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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-29
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.


France.
PARIS. December 2S.-The Emperor ac-
cents the resignation Of the Ministry, and
in his letter to VI. Olivier requests him TO
name persons who. with himself, will form
Il homogeneous Ministry, faithfully repre-
sentinc the legislative majority and resolved
to apply. in letter and spirit. the scnat,s
conSultum of September Sth.
The new Ministry will probably soon be
announced.
PARIS. December 2S.-The regular SEES
Sions Of the French Corps Leg'slatV open
to-day.
England.
BRISTOL, Eng. December 2S.-In 4 panic
at a theatre last night eighteen persons were
killed and many wounded.
From Cuba.
HAVANA, December 2S.--The holidays arc
passing OF TRANQUILITY. Jose CcSpcdes and
Jose Rubo. convicted of attempting to in
cite Catalan volunteers to rebellion, were
garroted saturday.
Arrived. steamers City of Mexico. from
Vera Cruz: Rapidan, from New York; and
T]cutonia. from New Orleans.
Observation-Disclosures Destroyed by
Observation-Disclosures CrcGcTlt;aiS.
WAsuIHGToN, December 2S.--The Catho-
lie ana Protestant miS>iOl-lcuscS NJ Min
kin. China, have been destroyed by Il mob.
the inmates thereof barely escaping with
their lives.
The new translation Of Burlin"amc's Gro
dentialS shows that he was accredited to the
lesser Powers, and that they accorded him
no plcnipotential character.
Siiis-TOran Eggs.
san FKANCIsco, December 2S.-Thc
-tcan-himr C.hiTHdr;%0' Overland to New
York. and thence by steamer to France.
Goycrnment victories In Mexico.
Cry OF MEXICO. December 2S.-lhc
Government troops have gained several
important victories over the m~alcontcn'S,
thr most formidable OF whom have lieu 10
the mountains.
Secretary Seward in Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, Decembcr2S.-Secretary
sov.,rI has left for a tour to visit interest
ing points in the interior. he Will leave
Vera Cruz on the ID January. 81
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Reports from the engineering parties now
locating the Pacific division OF The Menu
nhis-Ei Paso railroad are of the most IA
torabje character, showing grades OF not
oyccedin" eighty feet to the mile III cross
inc the Sierra Nevada mountains. The
work of grading has been commenced at
The cro,sin" of the Colorado at the mouth
of the GiIa river 1T Fork Yuma, Where me
river masses between two bluffs, full sixty
feet above high water. and forming the
natural abutmentS for n bridge of 400 feet
snan. Tho work is also advancing rapidly
in Arkansas, Texas, Arizona. and CAN
fornia.
1t is told as something wonderful ana
worthy of imitation that a little girl eleven
wears old, in Vermont, has in ten weeks
.'committed to memory go verses OF ihG
RibIe. beside the ten commandments, and
the names Of the books OF both Testament:
in order" She also, III Il week, reclted
from memory TO her Sabbath-Schooi teacher
Dos verses. 4 more melancholy ease ol
r~eprehensible "crammiug" we mover heard
of: nor could we, il called upcr, point OH
any better way of reducing q child to ldlocy,
or of sending it, the victim OF an overtaXeo
| Brain. to an untimely grave. Moreover. VIC
fail to see the moral or religious ya4ue o.
committing to memory "6iO~ lsolateo
texts. We say this with no intention o.
hurting a%nybody's feelings, but stu We say
# most dccidedly.-Nep York Tribune.
In the new Lutheran church in Hagers
town. Nd, q large hand is painted on Tx
wall in the vestibule, pointing down 10 .
spittoon, with the inscription: "P!caS'
leave your tobacco there"
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Domestic Narkets-fBr TELEcnApn1.

