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, 1865-05-22
TEE ICE m0NOROLTSTS.
Hugo SvvtndIe Being Fracttced-s2O
Fer EOn charged Tor IcG-Lut tnu
PSu0tg Resist

The Ice peddters are going round the streets
W1tA thetf waEoas, and ch1:glng dollar q " :eE
for fifteen pounds per day. Tuts price Is shane.
ful imposition on the pubic and shonld not b.
submitted to. 1t Ia downright bA.efsccd swInd-
iuc. Three or four ice companies have formed a
couhiIst1op, spportitned tho t+sslt-ry. osrcel
not to compete with caeh other, nor t. charge
;es+ Than dollar PCT week. II this outrage Is
allowed to succeed. next ~ ar III" conhlns!on.
t.H sa'.Gcd WITH ,he proltts OF Ibis yeats rapa.
city, will charge = 5}or sap week Ia r~ssst.
lo M o W. nat o5 5S
NJ: year md 5e4ra tn tue more dEstart future
Tt eGThtraIon has uTdert1keu 10 cx &C. f.1,aty
Ice !. an ar'iesc chcsp'y procured: Seen winter
the list va. exceedingly favorable for Its pro.
lcciiou. The stuck IN hand Is ENORMOUS. The
to al commercial ru'es. tse ps1:e Of ire should
:ae mpde1ate- There Ia TO e1cusc or re.son for
shaEs,ng more than f1y y efnf. e. wset, which i
would hc satisfactory to honest aud fllr deal,u.
men. Last Year Lit price opeupd ffty cenls per
nssk, and go con'inued ul mid SUNNI ,r.
cents for The remainder Of the s.asun. This was
In consequence Of the treachcrou. conduct Of the
managers Of the chics.o Ice Company, wh,eh
pledged not 10 charge Eore than dfty Ieuts. We
well remember when the u1Eagess Of thai con-
piny we're going around 3nonH onF citizens pro-
cuFlnR subscriptions to start the company, On the
po.tt:ye pledge th1: ttc Wo1.d tc furnished by II
At hftT ccnta pag Htek. Several Of the TR,nCsE
comRsny. sEl,serlhed stick and p.ld ia .deir
ye inquire, have the gers of the concern put
un fhc pricet Who EuTe them authority 20 10 DO.
when were the sto .khol!ers coz 'ulte3, and VII n
dla they d!reetthe naesgers 20 Increase the price
pledge g.ren 10 the putec: Those who Subscribed
stock 10 that company st0uld cat tho 1nacets to
IN account for the breach Of taith Of which they,
ase gully.
Lsst year when Eo,d ". rs ieo VI. sold a, tt.y
aad ftll i4!toe. ICE Is pa. uo to a dol:ar.
The fraudulent character ol the transac.
on s'an1s opt on the lace ok It In
tGue Cities, If such q gouee was alteDp.-
I'd to be p1zctced on thu p.opt., they
Eouid uake tie town 700 not to bold The ptrpe.
traitors, certain limit number OF hours wou.i
tc rtyeo them % fe :ve the place and not 20 ii
en,'e @ h,ek Itmsy no; 1e neest.s1x. OF expel-
to src4 Up the sW1ndc; but out citlzeas ought 70
resolve GIT thets Ice severely aIone.-po. iaxe
pound Of at arr pres ascre tf,J ccuta per week.
There will not he mseh hot vsatlle1 for month
,rt uurlns which nGlv Iet tscEE ftmiiy refuse to
;a5r tcc from the cxtoltlpn'sts. if I, The end OF
that tmc 'hey ssluse 10 :c!l at fats pssco other
etcp. cxa be taken which will ehokc cff tls b.ool-
lcethes.
, 1865-05-22

