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SPAIN. Minister Figueras’ Reply to the Ameri- can Address ef Recognition. Cuba To Be Held as a Transat- lantic Link in the Bond of Friendly Union. Parliamentary Progress and Re- form for Porto Rico. Provincial Reaction Against the Present Plan of the Republic. Castelar and the Ministry Complimented by the People of the Capital. Democratic Demonstrations in Barcelona and Catalonia. French Reports of Communistic Clamor Against the Rights of Property. President Thiers Not Officially Cognizant of the Fact Accomplished in Madrid. Amadeus’ Position at Lisbon and Foreign Naval Movements in the Tagus. King Victor Emmanuel to His Returning Son. The Ex-Queen Maria Vic- toria Seriously Ill. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “~~ Maprip, Feb. 16, 1879, The Spanish Minister, Sefior Figueras, com- ‘menced his reply to United States Minister Sickles’ congratulatory recognition of the Republic at the interview which took place yesterday, by stating that his grave official responsibility would over- ‘whelm him were it not for such moments as the ‘present, when the American Ambassador 80 elo- quently conveyed “the robust voice of the American people in blessing and acclaim- dng the advent of the republic which moderate energy achieved and _ prudence will preserve. If the United States ts indebted to Spain for the discoverer of the American Conti- nent, Spain is indebted to the United States as the founder of the new social order. Spain will remember the worthy example set her by the United States.” Sefior Figueras concluded with the following words:—“We hold in the New World an integral portion of territory, destined under the Spanish flag to serve as a connecting link between the two continents. In order that the Antilles may accomplish that mission and realize our civilizing objects we rely on Spanish energy and the strength of Spanish institutions.” ‘The Antilles Insular Connection Idea To Be Maintained. ' Pasis, Feb. 16, 1873, Sefior Castelar has sent a despatch to the Spanish residents in Paris which clearly intimates ‘that the new government is resolved not to part with Cuba, and to keep the Spanish flag ona portion of American territory as a pledge of the perpetual union of the Old ana New Worlds, Havana Corporate Allegiance to the New Regime. MADRID, Feb. 16, 1873. During the session of the National Assembly yes- ‘terday Sefior Salmeron, Minister of the Colonies, read an official telegram from the authorities at Havana, giving in their adhesion to the Republic. The Assembly thereupon adopted a resolve that it heard the announcement with joy. The French President Not OMicially Cog- nizant of the Fact Accomplished—Re- cognition from Paris Delayed. Paris, Feb, 16, 1873. As the manifesto of Seiior Castelar to the foreign Powers has not yet reached Paris President Thiers has not recognized the Spanish Republic. French Reports of Spanish Provincial Reaction=Progressive Ideas Even to Agricultural Communism. PaRIs, Feb. 16, 1873. Barcelona has hoisted the flag of the federative ‘Republic. The authorities and troops maintain order in the city. It is apprehended that the question ofa federa- tive Republic will give rise to serious compli- cations. PRASANT CLAMOR FOR COMMUNISM IN PROPERTY. The peasants in Andalusia are clamoring for & division of property. WHAT “YOUNG SPAIN’ WANTS IN BARCELONA, The students of Barcelona demand liberty of instruction, the abolition of fees, and the removal of the troops from the new University buildings. The Governor promises to ask the Ministry for these concessions. He explains tnat the Untver- , Sity 18 eccupied by the troops solely because it is a Btragetic point. DEMANDS OF THE CATALONIAN INDUSTRIAL RE- FORMERS. The Catalonian workingmen are making demon- strations in favor of the release of conscripts in the army, and demand arms for the peopic, muni- cipal self-government, shorter hours of work and higher wages, Mass meetings, attended by from three thousand to five thousand workingmen, have been held. Speeches were made in favor of the democratic republic, which were wildly cheered. THE RADICALS. At one place the workingmen belonging to the International Society marched in procession through the streets. MATERIAL AID, Several municipalities in Catalonia have dis- tributed arms to the people. MALAGA CURED OF ITS MALIGNANCY. The disturbances at Malaga were suppressed ~ ‘without bloodshed. and the city continues tranantl. NEW