Show SP special ecial OCIal to the tha DESM desk NEWS I 1 3 london 11 artemus Ward directed in his will that his property after the death of his hia mother shall go towards tho the erection of an asylum for printers now york 11 the bank statement shows an increase in loans of decrease in specie increase in circulation increase in deposits increase in legal tenders washington 11 the speaker announced the appointment of committees as follows on foreign affairs banks orth cullom washburn of wisconsin mccarthy blair myers robinson Eo binson and morgan to fill vacancies in joint committee on reconstruction welder and halsey special committee on the niagara ship canal van horn of new york cook stevens washburne of mass ani and and burger wilson of iowa from the judiciary committee reported a bill calling state conventions and organizing state governments in the rebel states it is the bill introduced by wilson of mass in the senate last thursday the bill gabeff ga velse ise lse to considerable discussion and was finally passed by a vote of to 27 london 11 ireland ds 19 quiet the government however is organic organizing ng its force into six flying columns for the pursuit of the scattered bands of feniane Fen ians and active service in case a necessity should arise tho the government has offered a reward for the apprehension of dunne the fenian leader S H wapole announced in the house of commons this evening that the news from ireland was good and stated that the government would not nob proclaim martial law in ireland but would woula try the feniane by a special commission florence 11 the elections for members of the italian parliament generally resulted in favor of the government which carries a majority of the electoral diet new york 12 large numbers of feagans are in pas Tas washington hington urging congressmen to immediately recognize their rights as belligerents they will appear before the committee on foreign affairs as soon as it is organized I 1 berlin 12 bismarck recommends a compromise between the several factions in parlia ment in order to adopt a new ion new york A special order will be issued today to day assigning schofield to the sickles to the ad thomas to the ard 3rd ord ti to the ath and sheridan to the ath districts in the southern sou therb states under the military reconstruction bill camden 12 1 at the thi e election today to day the whole re republican ticket was elected nev neo york 13 the fenian excitement continues the project of new york merchants to raise a million dollars tor for fenian privateers Js s favorably received and meets with considerable success private letters from washington state that the fell eeli fenian d committee now in that eity city have been cordially received by senators and representatives of both parties A vera cruz letter mancil march 2 states that french troops had sailed for france up to that time great preparations pa rations are making to defend the city after the french left dublin 12 arrests of feniane are being made in all parts of the country and large quantities of arms have been seized by the police A dispatch from cork states that a detachment has been sent in pursuit of a large number of insurgents who are reported gathered in the vicinity of mallow junction an import important ant aut railway center centen in county cork washington 12 the senate has rejected the nomination of ex senator edgar cowan for minister to austria also louis V bogy of mo who was nominated commissioner of indian india lairs affairs Af knoxville 13 it is estimated that the late floods damaged east tennessee over a large number of farmers lost everything cincinnati 13 reports from below represent great destruction of property by the flood in in many places between new albany and evansville the river is 30 00 miles wide thousands of cattle sheep and hogs have been drowned and hundreds of f thousands of bushels grain destroyed the country is covered with floating stacks of hay wheat and oats and nearly all the steamboat landings are under water is completely in dun dated in the lower parts of covington and cincinnati hundreds of houses are under water washington 13 in the senate stewart introduced a bill to esta eAta establish blish the office of surveyor general in utah which was referred congress will adjourn or take a recess immediately 1 after the supplementary reconstruction bill shall become a law of this there bisno is no doubt if the president vetoes it which seems certain members of congress think they will not be detained here beyond next week the general opinion is that a recess will be ba taken till october new york 14 the brooklyn navy yard has been reduced to a peace footing naval oil officers say that the dunderberg is not as formidable as our turreted monitors and point to the capture of the atlanta and tennessee which ate are types of the dunderberg as proof of their assertion the heralds ls atlanta correspondent reports that the prejudice against negro suffrage in georgia is gradually giving way the people are anxious for the reconstruction question to be settled so that northern capital can flow into the state and developed dev elope its mineral and other interests te rests A heralds special says the expedition against the tle tho hostile indians of kansas and nebraska under the command of maj gen Hancoc hancock kt is fully equipped and supplied and will start from ft leavenworth gen hancock