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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
General Belknap, the new Secretory of 
War, arrived at the Capital on the 26th uIt. On 
Monday morning, the 1st inst, he appeared at 
the War Department and took the oatli of office. 
The officers of the army on duty n.f the Wash¬ 
ington station called and were introduced by 
General Sherman. 
A number of citizens of Iowa called upon 
Secretary Belknap on the evening of the 2d, at 
his t emporary residence in Washington, and an 
address of welcome was made by Associate Jus¬ 
tice Miller of Iowa, to which the Secretary re¬ 
plied, 
Au important decision has just been promul¬ 
gated by the Commissioner of Internal ilcvenuo 
regarding the manufacturers' taxon newspaper 
and other publishers, affirming that In the mean¬ 
ing of the law they are manufacturers. 
'Hie Secretary of the Treasury lias established 
a United States depository at Tucson, (lie capi¬ 
tal of Arizona, C. II. Lord was appointed to 
take charge, and required to give bonds to tho 
amount of $200,000. 
Sixteen insane soldiers from the Department 
of tlm Pacific were received here at the Govern¬ 
ment Hospital for die Insano on tho 20th ult. 
Tlds is the first arrival of this class of army pa¬ 
tients from tho Pacific Coast- Under a recent 
order, all Insane soldiers tire to be provided for 
at t he insane asylum here. 
General McMahon had a conversation with 
Secretary Fish on Paraguayan matters on the 
28th ult. It, is reported t hat Minister McMahon’s 
course in Paraguay is approved by the State 
Department, and it Is even intimated (hut lie 
nnty be returned to bis late position. His recall 
was ordered by Mr. Washbunie, it. is said, while 
Secretary of State, in retaliation for bis being 
appointed to succeed CL A. W’ushburno, the late 
Score tury’s brother. 
Minister Lmv lias not yet received his instruc¬ 
tions tut Minister to Chinn, but will in a few days. 
He will sail immediately for Europe. Mr. Wade, 
the British Charge d’Affaires. who succeeds Mr. 
A1 cock in Chinn, is reported to have said that 
J. Ross Browne was in error in slating tint tho 
Clilue.se had made no progress. They had re- 
cenlly established a foreign office and provided 
for Hie education nf youth abroad, and these, 
wit h tho appointment of Mr. Burlingame’s mie- 
sion, indicated considerable progress. Mr. Wade 
think - all Burlingame’s treaties will he ratified. 
Comptroller Brodhcad of the Treasury lias de¬ 
cided in otieet that tho Government cannot re¬ 
pay money out of which the rightful claimant 
has been defrauded livnei !lim •infill! /.n 
Gen. Charles K. Gardner died on the 1st, aged 
eighty-three years. He had filled many impor¬ 
tant Offices, having been Adjutant-General of 
the Army, Surveyor-General of Oregon, Post- 
- master of Washington City, and Sixth Auditor 
of the Treasuary. 
The Louisiana Congressmen are trying to In¬ 
duce Secretary Robeson to recommend the es¬ 
tablishment. of a navy yard at New Orleans. 
’ They set forth the claims of the Crescent City in 
preference to Mound City, III., at which place it 
is contemplated to make a permanent navy yard. 
Senator Morton and Representatives Bingham 
and Butler have prepared speeches in advocacy 
of the cause of Cuba, which they will deliver 
soon alter the assembling of Congress. Mr. Bing¬ 
ham was opposed to Cuban recognition in the 
last session, but has become convinced during 
the recess that the revolution has assumed a 
magnitude which warrants encouragement by 
our Government. 
A dinner was given by General Harney to tho 
President, Gen. Sherman and a number of other 
distinguished officials at tho Capital. 
The American Union Academy of Literature, 
Sea nce and Art, completed its organization on 
the 1st. Its membership Includes many of the 
most eminent men of learning in this, commu¬ 
nity. Dr. John W. Draper of the New York 
University Was unanimously elected President, 
and has accepted. Tho Vice-Presidents are Judge 
Casey of the Court of Claims, the Rev. Dr. Samp¬ 
son, President of Columbia College, and Judge 
b. W. Borlhy, formerly of Ohio. A. R. Spofford, 
Librarian of the Congressional Library, waa 
chosen Corresponding Secretary, and W. D. Gal¬ 
lagher, formerly a journalist. of CineirmuH, lie- 
cording Secretary. Tho Academy is formed on 
the most liberal principles, without restriction 
ns to the number or Its members. In its general 
object, and scope it is designed to servo the pur¬ 
poses aud accomplish the usefulness at mined by 
tho French Academy. 
