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Northern Paeific . R. , a eisgtea Tr ito al sad of Oregae tear aeresa ?es" . I hrviag ce the "r t z * * be tweeN the AMu sa.c mi the PoNie nseveal tilmes, I ve hem pmmle a e amemrwealth and imste o the eo.anry is tmm, ad may items which have sever beS e2d is say report, sad which may be of srviCe. to shee in the et who know m asti'vey little of that richk oastr sow o rapddily ai..t g. II to layO re yos, briey, the rtestl o y e.xa a"ation, hm cg the m lay n ie le aiil'ad, which =s all important to the development of the territory lying north of the 45th par allel. Since the discovery of the rich gold and silver miaes in Montana and the commesce meat of the Union Paciic road, the entire aspect of the interior of oar cos.try has moet rapidly changed. The progress of the interor within the last two years has been greater than its whole previous progress; and now, as there have. within the bet few months, been great lines of nail steamships eetalished between this country and China, the trade will in crease beyond all caloelation on the Pacific coast. So rapidly are the resources of ori iltarior being developed and our commerce Ierneasg on the Pacific, that within a very short time, almost before the road on the Central route can be completed, it will be found that one road will not be able to do the amount of bu siness that will offer. The idea that prevailed a few years since, before the question of the Pacific railroad was as well understood as it now is, that not more than one road across the continent could be sustained, is fast being ex country really needs three grand trunk lines, and will eventually build and sustain them. the Southern, the Central and the Northern. And that there will be no antag onism between the roads, in reference to way travel, is evident, as each road will drain a wide extent of country bordering on it, as in the case of the Northern and Central, the dis tance apart from San Francisco to Puget sound being about 800 miles, and running nearly parallel, probably the nearest point of approach being Cadotte's Pase and Bea- river, distant about 500 miles; so that, if the inter mediate population is simply a pastoral one, to say nothing of the rich gold, silver, cop per, lead, nickel, iron and coal mines, known to exist along and between each line, the country would, when thus settled up, afford a population to the running mile of road great er than the way population of any road an the United States. The small portion of the Cen tral road that is now completed, is paying very largely, and is rapidly increasing. With the completion of these great line. acroes the continent, there would be access furnidled to millions of acree of the public domain, on which would be erected hundreds of thousands of happy homes in the interior of our country, all the way from tIe Gulf of Mexico to the forty-ninth parallel, and would draw large numbers of the population away from the crowded (cities of the Atlantic, where, in many instances, they do not And a rapport without the assistance of charity, to where they could find cheap homes and plenty to do in furnishing food for the millions who would then settle in our mountains, and work out the mines with machinery, which, if these roads were not built, must remain untouched for ages. I believe, if the three roads were now built, that within ten years there would be gold and silver enough taken out of the mountains to pay of the national debt. It is also the opin ion of many of our wisest and most compre hensive statesmen with whom I have con versed, that it would be wise policy for the Government et the present time to assist di rectly-at once to build these roads, in order to render available the great extent of our public domain, now inaccessible in the interior of our country. It is maaifest that one road is not equal to the public need, and would be unjust to the people of the country. If three roads are built it would be more to the interest of tl e Government to use the three roads than it would be if but a single road was built. If but one road was built, to-wit, over the cen tral line, the Governn.ent would still be obliged to provide for toe transportation of its mails and munitions of war over the north ern and southern routes, which are already a very important item, as in the mails, from Chicago to Montana. Withthese general remarks I will now ofte a brief account of my obserr tions on the northern route, particularly the Rocky moun tain portion. having traveled thoroughly over it at four different times within the last two years, twice in mid-winter. In the first place, commencing at Paget Sound, we find there an immense inland sea, perfectly land locked, and safe froz storms, and always free from ice and focs, with a shore line of over two thousand miles in length, with water so deep and free from rocks that the largest ves sels can tie up in safety to the trees which line the shore. At the same time this im mese harbor is surrounded by a rich, fertiie soil, capable of supporting a population as great as that of New England and the Middle