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The Placer herald., 1866-07-28

VERY FLATrRRING--Ths following is ths
section relating to suffrage 10 all the Terrt.
tories, included in the bill amendatorv of the
Organic Acts, which recently passed the
House Of Representatives:
SEQ 8. That within the Territories afore.
said there shall be no denial of the electivs
franchise to citizens of the United States b.,
cause of race or color, and all persons shal,
be equal before the law. And all acts or
parts of acts, either Of Congress or of the
Legislative Assemblies of The Territories
aforesaid, inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act, are hereby declared null aud
void.
There is no niger on that fence! Oh mol
That is the Republican platform on which
the Republicans of Idaho Territory Intend
10 get up show Of fight this Summer.
Foreign born citizens especially can appre-
ciate the true value of the act They bad 10
wait five years before they could vote. The
favored negro leaps upon the ballot box at
one jump. What fsttering discrim in ationI
How complimentary TO Germany and ireland
and Francel- Idaho World
The Placer herald., 1866-07-28
b, e. MYRES.

Attorney and 60 ounsellor At La w, uburn
OFFICE in building on Courtstrect, next door
~ 10th o Temple. Having resumed the practice
oflaw will attend to al business intrust ed to his
care in the several courts ofthe State. jellmy
The Placer herald., 1866-07-28
TERMS:
Payable In Gold and Silver-Invariably in Ad-
Rates of Advo rtisi ng.
JOB PRINTING

OF every variety, executed with neatness and
dispatch, at reasonable rates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

port at Improved prices and hear Of small sales at 81 s0sf o.
The prices New Spring Gar above the limits OF
present foreign orders and the exports OF tho week have been
noderne-somo 50ls bushels against % 10 bushels the
last year Our stock about 10000 bushels To-day the
market active aud Spring 35c bcor The demand
parspcouiy but chiefly for milling sales OF 81 900 sh
Spring at 26Ts IS for Fer 10 Gopd No Chicago and 1900
bush good Amber State at 90 The stcr held higher the close
0ats have been active denand have improved th not
without considerable ynrabnes the demand has been largely
speculative and active In part for exdort confined to pr
arc quite limited for the and find stock dn.
hing and from 100000 bash against 900
bush time year Present prices per bush
above Of the Same date last year To-day the market ia
better and quito active the demand chiefly Catye the
40 900 bush at s96c for Western d6c for fair
10 very good Old Western end 6CJc for New State Rye
has been in more active demand aud with moderate arrivals
prices improved and tho tendency st upward the in
aury been part speculative but chiefly for milling Our
stock about bush The busness OF the week es beoa
chiefly confined to New closing better but less active sales
In store and 81 26aSl 81 for Now do aaost and In store
Indian Corn has been active demand at much ghcr though
variable prices Tho favorable news from Europe thee
feg and moderate arrivals have stimulated the IN
ury and with rapid fluctuations in gold prices hayeyaed
considerably The transactions have been large chiefly spec
layc and we have added lc 30 stock which u now
about $500 bush The business for export has not been
large the current high figures preventing the filling OF orders
To-day demand quite active for Investment Tor the home
complete cagoes for export and has
somewhat though closing &c. higher sales offk 900 BUSH at
esl 0Iesi on Tor dot saoat. dosing at 81 O.; III W@
81 o. for Western Yellow closing at 81 o. and
81 0ees 10 for White Western the latter Tor choice IN store
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
THE MARKETS.
fCuefally reported for TEa TEIBpSr.l