The pubile debt report, issued on 1 he 1st shows 
a decrease of the debt of $7,633,888 since the last 
report. The total decrease since March 1 is $02,- 
332,070. Amount of bonds redeemed, 1 1L394.5M. 
Currency balance, $7,246,205; coin balance, $110,- 
094,711. 
On the 1st, Secretary BOUtWol) addressed tho 
following letter to United States Treasurer 
Spinner: 
Sin: In answer toycmr letter of October 30, stating 
tlii.t you have $117,277.50 In gold, of interest <1in> this 
yitz ,"!?.purchased for the rtnUinp flint], and 
<»,«•«>.00In Kohl, interest flue this day on bonds spe- 
f -hilly purchased to await t lie action of Congress, and 
ii.Hieing fiijtnlotion i*rt T»» Mu? Ion of ih(»*m 
umouxil*, I na.Vi> the JlOBor to juiy Mint you will h**II 
nil of pitfii gitlti, uiul with tho pi*occ©(1h juirulmsi' « 
buntlH, and ?ulr1 Hie mitm* to th« i ospoof Ive funds foj 
which the gold was r«<?nlvc<1 tnat Is, the gold re- 
f'oivod fix ihtoroHt On tlip .sinking fund bond* to bo 
expanded rof lli« purclmno ot IhujiN und mtdud to 
Mint innd, mid Unit rounivod from tbu bonds Mpcriai. , 
Jy luindiuviod* to l.r* Hold mxl uxijcmiuti in huhda to 
add tUcreto. V cry 
OEOIUiK ?% JioLTTWICLL, 8cc, of Treasury. 
has been lUTmuded l»y u claim a^eut or attorney. 
The Secretary of the Argentine Legation, in 
Washington, has, under the authority of the Ar- 
genhne Minister, burned a protest against tho 
statements recently put forth as those of Gen¬ 
eral McMahon, to the etfecf.1 hut the cm cities of 
Lopez have not exceeded those of the Allies, 
winch the Secretary characterizes as a. “gratu¬ 
itous calumny," and “offensive to tho honor of 
the Argentine army." of whoso Commander-]n- 
Chiof ho says lie is “a close relative." 
Secretary Iloutwell declines to sml gold in Bos¬ 
ton, because the receipts there do not exceed the 
payments, and it would consequently bo neces¬ 
sary to ship gold from New York there for tho 
purpose of selling. 
In the case of Paul vs. tho Stale of Virginia 
the Supreme Court on the 1st inst. rendered n 
decision that State corporations, such as insur¬ 
ance companies. arc not citizens, but creations 
of the State, subject to restrictions that are not. 
imposed upon citizens. Mr. Paul, who is the 
agent of several insurance companies incorpor¬ 
ated outside of Virginia, is by this decision com¬ 
pelled to furnish bonds for a faithful perform¬ 
ance by his companies of their agreements be L,ro 
he can secure policies for them in Virginia. 
The Washingtonians have become alarmed at 
the magnitude the question of a removal of Ike 
national Capital has assumed, and have prepared 
a document for presentation to the President 
urging him in his forthcoming message to dis¬ 
countenance the measure. 
Well executed counterfeit, stamps, such ns are 
used for legal documents, have been received 
from California by Commissioner Delano. 
The suit to recover $1,000,000 prize money for 
Farragut’s men at the capture of New Orleans 
will be vigorously contested by the Government, 
which has instructed its attorneys to make a de¬ 
termined defence both on tho Jaiv mid the facts. 
A committee appointed by the Louisville Com¬ 
mercial Convention waited upon tho President 
on the 3d. General Walbridge addressed Hie 
President and expressed the satisfaction of tho 
Convention at the course of tho administration, 
and in his reply the President took occasion to 
say that lie had no aspirations for a second term 
of office. 
It is thought by the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, at Washington, that tho conditional esU- 
mate of the cotton crop (2.750,000 bales) will be 
exceeded, and that there is an ample sufficiency 
for the wants of the country. 
