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ALEXANDER TT. STEPHENS, Political Editor.
A. R- WATSON, New* Editor.
J. HENLY SMITH, General Editor and Business
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Traveling Agents*
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Jams# Au.es Smith, Knoxville, Tcnn.
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H. C. Hamilton*, Dalton, Ga.
W. C. Davis, Jr., Eatonton, Ga.
Tapp an, Mapp k Co., White Plains, Green co., G*.
J. L. Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.
J. C. Pauiiam, LaGrangc, Ga.
E. A. Vaunts doe, Tlioinasville, Ga.
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J. A. Bell, Athens, Ga.
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as a voluntary and valid offering, and
was so received and recognized in the
subsequent action by that body. The
State is estopped-to assail it upon such
! au assumption. Upon the same grounds
she might deny the validity of her ratifi-
I cation of the constitutional amendments.
The action of Congress upon the subject
cannot be inquired into. The case is
clearly one in which the Judicial is bound
to follow the action of the Political De
partment of the Government, and is con
cluded by it.
It is added that, if Congress had ex-
presaly dictated and expressly approved,
the provision in question, such dictation
and approval would have been without ef-
ffect. Congress has np power to super
sede the Constitution. of the United
States. t
Mr. Justice Swayne .delivered the
opinion as also in the case from Arkan
sas No. 42. Osborne vs. Nicholson, el. al.
In that case tbere was a warranty that
the slave was sound and that he was a
slave forever.
The court says that such a warranty
docs not extend to the exercise of
the sovereign power of the
The Orphan’s Homo. Recorder’s Court. Contri- I State, by which the slave was emanci-
butlont to the Orphan’s Home. Oglethorpe Grand pated, and that the Thirteenth Amend.
Jury Preientmcnts. Atlanta Petitions fora Sig- m ent of the Constitution does not affect
nui Servico station, visit to Norcross—Tho or- ^ question. The contract, being valid
phsn’a Home. Somo Pork Statistics. I. o. o. F. I when made, was enforcible in all courts,
Anniversary Celebration. “On tho Go.’’ Romo and tbafc subsequent legislation, either by
EDITORIALS BY MB. STEPHENS.
The Cincinnati Convention pago 2.
A Word to the Democracy « «.
The New York Journal of Commerce •• 4.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams. The Southern
Presbyterian Review «« o.
Page 1.—Telegrams. ..
page 2.—Tho College Lanf Scrip. Editorial, and
Communication from “Wire Grass.” Democrats
helping to “Reform” the Radical Party. Supremo
Court Decisions. Supposed Poisoning. Tho
Fund of the Agricultural College. Shot Himself.
Smart Boys.
page 3—“One of tho People.” Anarchy in Flori
da. The New Georgia Bonds. From Onr Roving
Correspondent and Agent. Letter from Thomas*
vUle, Ga. Personal. Recorder’s Court. Bibles for
Prisoners. Andrew Female Oollego. On the His
tory of Constitutionalism and Centralism in the
Fedtral Republic of the United States. Arrested
and Carried to South Carolina. From Onr Roving
Correspondent and Agent. Crops in Tronp. The
Peach Crop, etc.
Page 4r.— 1 Tho Oglethorpe County Advertising.
Items. Saicide in Savannah. About the Crops.
Page S.—Judge Cabsniss On Gov, Smith’s Dispo
sition of the College Land Grant. Tho Governor’s
Disposition of the Collcgo land Scrip Fund. The
Nomination for Representative. Decoration of
SMUier*' Graves at Eatonton, Ga. Physical Train-i . , . ..* .. ,
ing. Excerpts of Fun and Humor. Journalistic | fadm the aeatog OfB«MOm
Notes. Book Noticos. A Monument to tho Con-
statute or constitutional provision, could
not render it invalid.
Washington, April 24.—The triangu
lar senatorial contest between General
Hansom, Gov. Vance and Abbott, resul-
Washington, April 24.—Herschel V.
