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THROUGH FREIGHT AND THE ILLINOIS
LAW

Tho Railroad CommiaalonorB Of Illinois haye
giyen an opinion that the pro rata principle
OF tho new RAILROAD law must be applied
to freight shipped from other States after
it roaches tho bordor Of Illinois, whether it be in
f'ansistt aoross tho State, or destined for any
given point within tho State. At tho aamo
timo, information comes from Des Moinos Of IN
| opinion shortly to bo announced by ono Of tho
Courts Of Iowa. to the effect TINT freight con-
tracts made In Iowa to any point in Illinois,
over roads operated In both Town and illinois,
will be binding, irrespective Of tho loyal ratos in
Illinois. Thoro Ia no doubt that tho opinion of
tho 1owa Court Is based OIL good law.
and will DO sustained. The Railroad Com
uliasionors OF Illinois would do well to secure
tho enforcement Of tho now law in their own
State, and demonstrate it's usoilllnoss bofnro
tltoy undertake. the rather diAlcult task of
forcing 1t upon othor statcs, Both tho Inv md
tho interests Of Illinois arc oppoaoa to tho poa-
ton Which tho Railroad Commissioners have
taken.
lie Constitution Of tho United States aays
that 1.-The Congress alall layo powor to regu-
late commerce with foreign nations, and amouo
the several States and with tho Intlian triboa,"
1t Ian wol-defnod principle OF law tbat poyor
belonging to Congroaa belongs tloro oxolusiyo-
~ subject to no limitation or qualification OK
copt as dolnod in tho Constitution itsolf, Judge
Cooley, in his troaiHo Oh Constitutional Lin.:ta-
tons. holds that tho power thus acquired ia su-
promo. Thoro iB nowhere In tho Constitution of
tho United statos anything which could 10 con-
strued as limitation Of tho power Of Congress-
ito regulate commerce among the several States.
This power s therefore exclusive and noitlor
tho stats OF Illinois, nor any otuur State, nor
any othor Legislative OF judicial powor, can as
sumo 1t. It las boon hold by tho Supreme Court
OF tho United statoa that commerce among tAo
several statos can moan nothing moro than In:
tortourso among tAoao States for tho purposes
Of trade, DO the object OF tho trade What it NAV,
Tlia intercourse las boen hold to include mil
tho means by which it can DO carried on.
whether by tho froo navigation of tho waters OF
tho eoyeral Btatos, or by passagc oper
land through the slates. whcro such passage
becomes necessary to tho commercial inter-
oourHo botwoou tho BtatoB." There ls nothing
ambiguous about this language. It would DO
clearly unconstitutional for tho State Of Illinois
to pasa law Which should constrain tho COM
mefcial interests Of Iowa Or Mlnnosota In tholz
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relations to this stnto, or In relations with Now
York IN transitu across this stnto. THO Rail-
road Commissioners might Just as woll announce
that freight shipped from China to Great
Drltain, which goos by wny Of tho Pa
offo Road, anl panAea through Illinois,
must DO governed by tho 1llinola lnw from
tho timo 1t roaclcB one border Of tho State until
1t pnssoa out at tho other. Tho Railroad Com
mieslonors would thoroby undertake to rogulato
commerce, not only among tic several Btatoa,
but with foreign nations. Wo aro curious to
know what powor tho Commissioners will invoke
to enforce their construction Of tho law.
The constitutional powor to rogulate commerce
among tho hovoral States was yostca in Con-
groas, ovidontly with tho purpose Of prohibiting
any State from adopting restrictive policy In
lts commercial rotations With othor States. II It
woro lawful for 1llinoih to regulate railroad
charges on tho freight shipped from other
States, or to nbrogato contracts OF any kind
made in other Statos, 1t would bo equally
lawful for othor Btatos to nns,,mo tllis