lCsTefally reported Tor TEs TKIBrsr.l
SATURDAY NOV. e. ls,h
ASHES rc timer snd in good demand al 50 5aso or rois
BRICKS are drm and IN demand ats2dsi3 Sor Common
Hard 500 az Tor Croiou ard en- Philadelphia Front
CEMENr-Roscnd.ie j. lrin ard active ~ J: q, cash
COfFEEThc business in ~ descriptions is very AeLt ara
We have sees 20 advise Hofs,mGin LFn al previous
roTroY-Tlc market is ip nnd rlccs easer closing ct
sloui &c fQr Hdlng Upand and lie foT DO NeWoFearf
fLOrp AND AfRAI-The demand for Western ard state
our Los been quite during the pact ard prices Of
most grades have strengthened daily te grNe have been
oNceedngy limited FOR the scissor, and Ills has induced
speculative feeling and many large invoices have changed
hands rcresdy Tie reported cole, ron day 70 d1I are 10
extremely limited or the statoD ondi WIN u AZ
ynrcc inland lee or1resent sl1ry cannot be duplicated
unless II much higher ,st We rlude more particularly 70
Winter Wheat Exne Choice Spring Wheat Exres have been
In demand and lave improved daily ind 70 their current value
icy are complatircy vcy cheap The cctinued limited
puhed in August and september, vl,eh t.e mass o,
people have been ow TO believe and nc fact That aeit Led
no Od Wheat renders ociten that very hGhSand We my
add eStravasarf price, must prevail Uasonnd has been 9Acn
Of The NeT spring Wheat Tlonrmlyrgis olexeciDt quality
and This description Los ctn In demand IhgAIors ol the
ie Ills 10 The British Io,iae, and GC12 bills TO South
America aud the Wet lndlts and f ne cof,,pohnY Ne.s
!a,yeag q eie bMs 81 Loas sIse LAhsS A'e S,tsfns
considerable attention, aud these have advanced mpHy;
To-day Saturday he demand very active nnq w ,on:la
medium grades ere 5d25c better ana low Lamy Fhf@s ao
&c higher The demand in pert speculative ne ss: are t
bis at t9aSG0 FOR saplhne state yss ~. 40 de ~
Tor Trde DO; a. iodt GO for low ghGes OF W@teln Ar
aud SlA Goa t Tor single, Double aud Iflc INfh - LOUIE
Canadian Flour has been in good demnrd end wiki limited
ayn prices have advanced closing Inner sales OF 100 Dbls
At Ga 5Qdso southern Flour las rued quiet ue essormeh
~ 20 undesirable that II attracts very Little attention ana
although prices Ayc better the buqcss has been quite limited
Tie receipts have been limited and we learn that few mes
can obtain Wheat enough TO more tlnn supply NE wants o
their immediate sections closing more hee an the 10y anu
medium grades better snIs VI go bbs al sl2 odS5 W
So common 70 fair Exup Baltimore and County and slj 10
enc 90 FOR Trade and Family Extras Rye Flour is ngSn
bter but less nc'v Of 80 bls at 60 oOdG CO. Corn
Meal il better and fair dounud sales Of e bhs az % -
for city and IS 20 FOR Mshs Ca.pe DIekwleat tourls
sllab!c at g. s5dsi ~ \ 100 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
sURRoGATEs OFFICE-Oct. eO-1;cfore Surrogate
TUCKER

The wills OF the following persons have Deen
admitted probate during the past week Lewis feowes
Amelia Wilson Margaret G.. Rockwell Alfreds jhaman Geo
Kaison Thomas H. Irolcric Jane Coarg JQhn w. Dykes
Joseph Levy BENJAMIN Ncwhouse .
Letters Of administration have been grnnted on ho estates o.
the following deceased persons Larsen Martha Ade
berg EdwerdC hampton Thomas H. Neville Robert IT, DICK
sou A. Ssbhaton David Hastings Iebadlah Parker Ann
Van Cecf Bradford Frost Frederick fondo Henry roy
John McIntee Susan X Macomb Orvie H. stanton marcea
McCure Samson Oppenheim Emma Julius Patrick Mullnh
Een Flanagan Cot6arne Fink Charles r. Johnson Caroline
Sterigel VIM NJ Van Wegcuen Rudolph Bartei james
Berg Eleanor A. Henry, Mary Mckenna, michael hoonan
Hugh Torpev Robert Iiebmand' john Malraney.
Letters guardianship have been granted rs follows io
Am Dickson guardian OF Robert e. Dck5oni 10 DENNIS
Dunn guardian Of Ann Kienn Charlotte Snedeoor guard
ian OF Harry Sncdecor George Snedeco and Walter Snode
cor 10 ohn Rogers guardian of John Flanagan TO Mar
garet Ramsay guardian Of Cecilia Mcknight and John H.
Mcknight TO sAloxandcr Fisher guardian Of Edward e
MeKenna 10 john Meyer guardian of John Mckenna ead
Michael McKenna to Joha weyler, guardian OF Rosna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
financial.

