The New York herald., 1866-06-29


The Kansas at Nontevidso.
Our correspondent ss Key West reports the health OF
the city as good on the 22d Of June
We have from the Cape Of Good Hope dssed u
Cape Town on tho l4th Of May The weather oonunueo
remarkably fne and quiet reaction towards sne reurn
Of better times progressed Farming operations were
being carried on ayoraby in every direction. but heavy
losses still occurred isolated districts from diseases
among cattle and sheep The settlement OF treaty OF
peace between the Basutos and the Free State was pro
crossing satisfactorily The gold discoveries In Trans
vaa were confirmed Several expeditions had ielt Naaa
on their way to the diggngs.
News from FL Pas0 Mexico dated the lst instant
has been received Washington by Senior Romero, the
Mexican Minister. Tho defeat Of tho French at Hermo
siIio by the liberals Is confirmed. Juarez has reOr-
ganzed the army Of Western Mexico and appointed
Corona COMMANDMENTS Chief General Escabodo sends
the Minister some important French correspondence,
which he captured and which exposes their situation
and plans very completely. Tho imperiast Consul at
San Francisco has ofcial dispatches dated the 18th
inst, that the impsrialiss driving the liberals
rapidly through the State Of Sonora towards tho Ame
lne
We have files from Turks Island dated the 9th Of
June Tho demand for salt continued very moderate,
Notwithstanding advices from New York reported very
little in the market. A good supply on hand, the
price being eight cents.
Our pleasure taking correspondent Saratoga Springs
gives glowing account Of the weather, and the
consequent among tho visitors seeking for cool
places at that famous watering place. Twenty eight
bridal parties domced among the various hotels
already, and grand wedding to have taken place
Wednesday. The will commence on the 23d or
July next and continue six days. Three steam fire
engines been provided for the village, and one Of
them Is already there, and the others will soon be
ready.
The storm which prevailed at Poughkeepsie on Wed
ncsday also prevalent along the Hudson above that
city The north tower Of st. Josephs church at Albany
injured severely by lightning, and seersman on
canal boat was killed by the agency. AT Troy the
storm the severest that has visited that locality for
many years An ombankment on the Troy and Boston
Railroad was washed away and freight train pre-
cipitated down the steep No lives lost
ygilant Engine Company, Of Philadelphia, arrived
yesterday evening in Jersey CITY, where they made
the recipens Of grand ovation The Fire Department
turned rlt to moet them, procession took place and
thev we're afterwards made the guests of the Jersey City
r1re Department at Taylor's hotel.
The Fenian prisoners in the hands OF the Canadlahs
wi DO tried II is now confidently asserted, by a high
official of the government, before civil The trial
will not come off until the popular excitement is allayed
The commencement exercises OF Lony Island College
were held at the Atheneum, Brooklyn last evening.
The number OF graduates is thirty cight.
Tho commencement exercises at Dartmouth College
will begin on the 18th Of July
convention of the Evangelical churches OF the city
Of Brooklyn held in the Reformed Dutch church in
Perrpont street last night for the purpose providing
means for extending the work Of evangelzaton
Tho United States steamer Vanderbilt Commodore
Rodgers, and the monitor Monadnock arrived at San
Francisco on Friday morning.
fight occurred about tho 10th inst bctwcon friendly
Indians and the Apaches in Arizona In which the latter
los, sixty killed and twenty prisoners Eight hundred
White Mountain Aaches Of both sexes were recsiving
government rations.
Portland, Oregon despatch OF June % says that ON.
cal returns from most Of the counties give Wood the
Union candidate for Governor large majority. The
rest Of the Union State ticket is elected.
The lawyers Of Charleston, s. G.. arc practising in
United states courts without taxing the OATH the
OF which consideration by the
Judge Of the United States District Court that place
The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed
the constitutional amendment yesterday.
The recent Ore In Virginia City Nevada destroyed
property to the amount Of $500 and rendered four
hundred families homeless
The Can for . National Union Conven.
tton at Philsdelplaia.
A few days ago we published o call for .
National Convention, to be held at Philadel-
phia on the l4th Of August This call is signed
by Senators Doolittle, Cowan, Dixon, Hen
dricks, Nesmith and Norton by Assistant
Postmaster General Randall, and by ex-senator
Browning, Of Illinois, These names give 1t
certain Significance and Importance. The plan
proposed Is TO assemble delegates from all the
thirty-six States and nine. Territories. The OBJ
ject Is to hold counsel together, as friends and
brothers, upon the present condition of our ma
tional affairs, and TO take measures to avert
possible dangers from the country.
The principles which the delegates are to in
dorse are explicitly stated. They affirm the
pcrpetuity Of the Union. the equality Of the
States and the abolition of slavery, and insist
upon the constitutional right OF the South to
immediate representation in Congress As the
delegates are to subscribe to this platform.
and to be chosen by electors of the same
faith. there is no danger that the con-
vcntion will fall into the hands Of
Southern frc-eaters. They, as well as
the radicals, are distinctly excluded. Obvi.
onsly, the intention of the trainers of the call is
not to rebuild the theories shattered by the
cannon Of Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, but
10 eject a union between the conservative re-
publicans and the more advanced and patriotic
wing of the democracy in support Of President
Johns n and against the radicals. That such
union is a consummation devoutly to be wished
cannot be denied. If it had been secured In
Congress ut the opening of the session the
radicals, as We have previously shown, would
have been comparatively powerless and harm
less. It failed Of accomplishment there
because of tbsincompetcncy Of the leaders on
both sides, and especially Of Messrs. Brooks
and Raymond, in the House; and this move
ment for national convention seems to be an
effort on the part Of democratic and con-
servative republican Senators to retrieve the
lost ground Thew anuaar IN he In earnest.