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BALTIMORE DAILY -SOMMERCIAL. VOL. I.—NO. 189. DAILY COMMERCIAL Published every morning, except Sundays, by WSf. HALES A Co., WM. WALKS. O. C. COX. Toruu:— NlNE DOLLARS per anumc, orriFK, 20 SOUTH STREET, Baltimore, Hd. Also published at the sumo office, the Baltimore Tri-Weeklv Commercial. TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY HORSINGS. Terms:-FIVE DOLLARS per wnaum Also published at the same office, on Fridays, the 3ALTIMORE WEEKLY COMMERCIAL. dermis ;—9l.3o per annum. Business Cards, LETTER HEADINGS. CHECKS, DRAFTS, Ac., Ac, Engraved and printed in the most approved style, and with despatch, by DEMP3EY A O'TOOLE, ENCRAVEBS, ap2o-tflstp cor. Charles and Lexington. FOR BREAKFAST. FOR DINNER. FOR SUPPER. NEW BERMUDA POTATOES. NEW BERMUDA ONIONS. NEW BERMUDA TOMATOES. Your Grocer or Market-man can get supplied at BEKHCDA PRODUCE COMPANY, mT-lmlstp 120 WEST STREET, NEW YORK. A Prudent Mottaer Will keep Atherton's Cherry Cardial in her house. It has always been administered with great success to children while Teething or suffering with the Sum mer Complaint, being remarkably soothing in its na ture, without injury to the nervous system, which is the case with most syrups and cordials used for these Complaints. For sale by Druggists. ap6-eoly THE FLORENCE 13 THE MOST PERFECT SEWING MACHINE IN THE WORLD. IT MAKES FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES; w. jfe -BEWS EITHER WAY; HAS A SELF-REGULATING TENSION, AND WILL NOT GET OUT OF ORDER. 155 BALTIMORE STREET.! feS-eotf Album and Photograph Stock Depot. If yon want the best and cheapest ALBUM, from the largest selection south of New York, call on J. 11. WALZL, Holliday and Fayette sts. Photographia Good of all daioriptiona at Ktv York prieot. mys-lmlstp Weeding Cards.—The Newest Styles, at DiurSEY A O'TOOLR'S, Engravers and Stationers, lstpap2o-tf cor Charles and Lexington sts. Visiting Cards.—The moat Fashionable, at DKMMIY A O'TOOLR'S. Engravers and Stationers, if 26-tflstp e. Charles and Lexington sti. Freneta Note and Letter Papers, at DXMRSSY A O'TOOLR'S, Engravers and Stationers, ap2B-tflstp eor. Charles and Lexington sts. UNITED STATES AND AN AI>A AGENCY FOR THE CARBONIZED PENS OF E. BARNARD. No. 3S* West 43d Street, myß-lstp3t* NEW YORk. 18*6. Watches. 1*66. A SPLKKDID STOCK or FIRST CLASS GOLD AKD SILYKR WATCHES, just opened this day, together with an entire new assortment of Diamond, Pearl, Mosaic and other jewelry. Als. solid sterling Silver Ware, Triple Plated Albata Ware of every descrip tion, English Table Cutlery, Clocks, Opera Glasses, Spectacles and Eye Glasses to suit all eyes. These articles will now be sold at greatly reduced prices. The publio are invited to call and examine our stock. They will find bargains. Watches Repaired and Timed in the most perfect manner. We also manu facture Hair Jewelry to order at short notiee. LA EM OUR A Co., Light street, opposite the mhMstptf Fountain HoteL We call oar reader* attention to SMITH, BROS. *Co'a New stock of Spring Clothing jnst opened Rt SMITH, BROS. A Co.'s popular Clothing House, No. *0 Weet Baltimore street. Our new stook of Gents Furnishing Goods just epened at M Weet Baltimore street, next to Marble Hall. Call and see our new styles of Gents Furnishing Goods at 38 West Baltimore street, next to Marble Hall. AU the latest novelties in Collars, Ties, Scarft, Ac. ml Balt,moro 'treet, next to Marble HalL The popular Clothing House, No. 40 West Balti more street, next to the rreat Furnishing House. HAIR DTI if the beet m the world. The only true and perfect Dye—h armless—instantaneous and reliable produoes a splendid black or natural brown-reme dies the HI effects of bad Dyes, and frequent retort, the original eolor. Sold by all Druggists. The genu ine Is rimed, W, A. BAURILOR, n Barclay street. lUwlort. WiUnrl, CEDAR CAMPHOR is the best and cheapest MOTH-QCKLLRR. AH drug gists sell it now-a-days. lt HARRIS &. CHAPMAN, Facturers, Boston. A GREAT DESIDERATUM.— Perhaps there are few subjects upon which so much could be written as the pen—being an article every one in these enlightened dsys uses more or less. The qualities of the pen form, however, a very serious matter, for when one is en gaged the whole day, and sometimes through part of the night, writing, a good nen is really appreciated. We have been much troubled to get a good writing instrument; for the generality of pens whm used a few hours { are valueless, either from co rosion or tho points being made uneven—as most arc nowadays, the price being so low. We have read so many no tices in the papers speaking in remarkably high terms of the Carbonized Pens made by C. Barnard, of London, that we have been induced to try them. From their extraordinary smoothness of point we at onco pronounced them the best we ever used- but af ter using tliem for some days, we can fully 'endorse their qualities of anti-corrosion—a very essential property, wo opine, to the commercial community From our experience we should say tho Carbonized Pen will bo a great success.— Wash. Chronicle. AGUA DB MAGNOLIA. —The prettiest thing, tho sweetest thing," and the most of it for the least money. It overcomes the odor of perspiration; soft ens and ados delicacy to the skin; is a delightful per fume; allays headache -end inflammation, and is a necessary companion in the sick room, in the nursery and upon the toilet sideboard. It can bo obtained everywhere at one dollar per bottle. fraratQE-i, ftpring Water. sold by all Druggists. S. T.—lß6o.—X.—The amount of Plantation Bitters |odin one year is something startling. They would fill Broadway six feet high, from the Park to 4th street. Drake's manufactory is ono of the institu tions of New York. It is said that. Drake painted all the rocks in the Ea.stern States with his cabalistic k. T. iB6O. —A.."and then got tho old granny legis lators to pass a law "preventing disfiguring tho face of nature,' which gives him tho monopoly. We do not know how this is, but we do know the Plantation Hitters SELL as no other article ever did. They are used by all classes of tho community, and are death on Dyspepsia—certain. They are very invigoraLing when languid and weak, and a great appetizer. aaratiiga Spring Wafer, gold by all Druggists, "In lifting tho kettle from the Ore I scalded myself very severely—one hand almost to a crisp. The tor ture was unbearable. * * * The Mexican Mustang Liniment relieved the pain almost immediately. It healed rapidly, and left very little scar. "CHAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad street, Philadelphia." This is merely a sample of what the Mustang Lini mentwill do. It is invaluable in all cases of wounds, swelling*, sprains, cute, bruises, spavins, etc., either upon man or beast. Beware of counterfeits. None is genuino unless wrapped in fine steel plate engravings, bearing the signature of G. W. Westbrook, Chemist, and the private stamp of DKMAS BARNRS & Co., New York. Saratoga Npriny Wator. sold by all Druggists. All who value a beautiful head of hair, and its preservation from premature baldness ami turning gray, will not fail to us^Lyons'celebrated Kathairon. It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy, eradicates dandruff, and causes the hair to grow with luxuriant beauty. It is sold everywhere. E. THOM A■ LYON. Chemist. N. Y. rato K a Spring Water, sold by all Druggists* WHAT DID IT?—A young lady, returning to her country home after a sojourn of a few months in New York, was hardly recognized by her friends. In place of a rustic, flushed face, she bad a soft, ruby com- ' plexion, of almost marble smoothness; and instead of 22, she really appeared but 17. She told them plainly sho used llagan's Magnolia Balm, and would not be without it. Any lady can improve her personal ap pearance very much by using this article. It can be ordered of any druggist for only 50 cents. Saratoga Spring W wler, sold bv all Druggists. Heimstreet's inimitable Hair Coloring has been \ steadily growing in favor for over twenty years. It acts upon the absorbents at the roots of the hair, and changes it to its original color by degrees. All in stantaneous dyes deaden and injure the hair. Heiin strect's ie not a due , but is certain in its results, pro motes its growth, and is a beautiful HAIR DRESSING. Price 50 cents and SI.OJ. Sold b3* all dealers. Saratoga Spring: Water, 6old by all Druggists. LTON'S EXTRACT OF PURB JAMAICA GINGBR— for Indigestion, Nausea, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Cholera Morbus, where a warming, genial stimu lant is required. Its careful preparation and entire purity makes it a cheap and reliable article for culi nary parposes. Sold everywhere, at 50 cts. per bottle. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. ap"l' ? -co6mlqtp NEWS OF THE DAY CONGRESS. SEXATK.— The principal feature in the proceedings of the Senate yesterday was an animated debate on the post office appropriation bill, and incidentally on the power of removals, nothing, however, being determined by it. The principal speakers were Messrs. Wilson and Cowan. HOUSE. —In the House tho reconstruction plan was debated at length, but without any definite result. GENERAL NEWS. —Canadians are consoled with the reflection that the Fenian excitement, now fast subsiding, will be of vast advantage if the colonists gain confidence in themselves and a love of martial exercise. —The different missionary organizations of England and Scotland have already raised up, in their various fields of labor, more than 900 native preachers, and about 6,000 other native helpers as teachers, Ac. —At a recent meeting of factory hands in England, it was resolved that workmen ought never to be content till thoy get "eight hours work, eight hours play, eight hours sleep, eight shillings a day.' —The New York Police Commissioners have changed tho police standard of height from five feet eight inches to five feet seven inches. No person will be taken, however, who does not weigh ISO pounds. —The Galveston (Texas) News reports that there is anything but good feeling existing between the white and colored troops now in that city, and jt would require but a slight event to create a serious collision between the two. —An Irish emigrant, hearing the sunset gun at Portsmouth, asked a sailor, "What's that?" "Why, that's sunset," was the reply. "Sunset 1" ex claimed Pat, "and does the sun go down in this country with such a bang as that?" —St. Louis, Mo., has now 230,000 inhabi tants. for whose accommodation there are 91 churches, 32 hotels, 24 newspapers, nine of which are dailies, 30 public and 54 privato schools, 4 universities, 4 medi cal and 3 commercial colleges, 14 breweries, II distil leries and 1,151 saloons. —Two negro girls, sisters, residing in Cooper county, Mo., < uarrelled one day last week about which should get the dinner. The matter was deci ded against Susan's doing so, by Caroline striking her with an axe, and killing her. Caroline is in iail at Boonville. —The son of a New l'ork dentist of con siderable notoriety was arrested and locked up at New Haven, recently, for stealing jewelry and wear