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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-15

xx~,..seu in the Csuptsn House, In ThlrA
Aveuue-Eighs Persons Terribly Burned
Three Fatally-Names u the Injured 80.
About quarter TO eight o'clock last night the occu'
pants Of the Compton House, No. so7 Third avenue,
corner Of Twentyfourt street. startled By ter
rife explosion and cry nre The proprietor Of the
house, Mr. william Compton, and boarder named NIL
Ter Immediately the storeroom, which they found
in flames and the nrs extending into the Kitchen
There were several persons In the kitchen q the ume
Who in order escape were compelled 70 pass through
the flames Mr. Compton and Mr. Miller tried 70 cxuD
euish the fire. but without avail, and before no Vas
aware or it his own clothing and that OF Mr. Mile;
in flames.
The fremen and police, under Captain Cavieron and
sergeants Banield and NcEwain, OF ths Eighteenth
precinct were quickly st the premises and rendered
Fire Department, and officer Iastesop, of the Egh-
to rescue the people from the flames The following
are the names OF the persons burned
q s
70 De taken 70 the hospital but was conveyed TO his
silver Miller deaf mute boarder is not expected TO
recover.
Kate F!annigan, the. cook dangerously. and il is
ght she win not sufvivethe night.
John Blake, fireman of thShouse;
Daniel Brown, tha boot black; ..sr
Damcl McGnnis, carver;e q .....s.. s,.s
Catherine Cooncy assistant cook, each seriously
burned about the face body and arms ~. ...-
The police conveyed all the injured to Bellevue Hos
pital
The origin Of che Ere 10 not known but Il thought
to have been produced by the explosion OF barrel Of
gasoline in the lamp room. This fluid ia used in the
night lamps by the dodgers The OF the explosion
not known as the fireman was too badly injured to
give any account of the accident
The building s damaged the extent Of about 81 000
and insured. The flames did not extend above the
basement story.
Fire In Liberty Street-L0ss About $4,000.
Between five and six o'clock last night FIRE was dis
covered tho third floor Of the building No. Ill Lib
ery street. in the boot and shoe mandatory of Henry
H. Heimerdinger The flames extended to the fourth
and fth floors and roof, when the hremen succeeded
in extinguishing the fire. The damage the stock Will
be 100000. said be fully insured The second
floor occupied by Nackay Bro. dealers crockery
damaged by water about 81 000 insured The first
floor occupied by Langdon Co.. dealers in boots and
shoes; their premises extend through to Cortandt
street NO 35 but the stock that end of the build
ing is not damaged. Their loss will be about So, 900
insured. The damage TO the building will be about
S. OO0 A line OF hse taken through tho building
No SO Corandt street. occupied first floor by Lyon
4 Bro dealers In Yankee notions; on the second by
Dr. Goldmark percussion cap manufacturer, and the
third by G. A. Wilcox, manufacturer or wire selves
There slight damage done TO each OF the stocks
by water The origin OF the fire is not known at
present.
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Adjournment of the Georgia Legislature.

HHIhD'H'TsII. f'tCs TT IoOV
The Legislature adjourned to-day sias die. The pro-
siding officers Of both houses their closing speeches.
expressed great determination not unlaw-
full demands. The sentiment In the Legislature seems
decided IN favor OF Territorial government rather than
the acceptance OF the constitutional amendment
similar terms.
The Speaker OF the House. his closing address, babe
the country TO hope the trial OF would exhaust
itself and constitutional principles yet prevail.
The President OF the senate urged all 10 obey the laws
and coaye TO the constitutions but human orbcarance
had it's limits and the would turn II trodden
Great applause manifested in both houses the
sentiments The veto OF the extension OF the Home
stead act was sustained Five vetoes sent In aud
only that OF the Stay law was oveuidcD great num-
Der Of laws have been enacted during session Of gen.
~ral importance
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NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TINE HERALD.

