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The Town of Jibara Captured by the Insurgents. A FIERCE ASSAULT AND BRAVE DEFENCE, The Spaniards Surrender—Heavy Losses on Both Sides. Havana, Jan. 81, 1875, The local mewspaper of Santi Espiritu, in the Cinco Villas district, bas the following reports—} ; THE ASSAULT. The insurgents, commanded by Gomes and Sanquill, attackea the settlement of Jibsra at four o'clock on the morning of the 20th inst, The assault was made at four different pointe. ‘The rebels attacked the fort, machete in hand, The besieged defended themselves heroically Dut the enemy’s numbers were too great. THE GARRISON SURRENDERS TO THE BEBELS, ‘The garrison having exhausted their ammuni- tion, and being reduced to ten effective men, surrendered to the insurgents. The latter re- epected the lives of those who surrendered. The fort and ali its contents were destroyed and many Rouses were burned, THE LOSSES. Our (Spanish) losses were considerable in pro- Portion tothe numbers engaged; but we cannot give particulars, as we are witnout exact aetails, Eye-witnesses say the losses of the rebels were beavier. This we believe, considering the perti- Dacity of the attack and the obstinacy of the de. sence. BEINFORCEMENTS WORKING ON THE FIELD. When the news became known bere troops were Immediately sent out to pick up the wounded and Feconstruct the .defences and vulidings of the town, THE SEAPORT TOWN JIBARA. The town of Jibara—or Gibara—which bas been eaptured from the Spaniards by the Cuban insur- gents, is 8 port of the island, situated onan eminence on the north coast of'the territory. It Ues 100 miles east of Puerto Principe. THE VIRGINIUS CASE. Cuban Exposition of the Spanish Relations with the United States. A Money Indemnity Claimed for “Ex-Citizens” of America. How “Impertinent Controversies” May Be Ended. Havana, Jan, 81, 1875. The Diarto de la Marina has a leading editorial on the pending questions between Spain and the United States. 1¢ asks wrat they sre, and an- swers that the Virginius question consists of a Claim for money indemnity made on account of ex-citizens of the United States executed at Bantiago de Caba alter trial and sentence py the proper tribunal. THE SPANISH ARGUMENT. Iv continues:—“We call them ex-cttizens be- cause we Deliove they forfeited their citizenship and were no longer entitled to the protection of a government. They manned s snip without a fag or nationsiity, employed in the transportation of rebel adventurers to the shores of Bation iriendly to the United States. Nor fo we think England had good ground for her reclamations on Spain. But she is ina detter situation than the United states, because she pirates who came to fight us in Cuba did not pretend to sail under her colors. Spain has faith- fully complied with the treaty made st Washing. ton last year, shameful as it was, and the United Btates must make their reclamations in ac- cordance with its provisions. It is stipulated that when the parties thereto disagree. the points in dispute shall be submitted to arbitration. IMPERTINENT CONTROVERSIES. This is the best thing which cun now be done in order to put & stop at once to impertinent con- troverstes. : SPANISH NEGOTIATIONS FOR PAYMENT OF PER- SONAL INDEMNITIES. . MADRID, Jan. 31, 1875. The EZpooa says cordial communications between Mr. Cushing, the Envoy of the United States, and Sefior Castro, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have resulted in an understanding in regard to the in- dempity payable to the families of the crew of the Virginius, SPAIN. ROYALIST MEASURES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PUBLIC PRESS. MapbrID, Jan. 31, 1875. Decrees have been issved permitting the press to discuss the acts of the Ministry, forbidding attacks on’ royalty and religion and probibiting the publication of intelligence which may be terviceabie to the Carlists. Newspapers which nave been visited with the penalty of suspension three times shall be wholly suppressed for a fourth offence. DON CARLOS’ DUTY OF ALLEGIANCE. It 1s stated on authority that ex-Queen Isabella holds an acknowledgment of allegiance from the lather of Don Carlos, written ia 1864, GERMANY AND SPAIN. Wiitlibaa 4 SAN SEBASTIAN, Jan. 31, 1875. ‘The captain and crew of the Gustav have been released by the Varlists, The German war steamer Augusta has arrived here, RANCE, @ARLIAMENTARY INDICATION OF A GOMING RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC. Panis, J 81, 1875, The Assembly yesterday passed the amendment proposed by M. Wallon to the Ventavon Constitu- Uonai Bill by a vote of 353 yeas to 352 nays. ‘The amendment declares that “the President of the Republic shall be elected by a majority of tne’ | Senate and Chamber of Deputies in Congress as- semdled; that the Presidential term shail ve seven years, and the President can ve