The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-04
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TO THE DAILY CLARION.
Spain, Cuba and t,e United states.

will be fatal TO the hopes of the restoration
of peace, nevertheless Cuba belongs to Spain
and spare of the population is opposed to
separation On these circumstances solu-
ton OF the question might be found in es-
tabllshing confederation in the West In
! dies, resembling the Canadian. Cuba ana
Porto Rico might be constituted a confeder
alton, with local and independent rights,
and aGovernor-General appointed by Spain.
! The Powers are asked to join the United
States in proposing such confederation
and aiding Cuba to establish it.
The abolition of slavery would, however,
be necessary condition, and such pressure
must be brought to bear as would make the
insurgents cease their warfare. This would
| be difficult, but could be accomplished
| Secretary Fish is emphatic in denying that
/ the United States desires the acquisition of
| Cuba. They only wish peace restored and
| slavery abolished, and commerce allowed to
! resume its course. The Powers are asked
to express their opinions on the proposition
and the means of accom- plishing their ends.
California News.
SAN Francisco, Jan. "a dispatch from
San Diego says Col. NieEes with Sonora
State troops, attacked the main body of the
Yagin Indians at Pertohalla, on the 3lsr of
December, killing and wOunding 200. The
| Spanish loss was 20.
Arrested for EmbezzIemeut.
NEW Y DIRK, Jan. 3.--Chas. r. Beckwith, a
clerk lately EN- ployed by B. T. Babbitt, soap
manufacturer, has been arrested, charged
with embeZz lement and forgery to the
amount of three or four hundred thousand
dollars.
Arrival. Of .Shipwrecked Passem-
gers.
The Salier, of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company, arrived here yesterday
with the passengers of the Deutschland and
the unharmed passengers of the MOsel. The
! Deutschland passengers were made happy
! by subscription raised in England, which
| reached such an amount that steerage pas
SenGers received $50 each. No person was
allowed on board until a representative of
! the Government the Consul General, went
on the vessel and saw the Captain who had
sealed package for the Consul General.
The object was to give German officials an
opportunity to cooperate with the home
government by making an investigation
before anything on the vessel was disturbed.
The letter in question was written during
the dynamite explosion at BremenhaYen,
! under the impression that possibly some
additional fact in regard to the explosion
might be obtained from the Salier, and the
German Consul here was determined to
prevent any one from leaving or Doardlng
, her until he obtained the INFORMATION he de-
sired. Nothing. however, had been discOV-
cred and the passen gers were permitted to
I land,
49, -
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3-The Legislature
met to-day; everything passed on quletly
The House, after reading the Governors
message, adjourned out OF respect to the
= memory of j. Ii. Southland and f. i. Pier
. son. deceased members.
Gov. Kellogg's message was exceedingly
, elaborate, He congratulates the people on
r the hoDeful prospects of the State, when
he ascribes mainly to the fact that they are
now on the Threshold of the full frutiOn
of the financial reforms urged by himself.
= which, at last election, by an unquestloned
majority of the people, were 9hSraICeu III
} the constitution of the State. tie expresses
his belief that these amendments are not
even vet fully understood, and enumerates
them as follows The real debt OF
n the State is reduced to point actu-
. aIIv within the power of the State to meet
nrincinal and interest. Our debt cannot be
!, Increased beyond the point to which it ha;
i thus heen limited. The appalling loac
S of contingent debt, over $2l ,OOO,0O'
n i'm amount, never actually incurred
= but standing on statute pook-a cohS Saa,
source of danger and uncertainty--haS beer
buried beyond resurrection. The lnteres
annroDriatiOn on new debt is made perpeC-
t uai. until the eXtinguishment OF thedeDG IT.
n self shall have been accomplished BoCi
nrincipaI and interest are guaranteed D,
tho constitution. The rate of taxation /;
limited the Legislature is restricted in 1t
axnenditures to an amount which the reVe
nue. at that rate of taxation VIII yleld' ant
the revenues of each year are to be devote
exclusively to the expenses OF tnat yea
The actuai amount of the debt of the Stat
will he hereafter a fixed standard which car
ar any moment, be stated and proven. 1
reIation to these State reforms, the GU
council of New Orleans have been prohlbl
rod also by constitutional amendments frol
iSSninr further bonds on any evidence {
=, Indebtedness, except against cash actually
ed Treasury. The bonded and floating debt {
ch the State when he took charge was S24O95
,s, 4O7 20. He gives elaborate tabular statement
of the n 81 tbns be e's seen that ii
nresent bonded and floating debt OF tn
State is now. Jan'y /, 1876, $l9,G6l, $40 2
cd and that the debt of the State has been az
he creased during my administration Sl59,9L
N, o. While this reduction OF deot mas pee
or oaaotad the general expenditures of I'll
tie government have been largely reduced, ar
Taxation has been diminished from 2l12
il l41l mills The receipts OF the present yea
)r- mn to December 20, have exceeded, by $3.50
$50, the entire receipts for the year lo'Zan
the expenditures for the current year, up
December 20, show reduction of 81 ,l9t
300 upon the expenditures OF 1873, and 81
pre- 4l5.7S3 90 upon the expenditures OF lS'
d. The expenditures during the three years
no. nv administration have been S9,'2O0o9
Int showing a saving in expenditures OF $3.50
inp 553 al as compared with the last thr
~, ny wears previous to my administration. L
an, om recommends the passage of constitution
S 5;n amendments reducing all salaries and
III III ner diem and mileage of members of t
oGS Legislature, and the Limitation of the s.!
G ;ts sion of the Legislature to thirty days,
ant steau Vi s.Aty 49,, 80 Ne,S ORLEANS no stat
.ha that the debt of the city is over twenty-thl
iJy mllllohs Va uoi,ai u.s. S13 950 X. IFS def
or on appropriations for school and poli.
lis ~ 9oZzo' Ht saenS -9- Tba daIinonant r.
fare anu 1910 W $500 e. tho last Nv Yes
NV Nv amount to $2,352l75,66-he says such
any exhibit carries with it its own moral. I
city is insolvent, and, in my Judgment,
only course open is to address itself,with