YORK “HERALD, MONDAY.:FEBRUARY 17, 1873—TRIPLE SHERT, Parliamentary and Executive Progress The Situation at the Seat of Govornm- ment, CUBA, MapRID, Feb. 16,1873. | Amadeus’ Alvi¢ation Announced in Havana— The National Assembly yesterday sanctioned an amnesty to all republican insurgents and offenders against the laws regulating the press. A government steamer has been sent to Minorca to bring home the republican prisoners, It is officially announced that General Pavia has been appointed commander-in-chief of the army in the north in place of General Moriones, who is recalled and detailed to his former post as director of cavatry. Sefior Oreuse will probably be chosen President of the Counell of State. THE PORTO RICO REFORM BILL. Debate on the reforms in Porto Rico will take Place in the National Assembly on Monday. DISTINGUISHED DISSENTIENTS FROM THE POPULAR DESIRE. It is believed that Admiral Topete and sefor Sagasta will leave Spain, THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY AND LAW. Sefior Castelar’s house was illuminated on Satur- day night, and the Minister was serenaded. He made an eloquent speech, which was received with great enthusiasm, ’ THE CARLIST CAUSE. Bourbonist Insult to the Insignia of Savoy—French Punishment. Panis, Feb, 16, 1873, Some Carlist refugees at Nantes removed the Cross ef Savoy from the escutcheon of the Italian Consul in that city. They were arrested and sub- sequently expelled. AMADEUS, ee King Victor Emmanuel Feeling Towards His Returning Son—The Ex- Queen of Spain Seriously Invalided. Lispon, Feb. 16, 1873. Itis stated that His Majesty King Victor Em- manuel, being opposed to his son’s abdication, at first refused to consent to the return of Amadeus to Italy, but sent word yesterday that, on refiec- tion, hc had relented and would be glad to receive his son again. HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY MARIA VICTORIA, The health of the ex-Queen of Spain is worse. Her Majesty 1s confined to her bed. THE QUESTION IN PORTUGAL. Cabinet Precaution for Frontier Protec- tion—Senor Zorrilla On the Soil—Student Honor to the Spaniards. Lisuon, Feb. 16, 1873. The government has asked the Cortes to call out 9,000 men of the reserves to act as an army of pres- ervation on the frontier. The students peacefully paraded the streets of Coimbea yesterday in honor of the establishment of the Spanish Republic. SENOR ZORRILLA ON THE SOIL, Sefior Zorrilla has arrived in Portugal. NAVAL MOVEMENTS IN THE TAGUS. A British Squadron at Amadeus’ Sere vice=The Italian Fleet Not Yet Are rived. Lisson, Feb. 16, 1873. The British squadron in the Tagus has been placed at the disposal of the ex-King of Spain. The Italian feet is expected to arrive in the Tagus, THE LATEST NEWS. The Caba Sale Subject Reported from an English Source. Lonpon, Feb. 17—6 A. M, A special despatch from Paris to the batt § reve. graph says France will attempt to compel Spain to sell Cuba, and that the United States had offered 2,500,000,000 francs, payable in two years, but Spain refused. " ENGLAND. Miners Again at Work—The Steamship Marillo— Count Bernstorff’s Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb. 17-6 A. M. Four thousand miners have resumed work in Wales. Count Bernstorff passed a restless night. THE MURILLO, Despatches from San Fernando report that the steamship Murillo has been released, and suffered to depart. FRANCE. — —+ Capital Conviction for Terrible Offences—Public Opinion of the Sentences. TELEGRAM i TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Feb. 16, 1873. The trial at Douai of the men accused of rape and murder has terminated in a verdict of guilty. The prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment at hard labor, the longest term be- ing twenty years. The journals generally express dissatisfaction at the lightness of the punishment. ITALY. Carnival Pleasures in the Capital. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW VORK HERALS. Roms, Feb. 16, 1873. The carnival was brilliantiy inaugurated in this city. The streets were filled with crowds of pleasure-seekers. BELGIUM. Harbor Enlargement and Works of Public Im- provement. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ANTWERP, Feb. 17, 1873. The Common Council of Antwerp have voted $40,000,000 to enlarge the docks and construct piers, TURKEY. —eeneeeniatemane Imperial Commission of a Grand Vizier. TELECRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALS, CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb, 16, 1873. Essad Pacha, late Minister of War, has been ap- poluted Grand Vizier, AFRICA. TELECRAMATO THE KEW YORK HERALD, Lispon, Feb. 16, 1873. The Portuguese men-of-war Livion and Sagris have been despatched to Loanda with reinforce- ments, Prices Unsettied and the Gold Preminm Ad- vanced—Genewal Ceballos Prociaims and Adheres to the Republic—A Mission to Madrid—Hints to the Treasury Officials—The Slavery Interests and the New Regime. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. HAVARA, Feb. 14, 1873. ‘The news of the ab lication of King Amadeus and the proclamation of the Spanish Republic was pub- lished this aiternoon. It nad the immediate effect of ansettling besi- ness and ef advancing tne premtum offered for gold to 23 per cent, but there were no sellers. EXECUTIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THR CHANGE OF GOVERN: MENT, General Ceballos will issue @ proclamation on the new condition of political affairs, declaring that everything will remain as hitherto respecting Cuba’s relations with Spain; and he, as well as the other Spanisn officials, wilh obey whatever govern- ment is constituted in Spain. The most intense excitement exists among the people; the city, however, is tranquil, and as yet there are no tadi- cations of any disturbances. A Mission for Conference in Madrid, HAVANA, Feb, 15, 1873. Sefior Olivares, the Political Secretary, satied to- day for Spain to confer with the government. LOCAL AGITATION—THE TREASURY SYSTEM. Thousands of circulars were distributed yester- day containing a picture representing the voiun- teers shooting ® man in the back, They were addressed by the loyalists to the robbers of the public treasury. The circular demands the punishment as traitors’ of employés and merchants engaged in smuggling, and calls upon the people to guard against the intrigucs of a few smugglers who are attempting to induce the Intendente to relax his vigilance. The document further says the financial situation is bad, and it 1s necessary that much of the paper now in circulation should be withdrawn, substituting gold therefor. The remedy, it concludes, for these evils pointed out is a simple one, but necessary— to shoot those guilty of fraud upon the treasury, irrespective of color or condition of the person so offending, and invokes GeneralCebalios to apply the remedy, if he intends to deserve well of the country. RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC. General Ceballos has issued his expected procla- mation, enjoining obedience to the government proclaimed by the Cortes. Tne proclamation con- cludes with the publication of the names of the new government of Spain, and a telegram from the Minister for the Colonies, PUBLIC OPINION. Havana continues tranquil. The Diario has only a few words to say upon events now happening in Spain, the Voz de Cuba Still less and the Constancia nothing whatever. The idea of a republic does not picase a majority of the slave owners. ‘Necy Go not make any dem- onstration, but are evideatly disappointed, TRADE. Business is entirely suspended, merchants re- fusing to sell exchange. THE NEW YORS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— A good deal of attention has lately been given to a bill introduced by Mr. Patterson, of tnis city, look- ing to a change in the present school organization. There is no subject upon which the public mind is | 80 sensitive as that which concerns the education of their children. It is nota question of politics, and the sooner this is understood by our legislators and those interested in and opposed to the contem- plated change in the schoo! system the sooner we shall arrive at a satisfactory result. Any one who will examine the constituent ele- ments of the Boards of Public Instruction and the local Trustees will perceive at once that some change is demanded. Under the rule of Tammany some of the very worst men have crept into power, and now wield considerable influence in the management of our schools and the appointment of our teachers. The Trustees in a great many in- stances are entirely unqualified for the duties with which they are charged, and the sacredness of which they fail to comprehend, Some of the Com- Missioners are equally unfit to fill the high stations to which they have been appointed. But in our efforts to correct these evils and to cast the un- worthy from the control of our school system we must have a care lest we overdo the work. Our