The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-13 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1870.

THE DISRUPTION OF THE OLLIVIER

MINISTRY.

L'Histoire says that the interview between the Em-
peror and M. Buffet, when the latter resigned his seat
in the Cabinet, was of the most cordial character. His
Majesty expressed his regret at M. Buffet's decision
and the retiring Minister on his side declared.that it was
not against the Emperor that he wished precautions to
be taken, but against Sovereigns who might succeed him.
Count Daru, according to a telegram from the Paris
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has actuall)
resigned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there is A
serious falling off from the Left Centre, with proper-
tlonate damage to the Liberal strength. The Opinion
t the Palais Royal is, that things have become
very complicated. The Globe does not, however,
credit the statement of the Telegraph. "M. Buffet has
certainly resigned his seat in the Cabinet; but Count
Darn and the Marquis de Talhouet still retain their
portfolios, and from the emphatic statement of M.
011iver we gather that they have no intention of giving
them up." The Patrie even goes so far as to affirm, on
what it deems good authority, that it was Count
Daru who originated the idea of a plebiscitum
in the present instance, and that, therefore,
opposition on his part to the scheme " would inevitably
have a certain appearance of defection, the very suspicion
of which is forbidden by the loyalty and nobleness of his
character." The same journal asserts that M. Segris is tc
be M. Buffet's successor, and that M. Maurice Richard
will for a time add to his duties as Minister of Fine Arts
those of Minister of Public Instruction, so that the
personnel of the Cabinet will in the meantime remain un-
changed.

CONGRESS.

SENATE.—March 15.—:Mr. Chandler, from the
Commerce Committee, reported adversely the bill
authorising the transportation of imported goods
from the port of first arrival to Chicago, Cin-
cinnati, and St. Louis, without inspection or ap -
praisement, and it was indefinitely postpon( d. Mr.
Abbott introduced a bill for the distribution of
arms to the Southern States, for their
whic'i was referred. Th House resolution, making
an appropriation to the widow of ex-:..ec-et iry
Stan on was concurred in. Mr. Sherman, from the
Finance Committee, reported back the various pro-
posi ions relative to increasing the currency. and,
at his request, they were tabled. The Georgia bil:
was discussed, and Mr. Drake offered an amend-
ment providing for the sending of troops by
the President to any of the lately rebel States, and
the declaring of martial law therein, upon the re-
presentation by the Governor or Legislature that
organizations exist there for the perpetration of
violence against persons or property. March 16.
Mr. Ramsey introduced a bill to facilitate postal
intercourse with foreign countries, which was re-
ferred. The Georgia Bill was taken up, and Mr.
Revels, the coloured Senator from Mississippi,
made his first speech in the Senate, opposing the
Bingham proviso. Mr. Morton, of Indiana, after
complimenting Mr. Revel=, followed upon the same
side. Mr. Howard then took the floor when the
Senate went into Executive Session. March 17.
Mr. Drake, from the Naval Committee, reported
the bill providing for a system of naval apprentice.
ships. Mr. Chandler, from the Commerce Commit-
tee, reported a bill regulating the consular service.
It abolishes a number of consulates, and changes
salaries of others. Consuls-General are provided
for London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Havana, Mon-
treal, Calcutta, Constantinople, Beyrout, Alexan-
dria, and Shanghai. The Consul-General at London
is to receive the highest salary, $10,000; that at
Paris comes next, with $6,000. The bill abolishing
the franking privilege was made the special order
for Tuesday. next. Mr. Ferry's resolution for the
consideration of annexation treaties in open session
was referred to the Foreign Committee. Mr. Rice
introduced a bill consolidating the Indians under a
territorial government, giving the Indian terri-
tory the name of Oklahoma. Mr. Fenton in-
troduced a bill for the relief of ship. builders.
The Georgia Bill was discussed, Messrs. Howard
and Sawyer opposing the Bingham amendment.
March 18.—The vote indefinitely postponing the
bills for transportation of imported merchandise,
without examination, to Western cities, was recon-
sidered, and they were placed on the calendar for
future action. Mr. Conkling, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported back the credentials of Gen.
Ames, with a resolution that he is not eligible as a
Senator from Mississippi. Mr. Sumner introduced
an amendment to the bill previously introduced,
providing for the retirement of the fractional cur-
rency before the end of the present year. Mr.
Fenton presented a resolution providing for a sur-
vey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for a ship canal.
The Georgia Bill was taken up, and Mr. Wilson
offered an amendment continuing the Legislature
until after the November election in 1872. Mr.
Morton's amendment repealing the Act prohibiting
militia organizations in the South was agreed to.
Mr. Drake offered an amendment authorizing the
President to send troops into the Southern States
to suppress organizations for purposes of violence
or to resist the laws, and giving the commander
power to proclaim martial law and levy money in
the troubled d stricts. On the 21st instant Mr.
Abbott, from the Military Committee, reported a
bill, which was passed, providing for a distribution
of arms among the Southern States, according to
their quota. Mr. Spencer introduced a bill, which
was referred, providing that Supervisors of Internal
Revenue shall be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Conkling gave notice
that he would ask the Sen ,te to consider the report
against General Ames, Senator elect from Missis-
sippi, to=day. The Georgia Bill was taken up, and
Mr. Drake's amendment was read, authorizing the
President to send troops into the States on requisi-
tions of the Governors and Legislatures, and pro-
viding that martial law may be established in the
troubled districts, and a levy made thereon for the
payment of transportation of troops. Mr. Howard
moved to strike out the portion authorizing the
levy or seizure of property, and substitute an assess-
ment for damages in cases of violence on the mu-
nicipal authorities. Without disp'ising of the bill
the Senate went into Executive session, and soon
after adjourned.
HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—March 15.—Mr
Schenck moved the reference of the Funding Bill to
the Ways and Means Committee, and Mr. Garfield
moved its reference to the Banking and Currency
Commit ee. A discussion followed, in the course
of whi..ll Mr. Garfield said the latter committee
would leave to the House the question of what form
the increase of currency ordered by the recent re-
solution should lake. Mr. Schenck stated that a
part of this bill had been written by himself, in
conference Aith the Secretary of the Treasury.
Finally, Mr. Garfield's motion of reference was re-
jected-- yeas 65, nays 79 —and the reference to
the Ways and Means was a2re,d to. Mr. Butler.

