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Lord REDESDESDALE made his promised statement
last night concerning the private bills before the
House of Lords, and the result of his investigation
has turned out very much what was expected by
those who had considered the matter. The noble
lord said if noble lords desired to dispose of nearly
all the bills before them, he thought that he should
be able to appoint committees for all the bills that
were before the h use. Lord REDESDALE truly ob-
served that it was of consequence that some of the
bills should be allowed to pass during this session.
This sounds like sense, and it is very culpable on
the part of Ministers to endeavour to gain their own
ends at the expense of the interests and convenience
of others. The more the subject is considered, and
the further it is commented upon, the greater ap-
pears to be the wrong and injustice meditated, as
the noble lord, the Chairman of Committees, stated
last night, it is very desirable that at all events
some of the bills should be suffered to proceed.
Arrangements have been entered into by some of
the railway companies for an amalgamation, and
both the companies and the public will
suffer loss and inconvenience if such attempts
are rendered abortive by the premature close of the
Session. If these Companies are not allowed to
proceed with their arrangements this session, the
chance of a compromise may be lost altogether, and
the extent of the evils thus created will be difficult
to estimate. The noble lord wisely added, that it
was not prudent to name a precise day at an early
period for thb arrangements being brought to a
conclusion ; because, if he were to do so, " it might
induce some parties to protracl the proceedings in
order to defeat bills by delay." Still it may be

understood that the Select Committee shall not
proceed to any " =necessary delay" in making out
cases for and against bills. Lord REDESDALE
finally stated that, making all necessary allowance
for delays, he considered it possible for the bills to •
be got through if the House was understood to sit
till the 13th of July. Indeed the business might
be completed earlier, but it was wiser not to men-
tion an earlier period. To this very clear and
plausible statement, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY
merely said that the statement must be considered
by the Government, but that he could then give no
opinion on the subject. This reticence looks very
suspicious, and may well give rise to doubts on the
part of the many concerned in the matter referred
to. There could have been no reason why the
noble lord should not have a suitable reply, and in-
timated the willingness of Ministers to accede to
the reasonable arrangement proposed by Lord
REDESDALE. It is difficult to pry into the details
of ministerial secrets, but it is very evident that
there is some potent mystery in this hurrying over
the session. The 13th of July, to begin with, is not
at all an unreasonable time to fix for the close of the
session, and it is, in fact, a much earlier one than
that at which the prorogation generally takes place.
What infatuation must possess the Government to
persist in .their own reckless course in defiance of
reason and right feeling ! They could not do them-
selves a worse service on the eve of a general elec-
tion, for they are exhibiting to the country that they
seek only for their own objects, and will not sacrifice
their places for the advantage of others. It remains
to be seen if, at the eleventh hour, they will show
some consideration ; but, judging from the ambig-
uous answer of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, last
night, we have great reason for doubting that they
will arrive at this wise conclusion. At any rate, it
is fortunate that the subject has been so fully dis-
cussed, because it has been made clear to the public
who is to blame for the slovenly manner in which
the business of Parliament is being carried on, and
they can also appreciate how much importance is
attached to the interests of the community by
Government.

