The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1874, Page 7

Mr. A. A. Favarger Bepublican Rule in Barcelona—The Iron-(lad | rrench readings to-night at the Union League Wamancia Restored to the Navy— ne ene oe doubt Senet RRS Penisies, Mra, Lalu Torrence, of the California Theatre company, and wile of John Torrence, shot herself through the heart on Wednesday night. Domestic trouble was the cause of her suicide. Miss Laura Alexander, an actress who made her first sppearance in New York some three weeks since at Wallack’s in the rOle of Mile. Colas, in the “Man of Honor,” died of heart disease on the Lith inst. in this city, She was not successful in her endeavor to enact the heroine of the play, and, although young, handsome and promising, her failure prayed upon her and aggravated the fatal malady. She was in her thirty-first year and was born in North Carolina. Ske had been upon the provincial stage for some four or five years when she accepted the New York engagement, Harsh criticism om the occasion of a benefit would be consideréd rather uncalled for, and it is not necessary, therefore, to say anything particu- larly unkind of a dull little piece of light comedy by Mr. Wybort Reeve, calied “I Love You,” which served asa lever du rideau at Niblo’s yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of Mr. Zimmerman's beneiit. The rest of the performance was, in no wise heavy, consisting as it did of “His Last Legs,” with Mr, Eddy as O'Callaghan, and a variety per- formance of more than average sprightliness. The spectators present manifested delight, and the beneflolary was highly pleased with the large au- dience, An alarming explosion of the gas from the calcium lights took place on Christmas Eve in the Liver- pool (England) Amphitheatre, while the audience were assembled witnessing the pantomime. The whole dramatic company rushed upon the stage, and several of the agile corps de ballet leapt into the pit for escape from the unknown terrors be- hind, There was, Of course, a general stampede Of the audience, which Mr, Leslie, the manager, at last succeeded in arresting. The explosion set fire TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD. Mapnrp, Jan. 16, 187% ‘The intransigentes at Barcelona have surren- dored and the authority of the government has (peen fully restored in that city. THE NUMANOIA RESTORED TO THE FLEET. ‘The iron-clad Numancia has been delivered to a Spanish frigate, BADICALIST LEADERS SENTENCED. ‘The insurgent chiets Contreras, Ferres and Gal- “ven have been sent to the capital of Algeria, and ‘the other Oartagenian refugees have been interned 4m the forts and barracks of Oran and Meré-el- Kebir, Cortes Confidence im Castelar. MapriD, Jan. 15, 1874 Ata meeting of Deputies constituting the ma- Jority in the late Cortes a vote of confidence in Sefior Castelar was adopted, and he was requested ‘to prepare @ manifesto to the nation. ENGLAND. — Discount at the Bank and on ’Change—Bullion and Bank Reserves—Radicalist Triumph et an Election—Fire in a Dock Yard. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpoy, Jan. 15, 1874, Tho Directors of the Bank of England, at their meeting to-day, fixed the minimum rate o/ discount at the bank at 33 per cent. The rate for money on the Stock Exchange on government securities 1s 21¢ per cent. BANK RESERVE, ‘The proportion of the bank reserve to liabilities, which was last week 4344 per cent, is now 433, per oon, BULLION. The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day 18 £15,000. ‘The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased £80,000 during the past week. RADICALIST POLITICAL PROGRESS. Mr. Cowen, radical, bas been returned to Parlia- ment from Newcastle by 1,000 majority. FIRE IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. Alarge fire occurred in the Portsmouth dock- yard to-day. Thousands of pounds’ worth of stores, which had accumulated there for the Ashantee expedition, were destroyed. FRANCE. The New Minister to Washington—Specie in Flow to the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. PaRis, Jan. 15, 1874, M. Bartholdi, the new Minister to the United States, will leave for Washington next Monday. SPECIE AND STOCKS. The specie in the Bank of France has increased $1,000,000 francs during the past weck. Mr. Boorn, Manag: to some scenic paraphernalia lying against the wall, The men seized water buckets, fortunately lying at hand, and, bravely dashing at the fire, extinguished it, and completed, Mr. J. B, Booth has received the following letter concerning the new piece, “La Femme de Feu,", The pantomime was resumed produced at Booth’s Theatre :— FirTH AVENUE HorgL, Jan, 14, 1874. er, &C. Deak Sin—I Oan’t understand the raid that some of ‘papers are making on “La Femme de Feu.” I can’t see in what respect it Is of more questionable “‘morality” than are those 60 much admired piays which beloug to the same French family, but which some of the journals that uav- nounce you have warmly applauded and yet ap- plaud. ‘ihe H&RALD has the merit of co! tency in this attack, because that sheet has mainly con- demned all of this sort oi thing as a poor