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POSTAL AFFAIRS.

ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW SYSTEM OF PAYING
COZ NTRY PJsTMASTEES-IIIE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FRAUD Observation-Disclosures OF THE RAIL
WAY MAIL SERVICE.
WAsuIyGTOv, Nov. 9.-AttentiOn has been
repeaedly called Of late 10 fraudulent practices 10y
Which country pOstmasters have increased their salaries
and argument as dedueed against the new .yste
the at which pOstnasefs shall he PAID
Officials az the Office Department say that sneh con
cusions unfair and that recent exposures do not
prve that greater frauds are committed under the new
system than under the old Formerly the salary OF
not ,poned by the President wasdctermne
Inv fine amount of stamps which La cancelled but the De
partment had 40 means Of determining whether this
amount was correctly reported or not. No" The same
posmasier's salary IL determined by the amount OF
stamps he purchases from the Department, anu The Only
way In which he frauduleDty increase this by sell
ing samps outside OF his Office But II he does bs he
at one. cuts the salary Of other postmaster
unless the stamps used In Presidential Office ana
the fraud Is likely 10 be discovered anu stopped
For example, a postmaster In O small Virginia
town reported the old system amount 81 stamps
Cancelled great enough to entie him 10 salary OF s15o
Under the new System he detected selling stamps In
peghboring In order TO increase his salary ana
yet had been able TO bring 10 up only 10 $oe2 d.
Under the old system he committed greater frauds but
MAS not detected Postal officials assert that the agre
CANE Of fraud has been greatly reduced ny sle lie"
| system. .,n..,. -, pouu,y
Mall SCI SHOWS INA. vi , eics an r,utcs age,e
eating total distance Of 1892 miles Oyer winch tnee
an Of f1y s?so mics ri TIE
OF clerks In the service is 90l at salaries rang
ing from 81 900 to $500 and assrssatg Ssar
these figures show increase OF Dis miles OF route d
lance, oo miles Of daily service 80 sss o. ~
| their compensation
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4 vIsrT OF INSPECTION TO TIRE MISSISSIPPI
IrIsIICg

Sr LOUIS. Nov. 9.-The following gentlemen,
members Of tho Advisory Board OF the south Pass JET
ties are here and will Leave with Capr. James q. Eads
this evening To- examine the improvement now in
progress mt Southwest Pas In the mouth cf
rho Mississippi River: Sir Charles Hartley, engineer
of the Danube j-tties; Gen. J. 9. arnard.
H. = Engineer Corps: ~ D. whiteonIb Engineer Of tho
James River Wal improvements; Vim. Roberts Engi.
ncer OF The Northern Pacific railroad Other m'mbcrsof
the Board, consisting of Gems. g. ID AcNan Ter T. =.
Ungnccr Corps; H. T.. sickcls, EDginor ~ tic Union
aciiic RabrJd. and Prof Mitchell "f the L. = Coast
Survey Jrt tl,ccrd arrive IN time to leave with tho
ust of fhr PARTY. Toe Board VIII he iOned Al New
O,can. hy official Of the Russian Government, who IL
.nSg.i examining the chief ,De rn works Of th.
country.
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ANTLTANIMANY PLANS.

The Executive Committee of the antI-Tam-
many Democracy LAT evening AT the Everett Hons"
The question continuing the organization came mp in
an informal way. The sentiment was strongly in favor
of continuing tue organization at present constituted
A committee of niDe consisting Of Thomas j.
Cr,amer Ira shafer, Benjamin Wood, Rufus j..
Andrews +. VI. Bixby, Geo II. Purser, r. A.
RANSOM and Louis NJ Doseher, were appointed TO pre-
mare an address to the organization committee Of
i've d. g. Birtls,ll chairman, was appointed IL invest
ate the ire eulaties in the Id Vtb Win, aud with
Districts and the apparent trachery toward certain
candidates. Another committee, DIR. Feodore Mi.ison
chairman WAS APPOINTED 10 congratulate the candidates.
The Committee viii Friday evening 90 receive
the repoits O. The subcommittee.
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GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.
NETWORK ELECTION RETUR.

