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1hlS Court duly convened yesterday al tne IomDs
There long calendar Of petty larceny and assault
and battery be weighed the scale of justice by
their Hopors Justices Keny and Bowling Among
Others ihe case OF
PocKETRo,K CASE.
John Mccormick called. John had been enjoying
himself along with several parties lager beer saoon
in the Boaery and happy in the possession Of about
500 Tho prisoner John Shea suggested that he would
give his friend pockcLbook TO carry his money safely
Mr. shea took The money to put in the purse, and
handed i back to John No l. who bu,toned 1t safely
IN his breast pocket. Next morning $40 bill was
ioand TO be missing, aud John No. ! became
inspired with the idea that Mr.. Shea had
played him false and retained the money instead of put
ting ! u the purse the day previous. An officer was
called ana He arrested Shea but found nothing
lm iye-do'ar bill The prisoner was discharged for
laCA of evidence
A STORMY PErpEI
Rosina sorncr "the better half Of Lehmus storncr
sworc that tho latter would Get drunk fortnight at
least In HIS last spree he beat her entirely forgetting
the sacred vows he made a. the altar In extenuaton
she ne OF herself and children except
when intoxicated. Sentenced to ten days in the Pen
Tertiary.
PRACTICAL AmALGAMATroS.
Ann Ward. an Amazon from Ireland, complained that
her spouse negro had committed an assault and bat
tciy upon her. Mr. Ward led out OF the caboose
and asserted that the woman had attempted to shoot
him, al the same time pointing TO his head as the place
where the fatal shot might have penetrated. Having
The appearance of being s!nned against more than SIN
EASILY PREVAILED uroN
Joseph GUN, progressive youth or seventeen, "had
been prevn,cd' TO see ancient nymph named Ann
sullivan she had arcosed him while in company with
friend, beer saloon in the Bowery, and seeing him
have plenty Of money thought he might spare only
forty tor her sake But she stole his purse,
tanning about 500 Miss Ann said she the lad give
sl5 one man. and that he treated her to soda
The Judge found that Ann should have six months in
orderto make the scales balance She rushed fantcaly
her quarters followed by public guardian. Joseph
Quin sharply reprimanded and told to keep better
company, otherwise the House of Refuge had vacant
chair for him.
MOTHER.
Mrs Taylor negress had her bad son, John Taylor,
up the Island four months for striking and cutting
her Tho woman swore he was desperate child, that
she had done everything for him. and he did not pay
his board. He was physically perfect genus homo OF
African descent.
COMPLAINT AGAINST scAvENGKR
0Hcer Campbell complained against Thomas Beale,
night who recently, at twelve O'Clock md.
night driving along Grand street, and the Nth OF
his cart deposited At every jolt in the street, in
direct violation OF the rules OF the Board Of Health.
Tho scavenger WAS fined $40 for his carelessness
Adjourned till Tuesday next.
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T0tai..............t9u xxi. i.6itit
Or leaving the lines The co o. which estimated
foIows;.......i 3si2i, sts', f69 iiiOD f7092
OF tho 335i't miles open. ony $50 miles have
ond track II has already however, been found ncccs.
ary consequence OF the unexpected development OF
trac, 10 take for inc doubling of greater
tent and si further increase Of double system is in
contemplation
Tho foregoing lines have been constructed under the
guaranteed sysicm. Tho undertakings which
started under the guaranteed system tho Indian
Rranch Pathway aud the Indian Iramway The Branch
Company have opened Inc from Sulhsee tho East
Ind an. 70 Nuorhcdahad, ?; milcs and building
q line from Cawnrorc 10 Lucknow Tho expenditures
the lines vii about 600 900 The Indian
Trsmway Company nave opened line Ia the Madras
Presidency from Arconum ~ Conegeran. ~ mites. nj
Of c4,000 par mile. Neither 81 these is OF
than local importance.
The total expenditure on the Inns oren and in
Of tconsucticn to Nav Amounted 70 ECO. 645 000 OF
which expenditure r22, 600 900 made England,
and cas- Gi5000 Ia India The amount raised 10 the
date 500 600 Of which f4i $50 900 in share
capital and ca $50 900 In dcbcntnres
The receipts aud expenses &C. Of roads under the
guaranteed system and tho amount ~ guaranteed in.
forrest paid IN 1888 80 given tie following table,
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brought abou. an exchange Of notes with n de Castillo