powor with 1oforenco to illinois, Indiana
md Ohio on tho oast, Missouri and Kentuoky on
tho south, md Iowa and KansaB on the west Of
Illinois might, and probably would, make lnws
regulating tho commerce Of Illinois. II they
should adopt tho pro rata principle md mike it
applicable to Illinois freight going north, south,
eaet, and weat, 1t Is obyious that Illinois, boing
centrally located, would DO shut out from trade
on all aidep, and tho location which iB now pecu-
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Tho libel suit against tho Now Orleans Plea.
v4no, which had so tragical an ending aoome to
hayo boon as much disgrace to turisprudenco
as tho antooodont oiEcumHtancos woro to .1egie]a-
tion and constitutional government Tho
Ptoay1sne charged bribery, fraud, and perjury on
Judge Hawlins-bribery in TINT he rece.yod tho
judicial otlioo as compensation for tho part ho
had takon aB o momber OF tho Lynch Doard OF
oanvasscrs; fraud and perjury, in that
ho had prepared and certified to tho
election Of State oficorB and Legislature
without having any roturns before him. Tho
circumstances and tho oontoxt showed that tho
bribery, fraud, and perjury chargoa rolatod to
these public tranBaotiona. Tho legal definition
Of bribery requires that person 30 charged
ahall hare taken sum OF money, or othor con-
efdcration having money valuo, for the por-
formanco OF m ol1icfa1 oct. That OF perjury
requires that tho peraon aanll havo knowingly
and willfully sworn falsely. It was, Of course,
impossible for tho Picay4no to prove that
Hawkins, ut tho tin1e he served On the Lynch
Bonrd Of OanyaBsors, know that ho would bo
appointed Judge as reward for Ills acts, or that,
at tho finn In .o-t;ao5 :, ~, u.,... l..
~ '@oA ~ wv o"u'a'o' ~
KNOW II "aa q 1alao canVaes. Technically, thoro-
fore. tho Picayu,,e waa guilty Of libel. Morally
1t WAS not guilty, though 1t would have boon bet
tor, Of courao If It had defined exactly what was
meant by bribery and perjury in tho case Of
AtA' a"1' "a' 't4oo ooAo'o '"oso
Lynch, supposed to be ncar relative Of tho
celebrated turist Of that name, Tho furv con-
a;otod ~ !. o;~ t..u.,.
'''''a "a 0'A 'sao'"ns negroes afaa Blk "h'te
nlen." correspondent at Now Orleans thus
describes tho acone In tho j.,ry-room:
Tho case waa o,ycn tn Tim turv or Er,,,x ,,a =.
o'clock on Friday evon,ro ,;,a ,n.r .,,,: snu -.
and so1d Il wa tnnoaa,a ,or .,,o us o ' 'o'r'
ycro then 1ockca nm IN h,t ,,o.a ss,,.s. Ao 10y
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The Tuscarora tribe, tho Inst Of tho famous
league known as Tho six Nations" and which
was admitted into tho league by tho Mohawks,
onoidae, onondagaB, OAyugas. and Bonecas in
17l2, held its election Of Chiefs, Juno 10, on ita
reservation, near Lewiston, N. z. Tho coro-
monies attending the elootion woro In some re-
epecss similar to tho fostiyltios Of thoir wlaitc
neighbors. They had t1ret song Of lnmontation
for the Chiofs who had died since their last
council Tho pipe Of poaco WAS then smoked
after which they narcAod to tho "1ong house,
constructed in 1ndlan fashion, Of polcs, bark, and
wlthoa, where tho 1amcntation waa again sung
tho corcmony closing with tho ordination Of tho
new Chiefs. Then, after the manner OF their whito
brothrcn, thoy had grand banquet, and a dance
In tho evening In full paint and rogalta. a largo
number Of pale-faces were preaont to witneeB
tho ceremony, which, In many respects, was
very Impressive one especially 80 aa It was ono
OF tie last Which will over DO observed by tho
once powerful 1eague Of tho .six Nations" now
reduced to q nero fragment, tho Tuacaroraa
numbering but 300 and al1 the other tribes GOO,
but still holding the ground over which their
ancestors hunted md fought.
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OH GbaesrYn @2lbu1e.


