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JPHir.-A.DELnPECIA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 18GG.
UOUULK SI1KET-TIIREK CENTS.
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Till UP EDITION
EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER " HERMANN."
The Departure of tho Jamaica
Commission.
YGU'KIG KIKC LEOPOLD'S FIRST
TPfC London "Tillies'' on Mr.
MfCRllorlrti Report.
rinderpest )r:cr?-Asmc.
Cers. Schofield's Peregrinations.
SWISS GOING TO ALTER THE
CONSTITUTION AGAIN.
5 IrfilfAL'
ting CommcrcEal News.
n iittr hi.;
Etc., KIO., Etc.. JKio., Kte., Etc. Ktc.
Nr.w York, January 1. The teamship Her
mann, from Bremen viu Southampton on the
20th tilt., arrived at this port this morning.
Ihc Hermann experienced terrilic gales
throughout the passage. She passed the
ftteamer Alemania olt' the Needles.
The eteamer City of Baltimore arrived at
CMieenstown on the 2')tli u't.
Sir A. Storkes and Mr. Roundel!, Secretary of
the Royal Commission, also Mr. J. Godrio, Ad
vocate Deputy lor Scotland, who acts as counsel
for the sufferers in the late outbreak, sailed per
the tcanier lor Jamaica on December 18th. Sir
A. Storkes has been appointed Governor.
XS35,fi(J0 in specie were en route from Australia.
Consols were very heavy in consequence of
the continued dram of gold troiu the banks;
quoted at N7Jir87..
French Rentes heavy at (!8f. 35r.
The Governor of Richmond Bride woll has
been dismissed.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has refused to
tippoiut a commission of inquiry into Hie
Stephens case. -
The. cattle plague was increasing.
A Jamaica Commission had neon formed in
order to watch the progress ot the official
inquiry, and furnish Mrs. Gordon and others
with legal assistance.
The London y irnes says Secretary McCulloch's
report to Congress is a 'very able document. It
is remarkable anions similar American official
documents as being grounded on cound financial
principles. The most striking point t3 his con
fidence in inviting the action of the Executive
for a loan for funding paper currency. What
ever may be the issue of the financial discussion,
the current session of Coneress will be watched
by England, which is much in the same position.
McAfferty, formerly a captain in the liebe
army, and an American citizen, was put on trial
for t'euianiem. at Cork. The judges held that
Lis being an alien was fatal to the indictment,
and the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.
The Grand Jury at Cork had indic ted T. Dony
gan, O. D. Donavan, John Casey, James Mon
tane, and A. Nicholas, Jr., for treason felony.
There had been a slight increase in the number
of deaths from cholera in Paris.
Flour has declined iu Pans.
A treaty of commerce between England and
Austria has been drawn up, and will be signed
immediately.
The Swen'ieh Parliament is likely to reject the
treaty of commerce with Trance.
Count Eulenberg, concerned in the murder o
Ott, Prince Alfred's cook at Bonn, has been sen
tenced to an Imprisonment of five months and a
halt. .
It is announced that the Turkish loan of
IG,000,000 has been negotiated in Paris at GG.
FRANCE.
Prince Napoleon arrived in Paris on the 18th.
La LiberUtf&y s Prince Napoleon went to the
Tuileries on the 18th.
General Schoiield has returned to Paris from
London.
SWITZERLAND.
Large popular meetings were held iu Berne
and Coire, and resolutions pa?sei iavoriag and
summoning the Federal Assembly for a revision
of the Constitution.
BELGIUM.
Leopold II took the Constitutional oath beiore
both Houses on the 17th. fie made a speech,
thanking the foreign sovereign tor their sym
pathy. He said:l shall religiously follow my
father's example and preempts, 1 will be a Belgian
King from my heart and soul. My constitutional
position keeps me aloof fro in a conflict of opi
nions, leaving the country to decide between
tbern. By activity and progress, Belgium will
retain the support of the Foreign Powers."
The Senate aad Deputies' address to the King
expressed a desire for,roneont. The presenta
tion of the address took place ou the 18th.
They express unalterable devotion to the King,
and the conviction that the Knii will preserve
that which the coinage ot the people had
founded and the-wlsdoui of Leo' old I eonsoli-
f dated.
INDIA.
The public health was 300J at Bombay. The
crops present a promising appearance. Cotton
is advaucing.
Commercial lute! licence.
Liverpool, December 20. Cottou In steady and
unchanged. Sale ou Mouiiay aufl Tuesday, 17,1)00
bales, including 6000 bale to speculators and ex
po' tern.