The suspension of hostilities is by no means the
conclusion of American sufferings or difficulties,
and the picture which is drawn of the internal con-
dition of the people is enough to move the sternest
reader. The unfortunate Southerners, who have
already undergone the terrible infliction of an
invading army, and have been compelled to sur-
render their:struggle for national independence, are
now suffering from the additional horrors of famine.
It was not difficult to foresee that a time of scarcity
must succeed to the tumults and convulsions of the
past year. The Northern Generals who pride them-
selves on destroying the food of the population, in
burning down barns, in driving away cattle, and
in ruining the crops, might reasonably have antici-
pated that the result of these chivalrous and humane
endeavours would be felt in a season of scarcity
and distress. But, in addition to the deyastation
of the Northern armies, the blockade of the ports
and the immense consumption of their own large
bodies of troops,:suddenly converted from producers
into consumers, the change which has passed
over the political condition of the South has
produced a startling effect. The authority which
preserved law and order in the South has been sud-
denly subverted, and in some parts where the Fede-
ral Government has been unwilling or unable to
interfere anarchy reigns triumphant. Under the
present uncertain condition of things, with the
partial and imperfect amnesty, with the threat of
confiscation hanging over the heads of all suspected
of Southern proclivities, it is not to be expected that
trade can flourish, or that anything like social dis-
cipline can be maintained. Agriculture is neglected,
for the farmers find their servants refuse to work,
while the negroes, suddenly freed, go off to the cities
on the chance of employment in great numbers,
though there are still enough of the three million
of slaves to produce a serious effect upon the scanty
supplies. Those negroes formerly worked for their
own living and for that of others, but now they are
unwilling to exert themselves. The disband-
ing of the Confederate armies has thrown
150,000 soldiers, who have hitherto depended
on Government for supplies, on their own
resources. Added to these are the numerous
ranks, who lived directly or indirectly by the war,
who have to seek their living in some other fashion.
But with trade and commerce almost at a standstill
new means of livelihood are not easy to find. The
real practical difficulty of want of a sufficiency of
solid wholesome food is beginning to grow urgent
in many parts of the South, especially in South
Carolina. The lawlessness and anarchy are scarcely
less terrible. Theft and rapine, and plunder of
every kind is the order of the day, and even murder
is not unknown, the overseer of a plantation
having been murdered by his own negroes.
The Government will, it is to be hoped,
see the folly and wickedness of tolerat-
ing such a condition of things, and will adopt
prompt measures to restore something like outward
order and respect for life and property. It is said
that President JOHNSON, probably in regard to the
strong Southern feeling in that State, has determined
that South Carolina shall be the last State reorga-
nised. We must hope that he will reconsider
this cruel resolve, since, as head of the nation, he is
, bound to regard the interests of every part, and to
make it his first duty to restore as quickly and as
effectually as possible the reign of order and tran-

quillity, and to provide as far as may be against the
terrors of famine. In the North trade is languish-
ing, and the reaction from the fearful excitement of
the last four years is everywhere more or less felt.
The collapse of the struggle was so sudden and so
complete that the shock is proportionately violent,
and those who rejoiced over the total extinction of
Southern hopes have small reason for satisfaction
in the realisation of their wishes.

The subject of domestic service is one that often
engages attention, and at the present day so much
has it been debated and discussed that in all pro-
bability it will be a source of satisfaction to many
that it has been taken up by those well qualified to
judge of it. A meeting was held at St. James's
Hall, last Thursday, for the " purpose of dis-
cussing some of the important questions re-
lating to domestic service." Many of those who
are ignorant, and some of those who are prejudiced,
will derive great benefit from perusing the details
of this meeting. Both employers and employed
may learn much that will profit them in the
home-truths thus imparted to them, and
surely this is a question whose interest and
importance must be manifest. Serious errors take
place concerning the relations that exist between
masters and mistresses and servants, and it is a
solemn duty for all who call themselves Chris-
tians to consider how far they fall short in
the performance of their appointed tasks in these
domestic concerns. Much useful advice was
given in this lecture. One point was that
ladies should refuse to engage servants who "malign
their last places ;" and a wise suggestion is made
that young servants should be induced to remain
in their situations by progressively increasing their
es s qu years. perquisites wages for three are very properly
denounced, and the general feeling of the community
has now declared so strongly against them that their

abolition may be shortly expected. With regard to
" followers," the lecturer believes that some consi-
deration is due to servants under carefully-consi-
dered conditions. No doubt the arbitrary enforce-
ment of this prohibition has caused many serious
evils, for it gives rise to deceit and treachery. Many
wise suggestions and appropriate observations were
made at this meeting, and it is satisfactory that
it should have taken place, being an unmistake-
able indication of the importance in which the
subject is held by some who are able and
willing to aid and abet the cause of improve-
ment. No right-minded person who fully con-
siders their responsibilities as heads of households
will deny that much remains to be done in the
management of domestic service, and they cannot
properly perform their parts if they look upon their
dependents in a scornful and contemptuous man-
ner. Neither can better faithfully discharge their
duties if they only seek for idle schemes of pleasure.
Great credit is due to those who have inaugurated
this meeting, and it is to be trusted that many may
be encouraged by their example. "to go and do
likewise," for society cannot but benefit by the in-
troduction of improvements in domestic service.