brought about exchange OF notes with II dc Castillo
upon the matter.
The clause in accordance with which the sum Of
% 500 600 francs bonds Of the first loan par we're
TO be delivered 10 U.S. having become mpracticable on
account OF the conversion OF said frst loan, II remains
settled that receive that amount In such bonds
of the second issue remain unemployed
The Mexican Minister OF Foreign Affairs has given In
structions this to the Mexican Minister at Paris
and The Mexican Commission OF Finances there is to
hand the bonds soon as the agreement shall have
been ratified
knOw what changes to be made in the wording Of
O agreement Please TO accept, &c. DANI0.
MN WRENCH MINISTER IN MEXICO TO THE MINISTER OF FOR
MEXICO Jan. Is, 1865
ErcELKscY-You aware that have already OBJ
tanned from the Mexican government the stipulation that
senes second loan The Mexican Legation at Paris
has ecsi,ed advices TO the same effect; but the
Under secretary Of Finances had not received
the order TO deliver the bonds TO According TO him
thew are not to delivered until after the agreement
shall have been officially ratified. have opposed this
view which is calculated to cause further delays.
As both governments are agreed regarding the altera
tons to be made in the plan OF settlement II should be
considered morally ratified NJ Cesar being now alb
sent the Emperor has sent me from thapitepec tele
gram in which he notifies me that H. Langias is autho-
rized to give the orders to the Mexican Com
mission OF Finances at Paris ! sent the telegram 70
Langlais) but he, as | supposed he would considers
himself unauthorized to give any ORDERS seeing that he
However have asked him TO write TO M. Foud, to
H. do Germany and to annex the telegram TO his letter.
In order to show what the Emperor MaSimans in
tentions Tomorrow shall try TO get NJ. do Castillo TO
have elegraphed for the formal delivery Of the
bonds Please 10 accept &c. DANO
THE FRENCH MINISTER MKxIco TO HR MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
MEXICO Feb. o. 1885,
ExcEiLENcy-M de Castillo Informs me that instruc-
tons are about to be forwarded for the delivery to you
by the Mexican Commission OF Finances In Pars, or
as 100 bonds of tho second series second oan repre-
senting tho balance OF indemnify, twenty three
millions five hundred and sixty thousand francs The
Minister Of Foreign AGars requests at the same time
that the agreement OF September 27 he ratified by the
Emperor OF the French that may afterwards pass
through the formay at the hands of the Emperor
Maximan after the necessary alterations shall have
been made in the wording of certain articles of said
agreement Please to accept &c. DANO
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TINE NATIONAL GAME.


Mutual VS.. Union, Of LnnsinGburx.
The match between these clubs, which was to have
been played on Thursday, but which was postponed
account OF the rain until yesterday, came or on the
Mutual's ground at Hoboken and resulted ia hand.
victory for the Unions, who oupayed their oppo.
nents In every way fielding and batting WE'LL and show
ing the Mutual as other clubs have been shown this
season. that "countrymen" dangerous chaps to fool
with. The score Is as follows
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1Sni,v Tnor arys BREWING AZ surely smoke rives
evidences OF nrc surely does every appearance nd
cate serious Indian troubles The diplomatic report
Jus, made by the commissioner who evidently desire TO
expensive ard signal failure TO secure peace
treaties with responsible Chiefs IS fast being replaced by
substantial facts that 20 to prove they were imposed
upon by the Indians who sent irresponsible chiefs to
treat With tho for the purpose OF securing
rst;cas ans presents ~ the same time intending 10 re-
pudass n e- actions not binding upon the tribes
cstensbly represented by them. -Lsartnoorh kdnsaa
Buffasn. IugtEA
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PERSONAL IxrEllIefSct.

General Franz siese passed through this civ on thurs
DAY Ala las houri the evening, Of tbs residence 81
ms brother n Dslsncey street. he vs ssrsnsdsd "
number Of Gorruaa singers TIE GENERAL meAe ~
Apr pirate remarks on the occesivu
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; Lewis
Struck out-Gibson. 2. ". Campbell, !.
Left on bascs-fontcst, 8 tiueS. II lngton, times
Fly catches-Irvington. Il Contest, 10.
Foul bound catches-Iryingion. y. Contest.
Out on bases-Ctntest, ~ time, Irvingtou, tines
Bases on balls raled--,ontest
Passed ball.-Buckley. \; James, IL
Ply catches missed-Janes, 4. Garvey 4; shannon l;
Davenport, l; bailey, l.
Foul bounds missed-Bucklev, =; James
Wild throws-Bucklcy g. ~. Campbell !; James. Dayer.
port, 1; shannon, I. Boone. L. Van Pcit, !.
Balls mufed-swecyey. =; Leonard, y " Campbell. |;
II. Campbell 1; shannon, L.
Double psy-Buckey with Walters and ". Campbell !.
scorers-Mcssrs Bocrum aud Eaton.
Umpire-Mr. Chapman, OF the Atlantic Club.
Time OF Game-rwo hours and forty i've minutes
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Contest, Of Bro0iSiyn,Hvs. Iryiugton, Of New
.Ierscy.

