The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-05
Admiral HOff's Dispatches to the
Navy Department-Interesting
Account Of Transactions in
Cuba-POstal Arrange
ments with China.
Doings in the Patent Office.
Etc, Etc, Etc. Etc. Etc.
FROM WASHING TON.
Admiral Hon,s Despatch.

Admiral Hon's Despatch.
Continued from Second Edition
The news from Nuevitas il meagre. All the Anne
rican citizens desirous OF going TO the United States
spoken OF in previous letter. have left that vicinity
and although the PenObsCot was there on the t4th
inst, no claimants for passage TO Havana appeared.
Lieutenant Commander Eastman reports that the
railway to Puerto Principe has been far repaired
that the locomotive and freight can come down
TO Nueyitas at slow rate, taking three days to make
journey of fortyeght miles, and requiring guard
Of 1000 men for protection.
About the sth or 10Th of May some bands of insur-
gents attacked the convoy of train, defeated them,
and destroyed the bridges the Spanards had built,
and captured foTty-three officers and men, including
a colonel. This is the only decided success OF the
reyolutionists that has been recently reported.
The Admiral is informed that General Lescas,
Governor of Puerto Principe, has been removed by
the Captain-General for cruetes in bombarding
camp composed Of women and children, and Gene
raj LetOna is ordered to succeed him. This action
has caused great discomfort among the Havana
volunteers, who have pacarded the streets with
satlr1cal caricatures of Dulce.
The Spanish authorities at Neuvitas, and in fact,
Of every part of the island, excepting Carbarien or
Remedies, have been exceedingly polite, Offering
every facility to our officers, and manifesting
friendly desire to please There are rumor5 that
Trinidad is environed by large force OF insurgents,
and there is also report that the place is in their
possession. At Geantamo, on the south side, near
the eastern end of the island, the insurrectlon is
OF the supposed landing of the expedition
in that district, and that in a
recent engagement with the Spanards the latter
were defeated 1t is fact that the actual or sup
posed successful landing of these expeditions has
uSN me I0e nSurTeCUlOQ tlat 10 all ap
pearances was dying out some two weeks ago. The
Narragansett is expected from Neuvitas, and the
Caribbean on the 29th of May, when Admiral Hoff
hopes to give the department some of the pro-
gress of affairs in the vicinity of those places
Postal Arrangements with China.
The Postmaster General has concluded an ar
rangement with the General Post Office of the colony
of Hong Kong, China, for the reciprocal exchange OF
book packets, including printed papers OF all kinds
photographs, Autographs, sheets of music, etc, in
the mails transmitted between the United States and
Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports of Ceylon,
Annoy, Swat0w, and Foochow, by means of the line
OF United States mail packets running between San
Francisco, Yokohama, and Hong Kong.
Heretofore letters, newspapers, and prices current
only have been admitted into the mails exchanged
by this line OF steamers with Hong Kong and the
Chinese ports above-named, and hence the new ar
enlarged facilities Of postal communication with
China The rate Of postage established for book
packets including printed matter of all kinds, posted
in the United States and addressed to Hong Kong
Canton, Annoy, Swatow, and Foochow is ten cents
for each weight Of four ounces, or fraCtion-prepay
ment requlrcd-of four ounces which is in full of all
charges to destination.
This arrangement goes into operation Immediately.
A Patent Allowed.
The Commissioner of Patents has decided to allow
patent to j. B. Edwards, of North Greenbush New
York. for his process of dstilling hydro carbon oils.
The application was resisted by the owners of
Charles w. Reguas' patent, Albany, granted in
April 1868, for substantially the same thing. Com
the introduction of steam generally, and being too
broad, failed as against claim for particular pro-
cess of distllatiOn. The case was well argued on
both Sides