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THE BURLINGTON, Vt. FREP1 PKESS.FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1866 xt $m Bvm. C. C. i- II. L. BENEDICT. EDITORS AID mnrIZTOBS. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1. 1867. THEWEEKLV KKfcR I'KBSS To: Dcbusctox Wkklt FrcxFbiss It pnb lished every Friday rcorninjr, and contains the latest news; report! of Boston markets ndCia brldre Cittle Market ; fall State, Coanty and oeal atellljenee ; well selected MlMelliny. ic,, Ic Voeare anc atlay will be rpxni to male It a re lable, interesting ana valuable family Journal. The circulation cT the Faze Pawa exceeds that or any piper in tie region, and It If. therefoir, an unrivalled medlnm fur advertisers. We desire to give additional attention tu the lo ci! iirirf of tbe Tarloni towns In this and ndjoinicz Counties, In which oar Weellr bas a sumeronj cir culation', and aball esteem It a faror il oar reader will forward ns any items of Interest. Ticks ; Two Dollars per year, In ad ranee. KKNEW I WHERE are yet a few of our .mlMriWf, wLote uvcnpuo&s enow wan ut in januirv, who btre ret ftnttLe moi.ey fcrinolLcrjear. vit wjottia ue gia 10 mve intra ao to a.;, once. For County Commissioner t M A It T I IV W I It E .S , ol Underbill. Market Iteport. Id a IJition to tbc reports of Boo ton whole sale market, and the Cambridge Cattle market, we commence this week th publ cation of Prices Current in this city, which wo think will he ol value and inb-rcst man j of our readers. The quotations will be corrected weekly, by prominent dcalcars in the several articlee named, and may relied on as giving the actual price at which they sell by retail. Tlie County Convention. JO nominate a County Commissioner, we composed of substantial and worthy citizens ol the County. Four town, entitkd in a to fifteen delegates, apparently had no taken the trouble to Ic represented. Other wise the delegations were lull. The action of the Convention was harmonious, the i so lutions arc dear, brief, pointed and ttrong and tbe choice ol nom;nec an excellent one, Mr. Wires is a well known and rcejuciei citizen of tho County. His statement of his potition, as made in Convention, mutt le satisfactory to the most exacting fntcd of Temperance and tbe Prohibitory law, and he cannot fail to be elected with eutftantia unanimity. The need ol .Military Government at the South. The proposition to placo the Southern States back under military commanders, stems at first thought like a step backwards in tbe work of reconstruction, iiutifthc existing civil governments there arc practi cally inadequate to the protection of the lives and property of loyal citizens, what shall be done? What belter way can be suggested than to place a power over the courts and sheriffs and jiilors of the South ern States, which shall execute tbe laws when they refuse, until civil governments can be organized which shall answer the ends of government Congress passed the military bill, because the republican major ity Ulieved it was needed. A portion of tho evidence which brought them to that eon elusion is to be found in the report of tbc investigating committee, appointed by tbc Hou'c to look into tbe case of tho alleged murder of throe Union soldiers m South Carolina. The committee consisted of Messrs. Pike of Maine, Parnsworth of Illinois, and Cooper of Tennessee. The two first have mide a majority report, which is published They found, as facts, that a corporal and two privates of Maine Veteran volunteers; who were on duty guarding some seized cotton at a place called Brown's Ferry in South Carolina on the Sth of October lSGo were surrounded by a gang of Southerners, residents of tnat vicinity, shot through tbc tead, the pistols being held so close to their heads that the hair of each was burned their bodies thrown into the river, and their arms and horses stolen. They had commit ted no wrong, wero men of good conduct, and tho committee say that "their only of fense seems to nave been wearing the uni form or the Republic and obeying the orders of their superior officers." Four men were arrested for tbe crime by the military authorities, and a Military Commission, convened by lien. Sickles, after a long and careful trial, found them guilty, upon un doubted testimony, and tbey were sentenced two to be hanged, and two to be imprisoned for life. President Johnson subsequently with the advice and consent of Secretary Sainton, commuted tbe death sentences to imprisonment for life, and the prisoners were confined first at the Dry Turtugas and after wards in Fort Delaware. They were taken thence on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by Judge Hall of DeL, which tbc commander of tho Fort was instructed by Secretary Stan ton to obey ; and af ttr a hearing tbc prison ers were discharged, on the ground, falsi fied by notorious facts, that the rebellion was over and that the civil courts of South Carolina were open and competent to admin ister justice, at the time of tbe military ar rest and trial. Tho prisoners went to their homes, and though, as tbc committee say, " no doubt appears tu have been entertained in tbc minds of that community of tbe guilt of at least two of the persons discharged, they were all received by the inhabitants of tbe town with an ovation and cungratula. tions which terminated in a general drunk." The murderers arc still at large, and ac cording to the testimony of the general offi cers on daty at the South, they arc in no danger frcm the civil tribunals oi the South We copy the testimony of Gen. Sickles, as subjoined by tho committee, reminding our readers that Gen. bickles was a democratic politician before he became a soldier ; that ho has never been a radical, and can be charged with no partizan bias in this mat ter. TZSTUOST Or GZS. BICX1X9. Gen. Sickles testified that thus far there have been no instances of arrests, prosecutions, trials and Cvaviction, on civil process, of any citizens of South Carolina for such offenses ; in my opi nion, he said, the bias of the people is so strong against the presence of the garrisons in the State and against United States soldiers that you could not find a jory In South Carolina that would convict a man for killing a Union soldier, no matter what the teatimony was ; I do not think the garrisons can remain in South Carolina or North Carolina if we are to rely upon the civil courts to protect the troops and the prop, irty of tbe United States, nor if we are to tarn over to the civil courts for trial soldiers and of ficers who may be charged with offenses ; I do not think they could expect justice at the hands of Southern Courts and juries; there is no remedy, unless the authority of military tribu nals be sustained. Citizens committing offenses against soldiers arc not even indicted by tbe civil authorities. Then authorities do not ar. rest anybody, nor prosecute anybody, nor in- diet anybody for such offenses. Yet soldiers aad officers have been in someinstances wound- 1, and in other instances killed. They ! - have beta find upon in repeated instances within the