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THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT

.
NAMES OF THE FIRST FIVE CADETS EACH CLASS DETER
MINED AT THE EXAMINATION, JUNE, 1855.
FIRST GRADUATING CLASS.
l. VIM. G. Paine, appointed from Massachusetts
2. Moses J. White, appointed from Mississippi.
3, Joseph Dixon, appointed from Tennessee
4. VIM. H. Echols, appointed from Alabama.
s. John j. Saunders, appointed at large.
sEcoSD GLASS
i. VIM. 4. Merrill, appointed at large
2. Samuel H. Lockett appointed from Alabama.
8. Charles r. Collins, appointed from Pennsylvania.
A. Orlando G. Wagner appointed from Pennsylvania.
5. Chaunccy b Reese, appointed from New York.
THIRD. CLASS
l. Walter Mcfarland appointed from New York
2, John A. Tardy jr., appointed from New York.
8. Horace Porter, appointed from Pennsylvania
4. Nicholas Bowen, appointed from New York.
g. Benz. f. Sloan, jr., appointed from South Carolina.
FOURTH
1. Henry A. Dupont, appointed at large.
2. Henry w. Kingsbury, appointed from New York
3. Charles e. Cross, appointed from Massachusetts.
4. Llewyn G. Hoxton, appointed at large.
8. orville +. Babcock, appointed FROM Vermont.
FIFTH GLASS.
L. Arthur Fl. Dutton, appointed from Connecticut.
g. Francis U. Farquhar, appointed from Pennsylvania.
s. Patrick II. o'Rooke, appointed from New York
e. Charles c. Parsons, appointed from Ohio,
s. Richard M. Hill, appointed at large.
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THRILLlSG ScrNE.--The northwestern part Of August
county, Virginia. visited by heavy rain on FRIDAY
evening of last week. destroying several mill dams
aquantity Of grain. Messrs Robert Gilkeson, William
Cochran and DR.. Hendren were among the sufferers
The Rockingham Register relates the following incident
"a young lady, Miss Hottie Lamb, in attempting to
cross Mofetts rum was washed from her horse and car
ricd down the stream distance when she caught
hold of tree and sustained herself two hours crying
in the most pteous terms for those on shore to her
The stream deep and rapid that assistance could
not be rendered during all that time until at last M
George Showater perilled his own life in depcrsT
effort TO save her He went into the raging, roarn
stream and by bis efforts which generously second
cd by Mr. Martin Hail. OF Brdgewator she was rescued
Notwithstanding her perilous condition, she retained
self-possesson during all the time and by her courN
aided very much the efforts made to rescue her"
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Tine GREAT MEDIuM.--It would seem chat the spirits
have done handsome thing for Mr.. Hume the
American medium, who has figured largely in
Paris, by way Of lifting him into the good graces
Of the nobility. According to Paris writer, he is
engaged to He Kroll, sister Flaw Of the Count
Gregory Koucheef Besborodko gehhomms de Ia chmbre
Of the Emperor of Russia and will be married to her
the 10th of the present month. The intended Of the
medium is to be endowed by the Count who according
to all accounts does nothing by halves He is said TO
have an income of four millions, and is never with
less than twenty-four persons in his train He has
chaeaux. lands, villages and villas in every province of
Russia and counts armies Of peasants He has the repu
taon of making benevolent and intelligent use Of his
money, and is said to be liberal patron of art He al
ways has with him painter, musician, physician
and a poet He has himself written romance, and is
about to the publication of periodical at ST.
Petersburgh The jewels of the Countess koucbclcf
said to be valued at over two millions.
The Count has recently been to Paris and his daily
expenses at his hotel sufficient to support or
nary family year On the 18th of last month he left
the northern railway, and took entire his
train He invited Alexandra Dumas, father, to accom-
pany him. and the novelist accepted the invitation He
will assist at the marriage of Hume after which he will
visit various palts of RussiaN y. F5ening Post.
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Further Utah intelligence.