re-elected,” ‘The Left is now striving to obtain a favorable vote on the entire Constitutional bill in order to feiain the advantage derived irom this indirect recognition of the Repubite. MONTENEGRG, Gilani : VIENNA, dan, 31, 1875. The Hospodar ef Montenegro withdrawn all bis Comonds on Turkeys NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE WAR IN CUBA. |A FIELD FOR MISSIONARIES. ‘Wholesale Massacre by Pacific Islanders. Sad Narrative of the Survivor of a Whaling Crew. San FRawcrsco, Jan, 81, 1875, By steamship st this port irom Sydney, Austra- Ma, we are informea, under date of Decemper 23, that the bark Wolverine bad arrived at Hobart Town from Bird Isiand, having on board Mr, Rhodes, second officer of the brig James Birnie, ‘who was transferred from the American whaler Benjamin Cummings, 4 THRILLING REPORT. A Mr. Bhodes reports the orig sailed from Sydney im May last bound on @ cruise, She reached and fished at Howe's Island; afterward near the Bolo- mon group sent out boats for deche-de-mer, the friendly demeanor of the natives disarming all suspicion, A SUDDEN AND DEADLY ASSAULT. The crew of the brig separated, or ratber were divided into three parties, the Captain command. ing one, Mr. Rhodes the second and a seaman named Davis che third, Mr. Rhodes, who had supplied the leading chief with tovacco, &c,, was suddenly set upon and clubbed from behind, but tne rest of the party, Who were in a hut, came to bis assistance, attacking tne natives and re- pulsing them. He gained the boat and made for the brig, whioh had been kept in charge of the chief officer. A TIMELY RETREAT. On reaching the vessel he sound the natives in force about her, when he @t once made off, the natives in their canoes giving chase, and suc, ceeded tn reaching the Solomon group, where he was picked up by the whaler. Nr. Rhodes believes that the three parties were simultaneously at- tacked and the vessel seized, and he considers himself tne sole white survivor. Six natives, who formed his party, remained faithiul to him and escaped, Of these, five are now on board the whaler, and one died. HAWAIL. THE MAUNA-LOA VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. San FRaNcIsco, Jan. 81, 1875. A letter from Waimea, Hawaii, dated sanuary 11, says new eruptions, or perhaps a renewai of old ones, had broken out on the summit of Mauna- Loa. ig AUSTRALASIA. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 1875, The steamer Cyphrenes, which arrived yuster- day, brings dates from Sydney December 23, Auckland December 80, and Honolulu January 20, She brings the following news from AUSTRALIA. The demand for labor, skilled or unskilled, is daily increasing, the rate of immigration veing quite disproportionate to the requirements, TERRITORIAL CONSOLIDATION. On December 15 the annexation of Fiji to the British Empire was celebrated in Sydney by a public banquet to His Eacellency the Governor, as the representative of the Crown in the negotia- tions with Cacoball, ex-King, who with his two sons and Commodore Goodenough and others, were also guests. LSICKHABDT’S FATE, The fate of the explorer Leickbardt appears des- tined to remain enveloped in mystery, as Hume, who was supposed tqhave discovered in Central Austraha traces of the ill-fated expedition, per- ished-of thirst on the northwest portion of the settled districts, while leading a small party to where he had professedly found traces of the lost explorers, BAILWAY EXTENSION. Kailway extension is being pusbed forward ss rapidly as circumstances will permit, The ‘first 80d of the line to Orange was turned last week; that to Wagga is progressing favorably. A trial survey of the projected lines 1s also being made. THE AMERICAN FLAG ABROAD. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.] Loxpor, Jan. 31, 1875. The United States steamer Powhatan has arrived at Lisbon from Norfolk, Va. THE FRANKLIN IN THE TAGUS. -LrsBon, Jan, 81, 1875. The United States steamer Frankiio, flagship of the European squadron, has arrived in the Tagus, : THE GUNBOAT FORTUNE AT KINGSTON, JAMATCA. K1nestow, Jamaica, Jan. 25, 1875. The United States gunboat Fortune is here at present from Colon en route: to the United States, THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. AMERICAN ASTRONOMERS ALONE SUCCESSFUL IN NEW ZEALAND—OBSERVATIONS ELSEWHERE. San Francisco, Jan, 80, 1875. Drs. Peters and Harkness, of the American ex- pedition, were the only successiu!l observers of the transit of Venus in New Zealand. The observations at Hobarttown and Cambell- town, Tasmania, were obstructed by clouds and the first part of the transit was lost. The German party at the Auckland Islands had & successiu! observation. THE OBSERVATIONS IN AUSTRALASIA. