The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-28


cur In opnion as the complete absence OF any FEELING
looking to renewal Of the contest with the govern
ment The question of secession, they say was settled
by the sword the people content to abide by the
decision and henceforth faithful citizens OF the
republic They represent tho feeling OF the people at
large and of themselves as unalteraby opposed 10 the
idea of extending political rights to negroes; while as
to civil rights the Legislature were engaged
In removing most, II not all, the obnoxious
determinations In law between whites and blacks
On the test question Of the course which Virginans
would take In Of between the United Staes
and any foreign Power which might afford the South
promise Of establishing their independence their testi
mony was decidedly on the side of loyalty On the
other hand the United States officers, Generals Terry
and Turner and Colonel Brown and most II not ALL OF
the unqualified Union concur in representing the
sentiment Of the people OF Virginia in relation TO the
government unmproved and as rather having become
embtered since Lees surrender They cay at that time
the people humble sick OF longing for peace on
any and ready to accept gratefully the pardon
of the government and to submit to any
conditions that might be made while now they are AFRO
CANT exacng and utoerant Most Of the witnesses OF
that class express the decided opinion that the with
drawa of federal troops and of the Freedmans Blu
would be followed by unrelentng prescription Of
white Unionists and the prescription and remission to
very generally ascribed by these witnesses to the Pres
dents liberal policy In regard to the federal debt the
people of Virginia are represented in favor of its repu
dation or at least of combining with 1t the Confederate
debt The witnesses who have been connected with the
confederacy, however, deny this, and represent the
people willing pay their share of the federal debt by
taxation On this subject General Lees opinion is that
they are willing pay both, and arc opposed TO repu-
| dation of either.
Another important part of this testimony Ia that
of John Minor Bolts and other Virginans, establishing
the fact that Mr. Lincoln the 10th Of Arp 1861, at
the very moment the fleet provision Forts Sumter and
Pickens leaving New York harbor, offered, through
member of the Virginia Convention, TO evacuate Forts
Sumter and Pckens condition that the Union major.
ity of the Virginia Convention would adjourn that body
sine die without passing ordinance Of secession.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Bills passed in the Senate yesterday changing the
of the New York Free Academy incorporating the
Poughkeepsie Fire Department. and enabling Masonic
lodges to hold real estate. resolution adopted
powerng the investment of the canal debt sinking fund,
said to amount to several million dollars in govern
mont securities; bill was reported authorizing the
selection of site for another State prison; and bill
introduced restoring the Board Of Health to Yonkers
There very little business transacted during the even
ing session The bill for the preservation Of the health Of
animals ordered to third reading. 1t provides that
railroad companies, in transporting cattle, sheep and
swine, shall not keep them confined in their cars for
longer period than twenty four hours time. The bill
to regulate the use Of the New York wharves, piers
and slips was taken up and progress reported.
The Assembly passed the bill extending the powers Of
the Central Park Commissioners for FIVE years The
relative to the sale of New York city real estate
carried division and lost, the requisite twothrds
hnin Sinh n
to reconsider the vote and lay the bill the table.
EUROPE.
The Cunard steamship China from, Queenstown March
IT, arrived Halifax last night with seven days
news from Europe.
The German steamship Bremen, from Southampton
March a. also arrived at this port carly this morning
The Fenlan rebellion In Ireland had apparently fallen
s,i born. ~. Parcks Day. the supposed date OF the
contemplated rising had passed of without any disturb
ance and Head Centre stephens had escaped Of the
country, previously recommending the Brotherhood TO
return To their peaceful pursuits Mrs. Stephens wife
of the famous fugitive about sail for the United
| States, probably here to rejoin her husband
The threatened between Austria and Prussia had
ended in a similarly harmless The indications
that Austria prepared TO knock under to any
rather than 60 with her powerful unscrl
pulous neghbor. The Emperor of Austria had signed
| the recruiting convention with Macmillan.
Assurances had been given TO the English government
that neither the Chilean Spanish vessels build
Ing England would attempt TO leave before the present
war had been brought to a close.
reform bill had been introduced into the English
Parliament framed TO add four hundred thousand
new names TO the lists of voters
In the London money market United States hvetwcu.
ties had again advanced slightly, ard last quoted
| at ~
THE CITY.
The alleged principal in the great bond robbery OF
81 600 from the Office of Mr. II. O. Lord has been APP
pretended and there strong probability Of the stolen
property being recovered Information reached United
States Marshal Murray few days since that the persons
implicated the affair about leave for Boston
They watched and followed, and the supposed prn
pal In this mammoth theft captured on his arrival
at Ncwburypori Mass has not yet transprcd whether
the missing bonds have been recovered but little doubt
is felt that this viii be the ultimate resut OF the cap
ture The rewards offered for the of the thieves
and recovery of the property nearly quarter
| Of million OF dollars.
rumor current among the members OF the bust
ness community yesterday morning to the effect that
the Directors Of the Brovoort Fire Insurance Company
held meeting at twelve o'clock yesterday for the pur-
pose OF passing judgment upon the future fate Of that
institution No details given, aud the result o. the
meeting did not subsequently transpre. The finances
Of the Brevoort Insurance Company have recently been
heavily mulced by the accidental fires that have taken
place this city, and principally tho knowledge
Of this fact that appearance OF verscy TO the
rumor
Al late hour yesterday afternoon report which
subsequently well authen,icaod current 10 the ecc,
| thai the well known financial house OF Culver X Penn
| of Nos 10 and 81 Nassau street. had suspended pay
mcnis The liabilities, though large, reported be
| NOR. Than cpu nterbal nnced l,y the ssgcts.
on Saturday or sunday night the United s'atcs bonded
| warehouse OF Mr.. John B. Hobby, No. lie Washington
street, was entered by burglars and large quantity OF
hater's silk, valued at Ave thousand dollars, stolen
thcrcfrom This properly belonged TO Messrs. Christ
Jay & Co, doing business at No ~ Park place This is
tho second time within the last three months that the
warehouse has been broken into On previous