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PRUSSIA.

Tho Ocean Mail Service to the United States.
BERLIN, Dec. I, 1857
The Prussan government, through it, Postal Depart
mont has signed contract with the Hamburg and
American Steam Packet Company aud the North Ger
man Lioyds Steamship Company, for regular mail ser
vice from Hamburg and Bremen TO New York.
Bv the terms OF the contract many additional facili
ties given 70 the public and especial provision Is
made for the transmission Of samples OF merchan disc
by mail
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the PRESS TELEGRAM.

st. rHoHAs, Nov. %, 1861
Another earthquake, accompanied with volcanic
arupuons has occurred. The nfsy feet doing
much damage to the houses and shipping
Similar Disturbances occurred q the Dutch island Of
Bahia, and 1t ST. Domingo slight earthquake Is
ported
!, also reported that smother earthquake has
occurred Il 81. Thomas.
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CANADA.

Fire in Chnthnm-AmcrIcau Invoices.
CHATHAM, Nov. 30, 1851.
The block OF wooden buildings south side Of King
street. between Sixth and Market Streets totally
destroyed BY nre last night Several houses Market
square also destroyed. Theoss is estimated at
$4,000
OTTAWA, Nov. 80, 1867
The discount on American invoices for the ensuing
week Is declared to DO twenty-eght per cent.
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MISSOURI.


ST LorIs Dec ], 1857.
The Kirkwood Hotel, At Kirkwood fifteen miles west
Of this city, was burned last night, and nearly oil the
furniture destroyed The building owned BY Samuel
Turner, Of this city and insured for $4,000 The
furniture BELONGED 70 Roberts Orange and vs. insured
for 50, 900 The actual loss By the nrs has not been
ascertained
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SOUTH CAROLINA.


Alleged Bank Swindler.
CHARLssros, Dec. 4, 1897
person calling himself n I. Coleman bearing II 10
alleged, forged letter Of insroductlon from n. b.
claniu, Of New Fork, hss obsassd $4,000 n currency
from she First National Bank Of Charleston, beside
cheek Tor 900 the National Bank Of Augusta ~
depoeltius checks she First National Bank OF New
YORK ana Suffolk Naiiousi Bank Of Boston. He de-
oampsd lest Konday and nothing has since been heard
Of htD
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a.; TSllniyer.aIv ,Expo.ition. Paris, 1907
the rt grand gold medal for American Grand square and
Upright Pianos, By the unanaou< verdict Of tho Intsr
national jury. This medal distinctly classified
order Of merit al other American exhibitors and
than four hundred pianos entered for composition
nearly all tho celebrated manufacturers Europe.
warerooms Nos 1 and Ill kast Fourteenth Nav
Ynrk
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NEW YORK.

The Wreck Of the OweGo Lake Effective
of Her Crew Drowned.
DuxKrEK, Dec. I, 1867.
seven OF tho crew OF the owsgo attempted to land
yesterday Afternoon but tho boat capszed Grin Phil
lips. engineer: William johnson, William Davis Samuel
johnson and ono other man were drowned; tho two
mates saved. The remainder OF the crew were
saved this morning.
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SINGULAR RAILROAD AccIDExY.-Un tho 24fh ult!uo
railroad train from Montgomery Mobile transporstsg
Caslilo's circus ana menaeere. thrown from the
track by tbe breaking OF rail- about fesn niles below
Pollard, Ala, killing man aud slightly bruising
several Others also horse killed and more
Gagged again without much trouble, only few Offering
resistance
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A Plate at Hot Pancakes and Honey I- not.

"A PLATE az Hot .Pancri.:s md Hsnc,y .. .Ss.
PAINT applied OF the body wherr pain
The sensation 10 delightful and pain CLOS instantly u
also the and bad effects caused by the
pills plssers. fiery lininent or mercury ycung. feeble
child that cannot tell lie ala by crying will b quiet
IN instant BY painting 10 all All soothing
stsd by hunareds Al no sst every Say Al DR. woIcof-S
Offices no Chatham square, New York; - Myrtle avenue,
VII they advertise.
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PENNS YIvANlA.


