Show sper i t L i the ve t j aws bit sit beneral GENERAL GEN general eral EnAL han man franeis francisco co legal tenders 73 t lou loiuis Is A flour and saw mill thirty miles west of the city belonging elo eio nging to F eickerman was burned bd ried tied last night iosa losA W J gatewood president of the san diego gila and southern pacific railroad arrived yesterday from cali call foi fornia hila fila en route for the memphis oon cou convention ven tion A I 1 extensive preparation preparations so are being made for convention at memphis afi on the Delegat edwill be bd passed as free visitors at mif fare hartford the houe of presenta represents Re ties tives today to day ratified the loth amendment to the senate ratified it last week meek washington D C J B gould has been appointed consul at birmingham addison low has been appointed supervising inspector of steamboats for the 2nd and district samuel houston for the ath district J 31 edmonds of michigan present postmaster of t the he senate and former commissioner of the general land office has been appointed wilted postmaster of this city james E of baltimore has been appointed superintendent of the interior duncan resign ed edd I 1 D W houston has been appointed Bl marshal marshai arshal for the district of kansas harrisburg pa judge pearson in the court of common pleas today to day decided that bonds of the pa railroads held by residents of other states are subject to taxation by pennsylvania because they are property protected by pa boston A proposition is before the legislature to consolidate into one road all the railroad lines between this ogdensburg including the boston and lowell the nashua and lowell the nashua and concord vermont central etc scranton one thousand six hundred men ani boys employed in the mines at pittston suspended work this morning there was an explosion of fire damp this morning at mount pleasant mine in this city five men and one boy were badly burnt one man will probably die new york samuel D talbot the rejected lover of miss bliss cribber Crib ner residing residing in montague place brooklyn entered the young lady ladys Is bedroom bedroom at two this morning and attempted to administer chloroform it itt is supposed with the intention of outraging her person and thus obtaining her consent to their marriage miss bliss cribber screamed and fled to the room of her sister talbot followed and fired two shots without any serious effect and then fled to his own room being a guest at the house and shot himself dead the affair occurred in the most fashionable portion of brooklyn and created intense excitement there and at new york talbot was recently from boston and complained pla ined latterly of trouble in his brain montgomery 14 A call has been issued signed by many of the most prominent business men and planters for a convention june to organize an emigration company richmond in the circuit court in the proceedings against the united states marshal for this district in 1861 for having turned over funds to the confederate government the defendant plead the statute of limitation chief justice chase admitted the plea and that the united states was consulted non suited this is an important cepis decision 1 on as the same plea was used by all the southern postmasters who made the same disposition of the funds at the breaking out of the war new york justin mccarthy editor of the london star writes a letter to the tribune in which he says the english people have accepted Sum ners nera speech as the most moderate utterance t the e americans could make he says say england is convinced that grants government means to put a pistol ather at her head bead and then demand the sett settlement lemen t of the alabama claims he does not say this view is reasonable but it is the english view and of course england is not likely to enter into negotiations under such circumstances but after a little time she will begin to understand what the united states claims and their just grounds for claiming it at the ahe pre present se n t the conviction in england is t that at t the a united states wants nothing bilt but war or England En glands lg utter abject humiliation he urges the journalists to help to remove this misunderstanding I 1 indiana indianapolis polls all the democratic members of the house of representatives except two have resigned again leaving the house without a quorum in the senate there were thirty seven members present the doors were locked 1 ed and the absentees sent for pending this proceeding the constitutional amendment was called up and a vote taken and although the democratic members announced that they had sent their resignation to the governor this morning the governor ruled that the senate had had official notice of their resignation and declared the amendment ratified 27 yeas I 1 1 nay eleven senators present not voting it is thought the republican member members sov sol of the house will vote on the amendment tomorrow to morrow and then adjourn cincinnati the national encamp ment of the orand grand army of the lie in secret session today to day adopted a resolution that an organization to form a life insurance and annuity corporation be organized under the laws of the united states as a operative cooperative co assoria as socia tion for the benefit of the heirs of the deceased comrades of the grand army of the republic the conditions odthe of the tho organization arethas are that the app applicant licau t must be a comrade of one of the posts of the G A R in good stall standing ding and pay fifty cents admission fee the application must be filed before january 1871 after which the number of members will not be increased on any consideration no restrictions whatever are made with regard to age condition habits or state of health Chees mans chances of appointment as treasurer are good being warmly sustained by spinner and delano boutwell also is favorable the secretary of the treasury has determined ter mined to send a special agent to the isthmus to investigate the workings of the wiring and sealing regulations with a view to modification or entire i abolition the reports of a contemplated reduction in the mail service of the pacific territories and especially new mexico and arizona are denied by the postal department new york 14 john jay Phelp sone gone of the most prominent citizens died yesterday new orleans 14 the attempts have been abandoned to stop the crevasse below the city as the repairs gave way as fast as constructed the break which Is eighty feet wide and eight deep is increasing another crevasse occurred half a mile below the city but it was soon stopped by negro troops sent from the barracks considerable alarm was felt and a watch