Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-23

and forts AT Port au Prince, and placed guns ~
position; and troops are held sin readiness for
/ active scfviCC.
Governor Stafford. of Arizona, publishes an
exhaustive review Of the Apache question. He
warmly endorses General Crooks policy OF
uniting friendly Indians against the Apachcs.
The captain of steamer Florida has called upon
| tle american consul at S.. Thomas and demand
! cd protection, saying that he was ready to pro-
| coed to sea- bu. was nfraid on account OF Il
| Spanish war vessel.
! Legal proceeding have been begdn against the
! Union Pacific transfer company, for charging
hty cents lcrriagc across the Missouri river, the
! s'dtC 'dws permitting charge of but ten cents.
The lower branch Of the Tennessee legislature
| has adopted the semitic resolution mtilying the
contract to lease the state prison labor for five
| years, at $4,000 per annum.
! The Tribune is more friendly to the new col
! hector, Gen. Arthur, and SAYS: Gle is young
'nan of fair ability and uumpcachcd charac-
! ter
There was 4 ica7y frost at New Orleans on
! Wednesday, the first Of the season, Strangers
| and absences may now 20 To New Orleans IN
| perfect safety.
The cornerstone of the first Methodist church
| in Salt Lake was laid on Tuesday. THcrc
are now here regular church organizations of the
MGthGdtSls, EpiscOpaltanS, Pr>sbyterans and
| Roman Catholics,
Lieut.. Gov Oscar ]. Dunn of Louisiana, who
has lreen i'll with pneumonia Tor several days
past, died yesterday. He was iorty-6ye years
| of age.
At New Orleans, Yesterday, Cyrile Dion beat
! Miller, in Seycutv-three innings, French bill
! inrdS,-5O0 to 21j. Dion's greatest run was
| los.
! A passenger train on the indianapolis juno
| tlon railroad was thrown from the track by
broken fail near Brownsville, Ind yesterday.
| No lives were lost.
The baggage train on the Little Miami rail.
road, which left New York Monday evening,
| was burned Tuesday night, near Columbus, O.
The "ontcnts, including the mails, were entirely
| CONSUMED,
Hon. Benjamin Wade has been rendered the
| position Of umpire to define the boundary be
! tween Siberia and the English colonies, He
| has declined, on account of previous engage
| ments,
During the twenty-lour hours ending yester-
! day morning, 1865 canal boats passed Syracuse,
! gong east and tNentFeight going west, with
| $4,000 tons of freight, tile largeat business on
| record.
John Nugent, brother of Mrs. Whartoh, tic
| alleged Baltimore pOlsoner, attempted to COM
| nit suicide at Chester, Maryland, on Saturday,
| the cause being depression Of mind on account
| of the charges agaiust Ills sister,
Bishop Baylcy, Of New dorsey, las sent a let
| ter to the communicates of his diocese; strongly
| supporting the temperance cause. He ebarae-
| terizeS drunkenness as the greatest danger Of
the Irish people. He thinks il they were tenn
| perate they would be the most desirable Ameri-
| can citizens
The report of Postmaster General Creswcl is
| completed, and is now III the hands of the
| printer, and wiz be sent to the newspaper press.
by mall before its delivery to congress- on assure
auce that it will not be printed until the day con-
| gICS5 assemblies,
The appointment of Gen. Walker as commits
| siOner of indian affairs is regarded at Washing
ton as triumph for Secretary ptauO against
| the outside elements, who have long been en-
| UpaVOrlnP Mace MIR RruuOt MIR nliEpp
| in the position.
| A charge was on Tuesday entered against a
| female teacher In one Of the Paterson public
| schools for putting gag On the mouth OF a lit
| tic SiX-yearS' old girl as a punishment. and
keeping it there so long that the Childs fare was
| Swelled up two days in consequence.
