Show special to the deseret evening tej ted aej A news ej s a tem mem tep pit ai A dispatch from helena montana says that from to santee sioux attacked a settlement ett lement on the muscle shell may ath seventy white men in the settlement remained in stockade sixty sallied out when a desperate fight ensued lasting seven hours thirty indians were killed including a renegade halfbreed half breed and 30 scalded scalped ped the remainder escaped by swimming the river one white was killed hilled and one badly wounded it is reported that a reinforcement of or sioux is coming to renew the attack memphis on ou saturday night an armed band of disguised men stopped a train going from louisville to memphis and attempted to murder internal revenue officer hahn who had a prisoner aboard arrested for running an illicit distillery hahn fired into the gang killing one the others poured a volley into the train fortunately injuring none the train immediately steamed away the baud is suppose supposed to belong to a gang of illicit distillers distl flers fiers extending from east tennessee to mississippi montgomery ala the commissio commissioners n representing this state and florida who have haire been bean for some time past discussing the preliminaries for the sale 0 of f west fa florida orid orld a h have ave come com e to a adeas d eals igni ipri dujo as to the terms all that portion of florida lying west of is to 10 be sold to the state of alabama lor r one one million in alabama bonds the bonds bonda to be delivered when all the th 6 legal forms are complied with west florida first votes on the matter then the legislatures of both states act then the matter will be submitted to congress for approval i troy there were five incendiary fires at dansingburg Lansing burg last night eight firemen were severely injured and several beveral others were slightly hurt by the falling of walls at the corner of canal and common streets on the levee on saturday night two of the men are reported dead new york there is every prospect of an early reunion re union between the old and new school presbyterians rians the old school met on friday and it is reported voted unanimously for reunion A joint committee of both the old oid and new schools met informally on saturday and although it is understood no vote was taken there was a general interchange of views and perfect harmony A meeting of the joint committee was held this afternoon and it is understood they agreed to recommend union the two presbyterian assemblies meet to together ether this morning at dr springs church for devotional exercises exercises new now york the proceedings of the old school assembly were uninteresting being principally devoted to the consideration of the report of the board of publication in the new school assembly the committee reported that one ohe hundred presbyterians rians of this body had given their consent to reunion re union on the proposed by the tho joint commit te theof e 0 f thirty appointed by the assemblies liles wirich met last year at albany and harrisburg the following pres by teries voted in the negative district of columbia detroit Was Wash etau betau and chicago seventy nive five presbyteries Presby teries desire to amend the basis of reunion re union by omitting a portion of the first and the whole hold of the tenth article the report was accepted and referred to a special committee the order of the day was the reception of delegates from the cor desponding bodies the delegates from the old school assembly were received by the assembly standing several delegates I 1 made addresses expressing their desire for a reunion re union which were replied to by dr fowler moderator of the new school in reciprocal terms the delegates from the new england bodies were then invited to seats when n addresses were interchanged in the afternoon session the committee on foreign missions made a report dr higgs riggs of the dakotah mission laid particular stress on missionary work among the chinese on the pacific slope considerable discussion arose in reference to the outrages on the chinese in california elder Hu Ru berof california said the matter had been greatly exaggerated i aerated and was by no means deserving i ag of interference on the part of the general beneral or state governments ti cranton scranton this morning an anonymous ambus notice threatening any miner who descended the shaft to work was found posted at the oxford mine a ivald wild and most unreasonable panie panic rapidly spread and in all but taur our minea the men refused to work uarl Sari whar charleston leston eston 8 0 A violent thunder storm swept over the city on saturday night damaging property to a large larg extent A boat in the harbor was capsized and a woman and two children drowned cincinnati shortly after noon today the second largest in the city exploded with a terrific sound which was heard all over the city the tank was full of gas at the time the excitement was intense probably P people 0 e blockading the streets in the v vicinity 1 c n ity of the gas works in a few minutes afterward a second explosion occurred causing a fearful backward movement and stampede and the loss of a gas apparatus ap aratus containing feet there were feet of ofgus gas in the tank which was a total loss one man only was killed