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WESTON, Democrat, was elected Governor of New Hampshire by the Legislature on Saturday. mm

PROFESSOR MORSE'S kindly greeting to telegraph operators throughout the world, was transmitted on Saturday evening, according to the arrangement previously announced. It will be found in another column.

THE Plymouth, Kankakee A Pacific railroad, for the construction of which a company was organized and incorporated laht year, is now fully under contract, and a large force will commence grading this morning.

ACCORDING to the Journal all the new Departure Democrats are to be "cirefulJy laid to one side." As the whole national Democratic party has been laid flat on its back for a long time, the proposed change will prove ugreeable.J f~~'

AM OLD gentleman named SALEY, a sol. dier of the war of 1812, residing about three miles south of Plymouth, this State, went to town on Friday last to make application for a pension, and on returning home was stricken with palsy, from the effects of which he (lied. He was 88 years old.

IT is stated that Piofessor^LJAIRD, of the Smithsonian Institute, who was appointed by the President last spring as commissioner to carry into effect the law for the protection ar.d preservation of food for fishes in the United States, will visit the western lakes and rivers during the present season. He is to report to Congress at the next session what protecting measures should be adopted in the premises.

THE jury in the PKATIIER case, lately on trial at Indianapolis, returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff--$3,000 damagei against W. W. LEATHER, Col. W.J. II. ROBINSON and others. The charge was /or the false arrest and imprisonment -and trying to make her take the place of substitute for Mrs. CLEM as the murderer •of the YOUNGS, in September, 18C8. The Clem trial has been set for the 10th"of JUL v.

WHY is it that our County Commissioners have such an intense interest in having bridge contractors paid, to the exclusion of other claims, that they pay no regard,, whatever, to the amount of work performed by the contrac tors? Why do the Commissioners "fox up" schemes for raising money to pay some of these contractors for work not yet performed? Can anybody answer these conundrums?

HERE is a cruel blow aimed by the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle full id the face of the Hon. RICHARD SMITH, of the Qazette:

It is true that some of the proprietors of this paper have held office, as a morning cotemporory gravely charges but no one of them ever ran for Congress with a margin of 1,800 Republican majority to go npon, and got beaten 900.

SOME of the Ohio papers having troubled themselves about "the real military status of the Democratic candidate for Governor," the Chicago Rem^ictin obligingly settles the matter thus: "We supposed everybody understood that Col. G. VV. McCook contributed three brothers and a father to the service of his country, in the trying days of the late war and it is to be presumed that if necessary, like Artemus Ward, he would have seat every one of his wife's male relations to the field of glory, rather than to have left the old flag undefended.

THE first election gn the Vallandigham platform takes place in Ohio on the 10th of October. That period is not very distant in the future, and Democrats of considerate judgment can easily bide the lime.—Journal.

That means, if the new departure proves a success in Ohio, the Journal will take the Chute, but if the Democracy get buried under VAL'S platform—as the Journal,believes they will—the organ will }ut its thumb to its nose, wriggle its fingers and exclaim, "Good enough for you! Didn't we tell you the 'Dayton Doctor's nauseating dose' would be the death of you?"

WE are for female rights without- exception. And as Mrs. Fair has fairly earned the right to have her neck broken, it would be highly improper to deprive her of her earnings.—Lafayette Journal.

Without stopping to notice the coarse brutality of the above extract, we will propound a single Interrogatory: If governments derive their just power only from the consent of the governed, whence does the State of California derive just power to "break the neck" of a citizen— one of the governed—who has never been allowed a voice in the government or laws of that State?

IN the Episcopal convention, at Indian apolis, on Friday, the following weri elected trustees of the diocese: Assistant Bishop Talbott, Hon. John B. Howe, Dr John S. Irwin, George W. Geiger, W. H.

Morrison and Hon. J. D. Howland. David E. Snyder, of IndianapdHSy* was elected registrar, under the new canon adopted for the trial of clergymen.

The following were nominated and elected as an ecclesiastical court: The Rev. David Pise, Joseph S. Large Thomas It. Austin, Wm. Wilson, John L. Gay, Walter Scott and Richard T. Kerfoot.

St. Paul Church, Cambridge City, was admitted to affiliation with the diocese. Resolutions of condolence were adopt' ed upon the death of the Rev. Isaac Hager, after which the convention adjourned sine die.

AND NOW the Journal reads out of the party all the new chuters: "A cowardly and degrading idea about 'party policy' is the only and leading in centive of such men, ana in the future, as in the past, they ought to be carefully laid to one tide."

Twenty-First Yeaiu

Improvement of the Wabash. The public understand that the improvement of the river Wabash is again occupying the attentionof Congress. Many years ago, as early as 1824, a strong effort was made to interest the General Government in improving the navigation of this river, and similar efforts have been since continued. Nothing however has been accomplished. Last July Gen. WEITZEL was directed to make a survey of the river, but owing to the limite^amount of funds atrhis disposal, lor that purpose, no accurate instrumental survey could be attempted. Mr. FREDERICK STEIN, ofTiptop, Ind however made a preliminary reconnoisance, during last fall and winter, and furnished an approximate estimate of the cost of the improvements suggested by him, extending from the town of Wabash to the mouth of the river. His estimate is SI,163,253.23.