states, together with unlimited forests of the finest timber for ship-building and for lum ber, with extensive coal and iron mines and fisheries, and immense quarries of granite and limestone, and an unlimited water-power, and everythang which goes to build up and een tain a good commercial centre. Prvious to the purchase of Alaska, San Francisco was considered about the centre of our pomesomns on the Pacific. But, with the acquistion of Walrussia, the Straits of Juan de Faci are no longer on our extreme north wesl but we have an extensive sea coast, achrng 1,00 miles to the north, and San Francisco ceases to be the only centre of com merce fr the Pacific coast, whilst Puget Sound becomes the geographical centre. It is urged by many that San Francisco, -i emch great wealth centered in and und~ her, and being the great commercial teepot of the Pacific, and having the start of Pet Sound, that no point can ever rise onIt watem to importance. What does hL te7ach u on this subject? How many uties ve arisen and fallen on the shores of the Meditemmrranean, and given place to other cities, century after century. And on oar own Atlantic seaboard, New York was not aways the great metroplis of the Atlantic. h time was when Newport, in Rhode Is and, was the commercial mistress of our thirteen coleoni. and New York did not be wome irst uatil after a struggle of more than 10 years. how me a spot where Nature has pointed out for the sea of ommree, and I will show you a point wher, the eterprise of the Amer ican people wilrfound a giant city and e* tafla gpat commerce. It is simply a question of time. The lmber trade alone of Paget Sound aredy quite an item, and has bat fairly commenad. Jast year the amount shipped in lumber, spar, and pile amounted ia ma uremet to 4W,O,4 feet. The srtm Ed their way to alot er port M the ciTi lised world, aad this trad mst increse i vale each year, as we ind on the shores of Pfgt BSei ad AJlak the two Ilt iamt forea in the world accemible to commree. There are two teaum m rida in the char ter ofthe xertla Prd railroad uor the Palcie oem - at PI get Sound and the otherat Psrti, S g . Le , P eslm, telg s emt, te io rot -M whe tr e IM l e MW W0 de Urn Nemd, d gorosse . a= " ata dee. of n anile them OlMe. oG il0 ano em 2WO -l g ai Mnm I _-'..tdi od ,i teM l..m -d m. n tIoo d 6 ,l de te b 6 h m 1. or - soue I ý f ohe Yaakm don tI e A ley fr16 milm4 e to e anmdt t e C ol n .e vally of tSh akims hare are eoe of the esSt an-alt-r lald to b found in W i t tr r Teriftoy--we the stties ba ve g ood oem, sad a di£ ma i aM in wifer that it ba been smr ered fr a namber of t hesafst phLc to diter large k dt attle est of mhe C.Made motatains. Niety-six miles above the month of the Yakima are extensiveforests of yellow pine, which can be rafted down daring high water to points along the line of read. At the crossing of the Columbia river the other line from Portland forms ajenction with this. Portland is now the largst town in Oregon sad in the termines of the line of teamer from Sen Ersncisco and the point as which the business of the Willamette valley center &ad from which the Or~on Steam Navigation Compan7 extead their lne of steamers up the Columbia to Wallula, 340 miles from the Pacihc. This would give a connection at once with the lin eas t, by mean of steamer, while tCe road was beio constructed. Or starting from the mouth of the Peluse, on Snake river, the point to which steamers ascad from Portland nearly she whole yr, to Port Benton, on the Missouri, where lar numbers of steamers arrive and depart every season, it would be but 525 miles. Or, to take the route via Pen d'Oreille Lake and Clark's Fork of the Columbia, where there are three steamers and 200 miles of navigation, woula redece the actual travel by stage at this time to 375 miles, on the line of the North Pacific road, between the Pacific and the Atlantic. Thui steamboat navigation, reaching nearly acros the continent on the northern route, will be found to be of very gret advantage in constructing the line, as the work can be commenced at eight different points at the !ame time, and as before shown, workmen and material can be forwarded on the Columbia and Missouri to within five hundred miles of each other. From the crosing of tiue Ioiumbza> to te Coeur d'Alene Mission, at the entrance of the Bitter Root mountains is 182 miles. The route for the irst ninety miles of this section lies over a rolling praririe, with very good grass, but no timber. The remaining distance to the mountains lies through fine groves of pine timber, with the finest of grazing most of the way, rich alluvial bot toms, and streams of the purest water. This section crosses what is known as the great plains of the Columbia, extending from the soath'rn b sundary of Oregon, and lying between the Cascade range on the west and the Blue and Bitter Root mountains on the east, and stretching far into the British pos sessions in the north. This country, until very recently, has been considered more especially fitted for a pastoral country, but in every instance where the cul tivation of the soil has been attempted the results