigher in New 
York, hanged himself at his farm at Kirkwood, 
near Binghamton, recently. Pecuniary losses 
were the cause. 
During the recent Semi-Centenary Convention 
of tlie Auburn Theological Seminary the corner¬ 
stone of a new library building, to cost $40,000, 
was laid. 
Robert Decker, formerly doorkeeper to the 
Slate Assembly, and his two sons, residents of 
Green port, near Hudson, were drowned in the 
river nt. Oak Hill station, opposite Catskill, on 
tho 8th inst. Tho youngest son was gathering 
flood-wood, when he fell overboard. His father 
and brother attempted to rescue him, and they 
were all drowned. The three bodies were re¬ 
covered. 
An accidental explosion of nitro-glycerinc 
occurred in the Midland Railway tunnel, near 
Wurtsboro. N. V-, last week, and a workman 
named Hannum was blown three hundred feet 
into the air and torn to pieces. 
An old man, W. W. Jones, was dangerously 
stabbed by a boy, Charles Adams, in Utica, on 
the 7th inst. 
The May Anniversaries took place in New York 
City last week. Two Suffrage Conventions held 
their sessions on the same days—that tn Stein way 
Hall having the support of Mrs. Julia Ward 
Howe, Mrs. Lucy Stone, Colonel T. W. Higsrin- 
son, Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs. Livermore and 
Geo. Wm. Curtis; that in Apollo Hall being un¬ 
der the management of Susan H. Anthony, Miss 
Pauline Davis, and their co-workers. Mrs Blan¬ 
ton introduced a resolution, which was adopted, 
declaring that the verdict in tho McFarland case 
is a virtual declaration “ that man may hold 
property In woman.” The anniversary exercises 
of the American Female Guardian Society, the 
American Bible Society and the New York Ins- 
titlon for the Blind were well attended and full 
of interest. The American Congregational 
Union held its anniversary in Brooklyn on 
Thursday. 
A young woman named Jane Garvin, under 
sentence for disorderly conduct, recently fell 
from the fourth to the first floor in the Albany 
Penitentiary, while In a fit, and was fatally in¬ 
jured. 
At tho fifth anniversary of the National Tem¬ 
perance Society, which was observed in New 
York City a few day* since, the report showed 
that the Society has received within the past 
year $‘il.005.22, ami lias expended $51,400.49. 
There has been great rejoicing in Astoria over 
the fact that Gov. Hoffman has signed the bill 
incorporating Long Island City. 
Thomas H. Johnson, who killed Edward Bavins 
on the topmast of the ship Morning Light, on 
the high seas, and who was demanded by the 
British Government in extradition, haR been 
discharged. 
The resignation of District Attorney Flerrc- 
pont of New York City, has been sent to the 
President, to take effect June 1. Bad health and 
professional engagements are the reasons as¬ 
signed for retiring. 
Tho Cuban Junta gave a complimentary din¬ 
ner to General Jordan one evening last week in 
New York City, at Dolmonico’B. Among those 
present were Hon. Horace Greeley, General Mc¬ 
Mahon of the Cuban League, Major Agramonte, 
Col. Hernandez, Gen. ,T. W. Macias, and Cassius 
M. Clay. 
Rev. S. W. Fisher, D. D., formerly President of 
Hamilton College, and now pasterof Westmins¬ 
ter Church In Utica, was stricken with Apoplexy 
on t he Ilth inst. His recovery is hoped for. 
Gov. Hoffman has withheld hie Signature from 
the following billsTo extend an act relative 
to mechanical, mining and other corporations: 
to incorporate Protection Hose Company of 
Binghamton; to authorize construction of gas 
works nnd manufacture and sate of gas in New 
York; relative to the Saratoga Agricultural So¬ 
ciety; to authorize the town of Hornellsviiie to 
build a machine shop. 
A mass meeting in favor of the proposed San 
Domingo Treaty was held at the Cooper Insti¬ 
tute in New Vork City, on the evening of tho 
12th inst. Speeches wore made by Moses H. 
Grinnell, Gen. Cochrane, Gen. Banks, and oilier 
gentlemen. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
A dispatch from South Pass, W. T., says that, 
Major Gordon, with a party of cavalry, recently 
made another excursion In pursuit of the In¬ 
dians. He had a skirmish with them and killed 
six. Two of this command were killed—Lieu¬ 
tenant Stumback and a sergeant. The country 
is alive with Indiana known to be Arapahoes. 
