The New York herald., 1872-11-16


the proposed plan OF settling these claims.
Important Discovery ny "Old Probabili-
/ ues'-A Great atmospheric Wave I'm.
| duiating Across the Continent.
/ The researches or the Signal once have just been
rewarded by beautiful and highly important me-
1 teOrological discovery. On the coast or England
| from time immemorial the phenomenon OF the
great November atmospheric wave has been the
/ speculation OF scientists and seamen, but
| Sir John Herschel and others have supposed
| II was peculiar and confined to England and
| western Europe, which it reaches from the South
Atlantic. and which 1t rolls in long-continued
unduations from October to January constituting
| an important element in the phenomenal character
| OF European Winter. On the 18th OF November q
similar atmospheric wave began to break over the
| shores OF Oregon and British Columbia, as shown
by the weather kilograms. BY the evening OF the
18th it had spread over nearly all Of the Pacific
States and Territories, Utah and Nevada, and at
midnight was pouring through the passes OF the
Rocky Mountains. On Thursday, the 14th, it de-
scendcd upon Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and the
Indian Territory. on Friday morning 1t ex-
tended in unbroken magnitude and magnihcence
from oregon and Washington Territory eastward
through the great trough or depression OF the
Rocky Mountain backbone in Idaho and Montana,
and stretched thence to the Lower Missouri and
Lower Mississippi valleys ana over the western
shores OF the Mexican Gulf This discovery will
enable meteOrOlogists to anticipate by many days
the approach OF Winter, as ii advances from the
Pacific coast eastward in the great current OF
westerly winds 1t serves to clear up the
Old mystery OF American Winter storms,
showing that they originate in the Rocky Noun
tains upon whose cold and loftest SUBMITS In
Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Southern Wyoming the
vapor-aden air of this wave, coming over the warm
Pacific, is now to be condensed in the over
whelming SHOWS OF the forty-frst parallel AS this
vast aerial wave is probably. like the English wave
continued in successive undulatlons for two or
three months, II may assist in explaining the COM
paratvely nigh temperature and light precipitation
in Winter along Paget Sound and eastward.
| Indians with n Country to Sell.
delegation OF the Sacs and Foxes OF Missouri,
accompanied by Indian Agent Lightfoot and
interpreter arrived here to-day. They came on to
make final arrangements for selling their present
reservation of some sixteen thousand acres, located
in Nebraska and Kansas, and removing thence
to new reservation in the Indian Territory-an
act OF Congress having authorized said purchase
| and removal, with their consent, which has been
| obtained.
Spanish Pardon of Rryzwosxynski.
Dispatches recently received from General
Sickies, the Minister OF the United States at Mad
rid, report the pardon by the King OF Spain OF
JULIUS hTyIWOSZynSkl, sometimes written kTyke,
who was undergoing sentence of ten years. i'm
prisonment in Cuba for his participation in the
Ryan expedition from Colon to Punta Rosa in the
early part OF the year 1871. Kryke, who is Pole
by birth, rendered distinguished service officer
In the volunteer army OF the United States in the
OF the rebellion, and was naturalized as citizen
OF the United States. For his participation in the
expedition against Cuba he was at first sentenced
to DEATH The sentence, on the intercessOn of
Mr.. FitZ, was c0mmuted to ten years imprison-
ment, and this act OF clemency has now been COM
pleted by full pardon accorded by the King.
A Spanish Measure 10 Assist the Bank or
Havana-The Embargoed Cuban Es-
tates.
The royal decree OF Amadeus, dated August 0,
| 1872 has been ohlclaily published by the captain
General OF Cuba and will go into Immediate effect.
This decree creates Junta or committee OF fifteen
persons who are charged with the collection Of the
means OF llqudating the Spanish war debt for the
defence of the island and OF administering the en-
bargoed estates OF insurgents and disanected sub
jects. The administration OF embargoed property
is done away with and the Junta established In its
place, but with powers much more extern
sve. 1t is well known in what shaky
condition the Spanish Bank OF Ha-
| vana has been placed by the virtually
compulsory loans for war purposes and by It's
forcbly extended circulation. This circulation has
reached the amount OF sixty millions, and is al
ready at nearly twenty per cent discount and
there are not few who believe that its pretended
| specie reserve is a fiction, and that If the bank
were to close to-day the notes would be subse
quenty worthless though they bear the govern
ment guaranty. But this decree is designed to
sustain It's waning fortunes. 1t first authorizes the
Treasury OF Cuba to issue sixty millions OF bonds
bearing eight per cent interest, thirty millions OF
enteen years TO run. These bonds are to be placed
| on the market simultaneously at Madrid, Paris,
London and Havana.
TO meet the payment OF interest and ultimately
to redeem the loan are pledged the entire proceeds
OF the war subsidy, which is put down at not less
than five millions annually and any surplus from
the ordinary and extraordinary budgets OF Cuba.
The bonds will be taken in payment OF dues to the
state arising prior to 1878.
The proceeds Of the thirty millions are devoted,
first, to the payment to the Spanish Bank OF the
debt incurred with it for the expenses OF the expe
dtions to Mexico and st. Domingo; but the bank
is compelled to take them at fixed rate; second,
to reimburse the loan OF eight millions made by the
Bank to the Treasury of the island, the intention
being to reduce the banks circulation to thirty
millions 1t Is provided however, that the bank
shall redeem its bills in coin in such way that
they shall replace the bills in the market third, to
the expenses Of the Treasury for 1873.
To provide for redeeming this outstanding circu-
lation Of thirty millions the decree approprates the
proceeds OF the government property in the is land
all taxes and dues and the proceeds Of all property
already which may hereafter be embarg oed.
The Junta is charged with carrying out these
sures. The Captain General and Treasurer OF the
island are oDdcio its President and Vice Pfesi-
dent respectively. Two of its members must be
bondhoders OF the present Treasury debt, two are
taken from the merchants and two from the manu-
facturcrs in Havana, and are to " named by the
Board of Trade; five proprietors, one stockholder
OF the Spanish Bank and two members ap.
pointed by the Captain General. All books
and records of the late administration OF en-