NETWORK ELECTION RETURNS.
ESTIMATED MAJoMTIEs FOR SECRETARY or STATE
BIG LOWS MAJOR TY $1,000.
By the following revised table of majorities
10 will be seen that Mr. Bigeows majority promises
to be above $4,000. In Saratoga the unofficial count
gives The majority TO Mr.. Seward as e1Gov. Dix
received IN 1874 In 81 Lawrence, Madison, Jefferson,
Cortland Suffolk Broome, Chautauqua, Clinton, Wayne,
Yates and Oneida Counties the Republican majoritle
fall last years. ", ich very poor IN This
State for that Kind OF majority.
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PRICE FOUR CENTS.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
LORD MAYORS DAY IN LONDON.

GRAND PRoCEssfON-BAEQUEr At IKE MARaCN
HOUSE.
LONDON Tuesday, Nov. 0. 1875.
To-day was Lord Mayors Day, and business
and street traffic for long while to great extent
suspended. The weather, which in the morning was
cold and fogg cleared up ia the afternoon and become
pleasant favorable for the great event Of tho day the
installation Of Alderman w. J. r. Cotton az LORD Mayor
OF London for the coming year.
Tho general arrangements for the usua ceremonies
successfully carried out After religious and other
exercises had been performed at the Guidhal the pro-
ccssion, about O'Clock, started upon b march Tho
following is the route taken up Through Kinget tho
Poultry, Cornh LNadenhali-st, st. Marys Axe, Csmo-
mile-st. wornwoodst. London Wall Fore SC. wood-st,
Cheapside Queen.st CanuoDst g. Psals Chure,yssd,
Ludgate Hill, Feetst the Strand Chsring Cross White
hall, and Parllamentst., 10 Westminster Hail.
Among the features OF the procession tis band 81
the Grenader Guards mr. ID. Godfreyb the 10th Hussars
amounted cavalry Band, the Honorable Artillery Cum
pany, 100 Odd Fellows Of the Manchester Unity, 100
boys from the Marine Society the usual delegations from
the City Uveried Companies and the new bcrd Mayor
and sherfs i'm their glded coaches. After
short stay at Westminster Hail. where the Mayor
and sherfs took the necessary oaths and went
through other legal formates the procession returned
TO Guliha by way Of the Victoria Embanknent Queen
vctoria-s, Queen st. aud Kngst- TIE route through
was lined with thousands ~ people, and many houses
gayly decorated with flags and sfrcaners. Owing
10 the excellent police arrangements there was no die
order whatever beyond the manifestations ~ good humcr
usual on Lord Mayors Day
This evening his Lord-hip sgnaized his first occupa-
ton Of the Mansion Bouse by the customary grand ban
quet Owing to statements made in the report 81 the
Select Committee OF The House Of Commons Loans 70
Foreign States, the Ministers for Honduras, Paraguay,
and Rica not invited, but all the other me
bers of the diplomatic corps received usual invita-
tions.
To-day was also the birthday OF His Royal Highness
the Prince OF Wales The church bells were ring merriy
during tho forenoon, and salues fired from the
Tower the barracks In 81 James Park at Windsor, and
elsewhere The city Is 10 be partially illuminated.
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THE VAR ON TIE WHISKY ZINC.

J. r. JowErr PLEAD3 GUILTY TO THO lSDICr-
MENTS AT ST. LOUIS.
Sr. LOUIS, Nov. 9.--In the United States
District Cont yesterday petit jury was sworn In, after
which J. r. Jowett against whom Two indictments were
renng for spliug against the Government and do
fraudipg the Government, withdrew q plea OF not
RujIty and entered plea OF guilty 10 both
indictments. The Grand Jury made partial
renort returning indictments against two persons al
ready indicted for whisky frauds but their names have
nj VET trapspired capas has been issued for A. NJ.
Everest, a Government gauger, who 3bscOnded after
being indicted hast Spring, bur wbo IL Is no" understood
will return and plead guilty.
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A strict CAR STRUCK By ALoCOMorIyE.

