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ENGLAND.
Two supposed Fenians.

New YORK, June 9.-Mail .edvices con-
firm the arrest of two men, as reported by
cable, at the Paddings railway station,
London, on suspicion of being Fenians.
They were brought up for examination at
the Marylebone Police Court May %, when
a distinct charge of treason and felony was
made against them. Corydon, the inform
er, identified the prisoners as having taken
part in the Fenian council previous to the
projected attack on Chester Castle in 1867.
One of the prisoners was identified by
English detectives as having been active
in the dispatch of arms to Newcastle and
Manchester. They were again remanded.
CrOps--Weathcr--O
LONDON, June 9.-The alarm among
farmers continues. The aJiry weather
almost amounts to panic.
Communication with Bombay by the new
cable is complete. Dispatches from India
of to-day have already (noon) been re-
ceiv9d.
Right Hon. Thomas OHagan, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, has been created
Baron O'Hagan.
1t is said d Israeli is about to retire from
politics and be raised to q Peerage.
D'EsraeIi and Prof. Smith.
The newspapers are commenting upon
Professor Goodwin Smiths bitter attack
upon DIsraeli for fancied allusion to him
self in the new novel ''Lothair." The
London Telegraph in its criticism, thinks
the sketch was bitter, but was provoked by
M. Smiths long string of insults. The
Noes admits that the term coward" could
not be ordinarily applied to D'Israeli,
but that the distinction was fully earned
upon this occasion, principally against his
alleged arrest.
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ST. LOUIS
The Capital Removal Question.

The tlpltal hcmOVset question:
Sr. LOUIS, June "a well attended
meeting in the national capital removal
interest was held at Masonic Hall last
night, at which Sherrod G. Clemens, of
West Virginia, and r. Il. Bonner, of this
city, spoke. Clemens directed his atten-
tion mainly to the remarks lately made by
Mr.. Drake in the United States Senate, in
opposition to removing the capital, and
produced an array of scientific statistics
which completely upset Mr.. brakes state
ment that the climate of Washington is far
superior to St Louis or any other point in
the Mississippi valley. He also admins
tered to him a stinging rebuke on general
principles, and called him the Senator from
the District of Columbia by way of re.
proach. The meeting was Unexpectedly
large, and much interest was manifested on
the subject under discussion. A finance
committee of prominent citizens was ap-
pointed to raise funds to carry oIt the
programme for a national convention al
Cincinnati in October.
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4 TELEGRAPH CABLE BETWEEN
TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.

From the Memphis Avalanche.
Tie new cable of the Western Union
Line was successfully dropped into the
bosom of the Mississippi river yesterday,
by Mr.. L. G. Baker, Superintendent of
the Arkansas line. This cable weighed
seven tons, and cost over five thousand
dollars. Forty-fve hundred feet of cable
were used yesterday in connecting Ten
nessee and Arkansas. The new cable was
three independent wires, well insulated,
and the whole is covered with twisted
wire, making the cable nearly two inches
in diameter. Mr.. Baker had the cable cOilod
within an immense drum, TO which was
attached the necessary braling apparatus
for the purpose of checking the velocity
while paying out. The machinery was
placed upon a flatbOat, and with a steam
tug and IOwbOat Little Alps. The boats
steamed down the river tO a point on the
Arkansas shore opposite Fort Picker ing.
Upon making fast one end of the cable
to Arkansas, at O'Clock p. NJ. the paying
out commenced, and the cable was sue
cessfully laid in thirty minutes. The
strain on the drum when the boats ar
rived at the point where the water was
deepest was very great, but the braking
gear was equal TO the emergency and reg
ulated the paying out satisfactorily TO all
parties. The old cable of one wire,
which the company has been using for
some time, has been losing its power rap
idly, until it has become in manner, use
less to the company. The new cable will
be connected with the lines to-day, and
its utility and power properly tested.
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\ FREEDwOMAN SUES ZEB.
WARD FOR 100000. -r