Before the excitement of the general election has
fairly begun we are having some of its worst
features, and while the Lower House is still in
actual existence we have an outbreak of a kind
now happily growing obsolete amongst us. Not-
tingham, on Monday night, was the scene of riot,
which seems to prove that the old political
fervour of that district is not altogether extinct ;
but, in fact, politics had probably little to do with
a tumult which gave a fine opportunity to the
" roughs" of the town to destroy property, to inflict
damage, and generally to indulge their mischievous
propensities. It is very much to be regretted that such a
display slio.uld have occurred, since it is injurious to

the character of electors and non-electors alike. It
will go far to strengthen the arguments of those
who contend that the working men of England are
unfit to be trusted with the franchise. What timid and
cautious men always fear when they are asked to
trust the masses with political power is that they
will endeavour to attain political ends by physical
force ; that they will resort to the logic of vi et
armis when their opponents are obstinate ; and that
they will be impatient of any *opinion or action
that differs from their own. This is very much

the line of conduct which the " roughs "
of Nottingham have pursued, and though, as we
have said, the mob was doubtless composed of
riotous idlers and vagabonds who cared nothing for
political questions, they have done no good to
the popular cause. rue conduct of the mob
was so reckless and violent that it was only
wonderful the authorities of the town did not take
more active measures to quell the uproar earlier.
It is a discreditable beginning to the grand political
movement, and we hope the example of Nottingham
will not be followed in many quarters.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-JuN-E 26.
ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH BILL.

Moved "That the bill be now read a second time" (The
Earl of Devon). Objected to. An amendment moved
"To leave out now,' and insert ' this day three months
(The Earl of Derby). On question, " That now' stand
part of the motion"—Contents, 63 ; Not-Contents, 84.

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CONTENTS.
LOUD CHANCELLOR. VISCOUNTS. LORDS.
Westbury. Falmouth Lovat
DUKES. Lein ster (D. Lein- Dugan
Cleveland ster) Lyveden
Devonshire Torrington Methuen
St. Alban's LORDS. Monteagle of Bran-
Somerset. Abereromby don
MARQUISES. Anna ly Mostyn
Ailesbury Arundell of War- Panmure (E. Dal-
Westminster. dour housie)
EARLS. Camoys Petre
Airlie Carew Ponson by (E. Bess-
Al bemarle Claneboye (L. Duf- borough
Caithness ferin and Clane- Saye and Sele
Camperdown boye) Seymour (E. St.
Cawdor Clifford of Chud- Maur)
Clarendon leigh Somerhill(M. Clan-
Cowper Cranworth ricarde)
De Grey Dartrey (L. ere- Stafford
Devon [Teller) morne) Stanley of Alderloy
Ducio De Tabley Stourton
Granville Ebury Suffield
Grey Foley rTeller j Talbot de Malahide
Minto Granard (E. Gra- Taunton
Portsmouth nard) Vausof Harrow den
EARLS. Houghton • Wenlock
Russell Hunsdon (V. Falk- Wentworth
St. Germans land)
Spencer ,

ARCHBISHOP.
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Manchester
Marlborough
Richmond.
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Westmeath.

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Amherst
Banoon
Bantry
Cardigan
De La Warr
Derby
Ellen borough
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Harewood
Harrowby
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NOT-CONTENTS.
EARLS. LORDS.
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Stradbroke (Teller)
Strange (D. Athol) Congleton
Vane Denman
Wilton Foxford (E.Limck)
ViscouxTs. Grantley
De Vesci Grinstead (E. En-
Doneraile niskillen)
Gort Heytesbury
Hawarden (Toiler) Inchiquin
Melville Kingsdown
Stratford de Red- Lovel and Holland
cliffe (E. Egmont)
Strathallan Polwarth
Thsnors. Redesdalo
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Chichester Courtown)
Ely Saltoun
Llandaff Sherborne
London Silchester (E.
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Bagot Skelmersdalo
Bateman Sondes
Bolton Southampton
Brodrick (v. Mid- Stewart of Garlies
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Calthorpo Strathspey (E. Sea-
Castlemaine field)
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Colchester Walsingbam
Wynford

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Shaftesbury.

Theatricals at the Bijou Theatre.