The Manchester Market is inactive but steady,
Bi-i'Sdstutts -Flour dull aud eimor.. Whoat quiet
and steady. Corn quiet. Mixed '".is Cd (a 308.61,
iloel quiot aud steady. Pork inactive and
unchanged. Bacon verir aull aud easier. Lard null
and unchanged. TaMowiuactivejuuiiteady.i Ashos
steady j Pets 42.j.:j42d. (id. ; Pearls, Xls. feuiar quiet
and steady. Coflemuuiet. Rice no sa'es. Clovereed
Jirm. Linseed Oil quiet and steady Spirits Turpen
tine ; small s ales 47b. lor French. Petroleum quiot-,
xctiucd S ld.Co.8s. 4d. ,
London. December 20. Consols cloBOd on Tues
day at 87i(87i lor Mouey; tared States Five
twenties, U61;a'862 ; trie Railroad, 5Si'a58i; llliueia,
SUCaih'i. - . ,
The discount demand at the Hank of England was
on a lull scale, but in the Stock Exchange the supply
01 money was rather abuudaut, uud suorl advances
were olfcrcd at U 11 J per cent.
the drain or gold irom the Bank for Paris and
Alexandra continues, aud tliere have becu no
arrivals.
IMlSim MP TEXAS.
Siajr-atlon of HnIi!w In New Orleans
jovmor Alien Dewlre to Return
HomA, fctc.
New Orleans, January 3. The Louislma
papers are tilled with ndvrtipciuents of planta
tions for solo, moRtly by the Sheriff.
Christmas passed ou" quietly and pleasantly
in the interior.
The imraigralion ol S a iss and Germans is ex
pected in Mississippi from Ohio. A good many
immigrants have arrived in Louisiana from
Germany,
Advices have ben received here that a large
immigration Irom Germany may soon be ex
pected tor Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
Tennessee.
At Columbus, Miss., an oil and mining com
pany has been organized to operate in Mississippi
auvl North Alabama. They own 0000 acres of
land, and have made Important oil and mining
dii-coverles.
General business is falling off here. Advices
nl a similar import are received from Texas.
Goods can now be boticht cheaper in Galveston
and Houston than hero. Parties are buying
goods there at auction nnd sending them here
and to New York. Fears are entertained bv old
business men of a smash-up. Three brick stores
in the central part ot the city were sold for less
than the bricks could be bourtit for.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company announce
that they will reopen steamship communication
between New Orleans and Aspinwall via Ha
vana, taking mails, passengers, and freight to
California.
General Eaird is obtaining information through
his ageDts, in the interior, as to the number of
colored orphans on plantations that may be
found, and the number of old and infirm who
have, andof those who have not, relatives whose
duty it is by law to support them.
A letter ba been received from the city of
Mexico stating that ex-Governor Allen is desi
rous of returning borne.
Judge Dcvnnc and Colonel Luckett, of Tesas,
have been released from Fort Jackson, where
they had been coufined on charges connocted
with the capture ol United States property at
San Antonio, in the spring of 1GG1.
Mr. Burnett, United Stutee Supenuior and In
spector of Steamboats, has arrived irom Wash
iggton to reorganize the Tenth District, which
includes the Gulf coast and the Mississippi and
Red rivers.
Proclamation ly Governor Ilnmilton
CltlznuN AIIowkI ui iiesuute liuNltieaa
StlUiHry Mwm.
PROCLAMATION.
Exfxutive Office, Austin, Texas, November
28, 1805. Having been frequently applied to by
peifons (especially members of the legal profes
sion), who have ben recommended bv me to the
President lor special pardon, for permission to
resume their several vocations, pending the
action of the President upon the applications, I
deem it proper to make known to all whom it
may concern, that I am both willing and anxious
to afford every proper facility to the people of
the State, of whatever condition, to resume aud
prosecute their resuective calliugs and profes
sion?. And while the rule prescribed by me on
the 8th day of September last, Indicating the
manner iu which attorneys could bo admitted to
practice in ttie several courts of the State, was
founded upon what I believed ac the time 10 be a
correct principle, yet I have uo such pride of
opinion as to wish its lone er observance, it it
w orks an unlust or unnecessary hardship.
The question how far a person embraced
within any of the exceptions can engage in
business pursuits before special amnesty is ob
tained, is one I wish to leave for the courts of
the country to settle. But so far as depends
upon my will or wish, all those who received
my recommendation lor special pardon are at
lull liberty to resume the business and duties of
their several ; protessions and employment.