41U1CB. DUUA ilUUliWi •* muuu.ncm kU IUU VAIU* I — - , m t» m s. • 3 a _
federate Dead. Remarks of T. W. J. Hill Upon Johnson and! 1 . P. Stanton argued, to
day, before the snb-committee on Ways
and Means, in favor of the bill, referred
Being Chosen Chairman of tho Meeting on Satur
day Last, &c.
Pago O-Our General Agents. Accident on tho to that Committee, refunding the cotton
Cherokee Railroad. Copy of Tichborne Dond. The tax. The argument was upon the uncon-
ftonatitu tional Amendments. Sun-Strokes. Mr. J stitutlODflllty of til 6 tax, Tfl6- Wliolo
Stephens* History. What Grant Knows About Ku- amount collected WOS 865,000,000.
K'ux. Jefferson’s Anniversary. Recorder's Coart. Kef erring to the dispatch in the B6WS-
Foreign Items. A Chapter of'Acddenta. Tho papers that Auguste Belmont was at Cin-
Alab&ma k Chattanooga Railroad. About the- cinnati, urging the nomination Of Chas.
Crops. Homicide at Camilla, etc. Francis Adams, as a candidate for Presi-
Page T.—Tho Heart’s Last Dream. Georgia I dent, before the Convention to assemble
Sheriff’s Sales. Grand Jury Presentments—Ogle-1 there next week, giving assurances that
thrrpe Co. Advertisements, etc. Adams would receive the Democratic
Page 8.—Democratic Executive Committee for 3U PP or t» Hon. Fernando Wood, CJhair-
Fulton County. Status of tho Alabama & Chatta- mal1 . °I the joint caucus of the Demo-
nooga Railroad. Tho Florida imbroglio. Tho cratic Senators and Representatives, is
8tory of A. Gordon Pym Eclipsed. State of the I authority for saying there is no Demo_
Market. Commercial. Telegraph Markets. Ad-1 c f a t ill Congress in favor of Adams, and
vertisements, Ac.
TELEGKAMS.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
that, in his opinion, it is quite certain
that the Democratic National Convention
would nominate another ticket if Adams
should be chosen at Cincinnati.
Although the time and place lor hold
ing the Democratic National Convention
Washington, April 22.-The following formally announced it isi under
-decisions were made in the Supreme ®J° odthafc Fourth of July will be
Court to-day: No. 11—Whito vs. Partel | th ® da J and S ^’ Do^th 6
etal—error, to the Supremo Court off TVash^yiton, April2o.-—Chas. Francis
Georgia. Adams has written a letter virtually de-
This was an action on a note given for dining tk® Cincinnati candidature,
thepricoof a slave. The defense pleaded though he is willing to respond to a call
that by the new Constitution of the State, °* the people if needed,
tho court was prohibited from taking I A Matamoras special draes as follows
any jurisdiction of a case involving the
question of tho validity of such a con
tract The judgment of the court was
for tho defendant, and enjoined the fol
lowing propositions:
transitwhichresultsfromtheSuezCanal. !ers bought them n good faith, and will
‘The indications are that the revolution
is about expiring, and that the chiefs will
lead small, plundering bands throughout
the country.”
Washington, April 26.—Mr. Morrill’s
1. That when the Constitution of 186S amendment virtually nullifies tho Su-
was adopted, Georgia was not a State in P*eme Court decision respecting amnesty
the Union; that she had surrendered her a ® d pardons before the Court of Claims,
-connection ns such, and was a conquered The text is beyond reach. ...
territory, wholly at the mercy o! the con- The House is engaged m discussing the
■queror, and that hence the inhibition of Howard resolution. «
the States, by the Constitution of the Tli e Senate proceedings are ummport-
United States, to pass any law impairing an *v . ~
the obligation of contracts had no appli- Washington, April _G. Senator Va
cation to her. son says Congress will not adjourn until
Second, that her Constitution does not the amnesty bill shall have been passed,
affect the contract, but only denies juris- Davenport has been arrested on a
diction to her courts'to enforce. requisition from the Governor of Ten-
Third, that her Constitution W as R®ssee, on the charge of being a defaulter
adopted muter the dictation and coercion to ^ £r as ,*^ ece ^ er
of Congress, and is the act of Congress the McMinnville & Manchester railroad,
nthef than of the State, and that though He has been held to answer the charge,
a State cannot pass a law impairing the Washington, April -7. It is stated
validity of contracts, Congress can, and that a Committee of the Republican cau-
that, for this reason, also, the inhibition ensbave agreed to report in favor or free
in the Federal Constitution, has no effect tea aad coiree - bllI > 88 * cameirom
in the the House, will be reported without
This court reverses this judgment, and I an ^ adm , ent f, . . .. .