At $50 D. IN. yesterday, as ear No. ~ OF
the Newark and Bloomfield street ear line was crossing
the Broad crossing Of the Delaware, Lsehawanna ana
Western Railroad In Newark II struck by the pilot
of an engine OF m bound train hurled from the
track aud badly shattered one OF the horscs WA
Killed and the driver, tassus Conkp, was severely In
urd rnere ladies' and boy In the ear at the
time one OF the ladies' Ms susan Coles Of j nnngton
A., Newark seriously hurt, and the boy was slishty
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QUEENS COUNTY OFFICIAL RETURNS
The official returns Of the election III Queens
County give the following figures: For Secretary of
State Seward, 1857; Birelow, 63Ii. For Senator
Prince, 5S0S; Stephens, 5259. For Assembly, Ist Dis
trct-NcAloney. .2.5l3; Payne, 1929. Tor Assembly.
lid District-Cocs, 725; CLARK 2IJ2. For Justice Of
the Supreme C0urt-Tappen 6,l35; Dykman, 4,T23.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF CHAUACQUA COUNTY.
MAYvILIE, N. Y, Nov. 9.--Ihe following
fle niII.l.,l II iuris l.r Laul aunna nnnlA.
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PROP. MrRRAN HOME FROM JAPAN.

NEw-BRUNswIcK, N. y, Nov. 9.-Prof.
David Murray OF Rug College returned to uis city
tonight from Jap1n where he has Ieen Minister of PuD
Die instruction past two years and half lie was
erenaded by the tudcntr NJ Rutgers College, headed by
Harrow q band lie intends 10 stay In this country IA
few mouths and tn.u return 10 Jaran 10 resume MS
.l,.utaa
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CONVICTION OF EIGHTEEN ILLICIT DIsriLLERs
~ VIRGINIA.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-1he treasury De-
partuent received information to-day u the conviction
Of persons Abingdon, Va, accused 1T iloit dstil
linz in that nc ghboshood Over 30 additional arrests
have also been made Illicit distliing in the Virginia
mountain region and the frauds against the Government
are in fair way Ia De- completely checked ~ they have
already been in the West.
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RETURNS IRON OTHER COUNTIES.

KEIVKNs { RON OIHLN LOUNIIEs.
CoOPERsTowN, \. Y, Nov. 9.-Ihe official
majority LOOMS uberaD for state Senator in this
tXXthl District il Il.
CARMEL, y. Y, Nov. 9.-Putnam County
official canvass: Seward Hep) 523 majority. For sena
tor IXtb District Robertson dSep) j0i majority. For
Supreme Court JUDGE, Dykman, Fusion candidate, 9gs
msjorily. For Assembly, Fish ticp.), elected
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DIR c..sr CALLED TO ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 9.--At n large meeting OF
the First erau Church III this city last evening"
was unsn nousy agreed to call the Rev. H. d. Ganse of
NeyYos Ia I the vacancy made by The resign alton and
removal 10 Philadelphia Of the Rev. Charles A. Dek,y.
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SPANISH RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN.
ROME, Monday, Nov. ., 1875.

