The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1878, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. LOOKING TOWARD THE EAST English and Russian Opinion of Beaconsfield’s Speech. ‘ SPAIN AND HER PEOPLE. ’ Subscriptions In Aid of the Glas- gow Bank Shareholders. (BY caBLE To THE HERALD.) Lonpos, Nov. 12, 1873. The Tunes’ correspondent at Darjecling believes that there is no possibility of the reply of the A:ueer of Afghanistan to the British ultimatnm being: other- wise than hostile unless, under Russian guidance, he touches it in ambiguous terms in order to poxtpone an inevitable war until he is better prepared to resist eur forces, Lord Northbrook, formerly Viceroy of India, in a speech at Winchester, alluded to’ tho rectification of the northwestern frontier of India, mentioned by Lord Beaconsfield, and expressed the opinion thut it would not improbabiy be confined to tho permanent occupation of Qiiettah. A Vienna despatch to tho Times says the Russians would, as @ compromise, accept instead of a treaty recognizing the validity of the unabrogated portions of the san Stefano ‘Treaty, o simple declaration from the Sultan to that effect. The Turks, however, uppear obstinate. The Daily Telegraph's Paria correspondent states that the Czar has personally written in reply to Mininter Wad- dington’s recont circular declaring bis firm intention to adhere to the Treaty of Berlin. This is tonsidered a very hopeful sign of peace, and also an Indication of the declining influence of Prince Gortachakoff, THE TOUGH TURKISH QUESTION. The Rome Fanfulla says Russia has ordered the construction of several iron-clads. A despatch from St. Petersburg says ttie Golos considers Lord Beacons- Geld’s speech pacific, though it shows that the basis of his policy is still enmity to Russia. A despatch from Constantinople reports that Midhat Pacha has ‘been appointed Governor General of Syria. The Porto has handed the Eastern Roumelian Commissioners a draft of a constitution for Mastern Rownelia. Jt em- braces provisions for a pertly elective council general, and popular elections for certain ‘local officers, The Turkish Council of Ministers has again discussed the Greck uote asking the appointment of delegates to setile the frontier question. It is: as- serted a decision favorable fo. an arrangement was reached and submitted to the Sultan for his sanction, Lord Beaconsfield's speoch at the Lord Mayor's ban- qguet, on Saturday night, has ereatcd a favorable in- Preasion in London. The general tone of despatches and press comments on the situation indicates the sub- idence of the recent uncaxiness. SPANISH AVFATRE, Severa) Madrid journals state that Premier Canovas del Castillo intends to provoke a crisis after the dis- cussion of the Press law, and, if the King zgain in- trusis to him the formation of 4 Minisiry, he will se- lect Sefior Elduayen, Minister of Colonies, and Gen- eral Jovellar as his colleaguesy ‘The trirt of Juan { Mencasi, who attempted to assassinate the King on the 25th of October, began yeeterday. ‘The public prosecutor avked the Court to pass sentence of death, but the defence urged that the, whole proceedings should begin anew. The prosecution showed, from Moncasi’s own confessiony, that the crime was pte- meditated since 1877. He had then intended to at- tempt it when the King visited Tarragona. ‘The de- fence urged that Moncasi was insane, or at mont only attempted to inflict bodily harm. Sentence of death will be passed to-day, Moncasi was not present ‘at the trial, AUSTRO-HUNGARY. Ademand for a supplementary credit to meet the expenses of occupation of the Turkish provinces, said to amount to 40,000,000 florins, has been pre- sentef to the Hungarian delegations, Connt Schou- valoff has left Vienna for Pesth, where he will remain three days. CABLE IrEe, The Standard’s Rome despatch saya it in thought Count Corti, who is going to Paris and London, is commissioned to arrange for common action in tho East. ‘The subscriptions in Glasgow tothe fund for the relief of the City of Glasgow Bank shareholders have reached £93,000, and ia Edinburgh £27,000, A move- ment is on foot to induce the depositors of the City of Glasgow Bank to accept a composition of fittecn shillings in « pound, #0 as to relieve the shareholders. Lance & Co., cotton brokers, of Liverpool, hi failed. The Northumberland coal miners heave agreed to gecept 12:4 per cent reduction in their wages. The rowing’ match between Lumsden and Hawdom for £200 took place yesterday on the Tyne. The course was from Mansion House to Scuttawood, Hawdon won easily. CANADA AND THE FISHERIES AWARD, Ortawa, Nov. 11, 1878, Sir A. T. Gult is here for the purpose of assisting the government inthe preparation of the Canadiah cast in the fishery dispute for the information of the British Foreign Office. It is understood he will be seut to Euglaud by the Dominion government in order to present in person its view of the cast, A QUEBEC SENSATION. THE ACTING GOVERNOR GENERAT OF CANADA STOPS A DANCE BECAUSE OF ALLEGED INDE COBUM AND OFFENDS A NUMBER OF GUESTS. (sy TELEGRAPH TO THE uERALD.] Qu Noy. 11, 1878. Fashionable society in this city ix considerably Scandalized over an incident which oceurred a night of two ago at the Governor General's residence at the Citadel, His Excellency Sir Patrick McDougall, the in- enmbent of the vice regal chair until the arrival of the Marquis of Lorne, gave an official dinner followed by a dance, to which o number of leading ladies und gen- Uemen of the best Quebec society were invited, Dur ing the progress of a waitz four or five couples, indiuding some of the bellen of the piace, entengied themselves in the agreeable mazes of the Bouton re- verse, which, a9 danced in thie dominion, does not al- ways present the appearance of a strictly high