XI f4 "TTT A TTTN H TT n LAX O PHILADELPHIA,, FBIDAY, .AIPRIH, G, 1866. VOL V.-No. 83. DOUBLE SliEET THREE CENTS. TP ILTT T i EUROPE. ADDITIONAL KEWS BY THE BUILS. Suit in England Against President Johnson Sale of the "Shenan doah " The Spanish-Chilian ' War Atlantic Telegraph. mtCn Etfl Etc., Etc., Etc., I'.tC., Etc Tbe American Rebellion. cross suit against tub president op THE CNITED STATES CONKISCATRO COTTON. In London Vice-Chancellor Wool had before him. on the 23d, the case oi f'rloleau versus The President of the United States. Tola 13 a cross bill which has been tiled by the plaintiffs for discovery with reference to the suit which the President of the United States has instl tuted against them lor the recovery of an immense consigument of cotton which had been made to them by the Con federate Government for the purpose of sale, and which had been contributed to that Govern mcnt by the inhabitants of the Southern States to aid them in carrying on war against the United States Government. A motion was now made on bchalt of the plaintiffs In this cross bill to the effect that service ot such bill and certain interrogatories upon the solicitors who appeared tor the Preident of the United States in the suit instituted by him against the plain tills should be substituted lor service on him. The Vice-Chancellor granted the application. A SUIT ABOUT BLOCKADE RUNNING. From the London Times, March 22. An action of "count, reckoning, and pay ment" has been raised in the Court of Sessions in (Scotland by Mr. Nelson Clements, some time ot Texas, and now residing in London, atiainst Mr. John Alaciiuley, merchant, now or lately residing in New oileans. In 18C2 the parties, along with several other persons, entert-u into a Joint adventure, the purpose of which was to convey cotton from Texas to the West Indies, and to carry back munitions ot war for the Con federate Government. The ship General Busk was ctiartered, anil made one or two voyages; but it was linallv captured by the Federal cruisers. It is admitted that some protit was made ot the adventure, and the defender, who was the manager of it, is sued by Mr. Clements lor the share uccruinir to him. Jurisdiction was founded in Scotland by the arrestment ot pro perty belonging to the defender there, and it is not disputed tiiat it was sufficiently laid. But the defender sets up the plea of forum non compelens, and he further pleads the ille gality of tbe transaction. He urges that "in respect that the joint adventure in question was undertaken by citizens of the United States of America, for the purpose, inter aha, of lurnish ing supplies and munitions of war to be em ployed by citizens oi the said States against the Government thereof, the claim iounded on the said mint adventure cannot be entorcea in the courts of this country, and the present action should be dismissed." lie also pieacis that "according to the law of the 8tate of Texas and of the United States of America, within whose territory the contract founded on by the pursuer was made, the same was and is illegal; and the same could not be enforced in the courts of the baid State of Texas, or in the courts at Tabhinffton, to which the courts of the s-dd nte 01 Texas are subordinate, the Cour' at - u-hington being the Supreme Court of the 'rited States." f r,' The Lord Ordinary (Barcaple), before hom the case w as first brought, sustained the defense, but the Judges of the second division of the court have now unanimously altered that deci sion. The Lord Justice Clerk, in giving his opiuior , pointed out thai the transaction was one wl cli. though entered upon in Texas, had properi 1 no locus, but was to be decided by the right oi nations, rather than by municipal law. It was not stated by the defender that there was any other court which could more competently or conveniently take up tue case, and the only tribunal he sueersted. thut of Texas, was one which, upon his own showing, had no Jurisdic tion, seeing he had neither domicile nor estate there. It was impossible not to see that the questions raised by the otner pleas which could onlv be dealt with when they took up the case on the merits were of a very embarrassing and feriouB character, and they mignt also prove to be extremely troublesome; but the court was not merely to regard its own convenience. The questions involved were oi a difficult kind to try anywhere, but relating as they did to in ternational law, they might, he thought, be tried by the supreme court of any country. No doubt questions as to the illegality of the con tract gave this case a peculiar complexion, but It could not be denied that that illegality de pended on a fact which might be ascertained here as well as anywhere" else. "That tact," said his Lordship, "is whether the so-called Con federate States were a belligerent power, or merely a Gang ot rebels, and I cannot see that that could be belter inquired into in Texas than here. If the parties are rebels the illegality ot the contract is plain ou the public law of the world. If they are not rebels, but belligerents, still it is a question of public law; and, there fore, however difficult the question maybe, we aft not eu tilled to sustain this plea, because it must never be forgotten