, 1873-12-29

quoted, It is anfe to oss1,me that tho rrosidont
win peralBt In advocating Ni11ians' claims oyon
aftor tlofoat bncnnlcH npI,nront to lin.

@ osut T. Il n ,c ns aa oyon
aftor tlotoat bcconloH npl'aront to him.
THE CUBAN coMrftcAT1oNn.
Notwithstanding tin coni'ttci'co that has boen
felt IN Administration circles tint tho Spanish
authorities would bo contont to Int tho pirglnitta
cnao sta,lti as II wns WHOM tho voeHel anil tho 1lr
vivorB Of lior crow wero turned oyor to the
United Nlatos, toro aro NOW .strong indications
tl1Nt Caatefnr Is not no minded, and tint lie Will
net only demand te rctrn of M me q ViY,' l St
air Gnyornannnt. lie will l,nao tllcso de-
,nnntls 11pon .lo decision OF nnr own
Attorney -tioncra1 flint Tho veaHol waa
not entitles to Tho protectiol,,. OF our
country, tho Administration will not daro to con-
ccdo anything, and tho situation at once bo-
rulnen moro horizons shnu oyor. Whatever elso
nlay bo done,
PRESIDENT GRANT
tho shape Of 4 war In which VIC Will light to
sustain III positon which we may llavo wrong
fully md hastily talen, to rebuild that polllat-
ty which hu onte had. ard that no now feels the
loss Of: A concession OF tlleao demands.
would at once plnco the nation itl a
most humiliating attitude, asHI the present Ad-
niiristratiot will novor mal'c such concession.
besides Which our Government feolB that ropata-
ton In due for Tho insult to our fling OIL tho Hez-
tire Of voHBel flying out colors, Mt ti1no when
ahe woa not III Hpanisti watord. ThiH alouo
would bo sufficient to warrant refusal to nil re-
quiresnoMts that Spain may make.
MINISTER gICKItE'H RETURN
is anxio,1atv nwaitoa aud his nido Of tho story
will bo Of interest," No hints are eison Of TIC
justification llo will presellt OF Lis course. His
Irieuds clatm that tho worst tint Gun bo
said Of him Ia TINT he merely trausccntled lis
| authority III anticipating tho State Department
in leIa;sdiug that tic Virginius ba turned oyer
to tho United States. Bic1ilos ia understood to
| ba III q nood that IL anything but amlablo, and
lie will doubtless mako vigorous war on Soorc-
| tary, FISH, who anuIbed him so unmoTcsfuliy
| spuin At M early day, If tho open rupture be-
| tweou tho two countries now threatened docs
| not render his presence IL Madrid ulnecos.
sary md impossible. That ho ID to
adoption Of l. nov principle Of international
| law which will permit tho oyorhaullng Of suH-
pcctcd vossels without regard to the colora
under which they sail, as llas becn nssorsed, II
| utterly improbubis. The United StateB would
hor past history OIL This poiut, Which Is slrcwn
with protests uganBt such right, s to be main
tancd aud justified.
risE wAwAssET1'a ESa1NEEn.
4 petition aotting forth tho hardsllipB aud III
Justice iona Robert Nauh, tho engineer Of tht
steamer WawaG5ett, BY tho gcyere cenauro pro
rounced uni punishment recommended by tht
Commission that investigated tho catscs Of thu
horrible daaater to that vosHot last summer, il
TEEElFluk GlEiittuIeH 4GAGt hAkl Ill
accompanying accommodation that spocal IL
vestigation In Nash'b. case 1nny Ee made b,
| Treasury officials. with q view to releasing
him ir2n tho stigma placed upon l.im
1 1ns i"%sns essos wGe 1e TO vas 'si sagosc f''e1
il hoped by many that this case .n,ay be re
oponcd, because, wlethor tho above objec
would he accomplished or not, somo aaslttionu
light might be thrown upon tho rnenner il
which steam" "yoasela plying on the Potomac A. a
marine laws brought about. Many complaint
Ut criminal negligence md repeated acta Q
carelcssness lsavo from titno to time becn mad
against tho managers of VESSELS OH the PotoIna
Ga well as on the othot Rivera nhd In hnrborB o
tho scaboard and III tho lakes.
| DR.. TIrrASy's SILVER WEDDING.
President Grant insisted ut tho silver we'd
ding celebration Of Rev. Dr. Tif1at,y and wit
on Friday cycnitsg. DR.. Tiffany il pastor Of t.!
church 1T which the President ind fanil
! worship.
FRENCH at1N1srEn's BALL
rke FYench MiMiGtcr, alnr9uis Dc Noallle
aud his wife, will G!vo grand farewell ball
this city on tue evening OF Jan. :, prior to the
| departure for Rome.
l7a thc .lssottttttW P,ess.]
POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS.
WAsu1SuToS, D. c.. Dec. .2S.-Tho, Tbi1
Assistant Postmaster General Inns completed
Inmates recently submitted to Congress For NJ
preparations esteomcd necessary for tho propI
= performance of postal drties for tho next yen
and tho conclusion arrived at after erch reyisiu
safely bo made. Tho postmaster-Gcnoval ri
: | submit TO Congress- plans and estimates for Il
, Improvement OF tho Post Oltice Dspnrtuol
buillings, together with c recommendation TIN
an APPROPRIATION Of $1,000, ooO be nande to el
largo tho building,
THE cn1Er-jusTicEsMlr INVESTIGATIONS.
, Only three witnesses have been examined
, tho Snnato Committee On Judiciary in eonne