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Show GENERAL. W Killing ton Advice. Washington, iO. Saml. Stralhan Foster is appointed commercial agent at Upolo, Navigator Islands. The senate has confirmed Elisha P. Ferry governor of Washington Territory. Terri-tory. The postal appropriation bill, as reported re-ported from tho senate committee, is found to contain an important change in the amendment providing for doubling doub-ling tho China mail service and subsidy, b3" substituting for the word "San Francisco,'" Fran-cisco,'" tho words "sonic port of tho United Uni-ted States on the Pacitic coast."' This change is held to bo in the interest of the "s orthern Pacific railway and looking to Fuget Sound Instead of San Francisco, anil the California congrpsional delegation delega-tion will oimose it accordingly. New York Intelligence. I New York, 20. At a meeting of the Methodist bouk committee to-day, the expert appointed to examine the accounts ac-counts of the book concern made his report, re-port, which it is staled tends to hi'ar out the allegations of fraud in the bindery department. The weather very hot to-day, the mercury in the shade standing among the eighlie?, and in the sun ruing to a hundred. Samuel Windier, brother to Mrs. r anny iijui', aim w no was joiiuiyni-i dieted with tcr fur the murder of Wat-1 son a? an accessory before the art, and wuodiappoared, was brought to Bro':-Ivn Bro':-Ivn to-day and comma; d to .iaii. He will probably be tried with hi? lister m June. The grand jury to-day preset tf il an ir.dii:tLj-T.l aga:r,t Carl V 'k't, the alleged al-leged Belgian murderer, for farce:. v. in the town of 2"i tw Scotland, IS. Y-, thi morninc. the dweiiir c uf one Vol-mer, Vol-mer, was burr.cd. Vu.3rs mother. 1 father-in-law a:.d four cc:;dri'n pcr-i.bed; pcr-i.bed; Yoijuer, with his w;;e and one ehiid escajied. j Captain Geo. C. Hail, Frie director, I and a prominent niuver in thfi '.ate fsi'P t (fa;, diod in Brooklyn ldy. IIri..-Fire. Fonghkefpii, . Ti.e tr.e'i.niiitt ': ;r. il " ;:,.tj- o'i-iy. T..l- w i.-I i.-I on Sh-;aji?ii.d raountAin are oa tiia Hemortal Dj-. Selina. Ala., 20. Memorial day was celebrated here by a cessation from business, a proceiioa to the ct-inetery. &r.d the decoraiion of the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers alike. Infanticide and Suicide. Davenport, 20. A dreadful case of infanticide and suicide occurred to-day, Mrs. Malchan drowning a fourteen months babe in a barrel of water, axd then holdicg her own bead under until dead. She always lived happily with her husband who is crazed with grief. Alleged seducer Kot. Memphis, 20. Dr. "Wm. Dameron, to-day, shot Bennett Johns dead on the ftreet for the alleged seduction of hi w;ie. The AIItaoux-1 1 ronblci. Holden, Mo. , 26. The greatest excitement excite-ment prevails here to-night, on account of repeated throats from Cass couc:y. Several suspicious characters were seen within a few miles of town, and it is not known the m.nocnf ther.i mv h. nn at tack. A number of patrols m di3'erer.t rarts of the town will defend their homes to the utmost W". B. Nichols, one of the alleged bond robbers, lives here, also about twen'.y-iivooi his bondsmen. bonds-men. .Monetary and Stock. New York, 20. Gold active and strong. The specie engagements for i Europe to-morrow are $1,3S7,W, of ; which is in silver. Govern- i menu active and higher. Stocts strong and active, Pacific Mail again a leading feature. Panama sold at 112J, andcloeed j at 112. W. V. T., To;; Quicksilver, 4-i: W. F., Pacitic Mail, 73j. - j Paris, 20. Tho specie in the bank of Franco has increased 3,0u0,000 francs. . |