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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-18

DAsIye Rea8ERE DC yARKxps AsN At Bi
SrRrNa. - From a gentleman who came dow,
from Big Spring yesterday morning we lear,
that asingalarly bold robbery was c0mrafs
ted at that place Wednesday night, the par
sicuiars Of which, as far as known, are a
follows. 2 .';.s ~ II s'.s'tts,,fss I
Captain Robert Kidd. proprietor or hotel
and also OF bar-roorn and confectionery
store, on awakening yesterday morning dis
covered that the bedroom which was occ.i.
pied by himself and wife had been entered
while they were asleep, aud that his wife's
Clothing bad disappeared. Further inYesti.
cation revealed the fact that his pockets had
been rifed OF everything they contained, EN-.
bracing very fine gold watch and chain, 4
pocket-book containing considerable sum
OF money, two punches OF keys, and some
other articles OF less value.
But what surprised him most was the
nnutng Of an cnormo usly heavy club and q
murderous looking bowie-knife, which the
ROBBERS, from some inexplicable cause, left
behind them; conciuslvely showing that
they entered the room prepared to commit
murder IL resistance should be encountered.
1t is no doubt providential that the occu.
pants did not awake while the thieves were
in the room.
Having possessed themselves OF the key to
the har-room, the robbers proceeded thither,
but do not appear to have removed anything
except two or three deanters containing
liquor, which were found on the porch,
empty, yesterday morning. >
Two strangers who appeared at Big
Spring few days since under somewhat
peculiar circumstances are suspected Of
being the guilty parties. They pretended,
we learn, to have become separated from .
party Of met with whom they were hunting
iH the mountains, and stopped at Captain
kiddS hotel for recreation. In day or two,
however, they changed their quarters to
smother hotel, where they have since re-
NAMED. The fact that one Of them had no
gun, and that their statements were conflict
ing rs to where they were from, is at least
suspicious. They were still at Big Spring
yesterday, md their movements were being
closely watched Lynchburg Ne0s, l7lh.
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1900 BX ,&{lsllse..
IHAVTEG Just -HETUKNKUTH35T
Ssse ss n sgs q y ssis| 4 y
}-zInD DRESS GOODS hays syerSikias sav taa&.
Is OUT. which WIN sell from 12sfs. d
ISTRfPEO 9AFANESEE CPLf 1aA YGgf4ssg
STRIPED SILK YoPLIEH. 5oc.;.
CcLcRED SILKS IN every Gaxds, for dzezsssx na
4 trfamins; fFIaH ~, ~ 81 81 % IS
BLACK SILKS cheaper; thar tbey sv8 1sss;
BLACK frpmy2ss sI.s,s -
BLAGKALPACAst SOC. bsaaafui;
White aud cor oRED PIQUEsas su Hsso;
NAINSO0K, plain; - -
HAINsOOK, platd and striped-yesy eboGI:
Good IA BLEACHED COTT0Nst Tea:
TABLE DAMASx from S5e.up;
NAPKINS &C sll prices; rcssz igz .s.f4 ,ras,4s
TOWELS at 12ke. worth 2sc.; fu 13g
CASSIMERES-fn Csssiuefes formsa ma boys Z
{ have the best stock ever offered In this sssrksss
LINENS for men and boys; a.Sas siss
havea great many other goods, ~ purseFsas -
mention, 81, Of which shall sell VERY ONEAF.
Also, more cases OF tho best LAWNS Is 121hr-
Any one In want or CHEAP .7U0D0 WIN do
wei 70 give me cali before bSylng eissuksr6
JULIUS SYcLE, AIS Brsad street.
.Country merchants vim Do we'll, % exautne nI
stoe1 OF DRESS GOODS. ~ st..ii 4 gap 15-tMyT
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Dunken6eld
mine, where the explosion occurred, is burn.
ing tiercely. -.
The budget, which was submitted in the
House of Commons last night, shows, in
Guiding the Geneva award, but exclusive of
the Ashantee war, over million pounds
excess. The estimates for next year show o
surplus of ffty-one and a half millions.
Among the means Of reducing the excess
proposed by the present ministry is the abo-
litlon of the tariff on sugar, a motion 10
which effect has passed in the House
of Commons. If this action becomes law
the tariff ceases on the LIST Of May.
The morning Journals generally approve
of the budget. -
The steamer Goethe, from Hamburger for
New York, is aground at Elba, with her
cylinder broken.
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NEWSPAPERS AND PosrAGH.-The Postmas.

