The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-26
NEW YORK.
European Items-Specials to the
PapePs-What Grant, Greeley and
others Think-TaPiR Supposed to.
be Dead. so

New YORK, Feb. 25.-Our files by
the steamer Deutchland show, by
official Parliamentary statements and
police and military reports, that the
Fenian movement against Chester
Castle was a very serious and alarm
ing affair, undertaken after due de-
liberation, and carried to the verge of
completion with rapidity and skill.
An Irish American officer serving in
the Fenian ranks betrayed the secret
to the authorities, and saved, in all
probability, great trouble in England
The Chief of Police In Chester states
that Fenian Military Directory con-
sisting of fifty men, mainly from New
York, held regular sittings in the
schief- towns of the United Kingdom,
In the House of Commons, on the
18th instant, Immediately after the
conclusion Of the great reform meet
ing in. Agricultural Hal, london,
Mr.. D'Israeli submitted the Derby
Reform plan to a very important as-
semblage of Members. He said the
Cabinet disliked the treatment of the
subject as. a party one, and would con-.
sequently proceed by resolution. On.
the 25th of February, he would take
the opinien of the House on. a5series
of resolutions, which would affirm
what should be the character of the
new BILL The extension of the
franchise must be in accordance with
the English Constitution, and avoid
the preponderance of any class. 1t
would be proposed that rating
should be the basis for voting, and a
bill would be introduced to remedy
irregularities in rating. No borough
will be disfranchised. A boundary
commission would be issued, with a
view of eminating the urbane ele-
ment from the constituencies IN coun-
ties. -
D'Israel. concluded by moving that
on the 18th Of February, the House
should go into a. committee to consid-
er the Reform Bill of 1882. ffs 6
The Times special says there are
good grounds for stating that the
President will send in veto of the
Reconstruction bill on Wednesday
next
1t is possible that the President will
let the tenure of Office bill become a
law without his signature. =
\ Gen. Grant, on good authority is,
reported as saying he regarded the re-
construction bill as very unwise legisz
lation. eaI
All the members of the Cabinet,
with one exception, are decidedly OPP
posed to the bill. CIT .A.'K
The report of the Committee inves-
tigating frauds on the revenue, will
report to o-day. 1t viii show the distil-
lery frauds to be far greater than any
one had conceived, and that the modes
of their perpetration are such as al
most to defy the law.
The fate of the House bill author
izing the payment of the compound
interest notes, in new greenbacks, is
extremely doubtful. j .Afpi.gs
The Iribune's special says it is con-
ceded that there will be no opposition
in the Republican party to the follow
ing named gentlemen as the officers
for the next House: .s- A>
| Colfax, for Speaker; Mcpherson,
| Clerk !; Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms,
and Given, for Postmaster. There
probably will be new man for Good
|
The President has submitted the
tenure of the office bill to the Attor-
ney General, it being claimed that the
bill is unconstitutional 8 .0n
One hundred and fifty leading
Democrats of New York have signed
request to the President that he
sign the Military Reconstruction Bill
The fate of the Legal Tender Bill
is uncertain.
Senator Wilson will move new
section providing that it shall be un-
lawful for national banks to allow OF
pay interest on deposits made in said
national banks by any other national
bank. This business, it is alleged
causes nearly all the financial trouble
in Wall Street.
! The Senate will reject the PROPOSE
ton reported by the Committee or
4 Foreign Affairs, to raise the position
Of our Representative to Brussels
Henry s. Sanford, to a full Mission
I The Worlds special says the arriva
4 of Gov. Andrew in Washington re
wives the rumor that he is to have ;
seat in the Cabinet.
The friends of the Tariff consider
it as virtually killed.
The Special Committee on Revenu,
favor reduction in the whisky tax
but the Ways and Means Committe,
, are very much opposed to it.
New YORK, Feb. 25.-The recen
seizures of Spanish wines in Boston
, and New York are exciting de
termined opposition on the part o
| importers, and they have formed
: combination, and have employed abl
counsel to present the facts in tn
= case to the Secretary of the Treasury
New YORK, Feb 25.-Three un
e licensed distilleries we're seized i
q Brooklyn, to-day.
4 Mr.. Mali, Belgium Consul Genera
: died LAST evening.