substi- tate for the highest art. But such has not been the course of the metropolitan preas in general. Now if the spirig of ‘lraviata’ be endurable; if “Bast Lynne” elopements and “ Audley” mur- ders and bigamies are tolerable ; if the screen scene in “The School for Scandal” is polished and spicy ; if the husband in ‘Led Astray” can, wito critical ap- robation, bring & bawd inte his wile’s boudoir; if irs, Haller can win tears, sympathy aud applause because she is @ ocontrite though debauched woman, vy shall not the story of “La Femme de Feu’ be told? Diane Barrard ts not an unchaste woman. She poisons an old husband for the guilty love which she bears to a young man whom she afterwards marries, aud that is the upshot of ber crime. She ls punished for it by the contempt and coldness of her young husband, by a lie of misery and by a horrid deach. If Thad read toe papers alluded to before I saw the play (I attended it on Monday night) I should WASHINGTON. Conkling Aceepts the Nomination for Chief Justice. The Sore Puzzle of the Senate Over the Financial Problem. Opposition to Sudden Re- sumption of Specie. Inordinate Expense of the Postal Service. Charlatan Economy in the Naval Appropriation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1874, Conkling Nominated for Chief Justice and Accepts. There have been all sorts of rumors afloat to- day with regard to the Chief Justiceship. It was asserted that the position would be ten- dered to Judge Curtis, of Boston, and that he had been telegraphed to as to whether he would accept, This was generally looked upon as an excellent way of disposing of the position, whicn was fast becoming a sunject of vexation to the republican party. It was con- ceded that Ourtis would be confirmed without opposition. There could be no question as to his ability, as was the case with Williams, and no points at which to attack him in his political record. The wonder was expressed that he was the third choice instead Of the Orst, as it was alleged he should have been, taking into consideration his pre-eminent stand- ing among the acknowleaged leaders of the bar and his high reputation as a former Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court, But at the time the Curtis ramor was settled down into almost a cer- tainty i¢ was followed by another story that Judge Dillon, of lJowa, at present a Onited States Circuit Judge, was the coming man, and this in turn was displaced by the name of Judge Waite, of Onto, one ot the counsel at the Geneva arbitration. All of these rumors are now dispelled by the fixed fact that the President has tendered the appointment to Roscoe Conkling, and he has agreed to accept it. Aside from the personal good feeling of the President to Conkling he has been worrted and annoyed beyond measure at the manner in which his nominations of Williams and Cushing have been treated by the Senate, He beganto think that he could make none to sult them, and finally thought that the best mode of ending the vexed question was to Rentes cloeed at 58f. 47350. have expocted, perhaps, to see an almost nude woman bathing in @ phosphorescent sea; to have beheld 4 wreton living with two paramours, viz., ROME, her lover during her old husband’s lifetime and her old husband’s steward alter his death, in- stead of which 1 saw neither, but, on the contrary, @ Woman (so far as all but ber heart is concerned) true to her marriage vows, guilty of no act of har- lotry, but the victim of an absorbing love, which inspired a homicide that sue did not really premed- itate. Isend you this, my dear sir, as a deserved word of sympathy irom one who, while he loves Shake- speare, is, nevertheless, not wholly at war with the portraiture of such passions as mighty pen peagee though sueh be attempted by weaker ands. “La femme ae Feu’ is not so bad as Lady Macbeth. The one assassinates (really) her guest and her king, and converts her husband froma loyal soldier oe jaget ore 2, traltor, murderer and gpheciom: Oke thar eee Sold man's deyo, vut she pleads truly resiatiesa ‘ove. And voth wretches meet the same tau. ‘Yours, truly, E. L—tTr, The Cardinal Secretary Not Seriously IL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Roms, Jan, 15, 1874. A contradiction is given to the report that Car- -Ainal Antonelli ts seriously ill, SOUTH AMERICA. Yee DE Provincial Rebellion Prostrated—Flight of a Rebel Commander. THE FRENCH CARNIVAL. As few people carried prayér books to the Academy of Music last night thete is little need to dilate upon the decline of religion. In other words, as the occasion was sit apart for the special purpose of enjoyment, au! that of a charac- TELE'RAM TO THE NEW YORK WERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 15, 1874. Late advices from Rio Janeiro report that the ‘termination of the war in Entrerios bas officially been declared. General Jordan, the leader of the rebellion, had been totally defeated and was a fugitive, ter which abounds in attractivetess, there is noth- His adherents had given in their submission to | ing leit but to chronicle the ev:nt as it occurred, tho government. and in truth a merrier pary never