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Mr. Henderson said Mr. Chairman : I have no written speech prepared to read to you thia evening, and the remark that I tlmll make will he brief, mid of an extemporaneous olinr otter. , . , I propose for a short tiino to Investigate a subject Brought to view in the message of the President, pu the eleventh page, If I recollect aright, where be speaks of treason against the Government having been onmtniltud, and of the necessity of trying traitors, nnnisliinar them. and making the crime of treason Infamous. I regard this as a very important question ; and notwithstanding I have heard many able speeches and ninny hours of dehato on this floor, I have beard but little allusion to this subject. I have no doubt that this subject is to some extent nnpopoiar ironi litlse impres sions tnnt nave neen matte ettorts to stigma tizo thnsu that believe treason i a crime, and that it ought to he punished, as acting from mo tires of malice or hatred toward I tie Sooth. Now, sir, I do not feel any hatred to the South, or any disposition to take revenge upon any man. It was my fortune to be born in that portion of the country denominated the Smith I snent more thun thirtv vears of mv life in tliut part of the wurld, f was horn among slaveholder aim wns-Mrrotiniieci to some ex tent by slaves; and if 1 have preju ices and I suppose I have, for It would be a very aincu- lar circumstance to find a man that was not to some extent under the influence of prejudice those prejudices are in favor of the South and BontiiHrn people. : . ;. But, sir, I believe that the happiness and welfare of this great ttepnhlio demand that we shall have a Government, and that that Gov eminent shall he maintained inviolate. The object of Government, Mr. Chairman. I understand 10 be, not to confer rights and privilege) upon men, but to secure to each and every inhabitant of the land the rights that God has bestowed upon him.- Good govern- nient aims to secure, not the rights ( f a part of me uinzens, wit. in euon ana every one ; noi a part of the right of each and every one, but the full, free, and untrainineled exercise and enjoyment of all those rights that God has be stowed upon' human niitnro. This I under stand tif be the design of government. And just in proportion ns this enjoyment of all these rights is secured to the Inhabitants of u coun try, just in that proportion are (hone inhabit ants happy and prosperous. And just in pro portion as these natural rights are invaded and trampled upon, so do the people become wretolicd and miserable. Then, sir, it is not only necessary that we should have laws defining the duties of oitixeu to each other, hut that those Inw should hare penalties annexed to them. Every man knows that laws without penalties amount to the same as no laws at all. It is admitted that laws most have just and adequate penalties to secure the rights and tho welfare of the citizens. And not only must there bo just and adt quale pen alties, but the penalties must be inflicted npon the transgressor. This fact is so clear that, it admits of no controversy. That the penalty of the law must be Inflicted lias been acknowledged by all the nations of the earth from the earliest period of its history. Ta the case of Daniel, the prophet, who vio lated the law of the Kiug of the Medes and Persians, the King became convinced that lie bad been led into enor in promulgating the law that he did, but the law having been pro mulgated, and bis favorite minister having vio lated it, he labored until tho going down of the sun in order to deviso some plan by which be might release Daniel from the penalty that he had incurred. But when he was reminded that the time was drawing near when the penalty of the law must be inflioted, he reluctantly, bot at the same time firmly, ordered that the penalty should be inflicted upon tbe transgress or, showing the deepest regret that he had been placed In circumstances where it was necessary to do such a thing. But the welfare of the eni- fiire demanded that it should be dune ; tbe am of the Medes and Persians changed not. 1 remember also reading the history of Zelu ens, King of the Locriuus, who issued a proc lamation or enacted a law at a certain time, that any one of his subject alio should com mit a certain crime should hare both his eyes put out; and the story is that the sou of that monarch was the first individual that was con victed of violating the law. The monarch, as a matter of course, felt great reluctance to put out the two eyes- of his son, nnd at the same time be felt that he could not extcud the par doning power; and with a view ol accomplish ing the same end with' ol violating the spirit of the law, he ordered that one of his own eyes hould he put out and one of his sou's. - Mr Chairniuu, the object of inflicting pen alties upon transgressors is nut to wreak ven gence or gratify malice, or anything of that de scription, but there ie a great end to he accom plished by doing it. Let us inquire fur a mo nient what good arises from the fact of inflict log the penalties of the law npon transgressor. What gim, fur instance, will it do to inflict the penalty of tbe law upon a man convicted of the crime of murder T Will it bring hurk the dead .to life No, sir. Then, if it will nut bring tbe dead hack to life, what benefit will arise from executing the murderer It may be said by some that it will prevent him from commit ting a similar crime, but I say that there is no more certainly that he would commit the crime again than that any other mau would commit it. And men arc not to be executed for fear they may commit crime. Under an adminis tration of that kind none would be safe. Bui. sir. there are two grand object to be secured by inflicting penalties upon viohitersof the law. The first is to sustain the confidence of the law-abiding that their Government will lie sustained. We have had an exhibition of the effects of tbe want of confidence during the late rebelliou. Jt bas often been proposed to engage in enterprises and improvements in dif lereut parts of tbe United Sutra, but the ob jection was made, " Wait till the rebellion is put down ; we do not know what may be the resalt of litis great rebellion." I remember in ray own immediate neighborhood there was a proposition to erect a woolen factory. It was believed that It would be an important enter prise and a profitable investment ; but the un oertain condition of the cnuutry was such as forbid men investing capital, aiid they woold uot do it. Who would build a boose or plant an orchard, or plow bis fields and sow his grain, if be had do assurance that he would he per mitted to partake of the ftuils of his industry 1 Who would engage in industrial pursuit, if be bad no confidence in the stability of tbe Gov ernment J Strike down the confidence of the people in the stability of their Government, and progress and improvement will come to ao end ; in a word, the Government will come to an end. and wreck and ruin would be (he result. Now, is there it