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NEW UNITARIAN CHURCH,


Special UispatcA Il Tic Chirag0 Tribune.
KEoKUK, Ia, Dec. 2.-Tho Unitarians of this
city have just completed worry handsome new
church ctlitlee, Tho building, Uh,ch is III the
Gothic stylo, in 7dx51 feet in external dimensions
Tho spite il 15o feet high, aul two rurrete. 'front.'
ing respectively ou Fourth and High streets. aro
cach GO feet in height. Tie materlal Of the
structure Is uaotsted p1osod-brick with trimmings
Of brown magnetism limestone. Tho outside walls
arc relieved by two plastors, headed by appro-
prlato ornaments, md tho ENTRANCE to tho build
I'M; consists of eight massive stone steps. The
audlenco-rooln, which ~ 70x39 feet, will accom-
mediate $50 persons. The side walls have an
latcd is 81 feot high. Gu each side Of tle build
ing arc throe windows OF euamcled glass,
with stained elasa borders and eyclcts.
At tue trout and rear aro large circular wiz
aows OF brilllautly-colorod glass in the Byzau-
tine style. Boneath these arc archod windows,
matching those at the sides. Tho roof IS broken
beautiful trofo1. THO ceiling is froscoed IL
panes Of two shades Of drab, aud tho waIls ara
vIui1lIy frcscoed IN stitl lighter drnb shade
Tho roof ls supported by six whole aud
tNo half tI,tsEcs. These tsutscs. With the paws
aud other woodwork, hayo tho maple md black
walnut finish: The cost Of the utracsure hab
wh.cA is l. ss3,50o instrument, aud ono
OF tho lurgest and fpest tn thon
Wost. Tho new ed;co was dedicated
this evening. The Iley. DR.. ". q. Eliot, Of st.
Louis, proaehed tho dodicatoey sermon: Tho
nuv. Osuar Clute, Ut Newar:t, n. ]. tho lsoV' i.
Y. p!xby, Of watorsown; Mass a',d tho Hss. ,s r.
l.. llusmel Of Quincy. ILL.,. wero also ln astono'
Allca and participated IN tho acrrlces. IAo ceFo,
molslch wcra very lnpresslse ti:roll9loHt' anl
wcle Witnessed By u large asHoMblago u peoE!a
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DISHONEST OFFICIALS GIVEN WARNING.