ing apparel from a clergyman with whom ho was studying and preparing for the Naval school at An napolis. —The London Orchestra says: "We notice a well-known basso advertises that he has written and will sing a song with the following title: 'Here's a health to gen'rous Pcabody.' Poor Peabody ! It is enough to prevent anybody from being generous i for the next century." —At a grand dinner recently given by the homoeophathic physicians of Paris it was announced that a universal congress of the followers of Hahne mann will take place in 1867, and that ell the works relating to their system of practice will be on view at the Exposition. —A mouse in tho meal bin has been dis covered at a Toronto elevator, in the arrest of ono John Huntley, the foreman, who has been doing a heavy grain business on his own account on his plunder, much to the puzzling of tho patrons of the warehouse, who have been greatly troubled by short measure. The leak is stopped, and Huntley is him self in store. —"Auguste," a half brother to "Gladia teur," is a candidate for the Derby honors this year. He is described as a short, unpretending looking ani mal, and a fine galloper. He belongs to Count La grange, but he is not regarded as standing much of a chance to win the victory. However, he may sur prise the English turfites, as his half-brother did last year, and carry the French colors to another triumph. —Hon. Alexander G. Penn, of Louisiana, whom we have often met of late, died suddenly in this city yesterday. He was a member of Congress from that State, and was much known to politicians as one of tho National Democratic Executive Com mittee during the political campaign of 1852. He af terwards held a prominent position at New Orleans in connection with the Customs Department. Mr. Penn has been in the city for a short time, but ap peared to be much debilitated from ag e.—Nat. Intel. —There is now residing in Camden, N. J., a gentleman named Martin Beligle, who, on the lit of March last, was &9 years of age, being now in hii one hundredth year. He was born in 1766, and at the broaking out of the Revolutionary war he was 10 years old. In 1812 he entered the service of the Uni ted States, and served in the corps of sappers and miners, third regiment, during the war with Great Britain, at the close of which he was honorably dis charged, and, being wounded, was entitled to a bounty of 160 acres of land. His father. Barney Bel isle. was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, and fell olose by the aide of General Warren. Mr. Belisle's health is remarkably good for such an aged man, his eyesight sufficiently preserved to enable him to read large print without glasses, and his memory, although hulty lu iom respoou. l vrifr UIBI.TRHUN K TO THE DAILY COMMERCIAL. FROM FORTRESS SfOXROE. FORT MONROE, May B.— A military commission bas been convened by order of Lt. Gen. Grant, and is now in session at Norfolk, for the purpose of ascertaining and investigating the causes which led to the recent riot in that city, on the occasion of the recent colored procession in honor of the passage of the Civil Rights bill. A number of witnesses liavo already been examined, and it is presumed the evidence will be quite lengthy. The commission met to-day, and will prosecute without delay its various examina tions of witnesses. The proceedings will be con ducted with closed uoors, and the evidence will be submitted directly to Lt. Gen. Grant. The following is the order under which tbo Com mission has"asscmbled. HEADQUARTBRS. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,! RICHMOND, April 28, 1860. / Special Order, JKo. 94. —Inobedicnco to instructions from Lt. Gen. Grant, commanding the armies of the United Statos, a Board of officers is hereby ordered to convene at Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday the 30th day of April, 1866, or as soon thereafter r.s practicable, who will investigate the cause and progress of tbo recent riots in that place and all the facts connected therewith. The evidence taken by the Board will bo recorded in full and forwarded with their reports to these headquarters. The Board is authorized to summon all persons whose testimony is desired. The Post Commander at Norfolk will render the Board such assistance as they may require. The junior member of the Boar will record its proceedings. Detail for the Board—Brovt. Brig. Gen. 11. T. Burton, Col. sth U. S. Artillery; Maj. Ly man Bissol, 11th U.S. Infantry; Capt. 1). M. Vance, lltli U. S Infantry. By command of Brevt. Maj. Gen. TURXKR. (Singed) E. IV. SMITH, A. A. Gen. Judge Underwood arrived at Norfolk this morn ing, and opened tho United States Circuit Court. Owing to the absence of a portion of the grand jury, tho court adjourned and met at 3:30 I*. M., when twenty of tho members of the jury were duly sworn, and Judge Underwood delivered his charge, which constituted tho only business transacted to-day. The following is a list of the names of the jurors;— E. Bigelow, Alexandria; Isaac SDOwden, Fairfax; John Taylor, Alexandria; C. Gillingham, Fairfax; George C. Hern, R. Hodskin, S. D. Hainman and C. VI. Noland, of Alexandria; J. Decordy, Georgo \V. Singleton, J. T. Daniels, John W. Bcnum, W. S. IVeller, C. G. Colo and VI. llarn3on, of Alexandria; Wm. N. Tinsley, W. Fay, B. IVardhill, T. Dudley, Jr. and B. Davis, of llichTnond. The last session of this court in Virginia was held in 1861, in Kichuiond, Judvo Haliburton presiding. Liter from Hit- Pacific Coast—The De struction of Valparaiso. NEW YORK, May 9. —The steamer Now York from Aspinwaii on the 2d has arrived, bringing Calilornia mails of the 19th. Panama advices state that the news from the South is unimportant, and that matters remained perfectly quiet since the bombardment. All tho Spanish fleet except the Bengula had sailed for northern ports. Nothing had been heard of the Huiscar or Indo pendcia, and Peruvian sloops Union and Amorica, had sailed towards the straits to meet them. Tho Danish Consul Genera! sent a note to the Spanish Admiral, saying that his Government would hold Spain responsible for her damage to Danish property in Valparaiso, but the Admiral refused to receive his note. The bark Clara Rosala ha 3 been burned by the officers of the Spanish war vessel Bengula. Immediately after the bombardment of Valpa raiso, tho English Minister was requested to vacate the premises occupiod by him, and no one will rent him another house. His name has also been stricken from the list of members of tbo Club De La Union. Only two lives were lost and eight wounded by tho bombardment. Several churches were destroyed and 151 Government stores, valued at half a million dol lars. containing upwards of $8,000,000 of foreign mer chandize. Five hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars will repair all the damages done to the public edifices, whilst the bulk of the loss will fall on for eigners. At Callao preparations were actively making for the reception of the Spanish fleet by erecting fortifi cations. aiisrdcr Trial. HERKIMER, N. Y„ May B.—At tho Court of Oyer and Terminer, in session at this place. Judge Bacon presiding, a bill of Indictment was found this morn ing against Asa Fuller, Iliel Davis, Irving Vance, Charles Vance, and Thomas Dutcher, for murder. The indictment charges thom with killing John D. Campbell, at Frankfort Hill, on the 6th of February last. The young men were arraigned, and plead not guilty. Fuller, one of the prisoners, and charged in the indictment as tbo leading participator, had his right arm oil" at the time of the alleged murder about five inches from the shoulder, and the left arm off above the wrist. They were all jointly Indicted. It is expected that tho trial will commence next Monday. This afternoon the prisoners, Asa Fuller, Hiel Davis, Irving Vance, Charles Vance, and William Dutalier, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, and were each sentenced to seven years* im prisonment in the penitentiary. Departure of Generals llfanrcgard unit Adams for Europe —Destructive Hail Storm. NEW ORLEANS, May B.—Gonerals BeauregAd and Adams have gone to Europe to negotiate tho Jackson Railroad bonds. President Johnson has modified their Confederate parole to go and return. A tornado, with hail, passed over Louisiana and Arkansas, destroying tho crops. The cotton seed re planted is all bad, and the planters are in despair. Cotton is depressed; low middlings 23@34 cts; sales of 400 bales; receipts to-day SO bales; receipts for four days 3,498, against 6,078 last week; exports, 2,963; stock, 157.319 bales. Flour advanced 5 cts. Corn 7% cts. and lower. Pork $31.75@32. Lard 21% cts. Ster ling 39. Gold 129. A New I onian Panic. OWEN SOUND, May 8. —There was a panic hero last night over Fenian reports. Parties arrived from down tho coast and made affidavits before the magis trates that they had seen seven Fenian war vessels in Georgian Bay. heading for this point. Intense excitement followed, as all the volunteers are on frontier duty. Volunteers from the interior towns were sent for, the citizens turned out and the entire population paraded the streets all night and to-day. Some are so badly frightened that they have buried their valuables. The excitement abated a little, as Sweeny's Chicago flotilla is not yet in sight, but is hourly expected by the terrified citizens. From St. I/Oiiin, ST. LOUIS, May B.—ln addition to the religious convention, called by Dr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, which will meet here on the 15th inst., the Presby terian General Assemblies, both old and new school, will convene hero on the 17th. Over a thousand del egates are expected to be in attendance, for whose accommodation ample provisions have been made.— All railroads in the State, and two or three Missis sippi paoket companies, and the several main rail road linos to tho East, have agreed to convey dole gates at half fare. The sanitary condition of the city was never better. Probst, the Murderer. PHILADELPHIA, May 9. —The death warrant for the execution of Antoine Probst, on Friday, the Bth of June. was received by the Sheriff this morning. The Evening Telegraph says that the prisoner received the announcement quietly, seeming entirely un moved. He had previously told his confessor that ho believed death was tho only expiation for his crimes, and that ho was willing to suffer. No person except his confessor will hereafter bo allowed to visit him. To-day three years ago Probst arrived in this country. From Connecticut. NEW HAVES. May Bth.—The Senatorial contest is most spirited. The friends of Terry and Bucking ham claim to have a majority of the Legislature in the aggregate, but it is doubtful if they can unite their forces so as to defeat Foster. The caucus is called for to-morrow night. Kinking; of the Bnrk Winthrop. NEW YORK, May B—The bark Winthrop, from Ci enfuegos for Portland, was sunk at sea on the 2d instant, from the effects of a heavy gale. Captain Hill and crew were picked up by the schooner Wal ter Raleigh and brought to this port. The Winthrop was owned by Capt. Hill. Fire t Chicago. CHICAGO, May B.