NEWSPAPERS AND PoSrAGH.-The Postmas.
ter-General has sent communication to the
Post-Office Committee Of the House OF Rep
resentatives advocating the passage OF law
to compel the prepayment Of postage on all
newspapers. In support Of this proposition
he adduces the following interesting statis-
tics, prepared by bis third assistant:
Taking the newspaper circulation shown
By the last census. and assuming that ten per
cent. OF the daily and sixty per cent Of week.
ly newspapers 60 through the mails. 1t is
shown that the receipts from postage on news
papers during the fiscal year of 1S69-'70
should have been s2,3O5,5i1, whereas the
actual receipts from ne wspaperS and all other
printed matter were only 1885, 1928.
Calculating the annual increase In news
paper circulation to have been ISL per cent,
there were during the past year 5,S71 news
papers published in the United States, with
an aggregate circulation OF 1,50S ,54S, $50
copies. Of which sol .SS9,165 copies went
through the mails. The receipts from post.
age on them should have been s2.616, 7Ss, in
stead Of which there was received only
Sl,0T2,99S, showing loss Of 81 ,543, 791, or
II times the amount collected. During the
fiscal year 1S69'70 there was collected S14,-
994. 500 for postage on letters, which were
in total bulk equal to 40 carloads, whereas
the newspapers aggregated bulk of 1924 car
loads, and returned. together with other
printed matter, a postal revenue of only
sS35,729. In Great Britain during the same
time there were 1,450 newspapers publish
ed, with aggregate circulation OF $50, 000, 900
copies, of which $4,000, 900 were transmitted
by mail, and yielded a postal revenue OF
100000.
IIf Mr.. Creswell has recommended the
scheme We have so often commended he will
carry his point. That is, prepay ent by the
pound or ton, and no stamps except upon
transient papers.l
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PORT OF RICHMOND. APRIL II, 1874.
ARRIVED.

PORT OF RICHMOND. APRIL II, 1874.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Westove-, Trayers. Baltimore, merchan.
disc and passengers, l.. 3. Tatun.
SAILED. .- "a.
Steamer Old Dominion, Walker, New York, mer-
chandlse and passengers, G. ": Allen, agent.
steamer Jonn sylvester, Clifford, SorIotk, mcr.
chsndIse and passengers. L. b. Tarum. agent
Schooner Roanoke. Barrett, Philadelphia cf0
Piankitank river railroad ties, Curtis Parker;
Schooner Frank Jameson, Jameson, Philadel-
pbIa, railroad ties, Currie u Go.
CLEARED FOR THIS PORT.
Schooner John Lenthan, Martin, New York,
April Is. .,,o,.rn. -
NEW YORK April l5.AEriyed seno ond MI MI
Mason. Rose III. a. Low, Carman; W. 81. Nan
Name, Holmes; Glenwood halleek 81. t =; iyRae a
dfne: A. g. ireland. Townsend; all from Firginli.
Schooner Teresa ID. Baker, Cobb, Boston Tor VIZ
gtnia. arrived at Newport, April Is.
PHILADELPHIA, April l6.-Arr1Veo: schooner
Ann Twibjt. Mullen, hence. +, M.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-Schooner >. I. ir!-
on, Nfckerson, cleared for Boston,
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Tho Mississippi Overflow.