fro n the Reconstruction Committee, reported a
bill for the admission of Texas similar to the
Virginia and Mississippi bills, which was passed.
The Deficiency Bill was considered in Com-
mittee of the Whole until a lata hour. March
16.—Mr. Stevenson, from the Election Com-
mittee, male a report in the Louisiana case of Hunt
v. Sheldon, declaring Sheldon entitled to the seat.
The Deficiency Bill was passed. The New York
and Washington Air Line Railroad Bill was con-
sidered, and an amendment was adopted, reserving,
to Congress the right to alter and amend the char-
ter. The previous question was ordered, when,
the morning hour expiring, the bill went over.
Bills were introduced by Mr. Hooper to promote
international coinage, and, by Mr. Cake, " for the
redemption of outst ending United States notes and
bonds, and the resumption of specie payments."
Mr. Logan, from the Military Committee, made a
report th it Representative Butler, of Tennessee,
had appointed a non-resident of his district to West
Point, and subsequently received money from the
young man's father. The report is accompanied
by two resolutions, each signed by half the mem
bers of the committee, one of which censures and
the other t xpels Mr. Butler. They were ordered
to he printed, and laid over until to-day. After
briefly considering the Tariff Bill in committee
of the Whole, the House adjourned. March 17._
Mr. Platt asked leave to offer a resolution looking
to another reconstruction of Virginia, but objec-
tion was made by Mr. Brooks of New York. Mr.
Sargent, horn the Mining Committee, reported a
bill, which was passed, allowing placer mining
claims to be entered upon the public lands and
patented, at the rate of $2 50 per acre, provided
that no claim shall exceed 100 acres. The case of
Representative Butler of Tennessee, charged with
appointing as cadet a young man not residing in
his district, and afterwards receiving money from
the youth's father, which he used for political pur-
poses, was taken up and the testimony read. The
question was then taken upon the resolution of expul-
sion, which was lost for want of a two-thirds vote
—the yeas being 102, and the nays 68. A resolu-
tion censuring Mr. Butler was then adopted unani-
mously. The Tariff Bill was then discussid at an
evening session. March 18.—Bills for extension
of various patents were passed. Mr. Stevenson
spoke against the Tariff in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Morgau desired to offer a resolution directing
an inquiry as to whether members who were offi-
cers or stockholders of national banks, or holders
of Government Bonds, ought to vote on the Fund-
ing Bill; but objection was mule by Mr. Maynard
The house adjourned, with the understanding that
to-day's ses-ion would be only for debate. On the
21st bills were introduced by Mr. Lawrence to re-
duce the taxes and pay the public debt; by Mr.
Negley, "to promote commerce between the States,
cheapen transportation of mails," &c.; by Mr. Gotz,
relating to income tax on proceeds of building and
savings associations ' • and by Mr. Banks, to pro-
mote commerce and friendship with Mexico. Mr.
.Burchard offered a resolution for a redistribution
of banking currency, or an increase of it, for the
benefit of those sections having less than their pro-
portion, which was r, ferred, the previous question
upon it being refused. Mr. Williams offered a re-
s ilution, wlich was adopted, declaring that the debt

