, 1877-12-15
Telegraphic News.

Telegraphlc News.
New YORK. Dec. 1O.-The Herald :!
London correspondent in Rome tele
graphs: Exciting discussion with re-
gard to French ecclesiastical affairs
which is now taking place caused thu
Pope to pass bad night. He wat
troubled with vomiting and suffocatine
with catarrh. In the morning the doc
tor discovered the ulcer in his leg had
closed in consequence of swelling. This
explains the attempt to reopen the
wounds.
New York, Dec. 10.-Dispatches from
London announce that the City OF Ne"
York has passed Queenstown with the
missing City of Berlin in tow.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-A city journal
having stated that hotel keepers of Chi
cago, regard as an unjust and burden
some discrimination. Postmaster Palm
er's rule that letters left at hotels for
travellers must be restamped when for
varded, while in all other cities such
letters are forwarded without being
stamped again. MIR. Palmer has written
to the Postmaster General for instruc~
tions on the subject and received re-
ply fully sustaining his action, and
stating that other postlnasters have
erred if they have done otherwise. The
vital part of the letter is as follaws:
Under uniform ruling of this depart
ment, the right to forward letters by
mail to a second destination without adj
ditional postage, applies only to such
letters as have not left the custody of
the postal officials. When letter carr
rier calls at hotel with letters for par>
ties who have given the proprietor in
structions to forward their mail to an
other addeess. the proprietor should at
once redirect such letters and return
them to the carrier, in which case they
may be forwarded without additional
postage; but if the carrier is allowed to
leave them at the hotel, or if they are
taken out of his presence. they are re-
garded as having been legally delivered
and they cannot be again mailed with
out prepayment anew, of at least one
full rate of postage, three cents by
stamp affixed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Sargent to-
day introduced his last years bill. to re-
strict the immigration of Chinese, with
only one alteration, namely. that it
shall take effect from and after the first
day Of next September. It prohibits
the entry into the jurisdiction of the
United States of more than ten Chinese
passengers by any one vessel, and pro-
vides that any attempt to evade this
prohibition shall make the master of the
vessel liable 10 six months imprison>
and to a penalty of 500 for each Mon-
golian taken on board or brought to this
country exceeding the number of ten.
This penalty is also to be lien on the
offending vessel and vigilance is melted
by promise that the informers shall be
given one half of the penalties collected
through their instrumentality.
The bill introduced by Shelly of Ala
bama, last week, providing fol- caplta>
ton tax of $3.50 on every Chinese SUBJ
ject arriving in this country after next
year. was framed and offered by Shelly
on Sargent's suggestion. Its provisions
were in fact all proposed by Sargent,
who thought for obvious reasons, this
proposition wo1ld demand greater at
tention and have better chances of suc-
Cess in the House if presented by Atlar>
tic coast members and Democrats than
If offered by any Pacific coast member.
Representative Davis also cordially ap-
proves of the provisions of this measure
although he thinks the tax is somewhat
unnecessarily large and had intended
introducing some such bill himself in
case he should find there was no Cons
stitutional obstacle, but at the date of
its introduction he had not completed
his examination of authorities.
Luttrell to-day introduced resolu-
ton which, after reciting various evils
of Chinese immigration, simply re-
quests the treaty-makirg powers to ne
gotiate.
NEW YORK, Dec. ia special from
Rome says the Pope is suffering intense
agony, and unless speedily relieved
cannot survive many hours.
CINCINNATI, Dec. II. The boiler in
Clarke & Burk's machine shop at Vim
esnnes, Indiana, exploded this morning
instantly killing John Miller and Dan
Lynch. Several others we're slightly
injured.
CHEYExNE, Dec. 11.-Thomas Muir
raw. a member of the 5th cavalry, was
fatally stabbed this evening at Fort
Russell by VIM. Baker, a civilian, said
In he the son of the late Attorney Cen
eral Baker, of Iowa. The affair grew
ont of a quarrel about so cents.
New YORK Dec. 1.-The Heralds
London special says: This day will
-,;4nass scenes of the Widest excite