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CITY CGCNCEE.

Thursday, April 3.
Firsi BrGHch.-A quorum Of members were present
with james Young, Esq, President, in the chair
Nj. Nichols presented a petition from Samus
Black Tor permission 70 retain the use of summc,
kitchens attached to eight houses on Lanvale street
near Johnson street; referred.
Mr.. Price presented a petition from Hazen & Co
for the deepening of the harbor between the foot OF
Cross street and Locust Point; referred.
MIR. Marsh, from the Committee on Police arC
JM presented resolution authorizing Mr.. Booth T.
erect bay window on the corner of st. Paul an
Madison streets. laid over.
Mr.. GOrsuch, from the Comnttee on the Fire De-
partment, presented a resolution authorizing H. II
johnson to erect steam engine at No. q CentIy
Market space; adopted.
Mr.. Price offered a resolution allowing John T
Fardy Bro to erect pier at the foot of Mon-gou-
cry street; laid over.
The Branch then adjourned until Monday after
noon next.
Second Braack.-This Branch met at the usupl
hour-present, Daniel Harvey. Esq, President, and
a quorum Of members.
Mr.. Taylor presented petition from George L. l..
DAVIS, asking an appropriation Of $50 for the OF
the Baltimore Library, to pay their monthly gas
bills: referred to the Committee Ways and Means.
The President presented a communication from the
Commissioner of Health in reference to cleaning the
bed of Hartford rum south of Eastern avenue; refer
red to the Committee on Highways.
Mr.. Nails presented resolution to place nuliic
hydrants at certain localities; laid on the table
Mr.. McClymont, from the Committee on the Har-
Dor, reported resolution for the deepening of the
harbor an" making channel from Jones falls to
Light street wharf, and diverging to the s0uIh tc
Montgomery street, up to Light street wharf laid or
the table.
Mr. Moore from the Committee on Educotior, >,
ported an ordinance in relation TO the aDpnintnen.
CT school commissioners, &c; laid on the table.
hr. 1relan presented 2 resolution of inquiry s,
reference 10 the action of the appeal tax oourf IL,
relation to certain members of the Second Branch
the City Council, and appointing a committed t.
make IN IKE an n nyesugatlon into the matter with powe
10 Senq 1or persons and papers, which was adopted
and Measrs. Nails, Burke and Moore were appointe-
on the committee. Adjourned.
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of Louisville are looking to the Improvement of their
cotton market. They propose to sell cotton after
the manner of tobacco by auction, giving the seller
option.' They think by this means. to secure a
large share of the trade that follows cotton to St,
Louis and Cincinnati, by making that good mar
ket for the staple as any other in the country.
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CHINESE BRIDGEs.-A bridge oyer the Avalanche
fell in on the 26th of December, for length of one
hundred feet, without any, apparent cause. On a
subsequent examination the piles were found to
government has, in consequence. resolved in future
to construct the bridges in that country only iron
pillars or columns of masonry.
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obstructive Fire nj sE,arvcsto, 6 a.

CHARLESTON, April 5.-An extensive connagration
occurred here this morning, destroying seven brick
buildings with heavy stocks of goods The buildings
were known as Robb's Range, on King street. The
loss is estimated at Sl00Go0 on which there are in
surances to the amount Of $4,000, mostly in Northern
agencies.
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$500

The Undersigned. retiring from the Anthracite Coal
trade, will sell their stock in hand consisting of
tons White Ash Lump. for Foundry use, and 2,OGC
prepared sizes for Family use, at $3.50 per ton
220 bs, for Lump; and 50 per ton. 240 lbs. for pre-
pared Sizes delivered in any part of the city.
r. G. RIEMAN & CO.,
~ 1,4c
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EXACTLY WHAT You WANT!