Expected Arrival OF General sherman and
Minister ampbeli-Nomination Of a CoIorcd
Man for Governor Of Louisiana.
NEw ORLEANS, Dec. IA, 1865.
The military authorities have positive information
that Sherman and Campbell win arrive here but they
have despatch boat down to the bar to receive
them should the frigate susquchanna arrive.
The radicals have decided to give the Congressional
committee grand reception In the Mechanics Institute,
the scene Of tho late riot
In view of there being popular election for Governor
the Executive Radical Committee have nominated
Mr. Rondnez, editor sf the New Orleans Tribune. He
IL a coiored man.
An effort is being made 10 stock and obtain
charter for railroad from this city TO Sacramento, Cal,
via Monterey, Mexico.
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seEcAl Y;lraaln n 1rE NraAll

0rcas Dessrw aiea sf Property y IncendS.
sries Dsssv.sed as Negroes n Virginia ana
Nersn Cev oIina, &c.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. n. 1854
iniom Jon has been received hers Of inesndsrsm IN
tho sov shwessen part Of this Ssass and the north
westey portion Of North Carolina Eabrs recently
me- destroy the business portion Of Danviss We.
4r frustrated by the vigilance Il The police: y
Jaswel county North CayelinA the b1u q Ma JQbn
Blackwell with two crops Of tobacco "a Arod ana
was also fred and consumed store. was rihed BY =
half dozen mon with blackened faces the robbers carry.
ing on quantity Of gooda These cutra2es
are chiefly committed by white men, disguised me-
groes In Chesterfield county, Virginia several build
ings occupied oy negroes were few days since, fired
the flames RETIRED when the torch was again applied,
and everything including the clothes Of the occupants
totally consumed some losing all the money they pos.
sessed None OF the above parties were arrested.
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c A N A D A.
SPECIAL IslesaAm TO TINE HeaAlo.

The Press 10 be Bribcd TO an Advocacy Of Con-
fedcration-Darcy DIctsee ON the Policy ofthc
Province Towards the United statcs-Ciesc
Of Navigation on the Sc. Lawrence, &c.
MONTREAL, Dec. IA 1888.
Al the Cabinet Council at Ottawa day was decided
that all the volunteer troops in the province should be
armed with breech oadcrs, and that certain sum OF
money should be devoted influencing the press 10 the
advocacy or confederation .
Hon. T. d. MCGEE is out In long letter to-day, de-
nouncing the policy advocated BY the Hon. George
Brown towards the United States. MCGEE thinks the
United States government wishes 10 sien new treaty
with Canada and allow the Canadians better terms than
they formerly enjoyed.
Threats Of another invasion By the FeniAns from 81
Aibans are current on the streets to-day.
Navigation II closed on the - lawrence Cor the
season
Mrs. JeT Davis-Jehn III. Surratt. Ac.
MONTREAL Dec. a. 1905.
Mrs Jefferson Davis IL understood 10 have returned
Monroe
The xanerrs s.atee tina. surrau vas discharged from
the Bank da PcupIefpr eccentrctee He Afterwards abb
scon'ed Nom the Bufsau Of Rnbuc Education with seve
raj hundred pounds
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POLITICS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CONCORD. Dec. IL, 1853.
The question OF the Governorship and railway onop.
oily continue 10 much excitement With regard to
the Governorship it looks to-day as IL Sinyth's name
would be Withdrawn by tho Convention and Gen. Harri.
mans placed in Its stoad. Nearly every town in the
State against Stearns and his railroad influence, and
his nomination 10 out of tho question.
&There 10 multiplicity Of republican candidates for
Congress, and the earnestness with which claims
canvassed trouble in two Of tho districts Tho
democrats arc making no movements publicly ybut are
laborng very earnestly In secret TO secure Marons dis
trics II no other.
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THE SOUTHERN LEGISLATURES.