An accurate survey is now in progress, under charge of Mr.

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In noticing "tlie object Of "the present survey and Avhat is expected. to result therefrom, the Cincinnati Commercial says:

Before any actual improvement is begun, it is necessary that a more thorough survey should be made distances ascertained, and the exact spots located where work is to be done. Such are the objects of the expedition which left Louisville, under command of Mr. Frederick Stein, on the small steamer Try Us, on the 2d of last month. The party consists of ten men b?side the engineer in charge. They take with them a thorough equipment of instruments and other articles requisite for the undertaking in hand and begin* nine at the mouth, will survey up the Waoash River to the city of Lafayette, beyond which it is not at present deemed profitable to attempt to make the stream of service for purposes ofnavigation. The boat has not been heard from, officially, since its departure, but is supposed to be now at work a short distance yp the Wabash, where postoffices art not plenty. The time constimed in completing the survey will be about three months. The Try Us is hired by the Government. The cost of the present survey is estimated at fifteen thousand dollars.

Its results will probably be an appropriation by Congress of a sufficient sum of money to perfect the Improvements found necessary, and when these shall be made they can hardly fail of benefitting greatly the large seetion of country through which the Wabash flows.

The importance of the work is shown by an extract from a letter written to General Humphreys by General Weitzel, in relation to this matter. He says: "It is the most important northern branch of the Ohio river. The three cities, Lafay ette, Terre Haute and Vincennes, are situated on the river. Twenty years ago the annual valne of the commerce of this river and its branches in wheat, corn, pork and live stock alone amounted to about four million dollars. Since then, and especially within the last few years, iron and coal veins have been opened. Now, all this commerce has been nearly or entirely ruined by obstructions in the river.

The Commercial also furnishes the following abstract of the preliminary reconnoisance made, last* fall, by Mr. STEIN, contained in his official report to General WEITZEL January 3, 1871. This summary, which shows the nature and estimated cost of the proposed improvements, will be read with interest by the citizens of the Wabash Valley:

His operations were in a great measure superficial, as he had no1 instruments, nor time to use them. He began at the town of Wabash and descended the stream.

We note some of his morl important observations. From the starting point to Logansport, he found the river running slow on very little descent, in a wide and shallow bed formed of limestone rocks with a width nearly four fold that necessary to navigation. The Erie and Wabash Canal is fed by the river, and dams for that purpose obstruct the beds. Thetfe are. besides, many bridges spanning it on a grade entirely too low for the passage of steamboats, none of them provided with a draw.

Mr. Stein says if the Erie and Wabash Canal were abolished, its waters rehirned to the river bed, and the several feeder dams removed, navigation would be easy up to Wabash town at any time from April to December and if, on the other hand, the water now in the river was confined by walls to about one-third of the present width of the bed, it could be raised so as to admit of light navigation, even in time drought. In this latter case of course locks would have to be built at each point where there is a feeder dam in the river' The first condition is improbable, and the last too expensive. Mr. Stein recommends the building of locks and the removal of sand-bars and driftwood. Such locks would be necessary at Peru and Logansport, and wonld cost $50,00^ each. To dredge and clean the 'drift-wood from Wabash to Logansp would cost $5,000. At the last named jity the Wabash receives the waters of the Eel River, which so increases its volume that thence downward navigation would not be difficult but for the "Rapids" seven miles below Logansport. These rapids will have to be removed, at a cost estimated of $18,517 50. The expense of removing a large deposit of sand and gravel at the mouth of Eel River, would be $2,777. Between Delphi and

Lafayette, the Tippecanoe river falls into the Wabash. This is twice as large as the Eel, and hence to its mouth the Wabash is a navigable stream.

Mr. Stein recommends the removal of the sand-bars at the following named places, and recommends the cost of such removal at the figures annexed: Opposite Logansport, $5,500 a mile and onehalf below Portland, $3,333. All the other sand-bars between Logansport and Terre Haute are of snch a nature that their coniepts can not be estimated, but they could probably be taken out in two months by a steam dredging machine, at a cost of $2S per day. There are two ^«m« between Logansport and Lafayette these necessitate two locks, at a cost of $50,000 each. The bridges on this part of the river are higher than those above Logansport, and some have draws. Downward from Terre Haute the river is full of bends, in many of which snags and sand-bars have accumulated to so great an extent that the labor of hun dreds of men and horses will be required for month* to clear them out. Between

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tent facilities for its proper execution, and the officers of the Government will, in a short time, be advised of what is needed in the. way of work and expenditure to make the Wabash navigable. This work has been long neglected and this neglect is astonishing when the important and increasing trade of the Wabash Valley is considered.

