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Hiltotttttfe arnwr. " fifCT3P3FXiE33Vrfniq-rr7 SALH51, Fit .i.Y, MAY 3, IS74. JMM HW W M TELEGRAPHIC. Nashville, April 20 Tho rolorod Con volition mot mill elected ollirer. .Speeches wero made mvoi lug equal rights and resolu tions wore reported, repudiating tho miHit. tliorlcd uorilon that colored Southern citi zens waul uncivil rights nntl i-oliool )irl II .ges; asking Congress to ass theCIv 11 Mights bill, mid tb.ink.lntr Uutlei for his champion slilpot their causes aNo touppointiicummit- tfli to itiho iiieiisuiusioKKiiigiowurii I notice tlnu ol it monument loSutmiei in n cognition mi HtucirL' of his irionusmp lor uio race. Tlio u-solii- , , , . ,, ' , 'M,r -''. sneriii uttou re turns wore retened ton lunmtltteo. ! , , , "''l-0 this evening with news of the IlAinsvii.Li;, ra., April 5.TJ lliu lesldpneo of lletiry ronnlngton was burned this morn Hi. His two sons and daugliters peilslied. memory ol buinuer, in 5Iuslo Hall, this at- lloio.v, April .u. mo i!ll 'i trlliuteto Uio ternonti, In splto ot tho mtnv weather, was r1" " l1"""' -- mllesfrom Lexlng luiposlug. Thoaudlenio, which crowded the I ." '" l 'odlii-ttlonof lVcadero. They were hall to lis utmost capacity, lucluiied mem bers of tho State and tlty uoMiriiimiits, nnd the Legislature, Judges of Courts and inauv jiromluont persons Irom other States. Sen i lorbehur, Orator ot the Day, was lutioduced bv Wendell Philips. 'I'liir.Aiir.M'iiiA, April 20. A lire broke out this evening between the decks of tho New York steamship Mediator, lvlng here. The ossel and cargo, worth $J0u,00o, will proba Mv bo a total loss. Waniiinoton, April 20. Tho IIouso Cotn nlltteo on Commeroo havo llulshed tho pre jmrallon or tlio annual river and harbor ap propriations bill, and will report It to the House shortly. It contains items of $2.,000 lor remoi lug the wreck or the Patrician from San Francisco harbor, $20,000 lor tho lm provsment of tho Willamette and Columbia rivers Irom Portland to the ocean, nnd $20,000 lor Improvement of tho Upper Columbia. The bill also contains provisions for surveys of the estaury In tho Santa Barbara channel, near Point Muger, ofSacramonto river, Irom and including Hog's Hack up to Colusa, or Feather river, from tho mouth to 5Iarysville, and Irom Sau Joaquin river below Stockston. hurveys are also duected for the Dalles and the Cascades, In Oregon; for Skagit, Snoho mish and Chehalls rivers In Washington Ter ritory, and tor Snako rlvor In Idaho. Delegate Mtumms' mil to removo tho Itlackleut Indian Iteservation has uasitod both Houses, and has been signed by the Presi dent. 'Uio Alarms river is Used as the limit of tho Reservation. 11m Catholic Church Indian Commissioner nominated Oweu Garrigau as Agent of tho t'lathead Imlinus in .Montana, but Secretary Delauo deuliuotl to appoint him on political grounds. Tho Catholics thou suggested l'o ler Whaley who uasapolnted. .Mrs. Cathailuo T. hnil'.h is coullrmcd as postmistress at Walla Walla. Wasiiimi-iox. April 110. An oiler having liceu mado lo President Grant about acorn proiulsoou tho llnanco moasuiii that would lioaucuptablo to both sides, thu Preldont re iillisl that he did not not know whnt force was immidod to apply to tho wmd compromise, iiiiIhss it was au agreement to carry out pledges to the country. That might be eon sldeied u compromise by thoso who origin ally deloated every proposition otlered dur ing the discussion in Congress, aud by so -igroeing u.ivo roHson to ueueve mat suon leg islation would meet with his approval. It had been said that ho promised in his last miuiisl message to hoartlly suport any measure Congress might decide iion. He did not luteud any such construction to bo put upon his lauguage. If ho be bad not mado himself understood before, his recent niehsagn would clear up anything like ambi guity. One tiling be bad endeavored to make plain during his administration, had lieuu tnat bo was for carrying out tbe'solemn pledges of the Government at the earliest day possible, and to return to a specie basis. Tho establishment of our currency on a gold and silver basis had been uppermost In Ills uilnd whenever he sent to Congress his .annual messages. Ho had not said what kind ol'a bill he would approve. It was his ariiobt hopo that Congress would iIIsikiso of tno question oftho redistribution or sJl.P(X), 000 of banking currency with $.l00o,000 In notes belouglug lo banks, aud the banks In tho south and west oughtto liirnlsli lor tho present all that was asked for. He IimiI been iisHured since his oto or tho llnauce bill that Now l.iiglaud banks were anxious to reduce me re rciilst on. masumcii us mat now iieiu ' inr uircuiauoii womu i ruienwti uuu iimiisu . . . 