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produces little effect.
The argument in the Almaden quicksilver mine
case mas closed, and an impression prevails that
Judge McAllister will decide for the government.
anu Judge Holman for the claimants, rendering an
appear TO the United States Supreme Court neces-
sary before the injunction can be dissolved
u IL Is understood that Reverdy johnson, Senators
@ DenJanan nj and Gwin, and Senators Baker and Nes-
miIn' nn' OIL oregon, will leave on the 10th inst
Inc accounts from Oregon are to November l.
Ine prospects OF Lincoln carving the State were
falr. i large number of the Douplas Oan,ocrots
had E gone over to the Republicans, leaving the
Brecklnrldge wing of the Democracy much stronger
than the Douglas party.
In consequence of the late Indian masgacres on
the overland immigrant route, Capt. Dent, of the
9th Infantry had been ordered to take the field from
Fort Walla- WaIla with one hundred infantry and
dragons, who were the march for the Snake
Indian territory.
COMMERCIAL.
The country trade is still good There is little doing
o"eNerl IN TINS market from first hands, the election
having diverted attention from business The only change
worthy since the departure of the PONY Express
Is an advance in Butter, with a strong demand and
liberal sales for consumption Best Isthmus and new
cape horn is selling at 3031 cts The Grain market ia
nrmer, but not quotably changed The export demand
for Wheat is active.
IHE UNITED STATES AND CHIVA.-Despatch have
been received at the Department of State from
Minister Ward, with dates from Shanghae to Sent.
D. lie states that the war is considered virtually
at an end. After the allies had taken the forts the
Chlnese at once surrendered. Lord Elgin and
Baron Gros had been invited to Tien-tsin to settle
the terms Of peace, and from information which he
had just received from the Ten-tsn it was expect
ed the ambassadors would get their matters settled
IN the course of a few weeks and that the troops
Gnder Admiral Hope would be ready to return to
India Immediately. The termination of the war; it
was peheved, would have most excellent effect
! upon commerce. The peaceful policy pursued bv
our government towards China would undoubtedly
prove beneficial to interests for in all the com
munlcations which have passed between myself and
! the Chinese, says Mr.. Ward, they entertain the
most friendly feeling for the United States The
government being desrous of obtaining all the in
formation possible, aad of learning the exact condi
uon OF affairs at the several parts of that empire
commercial as well as otherwise, Minister Ward
VIII visit the principal ones before his return to
the United States. The Saginaw has been detailed
oy nag officer Stribling for that purpose.
-, The MoRMoNs AND THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS
Inc latest advices from Utah show that the Nor
mons, under their leader, Brigham Younp lose M
opportunity to delay and obstruct the federal
Muuges M IN the administration of justice to offenders
Inc new Judges are no exceptions to the selfwill of
brigham, and at the last accounts one of them
Judge Crosby, was subject to some annoyance in
the Issuance of writ ordering a stay of proceed
lngs IN case where the "chief Mormon was an
| interested party. The Mormons appear 10 have
adopted the resolution of nOn-intercourse with the
GentIles who came with the army a year or two ago
and since the departure of that BODY they have
been somewhat dependent on Mormon patronage;
but since nOninter course is the order of the dav
bad luck, and are leaving the Territory as fast as
their money and facilities will permit.
NEW PEACE MOVEMENT IN MExICo-We under
stand that the constitutional Government of Mexico.
IN calling together federal electors, nominay for
the choice of successor to Juarez expect that the
really important business of the new CONGRESS will
be the consideration of propositions for peace or
truce, to be laid by foreign powers before it
lhese propositions proceeded originally from the
French and English Governments, but it is under
undpruO al
tons by the diplomatic conferences at Jalapa. The
parties to this conference, so far known, the
British, French, Spanish, Prussan and United
States Ministers, all of whom have special instruc
tons in reference to matters fore them-N O.
Pjcoyune, Nor. l7h.