An important opinion was given on the 2d, in 
the Supreme Court of the United States in tho 
case in appeal of Thorington us. Smith and Hart¬ 
ley, in which if. Is hold that, a contract made in 
the Confederate States during the rebellion to bo 
paid in Confederate notes,should bo paid in law- 
ful money of the United States according to the 
value of Confederate notes at tho date of tho 
contract, when not made in nid of the rebellion. 
Commissioner Delano and Secretary Boutwell 
held a conference on the 29th ult., in reference 
to the continued attacks onrovenuo officers in 
the South. As the civil authorities pay no at- 
tent ion to the outrages, it is probable that tbo i 
military authorities will be ordered to see that , 
the offlt rrs are protect ed in t he d iseharge of thei r ] 
duties. 
During the past fiscal year 730.000,000 letters 
passed thrdngh tho mails of the United States i 
being an increase of 40,000,000 over any previous t 
year. This is about twenty letters per head for . 
every man, woman, and child in the United < 
Slates. 
Treasurer Spinner will recommend in his re¬ 
port that the amount received and credited ns t 
“ conscience fund," and that received from the ? 
sale of specimen fractional currency, which is t 
not redeemable, be transferred to a si old ng fund i 
and applied to the payment of the National ( 
Debt, The former is nearly $114,000, and the 
latter nearly $23,000, , 
New York. 
At the State election held on Tuesday, the 2d 
inst., the Democrats were successful by about. 
20,000 majority. Tho State officers elect arc:— 
Secretary of Stale — *Homer A. Nelson. Slate 
" Comptroller-* Williimi F. Alien. Attorney-Gene¬ 
ral—' *Mai-slmll B. Champlain. Slate Treasurer - 
' * Wheeler H. Bristol. Slate Kiojineer — *Van 
’ Rensselaer Richmond. Canal Commissinor — 
WjJllam w. Wright, Inspector of State Prisons - 
Fordytee Luflin. Judge of the Court of Appeal* - 
John A. Lott (long term,) Robert Earl (short 
‘ term.) (Those noted with a ♦ are re-elected.) 
The Senate will probably consist of seventeen 
| Democrats und fifteen Republicans; and Hie 
Assembly of sixty-eight Democrats and fifty- 
eight Republicans. Thevotcupon the tiewCon- 
stilotion lias not. been received at. tho hour of 
our writing. 
Brooklyn hold its city election on tho 2d., and 
ohosaMartin Kalbtieiech, Dem., Mayor; Robert 
Furcy, Dorn., Street Commissioner: A. Walter, 
Rep. (gain); Thomas Foran, Dem., Henry Corr, 
Dom., Superintendents of the Poor. Supervi¬ 
sors and Aldermen were elected only in alternate 
wards. The result leaves the Board of Supervi¬ 
sors the same as last year, fifteen Democrats to 
seven Republicans, Tho next Board of Alder¬ 
men will stand fifteen Democrats to seven Re¬ 
publicans, a Democratic gain of one from last 
year. 
A sleeping car on the Oswego and Susque- 
linnnnh Railroad was t hrown from the track on 
tho30th ult,., and several persons were seriously 
injured. 
Gen. John E. Wool of Troy is seriously ill, and 
fears are entertained for his recovery. Ho is 
eighty years of age. 
About one o’clock on the morning of the 2d a 
train on the Boston and Albany Railroad was 
vim off the track, at Chatham Four Corners, by 
the displacement of a switch, which had been 
turned by some malicious person. This is the 
second attempt t.o destroy trains at the same 
place and in the same manner. Ton thousand 
dollars reward is offered for the detection of the 
offender. 
On the 3d Judge Johnson, of the New York 
Supremo Court, filed his decision in the ease of 
the Albany and Susquohannuh Railroad Com¬ 
pany. It requires the receiver to pay the cur¬ 
rent expenses of the road and the interest duo 
on coupon bondsand bonds loaned the compun v, 
and authorizes him ro receive all balances duo 
the company, nc is forbidden to borrow money 
for tho company without judicial authority. 