Northwestern Common stock haa boon dull
since the great cornor last fall, whom it was 80
lively. Wall stroot rumor has 1t that heavy
operations arc now contemplated in this stock,
bnss for activs speculation.
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An ingenious, accurate, and Intelligent way OF
explaining the effect OF tho salary-grab has been
adopted by tho New York Sun, which represents
it as m increaso Of tho national debt to the
extent Of $50 ,ooo' This is precisely what It
amounts to. Tho sanary-grab takes s1,6oo, 900
out Of tho Treasury e'zery year. At the ratio OF
por cont per annunA, this gum would pay tho
interest on $50, ,0o0,0Q9. By transferring 81 $780,
900 to its own pocket, then, Oongress haa praoti-
cally increased the dabt $50, 900, 600.
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nav York has Sunday liquor law which,
from time to time, has been vigorously enforced,
and then suffered to lapse. Tho Doard OF E1-
else Commissioners havo resolved that, after the
18th inst, It must again bo enforced. Thoy
liquors. and hold that its sale on sunday ia in
violation OF tic law.
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may bo m oxcollont arrangement for tho Shah
and for Rdutor, but tho poor Porsian people aro
to be pittod. For thoso groat concessions, Daron
Routor ia to build railroad 400 milea In 1ongth,
and oven for this tho Shah guarantees Tho pay
mont of por cent intorost on so0,000.o0o, hir.
Routor to raise tho money wlorover ho can. In
tho moantImc, Reuter- is to pay over to
tho Shah from IL to 20 per cent Of tho
net earnings Of tho enterprises allowed by tic
oonoesslon. Thia is running Goyorn-
mont by contract, and tho King of Knga will
honcoforth, by hls own action, havo to acknowl.
cdgo hia aubjoctton to Baron Routor. IA an In
dlvtdual undertaking, this project Of Reuters ia
moro remarkable than tho East India Company
OF old or tho samana Day Company Of our
time. Houtor as youth WAS poor bank clerk
IN d German Principally, and began hia career
by publishing lthograph newspaper corrcspond-
enoo in Paris in 1910. In 1861 he stArtod a nows
agency In London, md hts first exhibition Of en-
terpriso In gathering news was In tito uso Of
eourdora and oarrior-pigeons. Then he ran
paokot-boats. and secured monopoly whom tho
telegraph carno into usc. uo hna grown i'm
monaely wealthy by tho use Of his facilities for
noWa-gathorlng In his personal interest. Ho
now proposes to lord II over the Sinh of Peraa.
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Tho public hayo beconlo wchried OF tho stream
Of dispatches from Washington concerning tho
gnit and innocence of h1aj Gen. 0. o. Howard.
Ono day no arc informed OF tho conclusiyeness
Of tho proof against him, and the next day NO
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nfov1oKET,B T1IEATRE-Madison stroot. hctwoon
"Hiado O'Ursu," ''old Curluaity Shop" Afternoon
mud oyaplnR,
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ACADEMY or MUSIC =: i4aetod strcet. betMoon
&ihdison and Monroe. Theatre UomlQuo COMBINATION,
Aftornoon aud e7sning,
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NIassacftf1SottQ Excise Suits

lids morning. swety-fo Rellcrs Of patent aud hoy
h eer woro nrFatguol Ton wcro nnod $i7o esch ~! ~
fn nr costa on four complaints. Nluo wesn fned 3oo
Al. cohts aud tho rcRt $40 and coats. eelers Wh9 Asu
tia hoayiuat fines Wero hold tn $500 caeh. ~ aPa
pea I'd
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

