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Show Goilmia Go.SNip. New York, 9. Colonel Mines, celebrated as the author of certain conversations with Coukling and ex-Governor ex-Governor Woodford, is missing. En-quiriea En-quiriea at the World oflice whero he certainly ought to be well known demonstrate nothing whatever beyond the fact that possibly ho has disappeared disap-peared in order to dodgo a hotel bill. The HorW announces that Stewart's body was recovered mouths ago, and that $50,000 waa paid therefor. Paul Boy ton has accepted the chulleiigo of Captain Webb, the famous English swimmer, to swim a match for $500 a side, Boy ton to use bis life-BUit and paddle, and Webb to swim, naked, twenty miles in still water. Veteranu of tho war ol 1S12, of whom only about iwonty-one are hero, announce that they are compelled com-pelled to vacate the little unfurniahed room heed as an oflice for thtir association asso-ciation because they cannot pay $15 arrears of rent. Some ot the cadets recently dismissed dis-missed for hazing will bo allowed to return to Weat Point, but bedegradad to the lower class, and thus bo compelled com-pelled to associate with their former vicliniB- Tenuee-:eo advices aro to tho effect that the failure of the proposition to scale its-de'ot wao ik;o more to tbo influence in-fluence of those who favor absolute repudiation than thoso who advocato even a partial maintenance of public faith. The caso of the heirs of Fhilip Douiihoe, who died in San Francisco, rieptombor 7th, was brought before Surrogate Co Bin, at While Plains, N. Y., yesterday, lo whom a commission , was issued to tako testimony as to the identity ot Piitrick and Mario. These, with Philip Riley aod William Ken . nedy, ol New York, were examined, and the testimony of all went to establish es-tablish the identity ot Maria and Patrick, the brother and Bister. Tiie cane was adjourned for tho purpose o! hearing additional testimony. |