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THE DISPATCH BOAT.

The dimensions of the dispatch boat will be- length,
2io feet; breadth % feet mean DRAFT excluding Keel
iSs S ieet ana the vessel VIII have displacement OF
Tine ma cbinery viii be one compound engine with
two vertical overhead cylinders OF IS and 7S inches
diameter & &respeetyey spec and piston stroke Of IS
densng surface OF not less than SOo square feet: an
air pump workedb by beam connected with the cross
eni circulating pump There viii be two steel boilers
ofi feet diameter and IS feet inches long each with
ions and two steel boilers Of Il feet dSmeSr anS
feet inches long each with two furnaces AL the boil
pounds and TO have an aggregate crate surface of not
about SoC square, feet ali lifted for oresd eomSns 81
ton, with three blowers OF sufficient capacity there
required the necessary steam pumps for fire aud other
purposes, and screw propeller Of II feet diameter
No offer for more than one vessel should be in.
SHdsd cd y the SAME @ EsSh &c ePnlraSi awarded
s1ch equipment as may be specified.
by % cash deposit or sasctory eertded eheSR pay
able TO the order of the Secretary of the Navy which
case HSe0S the 5ddsr shall fail 10 enter into
contract, with snreties as required, within
posai. The amount of such deposit or check
shall be 10000 on the $500 ton cruiser s2oooJ on each
boat All depo,Its and cheeks Of bidders, whose pro
seeond day Of ~ July sss Will at the end of that pc
rod be returned 70 them aud those Of e9Gh success
has been duly entered into.
Every suceessfui bidder will be required. within
enter Into formal contract for the performance OF his
work, and 70 give bond therefor, with sufncient
suretles and with penal OF $500 900 II 10 build
the $500 ton cruiser 100000 II to build either OF the
800 ton cruisers, and s5OO0 If to build the dispatch
/ boat
The three cruisers must be completed within eigh-
! teen months and the dispatch boat within Twelve
months from the execution of the respective con-
tracts Payments to each contractor win be made In
ten equal nslallments the work progresses, upon
bills duly ceruhed from which ten per cent will be
reserved to be paid on tha full and Anal completion
| ofthe contract.
| The designs and specifications of the vessels may
be seen at the Navy Department In Washington, and
all Information essential TO bidders will .be given
there. Proposals must be made according TO forms
which will be furnished by tile department.
WILLIAM Il. CHANDLER,
| Secretary Of the Navy.
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Grand ODeninn.

Tho sample and billiard parlors, 937 apd
| 939 d street northwest, under Daily Post
building. An excellent lunch served on
Wednesday, June l3, 1888.
A. DE GRUMMoND Proprietor.
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Droposals.
orrron or rnr couMrssroxrns

OFFICE or THE CoMMTssfoNERs
DISTRICT or COLUMBIA,
WAsHfN0ToN, June n, lS3a
Sealed proposals will be received at the OfIice rs
above until " o'clock noon THURSDAY, JUNE
TWENrY-FIRsT, for furnishing supplies compris-
ing Stationery, School Books, Ftfnituft, Hardware
Groceries. Dry Goods Forage Fuel, sewer Pipe. ID.
s. Curbng &c, 10 the various branches OF the dis
trict government for the year ending June 30 1854.
Information, samples, and blanks will be Furnished
upon application at room II, Morrison building, -Four.
and-a.halfstreet.
by order the Engineer Commissioner D. G.
Il. o. BECKETT,
jci29t Property Clerk
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nue. northwest. A large number of members
were present. The election resulted in the
recollection of all the old officers. The score
tary read his annal report, which showed the
standing Of the association to be good.
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SpttinI aotitts.
NI" PosTorFrcE NOTICE

