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Show CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. The circulation of newspapers is to be freely permitted iu France. The striking Liverpool dock laborers labor-ers jire yoing to work ut the old rules. The 'French universal exhibition ia to open in Paris on the 1st of May, 187S. 8ir Henry Hal ford has formally resigned re-signed the captaincy of the British national ride team. A car load of passengero lelt E-rr.ira, E-rr.ira, N. V., on Tuesday for Mansfield's Mans-field's Pacific olnny. The democrats and independent democrats carried a majority of tlie St. 1-fluis aldermen and school uf lairs ou Tuesday. It ia reported that the roads be twi-tn Chicago and Omaha, whiuh have been cutting rates, have bCltled their difficulties, Kobert Toombs argued a cotton case before the United Suites supreme court on Tuesday, his opponent being Ben. Hill. The uenata. committee ou election? have decided not to admit in evidence evi-dence a number of letters written by Spencer to his political Irieuds m Alabama. It is understood that a majority of the house committee ou elections in the Third district of Illinois cuiuested seat favor the claim of Le Moyne, democrat. M. M. Freeman and his brother were shot and killed by William K. Brad turd at Spring Creek, Pneip-county, Pneip-county, Mo., on Sunday. Bradford had robbed Freeman's sure. Barton Hendrick, formerly secretary secre-tary 10 Governor Warmouth of Louisiana, Louis-iana, was lound dead iu liis room at St. Louis, on Tuesday evening with an empty chlurotorm bottle at his side. In the suit of Frank Moulton w. Rev. Henry Ward iiuecher, the demurrer de-murrer ot the deieudunt baa been sustained, with leave to plaintiff tu amend his complaint within twenty days. The prevailing opinion at Washington Washing-ton seems to bo that the senate will refuse to proceed with tho trial ot Belknap when the question of its liiriediciion over a retired officer is presented. The second report of the lesultof the invesligat on into the Breiuer-haven Breiuer-haven explosion mentions that three cases of turs shipped at Hah lax ou the missing steamer City of Huston by James Thomas were uninsured. I The Chicago distillery property ol Haas, Powell & Co., has been de-, clared forfeited to the government ou account of whisky frauds. Simon Powell, one of ttie partners, has pleaded guilty to an indictment charging conspiracy to delraud. Gen. Mertiil denies Gen. Custer's charge ol taking a bribe in the Texas court martial case. It is said that Custer has a dislike lor Merrill ou iccounl of some evidence given Le-turo Le-turo an army board reflecting upon his character as a disciplinarian. The Russian press is indignant on account of the reward of Disraeli's rtmaik in the house ol commons that the queen's assumption of the title ot Empress of India would be received as a fcijtn of our determination to maintain England's Indian empire, against Russia's advance. The passage of the three bills regulating regu-lating the pay of the army, reducing the force and' transferring the Indian service to the war department, would save $7,00 ,0JU m the war department depart-ment and about $1,000 in the ulterior department, but they meet with strong opposition in the senate. The opinion of Loth democrats and republicans of the house committee on foreign allairs, with perluid two exceptions, is that tSchenck's conduct con-duct in lh: Emma mine utUir is reprehensible, rep-rehensible, and that tie was not guilty of intentional dishonesty. Two dem ocratic members of me committee are seeking to prove dishonesty. The New York Hun publishes a atory to the tiled that Secretary Boutwell paid Butler $i!,000 aa counsel for Jayne, revenue informer, for his (Butler's) influence tu ma-Boutwell ma-Boutwell senator in place of Wilson elected vice president. This comes out on a claim which has been re-terred re-terred to the committee on expenditures expendi-tures of the treasury department. According to the London Ttnrs, it is doubtful whether Window, the alleged al-leged Boston forger's case, comes within the English interpolation ol the extradition act. In two months from the date of his committal Win nlow will be entitled to his discharge unlet the judges hold that the events which have occurred constitute a suthcient cause to the contrary with -1 iu the meaning of this act. Fifteen senators dodged the vote on Dana's confirmation. Ono account ays that Ben Itutler 19 the presiding genius ot ttie United States senate, h shown in the disposition of this question ques-tion and another writer says that he had no influence in producing the result. Among thoi.o who voted for rejection were Bayard, Booth, both ol the Cameroon, Conk ling, Cooper, Gordon, Hamlin, Logan, Morton, Randolph, Saulisbury, 8Ucrman and Ttiurman. |