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Destruction of Properly.

Canton, Illinois, June 7.-The most de-
structive rain storm that has occurred in
many years passed over this vicinity last
night. All the low lands in every direc-
ton were flooded. A great destruction of
crops is reported. Along the Illinois river
bottom lands everything was washed away,
including houses, barns and stock. North
east Of this city several houses were swept
of, the inmates barely escaping with their
lives. Large numbers of stock were
drowned. In the southeast the losses are
more extensive, fences, bridges, culverts,
railroad tracks and everything movable
having been swept away.
Later reports make the damage much
worse than was at first reported. Ten
miles of railroad track and several bridges
are going. Two deaths by drowning are
reported. Hy
Io,od City, June IA tornado passed
south of here last night. destroying houses
and killing stock. The orchards and crops
are ruined. No person was injured se
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TOBACCO FOR SALE

ANY person having FINE BRIGHT, WRAP
PERS, OF small size, at l6 to 20 cents, and
able for manufacturing bright plug, at s 10 s
cents, will find purchasers BY sending samples 10
DOMINION TOBACCO COMPANY,
fe l2-Sm rorntn. Ontario
DUY YOUR WATER COOLERS
ID at w. j. ANDERSON'S,
s25 Main and 205 Broad street.
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TOranado in Ohio-Loss of Life

Toledo, June s.-A furious storm prevailed
here last night. Among other accidents, an
unfinished building was prostrated, crush
ing the adjoining one, killing one person
and wounding several others, it is feared
fatally. Two men were drowned by the
capsizing of sail boat. Several grain ele-
vators have been unroofed, and many other
buildings damaged.
Canton, H., June S.-All the low lands
in this vicinity we're flooded by the rain
storm last night.
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RANGE OF THERMOMETERS to-day al
G. f. Johnston's Music and News Depot
No. 9lS Main street:
G A. M. 12 M. 3P. NJ.
70. 81. 80.
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Heavy Suit Against a Railroad Company

KaorriHe, Tenn, June General Jos.
A. Mabry, of this city, has sued in the
State courts of Tennessee and South Caro-
lima, John A. Green, of New York; Thos.
Steers of Pennsylvania, and John J. Patter-
son, Of South Carolina, constituting the
Blue Ridge railroad company, for $270,0O0,
and attached their property for the payment
of the same.
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). MONTAGUE,
MANUFACTURES OF
SASH, BLINDS, DOORS,
MOULDINGS, BRACKETS,
and SCROLL WORK,
in all their varieties corner of Ninth and Arch
streets, Richmond, Va.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Send for
circular my 16--dlm sw3m w3m
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DUTTERICK'S PATTERNS.
ID Sole Agency, HOWE SEWING MACHINE,
Office S23 Main street

SITtHt.
DOCKS! BOOKS. BOOKS I've have a
ID large quantity of first-rate SCHOOL
BOOKS and SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS at
HALF-PRICE. Also Theological Books and
general Literature, secondhand and cheap
BIBLES, large and small
Agents wanted. Send for particulars.
N. TIBBALS & SON,
81 Park Row, New York,
my 2S-DS&W6w
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Rev. DIR. Huston Acquitted of Charges of Inn
moral Conduct.

Baltimore, June S.-The clerical COM
mittee by which the charges against Rev.
DR.. Huston of the M. f. Church South, have
been investigated. After ession of entire
deliberation extending through the entire
night, at o'clock this morning declared
him mot guilty" of the charges.
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VTIRGINIA STEAMSHIP AND .cfGk
Y PACKET COMPANY. SSAkA&G

The steamship GEORGE b. UPTON leaves
New York every SATURDAY; leaves Richmond
every TUESDAY.
The steamship WILLIAM p. CLYDE leaves
New York every TUESDAY leaves Richmond
every FRIDAY.
Freight received daily.
ID. j. BURR, President,
1914 Main street
s ALEXANDER Agent and Gen'l Supt. ap4
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PHILADELPHIA.
Escaped Raper Re-arres;ei.


