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The Inoendiary Plots.
Impsrtast DEVELOPMENTS.

Washington, Nay Tho srAR. Of thi. evening
says The Circumstance, under which the plot 10
burn Philadelphis discovered hero are about Q.
follows.
On Friday evening lsst SERGEANT 4. r. NeKcnny at
the Sixth street .hsrf discovered two Suspicious
loohins individuals lurking ALos, 10 the dart -ho,
upon seeing they we're watched made OIL on sstur-
day evening these two men again made their hp2e.r.
ance At the whAri, when Sergeant M,Kcnuy informed
his commanding officer Of 'he fact who instructed
him to watch them closely. The ,ergtsn, ..-ius the
two men in soi eo-e ush to hear Que
Of them inquire Of the oi.er "Do YOU think they sl
meet to-nishtr' Tho reply wn not heard, and tie
mon senn started of, In, follow ed by strpeaui
Aekenny, Who overlook them avvant TO- on Fsur
and = Half street, when Of tho men seeils
thev we're followed, drew pirol and
fred at the sergeant, the ball taking
effect In his rieht breast near the nipple Fortu-
uately Sergeant McKcnny had at the time a package
ofletters IN his pocket through which the hall passed
desdenins the force OF the ball. aud preventing it-
making serious wound. Tho Sergeant being alone
concluded 10 lie still although not dangerously
wounded and the fellows believing the. had killed
him Immediately ran of, and made their escape.
Sergeant McKenny uron regsining hi. feet di.cover-
ed letter upon the sround, which tho man who fred
the shot had pulled FROM his pocket with the we,pon
discovered that this letter was Of some i'm portancr
and 1t rn accordingly sent TO Colonel Insrnharn.
The latter revealed the fact that there was dciher
ate planned plot foot to burn Philadelphia In hch
large number OF conspraiors to take part and
contained sreque.t ursn certain parties supposed to
te the tso men alluded to above N he In Philadelphia
on the 10Th Of April ~ s,tempi to de.trov tho
city would he made on the fr.t dnv of May. -hen
the Anal blow would be struck, and tho torch no, low
erred until the city was In whes and their pockets
SLED with treasure. Col. Insrsham, sfter reading
the letter, Immediately dispatched officer, 10 the
railway station, when 1t was ascertainsd that tro
men answering the description of those who had a.
sailed the sergeant had taken passage on the train
which leh the depot feE minutes before. Informs
tion Of the dsooverv nj the plot then teseraphoi
W Gen. CHivAllador, At Phisds phiA and early on
SUNDAY evening, Capt. potp, Chief OF the Military
detectives, and the patrols sttached N Col InFra-
hams offor. we're dispatched to Philadelphia With
such etsils OF the plot had o Nh. know ledge
Of the authorities here facu are within kno~ledec
Of the authorities here, which 30 to show that there
are some eight hundred courprator- banded together
ior the purpose OF burning Phiiadelphis and other
northern cities Tho AFFAIR 10 nov UNDERGOING
| thorough Investigation.
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From Mexico.
Another DaIch Of Ruuors and Reports

Hdrdnd, Aprlt S.-By way OF Santiago de Cu,a,
We have later dates from Mexico The French steamer
Florids arrived at that port the goth with date.
from Vera Cruz tn the 18th. At Tohica there has
been constant alarm, the Liberals threatening an
attsnk. ON the neh Of the 2nd eleven Of the sari.
son, who had short time since given In their ad-
hesion TO the new order Of things" pased over to
the Juarist.-sisht with their 1rms. salbillo the
cspta Of Coahuil., Is teins hastily fortified mail
With dispatches from Gen, Mein. for Gen Baron Az
mard, captured by the Juarists near viezca The
Imperial force Of Huahtla attacked on the 27th
ult.. and sftsr bloody battle, the Tevolutoni,s
we're Iepulsed, and pursued TO San Mlgueluo, three
or four leagues dittant, at which place they we're
again deteited" ComnAndsnt Arizmendi says, in
his Official report The enemy los. some killed and
wounded" and that prisoners and arm, captur-
Cd" that the ImpeTiA loss w ~ uen. We Ne told
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News uomA