On Friday, the 23d instant, a brilliant and most success-
ful entertaininent was given at the Bijou Theatre, Archer-
street, Westbourne-terrace, by the lovely and popular Miss
Barker, the acknowledged prima donna of private
theatricals. The pieces selected for the occasion were
"A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing," in which Miss Barker sus-
tained with great talent, humour, and feeling, the difficult
and delicate part of Anne Carew. Miss Barker's concep-
tion of this interesting and truly feminine character is
powerful and touching. In the very
.trying scene in
which Colonel Kirke tries to embrace her, she played with
great tact and firmness. She was ably supported by Mr.
Hallett, who acted well throughout, and rose to the
sublime in more than one touching scene. Kesho Chedzoy
was admirably interpreted by Captain J. A. Hale, R.E. ;
he threw a great amount of rich and racy humour into the
part impersonated by Mr. A. C. Blunt as Colonel Kirke
with spirit and power, and Mr. Calthorpe looked and acted
Colonel Churchill to perfection. Little Miss 0. G.Wellesley
made a sweet, natural, and affecting representative of
Sybil. The minor parts were well sustained, and a crowded,
brilliant, and fashionable audience proved by ever-recurring
bursts of applause their thorough appreciation of this well-
acted drama. The clever comedietta of " Good for
Nothing," by Mr. Buckstone, came next in succession.
Mr. J. Humphries displayed a considerable degree of quiet,
Terriers-like humour in the " get up" of Tom Dibbles, and
there was something of the genius of the son of the lamented
Robson in his conception of the part. Mr. Bradshaw's
Railway Fireman was a choice bit of right good acting,
Mr. Middlemas performed Charley, the carpenter, with
feeling and nature, and his paper cap became him so well
that uo one could wonder at Nan's partiality. As for Nan
herself she was never better impersonated even by the
great Buckstone himself. Her humour was of the true
blunt breed, and she kept the house in a roar. Refreshments
were most liberally and elegantly supplied after the second
piece. The entertainment concluded with "A Comical
Countess." In this clever farce, the heroine, the Countess
de l'Espalier, was interpreted with great spirit and talent
by Miss Barker. Mr. Calthorpe made a very handsome,
dashing, fancy, enterprising Chevalier ; and Mr. N. C.
Blunt made a good deal of the ungrateful part of theßaron.
The curtain fell for the last time amid thunders of applause,
and seldom has an amateur performance approached in
merit the liberal and elegant entertainment called "Miss
Barker at Home."

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week
ending June 24, the visitors have been as follows:—On
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m., 12,595 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, students' days (admission to the public 6d.), open
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 2,677—t0ta1, 15 27• From the
opeuin of the rausoum, 5,372,393.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA.
(Via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, JUNE 15, p.m.

John Mitchell has been arrested and conveyed
to Fortress Monroe. It is supposed he will be in-
dicted for treason.

General Halleck has written a letter to Mr. Stan-
ton, justifying his action towards. General Sherman,
and throwing the responsibility for his course upon

Grant.

Four companies of coloured troops after having
embarked aboard transports at Fort Monroe, for
Texas, objected to proceed on their. voyage. One
company threatened to fire on their officers. All
were then landed, disarmed, and re-embarked.
Orders have been sent to City Point to issue no
more arms to coloured troops.

Money easy. Gold, 1451. Exchange in Lon-
don, 1581 ;on Paris, 3.521. Stocks, slightly firmer

—New York Centrals, 941 ; Illinois, 123 ; Erie,
80/ ; Five-twenty United States Bonds, 104
Cotton steady—Middling Upland, 42. Breadstuffs
advancing. Petroleum, crude, 34i; refined,so.

ITALY.
ROME, JUNE 26.

Signor Vegezzi leaves for Florence to-day.
A railway accident occurred at Corese. Two
trains filled with workmen ran into one another,
killing two and wounding eleven of the passengers.
Five waggons and a locomotive were entirely de-
stroyed.

MAURITIUS, AUSTRALIAN, AND BOM-
BAY MAILS.
The following telegrams have been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany, June 27th :
The Delta and Ellora will probable leave Alex-
andria with the above mails at 5 p.m. to-day (June
27th).
The former may be expected at Marseilles about
the 3d and the latter at Southampton about the 10th
July.

GIBRALTAR, JUNE 25.

The Poonah, from Southampton on the 20th inst.,
arrived here at 1 p.m., and left at 4 p.m., to-day

or Alexandria.

AUSTRALIA.
PLY3IOUTH, June 27.
The steamship Royal Standard, belonging to the

White Star line of Liverpool, from Melbourne,
April 2d, and Fayall, June 17th, for London, put
into this port this morning. She brings 50 saloon
and 214 second and third-class passengers, 18,1050 z.
of gold dust and 4,0000 z. of gold specimens, toge-
ther with a cargo of wool, copper ore, bark leather.
After having coaled she proceeded hence for London.
passengers is Johnny Day,
PedestrianCham-
pioAnmongst her
of Australia, nine years of age,
three feet ten inches in height and 541bs. iu weight.
He visits England to walk against any man or boy.

o urselves by union and energy, and not to show

weakness.