Phtiaaelphia, June S.---A dispatch from
New Castle, Delaware, says that William
Dennis, negro, who outraged Miss Mary
Thompson, last March, and escaped, was
captured at Chester last night, and lodged
IN jail this morning. He confesses the
deed. Threats of lynching him are made
by the people.
Grant and Wilson Ratification Meeting.
Phitadeiphia, June THE meeting last
night for the purpose of ratifying the ticket
nominated by the National Republican Con.
ventlon yesterday was the largest ever held
in Philadelphia. Congressman Bingham.
Of Ohio, and Governor Samuel Bard, of
Tennessee, were the principal speakers.
The Louisiana Factions Ignored by the Con-
sentiOnists.
Philadelphia, June Ut is understood
here that, so far as the convention express
ed an opinion, they were unanimous in
thinking that the interests of the party
would be promoted by having nothing to
do with Warmoth and Pinchkack, of Lou.
isiana, and the President sympathized III
this view.
The Jubilee-Arrival of the French Band-ir.
TahsehehtS 1Of tne PreSS.
Boston, June THE French Garde Re-
publican band, which arrived at New York
yesterday from Havre, to take part in the
jubilee, had grand reception this morn
ing.
The committee on the reception of the
press at the jubilee have issued a circular,
In which they state that tickets will be
ready for delivery at the press headquart-
ers, IN the Coliseum building, on the 18th
instant and on the following days.
The quarters specially devoted to the
press will be room lis feet long by so
feet wide, amply furnished with all the
necessary writing conveniences, and
through the courtesy of Postmaster Burt
and the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, will have every postal and telegraph
facility. Communications addressed t.,
"The Coliseum, Boston, will be delivered
hourly during the day, and the same dis
patch will be given to communication
mailed from there.
The Mayor and Committee of Arrange.
ments of the City Council of Boston will
receive the representatives of the press in
faneull Hall, at IL O'Clock on the 18th
instant. ....
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of Yir.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of VIM. w. Palmer, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Alexandria, on the 9Th day of June, 1872.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, to wit: on the nth day of Jan, 1872,
filed in said District Court by VIM. w. Palmer
of Fairfax county, in said district, who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt under the act
of Congress entitled can act to establish uni
form system of bankruptcy throughout the Uni
ted States," approved March I'd, 1867, for dis
charge and certificate thereof from all his debts
and other claims proyable under said act, and
that the 25th day of June, 1872, at O'Clock A.
M, before M. Lysander Hill, one of the registers
of said court in bankruptcy, at his office in Alex
andria in said district, is the time and place as
signed for the hearing of the same, when and
where you may attend and show cause, if any
you have, why the prayer of the said petition
should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bank. 1pt will be held at the same time and place
LYSANDER HILL.
Register in Bankruptcy for the
ND,.y I, iSf of
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RESTAURANT.
HNONY ZETELLE'S

TTNONY ZETELLE'S
RESTAURANT,
No. 9 NISTH STREET, NEAR BANK
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
No The public are invited to call to see
me ap 23-u
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Grant Among the People-Rejoicings IN All
Parts Of the Country Over the Presidents's
e"on,ih"''o"'
Our kilograms give cheering intelligence
of the manner in which the nominations
were received throuobout the JTn;o,
A. IocLnort n " tho naws Voc 80,
ca;naa p. LII oua,u ~ ;nd;oa',;a @ of ems la Mas
;o;o;na Nv h1ndroS o,,ns =, pua poPufGa faod !.
bnnnr of tho auant onJ FIJI 1.nS uona ' An a.
nlanad - 'No ''o'' anu 'i"s' "e'o u''
co,oord l.,oo oot;,o 70
r.t;c,, th; H. M ps "
santst;nss, aU o 'G"'"' Mnli wac '''iu ~ i'epie-
, A. Marnhastor s,t n.t;on., s.,,to ,,.s
e. no''''i . '"''ona' 'a'u'o "as
One bundred onns were firod ot clovo.
,.nJ o,d Tnd;ouoisoI;, :" honnr of a. ,S ,o,,s-
;nat;onS I a ''to''' - -'ono' v '"0 '0'''
A. Rocbostor tho youno Ron,h,;o., 9
.oo;o,;o,, nf that o;,,- S enoS n iod a,'mS
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ne Sewing MaeAine Certifica tes. The Will