toned performance, | The Geucral, who, notwithstanding he escapades told of his younger days, always wears the air of atern discipline and strict morality, at once instructed his aid tie camp to request the couples al- tealy referred to to change the programms, No sooner was the order givey than all the parties con- cerned repaired to the clowk room and dressed and disappeared, The watter creates quite @ sensation mony the upper ten. . FORGING. LAND TITLES. PaiLapEeLreiA, Nov, 11, 1878. A Warrant was issued this morning for tho arrest of + B, Reed, one of the alleged conspirators in the Whitaker will case, 1 fidavit charges Reed with larceny a9 bailee, and states that some time ago Read borrowed from a gentloman in this ¢ity the original letters patent and deeds to nearly 100,000 acres in Brpnewick and Craven counties, N. C., upon the rep- resentation that he had a purchaser for the lands, feed destroyed the deeds, which had never been ree corded, and substituted fase ones, on which tl names of a former Mayor of Tatiadetphin ‘ ine Binns, once 4 well-known Aldermen, and others were nanied ns principalsand witnesses, ‘Thene deeds, curry, Ing with them the land, were tiest recorded in North Carolina and then woll toa party in Camden. ‘The charge fe aleo made that eed, in conjunetion with George N, Townsend, who is now awaiting trial on @ similar charge, have pnt upon th@ market forged devils for nearly 400,000 acres of land in West Viewnia tu) tha: these deeds have been recorded in tha®state, \ AD. Laxcstarr, President of the Howard Avscelation, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1878.—TRIPLE THE CAPE MAY FIRE. | PROPERTY OWNERS DISGUSTED AT THE .MISER- ABLE PIRE DEPALTMENT—MANY HOTEL AND COTTAGE OWNERS DECLINE TO REBUILD. Care May, N. J., Noy. 1, 1878. ‘There are feara that this famous simmer resort nmusy never recover from the effects of the terrible Gre of Saturday. The destruction of property can hardly be realized excopt by a personal visit, All but one of the principal hotels and nearly thirty cottages having been swopt away in two hours’ time, there | is left ouly a barren, blackened waste in | the heart of the town, ‘The buildings which stood there not only represented hundreds of | thousands of dollars in money, but years of labor, | and were an army of builders put to work they could not replace the ruined siructures by next season. Even were the owners of the burned property anxious to rebuild Cape May would have to wait several years for @ restoration of iis former attractivenesa and ability to receive its summer guests. There is, un- 7 n1 to believe that some of the capi- ey was in the hotels and cottages, kis of investment, and it is known that iuany others are very reluctant to commence rebuild- ing.” The $500,000 worth of property desiroyed could | not be replaced by that sum, ane therefore the pub- likhed list of losses, of which the Hkratn's estimate turns out to be the nearest, does not show the real ex- tent of the damage. Many Philadelphia cottage owners are, with good reason, disgusted at the wretched pretence of a fire departinent ut Cape May, consisting *as stated on Sun- day, Of an indifferent hand engine and 2,00) feet of hose, too rotten to be used. Quite a number of gen- tlemen have refused to build on this account, es- pecially as the authoritics at Cape May have fixed a very high tax rate, amply sufficient to have provided | for at least one modern steam fire engine. Ti is said that the Congress Hall Compan, dl Mewsrs. ii. ‘sintention J. Dobbins, Charles 8. LE. ©. Knight, and that xpressed themselves in favor of running & t through the square whieh formed the lawn to d breaking it into building lots for cot- y do not intend to rebuild the hotel, Mr. a tray, the owner of the Centre House: Mr. E. C. Knight, of the Atlantic Hotel, and William KE. King, the ow! of # number of cottages destroved, are citl as against rebuilding, and it is not believed that Mr, John G, Bullitt will rear another hotel on the site of the Columbia House. With this | lows of hotel attractions the residents of Cape May may look at each other mournfully and ask, “What is to become of us?’ The impetus to the rehabilita- tion of the Cape, it in claimed, must come from the Poansylvania Hailroad Company, the owner of the Exeursion Hougo and largest stockholder in the Stockton Hétel. It is understood that Genoral Sewell, Superintendent of the West Jersey Railroad Company, has called a iceting of the property owners at Cape May, to be held ou Wednesday, AN INVESTIGATION, Z There was some slight excitement created here to- day by the oficial investigation into the cause of the fire, The Mayorof the town summoned before him several witnesses, but their testimony waa kept se- cret, The investigation lasted three hours, an adjouri until to-morrow morning. Each witness | was privately examined by the Mayor, It is impossi- ble to obtain any information us to the result of the inquiry. ‘The members of’ the City Council also held a secret session this afternoon. MEELING OF THE CONGRESS HALT STOCKHOLD- ERS —THE HOUSY NOT TO BE REBUILT--ADDI- TVIONAT LIST OF CAPE MAY INSURANCES. Paapenrata, Nov. 11, 1878. The stockholders of Congress Hall, burned at Cape May on Saturday last, met in this city to-day, but ad- journed without transacting any business, It appears to be the sense of the stockholders not to rebnild the hotel but to cut the ground up into building lots and sell them. Mr. John ©. Bullitt will rebuild the Beaver Cotte: He has not yet made up his mind as to what he will do with the Columbia Honse site. Among the list of additional insurances ascertained aro the following on the Columbia House :— ON THE BUILDING. Insurance Company of North America, State of Penneylvania Fire Association... United Fireman's... Mechanica’ of Boston. Sun, of Philadelphia. o Manayunk, of Philadelphia. ‘Trade, of Camden, Miliville 500 Gloucester, Security.... ot ON THE PURNITCR! | their eirenation, and the ‘Treasurer is required to re- \ section 3, act of Congress epproved June 20, 1874; also Inaurance Company of North America. Spring Garden. Haminrg, Bremen...... 