no one thing that can be done fur ike wetjare of the American people that will mora thoroughly promote enterprise, improvement and industry, than la convince the great mas of the people that the Govern ment will be maintained, and that every hand lifttd against it shall be palsied or stricken doan. Make this impression deep and lasting, and no one thing, in my judgment, mil lie bet ler calculated to promote general prosperity ard general welfare of lb nation. Till. I understand, then, to be ibe first grand bjeot of inflicting the penalties nf the law upon transgressor I to sustain the confidence of the loyal and law abiding. In the next place. Ibe object i to give warn ing to the refractory. Wen the penally of the law it inflicted on a transgressor when a trior derer. lor instance, is executed a vois goes to them t tint, if they violate the law, they shall suffer in liko manner. These I understand to be the great objects of inflicting penalties opou those who transgress the laws of our country. I said, a fuw moments ngn, that I did not un derstand it to be necessary for the letter of the law te lie inflioted in every instance. I hold punishment to be an ovil, and whenever it can he dispensed with without injury to the public, it ought to he done. Whenever tbe Executiva of tho United States, or the Exeoutive nf any State In the Union, can extend the pardoning power without injury to the general wellant, then he ought to do so. I bold it to be the uni versal rule that, when it can be done, and no injnry inflioted upon the community or upon the country, then tho pardoning power ought to be exercised. II those that are in prison can he liberated without injury to society, they ought to he liberated. When no good can he secured by retaining litem in prison, it will be an evil to keep them there ; and where tbe evil nf their punishment would bo overbalanced by thu evil resulting to the community from their liberation, then the puumliment should be in flioted. Now. the impression npon my mind is that there should be a sufficient number of loading rebels from each of the States lately in rebel lion against the United States Government ar raigned fur their treason, tried as the President suggests, and if found guilty they should suffer the penalty of the law. I would not say that all who have been in rebellion should thus snffer. No greater good could result In in such a course ; because, if a few ot the leaden in each Statu, suffering the penalty of tho law. would set nre the same ends to the people of the United Mates that the execution of all who had beeu hi rebellion would secure to them. Supposo that every one of those who had been engaged In this rebellion should be tried, and the full penalty of the law inflicted upon them, what gomUwouhl result from that? It would simply say that the Government will be main tained, and the confidence of the law abiding pei pie', us a matter of cotrrse, would be sus tained by such a course ; and it is true the re fractory throughout the country would he warned those who had a disposition to rebel against the Government would be warned of the Tate that would await them should they thus act. These are the great ends to be ob tained But I understand thnt tho trial, con demnation and execution of a few of the lead ers in each of these States would secure the very same ends would have the same tenden cy to strengthen tho general confidence in the Government. , Wo all know that if there are no leaders there would be no rebellion there can be no rebellion without lenders. It is true that thu people of the rebel States say that such men, for instance, aa Davis, Lee, tco., were only their servants, and that other individuals were simply carrying out their will, and thnt those men are un moro responsible than they are. Now, I deny tho truth of thnt assertion. I say that those men w ho hove been agitating for the last ten, fifteen or twenty yea's. They hove been threatening to dissolve the) Union and re bel airainst the Government for tho at least fif ten or twenty years ; and they are tho guilty ones ; ttioy are the leaders ; they are tbe prime movers. Had it not been for perhaps a dozen men, that might' be selected from among thoso who were leading rebels, there would have beeu no rebellion.' ' I presume we nil know this 'to be the fact. Select some ten or fifteen, per haps not so many, perhaps n few more, from llic various States lately in rebellion, and there would hare been no rebellion. And if It is un derstood by the people of this Union that the leaders of tho rebellion shall die, there never will he another rebellion. Just let that fact be fixed in the minds of the people, that all who lead in such an enterprise us this shall suffer, shall dio for it, and rebellions would be come very scarce throughout this country. ' But if all those who havo been engaged in rebellion ngaiust tho Government are to bo pardoned, if the eutire number of the rebels are to be released from the penalty of the Inw, and are to be permitted to enjoy all the rights and privileges of citizens again, what would that proclaim to those who are to come in the future I What truth would it proclaim to those who are to come after us I . Would it not be saying to them, You may engnge in a rel.el lion you may try the experiment ; if you fail you will he pardoned, and he permitted to en joy nil the rights nf citizenship again ; you will .1... .I:iv. ...1.- I r uiiij uiuur ine uniiciiny hum expense in trying the experiment, nod if yon fail it will only be n failure, hut will produce no great, haiin to yourselves." hnppose, Mr. Chairman, that nil the nietl concerned in the late rebellion should be the objects of tho pardoning power nf the Chief executive ; then, it in the coursn ol lime oilier dissatisfied men should undertake a eeunnd re bellion gaiil the Government, w ith what lace could the Government undertake to inflict the penalty of the law upon such conspirators or rebels? If the Government should, in Ibis ag gravated rase, this monstrous instance, set an example thnt the leaders in rebellion and trea son shall go unpunished, how iiiulil the Gov ernment, with any degree of propriety. Inflict punishment upon new transgressor of the same class 1 If the participants in the recent lerri hie war upon the Government bo exempted mm all responsibility lor their crimes, future traitors, meeting with similar failure in their efforts, cot Id with great propriety sav to the Government, " Former criminals, whose guilt was more aggravated than ours, suffered no penahy. and we expected, as we rxpected, as a malt) r of course, that the Government would extend to us the same lenity." 