, 1866-08-17
THE NEWS,


THE NEWS. I,
Thirty Insurance Companies Of New York
hs.e paid 81, 81: oo ~ losses by the Portland 1rc
General Rohcrt c. Schcnck was cnthusias~
tca1iy seccf:ed 1v his nci:Atur, and t,5ca1. last
cycn3ns. nis 1c-.lcc,iou may bc set doxn a. ccs~
tain.
Tue closing proceedings Of the cons1o.ncr~
ate Contention nj Philadelphia arc this morning
given in ample detail, both by our siccfal repo7t
trs and tS Associated Press.
BY tue Atlantic Cable We nrc advised that
The Bank Of En:Inn! hes reduced It's rate Of dis
count feora aca to cIshi pcs cent Fi,c-Tweutics
were quoted in London last evening at 6.
II is r,,nored In Washington that the Cop
p.x;ohusers 1roroec 10 buy OF ciyner, candidate
fer Go,esnc. Of Feunsylvanis, md substitute a
Bread d-anti-Eus,er Gcle'af il MS F3scc-
Tie editor OF the Sprsng gleld (1n.) Register,
onc Of .le most yisucrt coI1e:had ~ssaEs In tic
county. har been appointed a Pension Agent, by
dir c:;on Of the President
The Republicans Of the Seventeenth Ohio |
Dist1c, yesterday yrc-1ominatcd Hon. F.. Il. Ee1iey
to Congress. judge William Lawrence was nom
mated by the Republicans of the Fourth District
The Typographical Union No. !, of Indian |
ape1is has forwarded fo: the seficf tf the Port
iE.d printers dlts dollars. This Is indeed Eca-
csous donation, considering the wealth and /
strength Of the Association |
Mayor Park, Of Nctnrhis, 1,as sent In q
Communication 10 The Board Of Aldermen 1ctract-
Ing ii. language In reference 10 thera- few days
siuce, III speech, calling them Set os thieves,
&C., and making most humble apology
The report ut the St. Louis Health Office
fn1 TIC tn cptyfnur hours ending II noon scstct-
Isy shows III csees. 81 Of which were fatal. Scy-
enty eight deaths from cholera were reported IN
Cincinnati on Wednesday. Int sl9 deaths were
rrrn+frTf in Nrs- Nn.E S.stcraar.
AT The International llarse Fair at Buffalo,
yesterday. N.e fist race <sas won Ig - Panic and
the EccpEd Iy 'Dextct,+ tic latter being for
iu-.c c. ss.cNn, The largest cscr offered in this
tcEIt1E- 7Gc1c was an 1nnleEse crowd In attcu-
cancc. Full particulars will be found III our de-
xpas<hcs- .. .
Colonel Thomas, Collector at Philadelphia,
rcfrsrs 10 trrn over iAc aEatgz Of his ofices 10
succee:1r lecculy appointed by. the President.
He claims that there are grave don5ts az to the
validity of tic new appointment AID decides to
.tif his pneiEot At least ut:il i,e el7tl asc time
10 eontult eminent coassc1 in srasd 10 tue faftef
The far1rrrs and stoc1.1ncI Of Mclean
C,suaty arc requested to attend 4 rIa'lic mcsaEC
otc l.eld iu bloomington on Saturday, the 18th
inst. fur ;c EatpoSe Of consult Y ~ 10 fbc pro-
p:ic,y ef c7ea, izinE stock enmany, fr the l,ur-
pose ef Purchasing in :l.e olac: States Number
ii soea animals, viii. sier: t. ths f.r.nee i'm
proy.1,e1. If thu STOCK 0f sa1d county.
On Monday last quarrel took p:1ce in
C1aihutnc Comfy Tenn, between t'ro young
u-r ::cxz1.lc. Fs1IinG1on a'.d Houston seSe'L
r17 d;iicr1;y was Of political nature, the former
hs.nr . CopS.e1lcad. She 4.he- Un;sn man. ras
1cls we're fred aud boih men mo.1all: wounded
i general s:=hi followed without mach aadisona
L1o0l~trd-
4 vessel on entering tIle ha71'or Of Charles
,oo suu:h CaroIilta, yfstc.lsy. s:ruc1. concealed
:c1,rtac t.e existence Of which had bcc:1 f"t-o:
-rtxA 11&n
tie machine. blowing her bottom out aud Instant,
.},;Eirc her Our .nan was drowned with tn
to2t The loss un her cargo Is ,ee95lli fully II
sns,d,
3Ar En:sli-h Lords Of the RencA lately ds
ejart! ii Ee5trainstcr, as principle OF com;no
Law, tlat counsellor, IN questioning wlsEes
,:houii address hin, in ordinary tones, and IN 1a
canec Of respect such ~ il employed bs &c
sle1usn iu conversation with :nuthcr7 that q ls'
-c- has no zi:!.t to question the 7.irtse husine
. or .:,c1al character Of witness auy further 1hs
;tts a1.7ascut tlcy absolutely aScct his Ec1'ablt
q! touch tic case in lland. and that witness Is Il
bor1d to answer questions put to him In M s1isti
tns 11anne--
The pco,,.c Of Milwaukee arc good dc
czc!,sd By 1eazon OF big swind1c just pfaeiie
o.. t,.,au by grand Eft es.csrti=e xhe:. has be
fur,i.lIac in tkat town for some time under t
a,sn name OF '-Ludu1u. Hale 4 Co." Que hi
ilrcl thousand tickets were 10 f,c sold at aAc d
In each. anA the grind qsixe wa advertised
xl9MN, will numerous smaller ones Scscu
frs Thousand tickets hal b:cn sold, ,'shen the nj
.sers suddcaly :tscArd the conclusion th3t
vou1d pnF hest to lrasc. and fltcy did tt-@1l
which. nothing las bccn discovered.
