, 1878-02-15
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There J.. some d..sy Boa thr fleet, 90.
..r 900 iu Cuu,lautiuupIo. The tuy
.-ruyIt raruut enter iu'o details.
Negotiation, are going ou. bat moth
mo ha, changed the intention.
InNpoN, Feb. l2.-Thc Pail Mall
Gazette saws: 1t was known in Lon
don this morning that the Porte had
refused to allow the British feet to
approach ConstantinopIc. y Cahi.
net council WAS hastily called this
morning. 1t is said that ncgotia-
tions are still proceeding for obtain
inc a frman. The whole British
fleet remain at Besika Bay, pending
the result of negotiations.
LoNpoN, Feb. IA dispatch
from Constautinople, Of the 10th
inst, SAYS: 1t is reported that the
Sultan has invited the Grand Duke
Nicholas to spend few days in Con.
stantinopIc. Saiat and Sadyk Pas.
ch.s will 90 to Adranople on Tues
day, to negotiate d treaty of peace
with Generals lgnaticf and Nell
dof: the latter was lormerl y Ambas-
sador, and the former Secretary of
the Russian Embassy at CONSTANT.
nopIe.
IoNpoN. Feb. l2.-In consequence
of the urgent order received at
Chatham dock ward, from the Ad
miraIty, that the whole force, num-
bering four thousand men, will be.
Gin working extra hours. In the
House of Lords this afternoon, Lord
Derby, in response to queStlon-put
bv Lord Granville, said: Tho diff
Guilty regarding the entry of the
fleet will, believe, soon be over
come, and three other powers have
asked a iirman, permitting their YES
Is to enter the Turkish waters.
WAsmNGroN, Feb. lO.-Argu
ments relative to the Northern Pa
cihc Railroad Bill before the Senate
Railroad Committee were closed to.
day. Col. Chapman, of Oregon,
strongly urged extension of time for
completion of the main line, coupled
with Senator Mitchells propositions
TO aid an auxiliary road to Salt La ke,
and provide equal rights for both
companies to construct a road III
common along the Columbia river.
Representatives of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company at pre-
vious sessions of the committee, and
in newspaper articles have strenu-
ousIy objected to the Salt Lake Rail
road proposition upon two grounds;
arguing, first, that it provided for a
rival road; and, second, that the en-.
actment would embarrass negota-
tons of their bonds. Col. Gray, the
attorney of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, to-day surprised
( the Committee by abandoning these
arguments. In reply to n question
addressed to him by Senator Davis,
he stated distinctly that if his com
pany were assured of the desired ex
tension of time they would not OBJ
iect to the Salt Lake proposition, and
that they opposed it only because
they feared 1t would impede the pas
sage Of the bill.
Senator Window, member of the
Committee and a strong exponent OF
, Minnesota sentiment in favor of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
also remarked that he bad no object
tions to the Salt Lake Company's
project on the ground of its prospect
i've rivalry to the Northern Pacific
road, but regarded MitcheIl's pro-
position with dis[avor because he
thought its adoption by the Commit
tee would give lass chance OF favor
able action by Congress ON the es.
sential extension of time for the
completion of the main line.
Mitchell expresses the positive
opinion that his proposition for
short transcontinental route to the
northwest will wiE more votes for
the bill in the Senate than can posi-,
bly, be lost by it.
SAN Francisco, Feb. ll.-Ar-
rived ship Sagamon, Port Gamble;
bark Lizzie Williams, Seattle; schr.
Compeer, Port Gumble; bktne. Mo-
doc, Seattle; bark Oregon, Seabeck.
Sailed: bark Fresno, Port Town
send; French bark 3luoville, Port
Townsend; schr. Seventy Six, Neah
Bay; lark Oakland, Port Madison;
schr. Premier, Port Blakey.