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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. The Cuban insurgents are rapidly surrendering. Samuel Sym, of Oregon, has been confiujed cousul to Singapore. Belgium has issued orders disbanding disband-ing the militia serving on the frontier. The executive committee of the Union League of America iavors universal uni-versal amnesty. - M.Grievy has been elected President of the French assembly, receiving 519 votes out of 53S. . The.Ma-sachusetts Legislature is denouncing de-nouncing the Canadian legislation on .he fishery quesuon. Another ship-load of supplies for France will be ready to sail liotu New York in a few days. The capitulation of Belfort has been sifined and the garrison withdrawn with their arms anJ baggage. The body of Lawrence Mooney has been fished up from the creek where tkj NeiV llamourg horror occured. Peaci is speedily expected, and it is -aid the Emperor William will not return re-turn to Germany till it is concluded. The Fenian exiles are to be the guests of the Washington municipality ou the occasion of the coming carnival. The Duke of Cambridge is to remain re-main Commander-iu-Chitf of the British Brit-ish army, subject to the Secretary' of War. Sir J. - A. Macdona'd, the Canadian member of the joint high couiuiissioii, will leave for Washington on the 1st of March. The Paris Journal da Debals fays Thiers is univer.-aily looked upon as tbe future President of France, with Favre and Picard in the ministry. In consequence of the preparations made in toe south of Franc lor calling call-ing out the military cLsi of 1S72, B.s-iu'itck B.s-iu'itck will only extend the armistice five days. The New York Chamber of Commerce Com-merce French relief co limit tec, will send one of their number to France to superintend the distribution of the stores forwarded. The State department, Washington, is arranging for ready reference, all information in-formation in the national archive cm cerning the questions at issue between the United States and Britain. Odo Russell has been censured for exceeding his instructions in his negotiations nego-tiations with Bismarck, by sa ing that England would have to figh'. Kus.-ia on the Eastern question with or without allies. In Congressman Bowen's bigamy case, eleven jurors were f r returning a verdict of guilty and one for acquittal. The one beat the eleven, and the jury was discharged. Bowen will have another an-other trial in .March. |