Show espedal to the evening news t 1 ai l new york ork the tho brings london papers to the rth athens journals report a serious engagement at hera elium chum crete jan 2 the insurgents 1500 strong defeated turks russian vessels continue to carry candian families to greece the turks are sald said also to have been defeated in an engagement near canca new york the santiago de do cuba brings panama dates to the ath the united states steamer ciack with general prado the ex president of bf peru aboard had reached caldira for valparaiso the cholera was raging terribly at buenos A ayres res there being from to ibo VI victims caim s adal daily dally ly the citi zens were flying from the city at villa ueva ten out of 2 laborers on the railroad had died almost at once and th people were flying in all directions london 17 in the house of commons earl mayo chief secretary for ireland stated that government was preparing an irish reform bill would be ready to present resent before the house by march rp he e paid other measures 1 with regard to ireland would bo be brought forward on march 25 sir charles bright called attention to the scheme for placing the telegraph wires under the control of government and asked if the ministry proposed to take action to that end hunt undersecretary of the treasury replied that was the intention of government purchase the telegraph lines of britain and promised that i a rk plan effecting thai thal change would b be 3 submitted to tb the house within a W week eek eck dublin 17 the jury have found r verdict of guilty against sullivan sull Sult iuan ivan of the durlin dublin bation nation for seditious libels halifax 17 A house committee the assembly report that great destitution exists among the fishing of welve twelve counties and unless permanent and audI arrangements for are made many will perish from starvation tion galveston 17 Alex mexican ican adai advices advises aces say the legislature of san potosi have heavily taxed the wholesale merchants and have taxed the retail tai tal sales bales three per iier cent and ask general government to impose a and imprisonment as a penalty for ovad evad inythe tax new york IS 18 the tho heralds washington special says private advises advices london state that the receipt of intelligence that the mexican government had determined to repudiate debts to foreign countr countries les iee except that the tho united states hns has ha given rise to intense feelings of indignation english government it is said now seriously contemplating fitting out fleet to take possession of the posts mexico monib and hold them until is kiven diven it is 41 wigo also aiso so understood France though consulted has declined frethe for the present to participate bowell lowell mass 18 A locomotive exploded here today to day killing tha the engineer gi neel and istl berlo berio seriously n sly siy injuring tilo the fireman and ani ct two other persons the th p war wat department has hag awarded contract for carrying the freight west and south from the ter minus of the omaha jacif pacific ic railroad hand colwell of denver jh the house reconstruction reconstruct lou iou committee stevens stevena submitted a bill for the division of texas into three thre eStates states providing the convention about in that state will fix the boundaries the now states and further that sha shall shail 11 have hilve the same constitution thought there ought to be four or five states carved out of the texas texa s territory but he would be content with three thred new york sir bir edward head formerly governor general of cana davied da recently in england k washington the house on foreign annaira affairs have agreed to a substantially new bill with regard to the tue rik rights had of Ame american citizens abroad the stath state department has issued circular all citizens the united states native or naturalized f before visiting great Brit britain alq to procure pass passports orts white the habeas corpus remains suspended in the latter latte r country syracuse the municipal election resulted in a republican victory with majority year charleston senator wilson tele graphs graphs that congress will not loan the state tate tato any money to purchase lands for thedoor the poor tallahasse the convention is reorganized on the tire basis proposed by gen agn meade aleada cewill if will readopt the constitution thus far adopted by the majority paris the corps Legis latif has re ejected the amendment to permit the admission of foreign papers and the unrestricted sale of french journals the reports that gen napier is calling for reinforcements Chicago 19 the republicans republican special says the senate on military affairs has voted to return shermans Sher mans brevet to the president with a resolution declaring it inadi inadvisable sable sabie to confer brevet offices to tho two highest highet generals itis stated that johnson is is highly indignant at shermans Sher mans conduct and has a great mind to order him to the department part ment of the tho pacific and bring halleck to washington the tribune special says bays sh sherman erman has written a letter to grant respectfully asking to be relieved from the command of the new military division the letter will be laid before the president Jerla senators tors have haye written to gen sherman