The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-31
MISCELLAN ECUS.

Pacific Mail Go. and the Pacific Rail-
road whereby all passengers and freight
from tiiaina are in future to reach Now
Horl, Via the railroad. Inquiries at
the steamship office have failed to elicit
an affirmation or denial of the truth of
the statement.
y EN DELr:NNS, Dec. 2S.--PrOitsSOr
Leila, Il wcll-l<nOWn Optician, was found
dead in his bed this morning at the st.
Charles Hotel.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2S.--\'arirtieS Thea
! ter burned.
! J. Downry, formerly sheriff, COM
nlittcd snicit" Oh account of poverty.
! ATLANTA, Dec. 2S-ThOS. SpCrr is
elected in 18th district to I'D Congress,
and Long to Hist. 1t is believed that Big
| by, in the :5rd, and Whtby i'll the md
districts are elected. Price is elected
in the 9th distrit by Il large majority.
| Chief Justice Brown has resigned.
ILN-GOV. Jas. Johnson has been tclc-
graphcI for, probably to succeed
Brown.
Il. II. Hill is out in !, letter denying
writing to the Radicals t:lVOring Radi-
caliSm or seeking office.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
has been leased to Il company of the fol-
lowing mon: J. II. King, JOS. +.
Brown, Alex. II. Stephens, j. II. Grant,
b. II. Hill, T.. w. Cole, II. Peters, w.
6. johnson, w. $. Holt, II. j. White,
c. y. Milling, Benz. May, +. Waite
fielder, w. c. Merrill, Simon Cameron,
H. J. I\imball, G. Cook, ~. \. Scott,
w. \. Matthews, VIM. Dinsman, IL.
Il. Plant, Thns. Allen, and their s,SSo-
ciatcs.
The company represents over fifteen
million dollars, and give the best sccu
rites. The !rssccS pay $4,000 per
month for twenty years. EN-GoV. Jos.
T.. Brown has been elected President of
the road.
NEW YORK, Dec. :,&.---t World spc-
cial, Versailles, 9th, says: Fort Ar
ron is twenty-five hundred yards east
of Fort Roscney, and is Il new work,
mounting naval gums reaching the
towns Of thclll-, Mt. Mcrmctt and
Elisby. The fire from this fort to-day,
replying to the Saxon guns, was acctl-
rate, but not destructive.
WASIIINt;TOS. Dec. 2D.-MrS. Bclk-
nap, wife of the Secretary of War, Is
dead. She was 4 Miss Tonllinson, of
Ky, and sister Of Lieut.. Tomliison,
who served the Contederacy as an aid
dc-c;inlp to Con. sam W. Ferguson.
PlcaSaEtOn will assume Commission
crship of Internal Revenue, on Tues
day next.
! PoHt;IIN Ef:i'SlE, Dec, 29.-Thc ice on
the river is six inches thick. Weather
! intensely cold.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2y.-SiNty thou
sand pounds Of powder was exploded in
the Blue Point Gravel Gold Mine this
=. NJ.
Gold bearing earth, 200 feet square
and sc'vcnty-tivr deep, was lifted 20
feet and completely shattered. This
wa, the greatest mining blast over
fired in California.
NEW HAVEN, Cons, Dee. ga
meeting Of the Stockholders of the
Home Insurance Company, it was dis
discovered that stock had never been
over to the amount Of 100000, though
nonlinallT SIC, oO0, 900. Tho Company in
> 1867 made Il false report. The present
| Indebtedness exceeds the assets 5000
| coo. Agents have been notified to stop
! inSuring.
! MEMPHIS, Dec. 30. - John Bell
Crockett, grandson OF Davy Crockett,
was found murdered on Il trading boat
ut Bloody Island. 80 clue to the muir
dcrcrS.
ST. Lotus, Dee. 3o.-\-chiclcS of all
descriptions are crossing on ice above
the bridge piers.
! NEW York, Doe. 3O.--A general
committee met at Tumnluly Hall to
arrange for the reception Of released
fcniln prisoners whose arrival is daily
expected.
Eighteen thousand dollars was i'm
mcdiateiy subscribed, which will be
raised to fifty thousand
The French Democratic Central Club,
will hold Il mass meeting tonight in
Cooper Institute, to express their SYM
pathy For the French.
BALTIMORE, Dee. :iO.-Sllrratt after
lccturing last evening, was arrested by
having paid license az tobacco dealer
two years ago, with :, design it is said
to prevent his lccturngin Washington
\ Ew YORK, Dee. :'0.---i row of two
story frame buildings was burned in
Brook En; - families homeless.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
CoNSTANrl NOpiE, Dee, IS. - The
Government in Il not" to foreign pow
crs objects to the discussion of the queS-
ton affecting the Nanubi:ln principali-
ties, at the approaching conference.
BERLIN. Dee. 2S.-InfOrmatiOn has
reached here that the Turks have or
dcrcd the Bo~phoruS and DardcncllcS
coasts protected by torpedors.
HAVANA, Dec. 2S.-Thc rebels are
Silrrrndrrin% everywhere i'll large num-
brrS.
MADRID, Dec. 2S.- Last night IL
prin left CortrS, eight shots were fired
at his carriage, Mounting l'rinI in three
places in thr left arm anCl right hand;
no arrests.
BERLIN, lpcc. 2S.-Thr news of the
,;l.,, Ip.,ri- inn.