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by telegraph.
From Washington.
Proceedings in Congress.
The Spencer Investigation to Com
mence Friday.
Lieut. Gov. Davis Found Guilty,
How Senior Bruce Secured His
Election.
Maine Municipal Elections.
The Dallas Bank Swindle a False
Rumor.
Foreign News.
Foreign and Domestic Markets.
General News.
Etc.» Etc.
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Etc.
FOBTT-FÜUKTII CONGRESS.
TBK HEN ATI.
Washington, March 13.—Mr. Morton's bill
Tegulatiog the counting of tha electoral vote
wan discussed.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, March 13.— No business of
importance to-dr.y. District of Columbia
affairs principally engaged the attention of
the House.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Washington, March 13 — Senator Sher
man's bill to limit the jurisdiction of heads
of departments in the allowanoe of claims,
provides that no claim against the United
States in any Executive Department, after
being finally considered and rejected by the
he ed of that department, 9hall be subse
quently considered or allowed in whole or in
part, of the bead of that department, but if
presented again, may be referred to the Court
of Claims.
The examination of Mr. Pendleton before
the House • Committee on War Expenditures
was postponed until to-morrow.
The new Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
Mr. Gorham, qualified to-day.
Washington, March 13.—The investigation
of Senator Spencer's election commences Fri
day next
In the House to-day a resolution was
adopted calling for information as to cotton
cues, requiring names and residences of the
original owners, and of the attorneys; also as
to the manner of paying fees in snob oases,
and whether there has been any combination
to defraud the government in respect to such
claims.
The Controller of the Ourrenoy calls for
national batik reports, showing the condition
on the 10 h inst. The Carrency Bureau de
clares a dividend of ten per oent in favor of
the creditors of the Charlottesville, Va., Na
tional Bank.
The executive session of the Senate to-day
was wholly ocoupied in the disoussion of the
peace policy and the existing system of ap
pointing Indian agents on the nomination of
the religions bodies of the oonntry. The de
bate was nominally over the nomination of
Indian Agent Leering, of Nebraska, but took
a wide range. No conclusion was reached.
» The House Judiciary Committee to-day dis
cussed the report of its sub-committee. Va
rious propositions were advanced* lor admit
ting additional classes of olaimanta to share
in the distribution of the Geneva award.
Great differences of opinion were manifested,
and the oommittee adjourned without action.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, March 13. —The Signal Ser
vie Observer at Long Branch, N. J., reports
the sohooner Philadelphia sot off during last
night, and left for New York in tow to-day.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Vienna, Maroh 13.— L. Jubobrat çh, the
insurgent leader of Herzegovnia, was arrested
Saturday on Austrian territory.
London, March 13. — A dispatoh from
Odesaa to the Tiirys. «ays a Urge number of
Ottoman troops are Bent daily to Herzegovina.
Frequent messages are exchanged between
Constantinople and Belgrade. The Porte
oompUinB th it even oonviota are enlisted in
the Servian army.
Servis acknowledges she is arming, bat al
leges fier purpose is to protect her frontier
from scattered insurgent bands. Ill-feeling
prevails on both sides.
The storm of Sunday did muoh damage at
Portsmouth, Weymouth, Dover and other
seaports. Six hundred vessels took refuge in
the Downs. The mail beat from Calais to
Ostend was compelled to put book. The
French steamer Labrador, from Havre for
New York,remained at Plymouth some hours.
The storm extended to the Continent Tele
graph wires in the north of Franoe were pros
trated and oommunioa'.ion between Paris and
London interrupted.
A telegram from Pesth to the Daily News
says the waters of the Danube show ho signs
of subsiding. The distress is increasing. A
large dam has burst aud 50,000 additional
acres of land, in which are several villages,
are inundated.
A postsonpt edition of the Daily News just
issued contains the following dispatch, dated
Alexandria, Egypt, March 12, 9:45 P. M. :
• "On Wednesday ir'^ht last the Abjssinian
army crossed the River Deoassa Dekka and
attaoked an entrenched camp of the Egyptian
army, when severe fighting took plaoe. On
Thursday the Abyssiniens were repulsed and
retreated to Adowa. King Kassa, the Grand
V.zier, six chieis and 5000 Abyssinians are
reported to have been killed in the trenohes.
Prinee Passen and (Jen. Loring escaped un
hurt. Khatib Pascha was wounded. The
Egyptian losses were heavy, but their victory
was complete."
London, March 13.—This being the first
making up day of the regular fortnightly
settlement, attention on the Stock Exchange
during the early hours was chiefly absorbed
in preparations for extending or oarrying over
engagements to the end of the month. The
market is generally firm for both home and
foreign securities. The impression prevails
* that most accounts have already been pro
vided lor discount. Market quiet but firm,
rates are unohangod.
Paris, March 13.—A meeting of the Bepub
lican Senators and Deputies was held here
last evening. * About three hundred were
present. They resolved to uphold the reso
lution previously taken c (firming the neces
sity of superseding those fhnotfonariea who
are opposed to the Republic. Gambetta made
a speech insisting upon the neoesaity of this
measure. Referring to the new Ministry,
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■aid the Republican party should await its
acts and programme without distrust, bat also
without confidence.