that a court which has jurisdiction is bound to exercise it at tue suit ot any litigant Judex tenetur impartire ''udi cium suum. THE BALE OP THE "SHENANDOAH." From the London Timet, March 23. Mr. C. W. Kellock. of the firm of Kellock & Co., offered tor sale, yesterday, at Liverpool, the screw steamer Shenandoah, 790 tons, net register, known as the lale famous Confederate cruiser. She was built at Glusgow, ou the com posite principle, and has engines of one hundred and forty horse-power. She was put up at 10,000. The broker remarked that the condi tion of sale, which required the purchaser or purchasers, at the time ot delivery, to sign a certificate or declaration that the vessel had not been bought tor any belligerent or warlike purpose, or lor any belligerent nation, was not intended to prevent the purchase by a subject of any belligerent nation, but simply to prevent her employment for warlike purposes. There was a numerous attendance, and for some tune the bidding was very spirited. She wan at length knocked down to Mr. M. R. Wilson Tor 15,760. Two and a half years ago she cost 35,000. Tbe War In Chill. ALARM OF THE SPANIARDS AT A SUPPOSED CHILIAN PRIVATEER. From tJte Oiliraltar Chronicle, March 14. The arrival in this port ot a Chilian merchant snip, witn a cargo 01 guano, nas put me rjpamsn Guardacostas of the neighboring coacts on the alert. The Spanish Consul in Gibraltar, to pre vent me circulation In Spain ot uniounnea ru mors that the Chillun ship was a privateer, re nnrted her arrival and her Deaceful character to his Government. The authorities ef the Marine Department ha given orders for the Guardacos tas to redouble their usual vigilance to capture the Alice Ward should she leave this port, and the commander of the steamer Isabel II is warned that the Chilian vessel may attempt to escape by keeping cioe to the African coast, Ilie ce ot tb Chilian barque affords a curi ous illustration 01 toe way in wmcn tue in terests of belligerents are sometimes blended and intermingled, and of the shifts that peace- Mi commerce is put to In order to carry on its operations in time 01 war. The Ance wara was and ber present master and crew are United States' citizens. During the late civil war this vessel, like many others, changed her nation ality to avoid the risk ot capture oy uonieae rate cruisers, and adopted the Chilian flag. Sailing under this flag the Alice Ward loaded a cargo of guano at the Chincha Islands, and de parted with it lor Valencia before Chili and Spain were at war. Hrr cargo is the property of a Spanish mer chant in Valencia. Here, therefore, we have a little "Comedy of Errors." The shin has run into danger through the very step she took in order to avoid it, and Spanish cruisers are urged to chase and capture as a national enemy a ship that is bearing a cargo belonging to a Spanish sublect. and destined to fertilize the plains of Valencia. inree screw tneat.es were piacea in unaiz harbor ready for sea in case of the appearance of Chilian privateers. , The Atlantic Telegraph. The books for subscriptions to the stock of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company were closed in London on the 13th March. All the cnpital required to make and lay a new cable and to get up and complete the one about two tbirds laid lust year has been subscribed. The contractors are making nineteen nautical miles df the new cable per day, and it is a great im provement upon that of last year. The Great eastern was being put in tne most periect order, and the 30th June is still the day fixed for her departure from Sheerness for Vafentia, Ireland. Foreign Theatrical. A KOVEL BOUQUET TO A LADT rEBPOBMEE. From the London Post, March 24, A case was heard before the Sunderland ma gistrates on Thursday, wherein Patrick Dasy was summoned for an assault upon Mad'lle Mazoni, the principal dancer at the Lyceum theatre in that town. On Monday evening week, Mad'lle Mazonl's benefit ma lit, during the performance of the bullet, a portion of a cabbage, with a heavy stalk attached, weighing altogether about a pound and a half, was thrown from the gallery on the stage, a dis tance of titty feet, and from a height of at least thirty feet. Just at this moment the position of the dancer was altered, and dropping her head as she saw the missile approaching Mad'lle avoided the blow, but she was in such a state that she could scarcely fluisli the dance. A reward af five pounds was oifered by Mr. Bell, the manager, and a eirl came forward and gave evidence that she saw delendant, wno was sitting besid her in the gallery, thrawthe cabbage stalk. The Bench inllicted a penalty often shillings and costs. ISInsIcal Intelligence. SrLENDID OFFER TO THERESA, THE SINGER. According to the Paris Temps, the following tempting offer has been mado by M. Paul Du ponr, the manager of the Alcazar, of Marseilles, to M'lle Tneresa, the new celebrated diva of Paris: 20.000 francs (800) for her services for one month, or 40 per night; travelling and hotel expenses in the first hotel in Marseilles to be paid; a carriage and pair, with livery servants, during her stay; illuminations in the hotel on the evening of her arrival; a serenade with torches; an official reception at the railway terminus