The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1873-12-13

on the 9Th inst will be heralded as an |
act Of just magnanimity onthe part of
the Republican majority. There are
very few persons in the South who will
be benefited by it. 1t was, however,
the unanimous support of every mem
ber, but there were twenty-nine Repub-
licans who were not yet prepared to say
that all recollection of our unhappy war
should be blotted from our statue books.
One or two little minds vociferously an
nounced that they would not favor q
proposition which would enable JEFF
Davis to take seat in the House This
seemed doubly trivial in view of the
fact that few days previously the
House unanimously agreed that the
Vice-President of the late Confederacy
should have the. best seat in the hall.
The House has passed the bill in
creasing the number of enlisted men in
the navy to 10000.
The Senate has unanimously decided
to take up the question of resumption
of specie payments on Monday next,
and continue the discussion until the
the matter is finally settled. The sense
of the Senate clearly indicates that they
are for resumption at the earliest
practicable moment. The only difficult
ty is as to the mode of reaching it. The
impression is that it will not be settled
until after the holidays.
A special from Washington says:
News was received on Monday that the
Spanish Cabinet had formally agreed to
the demands of the United States, as set
forth in the protocol signed by Secretary
Fish and Admiral Polo on November
29,and that the agreement had received
the official signatures, The agreement
does not differ in any essential particu-
lar in its terms from the prOtoco already
printed, except that the time, place, and
manner of delivering the Virginius and
the prisoners to the United States, and
the salute to the flag, which had not
been settled at the time the protocol
was signed, have now been fixed. The
Virginius will be delivered to our navy
on Christmas day. The news of the
final settlement between the two Gov
ernments has been forwarded to the
Spanish authorities, at Havana, and the
necessary orders given.
A block of buildings in Eatontown,
N. j., was burned Wednesday night.
The loss is not stated.
A dispatch from Birmingham Eng
land, says serious collision occurred
on the railway, near that city, Wednes-
day morning. Thirty persons are re-
ported killed and injured. A heavy fog
prevailed at the time of disaster, and it
was impossible for either ens inc driver
to see the approaching train.
The Hon. John G. Conuor, ex.mem-
ber of Congress from Texas, formerly
of Indiana, died in Washington We'd
nesday of congestion of the bowels.
A call is out for meeting of the
creditors of Jay Cooke & Co., on Jan.
Is, at II a. M, in the Assembly Build
ings in Philadelphia.
An order has been passed by Judge
Humphreys, sitting in Admiralty, in the
case remanded from the United States
Supreme Court, of admiral D. G. Far
ragut VS.. ship Metropolis and other
vessels (Miss. prize cases), directing
the Secretary of tie Treasury to cover
within the jurisdiction of the court the
prize money involved, $603, $50, the
appeal of the Government having been
dismissed.
United States Minister Marshall
Jewell formally presented his creden-
tials to the Gar in St. Petersburg on
Tuesday.
1t it said that the marriage of the Duke
of Edinburgh with the daughter of the
Gar has been postponed until February
NEWCASTLE. Dec. 10.-The parties
found guilty of an attempt to rob the
Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, on the
7th OF November, were publicly whip
ped here to. day. Great excitement
had been caused last night the report
that a party had been organized in New
York and Philadelphia to rescue, il
possible, the burglars during the night,
and in consequence about sevehty-fivt
men were placed under arms by the
Sheriff. The attempt, however, was
not made. The gates nf the prison yard
were thrown open at about 1890, and
Carter and Hope were placed in the pill
lory. Both bore this part of theil
sentence with great equanimity, and
seemed in no way disturbed, remarkins
as they were released from their uncom.
Portable position that they hoped tina
Delaware law had been satisfied so lar
At 1877 Lawler and Hurlburt Wer,
brought out and sent to the stock. Th'
first named seemed trife excited, bu
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