, 1876-03-16

Ou GAPcuuAeuACo Al sAo "oA ASPoss-
ment, intend to subpoena Mrs. Belknap
to appear before them.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Postmasters
appointed: W. B. Renshaw. Colfax.
Whitman County. W. T.; Oloff Olsen.
Freeport, Cowlitz County. ". t.; VIM.
spangle, Pine Grove, Stevens County,
w. T.
The report that an arrangement: had
been made by which the Government is
to purchase the entire bullion products
of the Consolidated Virginia and Cali.
fornia mines for year for use in the
resumption of specie payment, is pro-
nounced incorrect by the Treasury De-
partment, although it is admitted that
proposition of this character has been
received and is now under considera-
ton.
New YORK. March 13.-Gold closed at
145s@4.
The employing job printers having
recently agreed to reduce wages from
ton to fifteen per cent, the new sched
uie of rates was put into operation to-
day in three houses and the men went
on strike.
WINNEMUCcA. March 13. - Weather
clearing and the snow in the valley has
all disappeared; bright prospects for
vigorous and remnnerative spring.
San Francisco, March IL. - This
morning at II O'Clock the clearing house
opened in the rooms formerly occupied
by the Gold and Trust Bank, corner of
California ard Sansome streets, under
the most encouraging auspices; a large
amount of business was transacted, all
the banks which subscribed to the ar
rangement making clearances.
A dispatch from San Diego says q
letter from Guaymas mentions an en-
gagement between the Sonora State
troops and the rebels in which the
former were defeated with q loss Of
1000 men.
Flour. extra jobbing. SIS 1896 %;
wheat, quiet, at S0@1 IS for shipping.
and S5@1 80 for milling: barley, coast
and bay feed, %, brewing. 30@1 80;
oats. O0@2 25.
PORTLAND, March 13.-Legal tenders
in Portland, buying 81; selling IS.
New ORLEANS, March 12.-About 8
o'clock this morning thunderstorm oc-
CURED. The ship Majestic was struck
by lightning and the cargo consisting of
$500 bales of cotton set on fire. The
vessel damaged at $5O,OOO and cargo
$4,000.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-Some days
must elapse before the Judiciary Com
mittee will be prepared to report articles
of Impeachment against Pelknap. 1t is
said that more than a week ago six or
seven persons in the vicinity of Marsh
and Evans late trading post were sum
moned and their arrival may soon be
expected. In response to the question
recently of a member of the Judiciary
Committee he said proof could be pro-
vided Independent of Marsh to abund-
antly support and prove the charges
already made.
New YORK, March 12.- The Herald's
cable dispatch from London this Aorn-
ing says the proclamation of the Queens
new title is to be followed by the release
of Fenian prisoners. 1t is stated there
will be star proceedings in Parliament
on Wednesday next when al attack is to
be made on Cardinal Manning and the
Duke of Norfork. The Home Secretary
will be questioned respecting Manning's
alleged violation cf law by comforting
the title of Aritum Megister on one who
by this title now claims to hold this
rank in a Catholic University College.
The Home Secretary will be also asked
if the Duke of Norfolk has violated in
ternational law by raising funds for
German Catholic priests and what steps
he (the Secretary proposes to take 20
punish the offenders and prevent re-
occurrence of the acts. The Secretary
will probably reply that the Govern
ment cares nothing about that affair. A
lively scene will be the result.
Two high noblemen have gone over
70 the Church of Rome this week.
A posthumus five act tragedy by Bul,
wer have been discovered; scene laid at
Athens.
BUDA PEsTH, 12.--In four small
townships along the Danube, fifty-two
houses collapsed. from the 7th to the
9th inst, in consequence of the founda-
tions being deluged by floods in Pesth
and suburbs. 1t is impossible to count
the ruins; for one hundred square
miles of winter corn has been lost to
Hungary. Foundations of houses in
Buda Pesth are undermined, and if
the inupdation lasts. huge blocks of
splendid houses must fall. On the S,h,
the large island of Cosetpet, below
Pesth, containing five villages, was
submerged, all the houses except ten
being swept away.
LONDON, March 13.--A violent storm
prevailed throughout the British Isles
to-day. Telegraph lines in various
directions prostrated.
While the Egyptian steamer Staman-
ond. with troops on board from Mas.
sanah, was at Suez. her boilers ex-
ploded and twenty>three were KILLED.
A telegram from Vienna announces
Ljubobratich, the insurgent leader of
Herzegovina, was arrested Saturday on