Recently the Didr.O Espdnol of Madrid gave
publication 10 the statement that note had been dis
PATCHED from Vatican Ia Spain insisting upon $40 ex-
ecution of the Concord atrributing the civ war TO
religious tolerance demanding shat the Bishop OF Ureel
be tried by ecclesiastical judges, &c. The existence OF
this note denied The communication rom Spain
ed
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TIE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

LoNDOs, Welne lay, Nov. 10. ls73-o:3O a. m
The Times's Paris correspondent telegrapbs
that the vote the Assembly yesterday, ny which tho
amendment to the Electoral bill adopted mp!esa
formal engagement dissolve before March 81, 1876,
because IL 10 provided that the elections he held In 40
oordance with the electoral Lists expiring that date
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injured about the face. The street ears AL hAit WI
crossing the railroad track, and the conductor hnaw
wekba ordered the driver 10 proceed not seeing tns
approaching train the heavy down grau'' pecanso
ductor saws that the fagman, Peter Lyons vas not ~ Liz
post when The accident occurred.
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TIE NORDAl-NT DIVORCE CASE.
LONDON, Tuesday, M

The President of the Probate Divorce and
Admiralty Division OF the High Conrt % Justice to-day
made decree OF divorce absolute In tayor Of Sir Charles
Moriaunt This famous case is now 81 end.
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EOREIGN NOTES.

berlin, Nov. 9.--The Federal Council has
voted the army estimates aud also $4,000 for
the Strasburg University.
HAVANA, Nov. 9.--TwO transports arrived
to-day with regnforcehens for the Spanish army. Tho
weather Is dry and great activity Ia manifested
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OFFICIAL RETURNS FROM MARYLAND.
o. .nnn, 20 AIon1rX rnn GnNrRNnR II S21-HE.

CARROTS MAJORITY FOR GOVERNOR, 12,S21-EE-
FORM MAJORITY OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE ia.
Official returns have been received from
every county in Maryland, and given below. They
show the majority in the state for John Lee Carroll
dem over J. Morrison Harris ,cformJ Il 1891 out
side of Baltimore Harriss majority IS alta The Demo-
cratic majority this year 1916 less than In 1874, ana
7162 less than in 1873. The Legislature VIII I've Demo
cratic by majority In the Senate and 30 majority In the
uouse Last wear the Democrats had majority OF 20
In the Senate and 81 in the House. Levin W0ollord
tDem) ia reelected Controller by about 1854 majority
Charles J. VI. Gvynn tDom) has a majority OF about
4425 for Attorney General. The amendment providing
for the removal of from Judicial District 10
another received a majority OF about $4,000:
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count Alderman Mcintyre could see no reason for de
parting from preccents Alderman Strong declared the
law to be imperative. Alderman Ropes said that when
cially when there is chance that reference u com.
mtee might he illegal. Alderman Strong asserted mat
his rghs and tho rights Of the other members couo not
be delegated.
II resolved that Board should proceed at once 70
the canvass and that five members should he appono 10
assist the clerk Of the Board the work III. Iharn
appointed Aldermen OReily French, Fisher fia'', anu
Black 49,,
The returns were then opened In the presence OF tue
full Board The for Mayor, Aldermen, and JUSTICES
Of the Peace read of from the First 10 the Een.n
Ward. They cOrresponded exactly with the returns
made through the police. IL was then moNnn ,rat ao
fifth Ward In which, II claimed the vote "ah very
close. After excited remarks the motion was car
RED, and then the Democratic, who had oploscd inc
without a quorum, hut the canvass OF the ward was
completed and did not vary from the police returns ~
claimed however, by some that the canvass was
illegal, quorum being present, and an adioninineht
was had until 10 IN to-day, when the canvass VIII con
tlnue.
KINGS COUNTY QUESTIONS.
meeting the Board Of Elections Of Kings County
held yesterday, and some time was devoted to the
consideration Of charges that the canvas5ers OF the ld
District of the Seventh Ward drank liquor very freely
Brewster Wood, Of the principal witnesses peing
ab ent. further inquiry was ADJOURNED nn'l to-uy
stated that the canvassers and the Officers VINO Wc
in charge on election night too much intoNcacl 10
Elections transmitted to the Board Oh Excise coihhu
nica,ion setting forth these facts. ~
The Kings County Board OF supervisors met ana organ
lied yesterday az the Board OF county CanVasaets
ber The Board then adjourned unti 10
day.
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THE FRENCH ELECTORAL BILL.