have proven quite satisfactory, not only in the raising of all kinds of grain aun. veget ables, but all kinds of fruits of the ter'perate zone in the greatest perfection. In the Walla Walla valley, which is about equally divided by the 46th parallel, and ha been settled scarcely seven years, were pro duced in 1866 over one million bushels of grain, six hundred thousand of which was wheat. I have seen in that valley large fields of wheat average fifty bushels per acre; and in 1867 the best quality of dour, put up in fifty pound cotton sacks, sold for $3 7. (gold) per barrel and yet this valley was not taxed to one fifth of its capacity of production. This valley alone would be able to supply the whole force employed in constructing the Western Division with flour, and meats at cheap rates. It is not generally known in the East that we have a climate west of the Rocky moun tains that will admit of raising peaches and grapes and sweet potatoes as far north as the 47th parallel. Four years ago last spring I planted in the Walla Walla valley an orchard of one thou sand small yearling trees. Last summer I raised from that orchard over one thousand bushels of the inest quality of peaches, ap ples, pears, plums, cherries and grapes; and in 1865 I raised over 13,000 pounds of sweet potatoes. And still there are thousands of acres lying unclaimed and near this railroad route, which will produceas well as the Walla YWalla valley. All that this country needs to make it a de sirable place for hundreds of thousands ol homes is a railroad to render thme places ac cessible, and to bring the timber and lumber down from the mountains on either side ol there plains, where there are unlimited foresrt which will remain useless until some way ii devised to get it out on the plains, thereby rendering both sections valuable. Let a rail road but be built and in a short time all thee. plains will be dotted over with cottages, with their little farms, and orchards, and herds. From the Coeur d'Alene Mission to the sum mit of the mountains is 4S miles, where a rail road can be built at an elevation of 3,990 feet. From this point down the St. Regia Borgia to the crossing of the Bitter Root river is thirty nine miles. This portion of the route pas. e over what is known as the Mullan road, and is the route over which three fourths of all the travel and freight now prses from t¢e Pacific to Montana, and over which about 100 wagons passed last season, including an emi grant train from Minnesota with persons from the age of three months to ninety-five years. This train passed over in November with the loos of but one animal, proving that the rout cannot be very dillicult, and yet tha is censid ered the most difficult part of the entire route between Lake Superior and Puget Sound. All of this section is timbered with the finest qual ity of pine, cedar and fir, with rock and all the material for building a road on the groun.d, and no portion of this will be as difcult of construction as from Harper's Ferry to the Ohio river on the Baltimore and Ohio road. From the crosing of the Bitter Root to Hell gate valley, sixty-five miles, the country is much of the same character, excepting that the valley is wider and the grades somewhat lighter. From Hellgate valley to Cadotte's Pass, the summit of the Rocky mountains, a distance of 114 mile, there are settlements all the way, with many good farms in Bitter Root valley, whre the sttlers rais good crops of wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, and in some instances corn and tomatoes. Near lell gate are three Souring mills, and to such ex tent have the settlers raised wheat already that last summer good flour was sold at the mills for $10 (gold) per barrel. This will be found to be one very great item in building this road over any other route, that of having supplie of flour and provisions raised on the ground and furnished at low rates. From the sum mit lerel of the tunnel at adette's Pass, which is estimated at 4,072 feet, more than 4,000 feet lower than where the Central road passe the same range to Fort I enton is 105 miles. While thi P~A retiai its hight for lm than three miles at this place, on the cenral route the road pasovraa elevutio of from 6,69 feet to 8,242 fee, for a dieta·d of 150 mil as taken froSt the report of the 8r,0 tary of the lterior. The great elevatiom being at the Black HUls, 8,2 feet; Ba. l make Hill, 7,132; sad a Ddgf' Summit, of the water abed, 7,18; ad the lowest point reckhe on this sectis Is at the carsi of the Medicicd Bow river, 60, eet; sad yet this med will be Sansd an th crar nr aing omw it within a vey few monbs. From Flet eaton (the oinit to vwich hge numbers of stamen mo-ei Mieod e myt erwith e smbu aof- p- --- d heavy ftodcb at m hdo e 8i the Becky -amenal dnriL ) 1 to hewm Mae of Mil e wte F eepiu An My ab a-lln - S m'JS7m^^ MIP Gm.g hInse teuamSy ai --.--- llo m l el la 45ge., IS mL.n at abos ias s sillSamsone Sum e oin s !