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EXECUTIVE.
Diplomatic.—The President has appointed George
Bancroft of New York, to be Minister at Berlin, in
place of Joseph A. Wright, deceased.—Don Joaquin
Maria Nascentes de Azambuga, the Brazilian Minis
ter presented his letter of recall to President Johnson,
May 20.
Treasury.—The internal revenue receipts of last
week were $2,595,869.—The disbursements on ac
count of the War, Navy, and Interior Departments
were $1,243,090.
U. S. Supreme Court adjourned, May 16, until
December. The motion for leave to file an amend
ment to the Mississippi bill was denied, and the bill
was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. An injunc
tion was granted to restrain the payment of certain
Texas bonds sold by the rebel government of that
State during the war.—During the term just closed,
200 cases were disposed of, leaving 250 on the docket.
—Chief Justice Chase has nominated one-third of the
whole number of registrars of bankruptcy, including
those for the Eastern and Northern States, and for
Georgia and Louisiana.
Army.—Gen. Sickles has been brevetted Major
General in the regular army, for gallantry at the bat
tle of Gettysburg.
Post Office Department. —Postmaster General
Randall has decided to dispense with the publication
of lists of uncalled for letters. It will be hereafter
posted upon the bulletin boards of the various post
offices, and such papers as desire can then print it.--
Letters for Great Britain will hereafter be charged
postage by a single rate, having the half ounce as a
unit, (as with domestic letters.)
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Pennsylvania—The business of Pittsburg repre
sents about $114,000,000.—1t is understood that the
Hon. John Cessna, under an appointment from the
late State Temperance Convention, is preparing.a bill
designed to suppress the liquor traffic in Perinsylva7
nia, which will be presented at the next session of the
Legislature.
New York—The July riots of 1863 caused the
death of 1155 persons.
New Jersey The Republicans carried. the char
ter election at Morristown, N. J., May 5. The town
went Democratic last month.
Hassachusetts.—The Bounty bill before the Le
gislature was defeated May 15.
Illinois.—Ten millions of dollars' worth of new
buildings in Chicago, that had been in contemplation
the present season, have been abandoned on account
of the eight-hour movement.
Michigan.—The Constitutional Convention met
at Lansing, May 15. and organized by the election of
a President. There are 76 Republicans and 24 Dem
ocrats in the Convention.
Nebraska.—There was a second shock of earth
quake at Nebraska City on the 3d inst. It was felt
also at :Sidney, lowa.—The Legislature met on Pri
day, and organized. The Republicans have a large
majority in both Houses.
District of Columbia—The Republican City Con
vention of Washington met May 15. Nominations
were made for city officers. The election will take
place in June.
Maryland.—The Republican Convention met May
15 in Baltimore, delegates, both white and colored,
being present from eleven counties. Resolutions
were unanimously adopted calling upon Congress to
establish universal suffrage in the State; declaring the
Constitutional Convention sitting at Annapolis to
be subversive of the legal government, and that Con
gress ought not to recognize its action should negro
suffrage be rejected by it. The resolutions also pro
pose the taking of the votes of the colored people
against'a State Constitution without impartial suf
frage, should such be submitted.
Virginia.—Gen.,Schofield has prohibited the drill
ing and ordered the disbandment of the " Lincoln
Mounted Guards," a colored organization in Rich
mond.—The captain of a ferry boat in Norfolk, has
been arrested for violation of the Civil Rights bill,
in forcibly ejecting a colored woman from the ladies'
cabin on his boat.—The negroes in the vicinity of
Carbon Hill pits, are threatening the land proprietors
and others with confiscation, and the proprietors have
applied to General Schofield for protection.
Louisiana.—The Supreme court has decided that
no recourse can be had for notes given for the pur
chase of slaves; also that no recovery can ,be had on
notes based on Confederate money.—A disturbance
occurred among‘the negro stevedores in New Orleans,
May 16, and two policemen were badly beaten. The
military were called out to restore order.—Senator Wil
son addressed a meeting in New Orleans, May 16.