several others were injured most of or the workmen were absent it being dinner hour at the time of the explosion new york 25 the new school assembly after a long discussion on the report of the committee on foreign missions modified the report by the omission of of california and chinese affairs and it was so adopted chicago 25 the tribunes Tribune 3 special says the cabinet Is considering the question of England En glands lp belligerency as set forth in in Sum ners nera speech with much care grave exceptions were taken by some isome members to resting our case to the extent he does upon the difference between constituting the blockade and closing the ports gen butler called attention to the fact that the supreme court bourt had bad actually recognized the thel belligerency lige rency of the south prior to the queens proclamation it also appears that letters are on record in the diplomatic correspondence correspondences as thank i D when she recognized the belligerent rights of the south for not doing more several senators are said to appear to think the action of the senate rather precipitate in rejecting the johnson stanley treaty and if it were cast again before them would do otherwise chicago A drunken woman yesterday fired a pistol at a negro inflicting a slight flesh wound in the cheek but the ball lodged in the body of a little boy inflicting a fatal wound the tragedy occurred in the locality known as conleys colleys Con leys park the same place where burkhead Burk heat was wounded a few nights since the body of a young lady was found murdered on an island in the river a day or two since it is probably that of lizzie lizzle helger who had just arrived from bremen and who was inveigled from the depot by two unknown men an attempt had been made to violate her person before her death boston several letter boxes at the post office were found pried open this morning and robbed of their contents among them the suffolk bank missed letters containing checks amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars which were subsequently found in a cellar the way they adre were returned to the bank causes young boys to be suspected as the perpetrators new york 25 in the new school presbyterian assembly a committee was received from proposing a convention of all evangelical demonstrations in this city next fall referred to a special committee it appears that the basis of union previously sent if adopted will be referred to a joint committee to meet at august next to consider such further questions as may be necessary for a formal communication on on the subject of union new york the following vessels arrived yesterday having been detained through having the smallpox aboard the radar from liverpool with passengers the city of antwerp from liverpool and queenstown Queens town with with 1072 1073 passengers the nebraska ditto 1295 p passengers the b ark cedar from bremen with passengers pass engers eDgers t the patients were sent to the smallpox small pox hospital on blackwells island scott and munson storage merchants have disappeared with the proceeds of the sale of oats stored with them the owners of the oats are not known but it Is supposed they tiley are western men boston overson vocal organizations have reported that it is their intention to join in the great peace jubilee H B Wil wll ties stables in brooklyn were burned last night loss nearly washington D C specials say the state department is becoming uneasy at tle the continued mience silence of minister mcmahon c aa A letter of recall was sent to him several months ago but boans no answer has haa been received john cochrane will probably be appointed his sor chicago seven dwellings on aberdeen street were destroyed by fire yesterday the wind was very brisk and the structures were all wood and the flames spread with great rapidity the fire was caused by some bome boys in a barn playing with matches and powder A colored man named james beat to death with a leather strap yesterday his little nephew nine years old the affair has caused great excitement among the negro population in jn the vicinity A Canadian named y with two little children who has been stopping at a boarding house in this city for some weeks yesterday placed the children aboard a canada propeller and then returned to the house and cut his throat with a razor the deed was done with the uttermost coolness and deliberation the suicide left very precise in instructions as to the disposition of his bis body the deed was done apparently that the i children might obtain the benefit of a la large rge sum of insurance on his life A large number of applications have been received from colored men for clerkships clerks clerk hips ships in the internal revenue bureau bu advices advises from the plains are such as to cause fear of extended trouble with the indians present arrangements enable great dispatch in forwarding aupp supplies lie lle which are already on the way and it is expected that their prompt arrival will tend to prevent an outbreak if general hostilities can be avoided until the new agents reach their stations tat lops lons it is believed the summer will pass aitho without t war gen dyer has fiks been reassigned assigned re as chief of ordnance A dispatch from st paul denies emphatically the statement that 40 