-* m , well hs ei mens the' dl Taiim+ "e II ehls.Ld ,I s lhe s Ihm a eislme awr m ees then' Sm ft eipl0 t, l 4r . dew for 2. rewii Iuwas -th o te,., i tho Olam e n hed Xr e m w oe this mountain spoe sell p Seed ghe each ther, wre in . ore ah r See ohk dbos . a diches for miming purpoeg-e-bo watae of he Nieswemi eor ta the Poens aoe sad sthe Oomof lo uemmis to mhe atiesel sIe Zn ,egmsdto s climate of fhL peraieao of the Key melmtais, I hiwr aaeed the ik m. mit at difree ples on this setio ir mid winter, bosh lest wister and the perrer o Shroebhsk amdin the siages, ed s free*,es sow are these pm from the elect of the wind urrneess comg from the great phins of the Columbia s d to aie. ooe. that I found no diEcalty in croeing at any time, ad I did ot !ad the snow over six inchesb deep on the e10h day of December. The set tler and miues ps hback and forth over the mountains almost every day during the win ter, and large herd of cattle hores are wintered Oa the Deer Lodge sad Little Neck foot rivers, within ten miles of the summit of the Rocky mountains without a morsel of food being provided for them. I know of one part who hat 200 had, and another has 1300 head. Both have wintered their atte here for two seasons and have nev er pat p ~any ay for them, but leave them to geane dning the winter mouthd. And at Ft. Berton, for the last 25 years,there has not been meow enough for the fur company to take their goods to the different posts on les ion winter, having to ue carts for that purpose. It t evident that this route posese great er natural advantagey than any other route across the continent in soil and climate, capa ble of sustaining animal life, from the fact that t wasor the route selected by Lewis and Clarke 63 years ago to cross to the Pacific ocean. Their information of the country mast, of course, have been obtained from mountaineers and Indians, who bad been led into the country by the large numbers of game known to rove through these. passe for ages. The scientifc engineer may find it policy to cut through some mountain spunr or tunnel some lofty summits, but the great practical paying routes will be found to be those firs marked out by the deer thousands of years ago in passing from one well watered and good graeing ground to another. And on its track tollowed the Indian in the chase; next the trapper with his pack horse; after him the pio near with his wagon; and lioally there follows over the very sae general route, the greatest and highest achievement of science and civili mation-the iron horse and the lightning wee senger. lHd it not htve been for the acci dental discovery o gold in California this would undoubtedly have been the route first selected for the Pacific railroad. I have been asked by persons here, "Will the Rocky mountain district ever be settled?" In reply, I would say that on the first of last November (.867) 1 left Walla Walla on horse back alone to go into the Rocky mounutins on business, psaing through the eastern part of Washington, the northern part of Idaho, and traveling more than I,M500) miles in Mon tana, and pat up at a house every night with good accommodations and had grain for my hode in almt o ver-. inotanna o Montana at this time has a population of 65,000 souls, and has towns of from 3,000 to 6,000 inhabitants, with fire-proof buildings, coeting, $75,000, and stocks of goods worth from $100,000 to $200,000; and valleys pro ducing 100,000 bushels of wheat; and public schools and churches; and its daily and week ly nearpapers, which would be a credit to any country, and yet all this improvement and settlement has been made within three or four years, and that, too, without the mmnediate prospect of a railroad, and none of the aids and excitement which the starting and com mencing ot such an enterpri'e would fur nish. Another reason why the northern road should be built is that it runs near to the British possessons for 1500 miles, and would drain all that rich agricultural region of the Red river and Saskatchuan country, east of the mountains, and all the rich gold mines ox the Kootenay, the Thompsons, and the Fra sier rivers, on the west, and lying north of the 49th parallel. The revenue to our Government from this source alone would be very great indeed, and a road would then not be attempted to be built by England, and the whole country would soon become so thoroughly American iaed (as already more than half the miners in that country are Americans) that they would in a short time be be asking for annexation to' the United States, and by the time that our population would need more territory, the British Possessions would become ours with out conquet and almost without purchase. Here I would just add that a petition has already been circulated in British Columbia to the home Government, containing the fol lowing signifcant language: "That we hum bly submit to your Majesty's gracious consid eration, as the only policy to bring back pros perity to our homes, to wit : Either thatyour Majesty's Government may be pleased to re lieve us immediately of the expense of a ex cessive sta of omclall assist the establish ment of a British line of steamers with Pana ma, so that emigrants from Eagland may reach us, and also assume the debts of this colony, or that your Majesty will graciously permit the