General News

-Rumor says Gen. Sickles will supersede (4ov. Noyes as American minister to Franco. -Bob Tngersoll has two professions- republicanism and infldelity- and makes money at both. - Tho official returns for the state of New York give (iariieklamajority over Hancock of 21,038. -Augustus Wernet of Cantón, O., died of lockjaw, caused by apraininghis ankle in jumping out of bed. - Secretary Ramsey estimates the expenditures of the war department for tbenext liscal year at f 43,627,0-55. - The last three presidenta are fathers of the same nainbet of children, eken having three sóns and one daughter. - A young lady in South Carolina has hung herself from mortifloation at the ilefc.it of her father for tho legislatura. -The aggregate cost of the Vanderbilt mansions - three in number- now building in New Vork is noarly $2,000,000. - Paeking operations in Chicago have reached a surprising magnitude. The receipts of live hogs last week won' the largest on record, being 800,912, of which 2s:(.000 went into barrels there. - A statu c of Alexander Ilamilton, the earllest srcretary of the treasury. was iinveiled. Ir.st week, in Central park New Vork. The donor is a son of the famous financier, and is nearly ninety years of age. -Pastor Eloffman of the First Methodist chureh of Bloomington, UI., took occasion, Nunday evening, to condemn most bitterly the attendance of people of good moráis at Bernhardt'a dramatic represen tations. - James G. Blaine, looking backward at the partisan bias of John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, and Andrew Johnson, after they had served as chief magistrale, opposes the proposition to make ex-presidente senators for life. -The liabüities of N. B. Harwood, the dry goods merchant who failed at Minneapol is, have s wollen to $806,-041 , but lie claims to have assets of 9004,214. Local capitalista will advanee him 200,000 if satisfactory arrangements can be made with creditors. - Joseph E; Roy siied the Pennsylvania Bailroad company for damages susbiined by the. breaking down of a bertfa in a Pullman sleeper. Whilodisapproving of the pecuniary finding, the tfnited States supreme court holds that the railway company is responsible for any injury to passengere in Pullman coachea which may arise from negleci to inspect the latter. - Sir Alexander Cockburn, chïef justice of the queen's bench, died in ondon on Saturday night, of disease of the heart, at the age of seventy-eight. It will beremembered that asarbitrator for Great Britain at the Geneva conference he refused to sign the award of $15,600,000 to the United States, but prepared au elabórate dissenting opinión. Gertain irregularities in his donií-slic life alone prompted (úeen Victoria to créate him a baron.