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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Mexico continues to have its u-ual revolutionary exercises. The bank of France has commenced to issue forced paper money. French advices say Chanzey continues contin-ues his retreat in good order. rrTo 1'urry 9u:cods Howard in the U. S. Senate from Michigan. The House of Keprosenlativos has passed the appropriation bill. The peace conference in Ljndon is soon to be held ; Granville will preside. pre-side. The French arc said to be removing their heavy guns from forts Is.-y and Vanvers. , The mansion of Mr. A spin wall, on the Heights Staten Island, was burned on Wednesday evening. ' Au eruption of the vMuano of Cliir-ebusco, Cliir-ebusco, Mexico, has done great damage dam-age to the neighboring plantations Sargcut, of California, ban introduced introdu-ced an cnab hng bill lr Washington iemtory to be admitted as a State. The Democrat, of the second district dis-trict of New Hampshire have no,i,m. ted ii. Bell, of Manchester, Cor Congress. Con-gress. Chauzcy reports having been attacked attack-ed again by the Prussians on S'ltiday in which ho captured a number of prisoners. 1 I'ilkinsJ.lie suspected Albany express robber is in cu-tody and has been examined, ex-amined, but milium' of importance "'as elicited. '1 ho Germans have been keeping up an incessant, liro on i'ort, Insy, to pre-vent pre-vent the French repairing ()' breaches in the walls. French report., stale that Bumbaki fouvhl. a balllo t, Nnnd.-.y, result!,,,-in result!,,,-in his occnpyinrr Mont Milliard and adjacent ad-jacent villa vcs. Paris advices , -,,y,.,e .'n)iicli lire the west side ol the city lni, j,,,rVc, , and ih doing great, rl,,,,,.-,,,,. to f. tier i man positions. ' j - The great dock sunk at St. Thomas, West Indies, by a hurricane, in 1867, has been completely raised and towed into shallow water. The boot and shoe manufacturers, lately closed on account of the Crispins' Cris-pins' strike, have resumed work, giving giv-ing the Crispins the prices demanded. The T est India - cable company's steamer is still engaged in the work of grappling for the broken cable, in five hundred fathoms water with a sandy I bottom. j There was a terrific explosion at the Brooklyn gas-works on Wednesday l morning, which threw down a brjck ' will and did other damage. No person j iis injured. . ' . U. S. Marshal Palton, of the eastern district of New Y'ork, has sued the Brooklyn I'nion for libel; damages $00,000; and the I 'uion adheres to t he charges it has made against him. On Monday,' Tuesday, and up to D in. on Wednesday, seventy-three vessels ves-sels entered Now York from foreign ports: t he largest number of vessels ar riving in the tame time in the past ten years. . A bill has passed the Senate requiring requir-ing the secretary of the treasury to redeem, re-deem, in lawful money, all copper, nickel and. other base coinage, when presented in sums of not less than J20. A convention in favor of recognizing the Almighty in the constitution met in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The call is signed by tho governors of Pennsylvania, Kansas, Yerinont, Missouri, Mis-souri, and other eminent men. |