The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1874, Page 9

SPAIN. Republican Rule in Barcelona—The Iron-Clad Wumancia Restored to the Navy— Insurgent Chiefs Punished. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mapa, Jan. 16, 187% ‘The intranstgentes at Barcelona have surren- dored and the authority of the government has (veen fully restored in that city. THE NUMANOTA RESTORED TO THE FLEET. The tron-clad Numancia has been delivered to a Spanish frigate, BADICALIST LEADERS SENTENCED, ‘Tho tnsurgent chieis Contreras, Ferrea and Gal- “vex have been sent to the capital of Algeria, and ‘the other Oartagenian refugees have been interned 4m the forts and barracks of Uran and Mers-el- Kebir, Cortes Confidence im Castelar. MADRID, 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 st an Election—Fire in 9 Dock Yard. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, Jan. 15, 1874, fhe Directors of the Bank of England, at their meeting to-day, fixed the minimum rate o/ discount at the bank at 334 per cent. ‘The rate for money on the Stock Exchange on government securities 1s 214 per cent. BANK RESERVE, ‘The proportion of the bank reserve to liabilities, which was last week 43:4 per cent, is now 48), per aa BULLION. The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of Engiand on balance to-day is £15,000, The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased £80,000 during the past week. BADICALIST 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. VELEGRAM 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 nas increased 21,000,000 francs during the past weck. Rentes cloeed at 58f. 47350. ROME, The Cardinal Secretary Not Seriously IL TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Roms, Jan. 15, 1874. A contradiction is given to the report that Car- -Ginal Antonelli is seriously il. SOUTH AMERICA. Provincial Rebellion Prostrated—Flight of a Rebel Commander. TELE'RAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 15, 1874, Late advices from Rio Janeiro report that the ‘Sermination of the war in Entrerios has officially deen declared. General Jordan, the leader of the rebellion, had been totally defeated and was a fugitive, His adherents had given in their submission to tho government. CUBA. Spanish Soldiers in Retreat After a Severe Battle—Heavy Losses in the Field. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, HAVANA, Jan. 15, 1874, Spanish accounts state that Colonel Esponda, ‘with 660 men, has had an engagement with the insurgents near Melones. The fighting lasted six or seven hours, and at the close Colonel Esponda Tetreated before the superior numbers of the enemy. His loss was four officers and sixteen privates ‘killed and fourteen officers and fity 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 Yoar Opening. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. . THOMAS, Jan, 9, 1874, Business here continues extremely dull, and owing to the depressed state of affairs the Christ- mas boMdays passed off in an unusually quiet manner. WEATHER REPORT. se ‘War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuincron, D, ©., Jan. 16—1 A. M. Probabitines, For New England generally clear and cold weather will prevail, with fresh and brisk north- weaterly to southwesterly winds, Fos THE MIDDLE ATLANTIO STATES AND THENCE SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE EASTERN GULF Coast CONTINUED COLD AND CLEAR WEATHER, WITH NORTHERLY AND WESTERLY WINDS. For Alabama and thence westward to Texas, Northerty to easterly winds, with low tempera- ture, threatening weather and possibly areas of rain or snow. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, cold and Clear weather, with northerly winds during the greater portion of the day, followed by cloudy weather, falling barometer and slightly rising temperatare. For the lower lake region and thence eastward to Wew Brunswick, continued cold and partly cloudy weather with areas of snow. For the upper lake region and the Northwest, falling barometer, slightly rising temperature, fresh and brisk easterly to southerly winds and areas of snow near Lake Superior and in the Upper Missiasippi 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 yoar, as indicated by the thermometer at Had- ous Pharmacy, Heratp Building :— verage temperature yesterday... - Ii oats teuperature for corresponding date SAMO ea ee renee senenececgtanrcnnteceee ne Orst of his series of French readings to-night at the Union League Rooms, The selection of subjects is such as will no 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 rdle 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. She had been upon the provinctal stage for some four or five years when she accepted the New York engagement, Harsh criticism om the occasion of a benefit would be considered rather uncalled for, and tt 16 not necessary, therefore, to say anything particu- larly unkind of a dull little piece of light comedy by Mr. Wybert Reeve, calied “I Love You,’ which served asa lever du rideau at Niblo’s yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of Mr. Zimmerman’s benefit. The rest of the performance was, in uo wise heavy, consisting ag it did of “His Last Lega,” with Mr, Eddy as O'Callaghan, and a variety per- formance of more than average sprightliness. The spectators present manifested delight, and the benefloiary 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 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, The pantomime was resumed and completed, Mr. J. B. Booth has received the following letter concerning the new piece, “La Femme de Feu,’’, produced at Booth’s