The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-09
TrIrcRAPHIC GLEANINGs.

I
in The river Praih in their fight be-
fore Sir Grant Wolsey.
Tuesday night a shell from the
bas;eging batteries near Cartagena
set fire to the insurgent ironclad
Te1uon in the harbor of Cartagena'
After burning for three hours the fire
reached the magazine, which exploded
With tremendous force, damaging
surrounding vessels.
A Key West dispatch says Captain !
W. D. Whitney, Chief OF St4f OF
the North Atlantic squadron; Lieu
tenant Adolph Marie, Flag Lieuten.,
ant; and Chief Engineer Harris OF
the dispatch boat, have been sum
moned to Washington to testify IN
the investigation in regard to the
sinking of the Yirginius'
= Fromenthars Opera House, at
Wilksbarre pa. J was burned on the
night of the 1st instant. Loss $50,
900: insurance, $4,000. A large
audience was present when the fire
broke out. Many persons narrowly
escaped suffocation, owing to the
denseness of the smoke and the diff
Guilty of exit. Mrs. Langefred, mill
iner, on the first floor, sustains a loss
of $4,000. The fire was caused by
the explosion of lamp.
The Bankrupt Bill of the Senate
judiciary Committee, offered in lieu
of the House proposition for repeal,
requires the concurrence Oh u queLuen e,.en
of tho insolvent creditors 70 lolce
him into bankruptcy. 1t allows pro =
tested paper to run sixty days, ana
allows majority of the creditors to
take the case out of bankruptcy at
any time and permits any number OF
creditors to make composition of
their own claim, after the British
system.
The 1fi5mes New York special
says an attempt was made on New
Years Day to kill Juhge S. d. Nor
ris, formerly District Attorney of
Brooklyn, with an internal machine.
As Mr. Morris was absent at the time,
the box was put aside until his return,
when he opened it in his bedroom,
surrounded by his family. On lift
ing the lid the snap Of a spring was
heard, and all at once it was seen
that the box was an internal ma
chine.
A Havana dispatch of the 3D. inst.
says: Wharf laborers and trade or
CARNATIONS demand their pay in gold,
or its equivalent in currency, and
propose to strike on Monday unless
their terms are complied with. The
draymen and coachmen will join in
the strike. The Junta on debt has
been in session to-day discussing
means to relieve the financial situa-
ton, but withot favorable results.
The proprietors of newspapers also
held a meeting to consider the ques-
ton of raising the subscription rates.
A Washington dispatch of the Sd
says: "Judge Williams still seems
confident of confirmation, notwith-
standing the lawyers in the Senate
almost unanimously protest against
his candidacy, and urge an exchange
of his nomination to the Supreme
Bench for some foreign appointment
Meantime there seems to. be no room
to doubt that the Department of JUS
ticn paid 81 800 for landaulet used
exclusively by Mr.. Williams family, |
besides several hundred dollars for
repairs on the same, and $3.50 for
horses to draw it..
Advices from Cape Coast Castle
to December 18th, report that the
Ashantees were driven across the
river Praih, re-entering their own
territory in great disorder. They
left large number of dead and
wounded on the bank of the river.
Wolsey was in pursuit with fvehun-
dred sailors. The troop-ships Him
alya and Tamarhaving arrived, every
thing was ready for an advance upon
Coamossie. The Gold Coast is very
unhealthy.
The House Committee on Appro-
pliati2ns despair of cutting the esti-
mates down more than $40, 600, 900,
even by Withholding many items
asked for by the supervising Arch
tect and those recommended for the
river and harbor improvements, and
nearlyall those for orfortifcations. Ac-
oordingly, increased taxation to meet
5he necessary expenditures seems III
'yltable unless temporary Govern q
nent loan is authorized. The inAa- I
ionists urge bonds at 3 65-100 per
cent. interest, believing that in these
lines OF money pressure they would
pass readily from hand to hand, and
hus practically expand the currency c
or temporary occasion. c
In the Cortes on the Sd the Dep '
tiles, on two votes, gave majority
i l2O against President CASTELAR,.
General Payia, who is friendly to /
Jastelar, thereupon occupied the pal 6
zee of the Cortes and other public :,
with fourteen thousand Z
roops, dissolved the Cortes and sum o
aoned the most prominent men of
IL parties, including members of the
resent Government, and only ex- C
epting Carlists and Intransigentes +
Q form a Government. This General h
'avia declared, was the only way for :
he salvation of the country. He re- v
used personally to become q member .
I the Government. The streets are
He'd with people, and there is GREAT :
xcitement, but no blood has been
he'd.
Col. Chapman, President of the \
'ortland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail N N
Dad Co., has located the eastern ter n
linus of that road at Corinne. The Z
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