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PETERSBURG.

4 ~ . (.
,.,c ia NOMINATE CoUNCiLNES---
VAh 'n.pl 1c,x roIiCr-~fiRSr NAILos Al
NJ, -pRlTISK ASSOCIATION hhNeohh
49, ,1rs 70 THE episcopal. eooNoiAn
NJ A AIih"kp NIL"
SS>' Death OF A LADY.
ST''N .,,a.ucc Of tho Richmond Dispatch.l
It"rF'>''''' NAY Is, 1876.
49,, ...,v superintendent has issued q call
i"' ,.;.,,-s OF the Conservatives 10 DC ielo
for nv ,',,'gral wards on Thursday night Tor
n we n,,,.,,>c Of nominating tickets lot the
thcnn, "n Council. The call mas hao the
effect "a ~, names and claims OF aspi-
ds,. al" WV. very freely discussed. Recon-
CS"',, ,,,r, for the Council have already
mpnGa'''t,.,, ~ the First, Second, Fourth,
ltf@ n'.,' Yards. rs announced in this cor
s7j IN 49,. and il is anticipated that .
-r'I","!"',i = NOT exciting contest will occur
YtTi NV, meetings for the nominations.
IN d" W., :, thc First. Second, and Fourth
kH;F' ,,,, interesting scenes bc expected.
Na'U, l i,,, are showing such bold
Inc w." the canvass has been SO vigorous
N1"', ' I.',,lI an the part OF friends of the
: So. tha; If is impossible ut present to
&>.'.'''ii' ,Ar result. After the nominations
t"'t",.dn however. il is believed all differ
~ ',,ll 70 rcconcilcd.
en- ,,,r,ting OF the Radical Central Com
h,4l last night. il was decided TO run
'',",,. iar the municipal Offices, but no
,n have vet been made public. 1t is I'M
&''. ,,3 Conservatives will he mostly voted
e. nirl the hope OF defeating our regular
"~.nn adams. the receiver OF the First
:...r E1nk. which failed in the great
..".. u l>11&. will at M early day declare an
iii;.,,,,aI dividend 81 sixteen per cent. IN
s,|- - The dcpo>itorS. This will make,
,.ar me dividends previously paid, an az
.-...,,r of ,rvcnty-SiX per cent. received by
I.r,,>itnrs. il is believed the bank will
nav il tcpositor> in fuil.
.r,.s contract for the banquet TO De gwen
80 I.3,r 81 Queen NictoriaS birthday mas
,'.g,, awarded hv the committee having the
rr,..rr in charge 10 the proprietor OF the
,:,, Jro-.F The committee have raised
>..,.',l money 10 provide a banquet richly
Worthy Of the occasion.
>,Ircial meeting Of the Common Coun-
-. N,. been called for tomorrow afternoon
.~,.;i,r matters relative to Blandford
,,,.,.,,yv. and 10 devise the means to inn
,-ny. ,Nr addition recently made to the
cemetery rounds.
A'.,'> l. i.r,.o ,ohsccn factory in thiS cty
I',,'''- III Enrr;s Government con-
N'.",H- H. ,I,.o,,,o,. -; ,ba Anno-
trace! i.' NV t'ti. tarSad ~, ;n,.;tat;nn to
nation :'''' las ~ 80. i'a Wosh;nS,tnn0
The "",.F> anu ,'|r W i'' c,'rdav School
street M''A'"l>l l.l!,G"i,. ouo 80 h;S t;na
!" take aH 'A'"I>'"" III o'i WV u '''' N'''
,t..Ah-i,i->. ;, u.:,. Dr Thoros With
Rev ~ ~ - D,r, -, 81 p,ul,S
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
England.

LONDON, May 16.-The Post says that
Prince Alexander Anersperg died from the
wound received in duel with Count kalaW-
rat, who has been arrested and will be court
martialed.
Winslow has been remanded to jail, which
will give Lord Derby's answer time to reach
Secretary Fish.
The total number OF arrests at Salonica
was fifty-four.
Application of members Of Parliament for
the release Of the Fenian prisoners will be
presented by Disraeli Wednesday.
France.
PARIS, May 16.-De Marches is gazetted
as Minister of the Interior.
NJ. Gavin (Bonapartist) has been elected
to the Assembly from Corte.
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pRIRTRR GLAPP,s CASE BERORE
THE HOUSE. sfs
SECRETARY TAFT PROPOSES 70 gCoSeaIzI
TROUBLES DIsCUssEDD
a. TN CABINET.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CONFER
ENCE IN NEW YORK.
THE OHIO DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLING.
THE CONNECTICUT sESAToRsHIp
Sc, &c., &c.