Terre Haute and Vincennes, the engineer estimates the cost of doing this at $15,000. He recommends a cut off at Sagar Creek Bend, immediately south of Terre Haute, to cost $102,223 and the removal of Musgrove Bar, a few miles farther down, at an expense of $3,500. About three hundrrd rods below this bar, there is a great deal of drift heaped up, which should be chopped and burnt. There should be a cut off at Aurora Bend, which would cost $78,621 50. At Forks cut off the channel needs widening and there should be a cut off at Hackberry Bend these two improvements would amount to about $100,000. From here down the dredging machine and axe must be used the bed is nearly filled with sand and logs. The new channel at Horse Shoe Bend wants widening $35,000 will widen it Some logs must be snatched out at Point Coupee and a little below Vincennes $3,500 worth of sand-bar is to be moved.

Ambrough's bend, ten mile^ below, ought to have the logs and sand taken out, and a wing-dam built—$1,387 50.

About four miles above the mouth xf White River, the bed of the Wabash is obstructed by what is called the Little Rock this should be blasted $1,500 will blast it in the most approved style. A mile and a half below Little Rock are the Grand Rapids, three quarters of a mile in length. There is a lock here which cost. $70,000. It is out of fix, and not susceptible of repair. $125,000 will build such a one as the necessities of the case requires. To take and carry away a sand bar'at the mouth of White River, $12,000 is wanted, A wing-dam at Coffee Island will cost $740. There is good water all along from White River out and if some drift-wood and sand be taken out, there will be no more obstruction to navigation. That would cost, between New Carmel and Gravsville, about $3,500. A cut off, saving three miles, might be made at the latter' place the expense would reach $115,000. Some rocks need raising at Chainville, and near there an old wing dam must be repaired. These improvements can be made for $3,240. A rip-rap wall should also be built here, to protect the right bank of the river $24,750. Four and a half miles below, another wing-dam, $411. Two miles further, the necessary widening of the channel will amount to about $3,500.

The last bend, before the Wabash empties into the Ohio, is a very large one —over seven miles in length—with many sand-bars and much driftwood. A cut-off could be made that would reduce the distance to a mile and a half. The cut-off would cost $252,360 75.

The dredging of the river from Vincennes to the mouth, by two steam dredges, would take two months, at $28 per day total $1,400.

Mr. Stein, although his survey was an incomplete one, thinks the improvements recommended are about what the river needs, and that the estimated cost, which foots up $1,163,253 25, is correctly stated.

DANIEL don't depart. The Journal finally relieves the public's agonizing suspense with this authentic and solemn statement: "The question was so supremely ridiculous that we thought it unnecessary to answer. Mr. Voorhees has not departed from Democratic principles, and his brilliant and consistent record of many years past will not be tarnished by a degrading retrograde movement in favor of his bitter and unrelenting radical foes."

Which is good news to those same' "foes."

HERE is another indication of the delightful harmony prevalent in the Democratic family. We quote from the Journal: gfl'i jO "As an offset to the position taken by the Democrat, a prominent citizen of that county assures us that notfbleven Democrats in old Sullivan will endorse the course taken by Mr. Briggs."

REV. W. W. CURRY once put forth an argument against capital punishment which should be conclusive with all orthodox believers in eternal punishment. This is the argument, as we remember it: If a condemned criminal is unforgiven by the Almighty, the State commits an awful crime in sending his soul, to hell. If a condemned prisoner has repented and received forgiveness from the Almighty, the State commits an awful crime when it punishes a sinless man with death.— Mail. .if,

TELEGRAPH.

PHILADELPHIA.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CONVENTION. PHILADELPHIA, PA., June 10 —The Photographic Convention last nig'it voted to hold the next meeting in a: Louis on the first Tuesday in next May.

ABORTION CASE.

In the case of Dr. Oliver W. Reid, who was in. January last convicted of perfoiming a criminal surgical operation on a female, Judge Pax?cn this morning, on motion for a new trial, delivered his opinion, that the female upon whom the abortion was performed had been married to the defendant to prevent her being used as a witness. She was, however, examined, and upon her evidence convicted. Judge Paxson overruled the motion for- a new trial, and sentenced Reid to six years and five months imprisonment in the penitentiary.

NOMINATIONS.

The caucus of prominent Democrats have made the following nominations for city officers, to be voted .for at the fall election, if confirmed by the convention: Mayor—James Biddle District Attorney —F. Shepherd Judge of District Court —Wm. S. Price City Solicitor—George M. Dallas. par-wit.

ST. LOUIS.

RAILROAD MEETING.

ST. LOUIS, June 10,—Prominent representatives of all the railroads centering here, also of the bridge company, held a meeting yesterday, to consider the project of building a grand Union depot, and a tunnel extending from the western terminus of the brigde to the depot. Articles of association were drawn up, and a company will soon be organized. The proposition is to erect a depot on what is known as Chouteau Pond, bounded by Clark Avenue on the north, Poplar street south, Eighth street east and Eleventh street west. This property, can probably be purchased for seven hundred thousand dollars.

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The tonnage received by Eastern and Western roads at this point last year was, 1,571,409 tons, shipments 807,787, equal to 537,920 cars. The coal tonnage amounted to 755,636 tons, ofr 75,583 cars

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TERRE-HAUTE, INDIANA. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1871

Paris Papers Uphold the Administration and Policy of tiers,

And Affirm that Monarchy is a Synonym for' Revolution.