orders all trains to be organized for defense by electing a captain and other officers and organizing the teamsters employees and all others belonging to the train into due one or more companies no trains will be allowed to pass into the indian country with less than 20 wagons and 80 armed men whenever an attack is made by indians upon any train pursuing the overland route the commanding officer of the nearest military post is directed to furnish prompt assistance washington 13 gen grant in general order bumber ten publishes today to day for the information of all concerned the act for the more efficient government of the f rebel febel states and assigns schofield sickles thomas ord and sheridan to the command of the military districts london 13 dispatches from dublin state that there has been a great fall of snow in ireland A number of feniane have been arrested at limerick the prisoners while on their way to the police barracks were cheered by the people placards emanating from emissaries of the irish republic brotherhood are posted osted in the streets of clonmel Clon CIon mel mei forbid ding ing the people froin from paying rents vienna 13 emperor francis joseph hm has given orders for strengthening the austria austrian posts on the servian frontier P k berlin I 1 13 herr munchausen Mun Alun chansen premier of the hanoverian government of the late king has challenged bismarck for words uttered in debate in the german parliament london 14 the government has just started four gunboats gun boats to dublin to be posted on the talf talt li linney e y river the who had taken en refuge in the wicklow mountains are perishing with cold and hun bull ger I 1 detroit 14 the state democratic convention has hag passed resolutions denouncing the reconstruction bill passed by congress enfranchising blacks and franchising disfranchising dis i whites as unconstitutional and arbitrary cairo 14 reports from the arkansas river rivon I 1 country show great destruction of property and suffering among the inhabit ants by the flood 27 lives were lost at helena mostly freedmen I 1 cincinnati 14 1 i specials that the report su frering suffering at chattanooga and other points in consequence of the flood is appalling at i chattanooga on the the water j was from 12 to 20 feet deep in the city and houses were toppling over or floating away the mayor and a posse of citizens were foraging among the loaded cars for food the agents of the road noad protest but the mayor said the citizens were starving twenty five dead bodies were counted at bridgeport alabama floating down the tho river on the I 1 athe the loss of property is estimated at a million dollars gen carleton of I 1 nashville is making efforts to send food to chattanooga new york 14 the heralds special says that information from richmond represents that gen schofields Sch order assuming command manil of virginia as military governor gives entire satisfaction it was read real read in the house of delegates and referred to the committee on federal relations lunenburg mecklenburg fredericksburg williamsburgh Williams burgh and other counties in virginia have by popular voice called a state convention under the sherman bill information from north carolina south carolina georgia mississippi Loui loul louisiana sidna siana florida alabama arkansas and texas as well as in virginia indicates that the negro vote will undoubtedly i be on the rebel side aide under this bill and also it is believed in delaware maryland kentucky and missouri where the element is stronger than ai in any other state yesterday dr howe howo left by tho the asia with tho the balance of tho the 1 1 subscribed in this city to the oretan cretan relief funds and the subscribed subscribe d in boston and ana elsewhere the cable intended for the submarine telegraph from cuba to florida is now in satisfactory Iro process eess cess of construction in london and it is expected to be laid by the early part of june next A herald special says concerning the investigation of the affairs of tho the trea sury department that the department pronounces the report of over issues of currency and bonds bonda to be unfounded in ini truth on the other hand band bay testifies that he assisted the foreman in the printing bureau in burning a large quaintly of paper used in printing some of the currency and that there is a large quantity of duplicate co coupons pons on hand which have been redeemed by the treasury and that some in fractional currency had been issued which had not been regularly paid for mr covode is deeply impressed with the belief that there has bas been a very large over issue at a special meeting of the executive committee of the southern famine relief committee this forenoon the following was unanimously adopted whereas the southern famine relief committee is advised by gen howard not to rolax rolax relax their efforts for obtains contributions from the people of the northern states stages on account of the proposed appropriation by congress the destitution being so wide spread and ap paling as 0 o demand all that can be done for its relief thu thi therefore resolved that the committee earnestly request the clergymen of all denominations throughout the northern states to join 0 in lj in a simultaneous appeal for contra contributions u alons on sunday next the dinst signed archibald russell bussell Eu ssell chairman john B owen seo sec pro tem tern |