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New York Note.

EJECT or TRE PANIC ON A MISSIONARY FUND
NkW 1oRk, February le.-rhe American
hhItst missionary Union requires annually
s-.V,WO TO carry on the work OF the society. but
turing the current fiscal year, which ends IN
airi, only $4,000 have been contributed
Inc dthcit Is attributed to the panic
LOOKING AFTER THE WALLS TREKr FoPcrp
a. ID. q. Mackay, the Spectator in stocks re
ported TO have made = u. O0Q owing 70 tha f,r.,
letters sent to the Stock exchange on Tuesisv
but who SAYS he only made = 600, has Appea -
before the governing committee. lie saws two
months ago h was advised BY an anOnvmous
correspondent 10 have bis cash ready for opera
ton az a moments notice, whereby he might
realize heavily, and that on the morning OF tue
DAY on which the forged letters were sent into
the exchange be received two letters asking
MIN TO call at the st. Nicholas Bank with cut
delay. He called and met a young man, who
informed him OF proposed increase of stock of
the Western Union and Toledo, Wabash a
Western roads, saying he hal seen letters OF the
presidents OF these companies addressed To
Wheelock. Mackay hurried 10 the exchange,
gave a small order to his broker, and when he
saw the letters handed 10 he gave other orders
making about q 900. He is now assisting the
governing committee TO detect the fOrger
SIMMONS SENTENCED.
John +. Simmons, who was convicted of m an
slaughter in the third degree, for killing Mich
olas Duryea, was to-day sentenced to three
years and six months il the state prison, with
hard labor.
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WORK OF TIE MARYLAND LEGIsL AZURE
YRsTERDAY.-In the Maryland Senate yestsr-
day Mr.. Tuck introduced a bill to punish de-
PENDANTS and executions who may claudestinely
remove or dispose OF property levied on for
debt; also, bill to provide a means for the re-
covery of debts due from married women. Mr.
Bi!iDgsley's bill, appropriating 500, 900 for the
support of the cOlOred schools in the state was
taken up, and Mr.. BilliDgsley eloquently adyo-
Gated its merits. 1t was Committed TO the
committee on finance. Governor Whyte sent in
message vetOiDg the bill relating 70 auc-
uoneeTs in Baltimore county. In the House Of
Delegates, MIR. FentOn's bill exempting wages
70 the amount of Si00 from attachment was
passed. The senate bill spprO priatng S12j UO)
TO the Deaf and Dumb aSy lam at Frederick was
taken up and paSSed,
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The LAST THING IN XII PToNICs-Tbe last
thing in kleptonIcs reported from Paris is very
neat. A gentleman of highly engaging address
calls upon lady who has q third-hoO apart
ment 10 be let She accompanies him at his re-
quest to see IL, as he wishes TO suggest a few al
terations and improvements. These he contrives
that ii shall take consId rable time to discuss,
but be does not Intrude himself further on her
wLel he regaIns the first floor, where her sitting
room is, but makes a rather precipitate de-
parture. 81 enters her room, 20 discover that a
confederate of her would-be lodger has contriy-
ed 10 get access to her room-the servant, be-
lieyine her to be In IL, having allowed him 70 90
up- and he has cleaned il out Of every portable
article of value.
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Tax TEMPERANCE CRUSADE IN THE FAR
WEsT.-Dispatches state tn at the temaeraucp
prayer movement hes been started az Manches-
Ter. Iowa, a band Of women having already
visited a number of saloons and held services
report from LincolI, Nebraska SAYS the No-
mems temperance movement has been iuaugu-
rated there. Yesterday afternoon thirty women
visited the saloons. At one place the crowd was
so large that the floor broke down and a few
persons were injured. The Ohio state grange
At Aenia yesterday passed a resolution endorsing
the women's temperance movement aud pledges
ITS support. The prayer G importance movement
commenced in McCOnnellsyille yesterday with
l4O women. The work con menced last week in
Aenia, Spring fieid, and Oxford, is going for
ward vigorously.
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THE HoRRoRs OF LIxouRs-A Paris nanar
Oh the 2ith ultimo, gives the welcome inteili-
efnce that light has been thrown on the dread
l Srlmes Will h have given Limours q criminal
Ieoutan"n not inferior to that Of Pantin. A
porter named Desire uddenly disappeared from
,ne village, and at length " as found In the
uslgn oorhSod hung to tree by his banker 81 f.
1et announcer victim" was the first notion, but
investigation proved that il " as a case of sui.
cl9e, ara letter found in the mans pocket ex-
colpafed himself while 1t inc ulpated five per
ions, some who have been arrested. Opinions
say as 10 Desires guilt, but seem to be in favor
Of that of those he accuses, and the .neiehbor-
DooG u described as deriving "imfinite consola-
uon" from this eclafrcissemeni
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A Boy SHOT TO TBR HEART.-A sad aud
fatal accident. resulting in the instant death OF
an innocent boy, occurred yesterday forenoon In
the 9th ward. The victim was the Is year Old
son Of Mr.. VIM. Griffin. At the time of the oc-
curTence Gerald, the hoy, had by some means
procured his fathers revolver for the purpose
OF shooting rats, and, a, cOmpanled by his little
brother Charley, he wei 10 the basement dur
ing his parents absence to church. In endeav-
Oring 70 fire the weapon of the boy failed and
turned the pistol toward himself 70 examine
just at that instant the revolver exploded and
the ball passed through Gerald's heart. He fell
to the ground, SAY ing, "ChaTley, I'm shot.'
and died IN few minutes. The. parents horror
upon their return can be imagined. An In
quest was held yesterday, and a verdict in ac-
cordsnce with the facts was rendeTed.-PH,s-
JarQh Leader, 11h.
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AN obituary notice of a much respected
Louissllie lady concludes with sin her life she
deatn, on how consoling to her friends"
Rev. Dr. Moffatt, the celebrated English
missionary to South Africa, IL still in doubt az
70 tne correctness Of the report of DR.. Living
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NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA GEANssRs-
40 Raleigh, n. O., the state grange, DIR. Colum-
bus Mills master, met yesterday. 13i oranges
were represented. There are 235 oranges in the
stare. Greetings were received from the sta
oranges OF South Carolina and Ohio The cleo
ton OF officers to I'LL unexpired terms resulted
In Dr. Columbus Mills, o. Cabarrus, being m sde
worth. oveIseer. About 800 grangers are pres
ent. The body will be in session several dave
The order Is represented to be rapidly increas-
ing In the state, with already some Z 900 MEM
bers. The South Carolina state grange Ia In
session at Coiumbsa, largely attended.
s~Disraeli has formally accepted the Premier
chin OF ENGLAND. ~S@ASA
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The New Rrftjsh Cah,oe,

