The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-06
News of the Week,
DlWN E1NT.

A meeting of the Greeley Natloh" ''"'','
co,,,itteo was held in New York last Week.
Han Vim. Orton presided. 1t was announced
,,,ot somotbinp We sl5, 900 dollars had already
bcen subscribed Letters OF apology from
those unable to attend were read, lhciloii'S
lottors from Carl Schurz, Governor Bross' Oh
Illinois Governor Blaif of Michigan. MI
Orton thon said it was his desire tha1 c'oiS
stote and town should subscribe to the tV'ii,
srbscrptions from one dollar upward "o"i'
he received. As soon AZ the subscriP'io' i''''
we're closed, they should be sent 10 eho .''"'
urer. VIM. W. Niles was appointed iios'''o'''
NJ tho committee, and Andrew N oroon
r,oo,rror Mr.. Orton proposed that the sum
10 Ia collected should not exceed S40Ooo anu
,,ot If bo devoted to the purpose OF erectii,6
. bronze statue in Central park, with base
and podestal of granite, from New Hamshire,
,bo hirthplace Of the deceased; that simple
memorial be placed over his grave III "reoi'-
wood 8. ]. Tilden seconded the propoSltion
which was adopted. 1t is the intention OF inc
committece to have the amount collected III
once. 10 that the objects for which they were
apponted should be immediately carried o"'
Nothing would be done until the full amount
was collected
The belief is now general in legal circles
that Stokes will be granted new trial, Tor the
reason that two of the jurors made outside eH-
omiratons at u guusmith shop and at the
stoircase of the Grand Central Hotel. jury
in Rochester, on certain occasion, Whlle Oh
ovorcise at the close of the testimony visited
the scene Of the homicide, and the Supreme
Court granted new trial on the strohe'h ol
this circumstance.
The announcement of deaths to tho
number Of over fifty from smallpox at Baltl-
more caused some alarm there, and the OH
ciols of the city arc called upon to take meas
uros To proycnt the spread of the disease.
The Havana Mail Steamers, Columbia ana
Crescent City, are under seizure for debt. Inc
crews have not been paid III sn weeks lhe
Moro Castle, another steamer OF the llno, Ii
expected to be seized on her arrival AT New
York.
The Spanish residents in New YORK arc so
greatly agitated over Secretary Fish + dlplo-
matte demand OF Spain that slavery be abolish
cd in Cuba and Porto Rico, that they have
cabed the following to Madrid
"To the Spanish People:
"We, resident Spaniards OF New YORK
feeling justly indignant at the grave ofeh',
committed against Spanish sovereignty ah'
independcnce, and the integrity of oul
country. by tho official communication OF Mr
Fish to Mr. Sckles under date OF the 2oth
last October, protest against most stronGl.
tbe interference Of any foreign powers IL
matters of Spanish rule We believe also Una
the captions pretexts employed by Mr. fisi
in said dispatches do not represent the lccllh6
or sentiments Of the American people, VIII
cannot but look upon them us most pernlclou
for the mercantile and moral interests o
Cuba and Porto Rico.
This telegram is signed By forty OF the mos
influential Spauards in New York, who arc alS
expressing their apprehension that Samana il t
be used by Cuban patriots to great extent io
the equipment of tillibuatcring expeditions
The case of Susan E. Anthony, charge
with illegal voting, came up i'll the Unite
States District Court last week, on motion
discharge the prisoner from custody. selool
the counsel for the prisoner, made lenStl
argument in support of the motion. Judt
Hall denied the application, saying that ne
not deem it to be his duty to decide the que
ton az to the right of women to vote, tn
giving the prisoner all opportunity, which
understood she desired, Of carrying the ca
up to the Supreme Court of the United state
and then obtain final desclhlon.
Col. Mocow, Minister of tho Cuban Ii
nrbl;c ,of London, is now in New York, and I
ports the English people unanimous Tor C"p
Independence He thinks that the new poil
foreshadowed by the United States VIII
seconded by the European powers