ne Sewing MasAine Certifica tes.-The Will
cox SGibbs sewing machine, which is a Virginia
institution" by virtue of invention and patent,
is rapidly taking the place of all the double
thread machines, where its superiority over
them is known. The following certificates are
taken from hundreds of Others that have been
cheerfnlly given in this Stf tie
BoYDToY, Meckenburg County, Va.
/ send you my Wheeler & Wilson, which is in
perfect order and handsomely gotten up, to eX-
change for Wilcox & Gibbs machine / shall
trust to your liberality TO do the best you can
for me. l want a good machine, bnt do not care
for looks. WM. II. JONES, M. ID.
STEyENsBURG, Culpeper County, Va.
Several of my neghbors have the Wilcox &
Gibbs machine and it is much more suitable for
family sew ng than the double-thread, which
have. would like to exchange.
B X. WILLIS
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DUY YOUR WATER COOLERS
ID at w. j. ANDERSON'S
s25 Main and 2O5 Broad street.
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UI,OR NORFOLK, ,PORTSMOUTHaaLSn
IL AND WAY-LANDINGS ON.
JAMES RIyER.-The elegant steamer PAIL
SADIE, Captain NELSON, will leave her wharf
(at Virginia Steamship and Packet Company's
SATURDAY, at 6h O'Clock A. M. Freight re-
ceived every day from o'clock A. M. to o'clock
p. M. All way freight must be prepaid Ap-
ply to agent on wharf or captain on board.
no Ism
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A HOME IN VIRGINIA.

a
On sale PLANTATIONS,'F FARMS, SUl5llR-
BAN and CITY RESIDENCES, and TOWN
LOTS Several FIRST-CLASS ESTATES on
James river, and Others in different sections OF
the State. Prices low and terms acoommo
dating. w. H. ROblNS,
sw&w3m MA Main street.
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evening State So,,ri,at.
National Republican Committee.


On Thursday at Philadelphia the roll Of
States was called for the following National
Republican Committee: a
Alabama, George D. Spencer; Arkansas,
Powell Clayton; California, George @. Cor
ham; Connecticut, M. Jewell; Florida, w.
M. H. Gleason; Georgia, j. S. Tanning; IL
linois, j. @. Scaminon; Indiana, G. P. Nor
ton; Iowa, G. M. Dodge; Kansas, John A..
Martin; Kentucky, w. NJ. c. Goodloe;
Louisiana, G. Cassanul; Maine, VIM. B.
Erie; Maryland, G. G. Fulton; Massa-
chusetts, VIM. B. Clafin Michigan, VIM.
A. Howard !; Minnesota, John T. Averill !;
Mississippi, o. G. French; Missouri, R. T..
Van Horn; Nebraska, f. S. Cunningham !;
Nevada, James w. Nye New Hampshire.
W. 4. Chandler; New Jersey, Alexander
G. Cattell; New York, Edwin ID. Morgan !;
North Carolina, j. G. Abbott ;..Ohio, B. R.
Cowan Oregon, James G. Wilson; Penn
sylyania, VIM. H. Kemble Rhode Island,
VIM. 0. Brayton; South Carolina, Frank
lin j. Moses, Jr.; Tennessee, Horace May
nard; Vermont, George Nichols; Virginia,
II. H. Wells; West Virginia, A. Creswell !;
Wisconsin, David Atwood; Arizona, Jno.
Titus; Colorado, Edward M. McCook Da-
kota. VIM. II. II. Beadle Montana, Lucien
b. Church; New Mexico, j. G. Palen !;
Utah, A. S. Gould; Washington, L. d.
Andrew; Wyoming, VIM. T. Jones.
The committee subsequently met and eff
fected the following organization:
b. ID. Morgan, chairman; w. Il. Chand-
Ter Secretarv
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TERMS:
DAILY-$6 per year; six months, So; three
months, $3.50; month, 90 cents.
SEMIWEEKLY-$2.5 per year; six months,
1875; three months, 10 cents.
WEEKLY-$l.5o per year; six months, rs cents
hE WEEKLY and SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
Clubs at extremely lolo rates.
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NOR NEW YORK.--OLD DO- -,fR
IL MINION STEAMSHIP COM &S4&i