New ORLEANS, Dec. 2.-Tho tax.payers of tho
city aud county met at tbo theatre here to-day to
tako action III reference to tl1o robborles by
county officers md tho destruction OF the official
books and records OF the county. The meeting
adjourned from tho theatre to the Court-Housc,
Where they assembled en- masso aud demanded
tho resignattous Of tho dishonest officials. The
Sheriff and Magistrate offered tlle!r rcsienn-
tinus. but tho otbera could not DO found. The
Immediate carpo Of this move on the part of tho
tax.payerB arises from tho fact tbat tho Shorltf
has given no boud. u.,d thBv aro unwilling to
trust him with somo s200.000 duo now without
good and sufficient security. Some Of the other
sucs OF warrants ombezzlcd, and it is charged
TINT tho bondloHs Sheriff packa jurics In their
interests, and tho Clerk Of tho Court permits
tho abstraction md destruction Of papers aud
records containing evidence OF their gull. Col.
John D. Baird took uhargo of lilo SheriI's
office, and guards wcro placed around the Court
House to proyent deprcdatious.
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Srfcfdl Danatch II Tie Ch,cd0o Trfottnt
MoSETA, u. Dec. 2.-An afrrnv occurred hero
nns night which vii! rcfnlt iatalty 10 one Of tho
pnfl!cs. Lo"la CaHs attacked man named Nell
sun CLARK with q knife. cutting him severely In
tho faco mud throat. Clatk rotaliatod by striking
Casa blow with club mnsbing his Blnll aud
producing fatal wound. Clark is fatally cut.
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MEMPHIS, Tonn., Deu. 2.-Last Saturday night
Isaao Ruitin (coorod) met hlellssA Adams (aiho
colozcd} in tho woods near Marion. Ark, auI,
attor outragng her. attempted to kill her with o
knife. III tho Hcuillo which ensuod s,o knocked
thu knife out OF bis hanj. and he was unable to
find it In tho dark. After boating her until lo
thought that sho waa dead, ho wont to the ho11so
Of hcr fashcr, near by, and told him Tint Me-
hor young sistsr, to help her cnrry her
basket. He then left and Maggie, going to the
gate, found Ru.1iu there. whom, SELLING her, le
violated her porson aud acd Monday morning
ho was asrestea IN Memphis, Tenn, and agreed
was taAon back. After d preliminary examina-
tion ho WAS committed to jai! to answer. The
proof against him being positive, on Monday
night fifty or etxtY nrmet negroes vent TO tho
then took the negro short distance from tho
town and shot him to death, his body being lit
orally riddlct with bullets.
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SNccld. UIJpN{ch q Tie !'6fa6o 75!VRHe. -
GRANT lIArlps Mlch., DEC. 2.-IAe primary
convention tc organzc tie now D!occao, In Wc.st-
cru Michigan mot IN st. Mara's Church. III THU
city, to-day aud was .nesided over by the TT.
Ney. i, A. Mecoskry. About TWENTY-FIVE o'orgy
ad Ivy aees9see o " a5e "a
wns elected permanent Secretary: Tho new Do
ccae wnt .,ntl.cd lie Dioeosp oi Western Mchi-
gar,. il was put III chargc u bishop AfeCoakry
uutil new usl'or IL elected and couHebrated. 4
resolution IL pending 10 oloct bishop tAts cyorl-
lux. Tic D.sLop's salary. wAou elcctcl, IL fssl
Mt 49, 600.
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Special l1i.pH!sA ic iAt (7titago Tribune,
GllASD N4r1vs. Mlcl.. Deo. 2.-ILa Hny,
George 6. GILLESPIE, at Ann 4arbor, Wsa nlnS.sd
DtsEop u tho nay p!!oeeae to-NshE
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IRE LAW FONTS
cl,ssed the Jury lelny told by Mr. SWEET tAut o did
mt urge any wild use Of tho power given them; they
yerted 10 ,Ao question oi eaud and REFUSAL arguing
to show that It more .ad been demanded than duo
(which e elatne had leen esabishot1, tho demand
Nas unlawful. Ills point waH that, wherever tight
depended On de1uan1 or reflHal, tho demand must
10 Tor exactly ths sum in dispute; II it was
ena as t' rhe demand es aae If oaEa Was Was
far nsoro than 'tAo funds established hy law," aud
therefore was vsi!. y ~ elaborate argument ma.lo
rrarh by two Subsequent sectloa Ut thu City Charter
la nKsestcd that hlr. Cage was not responsible until
given hin by she law III which to turn over; tho do
1na,ld VIII na!se on the gu Of Jan,'ary. ad he was
Indicted on ths VI IT, al,2 soatendsd TINT the
1ncut from what Mr. uugo sud about whcra tho fndH
WERE wAeH they refused 10 allow him to tell where
to gct III ali tho tacts. il the jNrylnon ha,l
any senso II Justice, my love for thelr families
ssas sna Ses a r y si ae 10 q o 9qy
tlury because III. prosecution said, will not let you
prove your because there " luw for IT," rAa
10 break down man when 1t was concealed, waa In
fans. The ruat c'iul., III excluding the facts to
it agreement with Mr. Gage III to 1le loannS Ut he
money, lua acted with
pluopT,i1rar1HEss Ann AynoulrY.
Unavoidable loss WIN gnod excnss il. law fur not
ys a M, III sl At astf ill.,
show that the loss vas uuaVotlable. Tla
ot iii doubts. a proposton which he WA
willing 10 I've An. dfe by Was that whenever man
wan lrosecAted nnu ts prosecutor had i IN hu power
to produce the w.ola trltI but, by rac of law sup
presaed o,e-haf Of u trh tho Jury WIS Ius!led III
sasing, "l Will not uct on tle-haf Ut thu trs.th' IN
conclusion, h1r. SWEET nac earnest appeal for Ills
CLIENT wloso misfortune attributable to tho ia,nlc,
askg The l"ry 70 aliu!ses thu Law ~ tley hoped IL
Wuild bu AdmuIsele1 10 thcin.
ARGUMENT OF sill, DEXTER.
Mr. Dexter followed, Eaytg tlAt tlc cl.ArAe tlAt thu
t'etnaa wnld resort to trchnca'lea 10 hayo Mr. tuRn
wnH answered by tlIe record. tLa prs'4eutl.
linn nsying objscel to everything nuteria
| g show tle lrNa facts .of lilo cayo.
le then rorsetls 10 artso thu legal points, ths first
heE Thai Thu City Treasurer was not ctyeltl BY tile
GiN lst. II waB aIlnted tllat hu not nnIietl,
ana slat I'm lnnlB le had Eharge oi nut AIerl-
iesI!y oi1l,nsrnlel hut holl brought En by
struttlon. Authorities quatod, anu substantially
tho x1lne ground which gouu over III tho arEl-
.nena ln tne nsoton 10 Guas the Indictment was
cred. The second rolt WIS t.at tie iaw of 1s61
worried total absolute repeal Of the law Of lB II tho
City Treasurer Wis Included within II; II It tiiA nut IL
wus to TO construed rarl ma.erll und hls CLINT
was onlislth to thB btnrht Of its psoysiops.
!s thlrd pons wat IN relation TO tho particular Char
ay"r y tho fund. he claiming ,hat tho law cscrbe
ID; ~-.a a,:i::.i L4!ny la.Ar, uni tEa. u t.s du'
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Condensed TeIegrams

