The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-17

charged with having illegally removed three bas.
rels Of distilled spirits from No. 81 Abastor place. The
spirits had been seized by officer OF internal revenue
The accused have been held to await an examination
Roger Lang giving bail in the sum OF 81, 600.
The new and superior screw steamship Msnimac, OF
1000 tons burhen has been substituted in place Of the
Guiding Star, and win sail for st. Thomas and the Bra
lillian ports Friday next, 22d inst Captain Geo. B.
slocum takes command Of the Merrimac. The steam
ship Guiding Star will sail for Hasrs the aoth inst
in place Of the Merrimao.
The stock market was on the whole nrm yesterday.
Gold closed at laax y. The condition Of general
trade yesterday was In many respects favorable tho
markets being generally buoyant under lively demand,
but owing 70 the dsagreeabe storm the volume OF bus
ness was much less than otherwise would have been
Cotton. under continued good reports from
Liverpool-the lass quoting midding uplands at
l3hd-asain advanced, and closed with upward ton
dency on basis Of S2c for upanda Groceries were
but moderately active, yet values quite steady.
Petroleum was steady and quiet Naval stores firm, un
der . moderate demand. On Change -four was &c. .
LOG higher. Wheat firm. Corn and oats lc. 20.
higher The former closing dull Rye was o. q %.
higher Pork firm at previous pricsa Beef steady.
Lard nrmer under . more active demand. Butter and
cheese, no change. whiskey dull and nominal
MISCELLANEOUS.
Our Washington correspondent writes that the politi-
clans Of Virginia exultant the passage Of the
supplementary Reconstruction BILL not ave hun.
dred persons in the State will DO disfranchsed by IT,
Office holders not having allegiance to the United
States since ls49 In the other Southern States how.
ever the bill will disranchise large number General
Schofeld has issued order prohibiting the
whipping Of any person for crime Tho law Of Congress
disbandng the militia Of the Southern States is also
published for the information OF all concerned. Tho
report OF the Committee Of the Virginia Legislature
recently sent to Washington, speaks favoraby
OF the reception they met with from the mem.
bers Of Congress.
Our correspondence from Rio Janoro dated February
g. reports there another bombardment Fort
Curupaty the 18th of January On the 18th the allied
armies captured one OF the enemys Entertainments
The Brazilian papers denounced the reported offer Of
mediation between the allies and Paraguayans by the
United States There considerable excitement at
Buenos Ayres by the discovery Of conspiracy to
throw the government, and several made.
The revolution in the Argentine Confederation had not
been suppressed the force against tho rebels having
been defeated The Buenos Ayres papers bitterly oppose
the continuance OF the war; and denounce the alliance
with the "nigger empire y as they term Brazil They
advise the acceptance of United States mediation Tho
among Englishmen at Rio The elections in Brazil had
resulted in the the conservatives The gov
ernment Of the Argentine Confederation taking
vigorous measures suppress the rebellion All of the
National Guard had been called out.
The Spanish steamers that recently left Havana
under sealed orders are now reported to have TO
Honduras They the Corona, Francisco de Ass and
Pzarro The schooner Hueva was under orders to pre-
pare for sea at
Jules vaiard Maximilan's French cook, has arrived
in Havana
The customs returns from the whole island Of Cuba
during tho month Of February amount to $l1l0,620
which shows net increase OF $116,27s the amount
collected in February 1885, without including e323 148
lost By tho In consequence OF the exemption Of
the export dutes In the sugar market the quota
ton Of ~ reals for No. II has been easily sustained
despite the unfavo rable advices from Europe Shipping
coming In freely and the late inquiry having
boon partly supplied the market was calm at about
previous rates. Currency exchange the United states
was weaker. Excellent paper on United States was
held at p per cent discount Sterling continued rm at
l41z premium, and francs were still At ~ to TX do
Thaddeus Stevens was III on Friday that he had
leave the House Of Representatives he was much
improved yesterday, although stiii confined TO bed
General Fullerton examined before the judi
cay Committee yesterday, relative TO the restoration OF
examined in reference his conversations with tho
President the subject Of reputation He denied that
he intended 10 intimate that Mr. johnson favored tho
policy OF rcpudatng the national debt The treasury
invest cations still going on.
large nrs occurred in Memphis last night and the
wind high, II was feared that entire block Of
buildings would be destroyed
s. H. Rowland, hotel clerk ct Memphis yesterday
received from England Of having fallen heir to a
fortune Of So, 100000
terrible ARRAY occurred at Carlisle Pa, the 18th
instant between citizens and soldiers resulting in the
killing and wounding Of several
Late advces from Arizona that treaty OF peace
has been made with the Apache Indians, who, It
believed, sincerely desired peace.
A cattle merchant named Kilgour was run over by a
train near steubenvie. Ohio tho 14th ns and lite
rally cut to pieces His head and both legs entirely
severed. Deceased resided at Port Washington, Ohio
Tho Eastern Question-A Final Solution Of
the Dimculty.
In to-day's issue we publish series of tele-
grams relating to the affairs of the East Ser
via, If this last cable announcement proves to
be more correct than the many which have
preceded it TO the same effect, will at last be
relieved Of the hated presence Of Turkish
troops. Since the ascendancy of Turkish
power in the West the Ottoman Porte, regard
ing Servia as an important outpost of the
empire, has always maintained on her soil
number of powerful and well garrisoned
fortresses, Of which Belgrade is the largest
and most important. The Servians, who have
for some time enjoyed nominal independence