The match between the above named clubs, played
yesterday afternoon the Star grounds at Brooklyn
Of the mos, pleasing and nicely played games of
the Both sides were out full force aud with
few exceptions played well up TO the marx. or the
Contest nine, Shannon, James Van Pclt and Tompkins
deserve notice and OF the lrvngtons Leonard Craw-
ford, Buckley and Walters Tho umpires pos, well
filed by Mr.. Chapman. OF the Atlantic Club, who kept
the pitchers well down to their work and delivered his
decisions clearly and promptly The Of the game
i follows:
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A match between picked mines Of Brokers Clerks and
Bank Clerks played on tho grounds Of the Active
Club OF Hoboken, Wednesday afternoon, tho sth
inst The following is the score -
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These two junior clubs played quite close and wei
contested match at Hoboken on the 9th inst, which
resulted in a victory for the Exper, by Of 20
IL, in seven innings.
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Commission Wen ". Commission Men.

Nne selected from the dry goods commission houses
q =. z Howe GO. and sprsguc, Cooper Colburn
played = match game 81 ayc innings al the Elys an
Fields, Hoboken on saturday, the nth inst with the
following result .--
ShSs ~ "a A. a. "a rs,r
ss ipG' pcr !. sps so = oo''ara 4 4
Three bcme wsse made ~ Z. e. Howe Co ssd two
toe Sss's sccrsss for =. q. Hove A Co Nr. Rogers
Scorers ir Spa y. Cooper 4 Colours. NJ, DSwp.i
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Home NunS-NotthrWp, !, btrntnail, Y Sltckhh,
lmpre--i Humphreys Of Esiccttc tub.
Srotrrt- Messrs. Banks and urVie.
This L Tic hrst Of home and home series
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VItIE IIgt was NdVtINtr anu Vtt IrS HUfhIHaI1y
quoted yesterday Tho quotations for consols and
American securities In London suboincd the
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COURT Of SPECIAL SESSIONS.

fhs Court duly convened yesterday at the Tombs
There long calendar Of petty larceny and assault
and battery 10 be weighed in the scale of justice by
their Honors Justices Keny and Bowling. Among
Others ihe case OF
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LHuYs n. DANo, FRENCH MINISTER IN
MEXICO.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-22
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THE NEWS.

The steamship Peruvian, from Liver
pool March 8, and Londonderry March
8, arrived at Portland on Monday,
bringing two days later news. A Ger
man crisis is said to be imminent.
Prussia now demands from Austria the
cessiOn of Holstein and Is said to be
ready to force war. The American
Government is said to have intimated
that it is fully informed about the
movements of the Fenians, and will not
allow breaches of neutrality. The an
nual bill for the abolition of church rates
was, on March 7, passed to second
reading by vote of 95 to 252, in the
British House of Commons.
Strenuous efforts are being made in
Cuba to. revive the slave trade, which
for some years has been declining. The
Captain General is said to have sent in
his resignation, being dissatisfied with a
decree of the Colonial Minister at Mad
rid concerning the negroes captured
from slave expeditions.
1t is rumored that the O'Mahony Fe-
mans have sent 5000 men to "parts un.
known during the last ten days, an d
that the "Sweenians" are engaged in
raising regiment of "free lancesp to
make q raid on Canada.
The lightermen of Brooklyn have
struck for$3 per day; the advance to take
effect April l. The masons and plaster
ers of Jersey City also demand increased
wages, and are now idle in consequence.
Gold was weak on Monday in New
York, and closed at 1881, after selling as
low as 1871. Government stocks were
barely steady at the prices of Saturday.
Bank shares steady. Money was album
dant on call at sos per cent, and more
was offered than could be used by stock
houses. The business of the Sub Trea-
sury was: Receipts, SOL, 100 5O-for
Customs, 1884 900; Payments, 81, IA ,9O2
65-on account of Loan, $50, 900; Balance,
$50 06S. l34 II; Coin Certificates. $95, $50.
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THE NEW ORLEANS ELECTION.