The steamer Economy struck a snag in
Arkansas river yesterday and sunk. Loss,
5000.
The remains of Judge Lewis Dent reach
ed st. Louis yesterday, and were taken TO
the residence of Col. John c. Dent, where
the funeral services were performed by Rev.
Edward Coan, Rector of Trinity Church.
A Lexington, Ky, dispatch reports two
murders in that place yesterday. Ken
lucky should use a little more hemp.
The temperance movement seems to be
on the wane in the numerous Northern
and Western towns.
Pittsburg reports large wOOlen factory
burned Yesterday. Loss 100000.
Rev. Father Power, who found Mrs.
Brown, a crazy woman, in st. Patrick's
Church, San Francisco, few days since,
and whipped her, knocked her down, kick
ed and threw her out of the church, was
arrested yesterday.
The financial panic in Havana still con-
tinues. Gold and exchange is quoted at 25O.
The wife and daughter of Mr.. Fisk
were drowned yesterday in the lake at De
troit, Mich, by the capsiZing Of boat.
The remains of DR.. Livingstone left
Alden for England in the mail steamer,
on the 23d inst. The remains are en-
closed in a leaden coffin, and preserved
Reports of the condition OF rrInvv I,-s-
marck are very diSc.uraging.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Appeal states that the streets ard
allevs of Memphis are now cleaner than
they have been for years.
We learn from the McMinnriiie Ne11 Era
that the Oranges Of Warren county have
formed County Council.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and GeOr-
gia Railroad Company have declared semi
annual dividend of three per cent.
The counterfeiting cases reopened in
Knoxville, March "a, with the trial of Jack
Evans in the Federal Circuit Court.
The LdlrreRcebrg journal says briefly;
The peach trees are in full bloom with
fair prospect of all being killed By frost.
The Ld,rrence6Tg journal states: The
German citizens of this place kept last
Thursday, March 10, as a holiday, as 1t was
St. Joseph's day, and st. Joseph being the
patron saint of the church at this place.
The HOryiSfOlrn Gazette states that Mr..
Riley Kinnick, living on Chucky river,
died few DAYS ago from injuries received
in being kicked by a mule. He was form
erly a resident of JOhnsOn's City.
The UiTfreesbOrO Monitor OF March 20
states: Heavy froSts fell Monday and
Tuesday nights, but it is thought, by know
ing ones, that the fruit prospects IS stlll
good. Farmers have commenced to plant
corn.
The VALLEY Neirs states that the people
of Kingston held a Temperance mass meet
inc at the Methodist Episcopal Church on
Sunday evening, the 22d March, the house
being crowded TO its utmost capacity.
After addresses and exercises, resolutions
of sympathy with the women's crusade, par
ticulariv at Greeneville, were adopted.
The Pulaski Citizen Of March 20 states;
We understand that a widow woman
named Mrs. Hale committed suicide by
hanging herself in her smoke-house on Big
creek. near Marcella Falls, in this county,
last Monday night. We did not hear of
anv cause for the rash act. She retired
that night before the rest of the family, and
was found the next morning in the smoke
house dead, she having climbed ladder
and tied the cotton strings about her neck
and the jOist. Her head was eighteen
inches from the jOiSt and her feet four
inches from the ladder.
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the charges against the member of the
Plymouth Church who had been dropped
from the roll, had been urged with the as
sistanee of the other churches? Whether
before the first action of Plymouth Church
had been made public, had there been any
correspondence between the pastor of
Plymouth Church and the pastors of the
inviting churches?
DIR. Storrs said the charge that the in
viting churches had caused a disturbance in
Plymouth Church was absolutely false. In
regard TO the second question, he said he
personally had felt that he had had no right
to have intercourse after what had occurred
with the pastor of Plymouth Church.
Matthew XVIII.
Replying to Mr.. Rankin's question con-
cerning the 18th chapter Of Matthew, DIR.
StOrrs made long address asking to show
that the precept there laid down, could not
be utilized. He spoke of the question be-
fore the council, as the most important one
that excited Congregational Churches
since DR.. Charming preached his Baltimore
sermon. DR.. Storrs stated that the stand
ing committees in his church had no
power, because such committee did not
officially exist, but there was an examining
committee. The committee that drew up
the letter was special one, whose mission
was ended when the business for which it
was appointed was concluded.
One Of the examining committee stated
that they were all unit on the subject,
and agreed with Rev. Drs. StorTs and Bud
dington in all they had said.
The moderator stated that that was the
rule of fecclesiasticalusage that their rdeliber-
ationS would be in private, closing out both
the press and the public. The question of
going into
A Private Session
was then put to vote and carried, and the
council retired to private room to delibe-
rate
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A BOOtIess Iuauiry.