Tho boilers in a new power-house of the 
Zanesville (Ohio) Waterworks, exploded a few 
days since. The building was blown to pieces, 
and the fireman blown through the roof and 
landed fifly feet from the spot. He will die. 
Loss $100,000. 
Accounts of Indian on I rages on the Kansas 
Pacific Railroad nnd elsewhere in Colorado, are 
groundless. There have been no Indian troubles 
iu this territory during the past year, and Gov. 
McCook is confident that none need be antici¬ 
pated within the limits of Colorado. 
There was a violent storm in Kansas City on 
the night of the 0th Inst., in which several build¬ 
ings were blown down and much damage done- 
The track repairers of the Union Pacific Rail¬ 
road, between Potter and Antelope Stations, 
were attacked three times and run into Ante¬ 
lope by sixty Indians on the 5th Inst. One man 
was killed. 
The store of .1. Winslow & Co., dealers in 
clocks, picture-frames, &e„ in St. Louis, was 
burned lust week. The stock was valued at 
$35,000; insured for $25,000. 
Joseph C. ltamsay, having been forcibly taken 
from the custody of n constable In Putnam 
county, TIL, April 10, by certain lawless persons, 
and murdered by banging, Gov. Palmer offers 
$1,000 reward for the apprehension of those en¬ 
gaged in the outrage. 
Fifteen business houses, Including tlie Doily 
Herald office, In Quincy, Ill., were destroyed by 
fire a few nights since. Tho loss was $300,000. 
One coach and an express car on the West 
Wisconsin Railroad were burned on the night of 
the lOlh inst., near Rudd Mills, Wls. No lives 
were lost. 
Gov. Haight of California declares that the 
State law authorizing San Francisco to vote 
$1,000,000 in aid of the Southern Pacific Railroad, 
is unconstitutional. 
J. F. Widekind of the firm of Hahn & Wide- 
kind of Ashley, Ohio, committed suicide last 
week by hanging. 
Three young ladies—two daughters of Robert 
Wallace, and the other a daughter of Cbas. Wal¬ 
lace—were drowned in White Iiiver, near Wheat- 
land, Ind.. on the 9th inst. They were rowing in 
a mill-pond, nnd were carried over the dam. 
Encouraging reports from the New Mexico 
mines have been received In San Francisco. In 
some instances ledges of extraordinary value 
have been found, yielding almost pure gold. 
General Stonemao has assumed command of 
the new department of Southern California and 
Arizona, with headquarters at Prescott. 
A disastrous storm occurred on the 7th inst. 
at Council Bluffs, Iowa. A new church, just 
completed at a cost of $15,000, was entirely de¬ 
molished. It is estimated that the losses will 
aggregate $30,000. 
Weirs* furniture manufactory in San Framdeo 
avhh burned op the 5th inst.. Loss about $100,000. 
It was the most extensive manufactory of the 
kind on the Pacific coast. 
Tlie latest intelligence from Arizona reports 
many outrages and murders by the Indians 
New mines had been discovered, and the mining 
prospects were favorable. 
A convention is to meet in Chicago on May 
25th and 26th to organize the Northwest Wo¬ 
men’s Franchise Association. 
The Circuit Court in St. Louis has given judg¬ 
ment in favor of the Public School Commission¬ 
ers against the Llndell heirs for thirty-five acres 
of land just outside the city limits, xvorth over 
$100^900. 
Twenty families of Josephite Mormons, num¬ 
bering In all one hundred souls, lost week left 
Utah for tlieir old homes in the States. 
A fearful accident occurred on the Missouri 
Pacific Railroad on the morning of the 12th inst 
The night express train from Atchison, Kansas, 
collided with an extra freight train near Eureka. 
Sixteen persons were killed outright, and twenty 
more were wounded, two of whom will die. 
Both the locomotives were completely wrecked, 
and the trains badly smashed. The collision oc¬ 
curred through a misapprehension of orders 
given to the conductor. 
A letter published in the St. Paul Press says 
that a large body of armed Fenians had arrived 
at Duluth tn route for Red River, to aid Riel. 
