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WASHINGTON.
Secretary Fish to the Foreign Commit
tee.

Secretary Fish to the Foreign Commit
tee.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs received letter to-
day from the Secretary of State, suggesting
that in view of the pending correspondence
on the Alabama Claims, it is not expedient
or advisable for Congress to make any de-
claration upon the subject as proposed by
Judge Peters resolution, which opposes the
claim for consequential damages.
The statement made by Gen. Banks in
the room of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to-day was to the effect that he re-
Gently called on the Secretary of State with
reference to the reports as to the action of
the Government on the Alabama claims and
was informed that there was no division in
the Cabinet on this question; that no propo-
sition had been made to withdraw that part
of the case relating to consequential dam
ages, and that it was not understood the
Government had power to change the case
that had been made.
Representative Peters is in receipt of nu-
merous letters from prominent persons in
the country endorsing his resolution against
the presentation Of claims for cobsequen-
tial damages before the tribunal of arbitra-
tors. Elihu Burritt has written to him a
letter of thanks.
The Civil Service SquabbIe.
The Committee of. Conference on the dis
agreeing votes of the two houses on the
amendments making appropriations for
the legislative, Executive and judicial ex-
penses of the government for the year end
ing with June, '73, have agreed to fix the
amount at $4,000, to enable the President
to carry into effect the civil service reform.
The appropriation had been cut down from
$50, 1000 to $4,000 by the House.
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FROM the attitude of a strongly biased
independence, the Boston Globe has finally
come to see flaw in the administration OF
Grant. He Numbered, it admits gently, in
removing Nj. Sumnerifrom his Committee.
sGen. Grant," it continues, 'knew well
enough, as soon as the ill-advised act was
committed, that he had made a mistake, but
his disposition lacks that element of mag
nanimity which is always so grand, and yet
so rarely evinced, which prompts the &C
knowledgments of an error and hastens to
repair it." Whereupon the New York
Tribune remarks: 'This is not the only
great thing that Grant lacks; f it were,
there would be no division in the party, and
no need for the toll and trouble of revolu-
ton in the interests of purity and reform"
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L This distinguished Tennessean is a can
didate for reelection to the office of Cover
nor. He has filed the office with credit TO
himself and honor to our people. Posses
sing rs he does all those excellent qualities
which constitute the gentleman, and having
she ability requisite to the highest Executive
office in the State, we can see 10 reason for
his displacement. The UNION AND AMER
TCAN in speaking of Gen. Cheatham's an
nouncement says, and truthfully too, that
ltbe announcement Of Gen. Chatham
that he win be a candidate for the Demo
cratic Gubernatorial nomination has been
received with great regret by many OF his
warmest personal friends. Not that they
believe him to be unworthy or unfit to be
the Governor of the State, but because they
believe Gov. Brown to be justly entitled to
a denomination; and further, because they
believe Gen. Cheatham's candidacy at this
time, calculated to disturb, however remote
it NAV be from his purpose, the harmony OF
the party, and give heart and hope to the
disorganizeIs ."-BdrjIeH Enterprise, Aprii
%
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Diamonds.
KENTUCKY.
New Presbyterian University.

LOUISVILLE, April pa number of
PRESBYTERIAN ministers from all parts Of the
State met here tonight to hold a confer
ence on the subject of organizing a new
University under the auspices Of the South
ern SYNOD. The Kentucky Centre College
eft Dsnville having been virtually turned
over bv the recent decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States to the other
wing of the church, the Conference has
resolved TO establish such an institution and
called convention of the friends, members
and officers of the church and alumni OF
Centre College sympathizing with the
movement to meet in Lexington, May Z, to
oIganize the project. The Synod of Ken
lucky viii probably be called together al
the same time and place.
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A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
Several Houses Completely DemOI.
ished, but Nobody Hurt.

