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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, January 16.-The
President received a telegram from
Governor Yarmouth last night trans
hitting a resolution Of the Legislature
Of Louisiana requesting the President
to place the military forces In the VI
clnity Of New Orleans at the disposal
| OF the Governor. The latter therefore
asked that the request Of the Legisla-
tire be complied with. The President
referred the telegram. with instruc-
tions, to Attorney General Williams,
who forwarded a reply acknowledging
the receipt Of the telegram and saying
that there Is a contest as to the legality
OF the election Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and also as to the existence Of tho
lower branch Of the Legislature, dis
patches having been received here
from two persons, each claiming to be
Speaker thereof, and tho President
does not feel that he would be justified
In deciding those questions at this
tina aud under the existing circum-
stances, and he Is unwilling to Inter.
fsrc In State matters with tho military
power Of the Government except In a
clear case Of legal right and overrulinS
necessity.
\ dispatch was received from New
Orleans to-day stating that In View OF
the repeal Of obnoxious laws by the
Legislature yesterday, 1t is hoped that
harmony will be restored.
WASHINGTON, january ia dele
CATION Of cod fishermen called on the
President to-day in reference to the
portion of the Washington Treaty per-
tanning to the fisheries. After stating
thoir objections to the treaty and the
damaging effect It will have upon
them, the President replied that he
was In favor Of such measures as would
protect them, as he was not willing
that their interests should suffer.
The indications are that the Presl-
dent will reappolnt Hurlburd as Con-
troller of the Currency. His commits
sion soon expires.
New YORK, January 17.-Ata meet
Of the Committee Of Seventy tonight,
n subcommittee made a report OF
gross frauds upon the city by those
who figured In the frauds upon the
county, and promised soon to have a
detailed report ready for the press.
The World states that Stokes friends
affirm that the Fisk Mansfield letters
will yet be published, which will es-
tablish the connection Of the first with
the murlcrous assault on d. i Eaton,
whom Fisk had been anxious to have
put out of the way.
The Franklin Statue In Printing
House square was unveiled and pre-
sented to the printers Of New York
at noon to-day. Horace Greeley made
the presentation speech on behalf of
Degroot, the donor, and the President
Of the Savage Typographical Society
accepted 1t on behalf Of the printers.
Rev. II. Prime, Professor Morse and
Others made addresses.
]. Reilly, Assistant superintendent Of
the Foreign Mail Department Of the
City Postoilce, was yesterday arrested
on a charge Of purloining money from
letters passing though his hands.
Abanquet this evening In celebration
Of the birth Of Franklin vas n fine
affair. The speakers were Horace
Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, Rev.
DR.. Chaplin, Erastus Brooks, and
others.
A complimentary benefit to Matilda
Heron this evening, by her professional
friends, was a great success.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
George Wood, formerly Miss Eliza
Logan. were held to-day ut the st.
Cloud Hotel, corner Of Forty-second
street and Broadway. Rev. Stephen
Tying, Jr., read the Episcopal burial
service over the ROMANS. The parlors
were thronged with ladies, and many
members Of the theatrical profession.
The remains were conveyed to a cem-
etery.
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., Is men-
toned as successor Of Fisk as Colonel
Of the Ninth Regiment.
New York, January 1S.-A Me1i-
can dispatch, dated tho 10th, states
that there Is great rejoicing at Mata-
moras over the success Of the Govern
ment forces. Five thousand Govern
ment troops are under orders to march
to the frontier. General Quiga, the
rebel Mexican commander, was conf
dent ofultimate success, as the wealthy
and Intelligent party Of the country
he thinks will aid tho revolutionists.
The reports Of the increase Of small
pox in this city have begun to excite
alarm. The cases have Increased dur
Ing the past week from 6s to So. The
disease seems confined to no one sec
tlon. Vaccination Is rapidly progress
sing, but among the lower class Of
Germans who object to vaccination,
The contagion Is making most marked
ravages.
A subscription was started yesterday
among the crowd gathered to witness
the unwilling of tile Franklin statue,
for the purpose OF procuring a statue
Of Horace Greeley, to be erected OPP
posite the statue of Franklin, at the
o:her end Of the square. Six thousand
dollars was subscribed, the list com
prislng. among other names, G. A.
Dana, Mayor Hall, Henry w. Beechsr,
William Orion and Samuel G. Court
ney. At the Franklin banquet last