, 1873-12-30
WASHINGTON.
Caleb Cushing's Nomination
Sure Of Confirmation.
He Will Leave for Madrid Next
Month.


0cllHl6F EAHltlaS III bG HClu AtAF0la1blo lul tlp
lIejtttlon Of tho Williams Nomination.
Slctf,h Dl*patch to 1he Chicago Tribune.
UNDERGROUND TELEtsnApHs.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec 29.-Adolph Chess,
a n1embor Of the Board OF Public Worlss, pub
lshos an elaborate article in tho Star this oyen-
ing showing the utility Of running telegraph linoa
1ntlor ground instcad Of as at present, t,-upon
pplos, s,--wl.ereby thoy nre subjected to atmoh-
phcric Influences, which ofion rondors them t..-
efficient. Tho lotter Ia called forth by u propo-
Hition to light tho Btroot-ampp by electricity, an
experimental limo having boon successfully put
in operation on X street, in thiscIty. alr. OlieHa
shows that It would be much hottor
in the llmita Of cities to hnvo nil
telegraph wiros undor ground thus avoiding
the lis1guring of the streets ca,tBed by the long
lines Of poles. IIo states that for many years.
wires haye been laid undor ground In and be.
tweon mnny European citios and the German
fortrcsscs along the Rhino. and that cables
which wero laid twenty yeara ago III Cologne
havc boon ta]ton mp and found in good ordor.
He suggests that, instead Of buying mp existing
aerial lines, the Government would batter tako
this predestilod telegraph Of tho future
in hund, and establish underground liuca
between tho principal citIoa Of the coun-
try, M we'll Ms along tho air-line
railroads, commencing with moderate appro-
priation to finish tho section between Washing
ton n1,d Boston.
Tho blessed Board, it IL presumed, will prea-
entity ask Congress for few millions to aid
them III establishing an electric apparatus for
lighting streot-lamps. and to pay for putting all
tho wires in the city uuttQr gro,lut iu order tint
tho beauty Of tho streets Of tho moRt magnifl-
Cauitnl in lila world tnuy mt lie lfs0gurcl by
lonc rovs of henstlv nolca. As this kind of toi
n ~ f ",,,.. .1,a., t,,o
ono ut present in uso, NC may confidently look
for letter from Creswoll adopting the rceonl-
,pont}nt;ou that tim Government al,nll build t1,o
- 49,, r,,,,,ro :. ina.o,5 ~
lis old scheme for buying up existing ]inoH'
CALEB ouslt1Na's own STATUS.
Tho records at tho Executive Office iu which is
~, oro1 to orn,;rtoo,,, or c,1o,, r,ph;n, to In
zJ,,, G,e,i,, .,vo5it tI,,t =. W.
M'n''tof 70, spun c'eo'1 sna6 sen.le'at 70 'ls-
and las bcen generally believed to bc n citizen
Of that Slate. lie IL, however, tie ownor of
small farm in Virginia, not far from tlis
eity. and is said to layo voted
there ast full for Grant. on
the Hupposition that Gushing WIS o Democrat,
there sins hcc,' u great dea! OF gushing over his
appointment to Spaln which would seem to have
boen nntimcly.
cA1En cus11Sa's MISSION.
Tho Hon. Caleb Gushing will, it Ia underatood,
be ready in about three weeks it necessary, to
Eaii for Europe to aesunlo his now position as
Minister to Spain. Ho will bo promptly con-
tr.ned by the Senate, without even referring tse
nomination to tho Foreign nelasions Committee.
Afr. Uushing'H frioads Hny he was greatly SIR
priscd whun, by request, he called upon tho
President and received from, tien. Grants
Flo did not express dcsire to [,o sent abroad.
but gladly accepted tho profered honor. beca.lBe
ho greatly adn,rcR tho Spanish pcuple, whom ho
rates above all other European ilationaliteu, anl
wishes again to miugle with and more thor
onr1,1v .tu1tfuufa fIIn+u t1n., In had hnrn-