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Show GENERAL. evv At Inn I le Cable F- I . .o-: 8r. New York, Dec. 14.- -i n'. orise has been started, undeif:. ...ble aus pices, for laying a new Atlantic cable, aud by a published communication from George T. Curtis, counsel for the company, it seems evident thev mean bu siuess, and don t intend to soil eut to rival companies. The name of the company is the New York - London Direct Telegraph Co., Limited, jt is organized and registeied in London, with a capital fixed at 3,250.00(1, in gold. Five of the twelve directors are Americans. The western end of the cable will be on the shore ol'Kliode Island; ihe eastern end on the coast of Wales, and it will be laid in August next. Drad. David G. Burns, the first President of Texas under the Ecpublic, died in Galveston on the 6th inst.,aged eighty tears. Washington TEtw. Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. The nomination of Gen. Pleasanton, Commissioner Com-missioner of internal revenue, has caused considerable surprise in most circles, as, until within a day or two, the appointment of Douglas was con-sidered con-sidered certain. It wasi rumored last night that another an-other change in the Cabinet is contemplated con-templated soon, and that the coming man will be a Pennsj Iranian. New York. Dec. 14. A Washing-ton Washing-ton speeial says Porter's chances for confirmation are thought to be improving. improv-ing. It is said Butlei's onslaught in the niiuse rather benefitted than injured in-jured Porter, and that the majority of the naval eomniitiec in the Senate, to which the house bill to ttbolii.h 'ihe office of Admiral ws referred, are friends of Pot ter's. Prtn Fargertfn. New York, Dec. I 1. The late general gen-eral agetit of the American Press Association, As-sociation, announces as Slate furg-rie-s the lureinn news now published by the papers of that organization. Unmn Kcportcd Dtai, New York, 1 i. - It i- report. . 1 that Alexander Duma- is dead. 1'Kht ktrr til Indiana. Indianapolis. I I 1 1 a I' of the bus-ties-- poMe'ti of Ketitianl. Ind., wa hurried this morning. Tho '....j. i- estimated esti-mated at sJ.V.i i .. BtatUK ofliidlann. : Wa.!.'- o'. u, 1 I !.'. .. , -.,,, ,ho j re-olinion ah I 1:,.I Ap'.h -1 b ."en- j ale Co:i. n, :t -e" ( n .ill;- or; thi- mMrj. i it -' 1" ! "1 I!,:.' I.,.. 1 .,,r:. i,; ,i i ano-trli't'-r t ! ':- no . " - t ilo.r re, i!,.- s;;, : a- .,f I i, fans Woori t-e-Jii,.; ' , i ih': I'l.ir. d Mat-". 60-1 .1 .... ,,, . , l.ui 'he treat . nvrei-iy mane., j ?. lnllo.T. J )... :ng ii-in;,na'i ns re s.-nt in to-hiy AH. .-an - t,u- i-'. r it H ' -on. M. T.: J',0. E. Tai p.n to h, II-d.an II-d.an .-.(,t at F .it J'.-r'h .; j. I. oi .oe to !e '-'u, a? Os' J 0 I tab. |