asking him not to 0 o think of xe signing should the president insist he be will assume the yow yew cornland commando dates frona from crete nete reto to jan represent apo h prospects of the turks as more iod tod bloomy 1 than even ever they have bave been defeated ted in several seral engagements and met with witla severe hospes tho the mussel mah mail population are be coining becoming discon tente dand the troops have shown a mutinous disposition the island is now in a more successful state of revolution than ever and arms and provisions continue to 6 be sent in from all quarters san francisco 19 it is reported that thel ther fellah organization on the pacific coast is being placed on a war footing with the probable intention of a raid on the british possessions north in irr the legislature the senate passed a resolution asking the rles president ident and congress to honorably acquire or annex british columbia to the united states helena MT M T 19 thermometer 48 weather ve clear and pleasant virginia city 1 p in clear and pleasant thermometer 61 51 above above san ban Fran eran Francl franci cico cleo co legal tenders 72 washington Vas sas hington senate trumbull from the committee on the judiciary reported adversely to the bills fon foe the more efficient government of the rebel states which be he said were rendered unnecessary by the recent amendment reported by the committee providing that a majority of votes cast shall decide elections wilson introduced a joint resolution declaring that the reconstruction acts provided pro that hat the electors of each state should have the opportunity to vote freely without restraint fear or the influence of fraud at the election for the ratification of the constitution whereas at the alabama election the voters had not the opportunity to vote freely without fear or the influence of fraud owing to dismissal from frond employment jand and the hostile and menacing attitude of combinations pt persons persona and whereas con congress gress is satisfied that the constitution of if alabama meets the approval of the majority of the qualified voters in the state thie therefore be it resolved that the constitution of alabama is hereby declared to be in conformity with the provisions of the reconstruction act of march ad 1867 and said constitution is h hereby approved and whenever a legislature is elected under said constitution it shall ratify the article of the constitution ution and said state shail shall be admitted to representation in congress Con gress gresa in accordance w with the laws of the cou country n try referred to the ludle judie judiciary ary comm committee attee wilson said he should call it up at an early day when he would make a statement of the outrages perpetrated in that state in violation of the right to vote without fear feak or restraint the senate took up the resolution for the admission of thomas of maryland after discussion a vote was taken and the resolution for admission was rejected I 1 house wilson reported a bill providing nor for the surrender of persons convicted of certain crimes the bill provides that no person who has been duly arrested tried and convicted of murder piracy arson robbery or forgery shall shail be allowed to enter or remain in the united states and authorizes the president on the production of satisfactory proof that such a person has entered or 1 1 is about to enter the united states to cause such convict to be returned to the country where he was convicted the bill passed A delegation from the city council of baltimore today to day presented to the president resolutions from that body complimentary to him london the house of commons has passed the bill to continue the suspension of the habeas corpus in ireland advices advises from lisbon represent that political agitation in portugal continues I 1 the n new nev ew government is very unpopular and are reported in various i parts of the country private ad adlees ices lees from brazil state that the ho government has issued a general conscription order to provide for reinforcements for for the army in parana berlin in the prussian house of deputies yesterday the government was asked to explain why the united states consul at jerusalem was allowed 0 o procure the arrest of one a jewish subject of prussia with whose ward ard a young girl the american consul had sought to elope also whom after the guardian had bad been thrown ino to 0 prison to facilitate the attempt the prussian consul at jerusal jerusalem e nire alre refused fused to demand as a subject of prussia for protection tec tion the case ease excites much feeling among the jews who regard it as involving rights and privileges similar to those violated in the mortara affair at rome and represent the outrage as an insult to prussia the finance minister replied that the german consul at jerusalem salem is a federal and not a prussian representative and application for te reformation must bo be made to the chancellor of the north german confederation I 1 the paris P ari arl tap twp says that twenty persons were arrested atthe second performance for mance of drama buy bias blas blanat Bl asat at the odeon vienna the members of the royal family of hanover and nd a number of their adherents met at a private banquet in this olty city recently and it is