, 1866-04-05
Ubtcago Irtbnne.


THURSDAY, APRIL $, 1865.
THE NEWS.
Mrs. JEFF. Davis Is at present in Waehfng-
ton. End with the aid Of the late rebel V,ce Psi~
unt, Is endeasottus 10 get permission to visit her
husband OF Fo1sers Monroe.
1ate adyiccs from Mexico state that Ogo-
zon had proclaimed himself President Of the Be-
publc--shAt IN Imperial force haa been rccentV
defeated by tic Lberals, who. 1t 10 said, hhht t"o
hundred pEeoucrs In retaliation for the 1tccu e1o
cu.ion OF captured Liberals under the dee7ee oI
Mn1inI!iar.
The story Is current In Washington that The
1'rc.tocnt intends room 10 issue bis PROCLAMATION
Fra1 siae u genera! amnesty.
4 revolutionary society OF canadian resi-
-d7,s Of Ncw York but been Organized for the pur-
rosc OF acstat,pr the question Of Canadlsn inde.
r.ndence.
Al lie recent election In Madison, Wiscou-
s:u thsrtyeye ucrroee ese1csked the rfhtA Of sui.
.oyc undcr tie recent decision Of tic Supreme
Court OF that sate.
A ,rcu,rndons freshet swept over large
r1r, or tic STATE Of Wisconsin on Tnesdny hat,
fsr:,.sr AMY DANE. bridges. fences. rats. aud
t'lirfi1c, and breaking the MllNaukee 4 ST Paul
1A.irsy aEd pefhspt other roads, in several places.
ii MILWAUKEE, ali the city pr1dEe4 were Rwept Awny
ttrc'her viii the dams above the city. Accounts
as the 1,titueLon OF property will be iound elsc-
whc1c. The loes in the Statc If Estimated IT oscz
a million Of dollar 10 tic railroads nlont.
~. D. Potter, Esq, the publisher and prtn-
clt,al rtopsirtor Of the Cincinnati Conostrcim one
q! lie mort ruccc<s!ul 1e~rpapers in TIE United
stu:c., c'ta Al his fr.id':nce jn Cincinnati yeset
dry sr- ro'acr died ofprcu1atErc old age, brought
CD by excessive nbot. before be bad reached bis f
aie,l yea. The personal attention which he gaye
10 cwry department Of hlA great establishment-
counting 1oom. press room. compos1ug room, mall
room, and editorial tooms-day and night, Va.
inceeeapt and exbau.ttue. 1.wne also inezcrfah'e,
H. thr result bar ptoved. Tic ach1esed EEcat euc-
-cc>s. accumulated large 1ornne, and acquired
vice influence, but lost h1a life from orcsFork
Aaort ctc year eincc hIe health give WaY, and be
VICE! TO un.aua for recreation and rettosalions but
fl sas leo 1atr. Mr ual.cad the able editor Of the
f.ounrtrciay becomes nov it, senior proprietor.
a,houeh Inc heirs Of h1r. r.tter come into posses
s:on by It's dcash, o! the pslnup share Of the et-
".ul;>ltnent and its profits. which are between
s11c,eC0 and s15o,000 Ter year.
There arc two important Indian Commfs-
Rtos 10 e-cEc1te their functions this yeaf One ap
pointed la.t year to treat with ,he Upp.r Missouri
indians, nho will room proceed 10 complete their
las,ore which, owing TO the laeness Of the teason
could not he performed laHt fat. conststs Ct Gov.
Edmunds. Gcu. Curtis, Mr, Guernsey md Mr.
Heed. The one 10 treat with The Indians Of the
Upper Flatte is composed OF Superintendent Tay.
lor, Gen. SlGl.y md Col. McfA:rn. The Iormel
Commission meets IN May at Fort Su1ly the uru1es
Two Kettles. and Lover Yaaktonna!s tribes. o.
juno ltf, the Commission vii, meet the MInnt
coniour, ssntcancs, Ogsl!allas, uncspspas aud tht
sioux Of fhe M'ssiss:rpl O. Saatcc Sioux at For
Tire; and on tkc 90h Of the ~snc month ii is pro
Pared to aErance teru- With lhe Rosa, Gro~sentse.
art Maodsns, At Fort Ne.thoid. Th= A<'aulooanes
tront aId crosvcntrs OF the Pfa,sic Will a-sem
,,lr a, tott tnIon. July 9Th. where tue Commission
i'll met them.