MYKl3 OPERA IIOusE--hionsoc. between poazborn
and State. "hohoo." Afternoon and eEcuin9.
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gY1,Aousr. N. Y. Ju]v 9.-Ingt night Do WIFI Cnn4
stouk, agot 81 years. white drunk, killed hta wife, agsi
u ysar by breaking in her skull With
jpalo ~ WsA tle cause, UonatQck QAyQ hsaso1 up.
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1lOOLEY-s T1iEATR1s-nando1ph atreot, bctEnan
Clark and LhHale, "OAtte," Afternoon and eycuinK.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A dispatch from San Francisco saws
Lieutenant Dennison, of the steamer Sem.
nae, has committed suicide. Cause, do
nestle trouble. He was the son of ex-
Postmaster-G General Dennison.
The steamer India, from GLASGOW !;
Franklin, from Copenhagen and South
America, from Rio Janeiro, arrived at New
York yesterday.
1t is proposed to hold a convention of
western and southern congressman in st.
Louis at an early day.
A telegram from Memphis Saturday night
says it is reported that the steamer West
Wind, from Fort Smith for New Orleans.
with eight hundred bales of cotton, had
sunk nsix feet of water.
A Melbourne dispatch says during the
passage Of the emigrant ship Alardus from
Hamburg, thirty-two passengers died, and
the captain committed suicide.
Banks declaring dividend where the
same arises from part earnings prior to
1871 are subject to dividend tax. The de-
clslon OF the supreme court of the United
States, in the case of the Dollar Savings
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EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER
OF GENERAL HINDMAN. Lewis Vaughn.
alas Frank Burdett, charged with assassi-
mating General Hindman in September.
1868, was before Judge Halsey in the
circuit court Saturday on writ of habcas
corpus. Mrs. Mary Hindman, widow of
the deceased. identified the prisoner as the
man who had written several letters to her,
asking her to come to Memphis and he
would reveal the whole plot to assassi-
nate her husband. The prisoner told
witness that the party who killed Gen,
Hindman was hired to do so by John o.
Moore and DR.. Linthicum, of Helena, and
that his motive in disclosing the plot was
partly from conscience, but principally
from revenge. Vaughn told Mrs. Hindman
that he and DR.. Linthicum went into the
yard with gun on the night of the murder,
but he would not tell who fired the fatal
shot. The prisoner was remanded to Jail
to await requsition from the governor of
Arkansas.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

A nl.I : n \, =. !.
o,, "A cnars OF me educational and rellgl
gus advantages IIi oi Lynchburg is TO be sem
,s !.
49,. -. =. coloreo man namea 9osepn da a.
son was run 3 over ana Miieq on the Sea
~ poafo anu hoanoke railroad, friday.
John Smith, one of the crew of the
steamship Richmond. fell overheard at
Norfolk Saturday, by which his thigh was
broken and skull fractured.
A. o,,ouos ao,,..,
courthnn aeeu pG,s M,i1 case a. lalrias
49, . tIo 80 mase uiey, ooloreu elri'
tina eo ,ms mas o Guu.eu anu y Urea,
sns oohs,ueraoie eAcitehent. a rejected
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BY TELEGRAPH
T0-DAY'S DISPATCHES.
LOUISIANA,


| "ruai Law Required
NEW ORLEANS, April 21.-Tbe steam
er Hodge, with United States troops has
departed for Colfax. Kellogg's officials
have left st. Mary's parish. The impres.
sion is gaining ground that Federal troops
Will be required in every parish to protect
hellogg's tax.gathers.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-A telegram
from Governor kellogg to the attorney
general, says Matters are quiet in Lon.
isiaha' with the exception of four or five
parishes. My communication to General
Emery, requesting that troops be sent to
these remote parishes was with a view to
prevent any possible outbreak. The state
ment that l asked com missions to fusion
oincers IN Grant parish or to any Others
.nan those first commissioned, is untrue
Inc state taxes are being rapidly collected
ana tax resisting is breaking down. The
collections during the past thirty DAYS ex-
ceeds the collections for the same time anv
previous year. We collected but little
curing January and February, owing to
political difficulties.n
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upon it and the past history of the Repub-
lican party in Virginia.

