The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-19

Mauricio Lopez Roberts, Knight Grand Cross OF sno
Cross OF the Order OF Christ OF Portugal Grand
Onicer OF House OF the Conception OF Portugal and
Legion OF Honor OF France, Superior Chief OF Al
minlstrati0n, Deputy In various legislatures, En-
HIS Majesty Amadeus l., King OF SPAN, to the
United States OF America The President OF the
Colonel Manuel Freyre, Envoy extraordinary and
Minister Plenip0tentiary or Peru 10 the United
States OF America The President OF the republic OF
Chile has conferred like powers on Joaquin G0doy.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentlary
OF that republic 10 the United States OF America
the President OF the republic OF Ecuador mas con-
ferred like powers on Antonio Flores, senator Of
that republic and Its Minister Plenipotentiary dd
conferred ike powers on Colonel Manuel Freyre.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotenMay
OF that republic to the United states or America:
And the said Temperatures having exchanged
their iul powers, which were found IN due and pro-
ARTICLE 1.-The suspension OF hostilities exist
ing DE iactO between Spain on the one hand and the
on the other, IL converted into general armsttce
ART. This amistice shall continue indefinitely,
and cannot be broken BY any OF the bellgerents,
save IN taree years after having expressly and ex
plicity notified the other OF It's Intention TO renew
hOstllities In this such n0tl1catlOn must bo
made through the government OF the United States.
ART. s.-Each Of the belligerents during the con-
t1nuance OF this armstice shall be at liberty 20
carry on commerce with neutral nations IN all
articles in which trade is considered lawful In
ART. 4-The present agreement shall be rarned
oy the respective governments, and the Instruments
or Publications. shall be exchanged at the Depart
ment Of State at washington, within four monlhs
ART. 5.-Those governments which shall not have
sent their ratification within the time fixed In tho
preceding article may make the exchange separatey
In the two months following.
ART. eff any one OF the governments, on &C
count OF circumstances over which It mas no con-
troll. shall not be able to effect the exchange or the
Publications within the times fixed In the foregoing
articles. such delay shall be granted It az IL may
for q new agreement
ART. THE proceedings for the ratification and
exchange shall not Interfere with the continuation
OF the conferences designed for the negotiations OF
peace.
In testimony OF the stipulations made in the FORE
going several articles the undersigned Secretary OF
State OF the United States In the character or Me-
Chile, Ecuador and Peru have signed The foregoing
agi cement at the Department or STATE at Washing.
ton, on tue lIth day Of April 1871.
MAURICIO LOPEZ ROBERTS.
Plenip0tencarlo de Espaaa,
MANUEL FREYRE,
Plenipotenciarlo del Peru.
JOAQUIN GODOY,
PlenlpOtenciarl0 de Chile.
ANTONIO FLORES,
Penipotenclario del Ecuador
MANUEL FREYRE,
Plenp0tenciarlO de Bolivia.
The American Tract SOciety's Distributions
for One Year.
The annual meeting OF the American Tract Sc
ciety was neld tonight IN the Congregational
church, Rev. DR.. Rankin presiding The state
ment Of the society shows the benevolent re-
ceipts were $lOs.a2l; expenditures, s1l3,O6s Ex-
pense for administration and collection IL
met from other sources One hundred and hfty.
seven million tracts and 100000 periodicals were
issued during the year, chiefly in the South and
West Two hundred and eighty-seven missionary
cOlpOrteurs were employed making 27S, 900
Christian family visits, above one-eighth OF
the families being without religious books.
In connection with the Richmond Agency.
over three thousand hopeful CONVEX
slOns reported and eleven evangelical churches
organized. Rev. +. Z. Shearer, District Secretary
at San Francisco. said that In the United States
there protesting Christian to every eight per.
sons; in California one to every twenty-four. and
In Nevada one In thIrty.hve.
Addresses were also delivered bv Representative
Maynard, the Secretary OF the Interior and Rev.
Dr. ATKINS. Of Georgetown.
The Abbott Election Case.
The friends OF General Abbott do not believe that
the decision OF the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections Is to be taken evidence OF the dis
position OF the Senate, and announce their tnten-
ton of further contesting the case in the expe eta
ton OF overcoming the report Of the committee on
! legal Considerations
The Western Railroads Fight for Lands
1t Is understood there will be two reports from
| the House Judiciary Committee the questions
| involved In the triangular fight between the
| Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, the Cen
| trail Branch Of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
ana the st. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Com
| panies concerning their respective land grants.
The majority OF the committee will report resou.
ton referring the whole matter buck to the De-
partmenJ OF the Interior for the reason that
the House did not authorize the COM
mlttee to send for persons and papers. The
minority will recommend the passage OF res0lu-
ton that the assignment made BY the Hannibal and
81. Joseph Railroad Company to the Central Branch
OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company is void ana
binding the United States; and that the latter
Company Is not entitled to any OF the land claimed
by it. and also that the st. Joseph and Denver City
Railroad Company Is entitled to only attraction Of
the lands which 1t claims.
The New York Eighth National Bank.
A committee consisting of Archibald Johnston
ana J. H. Stephenson, appointed by the deposltors
OF the Eighth National Bank, OF New York, reached
here yesterday for the purpose OF procuring
authority 10 examine into the affairs Of the
association at the time they were placed In the
hands Of the receiver. The Comptroller OF the Cur
rency after hearing their statement issued instruc.
tions to A. Mann, receiver OF that bank, to permit
these gentlemen, with an accountant, to 10
employed by them, to have access
to the books and records of the
bank and to tender them every facility In mis- power
to make the investigation In order that they mag
procure the desired information.
ION. STANLEY, ONp
From the Newark Journal, Feb. III
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