APPEAL FROM GOVERNOR KELLOGG TO THE FIRE.
sIpEsr FOR AID FOR THR SUFFERERS BY THE
r1oop-THE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE following
Geographic correspondence LOOK pace W
day: .-.,.. out, =. 1o.;
siana, Ne1 Orleans, April 17.-President
n. s Grant: The unprecedented rise in the
Mississippi, aided by violent local storms,
has caused 4 most disastrous overflow. Six
or seven of the largest parishes OF the state
are already under water, and thousands OF
people. white and black, are without food or
shelter, and in danger Of starvation. Inc
emergency is so great that feel constrained
70 appeal TO you directly, asking the General
Government, il possible, to extend to these
moor people the same relief that was given
to the scarcely more disastrous calamity at
Chicago.
"GoYernor Of Louisiana"
&c Executive Mansion. Washington, D. G.,
April 17th.-To Governor w. ?. Kellogg,
New Orleans, Louisiana: Your dispatch
of this date asking aid for the suffer
ers by the disastrous overflow OF the
Lower Mississippi is received. Congress
heing in session at this time, do not feel
authorized to order Government aid, as DID
in the case of the suffering from. yellow
fever at Shreveport and Memphis last sum a
mer, and in the case of the burning OF Cnl-
cago two years ago, without the authority
Of Congress. will, however, send Your
dispatch to the Louisiana delegation, ana II
resolution is passed by Congress authoriz-
ing it. 1 will exert every authorized means
to avert suffering from the disaster winch
has overtaken the citizens Of louisiana. ;,
fsignedl gu. S. CRANE !.
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NEW YORK, April 16-Cotton steady; sales OF
Q 800 bales at 17Hll TIC. Southern flour 1rlner;
common to fair extra, $e.75@S750; good to
choice extra $7.65Q$l1. Wheat 92c. better at
S7@oOc. for new VIC stern mixed. Coffee quiet and
unchanged. Sugar quiet and shade easier at
g7as for fat to g0od rehanS g s i0e
at 39c. for Trinidad. kicc quiet. Rosin firm ut
1885. Turpentine firm At 45c. Pork active and
firmer; new mess, SIG. 75t9$17. Beef steady.
Lard frmer at 10 3-160i 04c. Whskey shade
easier, with fair inquiry AZ 97A9SSc. Frsighis
firm and advancing
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wenther Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, April 1.--For the Middle
States, winds shiftisg to north and west,
with clear and clearing weather.
For the South Atlantic and East Gull
States. northwest to northeast winds and
partly cloudy weather, with possibly light
rain on the coast.
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A Short Note from North Carolina.
ICorcspeudence of the Richmond Dispalch.l

GRAHAM, n. c., April 16, 1874.
The recent rains have washed number
OF the bridges away in this part OF the Old
North State.
The farmers are busily employed in plant.
Ing and preparing their land Tor planting,
The prospec! for good crop of small grain
Is very good.
The last cold snap killed large amount
q early fruit and spoiled the appearance OF
many pretty gardens.
The next session Of the General Conyen-
ton Of the Christian Church will meet at
ahi, pace on the lSt day Of May, proximo.
tn" opening address will be delivered by
Rev. ". Is. Wellons, Of Virginia. A larger
delegation is expected than has convened
since the war.
Rev. A. Iseley, of this county, had bis
hand severely bitten by horse q few days
SsO. L..
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GRANT LOOKING PoR FARM IN MARYLAND.
General Grant is looking for quiet little
farm in Maryland or Virginia, not dozen
miles from Washington. His tastes are
r'na', and he would like nothing better than
pace oil his own near by. to which he could
ictiie for day or two whenever he felt like
II. lie Is very fond Of the country, and this
L one reason for his long visits to Long
Btanch in the summer; but the sea shore is
far OF, and be would like place close at
hand 10 which he could easily resort in the
spring and autumn. This spring and the COM
ing summer he will doubtless be kept here by
the presence of Congress till July, and farm
OF one hundred acres, with fruit trees and
Nock, would be a great resource to him.
When he leaves bis present high Office 1t is
sand that General Grant proposes to spend
Als winters at Washington, and he wants a
farm near q. hand for amusement and recre-
alton. The st. Louis farm is retained as an
investment, and most judicious investment
il Is likely to prove. 1t is stated on good
authority that the farm will sell in less than
Ten years for million of dollars. The city
OF 81. Louis is rapidly spreading out toward
II, and will soon inclose it. Washington
Correspondence Troy IN. ~ Times.
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BALTIMORE MARKETS.