ST LOUIS July 13.--Ihe Republicans Utah cores
pondent writes the 18th that the conditions agreed
upon in the conference between Governor Cumming the
peace commissioners and the Mormon leaders, are that
the troops shall enter the city without opposition
the civil officers to be allowed to perform their duties
the laws on the part of the resident population On the
other hand all the past offences of the Mormons TO
be forgotten as stated in the Presidents proclamation
and all houses to be closed against strangers ex-
cept the ones occupied by the governor and his assist
ants. s8 ats .Jsg ~ 81 49,.
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The Herald makes the following comments upsn the
statement of the New York banks
s'The most striking feature In this return is the in
crease of specie in the face of export to Europe of
half million 1t is to be accounted for doubtless,
by the fact that much of the specie which went abroad
on Wednesday and Saturday out of the sub treas
ury The decrease of loans will also take many persons by
surprise though this may probably be referred to the
gradual distribution of the treasury notes. Altogether
the statement is satisfactory, as indicating slow and
gradual recovery from the stagnaton of last fall and
careful abstenton the part of the merchants from
any operations which might be calculated to produce
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The SKELETON ANOTHER MAsTApoN DrscovEREp.--
The workmen employed in excavating Nostrand's Pond
being of the sources for supplying Brooklyn with
waer) discovered the skeleton Of huge animal Fri
day last imbedded in quicksand. From soundngs made
supposed that the entire skeleoa is there and Mesrs
Bevoort and Lct being DESTROYS of having every part
excavated and preserved have set guard to watch
portion of the remains Of mastadon found in Baso
lys Pond about eighteen miles from Brooklyn several
months ago The remains of the recently found will
be exhumed this weekly. " Journal Of Commerce
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Naval Intelligence.

CuAnLLsroN, July 1.-THE United States steamer
Watcrwitch has arrived here from Key West with de-
spaches from Com Mcintosh for the Secretary of the
Navy
The yellow fever prevailing to great extent
among the shipping at Havana.
The frigates Colorado and Wabash were at Key West
The former had her crank broken.
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NEW York, July g. Cotton is firm--sales Of z 600
bales. Flour Is firm sales of IA 500 bills State has
advanced cents $685. u sS 80; Ohio 81 60 a 81 IS
Wheat is firm Gales of AZ 600 bushels new southern
red 81 20 white, 81 40. Corn Is buoyant- of
81 900 bush mixed So so cents white so SO cents
yellow, 80 90 cents Pork is steady at SIG 10 prime
sl3 20, Lard Is buoyant at Ia liz cents whiskey
is nrm at ~ 23a cents, Sugar is steady Muscoyado
60 cents Spirits of turpenne Is duh at 43& 445
cents Aosip - firm at 10, Rice quiet ut 81 cents
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Cases OF Drowning.--The weather.

Bosros, July l2.--At CARMEL Maine, ON Saturday the
two only children of Lewis Robinson aged six and four
years, drowned while bathing 0.a3 \
In Waltham, Saturday Miss Ellen Wallace aged
10, was drowned by the capslzing of boat
The lightning yesterday afternoon struck the dwelling
house the of Pearl and Washington Streets
Roxbury, doing some damage but njuring persen
The thermometer has fallen "a degrees since yesterday
To-day having eastcrly ran-storm. s
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The Missouri Republican.

ST. LOUIS, July 12.-To-day the Missouri Republican
entered the tyfrst year of its existence. From d.
minutiye weekly sheet of IL by l4 inches issued July
H. 1908 it has gradually Increased to its present
moth proportions of 33 by Sc inches being the largest
paper published in the West and with two cxcep
tions, the largest in the Union The Republican
ploys hundred and seventy five permanent hands,
and the aggregate expenses of the establishment reach
81, 900 per week .--- .E ..l..E. n-
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THE ARMY AND NAVY.

The Boston Journal states that orders have been re
ceiyed at the navy yard Charestown, for the immeda
construction of soop-ofwar 1873 feet in length, 81 fee
breadth Of beam and of i,200 tons burden. She is Il
carry but three guns and is to be of very light draught
The following is list of the officers of the storesbf
Relief which arrived at New York the 18th instant
Joseph H Strong, lieutenant commanding; YIN w.
Low lieutenant j. II. March, do; j. s. Thornton do
b. II. Mitchell, surgeon D. c. Robinson, captain
clerk.
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body and soul, in grand temperance movement,
looking TO the control Of the country through its
agency To sensible people such things appear
most absurd and ridicuous but, in times of excite
ment, whatever is most extreme and mpracticable is
to call out the greatest zeal in its support.
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BILLY MuILiakv, NoToRIoUs CALIFORNIAN Es-
CAPPED William Euigan, known to his q freres as
Billy, escaped from the clutches Of the law yesterday
while the court was in session. He had been aragned
for assault and battery upon Messrs Coleman and Wells
members of the San Francisco Yigiant Committee and
seated by the side of his counsel ExJudge Phillips
and Theo Il. Tomlinson, at the opening of the court
Mr. Phillips moved that Mugans trial be postponed
for the third time, which Judge Russell refused and Mr.
Phillips therefore proceeded TO challenge the jurors
During this OPERATION Mullgan who under bail for
81 900, and cooy left the ROOM since which time
he has not been seen. Mr.. Perio, Mugans bondsman,
summoned TO produce him. but failing, he forfeited
ST. 600 10 the authorities Mulligan after his arrest
penned letter to the press giving detailed account Of
his troubles and generating himself from the charge
having been the assaultng party. In concluding he
refuses submit to tile trial which Judge Russell SOL
emily decided to be unfair ~ H. Day Book
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News rrom the Gable Fleet.