M M1NfoN ION sTEaMsHqP nMs1G COM T 4kxk
PANY.
The sde-wheel steamships OLD DOMINION,
WYANOKE, ISAAC BELL, SARATOGA, nj.
AGARA, ALBEMARLE, and HATTERAS,
leave New York for Norfolk, City Point, and
Richmond, every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and
SATURDAY, at O'Clock p. M. Leave Rich
nond every TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUN
DAY, at high tide.
These ships are entirely new They have
elegant saloons, sate-rooms, and bathrooms
The fare, accommodations, and attention, are
unsurpassed.
Close connections made with steamers for all
Southern, Eastern, Western, and European
ports.
HB For further information apply to
JOHN w. WYATT, Agent,
ia 1-tf No. Governor street.
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evening State ao,lrnaL


PUBLISHED.
DAILY, SEA1I-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY,
Al No. at2h Main Street, Richmond, Va.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

William Claain, Massachusetts; Marshall
Jewell, Connecticut; A. G. Cattell, New
Jeasey; Oliver P. Morton, Indiana; William
H. Kemble, Penn; j. Y. Scammon, Chi
cago; B. r. Cowen, Ohio; G. M. Dodge,
Iowa; George E. Spencer, Alabama; G. c..
Fulton, Maryland /; Joseph G. Abbott,
North Carolina; George G. Gorham, Cali
fornia; J. L. Averill, Minnesota; William
A. Howard, Michigan.
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WANTS.

WTANTED-A young cOlOred man, one that
w is willing to make himself generally use
ful in a restaurant
o. MORGENSTERN,
in 7-tf 80 Broad Street.
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STEAMSHIPS
G1oR NEW YORK.

oR Ne" foHN' ASxt
HE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM.
PANY'S elegant sidewhee1 steamship MIA.
CARA, Capt. WALKRR, will sail on SUNDAY
June 8, at o'clock p. M.
Freight received until Saturday night.
Through bills of lading signed, and goods for
warded with dispatch to all points-north, south
east and west. Close connections made with Gu.
nard line for foreign ports
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Fare. s12 oo
Steerage.. .............., ................. 0C
Round Trip Tickets. 20 oC
For freight or passage, apply to
JOHN w. WYATT, Agent,
je Silt No. 8 Governor street.
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DUY YOUR WATER COOLERS
ID at w. j. ANDERSON'S,
Main and OnS Rrnad Strao
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THE SOUTHERN ASSOCiATlON.-RAF-
i FILE for the Benefit of the Widows and Or
phans of the Southern States.
DISTRIBUTION No. 372. EVENING. June z.
rs 60 IA l3 70 66 II Sc 7s "a % 20 2s Al
DISTRIBUTION No. 1873 MORNING, June 8
81 S3 29 II IS 10 Al s5 80 63 IL
Witness my hand, 1T Richmond, Va, this Sth
day of June, 1872
SIMMONS & Co, q. q. TOMPklNS,
Managers. Commissioner
CERTIFICATES OF RAFFLE be p,r
chased from Captain w. l, DABNEY, at the
Branch office. No Twelfth street, three doorp
from Main
DUTTERICK'S PATTERNS.
Id Sole Agency, HOWE SEWING MACHINE,
Office S23 Main street.
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ADDITION ABOVE ALSO OFFER MY s
AUCTIONEER and guarantee Satisfaction 10
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ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE.

