Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-22
GENERAL NEWS.

The sale of Cuban bonds, has
commenced in Philadelphia.
Buffalo, New York, had a $500
900 fire, on the 10th.
Heavy snow storms are reported
in the North and Northwest.
Forty thousand people are out of
work in Philadelphia.
Cincinnati received 5000 hogs 1
for slaughter, on Saturday and Mon
day last.
WAsHINGToN, Nov. I7.-Out- |
standing legal tenders are 1862, l69- /
Gil.
Aboutffty Oranges of the Patrons
of Husbandry, have been organized
in Kentucky.
The German Government is in
vesting largely III the bonds Of the
United States funded loan.
An extensive and rich gold mine
has been discovered in the Terri
tory OF Alaska.
The whole country is ablaze with
excitement on the Cuban outrage.
Grim Visaged war" seems iminent-
Tennessee bonds are quoted in
New York zoe. for old and 693, for
new.
The contest for the Virginisr
Senatorship, is between Gov. Wal
ker and Col. Withers, 1t, Gov
elect.
A famine prevails in Greenland,
caused by the failure Of the fish
cries. In one village alone, $50 per-
son have starved.
4 fire in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
on the 10Th, destroyed many stores,
several large shoe factories, and
threw 500 hands out of employment.
The irrepressible Dan Rice, With
mammoth shO4Fy-i-- in--fzohlsVllle,
and VIII probably be down this way
soon.
Additional failures are reported
in New York, and other leading
cities. a relapse of the financial
crisis seems eminent.
LONDON, Nov. 18.-Gold to the
amount of 100000, was bought in
open market yesterday, for ship
ment to New York.
In nearly every city, independent
military organizations are offering
their services to the government, IN
case of war with Spain.
The total appropriations made by
the Methodist Episcopal General
Missionary Committee for the year
are $S42, 100, against $6SO,OeO last
year.
1t is stated that the gains against
the Administration in Virginia were
in counties where the colOred vote
was large, and smallest where the
proportion of whites is largest.
Captain Brown, of theFifth cav
airy, has just returned from scout
ing excursion TO Basin after Indians,
who are still on the war-path. He
killed forty-six Indians on the scout
The latest returns from the recent
election in Arkansas, for members
of the Legislature, show the follow
ing result; Senate-Democrats, IL
:: Republicans, Is. House-Dcmo
Gratis, 81; Republicans, %.
The Hon. S. r. Mallory, of Flori
da, q distinguished United States
Senator before the war, and Secre
= tary of the Navy, for the COnfeder
ate States, IN the cabinet OF Presi
t dent Davis, died at Pensacola, sun
day the 18th.
! New YORK, Nov. 11.-In the
> Stock Exchange to-day, there was {
! marked decrease in the volume o
, business, accompanied by lowe
values and feeling of depression
Rnmors of trouble at London, wer
I received, and cable quotations CAV
= some color to the same.
The merchants of St. Louis, New
Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati
: will move on the next Congress, Il
: have the government deepen tn
e channel of the Mississippi river, ant
[ to construct the much needed ''FOr
I ST. Phillip canal"
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I4.-Th
+ auti-Chinese convention adopted
q set of resolutions in favor os the alb
Q rogation Ofthe Chinese treaty, ant
4 against Chinese immigration AM
. labor, and adjourned. The attend
: ance last night was very small, ant
: the proceedings dull.
e There is a strong feeling amoni
: moderate Republicans in favor o
a opening the doors of the party {
: Senator'S Sumner, Schurz, and thei
- associates in the Senate, ana to tax
G such actions in the formation 0
= committees, as shall recognize then
; as Republicans.
! The Louisville Courier-J Ournal
4 of the 18th, says: son Ssturda
! night, between IL and u O'Clock
Col. Clarence Prentice, only son @
the eminent editor of the Louisvili
Journal, was thrown from his bug
: gy while returning to his farm,
e miles from the city, on the Preston
9 street road, and received intcrna
/ injuries, from which he died in
IS few minutes.
# Bishop J. ID. Cummins, of th
n Episcopal Church, has written lei
ter to Bishop Smith, severing hi
connection with the Diocese fKen
e lucky. His strong opposition t
/ many forms and ceremonies of tn
;. Church, as now praeticed, and hi
IS great devotion to the cause Of tn
e evangelical alliance, are the maj
: reasons for this step. 1t is under
e stood that he will found anOthC
phase of Episcopacy, based on III
n prayer book advocated by Bisho
/ White in the last century.
a Sixty-FOur Murders by One Man.
7, The Fort Smith, (Ark). papers {
y the 18th, have information froi
Tahlequa, that on Tuesday last,
discussion arose about the Okmu
gee constitution and the apportiog
ing of land in severalty among III
II Cherokces. During the discussio
Samuel Usage, counselor and full
hInnd Indian OnnOscd moNcnnn