The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1873, Page 7

TW DEPLANGE, Refusal of the Spaniards in Cuba to Surrender the Virginius. Captain General Jo- vellar Resigns. ‘His Efforts at Delay Having Failed, He Is Now Unable to Control the Bom- bastic Patriotism of the People. Bumored Resignation of Colonial Minister Soler and the Political Governor. ‘INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN HAVANA. Anticipated Back-Down of the United States from the Terms of the Protocol. WARLIKE PREPAARTIONS ALREADY ‘Resolutions to Raise a Fleet and to Enroll the Volunteers. Patriotic Proffers of Men and Means. Andignation at the Action of Castelar in Consenting to the Surrender. Threatened Abdication of Ali the Authorities. FIRST DESPATCH. Waptain General Jovellar Telegraphs to Madrid His Resignation—His Effort for Delay a Failure—Unable to Control the Fiery Patriotism of the People— The Immediate Delivery of the Vir- ginius to Cause a Terrible Commo- “tion—Intense Excitement, Havana, Dec. 4—Evening. Captain General Jovellar telegraphed to the ‘Madrid government to-night a despatch to the following effect: — THE CAPTAIN GENERAL'S RESIGNATION. The Madrid government peremptorily or- ders the Captain General to deliver up the Nirginius. General Jovellar respectfully re- -signs his position and demeads that another person be sent to take his place who can carry out the orders of the government. -General Jovellar submits that, considering the excited state of public opinion and the impossibility of overcoming the difficulties, A MANIFESTO WAS PREPARED FOR DELAY, during which opportunity would be given -for reflection, and time gained to allay the fiery, patriotic spirit of the great national partyin Cuba. But the strong orders from Madrid, immediately to be executed, deprive him of this resource, through which HE HOPED TO SAVE THE UPHOLDING OF THE AUTHORITY -and interests of the country. In order that the Madrid government may comprehend the ~ difficulties of the situation and do justice to the ardor and perseverance with which he began his labors, which had already begun to produce fruit, the Captain General describes the situation in the island. ZOVELLAR'S REASONS FOR RESIGNATION. He declares that the impression produced by the nows of the arrangement which has been completed between Spain and the United States can be compared with that produced in Spain by THE TREATY OF BAYONNE, which led to the war of independence against Napoleon. He begs to assure the govern- ment that the immediate delivery of the Vir- ginius will instantaneously cause A FRIGHTYUL COMMOTION THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND, which would be sure to result in successive catastrophes, even if @ man of the highest sability should be in command here, THE DESPATCH SENT LAST EVENING. The above despatch was forwarded early in sthe evening. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. The public feeling is intensely excited, but the greatest order prevails owing to the con- fidence which General Jovellar inspires. SECOND DESPATCH. Meeting of Leading Merchants of Ha- vana—Already Preparing tor War— Vessels To Be Purchased—Voluntary Of fers of War Steamers and Arms—Volun- ized=—Resignation of er Soler and the Po- joal Governor. Havana, Dec, 4—Evening. The Voz de Cuba says the leading merchants of Havana held a meeting this morning to provide for the PURCHASE: AND ARMAMENT OF A NUMDER OF Fast STEAMERS to act as craisers in case of wax with the United States, ‘Pie same papewsays Colonel Jimenez, of the First Battalion of Vofunteers, hag OFFERED TO ARM SIX SEA-GOING STEAMERS out of his own means, and the merchants of \ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Uentuegos have ordered tne purchase of two | Wuen wne present excited state of affairs bas fine steamors abroad for war service, and later information INCREASES THE NUMBER ORDERED. It is reported that several new battalions of volunteers will be organized immediately, and the Catholic Society proposes to organize a Sanitary Battalion. RESIGNATION OF COLONIAL MINISTER SOLER. The Voz declares that Seiior Soler, the Colonial Minister, has forwarded his resigna- tion to Madrid. Captain General Jovellar telegraphed his resignation twice, and THY POLITICAL GOVERNOR ALSO HANDED IN HIS RESIGNATION, and that until to-night no answer to Seior Soler's telegram was received. EXTRACTS FROM THE MANIFESTO MADRID. The authorities have sent by“cable to Ma- drid jong