, 1867-05-03

Win tue IOrtlNu NroON1f loaNo tHo GooHNIf
The Chronicle, Of ofto-day, says that when the
Senate adjourned last night, the impression
seemed TO be almost unanimous that there
would not be . quorum In either house on tue
Sd Of JULY. The feeling between Senators and
the President is comparatively cordial, and in-
tslligencs from the South promises submission
| to the reconstruction act. II
Washington, April 24.-A lighthouse district
has been established, with headquarters at As
toria, Oregon. The commander Is inspector.
The Rorlds special says: The members Of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs have in
quired diligently and hnd that it is untrue, a.
reported, about negotiations for the purchase
Of . portion Of British America. vtt
SOUTHERN EEws.
A dispatch from New Orleans says another
crevasss occurred on Friday at West Baton
Rouge. The damage is not yet known. A large
part Of Louisiana is now oVerhowed and there
Is much suffering.
New York, April 25.-The old Board of Di>
reetors Of the Jackson aud New Orleans Rail-
road, with Beauregard as President, are re-
elected By throwing from the representation the
stock Of the city and State which would, if re-
presented, have insured a Union Board. The
matter is to be presented to Gen. Grant, with
petition for . new election.
1t is claimed by parties in the South that the
clause in the Reconstruction bill disqualifying
State officers, extends to parish and county Of
hcers. Sheridan asks for . true construction of
the law. The State Attorney General is pres
pairing an opinion to be presented oGen. Grant,
asking him to authorize Gen. Sheridan to re-
move Col. Adams, Chief of New Orleans Police,
who was one of the instigators of the mobs.
General Ord has arrived at Little Rock, and
represents that political affairs in Arkansas are
hopeful.
New Orleans, April 23.-It is estimated that
the loss to the United States of Internal Reve.
I 1 Al l.. -
crops OF cotton, sugar and molasses by the Hood,
will be between eight and ten millions of dol,
lars.
sESArxoR WILSON SPEAKS AT RICHMOND.
Richmond, April 2I.-Senator Wilson, ofMas-
saehusetts, addressed a large mass meeting at
the Court House, on SATURDAY, April 2Oth His
subject was reconstruction aud events of the
war. He claimed that after the war the North
had no i'll feeling, and he laid the blame of the
present dissatisfaction upon the policy of Pres.
dent johnson. He defended Congress from the
charge Of violating the Constitution, Major J.
II Lee replied to Wilson, charging the intro.
ductiOn of slavery upon the North. He said
Lincoln did not intend at first TO liberate the
slaves. and claimed that Southern men were the
best friends Of black Ten.
CANADIAN coNFEOERArIoN.
New York, April 20.-A Canadian cores
POudence Of April l7th, says the election under
| the new Confederation will not occur until Au:
gust. Toronto is alive with political excitement
Office seekers and gold seekers arc arriving.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
The Tribune says the lst, l9tA, and l4th di.
strcts have gone for the Democrats, as was ex.
pected. The Convention will stand 81 Repub>
licans and SO Democrrts Beecher was defeated
in the I'd district. Morton was the ouly Repub>
lican elected in the city, having a majority Of
9. Hughes, Tammany Candidate, was elected
in the 9th district.
A EUROPEAN WAR INEVITABLE.
New York, April 27-The Tri6unes special
dispatch says the Department of State has re-
csived by mail voluminous dispatches from our
Ministers to France and England which show
coLclusively that a general European war can
scarcely be avoided. Napoleon, for a mouth
past, has been making extensive military pres
parations- The war feeling among the French
is almost beyond Napoleon's control.
"MalakoH' writes to the Times under date of
Paris, April l2th The people excited to
such q point that all serious business trausac>
tons have been arrested. No large orders are
given for manufactures. The evaporation e1S
tends further back than the Luxembourg question
and was caused by the anti-French spirit per-
Vsding Germany. This was understood by the
French previous to the late war. They are en-
ragged at the failure of the Government to take
timely action. The opposition members of the
rEenCh OnamDeF are Illuminated at the pOsiu0n
of France, and while willing to fight their way
out, are at the same time organizing for revO-
luton. They think the Republic could fight
Europe combiAed.
New York, April 26-The London Times Pa,
ris correspondent, writing under date of April
18th, says Experiments have been made at
Vincennes with a new cannon of the Emperor
invention. The result carefully concealed
from the public and the soldieryj the officers
only prHcticed IL or l5 shots a minute. II is
| the needle gun system applied to artillery. 1t
is positively stated that in case of war with
Prussia, Italy will join France; Bavaria and
Baden will be told that if they take part with
Prussia, their territory will be made the battle.
ground. Other correspondents state that Austria
will be the ally of France
The war cry prevails at Berlin, and they say
there that they will be in Paris within three
months.
The Hsrdlds Berlin correspondence, dated
April llth, says dispatch was received from
the Prussian Minister at Paris by the Council of
State, TO the effect that Napoleon had resolved
to address a note TO the Prussian Cabinet,
stating the reasons of France for acquiring
LuIemburg, and reminding Bsmark that by his
own avowal its annexation to Germany expired
with the dissolution of the Federal Union of
1915, but expressing a willingness to consult
the great powers. This correspondent also
states that Bismark addressed a note to Napo.
leon demanding the immediate cessation Of mill.
tary preparations in France.