| Show BY TELEGRAPH per yeb UNION uhlon celeo TELEO raph nAPH LINE A M ae it A N WASHING washington TOX tos 15 col jams james G berrett of this city lias has received the following letter from the national rational democratic committee dear sir the national democratic committee has selected a number dumber of gentlemen ent leinen residing in the district of columbia as a general committee to make arrangements for the binau inauguration ura ceremonies of the ath of och march next we have selected you bod to act as chairman of the committee and abild beg that you will accept ment it is the desire that the general committee of which you ave afe are chairman shall hali ball have entire cha charte c of all matters Matter 4 delatin relating to the inauguration I 1 ceremonies to to that end ena you are authorized authorize iA to appoint such subcommittees suh sub committees as as you may deem necessary of appended are the llames iiames names of the fifty gentlemen who compose the above mentioned general committee col berret chairman W IV corcoran 1 14 Z leiter belter leiter letter gen sheridan admiral david porter thomas J fisher rear admiral rogers gen meigs prof baird wm bi gait martin afarin P F morris dr joseph F toner Al albart bartA A WIlson Rear admiral worden chas G glover john E H norris dr D B clarke james E y george A mcelhenny gen chauncey mckeever james L barbour charles G mccauley walter D davidse Dav idze henry yllia willaid Villa td william cla cia claggett gett hon geo bancroft samuel V niles wm win galt gait thos J luttrell E francis riggs john W thompson geo W coan rane custis J hellyer lilli lilii lyer iyer yer henry H dodge frank hume if grafton dulany samuel IL E wheatley james P james G C melling Wh ellinar frederick B McGui mcguira ulce nire rc wilson hutchins geow adams lawrence gardner major G P lydecker gen john G parke henry wise Gar garnett pett F L moore chas M matthews john sims dr R S L walsh CHICAGO 15 members of tile the transcontinental continent ai railway association who have been in session in new york several days in consultation with the trunk lines on the question of the lat proposition on through freight between the atlantic and here today today to day nay in formal session and without deciding upon n any matter of moment adjourned t till I 1 I 1 tomorrow to morrow A statement will bi be published pu b dished tomor to mor row that athas been discovered d sc that on december the necessary thirty days notice of withdrawal from tile the association was given by the C central pacific tile tiie cause causse of this withdrawal is stated to be dissatisfaction with th the e arbitrators award of california business which gives it 1 19 per cent while its feeders including the union pacific denver and rid kio grande and burlington all of whose freight must roust pass over its lines between ogden land and lan san ian francisco are allowed an aszre gate of over 25 per colit cent if this statement proves true the present association will end dec 2 meeting now dow being bield will naye nave to deal with its formation anew DES MOINES iowa lowa 15 the the low prices for gran grau and high rates for transportation charged by railroads for moving crops has created a bitter feeling in a against ainest ane roads by farmers and it is becoming more pronounced dally daliy daily in some portions of iowa lowa corn is only bringing the producer 13 to 15 cents per ver bushel while the railroads are charging cha igina 17 cents to lay that same bushel of grain down in the chicago markets the railroad commissioners of the state have sent letters to each of the roads traversing lowa iowa inquiring in regard to the alleged increase of transportation por tation rates during great business depression the railroad commission seem disposed to sift the matter to the bottom and if they have not already sufficient power to set matters ri right they jwill undoubtedly ask such additional legislation as will give them the authority it looks as though an extra session of the legislature will be held this winter CHICAGO 15 capt bedford pini pim of the royal navy and lately member of 11 parliament fril arli ament for gravesend Grave send is in the city having returned looking over the cattle ranges of the west he has on foot a plan for building a railroad from cheyenne wyo to hudsons Hud sons bay I 1 for the transportation of cattle to En england englard claud cland instead of bringing them to chaca chicago o and thence shipping them east efie the road will cost about ten tell millions and he wants the united states to subscribe 1 per cent of 0 that amount and england a like sum the tile remainder he claims can bp be secured on the london stock exchange ill in a few days pim vim has also aiso been 13 in correspondence with the washington ddn authorities iti ili thorit thorn ties ies concerning tile the nicaraguan canal the united state stated i has recently secured a contract for this canal from nicaragua and its estimated cost is PIM rim says wont do it he wants the united states and ind great britain each to subscribe scribe one and one half per cent of and ho he says he can raie rale raise the remainder in london he say sav the hudson bay road that for texas cattle it will save 1000 miles by land an by water he goei goes to toronto to consult