The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-28

no PROOF oI corruption ana waste or IN con-
necon with the erection of the building, while Mr.
Lyons insisted that the charges were well founded
Finally the subject referred to the Committee on
Rules. The report Of the commissioners appointed to
confer with the Secretary Of the Treasury regarding the
location Of Quarantine received II recommends the
appropriation hundred thousand dollars each by the
national and State for the erection Of neces
sary Quarantine buildings the West Bank. The As
semby adjourned till O'Clock Monday evening.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The important announcement is made in our Richmond
correspondence that Of the Virginia delegation
awaiting admission 70 Congress teegaphed to that city
from Washington last Wednesday that 1t is the nten
ton of President johnson supsrsede the present vr
ginia State government by provisional This has
received credence In Richmond and has therefore, Of
course, created much commoton and CONSERVATION in
financial well political circles there and the
misses as TO the of the Presidents reported de-
termination well serious, it being
generally attributed to tho ntracabe conduct Of the
Legislature.
The report of the committee Of the Virginia Legisls
ure submitted Thursday last against allowing the
claim of the New York Virginia Steamship Company
for steamers seized by tho rebels at Richmond in the
early part of the war il given in paper this
ing The claim is denied on the ground that
the seizure made by order OF certain authorities
QeCiueQ
been Legitimate and revolutionary and that therefore
the legally constituted Of the State cannot
be held responsible for the act.
Adyces via San Francisco the Western States OF
Mexico give GuayInas dates to the 10th ns which
nounce the capture by the republicans of the town OF
Alamos in the rich silver mining region of Sonora and
the defeat of the mperalists by General Morales at
Maarphe. Morales, however 1t is added, subse
quently badly defeated by an imperial force A
New Orleans despatch states that somebody in
that city has received private Information from
Mexico that the French troops will not be Withdrawn
until Macmillan is guaranteed against interference from
the United States, and that important positions in
the imperial army will be given to ex-rebels from this
country. These statements may be taken for what they
are worth, which is probably not much. The comman
der of the French squadron the mouth of the Rio
Grande has entered his protest against tho late affair at
Bagdad and the transmission thhcr of United States
troops after its capture to preserve order
Extracts presented in issue this morning. In
addition to those heretofore published in the HERALD
from the correspondence recently submitted to
tiona Senate by President johnson relative to the
schemes OF certain rebels from this country promote
settlement in Mexico under the auspices OF Maximan
for his and their ACKNOWLEDGMENT ExUnited States
Senator Gwin, Lieutenant Maury, old Stirling Price, OF
Missouri and Governor Isham G. Harris, or Tonnes
OF figure the most conspicuously in these
emigration proj,cts and these worthless appear enter
tain magnificent anticpatons Of wealth and grandeur
Their future however, would to be splendid
than their present. OF them, in letter To Ben
Wood, of this city urgently appeals for some money"
Hon. Ferguson Blair, the new President OF the Cana
dian Council, made important speech his re-elcc
ton to the Provincial Parliament Thursday last which
was briefly noticed in yesterdays HsnALp. We have
now, however, fuller report He affected the
esion OF reciprocity ono not vitality essential to
Canada and declared that he twas no, going down bis
L1ecs to the Washington government for this any.
thing else IL set at rest number Of rumors which
had been originated with regard to the negotiations
nprogress Washington for the establishment OF
system Of reciprocal trade between the United States
and Canada and promised that when Parliament opened
government would declare whether the confederation
scheme be carried He further asserted
that the order prohibiting tho importation Of Canadian
cattle into the United States about be withdrawn
by the Washington government
The sleghng yesterday nnc not only in the
suburbs but in the city ITSELF The temperature though
severe sufficiently cold prevent thawing and
preserve the remnants of the two last storms
Everything conduccd TO the enjoyment Of seghers the
sky being bright and clear and the atmosphere delicious
ypure without being excessively sharp and they did
not neglect favorable opportunity, tho tnkIing Of
the bells making the air musical in all directions.
The skating also excellent yesterday ali the
visited by immense number Of persons II is
estimated that nearly half million people have visited
the Park since tho LIST inst There grand time yes
t,rday the Fifth avenue pond, and fne programme
Is announced for week on all the ponds.
Yesterday the time appointed in the notice OF the
Corporation Counsel for application be made TO the
Supreme Court relative to the widening OF Ann street
At twelve O'Clock Judge Hilton appeared before Judge
Sutherland In Chambers aud stated that the whole Amir
had been indefinitely postponed, and that new notice
OF motion would he issued by Mr. OGnrmnn.
Jos, Gonzales Fernandez and Frnncsco Gene Sal
vador sny of the murder OF Jose Garcia
Oicro In tho City Park, brooklyn, the night Of The
22d Of November last yesterday sentenced in the
Kings County Court of Oyer and Termner to be hung
tho 9th Of March next The prisoners received their
sentence with apparent indifference.
The evidence with respect to some Of the persons
charged with having printed sold counterfeit internal
cigar stamps has been concluded in the United
States Commissioners Office Commissioner Osborn has
decided that Ear these persons concerned they
shall be held for trial Further evidence charges
against other individuals, for similar offence, and
which the testimony has not yet been completed will be
taken In the course of eight ten days.
The case OF william Chase Barney, Reginald Chaun-
cey and Benthan J. Fabian yesterday before
the United States Circuit Court These accused
Of having forged and uttered United statcs bonds with
the view of dofraadng the government Of certain duties.
Counsel for the prisoners moved that they should be
tried separately. Judge shipman denied the motion,
and they will be tried conformity
william Kane who pleaded guilty some time ago to
charge Of having attempted to deraud the government
by procuring from Colonel A. H. stewart paymascr, The
allowance Of fraudulent claim which he made SOL
der Of the army amounting TO about thirteen hundred
dollars, yesterday sentenced by Judge
shipman to two years and six months i'm
| prisonment The prisoner Is known as michigan
BIZ who scccntly made desperate attempt TO escape