The Capital of Italy to be Transferred to Rome on the First of July.

FRANCE.

THE BODIES OF THE CIVIL WAR. VERSAILISS, June 10.—The idea of burning the bodies of the victims of the civil war in Paris has been- abandoned, and they will be exhumed from their present bnrial places in the Park of Morceaux and the Garden Luxembourg, and transferred to a new cemetery beyond the village and fort of Vonvres.

PYAT.

Pyat is known to be concealed in Paris. REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMTi The committee of the Assembly on the reorganization of the army will soon report in favor of obligatory service.

INTERVIEW.

Prince De Joinville and Duke D'Aumale yesterday visited Thiers and mem bers of the Assembly. They .were received with the utmost courtesy, and Thiers subsequently returned their call. At this interview with Thiers and Grevy two deputies resigned their seats in the Assembly, and disclaimed any intention of intriguing against the Republic.

BANQUET.

The Orleanists are preparing a banquet to the Duke D'Aumale. CONTRA DICTED. .U'}

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The reported arrival of Count De Chpmbard at Boulogne, is contradicted. ELECTIONS.

The Official Journal announces that elections to the Assembly in 113 districts will b.e held on the 2d of July.

ENGLAND. ha inTHE WEATHER.

LONDON, June 10.—The weather continues cold for the season. There was a snow Btorm of an hour's duration at Birmingham this morning.

PERSONAL.

The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise landed at Deal this morning, on their return from a tour on the Continent.

THE POLICY OF THIERS UPHELD.'^ Paris papers continue to uphold the administration and policy of Thiers, and affirm that monarchy is a synonym for revolution. They also appear to think that the supplementary elections may possibly change the majority in the As« sembly.

ADSTBIA.°^W''

THE POPE TO BE CONGRATULATED. VIENNA, June 10.—Prince Hahenhohe goes to Rome to congratulate the Pope on thS 25th anniversary of his election to the Papal chair.

INSTRUCTIONS.

The Austrian government has instructedits representative at the Italian court to follow King Victor Emanuel to Rome. ——1 "BERLIN. *i .if Htniiitiii A .'T4

EMPEROR ALEXANDER. 'K!

BERLIN, June 10.—Emperor Alexan* ander of Russia, has left Berlin, it If sis W"

CHARGED AFFAIBS.

Count Waldersu has been appointed Charge d' Affairs at Paris, and will leave on the 30th inst.

FLORENCE. CAPITAL OF ITALY?*'

FLORENCE, June 9.—It is officially announced that the capital of Italy is to be transferred to Rome on July 1st. s'c

TREATY OF COMMERCE. 3

The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a treaty of commerce with the United States. .?? •4-

SAN FRANCISCO.

IOWA HOGS.

SAI?FflAihftsco, June 8.—A: ^rain of live hogs received overland from Iowa sold at 7£a8 cents per pound, live weight. More have have been ordered.

FIRE.

Rats gnawing matches in the lockers set the brig Catilew, in the harbor, on fire this morning. The sailors of the Russian war steamer Baygrin saved the vessel. Loss $2,500.

MECHANICS' FAIR

Japan will send an extensive contribution, embracing all her industries, to the Coming Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco. 'I""

ARIZONA NEWS.

The Arizona Miner, published at Pres* cott, and the Citizen, published at Tucson, both endorse the killing of a hand of Pinal Apaches at Camp Gram, and assert their ability to prove that they, while camped under military protection at that point, raided the surrounding country, committing murders and running off stock. Property of settlers murdered within a week has been found in their possession. .SERENADE.

Senator Casserly i* to be serenaded on his arrival from the East to-night.

TORONTO.

PRESBYTERIAN UNION.

TORONTO, June 10.—A long discussion took place this evening in the^ynod of the church of Scotland, in Canada, on the proposed Presbyterian Union. The result was the unanimous adoption of a resolution embodying three articles favoring a basis of union.

PITTSBURG.

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PITTSBURG, June 10.—county missicners McGee and Neely who plead guilty to receiving bribes for the granting of liquor licenses, were sentenced this morning to pay a fine of two thousand dollars each^ and undergo-imprison-ment of ofie year in the work nOtise.

CAIRO.

fr.J sfe ttiet istissrtJEj DROWNED. CAIRO III, June 10.—Two roustabouts on the steamer Natchez were knocked overboard and drowned near Bain bridge -Landing to-day, by a parting of the link Raines unknown.

WASHINGTON.

THE WEATHER.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGWALOFFICER, WASHINGTON, June 10,1 A. H. [Synopsis for the past 24 hours.]