Parties so situated, however,, must abide the
decisiou of the courts as to the legality of their
right to do so, tor such a question I distinctly
disavow determining. I only desire now to be
understood that uo objection will be made by
me to a full and free exercise of every right of
citizenship by all persons who have mannered
proper respect tor the Government. And, I will
add. that irom what I have learned of the course
pursued in other States, in such cases, I believe
that no oblection will be made by the Govern
ment of the United States.
Therefore, so much of my proclamation of the
8th ot September. 1865, as' relates to this subject
is hereby revoked.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand
, and cause the seal of State to be affixed,
I.L. s.j tne and vear fluove written.
By cy der of the Governor.
A. J. Hamilton,
Provisional Governor of Texas.
JoaEPn Spence, Acting Secretary of State.
LOCAL MILITARY ITEM3.
Surgeon J. D. Bruniev, U. S. V., has been re
lieved from duty as Medical Director Central
District of Texas, and assigned to duty in charge
of hospitals in Central District of Texas.
Captain E. Mullor, C. 8., has been relieved
ftom duty as Depot Commissary at San Antonio,
Texas, and ordered home to report from there
by order to the Adiutant-Geueral U. 8. A.
'Captain Thomas M. Palmer. A. Q. M., has been
Telieved irom duty as Chief Quartermaster Cen
tral District of Texas, and assigned in charge of
all transportation beloncing to the Central Dis
trict. The Government intends organizing;
trains and doing ail hauling from the coast with
Government transportation.
General P. Sidney Post, formerly Colonel of
the 59th Regiment Illinois Infantry, has issued a
circular to the gildiers of his old regiment, con
gratulating t,nm upon the lact that, having pa
tiently toiled and manfully fought for four years
and a half, they are now about to return to their
peaceful homes. It is patriotic and modest, aud
shows that himself and his men have done hard
service. -flan Antonio Herald, December 12.
Missouri Railroads.
St. Louis, January 8. Governor Fletcher
took possession to-day of the St. Joseph and
Atchison and Weston Railroads, kuown as the
Platte county roads, in consequence ot a default
In the payment to ihe State of three hundred
thousand dollars and interest, according to the
law of the Missouri Legislature passed last
winter, under which the roads were Bold to
Messrs. Stringfellow, Osborne, Carpenter, and
Burns, aud providing for their forfeiture to the
State If the above payment was not made on
January 1. The Governor has sppoluted a State
agent to operate the roads until the v can be
sold agaiu pursuant to law. The elected parties
have entered a protest, and litigation will pro
bably follow the Governor's aetiou.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
IMPERIALIST REPORTS.
Yi it or tlic Empress to Yucatan.
DEFEAT OF LIBERALS UNDER
CENERAL DIAZ.
Assassination of General Quintanilla.
THE REPUBLICANS OCCUPY U PAZ.
Maximilian's Financial Prospects.
ur., Etc., Etc.. Etc., Etc.. Etc.. Etc,
New Tore, January 4. The steamers Liberty
and Columbia, trom Havana, have arrived.
The steamer Vera Cruz, trom Vera Cruz, with
(lutes to the 24ih, and Havana dates to the 2!lth
tilt., has arrived.
The Empiess Charlotte reached Vera Cruz on
the 20th, on her return from the visit to Yuca
tan, which was pronounced very satisfactory.
The. Imperialists claim to have gained another
victory over the Republicans under Porfirlo Diaz,
on the 4th ult., near Coin i tie fa, In which the
famous leader Thomas Sanchez was killed.
Miiximilian appointed Don Luis Ar'oyo Assist
ant Secretory ot Foreign Affairs, and Don
Manuel B. Cunha Reis exclusive Superintendent
lor the introduction into Mexico of Coolie
laborers.
General Quintanilla and his Private Secretary
were assassinated on the 29th of November, on
one of the highways, by their military escort,
with the object of plunder.
The Republicans have taken possession of the
town of La Paz, Lower Calilornla.
An announcement Is made of the final preva
lence of peace in the Departments of La Sierra
and Huasteca.
Eight hundied French troops, whose tTms of
service had expired, were to leave Vera Cruz on
the 29th. The arrival ot others from France
was daiiy looked for.
It is asserted that tbo Minister of Foreign
Affairs recently stated that the only hope for
the Imperial Government rests on the success of
the loan in the London market.
Tbe B!rtb-dy of the ArcJidachesd-Dlan
Carrylnr- All Before Uliu Tlie Aiis.
irians Again fetd Marshal Km
zitlue on MrnirulHj t H'mk of the Bur.