N ats ats!-Hats!!-SPRING STYLES Now READY
--latest and most approved patterns, in all their va
reties, at greatly reduced prices.
mh3i 3i-imlsp s. HINDES N SON 1oO Cav st
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FAILURE OF TIE Reel COLONY IN MEXTCO-A
gentle44a residing prior to and during the war in
the rebel colony Cordova Mexico and reports that
the colony is complete failure owing to tie lack of
those two important elements of sa5cess-capita and
the graat majority of whom acknowledge desire to
return. He speaks highly of the beauty and pro
peated statement that no protection is afforded by
the Government. There has been no attempt at cul-
tiyation. save by Gen. Shelby, who has his family
with MIN, and is the most contented of all. Price is
there doing nothing, discouraged and Sombre. Har-
RS OF tennessee is anxious yet afraid to return for
fear OF Imprisonment by his old enemy the Governor.
surrender swearing to be ever true to he conquered
banner" have recently returned much more amica-
wiser man $500 ~
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CuFAesVsAGNU xvuHyr

just imported from France, large invoice Of
"Adoiphe Famant's Champagne Wines" from the
celebrated Epernay wineries. For sale by
JEWETT i STOCkLEY,
AZ S. Charles ST. sole Ag'ts for city OF Baltimore.
mh8-lmlStp
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The Coal TRADE.-At present there are some two
opening Of the coal trade, and they aGe ready and
anxious to ship at the Te3uoed rate of freight Our
coal WharTes Look des0late and forbidding and the
IN this region have been receiving IS cents per ton
but OWING to the great decrease IN she value OF coal
price of mining to 81 cents and the miners refuse to
go ,n at shat price. On Saturday several hundred
miners met, We are told, at Jackson and discussed
the matter, when on two ont of the entire number
were Wiling 10 go in at the price offered. The
miners should take into consideration the fact that
everything is declining in value, and that the COM
panies cannot afford to pay more than 80 ceafs per
ton for mining, while they tthe lninels) can afford
to work for that pflce and make very good wages
sag IRON So to 81 per day. We trust speedy ar
rnngement will be made. and the opening Of the
trade secured at very early day.-Cumberland
CiDilidn
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ties connected with the Episcopal Church on Pari5
street. East Boston, two police oficeEg were detailed
last evening to preserve order in ehurch lngetz
not exhibit certain described document or ticket
Tho meeting passed without any & &diicaify, and tn
hcsa in attendance left for their respective homes
other drbs; bs G00I connected With the
church az ageG @ he SASH and y
insuding the minister ana several ladies, entered
the vestry Some 81 the first party, hearing that the
tion ana urged that force be sent to eject the second
party but this was refused by the officer ia charge
who informed the applicants that while the police
would preserve the peace, they would not interfere
in the matter unnecessarily. The second party oc-
cupled the yestry some two hours when they sepa-
rated for their homes all matters having passed In an
orderly manner We understand that for some time
past there have been internal dissensiOns in the pa
rlsh, and the proceedings last evening grew out OF
them,-Boson JoHrnai.--
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AZ y. CHARLES STREET. IL.
WINES AND LIQUORS.,
Foreign and Domestic.
mhS-lm1stp JEWETT u ST0CKLEY.
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Court Of Appeals Of Mary3and-Octo5er Term. 1866
No. 3. Special Docket. Edward Jaeger vs. John q
sRequardt; appeal from the Court OF Common Pleas
OF Baltimore city, This cause was argued and con-
pellant, and B. +. Horwitz for the appellee. ''p
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Music IN DEATH The passion of De Luc. the nat
nral philosopher, for music was so predominant =;
ms latter days that piano was placed by AIS ha5
sde' on which his daughter played great part of H.
NY On the evening of his death, seeing her fathao
f9ady TO SINK INTO sumber. she asked him Shall +
'iay any - more = Keep playing" said he; ''Keen
pIaylngV lie slept. but awoke no more -NVVP
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7--N7z7ESa-s-dl1a----
An Eartluuake al Sao