On Saturday next Vio'or Hugo will move in
the Senate for general amnesty for offer -
committed since 1870.
Rag pail will make a similar movement in
the Chamber of Deputies on* the same day.
Ragusa, March 13.—The Iosnrgent leaders
L. Jabobraticb, Petrovich, Fuella and Oesan
were arrested by the Austrian authorities on
Thursday last, at Vigrani, a village on the
Dalmatian frontier, near ImoachL
Cairo, Egypt, Maroh «.-Intelligence baa
been received here reporting that on the 7th
inat the Abyssinians attaoked the Egyptian
entrenched camp at Goodrab and weje re
pulsed. On the next day Prinee Haaaan, with
several .battalions, sorti ed and captured an
important adjaoent position, and afterwards
returned to camp. On Thursday, the Abys
sinians renewing the attack, were again, re
pulsed with great loss.
Bombay, March 13.— The Serapis, with the
Prince of Wales and suite on board, sailed to
day- __
HAMEL DBKW A BANKRUPT.
Nzw York, March 13.—Daniel Drew has
gone into voluntary bankruptcy. He saya
bis liabilities will probably amount to $600,
000, assets unknown.
BSTUHMCD. "
New York, Maroh 13.—A London dispatch
says the steamer California, from Glasgow for
New York, has returned to Queenstown with
her maohinery damaged.
ELOPEMENT OP LOUD lILtfeKOKD'S WIPE.
New York, March 13#—A cable dispatch
from Loudon reports Lord Aylesford's wife has
doped with the Marquis cf Blandford, eldest
son of the Duke of Marlborough. Lord Ayles
ford was called home from India on argent
business some time ago.
THE CALL FOB H1LITAKI ASSISTANCE.
Manchester, N. H., March 13.—This after
noon's Mirror publishes a communication
from Gov. Cheney, addressed to the petition
ers for military assistance, in whiohjhe says:
"Should the civil authorities require aid. Iam
prepared to act promptly in giving them every
needed facility."
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION—LOsS OF LIFE.
Indianapolis, Maroh 13.—Engine No. 25 of
the Indianapolià, Burlington aud Western
Railroad, exploded in the Union Depot at
12:20 this morning. Eogineer Moore, of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Rail
road, was instantly killed. The west end of
the depot was partially demolished, and it is
possible other persons may be found in the
ruins dead.
HÖBE OF THE WHISKY BING.
St. Louis, Maroh 13.—Adviees from Jeffer
son City say papers havs been filed in the
United States Distriot Court there, by District
Attorney Bottsford, being charges by Internal
Revenue Supervisor Meyer against Assistant
Distriot Attorney H. B. Johnson, aocusing
him of aocepting fees from the whisky ring
and furnishing the ring with information.
Johnson's friends defy the oonrl's strictest in
vestigation of bis acts.
LIEUT. GOV. DAYIN, OP HISSISMPPI, DE
CEASED GU1LTI UNDER AUT1CLKS OF 11
rEACHMENT.
Jackson, March 13. - The Senate, by a vote
of 32 to 4, found Lieut. Gov. Davis guilty
as charged in the articles of impeachment
One oolored and 5 white Republican Senators
voting in the affirmative and four oolored in
the negative. The finding will be formally
announced Wednesday.
THE PB1N1KRV STRIKE IN NEW TOBK.
New York, March 13.—The printers' strike
has gone into operation to-day, and thus far
ia confined chiefly to the Evening Post office,
where seventy men refused to work at a re
duction of ten per oent, to the book and job
printing house of John Pulhemns, and a few
lands at the effioe of Douglas Taylor. The
average reduction in the various houses is
from 10 to 15 per cent. The Btrike is likely
to be maintained.
THE TO UN ADO IN MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Maroh 13.—Accounts of the tor
nado whioh passed over part of northeastern
Missouri Friday, say the little town of Shrin
key in Monroe county, was entirely demol
ished. Two persons wore killed and twenty
wounded ; some seriously. At Kensaler Sta
tion, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
road, two children were carried away by the
storm, and h ive not yet been found. The
wife and child of Allen Johnson, residing
four miles irom Hinnibal, were instantly
killed. The destruction of houses, barns,
out-buildings, fences, stock, grain, eta., has
been very great. The tornado was about 200
yards wide.
Quincy, III, March 13.—The following is a
summary of the late storm in Missouri :
Seven persons were killed ; seventeen injured,
three or four of them dangerously ; some
thirty houses blown down and immense dam
age done to orchards and timber. It is esti
mated that in Monroe and Ralls counties one
thousand miles of fencing was prostrated.
HOW 8ENATOH BBUCESECUBED HIS ELECTION.
New York, March 13.—A Jackson, Miss.,
dispatoh to the Herald contains an acoount of
the oashieg of certain certificates by Brace,
now Senator from Mississippi, at the time be
was a candidate, the condition being that the
members of the Legislature of Mississippi
who received cash tor the said certificates
should vote for Bruce for the Senate, and this
condition with one or two exceptions was car
ried oat.