in substance says, tho subject presented The April report from the Agricnl-
by the first proposition has been consid- tural Department, on the condition of the
ered -incidentally several times by this U inter ® a J s tbe 3o * temperature of
court, and its former decisions, in re- the month of March, and the accumula-
spect to it, need only be affirmed. The tions of winter snow and ice, havere-
National Constitution created, not a con- tarded the springing of vegetable life,
federacy of States, but a government of and tinged with gloom the views of
individuals. It assumed that the Gov- 1«»1 reporters. Over a large area, at
eminent and the Union which it created, the date of the returns, snow still deeply
and the States which were incoroorated covered the grain fields, and only con-
into the Union, would be indestructible lectures, founded on the forwardness and
und, as far as human means could accom-1 v *S or of plants, at the opening of winter,
plish sucli a work, it intended to make and ou tke # mechanieal condition of the
them so. soil and the severity of the season, coaid
The governments of the nation and of P oiut to the probable status of the winter
the States are each alike independent and S r Pj u ’ ,
absolute in their respective soberes of tenor of reports •
action, but the former is as much a part the lde "> uot of S reat destruction by
of a government of the people of each | freez \“?» bat . of “J b y thinning out,
State, and as mnch entitled to their al-1 b J killing, in spots and patches, and
legiance and obedience,as their own local specially by retarding an early start of
State governments; the Constitution and vi 5. orons Sr° wtb - ,
laws of the United States, made in pur- 111 ma ?y cases plants, apparently dead,
snance thereof, being in all cases where were only sleeping, unpromising in ap-
they applv, the supreme law of the land. P®*® 8 ? 06 * bnt firml y root , ed and ready,
The doctrine of secession is the doc-1 favoring warmth and sunshine, to
trine of treason, and practical secession sbu k sure aud steady, if not rapid,
is practical treason, seeking to give itself
bills of a private character were vetoed. I week to arrange a programme of bus!
Since the commencement of the present I ness, and, after hearing the report read,
Congress 1,045 bills have been intro- adopted it almost unanimously. It pro
duced in the Senate, and 2,369 in the vides for taking up the business before
•Hoase, together with 140 joint resolu- thej Senate, in the following order,
tions. The number of bills passed by viz: the Deficiency Appropriation Bill;
the House and now awaiting the action the bill to repeal the duties
of the Senate is 369, and the number of on lea and coffee ; the Post-
Senate bills awaiting the action of the office appropriation bill; the Navy
House is 132, 90 of which are on the appropriation bill; the Amnesty bill;
speaker’s table. Kellogg’s bill relative to inspectors of
Among the bills pending in the Senate elections; Scott’s bill, giving thePresi-
are the following: Robertson’s Amnesty dent the power to suspend the writ of
with certain exceptions, and a House bill \ habeas corjms in the States lately in re-
on the same subject; to facilitate com- bellion; the general appropriation bills,
merce between the United States and It was also agreed to meet daily, here-
China, Japan, and the countries of Asia; after, at 11 o’clock instead of 12.
to promote the construction of the Cin- Mr. Sumner participated in the cau^
cinnati and Southern Railroad; Blains cus, and opposed an early adjournment,
joint resolution in favor of the purchase Mr. Trumbull was not present.
of Cuba; adjustment and satisfaction of —
the French spoliation claims; provid-| " CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,
ing for the sale of United States land
containing coal; relief for certain Con-1 "Washington, April 24.—Upon seating
tractors for construction of • vessel’s of Mr. Ransom this morning, Mr. Thur-
war and steam machinery; to prevent man congratulated the Senate that, for
stock gambling by public officers; au- the first time since 1861, every seat was
tliorizing the establishment of an ocean filled.