NEW YORK. December 2s--Noon.-Flonr steady.
Wheat q shade tlrmer. Corn dull ana declining.
FORK quiet. Lara Gun. tntIon gn'ei NJ 2osc.
Turpentine dropping 4: 48c. Rosin firm strained,
30. o5N 20. 10. Fre!chts firm.
EreniRg.-Cotton inn; sales OF 1900 bales at
?;sc. Flour 56loc better on low grades super
fine State. si.s01Sl.9j; common To fair extra
southern, Sj.4o6S So. Wheat lA2c. better amber
state, $l:at@Sl.3!; winter red WESTERN, s1.se6
81. IS white Michigan. SlJ5. Corn dull and heavy /:
mixed western, old, 81 0o6si.lo; yellow southern,
new lT9Sr. Pork frmer: new. SO. 5n@Sao. Lard
a shade frmer kettle, %lssi%lss; Whiskey nm
aostn, somss. Frcights firm wheat, DC.
BALTIMORE. December es.-Cotton heavy at
2ii@2sc. Flour dull with ? light demand. Wheat
small receipts: white, s5aS7c.; yellow. ssGs2c.
oats. 5i657c. Rse numioal. Provisions very
quiet. Pork decidedly lower; light. $50; heavy
al. Shoulders, i59i5tc. Lard, E!9iec' "his-
Virginia G's-old, 70 1868. S2i bid.
CISCrSSATI. December cS.-Corn unchanged.
Whiskcy dali ut 9iTa5c. Provisions firm and held
higher. Pork In demand ut 40. 5o@fe9. Lard
wanted nj !7ic. and held at. l1iIisc. Bacon quiet
nd held Arn, shoulders. ltc.; clear sides. l7tG
Eic. hams, :eM2lc-
unchanged. Provisions firm Mess Pork, $50.
Observation-Disclosures itbr.; clear sides, lsc.; hams.
:3jc. Lard, Sc. Whisky qalet 1T o5c.
ST. LOUIS. Dcccmtcr "S.--corn dull yellow,
sacked. sotls3c. Whiskey. sac. Provisions quiet.
Pork. $500 S29.S 81. Bacon and Lard nominal.
Turpcn.ine steady at aoc. crude steady at sl.@
a $40. Resin dull aud n think doing except for
future delivery. Tar lower at si.a5.
CHARLESTON, s. C.. december :s.-Cot:on moro
%'ctiyc; ,middl;ngs, 2@lc.; sal.s. 500 bales re-
we bales constwisc, $50 bales.
AUGUSTA Ca, rcccmher 2S.-Cot'on easier.
with a fair demand m.dIlinss, ::.42ac.; sales,
5G6 bales receipts, leo bales.
S~AvASSAu, Ga, December :s:-Cotton, 2sfc.;
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Heavy DefaIcation-T II TwiSgs
Sword Case.

NEW YORK. December 2S.-The report
has become public that f. J. Oakley, OF the
Merchants Exchange Bank, has been en-
beZZlin~ the funds Of that institution for Il
long time. The deficit will reach 5000, 900.
The surplus of the bank amounts to $4,000
after paying dividends.
New YORK, December 2S.-An investiga-
ton Of the affairs Of the Merchants In
change Bank shows that the defalcation
already amounts 10 $3.50, 900, and will pro-
baby be much larger. The names of the
defaulters have not yet TRANSFERRED. The
bank claims that it is able to meet its liabili-
ties.
In the case Of Rowcna Lawrence against
Benjamin F. Butler to recover W swords
of the late General Twigcs taken by Gene
raj Butler, q motion was made to vacate the
order OF arrest on the ground that the
taking WAS done under the orders of the
United States Government, and that there
was no conversion of the property to Ben
Buffers use. Decision reserved.
The post-ofice authorities are negotia-
ting with the Inmaii. Anchor, and other
steam lines. TO carry the Atlantic mails at Il
reduced rate. tnc negotiations are not yet
concluded.
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ANOTHER HExvY EAaruouArr on THE

