, 1866-04-23
Gritnlle.
MONDAY, APRIL 2S, 1866.



AaaE,c number Of FREEDMEN left washiu
ION on saturday to be employed On Plantations
1hc sou:h 1t fair waee..
a Philadelphia despatch, {always 10 |
doubled pEoieeter To hare htrh au,noeitT tot "a
7ne 'hei Eed. Davis will eooa ne released OF pa,pI
on The &ue terms accorded to Lleueut c, Ciay,
The aAdison, Wis, Journal Of thr 1871
an&t&nts 1asns t1at The m.n as1ested ii London
*amda Htst, on suspicion Of being concerned u
&ne {A1lsA:phia murder. IL a tnsn wbo has b,ep Ii
aaqsoo " wtntcs, and Of c .uzse II entirely gull:
1esY II. fas semitic procure proof. o: bic iaen
The steamship England, which put iatt
lia1a1. two weeks ttnce With tue chule.a o,
boatd. hal arziscd IN New Yos,. lowsr bay. Sh,
haff'n bold arrer OF 12e men. eixteen eautn pas
tenae1s. af1 .aoe etee1agr pa.' cngezs. The nun
Der tsho f4c died from the chotcra Il 200. All m
now toine iyru.
LelcrHE TO the .extradition case of Me-
%ouaell ioithe olmetcd Falls murder, pow On hi,
~as from fnadA 10 Cleveland, the Cleveland He-
@" sfss W on the day ihs decision In the case
! vas enno1ced, Mcconne1,s Vile visited the coun
-1onG- hing N11ked thirty miles to aae h,r,
Whn he<1a ordered to bc delivered oyrr tn tfr
ANA 49, n------ 49, - ~... -. ess ei psi.onczs d5sR
Whether gn1ltY Of the Olmsied nnrder or not. he
j. Is eviaen:y hardened repsoba,e Of the lowest
.rdes.
a sensation suit is In hearing In St. Louis
aneio'c th Circuit Court In Banc, tho cme ot
Gen. Fran: Blair vs, RldeelJ and Thompeou for
10000 danasee. brought By The late chief OF cav
2lry a.a1nk two judges OF cee:ion, for refusing to
ALLOW him Q vote without taktnF the cath Of 10y.
atty. Mr. Glover "a counsel fot Blair nd Ar
Ur4ke Tor defendants. In ihcfr arguments On
Idurtday tic ncr7ss and detnes1ts OF the Eew Con-
safntion wac fully d1scussed, u well rs the gen.
<rat principles Of republican government. M
Glover concluded The arE u1ueat l&tc IN 'te afse1.
.noon.
1u the 1fial Of II DEuner, Superintendent
OF 1hc Go,tspn.ent hoese md mule pa1s ol the
United st44e Quattezuastess De1aftzaeut AZ Nah
Vic, caarEc Of detrzudtnc the Gnrrsnntrnt BY
totIudipg With contractors, one W. Mckay uo0a,
c.esk tn theDepaftment on Friday, te-tlled to hav-
ire .sucd vouchers 10 the amount Of many thous-
uc* Of dolass 10 pari.4 lalsely pretending to hare
rod mulca to the Government. he knowing thu
Transaction o be fraudulent, and having received
.s1Cc tums 81 money ~ btbes. lie eays Brrner
kncn nothilE Of ihese fascalittF. Other witnc1>es
rorlirmcd Hoce>s testimony.
Capt. Phlnnder Plinncy, with Company E,
F!iticth Wi.consin Volunteer, fo.ty-e1ght strong
Es:i.cd ri Madison ycIy Unexpectedly Thursday
evening, direct from For Snlty- Dakosa Territory.
They lett Fert Sully March e3lh, md after 4 tire-
<.tue march Of go mte. with extreme cold weather
aud FLOW Eram eix inches 10 two sert deep. tney
,'cAched Sioux City April 5th. Failir. to secure
1nustcrout Il thu, point they again resumed their
journey. AMI with 4 march Of a0U milcs reached
1;oonsboro. Iowa, where they look the cars tor Chi
eaeo, and thDce bomeward for mustet-ou'. under
oruers received 1t Sioaz t1ty. The cntire trip was
1sdc without accident Of any character.
The Tit,syllle Herald OF the 20:h, SAYS Of
1hr late Devastating oonfasEat1on III 1ha. city,
tla inc b'zs district presents caceslets aud dc+-
'aic appearance. Tie east side ot Ftank1in street
from A1cl erset to the railroad crossing, cmb.ac.
lE lracs ofetrht ten acres Is an unbroEen *.
rante of cha:Trd and smoking rutns. The opposite
ride oI tic street e1niAlla a ema1lc1 corna*=
the ravages q the fire hend A few ncrse ago. SAYS
the Herald, tit var cue OF the most pnosperou.
hnsincss thotoughhres In the city. Dut the build.