XLIVTH CONGRESS-First Session.
WASHINGTON, May 16, 1876.
or.,:-.. SENATE.
The Judiciary Committee reported Sena-
tor Morton's bill to amend the second.
fourth, and fifth, sections Of an act to en-
force the rights Of citizens to vote in several
States and Territories, with some amend
ments.
At the conclusion of the debate on the
Chinese bill it was referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
Adjourned. iTl..>
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Ex-Governor Vance reviewed in detail
the report on printing for the last seven
years, costing nearly twelve million dol
lars per annum--far more than is neces-
sary. The charges against Mr.. Clapp
are ineapacity, negligence, and embez-
element. The discussion caused sharp
passage between Singleton OF Mississippi
and Garfield of Ohio, in which the latter's
veracity was impugned.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the resolutions of the committee: First.
That the Speaker be directed to certify to
the authority of Clapp's alleged Delinquent
cics with a view OF an indictment.
Adopted-137 to 74-party vote. Second
Instructing the Judiciary Committee to in
quire whether the public printer is an officer
who may be impeached. Adopted without
division. Third. Instructing the Commit
tee on Appropriations to insert in the civil
appropriation bill a clause changing the
system Of printing. Recommitted.
The post-ofice appropriation bill was re-
sumed.
Mr.. Lewis, of Alabama, offered resolu,
ton instructing the Committee on Rules tt
inquire into the propriety OF consolidating
the offices of doorkeeper and sergeant-at
arms. Adopted.
Adiorrned ..... - ... ~,
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THE ALEXANDRIA RETROCESSIoN CUES
TON. AGA1N.-[C Correspondence Of the Bal
timore .Sun.]-Ale1andria Va, May 10
In the retrocession suit OF Philips rs. Payne,
which has lately been determined in the SUI
preme Court of the United States, 1t has
been universally stated that the opinion OF
the Court established the constltutlonaiity
of the act retroceding Alexandria to VIZ
ginia. The text Of the opinion, now Just
printed, makes no decision whatever as TO
the constitutionality OF the act. 1t merely
decides that the United States courts are
bound to consider the execution OF the laws
of Virginia in Alexandria rs the act OF q dc
fdcto government, and that the question
whether the government Of Virginia over
Alexandria be de j,sre or not cannot be
raised except by the State Of Virginia or the
United States. Judge Swain concludes his
opinion rs follows:
The plaintiff is estoppea from raising
the point which he seeks to have decided.
He cannot, under the circumstances, yica-
riously raise question, nor force upon the
parties to the compactan issue which neither
OF them desires to make. In this litigation
we are constrained to look at the de fdcto
condition Of things which exist with refer
ence TO the county of Alexandria as conclu-
siye OF the rights Of the parties before u.s."
1t will thus be seen that there is nothing
in the decision OF the Court which gives any
indication OF what It's decision would be In
case Congress should pass and the President
approve q law reslming jurisdiction, over
thtt part OF the District coded TO Virginia.
n&f ~nof
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7g545 EDUCATIONAL.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