rur .nh.rrip,ion TO N. seven-,hirty loan yes
ter,l.v amounted " ss,si,iOO
TH. safe Of Little 4 Nev.op, at Azel., Ind, va.
broken open ON nd.y night and robbed of .bon,
A. OO0
Tns crop. In Calisorni. oil look well. Mining and
business generally /. pro.p.rous. Tho depon,. In
the min, a, s,n Frspei,co, during a.. las, mouah
,mountei 70 ~, 22A,Oa.
o...- A.. n, ....
=, WI. ~. ~,
n-,.....-,,.- ,.,. A-.,, ,,,N,
lance committee. h,d list Of $50 roeuss who will
bo driven on, a. the country or punisb,d
A .1n.xrv, .nys 4. Washington di.n.,eb. b.,
lust born captured while running nut Of ,hs Ran.
hammock RIVER. On board Of hor wore found
several teg. q, specie, stolen from Richmond hy
the Aying rehel,.
Arw..hington an sa.orisiion has hosn formed
fo, tb, purpose Of erecting in that c,,v ,ui,sb.
monument 10 tho memory of the I.io Prc,id,nt
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The /" Sultana" Disaster.
Additional Particulars.

81. Lo1is, hoy Hon. John Covode Of the War
Committee, furnishes the following informaton re-
is,ive to the sutsns disaster: No troop. belonging
TO States east Of Ohio we're lo., Mr. Covode sy,
that the boat overloaded her reristerrd capacity
bene for only three hundred and seventy p.sen.
ser., and she had nearly twenty-five hundred r.r.on,
on board There ~ere other good boat, q, the time Al
Nck'burs, which some Of the rsroled soldier. could
have BEEN sen, home In Just /. yell not, bu, the
authorities would not permit them 10 leave The
psroied prisoners thint there Il crnnsliv about the
matter. The agent Of the Sultsna whites that near.
y seventeen hundred perons we're Lost by the dis.
aster.
About 1900 more rsroled prisoners we're at Viohs-
burg when the sultans let. Three thousand other.
we're left a. Andsrsonville, In consequence Of tho
railroad being destroyed between Ander,onvile and
Jackson. They will be sent TO Annspoli, by vsy Of
the sea,
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Important from New Orleans.
The Rebel Ram Webb AHAir-kirby smith
Wants 10 Surrender-Capture Of Mallory
Confirmed, Etc.

