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Show Special to tlie V ret Eriuli t iv convention of soi'th carolina car-iiied; car-iiied; People oi'St. Thomas vote for Annexation An-nexation ! - THIERS ATTACKS GARIRALDI? Inipcaelunenl question taken in Congress ! I.ONioN JolKN.Is ON lilt; IIIKSI DENT'S .MESSAGE! TcniMe PeslriM-lioii by Ilnrth-qtia Ilnrth-qtia lies! TUK ALA ItAMA CONVENTION' TKANS-CFNDING TKANS-CFNDING H'.- Bul'ND.S! THE IMI'EACIIMENT (T'lTI.. INITIIE HoLE! Jlcnnbroa Ihi'nLs the l'ope Temporal Tem-poral Power Inconsistent ! 73 M'ATIi i 15 Y CHOLERA IN ONE SUIT! Trouble ecefel in the Virginia tout c:iii;n I HANCOCK THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOK 1'KENlbE.NT! Forty-seven shocks of ennw T ' rapid uemioU, were feUat sW6' ,a du the aoth. Tile sea rose Stft? the city everything was ,,.! t,Ia The lots of life i, nfmoTSPfr , roense quantities of nierchandS J" destroyed. The surviving ini .? ' had to flee to the mounffiiSft Every business firm on theluS , solvent. All the steamship 't? n' companies have abandoned it ti r being no coal to be had. The -h, have been destroyed. The dSJrui IE? To!tDola.CU,aV'e at SL Thom" 3 St. Croix, iu Little Sabin, h ix almr rib o volcano, nearly burned to aZs Latest advices say the shocks CQnU' The Aus nun fixate Navara sailed tJ' day with the remains of Maximilian ., , Montgomery' 5 The Reconstruction Convention' Lm adopted an ordinance tosubmittheeon stitution for ratification. The election" to bo coatroled by the military com. maudtrs. Alt oflicers and Member of Congress to be included at the same lime. The General Assembly win mett oa March IStb. Tlie franchise artiolts of the leis'a-turc leis'a-turc remove the disabilities imposed by the constitution. The constitution LaV been adopted as a whole, several of the members protesting. , Senator Wilson writes toSwaynetha the policy of the Convention in granting grant-ing divorces and otherwise transcend-ing transcend-ing their authority, with the ultra speeches of certain members, is doic great injury to reconstruction. London. 5. Stanley has refused to go to the proposed pro-posed Conference to settle tlie Roman question, until the basis likely to be agreed on has been previously submitted. submit-ted. New Orleans, 5. Hancock has revoked the order providing pro-viding for the revision of the jury lists-and lists-and declares that trial by jury shall hereafter be controlled by the Constitution Constitu-tion and laws, without regard to any military order hitherto issued. Chicago, 5. The Legislative Investigating Committee Com-mittee of the Insane Hospital has reported, re-ported, sustaining the charges of abuse, cruelty, etc., against the institution, and recommending that a change of Superintendent Super-intendent be immediately made. Havana, 5. Mexican advices to the2Ud Bay, several sever-al persons elected to Congress are in prison, and others are hiding from the authorities for fear of arrest. There is a probability of war with Guatemala Gu-atemala on the boundary questioa. It is said in such an event, the Imperialists Imperial-ists would support Guatemala. Juarez has decreed that all in the city shall be held to five years military service. Rains have produced inundations in the - State of Vera Cruz, which have caused great destruction of property, Ortegas, Patoni and Oche are still close prisoners. The press demand their liberation. The person who sold Maximilian's Maxi-milian's relics has been prosecuted as a common thief. The recent monster banquet to .Romero .Rom-ero was a magnificent affair. Eseobedo made special reference to Cuba, saying 100,000 rneil could take the Island. i Washington, 6. Chicago, o. Special dispatches say the Convention for South Carolina is certainly carried by S.0U0 majority. Denver, ". The House has passed a bill removing the capital to Denver. Havana, 5. Advices from St. Thomas say the people peo-ple voted in favor of annexation to the United States. TheEngliih mail station is changed to Jamaica. Jeflrard has returned to Jamaica from Europe. Cincinnati, 5. In the case of the United States against Challer, whisky distillers' alleged al-leged fraud, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Government 233,(M)0. . Paris, 5. In a discussion on the question of the French occupancy of Rome, in -the Corps Legitdatif, Thiers defended the policy of Government, characterizing Garibaldi as the falcon with which Italy hunt. Washington, S. Jfotsr. Schenck, from the Committee Commit-tee of Ways and Means, reported a bill to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce the currency by retiring greenbacks. Read twice, and rccommitttd. Williams Introduced a bill to refund the Interest bearing debt. Referred. The House concurred