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DOMESTIC NEWS, 
n'imlilugton. 
Congress.—Jan. It.—In tho Senate a bill was 
introduced for tho establishment of the letter 
carrier system in every city of live thousand in¬ 
habitants. A long: discussion ensued upon the 
resolution In regard to the Sun Iran cisco whisky 
seizures, and the subject was tin.illy disposed of 
by a motion to take up tho Virginia Bill, which 
w as agreed to, and tho debate resumed from the 
day before. An amendment to Senator Ed¬ 
munds' amendment, providing that before any 
member lakes his scat, in the tapislaiure oi the 
State, or an officer enters upon his duties, he 
shall subscribe to tho oath proscribed in the 
amendment, was modified and agreed to. Sena¬ 
tor Edmunds' amendment as amended was ( hen 
agreed to by u vote of 15 to 13. Several amend¬ 
ments were made and rejected and a rcee-s taken 
until evening. At t he evening session the House 
bill as passed was received and read informally. 
Senator Trumbull proposed to substitute it for 
gold to each of the prominent newspaper cor¬ 
respondents in Washington, and paid the money 
to such as were willing to trade. 
Tho Massachusetts State Temperance Alliance 
have thanked President Grant, Vice-President 
Colfax and others for refusing to furnish their 
guests liquor on Now Year's day. 
Elisha II. Allen, Minister from the Kingdom 
of Hawaii, was introduced to the President on 
the 16th inst.. and presented his credentials with 
the customary ceremonies. 
The State Department has received a dispatch 
from Consul Webb at Zanzibar, under date of 
October 3d, in which it Is staled thut tln-day be¬ 
fore a letter was received by the British Consul¬ 
ate from Hr. J.iv Instone, dated May 30th, isoo, in 
which he writes that he had reached Ugigi, on 
tho Yanganylga Lake, safely and in good health. 
The United States Supreme Court resumed its 
serious on the 17th. The death of the late Ed¬ 
win M. Stauton was announced by Attorney- 
General Hoar, who pronounced a eulogy on the 
deceased, and the Court adjourned us a murk of 
respect to his memory. 
On the 171h the Senate confirmed the nomina¬ 
tion of Hon. II. H- Emmons as Circuit Judge of 
the Sixth Judlulal District. 
The commission appointed for that, purpose 
has reported to Congress that Lafayette Square, 
the measure before the Senate, hut no act ion was 1 Washington, is tin- most eligible site for tliepro- 
tukcn.mid I lie genend debate was resumed and 
continued to 1(1:30 P. M., when the Senate ad. 
journodunt.il Monday, the 17th, with an under¬ 
standing thnl a vote should bo taken on tho hill 
on that day at 4 o'clock, without debate. 
In the House the entire eG>slon was taken up 
with the discussion in regard l o t he admission of 
Virginia, which resulted, at ft P. M., in I he pass¬ 
age by a majority of three of Mr. Bingham’s 
amendment, which provides for the uncondi¬ 
tional admission of tho Stale, as a substitute for 
the hill. The bill was then passed by a vote of 
14,'i to 49. After the vote the House, at 5:30 1’. M., 
adjourned until Monday, the Kth. 
Jan. 17. At the opening of the Senate a largo 
amount of new business wus presented. The 
House bill of last session prohibiting the assign¬ 
ment of retired officers to duly on full pay was 
passed. Senator Sumner introduced a substitute 
for t he bill in regard lo International telegraphic 
communication, and reported from the Com¬ 
mittee on Foreign Affairs, (lie bill, without 
amendment, providing for the satisfaction of 
the claims of American citizens for spoliation 
by tho French prior to July 31, 1 HO I . Throe 
Commissioners are to bi> appointed, and tho 
amount of the claims is not to exceed $5,000,000. 
Not much progress was made with tlie Virginia 
Bill. The Senate bill, after a debate, was tabled 
by a vote of t wonty-livo to twenty-three, mid 
the House bill was taken up. Pending a dlsous- 
cussion on an amendment offered by Senator 
Edmunds to insert the proposition previously 
incorporated in t he Senate lull in rcgunl to the 
imposition of a test oath, tho Senate went into 
Executive session, and soon after adjourned. 
