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before stated, the war between Spain and Chili had occasioned great excitement among the merchants of both France and England, and they were urging their respective governments to interfere actively in favor of the Chilians. The ship owners of Liverpool were preparing to use the blockade-runners cast out of employment by the end of the American war in China. The steamship Asia, from Liverpool on the twenty-fifth ultimo, and Queenstown on the twenty- sixth, arrived at Halifax on the eighth instant, with two days later news. There was considerable mystery connected with the escape of Stephens, the Fenian Head Centre, the particulars of which have not been as yet disclosed. The Government offers a reward of one thousand pounds for his recapture, and three hundred pounds for information that shall lead to his arrest, with a free pardon to any person or persons giving such information. The opinion was, that Stephens made his escape through the assistance of some of the prison offic
The Quartermaster-General, in an order, publishes the decision of the Second Comptroller, stating that affidavits taken before a notary public after the 1st of October last must have a certificate of the Secretary of State or clerk of the Court of Records to the official character of the notary. It is said that two per cent. of the fractional currency received at the Treasury is counterfeit. This comes to the Department from bankers and others deemed experts in judging money, and two per cent. escaping the detection of such parties gives some idea of the extent of this kind of counterfeiting. It is stated that E. M. Bruce, a member of the late Confederate Congress from Kentucky, has presented General Breckinridge with the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The receipts from internal revenue on the 8th instant amounted to one million four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
From Georgia. New York, December 12. --The steamer Herman Livingston, from Savannah 9th instant, has arrived. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens peremptorily declines the candidacy for the United States Senate. Hon. C. J. Jenkins, recently elected Governor of Georgia, sent a communication to the Legislature on the 8th instant declining the inauguration at present. Nothing is said in the proclamation about the election of Governor. The Savannah Herald contains Provisional Governor Johnson's message to the Legislature, in which he entreats them to bring forward their prejudices and animosities and offer them as a sacrifice on the altar of our common country, that we may once more present the happy spectacle of brothers. The House of Representatives has instructed the Judiciary Committee to report a bill securing to persons of color the right of property, the right to sue and be sued, and to testify in the courts.
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Court of conciliation — Sine die Adjournment. (search)
From Europe. Portland, Me, December 18. --The steamer Peruvian, from Liverpool on the 8th instant, has arrived. O'Leary, the Fenian, has been sentenced to twenty years transportation. He protested his innocence. Lord Russell is preparing a reform bill. The Shenandoah put back to Liverpool on account of stormy weather. Cotton during the week has declined one-quarter — sales, 99,000 bales. Breadstuffs steady and unchanged. Consols, 87¼. Additional by the Peruvian. O'Leary, the Fenian, after the rendition of a verdict of guilty, made a speech denying that he was a traitor and declaring that he owed no allegiance to the Queen of England nor obedience to the British laws. In Liverpool, the sales of cotton to speculators were 25,000 bales; to exporters, 28,000 bales. The sales on the day the Peruvian sailed were 7,000 bales--market closing quiet and steady. Breadstuffs quiet but steady. Consols for money, 87¼@87⅝. Decrease of bullion in the Ban<
e does not always agree with the relatives of Eastern potentates; and Nesle-Hanen sought to solace her widowhood by a systematic course of intrigues. Her emissaries frequented the cafes. When a candidate for introduction had been found, he was desired to present himself at a certain gate of the palace at a certain hour. There he was received by an eunuch of the harem; his eyes were bandaged and he was conducted to the presence.--For a week Nesle-Hanen was the most amiable hostess. On the eighth day, "My husband is coming home," she would say; "we must part; but when he is again absent I shall take care that you return." The visitor's eyes were again bandaged. When the Princess was residing at her palace on the Nile he was conducted to a door opening on the river, and sped forward with a gentle push. At another of the royal seats the Khalig canal took the place of the Nile. At the palace in the Moskee the same useful office was performed by a cistern. These frequent disappea
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