1 111 I 1 Is llll"1.!' linv.HI lOUt IIIU ) ' lin sn iiiem largor currency cnpuni inr lonu iiihii they now havu. While our securities went vuro worth in legal ttiidirs 1U and 17 tents 'ibovo psr, and nailonal banks were bound to 1st secured under existing liw, he did not uoudorNew Jiglaud bankers were anxious to cancel tholr notes and get tholr bonds. In fact this suggestion was maduto hlm early last fall, during the stringency in tho money market. Ho thought It worth calling tho at tention of Congress to In Ids message, hluco tlion bo had heard nothing to change his , nnlidnu ou this point. LuMKi.v, April L'l. Tho London J)l.-jniltli iys tbumallsfll tho steamer Amurliiiu wem pU-kod uj) lu mid-ocean iu an open noat, by tlio Assyria Irom New Orleans to Ixiudoii. Thoy aitlvcd at that port lu a damaged con dition. Paiiis, April 2. Tho Franeo-Aineilenii Postal Couvoutlou was slgneii jeiterday by the Government, and will bo submitted m llm t.r akiIiIii 1 1 Ik u fnmiiikt liitliiiliinlt-l ",u .MMuiuij "" ..i-.. .w vu iuuis, anu nil sent inAaga. aw consideration. Consldorablo anxiety was felt at Nacasukl IUvonni:, April 20. The report that tho ,)rt10 saletvul tho Aiuerlui steamer .Man OarlUtsbavoovaeuaiud Portugaleto and fcuti elm, which 'lelt there lor Mianghal, .March Tuns is untrue. , , jnu,. hhu had not arrived there Maich 21st, Dispatchos rrom tha sat ol wnrsayConc hi aml t KM,los(.j s,iud to anchor on ac is marching with 20,000 men to . mat k thu ' c0,lt ot- tU lioiivy khIuh. CarlUts at llllbav in tho rear, w hllo errano .,.10 hlluir ,.rop In tho Phllilplnes, ow lug to uukiH slmulianeons attacks lu tho Irout. j j,ri4X v ruins,, will lo rv nliort. J l'CirlUts are reported Intrenched. It Is reponed Unit tho"l'. S. steamer laick- Svn FiiAMJihOJ, April 2!. In the Howdeu awana would visit tlio htraltssettleuietils and bls-l cao, altera reiess, Doloi Lake contlu indl i, returnliig lo Nagasaki sfler tliecruNe. ued his aigument, bitterly donounclng Mike SxN i',1AM.(t Mnv 1 Tho steamer DdYnung'h conuettlou with tho i.ish, and Xiwbeni has been wlthd'rawu from thu 5le concluding his eddtess with an nppeil to tulrH,l, U was (list rcponed that she hud thoso who had witnessed .Mts. lloileii ii, iK,!0! temporarily for refill. proK-nco during tho trial to produce a woman iPc.ptsnt the Ciislom-lloiuodiirlng April kuiim) iieiiuriuiem suiiniis n wmu ,u- mutly iisu wmuan ol viitue, modesty and prigliluesH. Not a word had betu said -ibotu Inr but what 5llko De Young said Jluthir looking at hlm with un inviting iui!o. 5Ir. Harm's beirnn his nigilliieut for lm defence. After dwelling on newspaper lilioU In geuoral, aud tho esliorbiiunt damn- . teg asked for, ho said tuere was noinmg to MmiA' r Ii if I in raiuvrlm- nt. in v rnfit f flH nrilClH mquestlon did not get the most reliable In-' Salomon .last night. hs bceu udmittcd to llvts wiii l)(, settled salisra. torllv to shippers. lm' rul" "PP'Ifs to nil. A pro formation posslbleas to the circumstances of ijai itue stun ol f:..0f0ea h. Thev are now prfwredto ImiiiIIii 1 0O) tons ' liu Wiilllllll, a (Irilllketl woiunll, a lc- 'unueu sueaui; uiai i uarii" ua imi tuated by tho motives ascribed to it. the ZlSZXSMJSZ fc'li 'aertd. Mr, Baruos concluded by appeal- ""juijciuinrni uio inioiorn iu "'' nicnlu at vvoodwaru suarueus wimj On !.. .. II. .1 J-91 - - F r. ... 1 F.il III I yuMhe published about the insttor. liieiii-i' ., IN. . May j,Tho Nash trial was fortuatlon was not rumor, but derived in he MA am t .m . fie lU au. "in irom ine coroner, ii iuo cyiioiocicns . ?:..", ,uin,srai nu a vr. log to the jury to look at the cam itlnu.in. Sf-iT' MnU not Pun,8h th leYounga for faults thoy never committed. The case will bo continued to-morrow. ' San Fiuncisoo, April 30.