Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-21

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Portland, Me-, april tV-Th
steamer Belgian repoEas that the Chi
liam had arrived out from kaitimor
at Liyerpool.4o s7,:.s.as-9'! -ssss
/ The Londoa Tinss,s Hefa4d, Ad
vef,is.r, and Post @eghdernh Blight
Bnming h am. letter: A'' 'N'
Therp is ms foundation in the I'll
tmprsd b alliance between Italy AN,
/ The mobility assembly af ST. Pc
ttersburg voted by 1877 to 10 a speti
1 ton from their President to f1sa Em.
peror. praying permission for :. pro
visional parliament to address him
indiscriminatelY on home concerns.-
1t was, Of, course, negatiysd e, by the
Gar. A shot time since the eoyigi-
majors Of similar. addresses were. de-
posed and banished to Siberia.
Nothing had TRANSFERRED, te. throw
any light. upon the eventfgl issne, of
the the quarrel between tween. A 1!shg
The London POST says the shua-
ton Of affajrs5is every day Becoming
more critical. ~ ,a 80,
The Berlin press ' i b. sv,,iasn1. dc
tation Of tbe government, 10 ,warGke.
Great military preparations are be-
ing made throughout the, kingdom.
he Austrian government is also, tax
ing measures anticipating the Coming
struggle. Her ornaments are very
extensive. ~ .,raig- .nC
] The Independence Beige publishes
intelligence from. Weimar, stating
that the King Of Prussia gxxeilis con-
sent to military arrangements which
indicate that war is inevitable. i.;w
:Colenso has intimated his i,,tui-
ton to maintain his right as Colonial
Bishop. ~ 'f-'.i 800 ~
The apprehension of trouble in
Germany and the Fenian agitation
in America continued TO depress the
funds. Consois. on the 2sth. .touc1sd
lower point than since the crisis Of
1857. There was but little aitera-
ton OF American securities; secs
and Erie closed at 4 advance.
Washington, April71o.-1'he Pres
ident has proclaimed the treaty be-
tween the United States and the
Winnebago Indians. He has. also
signed tile deficiency appropriation
bill si 80" .so -. saa ,-aa-'
In the House, a resolution was
adopted, directing the Secretary of
Warto furnish the House with the
findings Of the Commission in the
case of awards for the capture of
Booth and Harold.
In the Senate the loan bill passed
by vote of 80 against 4 ''-' -'A-;ia
In the House the bankrupt bill
was rejected by 70 against 20,
The President has Sent Congress
a message in reference to the grauts
of land made by Congress in 1850,
SO and '54, for railroad aid TO Mis-.
sissippi, Alabama. Arkansas, F1oti-
Ola and Louisiana which expire by;
Limitation, August IL, and, .sscom-,
mends that the time for the compile !
ton of said roads be extended TN
years. %t'f@ -~@e' e. -i-.'5 sa.i9f
a communication from the Secri
tary of the Interior, accompanies the
message, and accords with the. views
of the Commissioner General, who
urges the completion Of these roads.
New York, April io.-Hhe Her
AIDS money article says the charges
i'll the last statement of the public
debt still demand au explanation
from Secretary McCulloch. : ''fi
The general decline in stocks is
occasioned by the cholera reports at
Halifax.
Portland, April 1e.-About two
hundred Fenians have sailed for
PASSPORT on. the British frontier. ;,
Toronto, April 10.-Michael Muir
ply, President of The uibernian So
ciety, and live others, were arrested
at Cornwall, on their, why to Port
land, S Supposed tc be connected it'll
the Fcuian movement.
Washington, April lO-.Maior
Gen. Steadman, accompanied by his
staff officers, aud some OF the CORE
spondents Of tie leading papers, leave
here to-day on an extensive inspect
Ing tour OF the opeatlons OF the
Freedmen's Bureau in all the South
ern States. They proceed first 10
Richmond, and extend their tour to
Texas.
New York, April 1o.-Geo. Pea.
body leaves England on the 10th of
April, for this country. -;-
a public meeting was held last
evening, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, under the auspices of the
ladies Centenary Association. Chief
Justice Chase presided. b..
Addresses We're made by Bishops
Jones and Simpson. Chief Justice
Chase alluded ~ the civil righ hts bill,
saying that the next step would be
to give the ballot to emancipated
slaves. = '',i'a
Fortress Monroe, April io.-Ru.
mors prevail that Il etlerson Davis is
to be removed to Richmond on a
writ Of habeas corpus. Fears are en-
tertained that he cannot live through
the summer if he is not rtleased.-
His health is growing worse. ..s-s
New York, April lO,-The Fenian
Senate met yesterday, in secret ses-
sion