colony to become a portion of the Jited States. That every feelsk. of loyalty and cherished sentiment of ou hearts prompt .s to cling to our present connection with our mother country, and to eount as our best in heritance our birthright as Britons; but all our commercial and busines relations are so intimate with the neighborin American pop ulaion hat we see no other feasible help out i or our plteamt dilcaltios thee kr i united with them, unle your Majerty's Gov rment will help a s as oresaid." We think it has been proven that thenorth ern route is not only capable of eustainin a large population on the entire distance, but that the summits are about four thousand feet les than on the central line; that the dis tances, on an average, from San Francisco and Seattle to the differet oints on the Atlantic shore, are three hudred and sixteen mile les than on the central route, and that a degree of longitude being lm on the 47th than on the 38th latitude, makes the distance by ocean from Canton to Liverpool, on the northen route, some eight hundred miles lm, making in all ovre one thousand mile leiS on the nortberw route etwee Aia sad Europe tha over a"y other route across the continent. The sum of ascents and decents from St. Paul to attle is f1,787 fee, and 2,1M feet on the central route. Thee Sgure give the bet practical inde of the eet of the gradients to increase the cost of tranporta tboa. AiBOeeMr allow no mile fer 62,, N feet of rise aad fall agMd-tel e ir workig e rle ove rra level a t it fomes iroM Make oee hund M feM Thu aldd to t e SaM t im s peel, ,Sa d ea idItfl eI e ai « a Mo ehseen .,mM gn o . A & ,,. pm M Id -d we h4vO "on i ni *M t Smse ad s mue a A teM to a. -M s 0-1. - mu t show fats nset only Is s apdrte oer. Abe SS t * to uw Aim e she Aslanssis oet, 4d lie pet Lt6 weha tJhe bslre r l.k ss s so d.h. . tro hý rean - don * t&he wil -n e l either the o*stral or ebi t.. raease, au t he radl mare am&h eader em de meesherm oese haa o. M ether roate, snd She pa is e of etareolia imeants in arrsr ftighas. Amd to ths o the faot the the rasrtr e wid be self-u.stalag the entire distance, while on he caera yeent there arme hodreds of miles that will a produce eves grass, and to which the company must, actually trans port feel for the ne of ar road. Taking all these things into consideration, and that we have the rm eat harbor in the world on Paget eoand, suiromnded with all the great al permanent resources of wealth, capaIe of accommnodating the shipping of the whole world in safety, and that the di - taace isso mch Ishorter from Liverpool so Canton, over the northern route than any other across the coatinent, it is evident it will be for the interests of the government to avail itself of this route in the transporta tieo of its troops, manitions of war, and the ails, not only for our own country, but for the British possessions, and for Europe and Asia, together with the express freight, and all costly a. ticides, such as teas and silks,wlhich will be an immense item within a few years, not only to Europe, but to our own lisilas ippa valley, when it comes to contain a .pulpuatiu of 43,U.0,000 souls, which it soon will. ln this connection, I may state that it has been estimat*.* that a ton of freight can be delivered at ('icago by the northern route for less than it can be delivered at Rock Is land, on the Missis.sppi, by the central. Indeed, a comuparisiun of the diitauces and cheapness of down-river freights show that a ton of freight can be taken from Seattle, over the northern route, to St. Paul, and placed on a steamer and delivered, not only at RIock Isaud or ht. Louis at less cost than it can be delivered at either of these points by the cen tral route, but it can descend the Missismippi and be delivered at any point thence to New Orleans at less co--t than from lan Francis co, either by the central or the southern route. route. In giving these statistics and in making these comparisons, I do it witn no invidious feeling wuatever toward the cen:tral or any other competing route. as we of the North are glad tI see our friends of the central road pushing their work through with such energy and vigor as to austonish the whole civilized worlt. The soone: there is a continuous rail from New York to San Francisco the better for the people of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. in common with thbobe of Cali fornia, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, and I think that the government will find that the aid extended to the central route will prove to the best loans ever made, us the increase in taxes and revenue must prove very great, in deed. But I give these statements aimply to show that in all the es~ential characteristics of travel and of commerce, in respect to dis tunces, and other natural advantages, the nvrthern route has the advantage. And if the friends of the route and of the govern ment in general will prove true to their own inuterests, they will build up and eetablish on our own soil a great national highway be tween Lake Superior and Puget Sound, over which will flow, through the beautiful val leys and