N0TICE-The annual meeting Of the Stockholders
IN Of the RECUPERATIyE CALORfC ENGINE C0hPANY
viii be held No. III Broadway THURSDAY The 3g day q
October instant O'Clock for the election OF Tue sA1
the transaction OF other Oct 6 1855
dr. r. w. BLEECkER Tressarsx
0VNOE or saaRtR FAnn or CoaPAsr No Is5 BRoADyAIA
RooH No 0, kEw-ioRK. OcT. IL, 1895 !
FNHE ANNUAL MEETING of Sthe STOCK,
HOLDERS Of this COMPANY for the ELECTION Il
TRUSTEES will be- held the Company on STATUE
DAY. the 3td November neat from 1 10 . ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

discretion Of this it Jurisdiction Of tho
present case being litigation exclusively between cgoas
fhs iTn5ted Ststcs Davis agt Leslie Abbot Il I2o 0co
n es There proofs of merit produced on the part OF
prosecution
FIibcIdbmiscd with costs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
Trprf.rrD- STATES COAfMISSIONERS OFFICE.-Ocr 9
--I,efnre.t Commissioner lVITS
ALLEGED THEFT ON GOVERNORS ISLAND.
The United States agt. Henry Travis

ALLEGED THEFT ON GOVERNORS ISLAND
The United States agt Henry Travis.
The defendant, a colored boy, is charged with
scplng certain articles of clothing from arny officers on
Governors Island.
Assistant United Sotes District Attorney Joseph Bell prose
outed aud MI John NJ Staples defended thoiSccuse The
testimony pretty conclusive that be had stolen shirt and
pair boots but the accused having suffered weeks impris
already this being his .Ocnse aud he earring
voysory and Ponen aud the officers who testified against
COMMISSIONER considered chat the ends Of Justice would DO
sufficiently served by dlschargng the accused on his own
rccosnacc which he did warning him. before has departure
that again arrested hwoad be committed aad tried Tor ihs
olense. UHr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
s,rrnnmsac,1


Gold closes at 1854 Gler selling at III and liel Gov
eminent Bonds continue very firm and large blocks change
bands at full quotations The TcnForcs sod Of par and
Five-Twcnties Of 1862 at ll5l, the Fye-TwcuiSs
of 1855 were In demand at lOeI The miscellaneous
and Coal share LET dun and lower. Western
Union Telegraph, sold at 53i Quicksilver, 5jl MGposa
Preferred 90; Cumberland Coal wat strong and sold ct 500
Staeand Railway Bonds wcro dun aud steady. Railway
shares we're irregular New York Central recovered ron
The depression Of yesetly and sold at I2! Erie was duh
and neglected.; North ssern Common coItnuedo be tie
chief center Of attraction in homarto ard sod high as
5 closing at 532 This stock has been oyeTsod to al IN
credible amount ard at the first attompt Of The shorts 10
cover, will advance rapidly The purchases by the on
party continue, ard the shorts show TO signs Of weak
ness Michigan Southern and Cleveland aud Pitstnfgh
were dull and steady. Fort Wayne vas freely hammered
and sold down to 1854 closing at 1891 Rock Island sold
at 1911 and closed at l0s The transfer Of this stock Is
entirely for advance and at each reaction eager
appear and take all the stocks offered and the entire
market closed strong and excited at quotations. Will the
exception Of Erie which heavy, and offered 81 ~!
The closing quotations were Ncw.York Centml Iii
1914; Ehs, s2l0s2li Hudson River l9l9cli Read
ing, lljIall5l Michigan Southern, 9Ot S9oii Illinois
Central, lH; Cleveland ard Pittsburgh, 9ll99lii
Rock Island, 1884 9los! Northwestern, 59i q j3!i
North Western Preferred, 55iS75ii Fort Wayne, iOgI
Vl09i
Money scarce, and although the rate is continued at
per cent the amount Of oanabe funds offered largely
In excess Of the demand.
Foreign exchange is steady. Bills at 50 days on Lon
don are quoted OF lO7 0l0s fcrtcomncrcia 1881 alO
for bankersF do at short sight 1904 SlOol Paris at 90
days. 5.92i AGO. do,a short sight, $50 a5l7I; Ant
werp 5.22s5.2G Swiss, 522952O Hamburg, So a3ol;
Amsterdam iOI nj Frankfort 1ol sHIi Bremen, 7sS
49, Pussan thalers, MAE.
Freights arc dull The engagements TO Liverpool are
IO, 900 bushels Bareyeti I'd.
The business Of the sub.Treasury was Receipts,
S,2l2,s7O 3O-for Customs, s36sOOOi Payments $780,
407 90; Balance $Ol 29O G35 ll-Coin Notes $3O5OoO
OF specie to-day the City,of Boston takes out e.? 800
the Europe s3i 9OO the Bavaria g. 800 and the America
none; being total o.. &C., 200.
The total imports at NewYork for the week compare
aaf allnua.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
IxroRrs PROM sEIr. |. ISC6.>To DATE.