f~SSyS POSTOfFtCE NOTICE
Foreign mails for the week ending June 10, will
close ut this onico ns follows.
TuEsDAY.-At 8 a. M. for Europe per steamship
per steamship Alps, via Port au Prince; nj IL m.
for Venezuela and Curncoa, per steamship Valen-
wEDNEsDAY.-Ats q. m. for Europe per steam.
ship Servla, via Queenstown Oetters for Germany
and France must be directed per Servia"); at 3
a m. for Germany DC, pee steamship Elbe; via
southampton and bremen Uetters for Greh
IScSd Sap sT h 2heF Etqpsan Ton mns o he I
per steamship st. German via Havrei at 10 A. IN.
iorthe Netherlands direct, per steamship 4 Caand,
islands, per steamsnp Bermuda.
THURSDAY.-At9 n m. for France Germany, &c,
per steamship Hammonia via Plymouth. Cher.
Lourg aud Hamburg uetters tor Great Britain and
other European countries must be directed :" per
Ilammonia' at IA. m for Europe per steamship
France must he directed per Brttpnc y; at l;3O
j. M for Bcrmuda, per steamship orinoco; at 1870
steanshlp city OF Alexandria, via Havana.
FRIDAH;-At o. ~. for Newfoundland and st.
sATURDKY.@M ii III a. hPS' m. rsr Germany. &C. per
steamship Saler via southampton and Bremen
letters for Grent Britain aud other European coun-
for Scotland direct. per steamship Circassla, via
Glasgow; at II a. NJ. for Belgium direct per steam.
Europe, per steamship baltic. via Queenstown
uetters for Germany and Scotland must be d..
Tscted % per Baltic y; a. i;3o p. m. for cuba and
ston, per steamship wanderer, Via New Orleans,
Jvla san Franclsco) close here June f2i at Z
p. m. Mails for Australia, New Zealand, Sandwich
pS san TY cCss s hos ane me
aThe schedule OF closing of Trans. Pacific mails is
arranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupted
east arriving OH time at san francisco the day Oi
sailing of steamers are dispatched thence the same
HENRY a. PEARSON
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LOCAL MENTION.

gents clothing. watches, jewelry, &c. Call on O
address Herzog, No. 30S Ninth street. near Penn
sylvania avenue.
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The waveriy building Association.

The fifth annual meeting Of the Wavorly
Building association was held at the corner
Of Nineteenth street and PennSylVanjR ave-
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I)RoPosALs FoR IcE.
DErARrMr,ST OF TmE ISTEnl

DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR,
WAsHfNuToN, June y, 1854
Sealed proposals will be received until " ooluck
n. WEDNESDAY, June 20, 1888, for furnishing this
department and Its several bureaus with daily sup
ply flee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854
Instructions to bidders will be firnishnd upon ap-
plcation at superintendents room. -.
jei2.lt&w Acting secretary
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The Accumulation

Of odd pants thrown on our bargain counter.
You can buy them at half price Eiseman
Bros, clothiers and tailors, corner Seventh
aud r..
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Sutton Salts.
BY DuncansOn Brothers,
AUCTIoNEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS IN
SQUARE s5Z

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS IN
SQUARE S5L
BY virtue Of a decree Of the supreme Court OF the
Of John H. Ketchsm e al vs. fhe Presdent and d.
rectors of Georgetown College ct al, No. 1891 Equity
Docket No. ~ nnd under and by virtue OF deed OF
trust duly recorded In Liber No. 0SS folio Of the
Land Records of the District of Columbia the under.
signed trusie will offer for sale in separate lots
THE 6rm DAY OF June, 1855 at o'clock p. M,
the following described real estate In the city OF
Washington to wit; Lots Nos. 80 3 40, Al, A. 49, ~,
S. 56 81, and BR Of Moses kelley's subdivision OF
square No s5i the same are bounded and described
in said subdivision as recorded In Liber j. II. X,
folio 3, In the surveyors ofiice OF the District OF
Terms OF sale; onethird OF the purchase money
payable In cash. and the balance In two equal Install
ments, payable, respectively one and two years nom
and ner the day OF sale with interest At per cent
for which the notes OF the purchaser, secured by a
deposit of S21 will be requlrO as each lot Is bid or
All conveyancing at purchasers cost. II the terms
of sale be not compiled with within ten days from
day of sale the trustees the right TO resell the
property nt the risk and cost OF thedeAnltlng pur-
chaser. HENRY ID. COOKE JR,
1929 street northwest,
CHAS. A. ELLIOTT,
40S Fifth street northwest,
Trustees.
DuscANsoN BROTHERS, Auctioneers.
RS- THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UN.
SAME HOUR AND PLACE
HENRY d. COOKE, JR.,
li29 II street northwest,
CHAS A. ELLIOTT,
N5 finh street northwest,
Trustees
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DIR. C. d. BARHAM, Southampton Co., Va,
said of DIR. Worthington's Cholera aud Diar-
rhoea Medicine that he used il in Bowel Dis
eases, aud in every instance its effects have
exceeded his most sanguine expectations.
National Republican., 1883-06-12