extracts from the manifesto they had drawn up in the Virginius case. BENT TO THIRD DESPATCH, The City More Quict—Milder Men Hope That the United States Will Back Down—The Pcople Resolved Not To Sur- render the Virginius to the United States—In Case of United States’ In- sistance All the Authorities Will Abdi- cate. Havana, Dec, 4—Night. The city continues to be quiet. The aspect of the Virginius question is unchanged. A MILDER TONE ASSUMED. Many influential Spaniards in conversation to-night express the opinion that further difficulties can be avoided, PROVIDED THE CONDITIONS OF THE SURRENDER OF THE VIRGINIUS BE CHANGED. They are not unwilling to see her delivered into the hands of a neutral Power and the question of her right to bear the American flag decided by arbitration. WILL NOT SURRENDER TO AMERICANS. The majority of the people are determined not to permit the surrender of the Virginius directly to the Americans, and if this is in- insisted on there will be a serious conflict. Calm people express the hope that THE UNITED STATES WILL WAIVE THE QUESTION of direct delivery. The authorities are willing to obey the mandates of Castelar, but the Spaniards will not consent to a direct surren- der to the Americans, THE AUTHORITIES TO ABDIOATE. If Castelar and the government of the United States insist the authorities will be compelled to abdicate. OMINOUS FOREBODING. The situation is extremely complicated, and nobody can foretell the result. NO UNITED STATES VESSEL IN POBT—ONE BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR. There is no naval vessel of the Unites States in port. One British man-of-war is here. THE PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE THE PROTOCOL. Everything hinges on the manner in which the Virginius is tobe delivered. The authori- ties cannot count on the support of the people in carrying out the surrender. BRITISHERS LOOKING AFTER THEIR INTERESTS. A number of Englishmen have arrived in Havana to look after their commercial inter- ests in peril. FOURTH DESPATCH. Action of Castelar Before Telegraphing the Terms—He Inquires Into the State ot Feeling in Cuba, But Sends on the ‘Terms Before Receiving Joveliar’s Re- ply—Great Surprise Caused by the Un. expected News. Havana, Dee. 4, 1873. Tt seems that President Castelar inquired by telegraph as to the state of popular feeling in Cuba on the settlement of the Virginius affair. JOVELLAR'S REPLY TO CASTELAR. The Captain General replied that the people were unanimously opposed to the steamer's surrender. But before the answer could be received at Madrid CASTELAR TELEGRAPHED THE TERMS of the delivery in the port of Havana. This caused the greatest surprise Spaniards, who expected that a contrary course would be taken, among the SECRETARY FISH NOT INFORMED. No News Received by the State De- partment Relative to the Situation in Havan WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Midnight. ‘The State Department has received no advices in relation to the situation in Havana, as reported in the Associated Press despatches of to-night. THE SITUATION AT WASHINGTON, The Delivery of the Virginius—Cap. tain General Jovellar’s Plea Time—tt Is Granted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 1872. Neither the time when nor the place where the Virginius is to be delivered has been agreed upon, Captain General Jovellar has telegraphed to the Madrid Sovernment, as well as to Admiral Polo, the Spanish Minister in Washington, that, while he recognized the importance of faithfully execut- ing the orders of his government in respect to the Virginius, he begged to call attention to the pres- ent excited condition of the island, his recent arrival among the people of Cuba and the numer- ous influences at work on all sides to foment a spirit of resistance to the edicts of the Spanish government, DANGER OF PRECIPITATION. This being the situation of affairs, he asks i it would not be wise on the part of the United States, to refrain from insisting upon an absolutely immediate delivery of the Virginius, and pledges faithful obedience to the orders of his government for passed, He ‘urther represents that a precipitate execu- tion of the order would undoubtedly array the Spanish volunteers against both the home govern- ment and the United States, an evil which be sin- cerely believes our government is as anxious to avoid a8 his own goverament would deepiy de- plore, Therelore, in the interests of peace and good will between the new and