The steamer Guiding Star arrived here from New
orieans 2Sth, and Havana 2Sth, la.t evening.
The Destruction Of the rebel webb Is iullv
frrned She paced Ner orleans under the heavy
tfe of our vessels, the lackAwanns sending a
?so round shot through her bo~s. Only one vessel
the Bolly hock, Lieut. Commando Gerhard,
tesdy 10 follow, which kept cose upon thu track Of
the webb, until 2S miles below the city the rebc
saw the sloop-oi-var Richmond ready Tor actiou and
turned for the shore tho Hollyhock going straight at
her The wehb- oihccr' and oreE fred her in differ.
ent plaoe,, snd fed into the swamp, Boats from the
Holyhock boarded her and saved man -ho had
hsen abandoned, and Vas asecr. They we're unable
" pot out tho flames from the inAaniAhe nsture Of
the cargo and TOR fear OF explosion from the mssa
Eine The webb vns armed With three sun., one
sP-runder and commanded by Lieut. c. W.
Rcd. formerly OF the nited st.es navy, and com-
unsnder Of the pirate bark Tarony, which inflicted
much dam.se on our commerce year since.
There we're 2lT bales Of aboard, besides rosin
AID turpenune.
The New Oriean, TIuse NJ the 2bh reports thfu the
steamer Gen HODGES came on Of the Red River the
I'D under fas Of truce the purpose OF negotiating
with Col. sprague Chief Of staff Of Gen. PoTr, for
the surrender OF ten Kirby smith and his iorcs
Col sprneue left Cairo the gunhoat LeIinson for
the purpose OF meeting the Gen Hodge. at the mouth
sf the Red River and there be little doubt that
Kirby smith has surrendered his entire fore. The
term, are those profcIed by Gen Grant TO Lee. The
Lexington and Hodges, at lut accounts, were an
,hored at Hog Point, f." n.iei bcos ,he mouth OF
the Red River.
The surrender OF the rebel Secretary Mallory, at
iFensscoln, 10 Confirmed.
Clsiborns, Ala, had been occupied by cur cavalry
lander Gen Lucs', stter victory a eglmeBt OF
ebel-, north OF Mount Pleasant. The relels o.t ~
Ill., g.na. n
were secured.
Ctpi. Pickcus who hss forsaken the retel cause
,as sued an address to the people :, Louisiana. The
ebd General Chalmers IL reported murdered In
rtIn
Dc,crters aIe coming IN from TsIu and eRlistiu :
IN our army a, BrE2o..
An inundntion At San Antonio, rcym had destroy
sd - tulldiugs aud ten or tvelye lives.
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More About the Ram Webb.

Ser Orleans, ADrt q, ria care, hdy The
rehei ram webb, Capt Reed, Of Tscony noiorictv,
commanding IAN pis this siiT this afternoon. When
mid vay, che lowered the stsrs and Stripes and
hoistrd the rebel hsg. She was iged upon, and one
I.s.round ball parsed through her how. Gunboats
started in pursuit of her and when she atout Is
rries below the city che fired by her and at
ts0P.M blew up. Her crew, consisting Of A. men
and officers, took IN the woods on the left side OF the
,4vei The greater portion Of them aferward, sur
rsrdnre, Her deck boilsu were protected by cot
ton Capt Reed in coming down the Mississippi,
.ttach d the telegraph wire to the Webb, thus tear
inr down the line for many miler.
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,,ek TAYLOR Wants 10 surrender.

s,rphis A pril 3o-The BCILETIN's special dis
ta,eh .ays: 1t lie taid shat ths Rebel General Dick
TayIor cent General Hodge TO notify General Damn,
sf The surrender Of Johnston to Gen. sherman, and
TO inform him Of the terms Of surrender. zen. Dana
save full cTeGence TO Dick TayoTs statement and
.rr.nredlan lrn,'ice with Hodge,the terms of which
ue,a!d to Be an entire cessation Of ho'tilites.
Gov. Frsros has sgred the New York Tax
I'll
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81 Lous, Nov 9.-The DKsooHAr hs special
dispatch from Cairo, .hich say, The Memphis Brl-
LrrtN learns that sunday, the I'D Of April neso-
tshons we're progressing, few mile. belo- Red
River, between Col sprasac chief Of ',afi Of kcor
General pope, and the authorities OF the TransM Mis-
.i.'ppi Department, for the surrender Of Gen Kirby
smiths forces.
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Possible War With France.
Napoleon Wants Help from England.
Mallory Taken Prisoner.

