, 1874-01-01

be Will retire from the CABINET IN tht
event of his rejection.
HAVANA, Dec. 1.-THE prize ceur
has condemned the steamer Virginlus q.
lawful prize.
New YoRKt Dec. 27.-1he Times, 1ri
bule' and World publish very able let
ter from President Orto1. of the Western
Union Telegraph Co., reviewing Post
Master Generals Recommendation re
gerding postal telegraph. These jour
nails say sditorially that Orton entirely
disposes of the argument. He shows by
statistics that so far from increasing
telegraph facilities Government control
of telegraph must inevitable be moro ex-
pensive than existing arrangements, aud
will thus either deteriorate the service
or do it at great loss, in which case the
masses must be taxed to pay tho expens-
es of the telegraph service for the COM
paritively few people who employ it
Though dignifed and respectful, Or
tons letter is a severe castigation OF
Cresswell for his interference with pri-
vate rights in case where he does not
know enough of the essential elements
of the question to see what he proposes
must inevitably retard or defeat tie
public good for which he processes to
labor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-President has
appointed Caleb Cushing Minister to
Madrid. The nomination was sents to
the Senate Immediately on the reassem-
bly, of Congress. Gushing has just had
a short interview with the President i'll
regard to the Spanish Mission, which
he has accepted.
Inform alton has just been received
from Baltimore that the steamer Edgar
Stewart is expected 10 sail in few days.
| She is cleared for Jamaica, taking moth
| ing but passengers Delegates of Gu
bans wiIl.leare Baltimore for New York
to meet steamer Juniata and escort to
Baltimore Senors Manuel Silevrio and
Amendor Saco, formerly OF the Edgar
Stewart, who are among tie survivors
fthe Virginins. They have fought in
Cuba and their escape from death is at
tributed to their extreme youth, Silverio
being only II. They will join the crew
of the Edgar Stewart.
Gen. Aguilroro, Vice-President of the
Cuban Republic has been recalled to &C
tive duty and will possibly sail in the
Edgar Stewart.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Thos. A. Scott,
President of the Penna. r. r., and Geo.
McCreighton, General Western Agent,
left this morning for Philadelphia in re-
sponse to dispatches calling for theil
Immediate presence, on account of a
strike on the Western lines.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 27.--Barley,
choice, 81 AZ. Range of all kinds l 30
al Go.
Oats, l 6S01 so.
Scarlet fever prevails in all Eastern
cities, but in none is the disease as fatal
as in San Francisco. During the month
of November, there were so fatal cas-
es in Buffalo. Scarletina continues
abundant in the city. During the past
week there were fifteen deaths fromthis
cause alone, smaking 10 deaths SO far
this month against 50 last month.
J. c. Merrill & Co., agentssfor the
Australian and American S. S. Co., re-
port that the steamer MoGregor will ar
rive in San Francisco about the 18th
and will sail on Tuesday the 9th. Clyde
built steamers, especially adapted to
| this line, have been built and hereafter
will be dispatched every twenty-sight
days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.--As there is nc
absolute necessity for heavy appropria'
tions for the improvem ents of harbors
river and Notifications, under the En-
gineers bureau of the Department o.
War, the Department estimates for suct
improvements, amounting to twenty
million dollars will probably be reduced
| to three millions. Estimates in the Pos
Office Department have been SO mucf
reduced that no further extension of the
railroad postal service can be made dur
ing the present year.
New York. Dec. f6.-Orange Hotel q
Turner's station on the Erie railroad
was burned tonight. Building was 40(
feet long and three stories high and be
longed to the Erie r. r. Loss was no
ascertained. Road temporarily block,
AIDED.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.-Strike of the
engineers and fremen on the Pan Han
die road commenced here to-day. The
report is that all branches of the Par
Handle and Pennsylvania Central roads
are affected simultaneously by this
strike.
| London, Dec. q, 6 A. M.-Latest le
ports reduce the number of lives lost by
the steamboat disaster on the Tyne to
IS.
| WASHINGTON, Dec 2S.-Third Assist
ant Post Master General has completed
systematic and careful examination oil
the estimates recently submitted to Con
gress for appropriations for the postal
service during the next year, and thinks
that no reduction in the sums asked fol
can safely be made. Postmaster Gen
eral will submit to Congress plans and
estimates for Improvements of the Post
Office Department building, together
with recommendation that an appro.
priation of one and half million dol
lars be made to enlarge the builling.