schools are the as hed ol all, and all shonid be made to feel that they have an equal interest in their growtn and expansion. When the present Schoo! act was passed, in 1869, grave and serious charges were made by the leading daily news- papers against the old organization and the one to Which Mr. Patterson’s bill would have us return, It was said then that a great many irregularities prevailed in the management, not alone in the ex- traordinary amounts set down under the head of “incidental expenses,” but also in the manner in which suppiles for the schools were contracted for— the Board at that time not dealing with the pub- Ushers oi books directiy. but withan nt who, no doubt, received @ liberal commission for his work, Lf our schools are to be placed under the same law as that by which they were governed from 1864 to 1869 some provision ought to made to guard against the possibility of any complaint like the foregoing. Change in the organization is not suflicient.’ The general school law should be amended and simplified. The appointment of | teachers should be vested in the Central Board, with the right to transfer deserving teachers {vom | one district to another whenever it is deemed for the public good. The powers and duties of the Trustees should be made to harmonize with the powers and duties of the Central Board, and some | general provision, absolutely denying appropria- | tions Of Moneys to any school or charity not nader the control of the Board of Education should be in- serted. Any school iaw failing to incorporate these propositions will fall short of giving general satis- jiaction, We must be sure that in getting rid of one set of bad men we do not fall into the hands of another, The discussion which took place on this subject before the Joint Committee on Literature of the Senate and Public Education of the House about a Week ago was far irom edifying, It was simply & Personal squabble, disgraceful to these who took | part in it. One set of figures was appealed to by | one side and demed by the other, while another set of figures was put forth by the latter and denied by the former; and so it continued until the coun- | try members became so mystitied that they knew much less about our schools after the ‘discussion than before it, if that were possivle. A morning journal, in recommending a a | gives as a reason therefer “the fact that the schools, under its (the Board of Public Instru tion) present control, have decreased in at- tendance.”’ It says:—‘The average asattend- ance during 56,154; the average as attendance for three years previous te 1572 was 83,882, This shows @ decrease in the average attendance from 1868 to 1872 of 3,900." It doea, but it proves eae because it is not the fact. We have before us the average attendance of pupils from 1866 to 1872, and we propose to analyze it. In this analysis we shall leave out of the calculation the year 1969, for the reason that the old Board continued in office to May of that year, at which time the new Board of Public In- struction came into power. It is therefore dificult to aay which is responsibie for the attendance. «We shall take, however, the years 1866, 1867 and 1868, three years in which the old Board had full sway, and compare the attendance wita that of 1870, 1871 and 1872, during which tne present Board have had charge of the schools, The records show thac during the former three years the avet attendance was 81,75, and during the latter 86,1! ‘The paper reterred to made its great plunder in not including the attendance of the new Normal School, which was organized in 1870 and which collected into one institution the various aup- plementary classes which up to that time were found scattered in nearly all our first class Public schools, It also failed to take note of the attendance at the Model Primary or Training School in St, Mark’s place. [tis an undeniable fact that the average attendance 18 larger this year by 2,260 than it ever was before, and that for the last three bears the marks of a healthy, natural a change in the ewetem if demanded which will m our ays- tem. Mr. Patterson's bill does not meet the Te- Shee mae grid hn aay aan 0 sian: and prepare a bill whictr will atand the teat of time and raise our schools from the slough of poli New Youk, Feb.14, 1873. NO! LEDGE. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 1873, Caldwell’s Case Ready tor the Senate. Mr, Caldwell’s case will be presented to the Senate to-morrow by the Committee on Privfieges and Elections im anole borate report, which has been signed by Senators Morton, Alcorn, Hill and Trumbull,. and to which no minority argument is appended by Senaters Carpenter, Amthony and Logan, al- though they dissent from some of the positions taken, The severity witty which the witnesses are criticised diwarms the report of its harshness towards Mr. Caldwell, and’ te declares that, if his seat is declared vacant by: the Senate, he will re- turn at once to Kansas and ask a re-election by the Legislature; Lobbying to Save the Victims of Credit Mobilter.. The lobby have shaken hands ever a compact to secure Ames, Brooks, Colfax, Dawes and the rest of the alphabet of Crédit Mobilior speculators (rom expulsion or censure, Learned’ lewyers, played- Out politicians, impecunious ¢x-Congressmen and rapacious reporters are purring around Poland and making much of McCreery, Whether they can thus hoodwink justice and shelter. criminals re- mains to be seen. Mem. for the Treasury Watch Dog. Edmunds, of Vermont, behaved bravely on Saturday afternoon in guarding the Treasury against a set of greedy hounas who are endeavor- ing to get within its portals, He will have to be Vigilant, however, or seme of the subsidy, land- grabbing or other schemes will be tacked on some appropriation bill and sipped ‘through, No Necessity for a Session in March. Although only two weeks remain of the present Congress this time is considered suffictent for the transaction of the requisite public business, be- sides acting on the reports of the special com- mittees, including those alfecting the character of members of Congress, and also the reports on the Caldwell, Clayton aud New Orleans cases. Both branches wili meet an hour earlier than here- tofore, and also hold evening sessions, A General Order of the War Department requires thatin advertising for conttacts for sup- plies of animals or of forage for military posts the conditions of competition should be always such as to open to settlers, farmers and stock-raisers, near the point of delivery and consumption of the sup- piles needed the opportunity of selling thetr pro- ducts directly to the United States in such quanti- ties as may be convenient and advantageous for both parties, The supplies are’as far as practicable to be procured at first hands, and army officers are instructed accordingiy. The Sub-Treasury Defalcation—Report of the House Select Committee—General Hillhouse Exonerated. The Select Committee of the House, in their re- port of the deraication of J. J. Johnson,, lately in charge of the Stamp Division of the Assistant ‘Treasurer's Office in New York, say tt would have been a cause of surprise had. the investigations of the committee justified the adoption of an opinion imputing the criminal act to the want of vigilance, the incapacity, or to any other cause implying oMctal infidelity on the part of the Assistant ‘Treasurer. They unhesitatingly exonerate him from any fault which could cause to be justly assigned to him a share in the responsibility for the loss sustained, and they heartily concur in the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury that the law already offered tor its con- sideration should be enacted by Congress relieving General Hillhouse trom any pecuniary guilt in con- nection with the robberies of revenue stamps or of their proceeds by his late unworthy subordinate. The committee most earnestly recommend, as in the direction of greater security to the public moneys that the punishment of all Treasury deiaulters be greatly increased, and that in no case of conyiction upon clear proof of guilt should the pardoning power be exercised in behalf of those who steal public moneys. They also rec mmend that stockbrokers who knowingly violate the law by dealing with | government employés should be prosecuted with | greater rigor than has marked the conduct of such Proceedings in the past. They are gratified to report that from afMdavits of the present em- ployésin the Sub-Treasury in New York they are Satisfied none of them have th tempted to hazard their positions and happiness by stock speculations, mevt the apvroval of all tended with bevefier: the Marder in a Saloon—All Quict in the Lava Beds—The Steamer George 8. Wright Missing. Edward Meehan was fatally stabbed to-night by Edward Percy. Meehan was trying to put Percy ont of his saloon, when the latter drew a knife and plunged it into Meehan’s left side. Percy is under