1 Hut, sir. Irt the penalty or tho law he in flicted, and confidence in the administration of justice will lie strengthened, subordination to law win be li'slered, and prosperity will bless nor nation from ocean to ocean. It is sometime said. Mr. Chairman, that Christianity requires that tbe guilty shall be pardoned or forgiven. In the newspapers that advocate the pardon of all these men I some times see it nrged that the Almighty forgive tho vilest of tbe Tile ; that He pardons all ; hut tl man who offer this argument overlooks or fin yet one important fact that ie. the God of the universe would not and I will say could not, pardon one (inner till a great sacrifice, a vast atonement, bad been made. The Son of God suffered and died upon the cross, so a to render it possible that the Great lluler of the universe to forgive those who had rebelled against Hi government I repeat, that God wocld not aud could uot pardon one rebel against Hi government without tbi great atonement. It is true that the penalty was not inflicted in accordance with the letter ol tbe law ; but lha spirit ef the law waa fulfilled, se curing the same end that would have been at tained by iuflioting literally the penally of the law. So, 1 affirm, when the Government of the United State has oarried out in spirit the law for ttis punishment of treason, by inflicting the penalty pn suOioirnt burnbrr of lb trad ing traitors and I will not pretend to determ ine how many would constitute a sufficient number then the Kxecutiv of the United Slates can consistently extend bi pardo to the less conspicuous aud active criminals. In this manner the confidence of the law-abiding will be sustained, while the refractory will he warned ; and iu lit, wanner pardoa may. with out injnriou consequence, bo extruded to I how offenders whose guilt is Irs aggravated. In the commencement nf rny remarks I said that it was net on account of hatred to the South that 1 orged that the penalty of the law should be inflieied. I know Ibat it is a very common thing to impute to a hatred of the South. Now. sir. where is tbe man in this assembly, or in this country, who hale tbe South I Why should We hate it pleasant climate, it fertile valleys, and flowery plains? Xn. s;- do not hate the South. "Hi lb institution of tbe SIU ipg ???lH2 3CI ISS TP -: ": " 7 " 7;,,"i:V";.K '77 South. They have used these words for the last twenty year. We have been opposed, we are told, to the institution nf the South ; and the word has always been used in the plu ral. As one, I do not halo tho institutions of tho South. Hut, sir, I frankly say that I have from my boyhood hated i ne institution of tho South, if it can he called an institution, and that i the institution of human slavery which pro vailed there. I have no feeling of hatred to the southern men. There are many good and loyal men in the South. I honor and respect them, and desire their welfare and happiness. I have no doubt a great many in the southern State wero led into rebellion by the influence of oth er ; they were deceived, and led by that de ception to do that which they would not other wise have done. I havo no feelings of enmity to them. The leaders in this great crime have uot my hatred. They have my compas sion and my pity. I hold the good of the na tion demands they should suffer, nnd I think express this sentiment with the same feeling a judge has upon tho bench when bo pronounce en euce of the law against a transgressors He does not do it because he take pleasure in the death of the transgressor, but from a con viction that the welfare of mankind demands it. On this ground we demnnd that this pen alty shall he imposed npon these transgressors, not from hatred to them, but from a love to the nation ; not. that we love them less, hut our country more. ', 1 I acknowledge, I have a feeling of hatred for nn institution that authorizes one man to make a slave of another man; that which authorizes, him to rob his lellow-man of every thing that makes life dear; of the right of liberty and the pursuit of happiness ; ol the right to wife und children. I bate that institn ; tion be it fonnded where it may. Mr. Speaker, I sympathize with a southern inn n who has been raised under the influence of that institution, bot for a man raised in the northern States, the free States, who has been permitted to rend and study and investigate, who endorses the institution of slavery. I havo n feeling of hatred. I know it is said by some to be wrong to hnte any man. I find in rend ing the Book of Books that God hated the Nieolaitatis. I say in a certain sense I bate the man who has had an opportunity of having light In his pathway, and deliberately endorses tbe right of one man to enslave his fellow man.. If 1 hute any man, I hate such, 1 Hr I recall the remark of ono nf our atiitesrneii, nmdo many year ngo in this Cnpi-" tol. When a northern 'man got up and npolo- Sized for the institution of slavery, Mr. Ban ulph, pointing his finger at him. said ho en vied neither hie bead nor his heart. I say the same thing, if n man from the North, who has bad the advantage ol freedom, rises and apolo gizes lor slavery, 1 envy neither his head nor bis heart. . , There is another branch of the subject I will refer to before I close.' It is said these men claim tbe right of revolution. An hon orable gentleman some time back said upon this floor ibey were to some extent justified on the eternal principle of revolution. He did not say boldly tbey wore just fied in rebellion, but he undertook to excuse rebellion upon the ground that men havo the right to revolution ize. I admit the right of revolution, under certaiu circumstances. There arc circum stniices which will justify men iu rising iu re bellion against tho Government. Thecircom tauoe , which I suppose would justify men in engaging in rovoluiiuii is (bis: when their naturul right rre invaded, and when they cannot regain possession of' them by civil menus. . But. sir, did nuy of these circumstances ex ist In the case of thoso Status that engaged in rebellion against the Government of thu Uni ted States ? Were their natural rights inva ded ? Had they no opportunity to recover their rights by civil means f I a lit not Inform ed that any man has ever claimed tfuil tho United States had ever trampled upon one of their nutural rights; nut one. sir, 1 have not met the first man that claims that the right of the citizen of those southern States were invaded by Ibe General Government. Again, it is sometimes said that our father rebelled against the Government of Great, Britain; and it is cited to jusiily t lie rebels in revolting ur rebelling against the Gnvcren.riit of (lie United Stales ; but is there any similari ty exisiiug between the circuiustiiuces under which the Stutcs rebelled against this Govern ment and thosei nnder which nor fathers ro be lied against the Government of Great Britain I Our fathers had no representation iu Ihe government thul was exercised over them. They had no voice in that Govern ment. They bail petitioned time and again, but in vhiii ; it would procure no alleviation of their sufferings. So there waa no alternative but rebellion. Now, the southern State had representa tion iu this Government. Tbey not only bud a large representation, hot a much larger representation than justice would have given them. Not only thut, hut the South had eon trol of at least two departments of the Federal Government at tile time they rebelled. They bad a majoiiiy of their friends in each House of Cnugres I and not only that hot they bad a majority ol the Judges or the Supreme Cnurt iu their side ; so that they .might bate con trolled this Government for an indefinite time, if they had not attempted to revolutionize. The only leal ground that bus been assigned, as I understand it. upon which the rebellion was inaugurated, was ihe fact that an ami slavery mini ha been elected President nf the United Slates. 