-On Market I iSS '.Ve?r Suttor' Abrliban. Solomon, a boy i,"'811' y?a8 old, attacked a younger mKU ui?ro ;M?!suK"-; Auoldor-brotGer t)i tho latter iutoilerred to stop the light, when Solomon drew a pistol and threatened to shoot him. Atthls Jiuioiuro Mrs. Messln' ?r.riWi0U V l' hlm' nni wURbt hold ot the listol. In the sirugglo the weapon was ills charged, shooting oil oneoI'Mrs. Messiuocr's lingers and hitting Solomon In tho head, killing him almost inst.imlv. 'Iho tlrth nmilvbwary oftlio meeting of the California Roman's builrago Convention Is now In session, .Mrs.A J. Dunlwav presiding. l.i'soliitlotM ivero prevented reeomuiendltign memorial to bn stilt to inombeis ot Cougro-s mm tlio laeitlc coast, to protect vv omen own- ...., i..u ui.i, iioiire,iuuiiid in leluslpgm ll IV IIMtU . I.U.I tUl.l..! .1 l-l..-..- . ? l"i ll,Nts ;'"'" "'"fd the tight of franchise. .. ... - - - . " - - - - - - -.. '- i vr :; ' J , '" '"" "',"" n.v men who fobbed n.o ..I.. i.. ...... "7" ..""". vv..i'-'"'c ...v. ...... ..w-u .i.uo uvtwruay. n... i ...n ."...i niiiiniii; "o couniry niHll direc ii"iij, mm iiiiauv flltlllt lit! t limit ulmit 111 l "ik 'i,s lll0rnliig, Ijlng In an old de- nimareutlv nrettv null rnli.iu..l ,...,! "..,., ..i. ,-.-., ....',. ." :: "" "I- m ,Cl iV,i, n 0"VB,UM-w,,.r,Hl' '',' ? I "u,lc, '! 'i'K' to show Moillllalll Chill lev rtnriiml tlium p.aii, uu s sted by Mr. Newell, who also llred one shot on tho robbers. The last two shots took ellect In tho arm ol ono ul'ibo robbers, with out doing an v harm, and they coucludod to surrender. Tho poso ofmoii who mado the arrest numbered four, all from thlsplaeo, ex cept Mountain Charley, who lives near the sceno o( tho robbery. Sheriff Adams took thoprlsoners with him, ioliowed by a guard or armod mou to San Joso, the deed hav lug beeen committed In Santa Clara couuty. San Jonk, April 20.-Sberll! Adams arrived hero this aliernoon with the two nion who robbed theSauta Cruz stage yesterday. Their idontlty is certain. All the plunder is recov ered and they are salely lodged In Jail. They give their names as Isaiah Pierce and Harry Ldwards. They are strangers hero aud say thoy oro ft-oni Stockton. Calistoiia, April 20. Commeuced raining at 10 o'clock this morning and coutluued at intervals tlio ballauce ot the day. Wind south. Washington, April 30. In tho Senato, Mitchell IlltrndllrnilurnKnliitlimiMilllmriinnn tho Attorney General for correspondence In reference to two actions nirslnat. l.lnt. n . Goodal, late In command or Port Klamath, Oregon, for tho (also Imprisonment of J. jiurcKiny mm i. i. itouso. Agreed to. The Secretary of War has tent to Congress a communication from Gon. Schoflnld, re commending tho erection of permaiioni bar racks at AlcatiHZ, In the plme of thosu re cently destroyed by lire, and asking for an appropriation for 81,000,000 for that purpose. W'AhiiiMirox, 5lay 1. Tho Houso Com mittee on Pacillu ltaifroads tn-day reconsider ul their former in tlon rogardluglhu Omaha brtds'e,aud doclded to report a bill providing morely that tlio brldgo shrill bo operated as a continuous part of the Union Pacific Hall rotd, and that detailed reports or ail receipts for transportation over tho the bridge shall bo submitted to Congress scinl-auuually, with a lew to future anion on tho sublect of tolls. Thoellect of Iho enaction of tins bill would bo to put a stop to tho present doublo transfer or freluht and nassensets at Council Jtl.tia n,,u vrifinil. Ulll uuiceui rtiSUIIIlOU uy suits at law tho llridgo Companies may com- lll.,t.l a..1 nm.ti. 1..., Intl.... MAn.t...l .... pure lo inaae ions. Wasiiimiton, May 1. The decrease In the public debt during April is $'J,W)0,000. The statesmen! shows a dicrease of the Treasury balance In currency of $."iUS,07-l; special de posit in legal tenders lor redemption of certificates of deposit, $01,800,000; coin bal ances, $.'kJ,T10,bOO; eohi certlllcates, $00,301, 032; outstanding legal louders, $.182,000,000; amount or 5 20 bouds outstanding to date, $4.73.1,000. In the District Investigation to-dry. Lewis Clepham, Collector or the District, named In the memorallsts charges as one or the con spirators to obtain coutrol or contracts, de nied tho charge as a malicious slander, and read letters showing that Gov. Shepard with withdrew from tho Portland Cement Com pany and tho Metropolitan Pavement Com pany, when apiioiutodamemlicYorthe Hoard of Pnbllo Works. Ottawa, Out., 5lay 1. An imortant ox podlllou has lolt Ottawa, In charge of Mr. l'oratrkv, to oxploro the country between Stlklno river and