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cratic csndidste: smith was Wounded IN
the shoulder at the fifth round. The diff
cultv oripinsfsd in Mr.. Smiths writing a
letter TO sone of the papers, and having il
nublishsd.in which he stated that Freemen
was a Gerard and Gbeler. The affair has
caused gFeat excitement.
WARRINGTON, June 1872. NJ.
Tbs Republic has dispatches from an
official source, stating that the Mormons
on the Beaver Island had murdered q man
on triaing grounds; the inhabitants sre
greatly exaggerated, and bloodshed is an
ticipated.
The Indian, commissioners in Oregon
have concluded q treaty with the Califor-
mia Indians, by which they cede to the Uni
ted States a tract of country $50 miles
long and 80 miles wide; these lands are
among the most valuable in the Waliamate
Valley. II
The department has issued special in
structions to the East India squadron to-
procure aud send home rare plaBts s#d
seeds, particularly the sugar cane and the
tea plant, adapted TO our soil and climate,
aud useful for domestic purposes, to be dis
tributed throughout the country. ..a..
Lieut.. Chas. 6. Hunter has been dis
missed from the navy service for the non
settlement of some old accounts, while act
ing as purser. -.
The contract for the erection Of eight
magnificent mansions for Corcoran & Riggs
has been awarded to Downing & Rutller-,
ford, Of this city.
49,, ia~ BALTIMORE, June 1872. NJ.
Green. the negro who was sentenced to
be hung at Ellicott's Mills, to-day, has been
respited by the Governor.
TORONTO, June IS.
The Council of the Board of Trade have
resolved to memorialize the Governor
against closing the canal and in favor of
defsrential duties.
Ia. the Assembly, an address 10 the
Queen has been moved, praying for the
restoration of protection to Canadian pro-
ducts. The subject was postponed.
HARTFORD, (Ct.) June Is.
81 The river bridge, four miles south OF
Hampton, was destroyed BY fire, yesterday
afternoon; it was about 10 feet in length.
te baa New YoRK, June l3-P. M.
The Empire City sailed for Chagres TO-
day. with 23l passengers. The Promeths-
as sailed With g large number also. The
tsWsstfngton sails to-morrow for England,
Htth3IoO,0 900 specie.
a,4ssET NGw YoRK, June IL.
In the Cuban invasion case before the
u. s. district court, a notion for a Com
missioner fl jim New Orleans TO take testi-
mony was denied, and the trial was SET
down for Wednesday next, the 18th.
- sMr. Prentice, who has Just returned from
California, brought with him a lump Of gold,
nearly pure, weighing 81 ounces, and val
ued at $ l,O00. Mr.. Prentice intends send
ing it to the Worlds Fair.
A case of unusual interest was tried in
our Supreme Court yesterday. In 1929, a
man, calling himself John Brock, opened q
jewelers. store on Chatham street in this
street. in this city, which he continued till
his death, in ls4S, when he devised his es-
tate, valued at $4,000, to his wife. A
claim of S 900 is now brought against the
estate by Thomas Cottrell, Of London, who
charges that his real name was Flammsns,
and that previously to 1929 he was a clerk
in his employ, in London, which employ
meat he left clandestinely, a defaulter fo'
$1,000.
Capt. Morehead, of the LIST regiment Of
Pennsylvania volunteers in the Mexican
war, was committed to the prison in PhiIa-
deIphis, yesterday, on q charge of forgery,
connected with land warrants.
A firm, doing a very extensive business,
failed yesterday in Philadelphia:
go We learn Of the arrest of General Tai.
colt, by order Of General Scott, on account
Of characterization and disrespect; the
court martial will commence 10 a few days.
The steamer America reached her dock
at Boston at 8 l-2 o'clock. The Judicial
State Convention of Pennsylvania met this
morning, at Harrisburgh, and was organic
ed BY the election of a temporary chairman,
the Honorable James NJ. Porter of North
ampton. Five Judges of the Supreme
Court are to be nominated by the COnveu.
ton. tsa
The steamship Canada sailed to-day al
noon with sixty passengers; among them
was n. s. Williams, bearer Of dispatches
to our minister at London.