Theatre: FIrTH AVENUE HorgL, Jan, 14, 1874. Mr. Boorn, Manager, &c. :— Deak Sik—I can’t understand the raid that some of rita ee papers are making on “La Femme de Feu.” Ican’t see in what respect it is of more questionable ir than are those so much admired plays which belong to the same French family, but which some of the journals that uc- nounce you have warmly applauded and yet ap- plaud. ‘the HsRALD has the merit of consistency in this attack, because that sheet has mainly con- demned all ot this sort oi thing as a poor substi- tate for the highest art. But such has not been the course of the metropolitan pregs in general, Now if the spiris of ‘Traviata’ be endurabie; if “Bast Lynne” elopements and “Lady Audiey” mur- ders and bigamies are tolerable ; if the screen scene in “The School for Scandal” is polished and spicy ; it the husband in ‘Led Asiray” can, witu critical ap- robation, bring @ bawd inte his wile’s boudoir; if irs. Haller can win tears, sympathy aud applause because she ® oontrite though debauched woman, Mat shall Not the story of “La Femme de Feu’! be told? Diane Barrard 18 not an unchaste woman. She poisons an old husband for the guilty Jove which she bears to a young man whom she afterwards marries, and that is the upshot of ber crime. She is punished for it by the contempt and coldness of her young husband, by a lite of misery and by a horrid death, If Lbad read tue papers alluded to before I saw the play (I attended it on Monday night) I should have expected, perhaps, to see an almost nude woman bathing 10 @ phosphorescent sea; to have beheld a wreten living with two paramours, viz., her lover durtog ber 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 her heart is concerned) true to her Marriage vows, guilty of no act of har- lotry, but the victim of an absorbing love, which fuspired a homicide that sue did not really premed- wate. Isend you this, my dear air, a8 a deserved word of sympathy trom one who, while he loves Shake- speare, is, Devertweless, not wey at war with the portraiture of such passions as his mighty pen palates though saeh be attempted by weaker ands. “La Kemme de Feu" ts not so bad as Lady Macbeth. The one assassinates (really) her guest and her king, and converts her husband froma loyal soldier sud) gat sat a traitor, murderer and tyrant, to ara $8 amberrom. sthar id nan's deyo, vut she pleads truly preted sae And ooth wretches meet the same ‘ours, truly, E. L—t, THE FRENCH CARNIVAL. ot As few people carried prayer books to the Academy of Music last night thete is little need to dilate upon the decline of religion. In other words, a8 the occasion was s(t apart for the special purpose of enjoyment, ani that of a charac- ter which abounds in attractivetess, there ts noth- ing leit but to chronicle the event as it occurred, and in truth a merrier par never thronged the great bnilding than that which at- tended tne ninth annual fancy dress ball of the ercle Frangais de 1’ Harmonie.” Favored by all the racy elements that go to make & masquerade agreeable—tor, wanting a certuin amount of refined spice, it becomes a bore—the entertainment last night, in point of numbers, humor, completeness of detail and general hilarity, by far surpassed any previous effort of the society. Everybody who goes to a masked ball has his own expectations, and in speaking of the success of such amusements it must be borne in mind that a great deal depends upon the pleasure which each individual derives from the surroundings. Considering, then, that no feature was wanting to contribute to the de- lights of those who attended either from motives of curiosity or to participate in tne fun, it may be inferred that the*afair afforded general satisfac- tion. Excellent rules, kindly, though firmly, en- forced, had the much desired effect of preserving that decorum without which the ball would have been worse than a failure. And it would seem that the Committee of Arrangements had determined to do their utmost to please the pa- trons of the society in providing extra novelties tor the occasion. The Americans are a hard worked people, and one of their unique pleasures on visit- 1ng the Old World ts to find that one can dance, sing and be wildly entousiastic, simply giving free- dow te the sweet and strong feelings which the human soul possesses, and which must somehow find a vent. Masquerades in New York reproduce much that 1 tascinating in Europe during carnival times. Many of our social usages bear an unmistakable French tinge, and if we, amid wintry shows, can, during the short inter- vais which business people can spare, almost rival the efforts, not of artists alone, but of populations trained from childhood to tastes which carry with them the odor of inspiration, there is much to be thankful for. The “Cercle Frangais de l’Harmonie’’ did wonders last night. It was generally under- stood that no effort would be spared to render the bali as acceptable as any affair of the kind could be made. The programme embraced quite a variety of events, among them being an excellent chor which, accompanied by a orchestra, open the proceedings with selections from well known boufes, the masqueraders joining in the pro- cession, which was exceeding! resist tau. picturesque. n followed new quadrilies, with choruses entitled "ia Fille de Madame .”” A noticeable feature was the Huntsmen’s Quadrille, with huntin horns and trumpets, producing an admirable effec! At no previous entertainment of the society nas such a variety of costumes been display and those, too, of & kind as cortly as they were hand- some and appropriate. It would be a superhuman task to descr @ tithe of the cl cers personated, Suffice it, that from Darwin’s monkey to the Shah of Persia representa- tives were found, who left nothing undone to make themselves ami and Idiotic. And now in approaching the delicate topic of the ladies, it may be said in tair- ness that they appeared in strong force; that they were fascinating to an alarming degree and entered into the spirit of the occasion with all the zest and activity that the most ardent ad- mirer of the Mabile could desire, A suitable pro- gramme of Co was arranged and well carried out. Among some Of the artists who took part in the entertainment were the Majilton family, the Zig- zags and the Raynor family, whose periormances were heartily enjoyed. Ali ther the society did its work well, At midnight the ball was in full swing, and there was then every prospect that the merry multitude would continue in a testive mood till “focund day stood tiptoe on the misty mountain top.’? BOND BUBGLARS IN HOBOKEN. Late on Wednesday night, two burglars, armed with revolvers and well provided with tools, were captured by the Weehawken police while attempt- ing to break into the residence of Captain Sales, near the schoolhouse. The thieves were com- mitted for trial, A nig 3 bends ap sett) berate 13 aw street, Hoboken, ves! atl le coat Hild anda Western Pacific Hatiroad, bon No. Rin, Of the denomination of $1,000, ‘payable to Byaene Kelly of hearer, 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- Gay with regard to the Chief Justiceship, It was asserted that the position would be ten- dered to Jndge 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, which was fast becoming a supject 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 @bility, 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 Mrst, 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 tJowa, 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 of 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 tbe personal good feeling of the President to Conkling he has been worried and annoyed beyond measure at the manner in which his nominations of Williams and Cushing have been treated by the Senate. He began to think that he could make none to suit them, and finally thought that the best mode of ending the vexed question was to 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 belleved that he has done so for the purpose of making arrange- ments as to the selection of his successor in the Senate, Withthe 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 Bilack—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. Cushing induced Dim to call this mourning to express his regret over the loss of so able a jurist at the head of the Supreme Bench. Mr. Cushing, while fully appreciating the honor conferred upon him by the Presideat, un- asked, as it was, in his nomination as Cnie! Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has no feeling in the matter of the withdrawal of his nomination irom the Senate, except in the manifest injustice done him in the construction placed upon his letters written at the beginning of the way. 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 nad been for years. Mr. Cushing seys 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, but for the preservation of the Union. Mr. Cushing keeps copies of all his letters and notes. These, unfortapately, were at Newburyport, and he can- not recall exactly in what part of his papers they are, nor did he have time or an opportunity to refute the misconstruction placed upon the letter iy question. The manner in which the Jefferson Davis letter came to light, it appears, was ag 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 this letter, and looking it up had a copy made, which he sent to the Secretary of War, who in turn forwarded it to the President. 1t appears that Sergeant heard of this letter and secured a copy of 1t, The application of it 1s certainly no honor to the Senate, if the rules which usually govern gen- tlemen 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 fuifil- ment of the Spanish mission Mr. Cushing will re- sign, South and Bast—Abuses of Contracts in the Post Office Department. In the Senate to-day Mr. Ramsey, from the Com- mittee on Post UMices, 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 traMc. 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 Ofice Department and the Joose manner of making contracts for the carrying of the mails. He said the Senate would be called on to make good for the year 1875 $7,000,000 addi- tional expense, as the expenditares were tobe $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- nil with ® roar, be is going to ask for nearly $7,000,000. He reprehended the practice which heretofore obtained in framing bills, andsaid that im she seenems “orvdition of the oublic sar. vice ft is not wot! to-ask Yegisiation by merely con- suiting Senators. Hamlin <pllowed, and, after & series Of severe oriticioms, Ro said there was & looseness in framing bille which Was inexcusable. There should be greater sezutimg, be added, to Protect the Post Oifice Departmemtifrom he enor mous demands made upon tt, Mr. Fenton insro- duced a bill for the investigation of*yeliow fevéx matters by marine hospital surgeons. ‘The regular business then came up onthe anan- cial discussion. Morton, in # caustic manner, proceeded to reply to Schurs’s sirto- tures and theories of yesterday, and went over the case pretty roughly, handling Schurz’s book nonsense, and saying that he looked at the question from a practical standpoint and at things as he found them. ‘Some, he said, would descend 