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excitement followed, men, women and children
shouting and screaming for help. The loss to
coal and lumber men alone is estimated at
$50, 900.
Western and Southern States.
The steamer Nadine struck q snag while on
her way to st. Louis. on the Mississippi, and
sunk, carrying down three Of her crew.
DR., E. NJ. Wright has been nominated for
governor of Tennessee by the Republicans Of
that State, in convention assembled at Chat
tanooga.
Alexander Austin, e1-collector OF San Fran
cisco and q prominent citizen OF that city, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself through the
heart. Financial troubles are said to have led
to the act.
General Miles struck a large party Of Ban
mack Indians near Clark's Fork Of the Yellow
stone at 4 A. NJ, with his command OF twenty.
seven soldiers and thirty-fve Crow Indiana.
General Miles made q very vigorous attack,
killing thirteen hostile Indians and capturing
thirty-four men, women and children and ZOO
ponies. Captain Bennett, Of Company B., OF
the Fifth Infantry. was killed and one soldier
was wounded. This most important victory
probably finishes the Bannack war. The In
dams arc now scattered into small and helpless
bands.
A few days ago q terrible tornado passed
through portions Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima. It's path was only about 100 yards wide,
but it's fury and devastation are described as
unprecedented. Every house in its way was
demolished, several persons were killed or in
iured, q large amount Of live stock was lost,
while timber, wearing apparel and bedding
we're scattered for miles around the country.
A quarrel occurred in the store Of Chancelet
Chalk, at St. Charles, La, between Charlie
Bsptiste (colored), and Mr.. Valcour st. Martin,
ex-deputy sheriff, which resulted in Baptiste
being stabbed and instantly killed by st.
Martin. The latter was lodged in jail: During
the night o crowd OF from 100 to 20o colored
people broke open the Jail, and, taking the
prisoner therefrom, riddled him with bulletl,
the contents, it is supposed, OF fifty guns.
The funeral of Matilda Stanley, late queen
of the gypsies Of the United States, took place
at Dayton, Ohio, in the presence Of more thar
20, 600 persons. The ceremonies attending the
burial did not differ essentially from any Chris
tan service. The gypsy qacen died III Ylcks-
| burg, Bliss. last February, and her body had
been embalmed in such q manner as to retain
a life-like aspect. A dozen chiefs and their
tribes from different parts Of the United States
were present to pay their last respects to the
deceased.
The eight children OF George ~Lynch-the
eldest seventeen years of age-were murdered
in cold blood at Hackley, Texas. Lynch, the
father, was awakened at midnight, by a pistol
slot, the ball striking him in the breast: He
rprang up and saw a masked man standing in
the middle OF the room, pointing q pistol at
him. Another shot being fired, Lynch fell I'M
conscious, and when he recovered ho found
himself in 8 lane, outside the premises. Tho
assassin, thinking Lynch WAS dead, seized a
Ratchet, put the witnesses out OF the way, anu
then set fro to the house. The distracted
father aaw the house burn and fall on tho
bodies Of the children. The bodies were e1-
humed and an inquest held. Several OF the
skull 8 showed Ratchet marks. Lynch was not
thought to be fatally wounded.
From WASHINGTON.
General James ''Longstreet hasbeen commits,
stoned revenue.agent. and assigned to q district
of Georgia and Florida.
Tho Indian bureau is engaged in collecting q
vast amount Of mater al showing the history
of the Indian service from the beginning under
the war department, and subsequently under
the civil branch up to tho present time. This
is to be submitted to the congressional COM
mittee appointed to consider tho suo]ect OF
transferring that buroauto the war department.
Tho secretary Of the treasury has ordered tho
exchange Of greonbacks for silver to be stop
DCu, OMlllE " " EICStlOa 49, NS
From recent returns made to the department
Of agriculture it is believed that tho cotton
crops this Year will equal the great crops raised
before the Wal.
The secretary Of the treasury has issued the
seyenty-frst call for the redemption OF five
twenty bonds of 1865, consols Of 1865.
", v. 8. Wilson, asserting teller in the office
OF the REDEMPTION division of the treasury de.
partmcnt, has been arrested as q defaulter, an
examination Of his books leading to the dis
coyery that Il, 900 had been distracted from q
package lconsigned tc him for delivery to the
custodians Of the vaults in the general order OF
business.
H. e. Ofley Il Co., Washington bankers,
have suspended and made an assignment.
Foreign News.
MODELLING, who tried to kill the emperor OF
Germany some time since and then attempted
to commit suicide, died Of his self-inflicted
wounds a few days ago, in Berlin.
Over 600 bodies have been recovered Of per-
sons drowned by the disaster TO the excursion
steamer Princess Alice on the Thames.
About 800 lives have been lost by an explo
sion of coal gas in o Welsh colliery near New
port, Monmouthshire. Soon after the explo-
sion q number OF dead bodies were recovered,
but owing to the burning gas that burst
out of the mouth Of the ventilating shaft search
parties were enabled to penetrate only q short
distance. A cable dispatch, sent soon after
the disaster occurred, Gays: "This disaster is
the most terrible that has ever occurred in
Wales. The scenes at the mouth of the pit
are INDISPENSABLE. Frantic women who have
relatives in the mines arc k~neelins above the
shaftway, calling hysterically for the men who
are known to have como into the mine but who
answer not to their names. The last nine men
rescued from the pit at about eight o'clock
were badly burned. some Of them, indeed, ter
ribly disfgured. The dead body Of a boy, one
of the drivers, has been recovered. There is
hardly any hope entertained that more Of the
miners are yet alive, although it is asserted
that there il q distant part OF the pit in
which refuge NAV have been found from the