" And as I do not feel disposed for resignation,
it is inadmissible that General Klapka, or any man
of the Liberal party, should allow himself to be
vanquished. If the head of the Conservative nobles
reminds the Emperor that the Hungarians will cry
as they cried, ' Moriamur pro rege nostro ! ' the
nation will reply, ' Memento Eperjes et Arad.' If
Hungary does not at present wish to break with
Austria in open war, it is nevertheless her duty to
maintain that severe and passive resistance by which
she creates a void in the heart of Austria, and so
paralyses that Power, which has done naught but
ill to all the nations who, as a chastisement from
God, have been governed by the Home of Hapsburg.
" The reconciliation to which Austria aspires
should make the Liberals of Europe generally, and
the Italians in particular, reflect, since upon every
occasion that Austria restored in part any rights to
the Hungarians and Croats, it has always been
where she could prosecute some new reactionary
scheme.

" In any case we should bear in mind the words
of Dante, Obeata l'Ungheria se non si lascia, Piu
malinenare.' (Paradiso XIX.)
(Signed)

" S. TURR."

THE CRISIS IN AMER CA,

(From the Times' Correspondent)

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.

The usual reports of Southern poverty are borne
to us by every mail. In many places lawlessness
and rapine are added. All the misery of the South
seems now to be concentrated in South Carolina.
The condition of the State is deplorable. Thereisno
law but that of might, and stragglers wander all
about the country stealing everything they can lay
their hands on. A few days ago an overseer on a
plantation near Abbeville was murdered by his
negroes. The slave population in that neighbour-
hood have become quite unruly. Nothing has been
done to restore the State to order, and the President
persists in his decision of making South Carolinathe
last State reorganised. The people have sent all the
way to Charlotte, North Carolina, to ask for a
military force adequate to protect them. The little
that was left from the ravages of war is fast disap-
pearing from South. Carolina, and the poverty of her
people will be more abject than that of any other
communities in the South if marauding is not soon
checked. In North Carolina order is thoroughly re-
stored. Guerillas have disappeared ; the slaves have
returned to the fields ; and the State is rapidly re-
turning to a condition of peace. Governor Vance
and Governor Letcher, of Virginia, now confined in
the old Capitol prison at Washington, will soon be
released on parole. It is expectedthat at the coming
election for delegates to the State Convention, to be
called by Governor Holden in North Carolina, the
largest vote will be polled that was ever cast in the
State. The movements in many counties, prelimi-
nary to -placing candidates in nomination, indicate
the universal desire to return to peaceful pursuits.
Although the prospect of speedy reorganisation
in nearly all quarters is pleasant, there seems but
little indication of the opening of brisk trade. The
Southern people have no money ; they are willing
to trade with any one who will take pay in goods ;
but several merchants who sent cargoes to Rich-

mond found to their sorrow that no one who wanted
to buy had any money, and the goods were brought
back to the North again. This is the case all over
the South. Even in the North all trade is dull, and
the only hope that dealers appear to have is that the
Southern trade will soon open. There is a general
belief that the prices of cotton will decline, and it
seems that everything depends upon cotton. There
is a slight inquiry for goods from Virginia and some
of the Gulf ports, but the representatives of Southern
trade expect no important movement until all re-
strictions upon cotton are removed. It is reported
that the Secretary of the Treasury desires to free
the traffic with the South from Government restric-
tions. In his instructions to Treasury agents for
the purchase of cotton they are told not to be in-
quisitorial as to the antecedents of the cotton offered
for sale, but to purchase without question of all per-
sons who seem to be authorized to sell. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury hopes, by removing restrictions,
soon to be able to open a brisk trade, but business
men scarcely endorse his opinion.
It is stated that the expenses of the United States
Government now amount to $1,750,000 per day. It
is supposed that at the end of the coming three
months this will be materially reduced by muster-
ing out a large portion of the military force, but the
anticipated reduction will be more than balanced by
the requisitions made on the Treasury for the pay-
ment of certificates of indebtedness which represent
the expenditures of many weeks ago, but are con-
stantly maturing. Between now and the Ist of
October over $100,000,000 of these certificates will
mature. About $1,250,000 per day will be required
to pay them, so that for nearly four months to come
the Government will spend $3,000,000 per day. Of
this sum, about $1,000,000 per day is derived
from Customs, internal revenue, and some other
sources, leaving $2,000,000 to be raised by means
outside the revenue. All this must be raised
by subscriptions to the loans offered by Jay
Cooke. As the public, however, show a continued
disposition to invest in these loans, there is every
reason to believe the Treasury will be kept in funds,
and the Government will be enabled to approach
nearer the position of a cash purchaser than it has
at any period during the last four years.
The labour of releasing the Confederate prisoners
confined in various prisons in the North progresses
rapidly. It is thought that all who come under the
provisions of the amnesty proclamation will be at
liberty by the 25th June. The instructions to the
keepers of the prisons are first to release those who
I are sick, and then the others in the order of their