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, waich, in the decree of progress, had excelled im the 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- vancing a8 4 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 specio payments without contraction or inflation. He maintained that the government was not a capi- talist and should maintaim 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 a sharp retort upon Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, saying that ne did not have nalf enough money himselj, but he would not come to Congress to get a 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 he had failed. Mr. Schurz then roge 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. Mesars, 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- debtedneas as being of two kinds, one of bonds and one of legal tender notes. Although he did not speak long, whathe said was to the point and waa in favor of free banking and hard money. And thus the solution of the problem goes on day by day, as Mr, Sherman, chair- mavf of the Finance Committee, desires it should, so that the aggregate sentiment of the best minds in the Senate may be obtained to direct the committee in framing a@ bill to provide for the resumption of specie pay- ments, Mr. Sherman gave notice to-day that he would make some remarks bejore the vote was taken, and it isexpected that Fenton, who is well posted on finance, will make an able speech, which also may be expected of Boutwell, who is regarded agsuch an excellent authority and to tave 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 Judiciary Committee. Every effort will be made by the triends 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 it will never do to impeach the pliant tool of the adminis- tration in tne 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 be 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 Appropriation Bill in the House and the Hypoeritical Ciaptrap of Economy. The Naval Appropriation bill passed the House to-day in a 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 1859. The heavy fire of the opposition is supposed to have been drawn on this bill, 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 a8 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 ia too large, is not often presented in a body where tht supporters of tne administration have a two-thirds majority. Itis farther proposed to cut down the expenses of the Marine Corps when the bill reaches the Senate. This branch of the havy is regarded as a barnacle on the hall of the navy and can be dispensed with in part without injury to its eMciency. During the debate to-day Mr. Cox, of New York, alluded 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 Virgintus 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 im 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 feec of water. ‘The 1ron-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 formidabie 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 # absurd to sup- pose that the English naval authorities would build vessels incapabie of crosaing 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 fully 62 feet, while their length between the perpendiculars is only 286 feet. Redemption of the Loan of 1858. Up to this aate $9,488,000 of the loan of June 14, 1858, have been redeemed and ¢:xchanged for bonds of the funded loan of 1881. Tie amount exchanged {a CAB0R.000 20d the amowat nadeomod £4. 28f.000, TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALO. BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 1874. ‘The steamship China, from Hong Koug and Yoko- hama, 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 wend by the steamship China, from Yokohama, are to (ue 8th of December. FOREIGN DIPLOMACY AND 7B OUTWARD STATE RE- LATIONS OF THX 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 Marla Luz cage will not come up for discussion until a year hence, when other agents will be despatched in the interest of Japan. Hanabusa’s rank is that of First Secretary of Le- gation. Tne 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- cta, 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 shail have released and gent back every coolie now held there, and also Pledged itself to discontinue coolie imporiatious in the future. Considerable discontent is expressed in Japanese official 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 BRPORT. P, M. Watson, Esy., formerly british Charg6é d@ataires, 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 TEEATIAS, Considerable speculation has arisen among for- eigners 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 @ promise that the whole Empire should be thrown open to foreigners, This was met bya proposal that the foreign governments should sur- render the privilege of exterritorial jurisdiction. It was @eclared 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 cted nor altogether desired. ‘nus the advantage will be fora while on the side of the Japanese. EXTMRRITORIAL Ese arora is now the only important subject tor debate. The fureign Ministers are all instructed to en- force its continuance, notwithstanding the fict that the British government, after consideration, has unqualifiedly condemned the principles of ex- territorial jurisdiction in the case of China. TEXAS, The Election Returms in the Hands of the Fourteenth Legislaturc—Probable Peacefal Solution of the Difficulty and Inauguration of the Democratic Ex- ecutive. GaLvgEsTon, 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 stillengaged. 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 Dav! Committee Room, Austin, Jan. 15. 