AA"6A- ~ AAEG lA1h XU3.11lukE
hssr 1fs1ea a auction IN thla city. on THURSDAY.
a3y :uh, commencing At ~ O'Clock a, III a onr
hsles Ihs ar.erfitn II baye:s is rsr;1cn,srv
ihtsn 70 hls aalc - It cmnFAcsH some of fhs fueas
flcatst tottA maEuiac rrd Ill o1 The EnTesr n1d
"! mnauf.c 9rtd r.: n:st.claas Ctr Is
tali iraie y EeE ao1k, Eos:on aI1 cinc!:nstt ~
Tie E: it mtn Iatn. Every tcln ii IN
te = Hra2.cd II every vay. ''1'' '@"' Wa
Part!cu!aT attention Is invited to tb4 sotentld nj
eo1tuent Of OH, Walnut and Rosewood Ch snher sntfs
Of thse a. ten pieces, NJ rs slass md eesa5t
Carved she*-tIs CHOICEST Kood3 In ta1a civ aian
p The ~ Tor snlts. seclela.ies nat Book Czses:
Heavy Tlilts osA and Extension T. b.es, Re- ew3od
EhFenE vi mt:Eor back mad stds h-1cyerS. FITr-
nEe ns .osf 6i Wsio ocI1ay 11ssf aI VIII r
Ibt1.y Eha!t., Marble Top Tab es and Ssrds. VIA.
tots. ele9ant O.a aEd Oh Walnut Blteboa7ds with
C1nu& Futnitura- @-
Also, I.ch Gola Ert Frame M,,ro1 e,so, d3e a.
scgsEent Vt Geld Bala Frsnch and Toiict DIE.
ne ard Tea Sets. comp.eta- 1s'1@ss ~~
The wheia nsktc1 oEe Of tho rost attractt7e Lies
Of The Bbose FOX Gt ever held u Chicago,
Ese:{ st'isle Eta bn sold wllhoa, rtscrve.
Hy-Sz1se-T1 EnEEf:T d SAYstUN. AnrsA,
, 1865-05-22

Ont nj 14aEt -Just tae rorks tar every ftn-
lis. and agents will rally TOT them Lie OF Abra.
haLl Lhculn. $s.aj. Dur GEeat Captains, Army
md Navy, Ss:to, both illustrated with porirNts
WI Re srat fr"e, ter price. sind u 3. u. X II.
Le1y, l94 Clark st.cet. Chicago. msy.lxtJi.3t
, 1865-05-22
&kulkiuc 1'ruflOra,

NEW YORK, May s0.-Thc New York Tines
SPECIAL hiss The following John G. Bttekln.
smith a.e ssalklng IN the vicinity OK Feraaudi n
EloEId3.
, 1865-05-22
{pnS1epn NlnrHMt


7EHVR0 NINFKGTs
OaEE0o, May 20.-Elour unchanged. Whcat-
,notlerste milling demand No. 1 Mllw4ukle ctnb
S!.3sG Il Is. No. 4slo Sl.30. Winter red IntjuuA
1.5. Other grsins nominal.
, 1865-05-22

In this ctr. At the DI,hop's Chapel Nay 1e.A by
Rev John vi kin.up, Is.fn. Of st. 7 .n.ts' Caursd t.
ntlWanKes ~: MA',klcE ". BRIGGS and Miss
ulcn CtHnlal, f4sl, MI III this city. hn Eards.
, 1865-05-22

krw fosk stocU and Nancy Marker.
NEW YoRk. May 20.
1fos1T-Fnrket easy at pc, c-n: on eli iosns.
gold
Oclp-Dull, without decided CHI lnK opening 4. 49,
declining 10 - u. and tlSsrx ~ 16sk.
q vEtNMkNT eIOC1B-A lh4dc nrn1ef.
Trt ,olu1 e1rotts OF 1ptcte to-day amounted 10
Sc,N7.0G0.
, 1865-05-22

vesAris Passed pesro1t.
Especial Dupatch to The cntca 70 Tri1une.1
D1TEo1T, May Fl 1853.
Coot. Resolut.. An6stT ". Game Cscf.
P@9wSs @ H5yph:n, Jora.
, 1865-05-22

