The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-12
Tslegraphic sam mary.

HE RESIGNATION OF tCrTeru, spanish MIN
lister Of Justice, has been accepted.
WV. BRIGHAM, q prominent lawyer Of
Boston, died In that city on Friday night
last.
JAMES DoSSELI, q telegraph repairer, was
run over and killed by the cars at Quincy,
Mass, on Saturday.
THOMAS LYScn, Of Rochester, n. Y, has
been arrested for setting fire to his own
store.
ALFRED HOPKINS, farmer, was killed by
a locomotive, near Rochester, n, Y, on Sat-
urday.
vALrAKAiso dates to June 10 contain no
news, except that the yellow fever was sub
siding in Peru.
CENTRAL AMERICAN advices state that the
claims Of France and Italy against Mica
ragua have been amicably arraged.
JOSIAH A. BRoDHEAD, OF Boston, has
been appointed liquor commissioner under
the prohibltory law. He Is to purchase and
sell liquors to local agents.
THE Paris Pdtris says that the recent ne
gotlations between the Government and the
Corps Legislatif have resulted In an under
standing that the former will realize the pro-
jected reforms, and announces a ssnatW con.
sultnm to carry the same into effect.
The United States frigate Sabine sailed
from Boston Saturday for Portsmouth, Eng
land. She has on board the graduating
midshipmcn class Of 1869, sixty In number,
who are being practically educated in sea
manship.
The Morning Telegraph says that the En-
peror said the principle OF ministerial re-
| sponsibillty was the right one, but that It
was the business of the Senate, and not OF
the Corps begislatif, to regulate it. Time,
however, Will bring the measure.
EXTENSIVE fires are raging on the noun.
tains near Georgetown, California, ard are
I spreading with fearful rapidity. They will
do immense damage and destruction to tie
timber. The fires are visible flfty miles dis
tant.
IS the base ball match at Philadelphia, on
Saturday, between the Harvards and the
! Keystone club, only seven innings wero
played, the score neutrality-suspicious. "a,
| Harvard IS.
THERE Is strong disposition to lynch
John Moore, who ravished Mrs. McAdams,
near Greenville, Ill. The evidence against
him Is not considered strong enough to Justify
summary punishment.
| The steamer Golden City left San Fran
cisco for Panama on Saturday with s2l0,0
In treasure-SI6,OO 600 for Now York and the
| balance for England. The small amount
for New York Is attributable to the opening
OF the Pacific railroad, which has already
transported u 100000.
THE United States steamer Narragansett
arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
with six cases Of yellow fever on board,
three officers and three men. They are all
doing well. Lieutenant X. K. Duer and ono
man, whose name could not be ascertaincd,
died on the passage from Key West.
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sine die on Saturday. The session was
twenty-five days shorter than that of last
year, aud the cost to the State sec, 900 less.
Both Houses have held night sessions during
the past week, crowdlng business so as to
reach an adjournment on that day.
THK Consultation says that the counsellors
Of the Crown are discussing the question
whether Is Is advisable to reply to the inter-
pellation, and thereby dlvulge tho pro-
gramme Of the Government. No decision
has been reached, and therefore the reports
as to the views OF the Government are pre-
mature.
TUE London Times Of Saturday in an ar
tlcle upon the state of affairs In France as
sumes that the old things are passing away,
and another political dispensatlon is at hand.
The desertion of the monarchy by NJ.
Mackau will show how deep Is the general
conviction that the "personal government
Is a lost cause.
IN THE House Of Commons Mr.. Gladstone,
while discussing Central Asian matters, said
that 1t was the English policy to rule subject
countries by the adoption of measures ben
eflcial TO them. lie was assured that Lord
Mayo's interview with Shere Ali did not in
volyc any agreements on the part of Great
Britain. Russia has expressed the opinion
that Afghanlstan should remain rs a neutral
zone between Russian and British influences.
Tue steamer Henry Chauncey, at New
York, brings Asplnwall dates to July 2.
The Panama Star, after announcing that q
loan OF !, zoo, 900 francs has been negotiated
In Paris for the completion of the inter-
oceanic railway In Honduras, says that not
a rail has been laid nor q sod turned toward
commencing the road neither has the route
ever been surveyed.
A QUANTITY of correspondence frem the
rebel army to parties In New York, designed
to be sent by the steamer Moro Castle, has
been intercepted at Batabano by the Cuban
authorities, and the persons arrested In whose
possession 1t was found. Captain General
De Rodas has issued general order to tn,
commanders Of the different jurisdictions o.
Cuba, In which he enJoins upon them TO re,
spect the lives of all unarmed citizens, ant
to arrest no one on vague suspicion, and In
structs them to rgidly respect all the lega
rights of foreigners.
YACHT RACE took place In New Yorl
Bay on Saturday, between the schoone
Rambler, OF l75 tons, owned by Mr.. Baker
and the Maggie, 100 tons, owned by Mr.. Os
good, over the New York yacht course, o
forty miles from the New York Yacht Clul
house, Staten Island, round the light-shlp
and return. The race was won by the Mag
gle, by ten minutes. Tho match was mad
by the owner Of the Rambler for 81 ,0O
against $500.
EARLY on Saturday morning burglars en-
tered the store Of Guide & Conoyer, at LonI
Branch, and blew open the safe, but lndlnl
only $40, were not satisfied, and proceeded
to the post office, forced the doors, and blew
open the safe there, and distracted tn,
policy-box Of the Long Branch Insurance
Company. The box was found the sam
morning, rlacd Of 1900, hut still containing
the papers of the company. The thieves, Ii
their haste, left $500 worth Of postage stamp
behind them. The detectives have arrestc,
several parties on suspicion.
ADvICEs from Turks Island to June 26tl
report salt scarce at the salt islands In con
sequence Of late heavy rains that had de
stroyed the crops, and caused an advance o
two and half TO three cents per bnshel ,ant