Imroui Decree of Alaxlinillau Finan
cial Embarrafeiniits Coriluutt Specu
lating; In Miulufc Staren Dissensions
Among the Native aniCJ'oreljfn Impe
rialists ComplnlnfH ttfalust Aljla
Fears that lie will JPronouuce Against
the Empire.
City of Mexico, November 25. The capital of
the Montezumas is now as gay as Venice in days
of yore. Think of the leelfhgs of & Guatimoet
zin'if he could come to lite and see a Hapsburgh
seated on the place ho so bravely defonped from
the soldiers of his ancestors. The court festivi
ties are of an extravagance which would well
become Golconda itself.
A new decree of the utmost importance has
been promulgated, regulating the liveries to be
worn Dy the servants of the dignitaries of the
Empire, and the amount of respect to be shown
by the police and other authorities to said
hvenes, under date ot November 1.
On tne aupiveisary of the birth-day of the
Archduchess Cailotta we. had a grand review,
high mass, and a reception and grand ball in the
Poi ace.
The news from the South and the interior is
not fiattering to the Empire. General Diaz is
carrying all before him, aad the whole State of
Guinea Is now in arms against the invaders.
Even the valley of Mexico is not free from the
bands which now infest it. The whole coast be
tween Vera Cruz and Tuspan is now in the hands
of the Liberals; as also all the coast south of
Vera Cruz as far as Sisal.
The recent movements on the part of the Libe
rals have ioroed a corresponding movement on
the part of the French troops, who are now said
to be concentrating in the central plateaus, pro
bably near San Luis. On the 29th the French
troops under Geneial Brlncourt evacuated the
State of Chihuahua, and the troops t the Empire
ire said to be evacuating Durango and Sonora.
It has been impossible" to maintain their com
munications open, and hence they luUje been
lorced at last to give up what has cost tjfera so
many sacrifices to conquer. Many believe these
movements are caused by recent menacing
demonstrations ou the Rio Grande, and also tne
suspicious movements of the American fleet on
the Pacific.
The Austrlans have again met defeat at the
hands of Colonel Flguerra; the 5th Hu&sars have
been terribly cut up. On horseback the Magyars,
as they call tin niselves, have been unfortunate.
We have this moment details of the siege of
Matamoras, and extracts of Marshal Bazaine's
letter to Geueral Mejia, in which he tells him
"to use every means 111 his power to procure the
documentary evidence that neutrality had been
violated which ought to reign between two
neicrhboiine DeoDle. and to remember that the
Northern lrontier has the double protection of
the Emperor of Mexico and of the Emperor of
tne rrencu."
The Empire, as I have said before is not at
pence, since the barbarous decree ot this Impe
rial puppet called Emperor. Threatening death
to ull found in arms seems only to have aroused
the people to a greater pitch of fury. What is
moBt ridiculous is the assertion ithat President
Juarez had abandoned the MexicJfr territory;
while at the same tune the Frenchijwere evacu
ating the frontier States, thus leaving the wnole
ol Chihuahua aud Durango in his undisputed
linftPttRion. v .
The financial ditlTculties still seem insuraiount-
able. No revenue can be coiiectea outside the
gates ot the largo citios. and trade is paralyzed,
ih rnads ore in too unsafe a condition to
allow the transportation of merchandise into the
ii terior. ., ,
' in mite of the many eflorts and remonstraaces
of Geueral Buzoiue, the extravagance of the
Court cannot bo restrained; in fact, they did Lot
come to Mexico to economize; it was an El
Dorado in which they dreamt of swimming iu
gold and precious stones.
A mnHt sneculative tendency has also arisen
the courtiers, aud the speculation in
mining shares ore on a pur with those of Califor
nia. Diamond-, rubies, opals, pearls, and amy
thests are plentiful, 1 nly waitiou to DC pocketed
by the creedy Genitalis. bu. uriort innteiy they
all lav in the power ot th? Liberal, who aie
outlaws and bandit because t'nev refuse to be
overrun by this band ot titled filibusters.
1 he discontent becimes daily ereater, ondnow
a fi ud hos broken out between the native impc
riu ists nnd tlie'foreign Jobbers after fat pluee.
Gnat complaints are made of peculation in
General Mejm's denurtmcnt. He npproDr'uites
' the revenue of Maximums, an. I, beside, draws
on the Imperial treasury, or rather on thu
l ieuch one. General Mejin has been ordered to
rvtuinuud have new tiorors conferred upon
Mm; but 110 one believes for a moment that he
wiil come lobe luid on the shelf, as has happened
to Vid'iurrl. Great tnrs are entertained that he
is about to pronounce again"! the Empire, but
not in tavor d the Liberal cause. It is said his
plan would be iu tavor of reliaion and privileges
of the higher classes, or a central Government.
