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The consus of New York State, just published, gives the total population at 4,698 958 Native born, 3,503,800 foreign, 1,195, 658 colored 56,121 Of the foreign element came from Ireland 367 351 from Gor many and 119,090 from England The total number of voters in the State reaches 1,141 462, of whom 747 280 are natives and 394 182 foreign born The committee of New York aldermen ap pointed to investigate the ring frauds have made their report, after taking vast amount testimony including that of Tweed. The report says that the evidence brough to light the fact that frauds had been committed upon the city to the amount of thirty millions of dollars of which enormous sum only $876,000 had been recovered The report says the evidence shows that officials and representa tives of all politic parties were engaged in these gigantic robberies and the committee are of opinion that they have brought suf ficent evidence to light to enable the city successfully to defend actions pending against it for $2,000,000 At meeting of the New York board of alder men a to recommend the attorney general and corporation conneil to release Wm M. Tweed from imprisonment after secur ing his property for the city and taking proper means to obtain his future testimony, was car. ried by & vote of thirteen to seven. The disasters along the Atlantic coast during the recent heavy storm were numerous. large number of vessels were driven ashore. The steamer Old Colony, running bet ween New York and Fall River, was disabled by accident to her machmery and drifted for eleven hours abithe merey high sea, but was eventually towed into Newport harbor by wrecking com pany steamer. The bank cammissioner of Connecticut has restrained the Thompsonville Savings Bank from doing further business until an examina tion into its condition can be made A large fire broke out in & mine at Summit Hill, Pa., and burned fiercely for long time, causing loss of over $50,000 and the destruction of breaker at Shenand Pa., be longing to the Reading Coal and Iron Com pany, caused a loss of $100,000. Mayor Ely, of New York, asserts, in his annual message to the common council, that the city governmen is too complex and the police department to expensive A fire broke out in the drying room of the publishing house of Houghton & Co. Cambridge, Mass. and destroyed an Immense amount of printed material, including 70,000 sheets of portions of Webster's dictionary, large part of the February number of the ANantic Monthly and large quantity of sheets belonging to other works. The total loss is about $10,000. In compliance with resolution of the board of directors of the Pottsville (Pa. bank, that institution was closed to depositors. Etta Hazeltine and Sadie Sharp, aged respectively fifteen and eleven, broke through the ice on & pond near Hyannis, Mass. and were drowned. Dennis Donnelly was sentenced to be hanged at Pottsyille, Pa., for the murder of Thomas Sanger. He is the sixteenth Molly Maguire condemped to death. The prices at the annual sale of pews in Ply mouth Church were lower this year than in previous years. The sum paid for first choice was $550. The New Jerney Legislature met at Trenton and organized. George Ludlow was elected president of the Senate and John Egan speaker of the House, and Governor Bedle message was received and read. At an election of the New York Bar Associa tion, Secretary of State William M. Evarts was chosen president and ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden one of the vice-presidents on the same ticket. The Republicans of New Hampshire met in State convention at Concord and B Prescott for Governor and David E. Willard for railroad commissioner The platform opted says in regard to President Hayes and his policy While we admit honest differ ences of opinion in respect to past ac we welcome and approve his sincere efforts keep faith with the people, and secure to the country the blessings of just. efficient and honest Republican national administration Other planks in the platform favor speedy resump tion of specie payments, denounce any at tempts to repudiate the public debt, declare for esonomy in public affairs and for education, approve of the efforts to extend commerce, and oppose further land grants The Connecticut Legislature opened its ses sion and Governor Hubbell' message was read The failure of Edward D. Dunning, Jr. a prominent Wall street broker has taken place. His liabilities reach nearly $600 000 and among his creditors are number of banks. John L. Pinkham, employed by Mrs. Marian Berry of New Durham, H. widow of sixty. five, had dispute with the old lady in regard to the payment for some work done Procur ing gun he entered Mrs. Berry's House and shot her dead Then he went, down the road half mile and out his throat. A large meeting of representatives of the leading banks, insurance and trust companies of New York, Boston and other cities was held in the former place, to protest against the pas sage by Congress of the Bland silver bill. A committee reported that the passage of that bill would operate unfavorably against specie resumption in 1879 the return to business on a gold basis was urged, and committee was appointed to memorialize Congress against the passage of the Bland bill. Theodore R Wetmore, late vice-president of the defunct Security Life Insurance Company of New York, found guilty of assisting Mr Case, the late president of the company, who was recently sentenced for term of years) in making misstatements of its condition, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment at hard labor and to pay fine of $250. The Great Barrington Mass. Savings Bank has suspended payment pending an investigation by the State bank commissioners, The deposits are @407. and the total liabilities $414,000. And the stockholders of the Rock land National Bank. of Nyack. N. Y., have re solved that that ins itution should go into voluntary liquidation. At the annual meeting of the Plymouth Church Mr. Beecher sent letter proposing reduction of fourth of his salary, and the offer was accepted A resolution introduced in the New York Assembly, protesting against the passage of the Bland silver bill by Congress was passed by of to vote 17. A New York retired varnish dealer named Francis S Wynkoop has failed for $282,000. C. P. Mills of Williams College won the first prize at the annual inter collegiate orator ical contest in New York. The paying teller of the Rochester (N. Y.) savings bank, Eugene Shepperdson, has proven defaulter for $9,000. the cause of his ruin being fast horses and stock speculation. Western and Southern States. The wholsale grocery firm of Samuel Bliss & Co. Chicago, has failed, its liabilities being $130,000. Joseph Bowfield, Chicago's corporation counsel, has become bankrupt. his unsecured debts amounting to $220,000 In Cincinnati David Gibson, liquor merchant. Renner & Co. candy manufacturers, and Jacob Benninger, pork packer, have failed recently, with liabilities aggregating several hundred thousand dollars. The newly discovered oil wells in the Black Hills are beginning to attract attention, and many parties are locating claims. Hon. Richard M. Pierson, chief justice of the supreme court of North Carolina, died at Winston, aged seventy three. Murray & Nelson's drug manufactory in Chicago was burned. Loss, $20,000 insurance, about $12,000. Fires Kellogg's block at Ripon, Wis., was burned, causing loss of $30,000 insurance, $25,000. At Lagrange, Ind., Brown' business block succumbed to the flames, entailing loss of $30,000, on which there is a partial insurance. The Ohio and Wisconsin Legislatures have begun their sessions, Hon. Montgomery Blair presented a memorial in the Maryland Legislature, praying that Congress make A judicial investigation into the title of President Hayes. The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated in that city by & general military parade. At Cleveland, Ohio, the thirteenth annual convention of the American Diarymen's Association was Held, diarymen from the different States and Canada being present. It was stated that butter and cheese were now bring ing relatively higher prices than ever before. The exports of cheese last year to Great Britian our chief custoumer- were 110,000,000 pounds, worth $13,000,000. Butter had also been exported to the amount of 14,000,000 pounds.