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A rathsr interesting case has been COM
menced in the Superior Court in this city,
inasmuch as it revives some old rsmiIls-
cences growing out of the custom of
slavery, now supposed to be extinct. The
plaintiff is Henrietta Ward, a mulatto
woman, formerly resident of this city,
who brings suit against Zeb. Ward and
woman named Rebecca Boyd for the re-
covery of $40, 900 damages. The plaintiff
sets up that in 1858 she was residing in this
city, and had been living here for number
of years; that she was free, and the fact
well known and authenticated bat, de-
spite this, Ward and the woman Boyd con-
spired to deprive her of her liberty for the
sake of gain and reward, and, furthermore,
that they succeeded. She claims that she
was abducted by them from her peaceful
home in this city and carried to Kentucky,
where Ward held her in serUtude for a
period of seven months. He then sold her
to one Gerard Bronson, of Mississippi, for
the sum of S1,050. This gentleman took
her to Texas, and there worked her as a
common feld-hand for fifteen years, with
out hire, reward or emolument-she re-
naming there in the bonds of slavery until
her shackles were knocked off by the
lamented Mr.. Lincoln She therefore
claims that she is entitled to recover from
Mr.. Ward the full value Of her services for
the fifteen years she was deprived of hel
liberty by his unlawful act. Her attorneys
are Lincoln, Smith Il Warnock Tho case
is one which is likely to attract some atten-
ton.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

1
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Mr. Davis gave
notice of a bill to allow all Indian nations
or tribes, having rights under the existing
laws and treaties, to sue in United States
Courts, with a right 10 either panty to SO
to the Supreme Court upon writ of error OF
| appeal @
Navigation of La Belle RiyIerc.
a resolution to make a bill relating to
the length of spans of bridges on the Ohio
River the special order, was debated.
Mr. Morton remarked that there was
actual danger that navigation would be de-
stroyed on the Ohio River by short span
bridges.
Mr.. Drake favored the resolution, be-
lieving the interests of the whole Missis-
sippi Valley would be involved in the
legislation on the subject. He hoped the
bill would receive the precedence to which
it was entitled. a H
Mr.. Cameron urged the importance of
the measure in the interest of commerce
on the river. He said that all of the
Allegheny people had contributed out of
their pockets in that city, thousands of
dollars to induce the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to lengthen the span of their
bridge.
Mr.. Boreman said that a compromise
had been effected with the Pennsylvania
coal interest, which was pressing the bill,
by which the span of bridges was deter
mined; that the proposition now was to
tear down, not only bridges in process of
completion, but those already completed,
and to refund to the parties referred to
by Cameron, the money they had con-
tributed.
Mr.. Scott said he had submitted as
an amendment the substitution of the bill
reported at the previous session from the
Postal Committee, adding thereto the
principle that compensation shall be made
for the change of bridges built under the
act.
1t was for Congress to say whether it
would authorize lew obstruetions while
making annual appropriations to clear
away distractions to the commerce of a
river. A
Upon division the resolution was re-
jected, only 10 Senators rising in its favor.
Previous Question Rule Tabled.
The proposed amendment to rules was
debated and tabled.
Congress to Have 800 Members.
The special order, being the bill for the
of Representatives in Con-
gress among the several States, was taken
up first The first of the Senate commit
tee amendments, increasing the number of
from 275 to 300, was
agreed to. The bill then laid over.
The Frankins Privilege.
The bill abolishing the franking privi-
Iege then came up, the question being on
brakes amendment allowing newspaper
exchanges to pass free, and Shefman's
for the free circulation Of
weekly newspapers within the county of
publication.
Mr.. Ramsey addressed the Senate at
length in advocacy of the bill.
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THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
The Canvass i'm the Third Congress
iOnaI District-E. A. James n Cam

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, Nashville,
June 8, 187O.-Hons Asa Faulkner, D.
W. Haws, G. P. Hampton, W. J. Kelley,
A. L. Spears, F. D. Clarke, George NJ.
Everett, Sam L. Colville, ]. T. Scott and
NJ Stephens. l am pro-
foundly grateful to gu for the compliment
ary call, which you have made upon me
to become candidate for Congress in
the Third Congressional District Com
ing as it does from those who are my
fellow members in the General Assembly,
who have had the best opportunity of
watching my course in the Legislature,
and who are the representatives of the
people of the various counties composing
the Third Congressional District, your call
is the more highly appreciated.
In response thereto, and to many private
solicitations, announce myself as a can
didate for Congress. Should the people
of the district elect me, l shall endeavor,
by faithful discharge of my duty to pro-
mote their material as well as their polit-
ical interests. Your ob't servt.
E. A. JAMES.
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MINNESOTA.
The Buffalo Hunters Declare in Fa