LONDON February l9.-The Tiats SAYS the
Earl Of Derby is 10 receive the portfolio OF See
rotary OF State for the Foreign department. aud
the Marquis Of Salisbury that OF Secretary OF
State for India.
1t is probable that DisraeH viii complete his
cabinet by tonight.
Its said the Marquis Of Westminster is to be
made a Duke
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EXCITING SCENE AT A WKDpIsG.-The Den
ton Md journal says that whilst young Mr.
TIire and Miss A. Williamson were being
spliced at the Bloomery Church last week ~,
taiher of the groom objected to the marriage.
and claimed that his child was not of lawful
age to marry. Excitement ran high, but the
ard the Rev. Mr.. Gardner married them
amidst confusion and opposition. 1t is SAID th at
The feelings OF the opposition to the marriage
ran so high that the Rev. Mr.. G. in the usual
prayer after the ceremony did not venture to
kneel, but prayed standing, not even then ven
turing TO close his eyes.
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More Labor TrOuhYes

STRIKE OF FIVE HUNDRED COTTON HANDS.
NV YORK, February IA Philadelphia
dispatch gays five hundred men in Porter *
Deckeys cOttCn works at hensiugtOn have
struck for an advance or Is per cent. over the
rates adopted during the panic, and that
uou bles IL the shoe trade are threatened.
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git Is said that 250 persons have been ad-
yudgeo insane by the courts OF Illinois, who
were made so by the Chicago IRE.
~The New Jersey state senate has rejected
the constitutional amendment providing for
the taxation OF church property.
- The new fence Law in Virginia imposes
nne Of from one to i've dollars for pulling down
other peoples fences or leaving gates open.
~ Railroad accidents IN the United States
average one person killed and tour injured
every working day in the year.
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Au Appeal Bond.