with sir john macdonald Mac donar DonaH and will also call on president elect cleveland to suggest the appointment of a preliminary commis commission sign to consider terms for joint action between england and the united states on the nicaragua Ric araua 0 project washington 15 gen hazen chief signal service officer has prel preferred erred charges against garlington for disobedience of ciders and aud neglect of duty ili in connection with his command of the proteus expedition for tile the relief of greely the marges charges were sent to the secretary tar y of war over a week ago with a letter ietter e asking the tho ordering of a court for their trial but no action has yet been heen taken by mr lincoln nor has he yet deblaw whether lit he will order a court or not arrived in this city tonight to night on ais als arrival here hene he said he was lyas not aware of any charges having been preferred against him hirn colimbus 0 34 The officers of the tile C coal oal oai exchange in ili this city report that they have information that all an ef ton son maae at 2 this morn ingao blev up the house ofa of a miner named lauterbach who had bad gone back toworu to work the statement is that dyna ginlio was placed near the door where his two children were sleeping and that the door and fraine fraino were torn to piece pieces s but hut the children were not injured beyond a severe shock the city council held a meeting and appointed 20 extra police bostos BOSTON 15 in issi the whaling hig fig vessel jon esmond of south boston heavily laden with sea elephant oil and sealskins seal skins homeward bound from the ocean encountered a hurricane and antl was driven driven into the breakers at desolation island the crew were washed overboard only captain easmon and the colored ste steward ivard P AL olsen of baltimore hein heing saved they had several months terrible experience on the island after hearing their story general butler and others decided to make an attempt to recover the property they chartered a schoon eraut eismon in command and olsen oisen as cook taking a halifax crew all are now believed to be lost PORTLAND agn 15 A report is just rec received elved that fire nire destroyed the residence of G B thomps in near Log lostine tine last ill lii night flit while he anahis wife were attending church two of their children six and two years of age were burned to death wheeling ava 15 the calumet sewer sewen pipe works two miles north of toronto ohio and one of the largest la IV the country burned this morning loss i insurance aurance 4 oooo origin unknown fi be rebuilt immediately greenville GREENVIL TU 15 1 samuel easell who eloped with a ess called on liis lils wife last illk ilik night lit ana and pleaded tobe to be taken back mrs airs earell refused to recognize her husband whereupon he called his hig six year jear old ou daughter to his side mide shot the child in the head killing her and antt then blew his own brains out louisville 15 the courier jour nansi nalls horse cave special specia says P J slocum a school teacher incurred the ill will of some members of the com m and has received several anonymous allm alim letters lately suggesting that if he leave town F he ie would be waited on rd he did not leave avld avid saturday night a mob of 20 men surrounded his Is house he fired several shots at the crowd and succeeded in driving them away wayne grain was killed joe long wounded and several other benaud men and a number of horses are sup posed to be wounded slocum is being tried at Mumford ville for killing crain grain N C 15 in reference to the recent controversy between gen sherman shermman and jefferson davis davisin davisen in ln which the former charges the latter with having threatened to force certain states to remain in the confederacy it has been stated that daviss letter containing this threat was written to gov vance now united states senator in reply to his letter to president davis of october 25 it has been stated also that the letter ietti of davis had been destroyed lqis is a mistake the letter ietter is here and is now in the I 1 posses possession saon slon of a gentleman of raleigh following is the letter richmond I 1 va a nov 11 1862 I 1 to rollis tollis llis flis excellency gorer Gover ilor tunco tunce dear dean SIR sin 1 I have havethe the honor to acknowledge yours of the uit and regret tre the disappointment to which some of the recruits of north caro caroo f llna lina have asen subjected I 1 concur you as to the policy of df allowing conscripts so far as aa the state of the service will permit to select the companies and regiments in which they areto are to serve the right secured by law ot of the volunteer to se lect elect his hla own company was haq I 1 lost osty t it I 1 Is true by enrollments enrollment s but the poll poli policy y wa was so obvious of associating men together who would best harmonize with gith each other that it was my purpose to con ibue the privilege beyond the limit fixed by law the danger to the coast of north carolina and our inability to draw troops from the army of northern virginia rendered tendered it proper that the tho greatest exertion should be made immediately ined lately to till nil up the regiments in franchs frenchs Frenc hs command but this did not interfered int erferd with