GRALN-We have had more active but variable wheat
market dining he past week. the arrivals ut the Lake IoS nave
greatly increased aud there Is 20 expect A hooh
here Spring Wheat the close u the navigation p! OF
Winter there is very little prospect OF our securing any Ans
ike usual supply and hence choice qualities are quite ee
tain TO command extreme prices during the WINTER Wmo
particularly and much wanted The major part o. the
Spring Wheat arriving II of ordinary QUALIFYING, mas peSh
taken quite freely for milling no variable prices As YET ohy
two three loads of No Spring have reached US s season
and evident shall close the year with less hah
half stock. The wants OF the Southern constwse trade
are largo and much OF the Wheat IN tdaNu 10Y tne
senbonId has been purchased by southern mlilefs'
BARLEY has becn 10 active demand but with larger
prccs have duoiuatcd The crop In Canada Is und0uDley
large but We learn that very active demand prevails mere Tor
Great britain 75c gold aud hence the surplus Tor th mar
let viii DO less than had hoped for We hear OF sohons
doing In Western arrive but private terms To-day the
market is active and case better he inquiry IN part Tor ek
port sales ll6OOg BUSH ~ 81 o. or New Western 20
and o. 81 s or Canada a1olt aud 10 lOr do ~ Dond
We have bad moderate demand for Unsouad Spnos of OK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

TIE Bond, har, Thirty Years 70 run, aud arc secured by
a FrhMorfgage, eoHstfnfing an absolute pr'of nc"
on DGi portion Of hs Road. Equipments FraHehises,
and Entire Property Of As Central Pacific Railroad
Company loeai,d ~ Tie STATE Of California, and er-
fsadrHg from Sacramento CaIfo he California Siofss
Linz forming part effhe GREAT PACIFIC RAILROAD
RoUrs, adopted and aided By ne USrTED srArts
GoyERShISr.
For Sale at e5 per cent, and accrued interest from July
|, in currency.
For further particulars apply TO
FISK & HATCH,
Bankers and Dealers In United States and other desa-
bic securities, No. 5Nasshu-si., New-York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

lows soath Amereau st e5agc for CON. non "sshea ae
for Unwashed Aieszs and Merino VIC .or ssaee
Entre Rios H0Oc for Uwashcd Creole iOaio lor Wsshse
Cordoyai Chhnn, at eiaJlc for Unwashed n "1s ana
Mcrir6. Cape .of Good Hope 30@35c for Unwash nast
Inds 35a SO for Washed and African at GOA 3Oc 'f Vh
wished. and yOGi0c. foT Washed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

PKRs0SAL-ReY. Samuel Fairly was installed Pas
Tor OF tho First Congregational Church Of Ibdcph, on hi
day Tie 18Th OF 0ot0hef Delegations r9n sv COugra iiplal
Chufchos ia tho city were All p,.l The ia
torcetipg cOrcsJnIoL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
RECEIPTS OF PRODuCE.

