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admiral Porter has submitted Co the
Secretary 81 the Navy d report -mb0dy-
ing suggestions Tor promoting the ei-
hciency Of the Navy. lie considers q
mistake Is being made in building yes
sells Of 50 many different classes. without
knowing whether any Of them will meet
modern requirements He recommends
vessels Of large tonnage and high speed.
The total receipts from internal reve-
nue. during the first four months Of the
present fiscal year were $3s, 405 900, a
decrease Of 81, 468, 900 as compared with
the receipts during the corresponding
period last year. There was a decrease
Of $2,744,00 in collections from spirits,
an increase Of S308, 900 from tobacco,
an increase Of 1915, 900 from fermented
liquors, and an increase Of $1,000 on
miscellaneous items.
Several failures have occurred, in
Guiding Shipley, Daisy & Co, Cincin-
matt, 10 bondsman Of 800 900; a. p.
Martin &, Co, Boston, liabilities $400,-
900; Charles Broas d Co, Detroit, liza
biIities 100000.
The members Of the fftieth Congress
are thus classified. 1853 Democrats, 1872
Republicans, Independents, with one
vacancy to be filed, probably by a Re
publican.
The most important California meas
ures now pending before Congress are
the Chinese bill, the San Francisco Post
Office bill and the Sweet Wine bill.
1t is rumored that O'Donovan Rosa
has formed an alliance with a division Of
Fenians in Philadelphia who have been
cut off from the main body.
1t Is said there are intrigues on loot to
induce Canada to throw off England's au-
thority, which, If successful, viii be ex-
tended to Australia.
The Secretary Of the Paris Municipal
Council has forwarded to the United
States Minister a petition adopted by
the Council, asking for his intercession
with the Governor Of Illinois on behalf
Of the condemned Chicago anarchists
Minister McLane has consented to trans
NIT the document
THe Bulgarian Crisis.
BUCHAREST, November 29th.-At Il
meeting here yesterday OF fugitive mem
bers Of the Bulgarian revolution party,
it was decided that a new rebellion
should be attempted in Bulgaria. 1t
was promised that the Russian Consul
at Bucharest would afford the plotters
protection in the event Of the failure Of
their undertaking
LONDON, December 1st.-Russia will not
recede from the refusal to recognize the
Sobranje and the Regency. The Bull
garians declined the offer of Turkey to
mediate between them and Russia, and
there : now rumors Of an intention on
the part Of Turkey to occupy Eastern
ROumelia. 1t is not, however, believed
that Russia will permit the Turks to oc-
cupy the country from which Russia
herself drove them at the cost OF a san
culinary war.
SOPHIA, December 2d.-The deputa-
ton Of Bulgarian notables, instructed by
the Government to visit the different
Powers and personally place before them
the facts of the Bulgarian situation, has
started on its tour
BUCHAREST, December 2d.-The new
plot headed by ZankoT has proved
abortive, Russia having refused to fur
nish money for the enterprise.
LONDON, December 4th.-The Turkish
note to the Powers betrays the existence
of an entente cordiale between the Port
and Russia.
BELGRADE, December 4th.-It IS re-
ported here that tire Bulgarian Regency
will nh overtures to King Milan to
1indditce him to become a candidate for
tile Bulgarian throne, with a view OF
arranging a union between Servia, East
ern Roumelia and Bulgaria.
Irish Affairs.
The summoningo Dillon for advocating
a field campaign opens up a vast pros
pect of difficulty and embarrassment.
-NdilJiieiilSL lllcCiiHSS nave DtGlt AiCllA
at Sligo and in County Mayo. The lat
ter approved a plan for the coming cam
paign.
The Tories are alarmed at the critical
state Of affairs, and their press with one
voice calls upon the Ministry to avoid
coercion. From the Nationalist stand
point the situation is better now than at
any time since Gladstone's defeat.
Lord Mayor Sullivan has summoned Il
meeting OF the citizens of Dublin to as
semble to protest against the Govern
ment's tyranny toward the Irish Ma
tional League John Dillon Will defend
himself in the case brought against him
by the Government. Right Hon Hugh
Holmes, Attorney General OF Ireland,
and John q. Gibson, Solicitor General.
will conduct the prosecution against him.
4 Cabinet council was held on De-
cember Sd to discuss the advisabilty OF
further prosecutions in Ireland like the
one instituted at Dublin against John
Dillon. The question of continuing Gov
eminent assistance in the work OF evic-
ton was also considered. All the Min