Show ij washington 15 the speaker laid before the hoube house today to day a copy of the correspondence between gen grant and hancock relative to the organization of the city council of new orleans during the correspondence hancock asked to be released in case grant per disapproving of his order san ban francisco 16 advices advises received from yokohama to january A revolution had broken out in consequence of the opening of the new ports the young mikado had been seized by the principal princes of the empire sot set auma suma chaisu and tosa the new ports of osaka and kloco were formally proclaimed open on the first but no trade has been done worth mentioning nashville 15 the conservative state convention have met in this city and have adopted measures warmly andors ing the administration of andrew johnson and declaring that the government was established to give protection and political rights and to secure the material interests of the white race and should be so administered they propose to vote with the democratic party and declare that andrew johnson is the choice of the democratic conservative people of tennessee for the next president tallahassee in the convention today twenty members were present large crowds of colored people collected in the streets before the convention met by request governor walker provided a guard for the convention orleans the democratic mass meet ingi ingfield bield in the st charles theatre tonight to night was densely filled resolutions were adopted in dorsing president johnson and nd affiliating the northern democracy ex governor weller of california fornia was one of the speakers the attention attention of the new york chamier ler of commerce has been called to the facts that tho the value of exports from sh shanghai 1 hal hai is greater than from the entire R russian u aslan empire shanghai is entering upon a career of extraordinary prosperity t lur sur mr poper an englishman has left and will try and cross the snowy mountains to reach calcutta by the river fie results are expected if he goes safe there has been a terrible terri ble blo earthquake in the formosa island thirty thousand lives are lost san ban francisco 15 16 in consideration of the attempt of the English government to unite british columbia with the domain of canada resolutions have been introduced into the legislature of the utmost importance to the pacific states and the whole of the union that britez british columbia be annexed to the united states and that our senators I 1 and representatives be requested to urge the government at washington to us use usa e all honorable means to acquire said territory the governor will be instructed ted to telegraph the resolutions to the president and members of congress from california and the other pacific states the debate says england is endeavoring to determine austria france russia and prussia to suspend the transport of cretan refugees to greece london it is generally believed that stanley will soon succeed derby as head of the british ministry advises advices from abyssinia Abys sina say that theodore is in camp near magdala he is said to be in bad straits in a military an engagement between the two armies is imminent |