arrest. Regarding the Modoc troubles all is reported quiet. General Gillem’s headquarters are at Dorris ranch, where he is watting the result of the peace conference with the Modocs, The steamer Gusste Teliar arrived fram Portland, Oregon, to-day, but brought no news. The steamer George S. Wrightis missing. The Gussie Teifar will sail immediately in search of her There are eighteen passengers on board the mis- sing steamer, among whom are Major Walker, Paymaster of the army, and wite. “BORDER RUFFIANS. A Party of Roughs in Kan ‘Running” Towns s Get Run Themselves. St. Lovis, Mo., Feb, 16, 1873. The Kansas City Journal of yesterday has advices from the western border of Kansas to the effect that a party of roughs entered the town of Sar- geant, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and amused themselves by shooting into people’s windows and otherwise disturbing the peace. Next day they attacked a saloon keeper | named Christopher Gibson, who shot and killed two of them, named Wright and Mclellan, and | wounded another called Jack. The remainder of | the party then left and went to Dodge City, where they undertook to run the town. On Sunday | as a peace offering, allow me to say that these | of cavairy were sent out, but the Indians had taken ‘THB MODOC MURDER'R Arrival of the Peace Commiss&xiers at the Seat ef War. | OREGON'S PROTEST AGAINST PEASE. Strong Letter frem Governor Grover to the Commissioners. THE MOBOCS COLD-BLOODED MURDERERS. Captain Jack Making Things Lively~Burning a Log Hut in View of the. Treopa LINKVILLE, Oregon, Via ASHLAND, Feb. 16, 1873, General Giller and staff and the Heraup Com- missioner left Lost’River Camp at noon to-day and rode over here, where they found General Canby, Commander of the District of the Pacific, and staf, who had just arrived from California, via Jackson- ville, By appomtment of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission to arrange peace with the Modoc Indians, comprising Messrs. A. B, Meacham, Jesse Applegate and Samuel Case, were to meet at Link- ville on February 15, ORGANIZATION OF THE PEACK COMMISSION. ‘The Commission met’ at four o'clock P. M. Present—Jesse Applegate and Samuel Case, Mr. Jesse Applegate in the chair. On motion of Mr. Samuel Case, Mr. 0. P. Applegate was appointed clerk of the commission. The following communication was then received from the secretary of the Governor of Oregon and read by Mr. Jesse. Applegate :— THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON PROTESTS. Stare or OREGON, Executive Caan SALEM, Feb, 10, 1873, To THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO CONCLUDE PRACK WITH THE Mopoc INDIANS:— GENTLEMEN—AS the State of Oregon is deeply in- terested in the results of the pending Indian Special Commission 1 desire to express to you @ few suggestions bearing upon the subject. about to engage your attention, From official reports made to me, and from other reliable information, it appeared conclusively established that THE MASSACRE OF RIGHTREN CITIZENS OF OREGON, on the 29th of November last, was committed with- out provocation and without notice—cutting and shooting inen down in cold blood at their houses and in their fields one by one as they were found— by Indians who had not been attacked by the soldiery nor otherwise molested, and who could not speak our language, and were per- sonally acquainted with their victims. ‘The homes and farms of the slaughtered settlers were upon lands to which the Indian title had long since been extinguished by treaty, These acts I hold to be deliberate and wilful murder, Over such offences I conceive the civil authorities of this State con- stitute THE ONLY COMPETENT AND FINAL TRIBUNAL “I desire, therefore, to protest, on behalfof the State of Oregon, against any action of the Commis. sion which shall purport to condone the crimes of the Modocs or compound their offences. The peo- ple of Oregon desire that the murderers shall be given up and be delivered to the civil authorities for trial and punishinent. As to the lands on Lost River, which some have suggested should be SURRENDERED TO THE MODOCS lands lie wholly within the State of Oregon, and within the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs tor Oregon; that the Indian title to these lands was extinguished by treaty, fairly made through the Oregon Superintendeacy, be- tween the Modocs and the general government, on the 14th day of October, 1864. They have been surveyed under the direction