—The buildings Nos. 258, 260 and 262 south Water street, wero destroyed by lire last night. The principal losers are McCormick & Cal lendar, oils and paints, SIOO,OOO, and Samuel Nicker - son and Walter S. Gurnee, owners of the building, $70,000. The insurance will cover the losses. Suicides. HUDSON, N. Y„ May 7. —Thomas Punch, a colored man, committed suicide last night by cutting his throat in the street. Chas. R. Hollenbeck, one of our most respected white citizens, committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging himself in an outbuilding. New Fork Health Report. NEW YOKE, May 9th—The Health officer reports four new cases of cholera, but no deaths on the hos pital ship sinoe last report. A Touching; Tribute. [From the Macon Journal and Messenger.] At the old cemetery in Macon, on Thursday, we learn that the ladies universally decorated the graves of the deceased Federal prisoners, as they did those of tho Confederates. Under the chastening influ ence of sorrow, all resentment vanished from the pure hearts of the Macon fair, and they adorned, indiscriminately, the graves of tho dead of both sec tions as the victims of a common calamity. Rev. Mr. Warren, of the Baptist Church, delivered amost eloquent and touching address upon the occasion, and with feeling alluded to this affecting incident. A despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette says : fhe ladies of Columbus. Mississippi, recently deco rated the graves of the Confederate dead in the cem etery of that city. Last week they also paid the same mark of respect to the memory of some forty Federal soldiers buried near by. This act elicits the approval of the press of that city, which claims that the war being over, no distinction should be made between the departed heroes of oppofite sidw> THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1800. [COMCN'ICATED.] "SJJJITY OF THE CMOX PARTY TO EE PERPETUA.T Ea>/' Meß*r.i. Editor* cf the Commercial:— The Amer ican of this morning gives an elaborate report of tho proceedings of a meeting of some gen tlemen of tho radical wing of tho Union party, held at Temperance Temple on Tuesday even ing last, and heads the article wiih "Tho unity of the Union party to be perpetuated;" but olu f >gy like myself "cannot see it." The committee appointed for the purpose reported five resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. The tet and 2<l rc.-olutions declare their opposition to the repeal or modification of the Registry law; tho 3d resolution endorses the Hon. John Lee Chapman, and recommends him for re-election to the Mayoralty; '.ho Ith resolution ex presses opposition to negro suffrage in very w ak terms, bearing the impress of a want, of sincerity; tho 5th f resolution is, as Sam Slick terms it, a "soft saw dering" endorsement of Gov. Swann; just about such an endorsement as the same gentlemen gave to Pres ident Johnson at the Front Street Theatre faceting some time since. If these gentlemen are honestly opposed to negro Bull rage, the public would like to be enlightened as to why thoy so carefully avoided giving ony expres sion in regard to the bill giving the rieht of suffrage to the negroes of the District of Columbia, the Freed men's Bureau bill, the Civil Rights bill, and the last of the series of bill# for the benefit of the negro, which savs.in effect, to tho loyal people of Maryland: If yo:i i'') ft alloto th* negro to vote, you shall have eight Representative* in Congress, but if you do not, yon shall have but three." J r la to be hoped that the next time these gentlemen attempt to make a plat form which is to "unite and .perpetuate tho Union party," t hey will speak plainly enough to be compre hended by an OLD FCGT. BALTIMORE, May 9th, 1866. ASSEStiCAX TOPICS ABIIOAB. An English View of Radical Policy—A E€9on from British History. [From the London Time, April 24.] If the American- would but look stcadilv into iho m'-rror of British history, they might discover much to mstruct them in the present conjuncture of their a tie ue in thbs old country have pas c ed through just such a crisis as that to which they havo n w been brought; we took our.course; it proved tho wrong course, and we paid a heavy penalty for the mistake. ***** The .Southerners are prepared to shake hands, but the Northerners will not have it. They are resolved to keep their late enemies out of the pale of the Constitution; to disarm them by theinfliction of civil disabilities; to punish them for their recent malignancy by political outlawry; to restrain them by penal statutes: to in troduce among them obnoxious principles supported by lorcc; and thus in the heart of the South to estab lish Northern ascendancy. Of < ourse they do not pro- Jei9 to he doing all this in jjerpetuitij. They intend, as soon as Southerners and Democrats have hern made good ISorthcr.\erA and Hadte ds, to remove the political tetters by lhe abolition of tests and by measures of emancipation. That the programme of tho party now in collision with the President, and no English man have any difficulty in recognizing tho par allel. We see exactly what America is about. It is Ireland oner aguiti. There is, no doubt, much to bo said for the policy of the American radicals. They can speak power fully in their own defence, as we sec them doing, n ben they allege that tho people lately in arms against tho Government, always estranged fr u m the North by incompatibility ol disposition, and now ex asperated by defeat and ruin, are not to be trusted with a large and perhaps commanding share of power in a representative Congress, they arc advancing a specious, if not a reasonable, argument. In fact, tho argument is reasonable, but it is not so reasonable as tne opposite. We had reason at the time, and as things went, for all our penal legislation; "it was only in later days that we discovered the error of our poli cy. We found that exclusion and proscription did not convert conquered rebels into good subjects, but that the ideas which we desired to efface rather grew and throve under persecution." We completed and intensified the very alienation of which wo com plained. We found ourselves with a source of politi cal danger where there should ha ve been a source of political strength, and were compelled to witness the difficulty" of one portion of the Empire recog nized wth eagerness as "tho opportunity" of the other.* The condition of Ireland was always thrown in our teeth as the insurmountable reproach of our ' legislation, our Constitution and our Government. Even when wo had done our best to'redress tho error, we could a not escape its consequences. Disaffection and hostility still lingered alter their causes had been removed, and ax length, years after a policy of i liberality and conciliation had been inaugurated, we have tho Fenian conspiracy to remind us of bygone blunders. The Americans may well take a lesson from all this. Ihcy have not as much justification for error as we had, for they live in more enlightened times. ' c really believed that the Pope was aformidab e enemy, ami that nothing but Protestant ascendancy could protect us in Ireland. But the American peo- ! pie ought not lo be under such impressions at the 1 present day. Granted that the Southern pconlc arc but half reconciled to their defeat, how is the desired conciliation to be more completely accomplished ? Do the Radicals really heficve lfa.it their countrymen whom tin y now distrust as probably disajjected, would be better affected or more trustworthy after years of outlawry and proscription ? If the Democratic South is governed ou the principles of the Radical Noith by intrusive officers and exceptional tribunals, resting on the basis of military force, is it likely to become politically conformable under such treat ment ? Is it not rather manifest to all who can read the future by the light of the past, that the policy which the American Radicals are now si riving to establish will perpetuate disojfection and create be tween two great sections of the Union a gulf which it will take years of better policy to close f The expostulations of tho Northerners at this con juncture are not unnatural; on the contrarv they have been heard in all countries on all such occa sions. Aflcr our own civil war it was bitterly said that * oblivion and amnesty" meant "amnesty" for the King's enemies and "oblivion" Jor his Jriends.— After the return of the Bourbons the Legitimists complained loudly of the support extended to the principles and enactment? o: the revolution. But all wiae g;.atcsmen have recognized the necessity of deferring to the demand of iho conjecture. If two parties aro lo he mado one again, it can only be by such a deference to the weaker party as will always appear offensive to the strong. THE C'IIOLLKA AT qSIARFXTIXE. The Disease Again on the 5KI crease—Three Deaths and Three Sew I'ases Since Enst Report—All Vessel* Boarded at I'pper Quarantine. We regrot, to be compellod to state that the epi demic at Quarantine has made its appearance on board the Illinois. The well passengers by tho Vir ginia were removed to this hulk after tho sick had been transferred to the hospital ship Falcon. Now cases have occurred daily then, but they have recently increased so alarmingly that tho Quarantine Commissioners havo determined to remove from 200 to 300 persons to tho Virginia. Tho Illinois is badly. ventilated and is overcrowded, while tho Virginia has been cleaned, fumigated, and, it is believed thoroughly disinfected. In tho meantime 65 convalescents have been placed on board the Saratoga. This greatly relieves the hospital ship, which has barely room fir 100 pa tients. although it has, for some days past, contained 115 persons in various stages of the disease. The report of Dr. Bissell, printed herewith, gives the names of the new cases, and also those of Iho recent dead, together with the total number of deaths by tne epidemic on the Virginia. The city was shocked by the fact that tho Virginia was permitted to anchor at Upper Quarantine, and to lie for some hours within a short distance ot'Staten Island, notwithstanding tho fact that she was freighted with an infectious diseaso. We are in formed, however, that even now all vessels com© to that point before being boarded by tho Health Offi cer, so that a repetition of the same outrage is not only possible but extremely probable. Tho legal boarding pine© for all vessels from tho Ist of May to tho Ist of September has been, and we be lieve now is, at lower quarantine. If our information be correct, and we have it from excellent authority, there would still seem to bo carelessness in the ad ministration of affairs at the lower bay. The following is Dr. Bissell's report from tho Hos pital ship Falcon, under date of Monday, May 7: Total in hospital last return 112 Add three new case? 3 Total Deduct three died 3 Total I Deduct, also, 65 patients (convalescent) trans- " I ferrcd this day to ship Saratoga 65 i Remaining in hospital 47 | Tho names of the new cases are: Setina Dodsley, aged 31, of Bradford, Eng., from the i Virginia. Christopher Jorgcnsen, aged 34, of Denmark, from ' tho Virginia. Jasper Jcphson, aged 22, of Denmark, from tho Vir ginia. Died since last return: May 7. Bartholomew Haraghty, Neils Ilanaon, Man- Kennedy. Died previously 47 Add the above 3 Total deaths ! 