reported that the king hing in jin a il speech assured assured the company that he would spon return home and resume his seat on the throne of hanover in spite ot of prussia montreal there was intense excitement over the departure of the canadian papal for rome borne special services were held heid in notre Dame cathedral over twenty thousand persons assembled 61 e d at the depot house the following is a copy of a bill in full reported by banks in reference to the right of american citizens in foreign states whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right in all people and indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of li life e liberty and the pursuit of happiness ahi ani and ahl for the protection of which the government of the united states was established and whereas in the recognition of this principle this government has freely received emigrants from ail all nations and has invested them wilh with the rights of citizenship cItIzen and whereas it is i claimed that y nil all such american citizens with their descendants are subjects of foreign states and owing their allegiance to the thy government thereof and whereas itis necessary to the maintenance of public peace that this claim for foreign allegiance alleg innee lanee should be promptly and finally disavowed therefore be it if enacted etc that any declaration instruction opinion order or decision of or any officers of this government which denies restricts impairs or questions the rights of expatriation is hereby declared inconsistent with the fundamental principle government and are therefore null and void vold section 2 declares that all naturalized citizens of the united states from foreign e g n states shall be entitled ca titled to receive recene fr from 0 m this government the tho th same sanio p protection rot e c of person and property accorded to native born citizens in a like situation section 3 that whenever if it shall be fully made mado known to the president dent that chat a any n y citi citizen zerl zeri af pf tho the united states hh has been arrested arres ted and is detained by any foreign government in contravention of the intent and purposes of this act upon allegation that naturalization in the united states does not operate to dissolve his allegiance to his native sovereign or if any aily citizen shall ahall have been arrested and detained whose release upon demand shall have been unreasonably delayed or refused the president shall be and hereby is empowered ito eto to order thed ther arrest of any citizen or subject and detain him in custody of such foreign government who may be found within the jurisdiction of the united fates states is and the president shall without delay rive give information to congress of any such proceeding under this act washington Vas yas hington the tresi president dint has revoked that portion of his ordet order gen She to the thy command of the newly created div division Islon of the atlantic and he cewill will therefore continue in command of the division of mo jonew no new assignment haff has been nindo made to the division of the atlantic the board of army of fibers officers consisting of sherman sheridan and augur recently recen liy lly convened in this cit city ta examine the proposed system of army regulations has been beix dissolved I 1 san francisco Frano isco 20 lat la arizona advises advices give the particulars 64 0 a fight between the dallape indians under three of the principal chiefs and a force of united states troops resulting in the success of the latten latter the indians were wele armed with the henry spencer and abd sharps rifles and fought with great bavery ra very twenty five indians were killed and wounded A scouting party of soldiers under the command of lit lt stevenson were ambushed by the in blans but succeeded in esca escaping without loss of life stevenson was wag severely and it is feared fatally wounded one soldier was slightly injured advices advises from abyssinia to jan jam say the english captives are allsage all ali safe safo and well r trenton NJ 20 ther th house ito day action of ate withdrawing t their asselto of new jersey from the ratification of amendment r new now york 21 the tho tribunes special says prominent democrats are urging the president to appoint gen halleck haeleck Hai hal leek leck in place of sherman to the command of the military division of the atlantic the same despatch states that the committee Is determined to investigate everything relating to the overland mail contract and the truth of the allegations that wells fargo vargo have been c carrying arasin g their own private mails malls to the detriment of the public service and selling their own stamps to the people of the territories instead of government stamps the western members are very urgent in the matter and are resolved that the investigation shall not be I 1 f I 1 smothered nor lobbied washington 21 the PreAl president derit delit today sent an executive message holthe to the senate stating that on the of august last under the authority vested in him by the constitution he suspended E F ivl stanton as secretary of war and now by the same authority bychich by which he had hid removed stanton he appointed in als ais place ad int interim erint 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