, 1867-03-29

A special to the Commercial AdUsrtser saws
that the House has voted in favor Of extending
the recess to December. This is regarded as a
fatal blow to impeachment The members fav.
orng impeachment contribute every effort TO
prolong the present session.
NEWS FROM IRELAND.
NEw YORK, March lS.-The Heralds CORES
pondence from London, the 9th inst, says that
the British Government was taken by surprise by
the Fen;an uprising. The Fenian plan embraced
simultaneous outbreaks in London and Liver.
pool, with cOnhagratons by means of nitro-gly>
cerine There is question that this rising
vas led by men ashamed Of previous failures,
Accounts published in the Cork Examiner and
Freemans Journal show that skirmshes occur>
red at Talloght Bridge, Gleneullen, DroghsdA
Castle, Martyr Adaire, Lmerk City, Kilmallok,
Limerick Junction, and other places.
The Fenians very deficient in arms and
munitions, and are easily dispersed. Each time
time the uprising was evidently more serious
than the kilograms represented. 1t would seem,
however, that they were premature.
An IRISH DELEsATIoS vI-Irs THE PRESIDENT.
WAsHrxarox, March lsth.-Two representa-
ives Of the Irish Republic had an interview with
the President yesterday soliciting the recognition
of belliperent rights by the American Govern
ment The representatives made an address in
behalf of the FeniAn Brotherhood, asking that
the Irish Republic be respected RS a government
ne facto by the United States, and that the AM
erican Government insist it that their belli-
grrrnt rights he respected by Great Britain &C,
C ding to the rules Of nations in time of war.
The President asked, is this deJdcto government
actually in existence? The delegation assured
him that 1t was wuen he assured them that the
question should receive all the consideration
necessary in deciding a matter of such great i'm
portance. His sympathies were with the Irish
people.
JUDGE CHASE DECLINES
Washington. March lSth.-Chief Justice Chase
declines the labor and responsibility of select
ing registers in bankruptcy until the whole
court shall have decided that it is 10 the power
of Congress to impose the duties upon him
suPPL I'm ENTAIL RECONSTRUCTION BILL PASSED.
Washington, March l7.-At midnight, last
night, the Senate pIssei the Supplemental Re
construction Bill bv a vote Of % to 2. The noes
were Buckaiew. of Penn, and Hendricks, Of lu-
diana. Johnson, of Maryland, voted aye. Ths
other Democrats were absent.
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Love AID DIsAPPoISTHRNr.- W Wednesday after-
noon loving couple dusky daughter OF
old Virginia aud 4 sou of la belle Franee-migbt
have been seen wending tIeir way up Main street,
with hooked arms. while words Of mutual sd.
miration and affection fell from their lips. The
female proposed an immediate call at the Office
of the Justice of the Peace, fot the purpose Of
being Joined to the object of her affections 10
the hoiv bonds of wedlock; but at this interest.
ing crisis of the conversation, the Frenehman
suddenly forgoLthe traditional politeness Of hil
race, broke from the arms of his dusky enam-
orata, and fed at something less than 2:40 speed,
exeaiming: "Be gar, like get marry too
much now!" Realizing that she had not loved
not wisely but too vel, the female elevated
black bottle to her lips, and after imbibing long
aud deeply, threw her voluptuous form upo1
the bosom of mother earth, and "waled mnchly"
over the ineonstancy of man. In the language
of Petroleum v: ait wur teehin Sits'"-Sb0sf4
Courier.