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searched the vessel.
A Washington special of the New York
Egening Mall of the 18th says: "Sworn state
ments in the Florida case have been received
at the Navy Department. They were at once
forwarded to the State Department by order
of the President. demand will be at once
made, in a manner which will admit of no
evasion, for an explanation, apology and full
satisfaction. The attitude of this country
will be unyietung in defense of the assailed
honor of our flag. Minister Roberts is
perfectly aware Of the feeling which pre-
walls, and has undoubtedly notified his Gov
! ernment that there is no choice between an
ample apology or war;"
Samuel b. Kendig, convicted of the en-
bezzlement of Government funds in 1868,
while he was Disbursing Officer of the Patent
! Office, has been sentenced to confinement
in Jail for two years and to pay fine Of
$4,000. f. A. Marder, late Treasury clerk,
convicted of the embezzemcnt of Treasury
! funds, was sentenced to confinement in jnil
for one year, and to pay fine Of $4,000
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, has signed
the recently Temperance law passed
| by the Legislature.
/
! Superior Court, has decided against the ap-
| plication of Mrs Catherine V. Waite to be
| registered as a voter. Judge Jameson does
not regard the elective franchise as inherent
in citizenship, and argues at length that it is
not conferred upon females either by the
Constitution of the United States or by that
of the State of Illinois
The funeral of General Hallecll took place
at Louisville on the 18th. A vast concourse
was in attendance. The remains were de-
posted in vault in Cave Hill cemetery.
In the Wharton trial at Annapolis, Md, on
the 18th, the counsel for the defence an
nounced the evidence on their part closed.
Rebutting testimony on behalf Of the prose-
cution was then offered.
In the United States Supreme Court at
Washington, on the 18th, Judge Strong, in
behalf of the majority of the Judges, deliver
ed an opinion confirming the constitutional
ity of the LegalTender acts OF Congress.
! Chief-Justice Chase read a dissenting opin-
ion Of the minority OF the Judges.
1t was denied, in official circles at Wash
ington, on the 18th, that there was any un-
pleasantness whatever between Russia and
the United States, or that there was any
truth in the report that Minister Curtin is to
be recalled.
1t is said that, after the payment of his
debts, Fisk's estate will not amount to more
than 100000.
The Grand Jury brought in six indictments,
on the 18th, in the Oyer and Terminer Court
against Stokes for the murder of Fisk.
The Legislature of Montana has adjourned
sine die. A bill passed both Houses for the
removal Of the capital to Deer Lodge.
Orders were telegraphed from the War De
partment to General Emory, ct New Orleans,
on the 18th, instructing him not to bring his
troops into the city unless under express or
ders from Washington.
In the Warmoth Senate at New Orleans,
on the 18th, eighteen members were present,
including the President. This was decided
to be quorum. After other business the
rules were suspended, and the Registration,
Election. Ennstahnla~ and Printing hills
we're all repealed. In the House, the repeal
ed bills from the Senate were taken up, and
passed without dissenting voice, and tho
Senate notified of the fact. The Governor
signed the repeating acts. The Carterite;
declared this hasty legislation a trick.
A dwelling burned at Bradford, Ont, OF
the 18th, and five lives were lost-a woman
named Tenier, her two children, niece, ant
a man who boarded in the house.
The Secretary of War has asked Congress:
TO appropriate S42, 600 to complete the marble
statue of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
with its pediment, etc, in accordance will
the unanimous joint resolution of Congress
of 1867.
Reading, Pa, suffered loss of about $3.50,
600 by a recent fire.
Considerable excitement exists in Chicago
over the fire-limits question. A proposition
was before the Common Council to includ,
the entire city within the prescribed fire
proof limits, thus prohibiting the erection o
any more wooden structures, and, on tn,
night of the 18th, a large number of citi
zens mostly residents of the North Side
collected together and proceeded in a bod,
to the City Hall, and took possession of tn,
room while the Common Council was il
session, and broke up the meeting. Th
rioters were opposed to the passage Of th
proposed fire ordinance. The daily paper
of the city denounce in severe terms th
leaders in the riotous proceedings. TIT
Journal says "The mob not only broke VI
the meeting of the Common Council, bu
stoned the City Hall. The leaders of thes
rioters, being well known, should b.
promptly arrested and punished to the ex
treme limits of the law"
The President sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate on the 18th Postmaster
james b. Flower, Greeley, Col; Thoma
Laselle, Big Rapids, Mich; Alexander II
: Moore, Independence, Kansas Isaac L
Peck Owosso, Mich.
There were twenty-five applicants for
f position made vacant by the resignation o
clerk in the Post-Office Department a
Washington, on the 18th. The Postmaster
General directed that the applicants be sub
mtted to competitive examination, ant
that the names of three who passed the bes
examination be sent him, from whom h
I would select one for the appointment.
Mayor Hall returned to his office and re
sumed the duties of the MayOralty of Ney
, York city, on the nth.
, The Franklin statute was unveiled and fol
mally presented to the printers of New York
! on the nth, in Printing House Square.
The Coroner's jury at Marysville, Ind, o.
the body Of Levi Yardel, who was recent
killed by an Ohio & Mississippi train, hay
) returned verdict of manslaughter agains
; the engineer Isaac Ackley, the testimon
resting on the point whether the whist
! sounded in time to give reasonable warnin
/ to the deceased.
The Iowa Legislature voted on the 10th 70
/ United States Senator. In the Senate Wm
r B. Allison received 40 votes, and Joseph c
/ Knapp, T. In the House, Allison receive
rs, and Knapp IS, Allison's majority on join
ballot, 93.
, Five ballots were had in joint session @
the Maryland Legislature, on the nth, 70
United States Senator, without definite re
4 suit. The last vote was Vickers, %; Dennis
90; Earl, o; Thomas, 8; Henry, 12; Crei
, well, H.
: The political muddle at New Orleans cor
5 tinued on the nth. In the Warmothite
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