last year and a half, and so one has been prosecuted or punished for it by the civil authorities. Tablie teams and wajora have been seized on the highways within fiTe miles of Colombia, tHc capital of the State. The team sters have been tied to trees and robbed, the horses and harness taken off, and wagons burned. Ytt ne notice has been taken of saeh ioL," "lZlJ- mand, to arrest the perpetrators. Horses have been run oa miles and miles, and not one person on the road would give information of any of tbe offenders. We could not recover the horses nor pet any clue of the offenders nor make any arrests, ccr did the civil authorities. If I send a detachment to arrest anybody the approach of mj detachment is signaled, by trumpets, fltgs, 4c., during tLe day and by lights at night ; thus the approach of my parties Is notified to an accused man miles away, and so he makes his escape ; the offenses aie local in a certain sense, but they cover a good deal of territory ; no each occurrence has happened, so far as I can recollect, at Charleston or its imme dute vicinity; bat KJgtfitld, Newbury, and Lauren?, Sjmtenberg, Chester, Anderson, Richfield counties embraced in the western mil itary district of South Carolina, have been the scene of many such occurences; there is a belt of the sime country that goes through North Carolina; there are net so many outrages re ported in North as in South Carolina; a good many irregularities are committed there; but in North Carolina the most frequent complaints arise from prosecutions of Union men for occur rences during the war; Union men have been arraigned and severely- dealt with, while the men who participated in the Rebellion and sym pathiied with it, if prosecuted at all, get off, so that the Courts have not inspired confidence; I think the judjes of the higher Courts desire to hold the scales of justice even in the trial ol cu?e; i tnink- tbey have respect for the law. and will declare it as they conscientiously be lieve jt to be; but the men you would have on a jury in the case of a Union, man. or a Union officer, or a Union soldier, would not heed the court or the law; there is no securitv that the Sheriffs will hold in custody a citizen of South Carolina charged with shooting a Union soldier or a union citizen, especially a colored person If the man charged with the offense be not ad. muted to bail, which in 19 cases out of 20 is dime, he is quite sure to escape; for instance, I turned over to the Sheriff, in October or No vember last, the jail at Chester; it had been un der the charge of the Post Commander, and in it were cocfiaed tin gt di-zen very bal fellows ho bad been arrested by the military with very great difficulty; I hd held them in custody for trial under General Order No. 44, when the civil authorities t-huuld be ready to try them; tbe Sheriff had not bad possession of tbe jtil a week before these men all escaped. In cases where tbe alleged otlense is committed by a Union man or a freedman, tie (.facia! make ar rests; they are vigilant, zealous and successful in those cases; it is partiality which impairs confidence; if the offender whose arrest is de sired is a man ol property, and was on the other side during the war, tbey cannot find him it is impossible to get information about him; but if tbe alleged cnenuer is a negro, or some man who bas not come up to tbeir mark during the war, every newspaper trumpets the offense with a de scription of the man, every road swarms with hunters, every forest, and swamp is searched to secure mm; I thirnc that tbe country demands the exercise of mirtial law to-day just as much as it did a year ago; so far as the temper of the reople is concerned it is mere necessary. Thin opinion is backed by that oi Generals SchoBcld, Wood and Thomas Uen. Wood in Mississippi, never heard of but one white man being punished fur killing a negro, and he only got a year in the penitentiary. Gen Thoma, whose department comprises five States, says : I do not think the civil authorities are dis posed to administer impartial justice, if left to their own will; the remark applies to all the States in my department pretty equally; in Georgia a good many offenses been committed against freedmen;I have not taken any ncte of the number, but I know they are frequent entirely too frequent; I cannot say that I know cf a single instance where they have punished any one tor a serious otlense against a irccdmaa; they have been punished sometimes, for Slight offenses, where the punishment was merely a fine, or something slight in its nature; but in a case where the penalty extends to imprisonment or summary punishment, I do not know of a single instance. I do not believe there is much chance of convicting a resident or citizen of Ueorgia tor murder, ir tbe victim was a Union man or a negro; if the murderer was a Union man or a negro, they would convict him very speed ily, or if the man had moved into Georgia since the war and was known as a Northern man or a Union man. The observations I make in reference to Georgia apply to tbe other States with equal force; 1 do not think there is a prospect of mat ters improving in the course of time if things arc allowed to go on as tbey arc. These officers are fairminded, unprejudiced men, stationed in the South, and with tbc best means of information. Who will say, in the light ol the facts they mention, that there is no call for the legislation of last week? More I'rogTC". Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has written a let ter in which he advises the people of Gcjrgia to accept the terms proposed by the new Reconstruction bill as the best tbey can get, and he recommends that a State Convention be immediately called to change the State Constitution so as ts provide for universal suffrage. He says tbencgrocs will naturally sympathize with those nmoDg whom they were raised, and if the people of tbe State deal justly with them they will seldom have reason to complain that the frccdmcn do not respect their interests or consult their wishes at tbc ballot-box. Gov. Brown i? a man of ability, independ ence, and lnlluence at tbc south. Y ben such men as he and Gov. Orr, arc willing to occupy the positions they have boldly taken of late, no Northern men surely need hcei tate in his support ol tho cause of equal rights and protection for loyal men. The omnibus bill in Congress contains an appropriation of $10,000 for the erection of a Custom House at Newport, Yt. Mr. Seward, it seems, called on all the diplomatic representatives of the government in Europe, to explain the charges of the py, eavesdropper and falsifier, McCracken, and an abstract of the resulting correspond ence is lurnished from Washington. Minis ter John P. Hale, at Madrid, denies and de nounces the charges as malignant false hoods. Mr. McMath, Consul at Morocco, Mr. Sanford, Minister at Brussels, and Min ister Morris, at Constantinople, indorse the 'resident's policy. All the replies deny tbc charge of abusing the President, and were deemed satisfactory by tbc Secretary of State. Tec documents embrace despatches from Messrs. Clay, King, Iligelow. Adams, Marsh, Murphy and Perry, covering a period of more than two years. Cool SrecEsnoNS. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, in discussing im provements in the mode of water supply for that citv. proposes that around the distri buting basin ice-houses shall be erected and filled from the lake in the winter time, and that on each summer day half a dozen tons of tbis ire shall be slid back into the basin, which z-ill thus furnish ice-water for the benefit of every member of tbe community. The Providence Journal suggests that it may be a iurthcr improvement to erect a few tff tilkries upon tbe margin, and in summer elide into the lake not only the ice but tbe whiskey It says : "then through tho mains a cooling and stimulating leverage w il! be sent everywhere as free as the bounties of nature. Every man's rotations will be for-1 oished at tbc public expense; and if speci mens of tbc fluid which it will give are abundantly dispensed in some sections on election day, no doubt the water project will succeed without a dissenting voice." - c , , .. ... ... . T" liians. All tbeat Albans hotels aro Ptn 'o Welden bouse bavin; opened on Monday. County Convention. The Convention of friends of temperance and the prohibitory law, met at the City Hall, in Burlington, pursuant to call of the County Committee.on Wednesday Feb. 27lh 1S6T, at 11 A. M. The Convention was called to order by ! B. Andrews, chairman of the County Com. mittee, and organized by the choice of Dr. L. C. Bctlek of Essex as President, and Wilde L. BcBSar of Burlington Secretary. The roll of delegates was real, and after fil ling vacancies, was as follows : DELEGATES. Burlington Samuel Huntington, Milo L. Bennett, Henry Rolfe. Rusel S. Taft, L. L. Lawrence, L. M. Steveos, Cbas. Benns, J. R. llickck, G. 1). Weller, Horace Mathews, Darwin G. Walker. Wilder L. Burnap, Ira Russell. E. A. Fuller, Daniel Roberts, T. Bigelow, G. 0. Bene dict, A. J. Howard, H. Burnet. A. R. Ballard, Dan Lyon. Charlotte E. II. Wheeler, I). W. Hazard, J. II. Sherman. Calvin Stebbins Colchester W. Y. Reynolds, A. O. Hood, Samuel Bigwood, T. S. Browne!!, Charles Col lins, A. Austin, H. Y. Horton, John H. Lyon, A. a Brownelh Essex A. B. Halbert, L. C. Butler, Geo. Gates, Peter Blood, W. C. Robinson, D. H. ila- combcr, Byron Stevens. IlinesiuruhJ. F. Bingham, L. Sanctuary C. 11 Fcrrin, W. Bostwick, C. B. Ray. Jericlioil. II. Chapin, G. 11. Brown, L, Stimson. L. A. Bishop. R. C. Linoiln. A. L, Castle, L. F. Wilbur. Richmond E. B. Andrews, E. D. Mason, A. B. Cooper, S. II. Davis, Safford Colby. South Burliwiton1 . E. Smith, S. K Isbam, M. B. Catlin. Underbill Fernando Powell, S. W.Mead A. O. Humphrey, D. C. Humphrey, Win, Met- calf Wtstford E. Chamberlin. Albert Partridge, Alney Stone, 0. C. Jackson. n'illiston L. S. Walker, C A. L. Sprague, J. J. Lewie, Hiram Walston, Hiram Phelps, The towLa of Milton, St. George, Bolton and Shelburne wvre not represented. Two delegations presented themselves from the town of Huntinuton. whose claims were referrcl to the com. on credentials. On motion of F B. Andrews, a committee on credentials was appointed, as follows : Com. on Credentials E. B. Andrews of Richmond. Dan'l Roberts of Burlington, E. A Wheeler of Charlotte. On motion cf C. E. Ferrin tbe following com mittee on Resolutions was appointed : Com. on Resolutions C. E. Ferrin, E. II. Fuller. W. Y. Reynolds. Adjourned to halt past one AnxExoos. The Convention assembled at half past one. Tee committee on credentials reported, stating that they had examined the credentials present ed from the town cf Huntington, and heard tes timony in respect thereto, and recommending the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved. That Rev. D. S. Frost, Chester Ross, H. II. Brewster, J. A. Bushnell and Jesse P. Chapman, are entitled to seats in this con vention, as delegates from tbe town ofllunting- ton, and that Calvin D Carpenter, L. C Snyder uiu it. irauc are uoi enuueu 10 puain in mc convention. The cammittcee on resolutions reported by the chairman, Rev. C E. Ferrin, the tollowing. which were unanimously adopted : BESOLCTIOXS. I. Resolred, That our confidence in thejustice. equity and emciency ol prohibitory law to res train the pernicious and unholy traffic in intox icating liquors is unabated; and it only needs the united, hearty and judicious support of the friends of Temperance, to accomplish all that we desire. IL Resolred, That the friends of Temperance owe to the cause atd to the prohibitory law, the mcst unflinching, thorough and constant use cf all moral persuasions to total abatinence from all that intoxicates. The enforcement of law and appeals to men's judgment of what is right and for the public good, should, ever go hand la band. III. Whereas any law cannot appear to best advantage except when administered by its iricnds, therefore resolved, that it becomes all friends cf prohibitory law to secure officers who will execute it heartily. Mr. Ferrin read the following additional re solution, stating that it bad been handed in to the committee and was by them submitted fcr the consideration of the convention. And on motion the resolution was unanimous ly adopted. Resolred, As the sense of this convention, that it is the duty cf tbe County Commissioner to appoint, as agents for tbe sale of liquors, none but such as arc known to be men of strict temperance principles. The convention proceeded to the nomina tion ol Lounty Icmmitsioncr. 1 tie name of Edmund Whitney oi Williston was pre sented by Mr. Phelps of that town ; the name of Hon. Martin Wires of Underbill by Hon. Dan'l Roberts of Burlington ; the name of Dr. A. C. Welch ol Williston by Mr. Humphrey, and tho came of Hon. An drew Warner of Jericho by A. B. Halbett of Essex. At the suggestion of a delegate Mr. Wires was requested to define his position in refer ence to the prohibitory law. Mr. Wires coming forward, said that be was somewhat surprised that his position should be held in doubt. He bad always been a temperance man, joined one of tbo earliest temperance Societies formed, and had belonged to many since. He was In favor of the present prohibitory law, had always been in favor it, and had long desired to sec the time when it could be enforced to the letter in every community. He could also adopt the last resolution adopted by the Convention, with his whole heart. Tbc billot being taken resulted as (ol lows: Whole number of votes, 7S Kccessarv for a choice, 40 Martin Wires had 42 Edmund Whitney 20 Andrew Warner 8 A. C. Welch C D. II. Macomber 2 Hon. Martin Wires, having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared tbe nominee ol tbc convention and on motion his nomination was, by a large majority made unanimous. On motion, tbe County Committee were reappointed for tbc year ensuing, as follows: . B. Andrews, -. O. Humphrey, Saml. Huntington. On motion of A. B. Halbert, tbe delegates were directed to report to the Secretary too town committees for their respective towns. The Convention then adjourned line die. TOWN CCJIHITTEIS. Burlington R. S. Taft, Samuel