The workingman's advocate., 1866-06-16
NEWS OF TaEE DAN.

CoMoDoRE Vanderbilt offers to become
bcndsman for JEFF. Davis 70 any ahoant.
JUDAH P. BESJAMIs, ex-rebel Secretary of
State, has been admitted to full practice in
all the courts Of he United Kingdom.
THE Detroit Board Of Trade have sent
delegation to Washington TO oppose the
passage of the Niagara ship canal bill
IT is said that James T. brady has been
engaged as counsel for General Sweeney, in
the matter Of his arrest for the violation of
the neutrality laws.
A NATIONAL Cemetery il to ba established
at Fredericksburg, for the int .nent or the
IL, 900 Union soldiers killed near there and
at Charlottesville.
CANADIAN court martial is baing organ
ized at Montreal for the trial Of the Fenian
prisoners, some Of whom. AZ least, will pro-
badly be sentenced u death
TIE examination Of the Feniar President
Roberts is still in progress in New York.
The Fenian excitement has subsided in New
York, and the Fenian war" has ended.
THE Niagara Ship Canal Bill, As reported
in the Senate, has an amendment requiring
the sanction of the State of New York be-
fore it can become valid In this form il IS
expected 10 pass the senate.
A PETITION sighned by about three hundred
OF the country letter-carriers, and rurAl
messengers, in Scotland, Paying for an ad-
vance in wages, has been forwarded to the
Postmaster General.
We have now, il is said, three spies in the
country. General Sweeny says Stephens is
an English spy ; Senor Romero, the Mexi-
can minister, says Santa Anna is French
spy; and Santa Anna charges Romero with
being an Austrian spy.
TIE trial Of Msor John III. Gee, former
commander Of the rebel prison at SALISBURY.
is still in progress a. Raleigh, N. G., and
will not be fully closed for two months.
The expense Of the trial il estimated AZ
$3.50, 900.
THERE isareport that The government mas
made demand on the Cauadian authorities
for the surrender Of Kelly, the New York
Tribune correspondent, who was captured
among the Fenians.
Tak last Of the gallant Michigan regimants
have now reached home-the Bird and Attn
Infantry, arriving at Detroit on Sunday.
The Srd returns with 400 men and officers.
the 4th with 235.
ACCORDING to the postal law just approved
BY the President, prepaid and free letters
are TO be forwarded, at the request of the
party addressed, from one office to another
without additional charge. Dead letters are
to be restored to the writers thereof free Of
postage.
: DURNG the week ending last Satardat,
June 2, there were 366 deaths ia the city Of
New York, Of whom lO7 were men, 81
women, 66 boys, 81 girls, and 10 colored--
. decrease Of 20 compared with the previous
week. As
A TERRIBLE series Of accidents have oe-
cured ut the Lyons races. The last race
was grand steeple chase by the officers
Of the regiment Of Lancers. Six ran they
started too rapidly, leaped the river and the
first wall, but at the Irish wall the iirst horse
turned . complete somersanlt with his rider,
crushing in his breast, and the unfortunate
gentlemans life is despaired of. The second
horse stumbled over the first, threw hIs
rider on the head, killing him instantly.
The third and fourth horses cleared the wall
and vent on. The ffth horse stumbled over
the frst and second horses which lay dead
on the other side Of the wal, and dislocated
his riders shoulder. The sixth horse like
wise stumbled, and his rider was one mass
Of bruises. Fg~ 9N1