The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-18


| which notes were addressed
9q Saturday @ afternoon tPe clerks q the Gone
wo y L"a aany Sqs aef 70 M "
| lul collection OF slverware. fifty pisces in all
The. presentation took place in the rotunda Of
400 clerks and enpoyess oi II he I Interior Depart
| Inent. Commissioner Burnet delivered the pro-
sentatIop and address. and Mr.. Curtis made an
| appropriate response.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Spanish Note-The Dons Have Their
Blood Up.
| New YoRR. Jan. IA Herald cable special
from Madrid says i has lust beon nseertaine..d {.
| plomatie note In reply to the American circular
touching upon Cuban affairs The Spanish
y to ths proposition made by PresIdent Grant.
that affairs existing IN Cuba necessitate Ameri-
can lnterpostion In the name OF humanity. and
Rs s fsb ground s' on be e a"esens raised @
IN Sadrd s et Il viii
document The note declares that siisting com.
States has not suffered 70 any appreciable extent
| BY the progress OF the jDsurroetion on the
Island of Cu9n. In fact instead 2f commerce.
and prospored. This eommoree is evon creator
today ihan i. eei2re {, the nsurreeti9n broke out
| 30 Tue UJl!IfU TIHIfS NtDVsTnmrnL Huu Dpfit-
sion for complaint and no tenable ground for its
proposed action or interference In the affairs or
troubles existing IN Cuba. The. statement is
also boldly made that America has really no
commerce Of her own and with very little pros
! poet OF any for some tiIns TO come.
Asntion Il also cal. called 70 ths s, fact that many
! in business on the Island. and being unmolested
by the Spanish Government n 50 doing, have
| tunes have not added to the national wealth Of
the Island being entirely in foreign hands The
Spanish note further stRtes that the territory Of
the United States IL the constant refuge for
Cuban outlaws, who arc permitted tohateh CON
spiracy to the detriment and injury Of tbs Span
ish la shs H. the G lays 2i paons M
betwoen the United States and Cuba have been
nmicaby and fully satisfied or are In tho course
for adjustment; therefore. therc can b. no cause
for complaint on that score. Tho tone of tho
Spanish note is nm argumcntative one and yet
to be the. work u Senior JoveIlar.
last night followed BY Jog this morning. Tho
The statement Of Mr., Kitchens. passenger
on the steamship Adratic on the trip when She
by collision Is published to-day lie atates that
on the morning Of Dec. 81 he felt great shock.
He run ngon desk and inauirsa the egss e.
Ys she i sinking % by God Som" o one os thea a2M gave
orders 10 lower tho boats. and others declared
they heard voices in tho water crying for help.
The sailors stood looking ip The direction where
The collision had occurred, and one said She's
gone" meaning the injured ship had sunk.
Twenty minutes were consumed in lowering
the boats. After short time the Adriatie pro-
ceoded on her voyage. Other passengers con-
Stokes tho murderer Of Jim Fisk still enter
tnins hopes OF obtaining relief from the courts:
nrp s oonse' m Wr sra y bans 70 as' % noss o.
An appeal will be made 10 the courts for ven
tilation Of the whole case.
The steamers Baltic and Dakota from Liver
pool. HohenstautIer from Bremen. Fanita from
Philadelphia. John Gibson from AlexaDdria
and Gen. Barnes from Savannah. arrived ut
Crooked whisky In New York.
Yesterday. on motion Of Assistant United
States District Attorney Sherman. Judge Blatch-
ford granted several orders for u commission 10
take, testimony In eases In which It Is sought t2
waty from 9 g. seT o s Chic"gs his"e cnenna II Dps and
Louisville. This may result In showing that
the Western whisky ring had important and
efficient correspondents and customers In the
East.
A Lucky Swindlcr.
TOLEDO, Jan. ia man. named i. ii. Moss,
claiming to represent Meyer, Weiss Co. Of
New Orleans, not succeeding In having ~ draft
on that firm casbed at any bank succeeded In
finding an old acquaintance. ~ promtneDtbtlsl-
moss man who endorsed the draft after which
above firm TO the effect that Moss Is u swindler.
In the meantime Moss made his escape.
Drowned.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 17.-Yesterday afternoon at
o'clock two boys. named Edwin Stair and The
odore Bougastin, broke thro1pght the leo whilst
drowned Their bodies we're recovered and
brought to this city whore they reside.
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 17.--Louis M. Henry. ut
one time engineer Of the Mint here, attempted
to kill his wife last night. and thinking he had
krrf
cence of his three young children. His wife IL
Plymouth Church.
BROOKLYN Jan. 1.-THE advisory council Of
Plymouth Church meets early in February. II
is understood that large number 81 cergymen
throughout the country have been invited by
letter TO this council. Church rules. for drop
ping members for various causes will be dis
dington In the matter Of mutual council lately
abandoned. will also bc discussed.
River News.
vIcksDyEo. Jan. l7.-UP Satur.dayy-C; B.
ees Wood s%n spS l'fg Is
Mary Bell and Frank Pargoud River station
ary.
souTHwEsr. PASS. Jan. II, 70 m.-- Barometer
very hazy. Arrived Norwegian bark Ymer.
Henricksen. master. a days from Liverpool, to
Uecau ZereKa u co. american DARK ltOTne, OtiS,
master 60 days from Liverpool, with salt TO mas
ter; British bark Laura Emily, Johnson mas
ter; Norwegian bark Imperator, Jensen. master.
"a days from Waterford, In ballast. to master:
Austrian bark Ungar Serio.. StuDarich. mas
ter. IS days from Orano, in ballast, 70 master,
for orders; Swedish brig Carolina, Hulthen.
master. 50 days from Rio, with coffee to Ramsay
Il Westfeldt: steamship Bothnia. Scarlett, mas
ter. n days from London, 70 Hall Vaughan,
for orders; bark $, N. smith ssprague; mrster.
trian bark Trino. Sardase. master. II days from
st. Thomas. In ballast, to master. No de-
partuTes.
SOUTHWEST PAns. Jan. IT, D. m.-Barometer
1890 Wind east. southeast fresh. Weather
cloudy and very hazy. Arrived-American
schooner Chas H. Lawrence. Kemp. master, 23
days from Boston, with general cargo. to Nor
ton Bell. having lost her foremast head. main
topmost and main sail. gibboon. and sprung her
bowsprit In a heavy gale on Dec. Is Norwegian
bark Korsfarer, Jacobsen, 40 days from LIVER
pool. No departures.
PAss-A-LOUTRE, Jan. II. D. m.-wind east
southeast, light. Weather hazy. .Arriycd-Brig :.
M. Wiswell. Glover, master, 80 days from bio DC
Janeiro. with 5000 bags coffee, to J. 1. Phipps
Go. No departures,