Each man was armed with a breech-loading rllle, 
a pistol and a knife. Their first st rike will be 
thecaptureof Fort Francis,on Rainy Lake, then 
the main force will harass and dispute the pas¬ 
sage of the British troops through the rivers, 
swamps and mountains from Fort William to 
Red River. At the proper time they will march 
down and join Kiel’s forces. One party has al¬ 
ready started overland by the Vermilion Road, 
another will soon follow, and another is prepar¬ 
ing to go t,o the same destination via the St. Louis 
and Vermilion Rivers. Another party is report¬ 
ed at. Superior Htvcr, which will march directly 
west to Red River. The forces at Duluth are 
said to be commanded by a distinguished Con¬ 
federate officer who fought Gen. Banks In his 
Louisiana campaign. 
A desperate affray took place on tho 11th inst., 
at AUcuVtlle, Mo., on the Iron Mountain Rail¬ 
way between two men named Johnson, father 
and son,on one side, and two, named Cummings 
and Comstock, on the other. Young Johnson 
received a cut tn the side, letting out a portion 
of Ms bowels, whereupon he shot and killed 
Cummings. The elder Johnson then beat. Corn- 
stock with a club unt il he was senseless and ho 
will probably die. The affray grew out of a 
disagreement In the settlement of a business 
matter. Young Johnson will die. 
General Sheridan telegraphs that he has left 
Salt Lake City and is now tn route to the fron¬ 
tier country. No Indian outrages have yet been 
reported to the department. 
The question of woman suffrage in Illinois Is 
not to be submitted to the people, the Constitu¬ 
tional Coda cation having reconsidered its action 
in this respect. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
The work of reconstructing Fort Sumter has 
already commenced. Its crumbling walls are to 
be restored, and an armament replaced therein. 
It is contemplated to make It a “heavy tempo¬ 
rary battery," mounting thirteen heavy calibre 
guns—elCA'en fifteen-tech smooth-bore and two 
twelve-inch rltlee. The outside wall is to be re¬ 
built at a height ranging from thirteen to twen¬ 
ty-six feet above Ioav water mark. Above the 
Avail a heavy earthen parapet avUI be constructed. 
All the bomb-proofs and casemates yet visible 
will in. A new dock and sallyport arc 
to be constructed on the west side, and the 
present lock and stairs Avill be removed. 
The village of Fima trite, in Botetourt county, 
Virginia, bus boon nearly all destroyed by fire. 
The loss is a dreadful one. Between thirty and 
forty families are reudered homeless by this fell 
blow, and are, many of them, in a sad state ol 
destitution. Tlie loss, it. is estimated. AvilJ ap¬ 
proximate, if it, does not exceed, $300,000. 
The Collector of Customs at Corpus Christi, 
Texas, reports that he was robbed on the 0th 
Inst., Avhile on the road from Rio Grande, of 
$12,810.50, by a portion of bis military escort. 
Gov. Bullock of Georgia has sued the Atlanta 
Constitution for libel and slander in publishing 
the statement that, tlie Governor has sold the 
State railroad to the Adams Express Company. 
A Commotion in the Fourth Congressional Dis¬ 
trict, of Nort h Carolina has nominated Madison 
HaAvkins of Franklin to till the vacancy caused 
by t he expulsion of Dowecso, and James Harris 
(colored) for the regular term. 
Tho Fifteenth Amendment was recently cele¬ 
brated in Annapolis in a magnificent manner by 
I the colored citizens. Good order everywhere 
| prevailed. In tbO evening a public mass meet¬ 
ing Avns held, and several prominent politicians 
of the State delivered addresses. 
Morris, the military sheriff of Warren county, 
Georgia, lias been carried to Atlanta in irons by 
order of Gen. Terry. 
The Floral Fair of the Cotton States Avas 
opened fit Augusta, Ga., on the 11th inst. 
The Republican Convention of North Carolina 
met lost Aveek. S. F. Phillips, accepted the 
nomination for Attorney-General. Resolutions 
were adopted indorsing tlie administrations of 
President Grant and Governor Holden, pledging 
to support the public school system organized 
by laAV, inviting immigration from all sections 
of this country and Europe and encouraging 
mechanic arts, agriculture and other produc¬ 
tive industry. 
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FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
The steamboat Shippan, running between 
Stamford and New York, took fire at the Stam¬ 
ford dock on the night of the 7th Inst. Before 
she could be hauled off, the fire communicated 
to the freight house. Most of tlie freight was 
removed, but the boat and building Avere entire¬ 
ly destroyed. The boat cost $70,000; insured, 
$40,000. The freight house ay a? insured. 