and grand saloon ot the hotel by the manager and statfof the Marseilles Alcazar; an entry into the citv in a calcche, drawn by four horses, which will be announced beforehand by special ajfiches; a grand dinner the day after iter arrival; the Alcazar to be bril liantly illuminated and decorated during her stay, and two hundred seats to be reserved for the elite of Marsrillaise society. Tempting as this offer is, Mad'lle Theresa has declined it, and the Taupe asks, wnat more does she require a salvo ot twenty-one guns; the National Guard drawn up to receive her, and the keys of the city presented to her on a silver dish ? The Tribunal of Commerce has just given 'udgment in an action for breach of contract, brought by the director of the Theatre du Palais Royal against Mad'lle Louise Ferraris, under the following circumstances; The defendant, in 1664, signed an engagement for three years with a progressive salary of 2400f, 3000f., and 3G00f. with a forfeit clause of 12,000f, All went on well till the beginning of last month, when the Foire aux Grotesijuee was put in rehearsal. In the part given to Mad'lle Ferraris, she had to ad dress the following phrase to one of her fellow actresses: "I have done well not to invite you to my ball, for you would not be able to come in a new dress, as you owe your dressmaker 24,0001." It so happened that the lady . thus apostrophized was deeply indebted to her dressmaker, a fact known to some of her com panions; she therefore considered the language as a personal insult, and complained to the authors, who at once consented to change the pbraBe. Notwithstanding this, Mad'lle Ferraris persisted in giving the original words at every rehearsal, and ultimstely refused to play the part. After this breach of contract, the director took the present proceedings to get her engage ment cancelled, and demanded 12,0001. damages. Betore tne case catne on lor trial, however, she made an ofTer to play the part as altered, but the director declined to accept it, and she then commenced a cross action, to recover l.ooot. After hearing counsel, the Tribunal cancelled the engagement, reiected Mad'lle Ferraris' de mand, and condemned her to pay the director zuoui. damages, witn an costs. The Royal Literary Fund Society announced at their meeting on the 14th of March, that during the past year ten authors in history and biograpny have been relieved to tne amount ot 325, nine authois in science and art to the amount of 360, seven authors in periodical literature to the amount of 280, four authors in topography and travels to the amount of 140, five authors in classical literature and educa tion to the amount of 155, four authors in poetry to the amount of 65, eight authors in essays and tales to the amount of 235, one iira mntic author to the amount of 20, one author In law to the amount of 25, two medical au thors to the amount ot 60, and one other to the amount of 20, making n all titty-two cases, and the total amount of 1685. Of these twenty had been relieved for the first time, but some nad been relieved several times, and one eleven times. The grants varied in amount from 10 to 100. The Archbishop of Dublin and the Duke of Devonshire were elected Vlce-Presl dents: Professor Owen was elected to the Coun ell; the Dean of Westminster, Mr. A. J. Beres- ford Hope, M. P., the Rev. Charles Merivale, B. D., and Dr. Copeland were elected on the General Committee. , The French Minister of Public Instruction is about to reorganize the libraries of Paris, espe dally with reference to the position and salaries of the persons employed there, who have hitherto been insufficiently 'paid, and their promotion stopped bv the introduction into the higher posts of men who had not passed the apprentice' shio ot librarians. M. Duruv proposes to esta blish a uniform scale of salaries for all the libraries, and to give Ihe subordinates au oppor tunity ot rising. The London Header announces that Mr. Frederick Huth, a well-known book collector in England, who purchased at the sale of the late Mr. George Daniel's library the celebrated ool Wllnn nf anvpntv black-letter ballads. Printed between the vears 1559 and 1597. for 760, is about to renrint them in a single volume, as hi contribution to the Philobiblion Society, and that the impressions will be very limited, and only for private distribution. This will be an im portant addition to our collection of old English potwy. THE FENIANS Union Square Stands by the Story of the Sailing of the Fleet-James ' Stephens Coming Here-Hls Ad dress to the Brotherhood In America-Other Expeditions Nearly Ready-The Autho rities at Union Square Yesterday Reaffirmed the Story of the Sail ing of the Fenian Fleet for the Pur pose of Taking ' Bermuda and Sweeping Bri tish Com fnercefrom the Seas. Hundreds ot men were at the O'Mahony head quartern, many ot them dissaiiaflcd because Uir hud not bceu taken on bonid somo ot the vessels; but upon learning that others were soon to follow those tnat liavo taken the advance, thoy seemed perl pc ly satiblifd to wait aud hide their time A great many Centre oi Circles visited the brar quarters, aud from what our importer could leurn liom them, it is the unanimous resolve to "pufh the work torward with ail