Hunting- ton. Henry Rolfe. Colchester Samuel Bigwo!, J. II. Lyon, A O.Uocd. Essex A. A. Insrabam. Gej. Gates. Peter Blood, Hinesburgh A. E. Leavenworth. Isaiah Dow, Lewis Sanctuary. Richmond K. D. Mason, R. A. Jones, I. W. Sayles. Jericho E. H. Lane, M. H. Cbapin. E. W. Humphrey. South Burlington 0. L. Barstow, A Kimball, E. W. Browncll. Undcrhitl A. O. Humphrey, Geo. W. French, John Woodrufl. Il7i"on J.S. Cilloy, Hiram Phelps, Edmund Whitney. Thirlj-Ninth congress-second Session, WAjiiiiorox, Feb. 20. SENATE. Tbe reconstruction bill was taken up, tbe question being upon the motion to concur in tbe House amendments, those offered by Messrs. Wilson and Shellabarger. Mr. Johnson (dem.) of Md., laid if he had his wish he would immediately receive the Southern representatives into this Chamber; but he had not his wish, and he must therefore ac quiesce with the majority in anything that held out a hope, however faint, of accomplishing that object. He would vote for the bill because he saw in it a mode of rescuing the country from tbe perils that now threaten it, and not because he approved of it in any particular. Mr. Stewart congratulated Mr. Johnson that be bad progressed so far towards universal suf frage and universal amnesty as to vote for this bill. Mr. Sherman said that if the House amend ments were too harsh the Southern people had the democratic party in tbe House to thank for it. It was very well known that a majority of the Union party were in favor cf tbe senate amendment, and a majority of the Union party, assisted by every democrat, helped to defeat the acceptance of this proposition in tbe House and left it open to further amendment with the re sult now before the Snste. Mr. Doolittle offered a proviso to tbe list sec tion, excepting pardoned rebels from the disfran chising clause, which was rejected. Mr. Wilson offered an amendment, to vacate all offices now held under the rebel authority within ninety days after the passage of the act, which was disagreed to. The amendments of the House were then con curred in by the following vote : Yeas Messrs. Brown, Cattell, Chandler, Conness. Cragin, Creswell.Edmunds, Fessendcn, Fogg, Foster, Fowler, Frelinghuysen. Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Kirkwood. Lane. Morgan, Morrill, Poland, Pomeroy, Rim. say, Ross, Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Trum bull, Van Winkle. Wade, Willey, Williams, Wiljonand Yates 35. Nays Messrs. Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Hendricks, Nesmitb, Patterson and Saulsbury HOUSE. Tbe military reconstruction bill, with the Senate, Wilson and Shellabarger amendments, was passed by 1-5 yeas and 4C nays a strictly party vote all the republicans present, includ ing Messrs. Stevens, Banks. Boutwell and Ray mond, voting for tbe amendments, and all the democrats against them. The Army Appropriation Bill was taken up and, after some debate, was pissed. The second section provides that tbe headquarters of the General of the army shall be located at Wash ington, and that all orders cf a military charac ter issued by the President or Secretary of it ar shall pas through the hands or tbe Gen eral; also, that tbe General shall not be re moved, suspended, assigned to otherdaty or re lieved from command without the previous sanc tion oi tne senate. WASiiisarox, Feb. 21. SENATE. Mr Wilson offered the joint resolution for ap pointment of a board of six army and navy offi cers to test tbe resistance of iron-did ships and none lortmcatnns ny actual experiment. The Indian Bureau bill was taken up, the question being on the House amendment trans ience the bureau to the War Department. The com. on Indian affairs reported unanimously against it, anu it was debated an the ailemoon aad evening. HOUSE. On motion of Mr Stevens it was ordered that the daily meetings ef the House the rest of the session be at II o'clock A. M. Mr Hooper from the com on ways and means reported a bill for the payment ot the compound interest notes and for the contraction of the currency. He said : The amount of compound interest notes fall- iog due this fiscal year was a hundred and forty millions. The bill proposed to allow them to be received as a special temporary loan for which certificates were to be issued bearing interest at three and sixty-five hundredths per cent The banks that hold them would in the opinion of tne com. giauiy exchange tbcm for certificates, to be held as a part of their reserve in the same manner tbev do the compound notes. Mr Elevens moved to amend so as to author ize the redemption of the compound notes, and issue legal tenders in tbeir stead. After long debate Mr Hooper called tbe pre vious question oa me uu' ana .vir Stevens amendment Tbe bill was lost, reconsidered, amended, and bnauy passed. 'Jo to Co. The bill as passed authorizes the Sec. of the Treasury to ledeem the compound interest notes with the accrued interest and issue therefor legal tender cotes not execedinj: a hundred millions. After discussion on the Tax bill the House adjourned. WAmsoiox, Saturday, Feb. 23. SENATE Mr. Trumbull called up the House joint reso lution to prohibit any officer of the Government paying any claim accruing prior to April 13. 16G1, to any person, who promoted, encouraged or in encouraged or any manner sustained the icoeiiiun. Mr. Howe offered an amendment to add after iuc noru - reoeuion wnere it brst occurs, or in iavor 01 any person who does not nmve tn the satisfaction of the proper accounting officer that he was ODDOSed to the rebellion and in f.mr oi its suppression." Adopted 25 to C. i be joint resolution as amended was passed. f l' I r -iir. ujmunuj. irom com. on uommeree. re ported a bill rerealine the r. revision of the law an, thorizing the introduction of foreign goods into the United States without inspection at the usual ports ef entry: also the Home bill ligbtbouses, with amendments fixinir the snecifis amount ur eacn. Feb. 25. The Chair laid before the Senate the creden tials of Mr. Justin & Morrill. Senator tWt irom jiarch -1th Irom the State of Vermont. ruou. Mr. Patterson presented the resolution r,f h. Legislature of Tennessee reouestinr hira I Pat terson) to resign. He said he would merely lay it on the table but at some future time he would defend himself frcm the eLirpM lie woum not obey the instruction. .Mr. Sherman introduced a bill in rnli,l.i. the National debt, authorising the Secretary of ice ireasury to issue bonds not mors than six per cent interest, pavable in coin, ihe nrtweI of which shall be applied exclusively to pay ment or purchase of existinir in.M.tt.W.. These bonds to be known as consolidated debt of me unneu states. The second section rroviJea tn th Iwm.l. shall be subject to an annual tax of ono Mr .u awuum iu iicu oj an otner taxation; the amount received for tax to ho tntn it,. nuiiug iuuu lor redemption or tne debt. i i - . ... HOUSE. Mr. Morrill, chairman of th and Means, made a statement in reference to tne business or the House, and moved that the rules be suspended so that the com. of the Whole be discharged from the further consider ation