The English pagers received by the City of Paris
contain the following:
Captain Morse, of the ship Syren, Boston, United
States, which recently arrived at Brkenhcad rtatcs
that on the 18th Of November. 1865 at o'clock A.
NJ, IN latitude "A S., longitude 173 50 W, while
Liverpool he experienced what he supposed to be a
shock OF earthquaEe; a. lfst was heard heavy,
the ship which increased in violence anl the vessel
seemed as though driving over reef There was a
strong breeze, with rather heavy clouds; the sea in
the vicinity OF the chip appeared a ifsuddeniy fixed
phenomena which lasted apparently between three
and four minutes. The compass card during the time
OF the shock rapidly revolving The man at the
wheel was violently and visiby shaken. and those on
deck generally were scarcely able to keep their feet
One man engaged in connecting the hose pipe to a
force pump the topgalant forecaste was thrown
backwards against the bits. The sound at first re-
sembed distant thunder, and increased in intensity
till at its height it could bl only compared to the
deatenng T2ar oi nnuerable pieces of the heaviest
artillery Two sailors the fore royal yard at the
time stated afterwards that they did not hear the
noise nor feel the vibration"
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They have genius in Cincinnati who is discours-
ing in one of their journals against oratory Out of
his two-and "a half watery columns fish this pearl
- "BacOn's Nevum Organon, Newton's Principia or
either the ornament or the staple of an oraticl."
Perhaps not, but we fear those ginauiar works are
to be found only IL tks Cincinnati bookstOresso We
cannot well Judge. If anybody doubts that the
Western city is rich in classical curiosites let them
read this, which is pearl No. .
why the highest peaks of nsuossnenes's oratory
are where they nearly reach the lower terraces of
1hEyeiui0ess tragedies!'
Well, if they have a spare copy of "Thuyoidides s
tragedies" on hand we shouldn't mind giving as
much IS for one 2f the lower terraces thereof
NJ y Irt. ttne.
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scr. EradEey q. .gol.r.on Discl,argcd.

The case of General Bradley T. johnson came up
in the United States Circuit Court in this city yes
terday eciting the following correspondence filed
by the Assistant District Attorney A. II. Rogers,
ESQ. After hearing by Judge Giles, the bail of
S2O,OOO-prevousy entered-was exonerated, and
the prisoner discharged:
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A PRUssGAN FLEET IN THE gALTrc
Iegt OF seventeen ships Of war; carving two usSa
this this snISg guns Will be concentrated in the Baltic
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XXXIXTH CONGRESS.
THE PRESIDENTS VETO MESSAGE
Speech OF Hon. Reverdy johnson

a Discussion in the Senate.
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HIGHWAY RoBBERY-Qn Tuesday evening, a gen
tleman who was driving along the Woodbury. turn :
pike just this side of Gloucester City, on his Way to
Camden, was assailed by two highwaymen, with an
evident intent Of r9bbing him; one of the men
seized the reins of the horse which frightened the
ing the man down and dragging thew over him.
Hes supposed to have been severely h1rt but before
good their escape. - N -'"'
Several assaults have been made in that vicinity,
which ought to put the people who travel that way
on their guard. and be prepared to protect them
serves N case OF necessity. For coma tme past the
disposition to commit highway robberies has been
he increase and so bold have the parties who perpe
attempt it on theopen streets In Camden they have
been repeated boldly that the people have become
greatly alarmed.-Phita. fnq
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The BOOK TRADE SALE.-Ihe Spring trade sale of
ooooks was continued yesterday by Messrs. Leayitt,
Strebegh Co, at the new trade sale rooms No 49S
ig BgroadWay. The attendance was fully large on
The day Preceding and the bidding was rather spir-
lted, especaily for standard American works Ii is
stated tnat books to the amoEn about $50 900 were
sold on Monday, the hrst day and that the average
amount during the continuance of the sale, which
Will probably last for the next seven days will not
be far below that sum.
The invoice of James Miller, No. 500 Broadway,
Whlch covered more than three pages OF the cata-
lQgqe; Of Walker Fuller s Co, Boston, three pages:
Of Graves i toeng, Boston, three pages; of Bunce K
huntington 314 pages; Of William Gowans, New "
ORR. one page; of John E. Beardsley, Auburn %
pages; OF MeSsrs. W. A. Leary. Philadelphia Toilet
Foster Il Co., D. 4 J. Sadlier i o., and P. 0'Shea
haTlng been sold On Monday night.
ING 45SSnq days sale was commenced with the in
voice of Ticknor 4 Fields, Boston, which extends
over II pages Of the catalogue The bidding was
SPIRITED apd very fair prices were obtained for most
of the books on the invoice
III The IdIso n{2qs5 e Of Asssrs Lqopodt Holt Dion
Co., BOSTON! George Lockwood, f. II. Butler, W. J..
WNiddleton. C.. "; Roback, Lee 4 Shepard. Davis
Porter Co., Philadelphia: WV. Harding Pbila.:
we're eataoged in the above order afte- Takn0r (
Fields. for yesterday, tOdays sale commencing with
the invoice of Masop j. brothers.-N Y Tribune
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SENATE.

DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL
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ESQ. After hearing by Judge Giles, the bail of
S2O,00O-previously entered-was exonerated, and
the prisoner discharged:
LETTER OF LIEUT.. GEN. GRANT.
HEADQ rs, ARMIES OF THE UNITED SrATFS, |
- - WASHINGTON, D. c., April =, 1866. !
HIS Ercehency Il. johnson,
PresiGent Of the United States:
Sri would respectfully request that Bradley 7.
johnson. late a General in the rebel army, be re-
leased from the bonds under which he is now held
by the State of Maryland for the part he took in the
battle of Gettysburg, as l understand, in 1868.
B. L. johnson paroled under the convention
between Generals Sherman and Johnston. At the
time of his indictment nc was in the State of Mary
land by uthority from these headquarters.
l have the honor 70 be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signcd) U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen.
ENDORSEMENT or THE PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 2, 1866.
To attorney General:
Comply with this request.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
RESPONSE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. /
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1866. !
Wm. j. Jones' Esq, District attorney, baltimore, Nd
SU-On the first and econG pages of this sheet you
will find copies of letter from General Grant to the
which he directs ne 10 comply with the request of
&c neral Grant.
In obedience, therefore, to the order Of the Presi
dent you are hereby Instructed to release Bradley T.
johnson from his bonds. lie is to be discharged from
arrest, and not again arrested unless upon orders
from this Office.
l am. sir, most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES SPEED, Attorney General.
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TIE VERMONT SENAToRsHIP.--Ihe Governor OF
Vermont has appointed George f. Edmunds OF Bur,
ling ton, to succeed Senator Foot, He is expected
hero to-day WASH Star ,Ah
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$3.50
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Singular Accident in Buffalo.

A most singular accident occurred Sat
urday evening in the brick dwelling house
No. % Elicott street. A Mr.. Bancroft
had moved into the house that day, hi
having spent some two months in paper.
ing, painting, and otherwise repairing it
Saturday evening, about 9 o'clock, the
household were on the point of retiring
for the night. A very strong smell Of
gas had been noticed aud became nearly
unendurable. Mr.. B. started with the
candle to find out, if possible, where the
leak was situated. He had looked through
the rooms up stairs and had taken one
step down when he was suddenly sur
rounded by fumes. The building began
to shake violently. Mr.. B. and wife
rushed into the kitchen. The servant
girl, who was in her room at the back of
the rear extension of the building in the
second story, was forced out of it and
down stairs into the kitchen also. How
she got down she does not know. She
says strong force seemed to push her
out of her room, first accommodatingly
bursting the door open.
The first thought of the three 10 the
kitchen was to get out Of the house, but
the back door was locked, and the servant
fortunately could not find the key. For
tunately. for in moment more the whole
wall of the upper story fell out into the
yard making an immense pile of brick,
mortar, &C., which would have inevitably
crushed them had they succeeded in un-
locking the door.
The front wall of the house was also
much shattered, being pressed out by the
force of the explosion. No ono, strange
to say, was in the least injured.
The cause of the explosion was in the
front parlor, where a gas filter had been
arranging for new fixture, and had care
lessly left the pipe unstopped, so that the
house was literally filled with gas. 1t is
very singular that while the leak was in
the front ROOM down stairs, the greatest
force of the explosion seemed to he in
the back rooms up stairs, where, as We
said the whole wall was forced into the
yard The fact that the back extension
was newly built, and that the walls were
not we'll seasoned, is the only explanation
that we have heard. There is fine OPP
portuuity for scientific men to study the
phenomenon.
The flames were extiuguished in few
minutes, aud did little damage. 1t will
require 1880 at least to repair the bull
ding. Rather discouragiug for gentle
man who has just fitted up new house.
But the family have such causs for thank
tulness in their escape from death that
we presume the pecuniary loss is scarcely
lameuted.
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The Ague Plant,