Several Houses Completely DemOI-
fshed, but Nobody Hurt.
From the WaynesbOrO (Tenn.) Review, April 10.
Last Monday week one of the most ter
rifle storms, that has ever visited this pOr-
ton of the moral vineyard, put in its ap-
pearance, sweeping and destroying fences
and houses at a terrible rate. 1t came from
tue south and striking Waynesboro full
brOad-side, destroyed nearly half the town.
1t lasted scarcely two minutes, yet the wind
was so strong that the blacksmith shops of
Mr.. Kinnamon and Norman & Risner, the
dwelling Of Mr.. George Walker, also the
lanyard shelter of Mr.. A. 7. Hassell were
entirely demolished. The old brick academy
was left standing without roof, the resi-
dence of Robert Horton was deprived of its
roof and chimnies, and strange to say that
no one was hurt, though the roof, chimnies
and up stairs floor are all now lying on
the lower floor. The Jail was almost
demolished the courthouse got two of its
chimnies spoiled; the gable end of the
church was blown il the livery sta bic of
Mr.. Berry was somewhat shaken up; the
dwelling house of Mr.. thurman was partial
" injured; and three out Of the only six
shade trees on the square were blown
down; the stable roof of Mr.. Hassell was
blown of, besides, miles of fence blown
down, and the bridge across Green river
was considerably damaged. 1t was, decid-
eddy the most severe storm that has ever
visited this section. Yet with all this des-
truction of property, We have great reason
of thankfulness to God for his very es-
peciaI providence in preserving life through
the storm. For it is the clearest case of
special providence we have seen for num-
Der of years. Out of about seventeen or
| eighteen houses, some of them totally de-
stroyed, and others injured more or less,
and not single person injured in the least.
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NEW YORK.
The Laws Delays.


NEW YORK, April 23.-The Tribune says
Mr.. Bartlett, counsel for Edward S. Stokes,
the murderer of James Fisk, ir., has with
drawn from the case on account Of disa-
ereement with his associates as to the man
agement of the defense. The District At
t5rney will reply to Stokes bill of COM
plant on Wednesday before Judge Cardoza.
Thus far, after four months delay, Stokes
has not pleaded to the Indictment.
Impossible.
President Grant writes to the projectors
of the meeting of soldiers at Cooper lnstl-
tute in aid of the erection Of a monument
to Gen. Thomas and the four thousand
Union soldiers inferred in Cypress Hill
Cemetery, that it will be impossible to ac-
cept the invitation to attend, inclosing a
check for 500.
Destruction Of q Rope Walk.
The rope and Irvine works of A. Hart Il
Co., 18th Avenue and 57th street, was burn
ed this afternoon. Loss $15O,OOO including
$4,000 on machinery, which latter is
covered by insurance.
The Bard of Avon.
The 3O8th anniversary of the birth OF
Shakespeare was celebrated tonight by St.
Georges Society.
Search has been made recently Of all ar
irving vessels for Fleury, the absconding
Teller of the Bank of Ireland, at Limerick,
without success.
PetticOat Preachers.
The Brooklyn Presbytery has adopted an
overture to the General Assembly OF the
Presbyterian Church against women preach
ing.
The Court Middle.
Arguments were heard in the Supreme
! Court to-day on the petition Of a large mum
Der Of prisoners in the Penitentiary anC
House Of Refuge for their discharge, on thu
ground of unc0nstitutiOnality Of the COur
| of Sessions which sentenced then. TIT
! decision is reserved.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The consolidation of New Jersey rail
roads and canals proceeds apace.
The sixth grand State Fair of Louisiana
commences to-day, continuing one week.
Baron Gutenberg, the new Russian Min
lister, arrived in New York per steamer last
night.
Iowa has abolished capital punishm ent
for crime sand immigration is rapidly pour
ing in."
E. P. Seward, brother of Secretary Sc
ward, died yesterday of apoplexy at Florida,
New York.
An indianapolis brute shot his wife dead
yesterday, and then failed in an effort to
cut his own throat.
Chicago reports tWenty-One deaths du-
ring the past week from smallpox and the
same number from spinal meningitis.
c. L. Shrewsbury, Mayor of Madison,
Ind, fell dead as he was stepping out of
his door last evening, to 60 to the Council
Chamber, from heart disease.
The fifth national shooting festival of the
american SharpShOOter'S Society will be
held at Highland, Ill, thirty miles cast Of
St. Louis, commencing the 18th of May,
terminating on Sunday the 10Th. Great pre-
partitions are being made for the occasion.
The prizes are valued at $4,000. A Nash
vile delegation is expected.
FOREIGN.
Thiers has bad cold.
Bismark dined with Bancroft Monday
night.
Gen. Rosecrans reached the city Of Mex
leo last Saturday.
The arrival of Prince Grant at SebastC-
pol is duly gazetted.
! The weather throughout England is fair
and favorable to the growing crops.
The trade mark convention between
| Austria and the United States has been
! ratified.
1t is feared that the British steamer
Isphahan has foundered off BreSt with all
on board-sOme fifty souls.
The postal officers of Jamaica are required
to contribute toward common fund, from
which all defalcatiOns in the service -
made good. Such civil service reform in
this country would pauperize the Radicals
Matamoras has been reinforced by sea
from Vera Cruz, and the Juarists of thai
city threaten to take the offensive and
promise to clear the frontier of Rebels.
The Yucatan revolution, however, is still
| in full blast.
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GREAT BRITAIN.
The EPSON Races.