SAN FRANCIscO, March 26.-The Sena-
torial bribery Investigating Committee in
the State Senate, has reported that no i'm
proper influence were used to secure the
election of Booth and Hager, but that i'm
proper advances had been made to the Le-
gislature by certain persons who acted
wholly on their own authority. The re-
port acquits Barouek. who made the charges,
of malice in the matter.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
Dawes Has no Bargains to Make.
He Prefer. Death I'm the Open Field.

He Prefers Death I'm the Open Field.
BOSTON, March PA conference of the
Republican members of the Legislature
was held this evening at the State House.
In The heat of debate a letter from Mr..
Dawes was read, in which he refused to
make any bargain, and expressed a prefer
ence for "death in the open field" This
created sensation, and the reader ex-
pressed regrets for having so suddenly di-
vulged this correspondence.
Two More Baliots-Dawes Still Ahea6..
The second ballot for United States sen
ator at noon to-day resulted as sollows:
Dawes, 92; Hoar, 81; Curtis, "A; Adams, IA;
Banks, G. Sanford, Washburne, Whittier
and Senator Very received each one vote.
The joint convention took another ballot
for Senator. The whole number of votes
was 272; necessary to a choice 1877. Henry
l.. Dawes received %; b. Il. Curtis, "a; n.
p. Banks 6; JnO. G.. Whittier, 2; E. r. Hoar,
81; Chas. T. Adams, 13; Jno. E. Sanford, L;
VIM. 3. Washburne, l.
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Death ON the Car

CAIRO, ILL.,, March 26.-Oliver r.
Campbell, a passenger from Memphis,
died suddenly after taking a seat in the
Chicago bound train. He was in feeble
health, and the inquest showed he died
from natural causes. The body viii be
sent to friends in Mclean county.
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The North Carolina Volcano.