iluto Inlet In llrltlh Col iimbl.i. This section embraies Gardner's and Dean Channels and llertrick Arm. Tho llu m .,..i.. ,i... ...,.,,, r ti,uu.. fUaimels, and whether u ravorablo rnuto tiiu no loiiml lietween eltlier ot iiiem ami tlio North Mend of Krasor river. Co.smami.noi'i.k, May I. A famine Is prevailing In Asi i .Minor. It Is reihirled that In Iho towuol Angora, onii hundred deaths from starvation occur dully. MvtmiP, 5Iay 1, Two iliniisandj Carllsts wcro delated'by IKK) Nationals Initio Pro vince or Tarragona. Tho llepiibliimus lately dispersed several bauds of I'arllMs In Arrim gon and Albedo. San riiAM'iMi), 5lay 1. Tho steamer De Gama has arrived, sovouteen dajs and eight hours tiom Yokohama, and twenty-seven dajs 1'iimi Hongkong. .Sitlgo, commnudaut oftho lleottn Formosa, sailed from Yokohama on tho 0th of April. Thero are about 1.0(H) troops lu the expedi tion. Tho lltut will rciidi.-.vouselthcrat Too Chow or Amoy. Yelo, Into leader of tho rebellion In Saga, linu Imnti iiaiilnniil tttrli tillKi (t hill ltli.llri. . . ' ... u..ra fulOuill t, ! hundred Chlneso came on thosteaiiiMr Vii'iilie. de Gaum to-day. Tlio ordinance of the Itnard nt supervisors for the romov al of ornamental sUiis from side- .. ,,i. ,. u,in,llvnMiiiird to dsv. Manv , dmstrjs prc-eiit a veiy baroappeiraiuo cour (nieiice. 'ihtwo mes-ieiiger boys accused or man . i .. i.. r .-.,.. . (i I liii At. i rt ill lit c , ,iren oft lo piruic sciiisjis nan giaim pon; Aiier h7r In the llrst tl uudeteTasLn.cnced to inprksou-1 j. degree, ment for life, lie will be taken to San Quentln to-morrow. KMianAKT Gav, May 1.-Freight train No. 8 was ditched by running foul of a rock on the track four miles past ofJioro. One engine and 0 cars oil' the track. Nobodv hurt. No. 1 Is sidotracked till track Is cleared. luokni: city, May 1. Tho three catull itates lor Governorarrlved hero this moruliig .. , , . . .. ....... ........ irom mo soutn. All r. M. tlio court Homo was crowded, that being tho time set tor the tho candidates to speak, each being allotted nu hour and a half. Notwltiitiiudlug It mined at Intervals all day, thine wcio n great many persons In from tho country In hear them. They leave hero on tho tuoriiing train to speak at Albany to morrow. Litii.k Hook, May L The situation hero Is pmcm-ally upchsuged. Hrooks still oc. i euplis the Mato llouso Willi about POO men wlillu lUMer Is at tho Anthony House with oOO. '1 he United Staten troops continues to occupy a position between them. Gen. rtigan, nu ox-Conlcdcratf, nssiimcs coin I umiidor Urook'slorcesitiliioStittisutid i.ills nu his old comrades to mil v to liU stiinilnril. llotb parties appeaf to be w.illlng lor dellnlle ueHirom Hhiiiugion. t nlOIIll White's HivOllllttO lllter Of tllO'lllul II !. NiintllHlv Inr llliul. Tim Mil In llcht in arPIno lllittl',veleidnv, Is that soum 200 men gatht rd lor llrocks near Now t,as. coiiv, nnd bring utiiiblo lo ecuio iraiispci- tatloti to Little Itoek they began plundeiiiig the ittleiis, when Wliltoiisksil and obtslued ine unpens, wneu m 0,NO "om Geu. Nonn lander In chief, lo dU ton, llaxter k couiiu orso iiiem. no went IlltO JoltcrsOtl I'OlllllV. where ho louiiil them and rent three ollkvis' progressing on tho railroad south of Delano to command thorn to dlspeise. As tho ol-'nnd ten miles aio nearlv completed. It Is llcers camo lu range they were llred Uxm, thought tho toad will bo completed about ui'ii ,, iiiio uriiertii mi nuvnuce, ami a ngni onsited, resulting lu killlns nine and wound lug twenty of lirook's men and the capture of two of their leaders and eighty-two men, tho rest dispersing. White had seven men wounded and three horses killed. Ho paro led all the prisoners, except the two leaders Murphy and Yan Desauto. Tho (,'fUtHS Pino lllutr special to-night gives substantially tho saute account as tho above, except that It places tho casualties at six killed aud wounded of White's party, aud twolve wounded or llrooks' ineu. It Is said that similar bauds nro in Jefforson and Arkansas counties, and that Whilo has been ordored to dlsorse them. telegraph's to the Prosldout to-day that King White, whoso 'command was wstnriUv r. ported as having had a fight near Pine lllutr, woro precipitated from n canoe Into tho water iscngagodiii pillaging the country In that amwdayagn. They wero waved Just as they vicinity, but that otberwlso tho State is peace-1 ero going down the last time, able, and that be (llrooks) bad retrained from All tho material, with tlio exception ol n sending troops In order to avoid a eonillct. ' litilo lumber, has been landed at Point At .Mll.WAtMjm:, May 2. Gov. Taylor has Is- klnson, for tho lighthouse. Tho foundation sued a proclamation lu reference to tho resist-. villi be llulshed lu about leu days, auieol railroads to the now rallroud law. lie n m n T..n.,ln i... rn,.i....i !. , savs: "Tho comnetoncv of legislation to ,. J'nf"08 lias received orders to J... ... i" : I..1'" '.":. "1 i?S'B.l",0J?