The agreement for consolidation between the 
New York Central and Hudson River Railroads 
was ratified on the 1st. The total stock is forty- 
five millions, the Central being put, nr 207 and 
the Hudson Rivcrat 185. The officers of the con¬ 
solidated company are Cornelius Vanderbilt, 
Fiesidcnt; Win. II. Vanderbilt, Vice-President; 
E. D. Worcester, Treasurer; Augustus Schell, 
Secretary. The name of tho new company is the 
New York Control and Hudson River Railroad. 
On the 3d a caso came up in New York, in ! 
which Patrick O Toole, a lad of eighteen, sued * 
the managers of the House of Refuge for $10,000 '• 
dn mages on account of bad treatment in keeping ^ 
him in a dose room, on ii|suffident. food, in erm- 
sequcnco of which he got the itch and became l 
much debilitated. The managers contend that . 
there is no cause for action, because children are < 
sometimes absolutely committed to their charge, ' 
and they are no more liable to a suit tlum a judge 
or jury in a civil action. The Judge reserved j 
his decision. ( 
Madame Anna Bishop, the cantatricc, has re- t 
t timed to New York City after a four years’ ab- i 
sence, in which she lias made a tour a linos t round < 
Hie world and encountered adventures as ro¬ 
mantic as those encountered by Robinson 
Crusoe. ] 
Colonel Clarke, formerly of the Thirteenth t 
(Brooklyn) Regiment, was before Commissioner > 
cred Osborn, on the 3d, charged with engraving plates 
•or- for manufacturing counterfeit currency. Ho 
of was hdd in $25,000 ball to await the aotion of tho 
>st- Grand Jury. 
tor Tho low water caused a grand blockade of 
boats in the Hudson around the port of Troy. 
In- Some fifty or a hundred boats lie hard aground 
os- three miles below Troy, comprising canal boats, 
ns. barges, tugs and steamers. No such complete 
■ In blockade of the river ever occurred before. 
’ il A young lady, while going to her wedding in 
rd. Itondout, tbo25th ult., was thrown from t he car- 
im rlago and broke her leg. It was proposed to take 
icy her to a physician and have tho limb set, but she 
, r er ret used, saying she was going to lie married first , 
ig- And she was. 
ho A lad named Kingslow was struck by the 
ng lightning train going south at Cold Spring, near 
I a Poughkeepsie, on tho Hudson River Road, on 
by on the 29th ult.., and killed. 
Tho Albany Journal says that all the parties 
ho concerned In the anti-rent disturbances were in¬ 
let’ dieted by thcGrand Jury for riot. This includes 
the Witbccks and their friends, Hie officers, Col. 
re, Church and tho men sent by him to dispossess 
on Wm. Witbeck. Tho parties have all been tu¬ 
be rested, aud have given bail to appear at the No- 
U- vember term of the Oyer and Terminer. The 
He Troy Times thinks that we have probably hoard 
it, the last of the case. 
go From a statement of the business transacted 
p- by the New York Post-Office with Europe and 
ifo the West Indies, for tho quarter ending Sept, 
d. 30th, It appears that 1.234,080 letters have been 
as received, and 1,390,280 sent; total, 2,825,200. The 
il- amount of postage collected on inward mails j 
c- was $158,723.00, and on outward $17t,400.98; total, 
m $.735,184.04, 
m Colo, who recently shot at a policeman in Al¬ 
ai I a my, escaped from the jail there on tho 1st inst., 
r- accompanied by John C. Delly, confined on a 
>y charge of burglary. 
JTIalne. 
Thf. trial in the caso of Staples against, tho 
Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company, for 
■' alleged injuries received in a railway accident, 
• was begun a t Belfast, on the28th ult. Theplain- 
Dff and several of the witnesses are deaf mutes, 
and at. the t ime of the accident were returning 
■’ from a deaf and dumb convention. The trial is 
'* peculiar, from the fact that much of the testimo¬ 
ny has to bo taken in the sign language. 
There are now lying at wharves in Portland, 
d six fine vessels, built In that district and launched 
•j within 1 lie present month. Tho smallest ol these 
n is 524 tons and the largest 1,814, with an aggregat e 
IJ tonnage of 5,000 tons. 
'r Tho Portland detectives are working up the 
- recent attempt to poison a whole family in that 
‘‘ city. 11 is said that startling developments will 
chortly bo made. 
Slew Hampshire. 