A most intense anxiety is felt to know the
news from the United States.
fcven the I reuch, with all their bomba-1, are
no vi ry quiet ubout the Yankees, thoucrh the
papers endeavrr to influence the people into the
bi .'iet that Mr. Johnson will still rccogr.i.e the
Empire. A7. O. 'limes.
1 LVIriMOK u.
Cnnliftcntluijt'nNn Abandoned Keturucd
Jtlb-M (.wttnic Married the Ateaui
hllp Mnrs, Km.
Hprial Despatch to The Eviniim Tehgraph.
liALTiMonu, January 4. Th case of Bradley
Johnson, Rebel colonel, tor confiscation of his
property, in consequence of' damage committed
by him in the Maryland raid, which was pend
ing iu the United States District Court here, has
been dismissed in consequence of a certain
Frederick Bank, to which Jobnjon was indebted,
having a mortgage on his property.
The marriage rtatistics of Baltimore this year
show three hundred and forty more than lact
year. Many of these arc returned Rebels.
The French war steamer lfEslray has arrived
here from Fortress Monroe.
The steamer Cumberland, alroady nearly full
of freight and passengers, sails for Liverpool on
Saturday. The success of the enterprise, and
also of the Southern line ot steamers, is now
fully established.
The New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, January 3. Neil, Bros. & Co.'s
Cotton report of December iSOth says their
advices from all points fully confirm them in the
opinion that their e?timate of the total supply
given in their list circular is not too high,
inclining them to the outside figures, 2,100,000
bales. The course of trade has been a good deal
changed by the customary rise in the1 rivers.
Instead of receipts ot;a hundred thousand bales,
the weekly average has been restricted to si.ty
thousand.
Information now received from all points
states that the rivers are rapidly rising, and the
receipts are already on an increasing scale,
namely, the receipts here and at Mphile for the
week ending December 15 were 22,109; Decem
ber 22, 35,684; December 29, 37,200. The receipts
at all points aud the cotton forwarded North
already amount to 1, .100,000 bales, thus contro
yertine Secretary McCulloch's estimate of 1,300
OOOVor the entire supply, old and new. -
There are no siens of a serious falling off at
any potut, and the effect of the tardy rise of the
rivers will be to protract the delivery to a com
paratively late date. The question arises, will
not the strength of large holders at Mobile and
New York be exhausted before the first falling
off takes place, and can it continue to be piled
tip in ports? Already the stock held at the
leading points exceeds 500,000 bales, aud is daily
increasing, whereas the total foreign exports
since the 1st of September amounted to only
300,000 bales down to the latest dates from all
points.
So far as present indications cau be trusted,
they think it not unreasonable to anticipate a
crop for 18GC aud 1867 of from 1,500.000 to
1,800,000. whereof not less than one-half will be
retained In the country, or say 30,000 or 300,000
from ithe Atlantic States aud Florida, aud
1,300,000 to 1,600,000 from the South.
Valedictory of Governor Andrew, ot Massa-
chusettB.
Boston, January 4. Governor Andrew deliv
ered a lengthy valedictory address to the Legis
lature to-day, in which he venture the opinion
that the Government of the United States ought
to require the people of those States lately in
rebellion to reform their Constitutions, by first
guaranteeing to the people of color, now the
wards of the nation, their civil rights as men
and women on an equality with the white popu
lation by amendments irrepealable in terms.
Second. By regulating the elective franchise ac
cording to certain laws of universal applica
tion, and not by rules merely arbitrary.
Third. By anuull'inar the ordinances of secession.
Fourth. By disapproving the Rebel debt; and
filth, by ratifying .the (entire slavery amend
ments of the United States Constitution by their
Legislatures. And he would have all these ques
tions, save the fifth (the disposition of which is
legulated by the Federal Constitution) put to a
vote of the people themselves.
Ou the subject ef amnesty he says: When the
day arrives," which surely must come, when
an' amnesty substantially universal shall be pro
c'.iiimed, the leading minds of the South who, by
temporary policy and artificial rules had been
tor n while disfranchised, will resume their in
fluence and their sway. The capacity of leader
ship is a sift, not a device. Those whose cour
aee. talents, and will entitle theui to lead will
lead. .
The Ohio Fenians.
Clf.vela.nd, January 4. The Ohio Fenian
State Convention was held here ou the 1st, and
declared unanimously in favor of Roberts and
Sweeney.
