, 1866-11-16
Chicago Urtbn1re.


Ah T. NEWS
Fiyc,twentics closed in London last even
I'll. al 70A. Gold, IN New York, had declining
tendency, the latcet quotation being l{3ai.
The frat and second days proceedings in
The National Wool (; soncrs' Convention al Cleye-
1and, are published sht, morning.
1t is reported that General Sheridan will
5,in General Sherman Fat uayana, and proceed
vitA Tim to Mexico.
4 brilliant shower of mcteors was seen on
Tie morning Of the 18th in England. Five thou
sand wcre counted in an hour, and twelve thou
sad in all.
fhe Baltimore police difficulty is at last
settled. The old Commissioners ycs,crasy tnrncd
nse: The properly belonging 10 headquarters. and
fae new Board are now in undisputed possession.
The total number Of children In Indian
=7olis, between the ages Of i've and twenty y-one Is
:,:'.. The tuition snoney paid for the current
month is S3.s19a5.
Salmon are to bc rropagatcd in the New
England streams. 4 citizen of Concord, \. II
las recently brought larse quantities OF th spawn
Of salmon nom New Brunswick 70. propa.1tfon IN
- the Merrimnc ard Other rivers.
.<phu r. Lewis, Commissioner Of the Ten
1css Fsecdmen's Bureau, reports the cotton crop
oae-. III The asesasc tobacco Is over ful!
c:or-quality superior. Corn nearly the avcras.
What less than the average. Oats full ases1:e.
Tke grain crop Of East Tcnnesse Is much p.tier
;han usEhl.
European adviccs state that tlc:, is Il
movement Oh foot. among English holders Of
1>bel cotton bonds. 10 r1ducc the Britieh Govern
Il mt to Offset the Alabama claims by bringing io.
Eatd these securities. The British Ad-1tsnlt:
Coa1t has ordered the retufn Of the cx pitate scs
81 Rappaharuock to her rebel ownc:.
\ New Orleans despatch states that the
general impression among military men In that
ftciHsC Ia ihAf Crrr-B1 will ha
IL his Mexican mis- sion By United Statcs army
st occupation, and this impression is accounted
tr hy the tcctut large collection OF military stores
Ga ibe Texas border.
The Coppc1htad Journals in New York aud
Washington arc r,ach exercised orer the recent
::tic.e Of the CElra.o Tlmfs, advocating universal
:.i:aGe. Our New Tos,z despatch states that the
7'tmocracy Of New York thow little disposition
to follow the cou:Ee pointed ont by tae Chicago
journal.
IN the Fc.lian !,ials at Toronto, yesterday,
L.. prisoner 1ho:aa. School, was convicted, aud
tarienced 10 lie l,as:cd on The 18th December.
1'1tr:ck ronahne was discharged by the Judge
.:ho;:t formal ;:jal. Tso other prisoners were
.-t1day released bs the Canadian authorities for
:: II Of sufficient evidence 10 ensure conviction.
'ie telegraph relates the circumstances ofthc dag-
it,: >c.7e Of the prisoner Ryall, who eonc usnc
s:Evc turned Quecn's evidence, and who had con-
s'Grently 1ecn SLOWED many liberties mt acco-d-
q TO tic rther pEi-orcrH.
4 piece Of work, which Is intended for cx-
!: ',;.ior 1T the Paris Exposition, has jnst been
f'.i.Ecd at Washington. It is large portfolio,
s."tE-iehs by lin. five inches. mud it coutain;
full set o! The CIi ;;ates coast survey c1Ia.ts.
Is II Turkey nc "-::o, green on the ou:side ana
lived with rrd, will :;7r clasps Of Cotd-p On
>ii,er. Tho cover il aErauged Ii panels, in the
T. ntrs Of which is II inscription. "C1ited States
Charts. Coast Survey Office, Treasury Department,
Washington. 1856. In the other panels Il the 1cest
: .',l "o;':-
-; mills Of til. AI.osic Powder Company,
Ii: tundviilc. about Ave miles from Car'nnla1,:,
= r-slyania. exploded on the evening Of The 5ia
i.~'an,- The dying and pscs>in. mills both blew
II. 4 tew seconds intervening, aal most Of the
buildings in the vicinity were greatly shattered.
1.c shock WIS distinctly felt at Carbondac, aad
:ome distance beyond. ii 1iushd.le, abou: three
( E,tls OF a nile distant windows were hluwn
-":. ernckcrr thrown from Tie ehcvcs 10 the
1oor, and damage done amounting in the acgre-
Gt'e to several hundred dol1a.s- The neerccate
t;ar:acr 10 the Powder Company will probably
fiji! somewhat bclow Sao.00a. The mills have been
II operation about three yeats, without any pc
tiors accident.
The number If foreign immigrants who
::r1yed in The citr of New York :ron, .Tanunyy TO
October II WIS st3,1l against IS, Isl in .SS3, an
i.erclsc Of G,s:? More thnn onc-haIf Of this lu-
crease Il IN tht hummer OF Gefmans+ OF whom fh1s
var itGl hare com. ever against Ct, 1,eta in 1eij
The increase was mnch larger during the first
17onILs Of the Year than during the latter. The
diminishing sstc Of increase is owing to several
causes, one Of which Was the general opi,aon IN
1aro.n tIa, tho ineSFicablc conduct OF :hc Pfcsi-
t-::; of the Tlltcd States could not fail tu bring
smother crisis. This fear ts wholly disappear
-. iu consequence Of the recent elections, and
1s- present. indications are that the new yea. viii
:zaln Wines very considerable increase in tie
5~.-i;.E immigration.