indian children and a number of old women had recently died for want there has been no unusual suffering bior for food or clothing among the indians for toy the past two years new york B H president of the durango silver mining Company attempted to commit suicide today to day at his office by cutting his throat with a razor no motive is is assigned for the act his recovery is pronounced hopeless in the old school presbyterian assembly today to day a resolution was offered and adopted deploring the present state of feeling between this country and great britain the committee on foreign missions reported insufficient receipts to meet expenses A resolution was adopted pledging the presbyteries Presby teries to sustain the work vork they have started the clerk recorded the votes of the presbyteries Presby teries on the basis for reunion re union which so far as known are 36 in favor of and against the report was re committed for correction in the new school assembly dr fisher read the report on the conference with the other presbyterian bodies delegates from the old and new schools and other bodies met and unanimously agreed on reunion re union as the mos most t desirable if any way were clear for such consummation the following four points werd weri submitted as a basis for reunion re union first the old annd arid new testament to be accepted as the rule of faith second the westminister West minister confession and catechism to be slightly abdi fled but as far as regards civil law it is adopted adolte I 1 as a full and accurate interpretation pre tation of holy writ i third the united churches are to accept the presbyterian form of government fourth the united church accepts the psalmody and prescribes its use the report was referred to the standing committee on reunion re union poughkeepsie chas star superintendent of the tarrytown farry Parry town gas works committed suicide this morning new york gen robert anderson and family sailed today to day for europe chicago news from Eu Clarie ciarle wis says forty buildt buildings were cestr destroyed by fire on sunday morning washington the northern pacific railroad company are proposing to send an exploring expedition to pa pass over the whole route from lake supers superior r or to pu ruet puget et sound mr sanfield ge general 11 agent agent of the company hag has applied to general sherman for a military escort new york A fire at hunters point this morning was vas very destruct destructive i ve an I 1 immense quantity of oil and eight 1 lighters were burned several explosions occurred but no lives were lost the fire was probably the work of an incendiary total loss nearly half a million Ks there was a heavy thunder thi inder ioder storm in this vicinity yesterday daytha cherev The nev Rev fishers house and emming effing ham station I 1 w were ere blo bio blown biown wn to atoms four persons 1 in n the house and a lady were blawn feet they were all somewhat injured but none seriously FOREIGN 0 ottawa mr Dawson lawsonsr ff sr report on the Re dRiver route has been laid before thi thre board of public works he recon mends the opening of a communication between lake superior and the redl redi red bed river then to proceed with further work u until util a first class line shall be completed the preliminary line will cost about a quarter of a million the probable ultimate cost of the railroad and continuous navigation will be about five million eight hundred and 1 j parish the elections throughout th the e country have hate been most orderly the vote was very heavy more tha than n halt half the electors in paris cast their votes on sunday the first day of voting 1 vienna it is rumored that czar tor itaki a descendant of the famous famosi patriot of poland is to be appointed governor of gallichia Gal licia this is looked luponi upon as an anti russian demonstration oni on the part of the austrian government I 1 cork the police are taking i sal precautions to prevent an outbreak several houses have been heen searched for concealed arms london the times today to clay day continues the discussion of the american claims it argues that the delpreda de preda i eions committed by the mabama alabama are identical with cases of wrongful capture and cannot be repa removed oved from fromi that category on the ground that ghisi an unfriendly spirit was shown in thil this country previous to their occurrence and I 1 that whatever direction our sym bym sympathy pathy may have taken it cannot be taken into account before any international tribunal let the question of misdirection of sympathy be settled by tion and cool communing with con cod 1 science on both sides and let the alleg ed injuries be measured and appraised before proper tribunals paris among the candidates for thi corps whose elections a 1 I certain are boncel picard Gambet gambetti fa simon and Pid eten jules fava eava Garn gamier gamler ler len hughs and thiers are proba ay iy elected is defeated havana an official account of the landing of the filibuster expedit expedition ionin in the eastern department has made public that seven hundred men dis disembark embarked 6 on the night of the in the bay 0 nipe and quietly quietly took position mounting six guns an and fortifying three houses they remained undiscovered thirty six hours capt capic mosco |