thronged the great building than that which at- tended tne ninth annual fancy dress ball of the ‘ercle Frangais de 1’ Harmonie.” Favored by all the racy elenpnts that go to make @ masquerade agreeable—ior Wanting a certuin amount of refined spice, itbecomes a bore—the entertainment last night, } point of numbers, humor, completeness of deta and general hilarity, by far surpassed any prelous' effort of the society. Everybody who goes to a masked ball nas his own epectations, and in speaking of the success ( such amusements it must be borne in mind th) @ great deal depends upon the pleasure which sch individual derives from the surronndings. onsidering, them, that no feature was wanting ticontribute to the de- lights of those who attendi either from motives of curiosity or to participe in the fun, it may be inferred that the*affair forded general satisfac. tion. Excellent rules, kdly, though firmly, en- forced, had the much dead effect of prese! that decorum without wih the ball would have been worse than a ilure. And it would seem that the Commit of Arrangements had determined to do their most to please the pa- trons of the society in oviding extra novelties tor the occasion. The Arricans are a hard worked ople, and one of theiriique pleasures on visit- ig the Ola World 1s to @ that le can dance, sing and be wildly enthastic, simply giving free- dom te the sweet and Pong feelings which the human soul possesses, 4 which must somehow tnd a vent. Masquades in New York reproduce much that) iascinating in Europe during carnival times. any of our social usages bear an unmistakable ench tinge, and if we, amid wintry shows, caduring the short inter- ig Which business peo can spare, almost rival the efforts, not of artisone, but CEP en ae trained from childhood tastes which carry with them the odor of inspiion, there is much to be thankful for. The “Ce! gais de l’Harmonie’’ did wonders last nightt generally under- stood that no effort wd be spared to render the ball as acceptable as anfair of the kind could be made. The programmimbraced quite a variety of eventa, among thenving an excellent chorus, which, accompanied b good orchestra, opened the proceedings with :ctions from well known opéra ey metic raeont as ro- ceasion, which was e: . sed “ne rl mao ei not CUBA. Spanish Soldiers in Retreat After a Severe Battle—Heavy Losses in the Field. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Jan, 15, 1874, Spanish accounts state that Colonel Esponda, ‘with 650 men, has had an engagement with the insurgents near Melones. The fighting lasted six or seven hours, and at the close Colonel Esponda retreated before the superior numbers of the enemy. His loss was four officers and sixteen privates ‘killed and fourteen officers and filty privates wounded. Owing to the severity and length of the combat ‘the insurgent loss could not be ascertained. ST. THOMAS. Trade Dull at the New Year Opening. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘S81. THOMAS, Jan. 9, 1874. Business here continues extremely duil, and owing to the depressed state of affairs the Christ- mas boldays passed off in an unusually quiet manner. WEATHER REPORT. ——_— + War DEPARTMENT, OPYICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasainaton, D. C., Jan. 16—1 A. M. Probabdttites, For New England generally clear and cold weather will prevail, with fresh and brisk north- woaterly to southwesterly winds, For THR MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES AND THENCE SOUTEWESTWARD TO THE Eastern Guty Coast CONTINUED COLD AND CLEAR WEATHER, WITH NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY WINDS. For Alabama and thence westward to Texas, followed new joruses: “La Fille de ticeabl was the Huntsmen’guadrille, with ting horns and trumpets, pacing an admirable effect At no previous enterénent of the society nas tisha caiet ad ty ‘ar"agy ea an of @ kin ly jand- poor y would be a superhuman Northerly to easterly winds, with low tempera. | tome ao deucrt ashe of the characters ture, threatening weather and possibly areas of personated, Suffice! ti from Darwin's Fain oF snow. monkey 0 inna, | eft nothing” undone For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, cold and to. mane” themsclv ami and Idiotic. Clear weather, with northerly bi) be bred Ang now in spprang ec fae jour i ay 2 greater portion of the day, followed by y | ores tivat ‘iney “appal in strong. force; that weather, falling barometer and slightly rising temperature. For the lower lake region and thence eastward to Mew Brunswick, continued cold and partly cloudy weather with areas of snow. For the upper lake region and the Northwest, falling baromoter, slightly rising temperature, fresh and brisk easterly to southerly winds and areas of snow neat Lake Superior and in the Upper Miasiasippi Valley. 