mail steamship service between the Uni- Mr. Sumner presented a petition signed
ted States and Mexico; for farther by 13,000 persons against the proposed
endowment of agricultural colleges; re- religious amendment to the Constitu-
pealing duties on tea and coffee; to pro- tion.
mote the ship-builing and commercial Mr. Abbott, the North Carolina con
interests of the United States; to con- testant, gets salary and mileage to date,
nect the telegraph with the postal ser- Washington, April 26.—Yesterday,
vice, and to authorize compound inter- the Senate, in committee of the whole,
est notes as a substitute for legal tender adopted Mr. Morrill’s amendment to the
notes. ... deficiency appropriation bill, restricting
Among the bills pending in the House the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims,
are the following: To carry into effect in suits for the value of captured and
the provisions of the Treaty of Wash- abandoned property, to cases which were
ington relating to the fisheries; for the commenced within two years after the
retirement of worn and mutilated notes; suppression of the rebellion, &c. To-day
to repeal the duties on coal and salt; the the Senate refused, by yeas 21, nay3 26,
Ways and Means tariff bill; Kelly’s bill to concur in the amendment,
for a further reducation of taxes and the Mr. Frelinghuysen moved to reconsid-
encouragement of commerce, and May- er the vote rejecting Mr. Morrill’s am*
nard’s bill to amend the Internal Reve- endment. This motion was pending when
nue laws. _ I the Senate adjourned.
There are other important bills in each The resolution, in legard to Dr. How-
Honse, including those relative to rail- ard, imprisoned in Spain, with the pre
road land grants, steamship lines, amble amended so as to read : : “whereas, I port that the prospects of Charles Francis
finance, etc. _ _ it is alleged,” was passed by a vote of 143 Adams are increasing. Louisiana, Texas
The following is the condition of the to 43. and Alabama delegations are reported as
general appropriation bills: That for Mr. Davis opposed a concurrent res- unanimous for him.
the payment of invalid and other pen- olution to adjourn the 29th May. Last, night a fire on the third floor of
sions has become a law; the legislative Mr. Garfield, Chairman of the Com- a building Nos. 22 and 23 Woostet street,
bill is in conference; the Indian and mittee on Appropriations, said the bills reached the fifth floor, occupied by the
deplomatic bills have been returned to before that committee could not be prop- Tailors’ Co-operative Society. Several
the House with amendments.' erly disposed of by the 29th of May. tailors were working on the fifth floor,
The Senate has not yet disposed of the The chairmen of other committees op- They rushed down, and five escaped
deficiency, post-office, army, navy, mili- posed fixing a time for adjournment. by tho stairs. The smoke and
tary academy, and river and harbor bills. A motion to adjourn May 29th, was re- intense heat drove back the three
The House has acted on all the general jected by a vote of 83 to 106. last. There was no way of escaping by
appropriation bills except the fortifica- Mr. Niblack, from the Committee on the roof, so descending to the fourth
tion bill and the bill for the payment of Appropriations, reported a.bill to author- floor, one jumped from a rear window,
certain civil expenses.. The latter will j ze the Secretary of the Treasury to pay 50 feet, to the ground, and was picked
be reported probably this week. - to the owners thereof the proceeds of the np insensible, but without serious hurt.
In addition to the above, many of the sales of cotton which was illegally seized, Two others, John and James McBride,
standing committees of the House have and oonvertecl. after the 30th of June, two brothers, sought to escape by simi-
not had an opportunity for months to 1865." Ordered to be printed and recom- {laf means. One was caught by the flames,
make their reports, and, besides, reports nutted. fell to the floor and was burned to a crisp,
are yet to be made from special com- The House passed tho bill of Mr. Har- The other was leaning out of a window
mittees in each house. r i Sj of Virginia, striking the word imploring help, when the flames caught
The Treasury sells $2,000,000 gold each “loyal” out of the pension law, applica- him and burned him to a cinder. His
Thursday, and buys $2,000,000 of bonds m 0 to soldiers of the war of 1812, and burned body remained leaning out of
each Wednesday daring May. giving pensions to widows who married the window until the fire was put ont.