Psyae, the Pedestrians. NJ PisssbsrG.
PnrsBrso. Dee. 1. 1857
sssh wsur Payne arrived here lest night and starts
- his tramp again Tomorrow forenoon 70 avoid the
svss 4 ~ sssous he stopped on his ARRIVAL In town
AnRivsas hasrdins hospA Hs q 10 excellent heaIsh
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SwrTzE Ron Sunday evening, December I, NARrrs
SwIrzyH, aged So years and 25 daya
The relatives aud friends invited 10 attend tho
funeral from the residence OF his son, Henry Swzcr
ass Pacific street, Brooklyn. on Tuesday afternoon at
two o'clock.
For Other Deaths See Seventh Pacel
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VIRGINIA..


Toar MONROE, Dec l. 1861
large ore occurred in Portsmouth last night Two
large four story buildings the properly Of Mrs. BENTLEY,
were totally destroyed. They were occupied by Mr.
Buckley grocery and Mr. Young q feed store
The former lost $4,000 Ensured for 81 000 and the
latter g. 900 mo Insurance.
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TIE HARTFORD MrRpsR.--The coroner's Jury Ia cass
Of the murdered Mr. Bradley in Hartford have brought
in verdict Of guilty against Brooks and Henry.
cused Of committing the crime II Is stated that the de-
ceased had been robbed AZ various times during the lass
twenty years probably dozen timss by thieves who
stole watches, 30. from his jswsiry shop. :
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.