LADIES and all sufferers from neuralgia
hysteria, and all kindred complaints will find
without rival BIoWn's Iron BitteEA
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"Aldcrney Dairy Wnpon.,

Fresh Alderney butter churned every morning
and delivered In 4 ."Ward" prints, at 35c per lb
Also cottage cheese, &C. per BALL buttermiik, So.
per quart, and sweet milk, Sc. per quart
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10 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH WING
h OF TIE UNITED STATES PATENT

DEPARTNEST OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
WAsHiNGroS, D. C., May 81, 1883
Sealed proposals will bo received at this oce until
Ing, delivering fitting, and putting In place complete
certain wrought and cast Iron work, comprising sec
tonal columns, girders and beams for the construct
ion of floor, galleries. rooit and skylights over the
south wing OF the above building, In accordance with
drawings, specifications, and schedules which may
be seen at the Office of Cuss Il Schu1e. architects,
notheast corner Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street northwest
BLANK forms OF proposals and guarantee bonds and
any additional Information may be obtained at the
architects oice
The right TO reject any all bids, TO waive de-
fects II be deemed In the Interest OF the Govern
ment 10 do so, Is reserved. -
II. NJ TELLER,
Secretary OF the Interior
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GALE OF OLD MATERIAL.

oFFIcE OF BUILDING FOR STATE,
WAR AND NAVY DEPARrMENTs,
WAsIIINuTOS. II. G., June >, lSSa
Scrap Iron, Scrap Copper and Brass, Plaster OF
Paris. and otler old material, will be sold nj public
auction on the premises OF the above building. on
FRIDAY June 10Th, 1881 at o'clock p. m.
The material can he seen aud schedules obtained
by applying TO this Office.
THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
Lieutenant Colonel Corps of Engineers
Duncanson Bros. AuctiOneers.
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Summer Resorts.

4 EIGHTON HOTEL
IL NEWMAN, SPRINGS,
Ten minutes from Long Branch, n. j.. Open June lh
Beautifully situated on the banks Of the Shrewsbury
River; splendid lawns, shady walks and rambless
everything 10 add nttTActlYeness and healthunes TO
the placer circulars Of Information to be had at the
Address ~ j, M. KEELRR, Proprietor,
Red Bank. New Jersey.
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rAST UNSATISFACTORY,

MARINE band concert at Athletic Park to-
day
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sSIs DIR. H. o CANDEE. VITAPATHIC
BSS Physician. I employ all the vast health 10.
sources of nature, scientifically applied through
vital medicine. Food, water, ulr, heat light. cleo
trclty ana vital lnagnetiSm treat all diicultes-
sultntlon free.
ofice 006 + street northwest opposite Masonic
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Our Insurance Department embraces the Ftna.
Hartford, Franklin, Springfield Fire and Marine,
Howard and Home, of Baltimore; National, OF
Liverpool
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PERSONALS.

