Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-15
GENERAL NEWS.


Indian raids are reported from
New Mexico.
WAsmINGToN, Nov. THE out
standing legal tenders are 1901, 7O7-
2T.
Stokes, the murderer of James
Fist jr., has been safely lodged in
Sing Sing Pcnitcntiary New York.
Joseph Arch left to-day for Eu-
rope; also Mark Twain, who only
arrived from there two days ago.
The discharge of workingmen
throughout the country.
God pity the poor this winter!
Bishop John Early, the oldest
Southern Methodist Bishop. died at
his home at Lynchburg, Virginia,
last week, aged about 81 years.
COnfligration, resulting in heavy
losses, occurred in St. Louis, Bos-
ton, COvington and Fort Wayne,
last week.
ApprehcnsiOus are felt that there
will be a great scarcity of bread
stutfs in the Territory OF Arizona
before next harvest.
The death role, from yellow fever
in Shreveport, during the late ter
riblc visitation, aggregates over
700, and this out of a population less
than 5000, half OF which fled the city
during the first days of the plague.
The First National Bank, of Wash
ington, it is now stated, will pay
its creditors from the assets, about
80 per cent. This was the bank in
which ex-President Johnson had
S73, 900 on deposit.
Thomas L. jefferson, democrat,
was elected State Senator on the
8th, for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh wards of Louisville,
Kentucky, to fill vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of G.. I.
Pope. His majority is lO4l.
Five thousand brick layers and
laborers struck in New York city,
last week, because their wages were
reduced. This swells the number
of unemployed working men in that
CITY, to near 10000. The coming
winter must be one of unpreceden-
ted suffering among the poor.
The directors of the Pcnnsylva-
MIA Central Railroad declared a
script dividcn of > per cent. where a
cash dividen of per cent. was eX-
pected. Great dissatisfaction is
expressed. Tom Scott rendered his
resignation, but was not accepted.
Tit for Tat.
New YORK, Nov. S.-COmmis-
sioner Charlick was expelled from
Tammany Hall the other night, on
motion of Jno. Morrisey, and now
Commissioner Charlick has issued
an order to close all gambling houses
Immediately under pain Of dismissal
from the police department.
The number of gin-houses burned
in Georgia during the month of Oc-
tober, averaged something over one
per day-aggrcgating an actual loss,
at the very lowest estimate, sixty
eight thousand dollars. The conse-
quent loss was nearly as great
When will planters conclude to
place their cotton in warehouses
where it will be beyond the reach OF
accident or incindiary
The closing of the large iron
works and various factories around
the falls at Louisville, has thrown
about four thousand operatives out
of employment. The plug tobacco
factories in this city, fourteen in
number, are generally cutting down
their forces and reducing wages
Some of the largest plug men say
they will close up in a few days un-
til January or February. The an
nuaI product of these factories Is.
ordinarily, five million pounds.
SAN Francisco, Nov. THE
United States steamer Tascarors
has arrived from her cruise, sound
ing for the cable line TO the Orient.
She cruised 100 miles toward the
Attention Islands, and 100 miles west
of Cape MendOcinO, and fOHnd 4
submarine mountain 4 900 feet high.
The deepest sounding was PAS
fathoms, l40 miles west of Farra-
loves Island. She was ordered back
on account of the lateuess of the
season.
DETROIT, Nov. l.-Onc of the sig
nificant signs of the times is the
movement now maturing for a
union of the farmers Oranges and
Labor RefOrmers. The leading men
of these organizations have been
consulting and maturing plans for .
general cooperation and cousOlida-
ton, which are now nearly COM
pleted throughout the Western
States. \ meeting has just been
held here in furthcrancc of his tOb-
i
ricd on very quietly.
WACO, Texas, Nov. S.-Capt. j.
L. Elgin, just returned from an ex-
tensive trip on the frontier, reports
the Indians as bad, if not worse,
than they have been since the war.
All the Indians are of of their re-
servatiOns except Satanic. They
are headed by Big-Tree, and have
stolen nearly all the horses on the
Little Wichita and West Fork
Seventy or hundred Of them cross
ed the Little Wichita last week. A
party of them stole two horses in
JacksborO Sunday night. 1t is re-
ported that q surveying party camp
ed outside of JacksbOro were fired
on by them.
New YORK, Nov. I0.-Reports
from the manufacturing section OF
New England are more cheering
this morning. There is news of the
resumption of business in several
places and the running OF mapufac-
tories on increased time. The ex-
aggerated character of many state
ments that have appeared is daily
becoming more apparent.
GREENBACKS INCREASING,
The banks, Notwithstanding with
drawals of currency Saturday for
weekly payments to laborers, &c.
have gained in legal tender notes,
holding this morning S23, 1856, 600,
with one bank to hear from, which
will probably raise the amount to
fully $24, 100000. More hopeful feel
ing prevails in mercantile circles,
and in addition to the stock house
already noticed resuming to-day,
other firms of prominence in bank
ing and stock exchange circles are
preparing for early resumption
a failure in trade is reported, but
the name of the house is not made
public.