50 Shocking Tragedy—A Victim of his own Folly. Closo on tho heels of tho Houseman tragedy we have the dctaiis of another homicide at the village of Cookstown, Fayetto county. Martin Lutz, a wealthy and highly respectable farmer residing within one mile of the village, left his home a few days ago on a visit to Ohio, expecting to be absent : several days, lie returned on Friday evening, how ever, about nino o'clock, and knowing that his wife would not bo looking for him, he concluded to steal 1 in upon her unawares. Ho soon discovered that she was absent, and had left the house in the charge of ! his cousin, a boy about sixteen years of age. As Lutz j had considerable money in the house he sooins to 1 have conceived the idea of testing the courage and fidelity of the boy. He accordingly entered the 1 house stealthily, but the boy hearing the noise gave an alarm, and calling to a companion begged him to get assistance, as there was a robber in the house. The boy then approached tho room where the sup posed robber was, challenged him throe times to come out or bo would shoot him. Aftor tho third warning the boy fired, being armed with a navy revolver. Lutz up to this time had not spoken, but as the ball had passed through his body he fell to the' ground, exclaiming, "You have killed me, but it is alt my fault!" In fifteen minutes after ho was dead. The ball passed entirely througfihis body, entering above one of tho hips, and passing out above tho other, severing the bowels in its passage. Just before the shot was fired help bad arrived in front of the house, but tho boy seemed to have been highly excited, and did not hear them. The affair created intense excitement, but a simple recital of the facts was enough to satisfy all that the unfortu nate man fell a victim to his own folly. No one re gretted tho sad occurrence or felt its effects more keenly than the poor hoy whoso fidelity had been so severely tested. He had a hearing before a magis trate on the following day, and was admitted to bail. Lutz was about forty years of age, and leaves a wife, but no children, llis wife was on a visit to a neigh bor on the evening of the occurrence, and had left the house in tho keeping of the boy.— Pitts, Gazette, Ith, 1 he Crops. With regard to wheat wc have only to say that re cent extensive inquiries confirm tho statement we have hitherto made, that the wheat seeded last fall will yield not more than the third of a crop. This is better than we at one time had reason to expect, for it was the general impression that nearly the en tire crop had been winter killed. In some neighbor hoods in tho Piedmont region of the Btate farmers have ploughed up their wheat fields and put them in oats, or prepared them for corn. A great breadth of com has been and will yet be planted. This is the surest though not the most pro fitable of our crops. Owing to tho cool weather which has so far prevailed very little of the corn has yet come up. The quantity of potatoes planted this year and yet to be planted will bo unusually large. An effort is being made to plant a large crop of to bacco. Th© good prices of the past year, and tho comparative failure of the wheat, have both con tributed to induce almost all planters to mako some tobacco. The report from various portions of this State and North Carolina now is that tne plants are coming up badly; but we never knew a spring when this story was not repeated. We apprehend noserioua difficulty from a want of plants.— Richmond Times. GOOD CROPS IN TENNESSEE.— The Bolivar (Tenn.) Bulletin thinks that in that region there will DO put in cultivation this year at least double the quantity oil and that was tilled in 1865. Many of tho large fields that have only served as pastures for the past three or four years are now being put in condition suitable fox planting purposes, XXXIXTH CONGRESS. Post Otltee Appropriation Bill. DEBATE ON PREVENTION OF CHOLERA The Xleconstrustioa Question. WASHINGTON, May 9. SENATE. MISCELLANEOUS. S™ a ,?i I>r ® s -!" ted petitions numer anflna e ? citizens of Pennsylvania, asking an " " of u°v ln ?"' revenue laws, so as to nanee labor - Keferred to the Committee on Fi „T^^ -W l 1!07 - pr^ntcd Repetition of one hundred and ninety-six citizens of Harper's Ferry, who have purchased homesteads under the United States au thority, stating that by the action of the Government increasing work at the armory, their property has Sf-„ n „ mnc ] 1 . depreciated, and thoy ask authority to Nnvta® v I 110 manufacturing companies from the iffiirs rret ' to tao Committee on Military Af- Mr. Chandler introduced a bill to regulate the transportation of nitro-glycerine. Keferred to the Committee 011 Commerce. . Mr. Doolittle introduced a bill to restore certain ~,i'1 Ul r, *9 certain bands of Sioux I ndians. Refer red to Committee n n Indian Affairs. Mr. Henderson introduced a bill to regulate an bo' n rlnted 3 a removals from office. Ordered to Mr. Wade, from the Committee on tho District of Columbia, reported the bill to incorporate the Na tional Theological Institute of Washington* which was passed. Mr. Willcy, from tho Committco on the District of of Columbia, reported oack without amendment tho bill repealing the 4th section of the Declaration of Mights of the State of Mary .and as applicable to the District of Columbia. Mr. Grimes'from the Committee on Naval Affairs reported tho hill to provide for the restoration of Com in and er Charles Hunter to his former rank in the navr. Mr Grimes Paid that Commander llunter had chased a biockrdorunnc.r nearer than amarinc league Irom the Coast of Cuba. The Spanish government took umbrage at th is. and on its demand Commander llunter was disatissed. No reasons now clisted why he should not he restored, as was evidenced by lettors from the Secretaries of State and the Navy, which he would ask to have read. An amendment of the Com mittee to the bill was agreed to, and it was then passed. , R „. NSEOSITORS OF PCBUC MONIES. Mr. Grimes offered a resolution instructing the Committee on linance to inquire into tho expedien cy of providing by law that no public money in tho hands of Government oflicen shall bo deposited in any but a united States sub-treasury, where such exist, and in this city in the United States Treasury. Tfhich was agreed to. # CJIOLF.RA PREVENTIONS. On motion of Mr. Chandler the House joint reso lution to prevent the introduction of cholera into the ports of tho United States, tho question being on the substitute reported yesterday by tho Committee on C-mmerue. Mr. Chandler said that he did not Fro ess to know so much of tho cholera as some oth ers; ho only had it twice and bad only devoted four years to the consideration of it. Mr. C. then argued tuo reasons why the resolution should bo passed. rsoono had over found out that tho cholera was not contagious until yesterday, when tho Senator from Pennsylvania -GMr. Cowan) had so declared. Until that tune this had been a mooted poiut. Tho resolution presented by the committee was in ac cordanee with the plan recommended by the Ameri can Medical Convention, lately in session at Balti more, composed of tho most eminent of their pro fession. It remained for tho Senate now to dispose Mr. Morrill expressed a doubt as to the power of Congress to piuss the resolution. Tho consent of tho otates would first be necessary. Mr. Edmunds said the cholera did not know any thing about btate rights; it would not stop at State lines. Aliis was a matter that concerned the general weltare—the inlau.l Mates as well as the seaboard Mates, and, m his judgment, it was very pertinent lor Congress to legislate on it. In view of the near approach ol this dread pestilence, it behooved thorn to take all possible precaution. •Mr. Sumner said the resolution had th© merit of efficiency. It certainly did confer unprecedented Power on the Government, but he was willing to vote lor it under the circumstances. Mr. Morrill had no faith in the bill being able to accomplish anything, if the matter was taken out of tho hands of the State authorities. POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL. IV lthout disposing of the question, the unfinished business of yesterday, being the Postoffice Appropri ation bill, was taken up, the question being on the amendment restricting the President's power as to removals from othce, on which Mr. Wilson, of Mas sachusetts, was entitled to the floor. Mr. Wilson addressed the Senate at length, and an animated debate ensued, participated in by Messrs. Uuwan, Ureswell, Ivlmunds, Doolittle, Sumner and aye. when tho latter gave way to .Mr. Sumner, on whole motion the Senate, a* 5.3U P. M. adjourned. ~ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MISCELLANEOUS. The Speaker laid betore the ][ou?c a coinmunica- " x ? n . * rom Hio Attorney General, giving the number ot clerks emp oyed in his office, from w hat States ap pointed, by whom recommended, and if there are any who were rebel or Union soldiers acting as clerks. It appears that there are none of tho latter class. The communication was ordered to be printed. Ihe Speaker also laid before the House additional papers in the contested election case of Fuller vs. Dawson, of tho Sixteenth Pennsylvania District. Referred. Mr. Julian, of Ind , introduced a bill to regulate sutlrage in the Territories. Referred. Mr. Taylor, of N. Y., introduced a bill to amend the pension laws, so as to give an increased pension to certain disabled officers. Keferred. \r X. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. Mr. luce, of Mass., asked and obtained leave to re port Irom the Commit tee.on Naval Affairs, a bill to allow v ice Admiral Farrasrut to have a secretary, w *i *3 raTllc : ! l >", of lieutenantiji the navy. Mr. Rice explained that Admiral Farragut has no stafl, and was therefore compelled to attend to his own private affairs with which ho had been bur dened. Although he was in the vigor of health.