RICHMOND, Dec a. 1868
The bill extending the time fixed by the prcsen. Stay
law for the collection OF debts in virgnis which
defeated in the House Of Delegates Wednesday,
reconsidercd yesterday, and passed by OF As to
81. The extension of time is from January. 1867, TO
August OF the same year.
In the House Of Delegates to-day a resolution was
adopted and referred for the erection of suitable mona
ment, on which shall be inscribed the names Of all sol
dicrs OF Virginia, whether officers prvaes who
killed in the late war; The bill extending the time for
collection Of debts-an amendment to the stay law
passed. It provides that the payment shall be made
the LIST OF August, 1861 instead OF the LIST OF January,
1885,.
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RALEIGB, \. G., Dec. II, lS66.
To-day the senate refused 10 take action upon tho
resolutions setting forth the loyalty or the people Of
North Carolina, but referred hem with another resolu
ton, int reduced by Mr. Jones' OF Wake declaring an
earnest desire 10 restore harmony and fraternity among
her people, and for tho reconstruction OF the whole
country
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sHpMfuTs Of colo From DENVER.

81 Iorls Dec. ~ 1854
Ade-UAsch froN >Lesvcnwortp says that shi pmsnm Of
gpd from ror me west cQdiDg Decsnser were
LI1vrurees. waved o. - 90 =
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Provmrscx. Dec ~, 1885
Albert H. In1nar, a rscfst graduate q Yale college,
ard Lies Eddr, yoang iad}- vsfp dowpsd 81 rsseoss
lass syenlps vL..s skating.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-07-12
Artificial Limbs.