It is claimed by Brace in justification that
the law authorized him to cash warrants or
certificates at their face vaine and pay them
into the State Treasury in settlement of his
acconnta as sheriff and tax collector, in lien of
the carrent money collected and paid for
such warrants and certificates.
THE DALLAS BANK SWINDLE A FALSE HUMOR.
Galveston, March 13.—The report circu
lated by many newspapers that two discharged
operators at this plaoe had victimised a Dallas
bank is wholly false, and nothing that oonld
give rise to such a story has ocourred. It is
similar to the reporta of the Emporia, Ky.,
bank swindle, some time since, rehashed and
located this time at Dallas.
J. 8. Burton,
Manager Western Union Telegraph Company,
• Dallas, Texas.
The telegraph office is immediately over
our banking bouse. We have seen a state
ment in many papers throughout the country
giving a lengthy acoount ot a bank swindle
at Dallas. There is not one particle of truth
in the statement, or any grounds for such a
fiction.
Adams & Leonard, Bankers.
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
Panama, March 4.— The excitement in Bo
gota, reported by the last mail, has subsided.
Congress has declared Dr. Auqailleo Parra
President elect of the Republic by 48 votes
against 30. All is now qniet throughout the
Republic of Honduras.
The fallen President, Leiva, is still strug
gling to regain his post His forces are said
to have gained successes in some places, bnt
the revolutionary President, Medinazems, is
strong enough to finally triumph.
The Nicaraguan Congress has authorized a
loan of $70,000 and an army of 5000 men.
The army of observation on the Honduras
frontier has been greatly increased.
The political situation in Peru is calm. The
financial crisis grows worse. The banks have
commenced receiving saltpetre and guano in
cluded in the contract with the government
Commercial relief ia hoped for when ship
ments begin to be made. The treaty of amity
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MAINE MUNICIPAL POLITICS.
Bangor, Me , March 13.—A large vote was
polled at the mnnidpel election to-day, 3519
against 3207 votes last year. Hayford, Re
publican, is elected mayor by 325 majority.
Last year Laughton, Democrat, had 164 plu
rality. The Republicans elect six aldermen
oat of seven, the first time for a number of
years.
Biddeford, Me , Maroh 13.—The city elec
tion to-day was the most hotly contested for
years. Burnham, Democrat, was elected
mayor by 40 majority. Last year the Demo
crats elected their mayor by 159 majority.
The Republicans gain oonnoilmen . in two
wards and an alderman, and in one ward the
vote for alderman is a tie.
Augusta, Me., March 13.—To-day at Bel
fast the Republicans elect the ma>or by eight
majority, and have a majority in both boards
of the city government
FIBE IN MEMPHIS.
Memphis, March 13. —At half-past 12 this
morning a fire was discovered in the office of
the Surveyor of Customs, over the Bank of
Commerce, on Madison street The polios
and bank watchmen found the doors locked,
and after breaking in found the clerk of the
Surveyor, who stated he had been working
there until that hour, when a lamp exploded
and set the papers on fire.
The alarm was sonnded and the fire ex
tinguished; not, however, until the books and
papers of the office were either burned-or
badly damaged. The remark of the clerk
after the fire, that " it looked Belknapish,"
causes considerable comment
The loss on Johnston & Nunns' fancy store
yesterday is cot yet known, but it is fully
covered by insurance, amonntiog to $25,000,
divided between the Royal Queens and Im
perial, of England; Niagara, of New York,
and Merchants, of Memphis.
The damage to Taylor, Joy & Co.'s dry
goods stock, next door, by smoke and water,
is $10,000; covered in nine insurance com
panies.
Memphis, March 13.—Gen. W. J. Smith,
Surveyor of Customs, who returned this af
ternoon, says but few papers of value and no
money was lost by the fire in the Custom
House this morning. Hd had forwarded all
the government money to Washington last
Friday.
MEMPHIS ITEMS.
Memphis, March 13.—At Pacific Place,
Ark., on the 10 th, Thos. Leon, formerly of
Mississippi, was shot and killed by George F.
Morris, aged 17, to prevent Leon from mur
dering Sam. C. Hardwick, an invalid. Morris
surrendered, and was tried and acquitted.
Sait has been filed in the United States
Circuit Court, District West Tennessee, aux
iliary to bill of same tenor filed in Southern
District of Mississippi by the Illinois Central
Railroad Company, John Newell of Chicago,
and Junins B. Alexander of New Y ;rk, sur
viving trustees, and Eimund J. Forstall, de
ceased vs. the Mississippi Central Railroad,
New Orleans, St. Lonis and -Chicago Railroad
Company—Southern Railroad Association..
This, suit is brought to recover $5,419,000
value of bonds, being part of $8,000,000
worth of bonds issued by the Mississippi
Central Railroad Company, secured by a lien
in the nature of a mortgage made by the Mis
sissippi Central and Southern Railroad Asso
ciation to said Forstall, Newell & Alexander,
dated May 1, 1872, oovering the railroad fran
chises and property, real and personal, of said
Mississippi Central Railroad Company.