PACIFIC CoAsr-DAMAGEs IN CALIFORNIA
\ NEvApA.-Sdn Francisco. December27.
INC heaviest earthquake ever experienced
IN Eastern California and Nevada occurred
about 6 o'clock last evening. The shock
was felt with more or less severity at Sa-
cTamento. Mayesville. Grass Valley. Nevada
City, Iowa Hill. stockton. Chicago.
Truckee, and other neighboring towns. At
Virginia City walls were thrown down.
door-bclls rnng, and clocks stopped.
The CONSERVATION was general. The
shock was felt severely on the lower levels
OF ali the mines. The vibrations were north
and south. and lasted about ten seconds.
At Reno the shock was preceded by 4 low
vumhling, which lasted nearly two minutes.
alarming the inhabitants. The express
train bound wcst was detained about m
hour between Wadsworth and Reno hy
large rocks and earth thrown on the track
by the earthquake.
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THE DARK SIDE OF CHRIsTMAs.-ln New
York three individuals celebrated Christ
mas by drinking themselves to death. Mr.;
William Griifitlls came nome at noon. ound
his wife living upon the floor, and the Christ
mas mcpl unpreparcd. He was 50 gricvcd
at this unwitcly negligence that he kicked
Mr.. Griffith, in the back, and sought his
dinner with q friend. The next morning
the woman was found dead with marks OF
violence on her person. Cirii'ithS was ar
rested OH suspicion of murder. Mr.. Fat
rick Clark, hook-kcepcr, also went on 4
snrrc with two boon c~OmnanionS. and died
on hi2 way home at night. John Citizens,
who went the rounds with the deceased,
was arrested on suspicion Of having accel.
Grated his death. The third case was that
of james Wilson. who went home drunk on
Christmas night. He was discovered or
sunday morning lying dead beside his wife,
who was herself too intoxicated to cntel
into explanations.
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Various Items.

WASHINGTON. December 2S.-The Depart
mcnts were all closed at noon to-day.
Rufus Il. Wade has been ~rcappointcd
special agent ut large to detect mail depre-
dationS.
There wa no ca met session to-day.
There is in the Treasury SlUI DOC, 900 in
gold. 237 .0G0. eco in gold certificates, and
SO, 300. 900 in currency.
The debt statement will show a decrease
in December of probably SI,0O0,CW in the
debt.
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Important eeIsIans abonf brokers'.

NEW YORK, December 2S.s-The Tribune
says: "a test case. selected by the Board
of Brokers, has Just been decided by the
Court Of Appeals in this city, reversing
n previous Judgment Of the Supreme Court
and affirming the principal that when q
broker buys stock on a margin for a Gus
toner he is not at liberty to sell it because
it falls below the margin without giving
notice Of the time and place of the sale.
Considering the stock as the property Of
the customer. the court in this instance
makes the broker who sold under such cir
cumstances liable for the highest price the
stock may have reached, even to the date
Of this trial. This will be a new doctrine
to Wall street,
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CoTToS AND GoLD.-AdviceS from the
South clearly intimate the suspension OF
foreign purchases Of cotton, there being Il
difference between the buyer and seller OF
one to two cents per pound. The sales
taking place are for Boston and other cast
crn ports. The policy of Dir. Boutwell, OF
carrying gold below its intrinsic value has
stopped the wheels OF commerce IN lnS
South, where they hold two huhdfed mt
lions of gold value, while he holds here III
coin some twenty to thirty millions. 1T
viii be seen, therefore, that there isa pretty
FIGHT on hand between the Secretary and
the planters. Twenty millions opposed to
two hundred m~illions.-S. D., IN n
| cinL Advertiser.
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A HuEi.Ftsnt Extraordinary.