-..l.?iltrocoeil lo Va nara so. t hero to recelv.i nu rrKiiiii,riiiirouiisiscoiiceiieii,yei, iuo aaini Paul nnd Northwestern Companies have an uouucvd their Intention to operate thalr roads without rclercncittotho provisions ol the act. lltlslV llUVU Utl. ....s. . ..hvu ....- i .. This Is at ouio a source of profound regret, nnd lu marked contrast with tho patience aud submission exhibited by tho pcopln lu tin, t,rn,l,i, nt vvtiut tlinv f.ntialtlitrml ittiliiu, and burdensome exactions In tho past, aud i tiuMji.ia.i I, o .ti.i, .A.inii.ii. .iiu,..-i. ,i... biiNluess and greatly Impel II tfio ludustresi ' A dispatch to the Victoria .simulant, dated of the Slate." The proclamation concludes at Ottawa. April 2.td, savs: " private cable, as follows; " I thorelnro enjoin nil rallioad gram liasjust been received which stiitesthnt corporations, their olllcers and sgents, per- tho Krltlsli Government has decided to grant snnally, lo submit to tho law; fur since tlio tho thirty thousand pounds for INuuimalt Hxecutlve is charged with tho responsibility Dry Dock. or sceng that the laws are faithfully ex. , jnmM i, Lorlng, who was ono ol tho own ecuted.allthefuncllousor his olllce will be era lu thoeolebrated I illor claim, on William exercised to thatoud.aiul for this purposoh; mek, died at the hospital In Victoria, on Invokes the aid and co-oierBtlou or all good Sunday, or lung fever, aged .TO. Tho Dlller Citizens." I claim, vinldod tlLl.0lHI wltliln cl mnnlli. Washinuton, May 1. The House Judici ary Committee to-day agreed upon an tin portant auiemendmeiit to the Genova Award inn, hi ins fineci idm uiiiumi iiisurnncn u a rami lu Pennsylvania. Currv lost his companies vv 111 Isj paid all losses sustained rorlune In mining enterprises, ami died in bydepredaloiiHor rebel cruisers named In Southern Calltornla a vaarortwongo. Lorlng the awanl, but cuts them off from onllectlngws.coniparatlvoly poor at tho tlmo of his war premiums. It further provides that thoy shall distribute the money isld them among their members who contributed to pav losses. The Senate has passed the Senate bill providing for tho removal of tho wreck or the Patrician from the entrauce to Sau Fran cisco harbor. It is reported that Adolph Hutro, tho tiinnot projector, has announced bis Intention to inniiuciMi nis imoniioii to ". llod'hUtosWtf Zn l nlloilhtates onate rtom become a candidal for a seat ih tho Nevada. Iondon, May 2. A lit editorial on Amer ican finances remarks that tho hoists or a complete victory in tho noxt Presidential election enleriiilneil uy Inllatloulsts or, .Kirlv-Heakllig.repiiillatlomsts. aro mel' pn. tine bolv lo conlemnlate. Should Ihov 1st renllrod. Hum tho Deelaratlnu or IndeiKind- euco would bo celebrated by a declaration or Independenco or common hnnestv. The most ominous reaturo Is that Iho sirugglo Is sharply dellned by gistgraphliiil limits and threatens loheiomo sectional, llko tho autl- slavery contest. ItoMi:. Mav 1. NicolnTommii7o. tho ills- I tlngiilslied polillclsu slid author. Is dead. solemnly eonseo-ateil a sjilomlld llle-sio ' .Maiiiiiii, .May 2. This morning's olllclal statuto or St. Joseph at thotalliedral, Van . advices siiiioiimo lint lint lteiiubllcans liavit ismver. On tho following cluv iliiistutiitn mm entered llllboa. Tho Cnrlinisaro retreitlng lu great disorder. There is Intense excite ment lu Madrid. Svn Piiancim o, .May 2 John Filrpntrlek, nccustd with Coobettof tint iniirder ot I'lem Ing. wns admittid to ball lo day in tlio sum ol 310,000 by Judge Sbarpsteln. The Gruiul Jury llulshed Us labors to-day. Thecharges against police olllcers wero not sustaiilned fuilber than to ceuslir some bad, demoralizing practhes which bniocrept Into Iho Deiiartment. Tho Jury didn't llnd that tho Chut ol Police or any member of tho Ion h had in en conniving at guiiihlluv, but siv itisonibelncreiisi). I'urlher.thateltlcliMit measures will bo isken lo suppress It. 