The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-27


these ars merely to DO held by Napoleon Is security
for the payment 10 him Of the Indebtedness 10 the
French nation which Macmillan has Incurred in the
supply Of the necessary military force 10 place him
cordng TO this Dr. Gwin be Louis Napoeons
Governor General Of these States and tho
OF immigration to them from the United staos
is 70 receive particular attention. and Is expected 70 re-
establishing their prosperity An agency for tho pnr-
pose OF promoting this design has been opened In San
Francisco The States embraced in this surrender to tho
French Emperor Sonora Durango, Sinaoa, Chihua-
hua and Lower California comprising altogether an area
Of three hundred seventy thousand five hundred
square mles and containing q population Of about six
hundred thousand. We publish map Of them In this
mornings edition.
Tho Attorney General OF Canada on Wednesday intro
duced into the Provincial Parliament bill to avert fur
ther rebel raids from that colony TO prevent the manu-
faoure and shipment Of for the robes and giving
notice to those rebels who have abused Canadian hop
taiity 70 leave the country.
A recent reconnaissance Of 8 detachment OF General
sheridans army Of the Shenandoah valley succeeded In
gaining some valuable Information regarding tho locs-
sion and designs II the enemy IN the vicinity Of Wood
stock rebel camp surprised, and number OF Ros
ssrs command were captured; bus the Unioa troops
were subsequently attacked by superior rebel force
and after spirited nsht in which they lost several in
killed, wounded and captured, they were compelled 70
rslnqush their hold on Rcsssr's men and fall back
Our dispatches from Nswbsrn N c., state that ths I'M
portant bridge on the Weldon railroad the Roanoke
river almost entirely swept away by the late sshsta
This Is very serious interference with the sanspora
sion Of rebel army supplies n 10 said that months win
b. required 70 repair It. Large numben Of runaway
slaves are constantly coming into tho Union Lines in
North Carolina for the purpose Of enistins the army
despatch from Eastport, Miss, confirms Vie report
that the Eighteenth Tennessee rebe cavalry, numbering
about six hundred men, have sent Intelligence into The
Onion lines Of their desire 10 surrender take tho oath Of
allegiance and return to their homes
The blockade runner steamer Talsman under the
mand Of Captain Knox, from Wilmington, N. G., bound
to Bermuda with cargo Of four hundred and nfy bales
Of cotton, foundersd about the 2sth ult, whom
three hundred and ny miles to the westward of Bsrmu
da All the and passengers numbering thirty nine
PERSONS taken OF BY the schooner Orvlc Captain
Giles, and landed at Bermuda on the LIST inst The Or
Wills from Philadelphia hound to New orleans
Jen Davis IL appears, has regular Cabinet crisis
his hands at present. in addition to his other troubles
Besides the resgnatono Of his War Secretary M Seldom
which has already been announced, IL is reported
that his Secretary Of stats, Judah p. Benjamin,
and Assistant Secretary Of War, Judge Campbell,
have resigned. Mr.. seddon's resignation had
not 20. accepted on Tuesday last Generals Bragg
Breckenridge Howell Cobb and Gustavus W. Smith and
Governor Letcher have all been mentioned likely to
succeed him There was . report in Richmond that
Brecknrdgs had been assigned 70 the Trans Mississippi
department General Gordon has succeeded 10 the
command Of General Early, the troops Of which
lately confronting General Sheridan In the Shenandoah
valley now appears in front Of the left Of tho
Army OF the Potomac, in the vicinity Of Petersburg
Resolutions requestingJs Davis to appoint commits
sioner to negotiate with the governments t Washington
ativss few days ago, and referred tho Foreign Rea
tons Committee by an almost unanimous yotp>
c0NGREss.
The Senate yesterday passed tho bill authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury issue 5000 900
ury notes In lieu Of bonds provided the &C, June
50, 1884 The Military Academy and Post 0Hce Appro-
priaon bills wore also passed. Resolutions OF the
Rhode IslaAd Lsgssurs In favor Of she constitutional
smsHdmens prohibiting slsvcvy were presented Apsti
ten from ". H. webb, asking for increased conpsnsa,
tpn for building the ironclad Dundeesg referred
70 the Naval Committed The resolution advising reisl
alton In the treatment OF prisoners Of wsr wac dscus
and after an executive sesson the Senate adjourned
In the House Of Representatives the bill for the relief
Of collectors OF custons for omissions under the act
Temporarily increasing the duties impcrS,
passed Bills providing fos the erection Of fog bell
trumpet on Governors Island; defining the limits Of
national bank iseues spd proposing tax the issues
sf said Institutions and after the LIST Of May nsz,
were introduced new Deficiency Appropriation bill,
drafted 90 a. to overcome the eenases objection 70 the
increase ~ compensation q the employees Of the House.
wS reported by the Ways and Means Committee and
passed. The bill proposing TO admit members Of the
Cabinet 10 ssa 10 the House discussed and ~ fur
sher consideration postponed ell Friday next An in
aury into the origin OF the ore at the Smithsonian Inss
tuition Vas ordered. and The uouss adjourned
TIN LxGIsLATURK
In tho state Senate yesterday petitions In relation 70
the sommunIcstions between the Fourteenth and FIJI
tenth wards Of New York. aso for the Strengthening Of
the boundaries Of Greenwood Cemetery, presented
Bills we're reported establish state Institution for the
blind and relative 70 the ray Of clerks and others ON
poyed in the several New York city departments the
latter being read and adopted. Tho State Bounty bill
was then ordered n third reading The select commit
tco whom entrusted the consideration OF the sub
ject reported bill peev,dng for raising the money BY
direct tax the Loan bill d,d not receive the sanc-
ton Of the people, also another b 10 case that both OF
rejected authorizing towns and counties 70
rs bountcs but nos amending the clause for three hua
dred hundred and six hundred dollars for one, two
and three year Bills noticed 10 create new