The attendance was small, and the military were pre
sent. General Longstreet consented to have his name
used as one of the vice- residents of the meeting.—
Gen. Sheridan has issued an order forbidding the car
rying of firearms by any person not authorized to do
so, in his Department.
Texas.--In Galveston, May 15, a negro speaker
making some offensive remarks at a meeting,. he was
interrupted by U. S. soldiers. and some indiscriminate
shooting took place.
Alabama.—A riot occurred, May 6, in Mobile, at
a mixed meeting of whites and colored men, gathered
to hear Judge Kelley speak. Three whites and two
negroes were killed and a numbeaof persons were
wounded. The riot was quelled by the police, but
the military were called out and placed on guard in
the streets. The rebels were the aggressors —A meet
ing of citizens, white and colored, was held in Mobile
May 16, at which resolutions were adopted regretting
the disturbance at the Kelley meeting, and expressing
the belief that it was unpremeditated and the result of
sudden excitement.—By the riot four persons were
killed and from fifteen to twenty wounded. The al
leged leader in the riot, one David Files, has been ar
rested.—The mayor and military commander request
ed Judge Kelley to remain and address another meet
ing, but he declined and went to Montgomery.—The
Mayor and Council of Selma, were removed, May 15,
by Order of Gen, Swayne, and new officers installed
in their places.
Florida,Dr, Freeman Young, of New York, has
been elected Episcopal Bishop of Florida, to succeed
Dr. Rutledge.
south Carolina.—Since the street cars in Charles
ton have been thrown open to colored people, it has
been observed, that the whites usually occupy the
platforms while the freedmen sit inside.
Tennessee —A riot occurred at a Republican Con
vention in Brownsville, May 12, result;ng in
,the
wounding of three negroes and two whites. It was
occasioned by an organized effort to break up the Con
vention.
NiBBol2ll.—The suit of Gen. Blair against the elec
tion judge in St. Louis, who rejected his vote because
he would not take the constitutional oath, has been
decided against the General by the Supreme Court.—
A Woman's Suffrage Association has been organized
in St. Louis, and several prominent ladies of that city
elected officers.
lifiscellaneons.—ln 1860 the debt of Massachu
setts, in round numbers, was $7,000,000; of New
Hampshire, $82,000; of Maine, $1,000,000; of Con
necticut, $50,000; Rhode Island, nothing. The debt
last year were: Massachusetts, $25,000,000; New
Hampshire, $4,000,000 ; Maine, $5,000,000; Connec
ticut, $10,000,000 Rhode Island, $3,000,000.
The Atlantic Cable of 1866 has ceased work
ing, and the disaster is attributed to damage done by
an iceberg which grounded off the harbor of Heart's
Coutent'on the evening of the 4th instant, and is sup
posed to have broken, the cable, which at that point
lies in about sixteen fathoms of water.
The Indiana in large force, are concentrating
near Forts Sedgwick, Saunders, Laramie and Phil.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1867.
Kearney. and the troops at those places are being re
inforced. The Indians are very hostile in Arizona.
FOREIGN.
BY ATLANTIC CABLE.
May 14.—. London.—In the House of Commons,
last night, the amendment to the Reform bill, provi
ving for £lO lodger franchise, was adopted.—Dublin,
evening.—The death sentence of the Fenian
. prisoner,
Colonel Burke, has been commuted to imprisonment
for life, with hard labor.—Paris, 2 P. M.—M. Mous
tier, president of the Corps Leo c' islatif, has officially
announced that peace will not be disturbed.—Even
ing.—Orders have been sent to the military depots
and headquarters to disband the. reserves recently
called into service.—Luxemburg.—The work of
strengthening the fortifications of this city, for some
time actively carried on, has been discontinued.—Ber
lin, evening.—The Crown Prince Frederick William
will leave for the Paris Exhibition during the present
week.
Mayls.—Lonelon.—Conflicting accounts have been
received as to recent operations in Crete. Several
engagements have taken place, and both parties claim
success; the latest news from Athens asserts that the
Turks, under command of. Omar Pacha, has been de
feated in a general battle.—Berlin,evening.—The re
port that Prussia had bought, or was to buy, a fleet
of American iron -clads, is officially denied.
