, 1866-12-23
ql)icago Grtbu11r.
THE NE W4.

Tsrnty.otA liree have been lost by fire fu
New York CITY within tho last' 30 Tcczs.
The Treasury 1T present holds : IN, ,922, ,SA
In gold, flsscu, ,74o Of which Is In e.sslkestaa.
ImporSofth week At the port Of New
fotk were E,..ouo, Of which DRY rood' wese
= 80 GEO and general me.chard,eo 100, on.
A Convention ofco'ored soldiers and sal
1ors Will BE- Ii u fbtsd hda, 'anua,ys 1u
chlcct Is 10 .eck equality before 1he sAH. :"
The total amount Ct National Rank cur
rrncy now III cisca1atioa Ia reported Al
$ss> vi ,5t9
Flve-Twentiea closed In London last even
irg 1t ia. Tns latrst quotation fur sold 10 New
York Is zlveu 1t 133K.
AT Franconia, IN Northern New Ha np-
ant1e, Tho H,trcusy indicated tweusJ-ntue degrees
below zero 1t noon yef'esdsY.
Disbursements of the Treasury to the "
rious Department. OF the Government onraas Inc
past week amounted to Il. .6i.aJL.
Gepctp1 Sherman aud Minister Campbell
a-e expected In Washington In few dsJs. theif
aeareh for the Jaaze5 Government ha''ns PROVED
failure.
The New FORK Doa,d OF Fire Commission
CIT hatc dcroed 10 eun1!nue Tor st1 mouths longer
the rcwe,u Of onc rhuu*ahd dollars for the dttee-
ton md conviction Of an t1:cndiasJ
Steamers took out from New York ycstcr'
day. $1es ,n0 IN specie. One million and h2tfof
Asptnwau.
kta meeting held IN Benton County, Ark,
on the s;th ult to ap2oIet delegates to tho Union
Sh.e Convention. = resolution vas passed in
favor o, universal sut.age, 1ehcls excluded"
Ala.ge SAW mill and Agricultural implement
9ac4ory, II Canton, iowa, owned BY George ".
-TrumbuI1 were destroyed By hre Oh the 18th Inst.
Loss, $4,000.
On the 18th inst. the boiler Of SAW mill
ai French Lick, Ind. exploded, completely d.
1nuai1hinE tho snN, md Killed two hsoshe1s
:,anaed Eine1er. prpptictoss Of the NH.
On Monday last, young man named
Bse1s committed =, ieide 1t Columbia, Michigan.
by talIlg s1,cnninc. IEa csusc Of tac fatal deed
nas ahe 1ac that Lie had been dstectcd In theft.
NegotiAtiors are In progress for the ia'
PRODUCTION OF larcr torca Of Chinese faoorers,
to be euplq~ed In The construction Of ii: CeutIal
Pacific Railroad.
Colonel Montgomery, commander OF the
.Ni.eoph e.A.e Nj Nta at 1ex,n.t'; dus3n. tht
-roublee At that pihce hae bc.n arrested, by otdel
-ot tne United States Cont iastoaet OF the Dis
.*1tet. -
The Methodist Church South xEaz ceased
to exift, Tie requisite nu.a.et Of v1tes has beer
obiaiued for the change Of naue,@ ind NJ
.rnst sneak hereafter Of the Meth 1dlat EpIscopa
Church, Lay delegation h1: also been tanrlcd.
At tile Fcnfan triats In Canada yesterday
.ti.e jnry dIsac ced inthe case Of smith. the rot
s.audinc eleven for acQuitts1 and ono fo1 coayic
tion. In the case OF Terrence Mcdonald. the Jury
:s9.er bcs1g ont sevc;sl hours, turned b vetdic
ofhe1nittaI-
By Atlantic Cable VIC learu that peac'
mte4ine< ME ltetr7 Led In vastous partA o. Ire
1snd. 1t 1: no.e ttouchi thai the British Govern
neot will ezp' yterce little farther trouble from lh
Feuia... .TLere Is tlnoT OF anotacEronsplra
.c5 being discovered III Madrid, Of which The lAte
returned General Trim II tae ps1ms move:
Tho artestan wells Of Grencllc and Passy
Etcrcc, uuw emit sulnu.cs Of Hlean the temper
!. Atnye Of the waters, which ise ffun tho depth G
-txo thcurand 1hrec hundred te.t. reachtr: eighty
five degrees Fahrenheit, while that Of the al
nosplere ai the tu1aace by night IL only thfz.5 5is
Or this:y-elx.
The budget of ofcxpendIture q the city q
Paris in 1s.a e. 0n 600 fsanc, In 1856 it ros
- Wa to tsaacs, md in the PFC scns yeas thes
will asnn be an increase. In 1851, the tntefest
the deb. WAS only 7.o0 900 l:acrs :lr 1856 ID 5o q
3saucs are required for this purpose
The Hartford Cbnrant says TINT Orlso
Hlcnt has Ecat passion ior diamonds, IN
wears net 1cts than s5o,0oa worth cn his pc1ro,
Ee Ls. S-A,N'J worth IN lis watch. Hc Is a ret
plain man. dresses very u1nch as L cazunan, ycs b
leGeat on diamonds, and will nunt brilliant rel
.v.lA Extraordinary real.
In the case ofthc murderer, DR.. Watson,
Virginia, the President hAs seen 1T to disso1ve Il
Military Commission before whom he 1ss to /
tried. The rressdent'A action Ia based upon
,Ts~~ia{on OF Attorney denera1 St4aberry, wheeeI
@4atoiEcer has decided that Tue case il point
fully covered By the recent dec1.son OF fhc ii
rrcmc court in regard to the Dow1cs- Milliga
trial
In one Of the great clubs In Paris thc1
hal been = desperate gambling bout <hieh laste
twelve hou1s On each Of threa successive day
Tic plsys1s rcre young Russian and TurktI
G,and stsgneur, both very rich. The DIRT ntgl
cost the Russian 15Q, 900 flames, the following d
lie stgainea II, ,Ctv frarcs: The fofoWin: night
again lost there % ,oc0 ftxncs aud s5a attp NOR
Rutaia then gave In, and withdrew from The col
list. With net Iots Ut 100, cu8 francs.
At tAihneapolis, few days ago, two girl
aged ten and {ourtsen ye.tn, vere ltdnapped
the etrec14 rbilc on thelr WAY to cAnrch, and 1
noti thorough eearch has siure failed 10 dEseos
:H~te whercaAouta- A letter hAa reached /
.1cthcr, purpot31,+: 10 ctne f.uso Ec7 ::=@-s-h'
h=ad ss1lnE tt.: ht Id tatsn H.. eaa1E Ea l.
they wese his and wcn.d ker;f ttt.a s1;cs 4
eou1' ac~c: 4ee tham again TIT s&zt-
c"e1tel gsr=t :7ej;. ~s1.t In NsaoasRolia.
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