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 31, 1875, By steamsbip at this port from Australia yeater- day the following report has been received under date of Syaney, December 23:—“in observing vhe transit of Venus the astronomers in New South Wales have been more tavored | than their scientific brethren in tne adjacent colo- nies, December 9 was perfectly cloudless at Syd- ney and st Woodford, Gouldbury aud at Mount Victoria (temporary stations). Every phase of the transit was jully observed, photographed and re- corded.” ! Cloudy weather prevented complete observa tions in Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand. ENGLAND. SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN LABOB AND CAPITAL, Lonpow, Jan, 81, 1875. The lockout in the coal mines of South Wales has commenced and 120,000 miners are idle. The shipwrights of Newcastie-on-Tyne, to the Lumber of 6,000, have struck. ENGLISH AQUATICS. THE DAY FOR THE UNIVERSITIES’ BOAT RACE. LONDON, Jan. 31, 1875, The 20th of March is the day appointed for the Annual university boat race. THE HUALAPAN INDIANS, THEIR IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIZED LABOR. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 1875. The following is an extract trom an official letter written by Captain Byrne, United States Army, commanding Post La Paz, Arizona Territory :— Drcemmen 17, 1874, Since my last report, dated Oct ober 23, 1874, 1 have the Wonor to state the H an Indians have been aoing very well. ‘they have cheerfully and promptly filled the hay contract, delivering some da: 8 Much as 60K pounds of which they carried on their bi dis tance of nearly twenty miles. As they were paid tor the hay as delivered, itexctted great emulation amongthe bands. Of the money so obtained part was expended tn clowning but the greater portion has been hoardaed tor the purchase of horses. I procured a number of good ry low rate some time sin: REGSSeGsOd kee Sulaber more Wich ae oak ar bee i » Which are on tneir WASHINGTON. Results of the Arkansas and Louisiana Investigations, HIS EXCELLENCY’S WILL AND PLEASURE. The Compromise Rule Proposed by the Re- publicans in the- House, THE NEXT SPEAKER. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WaAsnINaton, Jan, 81, 1875, PROPOSAL OF ANOTHER NEW RULE TO FACILI- TATE BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE—ITS PRO- VISIONS TO BE PERMANENT. To-morrow an attempt will be made to change the rules of the House, a new. rule having been agreed upon by the Committee on Rules. This is to be to the effect that when « question is before the House only two dilatory motions shall be al- lowed—one 4 motiou to adjourn, the other to agjourn to a certain day; out the bill shall not go Lo a third reading or toa final vote on the same day on which it is introduced, except by the cone Bent of three-fourths of the members. This rule, however, is not to apply to any bill or measure Watch gives the money or credit of the government, except to the regular appropriation bills, which, being always considered in Com- mittee of the Whole, are always subject to debate. Ifthe bearings of this rule are understood it Will probably get the eonsent of botn sides ot the House. It is very differenc from the repeal pro- posed last Monday, because that was a special measure, openly intended to apply only dar ing the present session and leaving the door open to jobs of all kinds. Tbe new rule now pro- posed is to be permanent and expressly excindes all appropriations of money from its advantages and leaves them subject to dlibustering opposi- tion if this is in any case necessary, as it 1s gener- ally acknowledged to be sometimes, A job tacked on an appropriation bill in the Senate would have to undergo a scrutiny in Commiitee of the Whole, where it could be debated at iength. 4 DISAGREEABLE MUDDLE IN THE sENATE— PINCHBACK LIKELY TO BE AGAIN SNUBRED— HIS EXCELLENCY OPPOSED TO HIS AD! 48 SENATOR, bs Meantime matters are not as lovely as they might be in the Senate. The Senate caucus is be~ Neved to have determined that, though the Kellogg government shall be recognized, Pinchback shall be refused his seat. His Excellency the President 18 known to be greatly opposed to the admission of Pinchback, and has, it is said, expressed nis opposition to his own adherents. Many republican Senators are also adverse to bis admis- sion.’ It is possible that the Committee on Elections may report in his favor, but even ig they do not it 1s not now probable that the Sem ate willseat him. But Pinchback is an enterpris, ing person, not eastiy put down, and he threatens that if he 1s not seated this wee« he will go down +o Louisiana and fling all his forces on the side of the conservatives. Hecven tnreatens to make matters hot for Kellogg and to cause nisand An- tolhe’s impeachment and removal, and there is no doubt that he is capable of making a desperate fight and of pulling others aown with himself. THE DELAY OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARKANSAS AFFAIRS—ADMINISTRATION IN- TRIGUES TO INFLUENCE IT—HOPE THAT Goy- ERNOR GARLAND WILL BE SUSTAINED, The long deliberations of the Committee on Arkansas Affairs have excited the uneasiness of the administration men, who hoped for a speedier report and will be bitterly disappointed is the Garland government ts not upset. Thecommittee consists of Messrs. Poland, Ward and Scudder, Tepublicans, aod Saylor and Sloss, democrats, They are all lawyers and men of character not easily managed, and not likely to make a mere partisan report. There is no doubt that the administration is determined, rf it is any Way possible, to overthrow the present Arkansas government, and it 1s quite possible that a strong pressure will be brought to bear on the com- mittee to make & report which will afford excuse for this outrage. it was supposed that the committee would haye reported last week, but their long delay gives ground to hope that they will resist the pressure and sustain the present government. It they do this the Presi- dent and the administration partisans will re- ceive severe blow to all théir plans. ‘The com- mittee nave kept their deliberations and purposes & profound secret. It ts believed, however, that the majority are not at this time inclined to dis- turb or disposses the Garland govenment. Tne report will probably be agreed upon by next Thursday. It is probable thas there will also bea minority report, THE COMING LOUISIANA BEPORT—THE SUB-COM- MITTEE'S CONCLUSIONS SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE—KELLOGG’S FICTITIOUS SUPPORTS CRUMBLING TO PIECES. The proceedings of the Louisiana Committee, published in the papers, are read with great in- terest. 1tis taken for granted that the commit- tee, on the evidence they have neard, must report taat the work of the Returning Board was a fraud, which was the finding of the sub-com- mittee, but if they do this, and if, as seems probable now, they shall also have to report that the last election ‘Was fairand without intimidation, then tt would seem that all pretence ofarmed interference by the President to prevent the assembling of the legiti- mate Legislature of the State will be gone, and with such @ report besore His Excellency, General Grant, people here do not hesitate to say that his further efforts to prevent or obstruct the meeting of the lawfully elected Legislature will be revolu- tionary. The real situation to-day in Louisiana is that His Excellency, by the power of Jederal troops, prevents the assembling of the State Legislavure, which, according to a report of & Congressional Committee, duly accepted and presented to the House, was fairly and openly elected, and in the Lower House, of which the | conservatives have rightly, according to the re- | port, twenty-nine majority; this in a State where no one pretends that civil war or unugual dis- order threatening to society now prevails. If Andrew Johnson had done fora day even what His Excellency General Grant bas been doing for Dearly a month, he would have deen impeached and summarily removed. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. a WASHINGTON, Jan, 31, 1875, WHAT THE DEADLOCK IN THE HOUSE DEVEI- OPED 4S TO THE NEXT SPEAKERSHIP—THE CHANCES OF RANDALZ, CLYMEB, BECK AND ELDREDGE, The protracted filibystering fight having ended, the democratic members of the House are now wrangling over the point as to who 1s entitled to the most honor. The leadership ts accorded to Sam Randall, of Pennsylvania, who has not heretofore been regarded as a formidable candi. date for tue Speakership of the next House, now conceded that he has shown more readiness and ability a8 @ parhamentarian than any of the aspirants for the position who are members of the present House, and M. ©. Kerr, of Indtana, Con- gressman elect, who has been prominently named for the position of Speaker of the next House, and who was present during the fight, said that he could not withhold his unqualifea apppobation of the manner in which Mr. Randall managed the democratic side. The objection heretofore made against Mr. Ra! dail, that he is a protectionist, tt ts claimed, has no longer Jorce, inasmuch as tt 1s nota matter of policy, but necessity, that the government itis | shall nave increased revenues, Mr. Randall ssys that his policy would be one of retrenchment a'd economy, and after that judiciously to consider what taxes could be imposed without cre ating embarrassment to business. Next to Mr. Randall, Beister Clymer, Mr. Beck and Mr. Eldridge receive the greatest praise from their colleagues, and also from their political oppenents for the fair and gentiemaniy spirit in which they participated in the protracted session. THE ‘LITTLE TARIFF BILL” CRITICISED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, The “Littie Tarif bill” has been returned to His Excellency by tne Secretary of the Treasury. It 1s understood that the recommenastion of the Treasury Department is that it ought not to be signed, if there is to be further legislation on the customs revenue, The largest wimete made of increased revenue under the “Lattle Tarif Bull” 1s $1,500,000 per anifum, while the confusion which it will occasion in the way of drawbacks and protests suggests that it should not be made a law. WHAT I8 YET TO BE ENDUBED FOR POOR LOUISIANA'S SAKE, Senators Sargeant, Stephenson, Ransom and MoCreery mean yet to speak on the Louisiana question. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, WASHINGTON, Jan, 30, 1875. ISSUES OF ORDNANCE TO THE VOLUNTEER TROOPS DURING THE WAR—THE STATES AND TERBI- ‘TOBIES TO BE RELIEVED OF THE COST. The records of the Ordnance Department show that ordnance and ordnance stores, valued as {ol- lows, were issued to the following States and Ter- ritories between January 1, 1861, and April 9, 1865, ‘viz. — New Hampshire. 608 New Yor! PS rian Oregon Pennsylvania, Rhode Island... % Tennessee... 8, Vermont......... 642,608 Wisconsin....... 10.586 Arizona Terriv’y, 1,982 7,294 Dakota Territ’y, 10,022 595 New MexicoTer, 45,251 District 01 Cola, 1,979 It is further shown, from the annual report of the Chief of Ordnance for the year 1871, that these issues, which were made during the war, were mace for the maintenance of the government and the preservation of the Unton, and should have been charged, as arms and other stores issued to volunteers, to the United States, and not to the States, The Senate Committee on Military Affairs, to whom various bil's have been referred for the relief of the above named States on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued to them during the late war, have reported that the relief asked for should be granted, and accordingly re- porta bill for that purpose. DISCOVERY OF A NEW PLANET. The Smithsonian Institution has received an ocean telegram announcing the discovery of a new planet at Berlin, in right ascension 23 dez., decit- nation 18 deg. and 26 min. north, of the twelfth magnitude. 4 BOOK OF ROYAL SCANDAL. 4 COPY OF THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE Iv, OF ENGLAND FOUND IN LOUISVILLE—THE REWARD FOR ITS SUPPRESSION—AMOROUS RO- MANCES OF THE FESTIVE MONARCH. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 31, 1875, The book for which £1,000 in gold have been of- fered by Mr. G. Galbourne, of London, and stated in a circular extensively distributed by him to re- late toa member or the royal family of England, against the publication of which the Lora Chan- cellor issued an injunction, and of which only one copy is known to be in the United States, was yes- terday discovered to be in the possession of a young lawyer of this city. The owner could not be found until afta midnignt, and the facts then ob- tained from him were too to be telegraphed. THE GEORGE IV. SCANDALS. 16 Courier-Journal of this morning contains a lengthy account of the book end the possessor, from which the following extracts embrace the main facts:—The book is the “Memoirs of George the Fourth,” containing & minute history of all the scandalous passages in ‘his life, to- gether with an exposure of the corruption of his political administration. The identity of the book seems positive, lor it bears the imprint of the publishers named im the circular, as wellas the date of its issue, 1830. The memoirs are in two Volumes, and a hasty glance at the contents sul fices too clearly to show why it is so large a re- ward ts offered for tt. HISTORY OF THE VOLUME. Two or three yeurs ago named ‘Taylor, 4 book salesman of this city, covered the book in # case of books that he bad imported irom C. D, Uazenove, @ London book dealer, now out of business. ‘The volumes nad not been ordered, and it was thougot that they had been placed in the case accidentally. Mr, Taylor was periectly familiar with ail branches of Engish literature, and when tus eye lighted upon the work he at once appreciated its value. He showel the book to a number of literary gentie- men of this city, and among them was the young lawyer who is now its tortunate issor, ‘the latter gentleman hesitated some bout mak- ing the purchase, bat his love ot the rare and curious in literature triumphed and he bought it. | DISAGREEABLE PROOFS, | It 1s quite certain that tue reason the royal fam- fly are so solicttous for its destracticn les in the fact that the marriage of King Geor; with Mrs. Fitzherbert is proved by letters and documents | \aken irom the royal archives. it also testifies that a child was born to Mrs. Fitzherbert while in lawiul wedlock. The book coutatns finely exe- cuted portraits of those women whose nam have become Jamiiiar to all students of the dy side of Engiish history in connection with that of the amorous George. ‘rhe gentieman mentioned above, in whose pos- session