In tho House, among the bills introduced were 
the following:—For Hie promotion of American 
commerce by repealing the tonnage tax on 
American vessels; for an adjournment of Con¬ 
gress on the second Tuesday lu April; for tho 
payment of a year’s salary of an Associate Jus¬ 
tice of the Supremo Court to the family of 
Edwin M, Stanton, deceased, and to abolish the 
trunking privilege from July l, 1870. Rnsohi- 
tions wore adopted, among others, declaring 
that economy required that no official salary 
should bo Increased ; donating cannon for a sol¬ 
dier's lot In the Chicago Cemetery, and calling 
on the Secretary of the Na\ y for tho names of 
defaulting Paymasters since March 1,15159, and 
the amount of defalcation. The sum of $3,000 
was appropriated for the expenses of the Com¬ 
mittee engaged in investigating the gold con¬ 
spiracy. 
Jan. 18.— Tho Senate had a short and unpro¬ 
ductive session. A number of petitions tor the 
abolition of the franking privilege were intro¬ 
duced; several bills were put in, one providing 
for the Increase of the efficiency of tho army, 
doing away with a good deal oi military ma¬ 
chinery, and reducing expenses; and the Vir¬ 
ginia Admission Bill was dismissed for ;t while, 
when the body adjourned by a vote of 34 to 31, 
according to the report, “nppnrcntlj wearied 
with the uninteresting character of the debate." 
in the House Mr. Dawes, in opposing tho 
League Island Navy Yard Bill, made a long 
speech, urging retrenchment. Mr. Judd's Ap¬ 
portionment Bill was taken up, supported by 
Mr. Paine of Wisconsin, and opposed by Messrs. 
Hoar of Massachusetts, and Willard of Vermont, 
and then referred to tho Commit tee of the Whole 
by a vote of 1(11 to 64. Tho Western members 
generally voted in the negative. Among others | 
bills introduced was one for the erection of a 
post-office and other Government buildings in I 
Brooklyn, N. V. 
Jan. 15).—The Senate made some slight pro¬ 
gress with tho Virginia Bill. Senator Edmunds’ 
amendment, to require tho imposition of an oftlh 
of the State officers that I hoy are eligible under 
the Fourteenth Amendment, was adopted by a 
vote of 45 yeas to 10 nays; and an additional 
amendment, offered by the same gentleman, 
providing that tho first clause of the bill shall 
take effect on the 1st of March and the residue 
on its passage, was passed. Among the now 
papers introduced was the memorial from the 
Chamber of Commerce of New Voi le City, re¬ 
garding the harbor encroachment threatened 
by the Jersey shore; a petition from citizens of 
Now York State against the proposed enlarge¬ 
ment of the .Military Academy at West Point; 
and several petitions for the abolition of tho 
franking privilege. Tho Judiciary Cotmnitteo 
reported against the passage ol the bill allowing 
States to determine tho qualification of wit¬ 
nesses In United Suites Courts. 
In the House tho concurrent resolution for 
tho adjournment of Congress on the second 
Tuesday in April was rejeetod—74 to 07. Bills 
wore introduced providing for a Niagara ship 
canal, and donating cannon for a monument at 
West Point: and petitions were presented tor 
the abolition of the trunking privilege, and for 
the repeal of the tax on ship-building interests. 
During the morning hour the bill for the re¬ 
moval of the Philadelphia Navy Yard lo League 
Island was debated, Messrs. Kelley and Dickey 
replying to Mr. Dawes' speech of the 18th. Tho 
Committee on Ways and Means reported a reso¬ 
lution declaring that Incomes of 1870 are to be 
taxed under the law. In Committee of the 
Whole the Pension mid the West Point Acad¬ 
emy Bills were considered. Afterwards the Pen¬ 
sion Bill was reported to Hie House and passed. 
MISCELLAN ICO ITS. 
A New York daily says that the Spanish agents 
in Washington have recently offered $1,000 in 
pOsed new State Department building, and the 
next Scott Square, in the event of tho rejection 
of the former. 
Commissioner Delano has decided that the tax 
Imposed upon dividends, undistributed sums 
and upon salaries, did not expire on the ,'ilat 
tilt., but should thereafter he held and paid as 
heretofore. 
An effort. Is milking by ft number of old army 
officers mid political friends of Gen. McClellan 
to have Gen. I'itz John Porter relieved of the 
disabilities imposed on him by flic court martial 
before which he was tried, for his action at the 
second buttlf of Bull Bun. The West Point in¬ 
fluence was brought to bear on the President in 
favor of Porter, and it is said that Gen. Sherman 
will recommend clemency, 
New York. 
