The Cecil Whig., 1874-05-09
GENERAL NEWS.

1t is said that h. Is. Washburn, minis
lister to France, has been offered the posi-
tion of Secretary of the Treasury.
John c. Breckenridge has been very i'll
of hemorrhage of the lungs at Lexington,
KY, since Friday. At last accounts he
was better, though not out of danger.
In the United States Senate pension
bill increasing the pensions to those who
have lost an arm at or above the elbow
from $1S to Sci per month has been intro
duced.
Additional reports leave no doubt that
Marshal Serrano has been successful in
raising the siege of Bilbao, and has entered
the town, where he was received with great
rejoicing.
An election was held in that portion of
Baltimore county, which it was proposed
to annex to Baltimore city, on Tuesday
last. Annexation was decided against by
a majority of 500.
1t is announced from New Orleans that
all the crevasses in Plaquemine parish,
La, have been closed, and replanting has
begun. The sugar cane in the inundated
parishes has not been entirely ruined"
Gen. Butler has been seriously i'll,
caused by overwork and excitement, and
efforts are making to withdraw his mind
entirely from all political or personal excite
ment, his nervous system being prostrated.
Joseph W. Holden, Republican, Re-
form and Temperance candidate, was elect
ed Mayor of Raleigh, N. c., on Monday
by 1856 majority. Liquor prohibition was
also carried by majority of 200.
AT the charter election in Indiana
polls, on Tuesday, the Democratic ticket
which the telegraph designates as the Anti
Temperance ticket was successful. The
Temperance party carried a number of the
smaller towns of Indiana.
AT the local election in Hannibal, Mo-,
on Tuesday, the question of "license " or
'no license was submitted, and "no
license - was carried by vote of two to
one. Many women stood at the polls all
day and electoneered. At night, the vic
tors INDUCED in a general jublaton, light
ed bontires and rang the church bells.
BY the removal from the White Nile
of the "sudds," F" mass of vegetation SINH
lar to the Red River raft, steam navigation
has been opened from the Mediterranean to
the Nyanza lakes. This renders available,
as base of future explorations, interior
points hitherto remote, and accessible only
by long journeys with camels, and is long
step toward completing the map of Africa.
james Sarjent, of Cornish, Me-, acci-
IDENTIFY shot and killed his little daughter,
bright little girl of eight years, on Sunday.
She took pistol from her brothers coat to
show to her father and he, not knowing it
was loaded, pointed it at her and fired it.
The ball entered the girls side just below
the heart, and she expired almost instantly.
The father is frantic with grief.
The Mayor of New Orleans on Mon
day, telegraphed to Professor Forshey, at
Washington, that the circle of distress in
Louisiana was widening, and that every
thing must be done to aid the sufferers.
Professor Forshey and ex Governors Heb
ert and Wells will issue an address to the
people of the United States, describing the
extent of the calamity and the necessities
resulting from it.
John Thompson, of North Bridge
water, Mass, was explaining to Miss Clara
j. Scott the peculiarities of a breech- load
ing pistol, the otner day, when the thing
went off, and the bullet passed through his
hand, and striking Miss Scott on the nose,
peeled off little piece of skin and lodged
under her eye. Both will get well, but the
rest of the explanation of the pistol is in
definitely postponed.
AT San Francisco, on Monday night,
thirty members of the Women's Temper
ance Alliance visited the Board of Super
visors and presented petition for the sup
preston of the sale of liquor in corner
groceries. The Mayor informed the women
that the subject was under consideration,
but it was difficult to legislate upon it pro-
perly. A large crowd of spectators fol-
lowed the petitioners to the City Hall.
The Advisory Board of the Farmers
Association of Illinois met at Bloomington
on Tuesday, half the counties of the State
being represented. The meeting was called
to consider the advisability of organizing
an independent political party. After full
discussion, it was decided almost unani-
mously that a new party, to include the
members of all industrial organizations,
should be formed, and call was issued for
State Convention.
The condition of affairs among the
laboring classes of Great Britain is very
deplorable. The antagopism of classes is
already very bitter, and the increasing hos
tility is a danger to the State. Seventy
thousand miners and laborers are now out
of employment, and their number is con-
tinually increased by strikes and lockouts.
AS an immediate consequence emigration
is encouraged and the price of coal in
creased.
MIR. James Gordon Bennett, of The
New York Herald, and Mr.. John Whipple,
celebrated walkist of New York City,
walked race on Tuesday last, for bet of
So, 900 side, from Thirty fourth street to
Jerome Park, distance ten and one eighth
miles. Bennett won the race by six min
utes and five seconds, his time being one
hour, forty six minutes and five seconds.
The walk afforded fine opportunity for
betting and $50, 900 it is reported changed
hands on the occasion.
The citizens of the delta of Mississippi
have issued an address to the people of the
United States, showing the extent of the
disaster that has befallen them and the
assistance that will be necessary. In Louis
lana 1000 square miles are under water,
in Mississippi 5000 square miles, in Arkan-
sas 1000 square miles, and in Missouri
5000 square miles, flooding out 142, 500
people. Those issuing the address estimate
the amount needed for relief at $40, 900 per
day until the inundation recedes.
The success of Marshal Serrano in
raising the siege of Bilbao seems to have
demoralized the Carlists, and to have had
an excellent effect upon the Republican
troops. Four Carlist brigaders are report
ed to have been arrested for treason, and
Don Carlos thinks the situation calls for
another manifesto. The Republican troops
are making advances and defeating bodies
of Carlists. Marshal Serrano was accorded
an ovation on his return to Madrid, trium-
phal arches being erected and great enthu-
siasm manifested.
The Senate Finance Committee decid-
ed by majority vote to amend the House
Currency bill SO as to provide for maxi
mum greenback circulation of $3.50, 900, 900,
and an additional issue of $64, 600, 600 in
national bank notes; provided that for each
million of such additional issue, $500, 900
in greenbacks shall be retired until the leg
al-tender circulation shall have been re-
duced to $3OO,00O,00O The committee
also voted to fix January 1, 1877, as the
date for specie payments.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad has purchased the
junction and Breakwater Railroad, extend
ing from Lewes, on the Delaware bay, to
Harrington, on the Delaware Railroad.
This road was TO be portion of the Balti-
more, Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Rail
road, branch railroad from Harrington