upon it and the past history of the Repub
lican party in Virginia.
Whilst my sympathies have always
been with tn great national Republican
party of the United States in contrsdistinc.
ton to the Democratic party, yet have
not been able to conscientiously endorse
the past history of the Republican party OF
Virginia; but new era has dawned upon
that party. 1t is now composed of better
material and is fully, as | understand it, in
accord with the administration of President
Grant. Instead of policy of proscrip-
ton and prejudice, we now have one of
Cancellation and lberality, and the
great Republican party of the state,
under the leadership of such men
as Hughes, Lewis, Wickham and others,
has placed itself upon the platform of
universal suffrage, political equality and
universal amnesty to all. 1t seeks to bury
the issues of the past, whether those issues
are Republican or Democratic, and to plant
itelf in the front rank of pro gressiyeness,
and live up to the spirit of the age. This s
what | understand to be the mission of
the great Republican party of Virginia,
and firmly believing that its principles
are right, that it seeks to develope the
great material wealth of the State by a
kind and generous policy of encouragement
and fostering care of the agricultural as
well as the mechanic interest of the state,
by generous welcome to the people from
the north or any cline who desire to settle !
here with us; by its influence with the gov
eminent in obtaining aid from that source,
and, by its salutary influence in discarding
the old fogy ideas of society, also of agri-
culture and other industries and customs |
of defunct oligarchy, | shall with great
pleasure support the Republican state
ticket this fall, if the party exercises pru-
dence (Which have no doubt it willy in the
selection of its standard bearers.
| think it is the impression of good
many thinking Republicans here that Cen
eral Wickham would make the most avail
able candidate for governor, without dis
paragng the claims of others at all.
| hope that Senator Lewis, General
Wickham, or Mr.. Hughes will be selected
IS the candidate for governor, and with
prudence and vigorous campaign, / am
satisfied the Republican state ticket can be
'arried by handsome majority in No
iember next.
In haste, truly yours,
JOHN R. Moss.
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Fire and Water-Life-Fair
From our Travelling Correspondent

nhcAANDNlh, AS 1APiii IT.
During the first part of spring, many
portions Of the country were suffering Sc.
rious disasters from the floods, too much
water and now, during the past week
portions have been suffering dreadfully
from raging fires both to buildings, in the
towns, and to fields, fences, and forests in
the country. As we rode along through
| Albemarle, Louisa, and Orange counties,
with some others, the face of the country
was seen to be blackened and charred with
the fires that had Just run over it, and
which were still seen smoking and blaz-
| ing up in some places notwithstanding
the heavy continuous rains of Wednesday
and Thursday. These elements are Ma
ture's great forces for promoting life and
growth when under control, but terrible
destructives if they get the mastery-lik
the human passions. A4
Though many letters have been sent by
me from different parts Of Fairfax county,
yet the general dimensions and history OF
that popular old cou1ty have not been
given though full Of interest.
This county was formed from Prince
William county in 1742, and took its
name from Lord Fairfax, who was
an original owner of c vast tract, be-
tween the Potomac and Rappahannock
rivers, known as the "Northern Neck. y
Ii is watered by the above named
rivers, with branches of Occoquan, Bull
Run, and some others. The land is mostly
rolling, with some flat land. 1t contains
many fine farms, under good cultivation,
Many illustrious seats are located in this
county, such as 'Mount Vernon" the
old estate of General Washington SCUM
ston Hall" the early home of Governor
George Mason, and now the country-seat
of Colonel Edward Daniels, of THE
JOURNAL.
Near by, between Mount Vernon and
Gunston Hall, is the old "Pohick church, y
where Washington used to attend, and
where the Rev. M. l.. Weens used to
preach; and he was the distinguished
biographer of Washington, M,rion and
other worthless, whose books we all, in ear
ly life, took SO n uca pleasure in reading.
Fairfax is rich in illustrious historical mem
oriess It is about twenty-five by twenty
miles in extent, lying west of the Potomac
river and Alexandra, with Loudoun county
on the northwest, and Prince William on
the southwest.
Fairfax Courthouse is the county seat
lyingnear the centre of the county and about
twenty miles from Washington. 1t is sup
piled with good educational and church
privileges, and the necessary shops and
stores, and a good weekly newspaper,
which it is presumed the people literally
support, as is their duty and interest. The
county is improving, and presents valuable
inducements for immigrants to come in, to
buy the lands and cultivate them.
d. S. @.
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CALIFORNIA.
Surrender of the Apaches,