About 10 a. NJ. yesterday officer DAILY,
of the thirtv-tir>t precinct, was patrotihS
Broadway near Eighty-sixth street. when
he noticed signs OF terror exhibited by citl-
Zens on the road Il few blocks distant.
Drivers rccklessly rushed their horses close
to the curbstone, and rapidly turning, came
| back over the road ut full speed. beucs-
| TRANS hurried TO places OF safety, n YET
, the officer could not see the cause. At last
if came. six wild bulls, ranging in Their
mad eyolu,ions over the entire breadth OF
the road, were charging at full gallon
| against every obstacle in their path a. they
rushed toward the gallant Daily. The ON.
Ger had not forgotten the scenes ol'Bull
| Run, and promptly forming square against
| cavalry he drew his revolver, and as the
drove passed, Il wcll-dirccted fire killed one
of the beliigcrents, while the others kept
on. At II \. VI. they entered the thirty
second precinct ut Hundred ana orty-se'
como street. on the Bloomingdaie road
driving light wagons Of all description:
ahead OF them. Here the mounted police
went into action. Sergeant Hun, with the
mounted reserve OF the thirty-sccond
formed in saua1rons, started q Ia light LII
rnde after the enemy, and the air rang VIII
Sharp reports from the heavy reVolvers O
the men. After an engagement OF twenty
minutes, during which many people were
frightened but nobody hurt, the recall wa
s~oInded.and reports made. Three OF thu
bulls had been killed by the police, andth'
other " were supposed to he in ambush
as they had vanished from sight. AhoM
noon, however, one Of the surviving u
made a reconnaissance in force along 1hlrt
avenue, when lie was killed by a polio
picket ut Forty-second street, Where TIL
animals came from, or who owned them
was not ascertaincd.-New f0Tk J0atfH|
Of Commerce., December =.
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Foreign s1nrkc,-rBY TELEGpApu1.

LoNDo&. December rs Soon.-Consols, s:s.
United states bonds. SO.
LIVERPOOL, December 2S.~Cnttcn opens quiet !;
uplauis. llFMll!d Orleans, lli1l1ld.: sales, 10. zoo
bales. Winter Wheat. 0s. Corn, 2as. Sd. Pork,
los. Lard quiet. i con, 6is. Naval Stores dull.
Later ~adylccs from Manchester are less favor
rblc-,,ulIncss the carsc. Rcd Winter Wheat, o..
Ii. Flour, 2olto3s. PorK. 1907. Lard 75@D7es.
LIVERPOOL, December .s.-ErcRtHg.-Cot:on
closed s:ezIy upIands, l2Glltd. Orleans, ll&6
IlId. sal.;, IL. 900 bales, Including 500 for ex-
port ana speculation. Red western wheatss. ida
81. sd.
PARIS. December :a.-Tlln Boursc opened firm
rcntcs, 73M 15f.
PARIS, December "S-Eccning.-Bourse dull
Rcntcs, 72f. ic.
HAvHE. December cs.-Cotton opened Grm on
the spot ani aiiOal ri l2GAf.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
New York Stock and Money ssartsc

NcW OK Stock anu MONEY 5arke1
NEW YORK, December. .s-ToJu.-Stocks are
steady but very dull. Money, : per cent. Es-
ch'nsc-Lonr. 81: short. u Gold. ?Ot. 5,"n's,
GO. II Tennessee ss-Fx-cnupons, 52i now, at
Virginia s's--EI-conpons. IL; new, I1. Louisl-
ann-Old, 20: lew. S.: levec s's. f5 s's. Al. Ala
bama SIS, a5; 5s. SCI. Georgia Cs. 81: -, a3A.
North Carolina Odd, 4ot; new. ?'i. South
Carolina Ge--New. 81.
Ereniug-Moner closed actiro nj : per cent.
currency 10 gold. Sterling quIc: and frm 1T 1857
11o?. Gold. Ion. 5-2o's. co. steady nj il7N ISL.
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A Remarkable Case OF Circum stantinI
Evidence.