The Assembly to-day by vote Of 5o7 yeas
nays adopted the amendment to the Electoral hili,
enabling hafyearly residents TO vote IN accordance With
an agreement With the Government Committee,
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OTTAWA, Now 9.--E. H. Eddy's saw-mill will close
this week. o,ploy ment on men, ConsMebc
suffering expected among the working clas' % this Winter
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persons on TIE STEAMER.

ShhEs on OFFICERS AND PASSENGER s-THE VESSEL
AND CARGO.
The steamship City of Waco of Mallory g.
Coz Tsxas Line for Galveston, which has been burned.
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samuel J. Tnd,ns majority in ..3G,3J7
John BigelOws majority IN .15,43S
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The Catholic pilgrimage in Toronto.

TORONTO, Ont, October 2.--The pub
lie meeting called for last evening, for
the purpose of considering the pro-
posed religious procession on Sunday,
was very largely attended. A number
of prominent Orangemen were present
and delivered conciliatoPy speeches.
Mayor Metcalf, Chairman Of the meet
ing, said it was his duty to see the law
carried out against friends and foes
without distinction; that If the Roman
Catholic professions were distateiul TO
the Professionals of Toronto, they should
seek an alteration of the present law,
under which he assured them the
Catholics had a perfect right to walk In
procession, and ~ Mayor it was his
duty and purpose to see that they en-
joyed the privilege undisturbed.
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WASHINGTON, October 2.-During
the week ending to-day the Treasury
of the United States has received
SAC, 900 in fractional currency from
the printing division, and the amount
shipped during the same period was
S3,02l las; the amount OF securities
held by the Treasury In instalment for
National banks is S37l ,4S9, 262, tosecure
circulation, and SlS,7S2, 900 to secure
deposits of public moneys; the amount
of National bank currency outstanding
to-day is S348, 994, 1893, of which S28,395, :
500 is in gold bank notes. The receipts
from internal revenue to-day were
S374, Az 50, and for the fiscal year to
to date $40, 2s9,Os7 SO; from customs
to-day they were 1852 Il, and for
the fiscal year to date S45, 625,7 ia 30.
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Obsequiese OF Ex.President John.
SON

Obsequiese OF Ex.President John.
son.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, October l.--Sur-
geon James +. Weeks, of the United
States Army, is dead.
Business was generally suspended to-
day. in honor of the obscquies of Elk.
President Johnson. A large number
of distinguished citizens of Tennessee
end other States have arrived to par
ticipate in the ceremonies, and letters
of regret have been received from Sec
rotary Belknap, Governors Tilden, of
New York; White, Of Maryland; Gar
land, of Arkansas; McCreary, of Ken
lucky; Hon. Gideon Wells, Senator
Merriman, Acknowledgement Town
send, Ex-Governor Letcher, Of Vr-
ginia; Henry &. Cary, of Philadelphia
and many others. The procession,
comprising thirteen divisions, will
move at Up. m, under the supervis-
ion of Marshal-in-Chief, Brevet Ma
jor- General Pennipacker, OF the Uni
ted State; Army; General William b.
Richards of staff and thirty-seven aids
Ex-senator Fowler will deliver the
memorial address in the hall of the
House of Representatives this eve
ming.
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opening of the Bank of California.