QUEBEC July Is. The ship Windsor Forrest arrived
here to-day and reports that she in company with
the Niagara and Agamemnon for three days. and parted
from them on the goth ut The weather was then
heavy and both vessels under light steam. The
weather on the 23d and oath fine, but heavy south
west winds then set in, lasting until the 29th.
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Illinois Politics.

CnoAGo July l2,--Mr. Lincoln addressed large
concourse of people Saturday night in reply to SEN
ator Douglas speech the night before The number in
attendance is estimated at 5000 and considerable en-
thusiasm was manifested.
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probable Closing OF a Bank.

MEMPHIS July 13.--The notes of the Citizens Banl
are refused here That bank is expected to close to
morrow.
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z--z---------------s------
I'VE COMET or 1858.

A Telescope CoMEr has been discovered at Perth
Amboy New Jersey, by Mr. Henry M. Parkhurst. ais
observations of it, communicated to the National obser
yatory are as follows
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The -four market was firm, with fair demand for
port at unchanged prices Wheat was in good demand
rather rmer for prime but lower and irregular for in
ferior and unsound. Corn irregular and in only
moderate demand Cotton in fair demand, and Sat
urday's prices firmly maintained. Pork was un-
changed. Beef steady and without change. Sugars
were active and firm.
The cash transactions at the sub treasury were fol
lows t
heceipts- S-Atooo 20
l5s,353
Balance $50 80
The receipts include sioi, oco from
ADSUAI.
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Later from California.

NEW ORLEANS July IL. The steamship Empire City
has arrived reports the Star of the West roe for
New York with four hundred passengers and 81 500 900
in treasure. t s4 '@@ aa -st
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Marine News.

NoRroIR July 13--The brig r. w. Rowland, from
Philadelphia, bound TO Key West, put into Hampton
Roads to-day, with her captain sick,
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Tehuantepec Expedition.

New York, July 13--The barque Rapid sailed today,
hence Mnatitlan with large number of aborers for
the Tehuantepec railroad
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serious Illness OF Gen. Quitman.

New ORLEANS, July 13.---Gen Qutman lies seriously
i'll at Natchez and doubts are expressed to bis
coyery. 'tiak "I
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M, T. Wash.

h. m. s. b. m. s.
At9 II 1913 3 35 50.4 4fN "a 52S
The comet is increasing its right ascension and moving
northward in declinaton II has bright nucleus, and
resembles nebulous star Of the 18th magnitude Nd
topai b',sRgRca,
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Resignation OF Judge Cato. of Kansas.
LEAvENwoRrH June, Sth, via St. Louis, June IL =
Judge Cato has resigned his position district judge
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The comet was Observed by Mr.. Ferguson at the Ma
tonal Observatory the night of the 9th The place
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ADSUlI.
BANK STAT EINE.NI,S.

The annexed ID the last weekly statement of the New
York Banks "a
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The snboned is The last weekly return OF the Philade
pbia banks
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-27
Shakes in Nebraska.

The following letter came to us this
week, and we take the liberty Of copying a
few lines, swithout giving the writers name
or P. O.. 1t is from an old friend and fol
many years a highly esteemed citizen Of
Grant County:
Mr.. j. G. Cover. sir
| have now removed back to Grant
County whore | know it to be healthy
| and my family all took the chills and fe-
yer while in Nebraska; not only US but ev-
cry person in the neiehborhool where we
settled was sick, either with the ague and
fever the chills and fever or the bilious fe-
yer to an alarming rate. Although the
land is very rich and level, and can De had
by -emption, choice tracts at one dol
lar and quarter per acre. shall prefer
to live in old Grant on bread AMI water
and have my health as have had for the
last thirteen years while in old Grant. If
you please YOU may now send the Herald
to me again.
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NEW YORK TRI 3UNE,
1870
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II with and faster Press. at q cost OF S5o,oo0
merely that Of subscribers may receive their
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With correspondence the most important points tiso
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-27
The New STATE OF OSroSAdoN.,

The New STATE OF OSroNAGoN.-
The Albany Journal, after abiding to The
probable application to Congress, during
the coming winter, by Aiizonia and Da-
co,ab for territorial organization, adds
Superior, or Ontonaeon, Is ato moving
TIE people there have made formal APP
phca,ion to the Legislatures of Michigan
an! Wisconsin, TO which States that re-
gion belongs, for permission TO form an indie
pendent Territory with a view to admission
ultimately as a State. This must even
tualy be great mining and agfieuftura
region, ard its peuinsular position between
Lakes Michigan and Superior, seems to q
dapt il for commerce, as well as TO require
a separate political organization. L
has already population of several thous-
and"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-27