-his eye sight had become much impaired in tho service, iio believed no one would object to the bill. Tho bill was then passed. PASSPORTS. Mr. vt llson, of lowa, from tho Committee on the J udici&ry, reported a bill to amend the passport laws HO as to prohibit a loreigner from obtaining a pass port of this Government; which was passed without debate. __ , RECONSTRUCTION. Iho House then resumed a3 the special order, tho Constitutional Amendment providing a plan for res toration. Iho speeches under the rule of the House were limited to thirty minutes. Mr. Breomall, of Pa., was the first speaker. He said that he aid not expect the unrepentant thirty three on the other side of this House to be pleased with the report ol tho Committee on Reconstruc tion. I his could not be expected from those who had been on the rebel side in every measure put forward during the last four years. Nor did ho ex pect the approval of those six new Johnsonian con verts to the Democracy who sat on his (the Republi can) side of the hall, and who were headed by tho gentl man from New York, (Mr. Raymond,) who seemed to be attacked with the most virulent form of the new disease. But from the remaining mem bers of this House he hoped a unanimous approval ol this Constitutional Amendment. He favored the hrst section securing to the citizens of tho United btat.es in the States ail of the privileges and immu nities, and although these were provided for in the Civil Rights bill, it was better to have it in the or ganic law of the land. lio was surprised to hear opposition from Repub licans to the third section, disfranchising all who voluntarily aided the rebellion from voting for Presi dent and Vice President and members of Congress till 187 U. This was indeed a mild punishment. Cther nations punished rebellion that did not be come revolution, by death, by confiscation, and by banishment. He looked upon this disfranchisement as a mild punishment, if in fact, it could bo called a punishment. Probst, tho Dutchman, killed eight and would bo hung. These Southern democratic leaders killed two hundred and ninety thousand of our leilow citizens, and yet it was only proposed to de prive them from voting for four years I Ho hoped the amendment would pass as it came from tho com mittee. Mr. Shanklin, of Kentucky, followed in opposition to the report and characterized it as an attempt to degrade and humiliate the Southern people by re ducing to serfs so that the North could rule over them. The South had yielded to tho decision of arms, and was willing to obey the laws and Constitution. It was a scheme to perpetuate the party in power, and the Freedmen's Bureau all over the South had been used to misrepresent and furnish capital for speeches to be sent out; from this ilall. Our policy here should be liberal and lenient, and not tyranni cal and oppressive towards tho South. The policy of the majority here had been one of hate. Austria had failed in such a course. We need not fear these poople. They would keep their faith. They were brave, and the bravo maintained their word. Mr. Raymond, of New York, was glad that the Committee on Reconstruction did not show (ho ob stinacy of the British Ministry who nut forth their Parliamentary Reform bill in Parliament, but had made a complete report. He saw nothing, however, in this report of the committee that could not have been brought forward three months ago. He pro ceeded to discuss the amendment rerintim, and said that he thought, with one exception, it was proper that all of the sections of the amondment but one should be sent to the States for ratification. He fa vored the first section, because he had believed tne Civil Rights bill unconstitutional, and this proposed to make the features of that law a part of the Con stitution of tho United States. Having voted against the bill, he should vote for this section of tho amend ment. The second section, fixing tho basis of representa tion, he should givo his hearty support, because it was based on suffrage for representation, and that was what he favored when the other constitutional amendment was pending in the House. With regard to the third section, disfranchising those who volunta rily aided the rebellion, for voting for Federal offi cers till 1870, it did not meet his approval. It scorn ed to have been placed in the amendment to prevent the rest of it from being adopted. He did charge that, but it so certainly appeared to him. This sec tion virtually disfranchised the entire people of the South, and was open to the charge that the Repub lican party intended it for the purpose of carrying tho next Presidential election, though judging from a remark made the other day by Mr. Stevens, rela tive to General Grant's being the next candidate, there possibly might bo no discussion when that time came. tie was opposed to the third section entirely. We had got to live with these Southern people under the same Government and in social and business rela tions. The course of Poland and Austria warned us that it would not do to keep these States mere do pendencies. England an hundred years ago had uone this with Ireland, and she had been ever since passing laws and appropriating money lor that see tion, and yet the ieeling of these people was shown to-day in the growth of Romanism. In conclusion, Mr. Raymond said he favored all of the amendment, but the third section. I Tr Mr - McKee, of Kentucky, next addressed the House and hrst adverted to the resolution which passed this House m December unanimously—includ ing all ol the Democrats that treason was a crime and should be punished. He would ask what did this House mean now? or what did it mean then? He thought that now it might do to offer a resolution that treason was no crime and ought to be rewarded. We were compelled to do something of this kind as proposed in this amendment, to keep these rebels trorn getting possession again of the Government. He read from the Memphis Argus an editorial article de ' nouncing the lennessee Legislature as an infamous, cowardly and despotic body, because it had passed the franchise law, depriving these rebels from the right to vote. He was opposed to allowing thene Copperhead editors and their allies to vote now. If it was proposed to enfranchise these traitors, why not allow the loyal people in thoso States to vote? He would rather that the meanest black man who ever wore the chains of slavery should vote than the most intelligent traitor who had waged war against the country. [Cries of "Good," "good."] Yet he declared that he was not in favor of universal suffrage. If Congress had not the moral courage to adopt univer sal suffrage and to punish traitors, let it at l&st pass this amendment. Mr. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, proceeded to review the Reconstruction Committee, and claimed that it ha • utterly failed to fulfil the charge committed to it by the Ilou®e. The resolution authorizing this Com mitte required them to mako a report as to whether the so-called Confederate States were entitled to reprwoautiou. Their policy wwoneo( delay } for they had failed to do this. They had taken evidence, but had not laid a word in printed form before this House. They had succeeded fully in showing "how not to do it." It had been admitted that this C©m had disappointed the poople of this country, an . f * if the question wero put to the people whether this Committee should continue it would be rejected by ten votes to one. Ho repudiated and denounced the amendmentthroughout. It was a party measure. The gcntieman from Ohio, (Mr. Garfield,) had said on yesterday that there was a suspicion that this was in the interest of party. He repeated.it was nothing but a party, Mr. Bnutwcll. of Massachusetts, said that, tho De mocrat'.# party bad been consistent from the resolu tions of 1798 to tho Cincinnati platform of 1850, and from tho latter time to the present. They had al ways maintained # that a Territory could couio into the Union with just such institutions as it chose. They maintained in the question of restoration this same doctrine, and claimed that men elected from the late insurrectionary Stales should bo admitted into these llalla. It wss not how these men stood yesterday, but if they were loyal to-day the Democ racy would admit thcoi. On this platform and iu th*s view, the President, of tho United States stood wirh the Democracy and Alexarder 11. Stephens. Vice President of the so-called confederacy—regarded at one time a conservative Union-loving man in the South—took this same view to-day before the Recon struction Committee, and acted in that regard with his Northern Democratic friends. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, desired to interrupt the gentleman to have the Chicago platform read on which Mr. Lincoln was nominated, to show the in consistency of the Republican party. Mr. Bout well declined to yield. * It was enough for him, he thought, to commend the consistencies of the Democratic party. He then proceeded to de clare that he would yield a portion of his time to Mr. Raymond, if the latter would show wherein tho President differed from Alexander H. Stephens and the Democratic party on the question of reoenfetruc tion. He (Mr. B.) was in favor of an equality of suf frage m the South, and believed that in time tho Republican party would be false to its principle* if it did not advocate this political equality. For him self he believed that Congress had the right to estab lish universal suffrage in the Mates, and, as regards lenne-se, it was not enough that she had sent Mr. Maynard, a loyal man. here, for we should know first what were the feelings and condition of the people cf that .State Mr. btevuns, of Pa., here arose and said that he should call the previous question on this amendment to-morrow, ut. three o'clock. Mr. Spa aiding, of Ohio, then briefly supported the amendment in all respects. He thought it a wise one. In tee course ol his remarks he depreret.d personal abuse of the President, and said that he thought that something was due to the high office. Congress couid diner with tho Executivo without making it a per sonal contest. Mr. Miller, of Pa.. spoko his thirty minutes in fa vor oi every feature of the amendment. I t seemed to him so reasonahlo that he couid hard • ly believe that the democrats would vote asainst >t There was no certainty, but this would be the last Union Congress, and it was necessary that guarantees should be obtained. Let us pass this amendment and send it to the Senate, where he hoped there would bo no dolay in passing it, and sending it to tho btate Legislatures. Mr. Eliot, of Mass., favored tho amendment as it came trotn the Committee as a wholo. He favored incorporating in the Constitution the civil righ's pro vision. Mr. Shellabarger. of Ohio, was not fully satisfied with the third section, and spoko a few minutes against it. lie did not favor the disfranchisement of the massos. At 4.30 P. M. a recess was taken. EVENING SESSION. House resumed at the evening session the special order, tho consideration of the Tax bill, 'j he seventh section, relating to the returns to assessors of tho amount of cotton on hand each month, was agreed to without amendment. The eighth section, authorizing tho Secretary of the Treasury to make all regulations to ascertain tho weight of cotton and for the appointment of neces sary inspectors and weighers, was agreed to without amendment. This finished that portion of the bill relating lo tile tax on cotton. 