On Friday tho 14th inst, only tho State Senate 
was iu session, the Assembly having adjourned 
until thelDth.on account of the Illness of Speak¬ 
er Hi tollman. The only action of general inter¬ 
est was the Introduction of a bill to amend the 
general bankrupt act. 
On tho mtl, In the Soilftte, a bill was Intro- 
due*.! to amend the act relative to the encroach¬ 
ment* and obstructions of the harbor of New 
York. Senator Chapman Introduced a bill to j 
facilitate the payment of tuxes by railroad com¬ 
panies. Senator Murphy, of Kings, Introduced 
two Important bills, one providing the appoint¬ 
ment of three commissioners to revise the stat¬ 
utes of the State, at $5,000 each, and the other to 
allow trade societies to make all necessary by¬ 
laws, &e., for their mutual aid, benefit mid pro¬ 
tection, and declaring that the so-eailed con¬ 
spiracy law ahull not apply lo trades unions. 
Tliis bill wus sent up with approval anil seal of 
the New York Workingmen's Union attached. 
On the 19th, In the Senate, a bill was passed ap¬ 
proving the location of tho Insane Asylum for 
Western New York. Senator Tweed reported 
the bill to amend the Act providing for the gov¬ 
ernment of New York. A number of bills, in¬ 
cluding one appropriating $500,003 to tunnel the 
Catskills, wore introduced, and after u brief Ex¬ 
ecutive Session the Senate adjourned. 
in the Assembly the Speaker announced the 
appointments lor the session. Among the bills 
Introduced were I,lie following: -To charier the 
.Manhattan Loan and Trust Company; relative 
to steam ferries, and for the preservation of 
human life in New York and Brooklyn, and for 
night boats on the Brooklyn ferries; for a pub¬ 
lic market in the Thirteenth Ward of New York; 
to protect life ami property in New York ; rela¬ 
tive to carrying pistols. Several resolutions 
were offered and referred, and after the con¬ 
sideration of several bills of no general Import¬ 
ance in Commute of the Whole, the Assembly 
adjourned. 
The motion to set aside the judgment in the 
Albany and Susquehanna Ball road ease, In Al¬ 
bion. lias been ordered over to a special term at 
Rouhoster, on the 31st inst., by Judge Tuleotl. 
On the 19th, the State Canal Convention met at 
Rochester, Nathaniel Sanda of New York City, 
was chosen President. A delegation was present 
from Toledo, O., and allowed to take part in the 
proceedings of the Convention. A speech was 
made by ex-Governor Seymour, in which ho 
strongly advocated the abolition Of the eontinet 
system, and letters were read from a number of 
gentlemen distinguished for financial ability. 
On I he 19th, a motion was argued at Coopcrs- 
town, In this Stale, before Judge Murray, in the 
ease Of Ramsey tv*. Fisk, Gould &Oq.< In which 
suit Judge Murray granted an order a few weeks 
since. The plantiff's motion was granted vacat¬ 
ing all stays upon Ramsey's proceedings, and 
allowing him to examine parties and take such 
other proceedings us are advised-defendants to 
answer \i ithing l wenty days. 
The Western Cattaraugus Musical Association 
will holdltsseiui-aiisiuiU Convention at Waverly, 
commencing on Tuesday, February 8, and con¬ 
tinuing four days, closing with a grand concert 
on Friday evening. 
A special election has been ordered to behold 
in (he Common Connell Chamber, in Bingham¬ 
ton, on Monday the 31st, lor the purpose of sub¬ 
mitting to tho tax-payers tho subject of raising 
$75,900 by lax, for the purposes of a high school, 
Hon. Win. Bristol of Warsaw, Wyoming coun¬ 
ty, has been presented with a large and elegant, 
silver water urn and two silver goblets by tho 
citizens of Warsaw for his unrewarded and con¬ 
stant services in seeming the looaMon of tho 
Rochester and State Line Railway, 
The anti-rent raurdor case of Rensselaer coun¬ 
ty Is now In court. The Wjtbeeks, father and 
son, and Zodack L. Bass, son-in-law of t he senior 
Witbeok, wore arrested on tho 15th on a beach 
warrant charging them with the murder, and 
fipon being arraigned before Judgo Romeyn, 
were admitted to bail in t he sum of $10,000 each. 
It is said t he prisoners Intend to press tho trial 
at the next session of the Oyer and Terminer. 