John T. Munroe, who has recently
been elected Mayor of New Orleans, has
| not been allowed to assume the duties of
the office. Munroe has o very bad
record, to say the least of it. Ho is a
man of no social or political position OF
importance. He was asort of head laborer
in the Crescent City, rough and unedu-
Gated, whom the "thugs" and ''roughs"
of the Know Nothing party took up and
run for Mayor in 1860, contrary to the
wishes of all the respectable people of
the city. BY free use Of slung-shots
and brass-knuckles, and knives and
pistols, they bullied the respectable citi-
zens, and the foreigners, from the polls,
and elected their plant tool, Munroe.
His thugs" ruled the city "with reign
of terror" and finally, when the time
came to vote for secession" he joined
his few adherents to the radical dis .
unionists, and, by using the same tactics
which had raised him into power, he sue.
ceeded in carrying the city for the dis
union ticket, there being only six thou
sand votes polled on the call for the
convention, out of seventeen thousand
voters in the city. The cause of this
small vote-not less than four thou
sand of which were cast for disunion-
was to be found in the fact that it was
dangerous for a uhionist to go to the
polls, to which must be added that peo-
pie generally looked upon the whole af-
fair of secession asavery laughable farce.
Scarcely ten respectable citizens in the
city at that time, and up to the capture of
Sumter, We're secessionists; and had
they been properly sustained and aided
by the Government, Louisiana would
never have seeded, and the Confederacy,
thus cut in twain, would have fallen
stiil-born and harmless. But the Gov
ernment failed to support its friends, and
they were over-powered, and swept away
by the wild whirlwind of fanaticism.
which had been raised by Slidell and
Benjamin, and their satellites. John L.
Munroe, native OF pennsylvania, was
the fit tool of John Slidell, a native Of
New York. When Farragut appeared
in front of the city, and demanded its
surrender, the military, under Lowell,
fled precipitately, leaving Munroe to
treat for terms. Now was the time for
this individual to iinmortalize himself.
He behaved in the most coarse and un-
gentlemanly manner, and the grossest
ignorance and haughtiest arrogance,
marked the tone of his correspondence
with Farragut, which was in the high
est degree insulting to that gallant and
humane officer, refusing tosurrendsr the
city, or hoist the flag, and telling the
commander of the fleet that if he wanted
the city, he must take it, at the same
time threatening the United States with
the vengeance of foreign powers, were
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FROM MIR. SUMNER.

sExArs CHAMBER March IS, 1866.
| TO tie Editors Of The Boston Daily Advertiser:
GENTLEMEN--My attention has beer
called to an editorial article in your
paper where you say that Mr.. Sumner
aided in defeating' the proposed con.
stitutiOnal amendment "because in his
opinion it fell short of what was
needed"
Permit me to say that this does not
state my position accurately.
My special objection to the proposed
amendment was two-fold; first, that il
carried into the Constitution by express
words the idea of Inequality of Rights,
which, in my opinion, would be q de-
Element of the Constitution and
secondly, that it lent the sanction of the
Constitution to a wholesale disfran-
chisement on account of race or color.
Thus tar nothing of the kind had been
allowed to find a place in its text. To
my mind it was clear that nothing OF
the kind ought TO be allowed to find a
place in its text.
You will see, therefore, that my oppo-
sition was not because the proposed
amendment "fell short of what was
needed, but because it did what in my
Judgment ought not to be done. 1t is
true that its Objectionable character be-
came too apparent when it was consid-
cred that it did this at moment when
complete justice to the freedmen was at
once the prompting of gratitude and the
requirement of necessity for the sake of
the national peace and the good name
of the republic. But the special objec-
ton to the proposed amendment was not
that it "fell short" but that it was bad
in itself 1t is sometimes said "a halt
loaf is better than no bread" and this
has been called half loaf" But no
body would accept "half Loaf if it
were poisoned. TO my mind there was
poison in the proposed amendment. In
this respect it was unlike the PROPOSE
ton to found representation on voters,
Which, besides being more surely effec-
tive to the same end, had no poison in
it..
Others did not see the proposed
amendment as did. Had they seen it
so, they must have voted against it..
But seeing it as l did, think you will
agree with me that L could not hesitate
in my opposition to it.
do not write now for any purpose of
controversy, but simply that my position
may not be misunderstood.
l am, gentlemen,
Your faithful servant,
CHARLES SUMNER.
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SOUTH AMERICA.