500 ‘Transatlantic... 0 North German. . 500 City Fire, Richmond... a 2,500 The insurances on the Atlantic Hote! are distributed aa tollowa:— * Fire Arsociation.... + $3,000 State of Penusylvania. 000 Royal.........6+ « 3,000 North American. 1,50 Pennsylvania. 1,500 EXIT, YELLOW FEVER. NO DEATHS OR NEW CASES AT NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY, New Onixans, Nov. 1, 1878, No deaths from or new cases of yellow fever during the twenty-four hours ended at #ix P.M. to-day. The mortuary report for (he weck ending Sunday, Nover- dex 10, at six P.M., shows & total of 152 deaths, against 193 for the previous week. Of these 31 were from yellow fever, against 69 for the previous week, and 13 ‘were from various other fevers, against 20 for the pre- vious week, Of the total of 152 deathw from aU causes 8h were whites and 63 colored, Forty-one were chil. | dren over tive years of age. ALL QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS REMOVED aT SHAEVEPORT. ‘ Suneveroni, La., Nov. 11, 1874, All quarantine restrictions at this place against New Orleans and other lately infected cities were raised by the Board of Health to-day. ‘ MEMPHIS RAPIDLY REGAINING ITS BUSINESSLIKE APPEARANCE, Meursus, Tenn., Nov. 11, 1878, | The rapid improvement in business, which is daily manifested, is a surprise to the most sanguine mer- chante, The wharf to-day is lined with steamers dis- | charging freight, the stores ave crowded with cus- | tomers from tho interior, and the general aspect in commercial circles is mort encouraging. Chris. D. Steinkuhl, » prominent citizen, died of yeliow fever late lawt night, after a lingering illness of ten days. Colonel R, C. Brinckley, owner of the Pea- body Hotel, is reported in a dying condition at Iuka, Miss. wate following telegram was received this morn- Sax PRaxcisco, Cal., Nov, 10, 1878, that wudeserving p longs to the poor tannt be an extor, I thi wnatter right. The following reply wae sent: Me: Nov. 11, 1878. Chairman Cietcere Coenaltion, Bam Franeiseo, € In answer to tolegram I cau state that we have loss the $10,000 on hand, barely nufficient to pay outstanding I ties, Undeserving partion huve not received belp fram plese fraud was practived by U In boatowing our ehur- ittas we looked only to the w * of applicants, using our best judgment io distributing, and making no distlie- tion between white D. LANUSTARE, ard Asvociation, KILLED BY HIS BROTHER. Buxcuamioy, N. ¥., Nov. 11, 1878, A terrible tragedy occurred at West Chenango, eight miles north of ‘this city, at ndon on Sunday last. Three brothers—James, David and John ‘taber—tive together, own and manage a farm jointly, James and David have disagreed for some time about a division of the property, On Sunday David went to o barn whero James was husking corn, The men quarrelled and David seizing a pitchfork knocked James down and stabbed him-in the chegt | fifteen or twenty times, He lived only afew minutes, Devid then went to the woods and blew out his own’ brains with a shotguy. Both were well todo and | were middle aged, David leaves # wife and four chil. James was unmarried, The Coroner’ jury La verdict in accordaned with the above facta, Jauxs C. Pare SUICIDE WITH A PENKNIFE, (8x TKLEGRAPH TO THE ARRALD.] San Antonio, Texas, Nov, 11, 1878, James G. Kilgore, of Bremond, Texas, committed siticide to-day by entting his throat with ninife, He wae snifering from consumption, which is sup- vosed to be the cause of the rash act, SUITS AGAINST ADMIRAL WORDEN. DECISION AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF—PROPESSOR MSURICE IN ONE CASE ON DEMURRER. (PY TELEGRAVH To THE BERALD.) AsApouts, Md., Nov. 11, 1878. ‘The Cireuit Court of this county has decided the questions upon the demurrer raised in the case of Pro- fesser Bornard Maurice against Rear Admiral Worden, an action of debt, for teaching in Admiral Worden's family, when the Admiral wes superintendent of and the Professor a teacher in the Naval Academy. ‘The defendant's counsel, A.B. Hagner, pleaded as — de- | murver limitation of three years to the account. ‘The Plaintiff's counsel argued that three years had | not elapsed thet could be legally applied in | bar of the collection of the debt; that since the account was contracted, in 1872, Admiral Warden had not been three years in this country, but had been serving at sea or on foreign tations; and also that no civil process in this case could be served at the Naval Academy, and that the plaintiff had a right to the exemption of the time that Admiral Warden had been vut of the United States, The Court held that the plaintiff was not titled to the exemptions of time that he claimed; that civil process under the terms of the cession of the grounds of the Naval Academy to the | United “States could bee served there, ‘ind that the plea of limitation—three years having elapsed since the alleged debt was created—was a legal bar to the collection of the account. To-day J. Thompson Mason, one of the counsel for the plain- tiff, had judgment entered for the detendant and then moved an appeal, which the Court granted, and the case will go up on its merits on the law points to the | Court of Appeals, the highest Court in this State, Tu the other case an action of damages of $20,000 for ” etemation of the character of Profeseor Maurice by Admiral Worden, the Court granted the plaintifi’s pe- tition for a removal of the causo and sent it to the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore for trial. BANK CIRCULATION, AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Haxrroun, Conn., Nov. 11, 1878. Some time since the President of the Farmers and } Mechanics’ National Bank, of this city, wrote to’ the Secretary of the Treasury inquiring whether national | bank notes will be payable in greenbacks instead of gold coin after the lst of next January, whether they may be redeemed in greenbacks and whether the re- demption fund now deposited with the Treasurer may be continued in national bank notes. Secretary Sher- man's reply has just been made public here. He says that there 18 no law requiring national banks, other than the gold banks, to redeem their circulation in coin, and eontinuing, suys:— “Cnder existing laws national banks are required to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States ‘law- ful money of the United States” sufficient to redeem deem said circulation in ‘United States notes.” sections 5,222 United States.” KNIGHTS 4 und 5,226, Revised Statutes of the TEMPLAR. A GRAND GATHERING AT NORFOLK, VA. {BY TELEGRAPH ‘To THE HERALD.] Nonrrorx, Va., Nov. 11, 1878. ‘The city is gay with bunting to-night. To-morrow the Grand Commandery of the State commences its annual session, and preparations have been made on a large scale for the reception aud entertainment of the visitors. The following members of the Grand Commandery arrived to-night, and were met at the Poteraburg depot by the Grice Commandery of this city in fatigue uniform and escorted to their quar- tera:— Robert EF. Withers, G. L. F.sdohnepn, D. James G. Bain, G. G. John F, Regnault, G.C.@. George W. Dame, G. P. Peyton S. Coles, G. 8. W. John L, Roper, G. J. W. Accompanying the Grand Commandery were numer- ous detachments of Sir Knights from Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville, Stannton, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Frederiesburg and other places. To- morrow morning the Old Dominion Commandery of Alexandria will arrive by the steamer Ludy of the Lake, and a detachment from Eagle Commandery, of Paines- yille, Ohio, anit the Morton Commandery, of New York, are capecteds: The military companies of the two cities will act a# a special oscort, and with parades, reviews, banquets, Treaktants, oyster roaste, the city will have abundant excitement for the next three days. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. , James Evans, G. JT. William B. Isaacs, G. R. James P. Moss, G.5. and W. H. H. Lynn.) G, 8. B. F. A. Reed, G. W. Jas. E. Wright, G.C. of @. MOVEMENTS OF THE PENSACOLA-—A HEROIC yh SATLOR—ORDERS. Washinctos, Nov. 11, 1878, ‘The Pensacola, the flagehip of Rear Admiral (. R. P. Rogers, conimanding the United States naval forces on the Pacific station, expects to leave San Francisco on the 15th inst. for Mazatlan and other Mexican ports, HONORABLE. MENTION, Lieutenant Commander Hitchcock, of the United States ship Supply, writes, under date of Havre, France, October 23, that John Flanagan, boatswain's maie, jumped overboard on the 26th and rescued one of his shipmates, David Walsh, who bad fallen over- board. Flanagan had once before rescued a drowning shipmate. ORDER) 3. Chief Engineer William S, Stamm is ordered to duty as a member of the Board of Examining Enginecrs at Philadelphia. Chie? Engineer A. J, Kierasted is detached from duty «a member of the Board of Examining Engineers at | Philadelphia and ordered to hold himself in readiness for xea service. ‘ TRAINING SHIP MINNESOTA, Provipencr, R. L, Nov. 1, 1878, ‘The United States training ship Minnesota and its Wau Department, OFFick oF THe Carey SigNat Orricra, tender sailed from Newport this morning for New York. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wasuinaton, Nov. u—} A.M. | Indications. For South Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather, rain areas, warm southwest, veering to colder north- west winds, followed by falling barometer. For East Guif States, Tennessee and the Ohio Val- ley, colder clearing weather, northwesterly winds, higher pressure. For Middle Atlantic States and New England, cloudy, rainy weather, warm southerly veering to colder northwest winds, falling followed by rising barometer. For West Gulf States, clearing weather, winds mostly northeriy, stationary or lower temperature, generally higher pressure. For the lower lake region, rainy followed by partly cloudy weather, winds mostly northwesterly, station- ary or lower temperature, higher pressure, For the upper lake region, clearing weather, winds mostly westerly, stationary of higher temperature and pressure, For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys clear or partly cloudy woather, northwesterly winds, becoming variable or backing to warmer northerly, followed by stationary or falling barom- eter. ‘The rivers will remain nearly stationary, ‘The tenperature will remain above freezing in the canal region. Cautionary signals continue at Smithville, Wilming- ton, Macon, Cape Lookout, Cape Henry, Kitty Hawk, Cape Hatteras, Lewes, Cape May, Atlantic City, Barne- gat, Sandy Hook, New York, Oswego, Section 6, Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Section 6, San- dusky, Toledo, Detroit, Section 4, Port Haron, Alpena, Mackinaw City, Grand Haven, Section 8, Milwaukee, Section 1, Chicago, TAM WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will show the changes in the. temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's pharmac; Henauy Building, No. 218 Broadway :— % 1877, 1878. 1877. 1878. 