Engineer have begun a new survey of the 
Il.haea and Owego branch of I he Delaware, 
Lackawanna aud Western Railroad. They hope 
to shorten the distance, and make an easier 
grade. 
In the Monroe County Gloi'k’sofflcC, during the 
past year there were recorded 3,878 deeds of real 
estate; 3,33(5 mortgages on real estate; 737 as¬ 
signments of mortgages; 1,737 discharges of 
mortgages; 475 chattel mortgages and thirty-five 
divorces. 
The subject of a railroad fi’om Lockport to 
Attica, and thence on the old Attica and Allegany 
Valley line to Arcade and Manillas la receiving 
considerable attention throughout Wyoming 
county. 
The “ Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals," lately organized in Buffalo, and con¬ 
sisting wliolly of ladies, has the following 
worthy object:—"To impress upon the minds 
of the pupils in the public schools the maxims of 
mercy toward tho irrational creation." 
The report of the Albany Army Relief Asso¬ 
ciation, shows that eighty-two families, exclu¬ 
sively of wtdowsund orphans, have been re¬ 
lieved and assisted by judicious contributions 
from the Burgesses fund, and one hundred and 
twenty tons of coal have been distributed, to¬ 
gether with such additional supplies of clothing, 
&©., as were deemed necessary In many oases. 
On the Dili, Mis. Mary Ann Kirns recovered, 
in the Bupreme Court at Hudson, $Ji,M0 damages 
from her father, Henry G. Becker, in a suit for 
slander. 
On the 151 b, the gas-liouso of the Saratoga Gas 
Company In that village exploded while a num¬ 
ber of men were engaged in plumbing. The 
damage done amounted to $3,600. No one was 
seriously injured, but the shock wus great, aud 
was al. first thought by the villagers to be an 
earthquake. 
Samuel Otto was killed by Walter Graham, in 
the town of Rose, Wayne Co., on the 14th. The 
two quarreled while chopping wood, aud Grahuiu 
Struck Otto on the head with an ax, killing him 
instant ly. The murderer has been arrested. 
Maine. 
On the 18tli, both branches of the Legislature 
voted for United States Senator with the follow¬ 
ing result:—In tho Senate, Lot M. Morrill, 517; 
Isaac Reed,3. In the House, Morrill, 103; Heed, 
30. The House, by a vote of 78 to 39, tabled the 
resolution to attend in a body III© funeral cere¬ 
monies of the kite George Peabody at Portland, 
and accepted (lie committee's report that it was 
inexpedient to attended. 
New Jlampslilrc. 
Rev. Careton Chase, Episcopal Bishop of 
this State, died at Claremount on Tuesday even¬ 
ing, l he 18th inst ., at I Image of seventy-six. IIo 
was bwrn at Hopkinton, N. H., graduated at 
Dartmouth College iu 1817, and was appointed 
Bishop iu 1844. 
Mn**neli ii Metis, 
Rev. Dr. Amos Blanchard, for the past forty 
years pastor of the Kirk street Congregational 
Church in Low el, diod In that city on tho 14ih 
inst. of heart disease. 
The two prisoners who were released from 
States Prison on Thanksgiving day, on the 
ground that they were innocent Of lire crimes 
of which they were convicted, are about to 
bring suit ugaiist* the State for damages. They 
were imprisoned four years. 
lthodc Island. 
At Pawtucket, on the 15th inst., a boy named 
William Daniels, fourteen years old, was hung 
in n factory by a playfellow, who placed the rop© 
about bis neck in sport, and threw it over a shaft 
in motion. The little fellow was immediately 
drawn up to tho ceiling and strangled. 
On the 19th, the House passed a resolution 
ratifying the Fifteent h Amendment by a vote of 
57 to V- The Sept)to pasted the resolution last 
Jmfii. ' 
Tho works of the National Rubber Company 
at Bristol were destroyed by fire two weeks ago. 
About one-hulf of the extensive buildings were 
destroyed. The loss is estimated at from $350,000 
to $300,000. The property was insured for $351,- 
500 lu sixty different offices. 
Connecticut. 
The aunual Convention of the Connecticut 
State Temperance Society met at Hartford on 
t-iie 19th Inst., Senator Buckingham was rc-olccl- 
©d President for the ensuing year. The attend¬ 
ance was large. Addresses were made by Rev. Mr. 
Oviult. 1*. W. Piatt and others. A. C. Crosby, of 
Rockville,wag the presiding officer in the un¬ 
avoidable absence of Governor Buckingham. 
