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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. Postal communication between Paris and London is re-established. ; : Several important insurgent suiren-ders suiren-ders are reported from Cuba. " It is reported Manteuffol hascncloscd Bourbaki's army on the Swiss frontier, fron-tier, i ) The Prussians arc driving cattle into Paris, to feed the starving population. popula-tion. ' King William has sent a letter to the Pope, thanking, him for his peace counsel. . The' old American House, Paines-ville, Paines-ville, Ohio, was destroyed by fire o Tuesday. ' : A committee has beeu appoiutcd'to raise $100,000 for a monument to Admiral Ad-miral Farragut. ; Pomeroy has offered a resolution, in the Senate, expressing American sympathy sym-pathy with France. News from Havana says an insurgent chief, Andres Dorniques, with several men, have surrendered. Col. J. J. Williams, chief engineer of the Tehauntepec railroad.telegraphs that the work has commenced. The reassembling of the peace conference con-ference is again postponed, in consequence conse-quence of the illness of Granville. Bismarck says that, until sufficient supplies can be imported, he will share the stores of the Germans with Paris. The conference committee on the income tax asked for by the Senate, has been concurred in by the House. Hooper, Allison and Yoorhees are the House committee- to confer with the Senate on the income tax muddle. The conclusion of the Paris armistice armis-tice enables German steamers to resume re-sume trips via English ports to Hamburg. Ham-burg. The House non-concurs in the Senate Sen-ate bill abolishing the ranks of Admiral Ad-miral and Vice-Admiral of the . U. S. navy, t ; . - Frederick Charles has communicated information of the armistice to Chau-zey, Chau-zey, and wishes to know if he intends to observe it. The Cubau Republic House of Representatives Rep-resentatives has dissolved, the members mem-bers flying and each looking after his personal safety. Senator Trumbull characterises the Charpening claim as the boldest swindle swin-dle ever attempted to be perpetrated on the government. t In the Senate, on Wednesday, Pomeroy Pom-eroy offered a resolution to provide for the immediate shipment of stores and provisions" to France. The North-German Consul at New York. wishes the Germans of America to contribute largely, to alleviate the sufferings of their countrymen. Dr. Galentine, who shot Lr. Jones in October la.-t, in Cleveland, (.., for unproper intimacy with his wife, ha been convicted of manslaughter. ; The bill granting a homestead to the widows and children of soldiers who fought in the rebellion, has passed the Senate with only two dissenting dis-senting votes. There is intense excitement in the Arkansas Legislature, caused by a disruption dis-ruption between the Governor and Lieut-Governor. Impeachment, blood shed, etc., are talked of. There is much excitement in Brook-1 lyn on account of a person who seems to have a man a for stabbing women. Lp to this time he is reported to have j stabbed twelve. A reward is offered for his arrest. The Senate was coing to vote on the admission of the Georgia Senator-) on Wednesday; but Saul.-bury, of Maryland, Mary-land, made such a terribly long speech, which he refused to draw to a clo.-e unless the debate closed at tho same time, that it couldn't be done. |