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route is now in most excellent condition from
to ocean. twenty six hours being all that is required
to perform it, attordng to passengers agreeable
and pleasant recreation from the tediuin OF voy
age at sea.
Prom Washington.
1t is announced in the official organ that General
Butler has declined the Governorship of Nebraska
Hon. John McKeon has been appointed and con-
| frrned by the Senate to the Office of U S District
Attorney of New York, in the place of Mr. Chas
! OConnor.
| In the Senate Thursday. the discussion on the
Homestead Bill was continued The first under con-
sderation being the proposition to extend the bene
fits of the measure to all foreigners in here
after to come into this country.
Upon the reception of what was believed to be
the Japan Treaty, the Senate went into executive
session.
The Homestead Bill was taken up, and Mr. Clay
toms motion to strike out the 9th section, which
places aliens and native born citizens on the same
footing as regards the benefits Of the BILL was re-
jected by q vote of 10 to GO. Mr. Stewart proposed
substitute. which extends the privileges of the Bill
to all persons who by State laws entitled to hold
lands and fixes the price to be paid by persons seek
ing the benefit of the Act. after possession and cu
vation for five years, at 25 cents per acre it also
provides that for lands, certain time in market
| l2M cents an acre shall be charged according to
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moreover allows the States in which the lands lie
to take it at the graduated prices for railroad pur-
! poses. Other amendments were offered The de-
bate on the merits of the proposition was interrupt
ed by MIR. Wade, who succeeded in getting up a
personal controversy with Mr. Clayton, in regard
to language used some days previous.
The motion to reconsider the vote whereby the
Pacific Telegraph bill passed was rejected, as was
also that providing for the printing Of the Nebraska
! Kansas Act.
Mr.. Badger. Wing, of North Carolina asked leave
to withdraw his motion to reconsider the vote pass
ing the Pacific Telegraph Bill. Leave granted
ayes 80, nays 10. Mr. Badger then Withdrew his
motion, and the Bill is now passed.
The bill creating Dunkirk. Barcelona and other
ports Of entry in Western New York was briefly
discussed and passed.
An appropriation is likely to pass, for mail by
the Ramsey route.
Mr. Weller. of California in hs speech On the
Homestead law. is severe on the principles Of the
Know Nothings.
Nathaniel Blunt District Attorney Of New York
died on the 10th inst.
Hon. G. c. Washington, OF Maryland, died at
/ Washington on the 18th OF July Also Hon. Geo
! w. Towns, Of Georgia
| At latest advices after much discussion, the
! Homestead law had not passed.
| The Grand Jury of Boston have found bills of in
dictment for riot and assault against eight of the
persons engaged in the abolition emeute in Boston
on the Doth of Nav but we miss in the list of names
those Of the prominent prompters Of that outrage.
Cad Townley, prominent and active merchant
Of Albany, died after q short Illness in that city
WAsfIIEGroN July 18th
| The affair of the French Consul. Dillon. at San
Francisco has been referred for settlement to Paris
| where 1t is now under consideration.
But the most important intelligence is that which
relates to the Northern powers. The Gar has re-
piled to the invitation of Austria and Prussia to
cvacuatc the principaltes He wl evacuate Wal-
ltcha, and leave free tho Danube, which he deems
sufficient to satisfy the demands of Austria but will
retain Moldava for ulterior purposes. In his ans
to Prussia ne states that he will resign the pro-
tectorate Of the Greek Christians when Turkey shall
be placed under the protectorate of the five powers
and that he will evacuate the prncipalities when
the " estern powers evacuate.
Isceilnneous.
! movement is on foot in Brooklyn and Villains
burgh for the better observance Of the Sabbath that
is likely to be successful.
| U. 5. NJ. S. Baltic Captain Comstock reached
the Battery at o'clock m, on Sunday morning,
from Liverpool, which port she left at P. NJ. on
Wednesday. 2Sth ult. making the passage in 9 days,
IL hours and % minutes actual time from port to
port--th shortest passage ever made by one hour
and 6fty-two minutes
The Hard Shells nominated at Syracuse, n Y.
for Governor, G. C. Bronson, of New York for
Lieut.. Gov. Elijah Ford, of Erie for Canal Com.
missioner, Clark Burnham of Chenango; for State
Prison Inspector, Abram varnard.
PHILADELPHIA, July 18th.
The deaths in this city. during the week ending
to-day were 4l3, including 69 from cholera. The
mortality is heavy among children, S3 having died
this week from Cholera infantum.
WASHINGTON, July 10TH
The cholera is or the Increase although sub.
sequent dispatch denies the existence of the disease
A personal rencontre occurred in this city yester.
day. between Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish
exile and Mr.. McAlaster editor of the Freenan's
Journal, the organ of the Roman Catholics.
Important from Europe.
The steamship Franklin which left Havre on the
5th inst, for New York via Southampton, went
ashore early on Monday morning, during thick
fog, about fifty miles west of Londank, on the
beach opposite the Morches, Long Island. She
struck the ground about 600 feet from the beach,
and before day break had driven about three hun
dred feet nearer. All tho passengers and mails
came up to the city on Tuesday. She is lying
broad side on with list off shore. The inside
wheel is about four feet out Of water.
The Pacific arrived at Liverpool at a. M. on
the 5th inst
by the Franklin we have dates from London and
Southampton to the 5th inst. London Corn mar
ket Is lower. Americen Flour from Is to 2s down;
Consols 93h. Liverpool Cotton market unchanged;
business moderate; Corn market dull; buyers hold
ing OF Indian Corn pressed for sale