| Show by telegraph teleo 9 ra p h AMERICAN 1 lithe litha 13 ai the tha russian hussian frik arik frigate has arrived the grand duke dube alexis commands the Sv etland is of the bussian russian squadron admiral boutakoff Bouta koll kofl commanding alexis came ashore and visited baron the russian minister the grand duke constantine ii also on the Sv etland he is ii about IS 18 years old and is the tb second son of the e emperors brother constantine Constan tinei tinel the other vessels 0 of f the fleet have pot not yeb yet arri arrived ed NEW york 13 the western west union telegraph company has ried reduced its tolls on messages between the teto east and west to the lowest rates of the colutha competing company tho tha internationals met tonight to night and adopted resolutions applauding the molly maguires and protesting against their exe execution cution cuilon on the ground that they were convicted by hired witnesses Freigh freights tg h from rom chicago to new york have beep been advanced five cents making forty nive live on on fourth class washington 14 at the request of the comm commis aloner of the general land lan dom office e fa secretary chandler has recalled hia bia recent decision in the case caso 0 of f thelast chance mineral olal olai claimants m against the sacramento mini min 1 ing illi coriany Coni cou con ady any n y of utah the land emco omco la Is naturally dissatisfied with the material curtailment of its power and jurisdiction involved in this decision decisions and suggests sundry modifications which however 3 are not like likely y to be conceded the fl ninal final decision is expected within a fortnight CHEYENNE aty 14 the con inked interruption in the telegraphic egra chic communication between forts fort 8 laramie lia Xia ramie and aad fetterman induced an escort of six caval ry commanded by sergeant Sei geant bessy in return returning imi from hat creek to strike acro aero across Wilie the country and come in on the fetterman line last night on the elkhorn thirty miles north of ft laramie tresh fresh traces of indians were found and to avoid a surprise there in camp the tile sergeant t with three moen roen made a ance and about midnight collided with a party of fifteen indians in a fight which ensued bes nes nessy bessy a and n d biggart were slightly aou S and Feth Fe atheral nal ral badly wounded they also lost three horses killed hilled when the indians were forced to retire A company of cavalry left laramie laa Iia ramie today to day to endeavor to intercept the indians NEW york world says gayal miss M iss jeanette tt bennett mr berhow HOW L ard robins and aud mr bennetts Ben hetts private secret secretary biry tiry sailed in the city cicma of richmond rich Eich mond yesterday yeste iday with dio lio mr bennett paris is understood to be the destination of the oile party PiT rit lura muna itt 34 T 11 e river at 10 pm is full of ice 1 I broko broke in the UP upper per manong monongahela ahda yest jest yesterday erday and re reached ch hero here at bix six this morning borni pg the bennett and chieftain two side bide wheel packet tej were torn from heir their moorings and totally wrecked th the value and insurance c a are re un known known the work of destruction iest lest ruction lasted several hours hour six tug boats were sunk the grand lake company lose fourteen loaded boats and a number of empty barges brown fc co had bad thirty eight loaded and sixty seven empty boats swept away probably all lost fawcett son had bad sixteen loaded boats and seven se empty pt barges destroyed several other firms here hero and at mckeesport McKee sport lose a number of boats bo ats and barges the thi e entire fleet above atole Frankes town was swept dway away the dain damage ge to the cosi coal interest J sueh that it ff will require two months to place pince the tha mines in working order all ali the dry docks this side of birmingham are carried away with one exception the dams of tot the slackwater kwater navigation Com company escaped with slight injuries anything like jn an es estimate of the total total loss cannot bo be niven given but hut ut will probably 3 bo be over two millions it is feared that several fi lives ves were lost but bu t the confusion on orr the wharves is BO greab great that it lt Is to verify all the rumors C cincinnati 15 the present break up of ib the ice ico in the river ha has a been the most disastrous on record not only at this thi place but at almost every point between here and pittsburg tho the lowest estimated damage here is the highest the heaviest est losses seem at this writing to be with the coal dealers there were seventy five loaded and empty baags barges sunk 0 or carried away from m the andings landings in lii iii this place most of t those b ose not actually sunk shave have been left in such a condition that nothing can be done for fo them and they will be eventually lost nev NEW ORLEANS OR LEANS ia 35 lathe latho the tho following was received last night and a copy furnished packard and nicholls washington D C 14 gen 0 C augur 1 ew orleans it has been the policy of the administration a to take no part partin in the setti settlement beut ment of the question of the he rightful government govern munt mont of the state of louisiana at least not until the coll congressional committees now bow there have made their deport report but it Is not proper to al sit quietly by and see a state government 7 gradually taken possession of by one of the claimants for gubernatorial nat na orial trial honors by i illegal means the supreme cou court rt set geb up by nich oils