The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-04-09
NEWS ITEMS.
Gold closed 10 New York on Saturday

Gold closed iu New York on Saturday
at 1914.
The appropriation bill is still under
consideration in the Pennsylvania Senate
The New Jersey Legislature adjourn.
ed Saturday.
The United States steamer Narracan.
sett has sailed from Havana to Key West
She will be returned there in few days.
Dunn, the colorcd Lieutenant Gov.
OF Louisiana, was among those who had
interviews with the President Saturday.
"A bill compelling newspapers to pub.
lish their circulation was killed in the New
York Legislature Saturday.
In the New York Assembly, Saturday,
a bill was reported imposing heavy penal,
tics on sellers of lottery tickets, drawers of
lotteries, or publishers of lottery advertise.
ments.
In the case Of Bog2rt formerly pay
masters clerk in the navy, which Las lust
closed in New York, the jury found yer.
diet for the Government OF s56, ,4G2 28
damages.
"A Havana dispatch says that Innocen.
clio Casanova, citizen of the United
Srates, has been arrested on suspicion of
complicity in the plot to seize the steamer
Comnanditario.
Subscriptions to the amount of $50.
'OOO for home for aged and iuiirm Bap
lists were received at meeting of that
denomination in New York on THURSDAY
evening.
The steamer Edinburg brouS ht to
Cincinnati on Thursday sixty FIVE horses,
sent by President Grant to Gen. Sheridan
They 60 forward to St. Louis on the
steamer champion.
"A large fire has been raging for the
past few days in the woods between Sag
Harbor and East Hampton, Long Island |
1t has burned over FIVE hundred acres and
caused vast amount of damage.
DIR. Robley Dunglison died on last
Thursday night in PHILADELPHIA aoed
seventy-one years. Mr.. Dupgliscn was one
Of the most distinguished physicians and
anthors in the cruntry. He was tor mapv
years connected with the Jefferson College
of Philadelphia.
The New York Times says there is no
doubt that the House has been overreocl od
by the Senate in the OF Office busi.
ness. Judges Hoar and Davis construe
the neT bill as leaving in the hands Of the
Senate continued check upon all re-
movals by the President.
"A Lima letter says: The Peruvian
Minister at Washington has been instructed
to settle the question at issue with Spajn
and al points that cannot be settled between
the Ministers of the two countries are to
be submitted to the President of the
United States, whose decision shall be final
A Washington dispatch says that a
has been in progress for
some time between certain prominent men
In the British Provinces and leading men
in this country, relative to the prospective
of these Provinces TO the
United States. Enough has been de,
veloped to warrant the belief, among some
members OF Congress, that if the matter
could be reached in an oficia. way. pro.
posals would eventually be made to the
United States looking towards annexation
The following resolution was sought to be {
offered in the House Saturday but, objection ,
being made, the effort failed Resolved
That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be I
md they are hereby instructed to inquire a
nto the expediency of investigating the 5
condition OF our relations, present and $
Prospective, with Nova Scotia. and that b
hey be authorized to report to the House v
t any time. c