EcLirsics to Come Off this Yeab.
During the year I860 there will be three eclipses
01 ihe moon", and two of the suu. On the lOUiof
Mitcu there will be a partial eclipse of the sun.
On the 30th of March the moon will be totally
obscured. On the 14th of April the sun will be
partially eclipsed. September 23d the moon will
be totally invisible. On the 8th of October there
is to be a prtial eclipse of the sun. Jupiter will
bo the morning star until the 20th ot April, and
then evening star the rest of the year. This
mouth Saturn plays the role of morning star.
f ;
TWO GIFTS FOR
V T HE PRICE OF ONE.
Srtcil Dttf alehfi to The Etmit g lelrgraph.
Washington, January 4.
Th Finances.
It is trenerally believed 1 ere that Secretary
McCulloch will avail himself of the nctlon of
Congress before committing himself to any plan
for the contraction of the currency.
The I'onltiot1 r .Ii.dic Nnarkey.
Judge Sharkey is still here, and visits the
President almost daily. The belief is growing
that he will eventually be nominated to-tho
vacant seat In the bench of the Supreme Court.
Exroauite at 4'tinx.
The Minister of the Netherlands has proposed
to the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange a
complete set of the different coins of his coun
try for those of the United Stntes, and the Secre
tary has given orders to the Director of the Mint
at Philadelphia to forward the required coins.
Tli Naval (fonpllal.
The Nnvol Hospital fund for the benefit ot
doubled seamen now amounts to the sum of
10,000,000.
Lee's Application lor I'ardon.
It has been repeatedly and positively denied
th.it the Rebel General R. E. Lee has ever ap
plied for a pardon. IIh application is neverthe
less still m the hands of the President.
The Interior Department.
It is stab d that Scr.ator Dooliltle positively
declined the portfolio of the Interior Depart
ment to-tiay.
A Chilian Protest.
Senor As'.a Burnaga, Chilian Minister, hs sub
mitted to the United Stales Government the pro
test of tho Chilian President against the barba
rous instruction of the Spanish Cabinet to treat
Chilian privateers as pirates.
ltelguallns Accepted.
The resignations of Major-General Kilpatnck,
appointed Minister to Chili; General J. D. Cox,
Governor-elect of Ohio; and Major-General Henry
E. Davis, appointed Public Administrator under
Mayor Hoffman, New York, have been accepted,
to date January 1, 18U6.
Ans'xued to Duty.
Brevet Colonel John M. Cuyler, Surgeon
United Stales army, has been assigned to duty
as Post Surgeon at Fort Wadsworth, New York
Harbor, nnd Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. Bai
ley, Surgeon, has been assigned to duty as Post
Surgeon at Fort Wanen, Boston Harbor.
Muster Oat of Paymasters.
Special Order No. 1, War Department, ISiiG,
mu-itersout the following paymasters, to take
clleet from January 15: Brevet Lieutenant
Colonels William Tilimun, Stephen W. Crosby,
James A. Farrlsh, W. B. Mendeuhall, and
Samuel E. Adams; Majors S. A. Safford, C. W.
Campbell, James Mann, John R. Cravens, Henry
McFarland, N. M. Knapp, W. II. McAllister,
Champion S. Chase, Zachavlah Voorhies, Fred.
Kelly, Williura Asson, W. H. Stewart.
Cotton Frauds In the Month.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury aud
Harry M. Wotterson have reached Wilmington,
N. C. It has heretofore been stated that their
business is to examine uito the alleged cottoi:
fraud3 in the South.
Steamships Burned.
Shortly after 12 o'clock last night the steam
ship Fairfax, of the Atlantic Steamship Line,
lj ing at G street wharf, was discovered to be on
fire in the vicinity of her boilers, and efforts
were at once made to suppress the flames. This
was, however, unsuccessful, as shortly after 1
o'clock the bow and stern were enveloped in
flames. The presence of the steam engines gave
some hope of saving at least a portion of the
vebsel. The exact amount of loss is not yet
ascertained.
The Fairfax arrived here yesterday afternoon
from New York, and was laden with merchan
dise for Washington and Georgetown merchants.
Fortunately, all her freight had been discharged
before the fire was discovered, and thus our mer
chants suffer no loss. A portion of the furniture
of the ship and of tho persoual effects of -Her
captain and crew were doubtless destroyed,
although much had been got off. The vessel wai
one 01 tne nrst ana larsest ot nerclass, elegantly
fitted up and turnished, and was valued t
5.75,000.
