Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1866-04-24
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| dietary Committee yesterday had under
! consideration the expediency of repeating
the test oath. The President few days
ago sent special message to Congress on
the subject, with letters from the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Postm aster Gem
eral, strongly urging some Legislation on
the subject.
The committee, after a short discussion,
directed their chairman to report against
any modification whatever. The chairman
will present an elaborate report and at
tenn pit to vindicate the action of the COM
mittee BY quotations from the Presidents
records.
MIR. Rogers will present minority re-
port In favor of the repeal, as desired by
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Postmaster General.
The Washington. Dispatch announces the
appointment of Walter B. Seats as Col
leetor of the port of Chicago.
The President has approved the navy
appropriation bill.
| New York, April 19.-The disease on
the steamer Virginia is pronounced to be
the real Asiatic cholera by the health off,
| GERS. No communication is allowed be-
tween the steamer and the shore. When
the steamer had been eight days out at sea
between one hundred and two hundred of
| the passengers were attacked, thirty one
of whom died. The disease ives confined
entirely to the steerage passengers.
A large meeting Of the Roberts Sweeney
Fenians was held at the Cooper Institute
Col. Roberts stated that this was the last
public meeting by his party before the
| final blow would be struck.
The United States gunboat DeSoto, lag
ship of the flying squadron, sails for East
| port to-day.
The Herald's city of Mexico correspond
eut says the disagreement between Gen.
Ortega and President Juarez has become
| alarming. The Liberals see no adjusting
of the difficulty. Ortega claims the Presi-
dency and denounces Juarez.
The Indians are still making raids on
Sonora and committing great outrages.
TORONTO, April l9.-The Fenian exam
nations are in progress at Cornwall with
closed doors.
The Herald's correspondent says the
prisoners cannot be convicted unless fur
ther proof is obtained.
The Herald's Vera Cruz ad vices of the
9th say the merchants of that city are COM
| planning bitterly of the addition of thirty
per cent. to the tariff. Macmillan threat
ems to compel the payment of sixty per
cent. if they do not render full account of
the merchandise on hand within thirty
days.
NEW YORK, April 2o.-Oficers of the
Panama Railroad Company here, state
their loss by the explosion of nitro lycer-
inc at Aspinwall will not exceed 10000.
The entire damage by the explosion will
| not exceed 100000. VIZ
Detective Baker has made voluminou
report in reference to bounty jumping
| frauds, showing that 500, 900 men called on
. and sworn in by the Government, only
100000 reached the field as soldiers, al
| though thousands of others got their boun-
| ties. This wholesale system of fraud is
shown to have been perpetrated in nearly
every loyal State.
The Tribune's Eastport correspondent
says there is no excitement this side Of the
boundary, and Gen. Meade will officially
explode the Fenian bubble.
ToRoNTo, April 20.-A special to the
| Globe, fran Eastport, says Gen. Meade has
announced his determination to line the
| coasts with $4,000 men, if necessary, to
prevent Fenian mischief.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-Gen. Jefferson
G. Davis has been assigned to the com
| mand of the Department of Kentucky, vice
| Gen. Palmer, resigned.
LIVERPOOL, April 7.-( Per Persia y
ne SJocR OF cOtIon III port SUMS U p oo4 ,oVV
| bales, of which 307 500 are American.
1t is reported that Prussia continues in
| an uncom promising attitude, and that the
Emperor Of Russia sent two notes to the
| Sovereigns, rendering mediation.
TORONTO, April 20. - The volunteers
which were sent to the Lower Canada from
tier have been recalled.
the Nova Scotian assembly have passed
| resolution in favor of the Confederation
of the British North American Provinces
by 81 to 10. The vote was still pending
in the New Brunswick Parliament.
PORTLAND, Me-, April 2O.-Itis reported
that Gen. Meade telegraphed for more
troops to be sent to Eastport.
EAsTPoRT, April 2O.-The Fenian
schooner Pray again was seized by the au
thorities last night. A quantity of arms
was taken from her by the Fenians under
the guns Of the Winooski.
Gen. Meade announces his intention to
enforce the neutrality law as far as
possible.
Gen. Killian left suddenly on the Bos-
ton boat.
ST. ANDREW, April -20.-The British
frigate Duncan arrived yesterday after
noon.