of the tariff bill, that the House now con cur in tne senate amendments, and that the House ask for a committee of conference; unless his proposition i sgreed to he should feel com pelled to aSJC tbe ZlOUSe to Sit m ccntinnnna sions until the tariff bill should be disposed of. iuc uouse reiuseu 10 suspend tbe rules on Mr. Morrill's motion by SI to SC. The House then went into eamrnitteo tax out. Mr. Morrill in reviewinc the amendment. opposed the repeal of the cotton tax. saying it no au upprasitc iax ana ne naa no doubt the Southern States would themselves be in larnr of its continuance. Mr.Rolline commissioner of internal nevenue had submitted a tahle show ing the amount of tax collected in rebel States for 1EC0, showine that the tax from rattnn ... mieen millions anu irom all other sources only five and a half million which was twelr. sand dollars less than was paid by the small state of Rhode Island. This amounl was dis- triouteu tnrougn ten states and would h.rrttw pay the expenses of collection and it would be as well to exempt those States from the of the internal revenue law. An amendment inaing out me iaxon cotton was rejected. me u-u passeu witnout uivision. SENATE. Feb. 20. The Senate proceeded to the election of a eminent printer under the art in.f ...i John D. Defrees of Indiana was elected. ilr Trumbull called up the House bill esta blishing a department of education for the col lection of statistics and facts with reran! tn v . school system of the States, to be under the eouiroi oi me superintendent at S4000 salarr per year. Messrs Trumbull and Sumner snoke in r.. of the bill, the latter saying that suffrage in the rebel States would be a barren sceptre without education. Mr Chandler gave notice that he should at an trnny usj present a mil to construct a shipcanal aroandjNiagara Falls by government, and have it free to the navlirition of the world. The Senate concurred in the Ilouse amend ments to the bOl providing extra compensation, for the civil employees of the government, in Washington, and it goes to the President The army bill wm then taken up. Mr Fessenden coved as an amendratnt the- section directing officers to prohibit'maiming and whipping m the late rebellious States ; agreed to. Mr Wilson offered an amendment which as subsequently modified provides for the disbsnd ment of all militia organizations in the lately rebellious States, which was sgreed to by 23 to 11. HOUSE. The House went into com on the tariff bill ; the reading of the Senate amendments was con cluded at 8.20 P. M. Mr Morrill presented an amendment to the amendments of the Senate in the nature of a substitute for the whole bill, being mainly the same as reported from the com. of ways and means. Mr Morrill moved to terminate the general debate, which was agreod to by 72 to 49. Various amendments were acted upon until finally on taking a vote by the tellers no quorum appeared. The committee rose, having disposed of only 20 of the 275 amendments reported by the com. of ways and means, and the House adjourned. TmrntANCK vovdiests in Uixisburcu. Some fresh interest is felt in Hincsburgh in the cause of Temperance. On Sunday eve ning last Rev. Mr. Atwatcr, agent or the State Temperance Society, addressed an au dience respectable in numbers, and about 90 persons signed the pledge. On Monday evening a public meeting was held to elect delegates to the nominating Convention, and after this business was done, several more signed tho pledge, making about a hundred in all, among them some thst have been in the habit ol hard drinking. A protective Temperance Sxicty. auxiliary to the State Society, was organized, containing wine of the most influential men in town. Tbe vig ilance committee were instructed to notify all concerned that the illegal sale of intoxi cating liquors of every description must be stopped. The meeting adjourned to meet again on Tuesday evening March 12th. floon Tiki-lars. Green Mountain Lodge, Xo. 37, Undcrhill. was organized Feb. 20, with 21 member, by deputy IV. U.S. Whitcomb. The tollowing officers were duly elected and installed : H. A. llobart. W. C. T. Miss Martha J. Eastman, W. V . T. Geo. A.Simonds, W. S. Mrs. Geo A. Simonds, W. T. E. S. Whitcomb, Jr. W. F. S. Cornelius Palmer, W. M Mrs. E. French, W. I. G. Arthur Eastman, W. 0. G. Miss Anna Dunton, II. II. S. Frcdk. E. Birgc, L. H a Morris D. Meade, W. D. M. Mrs. Chloc Palmer, W. A. S. Kcv. C. F. Gravin. W. Chaplain Wm. Wells, P. W C. T. Congressional Ti.nrERA.NCX Socieit. At the meeting of tho Congressional Temperance Society, held in the Hall of Representatives, a large number were present. Among others who spoke was Senator Yates of Illi nois, who announced himsell as a new con vert, and was very zealous in recommending his example to others. He said he had taken tbe pledge from Senator Wilson and would keep it Tbc names of about fifty Senators and He preventatives were read as belonging to the society. It was stated that although the name ofTbaddcus Stevens was not included, that gentleman had not tasted intoxicating liquors for thirty years. Speaker Colfax said he had long been a temperance man without any pledge. About thirty years ago, when he witnessed tbe death of a com panion from delirium tremens, he resolved that he would never follow in the ruad oi a drunkard. He eloquently admonished the young of the great evil, and said that in tbe course of his twelve years ot legislative ser vice, there had never been less of intoxication than now in Congress. Distressing Cascaltv Child Bcrmd to Deatii. Between four and five o'clock P.M. Monday, as a little daughter aged seven, of Mr. Oliver Gabino, who lives on Champlain St., was playing at the house of a neighbor, Mr. Gravflin.with other children.bcr clothes caught fire from the stove. The children were alone at the time, Mrs. Gravelin hav ing left the bouse for a short time, and in an agony of terror and pain, tho child ran into the street, and towards her borne, her clothes all in flames, till she was caught by two men, thrown down and rolled on some ice in the street, and the fire finally put out by pouring on water, not however, till the garments were mainly burned from her body. Dr. Carpenter who was near by, was at once called in, and did everything for the little sufferer that could bo done ; but her injuries were beyond mortal help, and she died at two next morning. New Collector or Internal Revenue.