The premises considered, the orators
pray that a deed ot trust be recognized and
established; that thertrustees bo let into pos
session of the railroad property, effects,
franchises, privileges, facilities, rights, and
be empowered to exercise the same according
to the terms and conditions of the deed, and
that trustees may b eallowed the powers of
receivers, and have the privilege to account
before a master of the court for all their acts
and doings, and to administer the trusts un
der direction of the court.
Heavy frost and thin ice last night, it is
feared, killed the fruit.
Gen. Smith, Surveyor of tha Fort, left for
Grand Junction last evening.
GENERAL NEWS.
Tbenton, N. J., March 13.—Joseph Sooy,
the defaulting State Treasurer, has been sen
tenced to three years' imprisonment and an
til the costs of prosecution are paid.
Philadelphia, March 13 —A fire occurred
at the .Point Breeze Driving Park Satnrday
night It was confined to the stable build
ings, but no horses were burned.
Lancaster, March 18.—Distriot Attorney
John W. Johnson was arrested here to-day on
a charge of issuing forged aud fraudulent
naturalization papers. The alleged offense
was committed lonr years ago.
Montreal, Canada, March 13.—There will
be 350 exhibitors at the Philadelphia Centen
nial from Quebec Province.
New York, March 13.—The Post has the
following: " We learn from a Director that
there has been a meeting of the Pacifio Mail
Board, and that a resolution was adopted
authorizing the Presidont to issue $2,000,000
ten years 7 per cant currency bonds. The
company to have the privilege of redeeming
the bonds any time before maturity. The
resolution expressly restricts the issne of
bonds, except for the purpose of taking up
the floating debt aud discharging the loan for
the Panama Railroad Company.
PROBABILITIES.
Washington, March 13. — For the Gulf
States, Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, clear
or partly cloudy weather, easterly to southerly
winds, slowly rising temperature, and station
ary or falling barometer.
8TOC& QUOTATIONS.
New York, March 13.—The following were the
dosing quotations at the Stock Exchange :
Geld.........................
Consola, cons....................... 40
Western Union Telegraph..........
Quicksilver.........................
Quicksilver, preferred..............
Adams Express.....................
Wells, Fargo Express...............
American Merchants' Express......
United States Express..............
Pacific Mail........................
Union Pacific......... 63
N. T. C. and H............... 115
Erie.................................
Harlem ............................. 43(4
Lake Shore and M. S...............
Cleveland and Pittsburg, guar.....
New Jersey........................ 106%
Northwestern...................... 44(4
Northwestern, preferred............ 65%
Rock island........................ Ill(4
St. Pa'ul........ 45%
St. Paul, preferred..............
Toledo and Wabash.............
Fort Wayne................... 103'
Ohio and Miss...................... 21V
Chicago and Alton.................. 105%
Hannibal and St. Joseph............ ls%
FINANCIAL.
New Yoke. March 13. 12:17 P. M.—Gold
114*.
New York, March 13, Evening.—Money
easy; offered at 3. Gold closed 114}0114}
'Exchange firm, 4 86. Governments active
and sirong; 1881 coupons 123}, 1865s 118 j,
new 119!, 67fl 121}, 68s 123, new 5s 1183, 10
40s coupon 119. State bonds dull and nomi
nal; Tennessee 6s 423, new 41; Virginia 6i 33,
new 35; consol 73, deferred 85} ; Louisiana 6s
44, new 44, levee 6s 44!» do. 8, 40}; Alabama
8i 32}: 5s 3*2J, Georgia 6s 95, »Sevens 104J,
North Carolinas 17j, new 9. spec : al t*x 2} ;
South Carolinas 35, new 35, April and Octo
ber 35.
Stocks dosed active and unsettled.
The Post's financial article bays: Gold
opened at 114|, and all the sales since have
been at 114}0114}. Exchange is firm now,
having advanced somewhat; the rate is 48610
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.
New York, March 13, Evening.—Cotton
closed dull and easy.; Uplands 12}, Orleans
13 1-32; sales 520; net receipts 15,002, gross
25,008.
Futures dosed steady; sales 23,500 bales,
as follows: Low Middling for March 13013
1-32, April 13 3-16, May 13 15-32. June 13 23
32013}, July 13 15-16, August 14 1-16.
Flour firm; demand fair; Southern flour
firm. Wheat a shade firmer; $1 25 for winter
red Western. Corn a shade easier; very mod
erate business. Coffee, sogar, molasses and
rioe unchanged. Tallow steady; 8}09}.
Rosin steady; $1 6001 65. Turpentine
steady; 39. Pork dull; new mess $23. Lard
dosed heavy; prime steam $13 62}013 65.
Whisky quiet; $1090109}. Freights to
Liverpool quiet
Chicago, Maroh 13. — Flour dull but un
changed. Wheat active; No. 1 Chicago
spring. $1 08. Corn steady. Pork steady,
$22 15022 20. Lard quiet but steady, 13.25
013 27}. - Balk meats very firm; shoulders
8 j, short rib middles 12}, short dear middles
12}. Whisky $1 05.