PtTrfss 1roth a1ld Freclkle Lnsi5n-
cbloasma, or Mothpatch, tl1sn called LtseFspot,}
lud Lenigo4 OF FEcckes. are often very auEo} (,
particularly to .aules u light eoualexsuu, f1t the
lloLGs tiap ol . hruuct.s; hut Mcy grsaIy
mar she b-7uty o: eIthes; aud uuy preptr 4tiun
that WILL cdtctantly Ec.1ovc them withon. inj1r-
iGc the texture or color Of the skin. IL csrt4nl1
dss j, r.tlm. IT, B. c Perry, Who hiss mate tllt-
esses Ut tic skin q specially, has discovered 4
remedy for these dsi olOrat1ous, which II at ono.
prompt, in n,a.IIt1e, And harmless.
fur iu Sew York oy Uemaa Blrnea s. Co.,
Il Park Row, nnt T. Z. Wells s. Co., lt3 franklin
tt1eeL
rcpsrcd only by D. c. Perry, DeEmstoloeist,
ctussisis; pr.ce s: per hottle. Gail for PcIry's
Apth alu Freekle Lotion.
For further Information address Dr.. q. 6. Terry,
, 1865-05-22

srspsc1ars.-A gentleman boarding At the
1,ehu,ccd Non<c, md connected with a ta,ce
.rstrv cttah,ishnrpt on River <ees, b "a been
Ini.tine siuo~ tssi"esdsy evening last 6us.
nciy,s ot foul play are rutsfnl.
, 1865-05-22

AT1Exr1ED EonlEeY. ~. rhe boar OF o'clock
on Sunday morning, robbery Was attempted to
be committed It tho grocery Eto.o Of Mr. Russo,
On the corner of Illinois and Clark sireet, The
wot.d he roabcs tpcampra upon the alarm being
honc housa happsninc 10 r.ss Sy Il ~ III ,ins
were 1zrs stei on epspictoa. 4 EloatncS cx-
pisnQion and they W.. Cu4xs;sc
, 1865-05-22

u4In TO BAIl "A .nsu known to the sporting
ftate1nty Of t.h:raco az Holmes Bxszer, and
1asins - srII; ;.ttn cut:lde this e.:cle, except In
The Pull Court has b.t II n.les,ed cauzed win
1escs ny - 1,lcs- II is alleged that hs wrcar.
5ully sta Mslllnlly appropriated the money az
bounty nnI other Jumpers u his oEn uEe. The
c.ie s:Gn1s cua,iuusd un.l WEDNESDAY next, The
dcsr1dant Eisrt, talt III tie sum Of $50 to make
his nm, ar1ncf.
, 1865-05-22
EQar1lng.

POaRDING-To rent, with
IL beard, 1assa uurura.sei Front Eooul. auitaols
for n maf.1ef couple two *irEe s~aIern. a. Also
barn In the rear Of tAr premises 10 scnt Apply a
H14 Oh1osL mylaA1ls
DOAKD-Two gentlemen can ba
IL p!,yatt IA ianiy. =. ~ Qaaey street isom
observation-disclosures BOARDING.
II House ,us: o1eae. as 13S West Lakn street,
myclat9A
RoARDING-A R1 ] few gsn:lsmen
beass Il A6 Franklin street. Asos is9 ~ E1o1 aa1
RoARDING CA gentlem~ ~ an. w,;a
- a1d child can te accom- ( odat.d MIN o ,.a
ons Mo[, ST p " applying at oncc At I'll Massn r.
ROAKD1NG-A PLEASANT room
- Gnfa1r..eed; With board, :, Union pa.s, win
Rs.ya1f tsiT Y asm Rs5fpso seqused Apply Is
ROARDING-Wantzd by rer-
IL ~ tsmsn nnI~ie- II q private fani!,, ne;sa or
~ sen sfest and eass af S.nfe. Iloom q goous
tuIni.heM q 2, nn'aFnshed- Addsess ~ H."
ROkRn1NG-Fcur or five gen.
- - ter,sn can b aceommoaa:ee with hoaf2 snu
.Hn LnSe. A'Eo. = feR day hoa-tsrs, my3irN.t1
, 1865-05-22

ALI. -BrEst71, tue great humorist and re
newned ciccu!iotist, lrtc Of Doeworth Hall. II.
T., ldy1rtt:cs II eeslts Of his popular enlesta,l-
-prpu 1t smith d. Ntxon's nzll, comtnet ei, Z
W.tancsdsy evening. Nsy a4th. Ne pu cict ior
him q cordial greeting from the public In TIC
.h.n4 h r,,wut L LGusI6
, 1865-05-22

