Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-05-18
LATEST NEWS.
New YORK, 18th.

NEW YORK, 18th.
The Hon. j. Lathrop Motley, Minis
ter to England. arrived at the Breyort
House, in this city, from Washington,
yesterday morning, intending to take
his departure for London tomorrow, by
the steamer China. He is accompanied
by his wife and three daughters, and
his Secretary of Legation.
~ Washington telegram SAYS, Mr.,
Motley's final instructions from WASH
ington, 10y special messenger, are to
proceed in the Alabama claims question
with firm but temperate policy,
n recently corrected list ofincomes in
the Eighth Congressional District ofthis
city shows it to be the wealthiest Dis
trict in the Union.
"A. L. Stewards income is over three
millions year.
The Inman steamer from Liverpool
on the 9th, arrived at this port yester-
day. Her European files are two DAYS
later.
Avices received in London from the
Cape announce the finding of another
diamond, much larger than any We.
met with in the colony, valued at G37,-
600. The diamond was found near the
Orange River, in the diamond territory.
and was bought of native for 500
sheep and few cattle by a Dutchman.
who again sold it for Ell 200. This
news is confirmed by the civil commits
sioner to our colonial secretary, and has
caused great excitement here, as there
can be no doubt of the immense wealth
of this diamond country.
Rome has been crowded with people
in attendance at the jubilee festivals,
and with two exceptions every house
was illuminated when the Pope celebrat-
ed the fiftieth anniversary ofhis ordina-
ton. The gifts count up in value to
mi lions of d liars. There were boxes of
of gold heavier than a man could lift.
Every crowned head in Europe sent
congratulations.
New York, 18th.
a Washington correspondent states
that the commission of Gen. Sickles as
Minister to Spain, was signed by Presi-
dent Grant yesterday, and an order is
sued suspending Minister Hale. His
resignation was rendered, to take effect
on July lst, and his friends at the capt.
: tol, who have been working to have
him retained until that time, are much
chagrined at his suspension for they
look upon it as giving color to the al
legged corrupt practices charged against
Hale.
Letters from the West Indies state
that the southern portion of the island
of Porto Rico was the scene of fearful
contlagration on the 18th ult. The
buildings of a whole street In the city
of Ponce being burned to the ground
The fire was the work of incendiaries
There was no water to check the flames,
and house after house was swept to the
ground.
Circulars had been distributed among
the natives, informing them that all
, houses marked with bloody hands
: were doomed, and advising those that
lived near to remove their effects. All
the houses of Spaniards were thus
marked
, Dispatches received five weeks since
intimating that crash was pending,
have been more than verified. The
gold operations have been fairly pushed
into a corner of their own making.
. Large amounts of bonds sent to Europe
have been returned. Many financiers
attribute the difficulty to the fact that
Secretary Boutwell, has endeavored to
} do too much Others attribute it to the
sumner speech OH the Alabama claims.
! A large proportion Of foreign funds is
d controlled by foreign residents here, land
! the belief that European war in some
shape is approaching gains strength
every day. Since 1867, there has not
been so much doubt as to the financial
+ future as to-day.
The receipts from the sale of tickets
Tor the Peace Jubilee yesterday
amounted to upwards of $4,000.
BOsToN, 18th.