LONDON, April 23.-The EPSON spring
meeting for 1872, opened to-day with the
city and suburban handicap of fifteen SOW
ereigns each, with two hundred sovereigns
added, TIE owner of the second horse to re-
ceive fifty soVereigns out of the stake. The
race was won by Mr.. G.. &C.. Keswick's b..
C. Digby Grand, four years old. Mr..
Bowles' b. h. Lord Glasgow was second, and
Mr.. Perry's b. h. Hector, third. Thirty
horses started. Betting before the race
was Is to l on the field against Digby
Grand; forty to one against Lord Glasgow;
and thirty-two to one against Hector. f.
Webb was the fortunate jockey Of the win
ming horse. Platt and Crickmere rode the
second and third respectively.
The Alabama MIDDLE.
In Parliament to-day Earl Granville and
Mr.. Gladstone stated that it would be in
compatible with the public interest to de-
clare the intention of the government with
regard to further proceedings before the
Geneva Board, until an answer to Lord
Granville's dispatch of March 20 had been
received from the United States.
MOnastic.
In the House of Commons tonight Mr..
N6Wuegdt6 dShoU i6Af6 " IuGIOuuCO OLIA
providing for the appointment of commits
sion to inquire into the character and rapid
increase of monastic institutions in Great
Britain. He explained the provisions of
the bill, and in the course OF his speech
declared that Priests impoverished their
Pensioners, and asserted that women had
been immured in converts against their
will.
Mr.. Henry Matthews, the member from
hungarian, protested against the offensive
language used by Newdegate, and rebuked
him for endeayoring to excite religious
strife.
Mr.. Edward Greene, the member from
Bury St. Edmunds, supported the bill,
which was opposed by Sir D. G. Carrigan
and O'Reilly and Sherlock, all Irish mem
bers.
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POLITICAL.
French Liberals.