SAN FRANCISCO, October "A crowd
gathered around the Bank of California
previous to banking hours to witness
the opening, the President Of the bank
having announced yesterday that 1t
would open to-day and be prepared to
pay all claims not otherwise provided
for. At ten o'clock the street and side
walks were jammed with an eager
populous, and when, AT 1875, the door
was swung open, cheers after cheers
greeted the officers of the bank. A
salute was fired at Meig's wharf, and
the flags in the city run at masthead as
soon as the opening was announced.
At half-past ten o'clock gold was How
ing in and out. 1t is believed deposits
will equal If not exceed payments.
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 2'-Navai
paymaster J. S. Cunningham ar ,I,.'
and will relieve Paymaster Spauiuins,
The court of enquiry will assemble u, ~
Moore island, October 9th, anu VIII WI,
examine spaulding's accounts W. wh tHa
are supposed to be involved B,ua BY , ths
NEGOTIATIONS OF M. M. Plnney, ia.e
Pnrehasina Clerk. Admiral Rogers, OF
Mnora Island Navy Yard, states that
hs docs not know the amount OF tne
dealcation, but that II Is supposed 70
be yerv large. SpauldIng, last night
stated Tint the loss would fall on lnu,-
yiinals and not on the Department
pinnay,s frauds consisted In fraudu-
iently filling up the certificates for pay pay,
mani dna os contracts which had been
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signed in blanks by Spaulding, and hy-
pothecating them to certain parties
together with notes Of responsible par
ties attached, and that the makers and
endorsers will he liable. Spaulding
claims he knew nothing of the trans
actions till the certificates were pre-
scented for payment.
The creditors OF Charles Clayton &
Co accept fifty cents on the dollar.
The Stock Board opens Tuesday and
the Farmers and Merchants Bank, of
Los Angeles, opened yesterday.
1t is sal that the defalcation of the
Navy Pay Department is over one mil
lion,
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Mrs. Herriett Miss Clara Norris re.

Mrs. Herriett Miss Clara Morrls) re-
turned to New York from Europe last
Saturday. She is very weak, but hopes
to keep her engagements with Mr..
Daily, which are to begin the MIDDLE
OF November. Her ailment, her Paris
physicians say, is not the cause OF her
disease but the result OF overwork.
They advised her to go home, to rest,
andt to live on generous food, cultiva-
ting oil the appetite possible, and pre-
dicted that at the end Of six months
she might be in condition to have
the operation Of burning repeated.
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Centennial buildings.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Oct. 1.-The
state of Ohio has commenced the
arection of its buildings on the Cen
,annial grounds and similar buildings
WILLIE, viii he but up by Massachusetts,, Con-
nesticut, New York, New Jersey,
pennsylvania, Delaware. Illinois, In. :
diana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas
The III English Commissioner has d, , ap.
m Mod for mn extension Of space 10 the
parl, for the erection of a third build
tpn
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w..,,uw,on,s headquarters.

NEwBuRa, N. Y, October 1.-THE
Trustees of Washington's Headquar-
ters. in this city, held a meeting this
morning and adopted resolution or
dering that the property be closed to
The n1Iblic and remain closed until the
city of Newburg, or the State of New
Jersey, is willing to reopen and pro-
vide Tor the protection said property;
This was done because OF lack OF
funds for the proper care OF the prop
nriy
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The subscriptions In New York City
to the Texas relief fund aggregates
S., 234.
A royal Spanish decree orders the
immediate organization of fourteen
new battalions of infantry.
Col Jno. Calhoun, Mayor when At
lanta was entered by Sherman, and
of whom the demand for the clty's
surrender was made, Is dead,
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National Banks Exempted from city
or state Tax.

or State Tax.
WASHINGTON, October The Comp
troller some time ago, transmitted let
tiers from the First National Bank Of
Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Soic-
itor of the Treasury for his opinion as
to the right of State 10 impose a Ii
cense tax on the capital of the Ma
tional Banks, and also the right of
State officers TO examine into the
affairs of National Banks or require re-
ports of their affairs to be made to
them. The Solicitor has given an
elaborate opinion In which he says that
a license on the capital of National
Bank can not been forced, and that
State officers have no right either to
examine or exact reports from Ma
tional Banks He says this entire leg
islation is at variance with the law as
adjudicated, and subversive and de-
structive of the principles governing
the relations of the Federal and State
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ro,ees Destroyed by w"terspo"'
ST. LOUIS, October "A Globe-Dem'
ocrat correspondent at Loa cohces'