possible arsoatuh." Thoy say that men can be had Oy tho hundred thounud, and that tue sinows of war shall not be wanting. Ou " said ono, "If it was not for the oursed split or disruption of the Brotherhood, what ndgut we not have done before this f" Another said: "There is no usn in talking about hut now ; that Is all plaed out; the first blow is struck, and we must all 'put our shonldors to tho w heel.' It will not do to lose time arguing points of law as to w ho 1" wrong or who is right. ' I he hall is up,' and we must now roil it along. i always knew that O'Mahouy meant fight." Did our spaoo permit us, we could treat our read ers to columns ot similar conversation : but the above gives the interest and moaning of all else that was said. it 1" claimed that all that hns now bcon done has been by the direction ana under the advice ot James Stephens, and that James Stephens has no intention whutever of coming to this country at tho present time. Jakes Stephens to nn ItROTnsnnooD is America HkALIor AKTKKH FtMAN It BOTH KKHOOI. NO. Si It AST Blvkmke.mh Stkkkt, Nkw toHK, April 6, 1886. To the ofllcersand meinhers of the treiiian Brotherhood. Brothers: It is my dutv to announce to you the arrival in fans oi jiiqus t-tepnens, ( . r.. i. k . ana iu prepare you lor nis coming to me unnea amies. snatched a spculul envoy to me vnur Ilead Centre, with Instructions to nubllsh the iollowlnc tacts B8oonalc rmir iinvH iiriiiiii. ill him luu ira ami. un uu became certalu that be bad reached the French oapital in taiety. hirst: Helntorms the American ana Irish American fiublie through uo, that he ie;t the ; organization in Ire and in as good a condition as it has been since the recent Fenian scandals h id beuan In America, and had casta i loom OTer the bopes ot all true lovers ot free dom, and that he ban placed the teins of Government In the hands ot comuetent, devoted, and well-tried leaders, to direct It during bis temDortry absence t-eeond. That he went to raris on most important business connected witn tne present siruug.e tor i isn nationhood, and not because be bad been forced thereto by the enemy. I Hira. DO IB HUH VUWIIIH IU llitt U UI1VU C-fclllUB 1UI nnrnosn of rent or in I baunonious counsel aud well -con certed action among all true friends oi Ireland on the American continent to reconcile discordant elements, and to make a last anneal tor bis iUtVerinit country to ail liberty-loving men turoughout the world. His stav will be but short In our midst. Let us receive hl advent to these shores as his patriotic devoteduess, his high ta enn, and stern uoeiity deserves. Mar uire discard and hateiul Jealousies vanish irom among us at bis approach. Hay thev cease thencefo th and forever to be the constantly recurring destroyer oi our bopes lornntional resurrection. 1 remain, iu fraternity, your oueuient servant, BUSINESS AT HKADQC ABTKB9. ' After the excitement consequent upon the work of the past lew days, business wears the usual ap pearance of order and regularity ; every desk is oc cupied, and tbe pen runs with the same lacllity as neretoiore. II oad Centre O'Mahonv is hard at work with a secret council, which is now Bitting. We understand that be has no intention ol leaving the headquarters tor some time at least. Several cases of arras, etc, arrived at tne noad- quarters Irom the country yesterday. BRISK DEMAND IOB BONDS. Mr. Collins, tho bond agent, and all the clerks in he bond oflice, were kept quite busy yesterday. Our reporter saw, in tho course ot half an hour, over live hundred dollars' wortn o t tne Plants nuea up ana nurcliased b oeinons who. from their appearance. weie city mechanics. The largest bond taken by any single person was $60, but the majority were in 810s andf ZUs. A. x. uatiy jsewi. Tb Sobarta- Sweeney Explanation oi the O'ttahony NenxaUuual Ktsla on Canada, fcto. it tun a out that tho renorts nut i forth by the TTuinn ennnre nr onle aa to the Bermuda expeditions. alm s. etc.. are a hoax made out of whole- cloth. So h,n (eft on anv errand ot that kind. Ihe chieftains ot Union tnuare are not on the sea, but in the Moffat Mansion, still with the exception of Killian, who, In oompany with a lew others, is reported to nave started tor ew &ng' Isnri to aid the O'Mahonv Bsna'.or. Sinnott. ot that district, in heading off oj this "sensation" the tide that IS sweipiua lue uuw r.uiuu vinuiuuuu from "tbe Jlsnnon establishment" to the common t directed bv l'residont Roberts and General eweeney. This latter organization olaim to bo satisfied that Kiliiau feels be cannot rule the movement and is ready to ruin it. They are there lore prepared to hear him telograph his "proclama tions" any a ay irom some puint uu tun uuuuuii with a view, as they say, to detract the organization fiom the Hoberts-Bweeuey movement. Xhey lurtiier aaanrt that, findiuir their crv of "To Ireland direct!" piayed out. they want to Ret into the management of the real movement by "striking tbe wires" as though tuey were redcoats. , ihn Roberts Administration, with their gallant Fecretary of War, are coulldent of workiuir oat their mission, even though they are subieoiod to another sensation turore as great as the habeas oor pus tactics. Xhey claim that the best the Killiauites cun do is to turn over their luuos to tne military ex chequer, and (ret mustered into the army in such po sitions as the skill and calibre will suit them lor. Meanwhile killian's "startllntf" telegrams are hourly expected. It Is said they are to be dated irom some point on tbe lroutier, and his twenty or tlilrtv clerks and lotainers will become two, or three, or ten thousand troops, to null the rurais into a luvtltar 1 nvMtmnnt In "thA bonds." 