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been arrested.
Farm hands, in the Western part Of Iudi-
ana. cannot be obtained for less than $50 per
moHth. We doubtif they can be had for that
in many parts Of ohis.
Robert Ruston, a citizen Of Evansville, In-
dians, has been smashed. up 10 hay press,
both Of bis arms being crushed and aiterward
ampuiated, and his head severely injured by
the unfortunate accident.
Kinston is situated on lbs direct route from
Goldsboro' TO Newbern, and is about twenty
miles east Of Goldsboro and about thirty miles
from Newborn.
The eldest sister Of Lieutenant General
Grant died at her fathers residence. in Gov
ingtou, Kentucky, last week.
The Chronicle Of the 18th says Vice Presi'
dent johnson appeared in the Senate yester-
day. His health is entirely restored. Dur
ing his stay in the Vice Presidents room q
large number Of Senators called to pay their
respects.
SO great was the demand for Alex. Longs
speech in Philadelphia, that the proprietors Of
the Age propose to rePublish it.
The smallpox, spotted fever, and other
diseases, prevail in Indianapolis, caused by
the hospitals which Morton had erected in the
city.
The Empress Eugene has just lost a law
suit which has been in progress for several
years in the Supreme Court of Madrid. The
Empress claimed the countess-ship of Miriam
da, and The vast estates attached to that an
cient title, her right to which has been sue
cessfully disputed by the Malpica family.
Mr.. Geo. c. Hitchcock, OF New Preston,
Connecticut, has sold his famous colt, Sur
plus, to a Mr.. Throne Of New York, for
$4,000. Surplus is called by horsemen the
fastest trotter OF his age in the country, if not
in the world He is said to have trotted on
the ice this winter, in 2:2O. At four large
lairs he has taken first premiums.
The Portsmouth (N H. Chronicle is in
formed that few days since a large bull dog,
confined in a house in the north part of that
city, seized an infant child lying in Grader
aud tore away one side Of its face; and before
the brute could be secured, he grasped the
child BY the throat, and shook it until life was
extinct
The Courier des Etats Unis "de6es the
most skilful translator to bring the politico
biblical sentences of Mr.. Lincoln within the
comprehension Of common mortals." How
about the Vice Presidents speech
A member OF the Arkansas Legislature, in
debate on the question Of restoration Of
the Union, made speech in favor Of it, which
he concluded by saying that it would change
the barren bills into fruitful valleys"
Senator Harlan has not yet accepted the
position of Secretary of the Interior Depart
ment.
To-day, as St. Patricks Day, is very gen.
orally celebrated throughout the country The
military turns out to-day in indianapolis.
The Richmond Dispatch was the only paper
issued yesterday morning, and that only on a
half sheet 1t explains that the printers were
ordered out on special duty, but it hoped to be
able to resume full sheet in few days,
The New Jersey Senate, yesterday, refused
to pass the Constitutional Amendment by a
vote of IL against 7.
The Toledo Blade of Wednesday says that
the ice has entirely disappeared from the bay
of that city, and that none can be seen in the
lake With a continuance of mild weather,
navigation will soon be open to Erie, and per-
haps to Dunkirk,
During the year 1864, 56,929 persons lodg-
ed at the New York station houses, nearly
every one being victim Of ntemperance. In
the same period 1866 persons were arrested
for drunkenness, 6,SO2 for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct 9,36s for disorderly con-
duct, and 6,59l for assault and battery Nine
tenths Of all these arrests were directly trace.
able to intoxicatiop.
Mr. Henry Steinway, member of the
well-known pianoforte frm in New York
City died at residence on fty-third street on
Saturday. 1f..IN
A farm Of three hundred acres on French
Creek, in the oil region ofPennsylvAnia, Of was
recently sold for 5000, 900.
The gold panic broke out with increased
fury in New York yesterday afternoon, and
last evening there was thewildest excitement.
Gold advanced in the morning to 1864, but
dropped in the afternoon to lT2A, and last
night it ran down to 1868, leaving off at l77t
The panic extended to stocks, aud broke pri-
ces down somewhat At the close there Was
q strong pressure to sell El.Il.
Night before last stranger, from Mimi,
while passing the corner of Third and Central