The Board of Visitors OF the Uniysrs.ty Of VIZ Tx
EEsyfEW at tbtsr next regular meeting, JgNE
ssTm, is78 TO- take the plxee Of, 6isaefs
with testimonials mast be Addressed
10 flle Bcsrd or Visitors and enclosed % inc snAu
nan OF the Facaiss, University OF Y
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SALE OF SADIE BELL-HIGH PRICE FOR A
VIRGINIA HoRsE.-It is rrlmored that Mr..
J. II. Mcconnell, Pungoteague, has sold
his little mare Sadie Bell to gentleman in
Washington city for the magnificent sum OF
100000! Sadie made her half mile in 1:6
on trial trot for the purchaser, which is
considered the fastest time ever made by any
horse on any track in the NORTHEASTERN
Shore Vir1inian.
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BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
NEW YORK Nay -goon.--Stocks dull and
q little lower. Money offeredat3. Gold l123s Elk.
change-Longr 4Ssl; short, 4a0k. Governments
active and steady States quiet dull, and nominal
EreRfng.-3f0ney dull at s. Sterling steady at
4SSk. Gold, l12k@1 l24.. Governments dull and
steady. States quiet and nominal
BALTIMORE, Id.
BALTIMORE, hay 16.-Yirginsa cousols, 66x.
West Virginia's. 81. North Carolinl Us, DID, IS;
new, 6. Bid to-day. W. Ei<r :
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NEW YORK. MARKETS..
NEW Y0Ex, Msy 1S.--Co Cotton ateady; salcz ef1 800
bales a. I23-1s@l2A Flour .souihern firm and
i, IN q. de = e g fsis sEsss sshog
shade hrmer with export and home-gEsde demsnf
Corn unclaimed, but fairly active. Oats, .oger'
aniss and unehsnsed. Molsssss anshanss He
se T ssssy e ss spsa n
nsan new. Sai2SaSsI.so. Lard opened loaeEs
sss au ns as si'Rs a ten WA
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. May 16.--Fiour firm and demand
fair: prices unchanged. Wheat qniet and srm
sfsssss so aGosr, T6is sis
@$l.d1. Southern cor1s steady and firm White en1
JSssss sales sSs RYE
Provisions more active and armss. Mes pork. txS
ffs Sa:on1shoniers ss@sSe eie s rbs i2aa
12xc. Lard quiet; refined, 1870. Coffee, whtskry,
and sug1r steady. 4. s &
CINCINNATI
CINcrxNAr1, May l. Flour quiet and uncbansea.
Wheat steady and In fair demand. Corn firm nt Oh
s Ssss o Psrs Dun s. a ss e a ' s s nns
iss ioTs1 sisa@ ss sszsfs sss s
s S% ssss NSlss; sss ass
LOUISVILLE. \
LOUISVILLE, May 16.-Fiour quiet and un-
changed Wheat, quiet at $l.l5a$i.30. Corn trm
re. Provisions quiet: only Jobbing trade. Porks
S21.75: MISUNDERSTANDING tt98c; clear RIB
Shoulders, ss6S1sc.; clear rib-sidcs; iIESl 2Kc.;
clear sides, 12S69i2 Sugar-cufed hams, 13h@
I4lc. Lard-Tierce, 14c.; key, 14sic. Whiskey
firm at Sl.07.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 16.-Flour quiet and unchanged.
Whcat-Higher grades advanced; lower grades DIS
ciined; No. 2 red fall at $1.42;. No. red nll,
dull and lower to sell No. q 33c. bid. Rye and bar
ley dull and unchanged. Whiskey quiet and steady
dull and nominal. Bulk-Ineats quiet and weak; no
safes. Bacon easier; shoulders, 94e.; clear rid
Changed. Cattle slow and weak; little doing. 81,
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-, The house OF Charles Albrecht, 24e north
twelfth street, Philadelphia, was robbed
Monday afternoon OF $4,000 in cash and
, nI watches, two OF gold and one Of silver.
There is no clue TO the robbers.
Edwin Booth has sold his countsy-seat at
greenwich, Conn, for 100000. s.s s
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Tor the Dispatch. !
IT vi WIZ TT I7N<sS"''J
Delegates 10 tsic State Convent

The following delegates have been APP
pointed By the Conservatives OF Allegheny
county TO the State Convention William
2keen and \. A. McAllister, OF Coyington
Gtislrict, delegates, and Il. l.. Parrish and
'" liiIam N. Brown, alternates; Henry
nainron and Lee Persinger, OF Bowling
2nprinS district, delegates, and William 81.
h'>e and Adam Given, alternates; John L.
IRVINE and G. w. Karnes, Of Clifton dis
tntIci, delegates, and Beale V. Kayser and
heaie Hook, alternates. t.f
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, May 16, 1873.