From the st. Joseph fMo.) Herald, December II.
The circuit court of Nottoway county
has been in session during the past week,
Judge !. c. Parker presiding. Most Of the
time was oecunied in the trial Of Solomon
McAlpine for the murder Of John Callicott,
developing n most singular case Of circuIn-
stantial evidence In August. 1866. these
two young men left Hollyville, Iowa, to
come to st. Joseph to buy apples. expect
ing to load their wagon here and return to
Iowa to sell their fruit. Not long after
some few DAYS. we bclieve-McAlpine re-
turned to Hollyville, told some plausible
story about his partner having made other
arrangements and gone on to st. Joseph.
and for some time no further notice was
taken Of the matter. The continued alb
sence of Callicott, and the fact that nothing
was heard from him, finally induced the ar
rest Of McAlpine. but on his examination
nothing was elected eliminating him, and
he was discharged. A long search for CAL
licott proved nnavniline, and for eighteen
months n profound mystery enyeloped the
case.
In March, 1867, a party Of railroad en-
rinecrs surveying the route Of the Mis-
souri, Valley railroad, some six miles north
east OF Marvsville, found the skeleton of a
man. An investigation aroused the snspi-
cl0n tnat IT was the remains OF CalllcOtt.
The authorities Of Iowa were written to.
and witnesses were brought down. The
mother of Callicott recognized bonv pro-
tuherancc on the chin of the skeleton, also
the absence Of n tooth drawn on the day
he started on his fatal trip. and his mother
preserved the tooth. It fitted the jaw Of
the skeleton, and = dentist testified it had
been drawn from the oriticc. Pieces of a
blue coat and several peculiar buttons were
found near the skeleton. These were rrcoe-
nizcd as resembling parts Of Callicott's
dress when he left home. There We're three
bullct-holeS in the skull.
The identification was so complete that
N.Alpino was rcarrestcd. and. after several
continuancns. the case came to trial on last
Monday. The Judge instructed the jury
that any facts or want Of proof mitigating
the crime from murder in the first degree
need not restrain their rendering n verdict
in the second degree or manSlaughter. The
Jury. after due dcliberation. brought in a
verdict Of murder in the second degree.
We learn that neither the prisoner nor his
friends or attorneys manifest any Iissatis-
faction with the verdict, and the case will
not be appealed.
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Legal Ersnn;.y-A 73an Kills ssis
Second wife.

The Philadelphia Press Of Friday says:
By midnight mail last night from Potts
town, Pa, Il terrible story reached Us. III
tells az the murder of tour women by one
man-not AL ut the same time. not ut one
hutchcrv, like that Of Probst, or the MUIR
der OF The Pcightal family, near Hunting
don. hut ut four successive periods, years
clapsin" between each. This nan has been
declared insane by the laws Of his country.
He has suffered for nouc OF these terrible
crimes. Yesterday a dispatch appeared IN
the Press. dated Chicago. December II.
setting forth that John Hickman, living
near Chaudlcrvillc. H., had murdered his
wife on sunday night ,y cutting her throat.
Il closed with the words. This is the
second wife Hickman has killed. He was
arquittcl IF The first murder OH the plea OF
iu.anitv." We shall take exactly the words
of our correspondent ut pottstown. They
come written beneath the di>patrh quoted
above. which the writer has clipped from
the Press: cit may be added that this l.
his fourth murdcr-a Mrs. BroWnhack,
many wears ago. and 4 Miss Hannah Shon~cs,
4 few wears since, both Of Chester county
after which he left for the west, where NJ
murdered wife No. l. Our adylccS from
Illinois fail to tell us whether the assassin
has been arrested for his last murder. II
insane. it is clearly more than wrong that
such = 1icnd should be allowed his liberty.
A special dispatch in the Chicago !rt'
bnn. gives the following details OF HEX
mans last crime \ horrible murder wa:
per pctratcd at Chandlerville, Cass county,
on Monday. John Hickman. the ,pcrpe-
traitor OF the horrible deed, had some
words with his wife. His SON heard th'
| dispute but thought it nothing serious
left his mother and Step-tatler talking, AM
went 10 thc barn. In ii few minutes HI
| heard his mother shrek, and ran TO til,
house, where he found his mother III Il dynl:
condition.. The rutian had struck her II
| the ground and cut her throat. She die.
in a few minutes. This is the second wifi
his man has murdered. About sever
| wears ago he had some little disagreement
with his wife, and murdered her, but go'
! otJ I'm the nIca of insanity.
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EXCITEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA THEATRE.