N,r ORLEANS, A pr1i ~ RIO Cdiro, Nay lon the
frh Of April. stephen K MALLORY, Secretary Of tho
confeierute Navy, surrendered himself to Captain
6lhson, Of the United States Navy at Pensacola.
MALLORY Wa senator IN Congress from Florida.
nom 1851 70 lSbl and during that time served
chairman on the Committee Of Naval Affairs. and as
? member Of the Committee on Claims. lie resigned
bis place In the Senate in February, ls6i, and al
snce took an active part In the rebellion, bnvis
making him Secretary OF the Navy in his cabinet
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purArR from wsshington N the PGls3el
Pane uys =" Cen. shermsn'. army Il ~ fouu
Tor Washington. overland. The Governmcnt -
day telceraphcd ,o Baltimore, Pnilsdelp',s snd
New York. for hny bakers from csch pscc, In ~
Ger 70 he ready for the army"
Csrx Jrsucr CaAsr h.s gone m u'svon ~
tnc rcabosrd cities ot the south, ,o sfc't the re
ErniIhon ~ The 4. s. Courts At The South. W
honsn. Of the rrcasury Department, accoupsn'cf
n'rn TO ~ TO the carrying out of the President'
order removing restrictions commercial inter
course.
IHr Troy iHEsS IN slluNo1 " the large FeniS'
nelegaton that attended tho funeral rroc.vslon y
INC late President In Albany, says "It NAV not y
aonerNlV known, hut II IA fact nevertheless ths'
fre.hent Lincoln WAS . devoted frieud ~ th'
fennns. Tie strongly sympAthiscd with them
and his death Is loss W them ~ veil az N th'
American people"
Arsw days since. Canadian gentleman who 10
an ardent sunetauonist, eicismei, on receivini
the news cf the surrender = Ices army, Nov
'hcn' Csnsds will be snncNeI 70 tho United sa'es.
and share IN the new gories oi tho resenerstco
aud dsenihrAllod' republic" refugee rebel ofi,
cor standing by, replied Go slow, tuy friend, ~
very easy W &c, into the t'nion. bu, irs msttNs
ot millions OF money and thousands Of live, 10 try
70 sei out aud then you can't 10 IT,"
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Irtdsury DsPdrfmcH', WG'Liu JiOr, NoV In
puIsuance OF the terms OF the above oer all re-tric
unns heretofore PLACED by this department on tho
expectation oi pay hereby removed.
H. AcCrLLoCn, secretary of the Treasury.
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Orders fron tho War aud Treasury
Departments.

War DSrd,fu,Ht, WashinViou, ANN 20 The
Executive order OF January 2th, lNIJ prohibiting
the eIportauon Of pay Is rescnded from aud after the
lpt of May, lNdb.
BY order OF the President,
EDNIN VI Secretary Df
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WcunGerstand that charges seriously impeach.
inr the official conduct of the Controller of
our City Finances (Brcnnan) and our City
Inspector (Boa'c) have been submitted to Gov.
Fenton, responsibly signed and sworn to-.
Hitherto. there has been much absurd clamor i'll
certain journals as TO why the Governor did Mt
do this or that, which he had no more right or
power to do, in the absence of specific com
plant, than any bel-ringcr had. Gov. +. is in
feeble health, and may possibly be unable to
consider or decide on these charges forthwith;
but, without special knowledge in the premises
we venture to assure those interested that he
will in due time act upon them, doing exactly
what justice and the constitution require OF him
! Neither less nor more.
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DIE ID.