Thus far 103 tickets have been sold to prior to 1825. The following correspondence, which
passengers for Cincinnati. Washington, April 29.—A resolution, preceeded the presentation of the British
Senator Schurz left for that city yes- limiting speeches upon the appropriation Counter Case, is published in the World
terday, and Senators Fenton, Trumbull bills, was adopted after debate. [ to-day.
and Tipton will follow to-morrow. Mr. Trumbull said the object of this
The interest in the Cincinnati Conven- j new rule was plainly disclosed. It was
tion is everywhere on the increase. to give the majority of the Senate the
A number of delegates to the Method- power to put any legislation, whatever,
In former years the first of the East India
crOJJWJis generally placed on the Ameri-
market about from the first to the
middle of July, while now a saving of
time is made of nearly three months by
means of the new route. The parcel is
bold in groin, very white and peculiarly
well brushed.
Sir Edward Thornton, at a dinner
speech of the society of St. George said,
no one upon signing the Treaty of Wash
ington imagined that indirect damages
would be injected. He was convinced
that a waiver of the claims would be ap
plauded by every nation, and would do
honor to the great Bepnblic.
New York, April 26.—The World
says, editorially, that if the Cincinnati
Convention is wise and high-toned, and
will nominate Charles Francis Adams, as
a candidate for President, the Democratic
party will indorse that statesman with
universal acclamation.
The Herald calls for the removal of
Secretary Fish. It says his judgment on
the Alabama Claims is unreliable, and his
acts will compromise the nation.
New York, April 27.—Oberhobzer &
Co., comer of Worth street and Broad
way, estimate their damage, by a Are
which occurred this morning, at $300,-
000. They were insured for half a mil
lion.
The African Methodists finally adjourn
ed to-day after a session of great confu
sion. Several members got greatly ex
cited, and refused to heed the Bishop’s
repeated calls' to order. The cause of
the excitement was a proposed tax of one
dollar on each member. One James
attempted to speak, when Brother Jones
told him to sit down, accusing him of
being a defaulting agent of the last tax.
New York, April 28.—The General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church convenes at Brooklyn Wednes
day. Four hundred and eighty-four
delegates will be present. Eight new
bishops will be elected.
Special dispatches from Cincinnati re-
j seeking to give itself
triumph by revolutionary violence.
The late rebellion was without any ele
ment of right, or sanction of law, and
the duration and magnitude of the
war did not change its character. The
States in rebellion were never out of the
Union, and never absolved from the du
ties, liabilities, and restrictions always
incumbered on them.
Unpon the second point, it is said,
that, without tho remedy, the contract
may not be said to exist. The ideas of
validity and remedy are inseparable, and
are both parts of the obligation which is
guarantied by the Constitution against
invasion; hence that denial of the reme
dy by the State was not valid, because
it annihilated the contract.
The third of tho propositions is said
to bo clearly unsound. Congress au
thorized the State to form a new Con
stitution, and she elected to proceed
within tho scope of the authority con
ferred.
The result was submitted to Congress,
EARL GRANVILLE TO SIR E. THORNTON.
Foreign Office, April 8th, 1872.
Sir:—General! Shenck, informed me
ist General Convention, west and south-1 f n j^ e appropriationbfll, under the gag I Kdian^tSd ho 1 had
west, are now here on them way to Brook- G f the five minutes rule, and he wanted to . vf ’ 113 . a - I°i a t P, 7
lyn. Semeof them preached in Meth- fhe Senate to know it said to me m confidence, that bethought
odist pulpits to-day. At the Metropolitan The order w“ finally modified to pro- ^government would not object to Her
Ctar&pr. Newmlm baptized a Japanese. Lwtn* m enLents^to the apm^ra-fa^
law student, named Cadama, who as- tion bill, matter not germain to it, when Sout nSiudicJ to thJ^nosition of Her
°pL£“ wos P05sea and the Senale
Sfe '?h“'endt“a *■“<“«.»?""‘l w^olda«Sfto“aoh°au ^^Sto&
nmlmuAn nf sK ,?onX q p,er ? e ’ of! Itomapm, to provide for the reiterated ,hi8 expectation ol obtain-
prototion of mx montos.^ | greater efficiency of the public schools | iug> frQm Mr . Fish on the second or
third of April, by telegraph, his view on
that point.