A fire took place III the Massact.nsc
Sia.e Prison, Mt Cta.1cztown, on Friday last
l1..was dr=t discovered In The uphols'cscr's ro
It j building about one hrnd,rd mad thirty
lon.. Tie dss, story og ,he building WA o.
r.,u fAlu FStIt1 S{lfFfl "a
touches ,ve.c Nut urou the he=t iufnttnEc naa.f
:s= c'.c2; c14 The second nnt'r WIS the u2!'uls
crs .ocEt, AID this Naa occa1fed as t'orc 20
tI:=:r wrr GOOD deaf of lrNlc:- l,eal;. sofa :
trss. DC, IN The rooms, which W1s dcstzo,
T6e cAti.c loss will reach s. ,009.
That portion III Laporte County lJln.a
rites caat Of Nit}igau City, WAS visited on
IL: lest by ut lie t:.n-s terrific -t"rlns that
c:sr 1ac.1 nliIc=sed n that 1lriGLh' 'shDod.
lcth Of the storm nbou: 1..t1c in vi
t.o,is of I'LL Linfs WEE, In E,any places. =,
CAN t.3 The ground. and the timber. for II,
i.:- been G1oma down, snappeI Of and ul'Eot
SO cords Of tircbcr wee a'lo;xp down TN All ii
Aere Tract oI Mr, Burroughs, and ores 500 c
oil i forty nero :racs h:lnngine IN Nr- Eohctt
ltr, This Is sample Of tic widespread I'll
tl:c Storm. lsa1 s.unes large sn,a.s hea@s
:, lrii. sweeping Gc.i.s oI corn ard hucEwhcat-
acd >hr!lhi,e!y, a. clcan al Ii 1nann aE tho &C
s::5+n4 In ;Es ltLe Of thc @tnrts> wc.c rlt1dltd
thousands oT dollars. We have not lcarnc
ful1 r:trut oftle STERN, t1t it rnnst lave rc;
Tie Fsai.s;s-
The st. Loais Democrat Of tho 1S:11, !
fs.:r,rd that in Tie ne'.hhnrhon1 oi Lcxin
f., Immediately afl.'r the election hid settle
t,&cSticu of 1chcl supremacy. six Eninn sol
were taLcn ont 1.y- rebels aud whipped with
,,.y Isds. Others were compelled 10 .@y f:ol
St..ie.. once TO saye their 1iyes. Tic tebc1s o
bn.-teti thai they wou1d make the Ssate 100 |
II II any Cuip1, man. "Iic UtHocras"s inform
C,ncta1 in tho Crion army, 1.ad remained i
>ia;c ir spite of ...ouy threats uatil thc eli
Can't oil. t,nt immediately afterwards sEci,
IA. :aa4i(t=ted By tic rebels that he felt il :
te folly TO remain any longer. He learned
rh!pp}u: of1ie soldiers ttua reliable person.
t.1n.Ie oI I'lace aud name. 1lr1.clic>es ts,at
t7=o Taon:Es the greater part Of She State y
u.sac: ior any Union tnam ard thai ,nH!.stn
tl:ca311ust lcavc the .'ta:c to savc shclr live
Louisville, Dcfusc the election, tlr Courier
tE.at 1t should publis,, tho namcs Of me.t
Hha voted tue E:ian lic.c,, 50 thai they mi:
l,1.ecsihed crd .11ined in business. In Tic E
l.4lt Q, til: Sta:c tl,is prescription has
already. and T. known Cniou nt.n en-:
IL Lind Of bus:nc:s with SUCCESS. a::d t
.Srtbct In +ocicty. 1t rras ou1y with fc:
trembling .l.at man could Owl, that 1.c had
Il tlcr ssuifosn1 IN rnans places. and thou
1cEn o: terror which + Threatened and NAV
~. rscrL :.ae las set begun on'y in sn4lc To-
lnioa Eaer all otcT the State aiG prena
1-1tt,f fr, 1nTt.x ~ 1.-