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1s.-Advices
from Prescott, Arizona, to the sth instant,
have been received. Troops arrived at
Camp Verde, April A, followed by hum
dreds of Apaches, who were anxious to
surrender, being the first time in the his
tory of these tribes they have sued for
peace. Chitihon, one of the head chiefs,
said he asked for peace, not because he
loved the whites, but he was afraid to do
otherwise.
Cochse's band is the only one in Arizona
now depredating. They are still commit
ting horrible outrages on the people of So
nora, across the line, under color of pro-
lection from the United States.
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Bank of pittsburg. is looked for with much

BANK OF Pittsburg, is looked for with much
interest, as it will dispose of the question
as to whether savings banks, who hold that
their dividends are not subject to that tax
are or not; and if the court sustains their
view the commissioner of internal revenue
Will have to refund large amount of such
taxes already collected.
The Western Union Telegraph Office in
Baltimore was damaged to the extent of
$500 by fire Saturday night, about 12
O'Clock. A large quantity of valuable acid
and other material were damaged to the
amount of $1,000; covered by insurance.
The commissioner of internal revenue de-
cides as follows: A manufacturer of to-
bacco as agent cannot manufacture tobacco
for another person, using his own factory
and machinery, though the second party
may pay special tax and give bond in his
ownname; or, which is the same thing, there
cannot be two separate and distinct facto-
ries operating under different names, and
different special tax receipts on one and
the same premises.
The postmaster-general is preparing to
'e-adjust the salaries of postmasters from
md after July /, 1874, and has notified
postmasters to transmit accounts of their
business to July l, 1873.
In accordance with the civil servic crules
colored messenger in the New York Gus
has been promoted to a 81 200
lerkship.
Hon. James Brooks has arrived in WASH
ngton from Norfolk. His case battles
he medical fraternity.
FOREIGN.
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Letters From The People.
AMELIA COURTHOUSE, April 10.

Your favor Of the - instant asking
my views with reference to the approach
ing state election received, and in reply |
will give you my views briefly but cheer
fully. 1 am not surprised at your making
this inquiry after my long political silence
since the memorable canvass of 1869.
That canvass ard the issues involved in it
are fresh in the memories of ell, and |
will not occupy your time in dwelling
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SUNDAY NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
Troops for COIfax-DificuIty OF Pro-
curing transportation.

Troops for COIfax-DificuIty OF Pro-
curing TranspOrtaLiOn.
WASHINGTON, April 20.--It appears
from correspondence between Acting Sec
rotary of War Robson, General Mellow
ell, commanding the department of the
south, who is now at New York, and Cen
eral Emory, commanding at New Orleans,
that it is difficult to obtain transportation
for two companies of federal troops to
Grant parish. The regular boats refused
to carry troops, as it would ruin their
trade. Application was made to Collector
Casey, who had no means of transportation.
Finally, General Emory succeeded in char
tering vessel for the special service. The
correspondence does not clearly show what
the troops are to do, when they reach COL
fax, beyond preserving order.
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~ ANOTHER RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
Two gentlemen, who were seated in a
buggy drawn by young Hamiltonian
colt, which became unmanageable at the
mead OF Grace street this morning, were
thrown out, and receive some injuries, one
OF them being knocked senseless by the
accident. The reins broke in the effort to
hold the animal. The buggy and harness
were completely wrecked. The gentlemen
mad narrow escape with their lives,