- Thc Senato on Saturday, confirmed the ap pointment of lion. Anson J. Crane of Hun- tmgton as Collector of internal revenue for this district, rice Carlos Baxter, resigned. Tbc unsuccessful applicants for the place were Col. Rolla Glcason, of Richmond, and Gen. Geo. P. Foster. Mr. Crane represent ed this county in the State Senate in 1S54 and 'C5, has a wide acquaintance and many friends in tbe county and tbe State, and will undoubtedly make a capable and acceptable Collector. It is presumed that he will retain the services of the present efficient and experienced Deputy Collector, Mr. Ed- ward A. Jewett. of this city. Theatricals at Williston. These enter tainments, as previously announced took place Wednesday and Thursday in the Universalist Church, which was suitably niteu up with stage, curtains Ac. Full houses were in attendance each evening, and me piogrammc.which comprised varied selec tions oi sentimental and comical pieces, was rendered in a style highly creditable to the performers. Good music was furnished by the Jericho Cornet Band. Among tbe more noticcaoie lealures of tho performance Thurs uy evening was tnc Reclamation of "the maniac mother" by Miss Katte Gnffin.which waa acted with fine expression and effect. Tho success oi these enteitainmcnts has been such as to warrant their iljHHyUj and they would doubtless bo well received in somo other towns. At the !,. u.t evening a few fittiDg remarks were made bv Rev. Mr. Lewis, thanking tho audience for their ycry liberal patronage, which had ex ceeded tho most eaDguinc expectation. n i' ar. albaj Liqcor cases. Last week Messenger says that "many of those against whom complaint was made for illegal sales have, without trial, paid their lines. 1 be hotels, except one, are again epen, and 'order reigns in Warsaw, as usual. The following gentlemen havo pleaded guilty to selling liquors, and havo been fined for three offences each : S S Skinner, C. II. Baker, H. Pierce, R. Kings ley, S. Clark, Geo. A. Jacques, A. K. Uouxhton. Mr. Sullivan pleaded guilty to five offenses. Miss Driscoll, formerly Mrs. Dillon, has not yet made any plea. Perhaps tho cannot tell whether guilty or not, until the bears the evidence." on but Personal. Dr. J. C. Kutter of Newport, Vt., bas been -appointed an Examining Surgeon- by the Commissioner of Pensions. Rev. William Goodell, D. P., for many years one of the Missionaries of tbe Ameri can Board in Turkey, died at Philadelphia on the ISth inst., at the age ot seventy-five years. Personal. We are sorry to leamoftho serious illness of Dr. J os Era Pieexns cl Castlcton, Professor in our Medical College. Hon. F. E. Woodbridoe was among tbe speakers at the Corgrcteional temperance mectibg, and a correspondent oi IlWon'z Journal s:iys that he (Mr. W.) "isdetermin ed to throw the full force of his voice and example into tbc scale against that terrible vice which is destroying so many of the Lest intellects, hearts and hopes in tbe land. I have his pledge that he shall bo heard in Vermont upon this subject." Gen. Avcrill, tbc new U. S. Consul Gen eral of Montreal, has been taken up by tbe British officers and " upper ten " of that city, and is quite popular among them. He gave a grand ball on thc22d at St Lawrence Hall, at which six hundred persons were present, and at which it is said a very friend ly feeling towards the United States was exhibited. Iter. John R. Hcrrick of Malonc, N- i. has been elected to the professorship of sys tematic theology in Bang jr Theological Sem inary, which is made vacant by the resigna tion of Prof. Samuel Harris to accept the presidency of Bowdoin college. Mr. Her riek graduated Irom the University of Ver mont in 147, and is fitted hr bis new post by thorough scholarship and eminent powers of thought and expression Hon. J. S. Morrill bas returned to Wash ington. Hon. W. C. Smith, representative elect ol tbe 3d District, lctt his borne Monday morn ing for Washington to take his seat in tbc House, n tho opening of the 40th Congress. Among the recent nominations sent in by tbc President arc those of Paymasters Thos. H.JU!-eyand Wm. Smith of Vermont. Railroad Accident lhe sleeping ear on the night express train of tbe Rutland Burlington Kailroad, between Brandon and Pittsford, on Wednesday night, the rear car was thrown from the track by a broken rail, and after having been ilrawn some dis tance, broke away Irom tbe train and was thrown down tbc bank bottom side up. Tee upper roof ol the car was completely strip ped off and furnished an outlet through which tbc passengers made their escape from tbe wreck. Scats, mattresses, satchels, bonnets, hats, men, women and children, were indiscriminately piled together, but almost by a miracle nobody was hurt. A statement went the rounds a while since that Gen. Rerrs Saxton, U. S. A., was to be detailed to take tbe head ot the Xorwich-Nortbficld military institution. We did not copy it, because we learned that noth ing was known of any such detail at the War department Tbe official statement is now made that a Brevet Major Thomas W. Walker is to take charge of the military and executive deportments of the Nurthfield col lege. It is said that a new brick building 100 feet by 50 will be erected for the uses ol the institution during the coming season, if the funds can be secured. TnE West IIarttord Calashtv. We learn that the body ot Miss Williamson was found on Saturday by tbc driver of the Woodstock stage, who crawled with a lan tern into an opening under a pile of ice and debris of tbe freshet, and found Miss W'a corpse, buried under five feet depth of ice. Her funeral took place on Monday. YtiLLisTOx academt. iht undersigned, a committee appointed to attend the examination at tbe close of the winter term cf Williston Aca demy, take pleasure iu saying, that the exer cises were such ai to give gratifying evidence of a thorough course of instruction, and of faithful labor cn the part of both teachers and students. We take occasion to say, that we believe the discipline and moral and religious infiuence of the school to be of an excellent character. Rev. J. L. Matjard, L. S. Walker, " E. C. S. Miller. Mail Robbery. The morning mail over the Rensselaer .t Saratoga Railroad, con taining the letters mailed at Saratoga and Fort Edward for the north and cast, on the ISth inst, was robbed between Comstock's Landing and Whitehall. Letters torn into fragments were scattered alon- the track for a mile cr more. The authorities are on the track of the thief. Good Farms. A thirty thousand dollar farm, changed hands in Rutland last week, Mr. Leeds Billings of that town selling tho same to Mr. Henry Hayward of Clarendon, at that price. The Bramerd farm " in Pittsford bas been purchased by Myron Douglass. Esq., of Richmond. Vt.. for the sum of 522,550. Farms for Sale. We call tbe attention of those who think of removing West to the advertisements of land for sale in Illinois and Iowa, in another column. Richmond. Mr. Blossom Goodrich bas sold bis iarm in Richmond to Jerome and Geotge Goodrich for $20,000. A. C. Noble has bought 40 acres of inter vale of Robert Russell lor $4,500. It is stated that Uon. Andrew Hunter, elected United States Senator irom Arkan sas, declines on the ground that he cannot accept without injury to the church of which he is a mcmlr. Vircennes. Ttc Board of Managers of tho Champlain Valley Fair, have decided to hold their next exhibition on Tuesday and i conesaay, the I7th and 18th days or Sep tember next. The Georgetown Election. It proves to have been not the "white man's ticket" for city officers of Georgetown, D. C. that car ried the day; but the black man's. The official returns show not only tbe election of " c'ch tbc Radical candidate for Mavor ! OC majority, but the election of seven Radi. Cnl tlAnneitmin Ia Ia..