'limy indicted U.K. Naplhslv for liliel of tho Do- iih(;h f tint 1 1, ihiiiii h; and Charles and .Michael DoYoimi; for misdemeanor, Nl vv Yoiin, .May J u Informal meellng whs held lo-iliy, at tliM olllc., ,r Thurber .V Co , bv merchaiils ami shippers inlorcsttd lu tho matter ol Irehtlil eharues lo tint I'.n-itle Const, President liiiswdSiuxtmd Vleii Pres ident Hatch, or the Pacific .Mall and the I'.m .imi Itiilrnnd (Vnopanles, made stsieni'Mits as to the toiiueriiud present coiidlt.ount ll o compiules, and pi ms lor Improved IhcIII- lle to sblppers bv that route Themnstiin poriani polntH was a statement In bcliair ot the 1-lhiiius rnulolhal llu-o coinpnines are shlpmeti's from New nrktosm rniiicl-ist in Ihlriv the days, luca.enf lailiiro In tlmo Iho tsiiiipiinies itrii to refund li, freight clinrgfs, 'Ihev s iv, asi Unit the Isthmus clean f the aiciimulHtnl ireUbt ciiisrd by the breaking down ol Ihrit'olbna. 'Ilmcom pimes do not iiitcinl, hen afmr, to rccelvo ,.,,,..... ."hi." ,-k I..-IK..I .-. "in, more ireignt irom Mummer side tlian timy i it . i I I.ii i e. i . . V ut - eklv. and. until tlie new steamers now bo lug unlit are completed, tney uo not projioso a io receive more uiau ims iiiuniiui .i. n Slmnntou. being present, was called for ami -. ,. , "v , ; gave a ri-tropw I of the former grealmt-s of, tho Paclllo .Mall and Panama llsllroad Com nanles and thelr-f Here tho lino broko-Oi- siuies aud their Here tho lino broke Or eilATOK. San Francisco, May 4. There wore several excursions from the city to-day of military companies and civil societies. llulsloy mado a vory successful balloon ascension from Woodward's Gardens to-day, on tho occasion of tho plculu of tho Turn Vorcln. There Was a largo attondauco at tho Gardens to witness the gnmes and cymnastlc , .............. exercises. Tho Tinners couoltided tholr fes tlvitles with a grand hall, James Giimlilo Superintendent of tho Western I'nlan Telegraph Company, and It. It. Haines lslted Sun l.uls Obispo last week, and made satlMnetorv propositions to tho pioplti of that county. Tim Tnlmiw says they tillered to contact that county by wife, mid place in. olllcu In S.in Luis if tho people would scbcriliH$."i,tXX),lliecompiinyagreeliig to return thiiHmount in dtstmii.luw m sub. scribe rs. Mr. tiamblo has returned to tills I clt Jan ImvKV, 51 v I. i Julio i heavy shouei I if In and hail nil hum liwl.iv. Gretiihiiil. s'.i'4(,itii,.. It wnseiioiieousl) stated In our divpetches, Siturdsy night. Hint Clmries ami Michael DnYinmg, ol t lli (Vnuii'tU, had bietl In- illittdb.x the (,iaud Jury lor misdemeanor, cncli case was ignored, and tho complaints ilMincd. llMthiisfiri.n, 5lay 1 i:x-Maor Solbv, . Major Oils, Manl'md! ItiNiou, l'ripdlande'i, IMiintiids, llngglu, ltl Cnir, Juilgo Sail- i iiersiui and thers, liiteiestcd lutlie oiilherll railtlc Ksllinatl, visited our lovvn to day mid . txtllrilPll III hnlilliii tllU uO.irniu,,,. W'trL lu i uio isnu Jiuy BRITISH COLUMBIA. Tho Naualmo paper advocates tho abolition or tho grand Jury. A company or mllllla thirty six strong has at length been formed at Naualmo. Tlio Princes ltoyal, when discharged cargo, will leave Victoria for tho Sound, to load spars for Kngland. On last Monday night a man Tell overboard from the bark .Marino loading at Hurrard's Inlet, aud was drowned. Victoria la constituted a rtort for (lm regis tration or shipping. Tho Collector or Cus ,0""' ,s I'Polnted lteglstor In tho Province. Messrs. Perkins and Guv. of Naiialmn. board iniriv ol 1'imll.li. I'r.,,.,.1. ...I u. .. I . . " . " man felt iiiInIm nnd tsminv tluuii i., Mm vi,.l wlch Islands to observe ilio transit ol Venus Thirteen Hngllsh meadow larks, Imported by Crtpt.-ltoscoe, M, j,, vvprn luxmght up to Victoria by tho Prliuo Alfred. Thev lolt I.ngland six weeks ago, am lively, and seem ,tibo "one tlmwiirsolortliulrlougand some i what exposed passairn. afler pay was reached, and mado Its threo owners Dlller, Curry and l.orlng Indo- peniiem. inner married ami settled down death. RcligloiiN InlclllKeiice. Itov. P. Do Hoo has recently boon visiting the dlflereut iHtrtlous or his parish In llakor county and vicinity, Itluht ltov. Charles J. Seitbnru. HlHhniinf Vam-ouvcr's Island, accompanied by ltov. M; " leli NMctorlaontl.oJtbor A,,r rr tho purjioso ofvNItlng all tho In- man irmes scauoreii; along tlio coast. This visit will uecossltalo thu llishop'sabsunco for HII Mil IWU IIIUIllllN, On Klllldav. Anrll tilth. Ititv.J. II. A. Itrnn jj.nl rsteihicsim, celebraleil High Miiss at ". nils is lluillrsl tlmo Catlmllo sor v!':oH U.'