OCT e0o5o5 bbs flour cit bbl Whisky 60 sacks Cora
Meal $40 sacks Ocake 5J1 bush Wheat 1865 bssh Corn
28GOC bush Oats 70 30 bush Rye l2354l bush Barley u
p&gs. Lard 2 go bbis.. Petroleum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

INTEREST At THE RATE PEs CENT rKR ASSUM PAY
ABLE SEMI ANNUALLY, ON TUE FIRST DAY or JANUARY
AEDJULY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

LIVE STOCK OYER THE ERIE RAILWAY.
Statement for the week ending Oct 3o9 cattle oss
hogs. sheep and horses. Total S4 cars a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

Amour, ofn. $780, 900. 10 Coupon Bond. Of $1,000
each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
CIVIL COURTS.
y
COMMITTEE TN 1861.

SUPREME COCRT-CHAMHRs-OcL @l--Bctore MI Jus
tice CLBENk
A OHRnNInLE OY SRCKsSION-AN ARKAN3AS VIGILANCE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

PAIECIPLB AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN Z. S. GOLD COIN
IN THE CITY or NEW YORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
Nm. VI. Ecwman agt. Gcorgo II. GoddarC

A CHRONICLE OF SBCBSSlON-AH hhhANSAS NluiA-'NN- -
COMMITTEE TN 1861.
VIM NJ Newman agt George II. Goddard
The plaintiff in this case, according to his atdavt,
Vaa In NAV 1861 resident OF Camden Arkansas but a
Unioa ami korLcrn lie states that be had store there
sd ,oa 1o fair business his stock 10 trade being then
worth S OOOn gold and OF class which subsequently, rose IN
Vauc from 10 ~ 300 per cent Tie defendant in this SUIT was
one ohc Vigilance Committee OF the and with one or
Two Others called him subcommittee took ms eOos
lad Informed him that he lucky to get OF so ms VIZ
done under the prcex that the United states had sene1
IN Cincinnati land that this TcpIisa tie was spt W
every, hing, of money away, but got III, re-
oeA an thenext February vhc being Informed that tue
Vigilance Committee had under coas.deiatioh th TTi
hang him enemy of the South be e5capeu 'o '"'
The complainant does not deny that he was one Of the vS
ance Committee nor that he sympathHei WIN tnoso
Secessonists but says that there was great s NV IN
time and that il difficult " not lnPoSs,oN Iot any ~
Y the said State olive there Ia security unless ne iuchteI
hRse v tn that portion OF the population VINO were sct9Hieo ny
Senmcnts of hostility toward tue Northern states ana o
st AZ th time An question and before the said month OF May
eDooout fo would not have been safe for day Ind been
sapDoei that not prepared 70 act IN aecornce wh
above Oeaoncd prevailed" He states that previously
amerOas of violence had occurred committed by the
mos desperate individuals OF the community aud that one Of
he for the formation Of the Vigilance Committee
rsprss such He personally deprecated violence
and there personal violence used 10 the panph
but tia, Tho Vigilance Committee had received what inc! con
sdered sufficient evidence that the goods did not belong 0hn
bat TO Notthcrnerssand that the Vigilance COMMITTEE there
directed 70 be taken Tor The Confederate Government
aud believed they dischargins pahic duty nc
caimahat the plaintiffs trunks and books were tetheu "
him. 49,. II,
Ss defendant was arrested and held 10 bail in $50 coo the
plaintiff asking $4,000 damages and now ASKS thai tat pau
his counsel arguing tina. tue bail ives too large and M
Wer other counsel claiming that the acts Of the vigil
Rncc Committee having been subsequently ratified Oy the Ar
kansas Legislature he should wholly discharged.
Amer considerable argument the court took the papers and
Msssrs LGOcquc for plaintiffs Mr. Carter and Mt Winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS or THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILROAD Co. or CALIFORNIA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

