, 1874-11-05

washington, Oct. 2. The Public
Debt Statement shows q reduction Of
1851, ,424 during October in currency;
balance on hand 81. .639, At. The Sec
retary of Treasury has issued . call for
$4,000, 900 of Coupon bonds, five TWEEN
ties to be redeemed February 3rd, at
which date the interest will cease.
The Post Office Department has made
a contract. by telegraph, with L. N.
Starr to continue the Puget Sound. Mail
Service between Olympia and Victoria
twice weekly. until the LIST of January,
wher the contract awarded on Saturday
commences.
Gen; raj Humphreys in his annual re-
port asks for the following. among other
appropriations for the Pacific Coast, for
the year ending June. 1875: For Fort
at Fort Point, $4,000; Fort at Lenie
Point. $50. 900; Fort at Alcatraz Island.
$4,000. No appropriations asked for
Batteries Point. San Jose Agency and
Fort San Diego or for the removal of
Rincon Rock. An appropriation of
$4,000 is asked for defenses at the
mouth of the Columbia River.
Board of Engineers for the Pacific
Coast has completed the examination of
the project for the protection of the rear
of Bramanens sea coast and examination
Of San Diego harbor, for the purpose
Of ascerfaining the amount of sediment
brought into the harbor by foods in
San Diego River. In reference to their
examination of Sacramento, San Joa-
quir, Tulare and Vallejo, California.
with regard to irrigation, the Engineers
say the cost of such irrigation would be
very great, but the value of lands would
thereby be increased many times.
CINCINNATI, Nov. q The House of
Jacob Fell was fred tkis morning. The
family became alarmed, finding escape
by the stairway impossible. Mrs. Fell
escaped by rope from second story
window. Solomon Fell, son, jumped
safely from second story window
Joseph Fell, another son, was seriously
injured attempting to rush through the
flames. The servant girl, Margaret
Lynch, was suffocated while running
from the third story. Robbers took the
plate and other valuables,
PorTsv1LE, Pa, Nov. 1.--Last night.
several stables we're burned at Mahoney
City. After the fire was subdued, q
dispute arose between the members OF
the various fire companies, which end
ed in a riot. Pistols, billies. and all
kinds of available weapons we're pretty
freely used. Chief Burgess was shot
and is in critical condition, the ball
entering near the heart. Hall Dough-
erty was shot in the neck by Wm. May.
er and dangerously wounded and others
were injured.
MADRID, Nov. lit is asserted that
several leading Carlists have waited on
Don Carlos at Tolosa, to represent that
it is useless to continue to hold the
town. The papers also have intelli-
gence that Don Carlos intends to hold
an important conference on French ter
ritory and express the hope that the
French authorities will prevent it.
Detachments under Gen. Estaban
stationed at Grancollers mutinied last
week. Captain General Barcelona sent
q strong force to restore order. Several
mutineers were shot.
Gen. Despujol has defeated the Carl
lists under Cucola near Maeztrazza. The
Insurgents lost 120 men.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2.--The election
promises tc be quiet. Up to this hour,
l, P. NJ, no disturbance of any kind is
reported. Persons fraudulently regis
tered are challenged by either party and
not allowed to vote. Many negroes vote
the Conservative ticket. Dispatches
from Franklin ard New Iberia say ev-
erything is quiet. In the latter Parish
the negroes are reported as voting