Cincinnati, March 13.—Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat doll, $1 1001 25. Corn
qniet, 48. Rye dull, 73076. Pork quiet and
firm, $23. Ltrd—demand fair, sales of coun
try steam refined 13}, city do held at 13},
kettle 13}014. Bulk meats steady, shoul
ders 8!08|, clear rib 12, dear sides 12}.
Bacon quirt but steady, shoulders 9}, dear
rib sides 13, dear sides 13} Whisky—de
mand fair, market firm a» $1 05.
Louisville, March 13. — Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat dull, $11501 30. Corn.
—demand active ; 45046. Pork $23 250
23 50. Bulk meats—shoulders 8}, dear rib
sides 12}, clear sides 12}. Bacon—shoul
ders 9}, clear rib sides 13}, clear sides 13g,
loose. Hams—sugar-cured 14014}. Lard—
tierce 14}, keg 15}. Whisky -$i 05 asked.
Bagging quiet but firm; 12013.
St. Louis, March 13.—Flour dull and
drooping ; very little doing. Wheat inactive,
No.-2 red winter $1 47}. Corn active ; No. 2
mixed 40040}. Pork firmer, $23. Bulk
meats, bacon and lard unchanged. Hogs—
holders firm but little doing.
. FOBEIGN MARKETS.
London, March 13,12:30 P. M.—Consols—
941-160 4 5-16. United Stales bonds—67's
108}, 10-40's 106, new 5's 105}.
Frankfurt, March 13.—New 5's 101 §.
Liverpool, March 13, 12:30 P. M.—Cotton
buoyant; Middling Uplands 6 7 : 16d, Orleans
6}d. Estimated sales . to-day 20,000 bales,
4o00 being for speculation and export.
Later, 2:30 P. M.—Cotton—receipts to
day 3000 bales, including 1000 American.
BIVERH AND STEAMBOATS.
Cincinnati, March 13.—River 26 feet and
rising. Weather clear and cool.
Pittsburg, March 13.—River 9 feet 4 inches
and rising. Weather cloudy and cool.
Evansville, March 13.—River 19 feet
4-10ths of an inch and rising. Weather clear
and cold.
Cairo, March 13.—Arrived : Susie Silver
from Cincinnati at 5 A. M., James Howard
from New Orleans at 6. Departed: Future
City for St Louis at 7 P. M.. Grand Lake lor
New Orleans at 11, Susie Silver for New Or
leans at 8 A. M., James Howard for St. Louis
at 8. River 25 feet 6 inches aud rising.
Weather clear and cool.
Louisville, Mirch 13.—River rising slowly,
10 feet 4 inches in the canal. Weather clear
and cool.
St. Louis, March 13.—No arrivals or depart
ures. River rising at the rate of half an inch
an hour. Weather cold, clondy and clear
alternately.
Memphis, March 13 —River rose 6 inches.
Arrived: Baum frunj Cincinnati, Illinois from
Vicksburg. Departed: Belle of Memphis and
Capital City for St. Louis, City of Vicksburg
for Vicksburg, Simpson Hornor, and Sher
lock for Ohio River—the latter last night.
Vicksburg, March 13.—Down : Charch at
12 M, Belle of Shreveport at 2 A. M. yester
day. Up : Commonwealth at 8 P. M. Ar
rived : Natchez at 6 P. M.
Shreveport, Maroh 13.—The river here is
on a stand; it rose at Fulton 11 feet and still
rising. The Clifford has gone above Fulton.
Arrived Sunday night: Bryarly from New Or
leans, Bonnie Lee from Jeffsrson. Departed
to-day: Bryarly for Jtffarson, Bonnie Lee for
above the Raft. The rise above Fnlton will
let oat a large lot of cotton.
FBOM THE PANSEN.
Southwest Pass, March 13, Noon.—Barom
eter 30.60. Wind N. E., blowing hard:
Weather cloudy and cold.
Arrived: American ship Saranak, Wood,
master, 49 days from Havre.
Sailed: ships Jno. Munn and Barelaw, and
barks Reform and Quelle.
The steamship Dkoolia has arrived outside
for orders.
La-s-a l'Outre, March 13, Noon.—Wind
north northeast, blowing hard. Weather clear
and coal.
Arrived: American steamship Tappahan
nock, at 9:':0 A. M., Pendleton, master, from
Havana via the Florida{torts, to L K. Roberts.
No departures.
Southwest Pass, March 13, 6 P. M.—Ba
rometer 30.50; wind northeast, strong.
Weather clondy and cool.
Arrived: British bark J. B. Dcffas, Shaw,
master, previously reported as havieg sailed
for Havre. She put back in distress and is
now being towed to the city.
Sailed: Ships Louise and R^se and India,
barks Trace, Dux, Brage and Vincenzo, Ga
latola. _
■A KINK.
Galveston, Maroh 13.—Arrived: Steamship
City of Austin from New York.
Cleared; Bark F. M. Hurlbat for New
York.
New York, March 13.—Arrived: Acapulco
aud Bettie.'
New York, Maroh 13.—Arrived : Royal
Minstrel, Denmark. Arrived out: Native
Pearl, Aphrodite, Diligentia, Victor, Kate
Crosby, Adriana, Petroneila. Kong and Servia.