should be funded into long bonds, at a lower rate of
interest. but opposing the conversion of greenbacks
into iuterest-bea►ing bonds. Mr. Kerr offered a

resolution, which was adopted, dcearing the judg-
ment of the House to be in favour of discontinuing
public land grants to railroad and other corpora-
ti,)ll4. Various resolutions of inquiry were agreed
to, including one asking information of Cotutnis-
sioner Delano in regard to the Tice in-ter. The
Tariff Bill was discussed, the debate being con-
tinued at a night session.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The Brooklyn Navy-yard is likely to be removed,
the difficulty being, not whether it would be advisable to
remove it, but where ? It has been asserted that it must
be remodelled if retained ; that, to reconstruct an old yard,
is more expensive than to build a new one ; that the
ground has become very valuable, and would sell at a high
price. A bill has been agreed to by the House Committee on
Naval Affairs authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to
sell the lands and buildings in the manner set forth in the
Act ; yet the question of selecting a new site has not been
settled, but a commission appointed by the Secretary will
take evidence and advise. New London is pushing for
something; the Navy-yard, if possible; if not, the Anna-
polis Naval Academy. Mr. Robeson is said to favour the
removal of the Academy from Annapolis, and a point iu
favour of the Jonnecticut town, with its fine harbour at
the entrance of Long Island Sound, is, that the Govern-
ment possesses there a splendid site, which could at once bo
made available if the change were decided on.
Already the rapid increase in the emigration from
Liverpool betokens the character of the exodus likely to
take place during the ensuing summer. Under the Act,
during as cold and boisterous a March as we remember,
32 ships sailed to the United States with about 12,600
passengers, and ten ships, not under the Act, with 450
passengers. Unusual preparations have been made during
the winter for emigration, the subject having become one
of national interest, and the effects will presently be seen.
Kansas is a favourite State, and will attract a large por-
tion of the English settlers. We have done what we can
to make known the advantages offered by the valley of the
Kansas, which this summer will rapidly fill up. We
regret we have not yet received the last report of the
U. S. Land Commissioner ; but when we do, our readers
will know the fast, as we will resume our articles on emi-
gration.
Major Leland, as our readers might anticipate
from t he remarks in our last number, has not emerged from
the George Wilkes' affair wholly unscathed; indeed the
severity of the blow he has received, places him on the
debtor side so far as corporal chastisement goes. On his
way down Prince-street about 8 o'clock on Saturday night,
the 19th March, he was struck a severe blow, which
knocked out several of his teeth and severely cut his face.
His unknown assailant escaped into the St. Bernard Hotel,
but Leland drew his revolver and fired four shots after
him, though it is believed without effect. What next—
and next? We must wait to see; for both Mr. George
Wilkes and Major Leland, formerly of the St. Julian Hotel,
have worked themselves up to the boiling point of indig-
nation against each other, when men are not apt to be
guided by the light of reason, prudence, or good sense.
Sicily has hitherto supplied the world with most
of the sulphur it consumes, extracting it from tLe sides of
Mount Etna; but a rival is arising in California. The
Sulphur Works on Clear Lake produce all the Pacific
Coast can consume—about four tons daily. Clear Lake
occupies the crater of an extinct volcano, having a sulphur
bed about eight miles from the southern end on the
eastern shore, the bank resembling ashes, with numerous
alkaline and sulphur springs and vent-holes, whence
fumes issue, surrounded by crystals of pure sulphur. The
earth, containing about 50 per cent. of sulphur, is placed
in an iron retort, which is heated to a high temperature,
so that the sulphur is driven off in fumes into a receiver,
where it settles in a liquid form, and runs out into pine
boxes two feet long and a foot square. It is as pure as
the Sicilian brimstone, but the latter comes in sticks,
which are more convenient for handling when small pieces
are wanted. The adjacent country bears marks of vol-
canic action, the lake, the geysers, and St. Helena forming
a triangle each about twenty-five miles from the other two.

