Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-08

is a favorable sign that several
or the smaller manufacturing cities
show very considerable gains in
transactions, but the losses at near
ly all the chief cities of distrib button
or foreign commerce are great.
Peace D"wninx in Cubs.
HANANA, March 7th.-Heavy in
undations are reported in Colon
district damaging the sugar CROP.
A water spout near Madruya de.
str0yed four plantations.
The Insurgent chief, Estaban
Arias, with 200 men, surrendered
on the 4th inst, In the neighbor-
hood of Yara. On the same day at
Ell Troche, jose Gomez and $50
persons gave themselves up. Sur
renders continue. There is perfect
harmony between the Spa aniards
and Cubans.
Ready To Beg.a On she Dollar.
WASHINGTON, March THE
vaults of the Treasury Department
are being prepared for the recep.
lion of silver, II circular has been
issued that the Treasury is ready to
receive offers for the sale of bullion
deliverable at the mints. Mint
Director Lindermann recommends
the discontinuance of the trade
dollar coinage, calling in those al
ready issued and IecOining them
into silver dollars.
AlRsI FOer Anderson.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-There
is no news of Anderson's pardon.
His friends have lost all hopes.
Two Cabinet officers have said that,
within u week, they have had pos
tive information that Nichols
would grant PARDON and they can.
not explain the failure in this par
ticular. Nichols might at least
grant u reprieve and prevent An
derson from being taken to the Ba-
ton Rouge Penitentiary, allow
ing him to remain in Jail.
The Work of the Peace,mak ers,
LONDON, March IA special
from San Stefano says that Rou-
mania asks for the Dobridga Is.
lands, at the mouth of the Danube,
the fortress of Widdin and 25O, ,O0O,-
600 francs indemnity, without
agreei' g to cede Bessarabia. A
Vienna dispatch says that General
Ignatieff has returned to San Ste
fano with Safvet Pasha. This has
revived suspicious of an intention
to conclude secret treaty, although
Gen. Schouvaloff, who started on
the 4th instant, has taken the treaty
of peace to st. Petersburg for rati-
ficatiou.
Kumblinxs Of War
LONDON, March 7.-Austria is
still opposed to the extension of
Bulgaria ard Russian occupation.
1t is settled that only treaty powers
will take part in the conference.
Desperate fighting is hourly eX-
pected between the Turks aud
Greek insurgents. Austria will
propose the annexation of Thessaly
and Epirus to Greece.
E"gInnd's ships.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, March THE
British fleet is still ut Tousea. The
Channel Squadron has reached
Besika Bay.
Italy aud the papacy,
ROME, March THE address
from the throne on the opening of
Parliament, with regard to the pa
pacy. will be entirely respectful,
but will affirm more distinctly than
ever the unifica ion OF Italy
with Rome rs its capt.
tai. 1t will likewise reply
to the circular of the Cardinals Of
February 10Th, relative to the atti-
tude of the Vatican. The circular
card referred to the renewed pro-
test against Italian usurpation.
About the Con ference.
BERLIN, March 7.-Bismarck is
disiuclined to attend the Confer.
ence. His health is again declin-
ing, and his physicians recon- mend
his early return to Varzin. 1t is
thought that England will decline
to invest her representative with
the powers implied in the proposal
10 change the Conference to a Con-
gress.
Grand Duke Nichosn. Iuvited to
Visit COmstausinOpIe.
CONsTANTINoPLE, March THE
Sultan has invited Grand Duke
Nicholas to visit the city to-mor-
row. The visit depends on the Sui
tan's yielding to the Grand Dukes
desire to be accompanied by
mounted escort of eighty persons.
The conditions of the treaty be-
tween Turkey and Russia provides
that Montenegro shall include
GatchkO aud that the southwestern
boundary of that country shall be
the river Bogard. Servia will in
clude Nisch and Little Learonik.
At the Russian headquar-
ters it is positively stated
that when the British fleet passed
the Dardanelles an order came from
st. Petersburg to march into Con-
stantinople, but Grand Duke Mich
olas took upon himself to disobey
the command and only moved for
ward In the direction of Coustanti.