]. r. GOODWIN has gone to San Francisco,
T. c. Nicely has returned from Hot
Springs, Ark.
Miss LOUISA SNEED leaves the city to-day
for the summer.
Mr.. I. W. CALDWELL has gone to Grenada,
Miss, to spend few days.
Col. RHETT, of Huntsville, Ala, passed
through the city last night.
THE Rev. Z. II. Mshon and daughter,
Mics Rebecca, have returned from Jackson,
Tenn.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE visitors yester-
day: Col. d. A. Num-, Nashville; Capt. s.
B. Phillips, Brownsville; w. b. Ross, Mo-
bile; F. 6. Lyon, Demopolis.
Miss LIzzIE HUNT has returned from the
Memphis Conference Female Institute, Jack.
sou, where We hear she graduated with FIRST
honors, and was vsledicIoriaa.
VIM. 81. Ross, Mobile; F. G. Lyon, De-
mopolis, Ala; J. w. McAIlister, jr., Flor
ence, and Judge Fletcher Barrus, Helena
visited the Cotton Exchange yesterday.
MR. FRED 7. ANDERSON is making q toul
of the principal cities Of the East and Can
ada in The interest of the Anderson Hat
Company, of this city, of which he is tbs
head.
Mr.. P. DAY, the junior member OF tn,
firm Of ]. S. Day & SJn. LETT last evening or
an extended pleasure trip through the North
M. Day will take in Detroit, Niagara Falls
Montreal, the 81. Lawrence river, Waite
| mountains and the seaside resorts Of the New
Englsnd States
The Rev. W. D. Powell, missionary of to,
! Southern Baptist Convention at Ssltillo
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NEWS In BRIEF.

Washington, June 18.-Ex- Congressma al
George Bridges Rodney, Oldest lawyer of the
Delaware bar, died al Newcastle yesterday
Concord, N. H., June 1S.-The senatorial
situation is practically unchanged. 1t is
understood the proposition will be voted
down tomorrow TO elect two senators TO sue
coed RollinP. A dark horse is confidently
expected.
Boston, June 1S.-Arthur II. Blaney, cash
Ter and head bookkeeper of the Massschu-
sets Loan and Trust Company, has confessed
TO the embezzlipg of S44 900 of the compa.
ny's funds, owing to mining and other stock
speculations.
Fort Wayne, Ind, June 18.-Prescott
Bros. Co., the largest and oldest hardware
store 10 the city, made an assignment to-day
in favor of Geo. II. Wilson for the benefit OF
preferred creditors representing claims to th4
amount OF $4,000. disabilities, 500 600; as
sets, 100000.
New York, June 1S.-In the libel suit Of
August Belmont against John Dewey, editor
OF the Irish Nation, who charged Belmont
with Incorporating funds of the Irish
society, the jury returned verdict of guilty
with Recommendation for extreme elem.
ency. Belmont seconded the recommends
ton. Sentence was suspended until to. NOR
row.
smartville, Cal, June Is.-The Milton
Hydraulic Mining Company's reservoir, con
tanning 650, 100000 cubic feet of water, burs
this afternoon. The rush of water was ire
sistible, and swept everything in its path.
raised Middle Yuba river 100 feet
The rosr of the rushing water was hearC
stveral miles distant 1t carried away al
the bridges. Several lives are reported lost
but This is unconfrmed. Loss on reservoir
$4,000.
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Bids will be received by the undersigned
until June 20, 1888, for lease of elegant
dining room and luRch-connttr in Uuion
Passenger Depot for one year. Possession
given euccessful bidder July l, 1888. Right
to reject any and all bids reserved.
JOHN II. PEBBLES, NJ. D,
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CIScNSATI, june ls.-Chesser PARK ra0-
ming races, fret day. Weather cool, with
very heavy shower just before the races.
Track muddy, attendance Light.
First RGcs.-All ages, one mile dash. Little
Bat, Mammonist, Edwin A, Barney Aaron,
Galway, Viron, Little Buttercup, Katie G.,
Mystery, Highfyer, Roy s. Cluke and Biddy
Bowling started. Roy s. CIuke won, two
lengths ahead of Mammonist second, Little
Buttercup third, Edwin A. fourth. lime
I:513.
Second Rdce.-Ohio Derby Stakes, for
three-Year-olds, one mile and half dash.
StardifOrd Keller, Pilot, Orange Blossom
and Mollie Moore started. Pilot won, ten
lengths in front of Orange Blossom second,
Standiford Keller third. Time-2:55.
Third Racs.-All ages, three-qusrter mile
heats. Metropolis won; Red Fox second,
Malasin third. Time-1 %, l :245.
Fourth Rdce.-Mile dash, over four hurdles
Pat Crogan and Fisherman started. Fisher
m an threw his jockey at the first hurdle, and
Pat Crogan won by almost a walk over
TIme-l 1854,
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AT GREYSTONE.
interviewing the cold Man''-whst Il
RrsuIied In for the Interviewer.