Pi'iitisylvaulH. 
Gov, John W. Gbauy was inaugurated Gov¬ 
ernor for another term, at Harrisburg, on the 
1sth. There was to be a large procession of mili¬ 
tary and firemen, but tho latter, with the excep¬ 
tion (if two Philadelphia companies, refused to 
parade, because a colored regiment was allowed 
in the Line. 
Thomas J. Campbell, convicted at Pittsburgh 
of (he murder of his wife, by boating her to 
death in November last, has been sentenced to 
the Penitentiary for eleven years, nine months 
and twenty-eight days, tho longest term that 
could he imposed. 
Maryland. 
CAPT. A. ii. Warner, n veteran of the War of 
1813, and Past Grand Master of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, of Maryland, died in Bal¬ 
timore on the l(]th inst. 
Virginia. 
The proposition of New York capitalists lo 
build tho Norfolk and Great Western Railroad 
from Norfolk, Va., to Bristol, Tenu., has been 
accepted. 
West Virginia. 
On the 18Mi inst. the Legislature met. Tho 
Senate organized by electing D. D. F. Farns¬ 
worth President and E. W. Morse Cleric, both 
Straight Republicans. In the house Win. M. 
Welch, Liberal Republican, was elected Speaker 
by two tnojority over Putnam, the straight Re¬ 
publican nominee. Wm. P. Hubbard, straight 
Republican nominee, was elected Clerk by eight 
majority. The Senate is largely Republican, 
audit) the House there are twenty-six straight 
Democrats to thirty-six Republicans, Welch 
was voted for by four Republicans and all the 
Democrats. About half the Liberal Republicans 
voted for the caucus nominee. 
The Mossago of Governor Stevenson to tho 
Legislature shows that tho finances of the State 
are in a healthy condition, and that the State is 
making rapid progress in material prosperity. 
Tho Governor calls special attention to advan¬ 
tages the State offers for immigration. 
North 4'aroliua. 
A resolution suspending the payment of 
the interest on the special tux bonds passed 
both branches of the State General Assembly 
on the 18th inst. 
Alabama. 
In consequence of a recent decision of tho 
Supreme Court declaring all tho acts of civil 
officers in Alabama during the war illegal, a bill 
has been introduced in the Legislature of that 
State which will render valid marriages sol¬ 
emnized by those officers. 
Mississippi. 
On the 15th inst. the Fifteenth Amendment 
was adopted with but one dissenting vote. 
II. R. Revels, a colored man, has been elected 
United States Senator for the short term of one 
year. 
Kentucky. 
On the night of the 12th Inst., as three robbers 
were attempting to enter the residence of Mr. 
11. Smit h, who lives a few miles from Louisville, 
they wore fired upon by Mr. Smith. One was 
killed and a second fatally wounded. The third 
attacked Mm. Smith, breaking her arm, and also 
badly wounding a child. They arc supposed to 
have followed Mr. Smith from Cincinnati, from 
which city he bad just with a large amount of 
money. 
Ohio. 
A singular accident occurred at Cincinnati 
early on the morning of the 15th inst. A stone 
wall, one hundred feet lung and thirty feel high, 
located nil Third street, becoming undermined 
by the heavy rains, fell against a building oppo¬ 
site. A buy lying In bed was killed, a heavy 
stone falling upon him. an£ several persons were 
injured. 
The Atlantic and Groat Western I tall way has 
been placed under the control of the Erie Rail¬ 
way Company, thereby giving the latter an un¬ 
broken lino between Cincinnati, Cleveland aud 
New York. The Erie Railway Company pay as 
rent thirty per cent, of the gross earnings, which 
is to bo applied for the benefit of tho bond¬ 
holders. 
The State Senate ratified the Fifteenth Amend¬ 
ment on the 14th inst. by a vote of nineteen to 
eighteen; and the House ratified it on the 30th 
by a vote of fifty-seven to fifty-five. 
F. T. Wallace, a lawer of Cleveland, was'ar¬ 
rested on the 17th. in that city, on the charge of 
forgery. He escaped from the officers, but was 
ro-arrested at. Meudviilc, Pa., while on his way 
to New York City. Over $24,000 in forged notes, 
it is said, have been discovered. 
Illinois. 