RICHMOND, May 16, 1873.
OFFERINGS.
WuEAr.-Whtte, la bushels. Red, 65s bushels.
CORN.-White, 045 bushels.
a OATS.-17S bushels. 49,
MEAL.-4O bushels.
FLoUR.-50 barrels
SALES.
WHEAT.-Whhe, IA bushels at S1.53. Red, so
bushels at S1.55: $50 bushels very good at $1.5S;
So bushels at $1.53 106 bushels at 81 .43 "a BUSH
els at $780, so bushels at 147-total 422 bushels.
CoRS.-White, 336 bushels very good at 57c.; 90
bushels prime ut &c.; % bnshel at 55c-total, 44S
bushels.
OATs.-94 bushels very good at 4Se.: "a bushels
bushels on private termS-total, 70 bushels,
FLoGR.-50 barrels on private terms.
RE-EXHIBITED.
+ WIIEAT.-Red, so bushels.
CoRN.-TF 234 bushels.
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BOARDING.

BOARDING IN NEW YQRa..-Part
s nrono,ing to visit New York during the ensuing
n ipner can secure most desirable BOARD AND
LODGINGS with MRS sADLER aorMs asG,,,t 8,
,rnas frhe, iocaficn IS unsnrpassed, being bus
fay minutes, walk to the Fifth, Avenue. and oiter
nroInIncr,t no,efs.s Two lines OF street car, ~
which Central Park or " GOWN toWn Sais ~
are within easy access. 4 (. ,,.,sas
| g ny1 G-Tu&F4w ~ 80 -
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RICHMOND, May IL, 1875.
THAVE THIS DAY SOLD MY ENTIRE
1 stock of Groceries Liquors, and Ship-Stores to
r r C,ARRINGTON & Co, and cordially recon-
mend the new concern to my many friends anu Gus
toners with hearty goodwill
present their claims at for payment and parties
owing me Will please call and settle at once
0"N''o WILLIAM a. WALKER,
my 13-5t l72a Nam street.
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MrIEs FIORsEs, &c


REULES AND HORSES.--Mr.s
NI BUCK win arrive OH Friday the 18th t4&
with n,nteen MULES and HORSES, and f~1H
viii receive on Thursday the 25th OF this &kesseS
aud MILES, Call ut once rs Intend to ,elI them at
small profits. EDM0ND boSSiEUAt
my 17-eod6tf .i.4llg - 9
TIFTY HEAD OF GREENBRIERfH,-.,
i HoRsEs.-PETER PAUL stust ar. ~
rived with fifty head Of No. ] SADDLE, HAk-
NESS, and FARlf-HORSES; can be seen at 7 R:
NEIs C CO.'S back stables; and also, one carload
BROKE MULES. For sale on the most accCmmo-
datiup terms Give us q call before buying.
my17-4t* JOHN ID. CLAhhE.
EOR SALE, a fine YOUNG MARE, CIR
IL suItable for q family carriage. She isktA
kind and stylish to harness. and very fast irotter
Apply at the Gas Works, Rockets. my lb-4ts
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GROCERIES,, &c.

GROCERIES, &c.
GPECIAL NOTICE.-We are prepared
- to ell ter names for WOODS and CAPEHART'S
FAMILY ROE HERRINGS,
to arrive. Only small quantity expected.
my16-1w DAVENPORT G. SfORRIS.
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The Berkshire Hen Company, at Great
Barrlnton, Mass has failed for s40o, 600. q 4
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DIFFERING TO THE ABOVE CARD
n we take pleasure In notifying our friends that
we are prepared to carry on the business OF FAM
lily GROCERS and SHIP-STORES IN the mouse
formerly occupied by Mr. W. A. Walker, ana VIII DC
happy to sec our friends and customers.
Mr.. HENRY DOBBINS, the late clerk OF I ii:
Walker Is still with us aud VIII be gIad 10 see ms
friends. Z. X CARflNu1oS % W.
my 12-ht
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CROCKERY. GLASSWARE, &e.