AN IMPORTANT RUMOR.
Reported Interview Between President
Johnson and J. Watson Wean The
Mexican tasllon Alleged Reception
by the President of a Letter front the
French Emperor.
Wasoington, January 3. General James Wat
eon Webb, United States Minister to Brazil, who,
since his arrival here, has been confined by ill
ness to the house of his son-in-law, Major Ben
ton, went out for the first time this morulug,
called at the White House, and had a protracted
interview with tne President. The General, as
is well kuown, returned from Brazil tu'nr Paris.
and much interest attaches to the interview of
to day from the current report that the General
brought a letter from Napoleon to the President.
With this web is also woven the woof
ot a generally believed story that beiore
Mr. Seward went away last week he
went or sent to the General for that letter.
Mr. Webb declined to deliver it on the ground
iliat it was directed to the President, not to the
Secretary, so that Seward started on his Havana
voaee a sadder but no wiser man. It is known,
however, that Geueral Webb breakfasted with
the Emperor a few weeks since, and the table
talk of that occasion us doubtless duly spread
before the President this morning. As' for the
letter, if the General brought one, it will proba
bly be sent into the Senate with the rest ot the
diplomatic correspondence on the situation in
Mexico, which correspondence was lustily called
fr,r almost as soon as the Senate opened its doors
this session.
Markets by Telegraph.
New Orleans, Jauuary 3 Cotton is quiot) sales
of ttiOO bales at 61o. lor middling. Gold, lit. New
Yoik checks J per cent, tliscuuut.
PUN Francisco, January 4. Mining Mocks are
weak. Gould ft Curry, t$92i avace, 7C2; C'lioiiar
Votosi, m; Yellow Jacket, iao: Crown Point,
f,; Impeilal 115. Igal Tenders, 67J. Choioe
New YorK butter, 4U,uilo.
Kbw Vork, January 4. Cotton Is quiet at 52o. lor
lliduliups. Hour is dull; common 6;10o. lower;
calns of 7000 bhts. at 7 40,t8 "5 lor SUtof 8 85.a2
10 Mb for Ohio; 7 40w8 80 for Woalorn ; boatliera la
drooping; 46PbblB sold at9!l6 25; Canadian lower,
&X) libls. sold at $8 4C:a 11-26. Wheat dull ; common
l(a 2c. lower, t orn dull and drooping, ikiot quiet.
Pork heavy at !V76 lur mess. Lard heavy at 15
I8J0. Wbiskydull.
11IVIVTVIH3 .
Nend Day's Deliberations of the Con.
ventlon Fresh Arrival of Delegate
The Delegation from Ireland Received
-A Committee Walts on President
O'SKahony and the Senate Requeuing
their Attendance to Explain their Po
sitionColonel (VMahony Reports. Etc.
The Fenian Convention resumed Its proceed
ings at 10 o'clock on yesterday. As far as our
reporters could learn there was a unanimous
feeling among the dolecates to thoroughly
investigate the existing differences in tin Bro
therhood, and to come to a calm, Impartial
decision on the questions at issue.
Delegates stated that they would searchbigly
sift through tho whole business, and forever put
an end to the present damaging squabbles by
recognizing but one body of Fenians in ttm
country. It is 10 be hoped that they will persist
in this wise resolve, and thus not only place
their organization again in a fair light before the
public, but also to belie the oft-repeated asser
tion that Irishmen are incapable of self-covern-nient.
Let them be firm and united, and they
wul thus command tho respect ot the friends of
the Irish cause.
There appeals to be a strong desire on the
part of the delegates of Mauha'tan and New
York that ull ofUce connected with the organi
zation ot the House should ba tilled by Eastern
and Western men, in order to remove any im-prei-siou
that the convention wus a one-sided
ullair. We undeistand that at lea't two-third
ot all the circles have been represented. Such a
represent a.'on forma a quaruiu, and their deci
sion snould be binding.
TheChairninn, Major Kelly, called tho II01183
to order. The Commit tee on Organization ie
port' d. and stated that they ha I selected Mr.
Patrick Corbet, of Syracuse, New York, as
Chau-niun; Mr. Jeremiah yum, of Milwaukie,
Wisconsin, as Clerk; with Messrs. M. Lacy, of
St. Louis.; Charles Timon, of Fitchburg, Massa
chusetts; H. M. Doherty, of Philadelphia; and
G. If. Duffy as assistants. Colonel James
McDermott llovve wits appointed first Sergeant-at-Amis.
MR. CORBET TAKES TI1K OATH.