Barometer has~ fallen somewhat on the California coast, with brisk southwest winds. It has risen at Rocky Mountain stations. The area ot highest barometer has moved from Lake Michigan into Pennsylvania.' Pressure very generally risen along the Atlantic coast, and on the lower lakes. Temperature risen somewhat on the Gulf, has fallen on the East Atlantic. It has risen from the Ohio river northward. Easterly winds prevailed from the lake to Tennessee, and westward veering toward the sonth and southeast.' In the Mississippi Valley the weather has been clear and cool, alone the Atlantic and westward to Lake Huron, heavy force in barometer, with rainy and threatening weather, and brisk or high winds reported this afternoon from Lake Superior to Nebraska, and also on coast of Louisiana and Texas. Midnight reports northeast of Milwaukee and west of Louisiana are not' yet received. Probabilities—Clear weather with light winds will probably prevail on Saturday ^long the immediate Atlantic coast, increasing easterly winds probable for the lower lakes and Ohio Valley. Storms on the western gulf will probably move into the interior, that west of Michigan will probably move northeastward* with rain extending on to Lake Huron.

CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.

Chief Justice Chase will spend a portion of the summer at the. Magnetic Springs, St. Louis, Michigan, and left ashington for that place on Wednesday evening. The health of the Chief Justice very improved much during spring. He has had little medical attendance for sev-' eral months, and now walks wi.ii ease from three to four miles every day. Paralytic symptoms have almost entirely disappeared, and his face and form are fast regaining their former roundness of outline. His friends feel confident that he will take his seat on the bench in the fall in better health than he has been for several years past.

REFUNDED TAX.

The Fifth Auditor oi the Treasury today notified the collector at -Boston, that the r'ttnding claim to Massachusetts, amort mg.to$45,865.78, has been audited and ansmitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury. This is the lax illegally assessed on State dividends of the Boston A Albany Kailroad.

REVENUE RECEIPTS. .T?j,

Comparative statement of receipts from several general sources of Revenue, taxaable under existing laws, for the first ten months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, shows that for 1870 the amount collected was $136,186,119, and for 1871, $117,685,481.

PORT OF DULUTH.

The increase of trade at Dnluth, nbw a port of delivery, with a surveyor of customs, requires the appointment of a deputy collector. The Secretary of the Treasury has under consideration the rules and regulations governing entries and shipments from that port, and will appoint a deputy collector in a few days. At the next session of Congress the port of entry will be changed from Marguette lo Duluth. i:

DEFALCATION. -H"

Examination of the accounts| of T. A. Macartney, late disbursing officer in the Postoffice Department, is not yet complete, but the Postmaster General is satisfied that the deficiency is not more than $30,000, and that assignments and securities will fully satisfy the government.

TICE METERS

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has issued a circular relative to the Tice Meters now in use in distilleries, which concludes as follows:—"It having been ascertained by experience that these meters, as a class, do not fully answer the purpose for which they were intended, their use is hereby discontinued, and those attached to distilleries may be detached. Meters being the property of distillers, they are at liberty to dispose of them as they may desire.

SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION. 1U

The iron coast survey steamer now building at Wilmington, will eail for the Pacific coast about the 1st of September. Professors Agassiz and Hall, of Cambridge, will make a voyage on this vessel, for the purpose of taking deep sea soundings all along the route, and will make collections of specimens in natural history for Cambridge Universitv. The enterprise is highly thought of here, as it is believed it will add much information of value to thp coast, survey, service The Secretary of the Treasury has written to the Secretary of State and the Navy, asking that naval and diplomatic offioera may be insiructed to afford important assistance to the exploring party. ...

ASSISTANT ASSESSORS OF REVENUE. V} The services of 316 assistant assessors of Internal Revenue have been dispensed with since the 1st of January last, and a further reduction of 100 is contemplated during the present month. At a low estimate the reduction already made will affect a saving in assessing the revenue of over $300,000 per annum.

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CONCORD.

THE LEGISLATURE.

CONCORD, N. H., June 10.—At 11:30 o'clock, this morning the Senate and House met in joint contention, to fill vacancies. The Speaker announced the constitutional candidates to be for district No. 1, Daniel Marcy and W. L. Martin, and called upon the members to prepare ballots. The Secretary of State made return of votes for Governor and Councillors, which return was referred to the committee. The convention elected Daniel Marcy, from district No. 1, to nil the vacancy in the Senate, by 164 to 162, Scott, one of the invalids, not arriving.

The convention this evening filled the vacancy in the 10th Senatorial district, by the following vote: Hall 161, Smith 166, both Republicans.

The convention then balloted for Governor, with the following result: James A. Weston, Democrat, 167, James Pike, Republican, 459.

The Legislature will adjourn over till Tuesday, when Governor Weston will be qualified. The vacancies in the Councillors districts will be filled to day.

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LEAVENWORTH, June 10.—Fire this morning destroyed a number of wooden buildings.. Loss and insurance not known. Parties havp been arrested on suspicion of incendiarism. •--V RAILROADERS.

Gen. G. M. Dodge, John Duffy, Vice President, and F. E. Syckes, Superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad, in company with a large number of interested parties, have been here for the past day, arriving from California in a special car to examine the condition of bridges and railroad interests centering here.

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A DENIAL.

NEW YORK, Jnne 9.—Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen's church, denies the report published here yesterday morning, that he has resigned an appointment from Rome as a coadgitator of the Bishop of Buffalo, and it is believed that it is entirely unfounded.

DAMAGES.

Mrs. Aure Tosten, of Brooklyn, obtained a verdict for $22,000 in the city Court yesterday, against Phipps, Evans & Co., brewers of New York, for the loss of her husband, who was killed in the brewery of the defendants, by falling through a hatchway.