BALTIMORE April 17.-Flour strong and In
good demand. Wheat flrmer; white choice, 81 IS
fair 10 prime choice $1.65 @B1 80; choice amber,
to fair red 81 .45@S1.7O. Corn quiet and steady
white southern, S0@SSc; yellow southern, 500
SIC. Oats quiet; southern, 67@72c. Rye arm at
Si G;$l .O6 Provisions firm and advancing Pork
firm ut Sl7254S17.50. Bulk meats: shoulders,
6nc ; clear rib sides, &C.. Bacon active and firm ;
shoulders. 7ac; clear rib sides, lOc; sugar-cured
hams. l40l5c. Lard firm at 10sc. Western put
ter new Tub, 3O634c. Coffee shade frmer and
more doing: prices unchanged. Whiskey nrmsr ut
ri OIL Sugar unchanged.
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OFFICIAL.

VIRGINIA LAND OFFICR,l
RICHMOND, VA, March "a, 1874.
TN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAWS
z OF the Comm onwealth Of Virginia do hereby
make known to all to whom 1t may concern that IL
OF Kichmond, dated 23d day Of March, 1874, and
received In to the Land Office on the day following,
that by an inquest held on the 23d day OF March,
lS74'a LOT and TENEMENT in the city OF Rich
mond, fronting 35 feet, and S6h feet deep, on the
line OF Lttte Clay street, IN Bakers aaaiton,
lcoloredl died seized, has been escheated TO this
Commonwealth.
WILLIAM P. ii. KELLAM,
NH 2S-S6t Register Virginia Land Office.
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PROCLAMATION BY BAXTER,
Life Insurance Suit Decided.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-THE suit of
David France and wife against the Etna In
surance Company, of Hartford, on policy
of $4,000 effected in 1866 on the life of
Mrs. Frances brother, who died in 1872.
was decided yesterday, the verdict being in
favor of the plaintiffs for Sl0,5O0. The case
has been before the United States Circuit
Court In this city since the 9th instant
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SUMMARY.
INSURANCE ISSUED By THE ST. LOUIS LiFK Nsu.
RANCE COMPANY PROM JANUARY l5TH
oyr,cs: ST. LOUIS LIFE BUILDING,
ST.. LOUIS. .,E

orYIcKns JAMES B. EAps, president; A. IL
Britton, vice-president; Davis Smith, attorneys
s. W. Lomax. secretary; George w. hanning' a.
s,s,ant secretary; Benamin Williams, manager o.
agencies; H. Christian, NJ d. n, W. obphans
- n ,,.s medical ,i, officers. 2@ 80 up 1s.ls
49, ''''-'-'s'< -,...-r L :
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.

n N. WALKER 81 CO., GENERAL IN
~ STRANGE AGENTS, lola MAIN STREET,
RIcHAoND, VA, representing the
AMAZON INSURANCE COMPANY, OF Clnein-
natl. OhO-assets over 81, 900 ,000i
M Nh ATTAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPA.
Nv. Of New York-assets over 4500.0O0;
COMPANY, Of Lynchburg, Ys.-assets ovI
'0 HVTEttHSFIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Of
prooEiyn, Y, Y-assets over $300,O0Oi
oiTIISi0S FIRE INSURANCE COAPAN ], OF
Baltimore, Md.-assets over 800, egg: ri. a,oo.
o6n r osses enuitaby adjusted and promptly paid
at this agency. Applications solicited, and imme
t]iate attention given thereto. oc 10
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FOR THE SPRING TRADE

nov opening elarse iInc Of DEAOK ALFACAA
Ss sse oess maxs and ohades. cheaper thaa anY
uet9eoIofe oHeted In this market - III tiIg
Also, e well.Assorted stock &c pars LLAMA
IA OF the newest dsssas. 81 p1oes %
;, IWAsAPORLINs ~. l2H.., ana arss-slssr
New styles WATERED SASH RIBBONS e
HEMSTrTCHED LINEN HANDKHnOHIEP1
at 1896, and beautiful DANASk TOWELS @
2ec, tspS-bordered LINEN HAADkaE0HIER6
dozen. $50 stgssaa ~ ~ .5sy!..-FlS =.
'Aiso.s new lot Piques, sa.in Gsipsres. !Yosa.
mite, Maripcss, and Persian stripes. q sd
CHARLES HUTZLEH,
ap IS 49, ef4 i.a8.essEa Oil Broad sereek
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COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENTS. ::