allowing conscripts to select among those regiments the one to which they would be assigned so long as va caneles vacancies in the companies pan ies tes chosen land that I 1 expected d would chavet I 1 been done awill I 1 will send your letter to the yar war department depart e t with a copy of this reply to you an and d hope for the future there w will il be mo llo ground for dissatisfy dissat dissatisfaction to and that as far as possible the d disappointments sa point ments to which you refer ma may be e corrected by transfer I 1 feel grateful to you for the cordial manner in which yort yon have sustained every position connected with the public defense and trust that there will always be such co intelligence and accordance as will enable up to cooperate co operate for the public good the conscript act has not been popular anywhere out ot of the army theresac Zhe The reas you yeu are aware it serves to 0 o check th the e discontent which resulted from froin retaining la 12 months mouths men beyond the time of their original engagement and was eairly rogar regarded ed as a pleasure measure to equitably distribute the burden of the public defense but the tate taic authorities ties have nowhere offered any 0 opposition to its execution or lne the their irald aid ald except in the state of georgia and so lar fan as the cadets cabets of the military institute are concerned the state of virginia I 1 shall endeavor by judicial decision to sett gett settle guttie lethe the question raised in those two stales states and una in the meantime I 1 have been cheered by the av evidence of r sentiment which ih supports any measure necessary to protect our countr country and secure our political independence pen dence deuce like yourself I 1 have hoped that the party distinctions which existed at a fonner time would b buried in the graves of the gallant galiant me men iwho who have fallen in defense of their birthright anti antl that we should all as a band of brothers strike for tor the tho inheritance our fathers left us with sincere regard I 1 am respectfully and truly jefferson N st louis 15 general sherman today in a little chat about senator vances vinces card published ill in washington yen yeU yesterday erday stated that he had nut not used senator vances name in connection with the jenn jeff lavis davis matter that vance va nee nce was in nw nr way connected with the case and that the coupling of his name with it was done by the press which had unduly magni magnified nned fled the matter and made a mountain out of it lie he then reiterated the state statement ment made in these dispatches a few days day ago that he gets ready be will make a katem statement tnt ent through the war department but not till the newspaper aaita tion has quieted the general will leave for tor the tile east in a few days a attending ding meetings of the new england so society ten 1 ty which meets in brooklyn dec dee and a a again aln ain in new york the ad ile he will th thun then en go to washington and audit the accounts of the smithsonian institute gsinn palen Ps len ien inN N Y 10 the atlanta 34 express bound south on the west shore road toad crashed into a slide of rocks halt hait a mile north of highlands opposite this city at 5 this morning the train was wag coin coln composed posed of an engine baggage cars cart car smoker two lay day coaches lour tour sleepers one of tile the sleepers two day coaches i and land a bag I 1 vage page and ana smoking car were burned fireman james gorman garman had his right leg broken two passengers in the smoking car were badly injured T the he rest escaped with slight bruises both trains were obstructed an and d trains de bayed cincinnati 16 john bi lii hoffman was hanged this morning in the lali tail yard for the murder of his son in january jannary 82 lie he wept while listening to the death warrant and begged piteously to not be downed in the itle papers ile he had to be held heid while dein bein being handcuffed and was supported on the scaffold by two men w while 1 ile lle the noose was adl listed he made maae no speech philadelphia IU 10 the secretary of the american iron and steel beel association says he has j just urt return returnee eo froni fron an extended trip to pittsburg pitts ritts burg and other points on the Pennsylva pennsylvania ula uia railroad arid its connections and must rousi fra frankly akly confess he found most branches 0 of f business in a very depressed condition althou although ail wil there was a notable absence of that hopeless feeling among hmong the people eople which pre prevailed in years yeats following F the panic of 73 washington doi dog D C 9 IQ A number of e witnesses were examined today to day by tile the subcommittee sub committee investigating alleged irregularities in the first comptrollers tr office relative to there the reputation puta of J J jt banker barker for truth and veracity E W avers correspondent corres ondene of the kansas city tunes tubes said barkers Zar barkers kers kens reputation was bad and he would not believe him under oath lie he said sald he volunteer volunteered fd testimony a against senator ingalls in tile the investigation of that gent lemans malis malls election to the senate several years ears eais ago which proved a lie from beginning to end ayers |