NOZZLE, ALA., ttbru3Ty lI--Charlas b
Wallace has been here and has given an appeal
bond TO the Supreme Court CftAe United States.
IN the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad case.
for final adjudication.
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THE TRUE MOUNT SINAI DIsCovEREp-Dr.
Beke, the English traveller, reports that he has
Uncovered the true Mount Sinai. 1t is situated
q days journey northeast of the village OF
feet above the level of the sea Dr. Beke savs he
discovered the remains of amin Ais that had haen
sacrificed. He also discovered sinaitis inscrip-
tions, which he copied.
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DABNEsTowN (MD.) GRANGE OF rHE PAT
RoNs OF HUsBANDRY was organized ia Darnes
town, Montgomery county, by Washington
Bowie. deputy, on February H. with the foi7cr-
ing a. officers: Upton Darby, Jas. w. Purdam.
Wn. T. Lewis, Chas. A. Rice, Il. V, Jones. W
Il. Bssm. Elgar L. Tschiffely, VIM. Rice, viii
fschifely, Miss Ella Purdum, ana Miss Emma
Lewis.
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A NEW YORK SoLoxos.-A New York court
mas arrived at q comforting but rather singu-
ar decision In regard 20 hbels upon manufsc-
iurers and vendors of quack medicines. In
libel suit brought against the American Agri-
cultrrist, which charged qusck medicine pro-
prietor with being an impostor, the court de-
cided that the latter could not expect 70 get
ismages unless he would Disclose the nature
of the ingredients used I'm his mixtures, 20 that
the court might see whether they were harm
les or not!
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Collector RnSsel WithdraWz His

NRw YORK, February IA Boston dispatch
says Judge Russell yesterday teleCraIiri Q
Grant the withdrawal Of his resi gnatiOl o. Ia,
colectoTship.
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To he Hanged I'm ADriI

ALBANY, February l9-The Jury ia the case
of LOwenstein, the murderer OF Weston. rep.
dered a verdict OF murder Ia the Grst degree
and he was sentenced to be hanged on the l0th
Of April.
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THE HOUSE Committee on Appropriation.
are now considering the Indian bill, and eS-
pect to finish it this week and report it to the
House early next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-19

THR VIRGINIA OYSTER FUNDUM 1T appears
from the report of the auditor Of public ac-
counts, in regard TO the oyster tax, furnished in
response 10 a resolution adopted by the house or
delegates, that the whole amount of taxes re-
ceiyed from this source for the year ending
December 81, 1873 was S37 = 49, "a, and the cost
OF collection for the same period was S3I 905 81.
which expense for the most part was incurred
o. account of the "Virginia navy" OF the
amount of taxes received 50 ,03s30 was paid for
the privilege of dredging, which is largely dis
PROV ortionate to the amount received by the
state of Maryland for the same period. The
amount Of tax paid in Maryland for the last
year on account of oysters taken from the
waters of that state was sos, 900 of which
amount there was paid the SUN of go 900 for
oysters obtained by dredging Richmond Wig.
Feb. 18th.
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iHE DOUBLE TRACK WRsr.-The Grafton
Senuhel mas been informed by railroad officials
anas ,ne Baltimore and Ohio company has given
ou nt " put as many lsborers at work, in the
next four weeks. upon the double track that IL
SSeing iald between Newburg and CRANBERRY
oummit as can be worked to advantage. The
giowIng business OF the road demands the com
possible. ~ ' U"s
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The Temperance Movement

CALL FOR CONVENTION AT COLUMBUs.
CINCINNATI, February ia call has been
msde for a convention OF friends of tn TEN
perance movement at Columbus.
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DR. EDWARD WARREN, the American sur
eeon who recently entered the service OF the
khedive Of Egypt, has been made chief sur
geon Of the staff, and has been decorated with
the grade Of hey for a surgical operation BY
which the life Of the minister Of war was saved
after II had been despsired Of BY al the leading
doctors of Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-19