At St. Louis several parties hare, within Q
fho!t ,imc pls. been htavily tan''d for ohraintnt
anon under mise lItteD-es hy scudiu: neu 1r th.
aver, prosa,a'ns them employment, mt chAr.tnf
ing them swo dollars each Tor the f1lse s4in.c,ii
Ecnce. a wltncrs namcd SnIth 1e:titcd thai ii
tie lastcr par: Of February the prisoners told him
sc]t snd ! number Of othcrt that fcamste.s wcs
wanted ut Icasenwonh at 80 a month
s>nlttn and Ills fellow dupce srr1ysd safely al Leay
tuworth, and we're there told by Csoia!n NclE
aud othess that they had been sNindled- as then
wee already hundred men there waiting for en-
p.oynent, and no tcauasiers were eantea. Thes re
tuFped 10 1T. Louis, and have brought the swim
dlefs TO erist.
4 great portion Of tie Canadian volunteer
force has been rel,eseu from duty. The number te
IL relieved al the f,llowin9 ponfs, for 1bc prezent
j. about 400. namely: TIE volunteer cumpanEct
uow actually serving At Sandwich, Nindsor. saruia
Chatham, Dunvilie. Port Colhorne, Drockti1le
lrtscots, Cornwall, Ottawa. ST. Johns, N!agsm
two cnnpaa:e. u1dcr Capt. crnqma.s, Phillips
laurgh. FtChch.burch, : tanstead. HUNTINGDON, Hem
m;nGfard, laeolle, Etain, Franklin ST. John'e
TX dfold. st. A1mande. Richmond, Melbourne
Durham. Deauharno.t. Stott-ville: the two comps
u.cs Of Hoclelsga Infantry now II Iele Aux Notx,
4 singular partisan drive has been made q
1;nlalo In the N,as4ra Frontier Police bilt vhicl
the simple and cn1lc]eae Legislators At AlbanT bay
Tasscd, mud which. when signed hy the Governor
Will become law. Il authorizes the Goss'nor Il
appoint Police Commissioners, and make. polio
district ont Of The city Of Buffalo, aud two tre
agricultural towns. Notbine was shown besor
<ithef House creating any Lece1stfics fo1 the pes
Commission; II wne not AhoRu of coutcnded tha
The psetent police Of Buffalo II inefficient or COZ
rupt. II was Simply parttau scheme to make
plare for few gentlemen in Buffalo, Of not ove
fragrant reputation, whom the people wonld re3ec
at the polls.
At the Chaffee distillcry at Cuyahoga Falls
IN Summit county, Ohio. one Of the partners solt
the "hiskrs, pockcted The psoceeaF, amounting II
Sai.9oc, snd then declined to pay the tax. Collcc
Tor IaE.oue notified The Washf1yton authorizes
who arrested fhc parry In New York city, vino :rse
hail iu the sum OF $35,00G to nnsvct. The Collec
Tor obtalued $500 fiom another party, and ,bet
the partles offered 10 compromise The who'll
claim ty paying x7l.00O IN Eu}l settlement Of th'
clams, but The Government has refused. and al
1sries To the fraud VIII he p-osecr:cd the cxten
OF The 1aw.
The Boston Transcript Of the 10th says tha
tie Scratch Cravei case uns before the Judtcar..
t'ouml1tec Of the rouse, yesterday, on an order q
Inquiry n< 10 The proprltty Of Warden Haynes id
milling detective iuto The pEson Is ccnylet
The e1rccus.ances OF tho case were saIled byth
Warden, and tt t.As slated 7hat the Officer wnt al
lowed to uec his OWL discretion while b. NEE II
structed no. to e1tort \ confession Of guilt mon
The accnsed, Warden Hstpes'4 account Of VITA
occurred between Scratch Gravel and the person
contlped vi.b him wrs substantially the same a
has already been published With reference 10 h
West Rexuury murder.