42 4 a 41 aU ro) 44 w2 fod a2 Average temperature yosterday. we Average temperature forcorresponding date Inst OAR. cece TRANSFER OF BRITISH TROOPS. Hautvax, N. 8., Nov, 11, 1978, Her Majesty's troop ship Orontes, from Cyprus, via Malta ond Bermuda, arrived to-day with the 101at regiment. There was a good deal of sickness but no deaths during the passage. Over two hundred sick were left at Malta, and on agrival here sixty were taken (o hospital, The Twenticth reyiment embarks on the Orontes on Wednesday for Cyprus. WASHINGTON. Secretary Sherman's Conference With the Bankers, ——---—_——_— PAVING THE WAY FOR RESUMPYION. Special Gold Accounts To Be Discontinued. HOW TO EXTEND THE SILVER CIRCULATION. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasurncton, Nov. 11, 1878. NS FOR THE RESUMPYION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. . An important private conference was held here last Friday between Secretary Sherman and several prominent bankers representing, it ix understood, the national barks which are menibers of the New York Clearing House. Mr, Sherman has been naturally desirous to have the co-operation of the banks in his operations for PREPARATI | the resumption of specie payments, and has been for some time in consultation with. prominent bank presidents. ‘Phe conference of last week, which was kept very quiet, is believed to have been extremely important, as in it the Secretary and the banks have reached substantially a common ground of agree- ment. The nature of the disenssion at the conference is not fully known; but it is said here by persons who should be correctly informed that the Secretary was asked by the banks, on his puri, to limit the coinage of the silver dollars to the minimum rate of $2,000,000 a month prescribed by the law, and to withdraw the one and two dollar legal tenders and substitute silver'dolars in the circulation for these small notes. It will be remembered that the issue of. notes under $5 is forbidden to the national banks after next New Year. It is understood that the banks propose after Jan- uary 1 to discontinue special gold accounts, and to pay out gold and greenbacks on equal terms; that they will cease the use of special gold checks in the exchanges at the Clearing House; in short, that they will pay out and receive gold and greenbacks indis- eriminately; also that they will refuse to receive silver except as 2 special deposit and under special contract, and will use no silver certificates or silver dollars in the Clearing House exchanges except for sums of ten or twenty-five dollars and less. It is believed here in Treasury circles that this agreement on acommon policy will have a more im- portant effect upon resumption, and thet, in fact, with the hetp of the banks in the manner proposed, the country will find itself after the Ist of January ona gold basis and with a fixed staple currency, with- out the least shock. The Cabinet has been attentively considering measures to be proposed to Congress relating to silver. It is believed that Secretary Sherman was at one time inclined to urge the immediate repeal of the silver law, on the ground that the silver con- ference failed to bring any other country to the w& of silver, and that the people of the United States have shown that they do not like the silver dollar. But friends of the Secretary now report that he will not make any such recom- mendation, but that he and the President are agreed to urge Congress to make the silver coins of all de- nominations redeemable in gold or greenbacks at the Treasury in sums of certain amounts, The Presi- dent, it is said, thinks that if thus made redeemable . & hundred millions of silver can easily be carried by the country as sulsidiary coin, and that, as silver is one of our products, it is fair to give it all the chance it can have. It is acknowledged, however, by even the silver men here that without such legislation the silver dollar will rest in the Treasury, and will be refused by the peo- ple. Some of the reasonable silver men approve of the proposition to make the dollar redeemable at the ‘Treasury, on the ground that it will at any rate pre- vent the summary repeal of the silver bill at the demand of the people. They say that silver may come up in a year or two, and that to make it redeem- able now will be to keep it in circulation in readiness if it should rise in value, CREE Skt GEN ERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasarnatox, Nov. 11, 1878, THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING— ANNUAL REPORT. ‘The annual report of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the ‘Treasury Department shows that the aggregate expense in operating the bureau during the year was $538,861 33. In the labor and expense ac- count less than oue-fifth the amount appropriated was expended, leaving $652,836 17 in the Treasury unexpended at the close of the last fiscal year. During the present fiecal year tho expenses in July were $7,145 45; in August, $11,952 25 and in September $14,052 16. Since October 1, 1677, the bureau has exe- cuted ali the work upon Uniled States notes and the national banking cufreucy, the only amount paid to privite companies during the year being about $15,000 to the Columbian Bank Note Company for work done prior to October, 1877, The number of impressions by plate printing wae 20,244,490, against 18,989,427 during the preceding year. The number of sheets of customs and internal stamps and of United States securities delivered in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877, was 9,620,069, The’number of sheets of the same class of work dur- dug the fiscal year ended June 20, 1878, was 12,518,339, ‘The value of notes, bonds and miscellaneous secnri- ties turned out during the year ended June 30, 1977, was $708,414,645, The valnes of the same class of work during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878, were $1,040,451,380. Hight hundred and twenty-two persons are now employed in the bureau, the number having been in- creased during the last few months on account of the demand