This FERTILIZER
the
NOVEMBER INTEREST
uan %
OF Marchl8
time the sale will be considered November
time when wagon dmues
TEwnbef furnish Ion picahon the eAgents
PELZER, RODGERS & CO., General Agents,
a 6-3m Bropms HharJC Charhsto s. G..
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WILLIAM A. MERONEY'S

A T Il FL E1 B A r
FIND the BEST LIQUORS kept this Market which offer to
nd upwards. Como and prices
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ATLANTIC ACID PHOSPHATE.


Of
co
Orders filled will
whenlh
are
II.l.ii ,i;i;1 .;..;5 &C. i.sSs.a! ..,a=
jan 6-3m Browns Nharf Cha,hston s. C..
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Ribbons, Millinery
e 'h""i nrit'ns AND 70 sais@iiS ,od
"' .sTRAlw bG 90 D sl,p;iru
t'a' 's'f's 1879, 'oo spiissa

Also White Goods, Embfoid defics, 2 &C.,
- - ARMSTRONG, CATER q Co.Hos
- Importers, Manufacturers and Jobbers of'
Bonnets, Trimmings, Neck and Sash Ribbons,
Velvet Ribbons. Neck Ties, Bonners, Silks,
Satins, Velvcts and Grapes, Plowsts, Feaah-
ers, Ornaments, Frames, &c. Straw Bon
nets and Ladies' and Ghiidren's Hats, trimpa-
ed and -antrimmed. And I'm connecting
warerepms White Goods. Linens, Embroids-
ries, Laeee. Nets, Collars. .Setts, Handker-
and 239 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md.
These goods are manufactured by us or
bought for Cash directly from the European
and American Manufacturers, embracing all
the latest novelties, unequalled in variety
and cheapness in any market ~ -
Orders filed with care, promptnsss and
despatch. .,.t
mar II I'm
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THE sTONO PHOSPHATE COMPANY

CHARLESTON, s.
They
The dissolved Phosphate"
or is shhyre
commended Planters
WIN. RAVENEL, President
j. D. AIKEN General Agt, No Wharf Charleston
dec 16 3m
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WAxHAws, LAscAsrnn counrr, B. C.
p. p Zimmerman, Esq, Seesata55y setas
Fair oftb. c,roj;,,.s Tt1.s,..,Issx1 ~

a.
"AxHAws, LAscAsrHn counrr, 8. C.
TsP' p. Zimmerman, Esq, Seessiary' etas
Fair cfMs Carol,ias, Caaflots,s M. c..
The following is correct statsnssS. az
Cotton raised by Stevens s. Cureton, on IL
acres of stubble land, which was manursS
with 400 pounds of Carolina Fertilizer, The
following is the mode of cultivation: II was
thoroug hly broken up Il inches deep, aud
laid off in rows 81 feet wide. and the Far
tilizer applied in the drill, thsn beddsd on
1t on the 10th of May, and planted the BANJO
day, but owing to the cool and dry yesthor,
did not come up to q stand until about the
LIST OF June. First working it was run
around with half shovel and partially
trimmed out with hoe Second 'yssFkinr
1t was run around with q 3 inch grub, Ia
inches long, and the middies throws Oh with
sweep lS inches wide. a One fprrow- q
row and thinned to stand with hoe about
IL inches between the stoeks,u and tsftsr-
wards it was ploughed every tive weeks
with sweep 1S inches wide, aud hoSd each
time, until it was worked Eve times
The following is correct statement ofthe
Cotton picked: ,try.uat a
LIST Picking .......-....26z
I'd Picking 49,. .4l0
8d Plcking-......-,........
Estimated amount Of unopened fnatured
-
Aot1t."'...... ,S2H
Respectfully submitted,
STEVENS & CUREfGN.
certify | weighed the Cotton picked in
the above statement, and il is correct
October I'd, 1871. w. A.GRAtIAM.
At the-r request of -MEssRs. STEVENS 4
CUREroN, we have examined the III acre Of
Cotton, and the estimate made above is trao
to the best OF our obiity.
D. p. DURaNT,
,s.. w. A. GRAHAM.
JOSEPH RODGES.
Premiums awarded to STEVENS & CURz-
TON on above certificate. ,.q,J
We will sell The above Splendid Fertilizer
at Forty-Five Dollars cash, or Fifty Dollars,
payable Ist November, with iLtercstS at
per cent. per annum, delivered at our Ware
house in Charleston. Agents will sell at
same prices, adding the freight and ,drayaes
to their Depets. e -
GEo. w. WILLtAMs d 60.
jsn1 13 F-"i go .fe4n
ncL:s 81 ...a.cl lond- ia.k
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Criminal Record.

