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Show GENERAL. President Grant and the West Point Resolution. Washington, 24. Xo action has been taken taken by the war department depart-ment on the House resolution about the West Point outrage. The Secretary Secre-tary says it is understood to be a public pub-lic responsibility of the President, because be-cause the President alone has power to order a court of inquiry. The J 'resident 'res-ident is reported to pay no attention to the House resolution, on the ground that it has no f iree, and is simply an expression of the House, and a proffer of advice which he is at liberty to accept ac-cept or decline with equal propriety. The llouse declared that the Secretary of War ought to ascertain, by a court of inquiry, who were the rme-leaders in the late riot and dismiss them from the academy, and court-martial the other members of the first class; but if the President holds a contrary opinion, and so directs the Secretary, there i; an end to the whole matter, unless a joint re.-olution should be passed in both houses. The Colored Cadet's Case. The delay in annuncinc the n---:!t of the court-martial on Cadet gmiib occasions con-i icrab.e co:nn:, nt. Ir is sta'cd on good authority that the Sc-retary Sc-retary of War is perplexed in jWnaine a decision, as he is ca..ed rn to d-.c- ic Smith s fate on the rrerits of the case. There is Iittie dou:-t that tie Secretary is di-po-ed to sauctt-n hr dismissal from the aiad-.n.r, an-1 the Pre-i lent wvu' i t-pr..v f.) h svL-er.o---. but in vent ru!-.-c ft.;r; cr.-a'i-d ae-iinst the .vriduct rf th fir-t .'. and a- Srm:h is not th n'y c-i-l- t who has cr-'s-;y n;is:hiv--d hrtw ", tie Secretary of ar i- un --si wh--:h- r to put Smith on his g -d t hav-or 7 eai his career at t:.c u-o.ii-y i j1-.r..y. TUe Joint Illh (on,inl,t.ion. The J:.int Hh Conjn.i.-i n betin its labors Dxt w-tt. A i liii DiiLubers on the part of Great Bn-.a-iv, and all the American members except Kx-Ar:omey General Hoar, are ia Washington. It seem; likely, under the loose wording of the agreement that the Cansdian daims lor damages caused by the Fenian raids, w;d come bt-tore the Commissioners. E-irl K:m ; berly's letter to the Governor GeseTi. I of Canada, in which be urges that the claims arising out of the Ft man in-I in-I vasion wl.l be presented to this gov-' gov-' ernment for settlement a; this time, i his caused quite a seusa::on in admin-i admin-i isrration quarters, and is the ;u:;e?t j of commeiit among the members o: the ! Cabinet. Secretary Fish takes a different dif-ferent view cf the su'tjeet. New Torlt on Coal. Xew York, 24. The papers this morning are bitter in their denunciation denuncia-tion of the coal swindle, and term it merely a conspiracy of capitalists to crush the workingmen. Tne contents of a;l the coal receptacles in this city i and Biooklyn combined, give oi ly one ton lor every twenty persons at prvseut and there is no prospect of any m re. Grocc-rymen and smau dealers are selling sell-ing coal to the poor from tweLty to thirty cents per bueket-i'u'.l, or about $2S a ton, all the resu.t of a conspiracy on the part of coal monopolists and railroad companies. If the supply is not increased in a day or two, a ton o: coal may yet be worth Sj or $30 in this city. Some companies claim that though they have on.y 200 or 300 tons in their yards, they are willing to sell to the poor at ordinary prices. But there is a dirfc-recee between sale and delivery. deliv-ery. No doubt the present crisis arises from a determination on the part ot the monopolists to destroy the miners' union in the coal regions. In several instances esterday and early in the night disturbances occurred with feezing feez-ing men, women and children making raids ou carts transporting coal. The supply iu Patterson, Newark, aud other cities, is al.-o short. Disastrous Fire. Chicago, 24. There has been the most disastrous fi: e at Springfield, 111., that has occurred lor many years, resulting re-sulting in the complete destruction of the masouic lodge room, the office of the gratid secretary of t'.ie grand lodge, with all the records, documents, etc., and one of the most complete and valuable val-uable masonic libraries in the country. The office of the .Masonic 'Iroicel was in the same building, and was a total loss, as was also the book biudery of H. W. Koker. State binder, together with several thousand volumes of bound reports of various State officers aud several volumes of old records belonging belong-ing to the counties of Pike and Sangamon; Sanga-mon; the grocery store of J. K- A. Floyd, the millinery shop and re-ideuce of Madame Heltmele; the paper store of J. Ruckel, and several other smaller establishments were also burned. The total loss is 65,000, about half covered by insurance. Crosby's Opera House It is reported that the Chicago club are negotiating for the purchase of Crosby's Opera House for $650,000, and will retain the art gallery and auditorium audi-torium for their present uses, converting convert-ing the rest of the upper portion of the building into an elegant club house. The auditorium, it is said, will be placed under the management of J. H. Mc-Vicker. Mc-Vicker. Storm on tile Paeinc Const. San Francisco, 24. The storm is very severe along the coast. Several coasters have been wrecked and many damaged. Horatio Butler, second officer of the schooner Win. Jirand, was washed overboard off l'linta 11,-yes and drowned. Much anxiety is f-'t for the safety of tho steamer Jil-ilm, four days overdue from Nonh Columbia. Colum-bia. The Urkaba and It i. 7ii-o-, from San Diego, are also somen but overdue. -' The lines to Oregon and Southern California aro down, and it is raining hard throughout the Siate. The Butisli ship Li Kscustsn has cleared lor Cork with the first cargo of flour since September. David V. Gerald, lawyer, a native of Khode Island and a graduate of the Albany law school, died ibis morning. Lntcr San Francisco Xetvs. San Francisco, 24. Officers Finne-gan Finne-gan and Driscol, of the harl or police have been convicted in the Uuit-'d Slates circuit court of smuggling opium from China steamers. J. lloss Browne, late U. S. minister to China, left overland yesterday fur England and Germany. The steaui'-rs Taber and OrLiba were blown out to sea three times from San Pedro, and finally sailed for San Francisco yesterday. Minor disasters to shipping along the cost continuo to be reported, but no ouusiderab.e loss of lite or valuable vessels. The news of peace created no excitement ex-citement whatever. The Grass Valley lottery will distribute dis-tribute a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in coin priz- s on Friday next, iu spite of the prohibitory law. Stocks are un-ettle i and sales heavv. Ophir, d: Curry, 3V; Norcross, j;); (.'hollar Poto-i, Villi-y. 22J. Jacket, Jack-et, 43); Chariot, "2; Kentuck, 41: Belcher. 15j. |