Queenstown, Maroh 13. — Arrived: Re
public. _
Alllil VALIDAT THE HQÏELS.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL.
J Mobeimer, Tenn Geo G orr, Coast
G W Kuntz, Jr, Miss Andrew Miller, Pkila
Wm T Dunn and wife, J N Bradley, city
Pittsburg Chas T Stanton, Jr, La
W W Clark, Ark F P Poche and wile, La
Misa E Wood, N York O B Smith, Miss
D Y Purington, Ills A C Bartlett, Ills
L A Green, Brooklyn Wm A Mackmlay, Ohio
J C Haines aud wife, His W H Ballard, La
Mins Ballard La Miss Billard, La
Dr J H Morrison, Tex Miss Morrison, Texas
Miss McNeal, Aia Col C Polk, Ark
Dr H Griffin and wife, Miss M Anderson, Ky
Louisville J F Tracey, N Y
A A Crosby and wife, NY Mrs Harris, N Y
Mrs G V Huckine, Ills Mis Sumter, N Y
CITY HOTEL.
H J Sutcliffe, Oa T N Clark, Miss
Q llodrigues, Ala J P O'Oonner, Ga
Jno Lckford, .. Gus McConnell, city
E Gorson, agt Kiral- J J Brown, La
fy Troupe • W E Kennedy
W M Oldham, Ky Henry Oayers, Ills
W J Fort, La • it B ttobins,
Miss J Fort, .. Noel Hops, Eng
Miss M Fort, .. B H Lucas, Cal
T Entier, CD Bbymes, Miss
J N Giimntb, Miss Wm Wilkins, Minn
J M Dyed & wife, Minn G H Hall, Ky
THW Barrett, Miss
Sydney Smith,
L B Commington, N Y
Mrs Latham,
Mrs M B Wilson, Tex
H C Minor A wife, La
A H Stephens, city
C A Crapper
J L Garrett, Tex
B Hollingsworth, Tex
B H Allen, Tenn
Mrs Donelson A child,La
T B Mitchel, B I
B Cook, Tex
H C Hieatt A wife, ..
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THE CITY.
Septoune Explosion.— About 730 o'clock
Sunday night a fire broke out in the grocery
store of Mrs. Ahern, corner of Religious and
Orange streets. The flames were extinguished
by fire engine No. 12, with the assistance of
some citizens, with a damage of about $50.
No alarm was sounded. The fire was caused
by the explosion of septoline oil. It appears
that Thomas Ahern attempted to pour septo-
line oil into a lighted lamp; the lampexploded
burning him severely about the hands and
setting fire to the oounter and fixtures.
- Struck on the Head. —A difficulty took
plaoe about 8 o'clock Sunday night on Baga
telle street, between Rampart and Grape, be
tween .two women, named Mary Hunter and
Lizzie Emile, in which the former was struck
on the head with a bottle by the latter, in
flioting a severe wound. The wounded woman
was attended by Dr. Sohumaker, who pro
nounced the wound serious, but not danger
ous. Lizzie was arrested and locked up in
the Fifth Precinct Station.
QBubolary. — Some-time during Saturday
night the shoe store of John Hansen, corner
of Canal and Peters streets, was entered by
unknown thieves, who stole and carried away
several dozen pairs of shoes valued at $125.
The entrance was effected by climbing up the
posts of the gallery, and thence through a
window descending into the store.
Sudden Death.— Mrs. Mary Bannon, 50
years old and a native of Ireland, died sud
denly at half past 4 o'clock Monday morning,
at her residence, No. 22 Natchez street.
Robbery. —John Valcour, colored, stole
-George Eicbborn's watch and chain oat of his
pocket wnile he was lying drank, at the cor
ner of Exchange Alley and Customhouse
streets, Sunday night They were both locked
np. Valcour is charged with robbery.
Cutting andWounding —Two artists named
Brutns Ducamman and H. Rudolph, were
placed under arrest in the Jackson. Square
Station-honse, Sunday night, for entting'and
wounding Baptiste Dubizies. Rudolph is also
charged by the officer with carrying concealed
weapons.
Cutting. —Peter Brown was taken up Sun
day at his domoile, on Girod street, between
Maudeville and Spain, on a warrant taken
out before Jadge Long, charged with catting
and dangerously wounding Mr. Harrison
Branch. He was locked np in the Fitlli Pre
cinct Station.
Death or a Murderer.— Sunday morning,
about 10 o'clock, John McLaughlin, fifty-five
years old, died in the Parish Prison, of rheu
matic pericarditis, where he has been con
fined since the 22d of last November, await
ing trial for the murder of his wife, Elizabeth
McLaughlin, at their residence, comer of
Richard and Religious streets.
Body Found.— Sunday morning about 9
o'clock the body of an unknown white man
was found floating in the river at the head of
Valletta street, Algiers. He was apparently
about 45 years old, fair complexion, sandy
goatee and moustache, and wore a red striped
calico shirt, black vest, black pants and gai
ter shoes.