The Buffalo Hunters Declare i'm E'a-
yOr OF I1eill.
ST. PAUL, June "a Pembina letter
says that at a recent meeting of returned
buffalo hunters at White Horse Plains, it
was agreed to relinquish their usual sum-
mer journey in the plains, and to enroll
under the banner of Refill in defense Of
their country from Canadian invaders, if
the provincial government should decide
on resistance, and that further, they had
declared their determination to oppose
the advance of the Canadian expedition
beyond the Lake of the Woods. The cor
respondent thinks there is no doubt that
they will put this resolution in execution,
and that if the Dominion persists in send
ing an invading force into that country,
the Red river people will reject the Mani
touba bill and strike for independence.
They would be satisfied with the provi-
sions Of the bill in the main, but they will
not accept the interference of the sword,
nor will they surrender Refill and the Pro-
vlncial Government, to whom they are
for their release from the des-
potic sway of a military power.
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THE EPISCOPALIANS
RituaIistic Debate.

COLUMBUS. O., June "a spirited debate
took place to-day in the Episcopal Conveu-
ton. Last year, resolutions re ecommeuding
the revision of the book of common prayer
were referred to committee. At this meet
ing, the committee reported against a
general revision, but recommended a re-
vision of the baptismal service by slight
change, as asrecommendedby by the nine Bishops
This report elected discussion, and the
convention seemed pretty evenly divided.
The resolutions finally went on the table
hy an adjournment.
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D,EsraeIi and Prof. Smit
SPAIN.
Prinl,S Kinacrafi.

MADRID, June 9.-The question OF the
future monarch occupied the sessions of
the Cortes yesterday, motion was made
that King be elected by direct vote of
the people. After debate it was rejected.
The proposition requiring a candidate to
receive a majority, equal to half of the
whole number of deputies, was carried by
13S to l24 This is regarded as utterly de-
stroyiDg the chances Of Montpensier as
we'll as all other candidates, thus far
named, None of these will get 179 votes
the number required by the resolution.
There is much excitement among all
classes.
Gen. Prin made personal explanation.
lie quoted from a dispatch of a Philadel-
phia correspondent of the London Times,
relating to his connection with the pro-
posed Cuban loan, and pronounced the
dispatch a malicious invention. There
had been no negotiations between him and
the American Government, or between
him and English CAPITALISTS
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CANADA.
Indignation observation-disclosures OF
Minister Thornton DisgracefuI.

Indignation meeting-COnduct of
Minister ThOrntOn DisgracefuI.
MONTREAL, June "a preliminary meet.
ing of influential gentlemen has been held
TO take steps to afford the people an op'
portunity of expressing their opinions
respecting the recent Fenian raid and pro-
viding for course to be taken by the
government TO prevent such occurrences
hereafter. The chair was occupied by
Thomas Workman, NJ. p. Several speeches
were made on the comments Of the En-
glish press on the raid, the American Pres
ident' proclamation, and especially the
remarks of the London Daily Nejos and
Saturday ReCie10 respecting Gen. Lind
says speech were condemned.
The action taken by Mr.. Thornton
thanking President Grant for his prompt
ness in stopping the raiders was considered
disgraceful.
Mr.. Morris said the Canadian Govern
ment had already stated the case in a strong
manner to the Imperial Government, and
intended to send q Cabinet Minister to
London to present their views.
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THE FOURTH CONGREGATIONAL
DISTRECI.