We copy in another column from the Wilson
Cdroniaa. an article in regard to artificial limbs
now being furnished the MANNED and disabled
soldiers of the State, which, if the refer
red to true, require the very earliest attention
on the part of the Governor
We have not heard of any complaint in regard
to the matter, and suppose from the time at which
they have been furnished, there has not as yet
been distribution in many sections of the State.
We trust, however, if any of our unfortunate SOL
diers have been the recipients of limbs of clumsy
character and which show in their manufacture a
want of skill or care, they will Immediately make
it known, rs we are confident that Governor
Worth will have the matter looked into at once.
We learned while in Raleigh few weeks since,
from Maj. Ryan, the efficient gentleman who
has especial charge of the distribution of or
tifcial limbs, that the Governor had made
the most patient and earnest efforts to procure
all the information necessary, in order to Sc
cure both the soldiers and the State against
imposition. He not only made the contract with
one of the most noted manufacturers, and for the
highest recommended and thoroughly tested
patents, but upon terms advantageous to all par
ties. In order to secure we'll fitted and good
limbs, they required to be manufactured in
Raleigh under the eye of the proper officials and
accessible to those requiring them. Still, as the
Governor and his assistants have had no expert
ence in such matters, and must necessarily be but
Indifferent judges of the workmanship and skill
displayed in their manufacture, hope if any
have been imposed upon they will make it known.
In reference to the alleged misconduct of the
officer on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
alluded to in the article of the Corolnia, we are
confident it has been thoroughly investigated by
the President and Superintendent We trust,
however, and believe that it is mistake, as our
experience is that more efficient and gentlenlanly
corps of officials is not to be found with any SINH
lar corporation in the country. Their worth and
efficiency have been established through many
years of close and approved attention to duties.
We hope and believe there is not an employee on
the road who would do aught unkind to these
gallant men, who have suffered and lost so much
in the service of the State
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son being requested to designate who should thus be
recognized competent to reconstruct the State the del
egation CONFERRED together and to-day sent to Mr. Ste
the following draft of necessary section for the
abling act
No one shall be eligible to a seat in the Convention
permitted vote for delegates thereto upon the ra
a an Of
of the tinted States subsequently thereto voluntarily
gagged in the rebellion, Intentionally gave aid and COM
fort thereto who has held under the socaed Confed
erae Government the position of President, Vice Pres
dent, member of the Cabinet member OF either branch
officer Of the army above the grade Colonel Of the
Navy above the grade of Lieutenant the Office of Coy
in rebellion, who resigned any position under the
United States and took part in the rebellion, or who. at
threatening or njuring any citizen his family or estate
because of his opposition to the rebellion because of
to appear that such person ceased to aid the rebellion
and exerted himself for restoration OF the Union before
tEt1st day OF January, 1865.
We do not know who the " delegation of North
Carolinans" is composed of. We do know that
ex-Provisional Governor Holden is in Washington
and suppose he is fixing up scheme for his con-
frmation as Minister to San Salvador. One other
schemer has been in Washington in the iterest of
the Radicals of the Convention, and may still be
there, and who is especially interested in the adj
mission of the State, for in its early admission
Senate. That man is Mr.. John Pool, who is more
radical in his hatred of the Southern people than
Sumner and Stevens. John Pool was elected
Senator through as gross Misrepresentation of the
wishes of their constituents on the part of num-
Der of members of the Legislature representa-
tives were ever guilty of, for the term ending ON
the 4th of March, 1867. If he does not get his
seat before that time he bids long farewell to all
his honors, even before they are reduced to pos
session.
We would like very much if some person who is
able to do SO, will furnish the names of this pa
triotic and loyal delegation, who attempting
to inaugurate an instruction against the present
State Government, which the Constitution of the
United States requires of the President to sup
press. Radical hate is indeed pushing its malig-
nifty to it's greatest length, in endeavoring to
hasten the ruin of the South by tampering with
the Incorporate ambition of dead and dying pol
iticians.
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Maine and to take up the line of that river against
invasion from the north, for the massive railway
bridge over that river at Lichtentals is mined
and, it is said, is ready tie be fred This bridge
carries the railway leading from Cassel by Zebra
Eisenbach and Coburg to Bamberg across the
Maine.
In Silesia strong Austrian patrols have pushed
up to the outposts of the Grown Prince, but no
demonstration of an attack against his position
has been made. Probably they were only sent
out to obtain much information they could
of the numbers and positions of the army of ST.
lesa, or of the Second Army, as it is nov officially
termed, the army here under the Prince Frederick
Charles being the First Army.
The Austrian Army-Position OF the Army of the
North-Junction of the Saxon Army with the
Austrfnn-Rumored Plan of Operations.
Military Correspondence of the London Times
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTH
OLMUTZ, Tuesday, June 49, 1866.
Until an attack is intended to be delivered, or o
menaced point protected, Olmutz is well fitted to
be the point from which to organize and direct an
army, which is face to face with the Prussian
boundary line. In the centre of circle, of which
the railways to Vienna, Prague and Cracow are
radd and these cities points in the circumference
the commander of the NOTd A7rnee like the spi
der in the web, is sensitive to the touch of the
flrthest extremities, and well prepared to direct
his troops or to present himself wherever needed
at the shortest notice.
Only two great roads by which IN army could
enter Moravia lead over the Sudeten Gebirge, and
both pass through Olmutz, that it stands in the
direct route of an invader, and must be taken if
his artillery and heavy stores are to pass.
Before the days of riied guns the fortress itself
was strong enough for all purposes, but long range
cannon must be kept at q respectable distance,
and series of more than so lunettes, with central
casemated batteries, have been are being built
round 1t at distances Of from 5000 to 5000 PAGES
from the enceinte.
All is now activity here. The silence is bro
ken War is fat dcconapH; the troops are moving,
and on Thursday next, headquarters will be
changed, as l imagine, in westerly direction.
The Saxon army has formed junction with the
Austrian, and the actual clash of weapons cannot
be long delayed
Oablenz arrived to-day, and is to take command
of the Tenth Corps dArmee The Sixth, about
&c, 1000 strong marched through to-day from Wcis-
skirchen, distance of about % English miles
and go on tomorrow, but as to whittier the oracle
is mute.
The men look well and hearty. The army gen
orally is free from sickness, and DESTROYS to be led
against the enemy. People still say that the at
tack is to be made on the edge of the Silesian
wedge, but till see it shall not believe it.
Field-Marshal Benedek's Headquarters move Oh
Thursday to Trubau, in Bohemia
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Protested Friends of the President.