the old Republic, he asks that he may bave afew days in which to assure the excited peopie of the island of the folly of either insulting the government they profess to love, or aggravating a government whose power to crush has scarcely been withdrawn from one of the most (.rmidabie revellions known to history. BENEFIT OF A BRIKP DELAY, General Jovelier again protests that a jew days of reflection will satisiy the controlling element ou | the Island that they can neitner hope for sympa- thy from the home government or forbearance from the United States if they insist in disregarding the commands of the one or dely the just demands of the other. HK WILL CARRY OUT HIS ORDERS. Te reassures his government of tus determina tion to carry out the orders issued, and trusts that he may be able so to do in the most peaceful and Satisfactory manner, MR. FISH GRANTS TIME. Our government concedes any reasonable delay, especially as it is the more desirable we should have time to concentrate our naval forces in Cuban waters, in order to be better prepared for a hostile emergency. Our government is further satisfied that the presence of Captain General Joveller will deter- mine the measure of the ability possessed by the Castelar government to execute ita obligations. The Maritime Right of the Virginius to Charter for a Voyage—Arguments Against the Spanish Assertion of Piracy—What the Owner of the Vessel Says. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1873. The State Department has been assured hy the owner of the Virginius that from the time the ves- sel lett the port of New York she had done nothing calculated in the sligntest degree to impair the valiaity of her register or her right to sail under the American flag. It 13 admitted that she was chartered to the Cuban Junta. But the Cubans, fully appreciating the value to them of the unsullied character of the vessel and apprehending that efforis would be made by the Spanish authorities to compromise ker nationality and thus destroy her useiulness to the Cuban 6ause, took and maintained extraordi- nary pains to preserve her trom any taint or sus- picion of violation of the registry or neutrality laws of the United States, WHAT THE JUNTA DID. For the better securing of this object they con- sulted eminent legal authority and kept them- selves strictly within the bounds laid down by their counsellor, They assert now that Spain can prove no greater offence against the Virginius than the occasional carrying of a Cuban supercargo, and this they were careful to preface by positive assur- ances that such supercargoes did not come within the provision of tne navigation laws forbidding the service of alien oMicers on board American ves- sels, ORAL TESTIMONY READY. Of these facts there are now living the most com- petent witnesses, CONSULAR RECORDS OF LEGALITY. The records of the consulates of the several ports which the Virginius has entered and cleared trom since her departure from New York and posi- tive refutation of the allegations of the Spanish government against her will be arrayed in sup- port of the claims of the Virginius to the protec- tion of the United States and her right to carry the American flag. All that the Virginius has encountered during her eventful carecr was fully anticipated by the parties in whose interests she was chartered. It can further be stated that her owner has been Most anxious forsome time past to have her re- turn to the United States, and, once within an American port, the charter would have been can- celled, THE PRESIDENT’S REGRETS The President, it can be stated, has regretted from the beginning the partisan efforts put forth to make our position untenable, knowing as he did the accuracy of the evidence in possession of the government, but mention of which heretofore would not have been prudent or good policy. A New Policy Towards Cuba—The United States Government To Be Its Own Protector on the Island—Friendly Relations To Be Continued with Spain, but War To Be Made Upon the Casino, the Siaveholders and All Enemies of Order—Diplomacy Aban- doned. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 1873, There is official authority for the statement that the negotiations of the past few days have re- sulted in important modifications in the relations of the United States to the Cuban insurrection, so far as concerns the future, The despatches bear- ing on the subject will, it is understood, be sub- mitted by Secretary Fish to the Cabinet at to- morrow’s session, and meantime AS MUCH SECRECY AS IS POSSIBLE concerning their contents is maintained by those to whom their purport has been confidentially com- tmunicated. This makes it impossible to discuss the points of the negotiation as tully as might be desired, but there is ample reason to believe that what follows isa tair statement of the actual re- Sults attained. It is necessary to a proper under- standing of the matter to recur to the acknowl edged opinion of the State Department that THE SINCERITY OF THR CASTELAR GOVERNMENT is far beyond its ability in whatever concerns the treaty rights of American citizens and their prop- erty in Cuba, the demands of our government for political reform in the administration of the island and its own aspirations towards a reformation in the relations between the colony and the mother country. This opinion, it would now appear, has not been withheld, but, on the contrary, frankly yet kindly communicated to the Spanish govern- ment, both through our own Legation at Madrid and the Spanish Minister here, accompanied with sufficiently forcible intimations that THE UNITED STATES COULD NO LONGER CON: REMAIN SATISFIED with diplomatic and consular protests and argu- ments against the wrongs and insecurity of their citizens in Cuba and the apparently interminable delays and evasions of the colonial authorities in carrying into execution the decrees and engage- ments of the home government. At the same time it was suggested that such modes of action as our government bad resolved to adopt in its future dealings with events in Cuba did NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVE >THE SEVERANCE OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH SPAIN HERSELF upon each or any occasidn when the United States shoaid deem that a necessity had arisen for putting its newly resolved principles into prac- tice. On the contrary, amore specdy and certain termination of the insurrection, without prejudice to the honor or sovereign rights of the Spanish government, might be expected to ensuc from the manly acquiesence of the Caste- lar government in the propriety of an intervention of this government for tue protection of its citizens or the enforcement of solemn odligations, as Occasion may require. In other words, the proposition of our goverument is understood to have been that THR RECUSANT SPANISH SLAVENOLDING ELEMENT in Cuban society and politics shall be regarded as beyond tne pale of the home government, and those who yield the latter respect and obedience and be leit without support or countenance to the merited chastisement of tho United States when- ever MH shall bring down the vengeance of our gov- ernment upon it. THE FIGHT TO BE BETWREN THE UNITRD STATES AND THE CASINO, To put the matter in a still plainer form, it means a short, sharp and decisive contest be- tween this government and the faction of the Casino Fspaiiol at Havana, without an extension of the coufict to (he Spanish government or any of its ‘Tt TO Ouban forces that may remain loyal to Its autnor- ity, Such @ virtual alliance with the Castelar goverment in the interests of common self- defence and good government as this proposition conveys i8 believed to have been virtually brought about by the negotiations of the past lew days, The United States, appearing in the char- acter of irieuds both of the Cubans and the re- publican government of Spain, will be complete masters of the situation, entitied on the one hand to insist without offence to Spain upon the immediate pacification of the island, the total abolition of slavery and the establishment of the political rights of the Cubans, and, on the other, armea with the means of supporting the Spanish govern- ment in its measures of pacification, eman- cipation and reigrm against the repellious slaveholders, Besides the incidental aa- | vant@se to American interests resulting from such @ solution of the question, it is considered as beyond doubt thar the natural relations be- tween this country and Cuba will oe 80 far recog- nized by the home government as to induce it to grant, without importunity, a fair reciprocity of commerce, LONDON PRESS OPINION. SM ee TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The London “Times” Says the British Survivors of the Virginius Capture Must Be Surren ed Anyhow. Lonpon, Dec, 5—6 A. M. The London Times publishes an official list of the British subjects taken prisoners on the steamer Virginius and