'The ninth soction, relating to the duties of asses sors of Internal Revenue, was next considered at length; pending final disposition of this section, the House adjourned. I*ROSI WASHINGTON. A Bill Hi Kejgjilnto Aj;oiiitmerits to aifd liettiovtiU from Olticc. W ASHINGTON, May 9,1866. Mr. Uonderson introduced in the Senate yesterday a bill to regulate appointments to, and reinovalsfrom office, which was read twice and ordered to bo printed. It is as follows: Sec ion 1 Be it enacted. That whenever any per son shall have been appointed to civil office under the Government of the United States, upon nomi nation of the President, by and with tho advice and consent of the Senate, and the term of such office is not limitod ty law. such person shall not henceforth bo removable from his office at the will of the Presi dent, alone, but he may continue to hold and dis charge tho duties of his office, unless otherwise pro vided by law, until his removal shall have been con sonted to by tho Senate, or his successor been ap pointed. confirmed, and qualified, as may at the time be required by law. Provided, that the heads of De partments, known as the President's Cabinet minis ters, may. at any tima, be removed by tho President alone, without the conseut of the Senate. Section 2. That whenever any person shall have been appointed to a civil office under the Govern ment of the United States, upon the recommendation of the President and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and it is declared by law that iho term of sueh otfico shall bo for a fixed period, and until a successor shall bo appointed and qualified, sueh pr son . hall not be removed from office by the Presi dent alone before tho expiration of such fixed period If the legal term of office in sueh cases shall expire during thq recess of the Scnato, the President may ap point a suceossor, who shall hold his office until the end of the next succeeding session of tilc enate un less said office become vacant, as hereinafter provi ded, or the incumbent bo sooner superseded by the appointment of another person to said office with the consent of tho Senate. Section 3. In eases where by law the appointment under tho Government a3 aforesaid shall have been oonferred on the President of the United States alone or ou the head of a Department o- other officer and appointment shall have been made under such au thority, the persons so appointed shall at anv time be removed at the will ot the officer making tho ap pointment or his successor, unless the power of re moval in such cases be expressly denied by law. Section 4. If at any time during tho recess of the Senate, and before tho officer may be legally super ceded or removed by the President alone, evidence shall he presented to the President sufficient to sat isfy him and the Attorney General of the United States, to whom the facts, in each case, shall be sub mitted, that sueh officer is incompetent to hold the office, that he is corrupt or dishonest, or that he has failed to discharge faitnfully the duties enjoined on him by law, the President may temporarily suspend such officer from the furthor discharge of the duties of his office, and in such cases the President may appoint a person to hold tho office until thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the Senate, but within two days after such commence ment tho President shall lay before the Senato the facts upon which he based thesuspension to be made, togeth er with the opinion of tho Attorney General on such facts. If the Senate, on examination of such facts or any other facts lound to exist, shall: concur with the President in such suspension by direct vote, or shall confirm the appointment of a successor nomi nated by the President, then such person shall stand permanently removed. But if tho Senate shall by vote refuse to concur in sueh suspension, and shall refuse or nogloct to confirm his successor within the thirty days as above named, the officer thussuspend ed shall be entitled to resume and continue the dis charge of the duties of his office. But iu no case shall any sueh ollicer be entitled to receive a salary or other compensation during tho time he may have boensuspended under the provisions of this act. Soction 5. Whenever any person holding a civil of fice, the term of which may have expired, shall have been, or shall hereafter bo re-nominated by tho President for a second term, to the same office, and tho Senate shall have refused by a direct vote to con sent to sueh appointment, the offico shall bo consid ered and is hereby declared to bo vacant, from the time of sueh rejection. But if the Senate shall neg lect or refuse to take action on such nomination, and shall adjourn without consenting thereto, then 'such office shall be considered, and is hereby declared to be vacant immediately alter such adjournment, and no money shall be drawn from the Treasury, or used from any fund or appropriation, to pay tho salary of such officer for services rendered after the creation of the vacancy herein declared. Section 6. No person who may have been nomi nated to a civil office by the President, and whose nomination may have been rejected by the Senate, shall, alter tho adjournment of the Seuate and during the recess thereot, bo appointed andeommissinned by the President to hold tho same office, nor shall any money be drawn from the Treasury or used by any officer of tho Government in paying salary or com pensation to such person. Section 7. Tho President shall not bo authorized, during the recess of tho Senate, to appointor com mission aoy person to fill up a vacancy in a civil office under the Government, unless such vacancy shall have happened during sueh recess by death, resigna tion. expiration of term or other casualty, not de pending on the will or action of the President; pro- Tided. that such vacancy in office shall be construed to have happened when actual notice thereof is first brought to tho knowledge of the President. [Correspondence of tho Baltimore Daily Commercial.] Letter from Martlnsbnrgr, West Virginia. MARTINSBCBG. May 9,1866. Messrs. Editors —Presuming a few lines from this immediate vicinity, which only a few months ago oc cupied somewhat an interesting prominence in the scenes of warfare of the great rebellion, and boliev ing that a knowlege of matters and things by which we are at present surrounded, will not be dull and uninteresting, has induced your correspondent to ask for a place in the columns of your paper. Since peace has been proclaimed to tho inhabitants of the land, we of Berkely county, Virginia, are of tho opinion that ,-pecially we have great reason to bo grateful at tho close of the war, tho evidences of ruin one of the many sad consequences resulting from the late civil strife, are rapidly disappearing, the people are engaged in repairing their destroyed tences and buildings, and other arrangements mak ing to change the dismal sight into a view not ap paling to the human gaze. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, with that characteristic energy that manifests itself in all their enterprises and undertakings, are ongaged in finishing new buildings erected by them on the site of the old ones, as machine and workshops of the company. These improvements are so much supe rior to the old ones, and such au improvement to the dull monotony of tho town, that we cannot help wishing the company success in this and all other of its undertakings. Political a Hairs are not without their importance. The exclusion of those who cannot comply with the provisions of the Registration law has caused an in creased bitterness of ieeling, only equalled by that in existence during tho war. Tbore is great determina tion expressed by those who have suffered and ex perienced the severities of the late war. to have and keep the control of governmental affairs in their own hands; and as must necessarily be the case, a conflict is waging between the enfranchised and disfran chised for supremacy and power, engendering much ili-will and bad feeling among the participants of this much agitated political strife. UNION. THK DOG'S AFFECTION AND SAGACITY.— George Wakefield, an old and well-known resident of Pus linch, C. W„ on returning home last Thursday night, fell into a deep pool of water in a hollow in the road, near Arkell village, and was drowned. It is related that shortly after the accident is supposed to have taken place, Mr. James Mulroony and son, who live near Mr. Wakefield's, and who had left the village shortly after he did, passed the place, and were met by the deceased's dog, who with marvellous instinct barked and ran about ihem, and showed by its looks and actions that something was wrong, and that it wanted them to follow it. As it was nearly dark however, they passed on. the dog howling piteouslv all the while, and catching at their clothes to puil them back. On their disregarding its efforts, it re turned to watch for some one else who might come that way. borne tune alter, suspicions were aroused as to tho safety of deceased, ami the strange conduct j j w Jf 1 wa ? kreatly attached to his master, tended to confirm them. Mr. King started off with a horso ana buggy, and in passing through the water in© norse scumbled against what was lound on exam ination to be th© body oi' Mr. Wakefield. A FATAL MISTAKK.—TWO lads—one fourteen and the other seven years of age, sons of Mr. James Harmen, of Elmira, New York—went in search of sweet Sicily root in the woods near that city a few ! days ago. By mistake they dug up and ate a quan- I tity of Indian poke cr white hellebor, a virulent poi son. troni tne § if ©via of which they cU*d in ft short I time. i CITY NEWS. UNCONDITIONAL UNION MEETING—RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.—An informal meeting of the Uncondi tional Union party of this city, composed of dele gates from the several wards, was hold on Tuesday evening at Temperanco Temple. Mr. Thalcs Lin thicum was chosen chairman: Mr. F. Collins Smith, secretary, and Mr. AVm. M. Marine, assistant secre tary. Upon the meeting being called to order, they were addressed by Mr. Askow as follows: I apprehend that the principal object we have in view is to bring our people together. There is, un fortunately a wide diversity of opinion among the true Union men of this citv and State. Upon na- Itonal politics we cannot all agree. But some of us think there are great and fundamental principles concerning ns as a people in the Stal o of Maryland and w!, . 1c!l WR c:m Rll heartiivand earnestly and cordially unite. Having that idea In view, this meeting has been called, fi r .t, as the friends of that true loyalist. John Leo Chaprnam igrcat ap- PlauseJ to give some expression of opinion manifest ing the interest winch tho loyal men in the city „f Baltimore feel in reference to tho coming municipal election, to take place in the coming fall. ,i other leading idea is that our people can generally unite UPOD the support of the Registry law of this State (Great applause.] It is true, there are some few but I am glad to say they are but few. loyal men who de sire that law changed or modified. AVo think now 03 our friends thought when it was passed by the' Legislature, that those who have voluntarily com mitted treason against tho country, should not and sha'l not be trusted again in the management of the ?L a . lr A. ot .T !n . 