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 day of last year, a8 indicated by the thermometer at Had- nuv’s Pharmacy, Heratp Building :— they were fascjnatigo an alarming ee and. entered into the @ of the occasion with all the zest and activityat the most ardent ad- mirer of the Mabile desire. A suitable pro- gramme of (4 rranged and well carried out. Among some Oo! ste who took partin the entertainment were |Majilton fa! , the Zig- Zags and the Raynor Ny whose periormances were heartily enjoyé Al! ther the society did its work well, Aldnight the ball was in full swing, and there then every prospect that the merry multitude id continue in a festive mood tilt “jocund daood tiptoe on the misty mountain top.’” a Seeeenee BOND BURGS IN HOBOKEN. Late on Wednesdajnt, two burglars, armed with revolvers and Wrovided with tools, were captured by the Weefen police while attempt- ing to break into thadence of Captain Sales, near the schooltor thieves were com- ttted for trial, ci sneak thief enteme house No. 213 Hudson street, Hoboken, veay, and stole $yr0 coats, ‘anda Weste! ic Ratlroad ‘bond, No. ie the denomijn of $1,000, ‘payat wo Bygepe Kelly of bea i] 1873, 1874, aL ak take one of the leading members of that body, which he has done. This action has been @ matter of policy, as the republican party in the Senate were getting into a wrangle with the President. He had no de- sire to find himself tn Johnson’s position and con- cluded to stop the antagonism. Conkling has gone to New York, and itis generally believed that he has done so for the purpose of making arrapge- ments as to the selection of his successor in the Senate, With the large party majority in the Sen- ate there can be no doubt of his confirmation as Chief Justice. Conterence of Ex-Attorneys General Cushing and Black—The Mission to Spain. This morning ex-Attorney General Jeremiah Black, of Pennsylvania, called upon Mr. Cushing and spent some time in conversation with him. These eminent gentlemen, both of whom have held the position of chief law adviser to the govern. ment, have for more than a quarter of a century been personal and professional friends, The in- terest of Judge Black in the nomination of Mr. Cusning induced Dim to call this murning to express his regret over the loss of so able @ jurist at the head of the Supreme Bench. Mr. Cushing, while fully appreciating the honor conferred upon him by the President, un- asked, as It was, in his nomination as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stafes, has no feeling in the matter of the withdrawal of his nomination from the Senate. except in the manifest injustice done him in the Construction placed upon h/s letters written at the beginning of the war. In regard to the letter to Mr. Marcy, Mr. Cushing says he has a friend, Mr. Daniel Marcy, of Portsmouth, N. H., and they were in correspondence and had been for years, Mr. Cushing ssy3 that they probably ex- changed views, though he has no recollection of the particular letter referred to. Admitting, how- ever, that ne dia write it, he says that it but discusses the questions of tne hour, and states that the war was not for devas- tation or destruction, bute for the Preservation of the Union. Mr. Cushing keeps copies of all his letters and notes. These, unfortupately, were at Newburyport, and he can- not recall exactly in what part of his papers they are,zor did he have time or an opportunity to refute the misconstruction placed upon the letter in question, The manner in which the Jefferson Davis letter came to light, it appears, was as fol- lows:—Judge Aldis, of the Southern Claims Com- mission, about a year since made a thorough exam- ination of all the papers and documents purchased through Colonel Picket and those captured at Richmond, for the purpose of looking up evidence on the side of the government in the settlement of cotton claims. During these researches Judge Aldis came across the letter written by Mr. Cush- ing to Jefferson Davis, introducing Mr. Roane. When Mr. Cushing was nominated to be Chief Justice Judge Aldis remembered thie letter, and looking it up had a copy made, which he sent to the Secretary of War, who in tarn forwarded it to thre President. 1t appears that Sergeant heard of this letter and secured a copy of it, The application of it 1s certainly no honor to the Senate, if the rules which usually govern gen- tiemen in their intercourse have any force there, + Mr. Oushing has not yet decided what course he will pursue in regard to the Spanish mission, As the President appointed him against his personal wishes, as his age, profession and retired habits all make quiet desirable, he will, of course, await the desires of the President. In the course of a few days Mr. Cushing will decide what steps to take. There is reason to believe that unless the President should urge the fulfil- ment of the Spanish mission Mr. Cusbing will re- sign, vT Senate in Sore Pazzie Over the Fi- anc: Problem—The Fight of West, South and Bast—Abuses of Contracts in the Post Office Department. In the Senate to-day Mr. Ramsey, from the Com- Mittee on Post Ufices, reported unfavorably on the petition asking that the salary of letter carriers be fixed at $1,000 per annum, and the report was agreed to. Petitions were presented by senators Sherman, Ogieaby and Hamilton for a commission to regulate the liquor traMfc. On motion of Sena- tor Ramsey the consideration of the annual Post Route bill was resumed, and Mr. Morrill, of