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1ee2
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.Is :s n room: Il .E::
where he yin ls profs ..onaiy: sysry Taesfl from
.anpea, o. any disease saaIas l. is,sd > eli %
with with bis assp s Is. charge 81 $3.50 "
DR. scnEScK can explain 70 pstsets very csrreciI the
4sgr aGa
s ..ssy hoy ar q. ,s.s: sss. and
rom Iva
them .i,ssss :,.ss HIM sssI .Ssy ~: .as y:
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s''u~ Mrs. w ~ os!s sooru.yo sysus.
HAving the fan sisue 81 CursA PcrkinA the ousdo
wrsppsr. All Others are base nitanons
TsrEsy :.as .s.s w:sssss s,s: Eb b::,.s
MAIDEN lane. New York
Voice ef the PsHy's T. s:ysF Rests ." Merit.
ALLCOCK'6 POROUS PLASrkkS
h usle ~ fheiy wefulnesa -, . :.
naleh certify 6eY se1d. ~ reteu N We cux
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a Great Rcdmcticn In Price, Of Ladies',
Misses and Childrcns Boots snd Shecs, Of all Gtylos,
a. JEFFE RS. l 1876 aud .I3s Broadway.
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INCA, Dec. I, 1901
There rs some Ice IN the canals but the boats can
move without much trouble.
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Crissg dcre,s Hair Yye.The Hest Ever Mas.
Asior House.
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TsvgEsy: .a :ss.s W:asnss s, y,s, E b:pcs
Maiden lane New York
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ton without something else being disclosed 20 maintain
the charges which were already before Vie committee for
q DID you write this lsstsr TO coeovsss
SATURDAY, A, NJ, June l. 1857.
e = hey deem Of every ss s
ssn % :. be %ss ssns the ssGrf y
A think %, substantially.
O Did you write this letter
.iIousE oy RrrnssrsrArvEs July g 1857.
letter. You may rest assured tb&s do credit the false
iSa sss sss
pul he original. In my hands shA that oue shs!
NE released VII ss;i
a Yes, sniax .; that - substantially.
q DID you know Of this letter being wrtteuf
ps.n..,5s 4: Al ,s, Ess, n. wi a ,ss
Wen any o,2er matters win Ss saja.,sd
A No, sir; that was never written By me.
q was il written By Mr.. Mstchsts under your dIrec.
ton, No. sm; no man ever wrote him letter by
q. STATE 20 ,ns committee any knowledge tins, you
have OF Mr. Johneons completely the assassination Of
Mr.. Ltscols. and which you have withheld from this
could pressn, or ! should have cons 70 shs com.
mutee With him; J have given General Buissr
20 lss him look them Up snd see whether there "a;
anything sno them o. NOT; my nsssvisv With Cog
sougk. In me arss instance. BY nrs conovss am
for perjury never suggested 20 Coaovsr any character
Of evidence Vas impasans 70 ob,asa; usss my sxsr.
him 70 Albany one Of my inssSvbvs wab conovss
20 learn something in coassoton wish tts sauass trial
c,sss.r Of ~scm Cossvss ssys me v,o,ms nn va
ssoesshes IN refsrsnos - W. Susrav matter; Told hin
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Testimony Of John 4. Gilman.
q State your residences. A. reside a Marietta,
Ohio and have been living there different tmessome
q. Have You seen . lsusr purporins to have been
sra, dated Executive Manson, Washington, D.. G..
October - 1907 A. have letter that Isup-
% 2: S' o. 1 Tsry yG %usS
once ana then for . moment
Q From whom did you obtain the leiarf A That
10 question that attorney In the matter. DO not
feel a. bsry 10 answer; you VIII appreciate the reason
The Chairman stated thai the witness would be re-
quirsd 70 Disclose the o the party from whom he
received The letter referred TO- He would however be
allowed 70 consult counsel 10 reference 10 the matter
turned having consulted counsel
s:ss the ysme q tho party from whom yos TO- =;
abe committee TO require mo 70 answer. give the name
a. Watson Andrsws
0 candidate for Congress In West v5g,nisi A. do not
know OF my own knowledge, have mover seen tho Mr.
Andrews 70 whom yor refer, bc, believe him 70 be
D. ron know from information OF otherwise
whsther the father was candidate fer coasrsss' A.
b>bsve be was; could cay positively that he was
d Can you STATE 70 whom that letter Wa addressed
A. Il addressed 10 q Mr. Andrews. lcoud not give
hrs nss name DID ncs sos :, this letter Tor Vie very
rsason that supposed u might possibly get me into
O Hive ysu no IDEA how hs bscams posessed Of ~
A. Az know about Il " thai the father was . csnd.
date for Consrsss. clam agent became acquainted
with the Of CERTAIN soldiers being the rolls Do
getting their back pay and bounty. he 10 the
place where election was 70 be held the old gentle
vsan Was, think, mot st home he saw the aon srd
partner OF the Old gentleman he told them thai they
would write letter for Mr. Andrews 20 The PRESIDENT
thsss dessr,ers pardons would very likely gsi bck -
time vote, and that they would bis election
the SON. think u vas wrote such letter 70 No rrcs
dent accommodating that tho enclosed si Of dessrers
be pasdcaed stating TIE circu Of the case am
| told you have that letter before you
| Q. Told % by whony A. BY watson Andrews aud
We ssers ne rrsndsns Is w c.sa ssa bssn
psrdoaed: NJ. Andrews ST., bslisve knew nothing q
The lstssr until lhs whole transaction was over; thai
| The whole sxtest Of my infofUaton.
The letters sheWa 70 witness, ana dsnunsd ~ MIN %
| the above tsssimeny, srelns follows
uAsisrrA. Ohio, Sept 10 Ia67
DsAR esa-Dunn9 the lsss sesson q Cosgress rev III
reuenbss thai a. svsssAtioa called IN relation 70 "
psymsss q 6l1kVe y oss husared aud 9ns three q
esfssss vhs pasdonsd By Slrscslon u tie prssden
icr asd lssHlosf ynrgssss nu.ing ,ss isyss;azcs
dsss NJ Esors tsi6e1 sbas a Isssss hs1 syss tses
estvsS - - $780,, , ws1 ~ 1s"&csl sarl
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Rsebuck's Weather Ssriss.
No osss wind RAJ sing windoys
wosfe these st ps are used
roEBrcE BRoTHERss 5 Fulton srssl Hez, x,vs
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General News