EXCITEMENT IN A PHILADELPHIA THEATRE
The Philadelphia Press of Monday says:
The American Theatre. in Walnut street
above Eighth. was the scene of great OK
element on Saturday night last. The build
ing was crowded almost to sutIocation. and
hundreds who applied for admittaucc were
turned away. The programme was carried
ont without the slightest accident TO mar
the pleasure of the thousands who were
greatly enjoying the performances until
about 10 O'Clock. when through the house
the cry of fire was raised. The alarm was
occasioncd Ivy the breaking of or dcranoe-
mcnt of one Of the brackets on the east side
IF the Theatre. under the gallery. which
caused the gas 10 pour ont in a large vo-
iumc. and this, communicative" with one Of
the lights, soon took fire. The fame was
about as large as a mans arm, and when
observed by the dense mass Of people the
excitement can be more readily imagined
than described.
Tt required but Il moment before every
man was upon his feet, some crowding for
ward to the stage. and others madlv but
va:nly attempting to reach the street and
during al this time fire was franticallv cried
by. 4 LARGE number Of the afTri@lltcd al-
dicncc. 4 number of BOYS in the GALLERY
succeeded in rcaching the p%arquotte hy
sliding down the iron columns.
The stage was soon crowded hvthc mem
bers Of the company. who rushed out to
inquire the cause Of the excitement, and.
with the people who succeeded in getting
upon tho stage. added to the cries which
ran" through the building.
Finally, a gentleman came forward. &C.
romDanicd hv 4 number Of the attaches of
the house. with buckets, firo-hoSc. &C.. and
after some twenty minutes had elapsed suc-
ccedcd in assuring the people that there
was not the slightest danger, as the acct
dent had been repaired. This had the de-
sired effect, and the performance was pro-
cccdcd with.
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a FATAL MIsTAKE-TAsT1NG CORROSIVE
SrRLLMATE.-Last night about 1916 O'clock
Nr. Daniel Strong. aged %siXty-nine years.
died from the effects Of n dose of corrosive
suhl!mate taken through mistake. Abont
I O'Clock in the afternoon he went up stairs
IL his home, and found a vial of something
he knew not what. He inhaled. some Of it,
and then knew not what it was. He took
some of it in his mouth, but only swallowed
a very little Of it. splitting the rest out. He
went down stairs, and in a few moments
fclt a burning sensation in his stomach.
His daughter, after finding he had tasted
what was kept for hed-buc poison, rave
him something TO throw it off. and DrS.
Dodge and Clark were called. and gave him
antidotcs. At first he suffered a terrible
burning at the stomach. and volnitcd blood.
but shortly before he passed away he
hrcathcd easier. and died without n strne-
Gle. Just one month ago to-day his wife
dicd.-PorIand (Ie.) Argus, December -.
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uooxs Asn STATIONERY.

nLANK BOOKS.-RANDOLPH &ESG-
- LISH. No. 1918 Main street Richmond,
nrices from Sc. to $50 each. The assortment en-
braces Lcdgers, Journals; Records, Day BooKs'
Cash Books, Invoice Books. Account; sIles; "
barco Books. Blotters. Autograph. Diary. BANK,
Beok-krcping. ana Money books Composition,
C0pY. and Drawing Books BIZ, Check, Note,
and Draft Books: Exercise, Engineer: and Scrap
Hooks Pass. Memorandum, and Pocket Books;
Collecting Book,, Receipt, Time, and ordeE
Books, &C.. Account Book made To ORDER III tiief
usual best style. ae E"-a@"
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TTe Spanish Fleet mt charleston
V~,-,i,a;c COLLATION. 10 3s0 OiIiceTS.

CHARLESTON. s. c., December 2S:-Jhe
officers of the fleet OF thirteen Spanish gun
boats, now anchored oil the battery, were
entertained ut Il collation. To-day gwen b!h,
the municipal authorities. Inc Meet VIII
yemnin here for three or four days, and it
i expected they will make this port their
rendezvous. The fri2atc Pizarro and three
more ruuboats are expected.
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A. NJ. Klein has had the deplorabIe pa
operate scores in existence; and he de-
cIarcs that no less than G,O0o have nun n,
dated the musical world during the l!3t
century and Il half" Calculating thHt eas5'
opera or opcretta contains twenty ineloa1es,
he concludes that since the year ~ no less
than I2O, 900 operate melodies have Oeen
cnmnOsed.