Almost Starved to Death. — Corporal
Nichols, of the Carrollton polioe, reports
having sent to the Charity Hospital Monday
evening a German woman, who gave her
name as Mary Harr, aged about 30 years. She
states that she resides on Claiborne street, be
tween Cypress and Julia,and recently an inmate
of the Insane Asylum at the old Marine Hos
pital. She wore a dark calico dress, brown
sun bonnet, apron and gaiters. She oscaped
from her residence sometime daring the day
Satnrday, and was fonnd at the rear of the
Jackson Railroad, amoDga pile of piekets, by
some colored men. She wonld no doubt
have soon perished in the condition she was
in, a3 she was nnable to extricate herself from
among the pickets. v
Fire on Thalia Street. —About 11 o'clock
yesterday morning a fire broke out in the one
story frame house No. 179 Thalia street,
owned by J. B. Riboli and* occupied by
Frances F. Morrison as a tailor shop and V.
J. Lambert as a grocery store. The fire was,
however, extinguished by the fire department
with a damage of about $20. Property in
sured in the Merchants' Insurance Company
for $1600. No insurance on the stock. The
lire wus caused from sparks of fire falling on
the shingle roof.
Sudden Death. —A white man, named Jack
Anderson, 95 years old, died suddenly at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at* his domioile,
on Derbigny street, between Columbus and
Laharpe.
Minor Notes. —J uliana Johnson roped poor
Frank Lawson into her den on Burgundy
street, between Bienville and Conti, and
robbed him of $2. She was arrested but the
money conld not be found.
John Brett was locked np Sunday for cruel
ty to animals.
J. Forbes attempted to rescue a prisoner
from Officer Bayard, and was placed in
durance vile.
A woman named Mary Rollinson, aged
forty years, bora in Ireland, was sent to the
Charity Hospital Sunday in a sick and desti
tute condition._
THB COURTS.
United Staten Circuit Court.
United States vs. E. E Norton.—Demand
ing unlawful fees while assignee in bankrupt
cy. Defendant was arraigned Saturday. Plea
of not guilty, with reservation of right to with
draw the plea and demur to the indictment,
or to plead any other defense that rpay be
deemed proper. Bond fixed and given for
$5000, with E. D. Le Breton as surety.
Second District Conrt.
Mrs. Mary Roselius, wife of Godfrey Bonny,
vs. Mrs. William Himbart, her husband, et
al. Judgment on the exception to jurisdic
tion anti rtasons.
Fifth District Conrt.
* Conrad Albert vs. William Heilirg. Judg
ment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of
$700.
Sixth District Cour .
M. Talhand vs. Augustin Ben. Judgment
in favor of plaintiff in sum of $350.
J. > C. E Donnas vs. Col. S. J. N. Smith.
Jndgment in favor of the plaintiff, dismissing
the intervention and third opposition; quash
ing the injunction; condemning Capt. Wm.
Fagan and Z Foley, surety on the injunction
bond, to pay 10 per ceut. damages on the
amount of the judgment rendered herein,
and 10 per cent, interest per annum from
date of recordation of said judgment.
First District Conrt. .
Wntson Buckner was fopnd guilty of petty
larceny. Judge Abell told Watson it would
take him eight months in the Penitentiary to
become an honest man. He therefore sen
tenced him for the above time.
Willis Clay is a very bad little boy; he was
convioted of petty larceny also. Judge Abell
gave him two years in the Biy*' House of
Refuge.
INFORMATION FILED.
Bridget M .her, Martin Canfield aud Henry
Saint, charged with assault and battery.
Mike McDnmoft alias Hugh Early, Bernard
Rollins and Henry Hicks, charged with petty
larceny.
Superior District Court.
Judge Lynch, on Monday morning, dis
charged the rule to dismiss the appeal taken
by defendant, in the oase of James Koppel
vs. W. L. Thompson.
A lady of this city has invented a chair in
which a woman can sit down in a new bustle.
It is a croea between a side-saddle and an
upholsteredfaw-horae.
Orville Giant's weakness ia not post-trader
ships, bnt Indian tradenhipa. It ia a mild
form of swindling to impoverish tha rad mes
rather than the soldiers. Orville makes »
good point —Cincinnati Commercial
A vote on the liquor question reoentlj ob
tained by the temperance societies from the
large cities of Ireland—namely, Dublin, Bel
fast Cork, Waterford and Limerick—resulted
in 69,270 temperance votes ont of 78,185,
8.915 being unfavorably to the movement—
Exchange.
POST OFFICE.
Time •< Arriva and Departure ef Malle
Arrive«
Mobile, Ala., and Lake
Coast...................
Mobile, Ala...........
New York city, Boston,
.-•■* ** lphia. Pa.*,
Baltimore and Washing
Closes.
7 A. M.
7 A M.
4P. M.
10 A. V.
10 A. V.
9:30 P. M.
Mass., Philadeli
ton, D. O.,
Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, East*
era Mississippi, Del»,
ware, Eastern Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, East
ern New York and New
England States, via Mo
bile, Ala................ 4 P. H,
Key West, Fla., daily
Cincinnati, W .Virginia,
Shreveport. L*a., and
Northern Texas, Jack
son, Miss., Canton, Miss ,
Vicksburg, Miss., Mem
ihis, Tenn., Buffalo, N.