CAINEsE SUGAR CANE IN THE WEST.
The Chinese sugar cane has been calti-
waited quite extensively in Ohio the pres
ent seasen. In Plymouth township.
FchlanA County, a single crusher turned
out $50 t,arrels Of juice in a day running
day and night-,luring the syrup season.
The Advertiser of that county predicts that
another year as many acres will be plant
ed ir sorghum as there were rods the
present season.
A correspondent of the Portland (Me.)
Advertiser gives the following as the result
of his observations on the subject:
"Tiruughoat the States of Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois, the Chinese Sugar Cane
has been most extensively cultivated da
ring the past season. and with such happy
results as promise 10 make '.Sorghana
one Of the staple products of this region OF
The county Yhe. syrup is really very
fine. possessing Il flavor which many con
slider superior TO the best refined moiasses
from New Orleans. find it figuring on
the bills Of fare at the best hotels in
this civ. as we'll as in St. LOUIS ana Chs
caoo and from he way it is called FIR by
he guests should judge that 1t has aliea-
div become favorite luxury in the West.
There i, some difficulty as vet 10 finding a
process of converting the moasses into
well graduated and crystalized sugar, but
it is sail some recent experiments IN Nor
thern Illinois have been attended with ver-
V favorable results. Should cheap and
ready process of obtaining the sugar be dis
covered, the results to the West and to
the whole country will be most important
and significant. There are intelligent per
sons in llliaois who DO not hesitate to af-
firm that within the next five Years the
Sorghum crop of that State will be the
most valuable one raised, exceeding that
of any Of the cereals =
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Legal Notices.
suEBIFF,s sALE-MosEs.

Nathan W. Bass, VS.. John Moses clafrissa Z. Mo-
ses his wife. e,A a.;
emit Court August special Term 1888 Foreclosure oil
Mortgage.
Arotices hereby given hat by virtue Of judgement
~ rendered in said Court the ~ tay o AUGUST A.D
a5s in lhe cause wherein Nathan W Bass Is Pltii anu
iohp Moses and Cari~sa G. Moses are defendants, ana
on authority ae hy the direction OF the Pm ATTORNEY
will l at Public Vendue 10 the highest AMI best DID
der for cash in hand,
on the 18th day Of February, A d. 1883
Of o,cIock afternoon of said day at the door OF the
Courl House. in village of Iancaster,in Grant C"un-
tv Wisconsin, all the right title interest and cla,
rb The said defendants had at the date OF SAID MORT
70 referred to in said Judgment, in and to the follow
ing described premises to II and the a Al hall
Of he southwest quarter Of Section IL Town = n5
re > west in Grant county, Wisconsin. ne 1a po' ,
IL do n, satisfy the sum OF $3.50 To- wv "Vi-
a ~ sa ,djudged to he due by sad PEI = 70 SAY
as ti ogether with interest Gnd costs anu accrong
costs. 60. CT. 1v.s A,rrat ftt,
Re iS''0 90 DEXTER WARD, Sheriff.
s. O. PAINE Pitts Att'y. tiwoem rom"
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The South rass wagon Road.

81. LOUIS. NOV. To.
Col. Lanlis, superintendent of the
South Pass wagon road, arrived IT 81
Josephs on the i 4th inst. He reports ths
road completed to City Rocks, Nebraska
il months, at a cost of so, 900. Tht
Government appropriated Sl75,ooo and
allowed s moalhs time to co .npletc i in
Ian lis party will winter at ST. Josephs
and start again in the spring. The Chey-
ennes had burned the grass along tbs
Platte River, causing much suffering a
.norg The cattle.
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rE-onc Of our exchanges commentin

E One of our exchanges commenting
on the suggestion of correspondent ofthe
Free Democrat, that Carl Schurz should
be the next candidate Of the Republicans
for Governor, says it Is general desire
that he should succeed Mr.. Dnfk e IN the
IT. S. Senate. We have 10 doubt it
would be gratifying TO the republican par
~ TO see Mr.. S. in the U. S. Senate, but
unfortunately the constitution Of the Q. S.
contains Know Nothing clause. which
stands IN the way of the immediate graft
fication Of their wishes. That instrument
requires hat Senator shall be thirty
years of age and shall have been nine years
citizen of the U. S., which latter quail
fication Mr.. Schurz has not yet attained,
and will not for some years. Milwaukee
Free Democrat.