Call 1t n r urrrill,s Nos II Nud 70
EaEdulph s.rte.,N you wish something n~w tu
the way Of Lamps or Glassware. myaG3lo7t
, 1865-05-22

LINCOLN 1Ss7rrc1E The committee of the LIN
coin 1nttu,r 1sse drnWu NJ their clrcn.ar eating
9ofil-uoi the r,atme VI tie memorial. for no IT.
gumcnt ia needed 10 tuprtes IT. all-lmportauce On
eFery 1oyal mid, hut proposinc-:hcir plau Of
operation. The menlr:ia. Ii TO constst Of mAs.
nIhefnt cdtncc to he srecrcc il oEs city and coz
t.,n trophies Hrd meme ntoee Of the Great DEPART
Cd. In order to ALLOW evcrr nue 10 tuhscsIbe. Au
dooas'ops. however email. will be received. The
nGme received will he 3rvestet IN 1.p bonds uuttl
4 euEacjeal tr1olnt II xDhferIhcd
, 1865-05-22

TOR SALE -~AtMen1ota, Itincis.
4 sspafaseF or together. Bcltlnz, Ehaf.tn4 kai
Eansfre. PulF3s. q tueh notsecss Ese >blows- t1s
p,pe, ploT mould board press. tyfe irons, anv!ls,
plaG t1scal1c. emery shaft and heaIs, grtnasson.,
saatsa sId cone puleya Aao, to raat or for sals,
ana - machine ah3p. or rlow saop- Apply % J. J..
MEST. ls1QQtl, I'LL. rpYixE3a7.14t
, 1865-05-22

BuRcrAEy.-rrid.y morning nbout 9 O'Clock.
the boarding huuse Of alr. Gardiner, No. 2ll
1iad,ton etecs, was burg atious|y entered, and
the rnckcf Of slv.r of Tho ,nm1ses r.sd OF thcts
c~pt~utf. Mr. Gardiner lost hcs,dca his pocket
book. yalrahl~ witch. tbo key 0f which he will
give The thief II he Will ettl Eos It. In his hurry
Re OMITTED to tske il with the wAlch. Most ostht
ftcirp pot1ct hcoks rr:nue thtir contents, were
Gfecurcted ia The STREET at the door u1 thu next
housc, where they had been thrown bJ tne
thi. yeA,
, 1865-05-22

THETA man named Terence O'Donncll4wa
hrnpght tefore Justice Mullkcn on Saturday,
charged with theft uta cssc not being a very
clear cnr, he wAs held bves Uatl Wednesday
He1.s
, 1865-05-22

Paper Knnyings, Painting, C1lt:ua.nius and
Glazing. at 7. Z. kkby i, 60 Klnla1ph suett.
, 1865-05-22

GILBERT j. SAMPSON,
~ GENERAL ACEr1oNHKE3. Il. a. G Il D-.1-
eCrnSt Ch!csko, III. v: n7t cur rc-so1 ii attention
20 ssls5 Of Ho-lehpid Fr1LIsalz. &C.. 1t eng1 or
At :cr sa:esrrc-t: PaFt.'s breaking " fc1seEee2-
E @ifl md II - tlcl1 nd7acta- = Hcfurv t.
pcslnE OF their gccd1. o1 1sEul.r tate aA!s o. Fur
nlt1re And NonsShpd 4aeas, >. n1r IN etlou1o- cYs
TCG:daJt and Eytts:1 uAytosS uIth3
, 1865-05-22