of the Surveyor Genera! of Oregon, and the surveys were long since approved by tae General Land Office. have been extensively taken, and are now occu- and pre-emption laws of the United States. The Commission will, therefore, have no more power to declare A RESERVATION ON LOST RIVER under these settlements to make the same basis of peace with those Indians than they have to pro- vide for the:r establishment on any other settled portion of this State. For the interests of South- ern Oregon and for the [uture peace of our Southern frontier I will express the hope and | confidence that the project of @ reservation on Lost River will not be entertained by the Commis- sion, and that the Modocs will either consent to return to their own reservations or to be assigned | to bounds beyond the settlements. With great re- spect, Lam your obedient servant, “L, F. GROVER, Governor of Oregon.” On motion the letter was LALD ON THE TABLE. Owing to the absence of Mr. A. B. Meacham, th Commission adjourned to meet at Van Bremer’s Ranche, on Monday, February 17. There is a very strong feeling tn Oregon against peace, and especially against lecating these In- dians on the Lost River strip of land, as the settlers declare the country will not be safe with the Modocs in the neighborhood. General Canby, General Gillem, the officers at- tached to their stats, Messrs, Jesse Applegate and Samuel Case, of the Peace Commission, and the RERALD correspondent leave to-morrow morning for Van Bremer’s Ranche, forty miles distant, CAPTAIN JACK LIVELY. Aparty of four or five Modocs, out on a scout, burnt Dennis Crowley's log hut on Friday evening. General Gilem saw the smoke from the Lost River Camp, and sent out a detachment of cavalry to in- vestigate the matter. They found the house in ruins and the tracks of Indians, but it was too dark to follow them up. In the morning another party | refuge in their stronghold in the lava beds, nigiit the citizens formed a vigilance committee and killed two of the roughs, one named Charles Hil] and the other known as Antelope. KNOCKING DOWN. Arrest of Dishonest Railroad Em. ployees on the Pan Handle Road. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1973, About three months ago the suspicions of the oMicers of the Pan Handle Railroad were aroused that employés between here and’ Pittsburg were plundering the company by re-selling tickets. Detectives wero set at work, and yesterday the first arrest was made in the person of W. M. Russell, a conductor, ef this city, and others arrests of suspected parties will be made at once. | It is alleged that six conductors and eleven out- side parties are implicated, It is supposed the swindle haa been going on two years, and that the road has lost $40,000 yearly thereby. The mode of operating was for the conductor to take up a ticket without punching it, and send it to an agent to resold. Detectives pur- chased twenty-five such tickets trom agents at various points. The conductors were closely watched and several of them were observed to omit the punching process, and’ these tickets were afterwards purchased of agenis: emptoved by the conductors in various cities to resell. There were identified’ by the detectives from private marks. ‘The extent of the combination: for reselling tickets THE WEATHER. Wark DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE Culkr SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Feb, 17-1 A. M. Probabilities, The northeast wind, with rain er snow, con- tinue during Monday morning in New England, followed by clearing weather on Monday evening; for the Middle States winds backing to northwest, with clearmg weather in New York and clear ‘weather on Monday alternoon in Virginia; for the Southern and Gulf States westerly winds and pleasant weather; for the Upper Lakes light winds and pleasant weather. Cautionary signals con- tinue at Norfolk, New York, New London, Boston, Portland, Me., and Cape May. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding dav of last year, as indicated by the thezmometer at Hudnut'’s Pharmacy, HBRALD. Butlding:— piepaerndeeriy | "h' Te 1872, 1873. 