1 ho I our of action of tno real military movement nnder l'residont Roberts and General Sweenyy flrnuri nnun.r and li.ia.rwr. 1 ho "sensation" caused by this will be ot a peculiar character, and best ex plained by a bullet lecture to her Majesty' ied- coats. jx, x . iieroua. . . I Farther Rfarard la the Latest Mystery Tbe Government, the Fenians, tbe Flaherlea. Washington. Antil K. The House , Committee on Foreign A flairs to-day instructed their chairman to teport a Joiut resolution to reud a naval fleet to the fishing grounds to protect the rights ot our citizens, aud at the same time to preserve peace. Xbe resolu tion is understood to be approved by the tfeorotary of Mate, and is only regarded as a precautionary measure. It. la alleged that a large number of the Fenians have gone there In tbe guise ot tlsbermen for tne purpose, it is said, ot bringing on a collision, hop. thnrehT to vet nn a ilKlicnltT between the Utolted States and Great Britain, whioh would give them an opportunity to carry out their designs in Ireland. Ihe Government here have got their eyes upon them, and will see that theii designs are frustrated. .TVi Providence musical netfinle are con siderably excited now by .tne preparations lor the great "wngerDuna" oi tue new jengmuu States, the Btates of New York and New Jersey, Ail tha r-.itv ot Philadelahta. which la to take place im the capital of Bhode Island on the 20th. 27th, and 28th of June next. Borne five hundred singers will take part in the festival. The Pro vidence Licderkraac have engaged au orchestra f about fifty of tk perloruart i wwa, HEW JERSEY rOLITICS. Ho Action Yet on tbe Senatorial Qna- tfon An Editor Ordered Oat of tbe Senate, Ete. ' Tbentoh. April 5. The political contest which has been agitating: the hitherto quiet people of this staid city tor some days past was renewed again (his morning, in public and in private, witp. nnabated vigor. Immediately succeeding the Divine invocation. Mr. Srovel said: "The Sorccantat arms will will inform the editor of the titate Gazette that ho is not entitled to the floor of the Senate." This at once created a lively sensation amonir the members and the lobbyists, and those who occupied seats in the gallery. Senator Hockley dlscus-ed tne question, and held that the editor ot the Stale Gazette was enti tled to come ontthe floor of the Seuate for the pur pose of transacting tho business assigned to him by the Senate. Mr. rtcovel then took the floor, and tuny and forcibly explained why he had given the order above cited to the Sortreant-at-Armj. He said that the editor in question had insulted the dig nity of the Senate, and abused the privileges planted him by continually publishing false hoods and slanders against a member of the Senate (himseli), and had refused to give him (fccovel) a chance to reply to sucn statements, when he sought to do so, through the columns of the Mate Gazette. ' Mr. Scovel relerred to the following article in to-day's Gazette: We have already demonstrated that Jas. a. Scovol is a hypocrite, a turncoat, and a lalsliier a man ot inuoli pretension and little brains. It would soein that little more could be added to this catalogue of viciousnoss, but we bavu now to add our solemn conviction that Ibis man of much conscience and little principle baa been bought, and has received a portion of tbe purchase pr.co. Whoa he cume to tbe Senate this winter he was as poor as a church mou-e. and the circumstance that on nis re torn trom his visit to Wur hinyton, after the rejection of Mr (Stockton, he visited Mr. Vannetta, tinman, of Camden, and ordered a tin box made to contain Sevrn-tbirty fjnited (states .Treasury bonds, using one of large denomination for a measure, and tbe case is clear, James M, frcovel was bribed. Alexander G. Cattell, tbe Hnlshed gentleman aud noble patriot. Is the people's choice; and, it not elected now, he will yet bo sent in triumph to tho United States bcnaie. Mr. Scovel denied these charges made against him, and entered into a Beries of explanations, lie said he acted in this matter this rnornuig only becaute the reputation of those dear to him was unbailed, roicrnng to wnere tue editor ot tne Gazette, in an article, said: "Wo would not wound those who aro iutlmatcly connected with him, but so far as he is concerned the public in dignation against him cannot be too. strongly expressed." An announcement was received irom tne Assembly stating that that body had concurred In the Senato resolution passed yesterday to ad iourn to-morrow, at 12 M., alter which the Se nate went into Executive sc$sion,and thus ended the dumups ot the morning session. At the alter noon session ot the Senate the United States Senatorial question was aain re vived. Senator Horner, Republican, ottered a resolution to go into joint session at half-past 8 o'clock this evening, which was lost, the vote standing 11 in the negative to 10 in the atOrma tive President Scovel voting agninst it. It was then moved to rescind the resolution requiring a majority of votes of all the Senators elected necessary to pass a resolution to go into joint ses.