New York World; have just returned
from a visit to Greystone, and have had an
experience which reminds me very much of
The day that / fell into the front end of a
threshiag machlne and came out with the
straw and was tramped on by the horses.
Reading in The newspapers that Mr.. Tilden
was in robust health, with rosy checks and
sinewy mind, concluded to 60 up and inter-
view him.
When l arrived at the front gate of the
baronisl demesnes, l saw Mr.. 1ilden down
by the house saving wood. As he stopped
to rub his saw with bacon rlnd he caught
sight of me. Suspecling me to be a reporter,
he shouted to q hired man, at work near by,
not TO let me pass. l never heard such a
voice in my life. 1t sounded like Nova
Scotia ioghorp. A mate on the Mississippi
river in Olden times would have paid rental
of S25 month for the use of that voice.
bribed the hired man with cigar 10 let me
90 by. When Mr.. Tilden saw me advanc-
ing he dropped his saw and started to run.
The first thing ne did was to clear a garden
hedge about five feet high. / LOST fully half
a minute in hunting breach 10 the he ge
through which l could pass. By this time
Mr. Tilden had bounded away toward
the barry Clearing an empty straw
rick, which lay in his course, he alighted
In close proximity 10 Tue OICnaTu FENCE.
am an sgile man myself, and az ran around
the end Of the rick he took the fence,
aud before could get over he had climbed a
tall cherry Irse With a squirrel like e.lerity.
thought had him, but just as | neared the
tree ne saw his strategic mistake, and with
one bound he lespsd out OF the tree and
started for the house. l got close enough to
| him al one time TO shout: "What do you
| think of the Ohio Republican platform on
| the tariff question: but he eluded me and
entered the front door OF ths-house.
chased him ffom room TO room and from
story to story, when finally he emerged upor
the roof. Before he could close the door
was beside him, notebook in hand. This
| then, was the end of the stee pie chase.
| 81 see," said /, ''that you are familiar witt
| Thomas Kempis. Will you allow me Il
inquire whethel"-
Before L could finish the sentence Mr.. Til
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LIEUT.. GARLINeToN will probably sail TO
look for Greeley today from S.. Johns,
Newfoundland. Greeley is no doubt sale
enough. He himself calculated on the
failure OF the expedition OF 1882, and gave
instructions that provisions sfiould be left as
far north as the relief vessel could 90. This
was done, and provisions were tft within 300
miles Of Lady franklin bay.
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MEMPHIS. Y,

den turned upon me like wild boar at bay.
He caught me b. the shoulder, brought me
down upon my stomach, and after UipiDg up
the roof with me raised me in bis arms and
actually hurled me from the battlements.
Fortunately L slighted in the midst OF
asser-plat upon my cheek. sustained no
serious injury beyond the slight fracture OF
the humsrus, dIslocation Of the patsila aud
a slight iudentation of the left psrietal bone.
But the next time there is 10 be any inter
viewing done at Greystone while Mr.. TIlden
remains in his present state of robusieusuess
you can send Mr.. John L. Sullivan, Of Boz
Ton.
9 pRRK IN-s nnrnthnr Of EliA
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Tbe ARKANSAS RaiIroad Bo.a Cases.