atterwards executed at Santiago. The Times, commenting on the act, says the British government, while demanding the sur- render of the survivors, must caretully avoid com- mutting itseif to the proposition that the seizure of the Virginius was tllega’. CALIFURNIA, Heavy Snow and Rain Fall—Danger to the Herds on the Foot Hiils—The Legis- lature. SAN PRANOISCO, Dec. 3, 1873, The snow fall in the interior of the State is un- precedented since 1861, and twoinches of snow have fallen in Vallejo, Modesto and Petaluma; three inches in Suisun, and two inches in Stock- ton, Sacramento City and Woodland. All the val- ley cities and towns, the Mission Hills and the San Bruno Mountain, near this place, are white with snow. It has rained steadily in San Francisco, while snow teil in the adjacent country. Ihe snow will have a disastrous eifect upon the Vast herds of cattle on the Foot Hills, and there 1s some appre- hension of floods in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys similar to those of 1861-2, In the State Senate this atternoon Mr. Irwin, of Siskiyou, was elected President pro tem.—a vic- tory for the anu-monopolists. The rain storm continues here, with snow in the Middle and Foot Huis. Ivis raining copiously 43 jar south as Los Angeie: Booth Certain for the Long Term in the United States Senate—The Rain Still Coming Down. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 4, 1873. The Senatorial question has not materially changed. Tne bitterest toes of Booth admit the certainty of his election to the United States Senate for the long term, The great trouble now is to select a desirable candidate to fill Casserly’s unexpired term. No one yet has been determined upon since the withdrawal of Governor Haight. The yote Jor Senator cannot be had under the code till the second Tuesday alter the organizat on of the Legislature, and that was uot completed tll Yoptertay. ‘he rain and snow storm has been general throughout the State. During its prevalence yes- terday a shock of earthquake was felt at Gilroy. No damage was done. Kain still continues to tail. THE NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES, GLovogsrER, Mass., Dec. 4, 1! During the week ending December 2 the Bay of St. Lawrence fleet have all returned home, which closes the mackerel business for this year, the last arrivals bringing in about 500 barrels. Sales of 175 barrels were made on Monday at $13 75 for No. 1's. A lot of 150 barreis late caught Bay’s sold to-day at $13 50 for No, 1's, There was one arrival from tue Georges with 15,000 pounds of codfish, which is a small addition to the small stock on hand, which is held at $525 per quintal. There have been three arrivals from the Grand Banks, two with 85,000 pounds of codfish and one with 15,000 pounds ot | nalubut, Sales of Bank codfish are made at $44 $4 25, as to quality, Prices of halibut have advanced from last week's quotations. Ouly one tare was received, which solid tor 8)9c, and 6c, per pound | tor white and gray. There was one arrival of ickied herring and two arrivals from Grand | jenan with frozen herring. Vhere are now two Georges men and eight bunkers to arrive, and they wiil probably be 1n belore the close of another week, which Wil close these branches of the fish- ing business for this year. The usual number or vessels will 1ollow the Grand Menan and Newlound- land herring fishing business this winter. Fiteen or 20 of the Menan fleet have already sailed, and three have cleared for their first herring voyages to Newioundiand, By another week 40 or 50 ves- sels will be engaged in the herring business. LABOR TROUBLES IN PENNSYLVANIA. PorrsviLuR, Dec. 4, 1873. | The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad gave | notice that a reduction of ten per cent on the wages of all their employés in the transportation department would be made on December 1, A meeting of the train hands, composed of dele- gations from various sections of the country, was held at Mahoning Plane to-day. Only a portion of the deliberations were made public. They would not accede to the demand of tie company, pre- | Jerring to remain idie. At Shenandoah no settlement has been effected and several miners have been compelled to sus- pend work for want of cars, and but freigit train passed there on the Lehigh Valley road. Passenger trains are running as usual, The men are very determined, No coal trains were run at Frockville to-day, Reports received irom the towns in tus region | represent