Ver- mont, after a weak defence by Mr. Ramsey of the expensiveness of the postal service, resumed his course of unresisted home thrusts at the bad management of this branch of the Post Office Department and the Joose manner of making contracts for the carrying of the matis. He said the Senate would be called on to make good for the year 1875 $7,000,000 addi- tional expense, as the expenditures were to be $36,000,000 instead of $29,000,000, having more than doubled since 1866, and he intemded to tell the Senate why when the appropriations were up. In 1872 the Postmaster General had asked for a de- ficiency of $4,000,000, and ‘in 1875, said Mor- rift with a roar, he is going to ask for nearly $7,000,000. He reprehended the practice which heretofore obtained in framing bills, andsaid that im sha msaaems -rvdition Of tle ollie nar. vice ft # not well to-ask Yegisiation by meroly con- suiting Senators, Hamiin <pllowed, and, after & sories of severe oriticiems, ho said there was & looseness in framing bills watch Was inexcusable. There should be greater serutimg, be added, to protect the Post Office Departmentifrom oe enor mous demands made upon it. Mr. Fenton issro- duced 4 bill for the investigation of*yeliow fevex matters by marine hospital surgeons, ‘The regular business then came up onthe anan- cial discussion. Morton, in s# caustic manner, proceeded to reply to Schburz’s strtc- tures and theories of yesterday, and went over the case pretty roughly, handling Schurz’s book nonsense, and saying that he looked at the qnestion from a practical standpoint and at things as he found them. Some, he said, would deacend from Erie to Ontario, by way of Niagara, by which he illustrated the logic of contraction, while any sensible sailor would discreetly go by way of the Welland Canal. He compared our prosperity with that of the tour great countries of Europe, viz., Austria, Russia, Germany and Italy, which, in the decree of progress, had excelled ia tbe order named, and asserted that the United States had excelled the foremost of them; thac Schura’s ideas were book platitudes and metaphysics of finance, and that he saw behind all this an assauit on the course of the government, the old State bank system, which he deprecated, and he showed the inconveniences arising from the same, While the country was ad- vancibg a8 a country never advanced, he saw no cause for the doleful, reflections made, and closed with an earnest appeal to the East in behalf of the South and Northwest to have increased facility given to the national bank circulation. Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, the eccentric wag of the Senate, in- troduced a bill to be read, providing for the with- drawal of irredeemable bank notes from circula- tion. Though discursive, and sometimes labor- ing beyond his depth, he uttered some wholesome truths on the financial system and was in favor of a plan of returning to specie payments without contraction or inflation. He maintained that the government was not a capi- talist and should maintain strict neutrality be- tween those who demand more and those who de- mand less, He would rather take the judgment of the business men than that of the politicians, and he closed with asharp retort upon Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, saying that ne did not have nal enough money himsel!, but he would not come to Congress to get @ bill for more, and if he did he would have the name of the Senator from Michigan put init. He tried to get money once in another way than by earning it, he sarcastically remarked. It was in the way of back pay and ne had failed. Mr. Schurz then rose to make some remarks of a personal na- ture, saying he did not intend to do intentional in- justice to Mr. Boutwell by reference to his plan as the “do-nothing plan,” but in the apology he rather aggravated than repaired the offence. Messrs. Morton and Morrill threw some additional light on the question as to the working of the finances in New York, which they said had become the commercial metropolis and commercial centre of the country. Mr. Buckingham, a stanch and sensible old man, said he was afraid of increase in the currency, deplored the unwarranted action of the Secretary of the Treasury in using the reserve, and wanted the Senate to instruct the Finance Committee to take action so as to retrace the dangerous steps which the country had been made to take by the Secretary of the Treasury. He explained our in- debtedness as being of two kinds, one of bonds and one of legaltender notes. Although he did not speak long, whathe said was to the point and was in favor of free banking and hard money. And thus the solution of the problem goes on day by day, as Mr. Sherman, chair- man@ of the Finance Committee, desires it ould, so that the aggregate sentiment of the best minds in the Senate may be obtained to direct the committee in framing a@ Dill to provide for the resumption of specie pay- ments, Mr. Sherman gave notice to-day that he would make some remarks before the vote was taken, and it is expected that Fenton, who is well posted on finance, will make an able speech, wich also