3HE FIRST AFRICAN RAILROAD was inaugurated on
the 25th June last. 1t is called the Natal Railway
and connects the capital of the colony, Durham,
with Cape Town The whole enterprise has been
successfully carried through by the colonists no
foreign aid having been received and very import
ant advantages expected to arise from the sure
and rapid communication between the interior and
the coast. train in motion was, of course, an ex
! traordinary novelty for the natives, and many of
the CaifreI at first tried to measure aeetness with
! the marvellous iron horse, but they soon had to
give up the
LIGHT-HoUsEs AND LrGHT-YE ssELs.-The number
OF lighthouse stations on the Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico and Pacific coasts, in charge of the United
States is 323, exhibiting 800 lights; the number of
light-vesse stations the Atlantic, Gulf and Pa
ciic coasts is A. and the number of lights exhibited
by them is So, making total of 3G5 light. stations
and 42l lights. On the lake coasts of the United
/ States there are 81 ght-statons exhibiting lis
lights making grand total of 45G light-staons on
all the coasts of the United States, and the number
! OF lights exhibited at all those stations 539.
FORGERY AND SUICTDE.-A prominent real estate
broker of st. Paul, Minnesota, named Gray, and a
native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts,, had been pecu-
niariy embarrassed, recently, and being unable to
| borrow any more he procured some blank county
bonds, which he filled up, and delivered to person
from whom he was about to procure a loan as Sc.
| curity. The forgery was discovered and an officer
sent to arrest Gray, who, on perceving the officer
ran to the bridge and threw himself from the top
distance Of 100 feet, into the river. His body
was not found
WAR EQUIPMENTS FOR THE SoUru.-The New York
| World, of yesterday, says:
The temper of the Southern people regarding Sc
| cesslon is deemed by many indisputablv mani
fest through large orders being given in the North
| ern States for the manufacture of fire arms and
! other equipments of war. Most of the leading
houses OF this city, whose speciality is the manufac
| ture oil war equipments have already received
| large orders We also learn that similar orders
are now being filled at Hartford, CT.
We learn, says the New York Herald, that a very
great excitement prevails among the officers of the
navy IN consequences Of the present state of affairs
at the South, and that adverse are thew to n col.
lison with their fellow citizens in that quarter that
| there will be an almost universal resignation of
their commissions as soon hOstilities break out
| They will not imbrue their hands in the blood of
| their brethren.
! NEWSPAPERS IN PARTs.-Paris possesses at present
/ five hundred and three newspapers; forty-two of
these, as treating of politics and national economy
have to deposit security in the hands of the
Government; four hundred and sixty are devoted
| to art science, literature, industry, commerce.
and agriculture. The most ancient of the latter is
the Journal des Sopaas, and dates from the year
1865.
LINcoLNIsM IN NRGNGA.-In the Northwestern
part of Virginia, the following is the vote for Presi-
| dent:
Counties lincoln Doag,qs Brec5- BeU
6T5o 6rGoke. 73s 13s 90 81 81 % %
$50 927 1925 1,4ol
Quick PASSAGE OF A SAILING YEssEL-The clipper
ship Andrew jackson arrived at New York on
Monday from Liverpool after passage of fifteen
days, with full cargo. She made the passage to
Liverpool (grain laden) in fifteen days, and on the
passage out and home has been only thirty days at
sea, including two days calm, sailing G, 800
miles; thus averaging nearly two hundred and
| twenty miles day.
Ulfsber, Iceland, was lately the scene of a most
remarkable mirage. Several ships were seen sail
ing through the air in line apparently some miles
in extent; appeared at anchor near a fortress
built on rocki others seemed to approach so near
the coast that the spectators could see through the
clear atmosphere, the images of sailors at work iu
the rigging.
letter from Havana, Cuba, dated November
5th, says Col. Wood, second only to Barnum as
a Snowman, is occupying the Villa Nueva Theatre
with Signor Blitz and his learned canaries, etc.
etc. The Colonel has also the Sea Lion and Albino
family exhibiting the Varieties Theatre. He
promises us troop of minsrels and the celebrated
"Back Swan"
a boy about II years of age, son of John Writ, a
resident of the town of Macomb, New York. was
punished on Friday, the 9th inst, by his mother,
for some fault. Deeming his punishment unjust
he started for the woods, telling his mother it was
the last time she would see him alive. He then
made rope of some Eastwood bark, and hung him
| self from tree.
The patriotism of Americans soiournng in Chins