The Connecticut Legislature has elected Judge 
Thomas B. Butler, of tho Supreme Court, Chief 
Justice, to succeed the late Chief .Justice IIin- 
man. 
East Poultney suffered a damage of from $16,- 
000 to $18,000 on the 9th inst., by fire, probably 
incendiary, as it broke out iu two buildings at 
once. 
Fire burned over a great part of the farm of 
Albert T. Phelps, in LongmcndoAv, Mass., on the 
6th inst., iu consequence of his hired man drop¬ 
ping a lighted match among dry vegetable mat¬ 
ter, when lighting his pipe. 
Tho authorities have sanctioned the contract 
betAveen the Concord and Northern New Hamp¬ 
shire railroads, and it is a finality. The contract 
provides fora joint, management of the roads 
and their connections for tUe years. 
Orders have been received at the Springfield 
Armory to suspend the repairing of guns as soon 
as those notv in hand shall be finished. This will 
result in the discharge of about one hundred 
and fifty hands in a feAV days, 
The people of Vermont elected on Tuesday of 
last week the first working constitutional con¬ 
vention that has assembled in that State for 
tAventy years. 
A Berkshire minister, now eighty-two years 
old. has just, completed the payment of a note 
for $3,000, Avhieh he was unfortunate enough to 
indorse for an unsound firm eighteen years ago. 
The payments with interest have amounted to 
OA-er $8,000. 
The schooner Rachel Post capsized off Rock¬ 
land, Me., recently, and eA'ery soul on board the 
vessel perished. 
The annual report of the New York and New 
Haven Railroad shows a total income of $2,261,- 
966 and an outgo of $1,498,666. 
Fire In tlie Avoods burned over two hundred 
acres belonging to Hiram Bassett, in New Salem, 
Mass., a few days since, entailing a loss of 
$2,000. W. S. Gill bad seven ty-ftA-e acres burned 
over. 
The body of Wm. P. Angel), of North ProAi- 
denoe, Mass-, avIio has been missing since Janu¬ 
ary 31, Avas found on the 8th inst. iu a reservoir 
pond iu North Providence by boys fishing. 
There Avere six bullet holes in his breast, bis jaw 
Avas broken, and there were other indications of 
murder. James Fagan, an Irishman employed 
in Angell's family, has been arrested on sus¬ 
picion. 
The introduction of water into the city of 
Norwich, Conn., was celebrated on the 12th inst. 
by a grand proee.-vdon of the military and civic 
societies. Tho reservoir, which is situated about 
t wo miles from the city, covers about sixty-five 
acres, and contains about 350,(XX),000 gallons of 
water, there being an average depth of about 
sixteen feet. Tho Avator is conducted through 
cement-lined wrought-iron pipes, and is of un¬ 
usual purity nnd excellence. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Du'iing the past Aveek immense losses have 
been caused by the extensive Area Avhieh have 
raged in the mountains of Delaware, Sullivan 
and Orange counties, New York, and Pike and 
Sussex counties in Pennsylvania and New Jer¬ 
sey. Thousands of dollars' worth of property 
have been destroyed by the devouring element, 
and in many parts btlndreds of acres of young 
timber-land have been burned oA r er, and the 
timber partially destroyed, or its growth retard¬ 
ed for years to come. Tho vicinity of Port Jer¬ 
vis presented a scene of appalling grandeur, lty 
night, tho mountains on all sides being one muss 
of fire. The Shnwanguuk Mountains to the east 
of the village were on lire at the same time in 
different, directions for miles. 
The Winnipeg troubles arc ended, the Cana¬ 
dian Government having yielded to nearly every 
demaud of the Winnipeg people. The basis of 
settlement provides for the formation of a new 
province in the Winnipeg country, to be called 
Manitoba, with local officer* the same as other 
provinces, anti a representation in both legisla¬ 
tive branches at Ottawa, of ten Senators and 
four members or the House, with a prospective 
increase from time to time, according to its 
population. Tlie Government will also allow 
eighty cents per head for cacti person in the ter¬ 
ritory, and the sum ot $300,000 to defray ex¬ 
penses of the Now provincial Government, and 
to relieve taxation. No Iroops will be sent to 
Manitoba, except when called for to suppress 
Indian troubles. The Dominion House ol Com¬ 
mons has passed the bill creating the neAv 
province. 
