Miscellaneous

It is learned at the War Department that positive instructions have been sent to Gen. Miles in the northwent requiring him to pruceed cautiously, and if possible to avoid a conflict witli the Indiana. Gen. iShcridan, it is underBtood, has been authorized to withdraw Gen. Miles' colnmn, or to reinforce him with additional troops, as he may deern proper. The Bcouts report that Sitting Buil with 8,000 warriors has moved over from Frenchman's Creek to this side of the line. The New York Central Railroad company haa been obliged to put on two extra trams within the past week to accommodate the largcly increased traffic. The rush of travel has been so great on through trains that the engincs could not pull them and make time. Gen. Daniel McLeod, a veteran of the battle of Waterloo, died at his residence in Cleveland, Tuesday night, aged 100 years, 6 months and 22 day. Tae coroner's jury at Chicago decided that Elizabeth and Anna Trowbridge, the Binters who so tragically committed suicide Monday evening, were of unsound mind at the time of their decease, and also discharged Nona Trowbridge from all complicity in the death of her sisters, she being also insane. With reference to ihe reporta from American sources that Sitting Bull's band is on the war path, the Canadian department of the interior does not credit any such rumors. Becent advice from the northweat say that Sitting Buil and his men are peaceably inclined. Their relations with the mounted pólice were never more satisfactory. By the fall of scaffolding at Petersburg, Va., James Charles, painter, was immediately killed, Alex Nugent futally injured, and Robt. Charles, Bon of James, seriously injnred. A duel took place Wednesday at a point 14 miles east of Columbus, Miss., in the state of Alabama, between Capt. Humphreys and Major Moore. Five hundred people witnessed the aftair. The combatants fired upon each other at a distauce of 10 paces with Bmith & Wesson revolvers without effeot. Eighteen new cases were reported to the board of health at Memphis Thursday. Among the number were Charlea A. Stacey and Alexander Kepler. Two carloads of tents, furnished by the government, have arrived, and the city anthorities established a camp at a point Beven miles north of the city, on the Paducah railroad. The Howard association placed a few nurses on duty. Eleven cásea reported to the board of health at Memphis Friday, of yellow fever, among the number being Ben. Hollander, a well-known saloon-keeper, whose daughter died Thusday. Ten deaths from yellow fever were also officially reported for the 24 huurs ending at 6 p. m. Mrs. Judge Ray's name appears among the list although she has never been reported as having yellow fever. Two colored military oompanies have reorganized Col. Cameron as the representutive of the governor and will obey anv order iiaued by him. The ludían agent at Fort Belknap reporta to tK Commiaaioner f Indian affaira that a camp oí 22 lodgea of "British blooda" recently cron.-.ed the line and campod near his post. They were well supplied with meat and very impudent. They waited upon the ngent in a body and demanded a feast. Upon hia refusal they set fire to the hay on the meadow and eihibited other hostihties. They are now camped five or six miles from the fort, and the agent says they intend remaining there for some time. A gravel train on the Northwestern railroaa while backing into Waukegan, 111., with a larjje nuinber of workmen in iU cars, struck a c ow on the track and was detached. Anthony Joice, Mike Sheridan, Jno. Drugan and Pat Conners were killed, and one of the other workmen will die of his injuries. Thirteen cases were reported to the board of healthat Memphis, Saturday. One additional death occurred. It was thought that the board of health would declare the fever epidemie, but after a careful revisión of the reporta from all the undertakerB, the resulta showed that out of 71 deaths reported for the week but 34 had died of yellow fever. The city authorities have perfected all arrangement and will establish camps this week. The valne of export of domes t i o niorehan diBe f rom the United States du.";' th. fieca year 1878 was 4680,709,268; in L879, Í..98..3Í4, 951. The values of exporta o: f reign mei chandise tor the fiscal year 1878, 14,1I)G,498 in 1879, $12,098,792. The values of importa o merchandiso during the year ending June 30 1879, was 437,051,632; June 30, 1879, 445, 792,141. The total valne ot exporta of mer chandise for the year ending June 30, 1879, ex ceeded the valne of importa of merchandis $264,636.602, as against an excess of export over importa for the preceding year amount ing to $257,814,234. The Russian minister cf the interior reporta 3,521 fires during June, cauaing a damage o: over 12,000,000 roubles. Five hundred and eight of the fires were incendlary. Furthe particulara of the fire at Nijne-Novaorod, on the 19th of the present month, state that whil the fire was raging 14 explosiona occurred in the bazaar, killing and inj uring forty peraona The theatre in Kremlin, Moacow, has bee burnect by the Nihilista. Fourteen nw caaes of yellow feve wrra reported to the Uemphia boan of hcalth Sunday, andthirteen Monday. The special policemen engaged in taking the censUR ofthe city completed their task Monday. The resulta show the population of Memphis to be 16,110; whitea, 4,283; colored, 11,827. The öecretary of War telegraphs D. T. Porter, chief executive of the city, that rationa will be furnished onlytothose siok with ycllow f ever or in campa. Gen. E. Banton of Los Angelen while going from Colton to Ban Gauzonio, Cal., Sunday, was stopped by three men, taken off the road and tied to his wagon wheel. He managed to get hia hand loose, drew his pistol, killed one of the men and wonnded the other two. Robbery was the aim of his captora. The bodies of Cari Mueller and John Siezae, missing since the recent storm, were found Snnday floating in Boston harbor. The cabinet Tuesday decided that the money appropriated by the recent act making appropriations for nvers and harbers ahonld not be withdrawn. The full omount, nearly $9,000,000, will therefore be expended this year. The warrant placing this money to the credit of the war depnrtment passed the treasurer of the United States Tuesday afternoon. The coinage of the standard silver dollar for July falls between $500,000 and $700,000 short of the minimum amount nxed by law, $Ü,OOÜ,COO monthly. The deficiency is due to the f act that on the lst of July the stock of silver bullion at San Francisco and Carson City mints had been bo much reduced that there was nothing to commence work upon. Since then it has been impossible to procure bullion for those mints. Up to the 80th of June work was pushed forward continually at the Philadelphia and New Orleans mints, so as to ruu the coinage np to the $2,000,000 required for that month. The mint at Pbiladelphia will be run night and day during August to make up the deficiencyCunningham's starch faotory, at Vincennes, Ind., burned Tueaday morning Loss, $150,000; insurance, $50,000. One hundred men were thrown out of employment. The fire oriuinated from sparks of a paaaing engine. Eight new cases of yellow fever were reported at Memphis on Tuesday. The diseaee has made its appearance at New Orleans, and several other points in the South, and is evidently apreading. During the last two weeks the skeletons of several bodies have been waBhed up on the Long laland Shore. Jno. Krauz of East Farmington, Polk county Wis., drove into the lake with six children in his wagon, to water his horses. The wagon upset and Krauz and five children were drowned. One boy escaped by swimming. The eldeat child was a girl of 17. A diaease akin to cholera ia ravaging Center Point, Linn county, Iowa. Fully 20 persons have died from its effects during the past 13 days, and an equal number are prostrated by it . It is also ravaging in Walker, a little town seven mileB from Center Point, several deathn having occurred there. An order for 40 coffins was received from Center Point by a Dubuque undertaker on Tuesday. The physicians of Center Point are worn out, and residents are fleeing frojn the place.