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THE NEWS. From the Capital. The Central Pacific Railroad is before the United States Supreme Court in action against the United States to recover freight age on government property. It is con tended by the railroad company that under the decision in the Union Pacific Railroad Company VS. the United States, these com panies are not required to pay interes which has been paid by the government 01 its bonds before the maturity of the principa of bonds, and hence the government has no present claim against them which can be subject to offset against their claim fo freight charges. On the part of the govern ment, it is insisted it would be in derogation of its right and powers to have that freight which its necessities or the public conven ience require to have promptly transporte and. paid delivered, retained until freightage i Items in General. Frank Benton attempted to assassinate County Judge Kingsbury lately, at Hills boro, III., by shooting him in the face with revolver. The Judge's eyes and face were badly powder burned. The ball grazed hi temple, doing no injury. He claims tha through the fault of Judge Kingsbury h was wrongfully sent to the Insane Asylun from there, last spring the German American Bank at Quincy, III., has closed The proprietors announce that they inten to retire from business, and have made an assignment to John Dick. They claim to have assets worth double their liabili ties, which they will pay in full Their reported liabilities are $90,000. Considerable commotion was created in Allegheny City, Penn., by the suspension o the Franklin Savings Bank. Itwas entirely unexpected, as no one outside of the officer knew or suspected that there was anything wrong. The officers say that the depositor will be paid in full. All they (the officers want is a little time to realize on their col laterals. The capital stock is $200,000 Due depositors about $198,000. The Alle gheny Savings Bank, which suspended las week, makes a bad showing. Due depositor about $700,000, which will have to be made up largely by the the stockholders, who are individually liable The steamer Mary Powell arrived at West Point on the mo rn ing of October 10, bearing the remains o General Custer, and some two thousand people accompanying them. Special steam ers Hopkins and Henry Smith also arrive from New York with the Loyal League Commandery and the Connecticut Volun teer Cavalry Association on board. A de tachment of cavalry escorted them to the chapel where a portion of the Episcopa burial service was read, at the conclusion o which the remains were escorted to the cemetery, the band playing a funera march. At the grave the remainder of the burial service was read and the infantry fired a salute of three rounds. From dispatches to private parties at Louis ville, it seems that General Harlan has pos itively been appointed to a seat on the Su preme Bench, vice David Davis. The ap pointment is received with favor by both Democrats and Republicans of that city Reports received at the Democratic head quarter at Columbus, Ohio, from about one-third of the counties of the State, and at the Republican headquarters from : small number of counties, show ne Demogratic gains in forty-four counties of 16,576. None of the counties including large cities, except Montgomery, are em braced in this list. The Legislature will stand: Senate-24 Democrats, 10 Repub licans and 1 doubtful. House-65 Demo erats, doubtful. 40 Republicans, 2 Workingmen and : President Hayes and part of his Cabine attended the Fair at Frederick, Va., on the 11th. John Ritchie delivered an adress o welcome, to which the President responded Speeches were made by the Attorney Gen eral and the Secretary of War. meeting was lately held in New York City of prominent merchants, bankers, maunfac turers, and representative men from nearly every State in the Union interested in the approaching Exposition. M. Condert pre sided, and expressed a hope that everything would be done on this side to exhibit the in dnstries of the great West in Paris in 1878. / National Executive Committee of representa tive men throughout the country was ap pointed. The following were elected per manent officers of the American Union o Paris Exhibitors: Gen. Josegh R. Hawley Presldent: A. T. Goshorn, First Vice Presi dent; Robert A. Cheeseboro, Second Vic President; August Belmont, Treasurer H. D. Olcot, Corresponding Secretary Max well Woodhull, Washington, Recording Secretary The State Register of low: gives the result of the recent election on al members of the Senate and on all but fou members of the House. The Senate wil stand thirty-eight Republicans to twelve Democrats: the House stands, 80 far, sev enty Republicans, twenty-four Democrats and two Greenbackers, and four to hear from. Of the latter-it is reported-two a least will be Republicans, making the Re publican majority on joint ballot seventy two. According to the Register's dispatches from seventy-four counties, Gear has a ma fority over Irish of 33,695. The remaining twenty-five countles will make this plurality about 10,000. On the State ticket, aside from Gear, it estimates that the Republicans will have a majority over the Democrats 0 46,000. The total vote of Jessup, Pro hibition candidate, will be about 6,000. Governor Hendricks on his arrival at In dianapolis, met with n warm reception from his fellow-citizens. George W. Julian de livered the address of welcome, and the Governor responded in a courteous speech which was heartily applauded
