The Princeton union., 1879-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

destitate in MiddlesborO, England a,....
A Paris dispatch says the crop of France
is bad in quality and deficient in quantity.
The strike of colliers in Staffordshire
has been ended by the masters yielding to
heir demands. .st Gr.E14st15c' DAB ;1@ "a
2Of the bullion withdrawn from the
bank of England the 22d inst, 900 was for
shipment to New York. ay a4s3" usfA.
Adviccs from South Africa state that
King Cetewayo has been captured by an Eng
lish squadroon OF dragons. -. 2
!, The suspension of the banking house
of James Adger s. Co, of Charleston, s. c., is
announced. Liabilities large. = '-..
Five hundred dollars have been sent to
the yellow fever suffers in Memphis by the
grand body Of Odd Fellows of Illinois.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs from
South Africa that all important Zulu chiefs
have now submitted to the British author-
ties. = tfs,.r'slg q. - ...#.E 05J.s
The cabinet-makers of Louisville, Ky.,
500 in number, have struck on the refusal of
the manufacturers to advance wages l5 per
cent
The bullion fund at the Now York as
say Office he's been further increased by the
transfer to the office of another million dollars
in gold to facilitate exchange. I'm .'"s'
On account of the large accumulation
of gold coin in the treasury, arrangements
will soon be made to exchange gold and silver
coin for United States notes at the several
sub-treasuries where convenient ~ -,
The first car load taken from the Baby
mine of Bly, & Thompson forty miles west of
Mandan. D. T. has arrived at the latter place.
The coal is Of fexcellentquality, and the owners
of the mine proposes to take out 1909 tons at
once and ship to the Mandan and Bsmark
markets. Over 800 head OF Montana cattle
will be shipped this week from Mandan via
st. Paul to Chicago. fs~a@ -
Between the list and the 18th of the
present month of September, 1854 800 stand
ard silver dollars were, paid out by the treas
urer of the United States. During that time
E977s4 silver dollars were returned to the
treasury, leaving the balance Of 377,O68 put in
circulation. As there is an average of over
100000 silver dollars coined each month, it
will be seen that coins are accommodating much
more rapidly than they can be gotten rid Of
r. H. Golsen & Co. and Deboudlo s.
Co., grain dealers at St. Louis, were caught
short on wheat and corn during the present ad.
vance, and failed. Golsen s. Co. set led at "a
cents on the dollar, which is und derstood to en-.
tail a loss of $25 0JO. Deboudio Il Co. il.
branch of New Orleans house, and their loss
is said to be total and will cause the vsuspen-
sion of the parent firm at New Orleans. They
owe Europe over shaf aamillion bushels of
wheat and their loss is probably between $4O,-
600 and s50,COo. .se
AT Detroit, Mich, September 17th, the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
opened Its ninth, annual convention at the
Young Mems Catholic institute. About fifty
delegates were presentre presenting g over 500
societies and a mem berstip of 100000. The
delegates attended high mass at St: Aloysius'
cathedral. The address Of welcome was de-
livered by Rev. Father Walsh, A letter from
Pope Leo AlII. was read granting great spir
ltual privileges to the members. Also, letters
OF encouragement from various ecclesiastical
celebrities throughout the country. Reports
of officers were read which showed a favora-
bic condition of the union. s'l4 fAt&S38
The Londod Times says the extraordi
nary controversy, now alarming Europe on
the supposed misunderstanding between Gors-
chakot and Bismarck shows what dangerous
stuff is all around US. A ring of interested
spectators in co)lusion seems to have half per
suadcd the illustrious statesmen, the q reat.
ness OF one mighty empire is incompatible
with the greatness Of the other. For the Rds.
sian and German nations at present the diff.
Guilty appears to be to manufacture reasons
for flying at each others throat. Their inter.
sests are In no respect opposed Neither own
territory coveted by the other. We believe
much of this flourishing of swords will be
found to DC merely the exercise Of fencing
schools, but it is time the masters came for
ward ard reassure mistrustful Europe.
Indian officials telegraph further de-
tails OF the attack on the British residency at
Cabul. 1t Is related by 4 trooper who es ,aped
that when the mutinous troops were making
an outcry for their pay a soldier shouted,
Lot us kill the envoy and then tho amcer. j"
Tho mutineers then rushed upon the EN- mbassy
and stoned some Of the servants. The troops
composing the escort of tho embassy fired up-
on the mutineers without orders from the
British officers. The mutineers then went for
their weapons. They we're absent about a
quarter of an hour. during which time the
British officers might have escapes. The res
idency was defended from the windows and
from trench made on the outside with 4
mud roof. The letter sent by the escaped
trooper was from Lieut.. Hamilton, promising
tho mutineers six months pay. 1t was sent at
) in the afternoon, when the mutineers we're
already on tho roof Of the residency which
was being set on fire. The bearer of the let
ter was thrown from the roof and made inscn.
sible. When hc recovered, he WAS brought be-
lore Gen. Hnerim Khan, commander of the
mnuf':-scr's nut brigade, who said he was powerloss
against tho mutineers, and ordered the troop.
or 10 DC imprisoned. On revisitng the resi-.
dency the escaped trooper saw til. bodies Of
Aeut. Hamilton and Jenkins stripped and cut
to pieces. ~ #sE Il