imprisonment, those longest confined being the ear-
liest released. The President has received over 300
applications for pardon from those who are in the
exempted classes of the proclamation. Among those
who have applied is A. 0. P. Nicholson, who was a
senator from Tennessee when the rebellion broke
out. The Confederate Governor of Louisiana has
been arrested at Mobile. There is now but one Con-
federate Governor east of the Mississippi (Governor
Clark, of the State of Mississippi) who has not been
arrested. There are rumours, however, that even he
is in custody. Among the curious arrests lately made
is one by Gen. Canby. The person seized advertised
last fall, in an Alabama paper., proposals for a joint-
stock company of $1,000,000 for the purpose of as-
sassinating Lincoln, Johnson, and Seward.
It seems that Texas is yielding to the power of
the North as easily as the other Southern States.
On the 29th May, Forts Mannahassett and Griffin,
commanding the entrance to Sabine Pass, on the
eastern boundary of Texas, were evacuated by the
Confederates, and occupied by the Federal navy.
Five guns were found in the works, spiked. These
forts are somewhat celebrated. Some time ago an

expedition was sent from New Orleans and was
almost destroyed by them. The Federal naval
commander in that region reports that the Confe-
derate troops in Texas have generally disbanded
and gone home. The terms of surrender recently
agreed upon by Generals Canby and Kirby
Smith have been universally complied with by the
Confederates, and it only remains for the Federal
troops to take possession of the military property.
The senior naval officer of the Confederate service
in Texas has come to New Orleans and has assured
the Federal officers that there is no Confederate
naval property or officers on the seaboard of Texas,
and only one Confederate ram remains in the Red
River. She is called the Missouri, and will at once
be surrendered to the Federal navy on the Missi-
sippi. On the 2d of June a Federal flotilla, accom-
panied by land forces, that had for several days
been sailing up the Red River, reached Alexandria.
No Confederates were found there, and the neigh-
bouring country gave unmistakable indications of
the presence of war. No bitterness was shown by
the people towards the Federal troops. There seemed
to be a general feeling of relief at their arrival ; 22
cannon were found at Alexandria. At Shreveport,
further up the Red River, it is said the Confederate
troops of Missouri and Arkansas have preserved
their organisations, and are awaiting the arrival of
the Federal expedition from Alexandria in order to
be paroled in accordance with the terms of Kirby
Smith's §urrender. Federal garrisons have, no