Total. ....... S5O6l,sel a393i1a SGO7OO5 sI5'596t
The Ncw-York imports Of dry goods compare as fol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22

A SPECIAL MEETING of the STOCKHOLD EKS
N Of the LAKE MAJOR GOLD MINING c0APANI OF hosss
Scotia viii BE- held Ct tie oaeeso6 the Company No. - s
OF yng the meeting full statement OF the Oonpnys sl.
York Der rs 1856 CHAS G. RICHTER, Secretary.
SECURITY INSURANCE. ConPAsr /
No ll9 BROADWAY. Oct 8, lStAS
At meeting Of the Directors OF this Company.
~ beld this lsy FRANK W. BALLARD, ESQ., unanimously
elected secetsry vice RICHARD L. HAYDOSKeSg Iesis9
A. r. HASTINGS, Pres,deut.
TRAVELLING CREDITS on Messrs. J. 5. MOE
4 GAN 4 Co, LONDON tSueesssou to GEO. PEAbOpI
Col av6labls in o.incpa ctss OF EUkofE ana NE
ElsP, Issued By DABNEY MORGAN Il Co., NO % E1eoAns"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
10 NJ.

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Union Navigation.
2O0.
The Portland daily press., 1866-03-16
Fem, hKashinafo,a.

WASHINGTON, Marcn To-
The Committee on reconstruction has re-
poi.ed the testimony Of Gen. Custar, VINO
SSases snas he has travelled over the whole OF
ten,.sseSi aad found the masses OF the peo-
more so than five Or e., ,oo,,thS ano He
mentions, among othes e,a aho4 thnt ,+So Grand
iuries have during the feWsao, t ths ,aSt Gnnd
five hundred indictments for &s.Jd p of Union
men and others, but not one OF the ,,;,+v no =.
ties have been convicted. r-8
The Secretary of State, in letter to Sea-
or Sumner, details the fact of the case OF the
murderer Of Martin Boder, recently pardoned
by the Council of Bazeland, Switzerland, on
condition of his emigrating to this country
He was under sentence Of confinement for
twenty-four years in chains. The United
States Consul, Mr.. Willie, at Bazale informed
the Council of Bazeland that the United
States was not a colony for convicts and GRIM
inals, and that persons pardoned would not be
permitted to land 10 this country, but would
be returned to Switzerland at the expense oil
those sending him hlther. ,sss
MIR. q. G.iLynch, postmaster in North Car
Dina at the commencement of the rebellion,
when communication between that State and
Washington was first, Interrupted, had in his
lars in coin belonging to the Government,
which be buried for safety. kg9 iiHS'
. Recently the 9th Auditor Of the Treasury,
for the Post Office Department was informed
?y him of the fact and the money was at the
order of the proper officer. A draft accord
ingly has been drawn for the amount in cur
rency. ''oil"l e. go ti''f en- ,z '--
In consequence of the inconvenience and
hardship to which the present mode paying
pensions at New York city is said to inffict
upon u. S. pensioners, the Secretary of the
+ Interior has dispatched Mr.. Geo. c. Whiting,
of his Department, formerly Commissioner OF
Pensions, to that city with authority to in
vestigate the matter and obtain such facts and
information as will enable the Department to
apply correction.
Official news has been received by Senior
Romero from Ell Paso up to the 10th ult.
r. President Juarez and his Government re-
manned in undisputed possession of northern
Chihuahua. - e..'{ 2{qAsss Y II I.
"a French deserter who arrived at Ell Paso
reported that the French forces abandoned
the city of Chihuahua on the 9Th. & III. q,
T Wallace WhittIesey, convicted in the Grim
inal Court, of abstracting Government bonds
has been sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000
The lightness of the penalty was in conse
quence of the recommendation of the jury tc
mercy, his good character previous to the lar
ceny, his long Imprisonment and his evidently
declining health. 15ibns.sral lFa5I