To the Editors of the Union and American:
BEDFORD COUNTY, June 8, 1S70.--In a
short time the people Of the State will be
called upon to select suitable persons to
represent them in the next Congress. And
the people of the Fourth District should
determine who their standard bearer is
to be.
Whilst we are willing to support the
nominee of our party, we have cur prefer
ences. and would suggest DIR. L. Russell |,
the talented and pop ular Representative
from the counties Of Rutherford and Bed
ford, as suitable person to bear our
standard through the next contest. ts
DR.. Russell has, by his straightforward
course, endeared himself to the people,
and they should take pleasure in reward
ing him. If he will consent to run he
will receive the support OF many voters.
BEDFoRD
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ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1885.
SALT LAKE.
DaVY Jones' LOcker-A Marrow Es-
cape.

DaYY Jones' E0cker-A Narrow rs
cape.
CoRINNE, UTAH, June "a subterrane-
Gus outlet to the Great Salt Lake has been
found opposite Corinne and between
Fremont and Kimball I,iands.
The Schooner Pioneer, Capt. Hannah,
sailing in the vicinity last Tuesday,
was drawn i1.o an opening which is an
immense maelstrom or stupendous
whirlpool, and the descsnt and circular
motion OF the waters were so rapid and
violent that the vessel was made to spin
around in it, with frightful velocity and
it was only by high wind prevailing at
the time, that she was enabled to sal
beyond the influence of the awful chasm.
Capt. Hannah reports that he has no
doubt whatever that this opening has never
before been discovered, and is the grand
outlet of the lake. A party of scientific
men will leave here Immediately on the
steamer Kate Conner to investigate this
greatest of paodern wonders. The result
will probably show how for ages the ac-
cumulstion from a thousand mountain
streams has disappeared through the earth's
surface.
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CINCINNATI.
A Fatal FaII-Whisky SuiI.

CINCINNATI, June George Jayne fell
from the steeple of ST. Pauls NJ. E. Church
to the sidewalk, over hundred feet, and
was crushed to death. He was engaged in
covering the steeple when the rope sup
porting the scaffold broke.
Suit was brought yesterday by the United
States against William Harris and Joseph
L. Houston, of Dayton, Ohio, for the re-
covery of five hundred thousand dollars for
non-payment of tax on distilled spirits, re-
moved and sold contrary to law, from Lock
vile, Montgomery county, in 1867 and
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ARKANSAS.

Domestic Tragcdy-SaVed by IEcr
waterfall.
MEMPHIS, June 9.-Last Monday Il. II.
Rayner, livery stable keeper in Helena,
Ark, while drunk, shot his wife in the back
of the head. Thinking he had killed her
he placed the pistol to his forehead and
blew out his brains His wife was only
stunned, the ball having ia,Lcdded IN her
waterfall
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CONSTANTINOPLE.

The Great Fire-SOme 800 Lives Lost.
-SIIO,O00,OOO Worth OF Property
Destroyed.
CoNsTANTNopLE, June 9.-The great
fire in the Pera district is subdued. Over
seven thousand buildings, of all sorts,
were destroyed, many of them the best in
the city. The loss of life has greatly ex-
ceeded the estimate made some days ago.
The remains of one hundred and fifty hu-
man beings have been discovered. 1t is
supposed that this number represents one
half Of the actual loss. The total loss
caused 10y the fire is computed at twenty
five million pounds sterling. English un-
derwriters suffer heavy losses. The ar
chives Of the British Embassy were saved.
The Armenian Church OF the Immaculate
Conception was on fire several times, and
is considerably damaged, bat the Goebelin
tapestry, a gift Of Empress Eugene, with
which the church was decorated, was saved
unha-paI
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ISOUMANIA.
\ NinlrnfS, .sOkc.

New YosR, June 9.-The Iri5URes Lon
don correspondent telegraphs confirming
the statement that the alleged Roumanian
h7tahary was simply a students joke. The
Jer4.a ed committee thanked the gov
ornmont Tor sitting the movement in the
beginning. There Is nothing later, and no
details have been received.
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INDIANA.