ST LOUIS, March lion Thursday night, at
Perryville, on the Kansas and Texas railroad, a
desperate murdered a merchant named Fisher
after robbing him of $780, The desperate was
captured the following day by citizens.
WINoNA, Mimi, March 12.-Robert George
was fatally injured in a quarrel with c. G. MuI.
Ter, having his skull broken by billiard che.
Muller was arrested Both are well know
grain merchants.
HARRISBURG, March 12.-Emanuel Shaffner.
of West Hanover township, charged with the
murder OF his first and second wives, and also
John Sherlock, by poisoning, has been convicted
of murder in the first degree. A new trial will
be asked.
PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-Wm. p Repsher
died Shis morning, in Camden, from an injury
inflicted by John Bimbuster, during an aterca-
ton in relation to unpaid rent, on Saturday, in
Philadelphia.
ALBANY, March 12.-Samuel Farquer, resd-
ing at Greenbush, shot his wife dead this after
noon, fired at his daughter without effect, and
cut his own throat with Jagged and rusty jack
knife, dying from the wound.
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Foreign News,

FRANCE.
PARIS, March Fit is said the French gov
eminent is negotiating with the government at
Berlin, with a view of anticipating full pay
melt of the war indemnify, and thereby SeCur-
ingia complete evacuation of the French territory
by the German troops.
The prince and princess of Wales lunched to-
day with prince and princess De Joinvil c, duke
d'Aumale, count aud countess Paris, and duke
De NcmOurS. They afterwards received visit
from President Theirs, who was accompanied
by his staff and later in the day drove out un-
attended in an open carriage The weather was
fine, and the prince and princess in excellent
health. They depart tomorrow for Cannes.
Delegates from Metz, who have been in at
tendance on the commission on military capltu-
lation, in letter to the Republque Franchise,
announce that the commission has concluded
taking testimony in regard to the surrender of
Metz, and that the evidence is strong against
Razaine.
The assembly to day are engaged in discussing
one OF the minutes of yesterdays sittngs.
Deputy Victor Schoccher declared the vote to
pass to the order Of the day was adopted yester-
day under circumstances which rendered it null
and void.
Deputy Brisson accused NJ. Vitel, The presi
dent pro. tenn. yesterday, of gross irregularities,
and charged that the minutes had been falsi-
fed.
A scene of Undesirable violence ensucd, and
the president was unable to bring the members
TO order, and was obliged to suspend the session
for thirty minutes After the recess the assem-
bly,, by a large majority, passed a resolution
cenSurlnZ Deputy Brisson for his unjust accuSa-
tons and Incorporate language.
A meeting OF the shareholders of the Suez
canal was held here to-day President Lasseps
made report, in which he stales that the direc-
tors of the company have no intention of selling
the canal to any government; that the traffic
over the canal is largely increasing, and that
the receipts during the months of January and
February of the present year amounted to 2,577 )
600 francs.
| thorty to be incurabtY insane, and the petition
| OF Sir Charles, her husband, mas been dismissed
GERMANY.
BERLIN, March 12.-Prnce Bismarck has left
| Berlin to visit his Lauenberg estates.
| SPAIN.
MADRID, March 12.-Gaceta publishes de
cree authorizing Ortega to lay direct telegraph
| cable between Spain and England.
| INDIA.
| LONDON March IA telegram from Cal
| cutta announces that several cases of cholera
had occurred among the forces of Gen. Boucher
| on their return from the victorious campaign
| against the LOoShas, on the northeastern from
| tier of India.
SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, March 12.-rhe federal council has
the PedmOntez frontier, to watch the move
| ments OF the Italian revolutions, who are re-
| ported as very active just now.