New YORK, December GA Havana
special says: An envoy has been sent to
the United States Government by the
Dominican authorities, probably i'll re-
lat;on to the sale or lease of SANTANA.
1t was reported at Port-au-Prince that
the capitol of Hayti had surrendered to
Cabral.
The finances of Jamaica were much
depressed. A deficiency of fifty thou
sand pounds sterling was to be made up
by additional duties.
A negro insulted the American consul,
Mr.. Gregg, by striking him while i'll q
billiard saloon, but Mr.. Gregg suHmari-
IL chastised his black aggressor.
General Lcrsuadi, new Captain-Gen-
eral of Cuba, arrived at Havana yester-
day and was received with the most
cordial demonstrations of welcome.
A bank which was being undermined
at IN ore bed at South Sharts6urg, Yer
mont, caved in on Thursday, falling
about forty feet, burying number OF
men and two houses. At last accounts
three dead bodies were taken out and
several persons, who were seriously In
jured.
A Montgomery, Ala, dispatch says
A Freedman's Bureau officer who was
irving to collect u dollar aud a half a
piece from negroes whose contracts he
had approved i'll Alabama, was recently
tarred and vanished by negroes.
A negro man, his wife, mother and
children were recently murdered i'll
Baldwin county, Alabama.
The Times Panama letter says: l
learn 10y private advices from Cartha-
cena that Mr.. Seward, having demand
ed in positive terms chat the officers
and Others engaged in the massacre of
the Confederate officers i'll the streets OF
that city should he punished, several
military officers concerned, voluntarily
surrendered to the civil authorities, and
are now nominally prisoners. From in
vesti cations already made, there is no
doubt but that the civil, as well as the
military authorities, either cOnnived at
the massacre or were privy to the fact
that it was to take place.
The Heralds Panama letter says:
Mosouera sailed for Peru. The guard
which accompanied him to Panama
still remained there, much to the dis
comfort of President Olarte.
General Salgar had published pam
phlet defending his operations in the
purchase of the Il. r. Cuyler.
Quito correspondence of November
-, says the approaching election for
the Presidency was the main topic. +.
X. Pinzas seemed the favorite candi-
date.
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An Army OF More than Five
Thousand Oflice-II0ldcp

Are consuming your substance. and to.i q
other hungry eIpectani- 81" gathering EI'
vultures, 10 banquet upon the Nitals oi "
trats State.
Your public buildings arr sinking dolar, b
the hundred thousand, with no apparent result
Your Lunatic Asylum has already cost Nlees
third more than the original estimate ief ~
whole, and the hrst wing Is not yet oomPsie'
At the present rate. more than one million o
dollars will be consumed In what !, nothing ls''
than stupendous fraud, at which your Be0F
servants are cOnniying.
The Penitentiary was expected 70 b BAN w
sl6s 900, bnt through the inComPeteney hs.
planned II, nearly four times A. much riassi-
will Ne required as WA originally inteehea' spe
the expense Of tho building will b. little stpf'
Of one million dollars. Other operations o. PEI
lie men show a similar disregard Of y01r lnisl
est. Many Of them are mere schemes Of pfi'AS
benefit and public robbery.
Not single Radical journal ~ the S'A@ %
uttered a word Of deuuneiatiOn " these " ~
other public wrongs. To the REGlsftE e''o. =
almost the exclusive honor Of chamPi1hbg y"
popular cause against the Outragt' Of 3D., :,
plubdeIers. In pursuance Of ~ psfpo~
hunt down corruption and corruptiaIi'N ~
REGISTER will lay before the people a..
funds npOn public works. The most tnoI -
frauds arc known 20 have secn P,rPetrai'a -
every tax payer has an Interest In tb"if d','s'
msnt. We call upos tho people to s'-"1' =
support ~ In our ellvFt.
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E ENORMOUS STOCK
-oF-
CLOTHING,
AT
M. GUTEIAN a. CO.'S.
Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, December 21.-Frac-
tional currency issued this week, $3.50,
500; amount forwarded, $456, 604; Ma
tional bank notes issued, Sl45, $50; frac-
tional currency destroyed S264, 500.
General Grant has ordered the closing
of the War Department and Bureau on
Christmas and New Years, fixed the of
fee hours for the intervening week at
from 9 to II o'clock, and has allowed
half the clerks to be absent.
Lieutenant j. L. Kirkman, of the
Goth infantry has been released from the
recruiting service for the present.
Brevet Major General j. IL. Wilson,
Lieutenant Colonel of the 35th volun-
teers, has been ordered to report to the
General in chief.
j. III. Sullivan arrived yesterday from
Louisiana and it is understood he is
preparing for argument in a test case
to be heard in the Supreme Court,
which will involve all issue by reason
of military orders issued in the South
since 1851. Eminent counsel from both
North and South are in communication
with him, and the issue will be thor
oughly examined.
Writs of error were this morning
granted by Justice Wylie, of the Su-
preme Court of the District.in two cases
of confiscation, in which Judgment was
given by the District Court here in
1868. Caleb Cushing is counsel for the
complainants. The cases will be tired
next January, at the general term OF
the Supreme Court.
To-day the case of Smithson against
Edwin N. Stanton, for alleged false i'm
prisonment was to have been tried be-
fore Justice Wylie, but, at the request
of the counsel, the case was postponed
few days, Among the counsel for
Stanton are Attorney General Stanber-
ry, John l.. Brady, and Judge Pierpoint,
of New York.
Lieutenant General Sherman, Major
General Sheridan and Brevet Major
General AugRr are appointed by the
Secretary of War as Board to examine
tho proposed system of revised army re-
gulations. The board meets in this city
next week to begin its labors about the
first of January.
Several delegations of Indians from
various tribes in the far West, are ex-
pected to arrive here for the purpose of
consultation and making treaties with
the Indian Bureau.
The Select Committee for the ex-
animation of the causes and delay in
the payment of soldiers bounty war
rants, will probably report the bill
authorizing the employment of twenty
five additional clerks, and Issue dupli-
cate bounty warrants, SO that when
originals are lost from any cause, soldiers
will Lot suffer delay until new ones
can be made out.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Revenue seizurcs-DrOwned-
featuring Embellishments Ceasing
Work-sRprcmC Court Decision
C0nfcssiou.

