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Show GE1YERAL. Waihlnffton Advlcea, "Washington. 3 The postmaster general gen-eral has decided that families, firms or companies, cannot combine to rest poit office boxes: but that one box rent must be collected for each firm, family, or company enjoying such facilities. A general order just issued by general Sherman, annonnces that major Wm. D. Whipple, assistant adjutant general, and major O. M. Poe, United States engineers, en-gineers, have been appointed aides de camp on the personal staff of tha general gen-eral of army, vice colonels P. T. JJent and Horace Porter resigned. Colonel 0. M. Poe will remain as now at Detroit, De-troit, until relieved ef hU present duties. du-ties. Colonel W m. D. W hippie, in addition to bis duties as aid de camp, will perform the duties of adjutant general gen-eral to the general of the army. In addition ad-dition to the nsnal reports and returns to the adjutant general's office at Washington, Wash-ington, the division and department commanders will send copies of their monthly reports and returns to colonel Wm. D. "Whipple, for the information of the general; and ail correspondence and reports, designed for the use of the general, will be addressed to colonel Whipple. The aggregate of Internal revenue receipts for the last quarter of tne cal'-n-dar year of 1872, is $26 330,025, a decrease de-crease from tho reports for the quarter ending Dec 31st, 1871, of $3,32o,6o2 A thick fog prevailed here all day. The cabinet session to-day lasted two hours and a half. A considerable amount of accumulated department and routine business was considered, but no business of unusual or extraordinary importance im-portance was transacted. Kew Tork Intelligence. New York, 3. In the Stokes case, this afternoon, after considerable rebutting re-butting testimony was taken both sides rested, and the court took a recess. After tho recess Lyman Tremain commenced com-menced summing up for tbe defense contending that under no reasonable interpretation of law could a verdict of wilful and premeditated murder be rendered on the e 't dance in tho cse I He continued his argutner4 till adjourn? ment. The densB fog which prevailed all dny still continues, rendering the passage over North river difficult and danger oue- Two ferry boats came in collision on North river, and one was so badly damaged that it was with difficulty towed ashore. Latest from Sew Orleans. New Orleans, 8. Five stores on Magazine Mag-azine street, known as Aurich s row, burned; loss $75,000. Insured for $50,-OtO $50,-OtO in home companies. L. Mauler, tobacco merchant, aged fifty, shot himself dead this morning, in a city railroad car. The reported cause is pecuniary loss. D. Jones, jeweller, Baronno street, was chloroformed and robbod of $22,-OUO $22,-OUO in jewelry and money. The Conservative legislature is expected ex-pected to reassemble on Monday. General Gen-eral Emory's troops still bold the Mechanic's Me-chanic's Institute. Ice Gorges Breaking. Chicago, 3. The breaking up of the ice in tbe Uhio and Mississippi rivers, under the influence of the present pres-ent warm weather, is causing much anxiety among boatmen, ana some losses of steamers, barges, etc, are reported re-ported at the various river towns, thougn as yet nothing serious. Snlclrte of an Editor. St, Louis, 3. Frederick Rupp, editor of the Belleville, Illinois, Jleitung, suicided suici-ded last night by hanging himself in the doorway of his olfice. He has been considered insane for some time past. Another BatLrsad Accident. Cleveland. 3. Early this evening the express nortn, on the Pittsburg ifc JSrie road, ran off the track at Morania. tho two hind cars going down tho embankment embank-ment 30 feet. Twenty passengers were injured - none seriously. JUiioelancaus. Boston. 3. At 7.30 a. m., to-day, during du-ring a thick fog, the bark Aurora, Irom Africa for Boston, with a cargo of palm oil and gum copal, went ashore at Soger's Sog-er's Hollow, and was wrecked. AU hands were saved. Delphi, Ind., 54 lire to-night destroyed de-stroyed six stores and, shops ; loss, $115,000. .Nashville, 3. Chief justice Nicholson, Nichol-son, to-day, fell down tho steps of the court house, and fractured his thigh bonft. Newark, 3. Mary Ann More, a widow wid-ow agod 46, was killed by Juo. Murphy, Mur-phy, her son-in-law, during a drunken row last night, at a grogery kept by the latter on Jackson street. Murphy os-! os-! caped. Buffalo, 3. Tho large building 135 i and 137 Main street, owned arid occupied occu-pied by Kansom, Sons & Co., manufac- turers of patent medicines, burned this '. afternoon; loss $70,000. Insured, Anderson, Ind., 3. The Heading factory fac-tory is burned; loss $10,000. It has been burned three times, and blown up once, SL Louis, 3 Governor Brown's r message was read to-day. It is very , long and treats entirely of State matters, mat-ters, and abounds in recommendations. |