The "ague plant" has recently been
discovered-not the plan that cures the
ague, but the one that causes it. Here
is one plant, at least, that we can notice
without being overwhelmed with appica.
tons for seed. To be sure it is little
thing and takes good. eye aided by a
microscope, to find it, but when found it
cannot be said, sit is no great shakes
for it is the genuine Shaker Seeding it.
self. DR.. J. A. Salisbury, of Cleveland,
O., announces in the American Journal Of
Medical Sciences, that fever and ague is
caused by a minute plant, which is found
where stagnant water has just dried away.
The spores, or reproductive dust Of this
microscopic plant, are diffused through
the night damps and being takeu into
the system by breathing, are the cause of
that wide spread scourge, the ague The
habits of the minute plants completely
accord with what was before known of the
occurrence of miasm, and that they are
the real cause of it has been shown by
taking boxes of earth containing them to
pidcoo Wh'io du oe5uo was nO'Ct nho"h W
occur. In about two weeks after the ague
plant was taken there, we'll marked cases
of the disease appeared. This discovery
does not as yet increase our knowledge Of
the means of Kidding ourselves of the
plant, but it will probably lead to that
just as one, if he can only find out Chow
he got such cold," it is already hall
cured. The spores only rise in the nigh
aud then to height, varying with the
locality, of from thirty to one hundred
feet. This explains why night air brings
on ague, and why elevated places are free
from it, After the ague seed is taken iu
to the system, the plant is propagatee
there, and the patient becomes a sort o
animated hot-bed. -Am. Ag.
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The God of day majestic rose, his beams o.
dazzling light
developed him in royal robe, that Knocked the
gazers sight;
The mighty forest silent stood, all bathed in
glory rare
The oceans waves, in fond embrace, unclaimed
the brilliant glare;
The sleeping flowers their petals spread, in glad
and sweet surprise,
His warmth encircled all their veins, and sparked
in their dyes;
All nature sang its song of praise, the dew
drops, birds and flowers,
The insects, beasts and creeping things pro-
claimed his mighty powers,
To aching hearts and fearful eyes, no joy to them
he brought;
They tried to close their weary eyes, they tried
to Danish thought;
Those Southern hearts were stepped in woe, no
ray of light there shone
Despair's dark wing o ershadowed all, and claim
ed them as its own.
There was for them no morning light, to cheer
them on their way;
Their star Of hope was quenched and gone, nor
shed one lingering ray;
The murky gloom Of midnight hour, above them
seemed to spread
A gloomy pail, fl garment thsn when hope lay
crushed and dead.
DEER PARK
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He KNOWS He is THERE The Sy.
racuse On. W Courier tells this story
GLOW do you like Stewards Auburn
speech p said Democrat to Gardner, re-
Gently. oh, very WE'LL said Gardener.
But, said the Democrat don't you see
that he commenced by an assault on our
party! Yes returned Gardner, 'but
| am like the boy who tired himself out
digging for woodchuck, when he put in
his hand to find the direction of the hole,
and the woodehuck bit it badly. 'Are
you hurt said the boys companion to
him. Yes, said he, 'but I'm id glad
he bit me, for | know he's there p
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Wife and SauaWs.

heard an anecdote of KafirIaud to-
day, which, though perfectly Irrelevant to
our readers here, is SO amusing that /
must record it, particularly as my inform
ant vouched for its truth. At an out
post far up the country, resided an off.
Ger and his wife. The latter was warned
by her husband not to venture alone far
from the house but one day imprudent-
ly going beyond her usual limits, she en-
countered wild looking Kafir, who took
her by the hand, and would be moved by
no entreaties to suffer her to depart. He
made her sit down, and uutying her bon.
net, let down her long hair, at which he
expressed rspturous admiration. He
next took off her gloves, and appeared
enchanted with her white hands and
then proceeded to divest her Of her shoes
and stockings and wondered at her little
white feet. The next morning the lady
and husband were awakened at an early
hour by chattering under their window
and on iuquiring the cause of the distur-
bauce, the gentlemen Was aocosted by
the hero of the previous day, who had
been so impressed by the charms Of our
fair countrywomau, that he had come
with twelve squaws to make the liberal
offer OF exchanging them for the gentle
mans wife, and was not little surprised
when his generous terms were refused
Mqjor Pages's Camp and Cantonnsent.