7ncs werr II Of wood, Of tho ~b1lloon' pattern,
con'ucly tho~n together. and dry as t.nder.box
7 hclr total destruction by Ore, under the Influence
of ttrong Mind, seemed fo,egone conclusion.
We predicted It six month"; ago, md removed the
U71i of1ce from that quarter to 1ls present loza-
lion IL apprehension Of The very event which has
tsan.1ired.H
Til Ncw York Herald announces wha. has
ltcnAnown n thus city for eeyeru weck., tAat
lie" mammoth express coupany, to be known u
The Mt1Chants' Union. has recently been tuauCa.
ratrl under charter obtalned from the New Yoqk
Legislature, with capital OF &1au00, ,0o1 and viii
sooa 30 Into active operation, running Over aIl tbt
cr.7t business routes Of the country. The Rerdd
suretts thai this company, like many OF its psedc-
ces'ort. may telI out of consolidate with come OF
The older companies, wbo Tor years, by this pro.
tess. have had monopoly OF the express carrying
1raie. We feelrure there no danger thu ~ the
M:rchants' Union Il being organized with the ex-
pr.e understanding that It IL nnt 10 he sc1d out r
consolidated, and the mans<csx OF IL cannot be
foccd from this poeftior. The capital stock Of the
company has Ill becn eubsczlbcd, md ls scattered
all over the country, Our Chicago merchants, foE
ample. have laken fsoo, COO o! It.
Never since the first year Of the war hns
there been SO much activity manifested II the dif
1srcnt tasy.1ards Is Al ahe prnscnt lime, there
leing at the e1x naral eta'ionr Of New York.
boston, Philadelphia, Portsmouth, Baltimore and
Washington. over forty vessels fitting or: for eef-
vice. About half Of the number Ere lutended
os service On our Eastern coast and for the fora.
tlou ot the contemplated Houth Pacific, and
Indian Ocean squadrons. It has been c:1irnated
:Lat. II necessary. the Navy Department could
place. within month, aeet Of ftiY vessels fully
.net and equipped. It the dizpo=a1 Of the soscrn-
.arpt. Tnie Is exclusive OF fron-claa., Of whIco
there about sixty laid up in ordinary 1t League
Ielana sud o,hcr places. These ves%cls could be
roI ready for tsa IN very Short time hi the
.oriiy OF them te4uue no 1epGts whntever but only
want e,orer and men 10 be 1T for immediate service
Ill ~ Ill A414V t4l0
posing spe Atlantic. Gulf aud Wess 1ndia squat-
lon-, from escn o! which 4 uumaef Of gunooats
could he drawn-
On the 18th, about 3 O'Clock in the nttcr.
uoon, a most de.t.uct,ye IRE brpke out IN The
ptltsbu,rh Aid Works. Iawr.nocy,,1e ne.r
Pittsburgh. OWED bx HoR,on eomn mr.
nnncr fhc firm of Fatr,h 4 n ire
vorks srn +,,us,ed. On 4he Afl-.brnr vs1,-r r,{I.
road. 1ttwecn Mill md Il a,h,or sr+ee,s ,nd .ra
.rd tor t}e rc<touion M r,tr1o5 ,ner " H., ho,,
frnn,oved NV oa rennrr, The ~ or,cn,.,d 49,,
IN e,ano,stinr n4n cI1ed with reid. WHICH ,s sn,.
,,o.,1 in have totled aver .na r,o,n,rr9r,,na -,h
which they haye IN tnsufnnce OF $1o,oW IL Eattcru
com panlcs. I1ackctt, Mckee s Cor loss Il Sls.-
'No' 'aus insured. 1he oefat ols'Het compress
ap ste1 " aooul I'VE asss u"i" 'oe zah'
1oao 70 tae f1sef. aao nou mH 10 Lainrop stfeet.
The flames enefcted the stofaee gard OF the Eagle
On Wotkt IN Which there we're three tauks Of oil.
owned b5 Wtgatnan & Anderson, but nncular.
indeed none ot them vert touched. The enusr
ost Of property b. lhe IRE is es1tualed nj E5uoo.
A private despatch from kaIt LIKE City
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Glau VI 0Hknxm 1ounE* ma-eteAnis. IL nppeart
thai man mined BEAs.neld btc1tae cpam ord OF a
womsn vi sysE the sccoud WIFI of a Mor,nop 1,x