can receive no more recognition than any other equal number of lawyers convened on the call of other citizen of the state A re returning turning board existing in accordance with law and having judicial as aa well as ministerial powers over the tho count of the vote hud declaring the result of the state election have given certificates of election to the legislature of the state plate A legal quorum of each house hold hoid holding in 9 su such buch ch certificates met and declared packard governer governor should there be a necessity for the recognition of either it must ba be packard you ln may ay furnish a copy of thi to packard and nicholls signed U 8 ORANT 0 ruane PLANT P resident Pes pus ident V the maybn may bennett nett g guarrel quarrel barrel ap pears ears to be settled mr bennett laving taken the hand band an aud und heart of miss may and the arm of her lier brother bi other and gone golle to europe normo hm sni in pennsylvania sohie some three weeks since hand hafid bills were distributed through gli gil ofir our borough stating that the mormon elder milton musser just juse from utah would hold a meeting lne Ine eting in alas hins basolt hall th tho the following saturday evening but the speaker L r being unavoidably called away could not fulfill his engagement but hut upon returning a it day or two before christmas billed the bulletins a second time lZ alling calling a meeting for thursday evening ultimo at 7 oclo eli elt tile thet hour for commencement the settees in ip the spa spacious clous cious hall room were were occupied and a few minutes later services began by singing a hymn el elder eider der whitney also of utah taking th the lead after singing sir lir mr musser poke at some somo length of th the e manners and customs of the Mormon their belief and nud also their banish ment some gome ears bra ara since from guib luib ninny y octha western St states lites Hs views of S scripture re hot not according with those held by the rev bevi di dr martin of bf ohio who happened to be present after the closing g remarks by eiders elders u assern raud rand n d whitney V arnd arid previous to their singing the filial hymn the rev bevi martin arose and refuel refuted ed some bome or the of the elders eiders and being invited mounted the rostrum speaking for half atu ati heur in rebuttal to the doctrines uttered by tho the 0 when winn win n a discussion ensued and it being then 9 it was wasfi nally nails agretti agreed to hotd awoden an open di discussion culon which was waa fixed for tuesday evening last As per announcement masa solta doors were opened on that evening but owing to the deep snow upon the ground and the fact thauan admission fee tee of ten cents was asked the attendance was way not 0 o large as bu the previous evening at half past 7 1 squire qu ire lre hildebrand arose and wished uhe the meeting would come to order as everything being in readiness thodis tho the discussion would begin he hoped the audience would exhibit no nd demonstrations of bf approval or dis ap approval by alap clapping of hands stamping of fee feet tete etc ete that thai beautiful hymn rock of ages ahei cleft for me ale 12 was beautifully sung by a portion of the tho M E choir atter alter which the rev kev doctor offered up a fervent prayer prater elder A milton flusser Mus was then introduced who upon taking the constitution and bylaws gov governing the discue discussion slon sion and the subjects to be discussed handed the same samo to elder whitney ney who arose and read them in a clear and distinct tone the following are the heads discussed 1 I 1 we believe that the atonement of our saviour covered only the h sins entailed upon man by adams falej fall fail and not the individual personal sins of men 2 we believe that men must work out their own salvation aib aab fio from m their individual sins by thein their good works through falth faith rep repentance enhance en tance baptism by Immen immersion rion slon and 1 for the remig remission sion slon of f sin sins by thie the lay iny laying inz ing on of hands for the reception of the H holy ly ghost 3 we believe that tho the gifts ef of t the spirit as en enjoyed oyed by the faints anc anciently eilt erit are absolutely solute lynece necessary sary to the true truls and proper understanding and interpretation of the holy scriptures Ip tures which is a divine rep ord urd and that the holy scripture is as a sea sel sealed scaled led book to all who do not enjoy n boythe the holy ghost as enjoyed by those who wrote it 4 we believe that the ce celestial lest iest illi lill arder of marriage for time an and eternity commonly called polygamy 1 as aught taught by ui is strictly a scriptural doctrine 5 king james english translation of the bible is our standard Ir signed A MILTON orson 0 asoh ason F elders eldera of the church of jesus christ of latter day sal sai saints n t 1 I agree to impugn the above doctrines 0 of f mormonism nim maintaining the doctrines doctrin ea of the presbyterian church including the immediate inspiration of the holy Scripture sas written in me oil original binal languages by tile tho inspired penmen a and aud d I 1 be believe belleve it eve that ring king jamea translation is generally very good oi signed johs JOHN WYNNE D marrin MARTIN 11 each speaker was limited to twenty minutes minute sf at a time timet eider Elder lder ider mi musser usser taking the and leading otton ofton each subject and dr martin having the concluding speech on each subject each party L hose chose bose an all umpire and those two chose a third who acted aa as mcder ator |