doubt, by this time been established at Alexandria,
Nachitoches, and Shreveport.
Large fires seem to be the order of the day. On
the 9th of June the Quartermaster and Commissary
buildings at Nashville, immense structures, occupy-
ing nearly 40 acres of ground, were burnt. They
were filled with stores—enough, it is reported, to
last an army of 80,000 men for two years. The loss
was from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, notwithstand-
ing a large part of the property was saved. Two or
three persons were burnt to death. The buildings
were set fire to, and a court of inquiry is investigat-
ing the matter.
Another conflagration occurred on the same day
at Chattanooga. It was caused by the explosion of
the Ordnance Depot, and nearly 20 persons were
killed or wounded. - All the Government store-
houses at that place were burnt, and the loss was
about £150,000.
A riot has occurred between the soldiers and ne-
groes in Washington. The cause of the disturbance
is not yet known. The first outbreak was made on
Saturday by a party of about 200 soldiers, who at-
tacked several disreputable houses in Seventh Ward,
driving away the inmates, white and black indiscri-
minately, and destroying the furniture. Particular
animosity was shown towards the negroes. All who
were caught were robbed and beaten. The negroes
rushed in to assist their companions, and a fierce
fight occurred, bothsoldiers and negroes freely using
revolvers. Finally the disturbance was quelled by a
strong military guard. The locality of the riot is
now closely guarded, but an outbreak is again threat-
ened. The feeling between the soldiers and negroes
in all parts of the country is intense ; very little
provocation will be necessary to cause a riot any-
where. The Irish are the particular enemies of the
blacks, and fire flies whenever they come together.
President Johnson has a very hard time to get
along with the Radicals. 'there is every reason to
believe that he wishes to adopt a lenient course to-
wards the Confederate leaders, and that if let alone
he will pardon all of them. The Radicals, however,
do everything they can to thwart his wishes. The
question of the disposal of Jefferson Davis has been
postponed until September, and until then he will be
confined at Fortress Monroe. As Johnson carefully
refrains from saying anything indicating his wishes
about Davis, it is presumed he desires to give the
chief Confederate generous treatment. Affairs with
reference to the Confederates have been further com-
plicated by Judge Underwood, a United States' dis-
trict judge at Norfolk. He has instructed his grand
jury to find bills of indictment, and accordingly
they have found true bills for high treason against
Generals Lee, Corse, Ewell, and Longstreet, Go-
vernors Smith and Letcher, and about 40 other
Virginians. Judge Underwood and his friends are
now in Washington, making strenuous efforts to get
the Government to approve his course and order
speedy trials. But no Government official will
commit himself on the subject. Governor Smith
has surrendered himself, and been paroled, and with
the exception of General Ewell, none of these Con-
federates are now in custody. It is extremely
doubtful if the people would support the Government
in a course of severity. Nearly all the fierceness of
' a month has exhausted itself.

A letter of instruction has been issued by the
Attorney-General at Washington, stating that every
person who applies for pardon under the provisions
of the amnesty proclamation must previously take
the oath prescribed therein, and forward a certified
copy to Washington. It is announced that President
Johnson has granted nearly every application for
pardon forwarded to him.

On June 3 a Government steamer arrived at Fort
Pulaski, near the mouth of the Savannah river. It
had on board James A. Seddon, Judge Campbell,
and R. M. T. Hunter. They are to be confined at
Fort Pulaski until it is determined what shall be
done with them.

The assassination trial continues in Washington.
Very few persons take any interest in the proceed-
ings. No new facts are developed, and it is daily
anticipated that the testimony will close. The court
has become such a monument of injustice that it has
sickened even the most ardent supporters of the
Administration with the " Bureau of Military
Justice." The day of military trials is over. .
The recent order made by the President suspend-
ing sales of real estate in the South in default of the
payment of taxes is merely temporary. It is made
with a view of giving the delinquent parties all the
time possible to pay their taxes. The order is not
a release from payment, but only a postponement of
the penalty.
Governor Pierpont, of Virginia, has called an
extra Session of his Legislature. The day of meet-
ing is not yet fixed. Very little of the State is re-
presented in this Legislature, but at its meeting
something, no doubt, will be done which will defi-
nitely fix the policy to be pursued in the pacifica-
tion of Virginia.
The Government is selling its steamers and sail-
ing vessels at all the ports on the Atlantic coast.
Some of these sales have been made at a great loss.
Scarcely any one will buy. Vessels costing in some
cases $BO,OOO have been sold for less than $20,000.
When the Government bought many of these vessels
it was terribly swindled. It is very doubtful whether
a larger fleet than Admiral Godon's eight vessels
will be sent to Europe to make a display of the
American navy. The expense is too great, and we
have suddenly become most economical.
It is announced that J. P. Benjamin, the Confe-

derate Secretary of State, has safely arrived at Ber-
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muda. There seems to be very little doubt that
Breckinridge has escaped from this country to Cuba.
The Federal armies are fast disbanding. Within
ten days past 106,505 soldiers have left Washington
for home.

The President has determined to appoint Judge
Parsons, of Alabama, Provisional Governor of the
State. A circular of instructions prepared at a
Cabinet meeting for the guidance of Provisional
Governors will soon be issued. W. W. Boyce, of
South Carolina, has been unconditionally pardoned
under the amnesty proclamation. Governor Magrath,
of South Carolina, has been sent south to be paroled.
Governor Watts, of Alabama, has been paroled.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS

SmrrnriELD.--Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slos Od; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load.
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A steady demand.
WIIITECHATEL.--Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 lOs per load.
Trade steady.