-iun. it was nnauy decided, Dy a vote ot 11 to 9. that the resolution requiring a ma jority of the votes of all the Senators elected necessary to pass a resolution to go into toint session lor the election of a United States Sena tor was not a standing rule of tho Senate. During the debate this afternoon Senator Winheld, ot Hudson county, made some remarks auout party, wnen senator tscovei asKea mm to define how . many parties there were in the Senate. Senator VVintield replied by saying there were three the Democrats, the Republi cans, and Scovel. The Senate remained in session until 6 o'clock in the evening. In all probability the Legisla ture will adjourn to-morrow without having performed tne important amy oi electing a United states senator. Tne senate reassembled at fifteen minutes past eight o'clock to-night. The attendance was prompt and complete. Indeed, it was well that the Democrats were on hand in good season, aa at the time when the Senate clock denoted eight precisely it was found to be too fast by hi teen minutes, and had to be set back to the proper time. 1 Tne Senate remained in session nntil 10 o'clock, then went into Executive session, and a'terwards adiourned until to-morrow morning. JT. Y. Herald. The Charlestonians have been regaled of late with a selection of the best operas, as presented by Siax Strakosch's tronpe. Ghioni. Susini. Madame Sirakosch, Mad'lle Canissa, and Signor bream are the principal memocrs ot the com pany. Mr. Stephen Smyth, father of Governor Smyth, ot New Hampshire, has voted for Gover nor of that State titty-nine consecutive years. His last vote was cast in 1865 for his own bod, and he contemplated voting for hira again, but a serious accident injured nlin so that he was unable to leave bis house. Madame Marshal Bazaine. wife of the Cora mander-in-Chief ot Napoleon's forces in Mexico, was delivered of a male child on the 2d instant. The young Mexican wile of tbe Marshal has been very ill for several weeks. Hopes are now entertained that she will speedily recover after the Franco-Meiicana delivery. She is scarcely twenty-two years of age, and once was the belle oi tne uepuDiican capital. --M. P. Maury left for Vera Cruz on the 1st Instant, to take the Kuctish steamer for Eng land. Some of his friends allege that he has ac cepted a proposition made him by the Atlantic Cable Company, to superintend the next elfort to be made to lay the cable. Others say he has gone to secure the 80,000 said to have been raised among scientific people In Europe to pre sent mm. Three of Professor AeaBiz's assistants returned from Brazil in the last United States and Brazil Company's mall steamer JIacana. The courtesies cf the Company have been most handsomely extended to Professor Agassiz and his assistants, not only as above, but in trans porting from the Amazon the rich collection of; fishes to the United States. Professor Agassiz and tbe others of the party Will not re turn until late in the season. The Boudoir I tbe organ of the ladies) speak- in 4 of the policemen on the Br.iad way Squad, thinks that the traditional chivalric courtesy ot the knights of the middle ages, aud the graceful gallantry of Charles' cavaliers, sink into insig nificance wnen compared wun tne protective urbanity these New York policemen invariably display towards ladles. Ifthey had been fed on the Court Circular they could not be more suave and courteous. , -A blacksmith in Ilminster, England, lately perlonned a perilous feat. A child aged seven years, while playing with his brother, aged twelve months, placed over his head an iron band similar to that used for the nuts of cart wheels. Tbe child's nock began to swell, and when the parents discovered It they were horri fied to find that it was impossible to remove the band, and that suffocation was imminent. A blacksmith named Coles was called in, and tug- f rested the desperate Idea of hammering off the ron with a sledgeand he flssfully com pleted his task. While one pn.on held the legs, and another the head of the little one. Coles fearlessly struck at the ring and severed it. A fabe blow of half an Loch would save caused Instant death. THIRD EDITION THE NEW JERSEY DEAD LOCK. Another Speech Trom the "Erratic" HE MAKES MORE DENIALS. The Party Must Propitiate Him or Have No Senator. Special to The Evening: Telegraph. Trenton, April 6. Harlequin Scovel took the floor this morning, and denied a statement mado in the State Gazette that he had pledged himself In writing to standby the Union party when he was made President of the Sonato, but Senators Cobb and Herron said he had pledged himself to them, as he did also to the caucus, that he would stand by the party on all party ques tions, and he would go into joint meeting when au official vacancy occurred. He also said this morning that he would not vote for Mr. Cattell. The party must come to hira or have no Sen ator. ' WASHINGTON. Special Vetpatchet to. The Evening Telegraph. ' Washington, Apnl C. Probable Pannage of tbe Civil Right Kill Over the President'! Veto. Senator Trumbull aud his lriends are confident that the Civil Rights bill will be passed over the veto this evening. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Willey have both pledged themselves to vote for It, and It Is believed that Mr. Poolittle, under the unani mous demand of the Legislature of his State, w ill have to vote lor the bill or abent himself from the Senate to-day. As the matter now stands, with Seaatora Wright and Nixon well enough to attend the Semite, thore will be 33 votes for the passage over tho veto, and 1G against. Senator Trumbull's canvass this morn ing shows the following Senators favorable to the bill, with possibilities in favor of obtaining one or two others: Foster, Trumbull, Conuess, Yates, Grimes, Pomeroy, Lane, Morrill, Fessen. den, Sumner, Wilson, Cresswell, Chandler, How.' ard, Ramsey, Norton, Brown, Henderson, Nye, Stewart, Clark, Cragin, Harris, Sherman, Wade, Williams, Sprague, Morzan, Anthony, Poland, Edmondf, Willey, and Howe 33. It is believed that not more than 15 Senators will be found voting to sustain the President's veto. The New Jersey ftenatorsnlp. Several telegrams were received here yester day from Trentou, announcing that the De mocrats have agreed to coalesce with Suovel, and enough Republicans to elect Dayton, on written pledges that ho will sustain the policy of the President. It is claimed that this trade has been brought about by Judge Hughes, of Indiana, and Watd n. Lamon, who went to Trenton to represent the President. This bargain and sale will probably be opposed by Mr. Stock ton, who expects to . be bis own sue' cessor. It is well known here that not a single Radical Republican Senator or member has any longer any confidence In Mr, Scovel, and none believe that any radical Ideas are prompting himjto his present course. lie is openly denounced by Mr. Stevens as being guilty of a great outrage in opposing tho election of Mr. Cattell. A leading Democratic Senator yes terday was handing around the Senate a tele gram from Trenton urging hira to eecure a delay of the vote until they could get into joint ballot and elect a man who would be for the veto. This unexpected turn of affairs created a sensa tion, and the Opposition are quite jubilant over their prospects. Tbe Currency Pletnres. Thayer's amendment to the Treasury Appro priation bill, to prevent the face of one Clark from defacing the currency, was lost because of tbe difficulty In making new plates for all living men who are now engraved. Had it been simply striking ont Clark no one would have objected. The Committee on Banking have a bill for that especial purpose drawn and ready to report. Tbe Canal flfnlnance. Tho Washington Canal, which for a number ot years 'has exhaled its noxious effluvia, and caused, according to the opinion of the medical fraternity here, a large amount of mortality, has at last been pronounced a nuisance by a competent Board of United States Engineers, who recommend to Congress the adoption of im mediate measures to secure the thorough exca vation of tbe filth of which it has so long been tho depository. The estimate of tho Commls- i-lon for cleaning the canal Is $75,000, War and Navy Kzpannen. - The disbursements of the Treasury Depart ment on account of the War and Navy Depart ment, for the quarter ending 31st March, were as follows: War Department for January, $25,251,930; War Department for February, $15,401,396; War Department for March, $8,608, 981. Navy Department for January, $3,547,C5G; Navy Department for February, $3,032,006; Navy Department for March, $4,583,044. The one million Increase lu the Navy expenses for March was occasioned by large remittances abroad for the use of vessels on foreign stations. Aaalgnment or OOCeera. The commanding officers of the 10th and 13th Infantry and 2d Battalion of the 18th, have been ordered to report to Brigadier-General Cooke, commanding Department of the Platte, head quarters at Omaha. In' case of the pursuit of mischievous Indiana or whites infesting the border line, the troops will act without regard to the Department line, simply reporting their action through their own commanding officers to the Commanding-General of the department invaded. i i " - " Small Pox. Dr. Hoover, Chief Surgeon of the Freedmen'i Bureau, has reoetved reports from all the late Rebel States, with the exceptions ot Flonda and Texas, showing that during tbe month of Febru ary last, 1377 cases of smallpox were under treatment by Bureau physicians, and that dur ing the same period 248 deaths occurred. About one-tenth of all the cases treated by the Bureau in the South are those of small pox. lEx-Rebel VIee President Stephen. Alexander Stephens has been sending his cards to those whom he once knew here, and to others whose acquaintance he would like to have. He has had many callers at his rooms, , an J is lionized to no little extent. To-day he had a very long interview with the President, and i pronounces himself thoroughly satisfied with the President and his policy. He expects to have his scat In the Sen at 3 at an early day. Conp IVF.lAt Bnmora. A distinguished military chieftain has, within the last few