over the mountains of Washington and Montana, the great golden current of wealth from the Orient, which has ever borne empire on its pathway. To build this road, which no company is able to without assistance from the govern ment, I understand the company do not ask for capital; all they ask for is the endor sement of the government, snostantially as furnished to other and similar roads as a basis of credit. The provisions of the bill are such as to preclude the possibility of the loss of a single dollar by the government. And I feel sure that the business of the road will be so great even from the commencement, that not only s the interest but the bonds will be paid off Vromptly at maturity. There is no reason why the northern road should not pay as well or even better thuen the central. And from the report of the Secre tary of the Interior "the Union Pacific Rail- t way company furnished a table showing that the amount retained by the United States treasurer from that due the company on the government business, for the montr of August h last, is nearly eight per cent. per annum of 6 the principal of the bonds isesued to the com pany on account of the construction of the road." This would repay the principal atno i distant period by the government business alone, should it be continued to the same ex- il tent. The payment of the bonds at maturity t is, therefore, considered by the company to be t fully assured, and the road as being built, so a far as the government is concerned, simply I by the loan of its credit for a term of years s upon ample security, and without the actual expenditure of a single dollar from the public , treasury. With the aid of the credit thus asked tor, I have no doubt that the company u can not only construct the road, but save the ti government from any public loss, and add p largely to the population, vower and wealth of the nation. In this communication, the distance on a portion of the route and many important statistics have been taken from the excellent report of our lamented Governor Stevens, whose hallowed memory every citisen of it Washington Territory loves to cherish. 9r PHILIP RITZ. t WYashington, D. C. March 9, 188. A NEW WORK LEGISLATUIBE. The New York Mail gives the follow ing list of newspaper men in the Legis lature of that State. We do not remem ber to have before seen as large a repre sentation of the press in the Legislature of New York, and hope tor good things in the enactments of tLe Excelsior State per consequence: In the Senate are William Cauldwell, of Westchester, editor and proprietor of the New York Mercury and Sunday Mercury, and J. F. Hubbard, Jr., of Nor wich, the editor of the Chenango Union. In the Assembly, Messrs. John C. Jacobs one of the candidates for Speaker; Mr. P Keady, of Brooklyn, and Mr. Francis A. Mallison, of the Brooklyn Eagle, are well known in this vicinity. Mr. L. J. Bigelow, of Watertown. one of the best speakers and workers of the Republican side, is a well known writer and lectur er. He is editor and proprietor of the daily and weekly Rqformer of Water town, has been a contributor to the Gal exy and other magazines, and is the au thor of the very excellent and entertain ing work entitled, "The Beaeh and Bar." Mr. Angell Matthewson. of Fort Plain, who took a prominent part in the war, is editor and publisher of the Mo hawk.Valley Regiser. Mr. Ransom M. Skeels, of Lockport, s the editor of the Lockport Dal Union. Mr. Augustus G. AlIs, of SUna, is a contributor to eduational and other periodicals. Mr. Jokh L. Place is the editor of the Oswe =D Doi, Cnmserel Adwrtier. Mr. - D. Haumphrey, of Patterson, con doued a Moemtlh paper in New York mg wra-frs - a nine years. XM.J-AA P. Selkreg of Ithica, was once p oler of the Brooklyn J .in -r -b arre i wuMrm of wr -Itt ikAMu L Mr. Wa. w.amt fw r Essesselt a_ al of uia . BY TELERAPH! The Co..ma.ti.se wiD be Adopted Iu GeorigL4 slans sad South resm.s The Drew.Va.deriblt Imbrog SIi Settled. Ab~mLsala Wi . Commenced Whgdala Ste.red. Disastrous Consagration in St. Paub Postomfee Department an d Telegraphlc LiAns. Bankrupt Act Amendment. Chicago Muniucipal Election. Order for Arguments on tsae Impeachment. Indiasn Massacres in Nevadn and Arizona. The Mssississippi Franchise Ar ticle. Alarm in the Ro)-ul Palace. Tiae Wade Admlulnstrationl-A Herald Sur iulse. Chicago, April 21.-Dispatches from the South show that the election is progressing quietly in Louisiana, Georgia and Scuth Ca, olina. The Constitutions will doubtless be successful in all these States. Albany, April 20.-The trial of Gen. Cole for the murder of Iliscock commences to morrow. The great Erie war is practically ended. A compromise has been effected between Drew and Vanderbilt, comprehensive in terms and calculated to make the two railroad auto crats faster friends than ever. The House members were furious at seeing their prospects for plunder broken up and im mediately took up and passed a bill legalizing the issue of ten millions of Erie stock, pro viding for completing the broad guage to Chicago and prohibiting the directors of the Central from acting as directors of the Erie. Great preparations had been in de for the Frie fight, and the members are highly dissa pointed at the amicable arrangement. They denounce Vanderbilt for cowardice, and will pass bills inimical to hus interest. Erie stock rose 5 per cent. Worcester, Mass., April 20.