Du. Fletcher, the State fish commissioner, i- 
making arrangements to stock Lake Winnipi- 
1 seogco and other waters in New Hampshire with 
t Juke shad from Lake Champlain. 
A church society In Milford having repaired 
5 its church und raised its pastor’s salary, set 
- about providing him with a parsonage. Contri¬ 
butions of $5,000 were made, und a house bough t, 
i the deed drawn up and the money ready to be 
paid, when it was found that the former deed 
was. given in Know Nothing times, and forbudo 
the rntte of tbe'erwtl to any foreigner, ami also 
prohibited any foreigner ever to reside or build , 
I upon it. Such restrictions were not to be agreed , 
i to, and tho society is now looking for another , 
i house. , 
Vermont, 
Toe fire in Braitloboro’, on the 31st ult., by j 
which the Brattlcboro’ House and several other j 
buildings were destroyed, was the work of r 
moon diaries, who also disabled the lire engines. , 
Buyers, the keeper of a saloon which wus de- , 
Etroycd, and whose insurance was said to be cx- | 
eosslve, has been arrested, together with His son, , 
on suspicion of causing the fire. Chapin’s block c 
and Blake’s block are among tho buildings v 
burned, and thirteen firms and four families are a 
thrown out of business and shelter In conse- , 
qucnce. The Joss is estimated at $50,000, and the f 
Insurance $40,000. 
There are only four towns in the State that p 
have never failed since the organization of the c 
Slate government to be represented every year 
i u the Lcgislut ure—G uilford, Rutland, Wotliers- T i 
field and Wells. t] 
iQassaeitiisctta. 
The annual State election was held on Tucs- J’ 
day the 2d inst. Tho latest ret urns giveforGov- c: 
ernor. Ciafliu, Republican, 03,050; Adams, Demo- if 
crat, 47.396; Chamberlin, Labor Reform. 12,793. c - 
ClafJin over Adams, 21,240; over all, 8,111. As h' 
fur ns heard from, choHouse stands—Republi¬ 
cans, 150; Dcmocrals.51; Labor Reform. 19, with 
districts elocHng 20 members to hear from. Tho 
Senate is composed of 30 Republicans, 9 Demo- 
crats, and one Labor Reform. The main issue, ’j 
! however, in tho Legislature was upon Frohibi- a 
Honor License. Tho rcsulr. is negative, as tho 
Senate is for the former and Ihc House for the 
latter. In the Seventh District Geo. M. Brooks, E 
Republican, is elected to Congress. sc 
Fourteen or fifteen years ago. Miss Caroline t!l 
Plummer of Salem, (who founded in Harvard w 
Collogea “ Professorship of the Heart," of which as 
Bishop Huntington, then a Unitarian, was the 
first incumbent.) gave about $40,000 to establish tr 
in Salem the " Plummer Farm School of Reform it’ 
for Boys.” Tho fund has been managed by ten $3 
trustees, and lias now accumulated enough to T * 
justify them in building an establishment, which cn 
they are about to do on Winter Island, near Sa- 1)0 
lem, at a cost of $8,000, appropriated by that city. 
Next Jersey. 
1 ‘ 1 ( 
The result of the elccrinn for members of the p,, 
Legislature in Now Jersey, on Tuesday, the 2d 1}a 
inst., showsa gain of one Doraoeratic Senator tu 
and one member of Assembly. Tbo Senate 0S( 
stands thirteen Democrats to eight Republicans, 
and the House thirty-three Democrats to twen¬ 
ty-seven Republicans. i 
On the 30th ult. Justice McKinney, a magis- ' in 
t rato of Newark, N. J., was fined fifty dolhirs, by lei 
Judge Depue, in that City, for extortion in t01 
charging three dollars for a warrant when he 
was only entitled to twenty-five cents. 1 
Mrs. Dickey was shot by her husband in a fit of en 
jealousy at Bombay Hook on the 2d inst, and ,0 
died on the 3d. An inquest was held, at which 
the facts as stuted were confirmed. Dickey, 
"’ho has been captured, was committed to the !!r: 
county jail. Ca 
Pennsylvania. ( 
The flag of tho One Hundred and Fiftieth tin 
Pennsylvania Regiment, which was captured by ou 
tlie rebels at the battle of Gettysburg, and after- Jai 
ward found among the baggage captured from coi 
Jeff. Davis, has been returned to (he State Adju¬ 
tant-General at Harrisburg. 
