LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 929, 6 April 1868, Page 3

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Hew York, Feb. 15, 1863. The camps .of. both the Republican and Democratic parties are in a state of considerable perplexity to know who they shall fix upon as, candidates for the next Presidency. General Grant is now the favorite of one wing of the Radicals, but the other wing are strongly for Chief Justice Chase. The Conservative Republicans, or at least a portion of them, declare they are sick and tired of the acts and measures of the Radicals, and. propose holding a National Convention at an early day in Philadelphia, to nominate General Dix as their candidate for President. The. Democrats know not as yet whom they shall choose, for their standard bearer, but all the indications at present point to Andrew Johnson. . : ' The white people of "flic State of Alabama have sent a petition to Congress, reciting the many grievances they are tinder from the present military and negro rule, concluding, as follows * — " Continue over us, if you will do so, your own rule by the sword. Send down among us honorable and upright men of your own people, of the race to which you and we belong — and ungracious, contrary to wise policy and the institutions of the country,, and. tyrannous as it will be, no hand will be raised among us to resist by force their authority. But do not, we implore you, abdicate your rule over us by transferring us to the blighting, brutalizing, and unnatural dominion of an alien and inferior race, a race which has never exhibited sufficient administrative ability for the good government of even the tribes into which it is broken up in its native seats, and which in all ages has itself furnished slaves for all the other races of the earth." - The Adjutant General of the new Dominion of Canada strongly urges the necessity of immediately fortifying the frontier of Canada. . He declares that the < preservation of Canada, in the event of war with the United States, depends on the construction of a series of detached forts, in wide circumference, without which, in the absence of a sound militia system, Canada was indefensible. Late news from that miserable and unhappy country, Mexico, represent that it is it in a st*te bordering on revolution. Various parties are issuing pronunciamentos against the government of President Juarez. A severe fight occurred in the city of Mexico, between the officers of Juarez's bod} r guard and the police, and the whole has been laid before the Mexican Congress. . Gen. Negrete has pronounced in favor of Gen. Oxetga for President, and Gen. Lacedo has sent messengers to the Governors of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora and Sinaloa, proposing the formation of an i independent government to be called the J "Republic of the Pacific," to include Lower California and a portion of Jalisco. Gen. Escobedo it is stated has resigned his command and is said to favor General j Ortega. ,_ ' , Our latest despatches by the Atlantic Cable are as .follows : — Lcorooir, Feb. 14, 1868. In the House of Commons last evening Earl Mayo, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, asked leave to bring in a bill to further suspend, the operation of the writ of habeas corpus in Ireland for a short period from the Ist of March. He laid the Fenian leaders had shown an utter disregard of theiroaths of allegiance to the crown ; and stated that out of the \ two hundred and »ixty-eight Fenians who | had been arrested ninety -five were ! A mericans. He concluded by sayin g that although the government had succeeded in repressing the rebels, still an extension of its powers was necessary to enable it to complete the work. Leave to bring in the bill was granted. Lord Stanley laid before the House additional papers on the subject of the Alabama claims. These documents have already been published. It has been decided that the British West India mail steamers shall cease calling at the island of St. Thomas ; but some other place, probably Jamaica, will be chosen as a mail station for the steamers. The Fenian Lennon, who was convicted of treason-felony, but not of murder, was yesterday brought before the Court in Dublin and sentenced to imprisonment at i hard labor for the term of fifteen years. After receiving his sentence Lennon made a bitter and defiant speech, in which he predicted that before he. had served] out the term of his imprisonment the British monarchy would be overthrown. He glories in the act for which he was j condemned, and hoped an v opportunity would be given him to repeat it. ' 7 Pabis, Feb 14. Rumors are current of a contemplated

change in the Minutry, ia defWenoe to the wishes and aeaeimentsj of the liberal party. The govern nrjdntfia rapidly pushing for* 1 ward the organisation of the National Guard in all the departments of France, in. accordance with the provisions of the army -bill recently adopted by the Senate and Legislative Body. . FiOHWOS, Feb. 14, 1808, General Menabrea, the Prime Minister, haa told the Parliament in reply to a that the government had despatched seven ships to the river La Plata, South America, but guv© no information as to the object of the expedition. Yesterday evening Admiral Farragut having recovered from a slight illness, attended a state dinner at the Royal Palace, to which he was invited by ICiiu Victor Einunuel. . The Italian journals eontaiu frequent J reports in regard to the visit of Adinir.il [ Karra^ut and seem to be persu ded th.ir he is here on some mission of great itn i fiortance. The last rumor which lias appeared id to the effect that his objects is to obtain a naval station in the Mediterj rannean for the- -D-nited- States, and that he has been instructed to apply to the Italian government for the use of the port of Spezzia for that purpose.