The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-05-02

5 sinking fund, as provided for unde
section 1894 of the Revised Statues
, the sum of SAL. 4s9, 16S 81, in excess
! OF the requirements of said law, which
sum Is equivalent to about eight year;
IN advance of the amount required by
law, and
J Whereas, Il is as unnecessary for the
maintenance of public credit as it i:
unjust to the people to continue the
imposition of taxes for this object at q
time of great depression like the pres.
emit; therefore,
Be 10 enacted, That the secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized and di-
rected 10 suspend the purchase OF
United States bonds for the sinking
fund. as provided by section 1864 of
the Revised Statutes, until the close of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885,
unless otherwise directed by Congress.
The House Committee on Patents
agreed to take up for consideration on
Thursday, May 9, the application of
Frederick Cook for an extension of his
patent of the open-slot cotton tie
buckle.
BosToN, April 30.-The Southern
Senators and Congressman yesterday
visited various public institutions and
dined with Major Pierce, at the Revere
House. To-day they will visit Law
renee and Lynn and return to Wash
lngton in the evening.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Benj. Wood
has failed for 1925 900.
Daniel j. Kennedy has failed for
| $3.50, 600.
TheO. Reed has failed for So. 600
Mitarl Norton has failed for $50, 900.
NEWARK, April 30.-The civil SUIT
against the late stockholders of the
New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance
Company to recover $500, 900 was set
tied to-day and prosecution withdrawn.
1t is understood that they pay $780,
| 600 in full of all demands.
KEY WEST, Fla, April 3O.-The
| surveyor of the ship George Peabody,
before reported at this port lesky, re-
commends that the ship proceed to
New Orleans for repairs.
URBANA, o., April 30.-Mat. Wea-
yer, Cashier of Citizens National Bank,
was short $40, 900, but the stock hold
ers made the amount good and the
bank goes on.
LONDON, April 30.-The first coutin.
gent reserve TO be dispatched from this
country to Malta will number 90 900
men and two batteries of artillery, all
of which are under orders for embarka-
ton.
The torpedo service promises all that
is desired. John j. Thorncroft IL Co.
will soon have ready five or six of twen-
ty torpedo launches they are building,
and other firms are making extraordi
nary efforts towards the completion of
government orders for launches.
Portland will be the rendezvous for
ships now preparing for forming fleet
for the channel and the North Sea coast
guard, and turrst ships will proceed
there as soon as they are ready.
Considerable excitement seems to
have been produced in Berlin by the an
nouncement that an English fleet was
being fitted out for eventual operations
in the Baltic Sea.
The idea expressed at Berlin IN a
letter printed in the Vienna Montags
ReUieaO, that it is hardly to be expected
that foreign fleet would make its ap-
pearance in the Baltic against the wishes
of Germany, is declared to be an eccen-
trio theory, which is repudisted by the
German government IN view of the
present critical state of affairs.
MIR. Gathern Hardy, at Bradford last
night, spoke IN a very determined
tone. He said he believed that Eng
land could send seventy thousand men
abroad at this moment. England is no
longer small island, having the right
to draw trustworthy defenders from all
parts of the empire. He knew moth
ing which gratified him so much as
when lately he received at the War Of
fee offers from Canada tc raise regi-
ments, and he believed that the same
heart was beating in all the colonies as
at home. Referring to the San Stefano
treaty he said that there was danger;
that If one power was able to dominate
and use another without actually an
nexIng her, English and European in
terests might suffer, and a state of
civilization and humanity would be
brought about very different from the
civilization and huniaRiisiy OF I'm Engs.S3d
Durable peace for Europe could not be
secured by her destruction, all of
which had been solemuly ratified by all
Europe, or by the predominance
of one power; it was to secure dura-
BILE peace that the governments were
seeking an entrance into O congress
where the views of each might be free
ly heard upon every question affecting
the treaties of 1856 and 1871. They
looked to the people to enable them to
speak with force and decision, which
wouId give effect to their aims.
A Reuter- telegram from Bombay an
nounces that the first detachment of
troops has sailed, and number of
fresh regiments are waiting. The ex-
pedition takes stores for five months.
The Manchester Guardians Vienna
correspondent telegraphs to that jour
nal as follows: "The Hamberg-
American Packet Company's steamship
Cambria, which has been chartered BY
the Russian government, has taken q
contingent of forty officers and FIVE
hundred seamen and started to cruise
on the Chinese and japan coasts"
The Standards Berlin correspondent
says he hears on good authority that
an Austrian invasion of Bosnia and
Herzegovina is imminent, and that
Italy has decided to make descent on
the ALBANIAN coast.
The Standards dispatch from Wool
witch says two batteries of artillery are
under orders to be In readiness to pro-
coed to Malta.
LIVERPOOL, April 30.-The customs
authorities are understood to have
been instructed to exercise special vigi-
lance in the examination of export
cargoes to prevent contraband of war
leaving the country.
TORONTO, April 30.-While the Or
ange Young Britons and friends were
returning from concert, at Point st.
Charles last night, they were assaiIed
by a mob of several hundred Catholics
and Unionists. Mrs. Mecton received
four bullet wounds in the leg. Corpo-
raj Tang, of the Prince of Wales Rifles,
also received bullet wounds. Two
Union men reported shot, one danger
ously wounded in the head.
ELLSWORTH, Me-, April 30.-The
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