3 •- tato °. r oit F- Believing that, we think i- union men in this city cjin be brought to gether upon ;i basis maintaining tho Registry law in supporting John Leo Chapman, and I have no hesi tation in saying, at least so far as lam personally con cerned. opposition to negro suffrage. A committee consisting of Messrs. Samuel M. Evan?, Dr. G. AY. AVayson, E. L. Thomas, John M. Jones and Benjamin G. Buckley, was appointed to draft resolutions, and after some consultation report ed the following: Jlesclped. Ist That wc declare it a? our undevi ating and unalterable purpose to stand by tho great cardinal motto of the Union party—that no man, whose pas' life has been tainted with treason, or who has sympathized with the late rebellion, shall be en trusted with the management or administration of the political affairs of this Government, city, State or national. Sesolwed.Zd. That in furtherance of this sentiment wc hereby declare our opposition to the repeal of the present Registry law of this State, or to any modifi cation ol its provisions, and that we will not support any parson for office who is not fully pledged to maintain said law in its entiretv. Kesohcd.pd, That we cordially endorse t'uo Hon. John Lee Chapman as a gentleman who, by patient industry, close application to business, devoted atten tion to the public interest and a wise discrimination ill tho administration of the affairs of the city, has ex mmtcd elements ot character which peculiarly lit him lor the place he now tills: and as an evidence of our estimation of his character a? a gentleman, and an the Chief Magistrate of the city, we cheerfully recommend him to tho loyal men of Baltimore for support l ""' hereby t( > him our earnest Itcsolucd, Uh That we declare it. to he tho settled purpose Ol the Union men of Baltimore to oppose the conferring of the right of suffrage upon the negro; that whilst we were the ardent friends of his emanci pation, and now commend him for his services in the ureat war for tho I nion, wo aro of opinion that tho true interests of cither race would not be promoted by giving him the elective franchise. ~ o! Jt fbat we have an abiding faith in his Excellency, tho Hon. Thomas Swann. Governor of Maryland. 1 hat we believe hi ? well tried patriotism id tully grounded in undying love for tho Union of these htaj*s, and that no exicency can arise that can successfully assail or move him from the great cen tral idea of 1 nion, fur which he has so eloquently battled, and that we, as the Union meu of Baltimore, who indicated him as tho chief officer of tho State, be. 1 eye that our lullest confidence will be realized,ami the vigor,strength and unity of the great Union party ot this city and will he sedulously shielded >v nun; that wc endorse the language of iov. inaugural address of Jan. 10, 1865, wherein he says that .Maryland will know how to discriminate be tweon thelriendsand enemiesof tho Union/' and that t no time na; passed when those who desired it* dis solution will be permitted to make a virtue of their disloyalty, or to claim participation in the oolitieal povcr of the State:" that we believe in the language ot (iovernor Swruin's faryt message to the General As sembly, that the "intention both of tho Constitution and tho Registry law was siinpiv to protect, the Btate against treason, and to show distrust of those who had been connected with it," aDd to whom only its provisions aro applicable, and in endorsing tho lan guage of President Johnson, "that treason should be made odious, and traitors punished." we insist upon the enforcement, of tho law in its e\ cry particular as we believe, with Governor Swann. that those who assisted in the rebellion by their efforts at home, in Maryland, or by their presence in the rebel armies, have no right, in any fair view of their existing re lations, to e -inplain of the hardships of a law which they themselves havo deliberately provoked." The resolutions were adopted, and after a lengthy address by Mr. Kennard, the meeting adjourned. ARREST OF A GARKOTER.—Between twelveandone o'clock on Tuesday night last, policeman Stirling ob served a man run out of an alley in tho rear of the Nunnery on the corner of Centre and Cathedral streets, and called upon him to halt, but failed to comply, and the officor fired at him twice without ef fect. The man continued running, and at the corner of Garden and Biddle streets was arrested by police man Ilintou, who conducted him to the AA'estcrn police station, where he gave his name as Henry AVa'son, but as there was no evidence against him next day of a more serious offence, he was committed to jail by Justice Showacre upon the charge of being disorderly. Nothing further transpired in relation to tho matter until Tuesday night, when Capt. Cas sell overheard, while riding in the cars, a conversa tion in relation to the garroting of a Mr. Percival Reese, on Monday night, and which was stated to have occurred in the vicinity in which Watson had' first been noticed running, and about tho same time. He thereupon made further inquiry and called upon Mr. Reese, who had failed to notify tho police au thorities of tho occurrence, and learned from that gentleman that about the time named, while pass ing along Monument street, cast of Howard, he was approached from behind by two men. and fearing that they wcro about to assault him, ho placed his hand upon his pistol, and as ha was seized by una of them he fired over his shoulder at him. Tho garrotor then seized the barrel of the pistol and attempted to wrest it from Mr. Recso, when tho latter cried "mur der," and the garroters ran away. Acting upon this information, Captain Casscll had AVatson brought out of jail yesterday morning, whon Mr. Reese iden tified him as the party who assaulted, and AYatson was committed to answer tho charge. Mr. Reese's pistol ball had slightly cut his right ear. i LARGE SALE OF GROUND RENTS.—S. H. Oovor, auctioneer, sold yesterday, at tho Exchange sales rooms. the following ground rents: One of $18.75 per year, on a lot of ground on Monument street near Caroline, for $260; purchased by AYra. Strober. One of $22.50 and two of $16.25, each on three contiguons lots on the east side of Spring street, north of Or leans : tho former was purchased by A. S. Clayton for $265, and the two latter by Joseph Brannar at $2lO each. Throo of S2O, on three adjoining lots on the west side of Constitution street, south of Eager; purchased by Joshua Mathews aV$235 each. Two of $19.]2J4 each, on two lots on tho south side ef Abbott street, near Bond: purchased by Joseph Brannar at $205 each. One of $33.75, on a lot corner of Clay and Carlton streets, and one of S3O, on a lot on the west side iif Carlton street; purchased by Samuel Turbut, at $420 for tho former and $355 for the latter. Two of $47.25 each, on adjoining lots on Ross street, near Preston; purchased by A. S. Clayton for $725 each; and one of S4O, on a lot and improvements on Chase street, near Charles; it was purchased by Joseph Brannar for $620. RETURN OF COLORED TROOPS.—The Fourth United States colored troops, the first regiment of colored soldiers raised in Baltimore, returned to this city from AA'ashington yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock. They were met at Camden Station by a committee of colored citizens, of which George Hackott was chairman, and, under escort of a com pany of colored Zouaves, commanded by Captain Kelly, marched to Zion Church.on South Howard street, where a brief address of welcome was made by the chairman of tho committee of reception, after which an address was delivered by Rev. Sam uel AV. C'hase. The regiment was then reformed, and marched to tho late Jarvis Hospital Buildings, where it will be quartered until mustered out of ser vice. This regiment, which left Baltimoro number ing about 1,000 men, returns under command of its original Colonol, now Brevet Major General Dun can, and with the ranks reduced to about 460 men, having been in service two years and seven months. Tho regiment will be entertained this afternoon by their friends at tho Douglas Institute. SALE OF A FARM. —S. H. Gover, auctioneer, sold yesterday, at the Exchange sales-rooms, a tract of land lying on the north side of the Sulphur Spring road, in Baltimore county, about two miles south of the Frederick turnpike, containing about sixty acres, the improvements upon which consisted of two houses, stable, barn, 4c. It was purchased by Mar tin Hedian at SSO per aero, making in tho aggregate about $3,000. The same auctioneer also sold a lot of ground and improvements on the southwest corner of Bond and Jefferson streets, the lot front ng 16 feet and having a depth of 75 feet. The improvements consist of a three story brick store and: dwelling, with two story brick back building. It was sold subject to an annual ground rent of sl6. Purchased by Louis AVindholz for $3,000. CHILDRENS' SOUTHERN RELIF,F FAIR.—An enter tainment will be given this evening at the Now Assembly Rooms in aid of the Childrens'Southern Relief Fair Association, on which occasion an artis tio disquisition, entitled "I too am a Painter," ad dressed to national sentiment, will be delivered by Mr. R. B. Halstead, of Richmond, A'irginia. A prose poem entitled "A Sunbeam" will also be delivered. Mr. Halstead is, we understand, a fine speaker, and it is to be hoped that a fair sum may be realized in support of the object for which this entertainment was projected. ASSAULT WITH A BILLY. —Officer Sparklin arraign ed Samuel Fuchs before Justice AVhalen yesterday, charged with assaulting and beating Morris Phillips with a billy. The affair occurrod on Friday night last, at the residence of the latter. No. 212 Happy al ley, the accused being arrosted on Monday, and held for an examination, which resulted yesterday in his being released on bail for trial. APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. —The following ap pointments to fill vacancies in the sanitary agency have been made by Mayor Chapman, and confirmed by the City Council: 7th ward, James Horan, vice Capt. S. S. Thompson, resigned; 10th ward, AVm. Frost, vice Benjamin Ellicott, resigned, and in the 20th ward, Bernard F. Coyle has been appointed in the placo of AVm. K. Mitchell, who also resigned. CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.—Charles Jones was taken into custody yesterday by detective F. AV. Gray, charged with having robbed Henry Ricr, on ihe night of the 23d of December last, of SI,OOO worth of Gov ernment bonds, s6Bu in money and a lot of jewelry. He was committed for the action of the grand jury by Justice Spicer. None of the property stolen has as yet been reegwrefl, THREE CENTS. A DESPERATE SHOOTING AFFRAY. —The visitors of the New American Theatre, corner of Baltimoro and alvert streets, were thrown into consternation last night, shortly after 8 o'clock, by a shooting affray, which may result fatally. During the afternoon per formance, John Price, well known in this city, who is employed as the officer of the establishment, re quested a party present to desist from smoking in the honso.it being a violation of the rules, when a difficulty ensued between Price and Clinton ,Tame. wno, it is stated, espoused the cause of the party who had thus vto ated the rules. Aftcrsomerough words the affair ended for the time being, but after night was renewed, when Price drew a long navy revolver and fired three times at J antes, one ball missing him, one taking effect in the right side of his neck, caus ing a flesh wound, and the third entering his body on the left side, just above the hip, and pass ing upwards. Price was at once arrested by officers Greenly and Pierey, and conducted to the central police station, where he is held for an examination at noon to-day. The wounded man was removed to his boarding house on South Frederick street, near Baltimore, where Drs. Yeatcs, Houck and Williams were summoned to attend him. At a iato hour last night he was in a coml'ortahlo condition, and it was thought that ho might recover. In the absence of any official investigation, these were all the partic ulars that could bo obtained, AI, MOST A RroT.