An application for the reduction of bail in tho 
case of Neil McLaughton, Hie driver of the car¬ 
riage in which 1 he assailants of Detective Brooks 
ot Philadelphia, rode, lias been refused by Judge 
Allison. 
Delaware. 
A max from California, one John Whortenby, 
claims to be the owner of the entire town of 
< layton, in Kent county. Eighty years ago, on 
the death of its possessor, the land on which this 
thriving town is buiJt vns sold by the Sheriff, 
and now this V. tiortenby claims that, the land 
wus entailed to him, and has caused a writ of 
ejectment, to bo served to try and determine his 
title. The townspeople call Whortenby grasping. 
A portion of Hie Abbott rolling mills at Can¬ 
ton was burned on Monday night the 1st. inst. in¬ 
cluding valuable machinery. The loss Is over 
$100,000, and six hundred workmen are tempo¬ 
rarily thrown out. of employment. 
Hon. Charles A. Wiokliffc, once Governor of 
Kentucky, and Postmastor-General during Pres¬ 
ident Tyler’s administration, died on Sunday 
evening the 31st ult. at his son’s residence, in 
Howard county. 
Virginia. 
Ford’s tobacco factory in Lynchburg was 
seized ou the 30th ult., by direct order from 
\\ ashington for alleged revenue frauds by means 
of counterfeit stamps. 
John Minor Bolts’farm, in Culpepper county 
has been sold to a Northern man for $55,000 
cash. It contains upward of nine hundred acres. 
West Virginia. 
Full returns from tho election have not boon 
received, but the Senate will, probably, stand, 
Republicans, 18; Democrats, 4. House, Repub¬ 
licans 31; Democrats, 85. Of tho Senate Repub¬ 
licans, eight ure liberals, and in the House tho 
radicals’ strength is fifteen. 
North Carolina. 
Governor Holden is stated to have enrolled 
a large body of negro militia, which is to be sent 
to Orange and Chatham counties to assist tho lo¬ 
cal authorities in preserving order. 
On the 80th nil., tho Court at Wilmington dis¬ 
charged all tho officer , of the Cuban privateer 
except seven, who were held in $500 each to ap¬ 
pear before the United .Suites District Court on 
tlieSth inst. Captain Higgins’ name is riot umong 
tho Eovon. One of the counsel for th--Govern¬ 
ment dlod on t lie 00th ult. The suit u« libeling 
the steamer will next be tried. 
The principal buildings in the town of Smarts- 
villo were burned on the28th ult. 
The Alta Californian and San Francisco Times 
have boon consolidated under a title formed of 
the names of both journals. 
California claims to have room for many more 
farmers, and is about to send agents to tho East 
to offer inducements to settlers- 
The town of Cisco was destroyed by fire on the 
1st inst. 
Utah. 
A serious schism is threatening tho Mormon 
Church. Mr. S ton house, the editor of tho Mor¬ 
mon paper, heads Hie opposition to Brigham 
Y'oung, and has been suspended from the editor¬ 
ship of the Church organ. At Brigham’s denlh 
it is thought a revolution will be inaugurated 
that will sweep away polygamy. 
A train on the Pacific Railroad Tided with Mor¬ 
mon emigrants ran into a passenger train which 
was off the track, near Evanston, on tho 27th 
ult., killing four passengers and wevunding seve¬ 
ral others. 
On the 2d inst. tho editor of tho Utah Repor¬ 
ter, Corinne, was beaten almost to death at Brig¬ 
ham City, it is surmised, on account of articles 
in his paper against polygamy. 
A schooner laden with ores, lumber, &c., has 
navigated Salt Lake from its southern extremity 
arriving at Corrinne, on the Pacific Railroad’ 
on the 3d. * 
Dominion of Cannila. 
The President of the Grand Trunk Railway 
lias been in St. Louis endeavoring to effect con¬ 
nections with Missouri roads, in order to induce 
shipment of Western produce to European poris 
by way of the Grand Trunk Railway to Port¬ 
land, Mu. 