is the book, is Fountain T. Fox. It 1s said he has received & number of despatches to-day irom interested parties relative to it. WEST VIRGINIA | SENATORSHIP, PROBABILITY OF THERE BEING NO CHOICE—THE SITUATION UNCHANGED. Hl i CHARLESTON, Jan. 31, 1875, The caucus for Senators adjourned over Friday night to meet again on Monday. There are no new developments beyond the tact thatit is now feared the Legisiature will be un- able to agree upon @ choice, in which event this State will be leit with only one Senator for the next two years, as the Legislature meets bien- | nially. The Governor, it is said, etther cannot or will not appoint, should the Legislature fail to | elect. The prospect now seems to be that Walker will | increase bis strength in the caucus steadily to about thirty, wile Camden and others will hold their own, and thus defeats nomination. With | the five independents who nave gone into the | caucus, it takes thirty-seven to make achotce. | As the matter stands now, it is the common belief that, if Walker -or Camdei not successful, there will be no election. joint ballot on Sat- | urday was only # formal repetition of its prede- cessors. The democrats have settled it among | themselves that they will not allow the capital to | be removed to Wheeling and have also both the United States Senators irom that end of the State, Davis being already from that section; and this feeling operates against Cam VAN BRUNTED. A NEGRO BURGLAR SHOT DEAD WHILE ENGAGED | IN HOUSEBREAKING. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 31, 1875, At three o'cleck this morning Mr, Rush Burgess, | collector of internal revenue, who resides about | amile from the corporate limits, was awakened by his wife, who informed him that she heard a noise 1n the house, He went down stairs, and upon entering nis dining room heard some one making | anexit through the door. Being armed with a | | pistol he fired in tne direction of the door, as he | thought, ineffectually, Hearing nothing further he returned to bed, When he gut up jor the day he, however, found traces of blood ou his porch and | an examination resulted in discovering the body of a dead negro Under the porch with a bullet hole almost entirely through bis body. Mr. Burgess at once gave information to the county aathorities, and an inquest was held, which resulted tn a verdict justiying him im the | deed. ‘The negro’s name was Cornelius Robinson. | He was well kuowno in the neighoorhood and | Dremises, an'the latter had been the nictitg a see ot sev | eral robberies before, BRITISH: WEST INDIES, STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY PROGRESS—REPUD LICAMISM IN THE LEGISLATUBE. Kxvosron, Jam., Jan, 28, 1878, 4 company is being organized to run a couple of steamers round the island, calling at the out ports, ‘The Legisiative Council is in session and @ bill Bas been introduced to give the government su- pervision over railways, RADICALISN, Str Henry Westmoreland, a republican agitator, has been. called to a seat in the Legisiative Coun- cll, where his opposition to the government of Sir William Grey keeps things lively. BEAL ESTATE, Property is ristng very rapidly on this istand. Real estate purchased for £250 a few years ago has Just sold for £3,000, . AN ENGLISH STATESMAN’S VISIT. Mr. Childers, Member of Parliament, has been on - & visit to St. Thomas and has had an interview with the superintendents of the Royal Mail Com- pany from Jamaica, Colon and St, Thomas, After bis interview he proceeded in the mail steamer for Europe to be present at the opening of Par- Mament on February 6, and the superintendents returned to their several stations in the West Indies. MARKETS, Coffee is rising and te quoted at $13 50.4 $14, HAYTI. BEVOLUTIONIST AGITATION IN THE NORTH. Ervaston, Jam., Jan. 25, 1875, Mr. Spencer St. John, British Minister to Haytt, promoted to the same office in Peru, has departed thither via Jamaica. There is troubie in the North of Hayt!, General Alexis Nord, the celebrated soldier, has been ar- rested and brought to Port au Prince, where he has been cbarged with insubordination against the government. Troops have been sent to Cape Hayti to preserve order, THE LOUISIANA DISORDERS. PROGRESS OF THE EFFORTS AT COMPROMISE— THE DEMOCRATS RESIST PARTIAL JUSTICE— THE INVESTIGATION INJURIOUS TO THE BADI- CALS. NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 81, 1875, ‘The effort of inauguration by the Investigating Committee to bring about a@ settlement of the Louisiana troubles 1s so°* lar progressing javorably. The basis proposed iguores the election of 1872 and recognizes the conservative success in the election of 1874, The five deposed memoers are to be reinstated and the House of Representatives reorganized upon a conservative basis, The conservatives are to recognize the Kellogg government. Kellogg and