The New York herald., 1867-04-11

for both foreign ana domestic merchandise arn. An1
fam business WAS transasted The activity In brsa1
STUN noticed in our last continued. and higher proes
were asain realized Provisions were aos ssaaataly
changed Concs was steady and arm. Cotton was
dull. though unchanged In value Naval stores were
active and nrm. Petroleum remained unchanged
MsCELLANK0uS
In the United States Senate yesterday the rssoutioA
providing for adjournment vas Informally laid over
resolution providing Tor the printing Of three thou
sand copies Of the Army Register Tor 1857 w adopted
Tho credentials Of Matthias Manly Senator elect from
North Carolina aid o. the abls The Senate then
went into executive ssssea.
The Republican State Unioa Cenvsltloa y aominats
delegates TO the Convention og the revision Of the State
constitution met in Syracuse yesterday. john 0ris-
void was appontsd temporary President A list Of
dslegatss was then elected ono TO each district, and
nine fsr the STATE II large distributed among the first,
second and third districta Resolutions were adopted
favoring the incorporation Of clause In the State con.
stitution giving suffrage 70 the negro The Convention
then adjourned sine DE-
The Democratic state Convention assembled 81 Albany
yesterday, and was called 10 order by Samuel riden.
Darius A Ogden WAS appointed temporary chairman.
On calling the roll decided, after considerable de
bate that the Tammany Hall delegates were alone on
titled to admission as delegates from New York city, and
he Mozart and Democratic Union organizations wore
Declared inadmissbla The Committee ON Resolutions
reported address which was adopted and the rsqui
site delegates elected Considerable confusion pro-
vailed during the latter part Of the proceedings The
convention after ransacting other business OF an unm
portant character. adjourned
The work Of registration in Virginia IL going on
rapidly. Seven hundred officers required 10 the @.
pacty Of clerks, agents. &C., and large force Of North
arriving in Richmond under the impression
that Virginia cannot furnish loyal men enough 70 MI
the Offices While colored orator at tho celebration
on Sd inst advocating amagamatIUn two ysung
ladies' (whej appeared his side and shook hands VITA
him John Minor Bolts contributed some salutary ad.
burg on the 9Th inst
General Sheridans order for the registration Of voters
in Louisiana and Texes was issued yesterday.
President Johnson is unable TO attend 10 his ofcsl
duties owing to an affection OF the liver which requires
that he should be kept quiet
The ratiRcations OF the Russian treaty to be
changed Washington before the 30th Of June or the
treaty fails The money for the purchase Ia 70 be paid
within ten months after the exchange OF ratincatoDa
In columns thIs morning Will bs found the petition
Of Governor Jenkins asking the Supreme Court to issue
an injunction prevent the execution Of the Recon
struction law in Georgia.
L0Wor mousse
TO strike the word s'white from the State constitution
yesterday by vote OF thry-fvc to twenty, thereby
cutting OF negroes the State from the right Of fran
chise.
The election in Baltimore on tho question OF Consti-
tutional Convention and the running OF street
Sunday resulted favor OF both propositions by mori.
ties of eighteen hundred yesterday. Everything
passed of quietly.
Havana dates or tho 81 instant received ia Washing.
ton state that the United States Consul had demonstrated
against the enlistment Of Spanards in Cuba for the
army Of Maximian. The Captain General replied that
the recruiting should bs stopped but since hcn about
two hundred recruits have let Havana Tho
Consul has therefore called upon tho Mexican
republican Consul for af1davs setting forth tho facts
with view OF submitting the same to the aathores
both in Cuba and at Washington.
Further particulars regarding the revolution in Hay
arc received. Forty mon under command Of victorin
Chevalier arrived OF st. Marks the Sth ult. from
Turks Island, whence they had como British
schooner, and proclaimed provisional government.
President Gsrsrd Immediately abdicatod and won't
board French man-of-war General Massage sagst q
black man. elected to NIL the vacancy by tho Senate
but he declined. and provisional government VA
chosen.
Texas letters say that the Indians arc assembling in
large bodies the frontier and numerous outrages
| committed daily.
Wendell Phillips has written . letter to Muscatine
Iowa. paper in which he kcns President Johnson to
Tennessee mule, and opposes Grant q candidate for
tho Presidency because he has political ideas of his
own.
Tho Kansas branch Of the Union Pacific Railroad from
S. Louis viii be completed 70 Saline. town 6fty miles
beyond Fort Riley and four hundred and sixty eight
miles west Of st. Louis, on Saturday nsxt
Two young girls aged fifteen and sixteen Attempted
to commit suicide near wsshawksn yesterday mornnV,
because the father Of Of thom insisted their being
separated
An abandoned woman in Chicago, who was discarded
by her nsghbors account Of her bad character
dsred little girl Tuesday and attempted 70 murder
another . means Of retaliation
Ten boys, aged from eight to sixteen, sentenced
to thirty days. imprisonment on Tuesday M Jamaica,
Long Island, for having stoned organ grinder while
peacefully following hts vocation Yesterday the organ
grinder died in Brooklyn Of his injurieai
The Cessiss Of Russian America TO the United
States.
The confirmation Of the bargain, or treaty
as it is ofncially termed, by which Russia cedes
to the United States all her territory on the
American continent, by the large and decisive
vote in the Senate of thirty yeas to only two
nays, makes the acquisition OF that territory a
fixed fact II Is true the House of Representa-.
tives will have something to say in the matter,
and will have to appropriate the seven mil.
lions Of dollars to pay for the purchase; bul
there Is little doubt as to what the House will
do. In spite Of the hostility Of portion of the
radical press and its insinuation that the House
will upset what the administration and Senate
have done. the money will be appropriated
The overwhelming vote Of the Senate leaves
no doubt on the subject; for the representative
men Of one body reflect the sentiments Of those
Of the other sufficiently to justify this conclu.
| sion.
We should be surprised to see any opposi
tion, II we did not know that the old hide
bound federal party, and the radicals, which