New YORK, December 2l.-The inves-
tigatiOn proceeds relative to Collector
Shocks seizures of bogus champagne,
and enough has been developed to prove
that, for the advantage of the revenue,
the benefit of the legitimate importers,
and the protection of the people from
the imposition of a spurious compound,
the seizures were not made :: day too
soon.
Mr.. Alfred Tyler was drowned on
Friday while fishing OFT the Steelson
House, Long Branch, his boat having
been upset in the breakers.
Many of the employees at the Wash
ington Iron Works, Newburg, were dis
were discharged week ago when their
wages were drst reduced, and further
reductions are anticipated.
The factories and mills at Trenton,
New Jersey, having recently discharged
many operatives, more than two hun
dred and fifty families are dependent
upon the benevolencc of the city. Many
of the most influential citizens met last
night and organized for the purpose of
atfording means for the relief of the
poor.
The Supreme Court rendered Il deci-
sion in the Gardiner-Tyler will case, set
ting aside the verdict of the jury at Sta
ten Island and ordering new trial,
the costs ts abide the decision in favor
of Mrs. Tyler, and from it i;appears the
finding of the Staten Island jury was not
justified by the evidence.
Francis Harrington alias Hattie How
ard, who killed herself by poison on
Thursday, in Crosby street, confessed
before her death that she had also pois-
oned her faithless lover, one Augustus
Strauss, who is at present missing.
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BY THE CABLE.
by Telegraph to the Register

LONDON, December 22.-The London
Observer. in its issue Of Saturday, says
that the British Government, in all the
extraordinary precautions which it is
now taking against thu Esnians, it is
acting with the full knowledge of their
secret plans. The alarm caused by the
Fenians in the city is subsiding.
Advices from Japan announce that IN
accordance with the treaty concluded
with the commissioners Of foreign pow
ers the ports of Yeddo and Osaka viii
be thrown open to foreigners for settle
ment and commerce on the Goth Of Jan
uary.
VIENNA, December 22.-The new Con
stitution of Austria, which recent!
passed Reichsrath, has been promulga
ted throughout the Empire by an Impe
rial decree.
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Erani Mobile

MOBILE, December 2l.-The tliul OF
Mayor Horton, General Pope's appointee,
for the violation of the civil rights bill
in the case Of Charles Archie johnson,
q negro, was concluded Yesterday. The
trial was occasioned by the alleged lille
gal Punishment of said johnson from
the city and this was fully and ably ar
gued before Judge Busteed in the United
States District Court. 1t being a pre-
cedent case it provoked considerable
discussion and interest among the PEG.
pie. 1t was regarded as fair test OF
the protection afforded by the bill, re.
sulting in verdict of guilty, rendered
a few minutes after the jury retired
The sentence will be promulgated to,
morrow.