the employérs as being very determined, A large meeting was held at Tamaqua. itis not | known what action was taken. At Palo Aito it was reported to-day that the men were discharged who run vetween Philadelouia | and Pottsville, having refu to take strikers’ places on the branch roads running to the mines. The miners in the vicinity of Ashland and Girard. | ville are also on strike, in consequence of being put on three-fourth time on and alter December 1. BILLIARDS AT BOSTON, Boston, Mass., Dec, 4, 1873. The first contestants to-day were Messrs, Wilson and Lou Morris, Jr, Wilson made the champion Tun of the tournament, making on his twenty-ninth inning 51 points, Morris’ highest run was 37. Wilson won the game by 31 points. His average Was 3g and Morris’ 8. Time, lh. 45m. ‘The next game was between Peck and Pnisifer and was won by Peck by 6 points. Peck's best run was 20 and Pulsifer’s 15. ‘Time, 2h. In the evening the first game was between Mor- ris and Dennison, and was won by the jormer making 200 to Dennison’s 190. Morris’ highest rua | nnison’s, 19, Morris’ average, 3; Den- 2 ‘Time, 2h. Hickey and Puisifer played the next game, the former winning by 101 points. Hickey's average, 6; Puisifer’s, 225. Hickey’s highest run, 82. Time, 1h, 16m. Hickey’s success in this game entitles him to the silver cup. | TENNESSEE, Effcets of a Hurricane=Mail Robbery. Memruis, Dec. 4, 1873. About four o'clock yesterday morning a hurri- cane swept over the town of Maivern, 40 miles south of this city, on the line of the Clarksonville and Fulton Railroad, razing to the ground six business houses and tearing away the roofs of ainup others, Wounding two men badly and six slivhtly, The tornado struck the ratiroad about three miles below Malvern and travelled up the track about four miles, carrying every thing before 11— houses and trees. L. D. Belden, postmaster at Washington, and his son, Jos. Belden, deputy postmaster here, were brought to the city last night, under arrest, charged h robbing the mati bag of $1,100 last | week. | RAFFERTY OONVICTED AGAIN. His Sentence—To Be Hanged December 26. WAUKERGAN, Ill, Dec. 4, 1973. Christopher Rafferty was this night, at haif-past ten o'clock, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Police Oficer O'Meara, at Chicago. Rafferty has been three times convicted of the same offence and three times senteaced to be hanged, twice on change of venue, The time of his execution has been fixed for Friaay, the 26th day of December. There is much excitement in Cligago and here ever this resuit, SPAIN. The Bombardment of Cartagena Continued In- * cessantly—Hundreds of Houses in Ruins— The Foreign Navies Retired. TELEGRAMS 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, Dec. 4, 1873, The bombardment of Cartagena by the repub- lican batteries continues incessantly. Four hundred houses in tho city are destroyed. At the request of General Ceballos, the com- mander of the government forcea the foreign fleets have withdrawn (rom the harbor. The Mission to Washington Still in Abeyance, Mapu, Dec. 4, 1373. It is reported that the Spanish Mission at Wash- ington has been offered to Senor Figueras. Marshal Serrano in the Capital. Mapp, Dec. 4, 1873. Marshal Serrano has returned to this city. Grief in the Montpensier Family. Panis, Dec. 4, 1873. A son of the Duke of Montpensier is dead. Spanish Government Preparation for a Siege. Lonpon, Dec. 5, 1873. A special deapatel to the Standard says the bom- bardment of Cartagena is a faiure and a regular siege {3 now intended. ASHANTEE. pos Eritish Reinforcements for the Army on the Gold Coast—The “Slegan’” to Resound on the March to Cominassie. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOIK KEFALD. Lonpon, Dec. 4, 1873. The Forty-second regiment of mtantry (Ki Highlanders), and a portion o1 the Se ninth regiment (Cameron Highlanders), have sa for the Gold Coast, to reiulorce the troops under Sir Garnet Wolseley. ACHEEN. The Dutch Invading Expedition Seriously Im- peded in Its March. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK: KERALD. LONDON, Dec. 4, 1873. Cholera has appeared among the troops ol the Dutch expedition to Acheen, and, together with the bad condition of the roads on account of rain, has prevented active operations. FRANCE. Parliamentary Confidence in the Government— Specie in Flow to the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE N°W YORK HERALD. Paris, Dec. 4, 1873. Inthe Assembly to-day a motion, introduced by the Left, to censure the government for continuing the state of siege was voted down, by 407 nays to 273 yeas. SPECIE IN FLOW TO THE BANK. The specie in the Bank of France has increased 1,000,000 trancs during the past week, GERMANY. General Manteuffel’s Duelistic Opponent. TELEGRAM TO" THE NEW YORK HE®ALD. , BERLIN, Dec. 4, 1873. The Cologne Gazette insists that the report that General Manteuffel recently fought a duel is true, but says his opponent was Count Groeben, an aide- de-camp of tae Emperor, and not Count Goeben, as | before stated. ENGLAND. iscount at the Bank and on 'Change—Bul- lion in Flow to the Bank—The Re- serve and Liabilities of the Thread- needle Street Institution. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, “LONox, Dec. 4, 1873. ‘The bullion in the Bank of England has increased £627,000 during the past week. The amount gone into the Bank on balance to- | day is £63,000, DISCOUNT AT THE BANK AND ON ‘CHANGE, The directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day fixed the minimum rate of discount at the Bank at five per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for three months’ bills is 4%; per cent, or 3, per cent below the Bank of England rate. BANK RESERVE AND LIABILITIES. The proportion of the Bank of England reserve to labilities, which was last week 46}; per cent, 1s now 453, per cent. Press Comment on President Grant's Message. Lonpox, Dec. 4, 1873. The London afternoon journals praise the Mes- sage of President Grant. ITALY. + Press Opinion of President Grant's Message. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Romk, Dec 4, 18) The Italian press generally praise the Message of President Grant for its moderation, THE VIENNA EXWIBITION BUILDING. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, VIENNA, Dec, 4, 1879. Tze Austrian Minister of Commerce has decided not to demolish the Exhibition building, but keep it for public use, like the Crystal Palace of London, | asia TEXAS ELECTION, GALVESTON, Dee. 4, 1879. The News has full returns irom ouly jour coun- ties thus far. In Galveston county the democratic majority is 1,554. Starr county gives a republican majority of 15; Bexar county @ democratic majority of 649; Smith county a democratic majority of 284. Grimes county is republican by a large majority; but the figures are not given, Upshur, Gregg, Wood, McLennan, Elis, Freestone, Wiliamson, Orange, Travers, Brazos, Navarre, Dallas, Hayes, Cameron, Colton, Comal, Grayson, Anderson, Tallis, Leon and Kush returns make a partial show of an aggregate democratic majority of 11,700, Marion, Fort, Bird, Montgomery, Colorado, Walker and Hidalgo returns make a@ partial show of an aggregate republican majority of 1,007. THE NEW ORLEANS JOCKEY OLUB, New ORLFANS, Dec. 4, 1870. The fail meeting of the Jockey Club bas been postponed until December 13, on account of bad | weather. FIRE IN MANSFIELD. PA. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1875. Stewart, Cook & Co.'s dry goods store, the drug store of Robert Christy, the residences of J. Mills, D. B, Stewart and Mrs, Porter, at Mansfleld, Pa., were destroyed by tire on Tuesday night last, The loss 18 $30,000, T ANOTZER COLLISION AT SEAL A British Iron-Clad-of-War in Contact with @ Brazilian Mail Steamer—Sinking of the Latter, but with All Hands Saved. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpox, Dec, 4—Midnight. News has just reached here of another collisions at sea, but without loss of ilfe, ‘The British armor-plated man-of-war Bellerophom collided with the Brazil and River Plate steamer Flamsteed, and the latter was a0 badly damage@ that she sunk soon afterward. All her passengers, OfMicera and crew were rem cued bythe Bellerophon and brought to St. Via- cent. OBITUARY. Eli White. Eli White, an old and very much respected mer- chant of New York, died yesterday morning, at his residence, No. 51 Vifth avenue. He was in the 88d year of his age. Mr. White was formerly engaged in _business~the hat trade—in Water street, avd always maintained a reputation for the strictest commercial integrity and liberality towards those in his employment, SUICIDE. ALBANY, Dec, 4, 1873, John Oldfield, a brewer, employed in Quinn & Nolan’s brewery, committed suicide to-day by cutting his throat. He was 60 years of age, aud leaves a wife and several childre THE WEEKLY HERALD, The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the Country. 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