-A German meeting at Clinton was assaulted by an Irish mob, and knives, clubs, etc., freely used. Une Irishman was killel and several wounded. New Haven, April 20.-Chauncy Jerome, ex-Mayor, died to-day. Washington, April 2I.-The Senate ye ter day rejected the:nomination of 31. 11. Farley, as burveyor of California. London, April 20.-Dispatches from Abys sinuia to April 2 report the contemplated movement on Magdala had been made by the British storming party. The resuit of the movement is unknown, owing to a break in the army telegraph. Parliament reassembled yesterday. Pro ceedings unimportant. San Francisco, April 20.-Mexican udvices state that Gen. Corona had arrived in Sinalon and assumed command of the military forces acting againt Martinez. lie had issued a proclamation calling on the people to sustain him in putting down malcontents and restor ing the legally constituted authorities. Flour is in conseqence heavy in receipts and the market depressed. Prices have declined; extra, $7 75" superfine, $7; wheat, good ship ping, $2 40(2 45, legal tenders, 72. St. Paul, April 21.-Early this morning the McKubin Block of four story stone buildings, to;ether with a brick boarding house and three frame buildings, were burned. Loss, $100,000. I Pais, April 21.--The Moniteur has Int.a: advices from South America. No attack had been made on Assumption. None was like:y to be made, the allies lying on the defensive. The Moniteur says Garibaldi is at Caprera. London, April 21.-The counsel for Gen. Nagle deny that he has sailed for America, he not having been released on the termi granted to the other prisoners. Washington, April 21:--House.- Philips offered as a question ot privi lege a resolution reciting a paragraph in the Baltimore Air -rican to the effect that General Sherman had been before the impeachment managers annl ex amined relative to his interview with the President, and that the testimony was such that (en. Butler declined to cross examine Gen. Sherman in court ; provid ing for the appointment of a select com mittee to examine into' .e facts in order to vindicate the managers from such as perisons. The Speaker decided it was not a question of privilege, and Kelly object ing, the resolution went over. Ingersoll offered a resolution instruc ting the Postoffice committee to inquire into the expediency of securing to the general government the control , all telegraph lines within the United States. Adopted. The Speaker proceeded to call the committees for reports. The committee on Naval Affairs pre sented a number of adverse reports on several unimportant Senate bills; also, the House bill to amend certain acts in relation to the navy and marine corps, which limits the number of officers and na'ncommissioned officers and musi c:ans is each corps to the number author ized by act of March 2d, 1857; making number of privates 1,500 instead of 3,000. The bill passed. The House proceeded to consider the bill to amend the bankruptcy act. Jencks explained fts provisions. After some attempts to get in at amendment, Jencks moved the previous question and the bill passed. It extends the provisions of the second clause of section 33 till June 1st, 1809, and amends it so as to read " In all proceedings in bankruptcy commenced after the first of June. 1869, no discharge shall be grant ed the debtor whose assets shall uot be equal to fifty per cent. of claims proved against his estate, and upon which he shall be liable as principal debtor, unless with the assent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors, &c." It also gives the register in bank ruptcy power to administer oaths. The House then adjourned. The Chicago municipal election to-day ezcited great interest and called out the largest vote ever polled except at the Presidential election. The contest was for Aldermen, Judge, and Clerk of the Becorder's Court. The Democratic can didate for Judge of the Recorder's Court was elcted by a mall majority. The Common Council stands 81 Republicans to 11 DUemorat Albany, April 21.-The trial of Gen. Colkeomimened to-day. A porti of thbejry t swer W"MWstes, April 91--Maaa BsntwEdl prpoe to da.l sr entire up=e t-moen bems_ the coart of Impesebment. It conatais 88 , LoandA, April St.--Oi.,l. from Gea. Napler, April 1st, say h vance is within thirty miles ot and the rear close at hand. Tbhe would concaentrate on the left _ the river. News have been re.-.I from the British captives. TheJ. alive and safe. The troops are in health and spirits. Dublin, April 21.-The Pria Wales to-day unveiled Folev's ltatQ Edmund Burke with impotsig cer. nies, in the presence of a vast tmultit, Warsaw, April 21.-It is ofciai nounceed that the foreign coatula this city will be permanently coin by the respective governments.,tsl_ it had been reported they Would ~ abandoned. New York, April 22.