Pack- erd, representing the radical party, and Messrs. Leonard and Jeffries the con- servative interests, have been to-night in consultation with Mr. Frye at the St, Charles Ho- tel, but in discussing the details so much diversity of opinion was developed that iurther considera- tion was postponed until to-morrow, CONSERVATIVE DISSATISFACTION, In connection with the proposed compromise it may be relied upon that McEnery’s friends, who profess to be battling ior principle alone, will oppose it to the bitter end, and it will fail to command the support of the ex- treme wing of the democratic party. Kellogg has strong hopes of its success, and has intimated, in anticipation of such results, bis intention of making a wholesale sweep of objectionable office- holders and instituting a thorough system of retorms, This movement is evidently inspired by @ few leaders and bas so far been kept very quiet. The general opinion among the public is unfavor- able to its successful issue, inasmuch as It ignores the claims of Penn and indorses the validity of the election o1 1872. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION. Up to the present the weight of tesumony ad- duced before the committee is heavily sgainst tne radicai tnterests; and one of them. admitted to- day that, sofar as they had heard, tt almost fully indorsed the report of the iormer committee, Messrs, Frye and Hoar exhibit more afid’more apxiety to bring about some kind ofan amicable settlement. Mr. Marshal sees no practical and Satisfactory one save in the withdrawal of tne troops. “ On Tuesday the investigation is expected to enter upon the subject of the White League, a stage of the proceedings looked forward to with great interest, b THE MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENT. Mr. Wheeler, as chairman of the House Com- mittee on Commerce and Navigation, has an- nounced his intention before leaving New Orleans of preceeding to the mouth of the river and inspecting the passes. He expresses himself in favor of Ead’s jettysystem. THE NEW BRUNSWICK TROUBLES. Baruunst, N, B., Jan. 31, 1875, The body of Mr. Giffora, the constable who was Killed at Caraquet on Wednesday last during the riot, arrived here yesterday, and was taken to Newcastle in the evening for interment, Bathurst 1s at present like @ military garrison. The artillery, under the command of Major Vall, are in charge of the jail, where sixteen rioters are imprisoned. Eight of the prisoners have been committed for local examination. The examina- tion of the remainder will take the best part of the coming week. CORONERS’ CASES. Coroner Croker was yesterday ‘called to No. 233 West Fourth street, to hold an inquest on the body, of William W. Tetson, forty-eight years of age, born in this city and by occupation a book keeper, whose death was the result of injuries re- ae by failing through a hatchway on Friday \ ast. Leone de Arnoux, a woman thirty-two years of age, whose nativity is unknown, died on Saturda: evening at No. 691 Eignth avenue, unatt ided ‘at alone. Deceased seemed to have no iriends and retused to give any satisiactory account of herself or state where any o! her acauaintances could be 1 Coroner Croker was notified to hold an in: qui ar the Morgue, whither the body was re- move Archibald Quail, a sailor boarding house runner, forty years of ageand boro to Ireland, died sud- denly yesterday at No, 26 Monroe street without Medical attendance. Deceased fell on the street a few days ago and injured bis back. Coroner Croker ‘wiil hold an inquest on tue body. PROBABLE HOMICIDE IN ‘NEWARK. ALLEGED BRUTAL AND MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A SEPTUAGENARIAN. Jeremiah Hull, a man forty-four years of age, residing at No. 96 Nichols street, Newark, was | arrested in that city Yesterday forenoon, on a. police justices’ warrant, issued at the instigation | Of Mrs. McLeod, of No. 94 Nichols street, and John | W. Lee, police doorman attached to the First pre- cinct station, who allege that Hull, on Saturday evening. assaulted, in a most vrutel and mur- | derous manner, Charies K. Young, @ man in his | seventy-second year and the father-in-law of doorman Lee, From the statement made by the | oid man and Mr. McLeod to the HERaLD reporter | last evening it appears that a child’s dispute arose | between heer of Mr. Hull and one of Mra. McLeod’s chitdren about a si The old man intertered in behalf of the McLeod girl, and this excited the ire of Ida, an elder, grown-up sister of the Hull child, and she tongue lashed the old man unmereifuily, He | answered her, he says, moverately., Presentiy | Hull eame along, took bis dauguter’s version and | sprang at the ola man like a tiger, knocked lum down on the sidewalk and then kicked and beat him shamefully about the head, tace and back. | Yne old man’s right arm was broken in two | pees and his face and head