l@AOOA0ASs
CHICAGO, April ga mass meeting OF
French citizens was held last evening in'the
interest of the Liberal Republican Conven-
ti0u at Cincinnati. Another mass meeting
was ordered for Monday next to elect dele
gates, and an organization formed to send
canvasserS through the Western States. At
the head of the committee of arrangements
are Geo. w. Larent, Alex. Bengley, and u.
Donors.
Iowa State Liberal Convention.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 23.-The State
Liberal Convention assembled herr to-day,
with full and enthusiastic delegation from
nearly every county in the State. A per-
manent organization was effected with Gen.
FitZ Henry Warren of Burlington, as Pre-
sident, and strong anti-Grant resolutions
upon liberal platform were adopted. One
hundred and thirty delegates from forty
counties were selected to attend the Gin
einnati Convention. Gov. Brown Of Mis-
souri,, and Hon. j. B. Grinnen of Iowa,
were present and made stirring speeches.
Great enthusiasm and harmony prevailed.
Half Fare to Cincinnati.
LOUISVILLE, April 23.-The roads CEN
tering here have made arrangements to
carry visitors and delegates to and from the
Cincinnati Convention on the first of May
for one fare the round trip. Those coming
from Southern points can make arrange
ments for reduced fare over. Southern roads
to Memphis, Humboldt or Nashville, where
they can get round trip tickets to Cincin-
natl over the Louisville and Nashville, and
Louisville and Cincinnati Short Line.
Tho Rau,Oouotso CtororaI 6,orya,,ffo,,
ST. LOUIS, April pa meeting OF
prominent gentlemen at the Southern Hotel
tonight, adopted resolutions extending on
the part of the citizens of st. Louis an in
vitation to the Democratic National EXecu-
tive Committee to hold the Democratic
National Convention in this city, and ap-
pointed a committee to correspond with the
National Committee, and for such arrange
ments as may be necessary in the case.
Pennsylvania Liberals.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-The Liberia
Republican mass meeting at Camden last
evening was addressed by Col. Scovel, D.
Y. Killgore and others. A letter was read
from CaK Schurz. Delegates were chosen
to attend the Cincinnati Convention.
Another Radio al Rascal.
Boston, April 23.-Marshal S. P. Laws
for the robbery of letters in the Boston
postofEice, was sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment in the Northampton jail.
APrOtest Against Corruption.
ALBANY. April 3.-Vanderbilt's Fourth
Avenue bill, providing for a depressed
track, passed the General Assembly. Whel
the vote was announced, Hawkins, who op
posed the bill from the first, rendered hi
resignation as a member Of the Assembly
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CUBA.
YaImaseda Ambushed.

NEW YORK, April 23-The Sun has a
letter from Havana of the 18th, stating
that Valmaseda with large body Of troops
fell into an ambush prepared by Vicinte
Garcia, between Comic Ell PasO
and Comic Ell Embarcados, and
was utterly routed, with the loss Of five
hundred. Over sixty carloads of wounded
had arrived at the military hospitals.
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A friend writes us from West Tennessee
that it is circulated in that Division of the
State that Gov. Brown is pecunarily inter
ested in the UNION AND AMERICAN.
The report has not the slightest founda-
ton in truth. Gov. Brown has not and
never had the slightest pecuniary interest
in the UNION AND AMERICAN, directly OF
indirectly, and no one connected with the
establishment is or ever was under any pc
suniarv- obligation TO him whatever.
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Delightful gJusic.

Many bright eyed beauty, to say moth
ing Of happy old maids and miserable
bachelors were aroused last night from
their slumbers by delightful strains
of music from the Post Band who
under command of Capt. j. NJ. Thatcher
and Capt. Winters, were on a grand seren-
ade to various parts of the city. We &C
knowledge thanks for the excellent
music, which is but an additional
evidence Of the improvement the members
of the band have recently attained by con.
tinued practice. The band last night was
drawn by coach and four and an escort
of carriages containing appreciative admir-
ers following in the rear.
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COST OF RONNER,s HORSE.

Dexter, $4,000; Poc,shontas, $4,000;
Lantern, 5000; Edward Everett, 10000;
Lady, Palmer, 5000; Peerless, 5000;
Bruno, $1,000; Joe Elliott, 10000; Flatbush
Maid, 1000; Membrino BERTHE, 10000. To-
tai $145,500.
The stable and ground upon which it is
built, must have cost at least one hundred
thousand dollars, making an aggregate Of
nearly a quarter of million.
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The Next Legislature.