CPECIAL BARGAINS.
50 DECORATED FRENCH CHINA TEA SETS.
"A pieces, Mt SO they cost that In gold 70 import
WHITE frfis' CHINA DINNER SETS, $50 pieces, at
WHITE CHINA by the dozen or single piece ut very
Great att Inducements nhcs In CHAMBER and TIN TOILET
IcE. pr and wATER-CoOLERs, RE-
FRIGERATORS,. ICE-CHESTS, and ICE
CREAM FREEZERS, of the best makes, at
prices to suit the times. ~ IL.
For bargains, give me call. j. b TAyLOR,i}
INV 1011 Main street.
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XLIvTH CONGRESS-First Session.
WASHINGTON, May I6, 1876.
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rHALLENGE COMPETlTION.-Gol-.
" gen Chop Gunpowder Tea at 81, silTer,ttTG ad
at ii Ex Fom0sa Oolong Tea at 81, choicest English
Rreakfast Tea at 81, mixed Teas at 4Oc.
Diet'"'' H. W, SHELTON,
p-onr,etor Virginia Tea and Coffee Store,
mvA corner Main and Eighth streets
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Hides: Green, 495c.: dry salted, 9Nilc:; dry
Leather Sole leather, oak, 8 5@4Gc. sole leather.
heuiock 2O@2Sc.; country upper, 2bGG45c.; cisy
finish 1S@22c q foot; kip, 0c.@$l p ID harness
country, 25S30; city finish. 35@4oc. q 10: eau
skins, french, $1.25@S2.25 p d.; rough sRirnhR7
22@2Sc.
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News and Other Items.

Mr.. Chaplin is the Oldest member of the Ma
tional House of Represe utatves. being II.
The Harvard freshmen reject Yale's fresh
mems challenge for six-oared race.
There will be 377 private exhibitors at the
Centennial from Switzerland, and the govern
ment appropriation is $4,000.
A granddaughter of Robert Burns, through
his eldest son, Robert, is living in Guelph. Can,
ada, the wife of Thomas Brown.
The husband of Nine. Poppenheim, the Ger
man prima donna, has been sent to an insane
asylum. His mania is said to have been caus-
ed by persecution of his wife by Wachtel
1t is new said that Winslow, the forger, had
an accomplice in his sister-in-law, and that it
was her skill which counterfeited the sigma
lures.
The furniture of the improvised church in
which Moody and Sankey conducted their la.
bors in Philadelphia was sold at auction the
other day, and Moody's chair brought $55, as
did also Sankey's.
They are telling pitiful stories of suffering
from poverty in London, this winter. A bar
rister in good standing, who was an Oxford
'honor man." was recently arrested for beg
ging.
''If you don't patch up those walls SO that
can keep warm, will 90, too,' exclaimed the
only remaining prisoner in the jacksonville
(Ky.) Jail, the other day. His modest request
was granted.
Senator English has declined the back pay
due him for the time elapsing between the
death of Mr. Ferry and his election to the seat,
and has ordered the Sergeant-at-arms to send
the sum, amounting to between $500 and 5000,
to Mrs. Ferry.
The crown princess of Germany is regular
free-thnker. When Strauss, the author of the
life of Jesus" died, his portrait was hung
over her bed, like the image of patron saint.
Strauss book and the "Life of Voltare'' occu-
Ply the most prominent place on her center
table.
The amount of the forgeries perpetrated by
Mrs Ellen S. Upper, the Iowa bee culturist,
SO far as yet discovered ], is nearly $4,000, and
the conundrum is, what has she done with the
money, as her property is all mortgaged and
the family have not been living extravagantly.
Other irregularities" such as getting excessive
insurance on bees, and selling empty bee hives
as live collections, are also coming to light,
She has been arrested, and lies in Jail quite ill
with heart disease.
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WASHINGTON.
Revenue Expenses