The local Parliament of Ontario, opened at 
Toronto on the 3d inst. Lieutenant-Governor 
Howland, in Ids address, suggests increased ef¬ 
forts to promote Immigration, and an outlay of 
public money to reclaim waste marsh lands by 
drainage. 
The thirteen officers of (lie Dominion Cabinet 
are classified ns follows: -Ontario, 5; Quebec, 4; 
New Brunswick, 2. and Nova Scotia, 2. 
The scheme of tho projected Pacific Railroad 
through tho British Provinces shows the length 
of the line to be 2,500 miles, and the capital re¬ 
quired £20,000,000 sterling. 
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FOKEIGN NEWS. 
Ohio. 
! 7 til use of tho Bible and the singincr of hymns 
in I he public schools of Cincinnati has been pro¬ 
hibited by the Hoard of Education, but nn in¬ 
junction against (he Board was granted on tho 
. 2d, forbidding such prohibition. 
A fire occurred on tho29th ult. at the Licking 
i County Infirmary, near Granville. Tho stone 
and frame buildings connected with the tnsHI.ii- 
] Hon were destroyed. The former was occupied 
t by ten insane persons, who, before help could 
roach them, were burned to death. 
• Illinois. 
At the Chicago city election, on Tuesday, the 
,,d inst., tho Citizen s Reform Ticket was sue- 
* cessful by a huge majority. 
Forty-four persons are known to have been 
1 saved from Hie steamboat Stonewall, burned on 
the Mississippi on tho 27th ult. Over two hun¬ 
dred of the passengers and crew are still miss¬ 
ing. A niece of Captain Scott was intending to 
take a trip to New Orleans with her unde, and 
had tier trunks aboard tho boat, when her 
father, becoming suddenly impressed with a 
dread of some impending calamity, induced her 
to return homo and abandon her journey. Six¬ 
teen dead bodies, victims of the disaster, have 
been found in tho river below tl* 3 wreck, which 
was still burning at last accounts. A volunteer 
committee left St. Louis on the. 30th ult. for the 
wreck for Hie purpose of recovering, if possible^ 
and burying tho bodies of tho victims. Two 
thousand dollars was raised in that city to de¬ 
fray the necessary expenses of the committee, 
and a further subscription is to be opened for 
tho benefit of families left destitute by the ac¬ 
cident. 
The car-painting shops of the Illinois Central 
Railroad Company, at Chicago, were, burned on 
tho night of the 1st. Tho loss is 20,009. Insured. 
Pet McKay, u highly esteemed and beautiful 
young lady of Chicago, aged eighteen years, 
committed suicide in that city on the 29th ult. 
by drowning lierseir in the river. No assignable 
cause existed for the rash act, and a note left by 
her only alleges that sho was tired of life. 
Wisconsin. 
Governor Fad ten nm telegraphed on the 3d 
inst. that tho Republican State ticket was elected 
by from 5,099 to 7,099 majority, and that the Sen¬ 
ate and Assembly are both Republican. 
I?Ii»3oi« ri. 
The safe of tho American Merchants’ Union 
Express Company on tho steamer Andy John¬ 
son, at St. Louis, was robbed Sunday morning, 
the 31st ult., of about $2,509. The key of the safe 
was taken from tho messenger’s pocket while 
asleep. 
Tho Lyon Association of St. Louis have con¬ 
tracted with J. AVilson McDonald for an eques¬ 
trian statue of General Nathaniel Lyon, to cost 
$30,000, and to be completed within four years. 
The St. Louis Democrat suggests that Connecti¬ 
cut furnish the pedestal. General Lyon having 
beeu a native of that State. 
A man claiming to be a minister of the Baptist 
Church, recently married a confiding young 
lady in Missouri, and then coolly told her that ho i 
had eight other wives, and that ho intendod to 
have another in less than three months. Unfor¬ 
tunately. the villain succeeded i« making his 
cseapo after trying to murder his new wifer 
i 
Nebraska. 
Cox Reardon, the prize fighter, has been tried 
and convicted at Omaha for robbery, and sen¬ 
tenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Peni¬ 
tentiary. 
California. 