RALEIGH, March 26.-The Daily Nelcs
received the following dispatch from Marion
to-day: News has jUst reached here that
the shocks on Stone mountain were more
violent last night than at any time since
the commencement of volcanic disturbance.
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MISSISSIPPI.
Murder I'm Yicksburg-Lyneh Law
ApDrehended.

APprehended.
MEMPHIS, March 26.-The ADpedrs
Jackson special says: Col. Robert J. Miller,
a prominent lawyer of Vicksburg, was shot
and fatally wounded there by w. r. Spears.
also lawyer, who drove up to Miller's Of
flee in carriage and sent the driver up for
him. Just then Miller came down street,
and Spears called to him. When Miller
approached the carriage, Spears fired, hit
ting him in the forehead. Miller fell, and
Spears fired four other shots into his body.
Spears was taken TO Jail amid great excite
ment and threats of violence. Miller is
alive at noon to-day, with but little hopes
of his recovery. They had been consider
ed friends. The affair is shrouded in mys-
tery. A woman is probably at the bottom
of it.
A Rer~-.~- ast"o~Uu-AIsrs His As
saiIant.
VICKsBURG, Mss, March 26.-Thomas
Calkin, an ex-polieeman, attacked j. W..
LAWNS, local editor of the VickSbTger,
cutting him in the neck with a knife. Law
ins then shot Calkin twice, killing him in
stantly.
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed In New
York last evening at 800 for the old
issue and 900 for the new.
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NEW YORK.
More Strikes in Various Quarters.
Nine Hundred sober Erieites.

Nine hundred SOBER Erfettes.
New YORK, March 2G.-A dispatch from
the Susquehana department in Pennsylva-
mia states that nine hundred wOrkmen left
the Erie machine shops there yesterday to
compel, by a strike, the payment of their
wages for February. The men say one OF
strike month ago was that they would be
paid on or before the 18th Of each
month regularly. The march from the
shops was made amid the ringing of bells
and screaming Of Whistles The turn
table has been crippled and also the engines,
by taking out the pins. As fast as trains
arrive they are ''fired.n Only mail trains
can leave, and stock trains go only east to
deposit where the feeding yard is located.
By order of the men the saloons are closed.
Italians Put TO Flight.
Between fifty and sixty Italians went
from this city to HOboken, for the purpose
of working on the new tunnel of the Della
ware, Lackawana and Great Western rail-
road. When near the tunnel they were at
tackled by about one hundred strikers who
had been lying in wait, and put to flight.
The leader of the Italians, it is thought, is
fatally wounded.
A Pagan Practice.
A number of gentlemen, really and
Zealously in earnest in the effort TO re-
store the practice of burning the dead,
instead Of burying them, are contemplat-
ing a large meeting o. some other form
of demonstration upon the public.
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A Touel,;u@ Tonic.

CHICAGO, March 2G.-The Illinois House
of Representatives to-day passed by N3le
Of fI!G TO & the bill which already passed the
Sena' e prohibiting the licensing OF houses
of ill-fame.
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NEW ORLEANS.
EniscOpaI Infercession

NEW ORLEANS, March 2G.-Bishop Will
mer will present apetition to Judge Woods
tomorrow, for the release of the Grant
parish prisoners.
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THE Ne1v York World says: "As to
the policy of the Democratic party, it
viii be in the future what it was in the
honored past, decentralization, free
trade, hard money, a small army and
cheap government"
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COTTON is dull in New York at l6Sc
for middlings.
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New saloons SpringinS mp at COlum.