The vent-hole fumes are now carried into a large chamber

where they condense into a flaky snow-like condition,
and eight new quicksilver and sulphur mines have been
opened up, As the three in operation employ over 300
men, it is calculated that the eight new ones will increase
the number to 900, and give au enhanced value to the dis-
trict. Not long ago Sicilian brimstone was consumed in
California at a cost of four cents per pound. Now
2,000,0001b5. of sulphuric, nitric, and muriatic acids are
used, all of native manufacture.

For—we are afraid to say how many times
news comes through Spain that the insurrection in Cuba
is at an end. If the report be true that General Jordan
had left the island, it looks like confirmation of the intern.
Bence sent by General Cabellero de Rodas, and read in the
Cortes, that after important successes over the rebels they
were surrendering in every direction, and that several had
been shot. To the latter report we give full credence. The
Cortes passed a vote of thanks to tho Captain General,
and to the Army and Volunteers of Cuba. But if the, in-
surrection is dying out in Cuba, it is reviving in Spain.
There has been some severe fighting in Barcelona, barri-
cades raised, bridges burnt, and telegraphs destroyed.
General Baldrich bad been gazetted Captain-General, and
was directing operations against the rebels, but the last ac-
counts left him awaiting reinforcements. The outbreak
originated in a resistance to the conscription, and is not
confined to Bejar and Barcelona, but extends to Malaga,
Salamanca, Carthagena, La Granja, and other places.
The cadetship sale investigation has developed
a few facts useful to those who desire to evade the law,
showing how a boy can be made a resident of any State on
;he shortest possible notice, and with the least trouble.
Butler's boy took a tour through Tennessee, and became
a resident of the State; but the boy, Mr. Goodwin, of
Colorado, appointed to West Point, evaded colonizing
altogether. To visit Colorado at that time was no easy
matter, and, to avoid the necessity, papers were prepared

making the honourable member guardian of his friend's
son, and as the law says the guardian is the home of the mi-
nor the boy became a resident of Colorado without leaving

his father's house. This was the best stratagem for getting
over the difficulty of residence; whica proves to be the
main difficulty, for numerous instances of colonizing have
transpired. Mr. Bowen appointed a boy, who had first to
proceed to South Carolina and stay a fortnight in Charles-
ton. Mr. Covode handed over his appointment to Mr.
William Miliward, of Philadelphia, to dispose of as he
thought fit, with the proviso that the boy was to reside for
a short time in Covode's district. That Mr. Millward con-
trolled a cadetship was communicated to Horatio Fitz-
gerald, who found a customer with $l,OOO note within a
sealed envelope, when the boy spent a week in Westmore-
land county, and was appointed.

That interesting portion of San Domingo called
Hayti, has inaugurated General Sageni as its President for
four years from the 20th March. It must be a pleasant
speculation for a newly elected President of Hayti to con-
jecture what will happen during his term. Anything may;
from his execution to his despatch to Washington as a
U. S. Senator. General Grant continues to urge annexa-
tion, though the scene of his labour bas been changed
_ .

'roil; the iresidenes room in the Senate wing of the Capi

tol to the White House. People were unkind enough to
call him a lobbyist, and to censure his personal ieterfer-
ence to •carry any measure whatever. Nevertheless, he
assembled another bevy of Senators at the Executive Man-
sion ; among them wero Messrs. Ferry, Patterson, Cragin,
Sprague, Harris, Buckingham, Rice, Howe, Revels, Car-
penter, Ross, Abbott, Morrill (Vt.), Pratt, and Tipton, and
much desultory conversation ensued without reaching a
definite result. Senator Sumner is unshaken in his op-
position ; and one of the chief difficulties is, as we long
ago stated, that the treaty proposes to saddle the United
States with all the doubtful, and more than doubtful,debts
of San Domingo,as well as a money payment of $1,500,000
in gold. The Times' correspondent speaks of the shrewd
Yankees who bought at a low figure evidences of indebted-
ness against San Domingo; perhaps the Times might turn

