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Show l'l'.i..Metl Nl nfCultn. New York, lii. Tho Tnlium'' Washington rcuTespoiiilciice of last night says, ihcrois a .startling rumor to night, not generally known, of advices ad-vices received from Minister Sickles, submitting, m a result of bis negotiations negotia-tions for M-veral months past, a propo--ition from the government of Spain liir the sale to this government of t lie i-lands el Cuba aud I'orlo Jlico. The iinioiiiit a--ked is believed to be a hundred millions of dollars, payable in instalments. The Joint Illi ConiinlMHlfiii. I Washington, 16. Sessions of the .Joint High Commission tire held daily. There is fear prevailing in some quarters, that recent discussion has developed de-veloped differences of opinion which' may prevent a peaceful settlement. Ill reply to a question yesterday, ono of tho American eoinniissioners said, in a significant manner, that if the commission commis-sion was able to reach satisfactory conclusions conclu-sions at 'all, it would terminate its labors by the middle of April. It is believed that the difficulty lies in the inability of the English commissioners to meet the prevailing requirmeuts for negotiations stated by American commissioners, com-missioners, as to the Alabama liabili-tes. liabili-tes. SmitH-pox In New York. New York, 16. The board of health is endeavoring to stam p out the smallpox, small-pox, and its vigorous ell'oi u are crowned crown-ed so far with success, although there has been a slight increase in the number of cases. The people do not oiler strong resistance to vaccination in their houses. Prlnl.Th' Strike. The printers on the New Jersey Yulksmanii, a German paper, are on a strike for advance of wages. Erli'a Dllliculticn. The World's financial writer says, the complications, legal and otherwise, of the Erie Uailway Co., seem to be increasing. in-creasing. An injunction is in force against the Krie Co. issuing or selling , consolidated mortgage bonds, which is likely to e'uibarrass the company's finances; while strikes and the demoralization demor-alization of the coal trade, it is stated, have caused a lo.-s of about Sj.UULVJUU per mouth in the earnings during the winter. There has also been considerable consider-able reduction in the rates of travel to the west. Colonist tickets are now issued by various lines, at reduced j rates. Holders of these tickets are entitled to a first-class passage on express ex-press trains, with 150 pounds of baggage bag-gage free; with a corresponding reduction reduc-tion for the transportation of their household goods aud farming implements, imple-ments, within twelve days from the date of purchase, for the special accommodation ac-commodation of persons visiting the ! west to select lands and homesteads. ! Family excursion tickets are also a ; new leatuie. These tickets are good ; for a round trip within thirty days from the date of purchase. ! Another Mlatatenient. i A morning newspaper announced yesterday that United States infantry, j numbering nearly if not quite l,UU0j men, were held iu readiness at Gover-: nor's Island ever since the San Do-1 mingo Commission left, to proceed at once to that Island in the event that! the Commissioners should telegraph that Cabrael resisted their movements, or in the event that Hayti should un-1 dertake to interfere with Baez, while j the Commissioners were on the Island. I General McDowell declared yesterday that he knew nothing of the matter before seeing the item in question, and is ! unaware of the slightest foundation for; the report. The troops named have ' been at Governor's Island since Oct. ! 14th, 1870, and will soon proceed to the northwestern frontier. Town Klections. Returns from the town elections throughout Burlington County, N. J., : are nearly complete and shows a majority ma-jority of Republican freeholders elected. Burlington township gives a large Be- publican majority. Bordentowri has elected a full Democratic ticket". In Meliville, Cumberland County, the Republicans made a clean sweep, electing their mayor by 204 majority, j Ocean 3Inil Service. ! Washington, 16. The contract for! the ocean mail service between San i Francisco and San Diego and inter-1 mediate ports, has been awarded to Harry Norton, of San Francisco. : , New Hampshire Election. Concord. N. II., 16. The returns from 21S towns indicate that there has ! been attention given to the election of governor by the people. Pike has 33,339 votes; Weston 33.SS1; Cooper ; and scattering 10, (14. The House' stands 162 Republicans, 164 Demo-: crats and four labor reform. The Sen- j ate stands four Republicans, five Deni-1 ocrats aad three vacancies. The exe-! cutive council stands two and two, with ! a vacancy in t he 1st district. Proba-1 bly all the Democratic Congressmen ' are elected. j Immigrants Arrived. New York, 16. The number of im-; migrants arrived at this port since Jan. j 1st, is 9,734, being a decrease of 2,953 compared with the corresponding period per-iod of 1S70. The Aid for France. The secretary of the French relief! committee of the Chamber of Com-1 merce in this city, has written to thei Mayor of Philadelphia asking him to permit the U. S. steamship Relief to come to this port after she has received re-ceived the supplies there, so as to obtain ob-tain a full cargo for shipment to the sufferers in France. Sau Francisco News j San Francisco, 16. Dion h"aj jH dolph on the 236th ;nm)g "Ecorin; 1,000 against Rudolph's 956? Patrick Gibbons shot Martin Lovin dead, at Stockton, yesterdav, over a land dispute. The stage from Fort Yuma to Tucson Tuc-son was captured by Apaches, fifteen miles east of Gila Bend, on the 7th instant. The driver, Thompson received re-ceived five bullets in the leg and an arrow in the chest, but escaped with the only passenger. This is the first attack made on a stage west of Tucson in fifteen years. The citizens are greatly alarmed, and exceedingly bitter against General Stoneman for removing remov-ing to California, representin" the country quiet while every settlement beyond is attacked iu turn by the Apaches, A moitgage of the franchise and chattels of the Southern Pacific R. R for twenty-eight millions of dollars, was recorded yesterday. |