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ter On Indirect Damages, &c.


ter on Indirect Damages, DC.
MrvpUrs April 24-The convention of West
Tennessee. North Mississippi and Arkansas
Baptists has pledged $4,000 if the Southern
Bantist College at Greenville, South Carolina is
transferred to the vicinity of Memphis.
CHICAGO, April 24-The number of deaths
during the week was p from small pox and 81
from spinal meningitis.
New ORLEANS, April 24-The sixth grand
State Fair of Louisiana commences to-day and
continues six days.
New YORK, April 24.-The first of the new
crop rice has been received. This unusually
carly arrival is owing to the rapid transit which
results from the Suez Canal. In former years
the first of the East Indian crop was generally
placed on the American markets about the
first or middle of July, while now saving OF
time is made of nearly three months by means
of the new route The parcels sold in the
grain are very white and are peculiarly well
brushed.
Sir Edward Thornton at a dinner given by
the Society Of st. George, in the course of his
speech, said no one upon signing the Treaty of
Washington, thought indirect damages would
be injected He was convinced that waiver
of the claim would be applauded by every
nation, and it would do honoT to the great re-
public.
Anthony jackson and Isaac Days were to-
day elected by the New York Colored NJ. Z.
Church Conference as delegates to the General
Conference to be held at Charlotte, n. g., in
June next.
The arrangements for the convention are
complete.
BROWNSVILLE, April 4.-Fifty men raised
by stock men left to-day to follow the cattle
thieves and will follow them if necessary into
Mexico.
BALTIMORE, April 24.-Among the delegates
elected to Cincinnati are Gov. Bradford, Milton
Whitney and Col. Weizel. The regular Re-
publican Convention effected a temporary or
ganization.
CHARLESTON, April 24-In the United States
Court the jury in the case of John Rodger,
charged with conspiracy, failed to agree after
an absence of seven hours.
Three prisoners from York county pleaded
guilty of conspiracy. David Ransier, indicted
for murder and conspiracy, pleaded guilty of
conspiracy, and the murder charge was aban-
doned by the Government
CINCINNATI, April 24.-The race track of the
Buckeye Club sold fer $4,000.
LOUISVILLE, April 24-A number of Pres
byterian ministers from all parts of the State
met here last night to hold conference on the
subject of organizing a new university, under
the auspices of the Southern Synod of Ken
lucky, the Center College at Danvile having
been virtually turned over, by a recent decision
of the Supreme Court of the United States, to
the other wing OF the church. The conference
resolved to establish such an institution, and
called for convention of the friends, members
and officers Of the church, and the Alumni of
Center College, in sympathy with the move
ment to meet at Lexington, Kentucky, May
the 9TH, to organize the project. The Synod of
kentucky will probably be callel together at
the same time and place.