DRUGGED AND ROBBED.

Silas Wood soAe days ago received a letter saying that his brother in Harlem was ill, and wished to see him. He left home immediately, and nothing since has been heard from him, and the letter tarned oat to be a forgery. Yesterday George H. Wood, sleeping car conductor on the Hudson River & Central. R.R., gave information to the police, that on the last trip to Chicago, Wood was found in a car drugged and robbed of everything, and had been placed in the Insane Asylum at Utica.

RUSSIAN CONSUL.

Baron Ostensacken, who has so long represented the Russian government at New York, as Imperial Consul General, by an order recently received from St. Petersburg, has. been superceded by M. Bodisco, the well known and popular first secretary of the Russian Legation at Washington. f,

THE PRE8IDENT.

President Grant is expected to accompany the excursion party next Thursday, over the Delaware, LackawanaA Western Railroad.

FOREIGN NEWS BY MAIL.

Mail advices received by the steamship Denver, last night, state that the Archbishop of Paris died with the serene courage of a martyr. In answer to the insults of his executioners he said, ''do not profane the word liberty. It is to us alone it belongs, for we shall die for liberty and faith."

Dcmbrowske died in his bed room at the Hotel De Ville formerly occupied by M'Ue Hoeeman, the day after his escape from La Mulle. He received three riile shots while at the barricade Rue Dormea, and was transferred to the Hotel De Ville, where he died of his wound*.

De Lesclurze was killed at the barricade of Chation Dean. His face was much disfigured by the falling of a burning wall which fell on it.

HONORS TO PROF. MQR8E. IHT-IS Most complete arrangements have been made by the telegraph committee to honor Prof. Morse to-day, and as the weather is beautiful the demonstration will undoubtedly be of an imposing character. ^MESSAGE FROM PROF. MORSE.

Greeting to all telegraph operators throughout tbe world. "Peace on earth and good will to men." God bless you all. S. F. B. MORSE.

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THE MORSE STATUE.

The unveiling of the statue to Prof. Morse, in Central Park, took place this afternoon. All of the approaches to the vicinity of the statue were crowded, and it is estimated that at least 50,000 persons were within 20 rods of the speakers' stand.- Gov. Hoffman presided. The ccrembnie^ began with music, by the US. band from Fort Columbia, and the Governor delivered a brief introductory address. The unveiling of the statue

performed by Gov. Claflin, of Mass., and Hon. William Orton, who raised the national banner from it, disclosing the figure of the "Lightning Controller." Music and cheers greeted its appearance, and when they had subsided the inaugural address was pronounced by William C'ullen Bryant.

JEROME PARK RACES. I4*?

To-day is the opening day of the Spring meeting of the American Jackey Club. The weather is very fine, the track in ood order, and attendance very large. The first race was for Fordham stakes, a handicap sweepstake of $50 eaeh, for ail ages, ten if declared, five hundred added, the second horse to receive $200 out of the stakes, one mile and a quarter. 30 nominations, 13 horses started. The race was won by Cbillicothe in two minutes 13J seconds, Climax second. The course probably never presented so fine an appearance as it does to-day. On the grand stand most of the seats are occupied by ladies.

The second race for the Belmont stakes, three year olds, one mile and five furlongs, one hundred dollars entrance, and $500 added, the secopd h.orse to receive $300. The following hornes started: Harry Bossett, By the Sea, Nellie Gray, John Merriman Mary Clark, Stopkvood, Edwin and Wanderer. The race was won by Harry Bossett, in two minutes and 56 seconds. Stockwood second, By the Sea third, Nellie Gray fourth.

EXCURSION. R/FLT

Messrs. S. G. Tillotson & Co., well known dealers in railroad and telegraph snpplies gave to-day a complimentary excursion to the telegraphic fraternity, as an agreeable prelude to the ceremonies of inaugurating the statue of Prof. Morse in Central Park. At 10 o'clock the steamer Jas. Fisk, Jr., with attaches of Tillotson & Co's. establishment on board, met the telegraphers and invited guests at the ferry at the foot of Chambers street. The boat was decked with flags, and had on board the Fifth Regiment band. Tbe company numbered in all about 1,000 persons, including a goodly number of ladies, and mapy distinguished citizens. Gov. Claflin, of Mass., was present. Among the prominent telegraphers were Messrs. Dolan, Applebaugh and Small, leading men in the New York office, and Mr. Brown, the careful operator on the Western P^ess report, Messrs. Hucker and Bennett, of Buffalo, Frank Armstrong, manager of the W. D. Co. at Cincinnati, W. W. Smith and A. H. Rogers of the same place, W. C. Bristal, telegraph constructor, and J. E. Reese, superintendent of telegraph at Louisville, and others. The boat proceeded up the Hndspu for an hour, returning down the bay around Governor's Island, up East River to Green Point, thence out into the bay a^ain, around the Spanish man-of-war

Navarro, and several steamers outward bound. After a bountiful collation had been served, speeches mere made by Hon. Erastns Brooks. Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, and Mr. Ashley, of the Telegrapher. During the trip a series of resolutions were read, tendering the acknowledgements of the guests to Mr. Tillotson for the compliment of the excursion, and for the pains he had taken to render it perfectly enjoyable. Mr. Tillotson responded in a very happy address. The day was magnificent, and everything com bined to make the excursion one of unmarred enjoyment. b'JsBf

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BANKRUPTCY.