—Last evening, shortly after six o clock, as a party of colored men, women and boys were returning from the terminus of West Baltimore street, whither they had followed the Fourth United states colored troops in their march to their quar ters, a difficulty occurred between a party of white and colored boys, which in its progress spread to the adults, and quite a severe "stono battle" prevailed lor a while. It wa3 soon checked, however, by the interference of policemen Smith, Cook, Tipton, Pres ton and Eel!, who arrested It. C. Sisson and Thomas Iladdick, white, and Henry and William Scott, Zach. Brown and Joseph Bordley, colored, charged with throwing stones, and they were held for a hearing. POLICE ARRESTS.—John Kidd, arrested by police man Walker, charged with assaulting and striking Elisabeth Ladwith, was arraigned before Justice Spicer. and released on hail for his appearance at court. AVm. Bower, arrested by policeman Watson, for fast driving <*vcr Ga.v street bridge, was subjected to tho payment, of $5 and costs by the same justice. John Morrcil was taken into custody yesterday by office Wilson, charged with allowing nauseous li quors to flow from his premises. Upon being arraign ed before Justice Wha'eo. he was fined $5 and costs. CONFIRMATION.—Interesting religious exercises were held last evening in Christ Church.on North Gay street, and the Church of the Ascension, on hexing- . ton street near Pine. At each of those places of worship the rite of confirmation was administered to a number of communicants. AtChristChurcb, Bight Rev. John Johns, Bishop of Virginia, officiated, and at the Church of the Ascension, Right Rev. H. B. Whipple, of Minnesota, was the officiating clergy man. Barge and respectable audiences were in at tendance and manifested considerable interest in the exercises. ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING.—SamueI Johnson and Lewis Sebold were a rrestcd on Tuesday night, by policeman Johnson, charged with fighting, at tho New Assembly Rooms. They were detained at the middle district station house until morning, and after an examination before Justice Spicer, the former was committed for trial and the latter dis charged. RECOVERY OF A GOLD WATCH AND CHAlN.—Messrs, smith. Piemen & Co., independent police, succeeded on Monday in recovering a valuable gold watch and cnain. which bad b.en stolon from lion. Wm. B. Reed, of Philadelphia, tho Saturday* previous, while that gentleman, in company with a numberof others, were on their way to Washington. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—Wo are indebted to Hons, Keye-dy Johnson and John L. Thomas for copies of tho Monthly Report of the Dcjiartmcnl of Agricul fare, for which they will plea e accept our thanks. AMUSEMENTS. ILOLLIDAY STREET THEATRE.—Buckstone's roman tic drama. "Flowers of tho Forest," will bo per formed to-night, Madame Celeste appearing for the only time iu her original character of Cynthia, the Gypsy Queen, which was wiitten expressly for her, is one of her most, effective renditions, and af fording a fins opportunity for the display of those rare artistic powers with which she is so eminently gifted. The piece will be well put upon .the stage, and with an efficient east, Mr, Bishop appearing as tho Kinchen, and tho rest of the characters by the company. THE MAMMOTH COMBINATION.—Persons who in dulge in such amusements are looking forward with much pleasure to the advent of tho great combina tion of V V i Amburgh's Mor.agcrie and Gardner, Hemming & Co.'s Circus, which is to open in this city on W canes Jay next. Judging from tho reputa tion of this establishment, those who aro looking for a great attraction will not be disappointed. In the meantime, further developments are awaited. CITY COISCIL. AVEDNESDAY, May 9. 1868. First Branch. —A quorum of members were present, with Jas. Young, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. Uenneberry presented a petition from John Henderson for permission to extend their pier seven ty-five feet, and to erect a shed on their wharf: re ferral. Mr. Ewalt presented a petition from Thomas Gard ner and others for permission to place awnings over their stalls at Lexington market; referred. Mr. Foreman, from the committee on highways, presented c resolution recommending the purchase of a sweeping machine, and the patent right for fourteen years, with privilege of making as many machines as may be required, and appropriating $5,000 therefor; laid over. A communication was received from the nealth Commissioner, declaring Derret alloy and other thoroughfares in a state of nuisance, and recom mending that they be cleansed and paved; referred. Resolutions wore adopted requesting the liealtb Commissioner to examine the sanitary condition of certain alloys and streets. Mr. Herring called up tho resolution authorizing the City Commissioner to advertise for proposals for the construction of abridge over J ones'falls, at North avenue, and report the result to the Council. The special order being the ordinance providing for tho appointment of a boird of school commis sioners. the abolition of the office of treasurer of tho School Board, and tho appointment of a city super intendentof public schools; after tho biil had been road, tho furthor consideration was postponed in order to have it reprinted. An ordinance was received from tho Second Branch increasing tho salaries ol'the Port Warden and his clerk; laid over. Mr. Caulk called up tho resolution appropriating $15.1100 for the erection of additional buildings at tho House of Refuge; adopted. The Branch thou ad journed. Second Branch.—This Branch met at the usual hour. Present, Daniel Harvey, Esq., President, and all the members. Received from the First Branch a resolution re questing the Mayor to extend the hospitalities of tho city to George Peabody, Esq. Also, a resolution for the appointment of a committee of three from each Branch to co-operate with the Mayor in the same; adopted. Messrs. Burch, Burko and Taylor wera appointed on the part of this Branch. Also, received a resolution to place a gas lamp on Central avenuo, between John and Hoffman btreets; referred to the City Commissioner. Also, received a resolution adverse to the petition of M. N. Falls and others, for the removal of the wreck of tho steamer Carroll from off Smith's Point; adopted. Also, re ceived a resolution appropriating $1,500 for concerts at Druid Ilili and Patterson's Parks during the sum mer and fall months; after being so amended as to jnake the appropriation $1,200 the resolution was adopted. Also, received a resolution providing for the placing of stepping-stones across {Grundy street at its inter section with Lanvale street; adopted. Also, received a resolution to have the space at Cross street markot .paved adopted. Mr. Mooro called up tho resolution appropriating £15,000 for fitting up the Court liouso cellor suitable for public offices. After some discussion the resolution was adopted, all tho members voting in tho affirmative except Messrs. A'aliant and Irelan. r The Chair appointed Messrs. Robinson, Mooro and Nails, on tho committee for celebrating the 4ih of July, after which the Council adjourned. t OCKT PRtH LF.tHNGS. AVEDNESDAY, May 9, 1866. City Circuit Court. —Beforo Hon. Judge Alexander.— George Seltzer, et at., vs. William U. Godman, et at. Bill filed tor a partition of the property mentioned in the proceedings, and, if not susceptible of a division, asking that the property be sold and the proceeds divided among those entitled to the same. United States District Court —Hon. Judge Giles. — U. S. vs. A lot of goods seized in possession of Hashagen Jc Sehncydler; opinion of tho Court de livered. declaring the report of the assessor as not oonclusivo in the coco. Case not concluded. Orphans' Court. —Judges Audoun, Supplee and Hoffman.—Letters of administration were granted to Gustavus Bctz on tho estate of Augusta Betz, and to Catherine Ludwig on the estate of Andrew Ludwig. IReported lor the Daily Commercial.] ANNAPOLIS, May 9, 1866. Court of Appeals of Maryland—April Term, 1866. No. 13. John Paine vs. Richard France et al; ap peal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, l'ho argument of this canso was concluded by J. Mason Campbell for the appellee, and Keverdy Johnson for the appellant. No. 14. Jacob Gotwaldt and wife vs. Geo. C. Neat; appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city in equity. The argument of this cause was commenced by W m. Meade Addison for tho appellants. I'HNt Horses. John Mitchel, in a letter to the New York Afeics, gives the following horse news: "In the matter of horses, Franca is decidedly taking the lead of England. There are no such splendid carriage horses to be seen anywhere as in Paris, and lor cavalry remounts and animals to be used in draugnt, this country is now independent of all others, though not many years ago France was a largo purchaser of horses both in Germany and Eng land. This is due, in great measure, to the excellent administration of the haras, great stallion establish ments, carefully maintained in all the departments. There is, also, independent of the Government, a Societe Jjtppit/uc, to encourage the breeding of supe rior draugnt and farm horses, by means of prizes of a sufficient amount to be an inducement to stock raisers. As for race horses, Gladiateur beats every thing on the habitable globe. There is no horse in England that has the least chance with him; and he was brought over from that country to run for—or rather to win, of course —the splendid cup, worth 10,000 francs, together with 10,000 lrancs in money, at the race of Sunday last,in theßois doßoulogne. Two horses started with him, but he wou at a canter. Gladiateur is now established as a public character and favorite ot the Parisian world. J. THE FISHERY QUESTION.—The fleets that are to cruiso during the coming summer on tho fishing grounds of the British North American Provinces have at length been accurately ascertained. The American fleet will consist of sixteen vessels, two being iron-clad, mounting 160 guns, and aggregating 24,063 tons, and carrying 3,620 men. The English fleet consists of twenty-eight vessels, mounting 466 guns, aggregating 36,933 tons, and carrying 5,738 men The guns upon the British ships are, lor the most part, antiquated, whilst those on the American ves sols are ol the formidable modern styles. Consider ing the interior British armament and the clumsiness ot some of their vessels, and that the iron-clads Mi antonomah and Dunderberg are in the American ; fleet tho strength of the two fleets is considered abou\