The family of Mr. Cook, consisting of himself, 
wife, t wo children and servant, were danger¬ 
ously poisoned on Monday night the 17th inst, 
in Chicago, by eating biscuit made from some 
new baking powder prepared in New York. 
Mlnnenota. 
A Eire in Rochester on Monday night the 17th 
inst. destroyed five buildings on Broadway. Loss 
$75,000, insured for $40,<XK). 
Iowa. 
In the Legislature on the 18th inst,, G. G. 
Wright was elected United States Senator for 
six years, bya vote of 117 to 19; JamesB. Howell 
was elected by the same vote to fill t he vacancy 
occasioned by the resignation of Senator Grimes, 
Missouri. 
■St. Lchtts has appointed a commit tee to cor¬ 
respond with tho Governors of all the States, and 
request them to usk their Legislatures to me¬ 
morialize Congress to appropriate no more 
money for public buildings In Washington. 
The concurrent resolution which passed the 
Missouri Senate a few dHj s previously, instruct¬ 
ing Senators and requesting Representatives in 
Congress to vote against further appropriations 
lor public buildings iu Washington, was adopted 
by the House on the 19th inst, 
Arkansas. 
The steamer Lizzie, which sunk near Helena 
on Sunday the 16th inst. was valued at $50,000, 
She was bound for New Orleans witli a valuable 
cargo from St. Louis. 
Nevada. 
It is stated that seventeen of the principal 
mines in Oomstook Lodge yielded for the past 
year, $7,365,000 worth of silver. 
California. 
The Senate on the 15th inst, passed a bill re¬ 
pealing the clause of the bill in the Sunday Law 
prohibiting theatrical amusements on t lie Sab¬ 
bath. 
Colorado. 
TWO entire blocks were burned in Cheyenne 
on the 11th inst..; loss, $.500,000, Many of the 
owners of the destroyed buildings ha ve already 
contracted to have other buildings erected. 
Dominion of Canada. 
The new Cabinet of the Dominion has decided 
to abolish tho licenses hi I herb,gran tod to Amer¬ 
ican fishermen, mid to f ill back on the interpre¬ 
tation of tho treaty ol 1818. Ii is also rumored 
that tho tariff Is to be changed so as to impose 
duties on art icles now on the free list. 
The weather throughout Canada on Friday, 
the 14th inst., was extremely cold, the ther¬ 
mometer at Montreal and Quebec marking re¬ 
spectively twenty-two and twenty-four degrees 
below zero. 
A sou of Attorney-General Carter, of Halifax, 
N. 8., attempted, the other day, to rescue two 
girls who had broken through the ice, and all 
three were drowned. 
Mexico. 
Advices from Mexico by way of Havana re¬ 
present the revolt in Sun Luis I’otosi us spread¬ 
ing. Several Federal Generals have joined the 
insurgent*. The Federal troops in Durango 
have pronounced against the National Govern¬ 
ment, together with the inhabitants of several 
districts in Morelia, 
Cuba. , 
The surrender of insurgents in large numbers 
is reported in Havana papers. The Spanish 
troops in the Central Department are reported 
on the march. The mail steamer Cor Spain, 
which sailed on the 15th inst., took out a memo¬ 
rial signed by thousands of Spaniards, request¬ 
ing the Cortes to defer granting of reforms and 
liberties in Porto Rico until the Cuban question 
is settled, as. among other reasons, the act would 
bo detrimental to the Spanish cause in Cuba. 
Ex-Soc rotary Seward and party have arrived 
at Havana (in the Cleopatra, from Vera Cruz,) 
Where they are expected to remain lor a week. 
Rupert’s Laud. 
A SPEdAL dispatch from St. Cloud to Chicago, 
Ufider date of the 14th inst., gives importantTn- 
formation iu regard to I lie Bed River rebellion. 
Dr.Shutter had arrived therefrom Pembina,and 
reports matters as serious at Port Garry. Tho 
French, umter Reilie, had seized the Hudson Bay 
Comnnny's safe, containing $360,000 In gold, with 
which it was designed tei pay the troops. A Com¬ 
missioner from Canada wus on his way to open 
negotiations with Reilie. The Sioux Indians,are 
rumored to be on the war path, mid the people 
of Dakota and Minnesota are said to be much 
alarmed at the prospect of another Indian war. 