for the four per cent bonds. During the year no counterfeit has appeared on any of the work engraved or executed bythe bureau, The report is signed by the late Superintendent, Edward McPherson, and in concluding it he speaks of the eMiciency of the force employed in the burean, and that the employés have always responded to the de- mands upon them and showed themselves faithful and reliable, THE SAN FRANCISCO PUEBLO LANDS—DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THB GENERAL LAND OFFICE. ‘The Commissioner of the General Land Office to-day decided the long pending matter of the survey of the San Francisco Pueblo lands, comprising the greater part of the area now covered by the city and involv- ing property interests to the amount of many million dollars. The nominal parties to the controversy are the city and the State of California, The decision is in favor of the Stratton survey, which until « recent period has been universally accepted as correct, and the effect of this decision, if confirmed by the Socre- tacy of the Interior, will be to leave all existing titles derived from the city (as succeasor to the Pueblo) an- disturbed, as well as those adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo which have been derived from the State. MUSIC FESTIVAL. Prempora, Pa, Nov. 11, 1978. ‘The “Messiah” mueic festival at the Exposition Building, under the direction of Professor Tetedoux, was opened to-night, and notwithstanding the wet weather the Oratorio was heard by 4 000 persons, and | is pronounced to be @ great musical and financial success, Tho quartet singers were Miss Abbic Whinnery, of Boston, soprano; Mixs Octavie Gomieu, ot New York, contralto; Mr. Charles Fritsch, of New York, tenor, and Myron W. Whitney, of Boston, basxo. ‘They were assisted by a chorus of 400 voices. The orchestra was com} of forty-two instru. nts, and was wnder the leadership of Professor ‘arl Ritter. The proceeds of the festivalare to be devoted to charitable purposes, H EET. ARIZONA ELECTION. Fnaxcrsco, Nov. 1, 1878. » cast for Delegate to Con —Davis, 1,196; Campbell 1,206; Stevens, 1.161; Woolsey, 870. ‘The precincts to | hear from will probably elect Campbell, independent democrat. The following is the gress as far as count FLORIDA, ALLEGED ATTEMPL PO DEFBAMD UR, BISBEE-—— A COUNTY BOARD RETECTING GOOD RETU JACKSONVILLE, Fla,, 11, 1878, Offieidl and unofficial returns gives Bisbee (rep), for Congress, 232 majority. ‘To-day is the legal day for closing the canvass in the several countics. Mr. Bis- has telegraphed from Alachua as follows :— “The County Board here is arbitrarily rejecting good returns. Have United States Marshal come to- auorrow without fail,"’ TC VERGINIA. Ricumonp, Nov. 1, 1878, The last of the returns from the Ninth Congres- sional distriet—those of Wise county—have just been received. They esjablish the election of James B. Rich- mond, conservative, by a plurality of over three hun- dred yotes, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Coxconp, Nov. 11, 1878. ‘The complete returns from every voting precinctin this State have been received and the vote for Gover- nor stands as follows :—Head, re 38,085; MeKean, dem., 31,033; Brown, prohibition and scattering, 129. He js 48H, ‘The first House of Representatives chosen under the biennial system will be small@r by niu th members than the same body in 1878. Under the new portionment the full House would be composed of membérs, but a» number of towns have tailed to elect, owing to the greenback combinations. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Buipceporrt, Conn., Noy, 11, 1878. Last evening a young ian, about twenty-two years of age, named Francis F. Lane, attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with a re- | volver. Lane had been paying attentions to Miss i Katie Martin, of No. 109 Middle street, for the past year, and was engaged to be married to her in a few weeks. Last evening he called on her. About ten o'clock a lover's quarrel sprang up between them. Miss Martin drew off the engagement ring from her finger and threw it on the floor, saying she would have nothing more todo with him. Lane pulled a revolver from, his pocket and after flourishing: it over his head several times aimed it at his right temple and fired. The ball entered just above*the temple and followed around toward the back of his head. He was re- moved to the residence of his father, Harmon Lane. Dr. King was called, who pyobed the wound, but failed to find the ball. It is very doubtful if he re- covers. ALASKA, BEPORT OF CAPTAIN: BAILEY, OF THE. REVENUE STEAMER RICHARD RUSH. WASHINGTON, Noy. 11, 1878. ‘The Treasury Department has received from Cup- tain Bailey, of the revenue marine service, a report of the steamer Richard Rush’s cruise to Alaska, made under the authority of a special Congressional appro Ppriation of $25,000 for the protection of the seal fish- eries and the sea otter hunting grounds, Captain Bailey reports that, with the cxception of some small stouggling of liquor into the territory through Beh- ring’s sea—which cannot without unduo expense bo Pei eewrere interests of the government are faith- ‘ully protected. Matters at the fur seal islands re- ceived especial attention, and are reported to be in a satisfactory condition. ‘The cruise extended to the weste1 Aleutian Islands, a distance of 2,80 extremity of the miles from Sitka. WRECKING IN CANADIAN WATERS. Sr. Pavt, Minn., Nov. 11, 1878. A special despatch from Duluth to the Pioneer Press says it is rumored there that an American tag has been seized at Sault by Dominion officials for wrecking in Canadian, waters, The tug was trying to haul off the steamer be bee, Which has. been aground for some days on Magnetic Shoals. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Yesterday morning. Conrad Seiner, while drilling in Silliman’s colliery at Mahanoy City, had his back broken by a fall of coal, and cannot recover. General John B. Stonehouse hax been appointed As- sistant Adjutant General, N.Y.S.N.G., in place of Al- fred H. Taylor, who resigned on account of iil health. John Devine, of Cambridge, Mass., was sentenced yesterday to eight hte inthe House of Correction for manslsughter, he having caused the death of two persons. J. Caserava, proprietor of a coffee honse at San Diego, Cal., was murdered in cold blood by a Mexican on Sunday night. The murderer escaped across the border. A meeting of the creditors of the Boston firm of Clark, Adams & Clark was held yesterday, and a state- ment submitted, showing the liabilities to be $251,000 ard assets $172,000. The assets of Joseph Herman & Co., bankers, who failed recently at Cincinnati, are $13,000, Of this amount only $86,000 are co: wed available, ‘Their liabilities are $268,000. William Cairns, aged twenty-one, was found dead in his bed in Providence, R. I., at noon yesterday. He haa a pistol wound in his head and # small toy pistol was found in his pocket. ‘The Troy and Boston Railroad was mortgaged yes- terday for $1,000,000. The mortgage bonds to be is- sued are to take up $500,000 of bonds due in 1882 and to liquidate the floating debt. Edward Haigh, proprictor of Haigh’s Woolen Mills at New Windsor, © county, hes made an assign- ment for the benefit of hia creditors. His liabilities are $45,000 and assets $13,000, The British steamship Australian, for Liverpool, hag cleared from Pensacola, Fla., with 6,500 bales of cotton, valued at over $300,000, ‘his is the largest cargo ever shipped from that port. * Charles K. Luburg, who wae convicted in Septem- ber last of embezzlement of the funds and altering the books of the First Nationai Pank of Mahanoy City, Pa. was sentenced yesterday to two years’ imprisonment D.C. Griswold & Co., of Boston, wholesale dealers in dry goods, have failed. Their liabilities are re- irtod at from. $200,000 to $250,000, the greater part Being due to New York parties, The assets ara not given. Peter Froman, the Beanfort, 8. C., murderer, who was recently extradited from England, was ran over and killed by a railroad train at Augrsta, Ga., on Sat- urday night, while attempting to cecape from the Sheriff. On Sunday, October 27, Charles and Peter Shuitis, brothers, of Chichesterville, Ulster county, quarrelled about a yoke of cattle. Peter struck Charles on the head with @ stone, from the effects of which the latter has just died. W. A. Williams, ® prominent member of the Worcester County (Maas.) Bar waa shot yesterday by dohn Grady, a former tenant. The ball struck Wili- jams’ collar bone and the wound is not considered serious. Grady was arrested. Thomas Forrest, weaver at Berkeley, KR. 1, acci- dentally shot himself in the head st Longadale yea- terday while playing with » revolver, The surgeons have some hopes of his recovery. He has a wife and two children in Lancashire, England. Judge Meyer, of the Common Pleas Conrt, at Can- tou, Ohio, yesterday, sentenced George Messler, the defaulting Treasurer of Stark couuty, to twelve ears’ imprisonment in the Penetontiary at hard la- dor and to pay a fine of $60,000 and costs, Three men, two brothers named ‘Martin and John Murray and James McHugh, were killed at Locast Gap, in the ere | colliery yesterday, Two cars that were being hoisted together, became uncoupled: the hind car ran furiously down the slope, and killed the = workmen before they could get away from the track. . George WU. Barlow, the defaniting Ballston (N. Collector of School Taxes, who disappeared August 2, retarned about » week ago. His presence becoming: known he was arrested yesterday for embezzlement and arraigned in the Polict Court. He pleaded “not guilty” to the charge and yave bail to await the acyion of the Grand Jury. He reports that be has visited Liverpool during bis absence. Aseries of thefts of freight, by employés of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad, which bave continued for a long time, have just been brought to light, Hight employes have been dise' d, and two ware ar- re! and held for further ring. The thievi P) to haye been exclusively confined to smai! andicles taken from packages in transit. The evidence of tho prisoners’ guilt is said to be conclusive, ‘The Pavilion Hotel, the oldest hotel in Long Branch, , Was put up at auction yesterday by the Sheriff jonmouth county to satisfy a judgment held by od Bank Mutual Building wnd Loan Association. | ‘The furniture was all sold to various hotel keopers. ‘The hotel wae bought in by William Conover, who | holds a lurge mor' on the property. Mr. Con- over it the hi of & company that proposes to erect iron pier in front of the hotel, and it is | understood that the hotel was bid in in the interest | of this company. Ex-Goyernor Morris, owner of the Pavilion Hotel, died two weeks ago, PROBABLE MURDER, An affray which may culminate in murder occarted last night on Crosby street. Two young men, Thomas Gedney and James MeGee, had an altervation yester | day BP. M. in Mott street. and a deaverate fiuht ” would have resulted but for the interference of friends. MeGee, it is alleged, returned to his and informed his father of what had happened, and the pair thereupon determined to punish | Gedney.’ Young McGee, armed with a razor, and his parent with a brickbat, last night left their house, No, 261 Mhlberry street, in search of < 7 iney, and met him in wsby at n the rear of blo's Garden. The elder McGee reised his arm to j burl the brickbat, but before he could do so him, and ut the same time drew the blade of the razor across his throat, inflicting a wound which at his son rushed on Gedney, grappled with Present it is believed will prove fatal, The MeGees ran away and the injured man fell to the sidewalk bleeding profusely. He was found asecond later by some friends, w! i an alare om f the h 2 nning away ‘The prisoner and the wounde Mulberry street station house, w telegraphed’ for and soon arrived. stopped the flow of blood from the wo ney's throat, after which he was taken to St, Vincent's Hospital. McGee was placed before the wounded man, who fully identified him as the man who had cut him, ‘The latter was locked up, FIVE MYSTERIOUS MEN. WHY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BANE ROBBERS —A SUSPICIOUS SATCHEL. The officer on post in Chambers street lest Satut- day night was told by one Kobler, who keeps a saloon at No. 2% Duane street, that five suspicions looking men were in, the habit of visiting his saloon, and that he had noticed them taking ob- servations of the East River Savings Bank, No. 9 Chambers street. Captain Petty, of the Fourth pre inct, was immediately notified and officers were ste tioned to witch the bank, The Captain then visited the saloon and was told by the proprietor that the five men had been in his place all day Saturday ; that one or two of them would come in at a time, sit down and talk and be followed shovtly after by the others. He saw them examining the bank building and talking to each other in low tones. | . Later in the evening Captain Petty “again visited the saloon, accompanied by one of his detectives, and saw two of the men standing about the doorway talking together. ‘They seemed | to recognize the Captain and at his approach moved off. The detective followed them, and seeing them enter a West Broadway hotel he made inquiries of the clerk, who stuted that the first he saw of the parties was about haif-past eight o’elock that evening; that they left a satchel, from which they took a check and then went Y. The clerk further stated that the | satchel, though full, was very light, aud it is Captain Petty’s opinion tbat it contained masks. The two nien who were followed by the. detective were well dressed, and he thinks they were professionals. HOVERING ABOUT THE BANK. ‘The special officer on post at the bank kept a sharp watch and the detectives were in the immediate neigh- borhood all Saturday night. Two or three of the mdh were seen during the night, but the presence of the men in uniform seemed to disconcert them, On Sunday morning two men, supposed to be mem- bers of the gang, walked past the Denk, and after tak- ing a look at it turned away, talking in a low tone to each other, and went immediately to the hotel in West Broadway. On their way they discovered that they were followed. They entered the hotel but came out almost immediately, one of them carrying the mys- terious satchel. They then jumped on a 8! avenue car and went up town. The detectives discontinued shadowing them and returned to the bank, but nothing further was seen of the men on that day. THE BANK BUILDING. f Captain Petty, during an examination on Sunday, says he found that the bank could be casily entered from the saloon in whech’ the men had met. He thinks it was their intention to first force an entrance into the saloon and then proceed to the roof, From there they could cross to the roof of the bank and doe keend through a scuttle to the banking rooms, ‘The building runs through — from Chambers street to Duanc, and is three stories in height. On Monday morning the president, Mr. W. H. Slocum, was told of wll that had hap. pened, and he’ and the Captain that it had been the intention of the five men to force an entrance to the bauk on Saturday night. ‘The president said he did not see what conl havo yn the object of the men, as there was but very liftle money left in the safe? over night; that anyhow it would have been impossible to force open the safes had the men gained admittance to, the building. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Algeria, for Queenstown and Livers pool, and Vereire, for Havre, will sail from this port on Wednesday. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post office at hali-past four, and for France direct at six o'clock A.M. ‘The New York Heratp—Edition for Europe—will be ready at eight o’clock this evening. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, HOTEL ARRIVALS. Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, Unite States Navy, i@ at the Brevoort. Insurance Superintendent John F. Smyth and Charles E. Smith, of Albany; Daniel Dongberty, of Philadelphia, and N. D. Sperry, of New Haven, are at the Fifth Avenue. Commander C, M. Schoonmaker, United States Navy, is at the Everett, Ex-Secretary of State John Bigelow is at the Park Avenue, United States District Judge Hoyt H. Wheeler, of Vermont, is at the Grand Central. Gen- eral D. S. Stanley, United States Army, is at the Star- tevant. Secretary of State J. A. Engelhard, of North Carolina, is at the Union Square. William Bliss, general manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad, in at the Brunswick. Lieutenant William P. Potter, United States Navy, is at the Westminster. Samuet ‘M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore, is at the Gilsey. Pay- master E. D. Judd, United States Army, is at the New York. General Richard F, Stockton, of New Jereey, ig at the St. Nicholas. bia DI 'G INTO CONSUMPTION.—A BAD COUGE in three days with Hare's Honey or Houmscon> a. that would drift you into consumption in a month cured ww ‘Toormacn Drops cure in one Yon can’t afford to langh. dear sirls ir (eeth are white as pourls— F mouth iy pluk and And two rowbnds And you cann Kut through SOZODONT. SOZODONT. This preparation is purely harvaless, is indorsed who have ever employed it, and combines all thea reqnisite ina perfect dentifrice. 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