ao1n DowN-Paoy1s1oss Up.-The following
Is CLIPPED from the New York Herald. The ar-
Eumsnt ia equally good and equally needed for
THIS loauttudc as on the meridian OF New York:
gold Is coming down with rush. Il has
reached ths polnt OF 1871, and will very soon bs
1own %" 10 a2s. This va the highest pfies which
cuntaiances Of the times evve rea1IJ dnm lndsd
that 1t should have Attained. That,t had r ,ue up
to the po,nt II had reached during the war was but
the 1eeolt Of tpecuiStfon and u1Ise excitement.
nov that tha War is over, thoss influences Mt
longer remain, and Il must Of courte tumble down
to proper stardatd.
But while gold falIs everything ESQ shonld fa1i
With 1t. This. however, Is not the case. PfoYls-
ions are Es high nov as ever. Neat for example,
Is retaiied q as high price as when gold wls
quoted at ss1- Bcef. which rated It from eighteen
10 twenty cents pound before tic war, advanced
to tosty and 6lty cents when gold was 1t lts msxi
mnci valnc and the dealers atu tue .ame PRICES
to-day. j is tie same with almost every other
aritcie. This ls nothing bat swindle, sod sone
mcans ehould b, taken to prevent 1t. The pu 'lls
nIc grossly i1poa.d npoa by. butchers, ero:ess,
PROVISION dealers, and others. The people h1ye
contributed taeir blood and 'huss money to pur-
chase pc.cr, and now that they h1ye oataiued it,
tley are entitled 10 oEe, At lo1st OF thu blessings
1tf. " -
, 1865-05-22
TROSBY'S OPERA HOUS.


DE kATOWs WEULT.
Max Str.kasel he's Tic homo. to ann ,u- ca to tie
cttz-ns o. Chicago and vIciLity that wccn In E1-o7
ha succeeded Ia niasihg ntanxsenss for h.!-t Con-
cestTour nth tse wonderful Rns*ian v1o,oncel!sr,
, 1865-05-22

TIE hlBLEM3 OF MOUKNISa.
The everg.eens and emOle1ns Of mourning
have all been removed from the outside Of
the s,ate. House, but, Ut the urgent request
Of tic Illinois soldiers, who will soon be
home, tha Representatives Hall ard catafaI-
CO will reCaIn untouched until our b-are and
Nar.woru veterans can have the melancholy
iatis:actlou Of visiting It..
, 1865-05-22
0GN SPRINGFIELD LETTER.
The FtFat Union Flag EIolsted in
observation-disclosures G.trrex pnuus
ence-nIun1efiDs- Out lllltsoiA ooitlie r..
Ar.

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune. !
SPRINGFIELD, May ~.
THE PInST CE1ON FLAG.
Itelec1aphed You day or Two ago In rela-
ton to letters received By Governor os1esby
f,om Governor Andrew, Of Massachusetts,.
The fact that the trst Union aas to hoas over
the capital OF the bogus Confcderacy belong
cd to an Illinois regiment was On interesting
one to Thousands CT the readers of the TR1D.
tsE, and doubling not that the full par
ticu!nrs will be quite as gratifying, I herewith
sand you copies Of the letters from Governor
Andrew:
, 1865-05-22

sLATEHx Anol1snD.-A Rip Van Wlnkle kind
OF nan+ named Edwin Peck, hsiting from Ala'
bam', but now In Chicago. hi. evidently ecascel,
yet walked up to the knowledge that slsrery is 4
defnnet tnstiluhon. and that d.rkfes, especially
when oetosoons, hate rights which white men asc
| bound to RESPECT. In consequence, probably, ol
| rot reading The taper. he appca,ed in tbs Po!ee
Cunst on Friday last, charged with III abduction
ol oEe WHO b d once Eccn his s!are though white
as himself The wit1ess for tn, prosecution,
{Mey 90 not give names to slaves, IL ei shth
niooo eighteen yetrs Of age, and very good look.
tnE. ihE latter being the reason Of hef purchase
bJ Peck Aum her father q, 4 wealthy planter in
Ai.s:1s. !a3.3 10 hIonght hsr TO cDteage and hs,e
soon obtained knowledge Of her
1se9u On the premises, and provided hesatat
with another homo, from which he abducted her
-henee tha complaint. fev Years ago she
Mcnld naEc beeu conveyed back to the hlaeous
9eoaachcd slsverJ flom which ehe escaped, but
hanks to The "ou11 against tbs comet" aud the
suceesss o. the Union arms, the courts no atrord
nc: protection. Failing to rec ala her a. .Iarc,
bonor " she Indignantly spurned, and left the
eoart nee wonhn, while be1 prosecutor w1s
nned - and co5tf for disofderly eo.doct, thst
ceinf considered sufficient amount to open his
e}e3 70 INC lact thai now, not only IN the North,
put In the whnle lcagth and breadth Of tn. cont-
male CT f:u4A:e,
, 1865-05-22

