The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

RAILTVAI LVIELLIGENCE.

The chief engineer of the lntercolonial Railroad
announced that plans, specifications, &c., for three
sections of the line, one in each of the provinces of
Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, would
be ready for inspection on and after the 7tli
at the following places, viz. :—Ottawa, Rimouski,
Dalhousie, St. John's, and Halifax.
The grading and masonry along the entire line
of the Louisville and Cincinnati Railroad have been
completed, and 36 miles of the track laid. All the
bridges have been completed in the shops, and
nearly all of them delivered along the line. The
longest bridge on the road is the one over Banklick
Creek, about nine miles from Covington, which is
now building. It is 750 feet in length and 115 feet
high.
At a meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, it was
unanitnously resolved to procure the necessary
legislation and action for the city of La Crosse to
issue $200,000 of bonds to aid in the construction
of one hundred and three miles of railroad between
La Crosse and Mineral Point—sufficient aid from
other sources having been pledged to secure the
construction of this road within two years. The
distance from La Crosse and Chicago will be about
23 miles shorter via Mineral Point than by the
existing routes. The Illinois Central Railroad and
the Galena division of the Chicago and North-
Western Railway will both be greatly benefited by
the opening of this new route to the Upper Missis-
sippi Valley. Cornelius Vanderbilt is largely inte-
rested in the Mineral Point Railroad, and its stocks
and bonds are in the hands of wealthy capitalists.
The following table shows the receipts from the
Illinois Central Railroad Company for the per-
centage upon its gross receipts since its organisa-
tion :

To Oct. 31, '55... $22,751 59 For Six Months, ending
For Six Months, ending April 30, '62 $74,465 34
April 30, '56 ... 31,529 00 Oct. 31, 'G2 ... 137,709 26
Oct. 31, '56 46,102 66 April 30, '63 126,634 83
April 30, '57 ... 59,196 82 Oct. 31, '63 ... 173,759 75
Oct. 31, '57 ... 86,449 02 April 30, '64 170,055 08
April 30, '5B ... 60,255 76 Oct. 31, '64 ... 235,458 96
Oct. 31, '5B ... 71,749 .77 April3o, '65 ... 240,553 84
April 30, '59 ... 51,137 68 Oct. 31,'65 255,936 00
Oct. 31, '59 73,966 78 April 30, '66 ... 205,501 70
April 30, '6O 89,612 56 Oct. 31, '66 221,574 05
Oct. 31, '6O 96,944 66 April 30, '67 201,169 70
April 30, '6l ... 84,934 36 Oct. 31, '67 236,838 04
Oct. 31, '6l 92,828 65 April 30, '6B ... 194,603 01

Total..,

... $3,345,213..67

Articles of association have been filed for the
Detroit, Eel River, and Illinois Railroad Company.
The contemplated road will pass through the Coun-
ties of De Kalb, Noble, Allen, Whitley, Kosciusko,
Miami, Cass, Carroll, White, Tippecanoe, and
Benton, in Indiana. The capital stock is $1,000,000,
and the length of the road in the State is one hun-
dred and sixty-two miles.
The transfer books of the New York Central
Railroad Company were closed on the 9th instant,
preparatory to the annual election for directors of
the company, appointed to be held on the 9th day
of December next, and will be re-opened on the
morning of Thursday, the 10th day of December
next.
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company was to be held at
the office, on November 18th ; of the Howard Insu-
rance Company, on December 7th ; of the Inter-
national Ocean Telegraph Company, on December
Ist ; and of the Buffalo, New York, and Erie Rail-
road Company, at Buffalo, on December Ist.
Another 20 mile section of the Central Pacific
Railroad of California has been completed, making
the 390th mile east of Sacramento. The Union
Pacific Railroad, going from the east-west, reports
the completion of its 900th mile, and only 400 miles
more remain to be finished before the entire line i?
completed ; and most of this is graded.

An American paper is not complimentary to
Ignatius Donnelly; but if this man chooses to make him-
self conspicuous for gross abuse he cannot himself escape
the consequences. " The defeat of the vulgar Congres-
sional blackguard Donnelly, in Minnesota, is confirmed.
His character, and his determination to rule or ruin, lost
the district to the Republicans ; but that will be a useful
lesson. The Democrat chosen served honourably in the
war, and is a gentleman as well as a soldier. He will pru-
bably be found supporting the Grant Administration."
General Kilpatrick, American Minister to Chili,
has had his leave of absence extended three months, and
in the meantime will deliver addressee in various parts of
the country. He refuses to apologize for calling Forrest
a bandit, or a ruffian, or some name of that sort, asserting
its strict and undeniable truth, and he refuses as well to
fight Forrest, ac least so writes General Whittaker to
Shackelford.

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The following is among the records of crime and
punishment :—Kate Johnson, who hacked Pfidget M‘Der-
mot to death at Buffalo, New York, while drunk, about
three months ago, has been sentenced to be hung Dec.
18. The second trial of General Cole, of Syracuse, New
York, for the murder of L. Harris Hiscock, the seducer of
his wife, has commenced at Albany, but is not finished.
The most noticeable murder this week is that of Henry
Hannah, of Brocklyn, on his own housetop, by a burglar
whom be had discovered there about to enter his house.
Abel Larkin, of Esperance, New York, was shot nearly to
death on the piazza of his own house the other evening,
and his wife and daughter have been arrested for attempt-
ing the murder." We may add what looks uncommonly
like a murder, although it was against the Indians in
Arizona—" The head chief of the Apache Mohaves and
several of his followers, who have always professed to be
friendly to the whites, were killed at La Paz, Arizona,
and the excuse for their murder is that they were re-
sponsible for all the depredations committed between La
Paz and Frocott."