The Chairman was conducted to the chair by
a committee of three. The Chairman, ou thank
ing the assembly lor the honor conferred on hjm,
said he stood in the Convention as perfectly
neutral. He knew no O'Mahony nor Roberts.
He knew no party or faction; he knew only the
present organization and the cause of Ireland.
The results of the present deliberations will
mark the era of Irish liberation, or her perma
nent degradation. The Chairman's address, we
learn, w us characterized by good sense, sound
judgment, and an impartial 'spirit.
We have heard the ( hainnan's conduct all
through spoken of in the highest terras for the
firm and dignified manner in which he dis
charges his onerous dunes. I have heard it
stated by delegates conversant with parliament
ary debutes, both in Washington and St.
Stephen's, that they had never heard the debates
excelled e,ther in ioaical accteness or depth of
eloquence; but the Irisbmau appears to have as
keen an apprcciaiicn of oratory as of a decent
skrimruage.
A vote of thanks was pussed to the former
Chairman, Major Kelly, and business proceeded.
The Chairman of the Committee on Rules
and Regulations read their report, which was
adopted.
The Chairmau called the House to order, and
announced that the delegates from Ireland
waited to be admitted, in accordance with a
resolution of the previous day. A committee
was delegated to crcort them in.
RECEFTION OP THE DEI.COATE8.
They were rapturously received by tho IIouso
standing. The gentlemen replied, and stated
that the organization in Ireland surpassed the
brightest expectations ot its warmest irlends. So
powerful was it to-day, and so extensive its rami
fications, that failure wus impossible, if the
movement were properly supported from this
country.
We learn that so flattering was their report
that they were again and again cheered. The
delegates were pointed out to your reporter when
leaving the building. In one he recognized an
old friend, whom he knew as a colonel In the
American army, and an officer whose reputation
for bravery and intelligence stood second to
none. The other was a tine looking military man,
with "soldier" indelibly printed on his handsome
features. He has the look and bearing of a sol
dier, with the keen, commanding eye of one who
knows how to command and act. He looks the
true type of a fearless, active officer. He has
been several years In the army, and has won a
high reputation by his gallant services in Mexico.
We think England will find no mean antagonist
in him, whether as a strategist or soldier, should
they ever measure swords.
DEBATE RESUMED.
There was a long debate as to the propriety 0
appointing a committee to wait on the President
and inform him that the House was organized
and would receive their reports. This resolution
created conf iderable discussion, but was finally
tarried. It was also put and carried that the
committees consist of five delegates each, and
that the eelection of the delegates be left to the
Chair. We wero only able to make out the fol
lowing names of the ten delegates: Messrs.
John Tobin, John Moran, James Cullen and
Colonel Nagle, of the Georgetown Circle, and
Messrs. Marrow, Martel, Exsine, Druff and Bil
lingr. During their absence, -the House was en
gaged In routine business.
A little before the House adjourned the dele
gates selected to wait on O'Mahony reported that
President O'Mahony received them fraternally
and kindly and entrusted (hem with documents,
stating thut he would report at ten o'clock in the
morning in person.
The committee that waited on the Senate had
not reported previous to the adjournment.
A committee was next appointed to wait on
the treusurrr to furnish his tinaucial report; also
a committee to examine said report when forth
coming. It is stated thnt Mr. B. Doran Killian signified
his readiness to furnish his report when called
upon.
This concluded the busiiie.-of the day's pro
ceedings. An anxious crowd had collected from time to
time, anxious to catch even a whisper ot how
things were going on.
A company of the 10th New York State jnilitia
kept guard on the entrance to the room ued by
the Convention, and carefully examined the
redentials of all parties seeking admission.
A squad ot the city police kept guard outside
and around the hail.
The whole proceedings were marked by the
most excellent order and decorum. A. 1.
JJeratd.
The Cliilion Naval Hero.
Don .luon Williams Rebolledo, the commander
of the Chilian steamer Esmeralda, who tought
and captured the Spauts-h niau-ot'-war Cooudoiina
is not an American or an English scion, as it is
generally understood, perhaps ou account ot his
lanuly name Williams. Don Juan is the son of
an English gentleman ot his same name and of
Donna Isabel Reboltedo, a Chilian lady. He
was born at the town of Chiloe, in the republic
of Chili, 1833. He was educated at Valparaiso
and cannot speak the English language. .
The Chilian steamer Esmeralda got her name
from that of the Spanish frigate Emruratda, cap
tured on the Pacific Ocean by the Chilian Admi
ral Don Manuel Blanca Eucalada during the war
of Independence.
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