was kept upon the levies A serious crevasse occurred on sunday west of baton eaton rouge the crevasse caused a sudden fall of two feet in the river attempts to repair it were ineffectual owing to the sandy soil the break was 60 wide the tribunes washington special 8 1 s says ay s C creswell re sw ea 1 has reconstructed reconstructed reconstruct eT t the h e whole 11 0 le s special p e c la 1 service which is now iv d divided eded 1 into n 0 six divisions these are subdivided sub divided into districts each division has a principal officer styled an assistant superintendent al of the mail service who is responsible for postal affairs for athe the whole division and is to report to the postmaster general each district has a post office inspector and each division a special mail agent to investigate mail depredations also three thre especial special agents at large the six divisions include kansas texa texas S california oregon nevada and the territories the inspectors only are appointed ap hinted among tile the inspectors are maon milton mllton ab B duffield of new mexico jas B underwood of oregon aifred alfred alfred aifred bassein of california the special mail a agents ants at large largo are james BS peard for the money order service and joseph W briggs the emes times special says howard the new minister to china is here receiving final instructions he will leave in a few weeks the triple alliance story is effectually exploded it has transpired that reverdy john son has literally executed the instructions in of the state department in negotiating the alabama treaty and the president and seward thank him for his success in negotiating it on the basis submitted to him by this government new york about eight hundred persons attended the meeting of the equal rights association today to day the session was wag very stormy stor ayt some insane p persons dersons being present who interrupted the proceedings by attempting to talk ab about out their peculiar monomaniac mono manias maniag storms of 0 f hisses and calls of order varied the scene mrs batcheler of boston spoke in behalf of the working women ofner of new england englina I 1 who had instructed her to offer a resolution looking to the amelioration of the condition of the working women she was interrupted by hisses groans roans and calls of order but she declared declared she sho would keep the floor against any other woman and teach the audience a lesson in good man manners nors all the talk here so far was in favor of the ballot an and d in the interest of odthe the rich she proposed to pass a resolution to the effect that industrial schools instead of almshouses should be built and the tal tai talents ants of woman be so far that they would be accorded the same rate of compensation for their labor as men several objected to the resolution as being out of order when another scene of confusion ensued each speaker being cheered and hissed in a turn miss mibs anthony declared the meeting adjourned and asked the audience to leave the hall but nobody heeded her quiet quiel was finally ra restored and mrs mra batche leis lera resolution was brought up and a motion to table it was lost several amendments were propose proposed d and finally the motion was referred to the committee on resolutions which was increased by the addition working women senator wilson and others then spoke after which the meeting adjourned Cincin Cincinnat tl 14 the grand army of the republic has elected reelected re general lo loan logan an commander in chief gen fair child emd of wis vice commander ln in chief the next meeting will be held atVas at washington hington the second wednesday in may resolutions solutions Ee were passed dis to political etca itea object or organization iza tion the banquet a at the spencer house was a very enjoyable affair new york 14 the heralds cable special says reverdy johnson has telegraphed the secretary of state informing him of his formal withdrawal from office after giving some details of his friendly farewell reception by the queen johnson says thus has terminated a mission which has been conducted on his part with zeal and which has fulfilled to the letter ie the instructions of his government and in which he has hag sought to protect the rights to preserve the theeonor honor and promote the interests of his country scranton 14 the strike has hag extended nearly around to Wilkes barre fully half of the miners in the whole anthracite region have quit work no demand for increase and no statement of grievances is made and the miners do not seem to know why they have quit philadelphia 14 the baggage men and way ex pressmen formed an insurance company here yesterday chicago the tribunes new york special says two cases of sun stroke occurred yesterday one fatal chicago 14 omaha dispatches say that gen augur has left for fort rus bussell near cheyenne the government commissioners have started on a tour of inspection on the union pacific intelligence from wind river valley say the indians made a raid on the settlement on the ath instant killed several men addran and ran off a hundred head of horses there was much excitement in consequence it is supposed the indians were bannocks Ban nocks the american congregational union held their annual reunion at the brooklyn academy of Music yesterday the rev leonard bacon was reelected elected reelected re elected president gen sherman expresses his intention to visit the pacific coast this summer peekskill Peek skill N Y 14 three hundred and twenty filp brick makers struck for higher wages yesterday a formidable strike is expected at haverstraw today the bosses having reduced the wages and they state they wont give way the wages of the common laborers have been reduced from two and a half to two dollars a day san francisco 14 legal dendera tenders 73 the steamer grape shot bound from new york for falmouth Ya jamaica jamaica malca malea put into beaufort S C for repair april being laden with arms the te rol roi collector at beaufort telegraphed to collector grinnell and received a reply that the grape shot had regularly cleared for falmouth all ail and A consequently was waa not to be detained on may ilay she still lay in the harbor of beaufort A k delegation of prominent virginia conservatives visited the president today in regard to the adoption of the state constitution and especially to ask that the clause relating to county offices be submitted separately general canby has appointed a number of judges and other officers in virginia ginia jo to fill vacancies caused by removals richard riehard M johnson one of there thene the recently a appointed pointed consuls for china has left for washington ton to receive final orders i |