1 hat Was the true grouud up on which Ibe rebellion was predicated and justified. But that was not a sufficient justifi cation. We could not for a moment yield to tbe tight ol a minority to rebel because the majority would nut suffer them to role. Call ing themselves Democrats. Ill gr.-nl Demo cratic parly of I lie United Stales, tbey rebell ed against the Government because the majori ty would not pennt a minority to rule. But it is said, as an apology for this aet of rebellion, that I hey were siucere they be lieved that tbey were doing right when Ibey engnged in rebellion. Now, sir, that thr ig norant portion of the people in Ihe Slates that engaged iu rebellion may bare thought that they were right I will not pretend to dispute. But for men I lint called themselves statesmen, that prafrssrd lo understand the principle of Government for such men to serioos y main tain that they bad a constitutional right lo se cede from the General Government i just a little mors thau I can believe. The very idea of State having a right to secede is too ab surd to be entertained by statesmen. II a man take tho ground that one State has a right to secede from the Federal Government, then it follow that another Stale may do Ibe same, and a third aud a foortli, and so on un til all seceded. Aud if all have the right lo secede at pleasure, of coarse there is no Gov ernment that i (table or permaneut none upon which we may rely. And if a Stale lias a right to secede, why not a county, and a town? And Ibu tho principle might be carried out until you come down to an individual, who might claim that be bad the right to withdray from the Govern ment aud stand independent aud aloue. And If I remember correctly, this was Ihe ground taken by John A. Murrel. the g eat western land pirate, who some year ego. asked no fa vor uf tins Government, hat demanded In be let alone, and to lie allowed to lake care of himself, claiming that the strong had a right to triumph over ibe weak. Hence, il a mau lakes the ground that one Stale bat the right lo Secede. I aro uo Mopping place until eeiy man has a right In do Hie same and then all government i goue. society is destroyed, and anarchy rule. Therefore. I repeat Ibat 1 cannot believe that any lutcllg.iil waa ever believed that the States bad a right under the Constitution of tun uoireu mate thu tt seoedo and disin tegrate the Government of th nation. But, Sir, supposo that these men were sin oere, and I admit for the snko of argument that they were, should they bo lereened from punishment on that acoount? If Ton take the ground that every man who believe he has a right to violate the law of the land may do so, you will hare every violator of lawr oom ing up to your courts of Justice and boldly pro claiming that he believed he hart a right to do just what he did. that he had a right to kill, or to rob, or to oommit whatever crime he com mitted. ' If nien are lo he excused npon that ground, there will bo no security. Old John Brown, I presume, was just a sincere in what he did a any man in the rebel State daro to be; and as honest, too, and yet I bold that he was executed righteously. I know this sentiment will come In conflict with thr sent! menu nf many whom I love and respeot bat I cannot help It. John Brown struck a blow at tho t ory foundations nf civil society; and if he could lie permitted to strike such a blow, every other man would be allowed to do the sain thing. , nt, ,jr, tMl, ,nw that 'John Brown struck was aimed at slavery, and there fore, in my opinion, his crime was compara tively light. The blow struck by those who rebelled against tho Government was Infinitely heavier than t liu blow struck by John Brown, and that blow was aimed, not at slavery, but aimed at freedom and in defense of slavery. It was, therefore, an Inllnitely' grenter orime than John Brown's wo;; and It John Brown died righteously, how can these men escape who have committed a much grenter crime ? " Again, let me inquire how many of John Brown's associates wero pardoned. ' ! confess that I am not certainly informed whrthrr any one of them wn pardoned or not. " Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio. ' Not one. ' -Ms. U,..i , , , . ""ison. niy inenn snys nov and I presume it is the fact lllnt not one of them was pardoned. Then, sir. how enn these iu-iue reliel State expect that ineir traitor against the Government shall all be pardoned when they struck down poor old John Brown and alibis followers! , There is no consistency (n it. They condemned John Brown nnd executed him and his associates in crime, and I hoi that they did right. And at ,llu i I claim that the leader in this ereat rebellion , ;..c. ..... -..iim- ilmn y - miiiiiiriv in, mi.- j;u imj he nnd Hint they ought 'to suffer the same minim',. ,, l.l-.l. ,i . i . . , . rt't ......... v. ,my meteu put to nun. A "en. sir. when tlrs is done, when a sufficient nu'in her frntti each of thesv States hnve , been brought before the tribunals, tried, convictd, and executed, then our Gnveriiiiient will, he sustained, nnd the confidence of the loyal pen pie will bo ro established, our country will go on progressing and flourishing, whilu ;t ,:, ''Old Joint Itrowu body lies a mouldering in -Hi Brave, . , Arid Ids soul iroes raarebiiiir 'on."-" ' Applause. ..... !' Terrible Explosion in San Fran' "::'::''y Cisco l:"1":;.1';'..":'- Sun Francisco, April 10. At thirteen and a uuu minutes past one, o'clock P. M.' lo-uuy, our city was startled by n shook like tho ex- Plosion of SOlUe vast, liiim, ibirinir u ait-fre.. and for many blocks in every direcliou from the northwest enroer or California- aud Mont gomery streets tho air wo filled with duat and nving rniilnsh, and glass came rattling down from every window an if the explosion bad oc curied in each separate--building. 