NEW YORK, April 17.-Net receipts at all
United States ports for the week 3o,742 bales;
same week last year, eo,912 bales; total to. this
3,I54,S7 bales. Exports for week, 73.4sO bales
same week last year, 76, 7S6 bales; total to this
Date, 2.232,441 bales; TO same date last year,
I,95O,5e9 bales. stock at oil United States ports
51O,293 bales last year, 4S4275 bales; at all In
terior towns 30 O62 bales last year, 80 ,421 bales
at Liverpool. 100000 bales; last year, 694 900
bales. American cotton afoat for Great Britain,
252,OOO bales last year, 20S 1000 bales.
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PosrAL.-Thomas Fawcett is appointed
postmaster at Charlottesville. Spottsylvania
county, Va, vtce John II. Walzell, moved
away. John A. Wilson is appointed post.
master at Chestnut Fork, Bedford county,
Va, usce B. T. Robinson, resigned.
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CINCINNATI MARKETS.

CINCINNATI, April l7.-FIour steady and I'm.
changed. Corn firm and in good demand at $50
7sc. Pork dull: offered at ST without buyers
tie, 0H9l0c. Bacon hrm shoulders, quiet ut To.
clear rib. early, 9S@91sc.-heid at 81 at close
clear held At SIC. WhiSkey steady ut Y3c.
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/" Especial telegram TO the Dispaseh.] r..
.NoRPoLKa April 17.-There are eight ships,
barks, and brigs in Hampton roads awaiting
orders, and the Roads are full OF coasters
seeking harb9r. The wind-bound fleet Is
said to be larger than at any time during the
past season.
Judge Hughes arrived here tonight.
Two Of the burglar gang went up to the
penitentiary this morning.
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Prom Louisa County.

IC01respondtnee or the Richmond Dispatcb.]
LOUISA COURTHOUSE, April II. 1874.
The rains for the past few days have nearly
stopped all farming operations, and there is
60 prospect OF it's clearing away at present.
The North and South Anna rivers are very
high.
Notwithstanding the late panic, there was
great activity before the recent rains with
shc farmers in Louisa and Fluvanna coun.
ties clearing and preparing land for the
tobacco crop.
There are some new dwellings going up
10 this county.
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- q - - ~ Chi ~ z.
!. n,soADC ,asE!, " April 17.-Lighs tne
s.eaay and continuous statu ha. prevailed
here sinoe.Monday until this morning ,lsn ubsn
sas . ceased % IalI, and the akiss BEGAN to
g brighten. a day Of cloud and s,,rlnnsbsns and
s s.saf sunset this evening give promise Of
IAN weather, The yames is but sIfsbth q.
'ected, being sto-nigH only some three fest
1--we sDess INC Ordinary kvel. Although sim
rising slowly, no approximations q. 4 serin,,..
feshet are entertained. = e.52 -. 'oas
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ITO THE VOTERS OF RICHMOND
4 Felow-citizens am an independent candi-
date Tor the office of CITY SERGEANT, and soil
cit your SURFACES. Had been fairly defeated two
wears ago | should not now be a candidate. II the
Conservative and Republican parties both nominate
for the Sergeantcy Shall Withdraw. Very respect
fullY, Jap Al GEORGE A. HUNDLEY.
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J.OuSVlLLE MARKETS

I.orrrsv11IE. April l7.-Flour firm and in fair de.
mand. Corn quiet and unchanged. Provisions In
fair demand and higher: Pork, 81. Bacon, nc
for shoulders; 9hc for clear rib 9c Tor clear s1,
iOxc. for fierce; 10a91lc. for keg. Hhskey
cI,.r af Q9c.
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DEATH OF DR.. CARLToE.-Dr. Thomas
Carlton, late of the Methodist Book Concern,
1northern1, died at his residence in Eliza
beth, n. j., Thursday morning, from COM
bination of diseases.
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DENTISTRY.