KEoKUK, J une 19.-Argumentc commenced
to-day before the Hon. Samuel Miller, of the
United States Supreme C1uri, and the Hon. c.
Caldwell, Judge OF the United States District
Court for the Eastern District Of Arkansas,
involving the liability of the Little Rock,
Fort Smith and other railroads in Arkansas
for bonds issued TO them BY the State to aid
IN their construction, which have been de-
clared by the Supreme Court of Arkansas to
be invalid, and amount TO $3.50 900. John
r. Dospassos, of New York, and E1-Chief
Justice Mcclure, of Arkansas, represent the
boudholders, and the Hon. John F. Dillon, of
New York, and c. w. Huntingdon, of Bos-
ton, the railroad companies.
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The World believes that it was impossible
in the nature Of things for Brady and DR.
sey 10 be convicted. Brady, appointed and
protected by Grant, carried on and cham
pioned by Hayes, bled by G fairfield for cleo
ton money and beloved by Arthur; and
Dorsey, taken to the heart OF Garfield, doing
the bribery and corruption business in Indi-
ana, giving advice about the G ufi cid Cabi-
net, hobnobbing with Arthur, running cleo
lions with Arthur, dining with Arthur, "go-
ing blind" with Arthur in poker and politics.
They could not be convicted.
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The NAVAL ACADEMY.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS TT
AUTHORITIES HIGHLY COMMENDED.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS THE
AUTHORITIES HIGHLY COMMENDED.
WASHINGTON, June 18.-The report of the
Board of Visitors TO the United States Naval
Acf DENY, at Annapolis, is quite lengthy
con munication, and is, in substance, as fol-
Iowa: Many Improvements have been m sde
the past year, and the premises are healthy
and comfortable. The recommendations
inside by the last Board of Visitors are re-
rewed. The exhibition of temporary in
suboTdination, which occurred in the early
part Of the year, is alluded to, the course of
the superintendent in charge OF the matter
approved, and the zeal and fidelity of all the
authorities connected with the academy
high commended. The Board bestow the
hear lest praise on all seen, entrust the
academy TO the favorable consideration Of
the Secretary OF the Navy, and solicit for il
the liberal support of the Congress of the
United Slatee
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THE LEVEE CONVENTION.
Appointment of a General Committee
ON Resolutions.

BATON ROUGE, La, June 1S.-The Levee
Convention met to-day. Judge J. NJ. Howell
was elected permanent chairman. 1. has
been years since go large and thoroughly
representative body assembled in this State.
Alter much discussion resolution was
unanimously adopted for committee-ope
from each parish, each ward and each interest
represented, to be appointed by the respec-
tive delegations, a general Committee on
Resolutions, to which shail be referred all
matters suggested in the Governors message
calling the Convention. The report of the
Lsvee Commission, the report of Eads, and
all other subjects were introduced in thA
Convention without debate. The committee
was then appointed, consisting OF about fifty
delegates. q
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The Boston Traveller tells story about
man who saw MIR. Lincoln after EI. Presid, Mt
JEFF DAvis's capture and Fked MIN what he
would do with him. Mr.. Lincoln replied by
telling story Of a boy, whose mother had
ordered him TO dispose of a pet coon, and be
was terribly broken up because he cou d MT
sell il, and could not kill it, and his mother
would not let him take it nome. The troub e
with the story, i, notes The Chiosgo Ne,rs,
that it lie not true. Mr.. Lincoln died April
18th, snd Mr. Davis was not captured until
May 10th. Will the Boston Traveller givs us
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LONDON, June 18.-The Mark Lane En-
press, in its review of the grain trade for the
past week, says: "Rain is greatly needed,
but crops promise a fair return. Trade is
unchanged. Naive wheats are becoming
scarce, and rates are firm. The trade in for
eigu wheat is not encouraging. The number
of arrivals continues large and prices prac-
tically are unchanged. OFF the coast car
goes are inanimate. There were seventeen
arrivals and three sales. Tbere was no de-
mand for futures. Flour Ia lifeless. Prices
remain unchanged. Tne same may be said
of foreign -four. Barley and oats are un.
changed; foreign slow and unchanged. Maizs
is slowly cheapeniog; mixed American cold
Friday at 27s Sd. Sales of English wheat
the past week were A., 1854 quarters, at AIS Cd
against p, 632 quarters, at AIS sd the cor.
responding week last year"