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An Indian War Probable.

NEW YORK, Sept 19.-The numerou
excavations in the upper part oil the cit!
have resulted in the prevalence of fevers
Many are diving in that section.
J,C. A. Thomson, well known news
uaner correspondent, was run over anC
killed at Hoboken bridge yesterday.
Tt is stated that the President and othe
officials are convinced that Indian hostili
ties will soon be probable along the Who'll,
Indian frontier.
A Paris letter says it is generally con
coded on all sides that Theirs death would
result in civil war in France, and that NJ
little disquiet is caused by the chances fo
the occurrence of such a contingency.
CINCINNATI, Sept. ia boiler eXplo
ded to-day in foundry on the corner o.
Pearl and Ludlow streets. Seven men
are reported killed.
NORFOLK, VA, Sept. 13.-The propeller
Evennor sunk the Eliza Maria, at anchor,
in Hampton Roads. The Maria was from
non lost her foretOp mast and had her DOW
stove in above the water line.
LITTLE Rock, Sept. 13.-WillIams, the
deputy sheriff who was shot few days
since, is dead. Letters from RusselIVlile
confirm the report that in his dying state
ments he laid all blame on the present. OF
ficials.
NASHVILLE. Sept. 13-The Gallatin cot
ton mill, i'm Sumner county, Tennessee,
owned by Fitzgerald & Co., was destroyed
by fire to-day. The loss amounts to $50
600 with no insurance.
KEY WEST, Sept. ia life-bOat, bot
tom up was found near Abaco, August 70,
which is supposed to be the one wrecked
belonging to the Bienville.
BAGTIMORE, Sept. 13.-Alluding to the
heavy failures of this city yesterday, the
Baltimore Sum- in its financial article this
morning, says the whole amount involved
in these suspensions, it is understood, will
probably amount to two millions, but the
houses all claim to have assets ample to
discharge their Indebtedness if realized.
The american says the amount of liabili-
ties is estimated at nearly three millions,
but it is impossible to speak with certain
ty as to the final result of the disaster, al
though it is generally believed that the
suspension will only be temporary and the
majority, if not all of these houses, will
speedily resume business.
The Gazette says no such a disaster as
the failures above noticed has befallen Bal
timore for long series of years and the
day deserves to be marked in the history
of commercial events here with the famous
Black Friday in New York.
The following are the houses above al
luded to, whose failures are announced:
Lazier Bros, wholesale grocers, Exchange
Place, who went to protest on Wednesday,
and whose suspension was followed yes
terday by that of the old firm Kirkland,
Chase & Co., heavy importers and engaged
in West India and Braziel trade; J. c.
Bridges & Co, and VIM. Bayen & Co.,
wholesale grocers. Commerce street, and
H. H. Perry & Co., wholesale lumber
merchants, extensively engaged in manu-
featuring slaves and spokes for the West
India trade. Several other failures have
been reported to-day.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 13.-At ten o'clock
this morning the new boiler at the foun-
dry of Robert Jones, at the corner of Pearl
and Ludlow streets, while being tested, ex-
ploded with great force, blowing off the
roof of the building and carrying pieces of
the boiler several squares, instantly killing
three persons and injuring nine others.