s attention to some of the Cockneys who have done so

likewise ; but both of these shrewd parties are likely to
be sold notwithstanding the encouragement they have re-
ceived in the City Articles of our great contemporary.
Indeed we might honestly recommend those who make
investments in any way connected with America to place
less reliancA on the Times and carefully to road this paper.
POLITICAL NEWS.—Governor Stevenson of Ken-
tucky has ordered a special election in the Third Con-
gressional District of the State for the 25th of April, to
fill the vacancy from the resignation of J. S. Golladay.
At the Connecticut election on Monday James E. English,
a Democrat, was elected Governor by a majority of about
500 over Marshal Jewell, a Republican, the present Go-.
vernor. The Democratic gain is about 900. The vote
was comparatively light on account of the prevalence of
stormy weather. The Republicans, however, succeeded
in retaining control of the Connecticut Legislature, but
by a reduced majority. Although the election for Go-
vernor of Kentucky does_ not take place till August, 1871,

the newspapers of that State are discussing candidates.
Among the prominent names mentioned for the Demo-
cratic candidate are U. S. Sonatur Thomas O. M'Cromy,

Jesse D. Bright., and the Hon. E. C. Phister, of the Ken:
lucky House of Representatives. Many of the Republican
jourLals of Maim advocate the nomination of Gen. S. F.
Hersey, as the next candidate for Governor of that State.
The Republican caucus, held at Napo Ohio, March
22, nominated E. D. Peek, of Wood County, for Repre-

imitative in Congress from the Tenth District, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the lion. L. H. Hoag. The
Republicans re-elected last Wednes lay Mr. Paddleford
Governor of Rhode Island, by about the usual majority.
The members of the Congressional Delegation from Texas
have been admitted to their seats in the Senate and the
House of Representatives.