.V "wniieiu In tlio ruturo great city ".' "I" " V"1, .. w",11" " H"'"'1""' congrega. :"'" "!' atteiidauco. 'I htipiestlon orbulld- "' huri'li thero Is being agitated, and ny hi carried Into ellect II ground can ho Kriosiy socmen lorinai puriso. On Sunday, the 2ilth of April, tho lit. ltov. lllshop A. 51. A.lllacliei. MlshonorNismialv. placed lu tho nlcho prep.iicif for it, over the malii entrance to tho now hospital and or phauago of tho Sisters of Charity. Itov. T. 11. 1'earne, I). I)., has been com polled bv tlio continued III hialth ot .Mis. reams, to resign hlsolllco as District Agent or the American Coloiilallou Soi lety. A groat loss lo thu Society, Tho annlverNsrvoftliii Oregon Statu Itlblo Mocletv will bo held at tlio 1'irst Presbyterian church lu this city on tho I Ith day of May, JS7I, at half-past 10 a. m. 'Iho Kxis-iitlvu ( oiiimltleo oft lm Sdcli.lv have, through Hut Sicntiry, (ieu. K. II. Ilahbllt, taken special pains (o call attention lothoapprimchiui; An niversary. Wo hope the inlliieuiu ot every Irleud ol this iioblo cause throughout tlio Stain be given toward securing a full at tetidauie Irom each phuc Pastors will do well lo annnmice It fnuii tholr pulpits. MtiHivs i' in Lit Knit iiiuii ii: nit. One lHMiitif.il uinl jj'llwl woman, if viotijilyillMispi, i-aii vi'oik iiinin oll ill sicIpI.V, (till M'lltlfr 111(11 ( .(lis ol i'iiiiiiitlnii nnd ill-ith, tlmn, vvllli their llttl'l llliisl I'llul't-, u -chip ol men ttPllinist I'llui't-, u -cine ol men. llei iMpilillltlcs lor -(mil ill tln (UHcicill iIpii.u tllicllls ol iipumIs urn cniullv ,r1.,.,t. JUKI III n( II llllllllif llll Ill i,i- lower-, liotli I'm' ' ii nl mid i vll, must Ik IliT (iimlelilimtiiill, If lie is Inl-e to lnr holy st(iuurilsiii, Sicity I'litinot lie (letio imI ll'Miiiii-ii is ti it.-, nor s.ift if woiiicii is f.tl-i'. lli'sldiK, so, lety show-, no tnii'iiiiiil ili-crllilllKilion Ii; re- .Mill In this ti.it ticiilur i lus of oIleiHe-. lll.llO llliui or llllirueier. lllvvilVs evciies greater Horror ol tli-t;iisi (linn ir thu crllilltfllKl IH.'1'II COIIIIIIItteil liy a lllllll. A,l tills N rliflil. ami it will lm mi vll vini mis is rigin, nun ii win ou ill uvn , r .. , ..t?iri, u umnnii In Iw.e "" ,or ,ll,H Uor"' w"" '""' "r ' ONl'ltui III) llioro llbliorruill O tlltlll a statb irxiws. Professor Condon Is locturlug In Astoria. McMlnuvlllo Is going to havo n brick store. Moro protractod mootlngs in Yamhill County. Stock is Improving rapidly In YamhllL County. V. IHvl", of Youngo Itlver, has a homed hog. It resembles across botw ceil tho An gora goat and tho procluo species among which It moves. Tho keel for Captain llustlor's nowslonm launch was lild last Thursday at Astoria. Tim boat will bo ready lor launching In about threo weeks. 51 r. D. A. L'tncastnr. nf T.irllnn.l. U snml. lngiUillHto 11 islet ii Oregon, with a vlovv to lOlOlllillg tlltlll. The llrst be it on tho Uppor Columbia leaves lor Lewismu no.. Tuesday morning May Ith. Tho cmches now nnivoiu LaGr.iudo on steamboat da.vs, louiod to tho guards with passengers mid htirrltd Irelght. Tho new paper to bo printed nt I. id ramie by J. II. .Miseiier, (tho name of which has mil vet tiniispircdl, is to bo Issued on tho ilth ot .May. Mr. Hamilton Hoy d, of Portland, received by the last -tcamcr u very lino blooded dog. 