- .1 . i r. -"-"-"i ui iue lanscrvative party. It is said tbo negro vote was east solidly for the successful candidate. Burlington Harbor. The River and Harbor bill, passed by the House last week. passed tbo Senato, with some amendment Monday. It contains an approDtiation oi scu.uw for improving our harbor, which in common with other New England appro priations was opposed by Western .Senator. . without success. Tne Wilson Fahilt Mietlnc We find in tho Rutland Independent, the foliowinjj account ol the meetinz of tho Wilson Family' Association, held at Pease's hotel at Essex Junction, on tbe 20th inst. The wife of Mr. McLean, one ot the publishers of tho Independent was a Wilson, and traces her lineago back to Robert, Eirl ol Warwick, through some seven or more generations : The meeting was organized by calling S. R. Potter of Fort Edward, N. Y., to the chair and Charles F. Davis, Cambridge, Mass., was elect ed Secretary. From facts presented by Sir. II. 0. Smith, of Monkton, one of the agents of the Association , it appears that there are two parcels of property in England supposed to belong to the Wilson Association. The facts are about as follows : One Robert Wilson Earl of Warwick, the reputed ancestor cf the Wilsons in America, owned one half of an estate known as Stoneleigh Abbey, containing 25,000 acres of land, some twenty miles from London, England, and also the entire interest in forty-six tene ment houses and land upon which they are si tuated in London, in a portion of the city called " Frying Pan Alley," and said to b very valu able. C. M. Fisher, of "Vergenncs, is now in Lon don, attending to the interests tt the Wilson heirs. A letter from him to his associate, Mr. Columbus Smith of West Salisbury, waa reaj, from which it would appear that the present occupant of the Stoneleigh estate was guilty of a crime (about 1S14) that must rest heavily upon his mind in these his last days of life. The agitation of the question at this time seems very opportune as he may before he "shuffles off the mortal coil," be led to make a disclosure that will ristort to the rightful owners an estate which he has basely defrauded from the rightful heirs. But whether sufficient evidence of title can be obtained to secure it to the rightful heirs re mains to be seen. The meeting was not a large one. but there seemed to be a desire to prosecute their claims. There were twelve additions to the membership making in all 100 members. " Scrip " was also soli to the amount of 6211 to those in at tendance. This, added to what has previously been sold, amounts to a little over SbOO raised to procure an investigation ot the claim by the agents ot the Association. This is about half the amount that is wanted. TitRorcii the Ice. Mr. Warren Dow and Maj. B. M. Beckwith of Plattsburgb, in crossing on the ice in a buggy to the Island, on Monday last, broke through, off Cumber land Head, and came near Ios:n tbeir Lorsc. Vermont Itemi. The newspapers copy, as remarkable, a vote of the town oi Barton in 1S02 "to have tbo small pox." That was the custom in those days. Duanc Kent, Esq., of East Dorset, failed five years ago, owing, among others, many laborers in his marble quarry. He has now paid tbem every dollar due, with interest for five years. A school house in Salem caught fire tbe other day, after school was dismissed. The fire was discovered by a man, who ran a mile screaming for help, while his little boy of seven.staid by and put out the flames by carrying snow in his cap. The house of Horace Barney of Rutland, was robbed one evening last week of $400 in U. S. bonds. The barglar was disturbed in his operations by the return home of Miss Barney, and srrang out a window, leaving a gold watch and chain on the Hour, which be had also taken, but wbieh fell from his pocket as he jumped. Stephen Goodell of Brandon and Bradley Barlow ol St. Albans have purchased an ex tensive water-power and several acres of land on the cast side of Vergenncs Falls, and propose establishing a large marble yard for sawing and finishing marble. The Caktlonian says that engineers will soon be placed on the line of the Montpelicr and St. Johnsbury railroad, and that " If the pooplc do what they are able towards building it, it will be under contract before many months have passed." In the town oi Cambridge, in School Dis trict No. 11, nine heads of families, nearly the whole District, lived to a remarkable age, the sum of their ages is 1007 years, and the average is S41 years. Their average mar ried life is 014 years. Patents were granted Feb. 13, 1867, to Henry C. Lull of Montpclier, for improved machine lor scouring marble ; to M. S. Raw- sen of Winhall nnd C. B. Rawson ot South Londonderry, for improvement in machines fur raking and loading hay ; and to John S. Steele of Rockingham, for improvement in sind-boxesi for carriage axles. uraded schools is KnLAND. The citi zens of Rutland have followed up their ac tion in reference to their common schools, recently noticed by us, by adopting the re port of the committee, made by its chair man Geo. . AMemll, recommending a con solidation of all the district schools in the village under one board of teachers, and the establishment ol a graded school with pri mary, secondary, grammar and high school departments. Resolutions were passed and measures taken to carry into effect tbe re commendations of the report. And we doubt not that the result will le a great im provement in the schools, under the new system. The Woodstock Standard is in good spir its over rrospects of success in its pet pro ject of a railroad from Woodstock to Whita River Jnnction. .TiArcinT. A wag placed a notice upon the door of one of the St. Albans churches a few nights since, such as the hotels bore at the time : "This bouse is closed, awaiting Hotel Protection." The Irishmen do not mako all the- bnlln. It was a Scotch woman who said that the butcher o! her town only killed half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said a pig had no ear marks except a short tail ; and it was a British magistrate who, being uuu uy a vagauoua mat ne was not married. earn inat s a good thing for your wife." At a prayer mcctim? in New Hannahi worthy layman spoke of a poor boy whose father was a drunkard and whose mothpr was a widow. Propertj Cai-tcred in the War. The secretary or the Treasury has reported to Congress that the gross proceeds of the sale of captured cotton amount to nearly $29,- oUU.000 ; and tho gross proceeds of the sales ol miscellaneous property $1,785,501 ; amounts of rents of abandoned property nearly $500,000 ; other receipts $2,300,000 making tbe total $34,053,000 ; total dis bursements $9,310,787, making a net profit hj me united States of nearly $25,000,000. The receipts in coin were $G,C30,000, and tne remainder in currency. A man was convicted of burglary, in aruosiyn me otner uay, Dy a revenue stamp. A match box cotct found in the robbed house had a part of a stamp on it, which matched so exactly and peculiarly with a box found in the man's pocket as to eonvin the jury that he was the robber. DowNiD.Mr. James