NORTHWESTERN SANITARY FA1n.-The Execu-
tive Committee Of tho Northwestern Fair will
hold their regular meeting on Monday, My 2ed'
a*3p N. Ihere being but one more meeting be-
fore tie F1.r, 1t is very important that the mem
Lete ltlLnd puuclua1iy.
, 1865-05-22

ForuTu or JCL1.-An adjourned mEcting OF
citizens, to n, ,k- arrangements to c.!ehrate the
Fourth o: Jelly, will be held in room No. Tte-
mont llou-c, Mnuday reen1ng,, u quarter before
s utloex, ~ hear lle repHrt u the tuuittee o2-
pointed 81 The G1st Erttia-, and transact other
1,stsA
, 1865-05-22

TuE Nos7uLS.-Thc sixeh number Of tie re r
Caihollc Monthly, cFi'ed at the Univerdty Of 8,
Ma1yt Of tho Lake, end pu,l.ehed by Eearney l.
Rysre. IL n fcrr ue II so. tslns some very wall
y -inrr n:ilc'7s. amcnc whtcb We ney notc oue on
thr "[7fity ol thc Ilrm1n Eace." and eupthes On
s4Cnr -, Ptu!rs~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-29

Baltimore, December 2s.-Judge Giles, In
the United States District Court here, de-
ctded this morning the important Aabeas corpxs
case OF Ralph Abercrombie, held BY General
Wolley, charged with being spy and desert.
ing to the enemy also with giving testimony
before Confederate 'court-marttal in Rich.
mond. on which testimony Captain Deaton, of
the United States army. was wrongfully con.
victed and executed. Judge Giles decided in
favor of the military authority, remanding to
its custody Abercrombie for military trial, ~
he belonged to the United States military sar-
vice. Abercr0mbie will now soon be tried by
court-martial. He was q lieutenant in the
old United States army.
The court-martial Of which General Fessen-
den is president, and Colonel Bingham, Judge
advocate, has adjourned sine de, having dis
posed of the important forgery trial df Pri-
vate Thomas Murphy. A new couTt-martial
will probably be formed soon to try Abercrom.
hiO
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-29

Commodore Winslow, formerly commander
OF the Kearsarge, has been ordered to the com.
mand Of the Gulf Squadron, In the place Of
Rear Admiral Thatcher, who has been de-
tached. This squadron now consists Of TWEEN
ty vessels, carrying one hundred and thirtys
eight guns.
The gunboat Florida, now at the Brooklyn
navy yard, will soon b ready for see. She 10
intended for the now West India Squadrou,
and Commander Henry Roland0, Formerly Of
the Keystone State, has been ordered 70 COM
mand her. go
The vessels composing our. Ileditesranesn
Squadron were ut Lisbon, Portugal. Ut latost
advices. They were expected TO 1save shortly
for Spezzia. The storeship National Guard
was TO call at Gibraltar ON her way to Spe1zia
and take on board the armament Of the rebel
privateer Sumter, which was left there when
her name was changed to Gibraltar.
The supply steamer Massachusetts, win leave
the Brooklyn hayward ON Saturday, 3oth In.
slant. She will carry mails, passsnxers and
stores to the Gulf and Atlantic 0duodTuus.
Parties Wishing to send letters or pa2kAgss 70
their friends In those squadrons can leave them'
At the Lyceum in the hayward any time b.
fore Saturday morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-29