On the 5th inst. Gen. Schneck wrote
me, stating he had now received Fish’s
reply, confirming his opinion. “Mr.
Fish,” says Gen. Schenck, “informed
me that it is the understanding of the
Administration circles have dispatches in *h e sev eral States, and tor other pur-
that the contest has narrowed^ to Davis poses. It is more stringent, if possible,
and Adams, with the chances in favor of I Sumner’s Civil Bights Bilk It pro-
Adams. vides for equality in public and private
Washington, April 29.—Jndge Loch- schools, hotels, cars, steamboats, thea-
rane, attorney for Henry Clews & Co., tres, etc., etc. The bill vas referred to
touching their interests in Georgia, re- the Committee on Education and Labor,
mained over in Washington, on his re- of which Pierce is the Chairman, and he I United States that the British Govern-
turn from New York, where he has been declares it shall be reported on the next ment ^ bound% under the treaty to file a
during the session of the Bond Commit- call of his committee. counter base, and that their doing so
tee, recently convened there for the pur- A bill was introduced by Mr. Hays, does not pre j a dice tho position they have
pose oi investigating the bonded mdebt- granting all public lands in Alabama to tak n( £ e ^ ect the United States; but
edness of Georgia. He speaks highly of the that State that the rights of both parties will be
fidelity of the committee and the ac- Mr. Wheeler moved to suspend the t j 1Q game a ^ er fiij ng ^ before.”
curacy of their investigations, and has rules to take up, for consideration, the Q en> gebnect whom I have seen to-
no doubt that their report will be satis- Senate bill, supplementary to the act of da y on his return from Paris has ver-
factory to the people, and will show the March 3d, 1871, to incorporate the Texas ba J y conflrme a to me this statement,
bonded indebtedness of the State to be Pacific Railroad Company, chang- Gen J _ g chneck Awards said that he
less by one-half, than was anticipated, mg the title to that of Texas
In Lochraue’s opinion, it will show the Pacific Railway, and making pro
debt of the State to bo about $17,000,000 visions as to the issuing of mortgage
all told, and he has nojhesitation in stat- and land grant bonds, &c. The motion
ing that the people will do justice to was agreed to without division, and va-
every bona fide bondholder who has ad- rious verbal amendments, reported by
vanced money contributing to the devel- the committee on the Pacific Railroad,
opment of the State. were adopted. After some explanation
The House has passed a bill removing mid discussion, during which it was stated I ^tedtTthe Skbtoet my ooir^tondeace
the disabilities frorn S. H. Rogers, a by Wheeler that the bfil did not increase L itb y0Uj and the substance of our con-
member from Raleigh. _ _ | the land grant, the bill was passed by a I ye8ter day on the question of
yoteof 103to 23. The billgoes back to jg- er Majesty’s government presenting a
the Senate for concurrence in the verbal counter J cas £ to the tribunal of Geneva,
receive pay in full, while those that have
beeu illegally issued, if any, will be re
pudiated.
New York, April 29.—About 500 per
sons have gone to Cincinnati from New
York and Brooklyn.
Two hundred and forty-five working
men have been discharged from the navy
yard for lack of appropriations.
Nathaniel Moore, President of Colum
bia College, died yesterday, in the 90th
year of his age.
The funeral of Paran Stevens, this
afternoon, was largely attended..
THE SPANISH*REVOLUTION.
Madrid, April 25.—Amadeus, iu his
speech to the Cortes, said the relations of
Spain to other powers are cordial. The
difficulties with South American Kepub-
lic3 had been reconciled, and he hoped
soon to announce an agreement between
the Italian Government and the Pope.