BALDwIN-On Tuesday morning, Auyus, J. George W.
Baldwin of Gabriel M aud Elizabeth Baldwin, and son'
inaw Of the aie John Doyle in the Seth year OF his age
The friends and relatives o. the family respectfully IN
yted to attend his funeral from his late residence NO
Nesonplace on Thursday afternoon at o'clock
COATES-At Newark n. j.. on Monday, July 81. Eliza
widow of the late Joseph s. Coates Of Philadelphia szss
Funeral service Trinity Church Newark Wednesday ..
4o'clock
CONOvER-On Tuesday August l. Mary E.. wife Of L. "
The friends and relatives are respectfully invited attend ths
funeral from her late residence, unionst Melrose, On
Wednesday. August 2 OF o'clock p.
CRAGNOn Tuesday. August after short and severe W.
ness Ida B. daughter of Charles a. aud Lucy 5. Cragn.
aged years ara months.
Friends relatives respectfully invited to attend chs
funeral at No $50 Bleecker's on wednesday August
loclock p. M.
HrTCHCOCK-On Monday. July 81 Julia A.. wife Of Gin
ton Hitchcock and youngest daughter Of the late u K
ScIibner
The friends and relatives respectfully invited attend the
funeral from her late residence No. 81 East Twentysxth-
st. on Wednesday, August2 at q p. M
JACKSON-At Havana. Schuyler Co.. Saturday, July %.
Annie NJ daughter of Hiram L. and Evira e. Jackson OF
this city. aged years months and days.
ROsE-At Brooklyn Monday evening July 81, after long
ard painful illness Mrs Deborah 81 wife OF Capt Thomas
friends Of the family invited to attend her funeral 90
wednesday August at o'clock p n from her late rest
dence, No. % Congress.s'., BROOKLYN.
Newport aud Providence papers please copy
Of Edward A. and Mary wiitternore aged il years
the funeral from the residence of his parents Astoria L.
L. Wednesday, the I'd inst at ~ o'clock The steamer
Sylvan Stream leaves eck-slp at ~ O'Clock.
W0OD-At Upper Fremont Rockland Co., N " on Tses-
5sth year Of his age.
Tappan Friday morning. 4h inst. at ii O'Clock Reia-
tyes and friends invited to attend without further
ce. Train, by Northern Railroad Of New Jersey, wlesvs
Jersey City at OILS returning leave Tappan at
| nn., arrivin. At Jersey City at 81 O'Clock.
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Hotel Personal,

Mai. Gen. J. Il. Carr, Troy: Gen. l.. A.
Dodd and Gen. n. Il. Mclaughlin G. ;. Vols. and A.
H. Gilman. L. s. Navy, at the Ast0r House.
Mr.. kirkpatrick and Mr.. Darlington British Lega
ton. at the Breyoort House.
Major.Gen. Baird L. S. Army the Hon. T. X Daw-
son. and Judge q. Bronson Philadelphia: John z.
Zane California. and {. NJ. Smith, Springfield. Ill., are
Al the Metropolitan Hotel
The Hon. David Barclay. Pennsylvania; the Hon. +.
c. Sherman. Chicago; II. d. Cook Philadelphia; Com.
mander Terry, L. ). Navy and John l.. Wilson, Chi
oago Journal are at the st. Nicholas Hotel
The Hon. {. Il. Barclay, DR.. Robert Carter, and
Pierce Butler Pennsylvania, and Il. Ii. Gayle. Ala.
bama, are at the SewYork Hotel.
Mr. Eloin. Emperor Maximilian's special agent to
Europe len the Breyoor House yesterday per steamer
Vera Cruz, en- route TO Mexico.
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The Richmond Elections.

BALTIMORE. TUESDAY. August !. l.6j.
All the Richmond papers of to-day have been
received with the exception OF The Republic, and they
contain nothing Of moment They say that there are
reports that election IS about to be ordered bui
there ia nothing authentic about H. The Wig has q
long editorial urging that the officers elected should be
permitted 10 exercise their functions aud That nc
hostility 10 the Government i intended.
Tie Phiiadtiphia Inquirer OF Yesterday has the
following dispatches from Richmond:
On Saturday committee Of candidates elected al
the late election In Richmond waited on Gov. PierpOni,
lay before him the order OF Gen. Turner declaring
the election void The Governor replied that he would
take tho matter under consideration, uron which the
committee withdrew During the day Gov. Pierpont
called Gems Terry and Turner, and. on approaching
the snhicct advised IN polite terms. rot 20 NEEDLE
with what did not concern him. This interview SHOWS
that not even TO please PieTpont viii tie military au
thorites allow the Secessionsts 10 resume control OF
affairs.
The Union men of Richmond held a meeting on Sat.
urdav afternoon nj the office of L. A. Lancaster, and
prepared ticket 10 bc submitted 10 The people az TIE
new election They head j; with " a. Claiborne. an
incorporating Union man. for Mayor and make IL up
entirely with equally uncxceptonable Union men.
Franklin Stearn Is at the head OF the movement The
plan j. to submit il by 10 the people and
when majority leve pledged themselves 10 vote Cor
10 petition for q new election.
THE PEOPLE AND PRFSs
Of Richmond have been very quiet since the gentle re
hinder Gen Turner gave them Of lie existence Of the
United States Government. and neither Saturday or
this morning had either of the di..oyal papers q
word to say about any election whatever. There Is
mnch less OF the turbulent spirit displayed on the
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Weeting Of Jefferson Davis's Fricnds-The
Cause OF the South yet 10 Triumph
Southern Independence TO be Estab.
lishcd after All.

