Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-26

EARL GRANvILLE'S NOTE.
1t is believed in administration quarters that
Lord Granvilc's note TO Secretary Fish on the
consequential damages simply discusses the
question from the English point Of view and
makes no proposition for a compromise other
than an absolute surrender of the case. Secre-
tary Fish will in few days send to the Ameri-
can agent at Paris printed statement of the
private claims against England on account of
rebel pirates. The claims for actual losses
amount to St9,OOO,000, and $6,OOOOOO more are
charged for the detention OF vessels, loss of
prospective freights, ETC., and other consequent
tial damages
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
The senate to-day confirmed Francis Thomas,
of Maryland, as minister to Peru, vice Thomas
Settle, resigned; also, - Wilson, of Pennsyl-
vana as consul at Dublin, vice Edward Neil,
resigned,
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
The committee to examine the office of the
United States treasurer report the condition in
most essential particulars satisfactory. The
secretary of the treasury, in transmitting it TO
congress, proceeds TO explain several deficiencies
in the treasureTS accounts arising from the de-
falCatiOnS of two Cerks-JohnSon and Marden-
aggregating $4,000, and further deficiency of
vi ,5OO not recoved from package of $4,000
stolen from division of the issue about two
years ago, with other discrepancies to the amount
of S4O6, arising from loss of coupons, &c.
The secreta.yS letter concludes as follows:
Upon the whole, the result reached by the com
mittee is such as to Justify the expression of the
opinion that the business of the treasury has
been well conducted and that the losses in the
aggregate are very insignificant as compared
with the transactions of the office"
SOME ITEMS OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The sundry civil service appropriations bill
has been partially completed by the house COM
mittee on appropriations. The following are
among the items for light houses, beacons and
fog signals, recommended by the subcommittee
on the subject: For light house beacon at Burnt
Coal harbor, Maine, $4,000; for Woods End
bar, Provincetown, Mass, $4,000; Plymouth,
Mass, Garret light station, $4,000; Beaver
Tail, Rhode Island, $4,000; fog bell, Newport
harbor, $4,000; fog signal, Point Judith Rhode
Island, $4,000; Colchester reef light station,
Vermont, $500; rebuilding spindle on the
whale" Mystic river, Connecticut, $4,000;
beacon on Seafower reef, Long Island Sound,
$4,000 beacon on reef in Plum Gut, Long Island
Sound $4,000; steam fog signal at Montauk
Point, Long Island, $4,000; light house at Race
Rock, Fishers Island sound, New York. $40, 900;
light and fog signal on Hart Island Long
Island Sound, New York, $4,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The supreme court has denied writ of man
damus to compel the secretary of the treasury
to pay the Kentucky war claims.
The official statement shows an increase in
revenues on spirits, tobacco, fermented liquors,
banks and bankers income, gas and stamps, be-
tNGGu GoGplSuDGI 1911, ana January, 1872,
compared with the same period the previous
year, OF S4 ,6S7 1892 against a decrease from ex-
empt articles and occupations of S6730617,
The secretary Of the navy informs the senate
that the expenses of vessels employed on the
coast of San Domingo since the beginning of
negotiations for the annexation of Dominica.
amount to S490,620, They are no greater than
if they had been in service elsewhere IN the West
Indies and that nine or ten vessels is the usual
number employed in waters adjacent to the
West Indies.
General Whittlesey, in charge of what remains
of the freedmen's bureau, wise the hospital here
and payment Of bounty prize money to colored
soldiers, sailors and marines, reports that the
appropriation for the fiscal year of S165, 500 will
be about exhausted at the end of this month.
The secretary of the treasury will soon issue
an order requiring military post traders to re-
side at or near the posts TO which they are ap.
pointed; also, requiring fair and reasonable
prices for their goods, to be fixed by the council
of administration of the post, prohibiting as
signment or sub-letting OF their privileges by
traders, and giving them appeal to the war de-
partment IN cases where they consider them
selves aggrieved by the action of military au.
thorities
The British and American claims commission
met to-day, and without deciding any cases, adj.
journed until Thursday. 1t is understood that
there will be very little important business be-
fore the commission until next fall They will
meet occasionally, but few cases will be heard
before adionrnment
on the floor Of the house to day, and was intro
i.