To the Editors of the Union and American;
AS the time has come for US to be looking
around for suitable men to represent US in
the next Legislature, wish to mention w.
II billiard, Esq, as one who would make a
firstrate Representative. Mr.. billiard is
well known as a gentleman of fine practi-
cal sense, sterling integrity and well ac-
auainted with the wants and wishes OF the
people. He is one Of the most efficient
working-members of the Board OF Alder
men, and he is every way well qualified to
discharge satisfactorily the duties OF Rep
resentative. CITIZEN,
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HAYTI.

KINGSTON, JAM, April 23.-The latest
advices from Hayti indicate that trouble
prevails there, but the accounts are so con-
Trajectory that it is difficult to ascertain the
facts as to the situation. 1t is known that
the insurgents are active and increasing in
numbers, and the position of President
Saguet is daily becoming more precariOus
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VIRGINIA.
Norfolk as an Immigrant Port.

Norfolk as an Immigrant EOrt'
NORFOLK, VA, April PA large and
influential meeting was held at the City
Hall tonight, Judge Burroughs presiding,
for the organization Of an immigrant and
aid society to promote foreign immigration
to the United States through this port.
Jno. Good was elected President of the
society. Branch societies are to be estab-
lished throughout the South aud West.
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THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Big Bid for Immigrants.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23-Grain is ma
turing rapidly A great scarcity Of hands
to gather the crops are anticipated. Found
rymen and machinists are scarce, owing to
increased demand for mining machinery and
increased production of bullion. The adj
vance of mining stocks is stimulating bust
ness of all descriptions. Stevedores have
been receiving So, coin, per day, are now on
a strike for 81.
Alaska Diamonds.
Parties arriving at Portland from Sitka,
Alaska, report great excitement in that
place on account of the discovery Of ricl
| silver mines within half mile Of town
and rich gold and silver mines in other To-
cations on the adjacent coast. The excite
ment was at high pitch when the steamer
! left
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WAGES paid and the prices Of the neces-
saries of life are being very generally dis
cussed by the papers in the Dominion. 1t
is stated by one of our exchanges that ar
ticles which in 1928 cost SIS %, now cost
S42 so, an advance Of 233 per cent. In for
ty-four years the rates Of wages have ad-
yanced in very near the same proportion.
For the last twelve years, however, wages
have not increased in the same ratio as
prices. Thus, the average wages in eight
trades show an increase of % per cent,
while the increase in food, fuel, clothing,
rents, ETC., has been A per cent. These
statistics, if correct, would seem to prove
tbat the mechanics of Canada have not OBJ
tanned full share of the prosperity enjoyed
by the country during the past dozen years
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FRANCE.

PARIS, April 23.-In the Assembly this
afternoon the bill for the organization Of a
Council of State was referred back to the
committee which reported it. The army
bill passed its first reading without debate.
1t prescribes severe penalties for drunken
ness.
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TENNESSEE BONDS continue to improve
in New York, closing last evening at 60
for the old issue and 675 for the new.
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Col. JOIN S. SCOTT, of the First Louis
lana Regiment Confederate Cavalry, died
very suddenly in New Orleans a few days
AGO.
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COTTON is less active in New York,
middling closing yesterday at 2Sac.
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GOLD is strong and higher in New York.
Opening yesterday at 1115, it closed firm
at 111s61114'
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RELIGIOUS.
Revelations of the Census of 1870

Revelations OF tie census or 1870
Church Accom- OdatiOns and Property.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The statistics
of religion for the United States just COM
pleted at the Census Office show the total
number of church organizations upon the
1st of June, 1870, to be 72,451; the total
number Of church edifices to be 69,074; the
total church accommodation to be 2l,659,-
562 and the aggregate value of church pro-
perty to be $345, 429, 5S1.
The statistics of church accommodation
for the principal denominations are as fol-
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THE toothpick factory in Canton, Me-,
furnishes more work than any other BUSH
ness in the town. Over one hundred cords
of poplar have been hauled for its use this
season, and converted into toethpicks.
Each of the machines used will, 1t Is said,
make five thousand toothpicks minute.