'lnls "ammllo" enme directly from Chicago, wlieio bo sold for tho bibulous price of $150. Ida l.imgworthy, a bright Intelligent little gltl, daughter ol A..I. Liuigworthv of Corne lius, was Instantly killed last Wednesday while plnving around tho railroad tutmablo at that place. Work on iho new bridge at MuMlnnvitlo goes ahead briskly, A hall' calf and half bull-dog Is attracting tho attention of thu learned heads tit Purest Grove. . Tho number of students In attondauco this year at the Pacific University and Tualatin Academy: University students, 2il Academy students, ladles, ;ij; gentlemen, tk; total, Pit. There will boa meeting oftho monibers of tho Congregational Church at Forest Grivo Saturday, ot tills weok, to elect a pastor for tho uoxt year ami to do other Church busi ness. Grand Prarlo Orange No. 10, Linn county, moved to the new schonl-houso on Dr. Geary's larm last week, uinl at tho meeting lu tho new homo thoy Inhibited mivdr ciindldales. What Orange can wax that 1 Norman Darling has been appointed Post master ut Damascus, Clackamas Couuty. Thobont makes seml-wcokly trips to l.n lavelte. WoiuanSiiilraglsts convened at Lafayette on thu 1st Inst, Gross receipts of Odd Follows ball, Al bany, $10. .17',; not receipts, 1 h. Tho lull given by tho Oregon City Turn Vereln Inst Wednesday evening was u grand allalrliuiv ory particular, ami did credit to tho Turners. The young men of Oregon Clly held n meeting at tho Court lloiisoon Friday even ing for the purpose of nominating a reform ticket, Independent of parly politics. John (llllilaud Is out on tho W. V. and C. 51. Wagim Itoad, Improving It aud getting. It ready for tho Summer travel between the Willamette Valley aud llasteru Oregon. Tho grain elevator al Albany now agitate the people lu that city. Work has boon com inoucoil on It. A kulfo lu a planing machine at .McMlnu vlllo, working loose, struck against tho machinery, breaking Into several pieces, nun of which struck a voungman named Reason urou tho shoulder aud neck, Injuring hlm sovorely. Tlio Forest Grove liultpfmlrilt says : John' (lerrlsb, or this county, whoso wlfo departed from his ronDast woek because ho gavo her a small drubbing, has returned agalu, and everything Is lovely. It Is ever thus. The women love the men and they cannot holp It. Thedovo goes out of the ark, but It re turns with a kiss u Its mouth and a smile ou Its cheeks, and wo aro glad of It, goutln reader. Tho contract for the erection ofa Hall for thu Grange ou .Muddy creek has boon given to Mr. W. Pitman who will at once proceed to work. Tho sum to bo paid, is 8I.2.S.',. Iteat estato transactions are brisker than for some tlmo In Wasco Co, C. 51. Kliicald vvas admitted lo pracllco law liy Jmlgo .Mosher at laigeuo last wcok Tliorfi vveio sixteen accession to tho North Yamhill laxlge, I. (. (I. 'P., last Saturday. ThoChrstlau Sunday School at McMlnu vlllo has Just received a now llhrarv ol IU7 volumes, ami Hut teaeliers and scholars lire highly pleased witli tho books. Thu mall from linker City In Umatilla Iamdliig now runs through lu something over 21 hours, Instead of tvo days us it his been doing. Tho mercury at the Dalles last week got up to HO" lu tlio siiado. The Oiriimiioi condenses us follows: Tho fVi7 siiv wheat Is worth SI and oats 10 touts at Oikliiuil. Wool Is oiM'iilug lu tlio Oakland market at !4i cunts" per pound. Thorn Is lu Youtalht Vallev. Douulas county, ln),Poo bond of sheep. .Mr. 11. '. Smith, of YikjiiIiiii Hay, is build lug n iiho little steamer to ply ou thoso watets, 'Iho 'iiiIim ml claims that llnutnn county has a man ov er 100 years old. w ho has loiiuliL In all tho wars in this country Irom the revolution down. 'IhoAmmalCoiileremonfthoU. II. Church or Oregon will convene id I'hllom ilh, Ore gon, Mav 22, 1STI. Itov. Illshop IMnnnls Is oxpts'tcd to preside. Prices ofss. in Dougl is count v : Cattle, yearlings, f JC-i S; two jenr olds, iUyirt; milk cous, f s(i.7, biiefou foot, In; lugs, rirj,i'$u ou loot; sheep, tiOi I Ml head. Tho storm lu Portland yeslerday Is do scribed ns bordering ou tho terrible. sin ii i.ic mvii: Win i.t.i vii imp I. ini. I'Iip fin nicrs ami gimigeis of tlm Mule of I milium liuvcctilli ii neon vent Ion to meet ul Imlliiiiiipolis on the lilili of .lllllf, to oiglinie tin Independent Peo ple's ii.Uly. Tlio cull invites all the In- Ills. 1 1 in I el.i-ses of t lui .stale to send ileltt giltes to tiiu convention, which is to bo a lilllss otic. I'licV sa,V ill tliell iiildless Hint the old Millttc.il p.u ties uiebotli cot nipt, ami tlmt theie is no fiillli to In, placed in their iliitfouiis, pledges or nio-lill-es. They add, truthfully, tlmt tlieui iuo no old W-ucs political now which ought to divide tlio c'llloiis of liulliuia, and that tlm purlllciitlon of local, Slate and national politics ami tlio ole tlon of good ami trim men to olllco Is tlm only iiuestloii worth eonslilet lug by tlm hon est tiupaycn of tho country. t -Ol VOI Wv 'tSSmmmaiK. tflttc'