1874. Governor E. J. Davis:— Sin—The House of Representatives ot the Fourteenth Legisiaiure yesterday passed the following resolution :- Whereas the secretary of State has refused to deliver to the Speaker of the House of Representatives the returns of the election heid in December last tor Gov- THE MEXICAN VETERANS. Orgenmization of the Convention af Washington—A National Brotherhooa To Be Formed—Po: Admit« tance to the Soldiers’ Home To Be Asked of Congress. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1874, The delegates to the National Convention of Moxioan War Veterans, now in this city, represent all sections of the country. At noon to-day they marched from their Neadquarters to Willard’s Hatt, with banners and bands of masic, under escort of the President's Mounted Guard, a local organiza. tion, The Convention was called to order by Generat J. W. Denver, who said its objects were the prep- @ration of a memorial to Congress asking pom- sions to the survivors of the Mexican war, in the passage of a law similar to that of 1371 giving pom sions to the survivors of the war Of 1812; aly te adopt measures for the organization of 4 NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD of Mexican veterans, and for representations at the Coutennta: Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. The Convention, however, need n06 be confined to ti objects alone, Those whe framed the call wore auimated’ by @ de- sire vo meet comrades from ali sections of the country, and thereby renow old agnociations. There were some who beli vii but were now indigent and unabie to themselves. Thereiore one of the ob; Convention should be to prevatl upon Congress to pani & law to admit them to the soldiers’ Home, jogated near 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 reguiarurmy. In speaking of TUK MBX CAMPAIGN General Denver sald Our troops attacked te Mexicans iu theif own uutry and captured that strongholds, opposing to them not more tua one third or one-fourth «sm: Americans as tht were Mexicans in ti) ‘That war contin two years without a sine reverse to our arm: and hence it Was ria that the surviving veterans should meet and remind tne peopie of the country’ that the victories were secured not for one section of oar country more thun for another, bat what they did wa’ 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. Kennedy as Secretary. Committees were ap- pointed ou credentiais and permauent organisa ion, THE ORATION OF TO-DAY. 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Rauchfuas Practical Wig and Toupee maker, No. 4 East Twelfth streot, near Broadway. ernor, Lieutenant Governor and a constitutional amend- ment; theretore, be Resolved, That, a committee ot seven be appointed by the Speaker, whose immediate daty it shall be to arrive at and determine the results of the re- turns of said election tor Governor, Lieutenant constitutional amendment Shall report. thei? action to this Houge at as early a period an posible, Suié committee may” employ all ne Petaary clerks and messengers, and thay iovoke. th power of the Sergeant-at-arms and his assistant aoa oot ot ice committee shall ba ir duties. e © ve foe pet rs anywhere in the state, cesses y rgeant-at-Arms or Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of Howe of Representatives, and shall be signed. by Chairman and at least one other member ot the said committee, and shall be executed by the Sereeant-at- ‘assistant Atihe committee appointed have instructed me to ad- Gress to vou this communication, and request you as Chiet Executive of the State, to direct the Secretary of State to deliver to the Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives, or to this comu the returns of election, held December 20, 1873, in accordance with a law recoim- mended and in accordance with your proclamation. In reply to the demand made by this House of Representa- lives for such returns the Secretary of, State refuses to deliver them until you recognize the fourteenth Legis- lature. The Secretary ot state being an officer of your own appointment, and amen: to your direc. tions and orders, this committee have deemed it roper to invoke your aid in this respect, so Prat the laws relating to this matter may be further fully executed. It the views held by you, resulting trom the late opinion of the Supreme Court,(be correct, the deliv. ery of the returns cannot affect the status of yourself and others inte ‘while the withholding of them may tend to farther complication and may entail considerable 6x pense wu State in procuring them trom other Sourcen. In view of all circumstances the committee truma you will comply with this request. Yours respect. fully, D. U. BARSEIBA, Chairman of Commitwe. Mr. Barseisa, the chairman, handed the letter to Governor Davis in person. Governor Davis rephed that he did not think that Mr. Barsetsa, his committee or tne body tney represented were entitied to the returns; but if Mr. Barseisa would go to the Secretary's ofMce and take them he would not be resisted. Whereupon Mr. Barseisa accompained the Sec- retary of State, Newcomb, to his office, and Mr. Newcomb pointed to a desk where, tne retarns were, and Mr. Barseisa took them arti 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. tional amendments were, but they can easily be gotten after Governor Cooke’s inauguration and the appointment of Captain George Clark as Sec retary of State. i Below is a protest which Mr. Newcomb drew up and had witnessed by the cierks of his depart ment:— rr T , the 15th of January, D. U. 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