Hurlburt, a resi dent ol Dresden, N. Y., wa, drowned on Tuesday evening last, at the mouth of South Bay, Lake Champlain. The ice broke, and be and one of his horses were drowned be fore asuttance coald be rendered. IU leaves a iamily in Dresden. news of the week is y TELEGRAPH. MEnrnis. Feb. 21. A valuable mill belonging to J. M. Pal. mcr formerly of Ohio, at Johnville was set on fire by incendiaries this morning and destroyed. Mr. Palmer waa warned ol the outrage and made efforts to get military pro tection, but failed. Oxaiia, Feb. 20. The Nebraska Legislature has ratified tbe conditions imposed by Congress for the ad mission ot that Territory as a state. Tbe vote in tbo Ilouse stood, yeas 20, nays G,aud in tbc Senato it was unanimous. The Legis lature will adjourn to-morrow. Cincinnati, Feb. 21. Tbe river is still rising and the houses along the levee are flooded by the water to tbe depth ol eight or ten feet. The tracks of several railroads aro under water, near the city. The cellars in the lower part ot the city are all flooded. Reports from above show that the river h still rising and the prospects are gloomy. New York, Feb. 22. Advices from Rio Janeiro state that large numbers of the Americans who lately emi grated there ate forced to beg their living They can get no employment, Washlncton, Feb. 22. The Wentworth investigation is goin on briskly ; the evidence thus far shows no cor ruption or improper conduct, The Intelligencer this morning has an ugly editorial on the Reconstruction Bill. It is supposed to reflect the Tiews of the President. Ho has been talking against it of Lite rather roughly. The hundred million greenback Bill passe by the House yesterday bas no chance in the Senate Finance Committee. A large number of persons have been summoned to testify in regard to the Im peaebment of Pres. Johnson. Gen. Grant will be absent at tbe West about two weeks. Surratt's counsel has advised him to dc dine giving testimony to members of the House Judiciary Committee who propose tu ask him questions concerning his complicity with the assassination of President Lincoln Boston, Feb. 22. Washington's Birthday is being appropri ately and generally observe red in this city London, Feb. 23. noon. The news from Spain is of an exciting character; though tbc Government of that country is seeking to keep from tho public the course of events, there is no longer any doubt that a serious insurrection is pending. New York, Feb, 23. A Panama letter states that our minister Mr. Burton, to tbe Colombian government, still maintains his antagonistic position. From South America it is rumored that another proposition for peace had been made by France and England, but the Cabi net would not permit the terms to be made known ; but it is intimated again that pro posals from the United States would be cor dially received. Nashville, Feb. 22. Governor Brownlaw was renominated for Governor yesterday by acclamation. A resolution was unnimously adopted, nominating Gen. Geo. II. Thomas to the next Presidency. New Yorc, Feb. 23. A letter from the City of Mexico dated tbe Sth inst. says the entire road from Puebla to the Capital is strewn w:th tbe dtins of the retreating French army. The Liberals were prevented from uttaik ing it by strict orders from Diaz, but ap pearances indicate that a slight demonstra tion would convert the whole march int, i grand rout. Hie American Consulate is garrisoned l protect American citizens. Maximilian tells every every one he does not consider himseli Emperor but only chic of the national party. Washington, Feb. 23. There was a lengthy session of the Cabi net on the military government Reconstruc tion bill yesterday, it is stated tnac tnc President would sign the bill were it not for the first section which provides for dividing the ten Southern States into five Military Districts. The other features of the measuie are said not to be so objectionable to the Pres ident although he prelerrod Blains amend ment. It is understood that the members o the Cabinet take the same view. The Uouse P. O. Committee yesterday agreed to report against the proposition to establish government telegraph lines, be lieving that it is not called for at the pre sent time. Congressman Washburn the originator of the measure is in Europe, and when he returns will give the matter his closest attention. The recent interview of Surratt with bis sister Anna at the jail lasted half an hour and is described as a very affecting one. She believes ber brother innocent of tee crime he is charged with as she did her mother and her friends assure her the evidence against bini will never be strong enough U convict him. But she is very much de pressed. Washington', Feby. 25. Yesterday morninir Surratt's sister visited him again at the jail and had a Ienztby in terview with him. He sneaks to no one else but his counsel. His appetite is good and his health is gradually improving. His counsel intends to try tho case on its merits, and will not take any advantage of the manner in which fhe indictment has been framed as published. Surratt's friends it is said are sanguine of his acquittal under tho indictment, and several lawyers have expressed the opinion tnat sucri an event was not improbable. Washington', Feb. 20. The Judiciary Committee in their investi gation on the subject of abandoned and con fiscated property of the rebels have ascer tained, it is stated, from official reports from Louisiana that moro than filty million dol lars worth of croccrty was returned ta rebels after decisions to the contrary had been given. At the time when the croDertv waa res tored to its lormer owners much of it had been leased out by the Government, under the warrant law of Congress, on the subject. An extraordinary feature of this matter is that leases were abrozated by Gen. Ful- Ierton in somo instances and it is believed under private instructions from tbe Presi dent. New York, Feby. 2fl. It has been raininz fortv-eizht hours. The storm is the severest of the season. The roads are blocked bv snow and the streams flooded. London- Feb. 25. The privilege of tho writ ot habeas corpus in Ireland has been suspended for three months longer. Eirl Russell censures the American Gov ernment for pleading for the Fenians. The Reform measures of Earl Derby form the topic of general conversation. Washington, Feb. 27. Gen. Grant infnrmiv? n Imi mnmlvr ,f tho Cabinet last nirht that if ft would d.' any good he would cr and sea the President and urge him to sign the Reconstruction bill. lie was informed that it would not change the President's convictions. Ycsterdav a man visited tho fail and en deavored tu obtain interview with Surratt, stating that he was his brother and bad recently arrived from Texas, where he bad resided ten years. The guards refused him admission. The prisoner's sister is doing every thing sho can for her brother and is allowed to furnished him with some article of food not contained in the regular bill cl fare. Surratt is quite comfortable and his sis ter's kind attentions are croduein? a mark ed change la bis appearance.