BUDGET OF PERSONAL.-Sir Stafford Nod!note,

Lady Northcote, and their son arrived in Liverpool from
London on Tuesday night, for the purpose of embarking
to-day in the screw steamer Moravian, which leaves the
Mersey for Portland en route to Canada. The right hon.
gentlemen and his party stayed at the Adelphi Hotel while
in Liverpool. It is said that Sir Stafford is going on
a special mission in connection with the Hudson's Bay
question, and also to investigate the Red River settle-
ment dispute.— Her Royal Highness Princess Mary and
his Serene Highness Prince 'Peck dined with the Ameri-
can Minister and Mrs. Motley on Wednesday evening, at
their residence in Arlington-street. The following guests
were invited to meet the Prince and Princess: His Excel-
lency the Danish Minister and Mdrne. de Bulow, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Lorne,
Earl Granville, the att.] and Countess of Kimberley, Lord
and Lady Elcho, Lord Dufferin, Lady Caroline Cust, Capt.
and Lady Louisa Egerton, M. de Plener, Mr. 'Wynne
Finch, Mr. Hervey Sturgis. Later in the evening Mrs.
Motley received a small and early party. —E..11. Yerger,
who escaped from the gaol of Ja3kson, Mississippi, re-
turned on the 20th March, voluntarily surrendering him-
self to Sheriff Lake. Governor Alcorn had offered a large
reward for his apprehension, but he came back of his own
accord, never having been more than eight miles from the
town, and had been induced to escape only by the desire to
breathe a free atmosphere.—The Arizona delegate to Con-
gress intends to appoint an Indian cadet to West Point.
The Hon. Lyulph Stanley, brother of Lord Stanley of
Alderley, is on a tour through the Southern States,whence
he will cross the continent to San Francisco, thence to
Japan and on to China, returning to England via India.
The American papers speak of his intelligence and ad-
vanced Liberal views in high terms of praise.—Governor
Bowie of Maryland, March 21, signed a bill passed by the Le-
gislature of that State, extending for three years the time
for completing the Metropolitan Railway from Point of
Rocks to the boundary of the District of Columbia.—Mr.
Golloday's successor as M. C. from Kentucky is to be
elected April 25.—San Francisco has given Ole Bull a
golden wreath.—Senator Cattell, of New Jersey, re-
turned, March 21, to his seat in the United States Se-
nate, after several weeks' absence, caused by ill health.
At the annual meeting of Sorosis, on the 21st March, the
following officers were elected :—President, Mrs. C. B.
Wilbour ; First Vice-President, Mrs. J.- J. Croly ; Cor-
responding Secretary, Miss Kate Hillard ; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. Harlan ; Treasurer, Miss Josephine Pol-
lard.—The Hon. Maitlon Chance, of Ohio, wno has been
appointed United States Consul at Nassau, N. P., was to
leave New York for the Consulate in the steamship Mis-
souri March 24.—Mr. Chance had been stopping at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel.—Miss Ally Bird is the new lecturer,
from lowa.--3/Ir. Francis P ;lair, junior, is said to
have embarked in the insurance business in New York.
—Generals Sheridan, Pleasanton, Custer, Davies, Tor-
bet, and other Cavalry leaders, are consummating plans
fit organizing a Cavalry Society. All Cavalry officers and
privates were appointed to meet in a Convention celled for
the Bth of April at Philadelphia.—The promotion of Com-
mander Winslow to the rank of Rear-Admiral has been
confirmed by the Senate. He commanded the Kersage in
her celebrated engagement with the Alabama.— Carlotta
Patti is to go to California this spring ; and in the fall will
visit South America.—The assertion of the Presse that
Prince Pierre Bonaparte had left for America is incorrect.
He is still in France. These are Judy's remarks ;—" It is
reported that Prince Pierre Bonaparte will embark for
America, while the Princess and her family go to Switzer-
land. The reason why the Prince has chosen America
for his future home is, sarcastic people say, because in New
York he can kill as many people as he likes without any
bother being made about it. They order that sort of thing
better there than they do in France."--An attempt was
made on Saturday, March 19, to blow up the residence of
the Belgian Consul in San Francisco. The Consul is now
on a visit to Europe, and the house is rented. The build-
ing was considerably damaged, but no one was injured.
BUDGET OF MJISCELLANEOUS. —A Nevada news-
paper says some of the streams of that State have " brook
trout over four feet long."— A lady flour merchant asks to
be admitted to the Chicago Board of Trade.—Movements
are now making for the annexation of Charleston to
Boston.—The commuuity of Shakers, at Alfred, Maine,
are preparing for removal to the Shenan loah Valley.—His
Royal Highness Prince Alfred is expected from Canada in
August next. He will then take up his residence at the
Ranger's House, Greenwich Park, and will probably re-
join the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich. It is said that the
Prince will return with his regiment in ono of the troop
ships.—Miss Camilla Leach has been elected Professor 01
Rhetoric in the Chicago High School.—John Brown's
portrait is to be hung up in the Kansas State Capitol,—
The Independent nominates Misi Susan B. Anthony for
Clovernor of Now York. —One of the American religious
papers has figured out Job's wealth (who was said to be
•' the greatest man of all the earth") to have been $370,000.
—There are eight million horses owned iu the United
States, and their estimated value amounts to somethirg
more than the national debt.—The Maine House ha,
passed a bill to provide for the encouragement of Scan-
dinavian immigration.—The largest train that has ever
passed over the Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Omaha
March 20. The train consisted of 15 cars, carrying over
400 passengers.—At Fall River, Massachusetts, March 18,
during the blessing of the corner stone of an unfinished
Catholic Church, the floor gave way and 250 persons were
precipitated a distance of 12 feet into the cellar. Ten .or
twelve persons bad limbs broken.—New York claims to

