The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-20
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LOUISVILLE, Dec. 19-St. Louis Flour Il
unchanged. Wheat is dull and quiet corn
90092. Oats, "A. Hay dull at $50 WINS
| key not firm. Provisions dull and heavy
PARIS, Dec. I8.-It is said that Moister has
resigned his position in the Imperial caol'
net, and that Lavellette will be his success
| sor
BERLIN, Dec. 1S.-It is reported from VI
enna that the Austrian cabinet, in despair
of satisfying the demands of Hungary, hopes
| to give all the various nationalitles COM
posing the empire the liberty to agree upon
| a general scheme of reconstruction.
LONDON, Dec. 18.-It is reported that the
Notifications on all the frontiers of France
are being strengthened, and new ones are
| projected.
LA VAILETTRA, MALTA, Dec. 1S.-A United
States man-of-war has left here for AleXan-
dria, Egypt, where she will take on board
the assassin Surratt. and Immediately sail
for the United States.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 18-The cotton market
has been very active all day, and prices tend
upward Middling Upland closed at a fur
Their advance of ed over the noon rates, hav-
ing improved fully Id on the closing price of
yesterday, and were last quoted this evening
at AID Transactions were larger than was
expected.
MONTREAL Dec. 19-Gold is reported to
have been found ON the banks of the Wind
sor river five miles from the village of st.
Frances. =
New YORK, Dee. ia ship, name I'M
known, is ashore opposite Patchoage, Long
Island, fifteen miles east of Five Islands.
No particulars. n-I ..f's.@t 3.
WAsHINGToN Dec. 19-In the Senate a
resolution to print the reports of the Com
missioners of Public Lands in foreign Ian
guages for distribution at the Paris Exhibi
tin was introduced.
Mr. Harris from the Judiciary Committee
reported the House bill, providing for an adj
ditional session of the 10th and succeeding
Congresses, on the 4th of March, with an
amendment striking out the second section
and inserting that no person who was a
member of the previous Congress shall re-
ceive any compensation as mileage for going
to or returning from the additional session
provided for in the bill
A resolution was adopted calling upon
the Secretary of the Interior for informa-
ton as to supplies purchased for the Indians
during the past yea, whether they were
purchased i'll Open market, &c
Mr.. Haws on leave introduced bill sup
Elementary to an act of April 1864, to in
crease pensions of revolutionary pensioners
Referred. The bill makes the act apply to
revolution at 500 per head
Maynard corrected statement made by |
him in debate on Monday relative to de- /
mand made by the Governor of North Caro-
ina on the Governor of Tennessee for the
person of Capt. Nelson, indicted in the for.
ner State for murders arising out of the
performance of military duties under Gen.
StOneman The present acting Governor
IF North Carolina (Worth) has since as
'ured him that he has made no such demand
IN the Governor of Tennessee. ...f
Hubbard of West Virginia introduced T
ONT resolution authorizing medals to be
distributed to honorably discharged soldiers
rom the State of West Virginia, through
he mails free of postage passed
On motion of Philips the Committee on
Ways and Means was instructed to inquire
nto expediency Of modifying Internal
Revenue law. Is to dispense with the tax
# gross receipts. f'tf-' . - - = I;
On motion of Wentworth the President
vas requested to furnish copies of all papers !
n his possession touching the case of Geo.
It. Leger Grenfel, convicted by military
ommion as one of the leaders in conspiracy
o release rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas.
;hicago, and to burn the city, and sentenced
o death therefor, which sentence was com
1uted into prisonment for life, and whose !
I'LL pardon is now recommended by the (
florida Legislature.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 19.-The baggage ear /
the Chicago express leaving Eere last 9
vening via Indianapolis, was thrown from | f
be track when a few miles this side of V
lafayette, Indiana killing Jas, Thomas, the
nerican Express messenger, and slightly
ljuringt he baggage master.