Reilie lias under him 350 men. The Hudson Bay 
Company's officials are reported to he apathetic 
and winking at Ins acts, while the Scotch aud 
English h.df-brocds are passive. 
i. LtoV ,‘ n .i , to Rivers „ lf > i-jsing unusuallv 
LtmiavHtattnrtaN^i 011 * 3 “ 1,JDer 1,10 riverside iu 
railroads fo 
pouch was dated Louisville, Ky„ Jan 17- a ter 
gSws&Ag- 
antfwrm.ert v Ch < a,lsc ' 1 8™“ **<■* ruction of lito 
pwV£T oma' eight persons were in- 
tamilv roi s l'ii i „ , L cl - U r 1,rw !P e t“**'«»n and his 
and a w e iUul two children, 
OirttA • i L 'khteen persona more or less injured 
dowV, *J$TL vri ber buildings were blown 
ii > , ‘ . timber scattered In all directions 
JiJSTS&te MOCru,,0 “'“™ SMSS 
nno h L,mTP] pass'd over Portion of Louisville, 
and hail the size ol walnuts fell, stripping the 
!i , rV,Vn t T , ! M l'' !' Jy I"’ ,helr Sln «ll limbs. Several 
«rr s.ia I1 T? b ,in-St. toartng large holes in the 
\, m er continues rising at the rate 
ln„m„ ptT 1,0,,r - ' v hicb is higher than 
L ii/iisJn ‘, n ? ,ear *' All the occupants of 
~ 0,1 r 10 l . , ' v °2 n,, d lri the upper ju.rtof 
the city are vacating their pr■emises. If the llood 
ensm- Ut3 fimit Rv^Buciion of property will 
Later dispatches from tho West give additional 
details ol the severity of the recent gale, and 
T‘P° rt B'reat destruction of life and property. 
thoIS I >a| TOf Louisville. Ky.. is submerged by 
* ft +i° l1 .' 11 m Tfl'urls from Glasgow Junction 
staf.. that every house between there and Cave 
tivoniV !^L n i Ct V’ f » slx fu , il '' s<is thrown down,aud 
twenty Uvos have been Tost. 
At St, Louis, Mo., the storm appeared on the 
evening of tiie ICth, doing much damage to 
sigus awnings, chimneys sluittera, fences, trees, 
u r it,tl,J S t heater n panic occur¬ 
red, dining which several persons were severely 
tamo' 1 Vl "T attempting lo escape from the 
building. At the Olympic Theater, where relig- 
Vi" V > '\ , n ' b®lng held, similar seen66oe- 
8eVf T«i women Tainted and a number of 
poisons were Injured. The telegraph wires wore 
illustrated jn all directions. The weal her, which 
had been very warm nil day. mined cold after 
the storm, nod during the night the front was 
ii.- Vni 1 • **■ vere as at any time during tfiewin- 
.* hta was also true In many other parts of 
iWn m , i~ a 7'V ' < ‘ fell very low. even 
nrr’hJ.o 1 ' below at St. Paul, Minn., and to zero 
at Uiicago. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Circat Britain. 
A London dispacth of the 15th inst., states 
that the arrangements for a consolidation of the 
three ocean cable companies have been com¬ 
pleted, and that nil that is now wanting is tho 
confirmation by the shareholders. The total 
receipts are to be placed in a “joint purse,” and 
divided tmo rata , the French Gable Company 
receiving 36% per cent., and the two other Com¬ 
panies (53>i per cent. Bln mid any of the cables or 
land connections be broken, the line open w ill be 
used without regard as to which one receives the 
message, it is also rumored that the Anglo- 
American and tho Atlantic Cent panics are to be 
reconstructed on the basis of a common stock. 
France, 
In tho French Senate on Saturday, tho 15lh 
inst.. a great debate is reported to have occurred 
on the general domestic affairs of the Govern¬ 
ment., and h vote of confidence in the late Minis¬ 
try was PiiNwed. In the Corps Leglslatir it was 
moved that the debate on the arraignment of 
Rochefort be postponed to the 24t.li inst. The 
motion was opposed by M. OUivier, and by a 
vote of 39 t*> III it was duvidud to begin the de¬ 
bate on the 17th,uswasorlglually proposed. It is 
reported ilmt a majority of both Chambers will 
support the Ministry in the prosecution. Sev¬ 
eral Deputies have received anonymous lncnac- 
ing letters, imd the radical Journals threaten 
disorders if Rochefort be condemned. 
Earthquake shocks were felt on the 15th at 
Anob, in the department of tiers. 