Mcfarland Moves for n New Trial
of his Wife's Divorce suit
INDIANAPOLIS, June 9-The Times of
this city has received a special dispatch
from Martinville, Morgan county, saying
that Daniel Mcfarland had to day fled
motion in the Common Pleas Court of
that county, for a new trial of the suit in
which his wife was granted divorce. He
alleges first, that no proof of publication
was ever filed in the case second, that de-
fendant never had notice of the pending
suit, and third, he will be able to show that
Mrs. Calhoun committed perjury as a wit
ness in the case. He has employed the
ablest counsel in the country.
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LEAVENWORTH
4 Pneumatic Tube Sinks u steam
Scow and Kills Three NIen.

ST. LOUIS, June "a pneumatic tuba
which was being sunk at the center pier of
a bridge at Leavenworth, was forced out of
plumb on Tuesday noon by the current of
the river and soon after fell with a great
crash, crushing and sinking steam scow
which was used in operating the tube.
Three men, Peter Harrington, James Nor
ris and Charles HALEY, were killed, and
another wounded. The work OF sinking
another tube will be commenced at once.
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At the Circuit Court of Union county,
last week, VIM. Il. Capps, for the murder
of Henry Griffith, was tried, convicted Of
manslaughter and sentenced to sixteen
years in the penitentiary. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court.
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MEMPHIS.
Contested Election.

MEMrms, June 9.-Treadwell 5. Ayers
contests tie election Of the Hon. II. j.
Morgan as Chancellor on the grounds Of
fraud in the election, and that the election
should have been held in August.
Bridge over Big sandy, Settles nOVyn
Under "a Train.
LOUISVILLE, June 9.-The bridge over
the Big Sandy river on the Memphis and
Clarksville Railroad settled down some
distance with north bound train on it
Yesterday morning. An examination dis
closed the fact that it had been under
mined. II was repaired Immediately.
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WEST VIRGINIA.

Dem Ocratic COnVentiOn-FIati
Nominee.
WHEELING, June "a Democratic con-
vention assembled at Charleston, the new
capital of the State, yesterday, and was
largely attended. Their platform demands
the taxation of capital; the expunging
from the statute books of every form OF test
oaths. 1t demands the restoration OF the
ballot to the disfranchised, and declares
the white race the superior and ruling race
of the country. John J. Jacobs, of Hamp-
shire county, was nominated for Governor.
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The Knoxville Wig of the 8th says I:
''The report that Gen. Toombs would de-
liver the oration on the occasion Of deco
rating the graves of the Confederate dead,
is utterly without foundation, ..r .-
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BOMBAY.

cholera Making Dreadful RaVases.
BOMBAY, June 9.-The cholera is max
ing dreadful ravages in different parts of
India. At Madras the disease isparticular-
j. yiTulent
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HOUSE oF iIEpREsENrArlvEs.
THURSDAY, June 9.-The House was
called to order at 1880 o'clock.
Hrrxu RTrsTNEGS

called to order at 1880 O'Clock.
NEW BUSINESS. .-
By 1Ir. Boyett, a bill to change the
county line of Bell county. BY Mr..
Dillin, a bill to re-establish the several
Judicial and Chancery divisions of the
State. BY b. Slimp, bill authorizing
County Courts to purchase sites for jails,
poor houses, etc. By Mr.. James, of Ham
ilton, bill allowing solvent railroads TO
suspend the payment of the sinking fund
until 1872. BY Mr., Kelly, bill to pre-
vent the issuance of marriage license to
minors. BY Mr.. Singletary, abill to fund
the public debt 1t provides that the
public debt, maturing on or before the
first day of January, 1875, shall be fund
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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
Cleveland have levied tax of S. head on
each dog over one owned by single per-
son in that town.
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Duriuz the Superintendence Of DIR. WILSOSa
the BloomingtaIe Asylum, this sad result occurred
20 tive paticnts; reason had for a time left them,
and both died Of epilepsy. They were Of both
sexes, and about twenty years Of age.
Who can say that these excesses arc notfrequent-
| followed by those direful diseases,
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CONSUMPTION

Is talked of, and perhaps tho youth is reniovc
from school and sent into the country. This IS
one of the worst movements, Removed from or
dinary diversions Of the evOr-changing scenes of
the city, the powers Of tho body, too much en-
feeblo 10 gge zest TO healthfnl and rural exercise
thoughts are tasned ilswaFJs aRan themselves II
the patient Re