Show 83 uren treb T ural hakl b RT X NEWS ri NV S washington 18 the t has sent ent to congress today to day tny a communication extolling gen hancocks administration and asking congre 19 take suitable action he isa bad aad ld han hancock ock is the only officer of the american army in high command south of the potomac who since the close of the civil war hasteen has been teen influenced by the example of washington and who abstained from violating the legal and constitutional rights of his fellow cit citizen liens sr he suggests some public recognition of hancocks patriotic conduct by the house butler reported a bill of appropriations to supply the deficiencies in the execution of the reconstruction law the whole amount appropriated if is 1 atle the speaker presented the presidents 1 message in commendation df of general hancock there was some amusement on the occasion by its reading on the Republic anaide it was ordered printed stevens introduced the bill which he boht sought with rec 9 gar gard to reconstruction and in order not to retard the passage of the bill withdrew the section with regard to the election of Congre congressmen sAmen in the southern states the bill passed chicago is 18 distinct shocks of an earthquake are reported in various points of western new york and canada this morning shenew the new hampshire Republic republican hn convention has nominated re governor harriman by acclamation paris 18 the eur publishes a circular signed by the prefect of police placing the press of the city under a more rigorous censorship chicago 18 the stevens bill as passed simply provides that a majority of tle the the votes cast instead of a majority of registered votes will be sufficient to ratify the constitution also that the people may vote for members of congress at the same time as they vote on the Cons constitution titu tita washington 18 senate A resolution passed asking the president for information respecting the EnglIsh joint occupancy of the island of san juan drake introduced a bill amending the reconstruction law the judiciary committee reported in favor of the admission of thomas senator elect from maryland the bill to repeal the cotton tax w was debated without action the chair presented the presidents message with regard to general han cock cook conklin moved to lay it on the 1 table i quite a discussion ensued S sene en ute adjourned I 1 ne new orleans 18 hancock has ordered the election in texas for and against the convention to commence on E february loth and and continue four days each ballot presented re by a negro voter will be marud marked colored no so sol diers are allowed in the vicinity of the polls unless registered voters brownsville Browns ville papers say that difex mexican lenn lean refugees are being arrested under the authority of gen reynolds and turned over to the tho mexican authorities as deserters se eer ser atlanta 18 the convention has adopted a memorial to gen pope recommending the removal of gov jenkins havana IS 18 dates from mexico to the loth say the he t mexican ican ic congress was opened on the ath I 1 A british war steamer has arrived with orders to bring away all the brit jah lah consuls and archives in mexico consequently there la Is great excitement among tho the english residents theun the english bank continues business y r london 18 Af another iother attempt was made toay today day to blowup blow biow up the city pir prison lson ison powder was placed udder the wa wall 11 of millbank jail jall where a number of are confined confirmed 1 the preparations were all completed 1 and the fuse lighted but the powder did not explode the plot was discovered before the attempt was rene nene renewed wedi there Is no clue to the guilty parties arms and ammunition secreted by feniane have been discovered in several places in england dja trw LIA A dispatch from bassora mentions a report from the interior that king theodore has burned burnea Debra taber florenee florence 18 fi blen Bien Men abrea to the attacks on the government by the Liber liben ais als 1 in parliaments Parlia parila n V he said italy would 9 sooner booner or later inter possess rome but the end must nol not by arms but by moral force Ria replied baying saying the people demanded different policy 18 the tile ine invalid luid poisse says the policy greed bL upon between franco and austria on orf the E astern eastern question J jf f persist ed sd in will imperil the tranquility of europe surope t chicago 19 A fearful accident occurred yesterday on m the cleveland lake shore railroad railroad near icar angela the tho new york express train was behind time and running at a high rate of speed when from some cause unknown the two rear coaches were thrown off the track with great violence and the rear car went over the fifty feet and was set on fire of fifty passengers only two escaped alive the rest were crushed and burned to death A mass of blackened and charred remains was only left new orl ori orleans ean s 20 there was another incendiary fire at vick vicksburg eburg last night loss 5 7 this is the third fire within a week paris 20 itis it is reported that the tho emperor has proposed to belgium holland and switzerland to join france in a customs union Belg beig belgium luni iuni Is said to have declined on the ground that it has already concluded a commercial military alliance with prussia chicago 19 later accounts of the frightful disaster on the west buffalo railroad confirm the first reports two cars filled with passengers were thrown offa off a bridge forty feet in hight tho the real cause of tho the disaster will probably never be known of oraf ofaf at least fifty persons in the first car only four are known to have escaped esc aped many man more in the other car were killed alth both noth cars took fire and one burned entirely consuming a number of the passengers the other was partly burned the number who perished dished d w will ili ill probably not be ascertained for some time madame bistod biston is is among the injured the most of those in the first car were burned to ashes the screams of those inside were heard for fifteen minutes new now york 19 10 A large fire Is raging opposite the city on the jersey shore supposed to be petroleum works London 19 glads ton a speech to the miri mill miners and other operatives of cheshire cheshi re yesterday he did not hesitate to ascribe the existence of fenian movements in england to the wretched mismanagement of the irish government in ireland washington 19 house jef JEZ buse boyer desired to introduce a resolution of thanks to ge general hancock for his patriotic exercise of duty in vindication of the civil laws objection was made and the resolution was not received the house resumed consideration of the bill in reference to deserters after considerable discussion the bill was re committed hooper from the committee on banking reported a bill authorizing state taxation of national bank notes after some business the house went into committee of the whole to consider the deficiency bill butler explained items of the bill and in the cou con course so of a speech defended the R republican e policy of reconstruction be he said the party would take noster no step backward the bill passed 97 against 60 50 P navies avies from tho the committee on elections reported that cleaver the delegate from irom irom new mexico had prima facia right to the seat and should be sworn without prejudice an on the merits of the case after discussion cleaver was sworn in seir keir cerr offered a resolution contemplating the retention of the veteran reserve corps A after some minor bu business sineas tho the house adjourned montgomery 22 22 A dispatch says the Freed meni mens abu bureau off omm meers officers who were trying to swindle the tho negroes of alabama have been tarred and varnished by negroes an entire nezro negro family was recently murdered in baldwin co the panama letter learns by private advices advises from carthagena that seward has demanded in positive terms the persons en engaged waged in the massacre of confederate concede officers cers in tho the streets of carthagena th agena to be punished several military officers concerned have voluntarily surrendered to the civil authorities an and are now nominally prisoners there is no doubt but the civil and military authorities thorit thorl ties les connived at the massacre quito equito correspondence says for the a approaching pro aching election for the presidency do seemed the favorite candidate philadelphia 1312 22 four large distilleries were seized yesterday on the charge of false returns 1 mem u pil is 1 22 general gen eral ord has haa dispatched e lyan an officer effir of the bureau to washington to represent to government the starving condition of the freedmen A largo large number of counties are in absolute necessity of some provision being made by government to feed the armed freedmen and prevent ent a war of races which would occur in such sections without they are fed ord also instructed the commandants of posts to request the leading colored men to give general notice that all the freedmen who are able will be required to earn their own living during the coming year and they must go to work on the best terms that can be procured freedmen refusing to work for a livelihood when employment can be procured will be punished as vagrants and sheriffs and police officers are requested to operate cooperate co in the enforcement of this order toledo 22 the michigan southern railroad elevator with eighty thousand bushel bushels of wheat was burned last night L loss of s |