We doubt not that President Johnson if he
attaches enough Importance to affairs in North
Carolina to inform himself of their condition and
the various parts taken by Individuals would think
many Of his professed friends manifested their
regard for him in quite questionable shape.
1t is well known that no two civilians are held
IN greater detestatiOn in the South and Justly So
than Mr.. Secretary Stanton and his Honor Judge
Underwood. They have evinced more malignity
and descended to lower meannesses than even
Thadeus Stevens himself, and everything they
have done has been done con ana0ye. IT'S true
they are officers of the Government, but no one
has pretended to hold the President responsible
Tor their actions, except, of course in such mat
tiers as they were obliged to act directly under his
Instructions The multiplicity of affairs pressing
upon the attention of Mr.. Johnson is too great to
allow him to control the conduct of all his subor-
dinates, especially conduct extra official
In spite however, of all this, and knowing the
odium attached to Stanton and Underwood
throughout the State, the Standard the professed,
ardent friend of the President insists that he is
responsible for both Stanton and Underwood, es
peciaIy in regard to the treatment of Mr. Davis.
We hesitate not to say that if the Southern people
thought Mr.. Johnson responsible for the acts of
Mr. Stanton and Judge Underwood, their feel
ings towards him would be far different from what
they now are; as it is, he may well be proud of
the position he holds in the good opinion of a |
people so lately his enemies. We can imagine no |
motive consistent with friendly regard for the |
President or for the South, for seeking to cast
upon him the detestation and adherence felt for
Stanton and Underwood. We may expect to
learn next that in Like manner the President is
for the barbarous atrocities of Sher-
man and the brutal RIGHTEOUSNESS of Klpatriek.
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| IHE FoURTH-The observance of the day, on Wednes-
uay last, indeed quiet With the exception of
display OF fireworks by few private individuals and
the usual excitement shown by the freedmen on all hoi-
days, no exhibition of feeling given vent to by our
citizens
Many OF the merchants kept their places of business
during nearly the entire day. were it not for the
explosion of feE crackers from time to time and oc-
caslonaly the sight of procession of freedmen sur
rounded with others of smaller tribe who continued to
rend the air with the most unmusical yels we would
never have known the fact of holiday being at hand
l. e., judging from mere obsel Vation. 80,
There jubilee, expression of low no national
festivities, which could not be expected of people who
have no cause for reoicngs and who at one time con-
sdered themselves apart from the present nationality
and who are yet excluded from place the councils of
the nation to whose unjust requirements sufficient sacri
hces cannot be made by honorable people, who are left
hopeless, powerless and bereft of all worldly wealth with
nothing to boast of but their honor and the late heroic
deeds of their kindred.
The Fourth of July then, occasion which in former
years. the mere mention of the name would send patr
otto thrill through the heart of every American c
zen was passed by almost entirely unnoticed by the ma
tive residents of our city, who merely took advantage of
the partial suspension of business enoy season of
rest and recreation Quiet the order of the dav With
them, and strict silence all subjects touching nations
feeling was rigidy observed.
AS far had occasion to observe there were m
lights and but little drunkenness. The freedmen aver
excltable In their temperament and exuberant in their
may perhaps have INDUCED themselves In
some extent in their bbitions and love of prpp,;t;
encounters when apart to themselves while Celebrating thu
lay but we have yet to learn Of any dsordary
ngs on their part within the limits Of the CITY Tn fact
ney conducted themselves in manner worthy Of notice,
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The PhiladelphiaC Convention.

We desire to call the attention of our readers to
the address of the Democratic Senators and Rep
resentatves to the people of the United States and
the communication of our correspondent in refer
ence to the proposed Convention at Philadelphia,
IN August This is matter of much moment to
our people and one which should receive their
earnest consideration. We will, tomorrow, sub
NIT some further remarks of our own on the sub
ject, and will be glad to hear from others in re-
gard to the matter