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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. ; J. Keilly, the asst. hnpl. of t lie for-joij'n for-joij'n nmil doparltuent at Wtishinglon, j lias been arrested, chareed with steal ing money letters passing through his hands. Mayor Hull has not yet returned to his duties, although his week's retirement retire-ment is up. Tho comptroller will have tho appointment of mayor if J I all don't return by Friday. A billiard match for $L.VOi) a side I was played in Now Vork, Tuesday I evening, between lion, and Gates ol I California. lion discounted his opponent, op-ponent, and won by a seore of '2:0 lo 1SH. A London dispatch suys th;U it is rumored in St. Petersburg that the U. 1 1 .Alexis has married in America a I Hussianess, an old (lame of his, who . wa.s expatriated by the G. D's father, 'expressly to wean the youni( man ! from his objectionable attachment. I The attorney-general of New York, and ('has. 0' Conor, have had a priah-i priah-i ble about the occupation of the former's office in the city. To appear any np-; np-; prehension that this announcement mifiht eause,it is said that Mr. O'Conor will still prosecute tho "ring." Siokes defence for tilling h'i.-k will be that he acted in self-defence; that , thero was a conspiracy to kill hira; that Fist was armed aud looking for him; and that fist's wounds wero not mortal. Stokes's counsel want to postpone post-pone the trial as long as possible, to nive public opinion a chance to change. IBy W. U.Tclecrnih. T11K . D 1C ATE'' A SWISIH.B. Iscw York, 17. A Wasliinyfon special spe-cial says that the result of the inquiry by the committee on ways and moans, into the syndicate transaction, is the discovery that the government has lost tho iuterest on one hundred and thirty millions, for three months, during which time this money was in t lie-hands lie-hands of the syndicate, and the government gov-ernment had no security for it whatever. what-ever. Iu answer to inquiries by Cox, Boutwell said that the debt had been increased by one hundred and thirty millions; that ho construed tho law to justify him iu this temporary increase, to enable him to place the loan; and he considered that the laws gave him large discretion in the matter. Jay Cook, in his testimony, refused to say how much.the syndicate gained in the operation. It is understood that the secretary will make no more syndicate transactions until Congress approves them. |