The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-03-13
Late Eastern News.

reports 10 the military commander, General Stoneman. The Radicals of North Caro- lima are opposed Co reduction of the Army .... The Republics of South America have accepted the mediation of our Government in their war with Spain .... The Sonora ls- lands, in the CarrbeAn sea, are now part of the United States, they having been pur chased by citizens of New York . The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies each claim the bonds for busAAng that part of the road between Monsment Point and Ogden, Utah. .....A bill, tS rega- late elections in Washington and IdsAS Ter ritories, has passed the Senate A goose of woman, named Annie O'Neil. was srres- ted in the corridors of the White Hoa.e, on the evening of February 10, with A double barreled pistol concealed abou, her person. She said she was sen; by God to kin Andrew Johnson. 1t appears, after all, that Men ard, the negro from Louisiana, wiR pot get the seat in Congress claimed by biss, he not having been legally elected. ... TAsrs is some talk of appointing Senator Sbevnaa Minister to England. ..T Two worrens Suffrage Conventions were in session at Chi. cAgo on the 18th ult. . The Steamer yss- fie SiSress was burned in Red River on the night of February II Many lives were lost .... The Dlackfcet and Crow Indians are at war. The business portion of the town of Franklin, Tennessee, was destroyed by fire. February II The City Government of Baltimore has rendered the Inequalities of the city to that faithful sentinel upon the watchtowcr of freedom, Asarew Johnson. Good, for Baltimore. Norwich, Con aectieu,, lost seoo,ooo. recently, by fire Whalen, the man who Eas accused and found guilty of shooting D'Arey MeGee, was hung at Ottawa, Canada, February II. .... The remains of those said to have been implicated in the murder of President Lincoln, have been given up to their friends Jus,iec Chase, and majority of the Supreme Court have given an opinion that gold contracts must be satisfied with coin, bu, ,hat Legal Tenders were lawful when the kind of cur rency was not mentioned. {. A large meet ing favorable to the freedom of Ireland, vas held in New York recently Mayor Hall addressed tbe meeting ft is sad that . rumPas has occurred between General Gran, snd his man Friday. Badeau .. The Con stitatianal amendment relating To suffrage will not be passed by thi. Congress, nor the next, we hope. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate have reported adversely to sum- ner's proposition to rub the word white from the naturalization laws. A joint rr.olu- ton, granting the right of way to the Mem. phis. Fl Passo and PaciHe Railroad, passed the Senate February 22d. .... The Prcsi. dent has vetoed the Copper Tariff Bill \ dispatch dated Washington, February 2sd. says: "rhe removal of Generals Halleck and Kirkham and Captain IToyt, will occur soon after the inauguration Of Grant. Gen erai Ord will probably command the Depart ment of the Pacific General Grant intend. to visit California the coming summer. Gen. e-al McCook, the present Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, is mentioned as likely to succeed General Miller in the colleesorhip of San Francisco General Brsnk P. Blair is coming to the Pacific coast.
 NEw Yosx, February Is.
 The treaty negotiated hy Caleb Cushing with the Government Of Columbia. comedies to the United States the exclusive right to construct an inter-oceanic canal across the isthmus of Darier, at any point to be select ed by the United States and Columbian Gov. ernments, l. cedes six miles of land on each side Of the canai-one- half for our own benc- fi', the other for that of the party undertak. ing it's construction. The Columbian Gov ernment Is 10 receive 10 per cent of the ret income Tor the first ten years, and after the canal is paid for 25 ger cent of the net profits The treaty is to be ratified by the United States within six months. The surveys shall be made within two years after atification. and the canal to be begun within i've years and finished in fifteen years after the ratifi- cation; otherwise, the charter fails The charter is to run i00 years The canal shall be under the control Of the United States, and Congress shall fx the rates of toll I,s navigation is to be open to all nations in time of peace, but closed tc beiigerents who may seek to avail themselves of its advantages. It is estimated tha, the canal win cost Si(,0. OOo,00O. company was organized in New York, under a charter from that State. with Peter Cooper for President. 1t is said. on distinguished authority, that this company is ready to commence work Congress is. how ever, at liberty to give preference 10 this or any other private company, or the United &fafa ..ff -1.-T Al