Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-10
5ps Anselss Aemld.
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

1t is thought that the decision in the case of
Belknap will not be reached for two weeks.
1t is believed at Washington that the Senate
will decide in favor of the Jurisdiction.
The Governor and other State officers of
Massachusetts, accompanied by several bod
les of troops as an escort and band of music,
left Boston Tuesday for the opening Of the
Centennial at Philadelphia.
A washington dispatch announces that
both houses of Congress have adjourned over
till Friday next. The COMMITTEES of the
House held meeting yesterday. All legis-
lative business is entirely suspended, and the
Capital is pretty generally deserted for the
Centennial.
In New York yesterday the thermometer
jumped from 46 to SO degrees.
A washington dispatch states that Mr.. Kerr
does not propose to resign. He is sick with
bronchitis and is not alarmingly jill. He is
simply temporarily absent from his chair.
Major Alex. T. A. MacComb died on Tues
day night in New York. He was married to
Phil Kearney's sister.
Dom Pedro on his visit to the House of
Representatives at Washington declined an
invitation to the floor, but remained in the
diplomatic gallery.
The passage of the Hawaiian treaty bill in
the House was surprise even to the friends
of the bill.
Gold closed yesterday at ll212.
II is now reported that Judge Davis, of the
supreme Court, is an aspirant for Presiden-
tial honors at the hands of the Democrats.
Miss Anna Dickinson made failure as a
debutante. So say all OF the Eastern critics.
The damages from the explosion of the day
before yesterday at the Bergen tunnel are
estimated at from s25, ,OOO to s25oOOo.
The great composer, Ofenbach has received
q grand reception from the Press Club in New
York.
The Committee on Civil Service at Wash
ington are finding evidences of an unsuspect-
ed degree of corruption.
The Anglo-American cable is again in
trouble and the Direct Cable is the only one
communicating with Europe.
Judge Lawrence, of New York has granted
a peremptory mandamus on the P. NJ s. s.
Co. directing them to allow Rufus Hatch to
examine their books and papers.
A New York telegram says: Rubenstein
appeared to be quite i'll yesterday, and SEEM
ed most of the time in semi-unconscious
condition. His weak and sickly condition
may be the result of his refusal to take meat
and nourishing food. He is at present SIM
ply an animated skeleton, and not particu-
larly animated at that. His brother visited
him yesterday, but Pasach took very little
notice of him. He did not think that Pa
sachs condition was alarming, for he had
seen him that way before. He then spoke of
the great trouble the trial had brought upon
them, and said the case had cost them over
$1,000. He said he did not think that Pesach's
wife had ever been informed of the trouble.
Rev. VIM. Buell. Sprague, d. D.. one OF the
Oldest clergymen in the United States, died
at Flushing, Long Island, yesterday, aged 81
years.
In Poughkeepsie, N. Y, at the General
Term the case of Ruberstein convicted of the
murder of Sarah Alexander Is put down for
Friday.
The case of Moulton against Beecher is put
down for Thursday.
In the case of Stokes, murderer OF Fisk, the
previous decision denying his application for
discharge was affirmed.