In California there are 3,000 Chinamen out of | 
employment. A hundred of these idlers were f 
to be forwarded to Tennessee to work on the t 
Memphis and El Paso Railroad. t 
The notorious Southern female spy. Belle j 
Boyd, lias become insane and been sent to the , 
California State Lunatic Asylum. ,, 
During the mouth of October the deposits in t 
tho Branch Mint at San Francisco were 89,000 a 
ounces of gold and 57,000 ounces of silver, t 
Japan furnished 28,000 ounces of silver for re- d 
coinage. 
% fireixt fSritniii. 
A money article in the London Times of the 
2d notices t Iso increased exportation of wheat 
from the United States, and indulges in conjer- 
s Hire ns to whether this competition with Russia 
* and Central Europe can be maintained after 
rail ways shall have been opened into these sec- 
0 tions. 
Tho Paris Constittilioanel of the 3d says tho 
? English Government is much occupied at pres¬ 
ent with tho question ol the Dalmatian insur- 
■ roction. 
| A London dispatch of the 3d says that Rev. Dr. 
1 Temple, recently appointed Bishop of Exeter, in 
reply to an address expressed the hope that as a 
Bishop he might, know nothing ol’ parties in the 
, Church, but co-operate with ail. 
Austria. 
John Jay, the American Minister, was at, 
Pesth, Hungary, on thoSOih ult., where ho had 
a conference with Count Andrassy, and after¬ 
ward was prase lit. at, t he Diet. 
The Dalmatian rebellion has reached formid¬ 
able proportions; but the operations against tho 
insurgents on tho part of the Austrian Govern- 
mont havo been interrupted by a heavy fall of 
snow. 
It, is said that. M. Doak will soon form a new 
Reform Party, with a policy differing from that 
of tho present minority. 
Turkey and Egypt. 
The Emperor of Austria was received by the 
Sultan of Turkey, at. Constantinople, on tho 28th 
ult., with the highest honors. 
A survey of the Suez Canal shows that there 
nro twenty feet of water in the canal, but the 
French Empress’ vessel cannot pass through. 
She insists that a lighter vessel bo procured, if 
new soundings do not show that her yacht, the 
Aiolc, can pass through. 
Thu TntornaHanaJ Congress, to decide the 
question of Jurisdiction in the matter of the 
Suez Canal, met at Cairo ou the 29th ult. The 
American Consul was absent, not having been 
empowered to act by his Government. 
Russia. 
The Emperor Alexander, according to a St. 
Petersburg dispatch, will spend a portion of the 
coming winter ot] the Isle of Wight aud in Nice. 
It is rumored in London that Russia has pro¬ 
tested ill a note to Turkey against the passage of 
armed Austrians through Turkish territory. 
A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 2d inst. says 
that tho American Minister, A. G. Curtin,in ad¬ 
dress! ng the Czar, expressed h is pleasure at being 
able to repeat the sentiments of admiration and 
esteem entertained by the Government of the 
United States toward the Czar, and of its hopes 
and desires for the continuation of those fee lings 
and for tho well-being of the present Govern¬ 
ment of Russia, which has been made glorious 
by its wisdom, firmness and justice. 
North Germany. 
A royal decree has been issued appointing 
tho 10th inst as a day of fasting and prayer, with 
particular reference tot he great religious move¬ 
ments that now agitate Europe. 
Quite heavy shocks of earthquake were felt 
on tho evening of the 2d inst. throughout Ger¬ 
many, and particularly in Darmstadt, Wiesba¬ 
den, Mayence and Frankfort. 
Bavaria. 
Father Hosele, elected Bishop of Rothen- 
burg, but not yet confirmed, has been sum¬ 
moned to Romo by the Pope, it is supposed on 
account of his action at the Fulda Conference. 
Spain. 
At the recent meeting in Madrid, composed of 
representatives of the different political parties, 
complete disunion is Said to have existed. Gen¬ 
eral Prim had to use every effort to preveut a 
rupture both on the Church and King questions. 
I'll© Opposition is now stated to be divided, but 
the final selection of tho Duke of Genoa for tho 
throne is regarded as quite probable. In the 
preliminary meetings of parties held ou the 29th 
ult. among the Progressists and Democrats*he 
received one hundred and two votes to t wo for 
tho Duke of Montpensier. Among the Unionists 
all but two Depuries opposed him, while among 
the Monarchists in the Cortes it is said one hun¬ 
dred and sixty-six out of two hundred and nine 
will support his claims. 