may be expected of Boutwell, who is regardea as such an excellent authority and to have gained so much financial routine experience while he was Secretary of the Treasury. Thus far the Senate, as its voice has been heard, maybe set down as against the House policy of inflation; but the West and South must and will be heard, and, in the con- flict, the East will undoubtedly appear as the weaker contestant. Efforts to Save Judge Durell Before the Jadiciary Committee. Every effort will be made by the iriends of Judge Durell to save him before the Judiciary Committee. The report of the investigation made by Messrs. Wilson and Eldridge will not be ready for several weeks. It was thorough and impartial, but tt will never do to impeach the pliant tool of the adminis- tration in the Louisiana diMculty, for that would be a thousand times worse than all the evidence in the rebel archives against the loyal supporters of the republican party. It is not the duty of the sub-committee to express an opinion. That the Judiciary Committee will ve called upon to do from the evidence presented. It is understood, how- ever, that the conduct of Judge Durell has been so bad as to make it impossible to save him. His only way of honorable egress is by resignation, ana this he will do if he find that the Judiciary Com- mittee are against him. Passage of the Naval Apprepriation Bill in the House and the Hypoeritical Claptrap of Economy. The Naval Appropriation bill passed the House to-day in @ reduced condition. The sweating pro- cess through which the Committee on Appropria- tions put it reduced the aggregate amount to about $16,500,000, about $1,000,000 in excess of the cost of the navy in 1869. The heavy fire of the opposition is supposed to have been drawn on this dill, but the commit- tee will find its mistake when the appropriation for the War Department comes up. The democratic members of the House are not easily deceived, and the claptrap of economy is not regarded as at all applicable to a navy as weak as our own. The inevitable Deficiency bill will come up at the next session, as it always does, The curious spectacle of democrats opposing a bill because it does not appropriate enough, and of republicans supporting it as a party measure and fearful that it is too large, is mot often presented in a body where tht supporters of the administration have a two-thirds majority. Itis farther proposed to cut down the expenses of the Marine Corps when the bili reaches the Senate. This branch of the havy is regarded as a barnacle on the null of the navy and can be dispensed with in part without injury to its eMictency. During the debate to-day Mr. Cox, of New York, allnded to the eMiciency of the British navy and the readiness of British war vessels to render good service when- ever called upon, citing the action of the com- mander of the Niobe in entering the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and protecting the survivors of the Virginius crew, without regard to nationality, and for which act Congress ought to vote bim thanks. This remark was not relishea by the re- publican side and made some patriotic gentlemen squirm in their seats who had been preach- ing economy in the wrong direction. In this connection Mr. Cox received a telegram from John Ericsson to-day in which he says that Mr. Crooke's statement ts utterly unfounded that all European war ships draw thirty feet of water, The iron-clad turretships, Thunderer and Devasta- tion, draw only twenty-six jeet with full war equipment and 1,200 tons of coal on board, These ships, the most formidable in the British navy, specially built to cross the Atlantic, will consequently draw only twenty-four feet on entering New York Harbor, with 500 tons of coal remaining in their bunkers. It i absurd to sup- pose that the English naval authorities would build vessels incapable of crossing the bar of the very harbor intended to be entered, It should be observed that the light draught of the class of iron- clads referred to 1s owing to their extreme breadth‘ being tally 62 feet, while their length between the perpendiculars is only 286 feet. Redemption of the Loan of 1558. Up to this aate $9,483,000 of the loan of Jane 14, 1856, have been redeemed and ¢:xchanged for bonds of the funded loan of 1881. Tye amount exchanged 12 @A.900.000 apd the amavat nadeamod £6 281.000, JAPAN AND CHINA. The Steamship China at San Francisoo—Delay by an Accident to Her Ma:hinery—The Mikado's Relations with the Forsign Gevernmente—Peruvian Negotiations and the Coolie Trade—Will the Foreign Treaties Be Respected! TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 1874, ‘The steamship China, from Hong Koug and Yoko- bama, arrived here this morning. A defective piston caused the delay which nas taken place on ter voyage. She lies low in the water, and cam® up the harbor with only one wheel working. The News trom the Far East. ‘The news advices at wand by the steamship China, from Yokohama, are to (he 8th of December. FOREIGN DIPLOMACY AND JI OUTWARD STATE RE- LATIONS OF THN MIKADO. Hanabusa Yashmato, one ofthe under secretaries of the Foreign Office and recently