1'ho con sternation n bioh sewed no the passers by Wells, Fargo & Co.' was terrible. Men, women, children horsemen, pedestriaus,. dray and, e.xpru teams, without driver, came charging pe(J.iuell dnwu the street in iuexiricn b e confusion As soon ns tho first panic be gan to subside, there was an immense nudl to ward Wells, Fargo Si Co.' buildings, mid the streets were for a few seconds so blocked up that it was almost impossible for firo engines to be brought into piwili o check the flumes, whioh wore Uiought nhout to break out in ibe scene of Ibe explosion, -i , ,. At first it was impossible to locate accurate ly the sceue of tbe explosion, so terrible wi the devastation, mid M) g,.Ueral win the ruin in the vicinity, but invesitgnti nude within a few minute dcHionalriiLJ I In, bu-t llml it no curred somewhere in the rear of Welle. Fargo Si Coi buildings, on ibe uorthwet onrner of Montgomery und California streets, and lH's Assay CJflu-- iu the renr of Wells, Forgo St Co. s on California, between Montgomery and Kearney streets. Our reporter- gamed admis sion through the Uuiou Club ItiHiiiis. over W.. , .Jr. Bl"l 0" teaching tho rear of ihe buildings, a seeue of rum which utterly begr gars description, met the eye. The Inrge. one story structure containing ihe office, end biU hard loom of i,v nIIM) h- ., ,. Hrched gateway whiu, i,,,,, ,h0 tflir ( ' F. Co. ollice. from California street. w u entire u ri-uk. tho end being blown out, the floor turn iulo splinter, tbe iron roof rolled up like a piece of wall paper, tho rafter banging louse m every direcliou. the furniture smashed aud billiard tables crushed by the weight 'f debris. The brick kitchen ol the Club which Hood HI IhereHr was gone entirely, only frag ments of the limber lying here and theie among ibr debris which filled tbe area. The rear wall of Hell', brick building used as au assay nflioe. and lint laboratory iu the rear of the assay office were fulling in frag lit every minute. Tusj naif was banging down onspp ported on Ihe side nc.u the rea. aud Ibe lore liousu or Wells. Fargo St Co. was lying a mere heap of brick, phtster and broken limber. Ukiod waa visible in mnny places, and meu with head and hands out . by hilling glass er limber were ruuniug back and forth in frnu tio seureb for missing fiietuls. The main and rear walls of W., F-, Si CV building were terribly shuttered while Iriigmenlsuf door ways and ttiiiduw snshe. only remained Iu places throughout tl(, i nliri. Imildinir. Two fine borni attached lo Ihe ruin nfj "ells, rurgo & Co.' express wagou lay in the agonii or death in the area. Everybody seemed stunned by the taddrlities of the book, and no one appeared to know which way In torn or where lo begin. Tliero was not a whole window for long distance from Ihe building in which the explosion took plane, and in Bruuuau'a block, opposite lo Wells. Fargo St Vn.'t. on Montgomery etreet. the Stevenson Hons opposite, and aiany bnildiligs betwseu California and Haoramentn Hlreele. window.rraiuesand door were generally shat tered to frngmeuU, while boge splinters of cost ly plate glass covered llie street. Tbo wood work of W.. F. & Co.' establishment was al most wholly blown to fragroeoU. Kve the the doors were thrown outward inln Ui treet. r ragmenu of human remains were found scat tered in many pucrl n tbB auction rooms of Cobb 4c Linton, on Iho eat side of Mont gomery itreet., aud were picked up In front of Sqgana s, on Leidvrsdorf street. A piece of skull was lying on California street, east of Leidsdoif. Other portion of human remain and a human arm struck the second story win dow td tbo bedding acroos lhsirri-. Okioi of TMl! nwABTr.lt Well. Fpo Co.. who are freight agvnU for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company reoelved by the steamer Sacramento on ber late trip cp from Panama, a quantity of tiitrn glycerine which had reached lbs letiiuiiM om lime ago, con signed to Bandnraon. Nellson St Co. of this eiiyi also, two caxsnl the sane inkle, bnl in larg er sited linn ihan ltaudinaa Jt Co.' niisign meur.:'tbe VMixee were inaiked plainly "N lira -Glycerine," and the lailer Ise-siw ' ahull was addressed to Idaho uud the other to I-" Angehi aeie refused by the parly U wlmni l Wry were consigned, as they arrived i a damagd e-Miditt'in. Cnpt Cox, Sopriinl dent of Ihe p. M. 8. Co.' wharf, reirterilay morning about 10 o'clock, finding Ibey cr b-ak'ng. sent tlsrin dnwu In WelU. f argu & Co.'s nflioe and they were nlitoed in tho court yard in the rear nf the office, where Ihe steam er freight unclaimed is usually kept, Web ster, tho freight clerk of Wells, Fargo St Co.. sent for Haven, the freight clerk of the Steam ship Company lo examine the same. Both gentlemen lunched at the Union Club and af terward went to tho courtyard. The boxes were in tho yard leaking, and it I nutural to suppose that in examining the box. which was not a very largo one. they either kicked It or turned it over, and striking the oil on the ground, the concussion exploded tho same. Both Webster and Haven wore rent to pieces, showing thnt they must have been immediately over or near the explosive material. No other persons among the dead wero on mutilated, some having llieir bodies filled with splinters, ethers, their olothing burned or blown off, oth ers reoeiving fraotore. and Knight, from tbe appearance of his remain, waa evidently kill ed by concussion.' The boxes containing the nitru glycerine which exploded were eaoli two and n-half feet high and their superficial meas urement nns fourteen feet eleven inches. On ly one exploded, the other being found leaking but uiit xplotled two hours after the catastro phe. - ' ' - 1!' ' I- !.,,!,( !--.-(.''.,' ... ' Lying in the rear were three bndle two, not recognized, were lifeless : the third, which wa underneath the others, proved to be that (Jarrett II. Dell, assaycr nnd member of the Hoard ol Supervisors, for the 8th District Doll' features wero found to bo ndly mutila ted and Ins clothing almost lorn off. but ha Mill breathed, although insensible. H0i was re tiinved to Well! Fargo Si 0u.' Expres Office; where he soon expired., Mcanliiiio the search went on,: hundreds taking part from time .to time iu the mournful work., dipt. Cox, of the Paoitio Mail Co.' line,- who wit in the hull ding at the time of the explosion, sent at once for a gnng of stevedore from the Mail Co.' wharl, nnd tbe work of exhuming wa thence Inrdard uarried on systematically. The mass of brick and rubbish where tbe Union House kitcheu ban stood and where it was believed Ihe larger number of sufferers wero buried, was removed, piece. As their mangled re niuin were brought out one after number and conveyed uwny on stretcher or in oarrisge, the scone was indescribably mournlul and im pressive, ii . . -,: f... A Inrge number nf people were at Innch in the Union Club dining hall, the doors and Windows of which Were driven in and Ibu fus. niltirr destroy il, but rione wero dangerously injured. ' The billiard room was tt mass of ru ms, nut no one was killed in it, nnd the escape of so ninny who were exposed lo tho force of the hock Is nstonlshiiig. Th! light yellow siunke ascended tu ail immense bight into the air. The smell ot giu wa perceptible to the city fr int. The bmlie Were all lorn and mu tilated by splinters, but not burned, and lint slightly blackened. 