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Show EASTERN SPARKS. Hobokcn, N. J., had a $o0,000 lire Tuesday night. The New York Chamber of Commerce Com-merce advocates the speedy resumption resump-tion of specie payments. The Erie railway company sues Oliver H. P. Archer to compel him to account for $132,462. American ships have made a three percent, gain of the carrying trade of the world during tlie past year. The total reduction of the public debt, from March 1st, 1879, to Nov. 1st, 1S73, is placed at SylSS.BSS. Sec. Richardson urges economy in government expeditures, and additional addi-tional taxation to meet expeditures. The Reform Episcopal Church, of New York, tendered Dr. Cheney, of 111., the position of Bishop of "the West. The New York Stock Exchange urges that government reimburse monies paid as taxes on borrowed money. The Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw railway, has failed to take up coupons on siS,o00,0n0 of its first mortgage bonds. For the last fiscal year there was a surplus revenue of tr-b't,;-,!'.) which was applied to the reduction of the public debt. Secretary Richardson recommends Congressional action, before January next, for the payment of the $20,-ot;o,o00om $20,-ot;o,o00om of 1S5S. Sec. Richardson thinks the public credit has never, since the Hcbellion, stood higher than now, which is certainly cer-tainly consoling if it be true. The United States exports arc now more iu cjLcctis of tlie imports than they have been before since 8ul, when they amoutcd to $ 10',-5-l8,ool. Tlie total estimate for the coming fiscal year is placed at $31',l,19ti,7oti. Of this $7,7:'8(0S0 is fur interest on public dobt, that "blessed" burden. Admiral Polo and Secretary Fish, since they signed the portocol on Saturday, have been in pcrlc-t accord concerning arrangements lor the restoration re-storation of the Viryltiii'.-i and survivors. sur-vivors. Estimates for the coming iiscal year, call lor, among other things, :U,SS1,C18 for the army; S15,23I,-'.5 S15,23I,-'.5 for the navy; S, 715,779 for the Indians; and 17,&l5,'574 for the executive exec-utive department. The port to which the t'irginius shall be brought by Spain depends upon her sea-going condition. Every-thing Every-thing thus far in the Virginitis nettfc-uient nettfc-uient has been done with calmness on the part of the representatives of the two governments. Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, has been sued for SL'OO -"UO. for libel, by Willis Phelps, a well-known railroad builder, whom the Republican spoke of as the " Boss J.' weed " of Springfield. The office has been attached. Geo. W. reckham, a retired lawyer law-yer of Milwaukee, aged 80 years, brother bro-ther of Judge Rufus I'ockhain, lost on the I tlk tic Jfacre, suicided Tuesday Tues-day night, by jumping from a bridge into the river. Tlie sad death of his brother is supposed to have produced temporary insanity. |