*., Pittsburg, Pa., and
ah Northern, Eastern
and Western States and
Territories, Canada East
and West, via Jackson
route...................
Galveston, Tex., East
ern and Western Texas,
and Shreveport, La.
Closes daily, except Mon
day.....................
Arrives daily.........
Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad—
Supplying parishes of
Calcasieu, Iberia, Lafay
ette, Lafourche, St. Lan
dry, St. Martin, St.Mary,
Terrebonne, Vermilion,
and Cameron; also, Jas
per, Newton and Orange
counties in Te^as (ex
cept Sunday).
Re '
10 P.M.
7 A. M. 9:30 P. M.
4P. M.
6:30 A. M. IP. M.
4:25 P. M. 11:30 P. M
7.-00 A. M.
fifi» P. M.
ed River, su
Alexandria and Natchf
toebes. La., Red River
larisbesand Bnrkeville,
Newton county, Texas.
Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday............... 4 P. M.
Covington, Maudeville
and Madison ville —
Monday and Thursday.. 9% A. M.
Saturday............... 1P.M.
Arrives Monday........
Arrives Tuesday and
Friday................
Vicksburg Packet Coast
to Vicksburg—
Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday............. ft P. M.
Arrives Monday,Wednes
day.
7A.M. fcSOP.M.
A.K.
9 A.M.
U M.
9 A.M.
day and Frit
Bayou Sara Packet,
Coast to St. Francis
ville, La.—
Monday and Friday..... ft P. M.
Arrives Monday and
Thursday.............
Boras and Lower Coast,
Plaquemines parish—
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday................ 8:30 A. M.
Arrives Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday....
Donaldsonville, La., and
parishes of St. Jonn,
St. James and Assump
tion ................. 7A.M. o:80 P. M.
Carrollton, La.......... 10 A. M.
Carrollton, La.......... 8 P. M.
St. Bernard parish—
Monday, Wednesday
and Friday........... 12 M.
Algiers, La............ 9 A. M.
Grand Isle— Weekly
7 A. M.
9 P.M.
9A.M.
1 P.M.
9 A. M.
9 A.M.
(Timely notice will be given on tha bulletin,
board of departure 'or Brownsville, Texas, Ha
vana, Cuba and Bra~ «Santiago.)
Mails on Sundays will be dosed tha same as
on week days.
JOHN M. G. PARKER, Postmaster.
December 10, 1875.
Aw Important Pestai Order.
The following important order was signed by
the Postmaster General yesterday, and will be
issued by circular to all Postmasters to-morrow :
Post Office Defartkeht, I
Washington, May 8, 1875. |
The treaty concerning the formation of a Gen
eral Postal Union, concluded at Berne, Oct. 9,
1874, between the United States of America, Ger
many, Austro- Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
Egypt, Spain, Franoe, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Bonmania,
Russia, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey,
having been duly ratified by the United States
on the 8th of March, 1875, and the ratifications
thereof by the several contracting States having
been duly exchanged at Berne, Switzerland, on
the 3d of May, 1875, it is hereby ordered that tha
uniform rates of postage to be levied and col
lected in the United States on oorrespondenoe tp
and from the whole extent of the Postal Union
embracing the above named oountries, without
distinction, shall be as follows:
A. For prepaid letters, 10 «enta per 15
grammes.
B. For unpaid otters, 10 cents per 15
grammes.
C. For postal cards, 2 cents each.
D. For newspapers, if not over ft onnoea hi
weight, 2 cents each. *
E. For other printed matter, sample# of mer
chandise, and all articles, other than newspapers,
enumerated in article 4 of the treaty, 2 eenta per
each weight of 2 ounces or fraction thereof,
F. For the registration fee on all correspond
ence, 8 cents.
G. No fee will be charged for a return reoeipt
in cases where a reoeipt from the addreeftee ia
requested.
H. No additional tax will be collected in tha
United States on the correspondence torwarded
within the Union by sea on routes of man than
300 pantical miles in length.
. 1. As regards the amonfita to be paid tor the
territorial transit according to article 19 of the
treaty^ the United States claims for herself,
whenever the right of transit guaranteed by that
article is exercised, (even as regards her transit
lines of over 750 kilometres, and excepting only
her great overland railway lines between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, expressly reserved
as continuing to form the object of special ar
rangements with the post offices interested) the
minimum rate oi 2 franca per kilogramme of
letters, and 25 centimes per kilogramme of print*
ed matter, etc., and is ready by increasing the
transit rates, as permitted, to 4 francs and 50
centimes respectively, to meet the wishes of
those Department!! of the Union which make the
same declaration in regard to the United States
transit correspondence.
K. The freedom of transit of oorreepondenoe
in closed mails, reciprocally granted in the exist
ing Postal Convention between the Uni* ^d States
and Switzerland, will be maintained.
L. The Union rates of postage hereinbefore
prescribed will be levied and collected on and
after July 1,1875, on the correspondence to and
from all the contracting Btatee except Franoe,
and on and after January 1,1875, on the oorre
•pondu nee to and from Franse.
Marskall Jewell,
Pestiaastar General.