'The effect produced was entirely unlike that of an explosion of gun powder or steam.' ' It resembled more that of stroke of bghtniug.' The llag ini City Hall i hiilf inasf ami tbe whiih; toniinunity seems in mourning. ; j -: x , Can Krnuelsro, April 17 Tbe great explosion that occurred ill the heart of tho city yesterday afleruonit nn.l resulted iu such terrible: destruc tion of life snd property con'iuues to bu the topic of conversation among our riiiaens, and has cast a gloom over the public mind such a has been produced by few events since Ibu foundation of the city. Workmen havo been employed In re moving the ruins In the vicinity of the explosion, and searching for the bodies of the missing. The work is now mearly oumnlctud and all but nllft nr two of those, supposed to have hoe a tho vielims of urn mxuiuni nam neen aallslactnriiy auiseuiilitU brand ,thrir name will be found Imlow. ihe great question as lo what en used the explosion and tvlml it w as that exploded still remain ttitlt out definite answer. . Enough, however, has been ascertained to fix its ronneeiion beyond a flouhi wlih on of tlie two boxes th.it weru taken vita. lordny from the Pacific Mail Hlrmnship dock to W. F. Ac Co.'s ollice, as mentioned in Inst era. aing a dispatches. . ,, - , t .,... ,., The U'ls relative Iu these boxes are as fol lows f In unliaidmg the height from lliesleaiu er Suciaiiicuiii. Unit arrived here on Friday lust two botes were found iu a somewhat dam aged couditiou. Tbey were, coin igned lo Wells. Fargo St Co . and one nf llieiu Wa ad dressed lo ,1. il. Moore, Idaho Cilv, and Ihe other to W,i il. Mills. I, os Angeles. They wero shipped from Jrw Vrk. Hurler the gen eral u rio "merchandise.' - Being damaged. Wells, Fargo St Co. refused to auuopl Ilium from thu 1'e.cilio Mail Steamship Company un til the rtteiil of the damage was , aocertaiucd, to thnt il might be known to. whom tho r- spousibihij , H, IUy r-lifulil allauh. . For this purpose the boxes were yesterday sent up In IIIU4H1IOO oi wens, i-iirgo ae uo., ami, Mere nuucu hi iue Hack yard lo b examim-d, , .Mr, ilnvvB, Iho freight agent of Ibo steamship company was sent for lo bold a aurvry of lb damaged merchandise, and In, together with Frank Webster, ouu nf liu, employ?!- of Well. Faigw tl Co., and hum or tw'o oilier persons, preceded In the back yard to make an examination of ibe boles. Tbd Inst that waa seen nf ibo parly waa by a man in Ibe employ ol ilr. Bell, who says Hint there wore three or lour moil standing around the box having In llieir bauds tools, such as hnlobet, hammer chisel, etu. Tho cover of mm of the buxes be thinks Lad been forced nil before be lelt Ihv jard. SiH.n alter leaving Ira beard Ihaeiplu sum, ami Iho reasonable inference is that it CaiiHi from Ibe box that was undergoing exami nation. This mlei. iice is tlri-ngiliened by the faot that Messrs. Webster and Havens were almost literally blown to aimus. and bv the ad dilioiml fuel that all the nppearauue indicate, the explosion took plnoe at the precise spot uheio tbo lanes werw standing. The next quraliuu that arises what were the ennUuts ol Die boxes I Until tbi muriiiug it Wa sop. pused that the Oonleiil of both boxes Were ibo same, Jt has now liecu definitely ascrrUiued ibat Ibey were entirely different, and Ih box. s pnihubjy bad nuevuntoiioo with each oilier, furtbnr than the fact Ibat they drib happened to be more vr he damaged on lb pasasgr, aud were on that aotoaut made auhi.cl in aurtey Infur bring acoepud by Ilia ecu- siguev, , , Among lh ruini were fouud a number ol silver spoous. topper ilver ware, whioh when found yrstsrday. wero aupposed to have oia Imm lb dining room of ibe Union Club. On rianiiiialion lu-day ibey wero found to he all marked with Ih initials J. M. M. and were doululrsa a portion of tho couieut of Ih Ux addrersed to J. M. Moore, Idaho. Mr. Moore t now in New York, and (hipped the box him self. He I said lo be a wealihy man redding in Idaho City. Tbi disposes of Iho Moore box, and render it aliunvt certain that it was not the box that exploded. ' Now a to Ik box addressed toW.II. Mill. Ln Angeles. 1 his was undoubtedly the box Hint Webster and Havens were examining, and must hare been the one thsv exploded. The folio ins list ef killed and wounded by Ih explosion is oa- doiihlrilly oorrect. or nearly so, a It was de rived from Ih most auiheniio souroe efia- lorinalion. Killed. -Rsni'l Knight. Sept. of V. F. St Co' rxprrs nffior. , . Geo. Bell, asearrr and member of the board of supervisors. F. E. Webster, clerk l.i the new lor depailment of Ihe express; Win. II. Haven. Iretght bookkeeper or the P. M. 8. H. Co.( W. M. I). Jeslrr. porter with Well. Fargo cV Co.; Felix Duraik. first cook Union Club John Gallagher, hostler with Well. Fargn Co ; I senilis O'Connor, waiter al lb Union (.'lull ' Vang, a Chinaman, foriy-twe year old. waa lakeii from the villus terribly mangled, and died at Ibe Her-Vap-Cn on Pin sireet. The woonded Jo. F.llbiil. hotiHir In Writs, rargo Si Vo't stables, wa removed from the ruins terrible mangled, but waa car ried to his residrncn tin sson-uin;, .Hlrmn hpr aro eiittrluinril of bi ricovery. His no-o m prrioraieii wun puce n lmo anil splinters of wood, which rnme dim Ihe newt W. II. Cox, steward of Union Club, sus tained a frnoltire of the skull and cannot live. He waa struck on the forehead, between the eye, apparently with a pieoe of flying timber, breaking tho bone iu shocking manner, He 1 layiug at the county borpital. , ,, , :.i ', Frank Morris, second cook, i at the county hospital. Hi injuries r of rryvro if not or a fatal character. John lugulrs. wai ter at the Union Club, is olso. at tin county hospital, hut bis injuries at less serious .than first reported, and are not of o fatal character, lie sustained a severe contusion of the arm, and a slight cut on his head. , , 1 , ... D. B. Starr, clerk in the express office, wa auriourly cut in the back of hi bead, but hi wound i not uajigertiu. ,,, i !; , i ' A French man named La GUVise, employed in the kitchen of the Union Club, was badly injured about the head and body, but will no, si bly recover. , He is at at Zaill' hospital on Pacific street, , I ,..: ,;.,, tbi ., m - - - Win. Mnrua waiter at Ibo Union Club, i seriously Hounded, h ,, - .. I r v io Fred liuist, third cook, wounded ant serious ly. ,.- ..-; . J, .... ,, , M .,..,-'. I-l. 0. C. Crooks, storekeeper at lb Union Club, received revere injuries, but nut of a dangerous oharuoter, . , , ' , i , c - r i Win. .Hmitberisc, waiter., at tho. Union Club, suffered a severe, omituslnn f the-, leg but ne bono broken,, i it ..,n!1.i ,,-t n I. . i. Edward Keut, waiter at the Union Club, heretofore reported missing, Is injured but not badly... ,,,(' t, .,., .-,,., kl' i .,!. .ma.- i .iluincs. ijurka, wihVr, who.wu reported missing has turned upall right.- ,i ,ni n'i i Edward Wnltuff, assayer at fi- AY, Jlcll' office who was at first reported dead,' was bnl lightly, injured mid is now attending to hi business. ',.i! , W. J. Taylor, clerk wi'b Wells.. Fargf Si Co, waa badly out about Ihe face., :. -m A great many people, were alightly Injured from falling masses, and splinter uf wood, In the vicinity, of .tho explosion, but ibe above wei all tit wu beard of, wboee injuiiel re quired surgical, treatment. . :ie , ,.,!'