TIE TAXPAYEBs OF SoUTH CAROLINA met
IN convention yesterday Il Columbia. An adj
dress on the subject Of public corruption and
eNtrava gance Was delivered bv President POr-
'er, who submitted figures 20 show that while
tbe taxable property had declined from $780,
oOJuc0 10 Sl75 COZ 600. The taxes had risen from
S4Oo,OoO 70 over 81 90 600, and that the people
are virtually compelled 20 pay twenty times az
much az before the war; that the bonded debt
has uebled; the amount Of floating debt Is un-
kioNh; the Legislative expenses have risen from
S4O,cOO 10 $50 600, sui the public printing from
5000 90 $3.50, 600. He suggested that the con-
yeniiOn should encourage immigration, organ
lie the taxpayers IN every county, and memo
rialiZe Congress for a redress OF grievances.
Resolutions were adopted for the appointment
of standing committees and Of a committee 20
take TO Washington petition 70 Congress-
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EXCITENEET IN A CHURCH.-Great excite
ment Was created in the Methodist Episcopal
church, in Leesburg, yesterday morning. Rev.
Mr.. forsythe had announced his text and had
preached about i've minutes, when he suddeplv
nsnsed, ana then cry ing out, I'm dying OH
confusion at once eusued among the congreea-
ton, some going into the pulpit 20 the preach
Fl assistance, and others running after physi.
Clans. Dr. Mott, who Was found in the Fpisco-
pa church, soon arrived. however, and having
prescrlhed the proper restorstives, his patient
was taken home, ami this morning was report-
co 10 be IN a greatly improved condition.-zIer-
dndTid Gazette I6tk.
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The SENATE Committee on Patents have n
tilted the parties interested in the Tanner car
brake case to file all their testimony prior -
March LIST next.
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SPECIAL ELECTION IN CECIL COUNTY, Mp
A Repubhcan Etectcd.-1he special election held
in Cecil county, Md, yesterday, for the election
OF member Of the house or delegates to ill
the vacancy in the delegation created By the
resignation of the Hon. Jas. b. GrOOme the
governor elect, has resulted in the election OF
the republican candidate, Mr.. Jas. A. Davis
lumber merchant, Of Port Deposit, over II. ID.
Nj. Howard, of Eikt0n, democratic candidate
The majority for Davis in the 9Th district is 81,
in the 9th district rs. in the 9TH district go
and in the S'h district 20; total in the four dis
tTiets I63, with five districts to hear from. At
the last election Mr.. GrOOme was elected by a.
majority over the highest republican candidate
when the democratic msjorities in the LIST, %
80, and 18th districts, not heard from, amounted
to $50. so that there is no probability OF tue re-
publican maJorities above reported, with the
9Th district added, being overcome
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KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR.
SAFETY or THE DICTATOR,
Arrival of the Monitor M key Mes

kKY whsT, February Il, 10 O'Clock a. m
he monitor Dictator. for the safety of which
much fear has been entertained, has Just ar
nVtd IN sight and is coming into the haFb1r.
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imprisonment for LiCe.
IuceudiaFy Fir

BUFFALo, y. Y, February I9.-Michae
Mexican, the wife murderer, was to dsy sen
fenced TO imprisonment fer life.
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honorary chancellor OF Union University 81
Schenectady, and viii deliver the next COM
mencement address,
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FoUSDIsG FRENCH CoLoNY.-Count de
Veroux, or France, who has been examining
months past, has just closed a purchase Of
$1,000 acres OF land on the line of the Atlantic
snn Pacific railroad, In Newton county, Mis-
.our,, extending from Neosho to the border of
.ne moran territory. The count will erect q
nooI and a saw mill, school, a chu rch and a
s 80 at once, and arrange as speedily psssi-
ole i1t bringing out some 500 French people
on these lands.
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The House Committee on Indian Affairs
this morning had under consideration a bill TO
provide for a more equitable remuneration 70
be made by Indians for depredatiOns committed
by them.
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CHIIF JUSTICE WAITE will not take the oath
Of Office until the reassembling OF the U. S. Su-
preme Court on the Sd of March.
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Boston, February Ig.-There were several
ineendiary fires in Chelsea, last night.
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FESTIVALS.