with the Senate in a joint resolution reviving the Ordnance Ord-nance Investigating Committee. Logan Lo-gan said he believed more Federal soldiers sol-diers had been killed by our own artlilery than by that of tlie enemy. The Committeo on Elections reported In favor of Golladay from the ad district of Kentucky, adopted. The Impeachment question was taken up at three o'clock. Routwell proceeded proceed-ed to argue in favor of impeachment, and made a legal argument of great length, quoting largely from American and English laws bearing on similar cases. He finally yielded to amotion to adjourn, with the understanding that he will have the floor to-morrow. Senate. Edmunds' resolution, declaring de-claring the sentiment of Congress, that the bonds should be paid in coin, was discussed at considerable length, and finally laid over without action. Sumner called up the bill passed last session, and not signed by the President, Presi-dent, giving further security to the black race in the District of Columbia. After debate, the bill passed. Adjourned. - New York, 5. Several failures in the dry goods and . The Senate held a short session, waen several resolutions were introduced ana referred. They were mostly regarding finance. Adjourned till Monday. JIousc. Routwell concluded ui argument in favor of impeachment. Wilson replied and said Routwell W signed the Report of the Reconstruction Comnsitteer asserting in some matter which now claimed impeachment jn the President has not been actuated wrong motives. He said the House was asked to impeach the President for RJ he might do something wrong, anr cm eluded by moving the whole Bubjeci w laid on the table. The metion l causee much excitement, several wishing to make speeches. FlUibaew ing ensued, and a motion to adjo" was made and several JYu7mK The list seemed to indicate tnw " were about 51 Wends of ImpeMhyg and 107 opposed to it. The House nu ly adjourned. iondon.6. The Timr editorially approves of J transferof St. Thomas to . Je niw-States; niw-States; and thinks the Ameiican sa of ry measures will remove the ca centagious fevers. ,h corres- TheVinemvs, wlalh J to t pondence of tQe Alabama c t Stanley was right in reug J by their foreign policy to be re otfc r any power wff' x w'et btf subject England wiUg'- wnay. grocery trade are reported. The .Tor: says the course of .Collector Bailey in the late whisky seizures is approved ap-proved of. The property seized is valued val-ued at a million and a half. Steedman has entirely recovered from bis recent attrck, which was not apoplexy, apo-plexy, but vertigo. London, 5. Copious extracts from the President's Message are published. The Times says Johnson transcends himself in imprudence, impru-dence, and regards his office as absolute sovereigns do prerogatives. He has learned nothing and forfeits all respect. Other Journals use similar language. JUavana. 5. . There has been a severe shock of earthquake felt at Santa Cruz on the 18th of November. The shock was felt out at . The United States steamers Desoto and Monongahela were lost: the crews are saved. The Governor of St. Thomas has returned from Europe to deliver the Island to the United States. The amount to be paid is $7,500,000. . ' """ Florence, G. Italian Parliament is opened. 'Tbe.vpa's speech justified Garibu'di's Mcion in his illegal attempt at in- surn l ut declared it as inconsistent for va3lon, but aecni tif$p"io hold I,o6se89i,,, 0f Paris. I,arl8) (i m the Corp Legislatif, 'Minister EouVr ably defended the Emperor's po- ffon the Komau quest on He ttJ WoTi that the unity of Italy Is deal- Slt bSt it9accompn,hmcr,t Italy Sou d never go to lie"ltrmB of t:lk-&-io-fKomebe.kG ' The fchip Lord Brougham, from Ham-lmrff Ham-lmrff reports the death of 7J passengers K&ollra in the ship, in a 4S days' vnviee. She brought 382 passenger IS 'is attained at quarantine. " , Richmond, . -The Convention adopted a resolution requiring the members to report wheth-irthey wheth-irthey are disfranchised by tho action of Congress- .This movement toward ! oustii)"- tlje Conservative member?, will give rise to rtrlous trouble. ' The Convention will probably favor the Radical repudiation of debts contracted con-tracted before the war. . . . New Orleans, b. . The Convention adopted an ordinance foreverprohibitiug capital punishment, i New York, C. I The 2V('6i''.s special says a number of prominent Democrats, - including John D. Haskiu and Jno. Hickman are 1 in Washington consulting with regard to the candidate for the next Presideu-1 cy. The chances of Johnson, Seymour, I Pendleton and others, were severally I discussed, but they decided to take upa 1 new man, and Hancock was agreed on. ! Several other political details are said to have been agreed upon. |