.,,, i ':'!" .,-ri' I 'n -i - I'!' uBurkoimu.'Op Dairy Cowa-ilo th but report of the, New York State Agricultural Society, recently published, we find that Hon. Low is F. Allen, who, by the way,: is very high authority on these matters, having had a larger experience, aud a widu observation, conclude that dairymen should raise their own cow, as tbo most economical and sura way to obtain, B prime herd, . Ho believes, alia, that if n heifer ia well led and well oared lor, aba will make better cow if she cnincs In at two yeor old than ai three,;; nl u -, -t "-il -. ,i; "J; iIm , Mr. . Allen also, favor in-and in breeding, ami uys,: "Ihe thing, has beon looking and loo persistency tried by lb best breeders tho world over knew, in domestic auiinals of every known variety In need farther argument 'or eluoidalion, and the best andi most popular caul now iu England or .America, are, tbo fruits of tbi praolioe." Wu have It great re sped for Mr, Allen' judgment nit thu- point thai w will only soy thai it must be dan witli great caution, , and ouly lbn skilful breedei should undertake It ):. i' i,Ji l.i iiLi'm-van Ilu also ial "ibat our dairy herds, instead of yielding MO lb. Ir 400 lb, oi oheear, or but 13(1 In JlSO pounds of butler to tlw ow4 oil the avorage, hs ihuy now sK ban, by prop-, erly breeding tusd our of -the) ouwv he inorea ed twenty -live in fifty per oeut, beyood .Ihese figures, Woogrve ally in Ibo mniu We thai U is belter on thu whole to breed one's own slock lor tho dairy. li They may ooHruore but they will lie better add more erriooablo than a herd picked up ut raudom.M-ifoToi JV? Yorkn, ,-i -s I ,i,:i !.!.. .' ' ' it . wi H,it r','?1.'. meimi .hinC "',!:."'; Dales to April 7th from Liverpool, hav beta received. . i , .,....) . !. -..i; It is stated that the French troops will bewitli, drawn from Mexico in tlirae detachments, Ihe first In next November, tho second In March, J807,and Ibo third in November, IrtlT. ' ' ' ' ' , ' 1 ' The anticipation of a war between Austria and Prussia hail madu a moil nufavorabls iaipreaaiou on coiBHiorcinl alfaira throughout r'raoee, There ia an apprehension that If those Powers go- lo war, Franco cannot, even if ko would, taaioUu a neutrality. , ,, ,.:, i...,,,,s , Tim Prussian note, to lbs nuuor states says Aus tria, itkout any provocation on the part of Prus sia, has ordered armaments of a threatening char acter, which compels Prussia to arm. Prussia now seeks guarantee for her security,' bavin vali.lv amlnavnrsit to obtain thorn in alliaito wila Austria, Prussia asks Ibo support of Iks atliwr states of Uermiiny in tin) event slia , is sitackco uy Anstria.nr compelled to Make war. ..;,. Vicuna papers say war is inevitable, and thai an nlleiiiiit will be madu o inako evrf the minor stoles In Prussia. ',' '". ' Altslrln tins culled lisnldlcrk Oil farlontli. ' ' ' Kevornl minor states have resolve e neulratf- l ...... - , .1. I . ' ' U- : - r A Vienna letter says arrsnrrnienU aroasad that Austria van nmbili M.OUU own within fortnight, Austria has prohibitum th sxportaliou of horses., ,. i . . ,, , -. i ,: , k, ', A Florence telrgram announce lbs formation of a camo of 70.tKJ men under Urn. t'laldiiil, and and the principal gnnrrals were summoned to meet iii-iu. The Italian offiebl fiasetlo publishes a eenlrael concluded between Portugal, France, Brssil, and Italy, for t telegraph U Asaerioa. " - l CHIN. Advices from Hbanghe to March Olh, any tlie Imperialist bail gained a great victory over the rebels In I ho mirth. Over S.WK) of th latter ant said lo have been slaughtered or cap lured. ' , , ' ' ,' - ItiTKUKKTlNO KhihoIiB In the eonlss of a d bale on a resolulion in relation to the Minus. City and l'nriliij railroad, MiDougall, of California, charged Coiincaa with having a personal Interest in Ibe rnaller, and wlih disciMstug It without re gard te the common Internal. Conness excitedly prnnniineed what Msllnnirall had anld false. A long enniest followed bslworn ('nnnes and Me Llougnll, in which blgbly oitine werd wrr used. MrPongall waa ssverni tiaie called in or der. Csnuvs Mid Hint HuaU,r tlclHiugait uooa nut rmif.si.i tb inoiilaof Culilornia either mor ally or ioc tally, lie was enfranchised (1) by th Kiatanv years ago, sine when h aaa not re turned to see his constituents, f have sat In my place when lb 8enator.su far from representing that high roned constituency, wa rather lying in bia chair, the object of pity Iwfom ih audience from every Mum inlha I'aimi. I Wave revered my ores mere Ibau rue beforo tbi snUal I was biding tbe time wbsu McUeugall, by Hi Ur minatiou of hi career, would cease Iu disgrace IliaHaiiala. It waa not soough that ha should ba rvelnded from lb slaniling rnmeiitleea, lhal si lent but pnsltlv eendeiiinatloii Having no ehari acler to lose, and nothing to erllle by enntrn. versy, be rises and commits a last orTanse. 1 Johss son, of Maryland, aoggasted I bnl it would b tints lor to discpulinii a di-rnssion of thU kind. Me Uougall said be would be mur respsctful in bi language Ilmn hi colleague, whom hewpuldno! speak uf auber, but a a supine Conuess. lo Ilniijrnll proemili'il to Illustrate by an aoardnl, in which Ibo words "(IimI A d eon of stilted" oc. furring. Vie President Foster checked him and Ih colloquy endad, ' '- ' " Iisaho N'ewsj. 'I'ha B "isn Mrtr.sataa tif lb 7lb instant eoiiinin th following i Capl. Col tins and Or. Cochrane arrived lioin Lamp Uyou yesUrday. They left Capt. Walker at that place. He will soon be luck al tort Hour. He did not thi time inert with so giaidsuccra a bef.iio iu killing Indians. Tb'.v appear to Itav tell Ibe range ul their Into liepriuauoii lo attack some tnh r point, or lo retain when there shall be a less vigilsul watch The roads In Idaho City have hern fearfully bad for the lust teli ilajs. . The road, company bav over forty men now at a or k rrpoiring the dam ages done by Ih Ini freshet, and promise lo put the stage through next Monday. 1'ass. u. ger arc now taken Irom l'ayrtt lo Placervillr Ly pack-train port of lh WJ. and iu leigb otcrsiiMiih sol suow. The Indians have mad llieir upp, utitnce on llorut river again, driving olf some forty head of stocky , If A Chk-agoa pliv for a dire bee caae bis ife proves lo hnve onrk leg. fh rrststs, hresusr, as ke alleger,' he Lim-w aH alsastl that liefnr maflisge. ' ' " S ' I I ' 1 .. ' . j J HOOK ArVO JOB PltlTIG Or Kvery Deseriptina, .f-TT" rf MlTimi . ssrss or lovaavrnsa. lrst InsertloB, J.1 psr sinsrs of Isn Han r Ihs, mi.t msssnse. i i nc ,bM, rii0,. ,"- a nr i,n,in, mi,, whmm rt ln,rtT,tr wnit I'srsTrt lwsnlr-v per seal, addln.wl, H or eollsotioii. - -I,., if, : pnia! iw- A llh.r.l iidwu(n from u,. .bo r.tn uib, aid. la favor r ihois.hs .drerlls. k, il ousrlsr. ' ' '' ' ii il in' i. TKLKGHAPHto ' JHEW " is'1'.' ' ' ' ' r''l."e 00a iorlres. Monro, April l(l.-Cleoi a &1i,a,,', nder P'Nid,,0, -Chicago, April 18-iO'orl. Meado anrf .tkff ti it "'""" ; 1 1. .