May 16.—Dublin.—The prisoners, Flood, Duffy
and Cody, are now on trial before. the special commis
sion.—Berlin, evening.—The North German Gazette
says that the evacuation of 'Luxemburg within 'the
month prescribed, is impossible, and that Prussia
will need more time.—Madrid.—A large number of
persons, engaged in the recent disturbances in Cata
lonia and other parts of Spain, have been captured, and
arrests are constantly being made by the police. and
soldiers.
May 17.—London, evening.—Orders have been is
sued in Council for the restriction of the ravages of
the rinderpest, which has again appeared in some
counties.—Despatches from Athens state that two
sanguinary battles have taken place recently in Crete,
in both of which the Turkish commander, Omar Pasha,
was badly defeated. His loss in both is computed at
3000 men. The great Powers have again united in a
petition to the Sublime Porte to cede the island to
Crete to the Greek
. government.—Berkin, evening .
A meeting of Americans was held to-day, in honor of
the memory of the late Governor Wright. Over 100
persons were present. Mr. Fay presided, and Gov.
Curtin, of Pennsylvania, delivered a eulogy. A series
of appropriate resolutions were passed.— Vienna.—
An Imperial decree has been promulgated, favoring
the Protestant inhabitants of Hungary.—Lisbon.—
The regular mail steamer from Rio Janeiro has arrived
to-day. The South American news is iniportaii t.
President Lopez, of Paraguay, has accepted the medi
ation of the United States, and will immediately send
an envoy to Washington. The Allies, on the other
hand, had not accepted the American plan, and it was
doubtful whether they would do so at all. No fur
ther fighting had taken place between the contending
armies. The revolt in the District of Mendoza, in the
Argentine Republic, is assuming still more alarming
proportions.
May 18.—London, noon. The Turks claim great
victories over the Cretans in the recent battles.—
Evening.--Despatches from Constantinople state that
the Sublime Porte has replied to the proposition of
the great powers, and assures the powers of his abili
ty to suppress the existing rebellion, and firmly de
clines to cede the Island to any foreign State.—Dub
lin, noon.—The trials of the Fenians, Flood, DUffy
and Cody were concluded last night, and they were
found guilty. —Paris. —The Corps Legislatif is op
posed to the army bill proposed by the Emperor.
May 1.9 . London, evening.— The Luxemburg ques
tion is settled, for Napoleon and King William of
Prussia have signed the treaty.—The motions for new
trials in the cases of McCaffrey and Meany, the Fe
nians, have been denied.—The city of London has vo
ted £5OO towards the erection of a statue to George
Peabody.
May 20.—London, evening.—Queen Victoria to
day laid the corner-stlßne of the Hall of Arts, in pre
sence of a vast assemblage. The ceremonies were
magnificent and impressive, and the enthusiasm of
the populace very great.—McCafferty, the Fenian,
was to-day sentenced to be hung on the 12th of June.
—London, midnight.. —ln the House of Commons to
night an amendment to the reform bill, granting fe
male suffrage, was rejected by 123 majority. A di
vision also took place on the amendment proposing a
copyhold franchise, in which the Derby government
was defeated.—The latest and most trustworthy ac
counts of the recent fighting in Crete appear to con
firm the report that Omar Pasha has been defeated.
Vienna. —The opening of the Imperial Reichsrath
of Austria took place to-day.—Alexandria, Egypt.
—The Sultan has granted the title of King to the
Viceroy of Egypt.
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Thos. Mae Kellar, N. S. Lawrence,
Jno. Supplee,Chas. I. Dupont,
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Jno. W. Claghorn, Henry P.,Senney,
Joseph Klapp, H. D.
THOMAS CRAVEN, President
ALFRED S. GILLETT, Vice-President.
JAS. B. AIVORD, Secretary. •
PHILADELPHIA.
Manufaetnrers and Dealers in
William J. Howard,
Henry K. Bennett,
Jenne Ilszlehurst,
George W Hill,
John H. Chestnut,
John Wanamaker.
*300,000
$103,954 72
47,094 00