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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS. A $00,000 fire on King street, Charleston, 6. C., on Sunday night. By the Kansas census of March last the total population of the state is 5;s;:,373. On Nov. 12th the British troops wero preparing to attack the Malay insurgents. Secretary Chandler will soon resume tho work of removals from his department. Twenty-three persons wero drowned on Sunday by tho wreck of the ship Calcutta ofYlJuebec. The Arkansas legislature has passed a bill to issue bonds for a loan to pay eurreat state expenses. President Grant is working upon his annual mesage, and will not receive visitors until its completion. A heavy snow storm is reported in northern New York, and there are fears of an early close of navigation. Herzegovina will send a deputation to Vienna, Berlin and St. Petersburg to preterit petitions embodying their wishes. ; Indian Commissioner Smith has tendered his resignation to Secretary ; Chandkr. It has not yet been accepted. ac-cepted. Twelve or fourteen of our iron clads are declared to be seaworthy. Their old wooden decks have been replaced Three Italians charged with the murder of the editor of La Capitate at Rome, have been sentenced to penal servitude for life. The flags are at half mast in Boston in honor of Copt. John G. Benson, of tho Bteamer Governor Allen, who died there on Tuesday. A stay of proceedings has been denied in the case of John Clarke, sentenced to be hanged for the murder mur-der of Ticer in Rochester. Col. John A. Joyce, ex-revenue agent of St. Louis, bus been sentenced to thiee and a half years' imprisonment imprison-ment and a fine uf $3,000. Bullion lo tho amount of 55,000 was withdrawn trom the Bank of England on Wednesday, for shipment ship-ment to the United Stales. An encounter on the 12th at Piva in Bosnia, between the Turks and the insurgents, resulted in the route of the latter, who lel't OuO killed on the field. The Franco American Union for the erection of a Centennial statue in New York Harbor, is organizing a grand JOle to take place at the Palais de Indus! riqtic, Tho New York trunk lines have advanced rates of freight about 50 per cent, above those of the past few months, which they say will give very little margin for profits when severe weather sets in. j The treasury department has made j a call for $12,785,250 of 6 per cent. I 5.20 bonds, which completes the sub- I scription to mako up the amount of j $500,000,000 of new o's authorized, : and closes up tho refunding operations on the 5 per cent, basis. The exhibition of the Tradesmen's Industrial society at Pittsburg, Pa., closed willi a wedding ceremony on Tuesday night, having been continued lor thirty days very successfully. The total attendance is estimated at 350,-000; 350,-000; total receipts $05,000; expenditures expendi-tures probably $80,000. |