He will avoid everything tending to
impair Spanish territory, or putting
arms in the hands of enemies of the
Spanish race and name. He had been
taught, by experience, the futility of
clemency, and will, henceforth, be in
exorable in punishing the enemies of
liberty and disturbers of the peace. He
hopes to promptly terminate the Carlist
insurrection.
Madrid, April 26.—There has been a
vast increase in the number of the Car-
list bands throughout the kingdom.
Fifteen thousand persons are now en
gaged in the insurrection.
A proclamation has been issued de
claring many places in a state of siege.
The Government refuses to furnish
the press any information in regard to
either its movements, or those of the
Carlists.
There is great demand from the prov
inces, where the Carlists are most active,
fer troops.
Marshal Serrano, with 6,000 troops,
has gone to Navarre. His presence, at
the head of this force, has checked the
operations of the Carlists in that depart
ment.
Marshal Serrano will he appointed
Generalissimo of the forces operating
against the insurrectionists. Marshal
Concha will also be given a high com
mand.
It is believed that the future of Spain
now depends upon the course of the
Radicals, and that, if they co-operate
with the partisans, Don Carlos’ revolu
tion will be successful.
Senor Rosas, the nominee of the Min
isterialists, has been elected President of
the Cortes. Tho other officers chosen,
are supporters of the Government.
It is officially stated that the nuaiber
of insurgents actually iu the iield, is
8,000.
Madrid, April 27.—The Carlists have
cut the telegraph wires at many points
in the provinces infested by them, con
sequently but few dispatches relative to
the insurrection have been received thi{$
morning.
A band of insurgents attacked a rail*
way station in the town of Tosalona^
province of Lerida, yesterday, but were
speedily repulsed.
Madrid, April 29.—It is stated here,
on official authority, ( that Don Carlos,
has not yet entered Spain.
Madrid, April 29.—Forty Carlists ap
peared yesterday in the town of Ofcaun,
in the province of Guipuzcal, and sur
rendered to the troops stationed there.
The Government force in the town of
Nittoria, capitol of the province of
Alava, attacked the insurgents at that
place yesterday, and took sixty prisoners.
The” troops now in pursuit of the
Carlist bands throughout the kingdom
are very active. The spirit of the army
is generally excellent.
It is learned, from the prisoners cap
tured, that each band of insurgents has
a priest at its head or among its officers.
had no objection to my communicating
his letter to ,my colleagues, or, indeed,
I announcing it to Parliament.
(Signed) Granville.
EARL GRANVILLE TO GEN. SCHENCK.
Foreign Office, April 9.
My Dear General Schenck : I have snb-
The Republican caucus has adopted
the following order of business: Three
appropriation bills, then Robertsou’s amenilmeBts. the 15th of thismonth, without prejudice
imnpsiu bill then T\n Trinv bill. I The Sena.e amendment to the House 1 ^ be position which they maintain, as
OI I anil orfimf nf UlA plaimc
Where the fields were drained and the
soil deep and mellow, the casualties of
winter were unknown. Where the seed
ing was done with drill, on land having
any fair degree of suitable preparation,
almost absolute immunity from loss by
freezing has been secured.
The April returns, as a whole, indicate
rather more than an average amount of
destruction by winter killing, retarded
growth and stnnted appearance; bnt a
sonnd condition of roots of plants, in
suitable soil, or that were covered uni
formly with snow which, with favoring
weather, may secure a vigorous growth
and a good yield.
Washington, April 2S.—TheStateDe*
partment has confirmation of the loss of
a boat from the steamer Kansas, with
Capt Crosman aboard.
Since the commencement of the pres
ent session of Congress the President has
approved thirty-three bills which origin
ated in the Senate, and one hundred and
twenty originating in the House. Several
Amnesty bill, then Scott’s Ku Klnx bill,
then the bill securing citizens in their
right to vote.
Washington, April 29.—Col. James A. .
Cokin, succeeds General McFerrin, as j curred m.
Chief Quartermaster for the Division of
the South.
Andrew J. Evans has been nominated
for District Attorney for the Western
District of Texas.
