, 1870-04-20

| pfofcment Of nycr1 and hastorx Aruunr til.
aa1as agreed upon arr: For DeaMo,uea Hapids.
$W.oo; Tor Louisville Canal. 3s,o, ,ooo: removing
otssfncuons and snrys from the Mlzsis,lpp. R!fcr
naa uahntadcs, s1ao.ooo: for the Ohio River,
eeo.o"r and for the mouths Ut tho M!s,Iss;ppi
luScE, <soa, 900
-So1bfns whatever has been done tovarI
wv eepe1unE OF the A1anama claims QUESTION
ou[ government Will prolAtly await the muvsmrnt
Of Great Nr1taln.
a Icttsr from General Sanboru, one Of The ln-
uiaa commissioners OF 1865, cxplalns the causc OF
'ae recent raid On the Union Paci1Io Road, and
~" ulA1 1caFs Of general Indian war, invo,v1ng
ts!ncd
Tho Election Committee sttl has eighteen COZ
teSted sta1 cases to settle, VIZ: One FROM Colora-
W. one lfOm AlAbama, One from AfkAQsax oun
rom Vl1gtnla, one from Indiana, one from Nur,A
Earollna one from Ohio, one fsuu Texss two FINN
heutucky, TWO from Tennessee, tEo from sopth
CafoAne, two from Louisiana, aud rwo from
Alasoafl IN tofee Of these cases II Ia thought no
tesu1nohy Will bc offered against the sitting mem.
Der. Three eases more have been reoorte.i To n,
uouBe,
SOME lime Ancc u person named Antouta PETE,
uef went To Northern Ohio, and made contracts
through second parties, for lot Of horses Afrt
getung possesaloo Of tho stock, he left the pur.
chasefs IN the lurch. One Of the iosrrs
Z L Stevenson, Ale1y had him arrysted for
oou1ulue Tie animals under false pretences
4psough naw In The Indictment he escaped. llc
neW sues steFens fo1 malicious prosecution, rlae.
---scs at $4,000, This Is remarkable
game OF blon, Einee In an executive tocum mi IN
INC House Of Representatives OF tha pres.n. C IN.
efess there Is found evidence that the sau pcl,lsr
IVES u&en IS slave pirate on the coast OF uayti,
~ 1851; that be WIS ttied, convicted, and con-
U.funNti nv tod
and cargo coudsc1ied. 1Ils sentence WAS after.
ward changed to imprisonment for term Of
yeata and on an appeal to orr authoitles they de-
Cllned to interfere.
The Sennte Committee On Public Landa did q
ves5 fa!r railway puzness Monday. One Of tts blls.
gives the right Of way and land grant Of at least
Ax hundred mues trum point Oh the Columbia
A1frr cast of the Cascade Mountains, in Oregon,
10 JUNCTION with the Pacific KaIlr,.al. near Sail
Lake This subsidy is as the rate Of 1s,sp acres
rer mile The other enlArges or confirms the land
grant 1os O 1ne FROM McGregor, 1owa, to Yancton,
nalotA
"a new movement Is Oh foot In city politics look
ing to the withdrawal Of Mayor Bowen aud other
Republican candidates, anG substituting Iuo,
LOOK, colorcd man, now City Register. Ms
Cook Is An cducate's gentleman, and the opinion d
quite general that he would be great lupsoyc-
Mcnt on Bowen.
The President and scczc.as7 Of the Sary
have paid Walt In company with other
gentlemen, TO The foundry In Georgetown whero
Me new Invention for utilizing petroleum for tue1
purposes, known As the WhIpple L pickersou
rrucesa, las been for some time In practical pp- I
efauon- An hour WAS spent by the President In |
lts inspection, and he asked many questions which
showed his interest In tho question Of our fptpre
fuel supply. Hc said, II this Invention proyed |
"na. II promised to be, 1t would put us far On |
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