--The Tim:,' p. Jorvis special says the conductor ,f th sleeping car reports that of the o ~; sengers in the rear coach, which w. completely destroyed by tire, only t, are known to have escaped. Fromn th car the remains of six only have ~, recovered, leaving 15 of whoml no ty can be found. Macon, April 21.-Accounts fronts,uth western Georgia, where the negr- a r largely in the ascendant, are I:rhlv Ia. vorabie to the Democrats. The c'asr. vatives are hopeful of the reluit : :, election. No disturbances are relor<. anvwhere. lNeW fors, nprii Zw.-i fir Arjzoy brings the following news: ''Th peace cemumision hla rctunted from chiriqui without efec iig anytlhin with the rebels. A forceot d3O0 rmen1; been sent to subdue the reiellin. j' Isthmus is declared in a sta;e of war SENATE.--''he court c,,on.uin,.j: opening hour of the ess i,n in ui.cu. ing the question as to how many linal arguments would be allwn 1. .-tt 'rci). siderable discussion it was titt:,;v m: ,.,.i that as many of the ia:nageur aad cc sel for the President as de-ire sild'i~ l i,.: allowed to file written ar.L'umuents or d dres-s the Senate orally; trvid.. t!. final oral argument be itnad i.v one :per son only Curtis stated that Stanbr.i- -.v, ind i, position was such that it l, ul-i Ii if practicable for hint to take any Lturt:ir part in the proceedings. Boutwell commenced his 1s"jch. San Francisco, April 22.--T,. :,: Montana, for Panama, saile toa day- w:lh $679,000 treasure for New York. A telegram from Virginia, N,.vada states that a horrible murdetr of wjLite by Pitt River or Piute Indians occurred at Red Rock R.inche, Long V\.i..1 , Nr. vuda, April 17th or 1th. T'L l~tdians had bi'en committing (deprelat:in f ,r some time, stealing stock. &" .- mac: no threats against thet iv- : :iiit .,. The savages took a lart :-;;: ,ri._: when they were not susplCtmiun any IOs tile inteLtions. They muidcr,-d \V. If. Pierson. wife and daughter, Jd,.u Suth erland and one other man. A ov about 12 years of age made his e.cape, blut was pursued a long distance by tihe !n::ians. Arizona advices, April 4th. say the mail rider on the Mohave roaJ was at tiacked by a large party of Indians. Two of the escort were killed at the firt tfire. The remainder defended themselves un til assistance was received. Two In, dians were killed. The mining and agricuitural nevs is encouraging. $7 .; legal tenders, 71k. Wiimington, N. C., April 91.--The election oUmlmenced to-day and is pass ing off quietly. The Constitl tion %las greatly ahead on the first dlay's voting. The whites will make their greatcst efforts on the la3t day's ee!ction. Jackson, Miss., April 21.-Quite an emeute occurred in th. Mississippi Con, vention last week. The Convention, by a vote of 44 to 23, adopted the tranchise article, which sweepingly disfranchises all who participated in the rebellion, except all persons who aided reconstruc, tion by voting for this Cunvention, but allows the legislature to rcmove the dis~ ability by a two thirds vote. London, April 21.-The trial of the Clerkenwell prisoners continues. Mul Jany, who turned Queen's evidence, gave important testimony as to the meeting of the conspirators, and swore positively as to the guilt of the prisoners. London, April 22.-An alarming re port is just received at the newspaper offices. It is said two men, supposed to be Fenians, were arrested at a late hour. (midnight) near the doorof Buckingham Palace. They were carrying a hamper which was found to contain a gallon of liquid phosphorous or Greek fire. They made a desperate resistance and were secured with difficulty. Late advices from Japan say the gov ernment of the Mikado promises to in demnify all foreigners for losses sustain ed at the hands of either party during the recent civil disturbances. In tge Commons last night, the bill requiring all executions to be private was considered. Gilpin offered an amend ment to abolish capital punishment, which was lost after a lengthy debate, The original bill was agreed to by the committee of the whole. Paris, April 22.-The Moniteur says the government will bring in a bill to the next Corp. Legislatif to provide for the completion of extensive public works in the interior connecting roads of France. New York, April 22 -The Herald's Washington dispatch says Conness of California, and Thayer of Nebraska, are candidates for the Secretaryship of the Interior under Wade. The Times' Washington dispatch says Wade will return Sheridan to New Or leans; McCulloch will go to New York to reside, Welles will remain in Wash ington, Seward will go to Auburn, Sen ato Fessenden will probably have a mission to England. Senator Myer is seriously ill. St. Louis, April 22.-The first direct shipment of wheat to New York in bulk left yesterday A cargo of 25,000 bush els was shipped via New Orleans. It is proposed to make arngments to ship a i bulk from St. lFois to Liver pool. Florence, April 22.-Prince Humbert was marsed today to Priness Mai grit of S.voy. The asrsmony oo erned at the Ch.pa R.al at Turin. Victor fmanoel t Crown Prlace of Pre.ela. Prince Napoio and many Italds ntales wae pmas. Maduli, AwIpr Us,-h Ias ielly ma -onm that marntheaker -enea a t, is 4ylg.