Captain Maffett, who commanded the
bill authorizing the commissioners oi i to the nature and extent of the claims re-
Sonthern claims to appoint special com- {erred that tribunal.
missioners to take testimony, was con-
NEWS ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
I enclosed a copy of a note which I
propose to have presented at the same
time as the counter case.
(Signed) Granville.
General Schenck replies acknowledging
the receipt of the note accompanying the
British counter case, which was tele-
Nkw York, April 23.—All the morn
ing papers denounce in unmeasured
tones a performance entitled “ Black I graphed in fall by cable, and promising
Florida when she escaped, was a wit-1 Friday” produced at Niblo’s Theater last to communicate it immediately to his
ness here, on Saturday, before the Naval night. The piece illustrates the career government.
Court of Inquiry, regarding the escape of Fisk, Stokes and Mansfield, and ap- New York, April 29.—The Committee
of the Florida. pears to be intended to influence public of the Georgia Legislature, which has
National banks are required to report opinion against Stokes, who is yet to be been i a this city for the past three weeks,
their condition at the close of business, | tried. Tlie performance is generally examining and registering the bonds is-
cbaracterized as an outrage upon decen- sued and negotiated daring Bullock’s
cy. _ term of office, concluded their labors in
It is stated that Bartlett, one of Stokes’ New York Saturday. The Committee
counsel, has withdrawn, owing to a disa- has examined and registered nearly $10,-
greement with John Graham. The case j 000,000 in Georgia State and Bailroad
comes up to-morrow when the District bonds, all of which were held in this city
Attorney will put in a replication to 1 and vicinity,and on Tuesday and Saturday
Stokes’ bill of complaint. sworn testimony taken before American
New York, April 24.—The steamer consuls in Europe, was received from for-
Italy has arrived from Liverpool with the eign holders of about $4,000,000 of
first of the new crop of rice. Tne un- bonds, the chief part of which, it is said,
usually early arrival is owing to tte rapid j were issued and negotiated and the hold-
NEWSFR OM ALL DIRECTIONS.
Charleston, April 26.—Thomas Zim
merman, of Spartanburg,'was tried to
day, in the United States Court, for con
spiracy and murder. The evidence for
the prosecution was exceedingly contra
dictory, and the Court ordered a verdict
of acquittal.
Advices from Florida represent that
the Liberal Republicans of that State
are organizing to secure a representation
at Cincinnati.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 27.—The
Liberal Republicans are organizing for
representation at Cincinnati.
A quorum is present in the Legisla
ture—that in the Senate being obtained
by bringing in a member who recently
was convicted of bribery.
Acting Governor Day addressed both
Houses againSfc the claims of Governor
Reed, who was impeached, but not
tried, by the last Legislature, on the
ground that he is yet to Be tried.
Augusta, Me., April 27.—The village
of South China has been burned. Only
four houses remain.
St. Louis, Mo., April 29.—The 6th
United States Infantry has been ordered
to the Department of Dakota, for service
on the line of the Northern Pacific Rail
road.
An additional detachment of _ troops
has been sent to assist in expelling the
outlaws from the Indian Territory.
The railroad managers have discharged
all the employees attached to the train
which Stevenson, Cline and Dntro,
on the 19th instant.
A special dispatch from Pittsburgh,
Pa., says Curtin’s name will not be pre
sented to the Cincinnati Convention for
the Yice Presidency.
The indications of a back-dcwn, re
garding consequential damages, are. quite
strong, and their withdrawal from the
American case is probable.
The Republican Senators met in cau
cus this morning to hear the report of
the committee oi seven appointed last
were murdered, in Cass county, they
having received orders to do so from
some of the regulators..
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29.—Conven
tion week opened here with unmistaka
ble signs that it will be one Of the most
exciting in the history of the city. The
advance guard of the delegations from
various States, which arrived last night,
has been reinforced this morning by
others interested in the approaching cpn-
vention. Whitelaw Reid, (managing
Editor of the New York Tribune) and
Dudley Field, are among the arrivals.
It instated, to-day, by tho friends or
Gratz Brown, that he has concluded not
to be present at tho approaching con
vention.