COLUMBUS, o., March 26.-In the
House this afternoon the vote, whereby the
House refused to engrOSs Geghan's liquor
bill this morning, was recOnsidered, yeas
Al, nays 80. The House then again re-
fused the bill, AZ to 80.
At the temperance prayer-meeting this
evening reports were received that a num-
ber of new saloons were being started in
the suburbs of the city, and it is thought
they are being run by men who have been
prayed out of other places. A call was
also made for more labOrers.
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PLANTATION MANEERs" have de-
parted from Washington, and now a
correspondent of the Nel7 York TI'i-
6ane describes the House of Represen-
tatives as "a turbulant mob"
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new set Of credentials certifying to the cleo
tion of Pinchback as Representative at
Large from Louisiana. Referred.
The Speaker granted the use of the hall
Of Representatives on Sunday evening, May
II, to the American Bible Society, for the
purpose of holding their fifty-eighth ami
versary.
Currency and Free Banking.
The currency bill being the special order
for to-day, at half-past l O'Clock the ques-
tion of precedence as between it and the
legislative appropriation bill came up, Mr..
G rfield desiring a stipulation from Mr.
Maynard that the debate would be closed
and vote taken within reasonable time,
say next week on Tuesday, and Mr.. May
nard declining to put such a limit on the
debate, because there were very many mem
bers who had prepared themselves and de-
sired to speak ON the subject.
Mr.. Garfield moved to 90 into committee
on the legislative appropriation bill. Re
jected by 81 to 90, and then the House pre-
ceeded to the consideration of bill to amend
the several acts relating to currency and to
establish free banking.
The debate was opened by Mr.. Maynard,
Chairman of the Banking Committee, in
advocacy of the bill.
Speeches were also made by Durham and
Farwell, both members of the Banking
Committee.
Mr.. Cox suggested
Factiti0usIy
an amendment that every dollar greenback
now in circulation shall be D legal tender
for three dollars, and that every two dollars
shall be five dollars, and every ten dollar
greenback shall be legal tender for three
times its present value. He remarked that
that would save the expense of printing.
Mr.. Scudder presented a petition signed
by leading bankers and merchants of New
York city, representing several hundred
millions of capital, requesting that a law
be passed authorizing and requiring the
Secretary of the Treasury in the manufac-
ture Of all government issues hereafter to
be made to conform to the plan recon-
mended by the Joint Select Committee on
Retrenchment in their report of March 3,
1869.
House adjourned.
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Home Rule for Ireland.

LOSDON, March 26.-At 4 meeting of
the leading Irish members Of Parliament
last evening it was determined TO press the
subject Of home rule during the present
session, notwithstanding the failure of DIR.
Butts amendment to the address, in reply
to the Queens speech.
Mr.. Mundella made a speech at the pub
lie meeting last night declaring it to be his
conviction that the party in the United
States, which abolished slavery, would vet
succeed in establishing arbitration as the
method Of settling disputes between ma
tfOuS
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GOLD ranged at 1l2sall2a in New
York yesterday, closing at ll2s.
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An Exparte Statement.

The Tines special from Madrid states
that Marshal Serrano renewed the attack on
the Carlists before Bilboa, at ) O'Clock yes
terday morning. At in the afternoon the
Marshal telegraphed to Madrid that the
combat was obstinate, but advantages were
with his troops.
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sanborn's Contracts and Char
- acter.
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Rich DEVELOPMENTS.

Boston Simmons on the Stand.
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The Late Battle I'm Cuba.

KEY WEST, March 26.-A dispatch re-
ceived by boat from Havana says it is re-
ported there that the Spaniards lost very
heavily in the battle at QuiSsimO Clara,
near Puerto Principe. The Cubans re-
mained in possession of the field at night,
the killed and wounded falling into their
L.