CHATTANOOGA, June 10.—Efforts are making here to set aside the bankruptcy proceedings against the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. A meeting of all the creditors of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad throughout the country, is called to meet here on June 14th. It is thought if all the creditors are present, or by proxy, the rights of all canoe protected in the best manner, and the bankruptcy proceedings, which will probably make a total loss of all the debts outside the bonds endorsed by the State of Alabama. can be set aside.

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fB. v'*V METHODIST CONFERENCE. BRAMPTON. CNT., June 10.—The eighteenth annual confefence of the primitive Methodist church is now in session here, and is the largest assemblage of this church ever held in Canada. Two very distinguished ministers from England are resent. Rev. Samuel Antliff, of the leneral Missionary Society, and repre' sentative of the English convention, md Rev. W. Gutthry Wolverhampton, one of the most eloquent and distinguished English ministers, who has come to reside and labor as a primitive Methodist minister.

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ORDER REVOKED.

WASBHKJTON, June 11.—Secretary Boutwell has revoked hia order requiring the American seal lock to be attached to cars containing bonded merchandise, passing between the United States and Canada, having become satisfied that the lock now in use is much better and cheaper.

ANNUAL ADDRESS.

Edward S. Pierrepont will deliver the annual address, at the Commencement of the Law Department of the Columbia Law.School to-morrow evening. SUPERVISORY INSPECTORS OF STEAMBOATS

The Board of Supervisory Inspectors of steamboats, now in session in this city to prepare new rates and regulations for the government of licensed pilots on vessels propelled by steam, have adopted resolutions continuing the fules now in operation, until new regulations uuder the recent act of Congress will be completed and promulgated. The resolutions have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, who has directed the same to be submitted to pilotB on the lakes, seaboard and Western rivers immediately.

PITTSBURG.

ASSOCIATED PRESS EXCURSION. PITTSBURG, June 11.—At a meeting of the Western Associated Press held at the Chatauqua House, Maysville, New York, yesterday, Estill McHenry, of St. Louis, chairman, offered the following, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That we hereby tender our thanks to the Lincoln Club of Pittsburg, for the use of their hall for meeting purposes, that we also tender our thanu to Col. Win. Phillips, President, B. B. Lawrence, General Superintendent, and T. M. King, Assistant Superintendent of the Allegheny Valley Railroad company, and lo R. B. Lawson, conductor, Charles E. Hook, palace car conductor, and Alcistor Kerr, Engineer, on that road to C. J. Hepburn, Superintendent, and F. A. Phillips, Treasurer, of the Oil Creek & Allegheny River Railroad Company to the editors of the Titusville Courier and Titusville Herald to O. Tiffany, Train Master of the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburg Railroad Company to Mr. Horace F.-Fox, proprietor of the Chatauqua House to Captain James McMurran, of the steamer Chatauqua, and to the Jamestown Braes and String Band, for their kind courtesies and unceasing endeavors to render our excursion a complete and pleasant success.

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CINCINNATI, June H.—The Republican Convention in Green county, Ohio, yesterday, passed a resolution instructing their delegates to the State Convention to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Gen. Noyes, for Governor.

The Times and Chronicle says the Butler county delegation is understood to b* in favor of Wade.

POLITICAL MEETINGS.

The Republican primary meefings ,are to be held here next Saturday. POISONING.

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In Rockport, Indiana, a Mrs. Batchelor is charged with poisoning her husband with strychnine, and is now undergoing examination. Suspicions circumstances led to disinterment of the body and examination of the contents of the stomach, whea the presence of strychnine was discovered. It is charged that Bhe twice purchased strychnine with the ostensible purpose of killing rats.

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ELMIRA, June 11.—The very extensive Extract Works owned by citizens of ElmirA, and situated at Trout Run, Pennsylvania, about 65 miles south of this city, on the Northern Central Railway, we're destroyed by fire about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In additiontto the Extract Works, some five or six dwelling houses, together with a cooper shop, blacksmith shop and stave mill, were burned, and about ten thousand dollars worth of bark and extract destroyed. .Loss estimated at $60,000.

ST. PAUL.

AMERICAN CONSUL ASSAULTED. ST. PAUL, MINN., June 11.—A gentleman arriving from Mohitaba reports, that on May 24th the American Consul, J. W. Taylor, was assaulted by Canadian soldiers, who struck at Mr. Taylor with a club, fortunately missing hijn. Mr. Taylor escaped to the Consulate, and immediately pulled down the American flag which was flying In honor of the Queen's birthday. No action was taken by the authorities on this outrage.

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Other acts of Uwlesenees have been committed by the soldiers, who are faet instituting a reign of terror.

CLEVELAND.