.nR. WOODS DENTAL ROOMS. ~
Finding 1t necessary to have assistance III my
practice have associated with me
L. II. COWARDlN, d. ID. s.
With Morrisons " BUR ENGINE " am prepared
TO operate upon the natural teeth with LESS PAIN
AND FATIGUE to the patient, and also with greater
rapidity and thoroughness than Is possible 70 De
obtained by any other method.
NITROUS OXIDE GAS
always on hand for the painless extraction OF
teeth. JUD. L. WOOD, u. ID. b.
Once: Ninth street, two doors from Main.
1S-pnd3n
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TaE CHANGE OF GAuGB.-The Raleigh Ores
se7,i says:
We could wish that the Firginians would
listen to reason, for were the gauge of the
Richmond and Danville railroad changed to
Ina! Of the North Carolina railroad, then
Colonel Bu!ord might be induced to surren-
Der his lease and make some new arrangement
for the passage of his trains between Green's
bo-o' and Charlotte. In that event, one OF
the great inpediments in the way of con-
s0iidalion would be removed.
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The Arkansas GubornatoraI Muddls.


LITTLE Rock, April 1.-THE contest be
tween Baxter and Brooks for the guberna.
torial Office seems to be eliminating in eoun-
ter pron.sncidmentos, with no violence on
either side. Each party pickets its head
quarters, and calls upon its supporters to
rally. The Mayor has closed the saloons.
INSTRUCTIONS TO FHB POSTMASTER AT LIrrLE
RocK-REPoRTRD sMzURg OF TELEGRAPH
LINES, &c.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Postmaster.G en-
eral CresWell, in response 10 the telegram OF
the postmaster at Little Rock, received to-
day, Instructed him to deliver to Baxter all
letters addressed to "Governor Baxter" or
to 81. Baxter, Governor of Arkansas; " and
to deliver to Brooks all letters addressed to
Governor Brooks" or to /" L. Brooks, Gov
ernor Of Arkansas" and to retain all COM
munications addressed to "The Governor of
Arkansas" until further orders.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day it was
stated that Baxter, OF Arkansas, had seized
the telegraphic line to prevent the Brooks
party from using it, and accordingly the
War Department had issued instructions to
an officer at DuyaPs Bluff to proceed to
Little Rock and investigate the matter, and
to see that kilograms to and from the Gen
eral Government Shall not be intercepted.
PROCLAMATION BY BAXTER. ..
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 17.-Baxter has
issued q counter proclamation to Brooks's,
In which he declares the latter's course a
shameless assumption, without a shadow of
law, and that the authority of the law will
Immediately and effectively be asserted
peacefully if it may but asserted 1t must be
in any event. He appeals to the people to
support him.
Governor Baxter is now proceeding as be-
fore to exercise the duties of Governor,
making tie Anthony House the capitol for
the time Being. This morning both the
private secretaries of Messrs. Brooks and
Baxter applied at the post-office for mail mat
ter addressed to "The Governor of Arkan-
sas," but the postmaster declined to deliver
it to either party and telegraphed to Wash
ington for instructions.
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MARINE aNTELLIGENCE.

IMMATURE ALMANAC, APRIL 10. 1874.
Sun rises. ........ D.26 Moon sets..... OPS
Sun sets.......... 6.34 High tide. 600
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F'rsss company,a SHOPS, North q, Cav. !,
rspecis, telegram to t,,,- ns.n ,,s (,

Especial telegram to the Disps.eb.l -.
!. CoArAsz's sHoPs, N. c., April II, is74.-
A fire broke out here about 4 O'Clock tb,s
morning In A. c. McAlister's store /: which
was destroyed with the express and freight
office of the company. Loss, about s15, 600:
fully covered by insurance. The buildings
belonged to the Richmond and Danyille
Railroad Company.
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Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has been voted
six months leave of absence, to be spent
abroad or at heme, the congregation of Ply.
mouth church. Brooklyn, to pay all travel.
ling expenses.
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ST. LOUIS MARKETS.

g, ST. LOUIS, April 17.-Flour firm and low me.
dunn grades UNCHANGED. Corn nrmer; Nc; mixed
arm at 1850 Bacon frm shoulders, 7c.; clear
rib. allc. clear Sides &c. Lard held At 9Hc. 4
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PAI,TIMORE

BALTIMORE, April 17.-Virginia 6s, old, SO !;
eonsols so; e1-coupons, AK; peelers, 80. West
Virginia's, 10x North Carolina 6's, old, 81; new,
40: special tax 8. Bid to-day.