have half a million English sparrows.— The SocietyoTtl;
Army of the Potomac will hold its second reunion at the
Academy of Music, this day, April 9th.—A drove of 48
turkeys recently passed through Baltimore. They had
come all the way from Ohio on foot, and wero bound to
Connecticut.—South Carolina., according to a recent State
census, has a population of 706,022 persons, 2,288 more
than in 1860. The coloured people number 410,708, being
a loss of 1,712 during the last nine years, and the white
people number 295,311, being an increase of 4,ooo.—The
book publishers of the United States have organized a
Board of Trade, with the followine. officers :—Wm H.
Appleton, President; Smith Sheldon, Vice-President;
John C. Barnes, Secretary ; C. C. Woolworth, Treasurer ;
all of New York. The retail prices for all school books are
to be fixed by the publishers, with a maximum discount.
The terms of sale will be cash in 30 days—A plate lass
manufactory has been established at New Albany,lndiana.
—Orders have been received at the Boston Navy Yard,
for the immediate preparation for service of the steamers
Shenandoah, Worcester, and Palos. —Laet Saturday the Italy,
the largest merchant sciew ship except the Great Eastern,
was launched from the building yard of Messrs. John
Elders and Co. The Italy belongs to the National Com-
pany, and will run between Liverpool and New York. She
is 4,200 tons measurement, and 600-horse power.
JOURNALISM.---Sixty thousand copies of German
newspapers printed in America are taken in the Father-
land.— Henry K. Ellison, of the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch,
has been elected by the Council Mayor of that city.—The
Mormon Tribune is the organ of the Liberal party in Utah,
and wages a cautious, yet effective, warfare against the
spiritual despotism and monopoly of Brigham Young and
his party. It is published weekly, in Salt Lake City, by
Gothic) and Harrison. —The Philadelphia Ledger, which
was originally started by three journeymen printers with-
out capital, has now a daily circulation of 72,500 copies, and
its cash value is estimated at three millions. Few men have
had so many complimentary things published of them as
its present proprietor, Mr. Childs. The Sunday Transcript
of Philadelphia, having been cut out of the Associated
Press list for not having paid its dues to the Philadelphia
Press Association, avenges itself by abuse of the Asso-
ciated Press. The Evening Bulletin has shared the same
fate for violating certain rules, and the Evening Telegraph
has contracted to the exclusive news of the Associated
Press arriving in the daytime.
OBITUARY.—Stacy B. Bancroft, formerly of the
firm of Bancroft, Beaver, and Co., of Philadelphia, died in
that city on Saturday, March 19, and on the same day
General W. A. Dudley, formerly President of the Louis-
ville, Cincinnati, and Lexington Railroad, died at Lex-
ington.—On the 22d March Dr. Edward Thomson, one of
the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died sud-
denly at Wheeling., West Virginia, at 10.30 a.m. He had
reached Wheeling, on his way to preside at the session of
the Newark Conference, which was to open next day at St.
Paul's hi E Church, Jersey City. Dr. Thomson was born
at Portsea, a suburb of Portsmouth, England, in October,
1810. His parents belonged to the wealthier middle class,
and he was said to be a lineal descendant of James Thom-
son, the poet.—Governor Ladislaus Ujhazy, a compatriot
of Kossuth in the struggle for Hungarian independence,
at one time Governor of the celebrated fortress of Comorn,
died in San Antonio, Texas, on the 7th of March. He had
become weak and infirm, being nearly 80 years of age.—
The North German Correspondent regrets to announce "the
death of Dr. Carl Friedrich Neumann, the well-known
historian and orientalist. His principal works were the
"History of the British Empire in India," and the " His
tory of the United States." The latter of these, which was
dedicated to President Lincoln, followed with the warmest
sympathy the "History of the great American Republic
from its Foundation to the Conclusion of the Civil War."
All through his life the author had been an ardent politi-
cian, and in his later years he was a staunch supporter and
eloquent advocate of the reconstruction of Germany.
AMERICAN Homouß.—An Ohio Senator mil a
newspaper correspondent had a street fight in Columbus
one day last month, to decide whether the correspondent's
strictures on the Senator's ccnduct were just. Unfortu-
nately friends interfered, and the problem is not yet
solved.—The New York Evening Post asks the editor of a
Protectionist pap3r to investigate and see if the bleak
March winds furnish raw material for consumption, and,
if so, what protection he proposes.—Miss Fanny Joy, a
reigning belle in Keokuk, has just married a Mr. Blaine.
The thing of beauty preferred not to remain a Joy for-
ever.—The Lydia-Thompson story cowhiding affair at
Chicago was alluded to by a Southern editor in an article

called.'" the Flax and the Flail." In a St. Louis court re-

cently the lawyers had a brief discussion with inkstands,
which was brought to an abrupt termination by the judge's
revolver.

Judy says the Chicago rapers for some time have
been tilled with defiant challenges in advertisements be-
tween rival lock inventors, Sargent and Hall. Sargent
having failed to unlock one of 11::11's safes, at length at-
tempted for some hours to pick the lock, but failed, and at
length challenged Hall to unlock it himself. By last ac-
cornts Hall was engaged in futile endeavours to unlock his
own safe. The question is whether he will have suc-
ceeded by the time the next mail comes in. This lire-

proof safe competition having so far resulted in something
like a dead beat, it may very properly ba described as a
safe-tie-match.