The issue Of S2,000,000 new stock by the Pitts.
| burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, is to be a
| special Improvement stock, to represent cash
| pended on the road by the lessee, and subject to
existing guaranteed Stock like which, however,
it is to pay seven per cent. per auudm, taX free,
| in quarterly dividends.
| Consultations are now taking place between
| anti-Grant republicans and democratic leaders
| in New York in regard TO a presidential nomi-
| nation. The latter declare their perfect willing
ness to support Horace Greeley, and his friends
| are confident that he will be the candidate; ii
| not he, then Charles Sumner.
1t is said at the post office department. by
| those in authority, that the investigation of the
tHdisto uittit HHdllthl GN-tuuSTGSSuldlI GUSSCIy
| now post ulaSter at Nashville Tenn. docs not
establish the fact that he has done anything
| wrong. II is believed that the story Is trumped
| up by his personal enemies and by persons
| whom Prosser dismissed from the post office at
| Nashville.
In addition to the appointment of Gen. Francis
| A. Walker of Massachusetts, as commissioner
of Indian affairs, on Tuesday the president also
made the iollowing Milton w. Reynolds, re-
ceiver of public moneys at Humboldt Kansas;
| Alfred NJ. Perrin clerk in the naval office, New
| York; Philip WinlrCe, clerk, Dewitt g. Brown,
| Samuel NJ. Todd, and J. NJ. Currill, inspectors at
| New Orleans; Joseph Haynes, postmaster at
Meadvile, Pa and Richard PauSon, consular
| clerk.
The last ship from the Arctic ocean is in at
| the Sandwich Islands, and the last OF the ship
wrecked men has landed without casualty
The men are being cared for at an expense of
about th )usand dollars day. The whaling
balque Chance reports that strong northeast
gales set in before she left BehTing Straits, last
ing from Sept. % TO Oct. 9, and that an attempt
to reach the abandoned whaling fleet would
have been made if the vessel had been sea-
worthy. The opinion prevails that the feet was
abandoned too early.
Senator Blair says that the kukluX evidence
showed that there existed system of wholesale
plUndering carried on through the government
and individual acts of negroes, in consequence
OF which the people, in many instances, were
driven TO take the law into their own hands to
protect their property by lnflicting punishment
on the negroes. 1t was not shown in any in.
stance that these acts had anything to do with
politics.
The London Economist having mentioned,
with regret, the name of United States Minister
Schenck as director in one of the new mining
companies, with the remark that commercial
occupation of any kind appears certainly in
compatible with the functions of diplomatist,
the New York Evening Post to-day expressed
the hope that our government will Immediately
recall Mr.. Schenck, who, it says, by permitting
his official position to promote stock speculation,
humiliates his country and shows utter want Of
respect for his high office.
1t is stated that there is an indication that the
administration contemplates n change in the
| Cuban policy The many reports received at the
| state department OF the brutal outrages upon
CubanS by the Spanish authorities, and the fail
| ure OF the latter to keep certain promises made
| TO this government, have induced our author
Ties to call the attention of the Spanish minister
| TO the matter, with the iutmation that this gov
ernment will be compelled to interfere unless the
| evils complained of be speedily rightcd
Washington society circles are much excited
| over the arrival Of the Grand Duke Alexis. Al
| though it is announced that his presentation
Will be strictly private, yet the prospect is that
| large crowd OF persons will cougregate about
| the entrance to the executive mansion to see the
| royal visitor. Much interest is felt in diplomatic
circles as TO how Minister Catacazy will conduct
himself during presentation, and whether he
will observe the semi-oflicial warning not TO at
tempt TO hold any conversation with the presi-
| dent or secretary of state while at the White
house with the grand duke.
A Washington special says; kilograms from
| here have represented that the difficulty between
| Ten. Pleasonton and Secretary Boutwell,, which
resulted in the suspension of the former from the
commissionership of internal revenue, is attract
| ing much attention as the time approaches for
the meeting of the senate, and likely TO result in
removal of Secretary Boutwell,. Your CORE
| spOndent has made careful inquiry, and so far
| as can be ascertained from those senators in the
| city, no one entertains any doubt but that the
| senate will sustain the action of the president in
| this matter. There does not appear to be any
foundation for the allegation that this question
is likely TO affect the standing OF Secretary Bout
well with the president and with the senate"