EntcrmHl Etevenue Expenses
WASHINGTON Feb. 8.-Commissioner Pratt
was before the House Committee On Apr opri-
atoms to-day, with regard to reduction of the
expenses Of the Office of Internal Re venue,
which he favors and will soon suggest in what
direction the reduction can be made.
Alabama Judgments.
WASHINGTON, Feb SIN the Court of Com
mssioners of Alabama Claims the following
judgments in favor of citizens of Maine were
announced: Abigail M. Corbett, Administrative,
$7,075; Mark Thirton, 1887; John L. RAN
dali, $546; Elizabeth S. Frohock, executrx,
So 1856; Dennis Carver, 1924; Robert e, Easton,
$195; Putnam K. Frohock, $157.
Various Matters
Senator Christiancy of Michigan, was mar
red this morning to Miss Lille Lugerbeel, la te-
ly clerk in the Treasury. Senator Ferry off,
ciated as groomsman. He is 60 and she 10.
The Democratic congressional caucus was
not held yesterday, owing to the sickness of
Mr.. Lamar. 1t will be held Thursday even
ing.
Internal revenue receipts yesterday $235, 051 (;
customs $506,703.
The Attorney General has directed nolle
proSeQui to be entered in the case of the indict-
ment of j. Y. Scammon of Chicago This in.
dictment was procured, it is said, at the insti-
cation of Boston Bank officers who were
creditors of Scammon.
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LONDON, Feb. 8.-The Russian Geographic
agency reports that there is reason to believe
that the Sultan, when he forwards his reply to
the Austrian note, will simultaneously grant
an armistice to the insurgents
:, A Vienna despatch to the Daily News says
the European consuls at Mostar have received
instructions to negotiate with the insurgents on
'ne pasls OF Andrassy's proposals.
"a uespatch from Vienna to the Standard
says tne Servian ministers will resign. The
ast9s, !ne organ OF the Premier, says the Skupt-
cnsins IS resolved to go TO war with Turkey.
Foreign Notes.
Inc inaugural meeting of the British and
day. -'o"no Hiol'
Cuvo, an old friend of Garibald, recently
died without extreme JUNCTION, and The cleroyy
refused burial Garibaldi advises cremation.
The Council of Antwerp have invited John
Lothrop Motley to historical fete in honor Of
the patriots of the 10Th century in connection
with next years Rubin's centenary.
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FIRES.
Disastrous COnflagratiOn in New
York.
LOSS $4,5OO,OOO.
TwO Persons Killed and Several
Injured,

NEW YORK, Feb. ga fire occurred on
Broadway to night, the largest in this city for
many years. 1t was discovered about 6 o'clock
i'll block bounded on the west By Broadway,
on the east by Crosby street, on the north by
Grand street, and on the south by Howard
street. The fire originated a; 125 Grand street,
occupied as the Patuluo House, and kept by
Ferris & Smith. A large portion of the block
was destroyed. But five buildings on Broad
way and all those on Grand street, except the
one where the fire began, were saved The
Continental Hotel is a heap of ruins and about
thirty other houses Loss estimated 81 SOC, 0OO
One firm, Cattlin, Brundrett & Co. AS and
$50 Broadway, estimate their loss at ST. 500, OO0
fully insured. Two fremen were killed by the
falling of a wall at 444 Broadway John II.
Bush, assistant foreman, was killed, David
Muldrew injured; David Clute, foreman, kill
ed; Thomas Cortices, injured. Timothy Hor-
raham and Florence Sullivan dragged faint
ing woman out of the entrance of the Cont
rental Hotel. Upwards of 10000 witnessed
the fire, which was under control by 10 O'Clock.
In the block, which is one of the most memoir
able on Broadway where Chrlsty's Minstrels
formerly performed, the five regiments of the
Sickles' brigade were recruited, and the noted
Music Hall. No. 444 Broadwae, and the City
Assembly rooms, twice destroyed by fire, were
formerly situated. More than half square
was utterly destroyed, extending through from
Crosby street to Broadway and out on Grand
street.
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THE EASTERN RAILROAD.
What the Railroad Commissioner. 8,

What the Railroad Commissioners Say.
BOSTON, Feb. ga large portion of the
Railroad Commissioners report is taken up
With an exhaustive review of the Eastern Rail-
road management. The Railroad Commission
ers speak so plainly and so pointedly that no
one need misunderstood their language They
show that the directors in purchasing stock Of
the Maine Central, had no authority in law for
their injudicous act. They assert that unad-
vised purchases were made with the utmost
secrecy. They deny the legal right of the
directors to use the funds of the corporation
for many purposes. They charge that the re-
ports of the condition of the road were unre.
LIABLE They are of the opinion that no one
connected with the management of the road
had any knowledge of the debt or assets of the
road, and they believe that "ihere are certain
details connected with some of the financial
transactions which should be thoroughly in
CURED into, either by the stockholders or by
some public tribunal empowered to compel the
attendance OF witnesses and the giving of evi.
dence.''