On the 10th inst.. a riot occurred among miners 
in Haze Hon, Penn., Avho were celebrating the 
anniversary of the formation of the Miners' 
Union. Several were badly wounded. 
The Cunard steamship Morocco, with a cargo 
of sup pi ies, tins sailed from Liverpool on a cruise 
in search of tho Siberia. 
The emancipating of children and the forma¬ 
tion of liberating societies goes on in the prov- 
inccs of Brazil, and Rio Janeiro has also begun 
to move In the same direction. The Grand 
Orient of HrnziI (Masonic) has resolved on pro¬ 
moting emancipation. 
General Goioouria, the Cuban leader who was 
commissioned by Cespedes as Minister to Mexico, 
and who on attempting to leaA r e the Cuban coast 
Avas pursued and captured by Spanish sailors, 
was taken to Havana on the 6th inst., imme¬ 
diately tried by court, martial, and on the next 
day garroted. He died exclaiming, “ Vive la 
Cuba 
The patriot forces in Cuba command the en¬ 
tire Cinoo Villas distriot, and occupy the East¬ 
ern portion of Santo Espiritu jurisdiction. 
The Darien Expedition have finally given up 
the route from Caledonia liny, it being found to 
bo utterly impracticable. The expedition has 
since moved up the Gulf ot San Bias, and com¬ 
menced operations anew. The now route, which 
will doubtless be found perfectly feasible, strikes 
iniaud on the line of the Mondinego River, cross¬ 
es the Conti Hems, and will meet the headivaters 
Of either tho C’hepso or llayamo River, Avbich 
iloAVS into the Bay of Panama. 
Captain-General De liodas claims a victory 
over the Cubans, in which ninety of them were 
kilted, and only two of t he Spaniards wounded. 
Tlie Canadian Parliament was prorogued on 
tho 12th inst. The Governor-General made a 
speech on tho finances, tlie Fenians, the fisher¬ 
ies and the Red River rebellion. 
Latest reports from Cuba tell of murders, as¬ 
sassinations and skirmishes. There was a con¬ 
siderable fight at Macho, near Manzanillo, on the 
gist ult. The Spaniards were commanded by 
Col. Velasco. The insurgent force consisted of 
1,260 men, while that of the Spaniards was about 
1,800. The battle Avas a fierce one, and resulted 
in victory for the Cubans. Some fifteen dead 
bodies of Spauiarde were found on the field. The 
Cuban Joss is unknown. Shortly after the battle 
another encounter took place at Nagua, its result 
being about the same as in the former fight. 
There has been some fighting near Remedios, 
Santa CJara, Trinidad, and at other points. Va¬ 
rious encounters have taken place in the moun¬ 
tains likewise. 
The census takers get two cents for every 
name taken, leu eenls for every farm, fifteen 
OdtttS for every productive establishment of in¬ 
dustry, tAvo cents for every deceased person, 
and two per ceut, of the whole amount for 
names enumerated for social statistics, and ten 
cents per mile for travel. 
On the night of the 8th test, the columns sup¬ 
porting the gallery of tlie Colored Baptist 
Church, on Third street, Washington, D. C„ 
gave Avay, causing tlie gallery to settle about a 
foot.. The congregation made a rush to escape, 
some jumping from the first and second story 
windows. OneAvas taken home insensible, an¬ 
other was severely bruised iu the left side, and a 
third had a foot injured, while several othersre- 
ceived cuts and bruises. 
The Indianapolis Young Men’s Christ ian Asso¬ 
ciation are making preparations on a largo scale 
for the International Convention to he held 
there in June. The PennsylA'ania Railroad and 
connections have perfected a through excur¬ 
sion route for delegates to tho Convention, as 
follows: Round trip tickets from New York. 
$34; Philadelphia, $30.40; Harrisburg, $26.15 
Baltimore, $29.70; amt from local stations, two 
cents per mile each way. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
The British House of Lords has passed the 
Naturalization hill amended as it came from the 
Commons. Cuban affairs have been up in the 
House of Commons. Mr. Otway. Under Foreign 
Secretary, in reply to an inquiry, said that the 
Spanish government Avas fully able to subdue 
the insurrection. He thought that the interfer¬ 
ence of her Majesty’s government in the cause 
of humanity would be inopportune, but when 
the proper time arrived the cooperation of the 
United States would be highly desirable. 
Queen Victoria has emerged from her seclu¬ 
sion and bus formally christined the new build¬ 
ings of the University of London, in Burlington 
Gardens. 