t'AIR FAIR ,-FAIRt,I
There VIII be \ Fair held in the basemsA Of the
Mount vernon Place N. II. Cnarch, corner sth and
streets in The interest Of the InfAn Glass corr
nscten with the sabbath school, Commanding THIS
(Tuesdey) ENEHING, and continue every evening
this week, except Saturday. febi7 a.
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INTERNAL REVENUE The receipts from this
source to day we're s2s7 ,4S9.
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The WALL STREET FORGBRIRs.-The gov
ernlng committee OF the New York stock ex-
change held session yesterday on the forgery
business. 1t Is stated that clue has been OBJ
tanned TO the perpetrators, but nothing definite
has been made public. Among the rumors on
the street yesterday afternoon was one to the
effect that the operations in Western Union yes
terday were traced to an individual living in
brooklyn, and that he admits making s2O,OO0
IN connection with this 10 is further reported
that he has been examined before the govern
ing committee, but nothing was got out of him
except the fact that he operated heavily in
western Union, which, he said, was his bust
ness and not that of the committee. This il GER
tainly not very satisfactory, although it Is all
that is known in regard to the matter.
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PERsoNAL-AssOciate Justice Clifford, Of
the United States Supreme Court, has gone to
his home in Maine for a few weeks visit. .
Ex-President Baez, of San Domingo, Is at Viii
laTd's.
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A NEW PLANET DIsCOvERED.-Dr. Peters.
o. Hamilton College, n. Y teegrsphsd to-day
to Prof. Henry that he has discovered planet
in eleven hours nineteen minutes right ascen-
sion, plus four degrees twenty five minutes de-
Clination, motion PARALLEL.
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ROW BETWEEN SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
hULLETT AND THE WOULD-BE POSTMASTER
OF CINCINNATI, KRssLRR.-An Associated
Press dispatch from Cincinnati yesterday saws
difficulty occurred on 4th street to-day, the
parties interested being A. b. Mullett, super
yislng architect, and Hon. Henry Kessler, of
this city. Kessler was nominated by the Presi-
dent for postmaster of Cincinnati. but for some
reason his name was withdrawn. Meeting
Mullett on the street, he accused him of being
the cause OF it, Mullett denied the charge
when Kessler called him a liar. Mullett re-
sented by hitting kessler in the face, where
upon Kessler took Mullett by the hair and
JeTked him around pre- tty lively for a moment
and the battle ended, neither OF them showing
any signs of punishment.
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MASS MEETING OF MCENERYITRs IN New
ORLKANs.-A mass meeting of citizens op-
posed TO the present government OF the state of
louisiana was held in New Orleans last evening
under the auspices OF the committee of seven
ty. Twelve hundred persons were present
Several addresses were delivered, and resolu-
tons adopted "that we claim now at the hands
OF Congress. as we have in the past, recognition
of the government elected in November, 1872,
of which Governor McEnery is head, or i'm de-
fault thereof that the present government be
suspended by military provisional rule, and q
new election ordered under federal auspices as
the best that can be accorded us, ." SC.
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Hon. ETHAN ALLEN, Chancellor of the Sand
wich Islands, was yesterday presented to the
President by Secretary Richardson. Had he
been at home when King LunaliIo died he
would, by virtue of his office, have been at tn 9
mead OF the government until the election of a
SUCCESSOR to the deceased.
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DECISION IN RAILROAD LAND CAsE.-The
Attorney General has decided that the lands
granted 10 the state of Alabama to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in that state,
and which have been in controversy between
the North and South Alabama company and
the Alabama and Chattanooga company, be-
iOng to the latter company.
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Mr.. LUTTRELL, OF CAL, made an argument
before the Committee of Ways and Means this
morning, favOring the reduction of the tax on
Iruit brandies from 20 to 80 cents per gallon
Several Virginia members were also heard, ad-
yocatiDg the reduction OF the duty on Leaf to-
bacco.
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Col. THOMAS VAN buren,, who was chic
commissioner to the Vienna Exposition, ant
suspended on account of the charges made
against him by Minister Jay, has SATISFACTORY,
closed all his accounts with the Treasury de
Dartment. The nomination Of Col. Van BureI
for consul to ksnagawa japan, Is still pendin,
m the Senate.
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WAsHINGToNTAEs ABRoAD.-The following
WashingtOnians were registered in Paris on the
3lst of January: Mrs. NJ. NJ. Carter, Miss c.
Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. r. Davidge Mrs
Aug. Edwards, Miss Edwards, W. F. McI,en-
nan, Mrs. f. Reel, W. Pitt Washburn; London
daJ. ). NJ. Bryan, ". Webster; Geneva, jam.
aTy p, Samuel COOper
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IHE WAR DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Inc IoLowing table shows the present force in
the war department, and the force proposed to
DC snPloyed under the provisions OF the bill in
uoduced on Monday last In the House og Pa
Iesentatlyes by Mr.. Williams, of Indiana. with
the comparative cost of the two systems:
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SENATORS Sumner and Boutwell, received
between thirty and forty dispatches from Mas
saehusetts yesterday, relative to the nomination
OF VIM. A. Simmons, a. collector of customs AZ
Boston, and to-day as many more on the same
subject. A majority of the dispatches were
addressed to Senator Boutwell, The two Mae
sachusetts Senators were in earnest consultation
Tor a long time this forenoon