Gerritt Smith has finally commenced his Ii
bel suit against the Chicago Tribune, laying his
entered in the United States Circuit Court, be-
fore Judge Drummond. Mr.. Smith was will
ing to forego the judicial proceedings il the
Tribune would publish a retraction dictated by
himself. This the Tribune refused to do, pre-
ferring to fight it out in the courts
It is computed that the commerce of the lakes
amounts to; at present, at least twelve hun
dred millions of dollars annually, and that
sends to the seaboard one hundred millions Of
| bushels of grain, two millions of hogs and half
| a million of cattle annually.
At the request of Quartermaster- General
Meigs, the Paymaster- General has stopped
the pay of nearly one hundred officers Of the
Ruartermasters Department until they shall
have rendered to the Quartermaster- General
| the returns and accounts required of them by
the law and regulations of the Department.
| The commerce Of the world il estimated to
require three million six hundred thousand
able bodied men to be constantly traversing
| the ocean, Of whom seven thousand five hun
dred die every year. The amount of property
moved ON the water lie from fifteen hundred to
two thousand millions of dollars, and the
amount annually lost by the casualties Of the
sea average twenty five millions Of dollars
Peter KAISER, OF Waukesha. Wisconsin,
killed himself by drinking whisky that had
stood in copper kettle several days, at Plnm
creek, last week He died In half an hour,
and q man who drank with him died in an
hour, and his wife, who drank but little, came
near dying.
General Swayne, Commissioner Of the
Freedmen's Bureau In Alabama, has issued an
order to the officers of the Ereedmen's Bureau,
which, in effect, nullifles the laws passed BY
the Legislature in regard TO freedmen.
A gentleman from Texas says that it is not
known what has become Of Senator Wigfall.
1t is considered certain that he has not crossed
the State into Mexico. and il In the United
States his locality is = secret. Many believe
that he IL dead.
The Reading Railroad Company, of Penn.
sylvania. it 10 stated, contemplate placing
four tracks on their road-two for passengers
and two for freight. They have now three
tracks over good portion Of the road.
It Is said that General Gideon J. Pillow, Or
Maury county, Tennessee, II building lareo
schooling and providing teachers for his
former slaves. He owned some two or three
hundred.
Major General Ruford, Of the late Con6sde-
rate army. was In Cincinnati On TAur10ax
last, on his way to Woodfosd county. ~.
We were pleased tosee % our city yestssday
General A. r. Stewart. Of the late Conle9e.
rate army. on his way to New Oraeaul.-Vass-
tMsn Asyuld, l6fA.
The colorsd psople q ~ Iistsact d Colnm.
Ma win bold : couvsntlon Oh January 8 q
ssx Ter sa4tage. 1888 So
MASONIC BALL n NoayoLx. -AtlaAttc Eooeo
had y grand hall on the 15th.
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beltevs auy chaneo WUu1d meet the hearty n.
sent Of every ons who hss hAd occA9jon Is read
the monthly and annual reports Of that ofncial.
While his crop returns and estimates have
considerable value, his organizations and re-
COMMUNICATIONS are Theoretically absurd. He
has neither discretion nor Judgment, nor does
he knew tho rudiments Of the English Ian.
guage. BY eli means Let AZ have another and
much better Agricultural Commissioner -Msso
Tork Herald.
PROMOTIONS FROM TIE xON-C0nMIssIoNED
sfAFr OF TEE RRaULAR AMY.
No application to be examined viii herenf-
ter be considered from candidate for promo
ton TO brevet second lieutenant who has not
served at least two years In the regular army.
RECEIPTS PROM INTERNAL REVENUE
The receipts at this Bureau Of the Treasury
Department yesterday amounted to six hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars.
sPEcIAESs OF SRrIr AND WINS PROM CALI.
af- YORNIA.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has re-.
ceived from Barbary, California, a variety of
specimens OF fruit, such aS raisins, oranges,
lemons, ETC., and also number of bottles Of
hook wine, which are designed to exhibit to
the Department the growth Of that region.
SENTENCE OF LIEUTENANT REILLY.
First Lieutenant Terrence Reilly, Fourth
United States Artillery. who was one Of the
officers court-martialed recently for occasion.
Ing the disturbance at Rush Barracks, situated
south Of the War Department, on the night
OF the 18th ultimo, has been dismissed the SER
vice.
CHANGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE HEAD
QUARTERS.
BY order Of General Grant, the headquar-
tiers OF the Department of Tennessee are to be
transferred from Knoxville to Memphis, Tenn
PREPARATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE Army
The Paymaster- Generals Department is
preparing to meet the payment OF the army,
which will he mustered for two months nav
on the slst Deesmber. It is estimated that
about two millions of dollars will be required
to pay OF the troops in this Department.
PRIZE MONEY READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
The prize money due the crews of the steam
ers Santiago de Cuba and the Cayuga, the
former for the capture of the forty five bales
Of cotton, and the latter for the capture of the
blockade-runner Tampico, is ready for .distri-
hIIfiAn