2 2 ee is not know! PRINCE BISMAROK. A Curious Rumor Concerning the Ger- mean Chancellor, Via St. Louis. Sr. Louis, Mo., Feb. 16, 1873. ‘The Democrat to-morrow will publish an extract from @ private letter from Berlin which says the report is quite prevalent that Bismarck’s centinued indisposition is owing to numbers of poisoned lesters he has received. He is 90, bled with (lizziness that he scarcely leaves the house, end lus wife, who always reads correspondence With him, ts suffering fr an unaceenn fee- vieness, ‘The palace has closed during tne entire Winter on this @ocount, and neither Bis- tmarok nor hia wife have, participated bp the Court pd | feativitios at all, 4 perature yesterda: Avefage temparature for corr THE OHIO RISING. Forty Fect of Water at CincinnativA Tremendous Ficod Expected. Crnqinwatt, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1973, ‘The present indications are that the Ohio River, especially the lower portion of it, will have a tre. men@eus flood. News from nearly all tts tribu- tavies report them full and rising here. Rain has teen falling more or less for thirty-8lx hours, and Yclock to-night there ts still @ alight % iene Tne river te neatly forty feet high bere w rising rapidly. These lands { { pled by bona fide settlers under the homestead | 4 | HOUN CHINA AND JAPAN. Preparation for an Imperic\ Coronation—Shipe wrecks—Feeling Against Foreigners—Diplo- mats at Audience with the Mikado ana ‘ Empress—Provincial Troubles—Amer- ‘, ican Fealty Renounced—Dan- NS gerous Females Beheaded— YyMllitary Consoription. TULEGRARA TO THE KEW YORK TERALB BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 19%, The steamer Japan,» Which arrived here yeater- day afternoon, brings Hons Kong dates to the 24ty et January. \ PALACE PREP AIATIOS 8. Great preparations were making at that time for tin 2 Coronation and accession of the Emperor. SWIPWRECKS, Ny tnerous wrecks im the China Sea are reported, amo ig them the steamslip Sedan 8nd bark Liliiag Casth 2. NATSVISM. ‘Then? are enpleasant rumors of amagitation against. foreigners being femented in the province of kant ung. Japan, The Jap iw Gazette of Janusty 23 saye-the articies whicMaresto represent Japan at the Austrian Ex- hibition weve displayed in Yashika, ia@’the caste, during Beceraber Jast, ‘They torm’a decidedly im- teresting collection. COURT AUDIENCES ‘The Emperor gave aw audience on New Years to the foreign represoméattves. A short congress latory address was read ys the Italian Mister om behalf of the diplomatic. corps, Which was‘ gra ciously replied to by His Majesty. On the 10th of January thet Empres® gave-an-au- dience to Mrs, Delong and Mime. Luwtzow, wives: respectively of the America® and Russian: Min- isters, Her Majesty expressed hersethdelight¢@ at boamg allowed to bestow such honor. BXRCULIVE ANX#®TY, There has been much politicabdisquie?tie last’ four or five weeks, and that, topother witti.seme: disturbances in the country, have producedigtest> anxiety, POPULAR OUTBREAK.. ‘Troubles have broken out in thé OwaleKim Kinsin districts. December 20 neanty- forty *¢how- sand men assembled in and attaeked an@ de stroyed the village of Funio, levelling 9o the groutid the houses 01 ofticials, Some of the wealthy fami- lies fed to the village of Youdvoukh Whenthe * principal oficers of Owake-Kin went tothe rioters ~ and attompted to reason with the: teaders thegt* were assaulted, some of them being kited and’ others wounded, EXECUTION OF FEMALES, Two women were beheaded on the 22¢ Décember* at Tobe—one for committing arson at Kanganw@.- the other for strangling her husband. RENOUNCING HIS FLAG, Mr. Peshine Smith, adviser on international . law” to the Japanese government, has renounced tig nationality as a citizen of the United States, PROGRESS. The streets of Yokohama are to be lightea with: gas, The residents have consented to be taxed - that the necessary funds’ may be raised for’ the. purpose, MILITARY CONSCRIPTION. ‘The text of an imperial proclamation has been ° published by the local authorities giving notice that in the event ot Japan being at war the young men of all classes—husbandmen, mechanics, tra ders, a8 well as the semourail—will be called upem: + to serve in the army, A MURDERER SENTENCED, Caicaco, IIL, Feb, 16, 1878 At Waukegan yesterday Judge Williams sem: teneed Christopher Rafferty to be hanged on Prie> day, March 7, for the murder of Meara, HAVANA MARKETS, Havana, Feb. 15, 187% wing t the decline im minal, Sugar dull; prices e Oat rte of the week from 20,00 boxes and 1,500 hhds., boxes the " hogsheads tes. olasses GO reuls perk § reals. Bacon quiet an ea 3 et but firm, Flour firm at $1 a $l i Lard weak; in kegs, 1675; in tins, $23 59 a $2 per quinta Potatoes uoyant at $35) a $95) per bbl. Tallow firm. 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