days, been sounded by two noted politicians, one of whom was in the army, to see to what extent he could be relied upon to favor a coup d'etat by which tho Southern Represen tatives are to be placed in both Houses of Con gress. No encouragement was given, but the project has not been abandoned. A Johnson failure. The Johnson meeting, got tip by the claim accnts, and intended t bo a grand affair, was a grand fizzle. Few of the speakers announced were present. Less than a thousand perjous were there, and no enthusiasm was manifested except when the poor African was mocked at. Edgar Cowan talked the loudest and longest, while Green Clay Smith, Marshall Gooding, and William F. Johnston (Pa.) followed. A man was Introduced under the assumed name of General Swift," but proved a failure, and a man who was not on the bill getting the floor, the manager brought tho meeting to a sudden end by putting out the lights, and there was no formal adjournment. Collision of Steamers. New York, April 6. The steamer City of Lon don arrived at this port this morning from New London, having been In collision. Captain Smith reports that this morning about 2 o'clock, when off Eaton's Neck, she waa run into by the steamer Afonitor, which loft here last nipht for Derby, Connecticut. The New London was struck about ten feet abaft tho stern, aud cut almost completely through the hull and below the wa'er-llne. Having a tight bulkhead she makes but little water. The Monitor was also badly stove, and " was run ashore in Lloyd's harbor. Her passen gers were brought here by the New London. No person was injured. Score at Toronto. Tobonto, April 6. Tbe city is excited by tho reported sailing of the Fenian expedition, and it is believed that tho report of Its goin,; to Ber muda is a blind, and that Quebec is the destina tion of the Fenians. Information that Is deemed reliable has been. received, that the Fenians are putting guns In vessels at Chicago, and have twe schooners loaded with field pieces for an attack on the western bordeis. We are on the eve of another great alarm. Destructive Fires In New York. . New York, April C. Saveral large fires have , been burningjthis.mornlng. One in the Claremont Hotel, Fulton Btreet, and the bulldinirs Nos. 200, 202, and 204 Broadway; another In Bar clay street, corner of Broadway, a third between Canal and Lispenard streets; and a fourth in the Tremont House, Broadway. From Baltimore. Baltimorh, April 6. A salute of 100 guns was fired here to-day by the constituents of the Hon. John L. Thomas, Jr., of the Second Congres sional District, in honor of the election of Haw ley In Connecticut, and Burnside ia Rhode Island, and the indorsement of the sentiment that none but loyal men shall rule the country. The Cincinnati Gas Works. Cincinnati, April 6. The bill authorizing the City of Cincinnati to purchase thj gas works passed both Houses of tho Legislature yester day. It was so amended as to require the question to be submitted to the popular vote. Death ot an Editor. Cincinnati. April 6. James D. Taylor, for merly editor ot the Cincinnati Times, died in Richland county, Illinois, on the 31st ult. Resignation ot Minister Pike. New Ybi, April 6. Mr. Pike, our Minister to Holland, has resigned his post, to take effeot on tbe 1st ot June. The Fenian Expedition Hoax. New Yobk, April 6. The Ueratd saye the re ported expedition to Bermuda Is a hoax. Sirs. Jeffeison Davis at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 'April 6. Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived here this morning from Louisville. . Slarkets by Telegraph. New York, April 6 Cotton is dull and lower: sales at 8(&ii9o. lor Middlings. Fiour dull; com mon branUo heauy ; salt of 6500 barrels ; State, if-66(ft8 06; Ohio, 8 2(Xttll; W catern, 6'7CCt8 10; (Southern drool ing; 400 barrels sold; Canada huavy, 8c0 Uriels sold at $7 2511-25. Wheat steady; 1000 bushels sold; Milwau.ee Club at 166. Corn has an advancing tendency and is Armor. Oats srmeri Stat, 6162o. iieif steady) plain Hois, 115-6019 60 l'ork heavv: men ft25 87(u,26. Lard hoavy atiei&lSJ. Whisky dull. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Orphans' Court Judges LudlowBand Pierce. The Court was engaged this morning with the usual Orphans' Court business applications for appointment ot guardians for minors, con firmations of sale of real estate under order of Cjurt, etc. Nothing of publio interest trans pired, i Mr. Baker, of the Worcester Public Library, is preparing an edition of "The Chinese Clas sics," composed or abridged by Confucius, the first volume of which will ue issued next month. This is said to be the first attempt ever made to make the sacred literature of the Chines accessible to American readers. A letter from Rome says: "The studio3 are now emptying themselves of their treasures for the benefit of the exhibition In Pans and of tha Royal Academy of London. D'Eplnay, the rising young sculptor, contributes largely to the latter, as does Lehmann several beautiful paintings, and on Saturday and Sunday his rooms were crowded by visitors. Brennan, too, a clever; young Irinh painter, send several works, I' Mi-. . . -i . ..j. - . , .( -w . - Mfc. 1 , :
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