were cut and bruised adly. He was also bruised i the back and | injured internally #0 that he passed blood. Mrs, | McLeod declares that but for her interierence | and others Hull would surely have muruered the old man outrigut. As it 1s, there is far from be- @ certainty of his recovery. Huli was com- mitted to the County Jail to await the result of Young’s injurie: MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, | Colonel W. F. Sinn has assumed the manage- ment of the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, and opens this evening with a very strong variety bill. “Centennial ; or, 1776 and 1876,” will be presented to-night at the San Francisco Mali by the Butler -BOUND AN 5 INEXTINGUISHABLE ANDY. The Press Continues Its Comte ments on Senator Johnson. Andrew Johnson ought to fee) highly fattere@ by the expressions of patisfaction which bis elec+ tion to the Senate bas called forth. Even Mr, Blaine joins in the congratulations. And only ta think that the New Yore HERALD ts pleased mast set old Andrew wild with delight. For the HERALD seoks to sail in the popular current, and is tolera- bly sagacious in finding tt.—Chicago Tribune. Andrew Johagon is a human volcano in a state of constant trruption; and the presence of Grant 1p the White House and of @ republican majority in the body of which he is a member, will so tn» tenstly the glow of vis hatred and the heat of hit passions as to consume him with unquenchable fires.—Troy Times (rep.) The revolution which is rolling through the West has achieved no nobler victory than the election of Andrew Johnson to the Senate of tne United States.—Harrisburg Dawn (deny) He will enter the debates of the Senate with s supreme egotism.—Newark Advertiser (rep.) We would rather have his word than the bond of many other Southern Senators.—Newark Com rier (dem.) His election to tne Senate at this time looks like @ return of the better days before the rebeb hon.—Ettzabeth Herald, 4 colossal figure among the many small meg around him.—Zancaster Intelligencer (dem.) A lively member of the Senate, gnd very annoy. ing to his political opponents.—Reading Zagls (dem.) His scorn of gift-taking, his extreme devotion to the constitatiou, and the modest simplicity of bis administration gain in appreciation when compared with the salary-grabbing, the junket- ing, the barrack organization and the military ab- solutism that prevail under the rule of his sue- cessor.—Boston Post (dem.) The democratic politicians at Washington are said tobe somewhat disturbed at this resurrec- tion of Andy, and itis possiole that bis future course may make them still more unhappy.— Providence Journal (rep.) It is safe ‘to say that he will aot bea silent Senator. He hana policy to ve vindicated. Hi bas old scores to pay off. He has ideason thé questions of the day. For such entertainment and such briliiancy as be will impart tothe Sen- ate’s proceedings during the next six years we have to thank the republicans of Tennessee, who seem to have turned thescale in his favor. Boston Advertiser ind.) A question whether Johnson or @ rebel should be elected.—Pittsburg Gazette (rep.) ‘The only man that ever disraced the Presidency of the United States by personal and public mis conduct.—Boston Journal (rep.) The Springfield Repudtioan says, unhappily the statement of the Journal is notin accordance with the fact. He will have ample opportunity to retrieve his shattered reputation as a statesman. He oan atone for the past, or he cau make the last chapter in his life worse than that which preceded it.—Utica Herald (rep.) . Will be sure to make bis presence felt.—Boston Globe. ; If he has not irienas to reward he most assurediy has enemies whom he will seek to punish.—Boston Traveller (rep.) He knows how it 1s himself about impeachment, and, notwithstanding his hatred and fear of Grant, will not burn his fingers with any such expe. dtent.—Boston Transcript (rep.) We haul his election with unmingled pleasure and isfaction, which, we are confident, is more than President Grant can trathiully say.—Phrila~ detphia Chronicle (dem.) All over the country the return of the ex-Prest- dent to the scene of his old combats is looked for with interest, curiosity and no little satisfaction, Andy Johnson is a representative man in our Politics. —Philadelphia Recora (ind.) Itis supposed he is the depository of certain pieces of information which, if divulged, would dim the snieids of some of the shrieking knights of freeaqom.—Philadelphia New Age (dem.) He will have his evening of life sweetened, in- deed, if it be true that revenge is sweet. He will probably be in at the death of the animal whose deficient coat has been pieced out with the tail of the fox. In other words, Andy will more tha probably be “in at the death.’—Richmond Die patch (dem.) 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