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shall Ilose Company left here to-day for! Dodger's plaining mills were burned this Boston. They will participate it? tbe evening. Loss $18,000. Insured $6,000, celebration of* the battle of Bunker Hill.' in the Cleveland Insurance Company.

A Strong Effort to be Made by Bonapartfsts to CirrjfLSi the Elections.

The Prince Imperial and Not Prince Napoleon to be Put Forward as a Candidate, for the Assembly.

Restoration of Public Boiltl inss Commenced.

French Prisoners Rapidly Beturning from Germany.

FRANCE.

THE ELECTIONS.

PARIS, June 11.—Tbe Press expects thataBtrong effort will be made by the Bonapartista for the success of their party in the coming supplementary elections^ The Jonrnal of Paris says the Prince Imperial, and not Prince Napoleon, will be iut forward as a candidate for the Assembly. The Cloche thinks the resulfof the elections in cities will check the tendency to monarchical. r.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.'

Restoration of public buildings has commenced. ..j*# ADDRESS.

Gen. Vinoy haa issued an address^that all civilians found with arms in their possession after a certain day, shall be tried by court martial.

RESIGNED.

'fricliara has resigned the governorship of the Bank of France.

ORLEANS PRINCES.

The Orleans princes are still at ersailles. Y"" yj c. rift-si'f-'-

RELEASED.

Bestay and Theisiz, who acted by authority of the Commune as delegates of the Bank of France and the Postal Department respectively, have been released from prison by intercession of the Bank authorities, and furnished with safe conduct to leave France.

CHURCH VALUABLES.

All the sacred vessels and valuable ornaments taken from the churches by the Communists, with few exceptions, have been discovered in the mint and other places. y~

FRENCH PRISONERS.®

French prisoners are rapidly returning from Germany. LETTER FROM DUMAS. 1 I

Alexander Dumas writes to the Paris press denouncing the blind clashing^ of irivate ambition at Versailles. He praises President Thiers, and advocates his continuance especially, to which France always instinctively reveres.

TIL CABLE STEAMER. The steamship International, which is to lay the telegraph cable between Marseilles and Algiers has arrived at Mar-

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GREECE. -H^-IHGSPT*'

1 THE TYRONE. I. !. ATHENS, GREECE, June 10.—The King of Greece left this A. M. for Trieste. The Queen occupies the throne as regent in his absence.

BRIGANDAGE.« •««T'

Brigandage has been nearly extirpated from the country. Turkey has given valuable assistance by arresting brigands on the frontier.

NEW YOBKf!

DIED.

NEW YORK, June 11.—James A. Wilson, President of the New York Typographical Union, died in that city yesterdav.

WRIT OF ERROR. I:,

The writ of error on which the motion for a new trial was to be argned, was granted yesterday in the case of Dr. Lookup Evans, the notorious abortionist, whom Judge Bedford lately^senjtenged^to three years in Sing Sing.

PERSONAL.

Ex-Minister Morris, late Minister to Turkey, will sail from Havre, August 18, for this city. jju 141

BASE BALL.*

The Athletics, of Brooklyn, yesterday beat the Stars, amateurs, 14 to 13.

The programme of the annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club, on the 22nd inst., is completed. Seven prizes, two of which are valued at $600, ana $400 respectively, given by the members of the club, and to be sailed for without allowance of time, and two by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the winners of which will hold them subject to challenge at any time after thirty days under the rules of the club. The course will be the usual one from Vanderbilt'a Landing around Southwest Spit and return.

The regatta promises to be the most brilliant affair in the history of the club, 54 vessels, many of which are new or lately rebuilt, being ready to enter the race.,

I OCEAN YACHT RACE S

On Saturday the 25th the ocean yacht race will be sailed, from Sandy Hook to Long Branch, the prize being a silver enp given by Mr. Lester Wallaek. """t.

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fl* m-at. mx&mvxt DENUNCIATION. SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.—The press of California, almost without exception, denounce the coroner's jury in the case of the Chinaman murdered by boys on Fourth street, which in the face of positive testimony, returned a verdict of death, cause unknown.

POLITICAL.

The result ot primary elections through-: out the State indicate the nomination of Booth for Governor by Republicans, and Haight, tbe present incumbent, by Democrats. Both are pledged against local subsidies to railroads.

CHURCH MATTERS.

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Bishop Johannes has directed the. Gregorian Calender to be used hereafter, in Alaska, in place of the Julian or Greek and the same Sunday to be observed as at other points in the United States.: 8J±y

BALTIMORE. -M

BALTIMORE, June 10.—The stetfnSer Wee ma took fire at her wharf on Light street, at 11 o'clock, and was destroyed loss probably $20,000 The Geo. Lane was also on fire, but was hauled ont and the fire extinguished with little damage.

IETROIT.

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, June 11.—Fire brok out this evening in the upper story tb of Frederick Stone's store, and for several i/ hour* withstood the efforts of the fire de-! partment. Loss by tire and water: $20,000.

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BRIGHTON, N. J. June 10—The extensive factor* of Waraer, Rhodes & Co., r. lormerly £dwards A Co., was twined to-' day. Loss $30,000,^