(' ii-ii'i i.d it ,-4 The Howio committee on .TcrritorirKhata had under consideration for .ometiini an a, plication from the people cf Utah, asking .J mission into tbe Union, i ; ,n ( j The oominittro ba taken coulldmtbu-.tr. denoo )n relation to the condition of affarrt in lhat Territory that will not permit of her ad mission. ' There Were some rich development before the eonimilteo in relation to ptrrygiiTrfl Petition from icvernl thousand tritoncM Indiana. Pennsylvania and Michigan were pre. sonted Ki tbo House In' favor of au' increase of duty on foreign wool:' ' " ""i:, This ripnrt of tbe Hooso lJdlelryCAums t onucurning Strang ,oeidwie agaiwt jtl Uavl, heretofore in tbe possession iwVtba K. reau of Military Business, will be presented 00 fhe ai)th. ' i ' "" 1 " ' ' "" n " New York, April 18 TkLrWrtln Funeral ear wa nnroluwed by IL. 0. Dtmrjt.iwkoSM. dun it for the ,nse of tli Union road, for the accommodation of iu offjcoi ol protal ooomdonv. The car leaves Ih few1 tfay for the West, with rm 'twmM,tmM torsi who go mit to exainin into fhet rjeMltMa pr thq.r.oanV, ,,. ,,,, ,; , f),,)aiI ti M I he car was bought 111 by Ward If. La.n. on, at a salo of gouerninrnt stock, last week, to prevent its nurchaae by epeoulaurst and tbe Secretary of Warasaent to its tiual dispoaiUoM ns lloVtt;.f ),-,.-.,; ii ;,,: -, ,i: , i ,.,., JlfB New York, April 18th. The rteamef Clt (if Nurwlcb. of the New London Line, eulutlad in the Sound with a schooner, at 4o'elrskbic inuruiug. .,Thetiii,w.,-. pnMbgud burned to the water edge., ,, , , The oar drlvors' strike ha nrnken'mftirnTi wlih Increased Violence. " The tfrhW Trrafiil they were to lie deceived) by the 'amagrjirnatt n.ade reaterday. ,., ip Uni i h'.ti A lira at J itnsvilIr.IVimsylvania.lhii morn, Ing. destroyed a nnmber of lilooks. In1 the ceiii tral part ol the elty:i" Lrarr," 0O,fJutI.,', sf )" Halifnxi. April M. A reloiinw lid fjol lb ooufederation o the proviueel passed kti Hpnsei of the Nov i Scotia Parliament. ,;.. ihe New Brunswick P.irliitment has ad JtWrhed for a Montll. 'td enanltr the nW MirJfr. Jry Ui lie formed, and vleotions Iti-hs'lisMts nil, 1 vaoanujeg , caused by , ,tb retignaliaw.i))' . Omohu. April, 18 r-Tho Governmrnt cnni misshiner bare examined ami section 'iirtffo Union PnoifloKatlread."' The rtnek II dttw-trtu Ing laid at the rate of aMile.ftsJwy.odl ni os . Kew York, April IS.Tbirtr sfiips left,tf rrp.K.1 for ibis country, during oh,,with 3,; 648cahin,'and 8.048. steerage (assengerill WUe ..umber itf WPga.bjrb,,,. ."Or Bnlf. the oercbToted lonnis.';iliea tt'uV MO, AWll lOlhv ! I - )il t,l ,io siTJio 7'wim Washington peolal onrwsfisd. enoe say : 'I'll Postmaster General is jd of the feasibility and, prootieabilitv. pf.tho proposed Natidntll relegraph comparir.'fo den beet fiae nveir kll post- route. ''If ifcV'sSA male ase oorrect, all ordinary otttg eaw.h trans.uttted afc lh,irto of, w. cent ,btn words, , , t 1 ' 8t. Uni. April rt.-Paciflc ra'llfoad I.' "Mf plrtetfSS mile Weiof Topekri.11"' 4 nitfjiii ' MW Orleans, April d8.-flrwflvilc kUtV ce slate the Lilieral captusesj a,wgnw,lrsl, between era Crux nnd, MMit;rcy, killing and eapluriug 230 Jreuoli .oldiers. ,Jl30 llgoZ wetw lit the lrain.',J V"--, '' nui iifinu AVnshingUn; April 1 18 Tk Unit 8utw oonaul at Aspiuwall Inform the Ami Dsaal meit that a disener rwmbliflg,tlt Oil(lcpsf ha mad it appearance along the Panama rail Toad.u'A large number 61 cattle 'afe Jififlg daily, 1 rsut tii 01 i-.i i.( .Uniiiil, .1 b.ned . Washington. April 18. The SeOMtaer-of ' the Treasury orders that after the let of May, wVfaaMs for temporary loans shall carry eAilr four ar oen. hileresU' 0, ,j iinvinufi 1, , Clitwtgo, April IS.e-TbniAiiiionns' JtUUi fitntcr report that Green Cbiy ginltb.ef Krd, lucky, lia been oppuinted Guvcrnor of lion tana, vice Edgertoos and also that Rlchara Umissotso, 1 Iwotbrr of Congressman ltwue bu boi appointril MwiMtrrlo lkadusadi ,!., Tbe neoplr of qharlritosTn,, Unsat bj ,0D,- S using tho eiilargunient of the navy, yard, ao ording to gororninent plani, defeated the U'ro pord - 'enlargement'- wllogeitheri whrWpn ,(tiriiiie,of low, give lioiicw tin ik tseront iht ke .will iuiiv tfi,rntry,ili (ar4 tpD London, Conn. ,, . ' CnnncM.' rep'orlmg Ihe'Vlll' to"prolilnll W 4eno tV TerHlorlal oflleert, fast -KrwisrVH-Jrti: i ssrsrsi langnagu, 4d tne reosdaCiCI' Secretary Meagher, wlirtbaij given neweet tion to tho administration ud sentiment of tbe people. Gov.' Eilgetcn' aluenee" seefiu litexuusuble. Tu . Pfosidrot, has filled bia place. ' 1 " " A Washington special dlspakli the frlh ay In ibe Henate Grhirea, of Inwa'. Introducr'rJ bill lo define and rrgolato the appcjntinmt "f nflioera In the Navy. It provides for Ufa following line officers: one Vice Admiral: rM'. en rear ailrrjlralf.twenty-flv onmntod'orrsrBiJV captains, mrretjr eominandert.one hunifrrd hiifl eight lieutenants, one bndred and sixty 'en lgn. nnd In all other erad the uornbfT kf. lowed by luw. l Hcfenrd lu Committed on TXi- talAffulra." I! A i:;';i "' Wilaon. of Massachusetts! rwlled up the nw liun to rrcmisblrr Ibe tote uo the adiiiitsioil nf t'olorndrt. "' " " ' ; - .'- ,: 8umnrr. 'nf Massachusetts, kM if snmilil Ijft be reconeldcred, and wa ipeakiiil itgalrilt tt wheu the liinrnitrg hofir expired, The rnal debated tbe bill about llie naval' cunl'ractor during llie balance of the day. " '"'" ' Chicagri, April IB. 'Pbr steamship lrego-1 nian. built by Messrs. Laurence St Poo Ike. of New Vork, for Ladd cV Bradford, and Intended to rnu bet Ween Hah Franriren and 'Porllarifl was luonched on Friday, l;fth Jnst.' 8he is Vipecutl tu be ready for her trial trip for threw monllt.' , ' . - ... - ' )..' a,i,s ,ia '" The Cnmmistinnrr of lb Oenrrill lamf tff. flee baa reinrn from iho Oregon (Iff I.irJ Otfo. ebftwing tbt5.3f acrtrl Were Werej Tur aulnwl eltlemetit in Fehrtury. WhtMS pr. Ilmlnary rviilrnces of title were sobmtUrdJsof. etiug l'J.000 acre uf donation land for actual ltrrJ..o..'i 1; ...i'J ,, ' f .,-) Hill',) : - buerrUry Seward diseonlioaed tko Dahlias tuiu nf the United Slate Law in Ibo WO miuginii, Del. Jomoal oj .Vfdfreu.,lbnt papvr kaviui charged lilm with, kckuM tV leul break p ibe rrpnhliuan party, in m Vrngv fur disappointed auibition.. j ,, T Tbo Kalbuial Dewtsiraiin , Asswciellotkt Washington basinsulvrd to have noibiag tarda Milk an attempt lo get op a .Jobtsoa flif, but, lo ruaiouiu their uaa orgaaiMlkin' ifl taut, . I .... . :l ii n , 1 i.., . Tom Fhweuce, utnagrr nf Ik U'id ol Feav ruary deutuustrsUua, addrrseed the mmiilii yiag llial be ContswIUd Its lay that (b Prwuient In not show a uUierat graliUMl.tn lhoe who bad sIom j kins. , . ), ' Haulelioty of Delaware, fallewnl ta dress of tbi. must bitter character. ) bo wa tired of upporling a man who wimbl nut help bio'Mlf. or shw lliankfulu fr iSummstU 11 wa a, wars personal friend of Ibe Prose dent, but if Johnson nsratw l do light,, lime (or bin loshaw .fc.(. linMidfiwtnrv1la tbui'rvoltlotit had seareclv rrpabliwn - ber id Csmgrrss ta ntpnoVl hi rotaasiire P1 Ih dentuviaio were awk o( deuig kt Wiwk far HHbiltg,,.,, I, v,i;,i i io'-"!- 1 ,fi ty4 Montgomery Hlarr' lat Wsltaail 'WtiWtJ. exolte little attention. The Aaimau etrl frrercr-Iwink that pswlbov nf she arfP nt 'inlortunalr wklok wonkl rlansn lhs Hoolker pest ( of oeruin acre or rae tt wi and ineotiing kdmrasslratioM. out to all throughout th "" 'HEATH, I tnli nsr surTeiiiig. 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