The friends Of Jefferson Davis. the late
pseudo President Of the pseudo "Confederacy held
very private and confidential meeting (says the Eren
ing PosD day before yesterday at the rooms of Mr. Car
los Butereld in Broadst the form Of invitation being
| as follows:
You are invited TO meet, with several gentlemen at the
offices Nos ~ and 70 In the house No Broad on Monday
full defense Of Jefferson Davis and lis associates SO that
Whatever happens justice may be done.
Neir- York, July 70, 1865.
There was no formal organization. we understand
but a committee Of five was appointed consisting of
c. Godfrey Gunther, Carlos Butterfcld. Theodore
MARITIME. Mr.. Cleayey and Mr. Douglas, "to raise
funds for the object stated in the CALL to consult with
Charles OConnor, esq OF counsel and to adopt such
other measures as may be necessary to hasten on
trial OF the parties unjusty incarcerated by the
United States Government"
A number Of Souherners were present aud made
brief speeches saying that the failure of the Rebellion
merely temporary and that the great Instruction
overpowered not crushed. The spirit that origin
atcd il still lived and strong and with the aid Of
the North and the sustainment of the glorious doc.
trine of State Rights the independence Of tho South
would yet be established on indestruotibe basis.
illusions were made TO the official murder" OF
Mrs Surra with the declaration that it had fired the
Southern heart once more TO do and dare
The gentlemen who figured 80 prominently in the
meeting ought to be taken 10 the proposed Morgue.
They are deader than the Polcmics, and they don't
know it; will they until their bodies become too
offensive TO remain above ground. Mr.. Livingston Of
Alabama. who assured those present that his State
would never be represented in Congress by any save
those pledged to Southern Independence chow much
this fustan reads like tie before hewar secession gas
conade is going to Europe at to raise funds for
the of the South and to all Southern sym
pathzers there that tina, is not lost but will soon
be mphant in the United States.
In a later edition OF the Post. Mr. Livingston denies
making any such speech as has been attributed to him
by that journal and states that his sole purpose in visit
ing Europe is benefit his health ard renew Lis
mercil relations there.
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From Misunderstanding OF Stale APP.
Pointcd-The University Of Vermont.
BURLINGTON. VI. Tn

BURLINGTON W., Tuesday. August ]. 1865.
Gov. smith has appointed DIR. George Nichol-
bon OF Northield late surgeon of the 18th Vermont
cgimont. Secretary of State ill The vacancy occa.
.ed Iy the decease Of the Hon. George w. Bailey of
tMonipcler.
The commencement exercises Of the University of
Y crnont are now in full progress. President Smith Of
Darnoufh Coese delivered an able Grafton before the
Phi Beta Kappa Society this afternoon An unusual
plumber Of alumni are present as well as n number of
distinguished strangers, among whom nre Prof Pome.
roy o; the University of New-York. the Hon. j. O. A.
lFellows and George S. Denison OF New Orleans.
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sea, and on the following day, July %. tho
mainshorc end was landed, and tue connection
with the land instruments effected. There was,
Of course, a large concourse Of people, an
abundance of eloquent speeches and immense
enthusiasm. The next steamer was to leave
England on the 2Gth and will. therefore, most
probably bring Us the news that the Great East
err had sailed, and how far she had proceeded.
This report is likely to reach us By the end OF
IL. ,,.,ul-