So very unimportant and Improbable
have been the relations of the people of
the United States with the countries of
South America, and of such small sig
nificance in the affairs of the world have
we always been led to view these dis
tant Republics and Empires, that their
condition and the occurrences therein
attract really less attention here than
if they took place in China or the
Sandwich Islands. Nobody hardly
studies South American history or
geography, and to most of our people
the entire land is unknown save by
name. One reason for this is doubtless
their differing from us in race, language
and sympathy, and because Of the
almost entire nOn-intercourse of the in
habitants of the two great sections of
the American continent. We have
never had either commercial or social
relations with them, and it is seldom
one of their people visits our country,
and except an occasional tourist or scien-
tific explorer, no American ventures far
into the unknown regions borderding
on the Amazon or Parana, and other
streams which water that vast extent of
wild country. The inhabitants are n
mixture of Portuguese and Indians and
negroes, speaking the language of Por-
tugal. They carry on a brisk trade with
England, and with other countries OH
the continent of Europe, but, we
believe, the only article of commerce
received by us is portion of the coffee
we consume which comes from Rio, and
for which we pay in flour and
a few other articles of provisions, when
we do not have to settle the balance of
trade in gold. From these causes, the
war, which for more than a year has
been raging between Brazil and the
Argentine and Correntino Republics on
the one side, and the small Republic of
Paraguay ON the other, has excited less
interest than it otherwise would, had
our relations been more intimate; but
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THE JAMAICA ATROCTFIE Els.
MORE HORRIBLE REVELATIONS.
EVIDENCE OF WOMAN-WHIPPING, MURDER, Ar
son, THEFT AND WANT0N CRUELTY.

/
| Full reports of the Jamaica investiga
ton appear in the English journals
| Witnesses have been called to testify fol
and against the authorities, and Gov
Eyre himself has been permitted togive
elaborate explanations of his conduct,
backed by evidence intended to show
that he was guilty of no excuses. With
regard to the case of Mr., Gordon, the
evidence remains as inconclusive as the
report of his trial presented it. Gov.
Eyre declared that he heard number
of reports of his guilt, but he could not
say from whom. Pressed by the COM
missioners for something more definite,
he referred to the placard calling meet.
ing of the poor people of st. AIMS in
July, and declared that the Every fact
of his holding up the Custos and Mr..
Herschell to the Odium of the public in
that placard, and their being murdered
after, prove that he was the prime mover
of the instruction" This is all that
appears against Gordon. Thus far there
is no proof of his completely with the
rebellion, and no excuse for his butchery.
Many of the sufferers and eye-wit-.
nesses of the cruelties practiced upon
others have been summoned before the
Commissioners, and their evidence re-
veals series of savage cruelties which
would disgrace Sepoy. We Gull the
following extracts from the reports of
the testimony:
WOMAN WHIPPED WITH A wIRE.CAT
A woman named Susannah Bennett
swOre positively that she had received
ono hundred lashes from wire-cat.
There was evidence that cats had been
made with wire twisted in the tails.
DIR. Bannon, an army surgeon, who was
appointed to examine the woman's
back, depOsed that she could never have
been fiogged with military cat at all.
The next day the same woman received
twenty-five lashes from cat, of which
the lash was soft bark.
f,Hog MEN FLoGGED AND HANGED.
In Marshall's case, which forms the
main charge against Gordon Ramsay,
witnesses deposed that as he was under
going fogging at Morant Bay, he
writhed a good deal under the punish
ment, and cried out Lord a. mercyu'
upon which Ramsay ordered him to be
taken down and hanged. A rope was
put round his neck, and he was partly
showed and partly dragged towards the
court house steps. One witness described
that he was dragged to the steps like
barrel-up q ships side; another that a
rope was "rove" round his neck, and
that he was "bowsed up" 1t has been
deposed that Ramsay struck one pris-
oner two blows in the face that the
same man was afterwards fiogged, and
while the punishment was being in
flicted, Ramsay asked him whether
Gordon told him to kill buckra." The
man said NO" and Ramsay then or
dered the soldiers. to strike him, and
repeated the question. He returned the
same answer, and was logged again.
Ramsay then took out his pistol and
threatened to blow out his brains.
MORE woMAN-wHIPPING.
Two special constables deposed that
when the sol1iers came up at Stony Gut,