J'ho excitement in Faria on tho 17th arising 
from the proceeding of the Corps LegisluUt 
regarding Deputy Rochefort, wus Intense. The 
Cuutul)cr wus c^rawdoo, and n grant Kuthering 1 ©f 
tho people* ubout the hall frtcrottsod as the debate 
progressed. The Police were nisi, present in 
strong force. The debate opened with n propo¬ 
sition from the “Loft Center" to withdraw the 
prosecution. M, <>111 vier opposed this, and de¬ 
manded a vote under n threat ot the resigna¬ 
tion of the Ministry. M. Rochefort made a vio¬ 
lent speech, uod declared the Ministry had 
determined to get rid Of him as a Deputy, being 
unable otherwise to destroy him. The debate 
which begun ut throe o'clock terminated at six, 
in u vote by which tho arraignment was ordered 
by 226 to 34. The Chamber soon after adjourned. 
On the annou nectuent of the result, outside 
“ demount rations” were made in favor of Roche¬ 
fort. and up to eight !'. M. crowds continued to 
gather in the streets shouting fur him. 
special" notices.' 
FIFTEEN YEARS’ 
Successful cultivation of only the most reliable 
Small Fkujts, enables me to be most liberal in 
price of plants. Send for Circular. 
U. 1J. DOOLITTLE, 
Oaks Corners, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
•- - 
“EMPIRE GRAIN SEPARATOR.” 
For Separating and Cleaning Grain it has no equal. 
For Descriptive Circular address the Patentee, 
E. C. PATTERSON, Rochester, N. Y. 
c itfuvhds. 
MONEY AND STOCK MARKET. 
New York, January 21, 1S70. 
Money continues easy on call at 6 and 7 per cent. 
A large number of exceptional loans are effected at 
4 and 5 per cent., though generally lu consideration 
that National flunk notes are taken, which are still 
accumulating at bank. 
Gold opened this morning at I'AffL run up to 121, but 
finally closed at 120>f. 
United Niatos Five-Twenty bonds sold in London 
at 11 A. M. to-day for 87 for ’IBs.; 86X for VA?: 85Y for 
’67s: and S4^' for Ten-Forties. The New York prices 
to-day were: 
OtTd. As’d. ] OlTd. As’d. 
U. 8. 6’s. 81 C. ,117V D8 ! U. 8.5-2rts. '67. ,.|U 1UX 
U. 8. 7,-ais c. '62.115& 115S4 i U. S. 5-20s '!». ,.113« 114 
G,S.5-2 UhC.’iR .114:4 llo14 P.S. IG-lOs, c , n'."-; U2« 
U. 8, 5-206 ’C5....IF, u.v h - I ttpe P. R, ljda..UUL 1I0K 
U.S..'»-20s,inJlS.RSV 113% | 
The 1 o'clock stock prices were as follows: 
Destructive Storm, 
While Now York City has been having such 
pleasaut weather, including light April showers. 
Off 'cl. Ask'd. 
Cumberland .. ;ff 
W. K. kCu. Ex 2b! i 29 
Adams Ex.ot op, 
u. 8. Ex. 5314 51 
Am. Mit. Colon 56v 
Quicksilver. l,i'; t;iv 
I union do.54 65 
Pacific Mull.... 4|k n v 
West, TI. Tol.... 33 ‘4 
N.Y.CVn .M2!: 
N. Y.Ceu. BOrip. 87k 87v£ 
Hudson River.. — - 
Ilarleiu. I395f 140 i 
Harlem pref.... — — i 
Reading..94K 94!* 
Mich. Cent.117 120 
Lake Shore.84% 85 
Alton & T.H... — - | 
OIT’d. Ask’d. 
Alton & T.lT.pf. — - 
Tpl. W. & W... - 
Yol.W. & VV. pf, — — 
Mil. A St. Faul,. 72«f 73 
M. St St. Paul pf. S6Y 67 
Ohio 5 Miss.2,Vs; 26 
111. Cent.. _fife 8)9 
tJlnv. < 'ol A Chi,. — — 
CUjv.X Pitt*.... S7k 67k 
Chic. K I A Pae.mVv 166 
C. & N. Western 73N 73K 
C. & N. Wi n pi 8» 69J4 
Mariposa, ..... T.V 8)4 
Mariposa pref.. 16>4 17 
Fort Wayne.674! 87% 
Erie . 23« 24 
Erie pf. — 42 
N, Jersey Can., 100 100!,' 
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