Envoy to Corea, is commissioned to represent Japan at St. Peters- burg, and will soon start for his:post. He is es pecially entrusted with the Saghalien question. The arbitration of the Maria Luz gage will not come up for discussion until a year hence, when other agents will be despatched in the tnaterest of Japan, Hanabusa’s rank 1s that of First Secretary of Le- gation, ‘The office of Envoy, left vacant by the death of Saua, remains unfilled. The Japanese Foreign Office has received an in- teresting despatch from China in relation to Gar- cia, the Peruvian Envoy. The Chinese say he will be received with the courtesies and attention due to a Minister, but they will make no treaty with Pera until that nation shat! have released and gent back every coolie now held there, and also Pledged itself to discontinue coolie imporiatious In the future, Considerable discontent 1s expressed in Japanese oficial circles over the fact that Garcia was allowed @ favorable treaty by Sayezima, the late head of the Foreign Office, Charles Walcott Brooks retarns to San Francisco by the China to resume his functions as Consul for Japan. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL REPORT. P. M. Watson, Esg., formerly british Chargé d@aduires, and more recently Secretary of Lega- tion at Jeddo, returns to England very soon, hav- ing been transferred to Copenhagen. He carries with him the most comprehensive treatise upon education in Japan that has yet been prepared. It will be printed presently by the British govern- ment. FOREIGN INTERESTS AND CHRISTIAN CAVIL CONCERN- ING TREATIAS, Considerable speculation has arisen among for- eignersa over rumors of serious disagreement be- tween the Ministers of various nations and the Japanese government. For once these reports are not wholly without foundation. The exact cir- cumstances are as follows:—soon after the return of the native Embassy the question of treaty re- vision being brought up, an effort was made to secure @ proniise that the whole Empire should be thrown open to foreigners. This was met bya propogal that the foreign governments should sur- render the privilege of exterritoria! jurisdiction. Tt was Yeclared that this would not be conceded under any circumstances, whereupon the Japanese government not only declined to enter- tain the project of opening the coun- try, but began gradually to withdraw certain liberties which they voluntarily permitted some time ago. It is supposed that this was done to show that the unyielding temper of the foreign representatives could easily be combated by a strict adherence on the part of the Japancse to the letter of the territorial regulations. Although their right to restrain foreigners within the prescribed limits cannot be disputed, their action is loudly complained of, and, as a sort of retaliatory measure, the claims for the balance of the Simooezki indemnity have been presented ‘by some of the Ministers and pressed with unusual earnestness, They will be met promptly by offers of immediate payment, a result which was neither by nor altogether desired. nus the advantage will be fora while on the side of the Japanese. EXTERRITORIAL JUQISDICTION is now the only important subject Jor debate. The foreign Ministers are all instructed to en- force its continuance, notwithstanding the fact that the british government, alter consideration, has unquaiifiedly condemned the principles of ex- territorial jurisdiction in the case of China. TEXAS, The Election Returns in the H: of the Fourteenth Legislatarc—Probable Peacefal Solution of the Difficulty and ration of the Democratic Ex- GaLvesTon, Texas, Jan. 15, 1874. The News special despatch from Austin says:— The Senate was called to order at ten A. M. to-day, A quorum was present. Mr. Swift stated that the joint committee was still engaged. A motion was carried that the Sen- ate take a recess till half-past two P. M. The House met at half-past ten A, M. Mr. Epperson stated that no report could pe made by his committee until three P, M. The House then adjourned. The following is the note of the committee ad- dressed to Governor Davis:— Committee Room, Austin, Jan. 15. 1374. Governor E. J. Davis :— 8in—The House of Representatives ot the Fourte: Legislaiure ose cay. Passed the followl er @ House ot Representatives the returns of the election held in December last for Gov- ernor, Lieutenant Governor and « constitutional amend- ment; theretore, be it ved, That a committee ot seven be appointed by the Speaker, whose immediate daty it shall be to arrive at and determime the results of the re- turns of said election tor Governor, Governor and constitution such sources and by such ineans most practicable by said comm shall report their action to this Aieutenant amendment — trom is deemed best and . Said commitice House at as carly a period as possible. Said committee may employ all ne- cesary clerks and messen; 4 juvoke the power of the Sergeant-at- arm: istant and other ofticers of the House the discharge ot their duties. tor persons and papers anywhere in the ‘state. pro- cesses issued by comimittee shall be directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms or Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the House ot Representatives, and shall be signed by the Chairman and at least one other member ot the said committee, and shall be executed by the Serceant-at- Arins oF aby assistant. The commuttee appointed have instructed me to ad. reas to vou this communication, and request you Chiet Execative of the State, to direct the Secretary of Btate to deliver to the er of the House of Repre- sentatives, or to this committee, the returns of election, held December 20, 1873, in accordance with « law recom: mended and in accordance with your prociamation. | In reply to the demand made by this House of Repre senta- Lives for gach returns the cretary of State refuses to eliver therm until you recoga! ie fourteenth Legis- lature. The Secretary of state being an officer of your own appointment, and amenable to your direc- tions and orders, this committee bave deemed it Your aid in’ this respect, Bat the fawo relating to this matter may be fur a rma} executed. It the views held by you, resulting from 4 late opinion of the Supreme Court,¢be correct, the deliv. of the returns cannot affect the status of yourself and others interested, while the withholding of them may tend to turther complication and may entail considerable ex. nse upon the precuring them from other Sane ye In PA ed L, 32 commitwe unts you wi 18 Teques reapect- fully: °" “D. G: BARSEISA, Chairman of Committee. Mr. Barseisa, the chairman, handed the letter to Governor Davis in person. Governor Davis rephed that he did not think that Mr. Barseisa, his committee or the body they represented were entitied to the returns; but if Mr. Barseisa would go to the Secretary's office and take them he woulda not be resisted. Whereupon Mr. Barseisa accompained the Sec- retary of State, Newcomb, to his oitice, and Mr. Newcomb pointed to a desk where, tne retaros were, and Mr. Barsetsa took them ait! asked him to seal the ends o/ tue package, which Mr. New: comb did. Mr. Newcomb declined to deliver or to allow him to find out where those relating to the constitu. tuonal amendments were, but they can easily be gotten after Governor Cooke's inauguration and ‘the appointment oi Captain George Ciark as Sec- retary of State. Below is a protest which Mr. Newcomb drew up and had witnessed by the clerks of his depart- ment:— This day, the 15th of Janu and take from thence a p: if documents purport. i toabe, stteat ayesanat aerectine ay retage™ Sera, withow sy sone ar a PL Witness—J. BE. Oldright, A. M. Cox, Frederick N. It pl iting conceded now that the inat ‘a tion will take place this evening, unless it takes too long to count the votes. Everything is work- ing smoothly, and many remarks are heard ‘nay Davis will rield ali withaus annoaition. THE MEXICAN VETERANS. Satna : Organisation of the Convention af Washington—A National Brotherhood To Be Formed—Ponsions and Admit< tance to the Seldiers’ Home Te Be Asked of Congress. WAsHInaron, Jan. 16, 1876. The delegates to the National Convention of Moxioan War Veterans, now in this otty, represent all sections of the country. At noon to-day tney Marched from their Nesdquarters to Willard’s Hatt, with banners and bands of masic, under escort of the President's Mounted Guard, a local organisa- tion, The Convention was called to order by Generat J. W. Denver, who said its objects were she prep- @ration of a memorial to Congress asting pom- | Slons to the survivors of the Mexican war, in the passage of a law simtlar to that of 1871 giving pew sions to the survivors of the War Of 1812; alsy te adopt Measures for the organization of A NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD of Mexican veterans, and for representations at the Contennta: Exposition at Pniladelphim in 1873. ‘he Convention, however, need noe de confiaed to these objects alone, Those Whe framed the ¢ were animated by & de- sire vO meet comrades from ali sections of the country, and thereby reney yociations. ‘There were some who belay A well bur were now indigent and unabie to take care or themselves. Theretore one of the objects of the Convention should be to prevatl apou Congress to pass & LAW to admit them to the soldiers’ tome, logated nese Washington, which was purchased and established with money obtained from Mexico vy the valor of Our arms, the institution now being open only t® soldiers of the reguiar army. in speaking of THR MBXICAN CAMPAIG General Denver sab Our troops attacked tre Mexicans iu theif own country and capu strongholds, opposing to them not more third or oné-fourth \s many Americans as there were Mexicans in tis Held. ‘That war continued two years without @ single reverse to our arma, and hence it was right that the surviving veteranst should meet and remind tne peopie of the conntry? that the victories were secured not for one section of our country more thun for another, bat what they did wak for our common advantage and re- nown, General Deaver wus irequeatiy interrupted by applause, A temporary organization was effected by the seiection of General Denver as Chairman and A, M. 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