The first of the series of international races 
between the American yacht Sappho and the 
English yacht Cambria took pinco off Cowes on 
the 11th inst... t he race being tor sixty miles to 
windward. It resulted in thedefcat of the lat¬ 
ter. which fell so far behind in the first fifty 
miles that she gave up the race and returned 
without rounding the umpire's stakes. 
A Beethoven centennial is to be celebrated In 
Germany. Preparations hn\'e, been already be¬ 
gun for its fitting obserAance in Vienna. The 
composer \vtts born December 16th, 1770. 
Prince L d’Arenberg, an attache of the Aus¬ 
trian Legation in St. Petersburgh, has been 
murdered. His mutilated body Avas found In ids 
own room a few mornings since. The assassin 
is unknown. 
Sullna, at the mouth of the Danube River, 
lias been declared a free port by the Government 
of Turkey. 
A young lady fell out of the door of a car¬ 
riage Avhile traveling the other day on tho Lon¬ 
don and Brighton Railway, nnd was instantly 
killed. The guard Avhose duty it was to have 
locked the door avhs so horror-stricken at tho 
accident that he cut Ids throat. 
The reported resignation of Serrano as Regent, 
of Spain is now denied. On the contrary, it is 
believed that he will lie invested with full royal 
poAvers as Regent. There is another story to 
the effect, that Ksput tero is to tie made king,and 
Prim his successor. 
A terrible battle has been fought, between tlie 
imperialists and the rebels in the Province of 
Shansi, China. The imperialists lost 25,000 killed, 
including their chief general. The rebels took 
but few prisoners, whom they afterward put tn 
death. A number committed suicide to escape 
torture. 
During the past week Paris has been the scene 
of Die wildest, excitement, popular feeling cul¬ 
minating upon the Plebisciturn vote, which was 
had on Sunday, the 8th inst., the folloAvingbeing 
the question at issue: 
“Will Die French people accept tho liberal 
modifications of the Constitution Of 1852 on tho 
following bases: 
“1. Responsibility of Ministers in presouee of 
the Chambers. 
“2. Institution of two Legislative Chambers. 
“3. Restoration of the constituent power to 
the nation,” 
Tlie strictest, military regulation* had been 
adopted throughout the Empire-and especially 
at the capita), a proclamation setting forth the 
fact having been issued to the Prefect of Po¬ 
lice. There Avas no serious disturbance while 
the voting avas in progress, but for two or three 
days and nights succeeding there were numer¬ 
ous riots in various portions of the city, barri¬ 
cades erected, and some sharp fighting, resulting 
in quite a number of deaths. The soldiery re¬ 
frained from using fire-arms as far as possible, 
but Avere driven to that final resort in several 
cases. The most serious demonstrations took 
place on Tuesday night, at the barricades In the 
Belleville district, a number of soldiers, police¬ 
men and citizens being killed. The police made 
several charges upon crowds of curious idlers 
on the streets, and used their swords and slang- 
shots, whereby many were seriously wound'*!. 
The agitation extended ilsclf to Havre, where 
fights between the troops and people took place, 
and numerous arrests were made. At last ac¬ 
counts the rioting was ended, and tilings wore 
restored to their ordinary condition. 
The complete vote on thej ikblscibum, including 
that of Algeria, stands as folloAvs: Ycs, 7,336,131; 
No, 1,560,709. Majority for Die reformed empire, 
5,775,725. Majority last year for the official can¬ 
didates for the Corps Legislatif, 804,171. In Al¬ 
geria tho vote of the army Avas largely in favor 
of tho plebisciteni, but a small majority of the 
civilians pronounced against it. It is understood 
that the ministerial changes Avill not take place 
until after the verification of the returns by 
the Chambers. 
Marshal Canrobert has issued an order of tho 
day to the French army, which contains a letter 
from the emperor addressed to tho Marshal. 
The Emperor says:—“Such absurd and exag¬ 
gerated rumors have beep repeated concerning 
tbe vote of tlie army iQ Paris that I am in oil act! 
to beg you to say to the generous officers and 
soldiers that my confidence in tho army has 
never been shaken.” The letter concludes with 
thanks to the troops for their firmness and saw, 
f roid during the late troubles in the capital. 
Woman suffrage has come to grief in the 
British House of Commons, the hill granting it 
haA r iug been postponed for six months. This is 
virtually an actual defeat. 
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